Bold Business Women

We are all much more than one thing. In this episode, Dr. Sarabeth Berk shares her journey of embracing her Hybrid identity and finding ways to support others to do the same. She shares a few tips from her new book "More Than My Title" and helps illuminate a few things that could help others in transition identify how to find their intersection of talents.Books mentioned:"The Athena Project""Where big ideas come from"Podcasts to check out: Masters of scale

Plants with strong healing properties have been gaining support and legality in the US and the world over this past decade! Our guest for this final episode of the season is Heather Jackson, a strong leader of the revolution that is bringing plant medicine back to the public. She is a passionate change-maker and founder of two non-profit companies that focus on reimagining and changing how we think about, talk about, and respond to plant medicine and the people who use it.  Heather has very personal reasons for being on the front lines of this revolution for legalizing plant medicine and getting these natural ways of healing into the hands of those who desperately need them. In this interview, she shares a little of her business journey on how she got to where she is today and offers many resources and great things to think about if you or someone you love are curious to find out more about these two powerful healing plants. Her first company, Realm of Caring, helps families with life limiting and chronic health conditions learn about and access Cannabis in order to seek relief and higher quality of life. Her second company, Unlimited Sciences, is conducting research on how PTST and trauma can be treated and in some cases healed by the use of psilocybin (or magic mushrooms). https://realmofcaring.org https://unlimitedsciences.org    

"Everything is changing and it is ok. Lean in - it's a necessary part of life!" In this episode we talk with Gina Schley, an Urban Flower Farmer and co-host of the PBS series Urban Conversion. Her commitment to following the natural seasons of life and pursuing hands on learning and growth have supported her and kept her energized through several major life pivots. A truly inspiring and joyful conversation! "So often we cripple ourselves from moving because we think we don’t know what we’re doing - or we need more education - but so often others are in the same position." Follow Gina on facebook #SheGrows instagram #shegrowsflowers or her website www.shegrows.com

Emotional Intelligence, Rites of Passage, Creating Safe Spaces with music! In this episode, we talk about some of the business aspects of being a musician with Marya Stark. As a music therapist, Marya has worked with at risk youth, addiction recovery, mental health, hospice, autism, and many other special needs communities. She has also been a performing musician and active in theatre. Her list on how to be a bold business woman is;  (1. Ask for what I want  (2. Say no regularly (3. Don't take others' upset at my 'NO' personally (4. Prioritize self care - because that will make me the most powerful version of me.  She encourages women everywhere to become familiar with their cycles and keep a womb journal, just write a word or few sentences about how your womb feels every day for a full month. By listening to your body, your power and joy will show itself to you in greater and clearer ways than you may have imagined.  Marya is now offering online courses called "Voice of my womb" and "Honoring the losses of the Womb" at www.rosebardacademy.com  You can also learn more about her at www.marya-stark.com and enjoy her music on www.spotify.com 

Episode 25: Maritza Schafer is a bilingual communications strategist with an exceptional track record in designing and leading global transformational work.  She has been recognized for her work in women’s rights, environmental issues, and racial justice,(to name just a few of the arenas where she has proven herself to be an international agent of change). In this interview Maritza shares many of the philosophies and strategies that have kept her thriving through massive life changes including moving countries and jobs many times over in pursuit of fully living her best life.Find out more about her consulting work at WiseBridge.org And learn about her personal development curriculum and more at Brujalunasol.com 

This is a short 12 minute episode recorded at the Denver Startup Week 2019. Enjoy a montage of women's voices speaking about what it is to claim the description of being a bold business woman. Refreshing to hear, so many people shared that is it much more about supporting each other than all the "have no fear" concepts of boldness! Here is a short list of some of the women I spoke with and their businesses for you to check out:Barbara and Lupe at www.SecondActWomen.com  Supporting a community of women starting businesses after the age of 40+ Gina Schley at www.SheGrows.com   Growing flowers on a farm in Denver and part of the Slow Flowers movement for local businesses   Toby Adams at www.DoTheBangThing.com  Empowering business owner and hair stylist supporting Girls, INC and Veterans organizations    Keisha Mathes at www.herbalhoney.net  Creating healing honeys, poetry, and women's health advocacy    Carmel Scopelliti at www.travelsister.world  Curating and leading trips for women travelers to meet and build traveling community

Ronee Hagen has been a global leader in the industrial marketplace for over 25 years. She speaks about her career as "more of a jungle-gym than a path," possibly because she married and raised two wonderful boys before starting, growing and selling her first company, then taking the position of CEO at Polymer Group at the age of 50. "Age wise, I was pre-Title 9, just before Affirmative Action... people cared much more about how I was going to do business than what I was going to do."  In this conversation, Ronee shares her insights and stories from inside global executive leadership roles and attributes much to embracing diverse thoughts and ideas in the workplace. "People respond to calm, confident leaders who are value-based."  Learn more of how she continues to forge new pathways for gender diversity in executive leadership with the company Paradigm for Parity.https://www.paradigm4parity.com 

Dr. Nicole Gravagna is a translator between technical and scientific understandings of the brain and the practical application of learning and growth within the corporate workplace. As a Neuroscientist, Writer and Entrepreneur, she founded the company NeuroEQ to deliver swift insights and procedures to predict and develop behaviors in employees, teams and candidates.In this conversation she helped blow my mind a minimum of three times with new ways of freeing myself from clinging to the importance of my reactions and emotions in any given experience. A bit of a winding road conversation, this one is a gem if you're interested in looking at what it means to detangle yourself from judgements and truly find a clear path to change what you've been trying to change and not had much success with so far in life...!

Dr. Annie Bruns is a researcher and educator motivated by questions at the intersection of mental health and technology. She teaches at CU Boulder and encourages her students to do media fasts, track their emotional and mental response to such regulation, and challenge the norm of addicted behaviors concerning technology. In this interview Annie shared several ideas and options to begin self study or self-inquiry practices if you are curious about a media fast or other options to help regulate your mental health through the lease of how technology may be impacting your life balance!  

"Lean in. It doesn't have to be a lot, just start to lean in and life will reveal itself." Rachel Euser is a Global Producer with a credit list in 30 countries spanning every continent. She has enjoyed a successful career as producer and director in television, music, documentary film and live events including multiple Olympic Games. Always open to adventure and growth, Rachel shares stories from the road and thoughts on how production is great training ground for both motherhood and being a therapist or coach.In this interview she shares that she is at the beginning of a major life pivot, going back to school at Naropa Institute for a Masters in Psychology while continuing to work in production and focus on being a great mom for her toddler.   

Lisa Lewis is a Career Pivot and Courageous Living Coach who shares with us her journey of discovering that the life of "golden handcuffs" was not for her, and how she found her passion for life again after the many start-and-stops that often accompany a big life change. After working in digital marketing for nearly a decade at companies like Teen Vogue, Seventeen, CBS College Sports, and the American Cancer Society, Lisa evolved her own work into career coaching. She now helps multi-passionate and ambitious individuals create the careers they’ve been wishing for. Learn more at www.LisaLewisCareers.com 

Divorce Coach Kim West has successfully navigated several pivots in her life and in this episode she shares how she uses her business and legal background to support individuals going through divorce. She offers several reframing exercises and tips in this interview and is a great resource for any step of the divorce process. Through her own experience, she has learned that people really embrace you more when you share that you’re not perfect. In fact, many will love you more for the authenticity and humanness that comes with living through a messy situation and knowing you don’t have to keep it together all the time.  Learn more about Kim and check out the incredible resources she shares in her blog atwww.whenitsknotforever.com 

Lauren Costantini is an adventurous business woman, sharing with us stories of her diverse and inspiring experiences working as a Neuroscientist and Researcher finding cures for degenerative diseases, CEO of a BioTech startup, Founder of a Mountain Biking Tours company, and so much more. She strongly believes that with determination, we can learn anything. Currently Director of Operations for a company working on nerve damage regeneration and volunteering for an organization called 10-10-10 which brings entrepreneurs together to solve the "Wicked Problems" that have stumped healthcare for ages, Lauren champions anyone wanting to take a leap and try something new. She has changed careers numerous times throughout her life in order to follow her curiosity and found time and time again that the hand of grace will intervene when you lean into what is drawing your curiosity forward. You can reach out to Lauren to learn more of her mountain biking tours and all the other businesses and causes she supports at her email:  costantinilcc@gmail.com or the following websites: https://pedal-mtb.com  and  https://101010.net 

Whitney Walpole shares her wisdom from over 23 years of leadership coaching based on principles such as "Thrivable Dynamics" and ownership culture. She is a renowned author of the book "The Sweet Spot" and an absolute inspiration to talk with. Whitney has founded several successful businesses including her current company called Culture Counts where she and her team coach leaders and teams ready for the next level of effectiveness and performance. In this interview Whitney shares some very thoughtful gems on how to approach change as a way of welcoming expansion and opening of human capacity. She believes that to simply find the bread crumb path in front of you and take attainable steps along the way can be such a joyful way to success. Learn more at CultureCounts.biz

Dr. Rosie Ward is a woman on a mission to re-Humanize the workplace and disrupt the corporate status quo that has for so long been destroying the health of its human resources. "Start to pay attention to the stories you tell yourself and then challenge those stories!" In this interview she shares her own story of becoming sick and depressed while working in public health, and then using that as the springboard to her current work. She is a corporate coach, speaker, and revolutionary that places her focus on the power of training each person in the qualities of leadership. A proponent of Conscious Capitalism, she encourages business owners and employees alike to look into the credo and statistics outlining the functionality, soaring profits and productivity that many companies over the years have reported once they implemented these practices. Learn more at www.salveopartners.com

In this interview with the founder of the Grief Support Network, Wendy Black Stern, we focus on the power of our vulnerability & how authenticity is the greatest strength one can cultivate. "First and foremost, don't be afraid to be yourself - it's actually a requirement!" With her passion for support and service, Wendy offers a shining light and path of understanding that continues to help this growing community to come together and change the paradigm around grief. She started her career as a Yoga Therapist, trained in the Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy modality, and after going through incredible challenges in her journey, birthed her current work at the Grief Support Network. Grief brings us to those places that we just want to push away, that are really uncomfortable, and those places are where our biggest strengths come from, where we grow and change in ways that would not be possible otherwise. Learn more and access the resources available here:  GriefSupportNet.org

"I don't think there is a light at the end of the tunnel. There are a lot of sparkling moments throughout the walk" Boldness and persistence is a necessity for any artist, especially one who chose to emigrate from Nicaragua to pursue her dreams! Raquel Mayorga is a Social Entrepreneur as well as an Architectural Interior Designer and in this interview Raquel shares her perspective on the importance of dreaming and taking small steps as often as you can to move towards your dreams. Learn more about Kukiko the yoga chicken on Instagram & Raquel's Architectural firm at StudioBarchitects.com 

"The greatest nature walk you'll ever have is the inner terrain of your own soul"  In our first interview, Elizabeth Robinson shared valuable insights about resilience in business. She generously agreed to this follow up interview to speak about "the Inner Game" of resilience and how that informs nearly everything we are capable of in all aspects of life. She is a champion for using the powers and practices we can't see to greatly benefit our physical world as well as our dreams and inner worlds.  "There is no time like this moment to wake - Wake Up and bring your dream forward! Because we need You! We need your offering, your gift, your shining!"   Learn more about her work at www.evenpulse.com and www.sistermindcircle.com 

Jill Berkana is an expansive leader in the field of Massage Therapy with almost three decades of experience to share in addition to business adventures & lessons spanning multiple countries . She has founded several ground-breaking programs including the Berkana Institute of Massage Therapy located in Longmont, Colorado. She shares so much inspiration for taking strategic risks and choosing focused actions to move you forward every day. We touched on what it takes to radically change your life when you're ready, and the importance of healing the relationship with the self. Follow this guidance and you have the key to the very relationship that is primary to your success!

Susan Coates is a sex, intimacy and relationship coach with a background in International Relations, Organizational Development, and Change Management. In this interview we talked about how to de-shame and embrace ourselves as full human beings with all our desires, and how that can truly bring more vibrancy into life. We also talked about unvoiced expectations in relationships and how contact improvisational dance can help explore relationship dynamics and teach individuals how to be ready for anything while still giving yourself fully to the moment. 

"There are so many powerful women.. everywhere, and some of them don't realize it yet. I just want to shake people and tell them to believe in themselves and take that first little step! Stop thinking about thinking about doing things and just go do it!" Caroline Kert enjoys giving her time and expertise in the cause of bringing community together. As an Arts & Entertainment Lawyer, she makes the world of getting stuff done easier for everyone in her world. In this interview Caroline shares her journey of starting out in law, changing careers multiple times, working with many creative projects including Burning Man and the Boulder Fringe Festival.  To learn more about her work you can visit her website at  https://www.colo-lawyers.com/our-team/caroline-kert/ And to contact her about Burning Man, write to carolinekert@burningman.com  

"Stress is so ubiquitous and resilience is so needed in today's world!" In this interview, Elizabeth shares her story of following her risk-loving entrepreneurial spirit through founding 6 businesses and thriving inside of a man's world when once she built her life around women's circles. This episode (Part 1) offers grounded perspective in following your inspiration."That love of your why - your mission - will keep you warm when the world around you feels cold to you."

Jeanie Manchester is a teacher of yoga and mantra, dedicated to supporting women on the rise! In this interview she peels back the petals of householder yogic philosophy and mantra practice with birds singing to us on her back porch. Filled with life’s profound questions and deeper meaning in the small daily activities that build our lives, she shares how our focus and our little choices every day can be the real activity of turning curses into blessings. Jeanie teaches at her yoga studio in Boulder Colorado and leads retreats all over the world. To learn more and get in touch, check out Jeanie Manchester’s Yoga page on facebook or her website www.jeaniemanchester.com  or email her at yoginijeanie@gmail.com

Galen Bernard joins the Bold Business Women's podcast as a man supporting personal growth and pushing the edges of comfort to expand into living life more fully. In his work over the years, he noticed the majority of his participants have been women, who tend to show up more coachable, willing, and action driven for making personal changes! In this interview he shares tips to start with and questions to ask yourself if you're feeling ready to make big changes in life. www.courageclub.co

Making big leaps and choosing to lean into what else might be possible if she let herself ask more questions, Lauryn was a delight to have on the show.She shared insight on what it felt like to go from a military world dominated by men to leading a promising new company making splashes in Women's Health. Tips on what kind of support it takes to leave a well known world for something brand new, and advocacy for knowing that every voice in the room counts.

Ginnie Meyers is changing the Health Care experience with Foundation Health, a Boulder Colorado company she built with her dad.  She shares about the power of adventure and failure to show you new strengths with new roads you wouldn't have looked down. The importance of choosing to work in a place that is a good culture match, and lessons along her winding road in life. Connect with Ginnie and the team at Foundation Health for your complimentary meet & greet. www.experiencewell.com 

Tarah West brings her power and fun to this interview where she shares a great range of insight into how following both curiosity and instinct is key to staying sane in business and in life. She is both a powerhouse IT woman and a brilliant mother, balancing a full life with lots of tips worth listening to. As the Director of Application Development at iBirth (aquired by Babyscripts in 2018), Tarah is living one of her passions at this Boulder county startup and shares some of the tools she uses to stay on the top of her game and top of the tech wave in the fast and demanding startup world. One of my favorite tools she shares is the "BPP" - unique to everyone, and so necessary!www.ibirthapp.com 

On this episode of the Bold Business Women Podcast, Kat Short tells her story of how her business idea burst into her life, and is helping so many others recognize what their North Star or Core Story is so they can make more of the "right" things happen in life.