The Getting Real with Hilary Show

Updated: 30 Oct 2025 • 191 episodes
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Hilary Arnow Burns grew up in Westport, Connecticut. She graduated from the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1981. She spent over 30 years as a business consultant to companies all over the world. This podcast, is committed to people living their best lives. Hilary’s job is to have conversations with people who have gotten unstuck and triumphed in the face of life’s circumstances so you can see that you can, too. She has a YouTube channel and a website, GettingRealwithHilary.com. She has written 3 books which are available on Amazon.

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What a story!! Dawn Fleming just keeps going. Her junior high school boyfriend turned husband said he didn't want to be married anymore after she had supported him all the way through medical school. Wow! That was a shocker. But Dawn didn't stop. She went to law school instead. When a few positions didn't work out, she

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Chyna Bratcher quit teaching 5th grade when her mental and physical health were suffering. She was not supported by her administration, the parents, or the environment that she was teaching in.But, her commitment to teaching had her not give up on the children. She started teaching kindergarten and has made a HUGE impa

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Rik's book, A Richer Way to Think, can literally dismantle your life in an amazing way. "It is not a book. It is a richer way of living," is the subtitle. Just from reading his book, my life is already unfolding. I am open to new things. I have new opportunities presented to me from out of the blue. I am more grateful,

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Who Else Cares About What You Care About? Creating Intergenerational Communities That Change the World | Renee Beth Poindexter | Hilary Burns | S5EP13Renee Beth was curious about how people learn, what makes people tick, what they care about and who else cares about that. She followed the thread of her questions to man

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Jodi taught me about STEM - Science, Tech, Engineering and Math - she was involved back in the 1980's before it even had a name.  As one of the few women physicists, she was encouraged to continue down her path.  She worked on the space shuttle and met the astronauts. At some point she pivoted and went to work for TERC

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Ana Hebra Flaster, a Cuban refugee, journalist, and author of memoir Property of the Revolution has an incredible story.   At age five, Ana fled Cuba in a 48-hour escape that upended her life, and rebuilt it in a New Hampshire mill town. Her memoir is funny, raw, and full of fierce love, told through the voices of the

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