Uncovering Your Natural Talents with the Authors of Your Hidden Genius, Betsy Wills and Alex Ellison

Jan 21, 2025

On this Live Greatly podcast episode, Kristel Bauer sits down with Betsy Wills (cofounder of YouScience) and certified career coach Alex Ellison to discuss their new book, YOUR HIDDEN GENIUS: The Science-Backed Strategy to Uncovering and Harnessing Your Innate Talents (Harvest; 1/21/2025).  Kristel, Betsy and Alex discuss aptitudes and how understanding them can support you in your personal and professional life. Tune in now!

Key Takeaways From This Episode:

• A look into aptitudes, what they are and how they can help you in your personal and professional life
• Discovering your natural talents
• How aptitudes are the seeds of your skills
• A look into the book, YOUR HIDDEN GENIUS: The Science-Backed Strategy to Uncovering and Harnessing Your Innate Talents (Harvest; 1/21/2025).
• What is an idea rate and how can it impact your abilities
• What is a spatial aptitude
• How understanding your aptitudes can support meaningful change 

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

Betsy Wills is the cofounder of YouScience, a national online psychometric-assessment service. She is a regular guest lecturer at Vanderbilt University and at New York University Stern School of Business and has been a featured speaker for TedX
Women. She is also the Director of Marketing and Branding at Diversified Trust, a wealth
management firm. She serves on the Advisory Board of the Peggy Guggenheim Museum in
Venice and the Music City Center Authority in Nashville, Tennessee. Betsy is a graduate of
Vanderbilt University and holds a Master’s of Education in Human Resource Development from
Peabody College. She lives in Nashville.

Alex Ellison is the founder of Throughline Guidance, a college and career counseling practice.
Her work as a consultant has allowed her to work with individuals and organizations around
the world. She writes and lectures extensively on the subject of careers and college readiness
and has been a featured speaker at SXSWedu, NYU’s Stern School of Business, Northwestern
University’s Alumni Association, the Kuala Lumpur International Youth Discourse, and TedX.
Alex holds a degree in German and business from Northwestern University and a master’s in
public policy from the University of Nevada. She lives in Santa Cruz, California.

Connect with Betsy:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/betsywills/ 

You Science: https://www.youscience.com/about-us/ 

Connect with Alex:

Website: https://www.alexellison.com/

Buy the book, YOUR HIDDEN GENIUS: The Science-Backed Strategy to Uncovering and Harnessing Your Innate Talents (Harvest; 1/21/2025): https://www.yourhiddengenius.com/  

About the Host of the Live Greatly podcast, Kristel Bauer:

Kristel Bauer is a corporate wellness and performance expert, keynote speaker and TEDx speaker supporting organizations and individuals on their journeys for more happiness and success. She is the author of Work-Life Tango: Finding Happiness, Harmony, and Peak Performance Wherever You Work (John Murray Business November 19, 2024). With Kristel’s healthcare background, she provides data driven actionable strategies to leverage happiness and high-power habits to drive growth mindsets, peak performance, profitability, well-being and a culture of excellence. Kristel's keynotes provide insights to “Live Greatly” while promoting leadership development and team building.

 

Kristel is the creator and host of her global top self-improvement podcast, Live Greatly. She is a contributing writer for Entrepreneur, and she is an influencer in the business and wellness space having been recognized as a Top 10 Social Media Influencer of 2021 in Forbes. As an Integrative Medicine Fellow & Physician Assistant having practiced clinically in Integrative Psychiatry, Kristel has a unique perspective into attaining a mindset for more happiness and success. Kristel has presented to groups from the American Gas Association, Bank of America, bp, Commercial Metals Company, General Mills, Northwestern University, Santander Bank and many more. Kristel has been featured in Forbes, Forest & Bluff Magazine, Authority Magazine & Podcast Magazine and she has appeared on ABC 7 Chicago, WGN Daytime Chicago, Fox 4’s WDAF-TV’s Great Day KC, and Ticker News. Kristel lives in the Fort Lauderdale, Florida area and she can be booked for speaking engagements worldwide.

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