Welcome to a special edition of Behind the ABA Talk podcast. In this series, host Lisa Gurdin and BehaviorLive co-founder and WIBA executive director, Janet Lund, have heart-to-heart conversations with ABA experts, thought leaders, and change-makers who are speaking at the WIBA's Women Behaving Boldly Conference. On January 15 and 16 (2026), this virtual live and on-demand conference will feature women in behavior analysis who are expanding the field of ABA with passion, innovation, and intentionality.

In this podcast episode, Janet and Lisa share their professional journeys, the lessons they learned along the way, and what motivates their efforts to build communication and connection in the field of behavior analysis. Listen now and mark your calendar for the inspiring WIBA's Women Behaving Boldly Conference.

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Welcome to a special edition of Behind the ABA Talk podcast. In this series, host Lisa Gurdin is joined by BehaviorLive co-founder and WIBA executive director, Janet Lund, to have heart-to-heart conversations with ABA experts, thought leaders, and change-makers who are speaking at the WIBA's Women Behaving Boldly Conference. On January 15 and 16, this virtual live and on-demand conference will feature women in behavior analysis who are expanding the field of ABA with passion, innovation, and intentionality.

In this podcast episode, Janet and Lisa talk with Dr. Sarah Lichtenberger about the behind-the-scenes realities that shaped her professional journey and how she learned the importance of humility, self-compassion, and daily ethical practice.

At the Women Behaving Boldly conference, Dr. Lichtenberger will explore how self-compassion and intentional ethical practice help behavior analysts lead with humility and grace. Through practical examples and prompts for daily practices, she will help fellow behavior analysts reframe mistakes as opportunities to strengthen integrity and build teams where people can learn openly and ethically together. Welcome to the show!

Listen now and mark your calendar for the inspiring WIBA's Women Behaving Boldly Conference.

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WIBA's Women Behaving Boldly Conference

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Welcome to a special edition of Behind the ABA Talk podcast. In this series, host, Lisa Gurdin, is joined by BehaviorLive co-founder and WIBA executive director, Janet Lund, to have heart-to-heart conversations with ABA experts, thought leaders, and change-makers who are speaking at the WIBA's Women Behaving Boldly Conference. On January 15 and 16, this virtual live and on-demand conference will feature women in behavior analysis who are expanding the field of ABA with passion, innovation, and intentionality.

In this podcast episode, Janet and Lisa talk with Dr Nancy Marchese about the behind-the-scenes realities that shaped her professional journey and the incredible work she is doing as CEO and Founder of Breakthrough Autism Centre. Nancy talked about the importance of empowering families and building strong, evidence-based teams to support children with autism.

Listen now and mark your calendar for the inspiring WIBA's Women Behaving Boldly Conference.

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WIBA's Women Behaving Boldly Conference

Breakthrough Autism Center

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Welcome to a special edition of Behind the ABA Talk podcast. In this series, host Lisa Gurdin is joined by BehaviorLive co-founder and WIBA executive director, Janet Lund, to have heart-to-heart conversations with ABA experts, thought leaders, and change-makers who are speaking at the WIBA's Women Behaving Boldly Conference. On January 15 and 16, this virtual live and on-demand conference will feature women in behavior analysis who are expanding the field of ABA with passion, innovation, and intentionality.

In this podcast episode, Janet and Lisa talk with Kathy Fox about the behind-the-scenes realities that shaped her professional journey and the incredible work she is doing as principal and assistant director at Morningside Academy, an internationally recognized school supporting students with learning differences. Kathy also discussed the importance of reading for all of us and shared the top three books she read in 2025.

At the Women Behaving Boldly conference, Kathy will discuss the benefits of reading, what is lost when reading behavior deteriorates, what we stand to gain from building reading skills across settings and how leaders can shape the communities they lead to enthusiastically embrace reading and its benefits.

Listen now and mark your calendar for the inspiring WIBA's Women Behaving Boldly Conference.

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WIBA's Women Behaving Boldly Conference

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Welcome to a special edition of Behind the ABA Talk podcast. In this series, host, Lisa Gurdin, is joined by BehaviorLive co-founder and WIBA executive director, Janet Lund, to have heart-to-heart conversations with ABA experts, thought leaders, and change-makers who are speaking at the WIBA's Women Behaving Boldly Conference. On January 15 and 16, this virtual live and on-demand conference will feature women in behavior analysis who are expanding the field of ABA with passion, innovation, and intentionality.

In this podcast episode, Janet and Lisa talk with Dr. Margo Uwayo, BCBA-D about the behind-the-scenes realities that shaped her professional journey and the inspiration for her visionary school, Kalamazoo Academy for Behavioral and Academic Success (KABAS). At the Women Behaving Boldly Conference, Dr. Uwayo will describe a unique educational model that applies effective strategies from Applied Behavior Analysis to core academic subjects at an ABA-based school.

Listen now and mark your calendar for the inspiring WIBA's Women Behaving Boldly Conference.

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WIBA's Women Behaving Boldly Conference

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Welcome to a special edition of Behind the ABA Talk podcast. In this series, host, Lisa Gurdin, is joined by BehaviorLive co-founder and WIBA executive director, Janet Lund, to have heart-to-heart conversations with ABA experts, thought leaders, and change-makers who are speaking at the WIBA's Women Behaving Boldly Conference. On January 15 and 16, this virtual live and on-demand conference will feature women in behavior analysis who are expanding the field of ABA with passion, innovation, and intentionality.

In this podcast episode, Janet and Lisa talk with Mellanie Page, BCBA, MBA about the behind-the-scenes realities that shaped her professional journey and the business she developed to guide behavior analysts through the process of evolving from traditional one-to-one clinical service delivery into the role of a leveraged clinician—a practitioner who amplifies their expertise, expands their reach, and creates multiple avenues for impact and income. Mellanie is founder of The ABA Collective, a visionary OBM-based CEU platform that helps behavior analysts apply their skills in innovative ways.

Listen now and mark your calendar for the inspiring WIBA's Women Behaving Boldly Conference.

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WIBA's Women Behaving Boldly Conference

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The ABA Collective

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Join host Lisa Gurdin, founder of LSGurdin Consulting, for heart-to-heart conversations with expert speakers from the LSGurdin Consulting Continuing Education program. In this episode, Dr. Shannon Rossi shares her journey in behavior analysis and education and discusses her experience helping students not only attend school regularly, but also engage in learning throughout the school day.

Listen now and mark your calendar for Dr. Shannon Barry and Dr. Catherine Rossi's CE event: School Refusal Part 2: Tier 2 and Tier 3 Supports for School Refusal/Avoidance, on January 9, 12-1:30 PM EST. This event will also be offered on demand.

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Welcome to a special edition of Behind the ABA Talk podcast. In this series, host, Lisa Gurdin, is joined by BehaviorLive co-founder and WIBA executive director, Janet Lund, to have heart-to-heart conversations with ABA experts, thought leaders, and change-makers who are speaking at the WIBA's Women Behaving Boldly Conference. On January 15 and 16, this virtual live and on-demand conference will feature women in behavior analysis who are expanding the field of ABA with passion, innovation, and intentionality.

In this podcast episode, Janet and Lisa talk with Dr. Jaclyn Leotta about the behind-the-scenes realities that shaped her professional journey and her fluency-based framework for training school personnel in crisis-prevention, de-escalation, and safety-response skills using principles of precision teaching, performance feedback, and ongoing coaching. Dr. Leotta will be presenting this framework at the WIBA conference.

Listen now and mark your calendar for the inspiring WIBA's Women Behaving Boldly Conference.

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WIBA's Women Behaving Boldly Conference

Dr. Leotta's LinkedIn

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