Courageous Heartbeats | Interviews with Entrepreneurs who've found the courage to follow their hearts

Dr. Laura Ciel is a Psychologist and Leadership & Life Coach, and the president of the Santa Barbara County Psychological Association. Listen to her inspiring story of incredible courage to follow her heart when she moved her family to France.  A move that would transform her life...forever.

Keep-Calm Mentor and Wellness Agenda Founder Miriam Belov is an author, speaker, media producer, and pioneer in the mind body spirit field. Over the past 35 years, she has traveled the globe sharing her wellness programs and helping countless people.

Kelly Pratt, founder of Creative Rhythm Studio and creator of The Creative Rhythm Planner, is a coach and mentor to artists, creative entrepreneurs, authors and cultural creatives.

Times of uncertainty can feel scary.  Host Marian Buck-Murray discusses how to embrace uncertainty in order to harness its power.

Coach Leslie Zucker is the author of “Deliver Workshops that Bring in Clients: A How-To Guide for Coaches, Consultants and Entrepreneurs.”  Leslie talks about how she courageously left a successful 18-year career in International Development in order to start her own company and become a solopreneur.  

Michelle Hunter, content strategist and copy coach has a gift for helping visionary entrepreneurs tell their stories with simple authenticity.  Listen as she describes her courageous heart-felt decision to lower her prices so she could reach the people who needed her help, but couldn’t find a way to work with her.

Donna Brown is passionate about helping her clients uncover their true gifts.  In this interview, Donna talks about how the act of jumping off of a cliff while on vacation helped her harness the courage to ignite her career. 

Mallika Malhotra is a fun-loving photographer and brand energizer who works with women entrepreneurs, inspiring them to share their stories with photography, branding, and social media. Listen as she describes how she took courageous action to create a thriving business, doing what she loves.

Former Broadway stage manager Lynda Rountree is a Massage Therapist, co-founder and owner of Wellspring Health Collective in Maplewood NJ, the co-owner of Rountree Remodeling, and recently started a new venture in Real Estate.  Lynda talks about the courage she has harnessed in order to truly follow her heart and create success in each of her businesses.

Ellen Atkins, creator of Syd, the adorable two-thumbs-up monk statue, talks about quitting her corporate career of 30 years, without knowing what she would do.  Ellen describes her courageous journey which eventually led to the creation of Syd and The Suburban Monk company.

Award-winning filmmaker Catherine Stratton talks about the courage it took to start her own production company, specializing in online marketing videos for artists and creative entrepreneurs.

Energy Healer Lorraine Giordano describes how the threat of cancer forced her to listen to her uterus, which inspired her to leave corporate finance to become an accomplished energy healer and teacher.

Coach Wanda Cox describes how she followed her heart into wellness coaching after losing 170 pounds and reversing symptoms of type 2 Diabetes.  

Deb Coman, communication strategist, talks about the courage she’s used to promote her business, one courageous step after another. 

Funnermother founder Angela Todd describes quitting her job of 20 years in an academic science archive at a major university in order to coach overwhelmed moms.

Intuitive Mindset Coach, Ramona Remesat talks about “coming out of the spiritual closet” and the courage it took to forgo a career in PR in order to create her spiritual coaching business.

Money Mindset Expert Nicole Lewis-Keeber describes her courage to leave full time work as a psychotherapist, to become a coach and entrepreneur.

Lisa Danforth is a seasoned entrepreneur who works with high-aspiring women. Lisa talks about her decision to leave her successful 14-year catering business in order to follow her passion of empowering women.

Susan Miller is a Health-Preneur, Healthy Living & Mind Body Strategist, and cancer survivor. Susan describes her courageous decision to stop listening to the naysayers and to follow her intuition to build her Wellness Brand and her Juice Plus Network Marketing Business.

After the sudden death of her husband, Energy Medicine Practitioner Tina Walsh describes the pivotal moment that launched her on the healing journey which led her to the work she does today.

Jeannie Spiro, Speaking Strategist and Sales & Business Coach, shares her story about what pushed her to make her courageous departure from corporate in order to create her thriving coaching business.

Host Marian Buck-Murray talks about her trials with fear and courage and how she followed the wisdom of her heart. Learn more about this brand new podcast series, which shines the light on heart-centered solopreneurs, entrepreneurs and creative professionals who have summoned the courage to follow their hearts.