146: Women Don't Get What They Deserve, They Get What They Ask For with Renee Marino

About this episode

Dr. Jenn Simmons discusses the importance of self-advocacy in health and career with Renee Marino.

In this episode of Keeping Abreast, Dr. Jenn Simmons sits down with Broadway star, bestselling author, and master communicator Renee Marino to make the case that self-advocacy is not a career skill, it is a health act. Renee went from five Broadway shows and a Clint Eastwood film to co-hosting Tony Robbins's global summits, and every door she walked through opened because she asked. She was the only actress in the entire Jersey Boys Broadway cast not called in to audition for the film becaus...

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Jenn Simmons

Guest: Renee Marino

Topics covered

• self-advocacy
• health
• career skills
• Broadway
• communication

Keywords

• self-advocacy
• health act
• Broadway star
• Tony Robbins
• career skills

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tony Robbins, Clint Eastwood

Books & works: Jersey Boys

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