This is the Shameless Mom Academy episode 186 with Courtney McDermott.

Show notes for this episode can be found by going to shamelessmom.com and clicking on episode 186.

Welcome to the Shameless Mom Academy. I'm your host, Sarah Dean, and I'm here to give you and other passionate, dedicated moms

the tools you need to bridge the gap between motherhood and living the life of your dreams.

I'm also here to help you be a little more shameless every day, because if you aren't building

a life you're extraordinarily proud of, what kind of legacy are you building? So let's dive in.

Thank you. are you building? So let's dive in. Courtney McDermott is an award-winning writer, TEDx speaker, and strategist to Fortune 500 executives, entrepreneurial leaders, and think tanks around the world.

She writes for a number of international publications,

including she owns it and HuffPost. Her debut book, Change Starts Within You,

Unlock the Confidence to Lead with Intuition, was selected for Inc.com's 26 favorite books of high achievers and has been featured in multiple media outlets internationally.

Before a turning entrepreneur, Courtney served as an executive at Vanity Fair Corporation,

vice president at sustainability partners,

professor of graduate studies for Big Ten U.S. universities,

and global associates for the renowned Because Consortium.

She has also moonlighted as a deli waitress, a secretary, and everything in between as a way

to put herself through school and life.

Courtney is a graduate of the London School of Economics and is a certified cultural mediator

in multiple languages.

She lives with her family between the U.S. and Italy, which is kind of everyone's dream,

right, to just live in Italy part time. I was really excited

to interview Courtney because she sent me her book and I was kind of blown away. I was reading

through it and I'm like, this is like the perfect book for moms because it's short, it's sweet,

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