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Heidi Siefkas

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Author Heidi Siefkas featured on Leaderish Podcast about latest book Look Up—Global Stories of Resilience

Reinventing Life After Adversity: My Two Cents on Resilience in Life and Leadership

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Real People, Real Resilience: Look Up Hits the Airwaves and the Heartland

📺 A Month in the Media Spotlight It’s been a whirlwind month for Look Up—Global Stories of Resilience. From Nashville

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The Work I’d Do for Free: When Passion Becomes Purpose

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Look Up—Global Stories of Resilience: A Powerful Spring of Progress, Praise, and People

Since its official launch Look Up—Global Stories of Resilience has taken flight—uplifting readers and listeners around the globe with true

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17 years ago today, I took out a pizza box — and a 17 years ago today, I took out a pizza box — and a 1,000-lb tree limb ended life as I knew it. 🌳

On this anniversary, I want to share this backstory that many may not know. 

Watch Episode 1 of The Look Up Mindset Podcast and hear the full scoop. 👇

▶️ https://youtu.be/IugAbniEeBY?si=gZCV5Baf6BZw-Fct&t=59

And if you're in the middle of your own hard chapter right now — I see you. The turn is coming. 💛

#podcast #resilience #inspiration #lookupmindset #motivation
Growth doesn't always look like a breakthrough. So Growth doesn't always look like a breakthrough. Sometimes it looks like sitting with the hard questions.

🎙️ On the latest Look Up Mindset episode, Becky Onyett talks about the soul-searching it took to move into her next chapter — and how that process gave her the strength to help others do the same.

👀  A good reminder that reflection is its own kind of resilience.

🎧 Full episode out now [link in bio]!
❤️We lost my dad, Dr. James M. Siefkas, on Septemb ❤️We lost my dad, Dr. James M. Siefkas, on September 10th, 2026. 

He was a professor of speech and theater, a sailor, and one of a kind.⛵️

Copy and paste the link below to read the full obituary. 

🌈Please share your memories and pictures of Jim in the Google form within obit: 

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/lacrossetribune/name/james-siefkas-obituary?id=62444136
You can't always control what happens to you. You You can't always control what happens to you. You can control who you become because of it.

🎙️On the latest Look Up Mindset episode, guest Becky Onyett shares her journey through two open heart surgeries — and the mindset shifts, support systems, and gratitude that carried her through it. 🌈

It's a powerful reminder that reframing isn't about ignoring hard moments. It's about choosing what they mean for you next.

🎧 Full episode out now [link in bio]!
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