When you think of an ultra-marathoner, Mirna Valerio might not come to mind. Our Guest Mentor on this week’s Protégé Podcast, Mirna is a self-described “fat girl runner.” She is also a wife, mother, and the head of diversity at a private school in Georgia. Whatever goal you have in mind, Mirna’s story is a powerful testimony about dreaming big, starting small, and making no excuses about achieving your goals!

Is your workplace helping or hindering your ability to be healthy and fit? On this episode, we check in with workplace health and wellness expert Brenda Sillas who provides some practice techniques and tips to make sure you thrive during the work week. From the ergonomics of your desk to walking more to getting more sleep, we break down simple habits you can develop to keep you fit, focused, and healthy!

For the final episode in our series dealing with the aftermath of the U.S. presidential election, we talk with Rev. Marshall Mitchell, pastor of Salem Baptist Church in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. Rev. Mitchell details how the tools used by African Americans to overcome previous social and political odds can be harnessed to address our modern day struggles. On this episode of “Perspectives on Mind, Body & Soul,” Rev. Mitchell reminds us to forget fear and worry; it’s all about planting spiritual seeds now that we can harvest later.

As part of our series “Perspectives on Mind, Body & Soul” designed to help us move forward post-election, this week’s episode focuses on the power of meditation. Light Watkins is an internationally-reknowned meditation expert, Ted Talk speaker, and author. We discuss how meditation can help us cope with stress and restore equilibrium to our bodies. Not only that, but Light breaks down the medical benefits meditation can bring to our sleep-deprived, secular lives. Get still and get renewed, so you can get going toward your purpose!

This I know: you cannot succeed in your career if you feel psychologically, physically, and spiritually stuck. Here at Protégé Podcast, we are going to do our best to help us move forward. We have three episodes in our series “Perspectives on Mind, Body & Soul” which are candid conversations with various experts about how we can practice self-care in these stressful times. Our first episode features Juliette Kayyem, a noted expert on national security, who discusses the election outcome and its implications for the political landscape, national security policy, and how we communicate to our children.