Body of Work

What happens when life asks you to hold grief and joy in the same hand? In this episode, host Julie talks with Sarah Greenman — artist, writer, executive coach, and nonprofit leader — about the threshold moments that reshape a life.

Sarah traces her path from executive director to consultant, writer, and book coach, and speaks openly about caregiving for her medically complex son, Charlie, and what that experience has taught her about grief, disability, and staying in right relationship with the people around her. She and Julie dig into the value of curiosity, the courage it takes to hold...

The advice most leaders hear about handling public pressure is wrong. Dr. Melody Rose has lived the reality of it — as a professor, department head, university chancellor, president of a struggling Catholic institution, and now an executive search leader helping shape the next generation of higher-ed leadership.

If you're navigating high-stakes leadership, an institutional turnaround, or a career pivot that's forcing you to rethink who you are, this conversation offers a rare inside look at what actually holds up when the scrutiny is real. Julie and Melody trace the lessons that came from leading through crisis, raising fo...

AI is moving fast, but Preston Callicott thinks the real shift hasn't even started yet. If you're building, investing, or leading through this moment, his take on what's actually coming next is worth fifteen minutes of your attention.

Julie sits down with Preston for a wide-ranging conversation about the lessons that shaped his career, from growing up an Army brat with a special forces dad to building businesses across HP, AMD, Price Waterhouse, and more than a dozen startups. Along the way, he explains how "adapt, improvise, overcome" became more than a family motto, why he learned...

In this episode, Julie sits down with her nephew David Harrelson (he/him) — Cultural Resources Department Manager for the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde and a tribal member with 22 years of service — for one of those rare conversations that moves easily between the personal and the profound.

David talks about what summer camp taught him about leadership, why eight years as a wildland firefighter changed how he thinks about land management, and why he believes most of Oregon's public lands are dangerously undermanaged. He shares the indigenous philosophy of "may we have enough to share," the Edo-period Japa...

Join Julie in conversation with Libra Forde, Executive Director of the Women's Foundation of Oregon. Libra has spent her career asking one question: what can I do today to make the road easier for the next generation? In this episode, she shares the personal experiences, hard-won wisdom, and unstoppable sense of fairness that fuel her advocacy for women and families across Oregon.

Julie and Candace Beeke are friends and colleagues who share a love of community, food, family and Portland. Check out their conversation about leaders and why we do what we do.

Candace is the publisher of the Portland Business Journal, a mom and a convener of smart people building a better future.

In this introductory episode of Body of Work, host Julie Harrelson shares the story behind the podcast and what you can expect from future conversations. Julie talks about why the idea of a “body of work” matters—not just as a résumé or a list of achievements, but as the sum of the choices, relationships, and risks that shape a meaningful life.