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Episode 247: Sunny Bates | Founder, Author, Master Connector&Recruiter from 2023-12-13T00:00
Sunny Bates is a prime example of building a business around your zone of genius. Sunny’s zone of genius revolves around collecting, connecting and cultivating extraordinary people and relations...
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Episode 246: Dr. Molly Brinkmann | Veterinarian&TikTok Influencer from 2023-12-06T00:00
"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened." Truth! As avid animal lovers here at Powerful Ladies, we were excited to have the animal and veterinary TikTok educator ...
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Episode 245: Jean Oelwang | President Virgin Unite, Co-Founder Plus Wonder, Author of Partnering from 2023-11-29T00:00
There are so many opportunities to change the world and make a positive impact and it all starts with being curious about the people and the world around you. Jean Oelwang is proof. As the pres...
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Episode 244: Kassia Davis | Founder KADA + Owner PF Flyers from 2023-11-15T00:00
I loved this conversation because Kassia, not only an entrepreneur on a journey to build a portfolio of brands, is doing so in the footwear and apparel space that I love working in. She is the f...
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Episode 243: Christine Buzan | Content Creator&Posing Expert from 2023-11-08T00:00
Needing to look good in photos is no longer reserved for models and celebrities. Whether it's brand photography, your LinkedIn profile picture, your dating app photos, or even looking great in p...
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Episode 242: Hayley Young, Rose Julian&Bhavishya Sharadhi of Curator Pictures from 2023-11-01T00:00
Women are changing filmmaking at so many levels. From Greta Gerwig’s Barbie Movie to the women-lead team at Curator in Seattle, their impact is undeniable. I had the pleasure of talking with Ha...
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Episode 241: Christina Spinazola | Mindset&Business Coach from 2023-10-25T00:00
After an accident, Christina Spinazola went from being an athlete and scientist to struggling to redefine herself, before discovering the transformative power of coaching. It had such a profound...
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Episode 240: Emily Isenberg | Founder&Creative Director of Isenberg Projects from 2023-10-18T00:00
There are so many ways to be creative. Emily Isenberg, the founder and creative director of Isenberg Projects, is a great example of how combining all the things you care about - some of which, ...
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Episode 239: Khalilah Olokunola | People Lead HR Expert, Speaker, Changemaker from 2023-10-11T00:00
HR is not typically thought of as a sexy department. Many of us associate HR with paperwork, procedures, and policies. Khalilah Olokunola is radically redefining the perception of HR and its pot...
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Episode 238: Andrea Owen | Best Selling Author, Speaker, Coach from 2023-10-04T00:00
Why is choosing ourselves so hard? Andrea Owen is a direct, encouraging, and compassionate author, speaker, podcaster, and coach who is here to help you rebuild your confidence, understand how t...
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Episode 237: Andrew Petterson | Artist, Creator, Engineer, Fabricator from 2023-09-27T00:00
Being an artist is terrifying, exciting, inescapable, and also a path that, when you truly lean in (such as every time you follow your soul’s path), is magical and serendipitous. Andrew Petterso...
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Episode 236: Carroll Dunham | Anthropologist, Explorer, Author from 2023-09-20T00:00
I am so excited for you to meet one of the coolest, wisest, most interesting, and compassionate people I have had the chance to speak with. Carroll Dunham is a badass. She has followed her curio...
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Episode 235: Reb Masel | Lawyer, TikTok Creator, Podcast Host of Rebuttal from 2023-09-13T00:00
There is a gap in what we, as citizens, know about our constitutional and legal rights. It's a significant part of what makes the law intimidating and frightening when it impacts our lives. Reb ...
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Episode 234: Alexandra Generales | Founder, Little Social Co from 2023-09-06T00:00
Social media and digital marketing are challenging for everyone. It becomes even more challenging when you're a creative or artist who has to bare their soul to share the stories of their emotio...
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Episode 133: Amanda Foust | Founder Highest Potential Planner from 2023-08-30T00:00
Today's guest on the Powerful Ladies Podcast, Amanda Foust, is a certified coach and the founder of the Highest Potential Planner. She is on a mission to ensure that as many people as possible a...
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Episode 232: Sarah Croce | Co-Founder of Village for Mamas from 2023-08-23T00:00
Why do we make it so difficult to excel as parents, particularly as great mothers, in the US? We possess an abundance of knowledge—modern, Eastern, and ancient—that could greatly facilitate the ...
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Episode 231: Ginger Fatale | Clinical Counselor, Dance Movement Therapist, Burlesque Dance Studio Owner from 2023-08-16T00:00
We are often told to be logical and use our brains to solve many of our problems. The truth is that often our bodies serve as our access point to both our freedom and our breakthroughs. Ginger F...
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Episode 230: Mayly Tao | The Donut Princess, Podcaster, Author&Consultant from 2023-08-09T00:00
After returning from college, Mayly used her marketing skills to blow up her family's Santa Monica Donut Shop - DK Donuts - on social media and in donut trends. They were featured in the Hulu Do...
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Episode 229: Jeanne Carver | Shaniko Wool Company&Responsible Wool Standard from 2023-08-02T00:00
The bold lives that we are asked to step into are often not what we envisioned. Jeanne Carver, founder and president of Shaniko Wool Company, is a testament to this truth. From being a hardworki...
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Episode 228: Hannah Jenkinson | Founder of Knitwear Brand HJK Studio from 2023-07-26T00:00
From England to Parsons in NYC, to working in fashion in LA, Hannah Jenkinson knew there was more to life, and her dream life could have everything she envisioned. A random invitation to attend ...
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Episode 227: Sanaz Dizaj | Brand Director Axel Arigato&Marketing Innovator from 2023-07-19T00:00
Brands and businesses are not talking to their customers enough. We do not live in an "if you build it, they will come" reality. Success in business today is all about relationships with your dr...
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Episode 226: Claire Buckley | Fine Artist from 2023-07-12T00:00
There is art that, when you see it, you instantaneously know that it's depicting a place you've seen before. Artist Claire Buckley's art evokes an immediate reaction. It's ethereal, enchanting, ...
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Episode 225: Chris Rollins | Speaker, Coach, Consultant&Creator The Ripple Effect Leader™ from 2023-07-05T00:00
When most businesses are creating their KPIs, goals and strategies, they’re often focused on S.M.A.R.T. Goals and sales targets. What they’re not thinking about or measuring is safety, trust, an...
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Episode 224: Hayley Segar | Founder of onewith swim from 2023-06-28T00:00
Swimwear is often the most challenging thing for women to buy. Our bodies are so different. We need different size tops to bottoms. Each brand fits so differently. Everyone has parts of our bodi...
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Episode 223: Rainey Lancaster Hoag | Lifestyle Guru from 2023-06-21T00:00
So much of our western life is focused on productivity and efficiency. What’s happened to the art of making every day and each moment beautiful? How does making spaces and moments beautiful and ...
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Episode 222: Monique Siaw | Event Production SoHo Works from 2023-06-14T00:00
"You need to know when you're the producer and when you're the talent." So true. Monique Siaw, our latest Powerful Ladies Podcast guest, is 100% right. She is a master of event production, a mus...
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Episode 221: Beth Esponnette | Co-Founder of Unspun from 2023-06-07T00:00
How can we love clothes and fashion and reconcile that with our deep knowing that we need to take actions now to save our planet (and really humanity)? This is a question that Beth Esponnette, t...
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Episode 220: Krystl Fabella | Founder&Creator of Filipina on the Rise from 2023-05-31T00:00
We can only change the story from inside. Krystl Fabella is so proud of her filipina heritage and so frustrated with the limiting beliefs, perspectives and stereotypes that have restricted her b...
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Episode 219: Marissa Stahl | CEO&Founder of Cherry Creative from 2023-05-24T00:00
Oftentimes, the most overwhelming part of starting a business or creating a product is how to get in front of the right people who want to buy. That’s where ROI-based marketing experts such as M...
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Episode 218: Christina Minutillo | Podcaster, Author, Cook&Host from 2023-05-17T00:00
What lights you up? How much time do you spend a day or a week or even a month on the things that bring you joy? This week’s new Powerful Ladies Podcast guest, Christina Minutillo, has pivoted ...
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Episode 217: Mountainfilm with Suzan Beraza and Shae LaPlace from 2023-05-10T00:00
Last year, I had the pleasure of attending the Mountainfilm Festival in Telluride, Colorado, and it was one of the best experiences. The films were all documentaries, and they were amazing. Addi...
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Episode 216: Julie Hartigan | Chef, Coach, TV Personality&Food Tourism Entrepreneur from 2023-05-03T00:00
Food, travel, and culture unite us all. Each one of us has food traditions. Each one of us knows the joy of great company over great food. This week’s Powerful Ladies Podcast guest, Julie Harti...
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Episode 215: Gemma Totten | Founder of Conscious Jewelry Company Chapter Six from 2023-04-26T00:00
What if I told you that following your passions and interests could lead to a business that aligns perfectly with who you are? Gemma Totten, founder of the conscious jewelry company Chapter Six ...
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Episode 214: Lindsay White | Founder of High Voltage Leadership from 2023-04-19T00:00
Lindsay White is a founder, executive coach, mom of four, and a proud canadian. If you’re looking to empower yourself and your team by moving mountains, this is the woman for you. She is a high...
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Episode 213: Carolina Cordon-Bouzan&Gayle Yelon founders of Montserrat New York from 2023-04-12T06:29:41
Montserrat New York is a rising fashion brand built by two best friends, Carolina Cordon-Bouzan and Gayle Yelon. They are committed to style, sustainability, and giving women the opportunity to ...
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Episode 212: Janet Barrett | Author “Stop the Break”&Mental Health Speaker from 2023-04-05T00:00
I’ve been lucky to have some amazing bosses, and Janet was one of them. We met at Reebok, and since then, she has consulted, opened her interior design studio, and had a major life pivot when th...
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Episode 211: Sydney Schiff | Founder of Sydney on the Scene, Publicist,&PR Maven from 2023-03-29T00:00
Sydney Schiff is not only a people person, food lover, and lover of fashion, she is the CEO and founder of Sydney on the Scene, a boutique PR agency that amplifies small brands who have perfecte...
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Episode 210: Bet Heykoop | Stunt Driver&Hot Shift Series Creator&Host from 2023-03-22T00:00
Revving up for an exhilarating episode! 🏎️ 💨🔥 In this week’s episode, I chat with Bet Heykoop, a trailblazing woman who traded her tech career for the driver's seat. Tune in to hear about her...
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Episode 209: Kelly Roberts | Founder Badass Lady Gang&All Cool Things Running from 2023-03-15T00:00
I have a love-hate relationship with running. I know what it feels like to be in great running shape, feel that runner’s high and love getting faster & faster. I also know what it feels like to ...
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Episode 208: Powerful Coaches Empowering Women from 2023-03-08T00:00
I’m excited for you all to meet and hear today’s special IWD conversation in our new Powerful Ladies Podcast episode. We are all always in need of new inspiration, of new ways at looking at thin...
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Episode 207: Kelly Lucinda Galligan | Corporate Lawyer, Merger&Acquisitions Firm Partner from 2023-03-01T00:00
We all need lawyers. Good ones are hard to find. Great ones are impossible to find. And amazing lawyers that you also want to hang out with, they are among the hardest to find unicorns in this w...
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Episode 206: Candace Galiffa | Founder&President of New Way Accounting from 2023-02-22T00:00
All entrepreneurs experience founder’s fraud and a major reason why is because we’re not looking at our numbers. Spreadsheets, P&L’s, Taxes, all of these things under the financial umbrella can ...
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Episode 205: Mindy Scheier | Founder&CEO of Runway of Dreams&Gamut Talent Management from 2023-02-15T00:00
With dreams of becoming the next Betsy Johnson and a successful career in design, Mindy Scheier had no idea her fashion future would be in founding and running two organizations and revolutioniz...
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Episode 204: Stephanie Kauffman | President&COO Melanoma Research Alliance&Board Co-Chair at IMWF from 2023-02-08T00:00
When Stephanie Kauffman had two important people in her life get diagnosed with cancer in one year, she decided it was time to pivot from working in Hollywood to working in cancer research. In t...
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Episode 203: Parisa Frost | Identity Affirming Associate Marital&Family Therapist from 2023-02-01T00:00
Humans are complex & beautiful, and yet we like to pretend that we’re not. Today's guest, Parisa Frost is herself beautifully multi-layered as an Identity Affirming & Trauma Oriented Marital & F...
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Episode 202: Josh&Liza Shirazi - Shirazi Distributing, Revival Cafe + Kitchen, Morrissey Market from 2023-01-25T00:00
Guys! I am so excited (after years of asking them to be on the podcast) to finally introduce you to two of my favorite humans, dear friends and amazing Power Couple, Josh & Liza Shirazi. They ar...
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Episode 201: Jenn Harper | CEO&Founder of Cheekbone Beauty from 2023-01-18T00:00
Jenn Harper knows that three things are critical for life JOY, Community and Representation. As the founder of Cheekbone Beauty, the Indigenous-owned and founded, digitally-native, Canadian cosm...
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Episode 200: Karen Losi, Advocate for Families&Children from 2023-01-11T00:00
Democracies and great societies work because citizens participate. As John F Kennedy said, Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country. Today’s guest, Karen ...
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Episode 199: Christie Garcia founder of Mindful Choice from 2023-01-04T00:00
Today’s guest, Christie Garcia, and I share one of my biggest pet peeves about corporate America. We do not train or teach people how to go from being an independent contributor to being a manag...
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Episode 198: Beverly Asante Puschmann Running for Joy&Teaching You How, Too from 2022-12-28T00:00
Running can be fun and rewarding but we are often stopped from putting on our running shoes because we’re nervous and scared about even that first mile. Luckily, today’s guest, Beverly Asante Pu...
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Episode 197: Step Into Your Purpose&Tell Your Story with Lindsay Bednar from 2022-12-14T00:00
If you guys have been listening for a while, you know that I love books! I also believe anything is possible and available to us if we go get it and in the power of storytelling. Today’s guest, ...
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Episode 196: From Growing Up In Iran to International Human Rights Lawyer, Actor&Modern Activist with Sara Seyed from 2022-12-07T00:00
Today’s guest Sara Seyed is an activist, actor, and prior human rights lawyer. The past few months she has been dedicating herself fulltime to sharing, discussing and talking about the revolutio...
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Episode 195: Choosing Joy&Curiosity to Create a Beautiful Life with Karen Duffy from 2022-11-30T00:00
Today’s guest, Karen Duffy, has had a diverse and impactful assortment of careers. She broke onto the world stage as the MTV VJ “Duff” in the early 1990’s, was on People’s 50 Most Beautiful Peop...
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Episode 194: Harlem’s Favorite Lady - Storytelling Tour Guide Keeping the History of Harlem Alive&Vibrant with Lady Altovise from 2022-11-16T00:00
I love field trips. I love history, learning and hearing all the stories. Today’s guest, Lady Altovise is the founder of Lady Altovise NYC tours and she brings all of her experience in theater, ...
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Episode 193: Every Role is a Job, So How Do We Do All Our Jobs Well? with Jackie Waller from 2022-11-09T00:00
Powerful Ladies are a lot of things - professionals, daughters, sisters, moms, wives, podcasters, business owners, athletes, chefs, head of finances, logistics, etc, etc and we’re usually all th...
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Episode 192: Creating a Viral TikTok Product Business with Abby Michaelsen from 2022-11-02T00:00
One great idea can change your life and going viral on TikTok can change your business. Today’s guest and one of my rockstar clients, Abby Michaelsen of Statement Home, has experienced both phen...
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Episode 191: How to Be Fierce&Take Action No Matter How You Feel with Tara Wilson from 2022-10-26T00:00
When you hear the word fierce, what comes to mind? Powerful? Aggressive? Inspiring? For today’s guest, Tara Wilson, fierce is her word and she’s built her second business Fierce Labs on the foun...
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Episode 190: Break Free from Good Girl Training&Step Into Your Power with Marie Garvey from 2022-10-19T00:00
There are so many women out there who are burned out, have forgotten their dreams, and don’t even remember what brings them joy. I might even be describing you. That’s where today’s guest, (and ...
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Episode 189: A Powerful Conversation About America: The Empowerment&Rise of Women in Iran from 2022-10-12T00:00
This episode is a live & unedited recording of A Powerful Conversation Series: The Rise & Empowerment of Women in Iran. This recording took place on Saturday October 8th, 2022 in response to an...
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Episode 188: Chasing Freedom&Flow to Live with Jasmine Carey from 2022-10-05T00:00
Throughout time, humans have been in search of the secret to life. What is our purpose? Where should we be focusing our energy? What truly matters? What if our only goal was to be of service t...
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Episode 187: How the Power of Our Network&Our Momentum Can Define Our Business with Vicki Kotris from 2022-09-28T00:00
If you knew that you loved talking to people & you loved being social, chances are someone at one point in time told you that you’d be great at sales. That’s exactly what today’s guest Vicki Kot...
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Episode 186: How To Do It Your Way, Increase Visibility&Make It Easier For The Next Generation with Tracy Christian from 2022-09-21T00:00
There are times when you see a woman and you know instantly, she’s a Powerful Lady. The clues are in her confidence, her body language, and often what she’s wearing. For many plus size women, fi...
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Episode 185: How a Passion for Baking&Community Is Leading to Success with Elise Thomas from 2022-09-14T00:00
When you know what you’re supposed to be doing in this world and you commit to making it happen, nothing will stop you. Elise Thomas, the founder of Cookie Co, is a great example of doing whate...
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Episode 184: A Deep Dive into the Power Plant Hemp&Environmental Economics with Annie Rouse from 2022-09-07T00:00
I’m such a huge fan of women who are just out there doing their thing to make the world a better place and secretly (because they never brag about themselves at all) are total undercover badasse...
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Episode 183: The Truth of Burnout, Self Love&Making Ourselves a Priority with Massoma Alam Chohan from 2022-08-31T00:00
As more and more Americans are identifying as having high levels of stress and anxiety, we need to be advocates for ourselves individually and for our teams and employees professionally, to have...
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Episode 182: Dr. Swathi Varanasi, Integrative Health Pharmacist&Co-Founder of Element Apothec from 2022-08-24T00:00
As a western society, we have more and more visibility to how whole body health and whole choice health is critical to our individual and community health. Today’s guest, Dr. Swathi Varanasi, is...
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Episode 181: A Practice in Believing In Yourself&Leaping into The Unknown with Sydney Olson from 2022-08-17T00:00
I love the idea of being an ass kicking super hero or international spy. So when I saw Sydney Olson’s instagram account, I was immediately intrigued. There are all these videos of her doing rid...
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Episode 180: Finding Comedy in the Insane Hilarity of Being a Woman Today with Casey Balsham from 2022-08-10T00:00
Things in the world are crazy right now, which is why we need laughter more than ever. Personally, I’m craving laughter from female comics who are sharing the ridiculous and insanity of the simp...
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Episode 179: Breaking Sustainability Barriers in Interior Design While Maintaining Function&Beauty with Erica Reiner from 2022-08-03T00:00
The number of interior design accounts I follow on Instagram may be excessive, but I don’t think I’m alone in wanting a space for both my home and office that make me feel relaxed, happy, and po...
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Episode 178: Hope&Resiliency Through Traditional Afghan Fashion Design with Lida Mangal from 2022-07-27T00:00
Every woman has a story deeper than you know. Today’s guest, Lida Mangal, is a fashion designer based in Sydney, Australia who is using her talents and business to preserve Afghan historical clo...
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Episode 177: How Traveling The World Can Lead To Your Purpose&Business with Candice Young from 2022-07-20T00:00
So many people dream of being a global nomad, traveling and working around the world, and breaking free from the hamster wheel we often find ourselves in. The goal is to live a life of purpose a...
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Episode 176: How To Chase Your Dreams While Creating Room For Others To Rise With You with Katya Martín from 2022-07-13T00:00
My love language is collaborating. There’s nothing more fun than working with amazing people to make something you’re proud of. Today’s guest, Katya Martin, shares that passion of creating and ...
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Episode 175: From Architect to Silhouette Artist Selling on Etsy&Now Pottery Barn Kids with Vana Chupp from 2022-07-06T00:00
There’s so much pressure to quickly scale and grow a business, but that’s not why myself or many other business owners, including today’s guest, made the leap to be an entrepreneurs. Running yo...
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Episode 174: How to Successfully Go From Side Hustle to Full Time Entrepreneur with Casey Hohman from 2022-06-29T00:00
Today’s guest is someone I am SOOO proud of! Casey Hohman is an entrepreneur and founder of Scottsdale Bachelorette focusing on decor, itineraries, and additional services for bachelorette parti...
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Episode 173: A Powerful Conversation Series - Racism: Has Anything Changed? from 2022-06-22T00:00
Hi guys. Today you will hear a special edition of the Powerful Ladies Podcast. This is the live, unedited recording from our roundtable, A Powerful Conversation About America: Racism 2 Years Lat...
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Episode 172: Why Everyone Should Be Advocating for Foster Children with Regan Phillips&Nancy Eaton from 2022-06-15T00:00
It’s shocking how many children are in Foster Care in the United States. Even more shocking are the statistics of how many children in foster care graduate from high school, end up in jail, or w...
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Episode 171: From Detroit Tigers to Conscious Entrepreneurship with Amy Peterson from 2022-06-08T00:00
I’m saying this now and I’ll say it again - you can change the world with your business. And if ‘change your world’ sounds too big and dramatic, then you can change your community with your busi...
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Episode 170: The Rise of Indigenous Skateboarding&Community Impact with Rose Archie from 2022-06-01T00:00
Today’s guest, Rose Archie, is badass. She’s a skateboarder, a multi-project & event founder, a non-profit founder and she’s using skateboarding to bring visibility, access, pride, and mental h...
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Episode 169: Creating a Space for Girls to Share Their Wisdom with Naama Barnea Goraly from 2022-05-25T00:00
Growing up is hard. It’s especially hard as a tween and teen and even harder when you don’t have anyone to talk to, get advice from, or simply lack a community. Today’s guest, Naama Barnea-Goral...
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Episode 168: The Power&Perks of Telling the Stories of Your City with Lindsay DeLong from 2022-05-18T00:00
As we’ve become a global society, an unfortunate bi-product has been the decline of a tight knit connected local community. Today’s guest, Lindsay DeLong, is connecting, celebrating and sharing ...
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Episode 167: The Power of Coaching to Live Extraordinary with Angie Wisdom from 2022-05-11T00:00
Today you are in for a treat because today’s guest is my amazing business coach, Angie Wisdom. She’ll spill a few beans about me, we talk about her coaching journey, we get into things we wish e...
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Episode 166: Understanding Archetypes, Conscientiousness and the Sacred Journey of Motherhood with Molly Mitchell Hardt from 2022-05-04T00:00
As we look deeper into where modern society and our modern habits don’t serve us or align with what we’re committed to, a huge massive void is how we view, approach, appreciate, prepare, support...
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Episode 165: A Powerful Conversation Series - Conscious Entrepreneurship&Environmentalism from 2022-04-27T00:00
Today’s episode is a special edition live recording of A Powerful Conversation About America: Conscious Entrepreneurship. In celebration we invited three women who are setting the example for b...
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Episode 164: Proof That One Person CAN Change the World with Lauren Ferree Bash from 2022-04-20T00:00
One of my favorite things about being a podcast host is that I get to have conversations with some of the most interesting humans on the planet. Today’s guest Lauren, known across social media a...
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Episode 163: How Changing the World Starts with Your Community with Judy Wicks from 2022-04-13T00:00
I’ve shared before on this podcast that if someone inspires you, just reach out to them. You never know who will say yes to hanging out with you. A client recommended that I read the book Good M...
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Episode 162: An Accidental Journey into Sustainable Entrepreneurship with Kelly Murphy from 2022-04-06T00:00
Here’s the truth. Our current habits are destroying our planet and the environment. We need everyone to make whatever changes you can to live your best life with less of a footprint. Today’s gue...
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Episode 161: What You Don’t Know About Birth Control&the Insecurity of Women’s Rights with Dr. Sophia Yen from 2022-03-30T00:00
Never in my lifetime, did I think Roe v Wade would be in jeopardy. The fact that we’re still having debates about a woman’s right to choose and to have full autonomy over her body, including acc...
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Episode 160: How to Start a Podcast&Make a Positive Impact Your Way with Bethany Hawkins&Sharoline Galva from 2022-03-23T00:00
What most of us are seeking in life - if we’re truly honest with ourselves - is the trifecta of earning a living while having fun, and making an impact. Today’s guests, Bethany Hawkins and Sharo...
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Episode 159: A Powerful Conversation Series (International Women’s Day Edition) - Powerful Ladies for Change from 2022-03-16T00:00
Today’s episode is the live recording of our special International Women’s Day Powerful Conversation Series themed Powerful Ladies for Change. There’s so much going on in our world today and all...
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Episode 158: Is Hypnosis What You’re Missing to Live Your Best Life with Rebecca Wiener McGregor from 2022-03-09T00:00
When you hear the word hypnosis, what comes to mind? Is it creepy guys at county fairs making people squawk like a chicken? That’s where I went. Well today’s guest is going to radically transfor...
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Episode 157: How to Beat the Odds of Poverty, Be Successful and Give Back with Andrea Guevara from 2022-03-02T00:00
Do you ever feel like you’re being haunted by Murphy’s Law? The if it can go wrong, it will go wrong, bad uncle of the universe? Today’s guest Andrea Guevera was pretty sure Murphy moved in and ...
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Episode 156: Powerful Mother&Daughter, an International Single-mother Adoption Story with Gemi&Ili Bertran from 2022-02-23T00:00
One of the most impactful podcasts I recorded in 2021 was episode #129 with Gemi Bertan. I was so impressed and inspired by Gemi as a human and my heart was so inspired by her powerful and thril...
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Episode 155: How An Unexpected Debilitating Allergy Revealed the Artist Within Carrie Schmitt from 2022-02-16T00:00
It’s common for an entrepreneur’s story to begin with how they were pushed into it: a divorce, a layoff, a crisis of some kind that either forced them into creating their business or gave them n...
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Episode 154: Creativity, Social Change&Landing Big Clients with Devon Blow from 2022-02-09T00:00
Are you ready to meet a ray of sunshine? Today’s guest is Devon Blow. She’s a creative, an illustrator, a designer, an activist, and her positive energy is contagious. For those of you who are ...
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Episode 153: How to Create a Successful Family Run&Sustainable Fashion Brand with Lauren Stephens from 2022-02-02T00:00
How many of you have been freezing, put on your warmest clothes, and then realized this is not cute? Today’s guest, Lauren Stephens, co-founded Dudley Stephens to solve just that, the “how to be...
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Episode 152: How Our Relationships Impact Our Potential with Dr. Andrea Liner from 2022-01-26T00:00
Today’s guest is someone whose phone number I wish I had prior to today. I would have called her many times over the past couple of decades. Dr. Andrea Liner is a therapist and relationship coac...
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Episode 151: Step Out of Your Trauma&Into Your Best Life with Jamilly Whitfield from 2022-01-19T00:00
People who have mastered freedom, ease and success, who are living their best and most ridiculous lives are often people you’ve never heard of, until now. Today’s guest, Jamilly Whitfield, is on...
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Episode 150: From Award Winning In-Person Career to Entrepreneur Leading Virtual Cocktail Tastings&Cocktail Kits with Sailor Guevara from 2022-01-12T00:00
Today my special guest is Sailor Guevara, cocktail & spirits master leading virtual immersive events, hosting her podcast, and running her cocktail club business. While her journey hasn’t been ...
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Episode 149: The Power of Composting&Turning Habits into Businesses with Monique Figueiredo from 2022-01-05T00:00
Today we get to talk about DIRT, well technically soil, with Mo Figueiredo, the founder of Compostable LA, a community based composting company. She never imagined she'd be an entrepreneur, let...
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Episode 148: Merging Social Justice, Mental Health&Art to Build A Dream Job That Makes An Impact with Anna Olinova from 2021-12-29T00:00
One of the hardest roles to fill on any team is a graphic designer who gets you and your brand. I feel so lucky to have today’s guest, Anna Olinova, on my team as my graphic designer. Not only i...
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Episode 147: Stepping Into First Gen Power to Change Statistic&Education for Indigenous Peoples with Daphne Littlebear from 2021-12-22T00:00
Statistics and education are a part of our everyday lives in American culture. What we often don’t think about is how the presentation of education to kids can change their acceptance to or trus...
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Episode 146: How to Turn Everything You‘ve Experienced Into Your Superpower with Caitlyn Rose Clark from 2021-12-15T00:00
Get ready for a powerful, life changing conversation with today’s guest, Caitlyn Rose Clark. She’s an executive coach, working in her family’s coaching business and she’s a public speaker, curre...
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Episode 145: How to Organize Your Life&Find Freedom with Jenna Haefelin from 2021-12-08T00:00
I sit down with Jenna Haefelin, founder of SPIFF, an organizing and clean living empire based out of New York. We talk about how this business was inevitable for her, how boundaries and buildin...
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Episode 144: Special Event! Powerful Ladies x Women of Type x Kara Duffy. How to Be Creative, Successful&Fabulous from 2021-12-01T00:00
One of our missions at Powerful Ladies is to bring Powerful Conversations to the world. On November 19th, 2021, we co-hosted a special live event with Women of Type called “How to Be Creative, S...
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Episode 143: The Power of Family Businesses to Build Community with Hala Yassine&Farrah Haidar from 2021-11-24T00:00
I’m happy to introduce you to the sisters behind the delicious 7 Sisters Scones company based outside of Atlanta, Georgia. From moving around the world, surviving civil war, having multiple care...
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Episode 142: Step into Your Truth&Freedom to Reach Infinite Possibilities with Alicia Adamson from 2021-11-17T00:00
I am very happy to introduce you to the powerhouse that is Alicia Adamson. She and I met working at Reebok, what feels like a million years ago. Since then, we’ve followed similar paths into cre...
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Episode 141: How to Live on a Boat, Travel the World&Launch a New Business by Sea with Erin Carey from 2021-11-10T00:00
I am very excited for you to meet Erin Carey. She’s the founder of the PR Agency Roam, which she created on and runs from the boat she and her family live in while they sail the world. Yes, she’...
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Episode 140: How to Use Storytelling to Sell More&Sell Faster with Kimjera Whittington from 2021-11-03T00:00
I sit down with Kimjera Whittington, founder of Evolve Global Marketing. Her company helps businesses of all sizes from around the globe go from ineffective marketing and low sales to clarity i...
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Episode 139: How One Celebrity Stylist Launched Her Business&Survived the Pandemic with Britt Theodora from 2021-10-27T00:00
I’m excited for you to meet Britt Theodora, celebrity stylist and founder of Britt Theodora Studio. She works with well known celebrities such as Pete Davidson - she was part of his look at the ...
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Episode 138: Leading with Representation&Organization for the Latinx Community with Brenda Gonzalez from 2021-10-20T00:00
I have the pleasure of sitting down with Brenda Gonzalez, founder, co-ceo and co-host of the Tamarindo Podcast - a Latinx empowerment podcast. We discuss the impact of Prop 187 in California and...
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Episode 137: How the Path to Inner Peace Requires Speaking Up for Injustices with Monika McKenzie from 2021-10-13T00:00
I’m excited for you to meet Monika McKenzie, owner of the Yoga Nest, a yoga studio based in Hawaii. In addition to being an entrepreneur, wife, mom and yogi, she is also a social justice advocat...
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Episode 136: From Lawyer to Nutritionist Helping High Performers Own Their Health with Kristin Rowell from 2021-10-06T00:00
I am excited to introduce you to the dynamic & passionate Kristin Rowell. Her energy is contagious, such that just by listening to this episode you’ll be motivated to take new actions in your l...
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Episode 135: From Earthquake Engineer To Author About Love&Dating with Holly Brandon from 2021-09-29T00:00
I have the pleasure of chatting with Earthquake Engineer turned award winning Author, Holly Brandon. After her personal life took some major pivots, she found her love for writing and along the ...
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Episode 134: How to be a Creative, Family Centered Entrepreneur with Elizabeth McGarry from 2021-09-22T00:00
Elizabeth McGarry has been on our #WCW list for decades. She’s an entrepreneur, a wife, a mom, stylish, creative, and one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet. She’s committed to making her fam...
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Episode 133: How to Break Free from Full Time Jobs&Gain True Freedom, Flexibility&Happiness with Leslie Levito. from 2021-09-15T00:00
I had the pleasure of sitting down with fellow badass entrepreneur and business coach Leslie Levito. She is a true soul sister in helping people break free from the life they have to create a li...
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Episode 132: How to Spread Happiness Through Art&Earn A Living Doing So with Gayle Warfield from 2021-09-08T00:00
I sit down with Gayle Warfield and talk about her journey from UI/UX designer to creating the accessories brand Teal Teacup. She is the artist, the maker and the face of the enamel pin focused b...
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Episode 131: How to Create a Creative Career&Design Based Business from Scratch with Jess Goldsmith from 2021-09-01T00:00
I’m excited to introduce you to Jess Goldsmith, artist, illustrator, entrepreneur, graphic designer, art director, and owner of Chick of all Trades and Women of Type. She’s built her successful ...
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Episode 130: How Community, Acceptance&Love Is Rooted in Second Chances with Kristy Dinsmoor from 2021-08-25T00:00
I have a powerful conversation with Kristy Dinsmoor, co-founder of ReEvolution a nonprofit organization working with incarcerated youth to reduce incarceration, transition them upon release into...
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Episode 130: How Community, Acceptance&Love Is Rooted in Second Chances with Kristy Dinsmoor from 2021-08-25T00:00
I have a powerful conversation with Kristy Dinsmoor, co-founder of ReEvolution a nonprofit organization working with incarcerated youth to reduce incarceration, transition them upon release into...
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Episode 129: The Power of Sheer Determination to Create Your Life&Change the World with Gemi Bertran from 2021-08-18T00:00
I am so excited for you to meet Gemi Bertran. She is incredible, the stories she shares in this episode are incredible - honestly you’ll be hanging onto your seat - and her business is changing...
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Episode 128: The Power of Never Giving Up&Adapting Along The Way to Your Dreams with Alessandra Fergola from 2021-08-11T00:00
You get to meet a human that makes me smile everytime we’re in each other’s company. Alessandra is an apparel designer & a creative who diligently goes after making her dream life come true. Fr...
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Episode 127: How to Create a Deliberate Life with Juliana Gambrell from 2021-08-04T00:00
I am very excited to introduce you to a woman who inspires me, is magical and one of the most badass coaches I know. Juliana is empowering, she is full of possibilities, and she just really sees...
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Episode 126: How Living Your Truth Leads to an Extraordinary&Impactful Life with X.ARI from 2021-07-28T00:00
Get ready to meet the incredible X.Ari. She’s a LGBTQIA+ Alt-Pop Singer, writer and mental health advocate originally from Toronto who’s now based in Los Angeles. She’s on a mission to turn her...
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Episode 125: How Astrology Can Help You Create Your Next Level Success with Heidi Rose Robbins from 2021-07-21T00:00
You are in for a delicious conversation today with our special guest Heidi Rose Robbins. Heidi is an esoteric astrologer who works with people from all over the world including having many cele...
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Episode 124: Breaking Through Stereotypes&Building Businesses to Make Wellness Easy with Vy Dao from 2021-07-14T00:00
I’m excited for you to meet Vy Dao. Vy is leading the charge at Nurish Wellness, creating clean superfood wellness shots to support your busy lives in a healthier way. There are so many energy d...
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Episode 123: How Boundaries Are the Access Point to Living Extraordinary from 2021-07-07T00:00
Jordan and I are digging into what it means to have BOUNDARIES. Boundaries in our personal lives. Boundaries at work and how boundaries lead to being able to live, find peace and liberation from...
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Episode 122: Kalika Yap is on a mission to help 1 Million women earn $1 Million dollars and create 1 Million Jobs from 2021-06-30T00:00
When you cross paths with someone extraordinary you notice it right away. The space they create, the tallness with which they stand, and generosity in how they approach the world. Today’s guest...
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Episode 121: How To Launch a CBD Business During the Pandemic with Jamie Lea from 2021-06-23T00:00
Starting a business is never easy. and it's’ definitely not easy while the world is experiencing a global pandemic. It’s also always more challenging to start a business in an industry with sig...
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Episode 120: How Working With Your Sister Can Create Magic&Change The World from 2021-06-16T12:00
I am proud to bring you two powerful women, powerful sister duo, Carolina Trejos & Natalia Trejos-Herrera, founders of Pinkafe platform, podcast and TV show. We discuss their journey to the US, ...
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Episode 119: Uncovering Your Powerful Life with Grizel Caminas Bien from 2021-06-09T00:00
In this episode, you get to meet the amazing Grizel Bien. She’s a musician, a writer, a podcaster, and mental health advocate with her master in psychology. We discuss her personal journey with...
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Episode 118: How to Master Life Design as an Entrepreneurial&International Couple with Thomas Claesen and Chelsea Levine from 2021-06-02T00:00
I have the pleasure of sharing with you one of my favorite Power Couples - Thomas Claesen and Chelsea Levine. What amazes me most about Thomas and Chelsea is how they are so intentional with cr...
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Episode 117: Combining a Love For Design and the Planet To Create a New Circular Economy with Juliann Berens from 2021-05-26T00:00
I’m excited for you all to meet Juliann Berens, the co-founder of Refind Kitchens based in San Diego, California. They’re a design and remodeling company with a mission to reduce the environmen...
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Episode 116: How Dedicating Your Life To What You Love Leads to Changing the World with Belen Ramirez Bourdages from 2021-05-19T00:00
In this episode, you get to meet the powerhouse that is Belen Ramirez Bourdages. She’s the co-founder of Project Bike Love, a non-profit that provides reliable independent transportation to wom...
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Episode 115: How To Stay In Your Light with Becky Olson Special Re-Release from 2021-05-12T00:00
One of the few things that may be impossible to grasp, is the true magnitude of your personal impact on the world. Whether you feel powerful or not, you are always leaving an impression. We’ll ...
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Episode 114: How Tragedy and Injury Can Reveal Who You Were Meant To Be with Caitlin Conner from 2021-05-05T00:00
Caitlin Conner is an adaptive athlete, model, brand ambassador, social media manager, mom, and founder of the non-profit “Be More Adaptive”. We discuss where our confidence comes from, why it’s...
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Episode 113: Transforming the World One Mindful Kid at A Time with Connie Clotworthy from 2021-04-28T00:00
People often come to me asking how they can find their purpose. How they can find THE thing they’re supposed to be doing that will allow them to jump out of bed every morning and feel they’re m...
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Episode 112: Designing the New Model of Entrepreneurship with Alicia Appleton from 2021-04-21T00:00
Meet Alicia Appleton, founder of Amber Poitier a leather accessories brand. Her work is beautiful, practical and inspiring, very much like her. We discuss the power of choosing yourself, how t...
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Episode 111: A Powerful Conversation About America - Racism Stop Asian Hate from 2021-04-14T00:00
This is a special episode of the Powerful Ladies Podcast. This is the live, unedited recording from our roundtable, A Powerful Conversation About America: Racism Episode 4 - Stop Asian Hate. T...
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Episode 110: Understanding The Intersection of Technology&Humanity With Journalist Lauren Goode from 2021-04-07T00:00
Meet one of my best friends and most interesting people in my life, Lauren Goode. She’s an Emmy award-winning journalist and writer who for the past decade has been specializing in tech journal...
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Episode 109: How to Thrive in Relationships&Ask the Big Questions with Mariya Spektor from 2021-03-31T00:00
In this episode I had the pleasure of sitting down with Mariya Spektor, social media manager, spin instructor and creator of the To Date or Not Podcast. We dive into how to level up our modern ...
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Episode 108: Why You Need to Train Your Mind&Body for Your Lifestyle with Leah Drew from 2021-03-24T00:00
In this episode I sit down with Leah Drew of Mind Body With Leah. She’s a pain management specialist, massage therapist, personal trainer and educator helping people create lasting lifestyle so...
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Episode 107: The Business of Tiny Homes with Arya Mazanek from 2021-03-17T00:00
In today's episode I get to nerd about two of my favorite topics - being a CEO and Tiny Houses that’s because our guest today is Arya Mazanek, CEO of Wilderwise Tiny Homes! We chat all about wh...
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Episode 106: Never Underestimate a Powerful Lady International Women's Day Special Edition from 2021-03-10T00:00
Today we have a super special episode for you all. International Women’s Day on March 8th, is the biggest global experience we create each year at Powerful Ladies. We have hundreds of women arou...
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Episode 105: How To Stop Being Conventional&Create The Life You Deserve with Shae LaPlace. from 2021-03-03T00:00
Meet Shae LaPlace! She’s the integrator for Powerful Ladies which means, Kara’s my right hand in making all the things at Powerful Ladies & KDCC come to life. In addition to working for Powerfu...
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Episode 104: Choosing Creativity&Collaboration over Competition with Marika Adamopoulos from 2021-02-24T00:00
In this episode I sit down with the talented, wise and generous Marika Adamopoulos, founder of Marika Creative & Creativity Built. We discuss key pro tips to be a successful creative entrepreneu...
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Episode 103: How Ethical Business Is The Solution To Saving The World&Improving Health with Jessica Assaf of Prima from 2021-02-10T00:00
I am excited to introduce you to the charming and passionate Jessica Assaf, co-founder and Chief Education Officer at Prima. She is a great example of how to curate your own life by being true ...
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Episode 102: Setting Trends in Global Sportswear&Curating Their Modern Family with Mark&Elizabeth McGarry from 2021-02-03T00:00
In this episode I am sooo excited for you to hang out with Mark & Elizabeth McGarry. Mark is the CEO of York Athletics and Elizabeth is the founder of McGarry & Son's Design Studio. They are i...
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Episode 101: How To Have An Extradorinaiy Relationship&Business with Power Couple Chris Grubisa and Aleks Lason of Chrilleks from 2021-01-27T00:00
I had the pleasure of sitting down with one of my favorite Power Couples, Chris Grubisa and Aleks Lason. They’re married, they’re parents and they’re the co-founders of Chrilleks an internation...
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Episode 100: Mastering What Matters to You&Curating Your Own Path with Noah Bernard from 2021-01-20T00:00
On this episode - our 100th episode of the Powerful Ladies Podcast! - I am so excited to introduce you to Noah Bernard. He’s on my favorite humans list and he’s a great example of how to curate...
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Episode 99: 2020 Powerful Ladies Year In Review from 2021-01-13T00:00
Join Jordan and Kara as they discuss the insane year that was 2020 and the perspective of 2020 from the Powerful Ladies as a company, Powerful Ladies Thrive Membership, our clients, guests and m...
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Episode 98: How To Build Everything You Love&That Matters To You Into Your Business with Nancy Eaton from 2021-01-06T00:00
Nancy Eaton is one of my favorite humans. She and her family are so warm, inviting, supportive, and successful. The success they experience shows up across their lives as abundance in friendshi...
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Episode 97: It's Time For Each Of Us Step Up&Take Action with Cottie Petrie-Norris from 2020-12-30T00:00
Cottie Petrie-Norris is the California State Assemblywoman for the 74th district, my district. Prior to her being reelected this past election, I invited her onto this podcast to discuss what’s...
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Episode 96: How to Be Confident&Stop Asking For Permission with Tawny Newsome from 2020-12-23T00:00
Tawny Newsome is an actor - you’ve seen her as the helicopter pilot on Space Force, as well as voicing Beckett Mariner on Star Trek Lower Decks; a musician with a new album, Material Flats, that...
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Episode 95: Melanie Wells And Her Revolutionary Yoga Training, YogaZama by LISPY, Merges Yoga Training and Neurobiology from 2020-12-16T00:00
People talk about the ideal of an entrepreneur and usually I correct them by speaking to how many different types of entrepreneurs there are in the world. And then, you meet entrepreneurs like M...
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Caroline Hanley on the Power of Books&How to Achieve Your Best from 2020-12-09T00:00
Caroline is a ray of sunshine. She’s fun, smart, oves reading as much as I do and is one of my dear friends. In addition to being a great human, she’s an incredible account director at one of t...
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Episode 93: Dee O’Neill Is Changing The Way We Think About&Care For Our Brains from 2020-12-02T00:00
As those of you who are regular listeners know, I am a total nerd. I love learning. I love reading. I love geeking out over how the world works and the incredibly cool patterns that exist and co...
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Episode 92: Cheryl Whilby of Soul Fire Farm on Ending Food Apartheid in America from 2020-11-25T00:00
I am obsessed with documentaries about food, organic agriculture, poly farming, soil, etc. Streaming services cannot make enough documentaries on those topic to keep up with how quickly I devou...
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Episode 91: Allison Norton Rolfes, founder and CCO of the Boutique Marketing Agency, ANR Creative Group from 2020-11-18T00:00
Allison Norton Rolfes is the founder and Chief Creative Officer at ANR Creative Group, a marketing and social media agency based in Costa Mesa, CA. She’s one of the best in the industry having ...
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Episode 90: How Can We Be More Like Ruth Bader Ginsburg? from 2020-11-11T00:00
Upon the passing of the great Ruth Bader Ginsburg I spent a lot of time reflecting on what it means to take Powerful Ladies to the next level - to be supporting women to fill the shoes of amazin...
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Episode 89: Navigating Entrepreneurship From High School YouTube Star to Modern Day Creator with Lanie Edwards from 2020-11-04T00:00
Lanie is the creator of Life Of Lanie a YouTube channel and blog, as well as her clothing brand Cosier. On this episode we talk about her journey from high school youtube star to the multi-dime...
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Episode 88: Lauren Wilson, founder of Dora Maar, Is Changing How We Buy Luxury Fashion&The Stories Fashion Has to Tell. from 2020-10-28T00:00
Lauren Wilson is the founder of Dora Maar, a luxury fashion e-commerce platform that’s taking over the consignment and resale market. Focusing on storytelling, featuring muses and their closets...
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Episode #87: Elizabeth Haislip founder of Pebby Forevee On Confidence, Empire Building and Living With Intention from 2020-10-21T00:00
Elizabeth Haislip is the founder of Pebby Forevee, an apparel empire based in Ohio. She’s self-made, building her business slowly and thoughtfully which has resulted in consistent growth over t...
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Episode #86 How To Build A Business&Change The World With Sharifah Hardie from 2020-10-14T12:00
Sharifah Hardie is a POWER HOUSE. She’s a mom, an entrepreneur, a talk show host of not 1, but 3 talk shows, a consultant and she’s a community activist. Across all the areas that Sharifah is c...
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Episode 85: A Powerful Conversation About America - Racism Episode 3 from 2020-10-07T00:00
This is the live, unedited recording from the first half of our roundtable, A Powerful Conversation About America: Racism Episode 3. It’s been a month since Episode 1, so we’re asking our panel...
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Episode 84: Chisa Pennix-Brown On How To Show Up, Show Out&Give It To The People from 2020-09-30T00:00
Chisa Pennix-Brown is the founder of the business education and business consulting group Lady Bizness, The Black Biz Group and the Executive Director of Real Glow Getters. On this episode we d...
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Episode 83: The Power of PR&Making the Leap to find your Purpose with Jen Berson from 2020-09-23T00:00
Jen Berson is the founder and president of Jeneration PR - a leading LA based PR agency focusing on Baby, Beauty, Health & Wellness. After 15 years of growing and building one of the top PR age...
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Episode 82: Keren Moynihan Is On A Mission to Simplify Lending&Grow Businesses from 2020-09-16T00:00
Keren Moynihan is the co-founder of Boss Insights, a financial tech service company that provides back office systems that bridge the gap between banks and small businesses. Essentially making ...
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Episode 81: How to Blend Activism&Entrepreneurship to Create a Powerful Life with Chandra Gore from 2020-09-09T00:00
Chandra Gore is a lifelong serial entrepreneur with businesses in a wide variety of industries. She’s all real talk. She hustles. She’s equally committed to your businesses as a consultant, her...
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Episode 80: How To Be An Indie Pop Star With Musician Party Nails from 2020-09-02T00:00
Elana Carroll is a musician, artist, music educator and on stage is known as Party Nails. You can find her indie pop music on Spotify - Solo is a favorite song of mine. On this episode we disc...
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Episode 79: Ronda Brunson Credit Queen On Being Powerful&Taking Accountability from 2020-08-26T00:00
Ronda Brunson, Ms. B Credit Queen, is a force of nature. She is a powerful lady. She’s a multipreneur who by day help clients build their credit profile, is on the board of the National Associ...
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Episode 78: Bitch Sesh Podcast Co-Hosts, Casey Wilson&Danielle Schneider, On Acting, Writing, and Co-Creating With Powerful Women from 2020-08-19T00:00
You’ve seen today’s guests, Casey Wilson and Danielle Schneider co-hosts of the podcast Bitch Sesh: a Real Housewives Breakdown and as actresses on screen in many of your favorite TV shows and M...
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Episode 77: Sierra Katow On Why Comedy Is Important Work from 2020-08-12T00:00
Sierra Katow is a stand up comic, writer, podcast producer, and host of her own podcast Stay Podsitive. She started in comedy at 16, then went on to Harvard to study computer science, before re...
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Episode 76: Amy Rosoff Davis, Celebrity Trainer, Actor&Lifestyle Guru, On Being A Rainmaker from 2020-08-05T00:00
Amy Rosoff Davis is a rainmaker. She’s mastered manifesting the life she desires and going with the flow as new opportunities appear. She’s an actor, celebrity fitness trainer, nutritionist & ...
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Episode 75: A Powerful Conversation About America: Racism Episode 2 from 2020-07-29T07:35:51
This is the live, unedited recording from our roundtable, A Powerful Conversation About America: Racism Episode 2. It’s been a month since Episode 1, so we’re asking our panelists “Has Anything...
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Episode 74: F.I.T. Professor Mikelle Drew-Pellum On How Technology And Smart Buying Is The Future of Fashion from 2020-07-22T00:00
Mikelle Drew-Pellum is a fashion designer, fashion educator and adjunct professor at F.I.T. in New York. She’s also been a panelist on our a Powerful Conversation About America: Racism series. ...
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Episode 73: Raiza Licea Is Lifting Up LatinX Voices&Making Miami Proud from 2020-07-15T00:00
Raize Licea is an improv comedian, actor, podcastor, creator, host, activist and BOSS at creating spaces for latinx voices to be heard in comedy. We recorded this episode during Covid19 quaranti...
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Episode 72: From Working In Tech to Owning a Franchise Dream Business With Paula Camarena from 2020-07-08T00:00
Paula Camarena is a trailblazer. She worked for years in tech and always had a calling for working for herself. Instead of creating a business from scratch, she explored franchise businesses to...
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Episode 71: Lifestyle Entrepreneur Ellen Ho On How to Make Money Doing What You Love from 2020-07-01T00:00
Ellen Ho is a serial lifestyle entrepreneur. She’s built businesses around the life that she wanted, which has allowed her to travel, explore different parts of who she is, be creative and make...
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Episode 70: Cameron Esposito Wants You To Know You’re Doing Better Than You Think from 2020-06-24T00:00
Cameron Esposito is a stand up comedian, actor, host of the Queery Podcast, and is an even during a pandemic best selling author. She’s hilarious, and smart, and awesome, and her passion has al...
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Episode 69: Actress Annie Gonzalez Says Play Big&Share Your Unique Gifts from 2020-06-17T00:00
I am so excited to introduce to you Annie Gonzalez. She’s an actress, producer, creator, songwriter, taking on the world and sharing what matters to her, especially on her YouTube channel. Her ...
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Episode 68: A Powerful Conversation About America - Racism Episode 1 from 2020-06-10T00:00
Today you will hear a new style of the Powerful Ladies Podcast. This is the live, unedited recording from our roundtable, A Powerful Conversation About America: Racism Episode 1. This powerful...
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Episode 67: Isabel Muller Says Choose Fresh&SWTCH from 2020-05-27T00:00
Have you ever been on a camping trip or snowboarding and thought, “I should change my underwear” but didn’t because then you’d have to take off your shoes, outer pants, base layer, etc, etc befo...
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Episode 66: Jennifer Burdis On How To Find The American Ninja Warrior In You from 2020-05-20T00:00
How do you have dyslexia and become both a teacher and an author? How can you be 5’1” and become not only a Penn State Volleyball player but also an American Ninja Warrior? Well on this episod...
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Episode 65: How To Stay In Your Light Through It All With Becky Olson from 2020-05-13T00:00
Becky Olson is a 5 time cancer survivor, public speaker, founder of the Breast Friends non-profit and radio show, and bucket list champion. Additionally she’s an incredible mother, grandmother, ...
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Episode 64: Starting a Business Is Easier&More Possible Than You Think with Miranda Bressman from 2020-05-06T00:00
Miranda Bressman is a secret multipreneur. While working demanding corporate jobs in action sports by day, she’s also been launching businesses with her husband and business partners. She owns...
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Episode 63: How to Be a Boss in Hollywood with Melisa D. Monts from 2020-04-29T00:00
Melissa D. Monts is a writer, director, podcastor, producer, screenwriter, and more - seriously, she can do pretty much anything needed in the world of film, tv, and podcasting. She hustled earl...
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Episode 62: How Collaboration Can Lead To Your Dream Business with Girl Creative Co. from 2020-04-22T00:00
Harper Carnes and Gracie Krajesky are the energetic, optimistic and talented co-founders of Girl Creative Co, a design, branding, visual merchandising and website creation company. Essentially a...
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Episode 61: Sara Zandieh On How Filmmaking Requires An Entrepreneurial Mindset from 2020-04-15T00:00
Sara Zandieh is a filmmaker, writer, and director. She recently directed an episode for NBC’s Good Girls (comes out this Sunday) and her latest film, A Simple Wedding, a multi-cultural romantic ...
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Episode 60: Saving the Planet&Us One Mask At A Time with Jillian Clark from 2020-04-08T00:00
So many of us have been pivoting our businesses since the start of the covid19 pandemic. Prior to the pandemic Jillian’s business was upcycled apparel & accessories. Her business Roboro6 took i...
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Episode 59: Finding Truth in Medicine with Marjan Koosha Johnson from 2020-04-01T00:00
Marjan Koosha Johnson is a good friend of mine and is currently a third year medical student. We recorded this episode just as the pandemic outbreak in the U.S. was starting and before quaranti...
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Episode 58: Why Confidence Is The First Step To Success With D.B. from 2020-03-25T00:00
Today you guys have the pleasure of meeting the first Powerful Gentleman we’ve interviewed for the Powerful Ladies Podcast. Based in Newport Beach, CA, Derek D.B. Brown is a personal trainer, f...
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Episode 57: Sasha Sagan Wants You To Enjoy The Magic In Our Universe from 2020-03-18T00:00
Guys! The episode you’re about it here is awesome and it’s an example of what can happen when you play big. After finishing & loving Sasha Sagan’s book, For Small Creatures Such as We, I immedi...
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Episode 56: How Curiosity Can Be Your Superpower With Kara Duffy from 2020-03-11T00:00
Hi guys! On this episode to celebrate both International Women’s Day and our 1 Year Anniversary of the Podcast launch, we’re flipping the script and today we’re putting our own, Kara Duffy, in t...
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Episode 55: Find Your Hustle&Be Loud with Natasha Dressler from 2020-03-04T00:00
So often we are told that having a broad skill set means that we are a Master of None and that we should spend more time becoming an expert and finding our niche. To me having a broad backgroun...
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Episode 54: The Power of True Connection With Marina Stirdivant from 2020-02-26T00:00
Marina is a gentle powerhouse. She’ll slip into an event, sitting silently, listening calm, present, interested, and smiling. Without her saying a word, the space changes. It’s grounded. It’s ...
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Episode 52: Stacy Solodkin On How To Live Your Best Life Now from 2020-02-19T00:00
So many of us are waiting for something to happen before we begin living our life. We’re waiting to graduate. We’re waiting to be married. We’re waiting for that new job. We’re waiting until we...
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Episode 52: True Healing Requires Ancient&Modern Practices with Christina Sofia from 2020-02-12T00:00
There are people you meet who instantly make you calm and present. Christina Sofia is one of those people. She’s a licensed therapist, reiki practitioner, and transformation coach. After knowin...
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Episode 51: Dr. Brooke Butler Is A Badass Emergency Veterinarian from 2020-02-05T00:00
Animals and pets are awesome. Those of you that know me, know that I’m totally in love with my dogs, Bandit & Brisket and am a total sucker for any other such creatures. When Lauren Butler from...
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Episode 50: Social Media Strategy for Business with Hannah Diffenderffer from 2020-01-29T00:00
There is so much information out there about how businesses can use social media to reach their goals. Courses, programs, youtube videos, blogs, expert opinions, you name it. In this episode we ...
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Episode 49: How to Live a Delicious Off the Charts Life with Maryl Petreccia from 2020-01-22T00:00
Maryl Petreccia is an entrepreneur, a dancer, an author and known as the Joy Expert. After experiencing nine losses in seven years, she found herself in a depth of loss few people experience. S...
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Episode 48: All American Parents on How You Can Be Powerful with George&Wendy Duffy from 2020-01-15T00:00
George and Wendy Duffy are very much the stereotypical suburban American parents. They’ve been called ‘T.V. parents' referencing the parent examples you’d see from Leave it to Beaver, the Brad...
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Episode 47: Chelsea Levine from 2020-01-08T00:00
One of our commitments is to highlight people who are living a life of their own design. Those you may not know and those whom you’ve most likely never heard of their business. This is where we...
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Episode 46: 2019 Year in Review from 2020-01-03T00:00
Listen in as the Powerful Ladies team recaps our most memorable guests, the challenges of year one of a podcast and an expanded business, how we've grown and what we're excited for in 2020!
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Episode 45: Kara Stevens from 2019-12-25T00:00
Kara Stevens is the founder of the Frugal Feminista, a financial wellness business. She’s a coach, consultant, speaker and author traveling the world speaking to women and businesses about finan...
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Episode 44: Aleks Lason from 2019-12-18T00:00
Aleks is a badass entrepreneur. She co-founded Chrilleks, a Creative Agency specializing in branded content, with her husband Chris 8 years ago. They have offices in Toronto, where they started...
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Episode 43: Kelly Zabielski from 2019-12-11T00:00
Kelly is a woman you should know in the comedy podcast world. She’s part of three podcasts currently. She’s the producer of the Jim Jefferies Podcast, has her own the Unsolicited Podcast, and is...
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Episode 42: Ashley Telleen&Lauren Butler from 2019-12-04T12:00
I’m am so excited for you guys to hear today’s podcast. Ashley and Lauren are two female lawyers who in the past year opened their own law firm specializing in Criminal Defense. They operate ou...
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Episode 41: Candice Carlton from 2019-11-27T00:00
Candice Carlton is the glamorous and wise creator and host of the podcast Cubical Revolution, the founder of C Squared Consulting and also a coach. On her podcast she interviews people who have ...
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Episode 40: Sarah Kuhn from 2019-11-20T00:00
Sarah Kuhn is the creator of Year of Joy - a platform to encourage everyone to be intentional in adding more joy to their life and actively seeking and creating as much joy as possible. On this...
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Episode 39: Athena&Melina Sipple from 2019-11-12T23:55
Athena is the family matriarch and founder of TKB Deli, the #1 rated restaurant in the U.S. on Yelp in 2018 . Her daughter Melina is the new generation owning and running TKB Deli with her two o...
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Episode 38: Sarah Remage-Healey from 2019-11-05T23:55
Sarah Remage-Healey is a wife, mother of three daughters, a CPA, a small business owner and a stroke survivor. She was 33 years old when she had her first stroke, the day after her 7th wedding ...
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Episode 37: Courtney Price Oroszko from 2019-10-30T00:55
Courtney Oroszko is one of my favorite humans. We’re friends from college and she’s one of the strongest, funniest, most wise-ass friends I know. She’s a lawyer, a mother of two, and became a ...
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Episode 36: Erin Machan from 2019-10-23T00:55
Erin Machan is one of the most powerful women I know. She plays life full out in all areas of her life. Life shows up and she’s there to match it. She’s a competitive Cross Country CYCLIST doi...
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Episode 35: Rosalie Fish from 2019-10-15T12:55
Rosalie Fish appeared on ESPN and new stations globally when at her High school State Championship track meet last Spring she ran with a red handprint on her face and MMIW on her leg to bring aw...
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Episode 34: Kendal Riley DeLaura from 2019-10-09T00:59
Kendal Riley DeLaura is an stunning photographer with a gift of capturing the beauty, romance, and charm of her subjects and the world. I cannot recommend her enough and am excited to share her...
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Episode 33: Dana Ramler from 2019-10-02T00:45
Dana Ramler is a product and experience designer. She’s a wife, a traveler, a dreamer, a doer, a list maker, and an artist. She’s returned to Vancouver Island, Canada after 4 years living & work...
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Episode 32: Lauren Bond from 2019-09-25T00:50
Lauren Bond is a good friend of mine, a new mom, and an English Professor teaching at the community college and university levels. She’s married to Matt who’s also an English Professor. When th...
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Episode 31: Lysni Lewis from 2019-09-18T01:23
Lynsi Lewis is a Doctor of Chinese Medicine, an acupuncturist, an herbalist and a yoga teacher who practices out of San Diego, CA. Growing up in small town Alabama, she assumed the only way to ...
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Episode 30: Jade Baptiste from 2019-09-11T01:34
Jade is incredible. When she walks into a room you are instantly greeted with a huge beautiful smile and she radiates positivity. It’s no surprise to me that her YouTube channel Jaded Journey w...
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Episode 29: Courtney Evors from 2019-09-04T00:26
Courtney is a Senior Project Manager at adidas working in footwear, a competitive powerlifter, a nutrition holistic life coach and has launched a granola business. She’s doing all of this as an...
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Episode 28: Victoria Varon from 2019-08-27T23:55:46
Victoria is what you expect when you think of “powerful lady”. She’s a mother, she’s a wife, she owns a real estate company with her husband, she’s the founding president of Elevate Leadership C...
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Episode 27 : Jenna Boutin Adamo from 2019-08-21T13:59:31
Jenna Boutin Adamo is a wife, mother & one of my best friends. She’s a firecracker, she’s wicked smart, and an everyday social justice warrior. On this episode she shares how she found career ...
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Episode 26 : Meredith Burkholder from 2019-08-14T00:45
Meredith is the CEO, Founder, and Director of Webfest Berlin - a short-form series festival. On this episode she tells us how she went from Texas to starting her own business ½ way around the w...
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Episode 25 : Katia Kulawick Assante from 2019-08-07T00:23
Katia is on my list of women I want to be when I grow up. She’s an author, a journalist, a wife and mum who splits her time today between Corsica, the French Alps and Paris. Today she writes for...
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Episode 24: Jennifer Weg from 2019-07-31T00:22
Jen Weg manages Global Creative Marketing for Film at Netflix and is the founder of Soapbox - an organization committed to empowering, protecting and promoting women in the entertainment, creati...
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Episode 23 : Lora Bleijenberg from 2019-07-24T00:24
Lora is one of the funniest people I know and she oozes love. Today her life is great. She owns a local gym, is a personal trainer and massage therapist, has a great marriage and is a doting do...
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Episode 22 : Jordan Duffy from 2019-07-17T00:18
Jordan is the first female audio engineer at Earwolf/Stitcher a podcasting company where she works on podcasts such as Hollywood Handbook, Best Friends, Bitch Sesh, Spanish Aqui Present, Yo Is T...
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Episode 21 : Julie Podolec from 2019-07-10T00:31
Julie is the bubbly, energetic co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer of The Modern Pop, a Laguna Beach based frozen fruit bar company. A New York transplant, she started the company with her h...
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Episode 20 : The WKNDRs from 2019-07-03T00:45
Rachel and Claire are artists, designers and entrepreneurs based in Vancouver, Canada. They’ve been friends since college and their first business together was a vintage clothing shop. Today th...
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Episode 19 : Andrea Spinelli from 2019-06-26T00:45
Andrea Spinelli is a storyteller who has used her gift of writing, producing, researching, being curious and making people feel comfortable to create commercials, documentaries, films and events...
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Episode 18 : Morena Duwe from 2019-06-19T00:47
Morena Duwe is a writer and journalist. She’s written for publications such as LA Weekly, SF Weekly, OC Weekly, Mix Mag, DJ Mag, Huffington Post, and UpRoxx. Her partner, Miles, is a photographe...
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Episode 17: Rachael Lee Sortor from 2019-06-11T23:34:22
Rachael Lee Sortor is a neonatal ICU flight nurse and has been a competitive rock climber since she was a teenager. She is focused, intentional, and committed to her family living their best li...
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Episode 16: Katie Hajec from 2019-06-05T00:45
Katie Hajec is the director of talent and culture for an LA start-up. When you’re launching a new business navigating the classic HR responsibilities can be challenging especially when there’s s...
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Episode 15: Lacey Haegen of Beaute Nouveau from 2019-05-29T00:44
Lacey Haegen is a makeup artist and the owner of Beaute Nouveau - a handmade skincare collection. Her whole life she was taught and encouraged to be learning, questioning, creative, and resourc...
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Episode 14: Kendra Eaton from 2019-05-22T00:45
Kendra Eaton is unstoppable. She’s is her twenties, has a high powered full time job, is a homeowner, she's her HOA president, and is an entrepreneur with two businesses. And we’re not talking a...
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Episode 13: Sandy Zhao-Ran Ji from 2019-05-15T00:23
Sandy is energetic and exciting, just like the plant-based biodegradable glitter brand she’s created, EarthShine Glitter. She’s also your modern American success story. Born in China, she and h...
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Episode 12: Lisa Ledezma from 2019-05-08T00:50
Lisa Ledezma is your average American woman. She’s a divorced mom of three, she lives in suburbia, she’s a soccer coach, and has a career as a loan officer. She’s spent decades working to help ...
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Episode 11: Miracle Sisters - Jamie Bartley, Madelyn Golgart,&Jessica Niblett from 2019-05-01T00:04
Once I decided I was going to go full-time into expanding Powerful Ladies, I knew I needed a support system to keep me accountable and on track. The universe knew it too and at a Friends-Giving,...
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Episode 10: Monique Vizzerra from 2019-04-24T00:35
You guys are in for a treat today! Today’s guest is one of my favorite ladies of skate, Monique Vizzerra. She’s passionate about skateboarding and honoring the athletes, history and participant...
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Episode 9: Gintel Gee from 2019-04-17T00:15
Gintel Gee is a badass carving her own path. Raised in South Central LA by families with one focused on achieving excellence and one focused on finding hustle & joy, early in her life it became...
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Episode 8: Adeline Bondu de Perez from 2019-04-10T13:04:57
Adeline Perez Bondu was born in France and then upon graduating from university started to travel the world. She’s lived in Japan, Switzerland, Germany and Spain, where she lives today just outs...
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Episode 7: Marhnelle&Dave Hibbard from 2019-04-03T00:16
If you look up Power Couple, the first example is Beyonce & Jay-Z. The second example is Dave and Marhnelle Hibbard. They are the co-founders of DIALEXIS...
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Episode 6: Renee Colvert from 2019-03-27T00:38
Renee Colvert is a writer, a runner, a podcast panelist, and has one of the best jobs in LA. She’s the co-creator and one of the hosts on the Can I Pet Your Dog Podcast, a podcast dedicated to a...
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Episode 5: Ryann Gaspara from 2019-03-20T00:30
Ryann Gaspara is the badass entrepreneur owner of Gaspara Flora, what started as custom wedding gifting company and transformed into a custom corporate gifting company and has expanded again to ...
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Episode 4: Bry Zaragoza from 2019-03-12T23:11:17
Bry Zaragoza is a mobility and movement specialist, certified yoga teacher, personal trainer and dancer from Long Beach, California. She began dancing at age two, teaching dance classes at 16, d...
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Episode 3: Amber Amos from 2019-03-06T08:41:54
Amber Amos is the owner and chef of Westside Taco. Her carnitas tacos took 2nd place at the LA Weekly’s Tacolandia and was voted 3rd best restaurant in Bend just months after opening up shop Ore...
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Episode 2: Ali Owens from 2019-02-28T20:00
Ali Owens is a girl you want in your corner. She’s a motivational speaker, she’s a writer and she’s the author of Bad Fat Person: A reflection on plus size bodies in a cookie-cutter culture. On...
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Episode 1: Elizabeth McGarry from 2019-02-28T19:00
Elizabeth McGarry is the Creative Director for York Athletics Mfg. Her career has been built in the high fashion and sportswear world where she’s been a designer & creative for brands such as Ve...
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Welcome to the Powerful Ladies Podcast! from 2019-02-25T14:00:23
Coming soon! Powerful Ladies founder and podcast host, Kara Duffy, sits down with the awesome and the up-to-something - entrepreneurs, creatives, athletes, chefs, authors, scientists, adventurer...
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