Stroke It Guide Podcast
"Stroke It! Your Guide to Enhance every relationship, Especially You"
The podcast offers personal and professional growth advice from CEO's, CHO's and others rockin 'at life. It is for those wanting more peace, clarity, direction, passion, purpose, and happiness.
If this is you, let this podcast be your guide. This podcast will teach you how to care for yourself first then others. It will boost your confidence, self esteem and worth. You will become happy and fulfilled. So much so that you will have the power to give to others honestly and effectively.
Each episode offers positive self chatter featuring methods, tools, and coaching from Jenny herself towards creating positive mental health benefits first for yourself and then for the others around you as you lead from within your empire. Whether you use the STROKE IT guide on your spouse, your family members, your friends, or your executive, and management teams, applying what learned in these episodes will enrich how you DO LIFE with all those around you.
About the host:
Jenny Alday Townsend is a successful entrepreneur who has made it her mission to help others navigate the challenges of marriage, business ownership, and balancing both. After facing her own struggles in marriage and successfully overcoming them, she has developed a deep understanding of the complexities of relationships and the importance of effective communication. Jenny has since created The Stroke It Guide, which provides practical tools and strategies for individuals looking to improve their relationships. With a compassionate and empathetic approach, Jenny empowers her network to take control of their lives and relationships, and create a fulfilling and happy future for themselves.
Stroke It Guide Podcast
Ep 214 How One Layoff Sparked a Career Platform for Students
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In this episode of The Stroke It Podcast, Jenny sits down with entrepreneur and operations leader Emily McSherry, founder and CEO of Advize—a platform helping students explore careers through short, coffee chat-style alumni interviews and AI-powered recommendations.
Emily shares how a major pivot accelerated her path: after graduating from UCLA Anderson and getting laid off when her department was cut, she went all-in on Advize at the moment she had the least to lose. She opens up about the real tradeoffs of entrepreneurship—moving, saving, living lean, and choosing long-term impact over short-term comfort.
This conversation goes beyond careers into confidence, relationships, and action. Emily explains why students hesitate to reach out, how shared connections (like being alumni) make networking easier, and why a clear, specific ask changes everything.
Jenny and Emily also talk about health, balance, values, and boundaries—why rest matters, how burnout shows up, and how structuring your time around your values can reduce anxiety and help you work smarter.
They close with practical entrepreneurship lessons: stay close to the customer, test assumptions early, and build what your customer cares about. Emily leaves listeners with a challenge: write down your dream life, step into that identity, and take one aligned action today.
If you’re a student, parent, or professional craving clarity, this episode is a reminder that clarity follows movement—and opportunity can start with one conversation.
Resources Mentioned:
Advize (free student access): students.advizehub.com
LinkedIn: Emily McSherry
Advize Newsletter
Chapters
00:00 – Common ground + connection
01:20 – Meet Emily
03:00 – Layoff → going all in
05:00 – How Advize works
08:30 – Why students don’t reach out
12:30 – Action builds confidence
15:30 – Values + the “thirds” framework
20:00 – Workplace relationships + networking
27:00 – Make a clear ask
37:30 – Entrepreneurship tradeoffs
39:00 – Build for the customer
46:20 – Visualize it, then act
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