About this episode
This week’s theme: Mentorship
A good mentor embodies the same qualities that make a good mentee: a genuine willingness to care and contribute selflessly. True mentorship is driven by generativity—offering guidance, wisdom, and support without expecting recognition or reward. A real mentor leads by example, often without formally announcing their role, simply by sharing their knowledge and nurturing others.
Equally important, a good mentee embraces the mentor’s insights with an open mind and a willingness to learn. Mentorship is about building relationships, sharing expertise, and creating opportunities for growth, ensuring a positive impact that shapes the future for both mentor and mentee.
From Fear to Fire: Secrets to Overcome Fear, Embrace Your Gifts and Achieve Success
This is the place where real people share real challenges. Where you can find a common bond and uncommon wisdom through their stories. Use tips from the breakthroughs of others to jump start your success. Speaker, author, adventurer, and host Heather Hansen O’Neill takes you on the journey from fear to fire. Today we talk about the essence of mentorship, highlighting the mutual qualities of selflessness and openness that define a good mentor and mentee.
Dr. Deborah Heiser
Dr. Deborah Heiser is the CEO/Founder of The Mentor Project, author of The Mentorship Edge, and an Applied Developmental Psychologist. She has been featured at TEDx, Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches, Thinkers 50 Radar List, Psychology Today and is also an Adjunct Professor in the Psychology Department at SUNY Old Westbury.
Connect with Dr. Deborah:
Website: The Mentor Project and Deborah Heiser
Social Accounts:
LinkedIn: Deborah Heiser, PhD
X (Former Twitter): Deborah Heiser, PhD
Youtube: @DebbieHeiser
Quote of the Day:
“Find a great mentor who believes in you, your life will change forever” ~Bill Walsh
and
“Getting the most out of life isn’t about how much you keep for yourself but how much you pour into others” -Anon
Finding Humanity: The Evolution of Sales book is out now. Check it out here!
The post Mentorship with Dr. Deborah Heiser appeared first on Heather Hansen Oneill.
Get every episode summarized
Each time From Fear To Fire publishes, we email you a written briefing from the transcript — the topics, who appeared, and any specific claims, with the ad reads skipped.
Email me new episodesFree for 3 shows. No card needed.
Hosts & guests
No transcript yet
This episode has not been transcribed. Request it and it moves to the front of the queue.
More episodes
More from From Fear To Fire
Antifragility with Michael Snelgrove
From Fear To Fire
Significance with Cary Rowell
From Fear To Fire
Transformation & Energy with Karin Edgett
From Fear To Fire
Quiet Ambition with Patrick Kamba
From Fear To Fire