Podcasts by Badass Women at Any Age
Women are becoming stronger, claiming our power, and being true badasses. Host Bonnie Marcus interviews some of the most groundbreaking badass women and shares their stories of doing extraordinary things to change perceptions and challenge the status quo
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Street Smarts with Joy Farrow and Laura Frombach from 2023-12-05T09:00
Although both Laura Frombach and Joy Farrow lived completely different experiences, their similarities working in male dominated fields and their desire to help women compelled them to work toge...
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Overcoming Migraines with Debbie Waidl from 2023-11-28T09:00
Unaccepting of the fate of having to live life with migraines as her mother and grandmother had, Debbie Waidl made it her mission to seek out the root cause, conquer her migraines and lower the...
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Let Your Passion Lead the Way with Sherri Nourse from 2023-11-14T09:00
Sherri Nourse is a successful woman entrepreneur who at the top of her game followed her passion, tapped into her creative energy and is making a difference in the lives of many women...
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Processing Your Trauma with Amy Hoyt from 2023-10-31T08:00
After going through the process of healing from a traumatic experience that significantly affected the first two decades of her life, Dr. Amy Hoyt dove into trauma research and found a...
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Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone with Kim Imas from 2023-10-17T08:00
Discovering that her chosen career in engineering was not for her, Kim Imas took a leap of faith and dramatically changed the direction of her career to pursue something that brought h...
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Inspire Action with Aisha Muhammed-Oyebode from 2023-10-03T08:00
Born into a family of strong women, Aisha Muhammed-Oyebode defied societal norms by pursuing her education. Motivated by her observance of the difference between formally educated and...
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Navigating Change with Lisa DeAngelis from 2023-09-19T08:00
Through a series of life altering events, Lisa DeAngelis learned how to masterfully fuse work and passion in her life. Recognizing that she could live the life she wanted based on the...
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Discover Your Erotic Self with Stella Fosse from 2023-09-05T13:28
Defying the notion that characters in novels need to be of a certain age to be popular, Stella Fosse is living her dream as a successful writer and advocate of erotica for older women....
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Walking Your Way To Better with Joyce Shulman from 2023-08-22T08:00
After practicing law for over a dozen years, Joyce Shulman’s lifelong entrepreneurial spirit led her in a different direction. Learning to use walking as a tool from a young age, Joyc...
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Helping You Find Your Badass Match with Nelly Sudri from 2023-08-08T08:00:23
Feeling the pressure of companies getting leaner during the pandemic, Nelly Sudri made the decision to leave her successful corporate career to pursue an MBA. Finding that she enjoyed...
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Journaling Your Badass Story with Merle Saferstein from 2023-07-25T08:00
While taking a break from her career as a lifelong educator Merle Saferstein was offered a series of opportunities that led her to discover the importance of leaving her legacy. Worki...
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Love after 50 with Francine Russo from 2023-07-11T08:00
After losing her husband to a heart attack at the age of 46, Francine Russo began a 10 year quest to find a partner. When history repeated itself and she lost her second husband, she ...
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The Unwritten Rules with Helen Appleby from 2023-06-27T08:00
Growing up with a father who instilled in her the fact that girls can do anything boys can do, Helen Appleby put it to the test with great success. Helen Appleby is a British New York...
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Finding Your True North with Cari Kenzie from 2023-06-13T08:00
After unsuccessfully searching for answers to her inexplicable physical ailments, Cari Kenzi came to the realization that her struggles were a manifestation of her own self invalidatio...
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Trust Your Voice with Karly Polkosnik from 2023-05-30T08:00
Karly Polkosnik started blogging about everyday life as a pastime after high school. Operating in truth on and off camera and excelling in leadership as a result of her high school ex...
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Forge Your Own Path with Emily Rogan from 2023-05-16T08:30
Trusting that life takes you in many different directions Emily Rogan has never been afraid of change and has pivoted throughout her life to many roles including stay-at-home mom, poli...
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Empowering Underserved Communities through Tech with Irma Olguin Jr. from 2023-05-02T08:00
Growing up in a farming and agriculture community, Irma Olguin Jr. never imagined a life and career in tech. Taking the PSAT as a sophomore and being offered a scholarship to attend ...
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Art and Activism with Sara Drescher from 2023-04-18T08:00
Sara Drescher fell in love with art at an early age and was blessed with parents who supported her love and study of art from grade school through college. While working as an artist ...
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Finding a New Purpose with Karin Moore from 2023-04-04T08:00
Growing up with the example of hardworking, successful and supportive parents, Karin Moore rose to success wherever she set her sights. A motivated and unstoppable immigrant woman, Ka...
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Exploring Your Dreams with Kelly Sullivan Walden from 2023-03-21T08:00
As a young child, Kelly Sullivan Walden had the uncommon occurrence of tandem dreaming with her youngest sister. Recognizing that dreams are an untapped resource for self-discovery, Ke...
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From Homeless to Activist with Gemma Aitchison from 2023-03-07T09:00
Sexually abused by a family member at a young age, Gemma ran away from home and lived on the streets until a charity helped her. Married at 17 and a young mother, Gemma faced the un...
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Spirited Courage with Michelle Fishburne from 2023-02-21T09:00
Michelle Fishburne’s life turned upside down during the 2020 COVID spring when she lost her job and could not find another ...
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Swagger with Jennifer Sukalo from 2023-02-07T09:00
23 years old, on the verge of homelessness and feeling like the world was shrinking around her, Jennifer Sukalo was encouraged by her father and her therapist to ...
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Curiosity and Courage with Sylvana Rochet from 2023-01-31T09:00
Growing up in a multi-cultural, multi-lingual environment, Sylvana Rochet learned to adapt to new spaces and places with ease and creativity. Establishing a care...
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Power Through with Maria Lehman from 2023-01-24T09:00
As a young girl Maria Lehman chose to leave her Girl Scouts troop and join the Boy Scouts because their projects interested her more. Organizing and leading a s...
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A Life Well Lived with Andrea DeWitt from 2023-01-17T09:00
Andrea Mein DeWitt loved her job as a teacher. Inspired by the coaching element of teaching, she identified her desires and true calling. At age 50, Andrea took...
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Follow Your Intuition with Jenne Sharpe from 2023-01-10T09:00
Jenne Sharpe was living what she thought was a fairytale love story until she realized it wasn’t. After 6 years of isolatio...
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Finding Your Reason Why with Diane Armitage from 2023-01-03T09:00
Diane Armitage learned early in her career that she was the creator of her own success. Diane took a leap of faith by quitting her full-time job, following her d...
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Moving Forward from Grief with Julia Nicholson from 2022-12-27T09:00
After a nearly fatal head-on collision at the age of 18, Julia Nicholson began her healing journey and her adult life in search of approval and acceptance. Reali...
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Taking a Leap of Faith with Marlene Wagman-Geller from 2022-12-20T09:00
Marlene Wagman Geller always wanted to write. Believing that success is not in succeeding but in trying, Marlene was determined to live out her dream of being a ...
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Challenging the Status Quo with Dr. Elizabeth Klodas from 2022-12-13T09:00
When Dr. Elizabeth Klodas looked around her waiting room 15 years ago, she realized that ,although her patient’s numbers were perfect, their actual health was not...
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Redefining Age with Frieda Birnbaum from 2022-12-06T09:00
Dr. Frieda Birnbaum is no stranger to challenging the status quo and redefining the rules. The daughter of holocaust survivors, Frieda was tasked with helping h...
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Collaborative Divorce with Nanci Smith from 2022-11-29T09:00
Answering the call that she heard at 7 years old, Nanci Smith always knew that she would pursue a career in law. Early exposure to injustices around her, motivat...
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Peaceful Confidence with Jennifer Szpigiel from 2022-11-22T09:00
Growing up, Jennifer Szpigiel always had an admiration for confident women. As a young mom walking away from a career in marketing, it became evident that her o...
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Living Out of Your Comfort Zone with Ashley Grottoli from 2022-11-15T09:00
Ashley Grottoli learned from her parent’s example that she had the power to control her fate. Armed with tenacity and a hunger for knowledge Ashley chose to pivo...
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Bringing Awareness to Body Diversity with Pam Luk from 2022-11-08T09:00
Growing up as a plus size athlete and dancer Pam Luk struggled to find active wear that fit properly. After becoming a mom she was determined to make an impact on...
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Challenging Workplace Inequity with Kelly Mooney from 2022-11-01T08:00
Fueled by her mother and father’s encouragement and example, Kelly Mooney’s acute awareness of the importance of independence, self investing, creativity and humi...
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Badass Adventurer with Marcia Seligson from 2022-10-25T08:00
Raised in the suburbs of New York, Marcia Seligson traded in her concert pianist ambitions to explore and pursue her passions for travel and musical theater. A...
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Let Curiosity and Passion Be Your Guide with Zhu Shen from 2022-10-18T08:00
Led by her belief that it is never too late to reinvent yourself, Dr. Zhu Shen pivoted from a successful career in biotech to a successful venture into filmmaking...
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If You Want, You Can with Lina Kennedy from 2022-10-11T08:00
After a terrible car accident left Lina Kennedy hopeless and broken, a prayer and a TV show promoting women business owners motivated her to find her way out of t...
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Effective Communication with Elena Paweta from 2022-10-04T08:00
As a little girl, Elena Paweta was shy and afraid to speak up. Finding herself in a teaching position and faced with the task of speaking publicly, Elena focused...
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Make Your Mess Your Message with Ferlie Almonte from 2022-09-27T08:00:32
Living a life wrought with challenge and heartbreak, Ferlie Almonte chose to rise above it all and take control of her own destiny. Making her mess her message, ...
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A Heroine’s Journey with Susanna Liller from 2022-09-20T08:00:39
As a shy girl growing up, Susanna wasn’t used to listening or following her own intuition. Susanna worked her way up the corporate ladder and helped organizations...
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It’s Never Too Late Until It Is with Eileen Greene from 2022-09-13T08:00:26
Being a good girl was a major part of Eileen Greene’s upbringing. What she recognized as she got older was that the messaging she had absorbed growing up was wra...
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Do What You Love with Patricia J Ricketts from 2022-09-06T08:00:12
Patricia ‘Trisha’ Ricketts received a lifelong love of music, the written word, the visual arts, and healthy arguing from her Irish Catholic family of origin. Sh...
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Finding Your Why with Esther Weinberg from 2022-08-30T08:00:43
Getting an early start working in marketing and PR, Esther Weinberg gained a wealth of knowledge and expertise in both fields. Working for media companies and rea...
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Make Yourself The Priority with Carrie-Ann Barrow from 2022-08-23T08:00:44
Raised in a home of contradiction, Carrie-Ann Barrow reached a point in life where she decided she was done with the ideologies that society and her parents impre...
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Set Your Goals and Boundaries with Elizabeth Cantillon from 2022-08-16T08:00:53
Working her way up from entry level jobs in Hollywood, Elizabeth Cantillon used her love of film and storytelling coupled with her expertise in film theory and cr...
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Badass Optimism with Giovanna Moraga Clayton from 2022-08-09T08:00:29
As a self proclaimed optimist, Giovanna Moraga Clayton has kept joy and gratitude at the forefront of her endeavors. A freelance musician in Los Angeles, Giovann...
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Centered Ambition with Amy Baer from 2022-08-02T08:00:41
Growing up around the film business, Amy Baer always loved movies and reading. Unsure of what she wanted to do professionally, Amy was certain of one thing. Wh...
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Rule Breaker and Lemonade Maker with Nancy Shenker from 2022-07-26T08:00:07
As a young girl, Nancy Shenker loved reading books that featured strong women who were breaking the mold and achieving greatness. Naturally self motivated and ins...
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Living Authentically with Michelle Martin from 2022-07-19T08:00:25
Unsure of who she was in her teens, Michelle Martin manifested the pressure of having to be perfect by creating different self narratives to fit her different en...
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From Rock Star to Gerontology with Brett Anderson from 2022-07-12T08:00:39
Brett Anderson is a great example of a woman who realized that her direction no longer served her and made a huge shift in her life and career. At the height of...
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Unstoppable with Linda Schreyer from 2022-07-05T08:00:28
As a child, watching her mother paint everyday, Linda Schreyer learned that with persistence and a creative spark there wasn’t anything that she couldn’t achieve....
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Living Your Dream with Margo Brown from 2022-06-28T08:00:05
After a 25 year successful career in technology, Margo Brown decided to pursue her passion of being a singer. Quitting her job and setting a year long goal, Margo...
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Changing the Age Narrative with Jeanette Leardi from 2022-06-21T08:00:32
In her 40s, Jeanette Leardi sequentially and simultaneously became the primary caregiver to both her parents. The traumatic experience was life changing for Jea...
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Meet The Queenagers with Eleanor Mills from 2022-06-14T08:00:51
Despite being the only woman in the room early in her career, Eleanor Mills had a successful, rocket propelled career in journalism. Blindsided by her terminat...
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Grief, Loss and Liberation with Eleanor Beaton from 2022-06-07T08:00:49
Eleanor Beaton learned at an early age that money is power from her mother who told her, “Money is power, always make your own.” Influenced by her mother’s words, ...
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Building Your Business Your Way with Becky Robinson from 2022-05-31T08:00:12
Upon graduating from college Becky Robinson happily focused on her marriage, home and raising her children. After turning 40 she shifted her focus from homemaking t...
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Claim Your Creativity with Christina Vo from 2022-05-24T08:00:55
A theme throughout Christina Vo’s life has been the search for home. Losing her mother as a teenager, Christina’s upbringi...
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Successful Re-Entry with Candance Chow from 2022-05-17T08:00:33
Raised by a single mom, Candance Chow credits her career journey to the social injustices she witnessed as a child through her mom’s experience. Motivated by the...
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Make Love Not Porn with Cindy Gallop from 2022-05-10T08:00:27
Through her experience of dating younger men, Cindy Gallop realized that when we don’t talk openly and honestly about sex, porn becomes sex education by default in ...
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Discover and Own Your Strength Dr. Susan Meyer from 2022-05-03T08:00:17
Losing her mother at an early age, Dr. Susan Meyers' childhood and adolescent years were tumultuous and filled with uncertainty. Despite the challenges she faced, ...
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Make Love Last with Carolin Hauser from 2022-04-26T08:00:45
Struggling from an early age with eating disorders and ancestral trauma, Carolin Hauser spent many years searching for healing. Discovering family constellations, ...
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Living True with Lisa Lucca from 2022-04-19T08:00
After learning that her father was gay, Lisa Lucca spent her early teen years in a deep rebellion as she struggled to understand the dynamics of her new found LGB...
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Embracing the Joy of Aging with Siobhan Daniels from 2022-04-12T08:00:47
Boldly and unapologetically letting the world know about gendered ageism, Siobhan Daniels is inspiring women to step out of their comfort zone and follow their retir...
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A Third Act Quest with Diana Dunbar Place from 2022-04-05T08:00:39
Paralyzed by her freedom of choice, Diana Place always felt the need to fulfill her sense of purpose. Blessed with a successful, varied career path, Diana took ...
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The Perfect Shade of Badass with Jill Kirsh from 2022-03-29T08:00:09
With both parents working in fashion in New York, world renowned color expert, author and Hollywood’s Guru of Hue, Jill Kirsh grew up in showrooms and immersed in ...
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Controlling Your Own Narrative with Monique Judge from 2022-03-22T08:00:20
A storyteller since childhood, Monique Judge has always had a passion for words and writing. Fulfilling her parents' idea of success, she followed the standard path...
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From Wayne to Wynne with Wynne Nowland from 2022-03-15T08:00:01
Wynne Nowland realized at an early age that she was not like the other kids. Unable to share her real feelings until later in life, Wynne’s evolving process of tran...
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If You Want it, Go and Get it with Molly Leikin from 2022-03-08T09:00:44
Motivated by understanding that she had nowhere to go but forward, Molly Leikin knew that she had to find success. Encouraged by friends she lived with in a kibbut...
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Celebrating the Stories of Women with Marci Bracken and Bridget Snell from 2022-03-01T09:00
Marci Bracken and Bridget Snell met in the waiting room of their kids' karate class and they found a common purpose and passio...
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Dare to Live Your Dream with Stephanie Raffelock from 2022-02-22T09:00:27
Although Stephanie Raffelock’s childhood was a happy one, she grew up in an environment that lacked parental guidance and oversight. A high school dropout, experimen...
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Amplifying Women’s Voices with Pamela Weiss from 2022-02-15T09:00:04
Pamela Weiss has always had journalism at the center of her creative heart. Inspired by Lucy Morgan and other award-winning journalists, Pamela followed her passion ...
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The Understory of Survival with Michelle Schuman from 2022-02-08T09:00:12
Michelle Schuman overcame many difficult challenges to prove her worth as a female in a male-dominated profession. She is a great example of a true badass, mission-d...
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Reclaim Your Identity with Hélène Stelian from 2022-02-01T09:00
After staking so much of her identity in being a mother, Hélène Stelian realized, as her daughters prepared to leave for college, that throughout her life she had fa...
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Faking Normal with Elizabeth White from 2022-01-25T09:00:12
After finding herself in unexpected despair due to job loss and a recession in her 50’s, Elizabeth White wrote an essay that resonated with a large group of people i...
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Badass Trailblazer with Beth Broday from 2022-01-18T09:00
As a kid coming of age in the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s, Beth Broday’s life revolved around music. She knew early on that she wanted to build her career around the inters...
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Start Me Up with Jeannie Edmunds from 2022-01-11T09:00
As a curious teenager, having the opportunity to travel outside of her small, one horse town, instilled a sense of adventure and exploration early in Jeannie Edmund’...
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Supporting Women Through Menopause With Catherine Balsam-Schwaber from 2022-01-04T09:00
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Brilliantly Resilient with Kristin Smedley and Mary Fran Bontempo from 2021-12-28T09:00
Kristin Smedley and Mary Fran Bontempo faced devastating challenges as young mothers. Kristin found herself raising two blind sons and Mary Fran navigated her son’...
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Up to No Good with Jane Wilson from 2021-12-21T09:00
Overwhelmed by the life she thought she wanted, Jane Wilson realized that her dream of being a lifelong early childhood educator wasn’t the path she was destined to ...
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Live Your Badass Dream with Melissa Davey from 2021-12-14T09:00
Motivated by her lifelong dream of becoming a filmmaker, Melissa Davey made a pivotal career and life change at the age of 65. After a successful career in disabilit...
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Securing Venture Capital with Diane Yoo from 2021-12-07T09:00
Diane has always had a passion for entrepreneurship. However, she shifted to venture capital after seeing the need to help em...
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Badass Allies with Jeffery Tobias Halter from 2021-11-30T09:00
As the country’s leading male business expert on advancing women and engaging men, Jeffery delivers keynotes and workshops at leadership conferences and company meet...
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The Power of Writing Our Own Personal Story with Kristina Paider from 2021-11-23T09:00
Raised by a squad of women that could rival any SNL cast, Kristina Paider’s view of life was influenced by the stories and laughter shared throughout her young life....
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Gender Diversity in Leadership with Christine Spadafor from 2021-11-16T09:00
Enlightened by her father and encouraged by her mother, Christine Spadafor was raised with the belief that she could do anything. Her affinity for sciences, her ins...
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Make It, Don’t Fake It with Sabrina Horn from 2021-11-09T09:00
As the only child of German immigrants, Sabrina Horn was raised with a mind set of never giving up. Infused with her parent’s survival instincts and entrepreneurial ...
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Advancing All Women with Sarah Alter from 2021-11-02T08:00
Working passionately to make a difference for all working women, Sarah Alter found her calling in the non-profit world after a successful career in the for-profit wo...
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Self Made Badass with Nancy Duitch from 2021-10-26T08:00
After losing her 20 year old brother to cardiac arrest in his sleep, Nancy Duitch’s life changed forever. Learning that her family had a, not so rare, genetic synd...
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101 Bloom Where You’re Planted with Charlene Wilde from 2021-10-19T08:00
Overcoming the challenges of being one of the few females in the marines, Charlene Wilde attributes her sense of empowerment to the example her mother set. Under...
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100 Empowered Women Empower with Jane Finette from 2021-10-12T08:00
Jane Finette’s long and winding journey through her life and career influenced her passion for empowering others. Her worldview was shaped by the impact of her so...
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099 Live Every Heartbeat with Gail Lowney Alofsin from 2021-10-05T08:00
Gail Lowney Alofisn has always had a passion for sales and giving. Influenced by her parents' example and her grandmother's motto, “Live every heartbeat”, Gail ...
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098: Unleash Your Swagger with Leslie Ehm from 2021-09-28T08:00
An authentic Badass since birth, Leslie Ehm was taught by her mother to never be anything but her authentic self. Using this ethos to guide her steps, Leslie fo...
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097: Lives Well Lived with Sky Bergman from 2021-09-21T08:00
Inspired by her 100 year old grandmother’s workout routine, Sky Bergman decided to document her unbelievable routine and lifestyle. Realizing the positive impact...
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096: Doing the Work: Intentional Inclusion with Bernadette Smith from 2021-09-14T08:00
Bernadette Smith started her Badass entrepreneur journey taking long lunches in front of the state house in Boston when gay couples were fighting for their rights...
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095: Surviving Child Marriage with Dawn Tyree from 2021-09-07T08:00
At the age of 13, Dawn Tyree was forced to marry her abuser. Despite this harrowing experience, she found the courage to leave the marriage at 16 and became her...
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094: Find and Fulfill Your Purpose with Nikki Porcher from 2021-08-31T08:00
Experiencing life serving as a member of the Armed Forces, working with non-profits, becoming a master seamstress, studding phlebotomy, earning multiple degrees, ...
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093 Kidnapped in Somalia with Jessica Buchanan from 2021-08-24T08:00
Best selling author Jessica Buchanan survived a life altering, harrowing kidnapping experience. After being abducted and held for ransom by a group of Somali pi...
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092 Aging Boldly with Jeannie Ralston from 2021-08-17T08:00
Author, Journalist, Editor, Mother, Speaker and Influencer Jeannie Ralston is a role model for aging boldly. She used her entrepreneurial spirit and love of conne...
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091 Badass Women Speak Up and Stand Out with Lois Frankel from 2021-08-10T08:00
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090 Finding Your Own Authentic Truth with Lisa Kohn from 2021-08-03T08:00
Lisa Kohn is an accomplished leadership consultant, executive coach, author, and keynote speaker. She joins the show today to share her extraordinary story of bei...
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089 Resilience is a Super Power with Lise Deguire from 2021-07-27T08:00
After being severely burned in an accidental fire set by her mother, Lise Deguire spent most of her childhood in the hospital alone undergoing countless surgical...
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088 Power and Potential with Catherine Lindner from 2021-07-20T08:00
With her sights set on working in Chicago after college, Catherine Lindner found a job where she learned about data and information resources. This valuable knowl...
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087 Building Women Up with Molly Galbraith from 2021-07-13T08:00
As a young woman, Molly struggled with insecurities. Ridiculed and bullied for various circumstances beyond her control, Molly believed early on that her accepta...
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086 A No Limits Attitude is Badass with Kathy Goughenour from 2021-07-06T08:00
Raised with a no limits attitude, Kathy Goughenour learned early on that she could do anything she wanted to do. Earning a Masters degree while working at a fort...
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085 Unleash Your Authentic Power with Brianca Johnson from 2021-06-29T08:00
Brianca Johnson always had a passion for digital marketing. After receiving her masters degree in marketing and with the goal of becoming the Chief Marketing of...
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084 The Business of Success with Marla Persky from 2021-06-22T08:00
As the first person to go to college in her family, Marla Persky did not have a professional female role model. Unsure of what she wanted to do, she found an at...
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083 Boss Mom with Jessie Wiegand from 2021-06-15T08:00
Jessie Wiegand had a tumultuous childhood, leaving home at 16 and living a peripatetic life, couch surfing throughout high school years. With the help of teacher...
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082 Self-Love and Courage with Amy Ferris from 2021-06-08T08:00
Amy Ferris is an author, screenwriter, editor and playwright. Her memoir, Marrying George Clooney: Confessions From A M...
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081 Building Your Badass Brand with Lea Stendahl from 2021-06-01T08:00
Growing up on a dairy farm in Minnesota, Lea Stendahl wasn’t quite sure what she wanted to do in life. Having gained some digital knowledge during an internship ...
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080: Breaking Through Barriers with Felice Gray-Kemp from 2021-05-25T08:00
Learning early on in life that you can do anything until someone tells you you can’t, Felice Gray-Kemp’s experience as a young, inquisitive, intelligent African A...
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079: Not Done Yet! With Charlotte Kaufman from 2021-05-18T08:00
Working as an executive coach Bonnie Marcus began researching gendered ageism after one of her clients experienced changes in her workplace that set her career at...
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078: Clear and Confident Purpose with Gabrielle Bosché from 2021-05-11T08:00
As a young girl, Gabrielle Bosché grew up hearing her father express his regret of not having a son and that shaped her perspective of who she needed to be. Equat...
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077: Ginny Whitelaw, PhD: A Badass and Zen Leader from 2021-05-04T08:00
Inspired by space travel, Dr. Ginny Whitelaw knew she wanted to be an astronaut by the time she was in middle school. At the age of 13 she wrote a letter to NASA ...
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076: Badass Balance and Alignment with Wendy Coren from 2021-04-27T08:00
Dr. Wendy Coren was determined from a young age to do things herself. With a strong conviction of rejecting limiting beliefs and her passion for helping others, ...
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075: Celebrate the Gray with Stephanie O’Dell from 2021-04-20T08:00
Inspired by the example of her grandmother and the stories she heard about aging and limitations, Stephanie O'Dell embarked on the journey of shifting focus from...
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074: Badass Leadership with Julie Stern from 2021-04-13T08:00
While most kids were preoccupied with toys or sports at the age of eleven Julie Stern carried around a briefcase everyday. From an early age, she meant business ...
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073: Find and Fulfill Your Purpose with Nikki Porcher from 2021-04-06T08:00
Experiencing life serving as a member of the Armed Forces, working with non-profits, becoming a master seamstress, studying phlebotomy, earning multiple degrees, ...
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073: Find and Fulfill Your Purpose with Nikki Porcher from 2021-04-06T08:00
Experiencing life serving as a member of the Armed Forces, working with non-profits, becoming a master seamstress, studying phlebotomy, earning multiple degrees, ...
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072: Kicking Glass with Pattie Grimm from 2021-03-30T08:10:09
Pattie Grimm has always been a badass. Encouraged by her father, since early childhood Pattie learned about courage, conviction, sports, cars and always doing y...
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071: Intergenerational Connection: Grow and Diversify with Charlotte Japp from 2021-03-23T08:28:42
Born in Paris to German and British parents, Charlotte Japp immigrated to the United States when her father was offered an amazing job in New York. A tight knit ...
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070: Face Your Fears: Unleash Your Badass Bravery with Lucia DiVieste Severtson from 2021-03-16T08:00
As a licensed psychotherapist, Lucia DiVieste Severtson was crippled by fear and was able to diagnose herself with OCD. Lucia sought out treatment to help her ov...
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069: The Power of Self Expression with Angela Burton from 2021-03-02T09:00
Angela Burton found her talent for writing at an early age. Her natural ability to express herself through writing helped her create a safe space to not only doc...
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068: Discovering Your Feminine Superpower with Nancy Michieli from 2021-02-23T09:00
With a degree in chemical engineering, Nancy Michieli has worked in the oil and gas industry for over 20 years. As she climbed up the corporate ladder, the preval...
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067: Unleash Your Personal Power with Carson Tate from 2021-02-16T09:00
As a young professional in finance, Carson’s idea of a successful woman in leadership completely shifted when she took part in a leadership development program th...
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066: Badass Power Moms: Balancing Career and Family from 2021-02-09T09:00
Power Mom Joann Lublin developed a love for writing and journalism at an early age. In 1969, while in college, Joann participated in a Newspaper Fund internship...
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065: Badass Mentorship: Learn from Doing from 2021-02-02T09:00
At the age of 27 Patty Alper made a bold decision to pivot from her career in marketing and public relations to launching a construction company. Knowing nothing...
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064: No Limits: Badass Reinvention with Lesley Jane Seymour from 2021-01-26T09:00
Born into a science focused family, Lesley Jane Seymour struggled to fulfill the science centered future her family had in mind for her. Through Listen
063: Designed to Be a Badass from 2021-01-19T09:00
MJ Munsell had an early role model, her entrepreneurial grandmother, an independent woman who had her own shop where MJ would work and hang out. Her grandmother i...
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062: Surviving Childhood Marriage: Becoming Your Own Badass Hero from 2021-01-12T09:00
At the age of 13, Dawn Tyree was forced to marry her abuser. Despite this harrowing experience, she found the courage to leave the marriage at 16 and became her...
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061: Achieving Badass Balance from 2021-01-05T09:00
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060: Breaking the Status Quo and Kicking Ass from 2020-12-29T09:00
Charlotte Tovar attributes her success from breaking the status quo and then kicking ass by doing your best work. She is originally from Colombia and studied fina...
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059: Maximizing Your Badass Potential from 2020-12-22T09:00
Theo Prodromitis is a marketing strategist, award winning Amazon entrepreneur and Greek mom. She has recently published her third book, The Balance Between Hustl...
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058: Badass Overachiever: Transforming Your Mind from 2020-12-15T09:00
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Too often we overschedule ourselves, we don't know how to prioritize, we can't focus well, we procrastinate on difficult tasks...
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057: Red Carpet Courage from 2020-12-08T09:00
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Suzy Unger, one of the pioneers of reality TV, has been a dealmaker in the biggest and most prestigious agency in the world. ...
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056: Owning Your Success: If You Want It Go Out And Get It from 2020-12-01T09:00
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Ruth Saunders is a successful entrepreneur as the head of her own strategic consultancy advising businesses on customer growth, marketing and branding. ...
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055: Badass Resilience: From Global Nomad to COO from 2020-11-24T09:00
Veronica Vicente, has traveled the world and survived the unthinkable. A former global nomad, Veronica’s conscious pursuit of challenging ventures and opportunit...
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054: Get Lit: Igniting Your Spark from 2020-11-17T09:00
Growing up, Kim Selby navigated through curve balls, constantly re-inventing herself, and grew into her true bad-assery in...
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053: Badass Courage: Stepping Up to Your Full Badass Potential from 2020-11-10T09:00
Have you ever felt burned out in your life or career path? Have you doubted yourself and your dreams? Sasha Shillcutt, a ...
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052: Surviving to Thriving: Transcending Chronic Illness from 2020-11-03T12:00
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After suffering for more than a decade from a rare autoimmune disease, dermatomyositis (DM), a progressive muscle weakness dis...
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051: Kidnapped in Somalia: The Story of a Badass Survivor from 2020-10-27T08:00
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Best selling author Jessica Buchanan survived a life altering, harrowing experience. After being abducted and held for ranso...
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050: Eat Well, Live Well, Age Well with Wellness Expert Patricia Greenberg Grunfeld from 2020-10-20T08:00
Patricia Greenberg was shamed for being overweight most of her childhood. At 35, she pushed herself off the couch to train to run a marathon...and the rest is his...
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049: Tips on Being a Badass from An Olympic Athlete and World Champion from 2020-10-13T05:00
Valerie Arioto is best known for her tremendous success as an Olympic Athlete and member of the USA Women’s Softball Team, where she won medals in four WBSC World...
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048: Advocating for The Advancement of Women in Medicine with Dr. Laura Lewandowski from 2020-10-06T14:08:30
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Dr. Laura Lewandowski is a self-described punk from Worcester, MA, who now uses that grit and attitude as a physician and scientist, leading a team to inves...
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047: Empowering Working Parents with Lori Mihalich-Levin from 2020-09-29T11:04:08
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Lori Mihalich-Levin, JD, is the perfect example of a badass woman who thinks for herself, challenges the patriarchy, and empowers those around her as well. Lo...
046: The Richness of Divorce with Sylvia Guinan from 2020-09-22T15:59:46
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Sylvia Guinan is a financial professional with a specialty and passion for helping women find hope and stability throughout the rough road of divorce. She is...
045: The Happiness Choice with Marilyn Tam from 2020-09-14T23:59:09
Marilyn Tam, PH.D, took what she learned from a neglectful and abusive childhood in Hong Kong to show that it’s possible to become a successful and powerful woman. She is a Best-Selling author, ...
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044: Reclaiming The Most Powerful You with Kathy Caprino from 2020-09-08T00:07:18
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Kathy Caprino is a career and executive coach, speaker, and author of several pieces including her latest book, The Most Powerful You. She joins me this week ...
043: From a Mess to Amazing from 2020-09-01T15:50:22
From an abusive childhood to the military, to a career in technology, Trina Martin has overcome adversity and broken down racial and gender barriers to having a fulfilling life and career.
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From a Mess to Amazing from 2020-09-01T14:09:07
From an abusive childhood to the military, to a career in technology, Trina Martin has overcome adversity and broken down racial and gender barriers to having a fulfilling life and career.
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042: AM I A BADASS? from 2020-08-25T11:21:15
Karen Hale, the producer at newclevelandradio.net, welcomes Bonnie Marcus and her weekly podcast, "BADASS WOMEN AT ANY AGE." In this segment, Karen will ask Bonnie, "Are You A BADASS?"
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041: Badasses Share Their Personal Story with Sophfronia Scott from 2020-08-18T07:00
If you are lucky, every so often you will meet someone who inspires you to do your best work and pulls out your highest potential. For me, that is our guest this ...
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040: Aging is a Privilege, Not a Punishment with Jacynth Bassett from 2020-08-04T07:00
At 28 years old, Jacynth Bassett is a true ageism-fighting trailblazer. Jacynth is the founder of the movement Ageism is Never In Style, as well as the founder of...
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039: Badasses Push Against the Status Quo with Lori Sokol from 2020-07-21T07:00
Lori Sokol is a veteran journalist, author, and Executive Director of Women’s ENews, an award-winning digital news service that covers women’s perspectives on pub...
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038: Putting Spirit In Motion with Maureen Manley from 2020-07-07T07:00
Our dreams shift and change throughout our lives, and real champions work on embracing the new despite the discomfort that uncertainty that change can bring. Maur...
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037: Fighting the Shadows of Ageism with Barbara Rose Brooker from 2020-06-30T07:00
Barbara Rose Brooker is a role model, activist for gendered ageism, poet, columnist, professor, and author. She and I talk about why aging is the new designer dru...
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036: Advertising and Advocating For Others with Jean Freeman from 2020-06-23T07:00
Jean Freeman, CEO of Zambezi, uses her o...
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035: Living Your Truth One Jump at a Time with Danielle Brazell from 2020-06-16T07:00
Danielle Brazell is the General Manager of the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, reporting directly to the Mayor and leading a full-time staff o...
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034: Finding Your Own Authentic Truth with Lisa Kohn from 2020-06-09T07:00
Lisa Kohn is an accomplished leadership consultant, executive coach, author, and keynote speaker. She joins the show today to share her extraordinary story of bei...
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033: Getting Relationships Right with Melanie Joy from 2020-06-02T07:00
So much of what we get back in life has to do with the relationship we have with both ourselves and those around us. Melanie Joy, psychologist, author, speaker, a...
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032: Coach The Person, Not the Problem with Marcia Reynolds from 2020-05-26T07:00
Coaching goes way beyond just reaching out to someone for help with our vision and goals. It can quite literally retrain our brain, trigger feelings of connection and possibility, and...
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031: We Are Enough with Tracy Gray from 2020-05-19T07:00
Tracy Gray has always been able to turn a challenge into an opportunity for herself, and now she does that on a larger scale through The 22 Fund... Listen
030: Finding Your Grounded Powerful Strength with Lisa Merlo-Booth from 2020-05-12T07:00
Lisa Merlo-Booth is a shining example of a woman who owns her own power and badassery, and helps others stand up for themselves to live a life that is full of respect, accountability,...
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029: Inclusion and Equality with Jennifer Brown from 2020-05-05T07:00
Many companies today are embracing diversity and inclusion efforts, but not all are seeing the results they want, and some are unfortunately just going through the motions to check of...
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028: Breaking Down Gender Stereotypes with Jodi Bondi Norgaard from 2020-04-28T07:00
Jodi Bondi Norgaard joins the show this week to share the story behind an ‘aha’ moment in a toy store with her daughter that led her to a lifetime mission of shaking things up and bre...
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027: Badasses Invest In Each Other with Jesse Draper from 2020-04-21T07:00
Jesse Draper is the founding partner of Halogen Ventures and the creator and host of Emmy nominated TV series, The Valley Girl Show. Jesse joins me this week to t...
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026: Be an Intentional Badass with Penny de Valk from 2020-04-14T07:00
Penny de Valk helps women leaders overcome challenges within their career, and declare their ambition with confidence and assuredness. In this episode, Penny and ...
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025: Badasses Write Their Own Story with Sally Koslow from 2020-04-07T07:00
Sally Koslow is the author of bestsellers including Another Side of Paradise, The Widow Waltz, Listen
024: Badassess Share Their Ideas with Dolores Hirschmann from 2020-03-31T07:00
Dolores Hirschmann has made a successful career out of helping others identify their ideas worth sharing and amplifying them for the world to hear. She joins the ...
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023: The Mutuality Mindset with Kare Anderson from 2020-03-24T07:00
It’s so important to form win-win relationships, especially when you are networking for your career. This week, Kare Anderson, Emmy-winning former NBC and ...
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022: Navigating Office Politics with Nancy Halpern from 2020-03-17T07:00
Nancy Halpern is a colleague who shares my passion for helping companies overcome dysfunction and dynamics that hinder outcomes. She joins the show this week to talk about the pattern...
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021: The New World of Work with Pamela Slim from 2020-03-10T07:00
Pamela Slim is an author, consultant, and former corporate director of training and development at Barclays Global Investors. She has created and delivered traini...
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020: Your Big Crazy Dream is Totally Possible with Emily Cassel from 2020-03-03T08:00
Emily Cassel has been supporting women entrepreneurs launch, grow, and scale their soul-aligned businesses for the past 5 years as a Soulful Business + Leadership...
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019: Staying Badass Even Through Menopause with Gianna Miceli from 2020-02-25T08:00
The symptoms and experiences that women go through during menopause are not often discussed, but is a very important topic. The consequences can range from mild discomfort to debilita...
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018: Let’s Get Curious About Curiosity with Dr. Diane Hamilton Cracking the Curiosity Code with Dr. Diane Hamilton from 2020-02-18T08:00
Dr. Diane Hamilton, nationally syndicated radio host, speaker, author, educator, and founder/CEO of Tonerra joins me this week to talk about the important subject of curiosity. Diane ...
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Badass Women Own and Keep Their Power with Gloria Feldt from 2020-02-11T08:00
Many women aren’t even aware of all the ways they give their power away or aren’t even sure how to use their power in a society that tells them otherwise. Gloria Feldt has made it her life’s missio...
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016: Connecting The World Through Dance with Janet Reineck from 2020-01-28T08:00
While at an outdoor festival a few months ago, I saw a group of women dancing with such joy, passion, and badassery that I knew I needed to know more about them. Upon further investigation, I conne...
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015: What It Takes for Women to Be Great Leaders in the Workplace Today with Dr. Wanda Wallace from 2020-01-21T08:02:53
Dr. Wanda Wallace is an author, coach, and radio host, who helps both women and men catapult their career to the next level. She talks about using badass energy to ask the questions that help you r...
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014: Helping Women Leaders Rise with Sally Helgesen from 2020-01-14T08:00
Best-Selling Author, Speaker, and Leadership coach Sally Helgesen joins the show today, to share her wisdom as one of the world’s leading experts on women’s leadership. For 30 years, Sally has been...
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013: Badasses Age Boldly with Jeannie Ralston from 2020-01-01T08:00
Jeannie Ralson used her entrepreneurial spirit and love of connecting like minded women to form NextTribe, a digital and real life community for women over 45. NextTribe publishes informative, insp...
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012: Christie Ciraulo and The Mighty Mermaids Never Give Up from 2019-12-17T08:00
Christie Ciraulo is a shining example of what it takes to be mighty and badass, both in and out of the water. Christie and her team, The Mighty Mermaids, were the first team with all members over 6...
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011: Grab That Inner Badass and Let Her Loose with Christy Kirk from 2019-12-10T08:00
Christy Kirk joins the show today to talk about the theme of the podcast, and what it really means to be a “badass at any age”. She and I talk about what badass means to each of us, what inspired u...
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010: You Can Be a Badass and a Nice Woman with Lois Frankel from 2019-12-03T17:00
Dr. Lois Frankel, author of the Bestseller Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office, knows what it is like to be a reformed nice girl turned badass. Today, she talks about the difference between bein...
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009: Breaking the Limits of Badassery with Elaine Soloway from 2019-11-19T08:00
Chicago-based writer and author Elaine Soloway uses her wit, wisdom, and overall badassery to show us that it’s okay to challenge the status quo and shake things up at every stage of life. At a liv...
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008: Giving Badass Women a Voice with Patricia Russo from 2019-11-12T08:00
Patricia Russo is a powerful and charismatic badass living her truth and helping women gain the confidence to live big and gain experience in leadership positions. Patricia has held leadership posi...
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007: It’s About Passion and Commitment, Not Always Popularity with Amy Giddon from 2019-11-05T08:00
Throughout her career, Amy Giddon has devoted much energy and heart to helping women achieve their ambitions. Not only is she a badass, but she is one of the smartest people I know. Amy has held mu...
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006: Feeling Great in Our Power with Annette Bergeron from 2019-10-29T07:00
Annette Bergeron, P.Eng. MBA, FEC, FCAE, is a Past President at Engineers Canada, and was recognized as one of the Top 25 Women of Influence in Canada. Annette knows firsthand what it is like to wo...
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005: How a Real Badass Overcomes the Impostor Syndrome with Dr. Valerie Young from 2019-10-22T07:00
Dr. Valerie Young is an internationally-known expert on impostor syndrome and author of The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women: Why Capable People Suffer from the Impostor Syndrome and How to Thri...
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004: Pushing the Boundaries of Reinvention with Carolyn Herfurth from 2019-10-15T07:00
Carolyn Herfurth is a New York based Reinvention Strategist, and a partner to her clients who helps them make the most of their life, business, and breakout of patterns that hold them back from tru...
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003: Find Your Fire with Heather Hansen O'Neill from 2019-10-08T07:00
Heather Hansen O’Neill is an award winning speaker, author and coach. Heather and I met about 3 years ago at a speaking event and I knew after hearing her light the room on fire with her energy and...
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002: Introverts Are Badass Too with Jennifer Kahnweiler from 2019-10-01T07:00
Jennifer B. Kahnweiler, Ph.D. is a certified speaking professional, author, and one of the top global experts on introverts, Jennifer knows the power of using her own voice to inspire others to use...
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001: Let’s Love Ourselves a Whole Lot More with Amy Ferris from 2019-09-17T07:00
Amy Ferris is an author, screenwriter, editor and playwright. Her memoir, Marrying George Clooney: Confessions From A Midlife Crisis, is an example of the brilliant, entertaining and creative way t...
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