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Are you a mission-driven leader or entrepreneur who is creating positive change in the lives of other people, communities, cultures, or the world? You’ve come to the right podcast, Shift-Starter!

The truth is, creating meaningful change “out there” often requires you to make shifts “in here” - in how you think and feel, who you BE, and what you DO. And it’s often the tiniest of shifts that create the biggest ripples of impact.

I’m Dr. Erin Baker, a transformational coach, social psychologist, and life-long shift-starter. Join me as I unpack and explore the most meaningful shifts I’ve made as a leader, mission-driven entrepreneur, and person, and listen in to inspiring conversations with transformational leaders, entrepreneurs, culture creators, and activists - who are shifting the world from the inside out.

May 10, 2021

Scientist & entrepreneur Komal Dadlani is starting some powerful shifts in science and education. While studying biochemistry in the University of Chile, Komal recognized the lack of scientific instruments in laboratories. So, in 2013, despite having had no prior knowledge of entrepreneurship and business start-ups...


May 3, 2021

Where in your work do you hold yourself back, discounting your knowledge and experience, thinking that everybody knows what you already know? Do you often think that the wisdom you possess is simply obvious, so you hold yourself back from sharing it with your clients, peers, and the wider world? These thoughts...


Apr 26, 2021

Executive & Leadership Coach ClaireYvonne Naisbitt was already creating some great shifts in her life when I first met her. After 20 years of being a senior leader in the oil & gas industry, ClaireYvonne decided that she wanted to do something completely different in her life. So, she left her corporate job and went on...


Apr 19, 2021

Before she founded the Global Legacy Institute, Angela Tennison decided to follow and support a person who ran for the presidency: Barack Obama. When he was elected, Angela soon found herself in the White House serving as an aide and became the first African-American woman to serve as the White House Usher, a...


Apr 12, 2021

Where in your life have you decided you simply can’t? And in this area of your journey, have you ever stopped to think what can happen if you asked yourself, “What if it’s possible?” Because that’s exactly what started some shifts in the life of Tim Snell, Head of Performance at the London tech start-up...