Follow Your Joy Podcast by Marla Diann

What happens when you follow the whisper of a dream—and it leads you to a whole new life in Italy? Today's guest, Chris Sobolev, co-owner of Super Savvy Travelers and a rising fine artist, returns to share the extraordinary “after” story of what's happened since her first appearance on the show in July 2024. For those of you who have been in my world for a while, you know I love all things Italian. If you are new, welcome! My love of Italy began in 1996 when I opened my first business, an entertainment PR company, where I worked with celebrities, visual and performing artists. I named it Capri PR because of my fascination and love of Italy and the Amalfi Coast. Same time, famous author Frances Mayes wrote and released her memoir Under the Tuscan Sun. I was so enamored with her, the story and her lifestyle. I said at the time, “I want her life!” The dream was planted. It was not until 2017 after 9 yrs in my coaching business that I honored that dream thanks to my coach at the time who helped me recover my dreams and make money with joy.  The result of that coaching session was a month-long stay in Florence, Italy that changed my life. Three more trips to Italy happened between 2017-2024. This is how Chris and I met as you will find the full story in our conversation. Now, Chris is living the dream she once only imagined—owning several homes in Italy, making art, and running a thriving YouTube channel and Italian Home Ownership business with her husband, Pete. But it wasn't all la dolce vita at first. In this inspiring follow-up, we talk about the inner and outer transformations that got her there: rebuilding confidence, navigating online and offline stalkers, redefining her worth, and restructuring her business to align with high value clients, joy, authenticity, and ease. Whether you're dreaming of an Italian lifestyle or longing to unlock your next creative chapter, this conversation is rich with permission, possibility, and practical insight. You'll hear: The soulful connection that drew Chris (and me!) to Italy What changed in her business and mindset to make her dreams real Her advice for anyone longing to own a home in Italy and how she and her husband consult and take you through the process How art, following her joy, friendship, and inner work fueled her breakthroughs Get ready to be inspired by what's possible when you say YES to the life your intuition has been whispering to you each day. Find all her ways to connect in show links and how to apply to discuss Italian Home Ownership. Show links: IG: @chrissobolev and @supersavvytravelers LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-sobolev-41a08713/ All About Italy FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/205311277354653 FB: Chris Sobolev https://www.facebook.com/chris.ellis.3720 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SuperSavvyTravelersLLC YouTube: @ChrisSobolovFineArt Fine Art Website: https://www.chrissobolev.com/ Italian Home Ownership First Steps: You will find all the  initial qualifications to have a zoom call with Chris by reading the application: https://www.supersavvytravelers.com/italian-home-ownership/ High Performing Women Entrepreneurs: Learn the NEW success paradigm that becomes a catalyst for lasting transformation professionally & personally. Ask yourself, is it time to change your success metrics to align with today's challenging times? Free INSTANT ACCESS:  https://marladiann.com/prioritizing-desires/  

Today's episode is for the woman entrepreneur, speaker, coach, author, lifestyle expert, or service professional who's craving more fun, adventure, play, and joy—while making and increasing consistent income. If you've been feeling the shift lately—like something isn't quite adding up, energetically or financially—you're not alone. Many brilliant, creative, successful women I work with are sensing it too.  This in-between space you're navigating? It's not a breakdown. It's a calling—to something deeper, more aligned, and more authentic than ever before. I want you to live and work from a blend of both Feminine & Masculine energy and traits with Feminine leading the way. It's a dynamic dance between power & play as you redesign how you operate in your business or career without neglecting your feminine self or diluting your edge.   In this elevating conversation, I introduce you to a new paradigm of success: Desires + Goals = Success + Transformation.   It's the foundation of my Creative Achievement Formula, and the core of how I've helped women reinvent how they live, work, and lead—with feminine energy leading the way. I created it out of my own serious breakdown to breakthrough. You'll hear: • How my own burnout in 2017 led to a reinvention by following my desire to Florence, Italy for a month-long stay—and how that changed everything • The reason your desires matter just as much as your goals • What happens when you prioritize pleasure, play, spirituality, and intuition as part of your business strategy • Why suppressing your feminine gifts keeps you disconnected—and how to reclaim them with joy and power • Two stories from clients who've shifted into this new way of being and are seeing powerful, life-changing results I encourage you to change the metrics you use for success. I'll also guide you through a few soul-stirring exercises to begin your own desires-led reinvention today.   This is your permission slip to redesign how you achieve success—and finally treat yourself well in the process. Because you're not stuck…You're being called.    Show Links: A 1-1 zoom call is required to be considered for the cohort. We will explore your life, business and how the cohort fits into all that and if we are a match. Email support@marladiann.com with your interest to schedule a call and we will send you the cohort pre-call form with a few important questions. Or fill the form out here: https://bit.ly/Spring-Summer-Cohort Join the Cohort! We begin May 28th: A curated cohort for visionary women entrepreneurs ready to embody their next level of success in how they manifest their one-year desires and goals in four months through refined intuition and innovative strategies. https://marladiann.com/create/

I have a special guest today who I reconnected with a few months ago after 10 years. Christie Flynn was a client back in 2014 when she was a health coach. We re-engineered her business and transformed her money relationship. And then we lost touch for a while, which I found out why and you will hear about that in our interview.   When she found me on LinkedIn back in November 2024, I was delighted to see her direct message in my account. But something was different about her energy and the info on her profile had changed. It read Psychic Medium and Executive Coach.  I said to myself “What? Really? Oh I want to hear this story.”   I went to her website to get the gist of what happened and now I was really intrigued. We continued to direct message each other excitedly to schedule a zoom call to catch up. That's when I invited her to the show.   I wanted you to hear this for yourself. You know I love a good story for you.   Well, her story is as profound as it is inspiring. She shares some personal info that involves a life changing event that heightened her intuition and clairvoyance. She began to see, feel, hear, and know things about people, places and beyond her physical world.  That's when the story gets intriguing.   Christie shares her own formula for connecting with her intuition, the 3 P's, and how you can begin the same process she does for her medium and executive clients.  She reveals the real meaning behind asking your intuition, “What is my highest good in this situation?”    Listen closely to the client stories where you'll get the profoundness of her mediumship. Enjoy!   Show links and offers: www.christieflynn.com and Amazon: How To Date A Guy and Get It Right - 7 Core Concepts To Multiply Your Confidence Level, Eliminate Bad Dates, And Attract Your Dream Partner Schedule an intro call - christie@christieflynn.com Social: FB: ChristieFlynnPsychicMedium, LinkedIn: christie-flynn, IG: christieleighflynn Free Guide: Your Top Desire is Nudging You for Attention. Learn how to blend the achievement of your desires (feminine) and goals (masculine) as a catalyst for lasting transformation. INSTANT ACCESS:  https://marladiann.com/prioritizing-desires/ Are you a woman speaker with a true calling to impact humanity through speaking? Join Marla, Laura Weintraub & Ashley Rivera for a full day workshop, Your Voice Matters: Setting the Stage to Impact Humanity. Sept 6. Newport Beach. Registration: www.marladiann.com/your-voice-matters

For women who have either given birth, tried to embrace menopause, or grow a multi-million-dollar business, they have all turned to my guest, Maraya Brown, for support with their physical, emotional, and sexual health. After years of working with women who are dismissed, overlooked, and told they are 'fine' when they clearly aren't, she saw a huge opportunity to show women there is a better way where they are heard, understood, and given healthy solutions to their adrenal burnout, mental, emotional, and physical exhaustion due to hormonal imbalance. Maraya Brown is a Yale and Functional Medicine Trained Women's Health Expert (CNM, MSN) and creator of The Women's Vibrancy Code program. Her passion lies in dismantling the myths around women's health, providing real answers, and creating communities where women feel seen, supported, and empowered to thrive—not just survive. She helps ambitious women navigate success without burnout by helping them fine tune their nutrition, supplementation, mindset, passion and ascension from the past to a vibrant future. Maraya is a mom of 3 children 11 and younger and a wife to an amazing man with heart. Her work online brings her 23 years of experience supporting women together in one place to co-create deep transformation, hormonal health, beautifully felt stamina, and undeniable confidence and passion. Maraya has managed Women's Health in Federally Funded clinics and Functional Medicine private practices and has been a part of international health endeavors in Nicaragua, Ghana, and Haiti.   In our interview, you will hear: Her answers to stop all the struggling to wade through all of the misinformation out there Her response and strong stand when women are being told by their doctors their health is “just fine” when they don't feel fine. Alternative solutions to feeling sluggish, uninspired, and heavy How to reverse the pining for a sex drive that's years or decades long-gone Why it's not just about data and labs; instead, it's her intuitive way to listen to what's not being said that guides her clients to clarity and healing How to prioritize your vitality and make your energy the foundation of your creativity, leadership and success Free download: 7 natural, alternative resources to help heal brain fog, gain more energy, sleep better, & build your vitality: https://marayabrown.com/resources/ Follow: IG: @_marayabrown_ LinkedIn: @maraya-brown FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1603969509778639 FB: https://www.facebook.com/energyhormoneslibido TikTok: @_marayabrown_ YouTube: @marayabrown Marla's Free Guide: What if you could manifest your one-year goals in 90-Days? By using the blend of masculine and feminine energies and traits, imagine what you could accomplish quicker with less stress and more ease. INSTANT ACCESS:  https://marladiann.com/prioritizing-desires/

We had such a blast on Dayna's podcast talking about music memories and how they impacted my life so why not bring it to you!    Hosted by Dayna Sol, a national DJ and event host for over two decades, lives her life through music so how dynamic it is to interview guests about their cherished songs that shaped their lives shared on her Soundtrack of Life Podcast.   Remember Monkees' Daydream Believer song? That is certainly dating me, but it was that song I swooned over during my young girl days. How about iconic Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven? Yep, High School class song. :)   You'll hear why these songs are favorites of mine and never heard before memories of my young, free-spirited days from childhood to college to my breakdown to breakthrough milestone in 2017 that led to a month-long stay in Florence, Italy all during Dayna's Soundtrack of Life Podcast interview.    Dayna is not only a dear, cherished spiritual friend, but I was honored to coach her in my Life Design program and her global DJ/Host/MC business for an entire year in 2023.  A special result that came out of that year-long experience among many more personal and business successes was HER podcast.    I helped her birth her longtime desire to produce Solful Soundtrack of Life podcast idea and strategize the how and why. I am so proud her! 100% in her zone of genius! Grateful for that.    Enjoy the episode! See if you recognize some songs from your own soundtrack of life.  Show links: Dayna Sol - Soundtrack of Life Podcast:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/solful-soundtrack-of-life/id1781458520 @_daynasol_ Instagram  @marla_diann  Free Guide: What if you could manifest your one-year goals in 90 days to 6 mos?  By using the blend of masculine and feminine energies and traits, imagine what you could accomplish quicker with less stress and more ease. INSTANT ACCESS:  https://marladiann.com/prioritizing-desires/ You are invited to begin the transformation with a Next Level Empowerment Call to develop your blueprint for achievement with Marla. Use this link to complete the form and schedule your call. bit.ly/life-reimagined-now

Episode sponsored by Your Voice Matters: Setting the Stage to Impact Humanity Workshop April 3, 2025  Our options for healing our emotional, mental, energetic, and physical challenges are vast compared to 10-20 years ago. What is considered acceptable, common, and very much used, we now have an abundance of healing modalities to heal our pain and remove low vibrational emotions and thoughts. Living a metaphysical life for 25 years, this is why I was very intrigued when Ragan Thomson reached out to me to be a guest on the show. She is a beautiful Spiritual Facilitator, Intuitive Transformational Coach and Global Activist using her calling to bring more harmony, peace, and alignment to our world. It was her own emotional pain that became her teacher that led her to the calling of healing others. Her spiritual healing was profound. Listen in for her remarkable story how that happened and all the ways she lives that calling today. Ragan has dedicated over 20 years to spiritual healing, guiding thousands on their paths to deeper connection and purpose. Through gatherings, monthly meditations, and teachings, she creates spaces for personal transformation and collective healing. As Chairperson of the Board at World Systems Solutions, Ragan focuses on climate action, merging spiritual awareness with global activism. I am excited to gift you her knowledge! Show links: https://raganthomson.com/@ragan_thomson IG Ragan-thomson-b10802240 LinkedIn Free Gift: Find Your Inner Balance- 21 Days of Journaling Prompts https://raganthomson.com/21-days-of-journaling-workbook/ Are you a woman speaker with a true calling to impact humanity? Join Marla, Laura Weintraub & Ashley Rivera for a full day workshop, Your Voice Matters: Setting the Stage to Impact Humanity. April 3. Newport Beach. Registration: www.marladiann.com/uyour-voice-matters  

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I am so excited to feature Saul Blinkoff!    In this inspiring episode, I talk with the vibrant, compelling Saul Blinkoff—a Hollywood filmmaker, Disney animator, and motivational speaker—who shares his 20-year journey of unwavering perseverance and self-belief.    From his early days as a passionate artist to landing his dream job at Disney, Saul opens up about the challenges he faced, the power of persistence, and how embracing failures shaped his success.   We dive into the importance of self-definition, mentorship, and turning weaknesses into strengths, plus why joy is an internal choice—not something dependent on external achievements. If you've ever doubted yourself or felt like giving up, this episode is your reminder that YOU have the power to write your own story.   Saul had so many golden nuggets to share, we turned this into a 2-part series. Today's episode is part 1. Feb 26 is part 2. Mark your calendars!  Tune in and get ready to be inspired!  #Perseverance #SelfBelief #Disney #Animator #CreativeSuccess #MindsetMatters #Lifeofawesome Show Links:  Visit Saul at www.saulblinkoff.com and IG: @saul.blinkoff  Are you a woman speaker with a true calling to impact humanity? Join Marla, Laura Weintraub & Ashley Rivera for a full day workshop, Your Voice Matters: Setting the Stage to Impact Humanity. April 3. Newport Beach. Registration: www.marladiann.com/uyour-voice-matters  

When I choose guests for the podcast, I come from an intuitive place obviously given the purpose and premise of this show and how I operate. I also look for creatives with compelling stories – the strength of the human spirit. Being a journalist, writer, and storyteller as a foundational part of my background, I love how the story is what inspires people to relate as they apply it to their own lives and take action. So, when I met my guest In October 2024 at a women's global networking event here in LA and listened to her story as she was introducing herself, I intuitively knew she'd be a good guest for you. Our biggest transformations are always when we evolve from a challenge, a crisis, a big wake up call – whatever that is in your life. No different for my guest Salima Yacoubi.  As she writes, “my current career chose me through a crisis that became a calling.” I love that! That's humanity at its best! That's the core of her story and that's why she is here. Salima, from Casablanca, Morocco, resides in Los Angeles as an executive coach where she guides CEOs and family businesses to build meaningful legacies. Prior to that while in New York she founded and led a successful consultancy helping global brands establish their presence in the US market.  She worked as a UN-based journalist and lectured on women and politics for master's students. These experiences led her to develop a way to help leaders align their achievements with deeper purpose. You will find her story of crisis to transformation fascinating as she explains how her intuition led her to a far off place in Patagonia.  Show Links and notes: www.salimayacoubi.com for her free guide on desire-driven leadership. Book recommendation: Growth Mindset by Carole Dweck, IG: _salimanova LinkedIn: Salima Yacoubi Soussane Marla's 6-month Elite Life Design Mentorship: A New Identity-The Empowered, Intuitive, Confident Woman Request a Clarity Empowerment Call to begin the discovery by filling out my form https://marladiann.com/lifedesign/ to schedule your call. We will explore – get clarity and direction.

Big environmental and ecosystem impact. Global cause. In today's episode, I have the honor of talking with two visionaries and humanitarians. Plant with Purpose CEO Scott Sabin and Kathy Kellogg Johnson, co-owner of 100 year old heritage brand Kellogg Garden Products and 15-year volunteer for PWP.   In this lively, highly informative and inspiring conversation, Scott shares his story how he started with Plant with Purpose in 1993 as an accidental environmentalist (article link below). He explains he had various roles ultimately rising to CEO, after beginning as a volunteer while in graduate school.  Kathy joins the conversation as a loyal 15-year volunteer and donor whose life perspective changed dramatically from her first PWP expedition in a third world country and how passionate she is with PWP's three pillars: Thriving People, Healthy Ecosystems, and Climate Resilience.   I'll let the profoundness of PWP's impact sink in with you as you hear how the core efforts are integrated in long-term community-driven programs with local partners in nine countries.  They partner with farmers in 1650 communities to plant 73 million trees, while dramatically reducing poverty in their watersheds.  “Trees are the lungs of the planet. Fundamentally, the reason we started planting trees is because they are one of the best ways of helping hungry people, who grow their own food, to restore and get the most out of the land they depend on,” says Scott. Incredible. Share this with your children, grandchildren, relatives, and friends. We are all one.   Links from the Show: https://www.scottsabin.com/blog/the-journey-of-an-accidental-environmentalist www.plantwithpurpose.org www.scottsabin.comwww.kellogggarden.com IG: @plantwpurpose, YouTube, FB, TikTok: Plant with Purpose   PWP Celebratory YouTube video: https://youtu.be/XLH22r3TKXw?si=xt6lfTsiEj2aX6AA Download free entrepreneurial resources about higher earning power, a success books list, and creativity impacting your income at www.marladiann.com/free  

Happy New Year! In this solo episode, Marla shares her 2025 new approach to mindset, manifesting, embodiment, owning your personal power, and her new brand! She'll walk you through: After 16 years in coaching, she's chosen to hunker down deeply on this one vital habit that impacts her present and future. Her new commitment to self-love and why this is the core to manifesting more frequently How to make a decision from where you desire to be, not where you are now financially, spiritually, mentally, physically, and emotionally. Why your current observation of your life and business is not your best focus. Instead, what to do as the empowered person you imagine. Keys to embodiment of a new identity How to make a high-level decision that will catapult you to the next level What are the 5 Truths to owning your Personal Power Her magical four words that set the tone for lasting self-love and success The transformational power of developing and embodying a new identity  Exciting new podcast guest line-up for 2025! Marla's new brand and how that will support you in achieving your 2025 dreams, desires, and goals Her new speaking event collaboration for the high-value woman knowing her calling is to impact humanity from the stage Show Links and notes:  CREATE COHORT registration:  ww www.marladiann.com/create Personal Power Call  https://marladiann.com/lifedesign/

The life of an entrepreneur certainly has its twists, turns, highs and lows. As many have said and I agree that being an entrepreneur is one of the best self development courses you can ever take. That is why having a mentor, a coach to help navigate this journey with you is vital to your success. Not only does my guest today live this life but she is considered one of the top soul-driven women business coaches in the world.  Where her story gets vulnerable and compelling is when her personal challenges became her catalyst for deep change – she says, “None of her professional and business successes equipped her more than overcoming immense personal challenges from earlier in her life, which you will hear today as a challenge to a breakthrough story.  You hear why Wendy's passion and calling is to help burnt out women who are frustrated and confused about why their dreams are not coming true and how she guides them to unlock, monetize and scale their dream business and life. And, her key advice may surprise you given how many changes have been made to the online space over the last 16 years.  Wendy is also host of the FREE Ticket to Freedom Virtual Summit (11th season) starting Dec 10 - 19. I am honored to be one of her thought leaders teaching. This is my 3rd time on her panel and this one is by far the MOST compelling. I'll be teaching my signature blend of the masculine and feminine energy approach to achieving desires and goals using my Creative Achievement Formula™  -- Ticket to Freedom Virtual Summit experts will help you tap into your purpose, attract the right clients, and achieve your goals while staying true to what matters most. Sign up for FREE. Link below.  Tune in on Spotify, Apple, Amazon, iHeart and YouTube. Links from the show:  -Sign up now FREE for Ticket to Freedom Virtual Summit  Dec 10-19 -  https://wendycollier.com/marla -https://wendycollier.com/soulfuelstarter/   Wendy's free bundle: “5 Steps to Confidence and Clarity to Create Your Soul-Fueled Business and Impact the World in a BIG Way” Audio Program “Full Inventory Discovery – Passions You Can Monetize” Playbook for use with the program  “SoulFUEL Sparks” Playbook for use with the program -Marla's New Year Cohort details: - www.marladiann.com/create - Catch her  30 min free YouTube training: https://youtu.be/VssZ0UPE15I -Schedule a call to be considered for one of the 6 spots https://calendly.com/successcoach-marladiann/connection

Well here we are, it's Thanksgiving time in the US. What can you be grateful for currently in all ways and what can you be grateful for that has not yet shown up in our life? I call that the unseen gratitudes. Like a faith statement. Happy Thanksgiving to you if you live in the US and I am grateful for you anywhere you are in the world! When you think about bookkeeping, what comes to mind? Boring. Mundane. Numbers. P&Ls. Data. Not with this unique gal! My special guest, Norma Mancini, is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are getting but you count on it being fun! And, today is Norma's 20th wedding anniversary!  Her fun, snarky humor coupled with her sharp mind and compassion for humanity makes working with her a creative and empowering adventure. She surely breaks the mold of a serious, detailed fiscal wizard. The most compelling part of her intriguing yet humbling story is what happened and why she kept ignoring the nudges of her intuition to change her life. What she went through is very relatable to women who seek meaning and value in their lives beyond their important role as a mother. Equally compelling is how she helped a new client overcome his trust issues by giving access to the information in his financial accounts and what became of that relationship. Tune into this lively conversation about how women's lives transform when intuition comes knocking and you heed the call. I promise there is nothing in the show about spreadsheets and how-to read a balance sheet! Tune in on Spotify, Apple, Amazon, iHeart and YouTube. Links from the show:  Schedule an inquiry call, https://adelantebookkeeping.com/contact/ and find her on LinkedIn - Norma Mancini CREATE Cohort details, schedule a call to be considered for one of the 6 spots https://calendly.com/successcoach-marladiann/connection Cohort details: - www.marladiann.com/create and a 30 min free YouTube training: https://youtu.be/VssZ0UPE15I

Resilience is the first word that came to mind when I began composing the script for today's show and guest. Ashley Rivera is a beautiful example of resilience, courage, and intention. Not only does her life journey exude this, but I have had the privilege of witnessing and experiencing these traits as her coach over the last 5 months through my Create Cohort and private coaching. She is very diligent in her pursuits and is courageous to transform most anything that blocks her from her desires and goals. And, I call her a Queen Manifestor! She knows how to manifest what she needs and wants. She is what I call an old soul that has had many lifetimes of wisdom helping her navigate her personal challenges. So much so that she finally took the leap of faith to follow her calling and her joy to become a transformational life coach and speaker to help others overcome their challenges and design a new life And you will hear how that came to be today. It's quite compelling. Her story is far from common and will surprise you in her strength and resilience. Links from the show:  motivationaltalkswithash.com @motivationaltalkswithash on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok Schedule an intro call to explore what's stopping you from having a life led by Joy by going to her website – she has a link to a form to fill out.  www.marladiann.com/create  Schedule a call to discuss the cohort by support@marladiann.com or  https://calendly.com/successcoach-marladiann/connection

As you can imagine, being an executive recruiter requires a good amount of intuitive skill to find and hire topline talent for companies. Intuition is the leading edge when pursuing and interviewing talent. I'm pleased to bring you my dear friend and client, Dinna Voges, Owner/President/CEO of Dinna.io to the podcast. Her leading edge in her 20+ year career is her intuition. As you will hear, interestingly, she interacts mostly with men all day serving them as clients and candidates. Dinna helps ambitious early-stage technology companies build world class teams by finding and attracting the right talent for their crucial Go-To-Market roles, which is the customer facing needs such as Sales Engineering, Customer Success, Marketing. You will hear stories about how by consistently accessing her instincts, not logic, she successfully hires the right fit for the company and role. She says when she has gone against her intuition, the results typically did not bode well. So, how often do you find this happens to you in your personal life? Work life? This is a very common concern of women. Wanting to lean into their intuition, but defaulting to their logic and critical thinking instead. If I had a dollar for every time I heard this, I'd be… well, you know the saying. Stick with us. We've got you covered.  Join us in a compelling conversation about being a driven, intuitive, high achieving woman in the tech industry and how Dinna navigates the balance of the feminine and masculine energies while fostering true partnerships and what she calls “raving fans” with her clients. She's a pro at it. You will definitely pick up golden nuggets from her wisdom. Links from the show: Website: www.dinna.io – email: Dinna@dinna.io and LinkedIn, dinna.io **Laser 1-1 coaching: https://marladiann.com/laser-coaching/ **CREATE Cohort 2025 with early rate enrollment now: https://marladiann.com/create/ **Free Higher Earning Power download, Top Recommended Success Books list, and Feed Your Creativity download: https://marladiann.com/free/ Intro call: https://calendly.com/successcoach-marladiann/connection?month=2024-10  

Sept 18th I flew to Italy for the 4th time since my life and business makeover in 2017. If you are new to my podcast, I hit a big burnout in my business in 2017 that had me hiring a new mentor, Gina DeVee, for an intensive 4 hour in person session to recover my dreams and learn how to make money with joy, rather than the constant overwhelm, hustle, push the boulder up the hill and abundant amounts of stress. The result of that session was the recovery of my 20 year unrealized Italian dream to work and live in the US and Italy as a laptop lifestyle entrepreneur by creating a month long stay in beautiful Florence, Italy summer 2017.  In this episode, I take you on an Italian journey of bliss and transformation, again. This time I share the details of my Sept 9-day Culinary Adventure in Tuscany & Umbria with my co-host and guests and how to use my Creative Achievement Formula to achieve your top desires. I give you a list of how my life and business have changed by following my desires first. I have a few surprise videos to enhance the experience!  Links from the show:  **Laser 1-1 coaching: https://marladiann.com/laser-coaching/ **CREATE Cohort 2025 with early rate enrollment now: https://marladiann.com/create/ **Free Higher Earning Power download, Top Recommended Success books list, and Feed Your Creativity download: https://marladiann.com/free/ Intro call: https://calendly.com/successcoach-marladiann/connection?month=2024-10  

I do believe that our confidence, belief in ourselves, and self-love are the first and most important accessories we wear second to our outer clothes – (wardrobe). But, when you integrate all this, now you have an unwavering belief in yourself that exudes through your personal brand and how you impact others. You'll love today's guest! She's got spunk, class, and a one-of-a-kind style. We had dinner last Friday and all that showed up. We had a blast! My guest, Bobbie Casalino-Lewis, brings all that together in the way she serves women globally. She calls herself a Style Expression expert where she helps bring out the women's true essence with style and aligns it to their brand and message. You will hear how her 40 years' experience as a female corporate executive in a very male field became a platform for her to use her intuitive prowess to navigate success in her relationships and her career. She says her purpose is to help everyone stand in their power and contribute their purpose to the world with style, grace, and kindness. Through her fascinating story, you will find out what all that means. Take notes. Lots of golden nuggets!   Bobbie is a proud author of “So That's What 70 Looks Like: The Essence of Aging Gracefully,” a TEDx speaker, go to stylist for Keri Murphy's It Factor, a boomer bridging the gap with Millennials and she is fun, sharp, witty, and chic. Enjoy the show! Links from the show: Book: https://amzn.to/3z1NgDM www.BobbieCasalinoLewis.com IG, FB, LinkedIn: @Bobbiecasalinolewis and YouTube Email: Bobbie@bobbiecasalinolewis.com If you enjoyed the episode and podcast, I'd appreciate a review on Apple & Spotify. Let's connect: @marla_diann. Three free resources for creative entrepreneurs: www.marladiann.com/free Ready for transformation in business or life or both? I invite you to have a conversation. Use: https://calendly.com/successcoach-marladiann/connection.  

 It's a new season - welcome to Fall. How was your summer? Join me in this episode where I have designed it to share what's happening in the fall and I give you some powerful new coaching content and how to apply it to your life right now! Hoping you find this as profound as I have.    I am giving you a feel for my new body of work that has changed my life in the last two months and that of my clients. I give you four immediate steps to take to begin the process. I love this stuff! It works. The premise is: when considering the next version of you (new identity), if that's even on your radar, to know that the focus, change, and permanency of your new identity requires self-love and embodiment. The result is manifesting your imagined vision from news skills I never had been taught until now and it works beautifully as you will hear what happened in my own life.  I give you the formula to begin the change. I also update you on the Italy culinary adventure which is coming up mid-Sept (finally here!) and new options to receive coaching Sept-Dec. Links from the show: Calendly: https://calendly.com/successcoach-marladiann/connection Self-Love meditation: Adriene yoga https://youtu.be/CqnWMPuyT0g?si=lWcfOimU8EpsgmHq Free entrepreneurial resources at www.marladiann.com/free 

One of the cool things about producing a podcast is the variety it brings to my life. By being open to learning something new, it will always help keep things fresh and inspiring. Following that, I always find it fascinating to learn how creatives best express their true, authentic selves – which is what I refer to as your zone of genius. BTW, that has nothing to do with your IQ. Instead, it's a space in you where things come most naturally, it brings you the most joy while operating out of your highest creativity resulting in a lucrative income. It's where to live and work most of the time. It can be a fulfilling way to grow a business. With my guest today, expressing what comes most naturally to her, what brings her joy while in her highest creativity, is very unique to say the least.   Wendy Colonna, a Louisiana native and Austin-based singer-songwriter, calls herself a Musician. Mojo Maker. Mentor. Her musical career spans two decades with nine albums. She started as a professional musician in 1997 signed to a small label in Louisiana. Soon enough, she used her musical talent and interest in body-mind-spirit integration while in her early 20s to become a certified yoga instructor which led to creating a yoga DVD (with her music) for musicians on tour. But it doesn't stop there. She was inspired to become a certified career coach to help creatives navigate the perils of the music biz and wanted to use her gifts not just for performance and recording, but for helping others to grow and thrive. Today, her popular “Mojo Tracks” are unique personalized affirmations set to a resonant musical track - merging the neuroscience behind the power of affirmations with the profound science behind sound healing.  “I've always been sparked by how deeply music inspires personal growth,”  says Wendy. She has devoted most of her life loving and lifting people up through music and mentoring. With that, enjoy Wendy's life story and beautiful advice on how to be in flow state by noticing when hard things are easy.    Links from the show:  www.wendycolonna.com, FB, LI, IG, YouTube: Wendy Colonna New Album Release: Paradigms June 2024 - listen on all music channels Offer: $50 off a personalized Mojo Session & Track of your own. Email wendy@wendycolonna.com and mention you heard it on the podcast! Three free resources for creative entrepreneurs: www.marladiann.com/free Ready for transformation in business or life or both? Let's chat. Use: www.marladiann.com/ig

How often have you found yourself in the need of a creativity boost? As in a jumpstart of your spirit? I have found this to be true many times in my own life that became some of my most profound transformations and reinventions.   Here's what I mean: The symptom of a neglected creative spirit is discontent. That became my pattern prior to 5 reinventions all from the neglect of my creativity and spirit.   My guest today is the Queen of recovering your creative spirit. She calls it THE SPARKLE FACTOR. Her most joyful place is helping she-preneurs unlock and unleash their full potential.   Dr. Suzanne Castle's expertise as a certified life/business coach and dynamic keynote speaker came by way of not looking for it – she was in another career – and a literal falling off a stage during a performance led her to igniting people's creative spirit. She will talk about that moment and what began to emerge. She was being asked to speak to professional groups and companies about the power of creativity. (An accidental career)   You will hear in our conversation how she quickly realized the creative strategy she was teaching was a key component in feeling ALIVE and fulfilled, but that very few people back then were talking about that in a joyful, inspirational way.    Suzanne has a lot to say about creative spark, how to recover it and how to create something new from all that. I promise her spirit and rich energy are contagious! You'll love her genuine nature and spunk! Links from the show:  FB: @suzannecastleconsulting IG: @suzannesparkle LI: @suzannecastle YT: @SuzanneCastle WEBSITE suzannecastle.com https://suzannecastle.com/free/chaos/ If you wake up every day dreading what's in front of you; if you are finding yourself with a never-ending to-do list; if you are tired of being stressed, sick, and overwhelmed, this kit gives you a path forward to take back control of your life with some of my fave tools to get back on track!  Three free resources for creative entrepreneurs: www.marladiann.com/free Ready for transformation in business or life or both? I invite you to have a conversation. Use: www.marladiann.com/ig

What comes to mind when I say PERSONAL BRANDING IS WHO YOU ARE NOT WHAT YOU DO?  That's been my tag line since 2008 when I began coaching creative entrepreneurs how to turn themselves into a brand online and monetize it. I decided to reinvent myself after 22 years in entertainment publicity because it was an intuitive nudge that said – time to do something more meaningful and at the same time the world was evolving to online – this was 2006, 2007. I was so inspired by the innovation of viral videos, blogs, social platforms – remember MY SPACE? My entire PR career, I built and managed personality PR for celebrities, visual and performing artists creating personal brands strategically on how the world perceived them. Bringing everything offline to online, I knew I had to learn a whole new way of working – so I put it out to the Universe and allowed myself to be in discovery mode for about a year.   It was the emergence of the online world that caught my attention in 2005, 2006 that eventually led me to a women's business coach who was teaching how to build an online business. That all sounded great, but I had no idea what I would do and how to build that online until she gave me my path. She said “You have been developing personal brands for over 20 yrs. Develop yourself into a personal branding coach for entrepreneurs and teach them how to turn themselves into a brand and monetize it through email marketing, social media, and a blog. I thought – great! But how do I that? Join me in my solo episode in how all that played out with highlights of how I've been teaching personal branding over the last 16 years.  Learn what one brand element is core to your success in personal branding and how the power of storytelling is life changing with an opportunity to rebrand yourself or start from ground zero.  Links from the show:  Personal Branding intro call form – do not hesitate – if anything in this episode hit a chord for you – explore it – there is something telling you to take an action. https://marladiann.com/branding/ Personal Brand 6-week Cohort enrollment period launching July 1. Free entrepreneurial resources at www.marladiann.com/free  

In the human potential world, we have a saying that is very true. “What is personal is universal.” On one hand, for good reason, you may be a private person where being vulnerable in front of people, especially on video, or anywhere publicly, can feel very uncomfortable and not acceptable. So, you keep it to yourself reserved for very close family and friends. That's respected. Then there are others like myself and my guest, Dylan Jones, where we know there is a double blessing when we are courageous enough to listen to our intuition and be publicly vulnerable with our truth. The double blessing is the receiving of support from others you hoped for and being an inspiration to others and impacting their lives through your own story of struggle to transformation. That is the gift in the challenge. For Dylan, who is an actress and transformational life coach, her decision to deliver her vulnerability was a calling for healing through her own one woman show called Siren Song currently being presented at the Hollywood Fringe Festival June 13-30 – Her specific dates for her show are June 14, 24, 28 “I have always known that acting was my thumbprint and destiny from the time I was very young. It has often felt like it chose me as it is so much a part of how I see the world,” says Dylan. Her Siren Song solo show invokes acting icons Bette Davis, Barbara Stanwyck and Greta Garbo to unwind the riddle of how to be a woman when the women you wanted to be like aren't real and the woman who raised you is disappearing before your eyes. Her mother was her touchstone most of her life. Now Dylan watches over her mother who is under careful supervision for an illness. Imagine if you could ask your childhood icons anything, what would it be? What would they want us to know that they never got to say? So with that, you will have the privilege of hearing how this work of art came to be from her own life tapestry behind the scenes of how this performance was created.

“Be open to opportunities, you never know. They may lead you to something exceptional,” says Christina Flach, a world-renowned celebrity makeup artist and owner of prettygirlmakeup.com beauty products founded in 1996. Wait till you hear this episode! Get ready to take notes, seriously. There is an abundance of golden nuggets for you, especially if dreaming big is your thing! You will want to save this episode to come to for inspiration over and over. I am pleased to bring Christina on the show. She is represented by Ford Artists in NYC, LA, and Miami with over three decades of substantial life and business experience in the entertainment/lifestyle industry. She works with high-profile celebrity clientele such as:  Hilary Swank, Sammy Hagar Rita Moreno Condoleezza Rice, Renee Zellweger, Guy Fieri, Bobby Flay, Sean Hannity and many more. Her list on her website is long and illustrious. Christina is a beautiful example of a solid work ethic, resilience, and living by your intuition to take you places you never dreamed of. She has worked with well-known lifestyle brands as Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Nordstrom, Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Macy's, Ralph Lauren Rebecca Minkoff, and Bloomingdales and featured in Vogue, Forbes, NY Times, People, Time, Food Network, and Elle to name a few. In the episode, we talk about how to live by the mindset and heart of BLISS so that regardless of what shows up in life, especially trauma and tragedy, that you allow your loyalty of bliss, gratitude, and appreciation to carry you through the good and not so good times. Christina's brand stands for beauty from the inside out. Her passions are meeting new people, traveling, thinking creatively, and helping people feel and look like the best versions of themselves. As a devoted entrepreneur, she allowed herself to design her life around the things that she loved to create a life of bliss. She says, “For me, bliss is a feeling of inner peace and joy. Every day and everything is not always perfect, but I remind myself that I am surrounded by love and blessings. I am extremely grateful for everything I have, including a successful career.” Links from the show:  www.christinaflach.com and prettygirlmakeup.com - @christinaflach on YouTube, Instagram, FB If you enjoyed the episode and podcast, I'd appreciate a review on Apple & Spotify. Let's connect: @marla_diann.  Intuition in Business? I invite you to have a conversation. Use: https://calendly.com/successcoach-marladiann/connection.  This is it. 3-pay ends on May 31. Booking window ends June 15. We are headed to Tuscany & Umbria for our Culinary Adventure for singles and couples Sept 21-29, 2024. www.marladiann.com.tuscany – you coming with us?

The beauty of intuition is that you never know where it will lead you. You must trust the direction and not listen to anyone's uncertain feedback. You can count on it never being logical, rational, or making much sense. A usual reaction to an intuitive hunch is “Huh? Why that?” Such was the case with North Carolina based Katie Costa, a former science teacher turned successful Reiki Master YouTube brand.  As Katie tells us in this episode, “When I lost my job as a science teacher in 2017, I decided intuitively to become a YouTuber. I had no idea that my YouTube channel was eventually going to become a successful platform to help me launch my own online and in-person businesses. Most people thought I was crazy for wanting to become a YouTuber. Little did they know that it led to a successful launching of my online and in-person business. I am also now monetized on YouTube, so creating videos is a big part of what I do for a living, which I enjoy thoroughly.” Who would have known? Only your intuition does. Katie is a Reiki Master Teacher, Shaman Master, Shamanic Life Coach, YouTuber, Oracle Card Reader, Reiki & Life Coach & Content Creator. I met Katie via her YouTube channel. I've been watching her Reiki healing episodes for a few years now with much success and I hired her for several Reiki healing and Life coaching sessions. She is a woman on a mission. She says her change in careers came with a big purpose. “I wanted to give back to humanity and live a life of purpose. I wanted to do something that had deeper meaning.” Her YT channel keeps growing and growing as she heals thousands of lives. The real deal.  I wanted her on the podcast to share her wisdom with you. I know you will find her story and expertise fascinating. Tune in! We are on Spotify, Apple, Google & YouTube.   Links from the show:  Subscribe to Katie's YouTube Channel, Weather Shaman ASMR: www.youtube.com/@WeatherShaman  email her at: weathershaman1111@gmail.com  Instagram: weathershaman_asmr If you enjoyed the episode and podcast, I'd appreciate a review on Apple & Spotify. Let's connect: @marla_diann.  Achieve your one-year goals in 90-days using intuition and strategy without massive action. CREATE Cohort begins May 22. Last few days of enrollment period. Get yourself registered. www.marladiann.com/create  Intuition in Business? Intro call: https://calendly.com/successcoach-marladiann/connection  

She was born to sell. You don't need to work twice as hard to make twice as much. Laura's charisma and natural sales talent took off right after she completed her Art Degree in college. Art to a sales career? Fascinating story how this all unfolded.  In the episode, you will hear how her biggest failure due to the 2008 downturn in the economy thanks to the mortgage crisis left her $500K in paralyzing debt. Listen how her booming real estate business with over 100 properties went bust and what she did to make a comeback by taking her courage, resilience, and sales talent to turn a $250K business she was employed by into a $1.2 Million success inside of 2 years.  Laura shares how vital listening to your intuitive hunches are as she explains the day she listened to a random intuitive message telling her to reach out to a former client. That serendipitous moment turned into a $60K contract.  Her own transformational story around her challenge with relationship commitment can be a game changer for you as it was for her on all levels in her life. She has so many golden nuggets in this conversation, I couldn't stop taking notes! You will, too. Be ready to write them down. She gives you loads to think about and begin taking action on. I recommend you re-listen to this a few times so as not to miss anything!    Links from the show:  https://www.facebook.com/EPICLauraWright https://www.instagram.com/thelaurawrightofficial/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/epicatsales/ www.laurawrightofficial.com/gift - 5 Steps to Yes System - Overcoming Sales Objections If you enjoyed the episode and podcast, I'd appreciate a review on Apple & Spotify. Let's connect: @marla_diann. Booking: Tuscany & Umbria Culinary Adventure for singles and couples Sept 21-29, 2024. www.marladiann.com.tuscany for our 9 day/8 night adventure!  - Intuition in Business? Intro call: https://calendly.com/successcoach-marladiann/connection

Delighted to have you meet Chris Sobolev, who I met in her Facebook group, All About Italy, only a few months ago. I was attracted to her good vibes and how she ran her FB group with integrity and fun! She has this genuine, caring quality about her. I had to have her on the show! Chris and her husband Pete, own Super Savvy Travelers, and work in the quaint seaside town of Calabria, Italy. They are marketing consultants and property and community developers who match their clients with the professionals in their network to find, purchase, and renovate Italian properties. They also provide marketing services for property sellers. They are not real estate agents in Italy. They made a life around the beautiful culture Italy offers. As you hear her tell behind the scenes stories of how she ended up in Italy after living in California most of her life, she explains their mission is to share the unspoiled beauty, food and culture of Italy with friends globally, and help them find and renovate properties for use as vacation or full-time homes. On her YouTube channel, you can see all her videos on current and past renovations of these old, distressed properties turning them into works of art. She just completed her own property, Casa Cristina, ready for short-term rentals in Santa Domenica Talao.  I know you will find her as genuine as I did as she explains how passionate she and Pete are at helping grow the economy in small hilltop Italian towns and grow solid connections for the greatest good in the greatest number.  What a great resource! Be sure to save this episode and the show notes to connect with Chris.   Links from the show:  YouTube: Super Savvy Travelers, LLC, Website: www.supersavvytravelers.com - to book Casa Cristina and purchase her guide on how to buy and renovate homes in Italy. IG, FB, LI, @SuperSavvyTravelers April 17th No-cost webinar, Liberate your life in the heart of Tuscany & Umbria www.marladiann.com/liberate Sogna Toscano Culinary Adventure booking and details: www.marladiann.com/tuscany

Hello creatives! I am honoring this episode to my mother. She would have been 88 today on April 3rd. She passed away last year, Sept 30, 2023. So, Mom, this one's for you. She always supported me in my love of travel. She'd often ask, “where is the happy wanderer off to now?”    Well, if you are listening Mom, it's back to Tuscany this time but not solo – better yet with a group of passionate people who also love the joy of traveling to a new country experiencing new cultures, food, wine, and beautiful landscapes. Wish us luck in making it an incredible adventure for everyone! I have a unique episode today. It's different in that my guest, Rico Mandel, co-host of our Sept Tuscany Culinary Adventure, joins me in having a fireside chat about our laptop lifestyles due to our love of travel and the transformation it brings to our lives.  We hope this will hit a chord with you to do the same or some variation of it. And, today we are inviting you to join us live in our April 17th zoom webinar to further experience visually what we will be sharing with you today in the podcast. The no-cost lifestyle webinar, Liberate Your Life in the heart of Tuscany & Umbria, Italy, is now available for registration.   Today's episode, we will give you a glimpse of the webinar where we will cover the 9 day 8-night culinary adventure we designed for those of you who are craving that ultimate full immersion, slow paced Italian experience on Sept 21-29. This episode, however, we go into detail about why this, why now, our backstories, and how Italy transformed our lives and why we are passionate about you sharing this with us. We share our most vulnerable moments when Tuscany became our saving grace for living a better quality life there and back at home in the U.S. Rico and I have been longtime friends since 1986. We've remained friends throughout their own life's journey over the last three, almost 4 decades. It was last year over dinner when they decided to bring together our shared passions for Italy, travel, cooking, culture, transformation, and play into creating a life changing Italian adventure! Get comfortable. Sip some fine wine while listening or enjoy your nature walk as we take you behind the scenes of a laptop lifestyle. If you enjoyed the episode, I'd appreciate a review on Apple & Spotify. Let's connect on IG @marla_diann. Links from the show:   April 17th No-cost webinar, Liberate your life in the heart of Tuscany & Umbria www.marladiann.com/liberate Sogna Toscano Culinary Adventure booking and details: www.marladiann.com/tuscany

Have you ever had a season in your life when you intuitively knew it was time for a major change from the inside out but felt stuck, frustrated, and unsure how to move forward?   Things were not showing up the way you know you wanted them to be. Then, not by coincidence, you connect with someone that became a catalyst for the change you craved and needed and before you know it, life began to shift, you felt rejuvenated, hopeful again. People, income, and relationships were elevated. Friends and family noticed the change in you – and began asking –  “What is going on? Something is different and you are so happy!” Well, my special guest and client, Cindy Celis, will tell you her story of just that. A change that was inspired by listening to her intuition rather than ignoring it. As a result, she manifested her highest revenue month ever.  Cindy is a well-respected, highly connected 20-year expert in the event industry with a wide range of experience in operations, planning, production and a service provider. Her current role is a partner and Business Development Director at Flair Project, a bar catering company specializing in providing our clients and guests a 'bar experience'. She is a native of Los Angeles living in Redondo Beach with her awesome husband of 22 years, 3 kids, 2 dogs and 3 cats.  Cindy will catch you off guard when she tells you the career she was initially passionate about before the event industry. I was floored when she mentioned it. The two careers could not have been more different. Go figure? She's a delight. Listen in for her golden nuggets in business and life.   Links from the show: cindy@flairprojectsb.com IG: @cindycelis_celisstrong  FB @cindycelis If you enjoyed the episode and podcast, I'd appreciate a review on Apple & Spotify. Let's connect on IG @marla_diann. Registration is now open for my Tuscany & Umbria, Italy Culinary Adventure for singles and couples Sept 21-29, 2024. Go to www.marladiann.com.tuscany for our 9 day/8 night adventure!

Are you like me where I have always been intrigued by what makes a high achiever succeed and what really happened behind the scenes through their struggle to victory story? My special guest today will astound you as well as inspire you with just that. Her story. Today's interview with Eugenia Oganova is more about the woman behind the brand and business in how she developed into a world-renowned clairvoyant Business Soul Strategist & Marketing Energetics Coach with over two decades of experience. She is also a best-selling author, speaker, and podcast host. So today is not so much about the clients who love and respect her or the efficiency of her coaching to help her clients get high achieving results. Instead, we explore the captivating story behind this genius woman, her clairvoyance, and how she found her self-care sweet spot. She's generated multiple 7-figure revenues working with clients around the world as she traveled to 27 countries teaching her methodology, been featured in over 100 publications, and helped thousands of clients activate momentum, catalyze awakening, and fast-track business success, turning timelines of decades into months. So, what is the secret behind this woman's success? You'll have the answer in this episode and her fascinating story as a clairvoyant who turned into a multi-million-dollar coach for transformational female leaders ready to leverage their uniqueness to sustainably scale into multi-6 or 7-figures. She is the creator of the Conscious F.U.T.U.R.E. Method that unites “masculine” Business Strategy with “feminine” Quantum Energetics. You'll hear how Eugenia's grandmother nurtured the clairvoyance in her when everyone else in the family thought she was just “different.”  Eugenia knew she was clairvoyant since 3 ½ years old. By 14, she had a business doing readings for adults all over the world seeking clarity and answers to their lives. Her most important  mentors? Her grandmother, rock musicians, and non-physical beings. Enjoy the show! Links from the show:  Wealth by Soul Design NEW book just released March 5, 2024 https://www.amazon.com/Wealth-Soul-Design-Conscious-F-U-T-U-R/dp/0979381738 https://eugeniaoganova.com/ https://www.facebook.com/EugeniaOganovaCoach https://www.instagram.com/eugeniaoganova/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/eugeniaoganova/ Let's discuss how you can listen more often to your intuition at work and personally that will lead you to what's meant for you.  Calendly link. https://calendly.com/successcoach-marladiann/connection   If you enjoyed the episode and podcast, I'd appreciate a review on Apple & Spotify. Let's connect on IG @marla_diann.  Enrolling for Tuscany, Italy Culinary Adventure for men, women and couples Sept 21-29, 2024. Details and registration coming in March. 9 days/8 nights in gorgeous Tuscany & Umbria  

My guest is quite fascinating and inspiring. If you combine a biology and paleontology professor with the innate love of photographing the wild in its Yellowstone habitat, you have Dr. Larry Taylor.  He knew this was his path from the innocent age of five. That's incredible. He shares his intriguing story of how he followed his joy and gut instincts that led him to live a dream life at his current young age of 38. He proudly has an undergraduate degree in physiology, a master's degree in genetics, and a doctorate degree in paleontology. After securing a job as a biology professor in Montana, he soon started pursuing his dream of wildlife photography in earnest. He explains how he monetized his love of photographing wildlife by selling his art and offering Yellowstone photo tours teaching clients how to capture the mystery of the wild through their camera lens. Larry's story is deeply moving, hopefully, igniting the dreamer in you to listen to your own intuition and follow your joy rather than be distracted by the outside world's opinions and expectations. He says, “The past three years or so I have found a happiness, fulfillment, and joy that I never would have if I hadn't followed my intuition and chased what was meaningful to me, rather than what made the most logical sense.”  Links from the show: Connect with Larry Taylor, PhD. www.montanawildphoto.com and Instagram @taylor.nature.photography   Want to deepen your intuition at work? Let's discuss how you can listen more often to your intuition leading you to what's meant for you.  Calendly link. https://calendly.com/successcoach-marladiann/connection   If you enjoyed the episode and podcast, I'd appreciate a review on Apple & Spotify. Let's connect on IG @marla_diann.  Enrolling for Tuscany, Italy Culinary Adventure for men, women and couples Sept 21-29, 2024. Details and registration coming by March. 8 days/7 nights in gorgeous Tuscany!  

How does the idea “2024 is the season of becoming?” land with you? Last week I attended my favorite spiritual author/speaker/life coach Gabby Bernstein's Los Angeles event at the Saban Theater. Her theme “Becoming New” came from the hard truth that we all had a major disruption in our lives over the last three years. What hit home the most was her missive “the secret to attracting what you desire is forgetting what you need and instead focus on who do I want to be in the world. What do I want to feel? What do I want to give? What do I want to receive?” My guest today is a beautiful example of that as she has recently been redirected back to her purpose through her own season of becoming due to a major life change over the last year. Chelsey Marie believes no market is too saturated for you to stand out. After starting her business at 19 she quickly became the go-to service provider for entrepreneurs who want to create an online presence that reflects who they are and what they do in a way that converts. Her clients have grown to serve tens of thousands of people across the world and consistently grow revenue from multiple 6-figures and million-dollar levels. You can too. Over the last ten years, so many resources have made it easier for you to become a brand online without investing thousands. You don't have to have a fancy website or designer. You need to make a statement and there's a psychology to how you show up. Chelsey's mission is to help you bravely learn how to build your own brand without the overwhelm or the overspending. Chelsey is my very own brand manager and web designer. We've known each other since 2013 and she has been on my team through each of my seasons of becoming. During today's episode, we go behind the scenes of what it takes to truly understand who you want to become in your business and how to translate that online. As a new single mom she speaks vulnerably about her life and how her intuition redirected her back to her own purpose. If you want to find out if your branding scaring away sales? Then go to www.IamChelseyMarie.com/free to unlock the video to find out how your brand is impacting your revenue and a little assessment that will help you decide what you need to adjust in order to stand out... no matter how saturated your industry is. www.Iamchelseymarie.com Instagram: @IamChelseyMarie Schedule a 30 min call with Marla to chat about your 2024 goals, desires, and her next CREATE Cohort for women entrepreneurs driven to achieve their one-year goals in 90-days using Marla's signature Creative Achievement Formula. Calendly link. https://calendly.com/successcoach-marladiann/connection If you enjoyed the episode and podcast, I'd appreciate a review on Apple & Spotify. Let's connect on IG @marla_diann.  Enrolling for Tuscany, Italy Culinary Adventure for men, women and couples Sept 21-29, 2024. Details and registration coming by mid February. 8 days/7 nights in gorgeous Tuscany!  

My guest, Lesley Pyle, founder/owner of hiremymom.com, created a business 29 years ago on her own terms. She fulfilled her need to be a stay-at-home working mother and parlayed that into an abundant resource for other Moms seeking the same.  Today, hiremymom.com is a national, trustworthy, and highly efficient platform for women job seekers and employers to match up. As you will hear, Lesley is a three-decade ambitious, caring woman entrepreneur who never gave up on her dream to support mothers seeking work from home, like her. She shares her story how she found her solution by freelancing from home when her first child was an infant-toddler and the internet was in its infancy.  No easy feat, but she used her Public Relations expertise to promote her business. Her passion grew into a business helping other mothers with the same solution. Her popular job platform connects small businesses with freelancers and independent virtual professionals since 2007. They also provide training options, career services, and interview training. For those companies that want the all-in-one option, her Concierge service is an option. HMM brand stands on the values of faith, family, and flexible work options.   I used her services in December when I was in dire need of a highly experienced Virtual Assistant and found an OBM (online business manager) instead - after a week of interviewing top notch candidates. I share my story of what happened and what a Godsend her service was for my business. Her story is familiar to thousands of women today seeking a flexible work schedule for their family.  Listen in to how Lesley did it her way and how that became a respected and highly used platform for today's women who prefer to be a laptop lifestyle entrepreneur.    Links from the show:  Free download: Top 10 Interview Questions To Ask https://mailchi.mp/hiremymom/top-10-interview-questions-to-ask   https://www.hiremymom.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lspencerpyle/ http://instagram.com/hiremymom https://www.facebook.com/HireMyMom/ http://www.twitter.com/hiremymom/ https://www.tiktok.com/@hiremymom https://www.youtube.com/user/hiremymom/videos https://www.pinterest.com/hiremymomcom/boards/   CREATE Cohort for ambitious creative women entrepreneurs driven to achieve their one-year goals in 90-days. https://marladiann.com/create/ Schedule a 30 min call with Marla to chat about your 2024 goals, desires and how CREATE Cohort could change your life. Use my Calendly link. https://calendly.com/successcoach-marladiann/connection   If you enjoyed the episode and podcast, I'd appreciate a review on Apple & Spotify. Let's connect on IG @marla_diann.  Enrolling (6) spots for Tuscany, Italy Women's Retreat May 18-23, 2024. Go to https://marladiann.com/tuscany/ for all the details and registration. 6 days/5 nights in gorgeous Tuscany!   

Well, Happy New Year! I am so glad it's 2024. Last year was a doozy and challenging year for me on all levels. A lot of lessons and letting go of what was not working. Do you relate? I share what happened last year with my business, the important lessons I learned and solutions I took before 2024 started. I kick off this 1st episode of 2024  with two excellent  resources for financial education, especially how to make peace with your money story and then creating new money habits and how to grow your money.  How grateful we have a clean slate to start this fabulous year with. Why not create new money habits that will position you for many successes in 2024 that you can be proud of?  I then take you through the meaning of the gift and power behind creative discontent with the steps that lead you to a positive, fulfilling  outcome.  Join CREATE: my new cohort for ambitious women entrepreneurs starting Jan 24. Registration details below. Links from the show:  Free download: 5 Practical Steps to Get your Started on the Path to Higher Earning Power www.marladiann.com/free Rich Habits Podcast with Austin Hankwitz & Robert Croak - https://www.robertcroak.com/rich-habits/ CREATE Cohort for ambitious creative women entrepreneurs driven to achieve their one-year goals in 90-days. https://marladiann.com/create/ Schedule a 30 min call with Marla to chat about your 2024 goals, desires and how CREATE Cohort could change your life. Use my Calendly link. https://calendly.com/successcoach-marladiann/connection If you enjoyed the episode and podcast, I'd appreciate a review on Apple & Spotify. Let's connect on IG @marla_diann.  Enrolling (6) spots for Tuscany, Italy Women's Retreat May 18-23, 2024. Go to https://marladiann.com/tuscany/ for all the details and registration. 6 days/5 nights in gorgeous Tuscany!

Happy New Year! This is the last episode of 2023. Thank you for being with me and my guests all year – I am so grateful and blessed to have a platform to bring you behind the scenes of a variety of creative entrepreneurs from all over the world who are willing to be vulnerable and share their challenge to victory stories to give you hope and inspiration. Their stories illuminate the realities of being that passionate entrepreneur who is resilient, driven, and a visionary. You will find in all the stories, each of my creatives knew intuitively what was best for them especially in the face of uncertainty and what others may have wanted. They took a sharp right turn from what they were doing to follow their joy – that inner nudge – redirecting  them on another path unplanned yet much more in alignment with who they were meant to be. With that, my last guest of 2023 is a beautiful example of this scenario. Carlene Thissen, an original hippie girl from the 60s, is an author and a singer/songwriter who expresses her artistry through singing, guitar, and piano but her career didn't follow that path for a while, which you will hear how she made her sharp right turn to follow her joy and intuition. Carlene says the best three days of her life were spent at the world famous 1969 Woodstock Music Festival.  Today, she offers you an immersive experience of that story in her multimedia program.  Her autobiographical song, “Back There Again,” this Woodstock hippie girl, “…cut her hair and got a career, and lost herself for 30 odd years,” is the journey of when she detoured from her creative roots. Carlene says a series of God-driven (intuitive) events led her back to her true calling. I know you will love her story as much as I did. Wishing you an outstanding 2024!   Link in Show: If you enjoyed the episode and podcast, I'd appreciate a review on Apple & Spotify. Let's connect on IG @marla_diann.  Enrolling (6) spots for Tuscany, Italy Women's Retreat May 18-23, 2024. Go to https://marladiann.com/tuscany/ for all the details and registration. 6 days/5 nights in gorgeous Tuscany!  Download my free three handouts for creatives www.marladiann.com/free

Happy Holidays! So, how are you feeling about this year coming to an end?  There continues to be so much change. In my last solo cast of 2023, I share the consensus of what I have experienced in 2023 along with many I have talked with, coached, sat with over coffee, read online, heard on podcasts, and intuitively felt most of the year. The intuitive answer is the big shift. Life will never be the same. Now three years into this global energetic shift, we must quiet ourselves enough and more often to listen for answers to our needs from our intuition. We are being called to listen even more. Allow the logic and ego mind to do its thing when you need to implement the inner guidance to begin taking action, but not a minute sooner. I share three practices to support strengthening your intuition and discuss how our inner guidance system, our inner GPS, is our sixth sense that we were born with but most were not taught how to use it. Society and collective consciousness have not evolved enough to make that change – BUT we are on the way with all the excellent teachers today insisting we learn what comes natural to us and for us. I take you through a current story of when I patiently waited for that guidance and what came of that was my dream come true. This and more weaves the story of how Sogno Toscano Retreat came to be and I give you all the glorious details in taking the adventure of a lifetime in Tuscany Italy.   Links from the show: Use my calendly link to schedule a 30 min connection call to ask questions about the retreat and talk about your next chapter. https://calendly.com/successcoach-marladiann/connection Early rate ends Dec 28. (6) spots for Tuscany, Italy Women's Retreat May 18-23, 2024. https://marladiann.com/tuscany/ for all the details and registration. 6 days/5 nights in dreamy Tuscany,  Download my free three handouts for creatives www.marladiann.com/free

She's known as a wedding industry maven as queen of sales strategy, funnels, marketing, and automation -  and rightfully so. Carissa Kruse, owner of www.carissakruseweddings.com and creator of Wedding-Preneurs Content Club and Couples to Closing, is as passionate as they can get when it comes to marketing! Carissa not only runs her own wedding photography/video/photobooth business but she tirelessly coaches wedding pros to be savvy and patient in their marketing systems. The mic drop moment in this episode happens when Carissa informs us of today's sales cycle to conversion rate.    I won't spoil the moment, but let's just say “nurture marketing” and patience are major keys for wedding pros and creatives when it comes to converting marketing to new clients. Hint: It's not an easy gravy train anymore. Way more eyes must see your content before they choose to buy. You better have all online marketing working on all cylinders all the time if you are to see revenues more consistently.    Carissa tells us she's been placed on this earth to help wedding pros build a business they love with a strategic marketing plan that eliminates the stress. Opt-in for her free email sales template below.    Links from the show:  Free download: Rekindle A Silent Lead: The 3 Sales Closing Email Sequence Template https://bit.ly/46vM6L6 hello@carissakruseweddings.com www.carissakruseweddings.com www.instagram.com/carissakruseweddings www.facebook.com/carissakruseweddings  

Hello creatives! If you are a lover of dogs, hiking, and outdoors, you will thoroughly enjoy my guest and what she has to inspire you with.  Jamie Sun has been hiking with her dog Xena, and sharing their inspiring adventures with the world,  since 2014. It was the lack of fulfillment in Jamie's former life as an IT professional that led her to turning her outdoor escape of hiking withXena into a full time business as a coach and guide. She'll share that heart-centered, vulnerable  story of how she monetized her passion. It was through the solitude of hiking and shared adventures that deepened her trust and bond with Xena and they helped each other overcome fears, gain confidence, and feel empowered. Her story about what Xena did to help her heal her panic fear of heights (panic attacks) while hiking will amaze you.   With her being an introvert and HSP (highly sensitive person), these hikes became her soothing elixir for life. Listen carefully to see how much her journey resonates with you. It did for me 100%. Links from the show:  https://HikingGirlwithDog.com IG/ FB - @hikinggirlwithdog Opt-in for her extensive hiking resources at her website Group Hikes - https://hikinggirlwithdog.com/guided-hikes/group-hike-schedule/ Virtual Coaching - https://hikinggirlwithdog.com/adventure-coach/    

In today's new episode, I get raw and vulnerable about what we really want in our lives. Are you done with pretending you are ok and satisfied? Are you READY to make what you dream about actually happen? What do you want in life? These are the questions we may not ask ourselves on a consistent enough basis. Yet, we can feel restless, vague, and undefined. We might look at our situation and feel stuck, overwhelmed, and unfulfilled. The trail to our future might appear hazy or blocked by an insurmountable obstacle. Maybe you're waiting for the “perfect moment.” That persistent voice of ego whispers, “You don't need it or you've tried something similar before and it didn't work.” We've all been there. I share in this episode about several profound personal losses I had over the last two years that led me to currently redesign my life while asking myself, “How good will I allow my life to get?” Join me as I explore the answers with you while giving you questions to ask yourself as you explore the condition of your own life – and how you, too can find that light at the end of the tunnel. I urge you to step out of your comfort zone. Break free from your routine, and immerse yourself in a new environment. One of the main reasons for feeling stuck is you're not evolving. We are born to be creators. That requires us to evolve. Our purpose is to evolve in our lifetime. It is listening to our ego mind that stops us. I encourage you Instead be loyal to your intuition. There's no perfect time or situation. Today, say “yes” to your dreams. Pursue your long-held desires so that you no longer put them on the back burner. It's time to prioritize your dreams and eliminate all excuses. I walk you through a sneak peek of my upcoming dream come true Tuscany Retreat 2024! Sogno Toscano: Creative Renewal in the Heart of Tuscany was created from my own need and desire to allow my feminine arts to lead my life rather than be in hustle, practicality, logic mode most of the time! And, the biggest neglect of my high achieving creative women clients echoes the same. When you combine transformational travel with life design coaching IN Italy experiencing Italian life of fun, play, adventure, desire, sensuality (senses) and spirituality, you have a winning recipe for change and joy! Registration is coming in the next two weeks. Email me at support@marladiann.com to be placed on our private interested list to be the first to receive the registration page. There are only 6 spots. Those will go to the first 6 who take action quickly! If you feel you have neglected your creativity far too long (inspiration, vitality, true north, intuition, play, adventure, sensuality, desire, & pleasure) because of an overscheduled, over demanding life, for God's sake book a creative renewal discovery call to see if we are a fit for your breakthrough to an enchanting next chapter and get out of your head and into your heart! Links from the show: Inquiry form to schedule your CREATIVE RENEWAL life design call: https://marladiann.com/lifedesign Book your Tuscany Winery Day Tour: https://marladiann.com/tuscanydaytours   The first solution to honoring your talents by charging your worth is to transform your relationship with money and your money story. It begins with the willingness to change and the courage to see what's been holding you back and begin anew. Learn more about how to Transform Your Relationship with Money using my Digital Workbook & a 1-hour video training. www.MarlaDiann.com/exclusive If you enjoyed the episode and podcast, I'd appreciate a 5-star review on Apple. Let's connect on IG @marla_diann and download any of my three free resources at www.MarlaDiann.com/free  

Today we are diving into the power of a personal brand using an on-camera presence from a two-decade long expert's point of view. I spent the first half of my career for 22 years as an entertainment publicist in Hollywood. I monetized my PR Journalism degree into a dynamic, fun, creative career composing news and feature angles to secure media coverage for my celebrity clients, visual and performing artists. That looked like red carpet events, film premieres, photo shoots at amazing locations, Hollywood parties, being the gatekeeper for high profile names and artists. My former career info lays the foundation for the importance of today's guest, Kelley Day, Head Media Coach for Keri Murphy's Inspired Living TV. She was right there with me in the Journalism field years ago but Kelley was on the broadcast side in-front of the camera, whereas I was behind the camera pitching media to interview my clients. Kelley reported and anchored the news for 23 years on local ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX stations in four states. After leaving the grind of the daily news ‘biz', she decided to take her talents ‘off air' to teach business owners how to get media attention to grow their bottom line. She joined Keri Murphy's Inspired Living company as her media and on-camera coach seven years ago. You hear her intuitive story about how she started her broadcast career and the reinvention of her expertise to coach 23 years later. She gives plenty of nuggets in how to build your expert credibility using media interviews and video marketing! She shares a BIG nugget on how to craft a news angle to pitch the media that will attract the editor's attention to book your interview. Learn how to convert your videos to clients in Inspired Living's 5-day challenge starting Oct 23. She founded South Bay Business Lawyers in 2007, changing the firm's name to Chase Law Group in 2015. In today's episode she tells you the behind the scenes of what lead to her becoming a business attorney. DeAnn is your legal expert for contracts, sole proprietorship, the difference between an LLC and S Corp – and which one is your best choice given your business structure and goals. She is your go-to-expert also for trademarking, copyright, purchasing a business, and all the vital details. She shares about her first ten years defending small and medium-sized businesses in complex litigation matters in virtually every courthouse throughout Southern California that led to opening a private practice of her own. You'll be impressed as I was listening to all her community involvement in our Beach cities' organizations, non-profits, and women's empowerment initiatives. She's a woman on a mission to help business owners be smart, savvy, and protected. Take good notes from this wealth of knowledge. She's the real deal.

Business law may not be the sexiest topic but it is one of the most important. Most people wait to hire a lawyer until they absolutely need one and this can cost you. Yes, you can google anything but having a lawyer with experience and expertise could save your business. That's precisely why I asked Business Attorney, DeAnn Flores Chase to join me on the podcast. She's been a friend and colleague for over ten years and practicing business law for over 25 years. She founded South Bay Business Lawyers in 2007, changing the firm's name to Chase Law Group in 2015. In today's episode she tells you the behind the scenes of what lead to her becoming a business attorney. DeAnn is your legal expert for contracts, sole proprietorship, the difference between an LLC and S Corp – and which one is your best choice given your business structure and goals. She is your go-to-expert also for trademarking, copyright, purchasing a business, and all the vital details. She shares about her first ten years defending small and medium-sized businesses in complex litigation matters in virtually every courthouse throughout Southern California that led to opening a private practice of her own. You'll be impressed as I was listening to all her community involvement in our Beach cities' organizations, non-profits, and women's empowerment initiatives. She's a woman on a mission to help business owners be smart, savvy, and protected. Take good notes from this wealth of knowledge. She's the real deal. Links from show: Free resource, “The Top 5 Legal Mistakes Business Owners Make” by texting “BIZLAW” to 26786. Complimentary consultation for Marla's community by calling (310) 545-7700 or going to chaselawmb.com and requesting a consultation. Email: deann@chaselawmb.com Website: chaselawmb.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/chaselawgroup FB: https://www.facebook.com/ChaseLawGroupSouthBay LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/chaselawgroup   The first solution to honoring your talents by charging your worth is to transform your relationship with money and your money story. It begins with the willingness to change and the courage to see what's been holding you back and begin anew. Learn more about how to Transform Your Relationship with Money using my Digital Workbook & a 1-hour video training. www.MarlaDiann.com/exclusive If you enjoyed the episode and podcast, I'd appreciate a 5-star review on Apple. Let's connect on IG @marla_diann and download any of my three free resources at www.MarlaDiann.com/free tune in on your favorite platform

Eager to bring you a fresh perspective on money through the lens of being a millennial! If you are a millennial in debt wrapped around fear and anxiety or know a millennial needing a relatable expert and wants a freedom lifestyle plan, then you will LOVE my guest, Justine Nelson of Debt Free Millennials.   Justine Nelson is the CEO of Debt Free Millennials, a personal finance education business and YouTube channel helping overwhelmed millennials feel good about money, overcome debt and crush their financial goals.   After paying off $35,000 in student loan debt in two and a half years on a $37,000 salary, Justine proudly proclaimed her debt-free status on Dave Ramsey's acclaimed radio show.   Since then, Justine has been named a “YouTuber to watch” in Forbes for her simple, actionable financial tips, exploring debt, saving, and budgeting for craft beer. She has been featured in numerous media outlets, and her work in personal finance has been recognized nationally.   Her personal story of how she got into that debt and the resilience she used to lead her out of it is very inspiring! Her mess became her message and teachings. Be sure to visit her YouTube channel and sign up for her budget toolkit. I know you will find her as fascinating as I did!  Links from show:  https://www.debtfreemillennials.com https://www.youtube.com/debtfreemillennials https://www.instagram.com/debtfreemillennials_ https://www.facebook.com/debtfreemillennials If your personal finance situation feels a little sticky, the best place to start is to write everything down. Justine's budget toolkit is the perfect tool to help you organize your budget and debt so you can start a path to financial confidence! https://www.debtfreemillennials.com/toolkit If you enjoyed the episode and podcast, I'd appreciate a 5-star review on Apple. Let's connect on IG @marla_diann. The link for my NEW Starter Workbook & Video Training, Transform Your Money Relationship, is https://marladiann.com/power/exclusive/

Hi friends! We say goodbye to summer 2023 and welcome in a new season for new beginnings! I have something unique in store for you in this episode where one of my clients, Nina Addeo, owner of I Do Wedding Marketing and social media expert for the wedding industry, interviews me on her podcast about overcoming resistance to increasing your rates as an entrepreneur and what exactly does transforming your money story mean. Before you listen to that interview, I bring you up to speed on the changes going on here in my life and business. This is a robust episode. You will hear what happened when I had lost my way this year, temporarily, with my spiritual principles even though I successfully helped my clients with integrating them into their lives. This came to a full enlightenment the weekend of my birthday, Aug 27, when I realized I was not in alignment – that I had taken a detour into old programming and how I brought myself out of it and created something new, exciting and more in alignment with what makes my heart sing.    If you enjoyed the episode and podcast, I'd appreciate a 5-star review on Apple. Let's connect on IG @marla_diann. The link for my NEW Starter Workbook & Video Training, Transform Your Money Relationship, is https://marladiann.com/power/exclusive/ Resources & Links: Life Design intro call: www.marladiann.com/lifedesign Tuscany Day Tours   www.marladiann.com/tuscanydaytours 4 Daily Money Habits   https://marladiann.com/4-daily-money-habits/ Marla's Free Resources https://marladiann.com/free/ Chat GPT for Wedding Marketing Course https://idoweddingmarketing.podia.com/chatgpt-for-wedding-marketing

Incredible struggle to victory story. Challenge after challenge but he kept the faith. Held the vision. Worked focused all day. And fed (still does) his mind with affirmations all day long. Peter Kell is THE world's leading Video Sales Letter marketer. His development of a $40 million product sales success within a year placed him on the map years ago. From there he became THE VSL lead marketer in the world. Webinars can't touch VSLs in terms of impact and success. He'll tell the behind-the-scenes story of how he met Vishen Lakhiani, founder of Mindvalley, and then spearheaded Mindvalley's VSL department to help them become the global leader in the human potential space due to the huge success with their first VSL - the Silva Ultramind System. (You see it everywhere!)   Through his struggle to victory story for over a decade especially during his 20s, Peter perfected the art of VSL creation, boasts an unmatched track record of creating multiple 8-figure video sales letter campaigns for major brands.    Peter helps entrepreneurs break multiple $7-8 figure sales revenues using VSLs and his company just launched their newest addition with AI. https://www.vsl.ai/ "Instantly Create Proven Scripts That Sell Any Product At Scale." So excited to bring him to you on the podcast! If you enjoyed the episode and podcast, I'd appreciate a 5-star review on Apple. Let's connect on IG @marla_diann. The link for my NEW Starter Workbook & Video Training, Transform Your Money Relationship, is https://marladiann.com/power/exclusive/   Links from show: IG:@peterkell YouTube: @peterkell NEW VSL.AI (launch)

In this episode, you'll hear from Nada Lena Nasserdeen CEO of Rise Up For You. She transforms companies and individuals with confidence, emotional intelligence & leadership. Her accolades include being a 2x TEDx Speaker and Best Selling Author.   Nada had an experience that is all too familiar for many women when everything unraveled in her life and a profound dream (from her deceased father)emerged that set the tone for her next steps and helped her pave the way for her current success. Her mess became her message. Wait till you hear what happened to this high achieving woman thinking she was living the dream, when actually it became her biggest challenge to overcome.    No matter what country - 83% of professionals say their main challenge is confidence and believing in themselves. That's why her mission is to help you build resilience and confidence to make your life exactly what you want. Her key techniques and own life story will help you do exactly that. Learn more at https://www.riseupforyou.com/successkit   The first solution to honoring your talents by charging your worth is to transform your relationship with money and your money story. It begins with the willingness to change and the courage to see what's been holding you back and begin anew. Learn more about how to Transform Your Relationship with Money using my Digital Workbook & a 1-hour video training. www.MarlaDiann.com/exclusive If you enjoyed the episode and podcast, I'd appreciate a 5-star review on Apple. Let's connect on IG @marla_diann and download any of my three free resources at www.MarlaDiann.com/free

My guest today is dear friend and colleague Michelle Reinglass - Reformed lawyer turned Mediator, International Speaker and Best-selling Author, Reiki Master, and Balance Expert. She is, in my perspective, abundantly filled with love, compassion, brilliance, and creativity, which she unconditionally gives to people as a gift. Truly she is one of the kindest, caring women I know.    Throughout her life she followed her intuition adding on one specialty at a time. Each of these experiences have led her to help people find a state of flow and balance to protect and defend themselves from overwhelm, conflict, and burnout. So much so that she built a personal brand and authored books to make an impact in the lives of women globally. And, she still works full time as a mediator.    This wasn't the path she thought she'd be on in her career and in our episode, you'll hear how Michelle has followed her intuition throughout her life. Everything works in harmony to help others give themselves grace and find their unique balance. Her own overachieving and demanding career led her to find her own balance through Reiki and teaching through her books and speaking. We discussed our society's addiction to being busy and how to break free from this. See how this resonates with your own life and how you can apply Michelle's beautiful wisdom.     Lawyer, Mediation, Balance expert. Go to www.michellereinglass.com to download her two free meditations of Power & Balance. Sign up for the notify list of  “How To Break Free from Addiction to Busy” upcoming book and the “Balance Planner”  launch. Email: michelle@michellereinglass.com Website:  www.michellereinglass.com;  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michelle.reinglass Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michellereinglass Twitter: https://twitter.com/Michellerein LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-reinglass-a3561712/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@michellereinglass3264 If you enjoyed the episode and podcast, I'd appreciate a 5-star review on Apple. Let's connect on IG @marla_diann. The link for my NEW Starter Workbook & Video Training, Transform Your Money Relationship, is https://marladiann.com/power/exclusive/

Can we talk money, creatives, empaths, symptoms and solutions? In my solo cast today, I have been wanting to share my tried and true four money habits of high earning creative entrepreneurs given I have been coaching them for years and achieving great results with clients. Here is a glimpse into how I develop high(er) earning creative entrepreneurs. 15 years ago when I began my coaching business as my second business after 20 years in the entertainment industry as a publicist, I was extremely curious how multiple six and seven figure income entrepreneurs made financial decisions on a daily basis. I learned from my mentors back then about certain daily habits around money that kept them moving forward closer to their financial goals. I share with you a few of those many daily habits of high earning creative entrepreneurs that I integrated into my life years ago, as I aspire for you, too. Important note: If these habits don't come easy to you or you have resistance, that is a clue and good reason to explore your relationship with money. Your resistance or not being able to resonate with the habits are just symptoms telling you something needs healing and solutions. I also address beliefs many empaths (clients and others) have about money that also can be resolved. I have plenty of solutions for you for sure, but first listen to the four habits and see where they land with you, ok? They can also be found at my blog. www.marladiann.com/blog. If you enjoyed the episode and podcast, I'd appreciate a 5-star review on Apple. Let's connect on IG @marla_diann. The link for my NEW Starter Workbook & Video Training, Transform Your Money Relationship, is https://marladiann.com/power/exclusive/ Links and info from show: Top Recommended Books List: https://marladiann.com/free/readinglist/ Private 4-6 hour 1-1 day retreats, email support@marladiann.com to schedule a call to discuss possible topics to be coached on that day that you want serious change in. Reference - Dr. Judith Oroloff, The Empath's Survival Guide (Amazon)

Today our guest Brooke Ansley, a 700-hour Certified Hypnotherapist, 200-hour Registered Yoga Instructor and creator of Happy Body Blueprint, created a community that teaches women how to reclaim control over their health and habits with self hypnosis. And, she recently launched her new podcast, Happy Body to make an even further impact on wellness.   She used to pride herself on how busy she was. You know that “hustle” mentality that sucks the soul right out of you? She equated her hustle directly to her worth. As it often happens, a defining moment wakes us up from being unconscious to our actions and behaviors. After a regular doctor appointment that resulted in sending her home with meds which only exacerbated the feelings of being disconnected from her body, she changed everything. The gift in this overwhelming challenge sent her on a transformative health and wellness journey. Her story is very relatable.   Training her critical mind reinvented every part of herself and her life. It became her new career platform to help women with tools to live more in a state of calm, peace, spiritual connection and dignity. Brooke's story could be the solution you are looking for to tame that everyday overwhelm and anxiety. Join her community at happybodyblueprint.com and listen to happy body podcast.    Links from show: IG: @brookeansleywellness LI: Brooke Nasley Wellness and new podcast: happybodypodcast.com Hello@brookeansleywellness.com   The first solution to honoring your talents by charging your worth is to transform your relationship with money and your money story. It begins with the willingness to change and the courage to see what's been holding you back and begin anew. Learn more about how to Transform Your Relationship with Money using my Digital Workbook & One on One session. If you enjoyed the episode and podcast, I'd appreciate a 5-star review on Apple. Let's connect on IG @marla_diann and download any of my three free resources at www.MarlaDiann.com/free – the link for my NEW Starter Workbook, Transform Your Money Relationship, is here.

Nicole and Brian, both working in politics in DC for over two decades in marketing, advertising, consulting, communications, and writing, had long been wanting to transition out of politics. Mid 2021 something unexpected happened. As Brian was doing some research on how to apply his political speechwriting and media training to a new career, and as friends and family asked for help with their weddings, Brian and Nicole found they loved doing it. Kismet.  VowsandSpeeches.com was born. Within a day of designing a fast-comprehensive website, sharing their idea with a few wedding industry friends, and buying Google search ads, they had their first client. A new niche was created helping wedding couples with unique vows and training in the delivery of their speeches. Clearly an underserved part of the wedding industry. They also serve new officiants with custom vows and wedding ceremonies. Listen to this fascinating story where a married couple trade in their political prowess for words of love.    VowsAndSpeeches.com or brian@vowsandspeeches.com.   310-994-9495 @vowsandspeeches    

Did you ever have at the beginning of pursuing a dream career someone along the way recommend taking the safe route (not the leap)? Deep in your heart you knew you had to attempt the full leap? This episode will inspire you to keep going for your dreams, listen to your intuition, and take your shot at success, no matter what.   I have a special surprise for you today! In our episode, I am delighted to give my super talented niece, Jessica Brody, the guest spotlight! Watching Jessica grow up from this spunky, super smart, dog-loving, always curious young girl to a highly creative, successful writer has been one of the highlights of my life.    She is the author of the #1 bestselling novel-writing guide, Save the Cat! Writes a Novel and is the founder of the online writing school, Writing Mastery Academy. She knew without a doubt she needed to give her love of writing a shot at success and not give up.   Jessica explains how her beliefs about adulting overshadowed her childhood dream of being a writer. After exploring a career in finance, she got laid off from her corporate job and took that as a sign from the universe to begin her writing career by writing her first book. Jessica chose to follow her joy and intuition to Paris and write for a month while living in the city of lights - that lit up her dream to be a successful writer/author.    20 novels for teens, tweens, and adults later, she has a flourishing career as a writer, author, writing coach, and speaker. Some of her many books include The Geography of Lost Things, The Chaos of Standing Still, A Week of Mondays, 52 Reasons to Hate My Father, Amelia Gray is Almost Okay, the Unremembered trilogy, and the System Divine series, which is a sci-fi reimagining of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, co-written with Joanne Rendell. Her books have been translated and published in over 20 languages and several have been optioned for film and television. She lives with her husband and three dogs near Portland, OR.   Jessica is a beautiful example of following your joy and intuition for a fulfilling result. I hope this interview inspires you to keep going for your dreams. Read an excerpt from System Divine Trilogy for free here: https://www.jessicabrody.com/about-jessica/newsletter/ Access all of her writing resources and tools here: https://www.jessicabrody.com/writing-tips-and-tools/ Check out her writing academy at www.writingmastery.com - follow her on Twitter & Instagram @JessicaBrody

How connected are you to what's happening with the metaverse or multiverse?  What about virtual music festivals and volumetric capture?   Have you experienced a live show that makes you feel like you are actively in the world? These are just a couple of the many types of immersive experiences, examples of how our evolving and rapidly expanding world is transforming.   There is so much to learn about this! I invited my colleague, Jenni Ogden, to take us on a wild ride to learn what's happening in the virtual world.   She is a fascinating creative who is an entertainment industry disruptive technology trailblazer, Founder and President of Eye Q Productions, specializing in projection design, 3D projection mapping and immersive design, and co-founder of 4D Fun, Inc., a technology company specializing in volumetric capture and deployment of virtual live performances, spatial computing, VR, and AI technologies. She explains how the pandemic permanently changed and revolutionized the event industry virtually.   Her company platform, Scenez, is a multiplayer VR web3 multiverse featuring 4D performances, experiences, events and exchange marketplace for digital goods. Is your head spinning yet? Stick with us!   She shares highlights of her illustrious career in the music industry where she worked at record labels and in music distribution, and later transitioned to production. She has held key leadership roles and has worked extensively in the music industry, themed entertainment, live theater, immersive design, volumetric capture, and virtual live performance. Jenni also served as Vice President of the Producers Guild of America, New Media Chair, completing over 6 years on the New Media Council board in August 2021 where she helped to champion the PGA Innovation Award honoring immersive storytelling.   Jenni talks to us about the difference between the metaverse and the multiverse, and her journey into immersive experience design. You'll discover how these experiences can impact your business and your life.  

They say hindsight is 20/20 and for our guest today his future was deeply rooted in his love of music as a child. After attempting to pursue a more careful path in his career he decided that if others could DJ and make money doing it, so could he. That moment of listening to his intuition led him to a life of joy doing what he loves.   My guest today is one of my amazing clients and friends David Krieger. He is an award-winning DJ and producer. His career began over 15 years ago working as a radio DJ in Philadelphia and MTV VJ in New York. After receiving a Broadcasting degree from Temple University, Krieger moved to Los Angeles, DJing scores of milestone celebrations and events annually, including holding residencies at The W, The Standard, The London, The Sunset Room in Hollywood, and a major career high - the HP Lounge of Coachella 2019. He is best known for being named “Best DJ in Los Angeles” of 2018, 2019, and 2020 by California Wedding Day Magazine. Krieger serves on the Board of Directors for the Wedding International Professionals Association (WIPA), and has won the WIPA “DJ of Excellence Award” twice. In 2021, Krieger expanded his business to be bicoastal and established a new home-base in Atlanta where he currently lives with his fiancée Mandy, his dog Butch, and cat Mr. Charles.   In today's episode David talks about how following his intuition has led to creating amazing moments of success on stage and even the big move of his business and family across the country.  David explains how his ADHD affects his business and how he approaches leaps in his career. He talks about the impact of instagram on his business and strategies that have contributed to his ongoing success doing what he loves - creating and playing music.   Our biggest takeaway from this interview is that success is still inevitable if you listen to your intuition. If you have ever felt unsure if you are capable of big success and you're not the type to have a 10 year plan, then take a moment to get inspired.