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In a world where our lives may not look as we envisioned, finding joy can be both challenging and transformative. What does it mean to embrace the reality of our stories? How can vulnerability help us find resilience and purpose? In this episode, Larry Sprung interviews Rachel Marie Martin, founder of FindingJoy.net and bestselling author, about her journey of self-discovery and empowerment. Rachel shares how she built a thriving online community by encouraging authenticity, vulnerability, and connection, especially for women and mothers. The conversation explores her insights on building joy, leveraging media, and staying connected to purpose, even through challenges. Rachel discusses:  Her entrepreneurial journey and the inception of FindingJoy.net Monetizing Facebook organically and building a thriving audience The power and necessity of maintaining authentic engagement in social media The viral impact of her quote and the universal appeal of its message The significance of embracing authenticity and vulnerability in storytelling  Her latest book, "Get Your Spark Back," and its transformational insights And more! Resources: Mitlin Financial   The JOY and Productivity Journal by Lawrence Sprung  Connect with Larry Sprung:  LinkedIn: Larry Sprung Instagram: Larry Sprung Facebook: Larry Sprung X (Twitter): Larry Sprung Connect with Rachel Marie Martin:  LinkedIn: Rachel Marie Martin Website: Finding Joy Facebook: Finding Joy About our Guest: Rachel believes in the power of the human spirit to overcome, thrive, and find deep joy and because of that she pours out her heart via these platforms: she is the writer behind the site FindingJoy.net and author of Get Your Spark Back,  Mom Enough and The Brave Art of Motherhood and a founding partner in Audience Industries – a company designed to train and equip entrepreneurs in their ventures. Her articles have been translated into over 25 languages, her site reaches millions of visitors per month and she has a robust, engaged Facebook community. Her content has been featured in The Today Show, Good Morning America,  NPR, The Huffington Post, Tiny Buddha, iVillage, Stuff New Zealand,  John Tesh, PopSugar, Motherly, Parents, What to Expect, Star Tribune, Independent Journal Review, Dr. Greene, Power of Positivity, Her View From Home, and many more. She speaks worldwide encouraging others to live each day with purpose and drive. Beyond that, she's a mom to seven and calls Nashville, Tennessee, her home. Disclosure: Guests on the Mitlin Money Mindset are not affiliated with CWM, LLC, and opinions expressed herein may not be representative of CWM, LLC. CWM, LLC is not responsible for the guest's content linked on this site.  

Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova.  This week, I'm excited to replay an insightful conversation with the accomplished Beth Comstock. Beth is a self-described change-maker who has been the President of Integrated Media at NBC Universal, overseeing Ad-sales, Marketing, and Research. She led the company's digital efforts, including Peacock Equity acquiring iVillage.com, and oversaw the founding of Hulu. She was then tapped by GE to accelerate its evolution from an old-school conglomerate to a global technology-driven company. Cultivating a start-up mentality across the organization for over two decades, she catalyzed growth and novel thinking within GE, ultimately operating their Business Innovation unit. She was also the first female Vice Chair and first Chief Marketing Officer at GE in more than 20 years. She is a member of Nike's board of directors and a Forbes World's 100 Most Powerful Women. She's also a published author with her book Imagine It Forward.     THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… anyone who wants to learn from one of the most successful ‘introverted change-makers' about how to inspire teams, get uncomfortable, change jobs and companies gracefully, and transform a 125-year-old brand.    TODAY'S MAIN MESSAGE… Beth shares nuggets of gold gleaned from her 20-year career at GE and NBC Universal. Beth provides inspiration and guidance in an age of staggering technological advancement, the ever-stronger pull of the “next big thing,” and the gravity of the unknown. It is becoming exceedingly important to be self-aware and cognizant of the things that make our businesses human and creative. We work with and for humans, and our customers and audiences are human. Likewise, it is important that our leadership be just as rooted in our humanity. It is our honest and dynamic experience as human beings that will allow us and our businesses to thrive in a world ruled more and more by algorithms and automation.    WHAT I LOVE MOST… Beth is always looking to write her next story and live it as a courageous human being. She has learned along the way that our jobs do not define us. Who we are, the networks we create, the people we meet along the way–that's what is important. With each new opportunity comes the next story we will create!    Running time: 34:54   Subscribe on iTunes   Find Tiffani Online: Facebook LinkedIn X   Find Beth Online: LinkedIn    Beth's Book:  Imagine It Forward     

383. You Have a Fire Within You with Rachel Marie Martin, Finding Joy Rachel believes in the power of the human spirit to overcome, to thrive and to find deep joy and because of that she pours out her heart via these platforms: she is the writer behind the site FindingJoy.net and author of Get Your Spark Back (releasing 8/27/24),  Mom Enough and The Brave Art of Motherhood and a founding partner in Audience Industries – a company designed to train and equip entrepreneurs in their ventures. Her articles have been translated into over 25 languages, her site reaches millions of visitors per month and she has a robust, engaged Facebook community. Her content has been featured in The Today Show, Good Morning America,  NPR, The Huffington Post, Tiny Buddha, iVillage, Stuff New Zealand,  John Tesh, PopSugar, Motherly, Parents, What to Expect, Star Tribune, Independent Journal Review, Dr. Greene, Power of Positivity, Her View From Home, and many more. She speaks worldwide encouringg others to live each day with purpose and drive. Beyond that, she's a mom to seven, and calls Nashville, Tennessee, her home.  Finding Joy Facebook Rachel Marie Martin (@finding_joy) • Instagram photos and videos Pre-Order: Get Your Spark Back   SelfCare: Read Rachel's book.  Carve out personal time with yourself. Family Fun: Hikes!   You're The Right Mom For Your Kids: Bite Size Pep Talks Just For You by Christy Thomas   Want to try a coaching call-- sign up for a free 30-minute call: https://calendly.com/christythomas/exploratory-call-free   Find me on Instagram:  Christy Thomas — Coach for Exhausted Moms (@everyday_christy) • Instagram photos and videos . Don't forget to leave a rating or review. Email me Play4life.Christy@gmail.com  Don't hesitate to reach out for coaching with Christy:  Coaching (christythomascoaching.com)

The creator and writer of FindingJoy.net and the author of three books: Get Your Spark Back, Mom Enough and The Brave Art of Motherhood. Rachel is a founding partner in Audience Industries – a company designed to train and equip entrepreneurs in their ventures. Her inspiring articles have been translated into over 25 languages and her original content has been featured in The Today Show, NPR, The Huffington Post, Star Tribune, Tiny Buddha, iVillage, Stuff New Zealand, John Tesh, PopSugar, Motherly, Parents, What to Expect, Independent Journal Review, Dr. Greene, Power of Positivity and Her View From Home. Rachel believes in the power of the human spirit to overcome, to thrive and to find deep joy and because of that she speaks worldwide encouraging others to live each day with purpose and drive. Beyong that she is a mother of seven, and calls Nashville her home.   

Today I'm excited to welcome Rachel Marie Martin, known for her impactful quotes and inspiring social media presence. We'll discuss Rachel's famous quote that hit 20 million views and dive into her journey through personal challenges and how they inspired her writing.Guest IntroductionRachel Marie Martin is the writer behind the site FindingJoy.net and author of Get Your Spark Back (releasing 8/27/24), Mom Enough and The Brave Art of Motherhood. She is a founding partner in Audience Industries – a company designed to train and equip entrepreneurs in their ventures. Her articles have been translated into over 25 languages and her site reaches millions of visitors per month.Her content has been featured in The Today Show, NPR, The Huffington Post, Star Tribune, Tiny Buddha, iVillage, Stuff New Zealand, John Tesh, PopSugar, Motherly, Parents, What to Expect, Independent Journal Review, Dr. Greene, Power of Positivity, Her View From Home, and many more. She speaks worldwide encouraging others to live each day with purpose and drive.How To Build An Engaged Audience On Social Media With Rachel Marie Martin - Key TakeawaysRachel's famous quote: "Sometimes you have to let go of the picture of what you thought life would be like and learn to find joy in the story you're actually living."The power of authentic and relatable content in connecting with your audience.The importance of consistency and community engagement in growing your social media presence.Tailoring your content to fit the specific platform and audience.Personal JourneyRachel's quote came from a difficult personal experience with her oldest son.We talk about the emotional process of dealing with life's unexpected challenges.How writing and sharing personal stories can help you find strength and resilience.Social Media StrategyRachel's approach to organic growth on Facebook through genuine audience interaction.The importance of rejecting automated content sharing to maintain authenticity.Building a brand that stands out by staying true to its core values and mission.Monetizing Social MediaHow Rachel succeeded in monetizing her Facebook page without using paid ads.The importance of investing time and effort into building and nurturing a community.Tips on responding to followers and fostering engagement.Tips for Online Business OwnersKnow and understand your audience: where they are and what they need.Embrace trial and error to find what works for your specific audience.Develop a consistent posting schedule tailored to your audience's habits and preferences.Treat your social media presence like a business with regular, reliable engagement.Key Quotes"Sometimes you have to let go of the picture of what you thought life would be like and learn to find joy in the story you're actually living.""Facebook needs an audience. They need people to come there. They're not going to make it impossible for the creators.""It's really about being consistent. You can't manage that page and be like, 'I'm just going to do this and then take three months off' and then come back and wonder why it's not growing."Resources MentionedRachel's website: https://findingjoy.net Connect with Rachel on Facebook: https://facebook.com/findingjoyblogConnect with Rachel on IG: @finding_joyJoin my upcoming free LIVE masterclass to scale your business: https://www.lindseyanderson.live ConclusionWe recapped Rachel's...

Tina Sharkey, the Advisor, Professor, and Co-Founder of Brandless and iVillage, joins the show to share her journey from working at Sesame Street to disrupting the categories that demand our attention today. Hear how she got the job with Sesame Workshop, how to manage your time as an advisor, when you are most productive, how she coined the term social media, and the Sesame Street character who made her most starstruck. Connect with Tina at TinaSharkey.com

In this episode of the Happiness Happens Podcast, Rachel Marie Martin joins me to talk about what to do when we're having trouble finding our joy.    Rachel, an author and entrepreneur, discusses her belief in the power of the human spirit and how she overcame obstacles in life to find joy. She also embraces the thought of happiness as a state of being that requires one to seek moments of joy and appreciate them.    She highlights the importance of disconnecting from the pressures of social media and setting personal boundaries to have a healthier perception of happiness. Rachel also talks about the significance of goal setting and maintaining a balanced life. Moreover, she shares her journey of writing, which led to the publishing of her book, 'Mom Enough', which contains letters she wrote to fellow mothers, aiming to make them feel less alone in their motherhood journey.   Rachel believes in the power of the human spirit to overcome, to thrive and to find deep joy and because of that she pours out her heart via these platforms: she is the writer behind the site FindingJoy.net and author of both Mom Enough and The Brave Art of Motherhood and a founding partner in Audience Industries – a company designed to train and equip entrepreneurs in their ventures. Her articles have been translated into over 25 languages, her site reaches millions of visitors per month and she has a robust, engaged Facebook community.   Her content has been featured in The Huffington Post, The Today Show, Star Tribune, Tiny Buddha, iVillage, Stuff New Zealand,  John Tesh, PopSugar, Motherly, Parents, What to Expect, Independent Journal Review, Dr. Greene, Power of Positivity, Her View From Home, CafeMom, and many more. She speaks worldwide encouraging moms and entrepreneurs to live each day with purpose and drive. Beyond that, she's a mom to seven, and calls Nashville, Tennessee, her home.   We'll touch on: [0:00] Intro [3:00] What does happiness mean to Rachel [4:00] What was the inspiration behind "Finding Joy" [6:30] Why she wrote her book "Mom Enough" [8:06] The top struggles she sees moms experience right now [9:41] How do we let go of the idea of perfectionism [13:25] Tips for easing thought patterns of perfectionism [17:07] Using travel to broaden our awareness and perspectives [19:43] How you can start finding moments of joy [21:36] What to do about guilt when it creeps in [23:41] What she learned running 1000 miles [26:40] One takeaway she wants you to gain from reading her book [30:00] How to create a little more happiness in your day, every day, starting today   Resources: Podcast Resources: https://www.simonacostantini.com/resources  Apply to be a podcast guest: https://forms.gle/ Happiness Guide: https://simonacostantini.ck.page/happinesshub    Connect with Rachel https://instagram.com/finding_joy https://twitter.com/finding_joy  https://facebook.com/findingjoyblog https://findingjoy.net    Connect with Simona www.instagram.com/simona__costantini  www.instagram.com/costantiniproductions  www.instagram.com/happinesshappenspodcast  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXtOxOAuXxW7c5cYKdAEfWg  https://www.facebook.com/costantiniproductions  https://www.facebook.com/happinesshappenspodcast/  www.simonacostantini.com   

Rachel Marie Martin believes in the power of the human spirit to overcome, to thrive and to find deep joy and because of that she pours out her heart via these platforms: she is the writer behind the site FindingJoy.net and author of both Mom Enough and The Brave Art of Motherhood and a founding partner in Audience Industries – a company designed to train and equip entrepreneurs in their ventures. Her articles have been translated into over 25 languages, her site reaches millions of visitors per month and she has a robust, engaged Facebook community. Her content has been featured in The Huffington Post, The Today Show, Star Tribune, Tiny Buddha, iVillage, Stuff New Zealand,  John Tesh, PopSugar, Motherly, Parents, What to Expect, Independent Journal Review, Dr. Greene, Power of Positivity, Her View From Home, CafeMom, and many more. She speaks worldwide encouraging moms and entrepreneurs to live each day with purpose and drive. Beyond that, she's a mom to seven, and calls Nashville, Tennessee, her home. Key Takeaways “What's the worst that can happen and can I get through that?” Worry is part of being a parent. Don't beat yourself up if you worry. It's an acknowledgement of your love. As a parent, be sure to settle into the knowingness that you are doing the best you can with the resources that you have. Using a “target with a positive expectation” is a good way to set a goal to give your teens the opportunity to succeed. Choose your words carefully when setting an expectation and use positive language. Give it some pause and grace when you talk with your teens. Setting boundaries can differ with each child/teen. Pay attention to their needs and honor who they are. Allow your teen to explore what they enjoy and consider their passion as a future career. It's important to have a respectful relationship with your teen and to address any comments towards you as a parent. Do not take it personally and have a thoughtful conversation with them about your relationship and the boundary of respect. Sponsored by VarsityLeadership.com Resources WEBSITE: https://findingjoy.net FACEBOOK PAGE: Finding Joy INSTAGRAM: @finding_joy BOOK: Mom Enough: Inspiring Letters for the Wonderfully Exhausting but Totally Normal Days of Motherhood

In this episode of #SyncMusicMondays, host K. Sparks interviews special guest Mark Frieser. Mark Frieser is the Founder and CEO of the music licensing educational and events platform Sync Summit (https://syncsummit.com) and the music licensing agency, Disconic (https://disconic.com).  Mark's work in technology, music and entertainment began in high school as a journalist for the long-island based music magazine Good Times (https://goodtimesmag.com) in 1983.  Since then, Mark's worked as a technologist and executive at companies that include Nielsen, Jupiter Communications, News Corporation, iVillage, IDT, Jerusalem Venture Partners, Women Japan, Hachette and Llagardere and founded the mobile music consultancy Consect. Beyond that, he attended Queens College and the Sorbonne and continues to be obsessed with discovering and sharing the next big thing in tech and music. Artists submit via this link before November 7, 2023 - https://spsp.bridge.audio/adsync?utm_source=syncsummit&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=spsp_2310 Mark Frieser Website - https://syncsummit.com/ Mark Frieser Instagram -  https://www.instagram.com/syncsummitig Mark Frieser Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/syncsummit K. Sparks Instagram -  https://www.instagram.com/ksparksmusic   Our mission here at Rhythm Couture is to help purpose-driven musicians attain their goals doing what they love and making an impact through the power of music.  Here are the ways to work with us here at Rhythm Couture:  ⚡️FREE TIPS: Download our FREE TV/Film Sync Music Licensing Tips: https://www.rhythmcouture.com/mlb ⚡️RC UNIVERSITY: Check out our online university that provides direct knowledge in regards to music licensing https://www.rhythmcouture.com/rc-academy ⚡️COURSES/ COACHING / MASTERMINDS: Learn about our online courses, coaching, and one on one personal Music Licensing Master Mind Classes designed to help every musician reach their goals. Schedule a consultation via the contact page on our website. https://www.rhythmcouture.com/contact  #musiclicensing #musiclicensingtips #markfrieser

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of The Write Start Podcast! This is where you learn how to build a successful freelance writing career and, of course, how to make more money. The Write Start Podcast provides advice and suggestions delivered by experienced writers who have successful freelance writing careers. I'm Lisa Iannucci and I've been a full-time freelance writer for more than 20 years. It's the right time for The Write Start. Here is the link to the essay by Nicole Brinkley that I mentioned on the show, here are 24 things publishing should change in 2024. It is well worth a read and a share with anyone you know in the publishing industry, including fellow writers. Nicole is a bookseller at Oblong Books in Rhinebeck New York, is a book reviewer, a speaker at numerous book conferences, and the co-host of the fun Novelstalgia podcast with the New York Times bestselling author Ashley Poston. This episode's guest is Jennifer L.W. Fink, a former nurse who built a successful full-time freelance writing career after a divorce and who used her experience as a mom of four boys to write the book, Building Boys: Raising Great Guys in a World that Misunderstands Males. We talk about how Jennifer guided her career to become what she wanted it to be while raising her children. Today, she's an award-winning freelance writer; her byline has graced Parents, American Baby, Pregnancy, Boys' Life, Ladies' Home Journal, MyMidwest, Scholastic Instructor, Home Education Magazine, Proto, RN, Advance for Nurses, and other regional and national publications. She's written for a variety of websites, including iVillage, scrubsmag.com, and bestnursingdegree.com, and creates print and online content for a variety of healthcare organizations. I hope you enjoy this interview with Jennifer. Next week I'll be back with another episode on what I learned as a judge in a writing contest, how publishing companies and agents are using social media numbers to decide if your book is worth taking on and why this needs to change, and how Facebook makes me money.Follow The Write Start on Instagram and if you like what you've listened to and would like to support the work that goes into The Write Start podcast, please visit https://www.buzzsprout.com/1322467/supporters/new. I'll give you a shoutout on the show! Thanks!Support the Show.If you like what you've listened to and would like to support The Write Start podcast, please visit https://www.buzzsprout.com/1322467/supporters/new. I'll give you a shoutout on the show! Thanks!

In this episode, you'll hear from my lovely guest, Amy Mewborn! Amy has spent 15 years in finance, being in a male dominated industry and working with widows, she shares why that inspired her to do the work she does now. Together we discuss the importance of prioritizing your standards and boundaries in order to have a wealthy lifestyle early in life. You'll learn why organization and systems are crucial for your success and exactly how to implement without feeling overwhelmed. Amy Mewborn is a serial entrepreneur, CEO, author, and operations and strategy expert. She teaches women business owners how to use technology and systems to leverage their business growth and maximize profits through marketing, sales, and automation. She has spoken with Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce, Healthy Living Expo, Health and Wellness Expo, and Blastoff Business Breakthrough, Mind Body Bold, the TEDx stage and more! She has shared the stage with people like Jillian Michaels, Magic Johnson, been a featured teacher and continuing education provider with the American Council on Exercise. Amy has been featured on CBS, KUSI, Fox, Ivillage, San Diego Magazine, Ranch and Coast, and as a contributing editor to a number of publications. She is a sought after speaker on business topics surrounding increasing profitability through technology, systems, and automation. Her passion is helping women business owners achieve financial independence, and every speech or educational program that she produces is designed to teach women how to increase their businesses through marketing systems and automation Connect with Amy by following her on Instagram @amymewborn or visiting her website HERE! My podcast is officially top 2.5% globally ranked out of 3 million podcasts on iTunes! I'm looking for guests for 2023! Are you a 7-figure entrepreneur who wants to be featured? We're filling 2023 now. Email info@cynthiastant.com to pitch! Stay tuned for new episodes every Monday and Thursday! Connect with me on Instagram & Facebook Check out my website here!

This episode features an interview with Daniel Marovitz, Senior Vice President of Booking.com's recently established Fintech unit. You probably know Booking.com as one of the world's leading digital travel companies, with over 28 million accommodation listings, including homes, apartments and other unique places to stay. There, Daniel is responsible for facilitating easy and seamless access to Booking.com's marketplace across borders and currencies. Over his more-than 20-year career, Daniel has established himself as a global leader in data. He served as co-founder and CEO of software startup Buzzumi, which has since been acquired by F1000.com. He has also held leadership positions at Deutsche Bank, Gateway, and iVillage, which he helped take public in 1999. On this episode, Daniel discusses how he used data visualization to better understand client relationships and improve conversion rates, Booking.com's approach to data experiments, and how they're facilitating their cloud migration.Quotes*”Investment banking is like consulting a balance sheet. And a lot of what makes investment banking work are relationships. And relationships always feel like quite a qualitative topic. But you always want to find a way to make those kinds of problems quantitative, not qualitative. So we started to think about the heuristics of relationships and how that might be represented, and what was the source of data we could use.”*”There has long been this quite opaque internal marketing culture that exists at banks all over the world. I think there's kind of this veneer of evanescence, something magical, about the client relationships and how well we know each other and how much we can depend on those relationships. And I think what was great about it is that we were able to actually get really quantitative about performance and also try to figure out how many relationships does it take to be successful? You know, is there a correlation between very close relationships and more deals or higher value deals, or faster time to actually execute deals.”*”I think it's something that maybe people don't talk about enough, which is that with a data-driven, analytics-driven culture from an engineering and product perspective, which is not married to a culture of kind of human openness, you lose a lot of ground. I think you lose a lot of value. So I think it starts with the kind of human engineering of making people feel comfortable and safe to share information and failure Is also important, right? Most experiments fail dramatically. Not a little bit. Like most experiments are a colossal failure. And that's okay. What's not okay is not to test. And what's even less okay Is to test, fail, and hide.”*”This culture of onboarding, like building an onboarding plan for somebody, think through what do you want them to learn? Who do you want them to work with? What do you want them to understand?”*”[Data] is a space where you will never know what you're talking about. It's impossible, even, just in payments. If you ignored regulation or insurance, or other aspects, you can never fully know what you're talking about. There's so much depth and so much detail. And so I think one is just to be respectful of that, right? Just be respectful of the fact that you're gonna have to keep studying. You're gonna have to ask questions and be very comfortable saying, ‘You know what? I don't know. Can you explain it?' I think it's a good lesson for life, but certainly it's good for a FinTech career.”Time Stamps[2:11] Get to know Daniel[2:57] Daniel's path into the field of data[5:25] How do you use data visualization for better decisioning?[7:13] How do you identify the highest value customer relationships?[10:56] The Booking.com approach to running data experiments[16:42] Building a truly data- and analytics-driven culture[18:14] How Booking.com ensures data literacy with new hires [19:37] The complexities of working across a two-sided market[24:26] Understanding the growing importance of data in business[28:50] Why choosing a CDO with an unconventional profile can lend itself to business growth[35:36] Daniel's advice to anyone entering Fintech for the first timeLinksConnect with Daniel on LinkedInFollow Daniel on TwitterCheck out Booking.comConnect with Faisal on LinkedInThanks to our friendsTruth Be Known is brought to you by Talend, a leader in data integration and data integrity, enabling every company to find clarity amidst the chaos. Talend Data Fabric brings together in a single platform all the necessary capabilities that ensure enterprise data is complete, clean, compliant, and readily available to everyone who needs it throughout the organization. Learn more at Talend.com

In this episode, we talk with entrepreneur and food blogger, Alice Currah. Alice is the publisher of the popular food blog, SavorySweetLife.com, and one of the food bloggers for PBS Parent's Kitchen Explorers. Her approachable everyday recipes are accompanied by beautiful step-by-step photos and have been featured online at Martha Stewart, Real Simple, The Pioneer Woman, Epicurious, Bon Appetit, Saveur, iVillage and many more. In March 2010, Forbes.com featured Alice as one of Eight of the Very Best Food Bloggers. Her debut cookbook, Savory Sweet Life: 100 Simply Delicious Recipes for Every Family Occasion based on her blog, was published by William Morrow/HarperCollins Spring 2012. Alice shares her journey of taking her passions of cooking and photography and creating a successful business. What to Listen ForSavory Sweet Life food blog -1:41 Passion leads to a profitable business - 3:24 Savory Sweet Life Cookbook - 5:25 Mentors help to pave the way - 7:20 PBS calling - 10:45 The Power of Saying Yes (or No) - 12:45 Martha Stewart & U2's Bono - 14:41 Be true to yourself - 18:40 A hand up - 20:00 Her season of health - 21:52 Understand the process - 25:05 Resources mentioned in the podcastAlice Currah - Savorysweetlife.com Book - "Savory Sweet Life: 100 Simply Delicious Recipes for Every Family Occasion"  Check-in with Sweet but Fearless Website - sweetbutfearless.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/successfulwomensnetwork LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/successfulwomensnetwork?trk=public_profile_topcard-current-company

Is it true that nobody marries their best bedroom experience ever? According to a study by iVillage less than half of wedded women married the person who was the best bedroom experience of their lives (52 percent say that was an ex.) That same study shows that 66% of people would rather read a book, watch a movie or take a nap than to sleep with their spouse Amanda Chantel (33) told the New York Post that she knows her greatest bedroom experience was temporary and because of that it was the best because that's all the relationship could offer. “We didn't have to invest in anything else.” that Women admits that it didn't have the intensity that came with toxic relationships. She adds that when it comes to the men she's loved, the experience was good, sometimes ever great but the intensity that comes with her toxic relationships isn't there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you have friends that you've made online that are some of your besties?My daughter Lauryn has always laughed about my online friends.If you're part of my generation, you know, the ones of us who remember what dialup sounded like, and can still hear AOL saying “you've got mail” in our memory… you probably remember the online message boards.I was in a Yahoo “January 2000 babies” group that was local to St. Louis when I was pregnant with my daughter, and that group eventually moved to iVillage.com. Anyone else remember that?Lauryn always laughs about her online friends that she's had since she was born.There are a few that we're still friends with, in fact one of them worked at our venues for several years.I mean, you just never know where your next team member is going to come from.Fast forward to now, where we have all kinds of opportunities to make friends and network on social media.One of the first friends I made when we started in business in the online space, in 2018, is my friend Chelly Ontis.We met in what was called Tribe, it's Stu McLaren's course that is now called The Membership Experience.It was literally the smallest connection that brought us together.We were going to Stu's meetup in Toronto, and she was asking who was going and wanted to connect there.For some reason, I answered, and we started talking about all of our similarities. The first one was that we have the same first name, Michelle, and my family members call me Chelle, and she goes by Chelly, also spelled the same with a C.We also still to this day talk every single day on Marco Polo, we brainstorm all the time, we support each other in our online businesses, and also with any personal things that come up.Chelly and I both also have all kinds of friends in online places now, I love it so much.And she's not the only one I met there and am now BFFs with.My friend Allison and I have also met up with each other's families.I thought the course was a bit of an investment when I signed up, but I had no idea the life changing value it would give me even just personally.The networking opportunities in online friendships are absolutely endless.Even if you make a connection with someone online who isn't in your exact same business or space, you would be so surprised at what you can do to serve each other's audiences, and basically borrow each other's audiences for your own business' marketing.I have a blast being a part of and watching friendships form in my programs.I can't tell you how happy it makes my heart when I see members of my Let's Book Clients membership connecting and forming friendships.I love seeing them all over the internet working together.Is this something you do too? Or something you want to do?My hot tip for this episode, is to tell you to keep your mind open to online connections that become friendships and your best business tools.Whether it's in a group you're in, like I am in The Membership Experience, or one of my groups, The Wedding Vendors Community on Facebook or my Let's Book Clients mastermind, or Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, wherever you like to hang outSpeaking of the DMs, mine are always open, so reach out if you Do you wish you could fill your calendar faster and easier?It's always easy to do on your own, so I've created a free challenge for you, where we'll walk through it together.The challenge starts on September 21, when you sign up right now you'll get an action item that will have you starting with the right foundation!Just go to www.letsbookclients.com/referralschallenge to sign up today!

Michele Kriegman born Suzanne Gilbert is a storyteller by nature but she was missing her own backstory well into adulthood. Finding her birth-father helped complete it. She worked for many years in U.S. and Japanese journalism, including ABC News, iVillage.com, Lilith, Maine Public Radio, NYT Nippon TV's morning show, . More recent journalism has been for cybersecurity publications such as Info Security Professional.  Michele is an adoptee who searched successfully for her birth-father in New York before the state opened its records. She reclaimed her birth-name, Suzanne Gilbert, to write the novel, Tapioca Fire, that is the prequel to The Birth-Fathers' Club. She teaches writing workshops for adoptees and donor-conceived people finding their #ownvoices. She speaks on panels for social workers, adoptive families, and intentional parents about birthright issues. Her approach, though well-researched, isn't academic or clinical; she's been an in-the-trenches adoptive stepmom too. Most recently, a DNA test kit that came as a Chrismukkah present, revealed a sister! Their shared birth-father, and his complex effort at redemption later in life, inspired the story in one of the novellas. Music by Corey Quinn

In this episode, our guest is Mally Roncal. Mally is a makeup artist, founder, and president of Mally Beauty. She has worked with many A-list celebrities such as Beyoncé, Knowles, Rihanna, Celine Dion, Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Lopez, and many more. She also served as a spokesperson for Sephora before founding her company. Mally regularly appears on The Wendy Williams Show, The View, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Rachael Ray, and today as a beauty expert and pens editorials for the New York Times, Huffington Post, and iVillage. Catch her in this episode as she shares her journey of how she got into the beauty industry and finding her purpose. Why should we listen to you? [3:04] You should listen to me because not everybody feels everything as much as my heart and my soul. I always have this blessing and curse that I feel everything a hundred times more than the regular person. I need to digest all the crazy things that go into this world that we all as humans live in the same string. We all have different life experiences. But we all go through these feelings. How did you get into beauty? [17:24] I originally wanted to be a doctor because that's what my parents were. I realized very soon that that was not going to be my career. My purpose was not to be a doctor because I wanted to do my hair. I fell in love with fashion and beauty and glamour and all that. It's just something that my mother and I shared. What are the aspects you saw that most people didn't see that allowed you to grow? [23:16] There was artistry or people in the fashion and beauty industry. There was always an amazing universe where they had all the actresses, and I could see what they were doing. I became so passionate about transparency in that. [28:46] I love that there is an incredible opportunity right in front of us. Everything that is happening has a reason behind it, and the universe has a reason behind it. What are you trying to do? [33:53] I am no longer worried about everybody's feelings. I realized that I had to take my time. I sometimes think I'm good at telling other people what to do. But I realized that I had to practice what I preach. The premise is that both my husband and I are very similar in that way. The point is you can choose positivity, and you can choose to be happy. You can choose to find joy. You can choose joy. You can cry or get sad. You can do all that, but then you have to get back up and get to work. Finding yourself [47:43] This whole COVID situation has been a terror. All of us are trying to find the silver lining. Personally, it stopped me dead in my tracks. I was on the road working when I realized that I had to learn to accept myself. I wasn't able to take care of myself spiritually and physically. That made me realize what was more important. What promise to God make to the world when He created you? [50:41] God promised that He would bring the most loving human. And that I strive to show love. Remember that you are what you see. We do what we do, and we do it with heart and passion.   Key Quotes [30:44 – 30:54] “It's not about the time after what it is. I realized how fast it felt. That's where the fear came where it felt like it was a blink of an eye.” [33:19 – 33:26] “The creation process is the only thing that exposes you to the nuances of something new that creates a difference.” [35:15 – 35:36] “You can choose positivity. You can choose to be happy. You can choose to find joy. You can cry or get sad. You can do all that, but then you have to get back up and get to work.” [45:09 – 45:11] “We always have more. The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.”   Follow Mally Roncal: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mally-roncal-38a5279 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mallyroncal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mallyroncal/ Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/mallyroncal Website: https://mally.com/        

Michele Kriegman is a storyteller by nature but she was missing her own backstory well into adulthood. Finding her birth-father helped complete it. During this session of the U.S. Supreme Court the focus of many of her public talks will be the Indian Child Welfare Act, a new battlefield in the culture wars, which played a pivotal role in her own story.She worked for many years in U.S. and Japanese journalism, including ABC News, iVillage.com, Lilith, Maine Public Radio, Nippon TV's morning show, parenting magazines, Tokyo Broadcasting, and TV Asahi. More recent journalism has been for cybersecurity publications such as Info Security Professional.Michele Kriegman is an adoptee who searched successfully for her birth-father in New York before the state opened its records. She reclaimed her birth-name, Suzanne Gilbert, to write the novel, Tapioca Fire, that is the prequel to The Birth-Fathers' Club. She teaches writing workshops for adoptees and donor-conceived people finding their #ownvoices. She speaks on panels for social workers, adoptive families, and intentional parents about heritage equality. Her approach, though well-researched, isn't academic or clinical; she's been an in-the-trenches adoptive stepmom too.Most recently, a DNA test kit that came as a Chrismukkah present, revealed a sister! Their shared birth-father, and his complex effort at redemption later in life, inspired the story in one of the novellas.Connect with her athttps://www.facebook.com/michele.kriegmanhttps://twitter.com/ReunionLand1) Rock Memoir:Book 1 of The Birth-Fathers' Club SeriesFrom Amazon UK/Ireland: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Michele-Kriegman/e/B09HSPD895From Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3olbMpPFrom Amazon Australia: https://www.amazon.com.au/Michele-Kriegman/e/B09HSPD895From Amazon Canada: https://www.amazon.ca/Michele-Kriegman/e/B09HSPD895From Independent Bookshop US: https://bookshop.org/a/78945/97817379477072) From a Desert City by the Sea:Book 2 of the Birth-Fathers' Club SeriesFrom Amazon UK/Ireland: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Michele-Kriegman/e/B09HSPD895From Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3Hk6vHJFrom Amazon Australia: https://www.amazon.com.au/Michele-Kriegman/e/B09HSPD895From Amazon Canada: https://www.amazon.ca/Michele-Kriegman/e/B09HSPD895From Independent Bookshop US: https://bookshop.org/a/78945/9781737947714 

As a proven entrepreneur, Lewis Schiff has had a bird's eye view of how the innovation ecosystem has changed in the past 25 years... specifically, the transition from the “Silicon Valley” ecosystem to the “moneymaker to moonshot” ecosystem - a new phenomenon that explains "where does innovation come from?" Lewis also examines what circumstances will lead to the next crop of billionaires, as well as the roadblocks that prevent most modern innovators from succeeding. Lewis is an experienced entrepreneur who hosts the annual Moonshots & Moneymakers: The Oxford Innovation Conference for American Entrepreneurs. He is the Chairman of the Board of Experts for Birthing of Giants' Fellowship Program, and founded Inc. Magazine's Business Owners Council. In the past twenty years, Lewis built and sold two media businesses to publicly-traded companies, iVillage, and TheStreet.com, and has authored several books on success. If you are a small business owner or salesperson who struggles with getting the sales results you are looking for, get your copy of Succeed Without Selling today. If you haven't seen all Audible.com has to offer, you don't know what you're missing. Sign up for a free trial at audibletrial.com/businessgrowth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the What's Next! podcast with Tiffani Bova. This week serves as a pleasant reminder of the honor and pleasure I had to connect with the accomplished Beth Comstock. Beth is a self-described change-maker who has been the President of Integrated Media at NBC Universal, overseeing Ad-sales, Marketing, and Research. She led the company's digital efforts, including Peacock Equity acquiring iVillage.com and oversaw the founding of Hulu. She was also the first female Vice Chair and first Chief Marketing Officer at GE in more than 20 years. She is a member of Nike's board of directors and a Forbes World's 100 Most Powerful Women. Additionally, she is a published author with her most recent book “Imagine It Forward: Courage, Creativity, and the Power of Change.”   THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… anyone who wants to learn from one of the most successful ‘introverted change-makers' about how to inspire teams, get uncomfortable, change jobs and companies gracefully, and transform a 125 year-old brand.  TODAY'S MAIN MESSAGE… Beth shares nuggets of gold gleaned from her 20-year career at GE and NBC Universal. Beth provides inspiration and guidance in an age of staggering technological advancement, the ever-stronger pull of the “next big thing,” and the gravity of the unknown. It is becoming exceedingly important to be self-aware and cognizant of the things that make our businesses human and creative. We work with and for humans, our customers and audiences are human, and likewise, it is important that our leadership be just as rooted in our humanity. It is our honest and dynamic experience as human beings that will allow us, and our businesses, to thrive in a world ruled more and more by algorithms and automation.  WHAT  I  LOVE  MOST… Beth is always looking to write her next story and live it as a courageous human being. She has learned along the way that our jobs do not define us. Who we are, the networks we create, the people we meet along the way–that's what is important. With each new opportunity comes the next story we will create!    Running time: 35:05  Subscribe on iTunes     Find Tiffani on social:  Facebook  Twitter  LinkedIn     Find Beth on social:  Website  Twitter  LinkedIn    Beth's Book:  Imagine It Forward 

Today I'm here with a new friend, Sarah Walton. I already like her because we both showed up in Ubon and cozy sweaters. Yeah! That's the best way to go.   Landing Her Corporate Job in New York City   Sarah became a corporate CEO in later years and had the gorgeous glass corner office. Her staff adored her, and her boss had complete confidence in her, but she was miserable. Although her family life was OK, her career wasn't fulfilling her. "I was terrified about what my boss was going to say. I was terrified of what was gonna happen to my staff. At this moment I knew I had to break this cycle." Similar to the turning point she had in the grocery store, Sarah looked at the two paths in front of her and made a choice.    Starting Her Path to Entrepreneurship   As she started to create her own business coaching people, it quickly became transparent that many women needed her service. "There is not enough money for them to be happy and to be able to provide for their family."   Meet Sarah Walton   Starting out her career in Los Angeles, Sarah graduated from UCLA. She moved to New York City and ended up working for Lifetime Television's New Media department. From there, she worked hand-in-hand with Marianne Williamson on her community site and digital offering, The Miracle Matrix. Next, she went to iVillage, and then IAC where she managed a P&L worth hundreds of millions of dollars and a gorgeous team of people. Then she decided to become an entrepreneur.    Sarah started the online magazine Better Way Moms and spoke about the importance of life and self-balance. She then launched her first book, Redefining Success, and started traveling with her Redefining Success Event. Today, Sara speaks for corporations, conferences, small business events, and women's groups worldwide.   Listen in to discover this episode's stories and takeaways, including:   Stepping into your power as a woman Find out if you're a high-functioning, co-dependent woman Healing your inner conversation about money Why you shouldn't give away your time for free Selling doesn't have to be hard Setting your goals and hitting your targets in life For more information, visit the show notes at https://amandaabella.com/sarah-walton-talks-about-stepping-into-your-power-as-a-woman

Author and mom of 7 Rachel Marie Martin shares her pivotal moments when faced with her life's biggest trials. Divorce, financial troubles and illness in the family are only a few of what she went through. Join me in yet another insightful open-hearted discussion in this new episode of the Divorced Woman's Guide —Finding Joy After Divorce with Rachel Martin. Top points you'll discover:   ✔️ Meet Rachel Martin, the writer behind the site FindingJoy.net. Her articles have been translated into over 25 languages, and her site has helped so many people find their own joy.   ✔️ Rachel shares the story of her first marriage, dealing with extreme financial issues and pretending to be strong, which in turn was a sort of emotional abuse. "When you live in the fog, you don't really know that you're in a fog. But during that time, I started a blog, started writing online, and in that writing, in the beginning, it was just kind of this outlet like, this is what we do every day and just sharing my life. And as time grew, I realized there's this whole community of women and moms in this space of looking for community, looking for camaraderie."  ✔️ Blogging as an opportunity and a breakthrough. "I started to sell an ebook, that's when I realized I could make money, it became an opportunity for me to see a pivot in my life. Did I know the beginning would lead to my divorce? No, but it became a solution for me because I was living in this financial despair. And by then, the site continued to grow so much that it became my full-time business, and I started a business with my now-husband, where we teach and train bloggers and podcasters and entrepreneurs how to go from being a hobby to a full-time income."    ✔️ The pivotal moment. "I was flirting dangerously with just becoming numb to life. Time was still passing by no matter what time was going to keep going, and I was either going to live with joy or live with bitterness because you can't have a foot in both camps; I realized I was trying to do both, but I was starting to get more and more bitter. And that apathy part, I'd seen too many women that had just ended up resigned to life. And even though I had no money, I had no options. I didn't know what to do. The drive to not live an apathetic life took root that day."  ✔️ In the beginning, be willing to not know. Rachel emphasizes how we forget that we are all lousy at the start. "I think that we all see the end of people's success and forget to underscore the backstory. We celebrate the underdogs, yet we forget their years of practice in the beginning."  ✔️ One small thing every single day is 365 small things. Understand the value of constantly challenging yourself. Always ask what's the next small thing you can do and have faith in the future. Put yourself out there. The worst somebody could say is "no".  ✔️Finding joy is looking for the good despite the circumstances. See what is good every day and know that there's something worth being grateful for even if life is hard.   ✔️ The best things in Rachel's life wouldn't have happened if she hadn't checked that divorce box. Maybe it's time for you, too, to recognize that divorce is just part of the story that helped you in those moments when you fell.   ✔️  Instead of fighting grief or uncertainty, allow yourself to experience it. Those times when you're down, give yourself some grace, sit in the emotion of the moment, and tomorrow -- decide to stand up again.    ✔️  Step through the muck and embrace the possibility of joy on the other side. Divorce isn't an easy thing, but don't let it define the potential of what you're going to do and be in the future.   Rachel Martin believes in the power of the human spirit to overcome, thrive, and find deep joy, and because of that, she pours out her heart via these platforms: she is the writer behind the site FindingJoy.net and author of The Brave Art of Motherhood. Her articles have been translated into over 25 languages, her site reaches millions of visitors per month, and she has a robust, engaged Facebook community. Her content has been featured in The Huffington Post, The Today Show, The Today Show Parents, Star Tribune, Tiny Buddha, iVillage, Stuff New Zealand, John Tesh, PopSugar, Motherly, Parents, What to Expect, Independent Journal Review, Dr. Greene, Power of Positivity, Her View From Home, CafeMom, and many more. She speaks worldwide, encouraging moms and entrepreneurs to live each day with purpose and drive. Beyond that, she's a mom to seven and calls Nashville, Tennessee, her home.  ________________________________________________ Connect with Wendy Sterling: Website: https://wendysterling.net/ Instagram: @divorcerehabwithwendy Twitter: @thedivorcerehab Facebook: @wendytsterling  Need an opportunity to share your pain points and receive judgment-free support? Want to create a vision of a future after your divorce? Click here to schedule your Free Divorce Recovery Call: https://calendly.com/wendysterling/support-call-with-wendy?month=2021-07

S2 Ep.21 OneMicNite Podcast with Marcos Luis: Celeb Makeup/Hair Designer Tyrone Traylor on the importance of Makeup in The Entertainment Biz Do you ever think how important Makeup and Hair plays an essential role in the success if a project, whether film, television, stage , or even on the runways for fashion? Guest Tyrone Traylor: IG/Twitter @TyroneTraylor NYC based Makeup Artist that specializes in Makeup and Hair for film, runway, magazines, and Special Events. Tyrone Traylor is one of the few artists in the industry that has covered all aspects of beauty, and character development as well. “I've spent years applying makeup to all skin types, face shapes, contours, and ages, You name it – I've done it!” Along with his Makeup and Hair Styling, he has created some pretty interesting characters over the years. His list of credits include on – air work for The View, Anderson Cooper 360o, Paula Zahn Now, Makeover Mondays for the Rosie O'Donnell Show, Livin' it up With Ali and Jack, and the Queen Latifah Show, along with several commercials. His work has been seen on runways in New York, Paris, Milan, and London. Tyrone has also conducted seminars and performed demonstrations for Clairol, Maybelline, Garnier, Shiseido, Estée Lauder, Lancome, and Francois Nars, He has been quoted in Allure, Glamour, iVillage.com, MSN.com, People, Marie Claire, Style Monte Carlo, Real Simple, Latina and Essence. A native New Yorker, Tyrone grew up in Brooklyn the son of a fashion-model mother. His father was a record producer. It was during college Theatre classes that he first fell in love with creating innovative Makeup and Hair. Tyrone currently lives North of Manhattan, on the Hudson River. There he finds inspiration in colors of the seasonal foliage, the sky, and reflections on the river. Host Marcos Luis : IG/Fb/Twitter : @MarcosLuis more at www.MarcosLuis.com Show: OneMicNite Podcast with Marcos Luis IG/Fb/Twitter/Tumbler @OneMicNite www.OneMicNite.com Award winning Actor/Producer Marcos Luis founded OneMicNite in 2006 to provide a platform for performances for independent artists in NYC. It has since grown also into a virtual performance space including two podcasts bringing inspirational journeys, tips, and stories while giving the mic to artists, people, and social issues around the globe. To support the efforts of OneMicNite, please go to www.Anchor.fm/OneMicNite to find out more donate now. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/onemicnite/support

Flight delays, crowded airports, hotel reservations, jet lag... Travel is stressful for everyone, but especially people with schizophrenia. Host Rachel Star Withers and co-host Gabe Howard discuss the risks and rewards of traveling while having a serious mental health condition. Laura Motta, editorial director of Lonely Planet, joins to share some tips about staying safe while traveling — and some cool destination ideas. To learn more or view the transcript, please visit the official episode page. Guest Bio Laura Motta is the editorial director of LonelyPlanet.com. Previously, she was leading content teams at ShermansTravel for nine years. Before that, she held positions at Travelzoo, iVillage, and EverydayHealth, and lived in Paris. Follow her travels on Instagram. About the Inside Schizophrenia Podcast Host Rachel Star Withers creates videos documenting her schizophrenia, ways to manage, and let others like her know they're not alone and can still live an amazing life. She has written “Lil Broken Star: Understanding Schizophrenia for Kids” and a tool for schizophrenics, “To See in the Dark: Hallucination and Delusion Journal.” Learn more at RachelStarLive.com. About the Inside Schizophrenia Podcast Co-Host Gabe Howard lives with bipolar disorder and is a nationally recognized speaker and podcast host. He is the author of the book, Mental Illness is an Asshole and other Observations, available from Amazon; signed copies available directly from the author. To learn more about Gabe, please visit gabehoward.com.

What's your superpower? Tina Sharkey joins Denice to share how finding her superpower shaped a career that has taken her from J&J to Sesame Street to founding iVillage and Brandless. Tina shares her recipe for taking the skills you've learned along the way into new situations, and explains why authenticity is the only thing that scales. 

Getting Support. Networking. Coaching. Imposter Syndrome. We get into it in this episode. Elayne ventured into entrepreneurship full-time after nearly 20 years in media. During her  media career, Elayne held top editorial positions at Martha Stewart Living, iVillage.com, Condé Nast Digital, Essence, Latina, Vibe .As a women’s advocate, journalist and media expert, Elayne Fluker has appeared in front of millions as a featured guest on Today Show, Nightline, Extra, Inside Edition, CNN, VH1, FOX, BET, Sirius XM Radio and more. Her work has been featured in WWD, Associated Press,the New York Daily News,Essence,VibeandPeople,and on sites such as HuffingtonPost.com, TodayShow.com, Brides.com, People.com and AOL.com.As you can imagine, with all of these power moves Elayne has a powerful network. And today we’ll be diving into how you too can get one. Elayne's Links:book and contact info: getoverigotit.comwebsite: ElayneFluker.comHere are the links/resources mentioned in the episode:Harvard article "Stop Telling Women They Have Imposter Syndrome" SCORE (Resources for entrepreneur coaches/mentors)Remote Year (international work/ travel company I used in 2018)www.SiS.Academyhttps://www.sis.academy/ (Online learning platform supporting Black women entrepreneurs)Gaynete's Links:Gaynete.comBestPeriodt.com (the best menstrual cup, periodt.)Instagram: @gayneteBest Periodt Instagram: @best.periodt

Bunmi Laditan, is an award winning, Webby nominated writer. Most of you may know her by her moniker ‘Honest Toddler.’ Her debut novel, Confessions of a Domestic Failure, is a satirical, realistic look at motherhood. Bunmi has outdone herself with her latest book, : Honest Prayers to a God who Listens. She had originally written this collection of poetry and prayers as a way of following her own spiritual journey. With candor, self-aware humor, and a profound insight, Bunmi saw that so many were struggling with similar journeys. And so with much humility, she agreed to publish Dear God. The book is for anyone seeking to reconnect as well as for those looking for a good word. Bunmi shares her journey, a journey of emotions that we all experience at different points in our lives – doubt, anger, love, desperation, gratefulness and more. Dear God was featured on the Today Show and Bunmi is a contributor to Parenting.com, Mothering.com, iVillage.com, the New York Times and the Huffington Post. Bunmi lives outside of Montreal with her family. Her social media following is large. But more impressive is that there is communication between her and her followers, not just emoji’s. Bunmi relates and is not afraid of having a conversation, even with someone who disagrees with her. A candid conversation with Bunmi: Childhood and faking it Marrying at 16 and converting to Judaism Culture not religion Identity as a Jewish wife and mother Divorce and becoming a seeker Struggles with depression and anxiety Journey to reconnect with God Raising her three children

Summary: Jody Sutter is the owner and founder of The Sutter Company, a NYC-based consulting company that helps agency leaders tap into their strengths, clarify their strategy, and close more business. Through decades of experience in sales and operations for creative firms, Jody uniquely understands how to help agencies overcome their struggles with business development. In today’s episode, we dig into Jody’s philosophy on creating deep value in your agency’s offerings and honing your value proposition. Stay tuned!   Top 3 Curtain Pulls in this episode:  Repetition is the key to mastery. And mastery is the key to success at anything. Leverage what you already know and apply that knowledge to other clients. Agencies love to reinvent the wheel. DONT! Hone the wheel instead. Rather than sinking hours of research into a new client that you don’t know much about, collect information about what you’ve done for similar clients already. You can make intelligent assumptions about their business based on this experience, and create a tailored pitch that saves hours of prep time. People connect with stories. Instead of thinking of yourself as a dispenser of information and expertise, think of yourself as a really great storyteller. What’s your story and how can you use that to connect with your audience?  You NEED a unique value proposition and one of the best ways to get to that is defining your elevator pitch. The 4 elements of a great elevator pitch: What is your identifier? What is your differentiator? What are some valuable client insights? What are your client motivators?    About Our Guest: Jody Sutter: Jody Sutter is a business development coach with 25 years’ experience working with ad agencies and marketing firms. As the owner and founder of The Sutter Company, a consulting company based in New York City, Jody helps agency leaders get the attention of new prospects and win the right kind of business for their agencies. Before running business development teams at large agencies like R/GA, OMD, and Havas, Jody spent over a decade in sales for a range of creative services firms, from branding design to digital advertising. Connect with Jody on LinkedIn and Twitter Reach out for a 45-Minute Complimentary Consultation   For more tips, discussion, and behind the scenes: Follow us on Instagram @AgencyPodcast Join our closed Facebook community for agency leaders About The Guys:  Bob Hutchins: Founder of BuzzPlant, a digital agency that he ran from from 2000-2017. He is also the author of 3 books. More on Bob:  Bob on LinkedIn twitter.com/BobHutchins instagram.com/bwhutchins Bob on Facebook Brad Ayres: Founder of Anthem Republic, an award-winning ad agency. Brad’s knowledge has led some of the biggest brands in the world. Originally from Detroit, Brad is an OG in the ad agency world and has the wisdom and scars to prove it. Currently that knowledge is being applied to his boutique agency. More on Brad: Brad on LinkedIn Anthem Republic twitter.com/bradayres instagram.com/therealbradayres facebook.com/Bradayres Ken Ott: Co-Founder and Chief Growth Rebel of Metacake, an Ecommerce Growth Team for some of the world’s most influential brands with a mission to Grow Brands That Matter. Ken is also an author, speaker, and was nominated for an Emmy for his acting on the Metacake Youtube Channel (not really). More on Ken:  Ken on LinkedIn Metacake - An Ecommerce Growth Team Growth Rebel TV twitter.com/iamKenOtt instagram.com/iamKenOtt facebook.com/iamKenOtt   Show Notes: [0:37] Bob welcomes us to today’s episode and today’s guest Jody Sutter.  [2:12] Bob gives a brief summary of Jody’s business. Her website is thesuttercompany.com, and he describes what Jody’s business is all about. Before running business development teams at large agencies like R/GA, OMD, & Havas, Jody spent over a decade in sales for a range of firms, generating leads and building relationships that led to new revenue.  [2:41] Jody is calling from East Hampton, NY and works from home primarily.  [3:57] Bob asks Jody for a brief rundown in her agency experience.  [4:09] Jody says that she worked for production companies in NYC, working in sales and carting film reels around the city. Eventually she decided to get a job for a small internet marketing company called iVillage. Eventually that sales role developed into more consultative selling, and iVillage went from a negative revenue to over $12M in revenue.  In working for a larger organization called OMD (global media company), she learned the ins and outs of larger contracts and agreements instead of straight sales.  [7:35] Jody continues, saying that one of her goals was to be able to show agencies that what the client says isn’t always right. There is value in challenging what they think and what they’re trying to do, and she quotes her website: “controlling an agency’s business development destiny.”  Over time she realized that she offered the best value to companies who are smaller (5-55 people) with founders who are integrally involved, who know they need to take more responsibility for their business’s future but aren’t sure where to start.  [8:45] Jody says that she works primarily with founders who want to grow their businesses and customize their growth for their agency in particular.  [9:10] Ken asks about her philosophy behind consultative selling, and some practical things that people can do to improve their numbers.  [9:55] Jody says that most agencies are viewed as expert providers. It is refreshing for clients to have agencies who come in to projects with fresh eyes, new questions and ideas for meeting their goals. Sometimes this may catch the client’s off-guard and be overwhelming, so there is an art to this. Clients may be interested in an RFP instead of talking directly to the agency, and in this case a 15-minute conversation can often cover what would be in a 150-page RFP.  [11:47] Jody continues, saying that having these difficult conversations is a matter of challenging their assumptions, offering how you’ve applied your experience to similar problems, and seeing if it culminates in a moment of the client saying, “Yes I want to talk about this right now.”  [12:01] Ken says that over the years there has been a shift to free consultation—and economics isn’t the problem. But when you offer information at no cost, you’re setting up the relationship for expectations that you can’t meet.  [12:39] Brad says that often there can be a mindset of doing what the client asks no matter what, and asks Jody what that pushback may look like for her in the way she deals with clients.  [13:12] Jody says that the line between pushing back and pushing away can be very fine. Often agencies will sink in hours of research into a client before ever reaching out.  [14:40] Jody talks about narrowing down her vision for the clients that she wants to pitch: she gathers information about other similar clients and makes intelligent assumptions about what may or may not work. This assumption is backed up by the projects that she has already worked on and improved—this is a tailored pitch that does not require a ton of research upfront.  [15:45] Ken talks about something we mention often here on Agency Exposed, the need to be repeatable. There is deep value in taking your learnings, leveraging them and figuring out how to repeat them in other situations.  [16:29] Brad asks Jody about getting a new client in an industry that you haven’t worked in before. How can you prove to potential clients that you can help them even if you don’t have direct experience?  [17:06] Jody says that you should aim to become a great storyteller. Maybe the product has the same target audience, and you can incorporate your deep knowledge of that customer base and let the client know that you already understand their customers well.  She stresses that there is work in leading the client down the right path of thinking—you can’t just throw a study their way and assume they’ll read it cover to cover and know why you sent it.  [18:50] Jody talks about when your agency may be in the running against 50 other agencies in a giant RFP that is sent out; you know that you will likely not be the top choice, so it’s a great idea to leverage this situation in your favor even if you don’t get the client at the end.  [19:35] Ken asks Jody to dive into this more. He asks about strategies to strategically respond in a way that will market your agency for the future.  [19:55] Jody responds, saying to take 15 minutes with your leadership team to ask/answer questions like, “Why are we going after this? What is going to be most appealing about our capabilities? What does the client need? How do we marry these things together to get the message across to our client?”  [20:50] Jody adds another suggestion, saying it’s a bit bold but consider submitting a 3-page document where you tell the client that you know they most likely won’t pick you, but highlight the value props and ask for a time to connect after they’ve chosen someone for that particular RFP. You may not get that big project with them, but you are planting seeds for the future.  [21:20] Bob says that over the years, he’s experienced a lot working with various agencies. He talks about the growth model for many agencies, where they grow and grow but hit a ceiling at around $3-$4M in revenue.  [23:35] Jody says that it all rolls back to what you do, who you serve, and what difference you make for them. When you have clarity on this, the materials that you use to sell will become an integral part of your value proposition. This will help develop standards, and with those standards come the prospect of scalability.  [25:03] Brad refers back to a common discussion here at Agency Exposed: in business you can be the cheapest, the only or the best. He asks, “How do you become ‘the Only,’ where you have a silver bullet that no one else has?”  [26:31] Jody: “I think it comes down to a certain amount of confidence and courage to say that you’re going to make this commitment to this thing that you’re good at.” This also sends a signal to your team that it’s okay to do this, and then you can really begin to dig in and figure out what makes you different.  [27:39] Ken talks about how there is a theme of full-service offerings in agencies, and this is based on a scarcity mindset. If you let go of that scarcity mindset, you give yourself permission to truly specialize down and get specific—and then scale! [29:03] Jody says that the pressure to perform definitely creates willingness for clients to hire agencies that are specialists. There is a gap that needs to be filled and agencies with that specialization are going to be worth taking a chance on.  [30:57] Ken talks about how Metacake decided to specialize in Ecommerce back in 2015, and when that happened their value proposition and scalability went through the roof.  “It aligned everything completely, you’re able to start creating better value propositions, you really understand why you exist and what your superpower is, you can communicate with people and you are laser-focused on your customers… it’s easier to close and you’re more effective.”  [31:57] Bob says that by zooming in on the client side you can get that laser-focus as well. The point is to find something to differentiate yourself and find something to specialize in that allows you to niche-down.  [33:00] Ken says that it is very difficult to create a value proposition if you haven’t specialized in some way.  [33:56] Jody talks about a 2-day workshop that she does with a new agency client. On the first day they work on an elevator pitch, which is less conceptual and has certain components. She breaks down those components throughout the day so that when the time for the elevator pitch comes, the information and basics are already laid out.  [37:06] Ken asks Jody what some of those elements might be.  [37:10] Jody responds: “What is your Identifier? What is your Differentiator? What are some valuable client insights?”  [39:02] Jody continues, saying these elements that make up your elevator pitch are truly the underpinnings of your value. “What you understand about those clients is why they come to you, because it’s going to reduce the risk of hiring an agency that doesn't know those clients, it’s going to mean that they have less ramp-up time to teach you what their industry is all about.” The 4th key element of a good elevator pitch is what are your client motivators? These motivators should go beyond making money or building a business.  [41:15] Ken talks about the people behind the businesses—people with their own personal, psychological motivations that need to be fulfilled. And fulfilling these is truly the goal. [42:13] Bob says that sales people often forget that they are selling psychological needs to other human beings; there is a need to be empathetic and vulnerable so that you can build human connection in an authentic way.  [44:00] Jody talks about techniques for outreach that develop that connection. Think of that person you’re calling as less of an almighty perfect client, but another human being and acquaintance instead of a complete stranger.  [46:00] Brad asks Jody about her predictions and perspective about what the industry will look like in the next five years.  [46:30] Jody says that the idea of an in-house agency will continue to be important. She predicts micro-specializations where agencies partner with other agencies and there is a sort of fragmentation. [49:20] Bob asks Jody where listeners can learn more about her and connect.  [49:22] Jody responds: www.thesuttercompany.com “Start here” page for a 45-minute complimentary consultation.  You can also find her on LinkedIn with her blog, as well as Twitter. 

Candice Carpenter is the Cofounder of one of the biggest mass media companies in the 1990s, iVillage. As a leader in the dot com industry, Candice developed a unique company culture for her organization that was key to her success in scalable growth. She used a method for her employees called "Radical Mentoring" to provide them the feedback they needed to grow at an incredible pace. Candice and I had the opportunity to sit down and talk about the details of her style of mentoring.

Nancy Evans was bound to succeed from the start, regardless of occupation. Early in her career, she wrote a prescient article called Surviving My 20s, starting a zigzag path to storied publisher and founder of iVillage. Today, Nancy is the host of the Confab podcast and works with the Women's Wisdom Project to build a space for women to listen and learn. Nancy shares her experience of collecting stories from women she's met throughout the years, highlighting the importance of community for women who can be inspired by those who want them to succeed, no matter what setbacks they encounter.

In this episode I have the pleasure of chatting with Nicolette Pace, a nationally known dietitian.  Nicolette shares simple and effective ways to uplevel nourishment which has a huge bearing on growth, stress and inflammation.  Listen for her actionable tips and easy to remember meal and snack ideas!Nicolette holds a masters degree, and is a registered dietician among her many certifications.  She founded NutriSource Inc. ( www.nutrisource.org )  in 2002 to provide high quality education, counseling and nutrition services for a diverse community population. Prior to founding NutriSource Inc, she served as Director of Clinical Nutrition at the NYHQ/Silvercrest Center where she provided both administrative and direct care for sub-acute and chronically ill patients. Nicolette was a key member of performance improvement projects and as Chair of the Nutrition Committee; significant positive changes were made in the standard of care.   Nicolette has been featured in CBS, ABC, NBC, Fox News, the New York Times, Seventeen, Fitness, Men's Journal, More, Dr. Oz, Everyday Health, AOL, IVillage, Health, Shape and other magazines. She is also a contributing writer for Minerva Place, as well as an adjunct professor of Nutrition at CUNY (The City University of NY) and Touro Colleges. She believes in emphasizing a holistic approach toward food, nutrition and preventative healthcare.  She can be found online with all the major social media platforms @nicolette_pace on IG, Nicolette Pace on Facebook, Twitter @nicolettepace, nutrisource.org

Bunmi Laditan joins the podcast on this episode to talk about her new book titled Dear God: Honest Prayers to a God Who Listens. Her candor, experience and wit invites all of us to be more raw, honest and authentic in our spiritual journeys. Bunmi is an award winning, Webby nominated writer and a regular contributor to Parenting.com, Mothering.com, iVillage.com, and The Huffington Post - and the author of several books including The Honest Toddler and Confessions of a Domestic Failure. You can find her newest book here and learn more about Bunmi here. Enjoy!

Tina Sharkey isn't someone you can sum up too briefly. She's spent over two decades building brands, businesses, and platforms, from iVillage, later sold to NBC, to AOL, and Brandless, which kicked off with a $300 million investment. She's a seasoned entrepreneur, investor, board member and mentor, whose name shows up on big-name lists like the ‘Top 100 People Transforming Business,' and the ’Most Daring Entrepreneurs.’ We caught up on how a 15-minute meeting out of college ended up changing her career path, handling the toughest moments in business, and the one key thing she teaches as a mentor. 

In this episode of Mindfulness Monday, Ora Nadrich discusses self-care and spirituality with Dr. Ro. Dr. Ro has been a leading nutrition coach for over 2 decades and was named one of the nation's top 5 nutritionists by More Magazine and Shop Smart (The quick & easy guide from Consumer Reports). She penned a health column “America's Nutrition Coach,” for the National Newspaper Publishers Association, distributed to 200 African American newspapers nationwide. Dr. Ro has served as the resident nutritionist and blogger for iVillage.com, the leading health source for women and families online, and joins First Lady Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey on the Ebony Power 100 List of the Most Influential African Americans in the U.S. (2010 and 2011). She is the Dr. Oz Show Nutrition Coach who helped over a half-million Americans lose more than 5 million pounds and served on the Medical Advisory Board for the Dr. Oz Show for 7 seasons. She recently joined the Advisory Board at Family Circle Magazine and is columnist to Ebony Magazine's “Get Fit” and “Health and Wellness” columns. Dr. Ro also served as nutrition coach to the Meredith Vieira Show and has held the same post on The View, helping Sherri Shepherd lose weight for her infamous on-camera swimsuit reveal. She contributed to “Anderson Live,” Anderson Cooper's Daytime Talk Show where she helped obese teenagers and families lose weight to gain their lives back. Dr. Ro has contributed to national news outlets such as NBC's Today Show, The CBS Early Show, Good Morning America, CNN, HLN, and to National Public Radio, where she also had a weekly segment. She served as lead nutrition coach, to TV-One's Makeover Manor where she also hosted Livin' Healthy with Dr. Ro and was the Medical Correspondent to BET News and host of Heart and Soul, the network's first ever national health magazine show for women of Color. As the go-to nutrition coach to real people and celebrities nationwide, Dr. Ro has been featured in O Magazine, Quick & Simple, Self, Ebony, Essence, Family Circle, The Dallas Morning News, Memphis Commercial Appeal and numerous national publications. Her recent book, Lose Your Final 15, has been the cover story in Woman's World Magazine and her first book Dr. Ro's Ten Secrets To Livin' Healthy was recommended by USA Today and New York Daily News as a “must-have” to slim down. Lear more: everythingro.com

How do you make good decisions under pressure? Beth is the CEO of the Critical Junctures Group and former Director of Corporate Innovation and Senior Vice President of Hearst Interactive Media. Previously, Beth served as President of Anthony Robbins' Dreamlife. She was the Founding COO of iVillage, Inc., and CFO of Goldman Sachs Ventures. She serves as a trustee of the Reynolds Institute of the University of Missouri Journalism School, the nation’s oldest journalism school, and the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication of the University of Georgia, which sponsors and administers the Peabody Awards. Beth earned her BA from Franklin & Marshall College and her MBA at Harvard Business School.

On Episode 1685 we talk with Dr. Jonny Bowden about his long-time advocacy of low-carb diets and the challenges we still face. “I grew up believing that you must defend the right to free speech no matter if you agree with it or not.” Dr. Jonny Bowden Jonny Bowden, PhD, C.N.S. is a nationally known expert on weight loss and nutrition. He has a Master’s Degree in psychology and counseling and a PhD in nutrition, is board certified by the American College of Nutrition and has earned six national certifications in personal training. He is the author of a number of best-sellers. A popular speaker, his inspiring advice on weight, health and nutrition has been read by millions on iVillage.com and on America Online, and he has contributed material to over 50 national magazines and newspapers including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes Online, Vanity Fair Online, Time Magazine, Men’s Health, Oxygen, Seventeen, Self, Fitness, Family Circle, Marie Claire, Allure, Men’s Health, Ladies Home Journal, Prevention, In Style, and Shape. He is the owner of Rockwell Nutrition, is a frequent guest on The LLVLC Show. Listen in today to hear Jimmy and Jonny talk about his long-time advocacy of low-carb living, why the fight against poor cholesterol advice is still going on, why the medical establishment continues to give bad advice in regards to dietary fat, the medical establishment’s love affair with statins, free speech and why a free and open exchange of ideas is vitally important, and so much more. You don’t want to miss a second of this vitally important episode! Support this show by becoming a Patron at Patreon!

Tami M. Forman is the chief executive of Path Forward, a nonprofit organization that creates mid-career internship programs to ease the transition back to work for women (and men) after taking a break for raising children or other caregiving responsibilities. Before founding Path Forward, Tami spent a decade as a tech marketing executive with data solutions provider, Return Path. Before that she worked in book publishing at Simon & Schuster and Houghton Mifflin and held senior-level editorial positions at iVillage and News Corporation. She is a frequent speaker on issues related to women’s participation in the workforce, having presented at the Grace Hopper Celebration, DisruptHR, Tech Inclusion, and the Conference Board’s Women’s Leadership Conference. She writes a career column for https://www.forbes.com/sites/tamiforman/#54fa03c85c2e (Forbes), is a https://fairygodboss.com/users/profile/Tami%2520M.%2520Forman (Fairygodboss VIP), and was named by Flexjobs as https://www.flexjobs.com/blog/post/top-career-experts-for-working-moms-follow-on-twitter/ (one of the top 20 career experts for working moms). She lives in New York City with her husband and two kids, aged 10 and 12.  On This Episode: Tami explains why she left media to move into the tech software company. Find out what social constructs hold women back. Discover why Tami is so inspired by Melinda Gates. Learn how leaders can be a catalyst for success by allowing their team to tap into their talents. Key Takeaways: Women’s lack of empowerment holds back entire countries. Leadership is within all of us. You must place a lot of emphasis on sustainability in addition to revenue. Tweetable Quotes: “To be a successful leader you have to be willing to admit when you don’t know.” “The radical transparency with which we live is not going away – it’s accelerating.” Tami Forman: pathforward.org Denis Gianoutsos: denis@leadingchangepartners.com https://my.captivate.fm/www.LeadingChangePartners.com%C2%A0 (www.LeadingChangePartners.com )

KL078 Beth Polish President at The Critical Junctures Group Navigating Critical Junctures as Leaders Episode Summary I enjoyed my interview with Beth Polish on Keep Leading LIVE™! She was a pioneer in the New York tech community, founded a business with Tony Robbins, is one of Marshall Goldsmiths 100 Coaches, and holds an MBA from Harvard. Lots to learn from Beth! Bio Beth Polish was a pioneer in the New York tech community – founding COO/CFO of iVillage, president of Dreamlife (which she co-founded with Tony Robbins, backed by Allen & Co., and built to a publicly-traded company), managing director at KPMG and CFO of Goldman Sachs Ventures. She has significant deal experience as an investment banker and as a partner with a venture firm, and she has raised $300+MM from leading institutional and strategic investors. At Hearst Corp., reporting to the CEO, Beth created and for five years led Hearst Corporate Innovation, fostering a company-wide culture of innovation and knowledge-sharing and establishing a pipeline of internally-generated ideas for new digital businesses. As the founder of The Critical Junctures Group, Beth works closely with senior decision-makers to help them find the insights and strategies they need to navigate through critical junctures. Her goal is to consistently provide vision, create value, and produce results. Beth is certified in Stakeholder Centered Coaching and was selected out of over 16,000 global applicants to participate in Dr. Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches Program (#MG100). She is on the board of UGA’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication Beth has an AB in anthropology from Franklin and Marshall College and an MBA from Harvard. Website http://bethpolish.com/   LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethpolish   Twitter https://twitter.com/bethpolish   Subscribe, share, and review on Apple Podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/keep-leading/id1461490512 Full Episode Transcripts and Detailed Guest Information www.KeepLeadingPodcast.com   Keep Leading LIVE (Live Recordings of the Keep Leading!® Podcast) www.KeepLeadingLive.com The Keep Leading!® podcast is for people passionate about leadership. It is dedicated to leadership development and insights. Join your host Eddie Turner, The Leadership Excelerator® as he speaks with accomplished leaders and people of influence across the globe as they share their journey to leadership excellence. Listen as they share leadership strategies, techniques and insights. For more information visit https://eddieturnerllc.com or follow Eddie Turner on Twitter and Instagram at @eddieturnerjr. Like Eddie Turner LLC on Facebook. Connect with Eddie Turner on LinkedIn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learn how to overcome your mind’s barriers as a parent and entrepreneur with Rachel Marie Martin. Feel yourself of the faults that stick to you and have faith in your future as Rachel shares with host Mike Domitrz. Rachel will share how to chart your “Cycle of Stuck” to free you going forward.   * You are invited to join our community and conversations about each episode on FaceBook at https://www.facebook.com/MutuallyAmazingPodcast and join us on Twitter @CenterRespect or visit our website at http://www.MutuallyAmazingPodcast.com**     Rachel’s BIO: Rachel believes in the power of the human spirit to overcome, to thrive and to find deep joy and because of that she pours out her heart via these platforms: she is the writer behind the site FindingJoy.net and author of The Brave Art of Motherhood. Her articles have been translated into over 25 languages, her site reaches millions of visitors per month and she has a robust, engaged Facebook community.   Her content has been featured in The Huffington Post, iVillage, The Today Show, Star Tribune, iVillage, Stuff New Zealand, PopSugar, Motherly, Parents, What to Expect, NBC Parents, IJR, Dr. Greene, and many more. She speaks worldwide encouraging moms and entrepreneurs to live each day with purpose and drive. Beyond that, she’s a single mom to seven, and calls Nashville, Tennessee, her home.      Links to Rachel: http://findingjoy.net http://facebook.com/findingjoyblog     Books Rachel Recommends: Brave Art of Motherhood - Rachel Marie Martin   YOUR HOST:  Mike Domitrz is the founder of The Center for Respect where he helps educational institutions, the US Military and businesses of all sizes create a culture of respect throughout their organizations. From addressing consent to helping corporations build a workplace free from fear (reducing sexual harassment and helping employees thrive by treating them with respect every day), Domitrz engages audiences by sharing skill sets they can implement into their lives immediately. As an author, trainer, keynote speaker and coach, Mike Domitrz loves working with leaders at all levels. Learn more at http://www.CenterForRespect.com

Amy Elisa Jackson is an established expert in entertainment and lifestyle journalism, content management and social media strategy. She is currently the Editorial Director at Glassdoor.com, one of the fastest growing job sites. The Stanford University alum and proud 'LA girl' has spent nearly 15 years as an award-winning journalist on both digital and print platforms. She served as the Lifestyle Editor for Ebony Magazine, executing cover stories and exclusive interviews with Magic Johnson, Mariah Carey and Mike Tyson. More recently, Amy Elisa has brought her talents to Silicon Valley creating content for Levo League and Facebook. Amy Elisa kicked off her career at PEOPLE Magazine where she earned a coveted LA Press Club Award. She continues to work with top brands, both in print and digital media, such as Facebook, MSN, BET, Lexus, Essence Magazine, Latina Magazine, AOL Makers, Business Insider, Fast Company and iVillage. An on-air entertainment expert, Amy has appeared on Good Morning America, E! News, Access Hollywood, and Inside Edition. Whether she is conducting a milestone interview or launching a new digital property, she handles it all with poise, passion and a unique blend of sassy sophistication. I will admit that I was already a fan of Amy Elisa before our interview, as you will be able to tell by how fast I’m talking, ha, but after our conversation, I officially became the president of the Amy Elisa Jackson fan club. Some of the things we discuss in our conversation are: - Choosing a career path that is outside of the family career path. - Black #girlbosses who inspire her. - Dealing with the different seasons of your career. - Leaving the dream job to struggle - Having the life of you dreams and losing that shortly thereafter. - Adjusting to what is v. what you thought would be. - Why she hasn’t chosen entrepreneurship. - Being vocal about Diversity and Inclusion at work. I think you are really going to enjoy this conversation, so as always grab your favorite beverage, your notebook and pen, and get ready to catch these gems. If you enjoyed this podcast, please share it with at least one woman in your network who you think would also enjoy it.

Episode 122: Rachel Marie Martin, mother of seven children, shares her story of severe financial hardship to regaining control of money and her life. Guest Biography Rachel believes in the power of the human spirit to overcome, to thrive and to find deep joy and because of that she pours out her heart via these platforms: she is the writer behind the site FindingJoy.net and author of The Brave Art of Motherhood. Her articles have been translated into over 25 languages, her site reaches millions of visitors per month and she has a robust, engaged Facebook community. Her content has been featured in The Huffington Post, iVillage, The Today Show, Star Tribune, iVillage, Stuff New Zealand, PopSugar, Motherly, Parents, What to Expect, NBC Parents, IJR, Dr. Greene, Power of Positivity, CafeMom, and many more. She speaks worldwide encouraging moms and entrepreneurs to live each day with purpose and drive. Beyond that, she’s a single mom to seven, and calls Nashville, Tennessee, her home. In this episode, you'll learn: How to change your relationship with money Why you can’t bury your Head in the sand and the power of facing your fears The importance of recognizing small benchmarks and milestones Show notes: http://www.inspiredmoney.fm/122 Find more from our guest: www.findingjoy.net facebook instagram Twitter Mentioned in this episode: bloggingconcentrated.com Finding Joy Blog on facebook Finding Joy Live Your Brave facebook group Runnymede Money Tip of the Week If you had $20, $40, or $60 to give away or pay it forward this holiday season, what would you do?‬ Thanks for Listening! To share your thoughts: Leave a note in the comment section below. Share this show on Twitter or Facebook. Join us at the Inspired Money Makers groups at facebook and LinkedIn To help out the show: Leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts. Your ratings and reviews really help, and I read each one. Email me your address, and I'll mail you an autographed copy of Kimo West and Ken Emerson's CD, Slackers in Paradise. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts. Special thanks to Jim Kimo West for the music.

Have you had a hangry moment? You know, like when you skipped breakfast and snapped at your partner over something small? We've all been there, and since we're heading into the holiday season—full of potential for food and drama—I thought I would dedicate an episode of The Soul Frequency Podcast to addressing the turkey and dressing and staying true to your highest alignment. DOWNLOAD THE RAISE YOUR FREQUENCY MEDITATION NOW! My guest on this episode is Dr. Brooke Kalanick.  She was the Director of Health and Wellness for a chain of fitness centers in Seattle. While she was there, she created and implemented a wellness and weight loss program. After that, she moved to New York City and co-authored her first book. She's been a guest on Martha Stewart Radio, featured in The New York Times, and is a consultant expert for a number of print and online publications, including iVillage, Women's Health magazine, Fitness magazine, Oxygen, Allure, and Health magazine. In 2014, Dr. Brooke met her professional soulmate, bestselling author and creator of Everyday Paleo. Together, they have online coaching programs and a weekly podcast, and they wrote the book Hangry: 5 Simple Steps to Balance Your Hormones and Restore Your Joy. Honor yourself this holiday season! Click that play button to learn more about keeping your physical and spiritual waistline trimmed and healthy. In This Podcast Episode... How hangry hormones can play into holiday drama From stress eating to stress free—Dr. Brooke's battle with PCOS Happiness: going beyond punishment-driven diets, supplements, and exercises The 5 pillars that determine the success of your exercise and nutrition . Resources for you: Book an appointment with me to manifest what you want in your life next year—Intentions & Activations 2020 at TheSoulFrequency.com/2020 Follow Dr. Brooke on Facebook and Instagram for daily insights Listen to Dr. Brooke and Sarah on The Sarah and Dr. Brooke Show. Order my book The Soul Frequency at TheSoulFrequency.com/Book, and get your book bonuses at TheSoulFrequencyBook.com. Join The Soul Frequency VIP Tribe on Facebook. LISTEN TO MORE SOUL FREQUENCY SHOWS! Send me your questions and show topic requests to info@thesoulfrequency.com.  Follow me on Facebook and on Instagram. WANT TO SHARE THE SHOW? –  share this show through iTunes and many other podcast directories. WANT TO LEAVE US A REVIEW? – leave us a review in iTunes!  I would love to hear from you!! As always, my hope for you is that you love big and live abundantly! xo

Rachel believes in the power of the human spirit to overcome, to thrive and to find deep joy and because of that she pours out her heart via these platforms: she is the writer behind the site FindingJoy.net and author of The Brave Art of Motherhood. Her articles have been translated into over 25 languages, her site reaches millions of visitors per month and she has a robust, engaged Facebook community. Her content has been featured in The Huffington Post, iVillage, The Today Show, Star Tribune, iVillage, Stuff New Zealand, PopSugar, Motherly, Parents, What to Expect, NBC Parents, IJR, Dr. Greene, and many more. She speaks worldwide encouraging moms and entrepreneurs to live each day with purpose and drive. Beyond that, she’s a single mom to seven, and calls Nashville, Tennessee, her home.  

Tami M. Forman is the Executive Director of Path Forward, a non-profit organization that creates mid-career returnship programs to ease the transition back to work for people who have taken a career break for caregiving. Path Forward trains HR teams and hiring managers on how to support these programs successfully and provide support to participants to make the experience successful. Tami is building this organization from the ground up, working with donors, partners, and participants to fulfill the organization’s mission. Tami spent a decade as a marketing executive with Return Path. Tami has previously held editorial positions at Simon and Schuster, Houghton Mifflin, iVillage, and News Corporation.   Key Takeaways: [1:38] Marc welcomes you to Episode 128 of the Repurpose Your Career podcast. Career Pivot this podcast to you; CareerPivot.com is one of the very few websites dedicated to those of us in the second half of life and our careers. Take a moment to check out the blog and the other resources delivered to you, free of charge. [2:08] If you are enjoying this podcast, please share it with other like-minded souls. Subscribe on CareerPivot.com, iTunes, or any of the other apps that supply podcasts. Share it on social media or just tell your neighbors, and colleagues. The more people Marc reaches, the more people he can help. [2:27] Next week, Marc will read a new chapter from the third edition of Repurpose Your Career.) Marc has released two chapters to the Repurpose Your Career review team. If you’d like to be part of that team, please go to CareerPivot.com/RYCTeam and you’ll receive new chapters as they become available. [2:51] Marc currently plans to release the book in mid-to-late September with both a virtual and a real book tour. He will be in Austin, NYC Metro Area, and D.C. during the months of September and October. Marc would love to meet his readers and listeners. [3:10] Reach out to Marc at Podcasts@CareerPivot.com if you’d be willing to give him some advice on setting up this tour. This includes venues if you’re from those areas. Marc would very much appreciate it. [3:27] This week, Marc is interviewing Tami Forman, the executive director of Path Forward. Marc introduces Tami with her bio. [4:27] Marc welcomes Tami to the Repurpose Your Career podcast. [4:44] Marc learned about returnships from Dan Corbin who was at Return Path at the same time as Tami. Marc invites Tami to talk about the origin and mission of Path Forward. [5:10] Path Forward is a nonprofit organization on a mission to help people who have taken time out of their career for caregiving to restart those careers. Most of the clients are women, but the programs are open to men and women who have taken chunks of time away from the paid workforce to care for children or elderly parents. [5:43] This concept started within Return Path, a privately-held software company based in New York City, with offices in Colorado, Austin, Texas, Indianapolis, and globally. The head of HR was working to help women in technology and doing unconscious bias training. She ran into resistance hiring women who had taken a career break. [6:43] The VP of HR realized that if she couldn’t influence the behavior of managers in her own company, there was a systemic problem. She worked with some people to put together a returnship, meaning a temporary assignment aimed at someone in mid-career. [7:09] The program was phenomenally successfully for the six people in the program and for the managers. Other companies noticed and reached out to VP of HR Cathy Hawley and CEO Matt Blumberg to learn how to run the program in their offices. [7:38] Matt decided to found a nonprofit and try to make a bigger impact by bringing it to many more companies. [7:48] Marc sees men and women taking time off to take care of elderly adult parents. Tami sees a lot of women with the “double whammy,” who took a few years off to take care of their children and then their mother or father got sick and needed care. Many women have filled both roles. She has also seen stay-at-home dads. [8:42] Childcare takes longer than elderly parent care, usually, so mothers raising children are out of the workforce longer. The longer the time out of the workforce, the longer it takes to get back into it. People taking a few years off for elder care have less difficulty getting a job. The age range of participants in the program is large. [9:57] Marc has a man in his online community who got laid off, took care of a parent, and now is being asked what he did for 18 months. “Taking care of Mom” is not very well received at the tech startups he is trying to penetrate. [10:17] How is a returnship different from an apprenticeship? The DOL has a specific definition to meet guidelines for a registered apprenticeship, but employers may use it less formally. Tami advises to anyone looking into any “ship” program is to get a strict understanding of what the program offers. [11:16] Tami considers a returnship to differ from an apprenticeship mainly in the amount of training supplied. Tami notes the Microsoft LEAP program which has a training component alongside a work project component as a “classic” apprenticeship. A returnship is about just the work. [12:03] People coming into a returnship have either directly applicable or transferrable experience they can put to work within the context of the returnship. They may need mentoring and would receive new-employee training. They have the basic skills. [12:45] Some of the companies Path Forward works with do have a training component as part of their returnship because they want to expand the types of people they are able to bring into the program. [13:01] Tami says during the interview process is the time to make sure you understand exactly what training and development the program offers and what the expectations are of you. [13:20] Marc notes that tech sector jobs would provide some training because of rapid change in the industry. Tami says that tech companies are having trouble finding people to maintain legacy tech stacks. Younger people don’t know how to do it or don’t want to. [13:50] Tami has worked with companies that have proprietary software where every engineer would have to be trained to work with it. [14:17] Understanding what the expectations are is very important. Tami is aware of organizations and programs, such as a boot camp or an online course, available to teach specific skills to people returning to the workplace. The training alone would not be enough to get you a job, so the returnship work piece makes the difference. [14:52] Kids don’t want to learn COBOL or Fortran. [15:07] Besides tech skills, returnships can work for any company hiring for any professional job. Path Forward has had the most success in partnering with tech companies in Northern California, New York, Denver, and LA. Technology has an acknowledged gender-balance problem alongside a talent problem. [16:08] The gender-balance issue, combined with the overall scarcity of talent, are the factors that lead to the success of returnship programs at tech firms. People out of the workforce are an untapped pool. Other industries may have gender-balance problems but no shortage of talent. They don’t feel the same pressure to bring in more people. [17:36] Tami’s advice to people looking for opportunities, in general, is to go where “the people aren’t.” Go where the jobs are plentiful and the people seem to be less so. [17:46] The ideal candidate for a returnship will have a background that matches what the job is. Someone who’s making a big career change will not typically be as successful. If you are making a career change, first get a lot of advice from people in the new career. Take a course. Take a consulting position. Accept a lower position. [19:36] If you worked in marketing, do a returnship in marketing. If you worked in engineering, do a returnship in engineering. That’s where the 16-week boost, getting you back in the seat, with a manager who can see what you can do, is really successful. [19:55] Tami sees that people who have a certain degree of resentment about the sacrifice that they’ve made and have ego issues about salary or position have a more difficult time than people who are open and have humility about them. It is better to be excited to be back and accept the opportunity after spending the time with family. [21:04] Marc recalls last week’s episode with Andrew Scott on the 100-Year Life and their conversation about mindset in CareerPivot.com/Episode-127. If you don’t have the proper mindset you will not be successful. [21:43] Tami shares a case study of Marina, in her mid-40s who made a career pivot from selling CDs by direct marketing at BMG Music. That world has gone away. However, her marketing skills were very transferable to different markets and channels. [22:58] Marina got a returnship in marketing at Return Path and ultimately landed on marketing analytics, where she still works, three years later. She also took the Hubspot digital marketing course to do her own reskilling. There are a lot of vendors in various industries who make free training available to increase their potential talent pool. [24:22] Tami shares Lisa’s story who was an engineer at IBM and had last coded using COBOL and Fortran. She had an EE degree, not a CS degree, because that wasn’t expected when she was studying. She had taken some software courses. Then she was out of the workforce for 20 years. [25:14] Lisa wanted to get her Master’s degree, but her college-age son told her that wasn’t how it’s done anymore. He recommended she take a couple of classes and go work for someone who would let her learn on the job. She got a returnship at Return Path as an engineer. She is still there and was promoted to a team lead position. [25:52] Besides her technical skills, they recognized her leadership and organizational skills she used as a stay-at-home mom for 20 years. She could inspire a team and get things done. [26:45] Marc spoke a couple of years ago at an Austin Community College coding boot camp. He explained that a lot of the plumbing has changed, but none of the concepts has. You can learn how to replumb things and use new tools. Sometimes you have to spend your own time and your own dollars to get trained. Look online. [27:30] Always be learning. You can work for 20 years in one job and get laid off when your job is not relevant. Constantly be in a mode of learning and staying relevant. [28:47] After the dotcom bust companies slowly stopped spending money on training their employees. It’s up to the individual to find their own training and stay up to date. [29:03] Managers making hiring decisions are very risk-averse. The returnship concept gives them permission to take a chance and not get in trouble. Companies working with Path Forward know the executives have sanctioned the program. [29:44] For listeners in cities without Path Forward returnships, think about ways you can do work for someone so they can see what you can do, in a way that lowers the risk for them. That might be freelancing, pro bono work, or volunteering. Build a website for a community group that’s doing something interesting. Showcase your real skills. [30:36] Networking is crucial. One way to network is to do work with someone. Another is to take classes with others. Get out from behind the computer and into the world. Find ways to work with people. That’s Tami’s last advice to listeners. [32:02] To learn more, sign up for the newsletter at PathForward.org/participant for news about every partner they sign. There is a page of other returnships at companies not working with Path Forward at pathforward.org/return-work-programs-around-us. There is also a Facebook page at Facebook.com/PathFWD and Twitter at @PathFWD. [33:21] Marc thanks Tami and hopes you enjoyed this episode. You might call this a movement of creating programs that help people reenter the workforce after a career break. Marc invites you to go back and listen to Episode 80 with Carol Fishman Cohen, the CEO of iRelaunch found at CareerPivot.com/episode-80. [33:59] Marc is working on setting up an interview with one or both of the people Tami mentioned in the interview. You will find links mentioned in this episode at CareerPivot.com/episode-128. [34:17] The Career Pivot Community website has become a valuable resource for 50 members who are participating in the Beta phase of this project. Marc is recruiting new members for the next cohort. [34:29] If you are interested in the endeavor and would like to be put on the waiting list, please go to CareerPivot.com/Community. When you sign up you’ll receive information about the community as it evolves. Marc will be spreading out new cohorts as the community starts some new projects. [34:51] Those who are in these initial cohorts set the direction of this endeavor. This is a paid membership community with group coaching and special content. More importantly, it’s a community where you can seek help. Go to CareerPivot.com/Community to learn more. They are now starting a writers’ group. [35:35] Marc invites you to connect with him on LinkedIn.com/in/mrmiller. Just include in the connection request that you heard Marc on this podcast. You can look for Career Pivot on Facebook, LinkedIn, or @CareerPivot on Twitter. [35:59] Please come back next week, when Marc will read a new chapter from the third edition of Repurpose Your Career. [36:09] Marc thanks you for listening to the Repurpose Your Career podcast. [38:51] You will find the show notes for this episode at CareerPivot.com/episode-128. [36:21] Please hop over to CareerPivot.com and subscribe to get updates on this podcast and all the other happenings at Career Pivot. You can also subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, the Google Podcasts app, Podbean, the Overcast app, or the Spotify app.

Rachel Marie Martin went from poverty to being named to the Inc Magazine's Top 40 Entrepreneurs and on the Today show. All while raising seven kids on her own and creating a blog, Finding Joy, that reaches over a million each month. Her International bestselling book, The Brave Art of Motherhood is really a treatise on what it takes to succeed in any world, not just motherhood. We talk about how to fill the bottom of the rut you are in to enable movement out of the rut, how to choose which plates to pick up, if any, when all those plates you are juggling fall to the ground, how to fuel your heart and what songs she listens to to keep her mind from going back into the ruts she filled in. Take a listen as Rachel Martin shares tips on how you can achieve your wildest goals, have a life, and make a difference. Rachel Marie Martin believes in the power of the human spirit to overcome, to thrive and to find deep joy and because of that she pours out her heart via these platforms: she is the writer behind the site FindingJoy.net and author of The Brave Art of Motherhood. Her articles have been translated into over 25 languages, her site reaches millions of visitors per month and she has a robust, engaged Facebook community. Her content has been featured in The Huffington Post, iVillage, The Today Show, Star Tribune, iVillage, Stuff New Zealand, PopSugar, Motherly, Parents, What to Expect, NBC Parents, IJR, Dr. Greene, and many more. She speaks worldwide encouraging moms and entrepreneurs to live each day with purpose and drive. Beyond that, she’s a single mom to seven, and calls Nashville, Tennessee, her home. 

Tracy Porter's signature globally-inspired, emotionally engaging designs capture a spirited blend of modern + soulful. From home décor to fashion, Tracy has stirred an emotional surrender in her enthusiasts...bringing them enchanting attainable fantasy. Her exuberant color + pattern combinations always offer an element of surprise as they are layered with whimsical flirty touches, vintage + folkloric elements, all kissed with a bit of bohemian elegance. Tracy's enthusiastic message, paired with her easy going style, has garnered her a following that spans women of all ages who crave a stylish voice, encouraging them to be true to themselves and follow their passions. Her enthusiasts are engaged, passionate and loyal. As a style expert, Tracy has appeared on numerous television shows, including Oprah, HGTV, and E!Style television. Tracy has also been featured in multiple magazines including O, House Beautiful, ELLE, Traditional Home, Better Homes and Gardens, Family Circle and many others. Tracy has written and published nine lifestyle books. She has been a contributing editor to multiple blogs including to iVillage, Women Magazine and others. As a successful designer, Tracy has been honored to receive many industry awards including Better Homes and Gardens Better by design award, AMFAR Gift for Life Award, and from Internet Retailer Magazine, a coveted "Hot 100". The words poetic wanderlust evoke an emotional mosaic of wonderment, curiosity, authenticity, beauty and not just a hint of the Bohemian in all of us. At the heart of the Poetic Wanderlust® brand are beautiful, fresh, original designs, all of which are created by Poetic Wanderlust’s co-founder and creative director, Tracy Porter: renowned artist, designer and author - whose style and creativity help drive the brand and deliver its signature voice. About BizTank Career Exploration Program BizTank provides local Junior and Senior high school students an opportunity to gain exposure to the world of business through a stimulating and interactive program. Consisting of three unique eight-week seasons (Spring, Summer, Fall), meeting once a week on Wednesday nights. Sessions are spent covering a range of topics, such as startups, marketing and on-trend business subjects. In addition, students record, edit and create their own episodes for the Kids in the Tank Podcast. For more information visit us online at https://biztanknonprofit.org/

The more real we are with each other, the more freedom we have.  – Rachel Martin On this episode of the Plan Simple Meals Podcast, I’m really excited to talk with Rachel Martin, author of The Brave Art of Motherhood, creator of Finding Joy, and mom to seven kids. This is a must listen, so make sure to hit play above, or where ever you listen to podcasts! With 23 years of motherhood under her belt, she is still in still in the thick of it with her youngest being 7. We started out talking about her book. Why brave? Rachel said she loves the word and, without realizing it, had been writing on her website about being a brave mother. The art part relates to sip and paint classes where everyone is aiming for the same image. In the end, everybody’s painting looks different but, nobody’s is perfect. Motherhood is like that. “We’re all trying our best being brave and we’re all living this motherhood story.” Rachel points out that when we focus on the internal dialogue of, “Why am I not doing it as well as they are?,” we miss the real beauty of what we do. At the same time we are looking at others, we want to hide. When we do let people know what is really going on behind the scenes out of shame, we deny ourselves friendship, responsibility, and doing different things. So, part of my quest as a writer and as a friend to moms is to be like the realer we are with each other, the more freedom we have. We talk about: The difference between pulling it together to do what you need to do and hiding your real experience from everyone including your friends. It helps all of us when we can say, “I’m struggling.” What happens when we finally show what’s really going on (Rachel’s experience was an offer of help, instead of the shaming she feared) How our experience and attitudes affect our kids, including their relationship to money That it’s good to interact and play with our kids but, it’s not a necessity all day long. How easy it is to lose yourself without even realizing it and the benefits of letting your kids see you cultivating yourself That it’s okay to not know what you want to do and just try things (they way we encourage our kids to do) Setting dates for accountability, having an accountability person, and celebrating microgoals Recognize the power and bravery that take to stand up and do it again and again. About Rachel Rachel believes in the power of the human spirit to overcome, to thrive and to find deep joy and because of that she pours out her heart via these platforms: she is the writer behind the site FindingJoy.net and author of The Brave Art of Motherhood. Her articles have been translated into over 25 languages, her site reaches millions of visitors per month and she has a robust, engaged Facebook community. Her content has been featured in The Huffington Post, iVillage, The Today Show, Star Tribune, PopSugar, Motherly, Parents, What to Expect, NBC Parents, Dr. Greene, and many more. She speaks worldwide encouraging moms and entrepreneurs to live each day with purpose and drive. Beyond that, she’s a single mom to seven, and calls Nashville, Tennessee, her home. LINKS The Brave Art of Motherhood Rachel’s website https://findingjoy.net/ Rachel’s Facebook page Finding Joy Blog KonMari Method with Lilia Flores Doable Changes from this episode: CELEBRATE MICROGOALS. Set goals with dates and get an accountability partner to help you stay the course. But instead of just focusing on the big goal, take time to celebrate microgoals … little things that you do each day or steps toward your larger goal. Too often we focus on where we have not gotten, instead of all the amazing little things we have done. BE IN THE MOMENT. We are so often focused on something other than now — the next thing we need to do or trying to get ahead or getting out of an uncomfortable moment. Practice being in the moment. Sit with the uncomfortable feeling. Just enjoy something without taking a picture. Set a timer and just be where you are. DO ONE THING THAT MAKES YOU HAPPY. Rachel shared an Eleanor Roosevelt quote we both love, “Do something every day that scares you.” Her son pointed out to her that one of her own sayings was to do something every day that makes you happy. Grab your journal and set a timer. Just make a list of things that make you happy. Choose one thing you can you do today that makes you happy—and do it.    

Welcome to the What's Next! podcast with Tiffani Bova. This week I have the personal honor and pleasure of connecting with the accomplished, Beth Comstock. Beth is a self-described change-maker who has been the President of Integrated Media at NBC Universal,  overseeing Ad-sales, Marketing, and Research. She led the company’s digital efforts, including Peacock Equity acquiring iVillage.com and oversaw the founding of Hulu. She was then tapped by GE to accelerate its evolution from an old-school conglomerate to a global technology-driven company. Cultivating a start-up mentality across the organization for over two decades, she was a catalyst for growth and novel thinking within GE, ultimately operating their Business Innovation unit. She was also the first female Vice Chair and first Chief Marketing Officer at GE in more than 20 years. She is a member of Nike’s board of directors and a Forbe’s World’s 100 Most Powerful Women. Most recently she has become a published author with her brand new book Imagine It Forward. I am thrilled to have Beth Comstock on the What’s Next! Podcast today! THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… anyone who wants to learn from one of the most successful ‘introverted change-makers’ about how to inspire teams, get uncomfortable, change jobs and companies gracefully, and transform a 125 year-old brand. TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… Beth shares nuggets of gold gleaned from her 20-year career at GE and NBC Universal. Beth provides inspiration and guidance in an age of staggering technological advancement, the ever-stronger pull of the “next big thing,” and the gravity of the unknown. It is becoming exceedingly important to be self-aware and cognizant of the things that make our businesses human and creative. We work with and for humans, our customers and audiences are human, and likewise, it is important that our leadership be just as rooted in our humanity. It is our honest and dynamic experience as human beings that will allow us, and our businesses, to thrive in a world ruled more and more by algorithms and automation. WHAT  I  LOVE  MOST… Beth is always looking to write her next story and live it as a courageous human being. She has learned along the way that our jobs do not define us. Who we are, the networks we create, the people we meet along the way–that’s what is important. With each new opportunity comes the next story we will create! Running time: 34:41   Subscribe on iTunes   Find Tiffani on social: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn   Find Beth on social: Twitter LinkedIn   Beth’s Book: Imagine It Forward

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Beth Comstock, the former vice chair of GE and former president of integrated media at NBCUniversal, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about her new book, "Imagine It Forward: Courage, Creativity, and the Power of Change." In this episode: (01:34) Comstock's background and taking over digital at NBC; (05:56) iVillage and making digital content in-house; (09:59) Why NBC and Fox needed to make Hulu; (12:19) The difficulties of starting it; (16:14) Bringing in ABC and the "existential threat" of tech; (18:18) Mistakes made; (21:56) Why she wrote her book; (23:32) "I was more able to be more creative at GE than NBC"; (31:26) How to get a big company to be innovative; (34:14) What does "Imagine It Forward" mean?; (36:03) Imagination vs. agitation; (41:25) Tips for being more imaginative; (43:42) How do you decide what to invest in?; (48:21) Three things that have to change in business; (49:52) Women at work Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kelly Wallace is an Editor-at-Large and Digital Correspondent at CNN where she spearheaded CNN’s multiplatform women’s digital content initiatives and created “Women’s Watch” e-newsletter.  She’s also worked as a White House correspondent, Mideast correspondent and National Correspondent for CNN covering some of the biggest news stories of the day. During her career as a top-notch journalist, Kelly has also worked as an Executive Editor and Chief Correspondent at iVillage.com where she was the network’s first-ever spokesperson. The post 31: Lights, Camera, News w/ CNN’s Digital Correspondent Kelly Wallace appeared first on Time4Coffee.

Meet Tina Sharkey - serial innovator, entrepreneur and Silicon Valley legend What can you say about the woman who literally coined the term, ‘Social Media’ and has had numerous accolades including being named One of the Most Influential Women in Technology (Fast Company)? Tina Sharkey is a true web pioneer and serial entrepreneur. She’s been involved with the online world since the mid 1990’s and co-founded the iconic iVillage which in its day was the largest online destination for women. She created the online brands for Sesame Workshop, and has held key or CEO roles with AOL, and the massive parenting online community, BabyCenter. These days you will find Tina disrupting another sector with her much lauded and awarded startup, Brandless where she is Co-Founder and CEO. Honoured by Fast Company and Ad Age amongst others as one of the most innovative startups this past year, Brandless is changing the way you buy essential groceries and products for your home and much, much more. In this episode we chat to Tina about key lessons to date from her stellar career journey. You’ll learn: How she and her co-founder set about building Brandless and how they’re going about disrupting an entire industry How Tina has gone about thinking ‘what next’ in her career How she has juggled career and family and the tradeoffs she chose to make What she thinks really matters at the end of the day We spoke to Tina online from her office in San Francisco. Enjoy!   Links of Interest Brandless website Instagram: @Brandlesslife Twitter:  @Brandless Tina Sharkey on social Twitter LinkedIn See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Claire Evans is the author of the new book: Broad Band The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet. This is the best tech history book I’ve read in a while and you know I read them all. Of special note, considering our 90s-heavy focus on this podcast, the book includes the stories of Word.com, which was a competitor to Feed.com (which we’ve previously covered) and Women.com which was a competitor to Ivillage (which, again, we’ve spoke at length about). But you also get an amazing portair of tech in the 1970s, hypertext as a movement outside of the web, and stories about amazing women like Grace Hopper and Jake Feinler.Buy it today! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tina and Jenna discuss democratizing access to safe and healthy products at Brandless because everyone deserves better. We dive into Tina's experiences pioneering social media and community at iVillage, AOL, and Baby Center. Tina also shares the daily questions she asks herself and her team to ensure they're executing with purpose and intention to make a difference in the world. 

This week, Sam welcomes Jackie Kellso, President of PointMaker Communications, Inc., the “Retrain Your Brain” expert. Applying neuroscience to her coaching and training, Jackie helps her clients challenge their old beliefs, outdated habits and antiquated ways of thinking and communicating. Jackie has had a successful twenty-three-year career in media sales and sales management working for such high-profile companies as The New Yorker, New York Magazine, A&E Network,Viacom, iVillage and Hearst Magazines. She then got certified as a trainer for Dale Carnegie Training which made her realize that helping people become who they are meant to be was her calling. Jackie was freelance trainer with Dale Carnegie Training for 13 years. During this period that she also became a certified Brain-Based Coach with The NeuroLeadership Institute. On today's episode of the Conscious Consultant Hour, Sam invites Jackie Kelso, former television sales executive and certified trainer for Dale Carnegie (How To Win Friends and Influence People) brain coaching at the Neuroleadership Institute. Following our quotes from the Universe and Abraham about time and space, Sam discusses with Jackie what led her from the television business into the world of self-motivation. Following a job at MTV that led to a great deal of personal stress, Jackie was presented with an ultimatum to either accept a firing or to train with Dale Carnegie. She would go on to utilize Carnegie's strategies with the founding of her consulting agency Pointmaker Communications. The transformation between a salesperson and a coach is profiled, with the difficulty of getting oneself out of the way being noted. Jackie delves into the fundamental goals and methods of brain-based coaching, by building up the prefrontal cortex to properly manage the lymbic system. How can we build our neural networks to respond more essentially to situations in the present which may confound us? The creation of mantras to detach the brain from an emotionally charged situation is given a spin as well. Different words mean different things at different stages of life, so how can we more effectively resonate with others? Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-conscious-consultant-hour8505/donations

My guest is NY Times bestselling author Dr. Judith Orloff. She and her work with Empaths and Highly Sensitive people has been been featured in: O Magazine, Newsweek, the Wall Street Journal, Self, Cosmo, The Washington Times, Scientific American, New York Post, Today Show, Dr. Oz, Good Morning America, CBS, CNN, PBS, and NPR, Beliefnet.com, iVillage, WebMD, AOL Health, and Psychology Today. Find her at: judithorloff.com

Butterflies of Wisdom is a podcast where we want to share your story. We want to share your knowledge if you have a small business if you are an author or a Doctor, or whatever you are. With a disability or not, we want to share your story to inspire others. To learn more about Butterflies of Wisdom visit http://butterfliesofwisdom.weebly.com/ Be sure to FOLLOW this program https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wins-women-of-wisdom/id1060801905. To find out more about Challenge Aspen go to https://challengeaspen.org. To see how Win walk and about Ekso go to http://www.bridgingbionics.org/ or email Amanda Boxtel at amanda@bridgingbionics.org.   On Butterflies of Wisdom today, Best-Selling Author, Win C welcomes Elayne Fluker. Elayne has always been a storyteller. And now, as host of the Support is Sexy podcast for women entrepreneurs and CEO of Chic Rebellion Media — which is a multimedia company that empowers women to control their narratives — she is committed to creating spaces for other women to share their stories.In 2012, Elayne founded Chic Rebellion TV, an online network that features videos and web series exploring the diverse perspectives of women of color around the world. In 2015, after empathizing with other women entrepreneurs who spoke about the sometimes lonely journey of entrepreneurship and seeing a desire in the market for a community where women entrepreneurs can connect, be open and work together to build profitable businesses and purposeful lives, Elayne launched her “Support is Sexy” movement with a mission of reminding women that “having it all doesn’t mean doing it all alone.” As host of the Support is Sexy podcast (which features brand new episodes five days a week, has more than 75,000 downloads and reaches listeners in 82 countries), Elayne has interviewed more than 150 inspiring women entrepreneurs around the world, who get real about their own journeys — where they started, when they struggled and how they still made it happen. The podcast has been featured in the Philadelphia Tribune as one that is diversifying the podcast landscape, and in Essence magazine as a must-listen, transformational podcast. As a women’s advocate, journalist and media expert, Elayne has appeared in front of millions as a featured guest on Today Show, Nightline, Extra, Inside Edition, CNN, VH1, FOX, BET, Sirius XM Radio and more. Her work has been featured in WWD, Associated Press, the New York Daily News, Essence, Vibe and People, and on sites such asHuffingtonPost.com, TodayShow.com, Brides.com, People.com, and AOL.com. As an executive producer, Elayne has created and produced more than a dozen original web series and produced more than 300 web videos. Throughout her 20-year media career, Elayne held top editorial positions at several esteemed outlets, including Digital Managing Director at Martha Stewart Living, Editorial Director of Entertainment and Beauty & Style at iVillage.com, a Managing Editor at Condé Nast Digital, Director of Digital forLatina.com, Entertainment Editor of Essence, Managing Editor of Suede and Managing Editor of Vibe and Vibe Vixen. She is also a public speaker who discusses media, diversity, women's empowerment and entrepreneurship at global events, such as the United Nations World Diversity Leadership Summit, the Women of Power Summit, Mediabistro's Women in Publishing, the Essence Music Festival and the Cinequest Film Festival, and at Columbia University, Howard University, New York University and Spelman College. With her extensive expertise, Elayne Fluker serves as an advisor, consultant, and media coach for corporate brands, media outlets, entrepreneurs and public personalities. She also works with members of her Create Something Sexy mastermind, supporting them with personal development, storytelling, visioning and branding as they reach their goals for themselves and their businesses. Outside of her career and business ventures, Elayne is deeply passionate about her longtime service as a mentor and advisor to young people. It is why she commits her time to such prestigious organizations as the award-winning Urban Assembly Gateway School of Technology in New York, where she is Chairwoman of the Board. Elayne Fluker is a native New Yorker who holds a B.A. in English from Hampton University in Virginia. She splits her time between New York and Atlanta. As she continues to expand her brands and the many ways she serves women, Elayne says simply: "Stay tuned!" To learn more about Elayne visithttp://elaynefluker.com/. To learn more about Win Kelly Charles visithttps://wincharles.wix.com/win-charles. To follow Win on Twitter go to @winkellycharles. To follow Win on Instagram go to winkcharles. To follow Win on Snapchat go to Wcharles422. "Books for Books," you buy Win's books so she can purchase books for school. "Getting through school is a 'win' for her fans and a 'win' for her."Please send feedback to Win by email her at winwwow@gmail.com, or go to http://survey.libsyn.com/winwisdom and http://survey.libsyn.com/thebutterfly. To be on the show please fill out the intake at http://bit.ly/bow2017. Butterflies of Wisdom sponsored by Kittr a new social media tool that is bringing about new ways of posting on Twitter. It's fun, full of free content you can use, helps you schedule at the best times, is easy to use, and it will help you get more followers. Visit Kittr at gokittr.com. This is a 20% off code forwww.gracedbygrit.com. The code will be XOBUTTERFLIES. If you would like to support Butterflies of Wisdom go to https://www.patreon.com/wcharles. If you want to check out what Win’s friend, Dannidoll, is doing (a.k.a. Dannielle) go to https://www.facebook.com/dannidolltheragdollclown/?notif_t=page_invite_accepted¬if_id=1492366163404241. To learn more about Danielle visit http://www.dancanshred.com. To learn about the magic of Siri go to https://www.udemy.com/writing-a-book-using-siri/?utm_campaign=email&utm_source=sendgrid.com&utm_medium=email. If you want to donate Butterflies of Wisdom, please send a PayPal donation to aspenrosearts@gmail.com oraspenwin@gmail.com. Please donate to Challenge Aspen or the Bridging Bionics Foundation. Please send a check in the mail so 100% goes to Bridging Bionics Foundation.    In the Memo section have people write: In honor of Win Charles. Please donate to the charity of your choice thank you in advance, Win.   Send to:   Challenge Aspen PO Box 6639 Snowmass Village, CO 81615 Or donate online at https://challengeaspen.org.   Bridging Bionics Foundation  PO Box 3767 Basalt, CO 81621   Thank you Win

Amy is a serial entrepreneur, CEO, author, and business strategist. She has been featured on CBS, KUSI, Fox, Ivillage, Huffington Post and more. She has worked with large organizations such as: Ford, Chuck E Cheese, and Vinturi Wine Aerator. Her bestselling book The Great Escape, The Successful Woman's Guide To Escaping the 9-5 was released in July 2016. Sponsors ZipRecruiter: Looking for quality candidates to help you grow your business? Find out today why ZipRecruiter has been used by over 1 million businesses (including EOFire)!

Society and circumstances are changing faster than any of us can fully comprehend. If you blink - you'll find yourself ten steps behind and technologically out of date. Let's face it - it is a different playing field today and if you don't have the right tools and the proper mindset - you're lost! Just look at these numbers... The average teen sends close to 3,000 texts a month. Think about it for a minute, and you'll get a sense of how their world is changing. Where is the room for quiet personal time, a moment of privacy? 55% of teens have given out personal info to someone they don’t know, including photos and physical descriptions. 56% of teens say they have been the target of some type of online harassment. 41% have experienced some form of digital dating abuse — including checking in multiple times a day, reading messages without permission, pressuring others to respond to messages or spreading rumors. And it gets worse as 15% percent of young people surveyed say they have sent nude photos or videos of themselves. 21% say they've received nude photos or videos from others. About half of those involved say they felt pressured to do so. How did we get here? Donna C. Moss, MA, LCSW-R is a skilled adolescent, young adult and family therapist who writes about the Internet, relationships, technology, divorce and other issues in mental health. Moss has produced and managed large online communities for Disney, iVillage and Weightwatchers.com. She is an avid hiker, yoga practitioner and swimmer and is married with two children. With 25-plus years of experience in: infertility, cancer, health, stress, divorce mediation, and high conflict divorce and families, Donna has a broad understanding of many life transitions. She provides supportive, practical, cognitive/behavioral and proven methods for living an authentic, calm and accepting life. For Further Insight: Donna's Website, http://www.donnacmoss.com Follow on Twitter The Blog: PsychCentral

On today’s episode, Amy Mewborn discusses how she jumpstarted her career and now designs strategies for others to do the same. Amy is a serial entrepreneur, CEO, author, and operations and strategy expert. She teaches women business owners how to use technology and systems to leverage their business growth and maximize profits through automation. In this episode, we discuss, -Amy’s health journey and how she escaped the 9-5 -Building an information highway through automation technology -What to do if your launch falls flat in the online space -Mindset challenges women need to address to kick start their business -And so much more!   Amy discusses the importance of taking action when branching out into new business opportunities. In Amy’s experience, she states, “You have to have the courage to take a risk, because if you don't, one day you will wake up and your entire life will go by and you've been going through the motions but never really got to where you want to be. Listen to your intuition, no one knows what is better for you than you do yourself and do as much research and be as well prepared as you possibly can.”   Amy describes the reciprocal relationship between passive income streams and personal independence as a result of automation.   She states, “The more time that you can free up from the things that you are doing, the more revenue streams you can potentially create, the more income you can have, the more clients you can see, and the more time you can have off and have fun…That’s when our creative energy starts to flow.“   Amy embraces taking risks because failure can offer an equally beneficial learning experience. From her experience, she states, “Had I given up after falling flat on my face the first time, I would have just thought I would never be able to make it… it's just about going back and looking at what worked and what didn't work and how you're going to adjust going forward.”   For women who are hesitant to pursue a new venture, Amy reassures us that, “As women, we always wonder if we are good enough—is what I have to offer really any different or more valuable or anything better than what is already out in the market place? We don't think about how we do business with people we know, we like, and we trust… We constantly have to break through that mindset that we are not enough because there is probably someone out there who is just like us and is waiting for us to share our gifts and secrets with the world.“   For more information about Amy:   Amy Mewborn is a serial entrepreneur, CEO, author, and operations and strategy expert. She teaches women business owners how to use technology and systems to leverage their business growth and maximize profits through automation.  She has spoken with Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce, Healthy Living Expo, Health and Wellness Expo, and Blastoff Business Breakthrough. She has been a featured teacher and continuing education provider with the American Council on Exercise. Amy has been featured on CBS, KUSI, Fox, Ivillage, San Diego Magazine, Ranch and Coast, and is a contributing editor to a number of publications.   She is a sought after speaker on business topics surrounding increasing profitability through technology, systems, and automation.   Her passion is helping women business owners achieve financial independence, and every speech or educational program that she produces is designed to teach women how to increase their business through systems and automation.   Check out all the goodies Amy has for you on her website and send her your questions, comments, and concerns via email Amy@amymewborn.com.   You can also get her book The Great Escape: The Successful Women's Guide to Escaping the 9-5 FREE this week only!(July 25, 2016 to July 30, 2016)   You can find Amy on twitter, facebook, and instagram!   Thanks for listening and subscribing to the podcast! Make sure to connect with me on twitter to stay updated on all of the latest! Show your support for the show by leaving a rating and review on iTunes!   Have a great week and as always stay Healthy Wealthy and Smart!   Xo Karen   P.S. Do you want to be a stand out podcast guest? Make sure to grab the tools from the FREE eBook on the home page! Check out my latest blog post on Managing Expectations: It Shouldn't be That Difficult!  

Summary: In this episode I talk to Katherine Stone about how postpartum Anxiety & OCD affected her life.  We go on to talk about the organization that she's created to help women suffering today. Katherine Stone (@postpartumprog) created PostpartumProgress.com in 2004 after her own experience with postpartum anxiety/OCD after the birth of her first child. She is also the founder and CEO of Postpartum Progress Inc. Katherine has been featured by CNN, the Huffington Post, Yahoo, AOL, PBS, The Today Show, HLN, ABC News, iVillage, Health.com, the Washington Post and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution among others. Prior to joining the world of bloggers and tweeters, she spent seven years in marketing at The Coca-Cola Company.  She lives in Atlanta with her husband and two children.   In this particular episode you will learn: - What are the different types of postpartum challenges you can face - What some of the intrusive thoughts you can face -  How Katherine reached out for help - Why only 15% of women with postpartum issues ever get treated - Why Katherine decided to start a movement to support people - I talk about my own experience with postpartum anxiety with my son - What do symptoms of PPD feel like - What are the different types of postpartum mental illness that people struggle with - How 1 in 7 or possibly even 1 in 5 women suffer from PPD SIX THINGS YOU SHOULD AVOID IF YOU HAVE POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION 1. Scary Stuff 2. An Overscheduled Life 3. Thought Monkeys 4. Unsupportive People 5. Procrastination 6. Acting Like You Have A Medical Degree      

Call in for a live reading during this show! Between calls, Deborah will discuss her history with Personal Prophesy card reading and the meaningful insights she's gained over the past three decades conducting readings. Dubbed the "Psychic Love Doctor" first on AOL in the mid-90's, her popularity grew where she was featured on iVillage.com and Women.com in sydication. When she took a break from her connection to these online websites to write her book, "The Message: Your Secrets in the Cards" (O Books), her clientele continued to grow. Call in during the show for your reading encompassing every aspect of your life from love relationships to family issues and career pursuits. These readings are empowering, enlightening and filled with awareness about the life you are living and where you are headed in the future. Call in during the show...it just might change your life. We want to hear from you!

Nick Pelis has worked for some of the most recognizable distilled spirits industry brands and distributors in the U.S., including Diageo, Moët Hennessy, William Grant & Sons and SKYY Spirits. He founded Citizen Spirits with its flagship artisan rum, Denizen. Denizen's first product was a white rum that blended flavors from Trinidad and Jamaica, and it hit the ground running, earning praise from Forbes, iVillage, and the Beverage Testing Institute. Rum is the second-largest spirits category in the U.S., but Denizen got noticed in a hurry, with 90+ ratings and a number of awards. The Cocktail Enthusiast raved that "Denizen is a game changer for white rums." Denizen introduced its amber 8 Year Aged Merchant's Reserve in 2014, a blend of flavors from Jamaica and Martinique. Denizen's Merchant's Reserve has been praised for capturing the essence of Trader Vic Bergeron's legendary Mai Tai rum. Nick lives in New York, but has seen distribution for Denizen explode beyond New York all over the US. Recently, Time Out Seattle and the Rum Collective celebrated the arrival of Denizen rum in Washington State. Notes from the show: Nick's father, as a sales manager for a high-end Greek food importing company, gave him the opportunity to see how things operate in a business, and Nick saw firsthand how people got excited to receive products. "If you're going to be successful, you have to deliver something different." "You need to value other people's feedback." Nick noticed early on that there was a void in distilled spirits products connecting emotionally with consumer. Rum was a category that was "a mess." Nick saw a big opportunity in the "tweener" market - post-college graduates still trying to find themselves. The concept of a denizen matched Nick's goal of creating a brand around the "liberated spirit." Nick's first goal was to create a brand that transcends the category. Nick spent a considerable amount of money developing the brand before developing the product. Pricing was a barrier to entry; white rums over $20 don't sell. Offering in-store tasting mitigated risk to retailers. "On premise"--in bars, restaurants, etc.--cost per ounce matters more. Nick ended up at Diageo after his boss at DC Comics moved to Diageo. Nick got an MBA in marketing, because he already had a background in finance, strategy, and operations. "Very few big companies give people the opportunity to get outside of their comfort zone." Very few people deliver on promises, especially if you can't offer something of value immediately. Denizen was not Nick's first entrepreneurial endeavor: he decide to pivot from an online liquor delivery service after 6 months. Owning a house and renting it out provided greater financial flexibility. "You can't have your cake and eat it, too. Put your own money in." A SWOT analysis is everything. A marketing plan is not just based on messaging. It was a mistake to hire a PR firm. Email info[at]citizenspirits.com - Nick takes the time to get back in touch with you. This podcast hosted by New York attorney Michael Prywes was sponsored by Prywes Schwartz, PLLC, a law firm devoted to artists and entrepreneurs. This podcast may contain attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee future outcomes.

CANDICE Carpenter Olson, is Co-CEO and founder of the Fullbridge Program, committed to enabling college students all over the world to find a meaningful career direction, to make a contribution from Day 1, and excel throughout their careers. As Founder and CEO of iVillage.com, she became one of the first woman to lead an IPO in the U.S. She’s held executive positions at American Express and Time Warner, and been an advisor at AOL. She is an Emmy Award winner and a recipient of the MIT Award for Entrepreneurship. To learn more, visit www.fullbridge.com Check the infographic show notes, plus her top tips and advice for entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs at www.TodaysLeadingWomen.com or by clicking here!

This week on _ All in the Industry _, host Shari Bayer is on the line with Cricket Azima. Cricket Azima is a dynamic professional chef who specializes in cooking for and with children. Her children’s cookbook, Everybody Eats Lunch, was published by Glitterati Inc., in May, 2008. She works with a variety of food companies offering a range of services. These include spokesperson, recipe development and testing, freelance writing, teaching, family outreach, blogging (as part of the Cooking Light Blogger’s Community), creating webisodes (from soup to nuts), special events, and consulting. She has worked with General Mills ( Betty Crocker and Bisquick) FoodNetwork.com, iVillage, Fruit Simple, Head Chefs, and Kellogg’s. Additionally, Cricket has consulted for a number of kids’ foods brands. Since 1999, Cricket has been teaching cooking classes to children of all ages at various locations in New York City, including schools, Whole Foods Market, The Children’s Museum of Manhattan, City Treehouse, Girl Scout groups, as well as privately-held classes. Cricket has developed curricula for multiple schools and after-school programs. As an instructor, Cricket is one-of-a-kind. She strives to teach more than a recipe or basic cooking techniques, with a teaching philosophy that is based on the educational benefits of cooking. Cricket believes that kids can learn about more than just food while in the kitchen classroom, whether that’s history, geography, math, reading, social studies, nutrition, science, foreign language, or art. Cricket developed her teaching philosophy while pursuing her master’s degree in Food Studies and Food Management at New York University (NYU). Her thesis, which focused on the benefits of teaching cooking to children, led her to launch The Creative Kitchenin 2003. Her method of cooking instruction and food education is designed to inspire children to learn and express themselves creatively in the kitchen, while reinforcing traditional learning disciplines. The Creative Kitchen founded the Kids Food Festival, a celebration to educate children on how to make balanced food choices. The events serve as efforts to prevent childhood obesity through fun programming and entertainment for families. The Kids Food Festival partners with the James Beard Foundation. Everybody Can Cook is a complete cooking curriculum that Cricket masterminded, to supplement the lessons of teachers of special needs children in a fun, engaging way. The program includes recipes, lesson plans, adaptations for various abilities, teacher and parent components, food ordering system, classroom cooking kits, and much more. Cricket acted as a contributor to iVillage, an online content driven community for women, and ArchetypeMe, featuring family-friendly recipes. She advised as the Family and Children’s Editor for The Nibble, an online magazine about specialty foods. She served as the Food Editor of KIWI Magazine, a family magazine focused on healthy and organic living. She was also the Director of Kids’ Programs for Kidfresh, an innovative company in New York City offering all natural, freshly prepared foods for kids. Cricket is a graduate of Boston University, NYU, and Peter Kump’s New York Culinary School (now, The Institute of Culinary Education). Following graduation, she served as a professor of food studies and an academic advisor at NYU.

Norine Dworkin-McDaniel is co-creator and principle writer of Science of Parenthood, named one of parenting.com’s “blogs every parent should read”. A longtime magazine writer, Norine has written for Parents, American Baby, The Huffington Post, Family Circle, More, Fitness, Shape, Prevention, Redbook, Woman’s Day, Good Housekeeping, Health, Marie Claire, Readers Digest, Food & Wine and iVillage.

Today’s guest is Dr. Jamie Turndorf. Known to millions as “Dr. Love” through her website AskDrLove.com — the web's first and immensely popular relationship advice site since 1995, Jamie’s been delighting readers and audiences for three decades with her engaging blend of professional expertise, humor and ability to turn clinical psychobabble into easy-to-understand concepts that transform lives and heal relationships. Jamie’s methods have been featured on all the national networks, including CNN (who recently dubbed her their "Resident Love Doctor") NBC, CBS, VH1, Fox, and on websites like WebMD, iVillage, Discovery.com, MSNBC.com, and in Cosmopolitan, Men's Health, Glamour, American Woman, Modern Bride, and Marie Claire, to name only a few. Jamie also writes a column called “We Can Work it Out” for Psychology Today online. Her “Ask Dr. Love” radio show can be heard in Seattle on KKNW and on TalkZone, which broadcasts in 80 countries worldwide. Jamie is the author of the new Hay House book, Love Never Dies: How to Reconnect and Make Peace with the Deceased. In it, she shares the amazing true story of her spiritual reconnection with her deceased husband and the emotional healing that transformed her life. You can find out more about Jamie at www.askdrlove.com. Want to learn more about Michael’s concepts and teaching? Listen to him being interviewed on Profit Pathway and Dear Friends & Family this week! Get to know two very different aspects of the same guy. Also, be sure to sign up for your Podcasting Mentorship Discovery Call today; and to learn more about Sponsorship Opportunities, send an email to Admin@MichaelNeeley.com.  Thanks! And don’t forget to subscribe to Consciously Speaking so that you don’t miss a single episode. While you’re at it, won’t you take a moment to write a short review and rate our show? It would be greatly appreciated! To learn more about our previous guests, listen to past episodes, and get to know your host, go to www.MichaelNeeley.com and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

Summary:Nancy Evans and Candice Carpenter founded iVillage in the mid 1990s. iVillage was one of the first community-focused sites on the early web, and grew to be one of the biggest of its ilk. Not only was iVillage a site and a company founded by women, but it was also among the first sites that targeted women as a demographic in the early web era. Nancy recounts for us the development of the company, the benefits and pitfalls involved in being one of the highest-flying companies of the dot com era, and gives us some powerful perspective about the role women have played from the very beginning of the web era. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Summary:Robert Levitan has been involved in many pioneering tech companies. The two that I wanted to focus on were iVillage, one of the early web community sites, one of the very first sites to engage with women as a segment of the online audience, and arguably, one of the proto-social networking sites. Later, Robert was the founder of Flooz, the most prominent of the dot-com era companies to attempt digital payments and digital currency.To learn more about Robert's new startup, check out: liveapp.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

March 10, 2015 – Known to millions as “Dr. Love” through her website AskDrLove.com-the web’s first relationship advice site, active since 1996-Jamie Turndorf, Ph.D., has been delighting readers and audiences for three decades with her engaging blend of professional expertise and humor, and her remarkable ability to turn clinical psychobabble into easy-to-understand concepts that transform lives and heal relationships.In her new book, Love Never Dies, Dr. Turndorf shares her groundbreaking new grief therapy method that combines her acclaimed conflict-resolution techniques with after-death communication. The results enable the bereaved to reconnect, heal unfinished business, and make peace with the deceased.Her methods have been featured on all the major networks, including CNN, NBC, CBS, VH1, and Fox; on top websites like WebMD, Discovery.com, and iVillage; and in national magazines, such as Cosmopolitan, Men’s Health, and Glamour, to name only a few. Dr. Turndorf also writes a column called “We Can Work It Out” for Psychology Today online. Her Ask Dr. Love radio show can be heard in Seattle on KKNW and on TalkZone, which broadcasts in 80 countries worldwide. Visit her website at www.askdrlove.com.

Part of holiday stress comes from the pressure to overspend. If you want to stress-less so you can enjoy this holiday season more, follow the advice of Beth Engleman, founder of MommyOnAShoestring.com: "You can figure out ways to show your gratitude to the people you care about and celebrate the holidays... but you don't have to go crazy when it comes to money." Annie talks with Beth about how to balance your kids' expectations during the gift-giving season with your love, parenting values, and the reality of your budget. About Beth Engleman (aka @MomOnAShoe) Beth Engleman is a former elementary school teacher who has designed books and games for numerous companies, including Leapfrog Games and Disney. She is the co-founder of MommyOnAShoestring.com and her column "Mommy on a Shoestring," appears in over 30 local papers around the Chicago area as well as on the Chicago Sun-Times / Pioneer Press website. In 2010, Beth was one of 15 women chosen around the country to be a "mom correspondent" for iVillage, where she continues to report on stories that affect her and her community. Learn more at http://MommyOnAShoestring.com Copyright © 2009-2018 Annie Fox and Electric Eggplant. All Rights Reserved.

DR. JAMIE Turndorf, is known to millions as "Dr. Love" through her website AskDrLove.com, the web's first and immensely popular relationship advice site since 1996. Her methods have been featured on all the national networks, including 
CNN (who recently dubbed her their Resident Love Doctor), NBC, CBS, VH1, 
Fox, on websites like WebMD and iVillage, Discovery.com and MSNBC.com, 
and many other popular magazines. She also hosts "Ask Dr. Love" radio show in Seattle on KKNW and on 
WebTalkRadio.Net, which broadcasts in 80 countries worldwide.

 Dr. Turndorf is the author of the new Hay House book, “Kiss Your Fights 
Good-bye, which has been endorsed by New York Times and 
bestselling authors Jack Canfield, Dr. John Gray and John Bradshaw. See her beautiful infographic show notes, plus her top tips and advice for entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs at www.TodaysLeadingWomen.com or by clicking here!

Dr. Patricia Thompson is an award-winning psychologist and management consultant who is passionate about helping her clients flourish. Since 2004, she has advised CEOs and senior leaders to assist them in achieving their best outcomes. She founded Silver Lining Psychology, to teach businesses how to use the science of positive psychology to achieve greater outcomes.  She is also the author of The Consummate Leader: a Holistic Guide to Inspiring Growth in Others…and in Yourself.  She has been featured in CNN.com, Fast Company, Entrepreneur, The Network Journal, MindBodyGreen, iVillage, Elephant Journal, CareerBuilder and other sites. Originally from Alberta, Canada, she completed her B.A. in sociology at the University of Toronto. She then went on to earn her M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Georgia State University. As part of her training, she completed a predoctoral internship at the University of Pennsylvania and a postdoctoral fellowship through Emory University’s School of Medicine. Patricia has taught courses and facilitated seminars at the Wharton Business School, the University of Toronto, Emory University, Spelman College, Georgia State University, and various community organizations. She has also won awards from the American Psychological Association, the Southeastern Psychological Association, and the Georgia Psychological Association for excellence in research. For the past 15 years, she has assisted individual clients of all degrees of functioning and businesses of various sizes to accomplish their goals.

On the Wednesday June 24th 2014 program at 10AM Pacific/1PM Eastern our special guests are StartUp Health co-founders Steven H. Krein and Unity Stoakes. Steven Krein is the Co-founder and CEO of StartUp Health, a unique global platform to help entrepreneurs accelerate health, wellness, and healthcare. A serial entrepreneur, speaker, investor, and entrepreneurial coach. Steven has co-founded and led several companies since 1995, including OrganizedWisdom, an advertising and subscription based service for doctors, and Webstakes/Promotions.com, a global online advertising, direct marketing, and technology company, which he took public on Nasdaq and grew to a $500M market cap before it was acquired by iVillage in 2002. Steven began his online career with Law Journal Extra!, now known as Law.com, the first online legal news and information website, which was acquired by American Lawyer Media. Steven has been a keynote speaker at Google Think Health, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and the Johnson & Johnson Leadership Summit; and he has been on The Today Show, CNN, the Fox News Channel, CNBC Power Lunch, CNBC Marketwatch, and Bloomberg News. Unity Stoakes is Co-founder & President who's on a mission to transform healthcare by leveraging the power of innovation, technology, data, design, and community. He believes that the best way to improve care is to provide health and wellness innovators with inspiration, education, and access to customers, capital, and other critical resources so that Healthcare Transformers can innovate more quickly. Join us for an exciting and informative session!    

Unresolved anger is the #1 killer of love… and husband withdrawal is the number one cause of marital and relationship strife, divorce, and domestic violence.Known to millions as “Dr. Love” at AskDrLove.com, Dr. Jamie Turndorf is sharing advice from her recently published Kiss Your Fights Good-bye: Dr. Love's 10-Simple Steps to Cooling Conflict and Rekindling Your Relationship, where she focuses on how to transform conflict into connection for a lifetime of lasting love.  Published by Hay House, Dr. Jamie’s book has been endorsed by Jack Canfield, Dr. John Gray and John Bradshaw.Dr. Jamie has been delighting readers and audiences for 3 decades with her engaging blend of professional expertise, spicy humor and ability to turn clinical psychobabble into easy-to-understand concepts that transform lives and heal relationships.Her methods have been featured on all the national networks, including CNN, NBC, CBS, VH1, Fox, on websites like WebMD, iVillage, Discovery.com, MSNBC.com, and in Cosmopolitan, Men's Health, Glamour, American Woman, Modern Bride, and Marie Claire. Dr. Jamie’s “Ask Dr. Love” radio show can be heard in Seattle on KKNW and in 80 countries worldwide.Dr. Jamie can be found sharing her relationship wisdom and love via her website, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Google+.

Unresolved anger is the #1 killer of love… and husband withdrawal is the number one cause of marital and relationship strife, divorce, and domestic violence.Known to millions as “Dr. Love” at AskDrLove.com, Dr. Jamie Turndorf is sharing advice from her recently published Kiss Your Fights Good-bye: Dr. Love's 10-Simple Steps to Cooling Conflict and Rekindling Your Relationship, where she focuses on how to transform conflict into connection for a lifetime of lasting love.  Published by Hay House, Dr. Jamie’s book has been endorsed by Jack Canfield, Dr. John Gray and John Bradshaw.Dr. Jamie has been delighting readers and audiences for 3 decades with her engaging blend of professional expertise, spicy humor and ability to turn clinical psychobabble into easy-to-understand concepts that transform lives and heal relationships.Her methods have been featured on all the national networks, including CNN, NBC, CBS, VH1, Fox, on websites like WebMD, iVillage, Discovery.com, MSNBC.com, and in Cosmopolitan, Men's Health, Glamour, American Woman, Modern Bride, and Marie Claire. Dr. Jamie’s “Ask Dr. Love” radio show can be heard in Seattle on KKNW and in 80 countries worldwide.Dr. Jamie can be found sharing her relationship wisdom and love via her website, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Google+.

"Relationships & Mood Disorders" features Dr. Brenda Shoshanna—psychologist,therapist, mediator, author and speaker. Dr. Shoshanna offers counseling and relationship mediation, helping to resolve conflicts constructively and discover creative solutions.Her work integrates psychology, spirituality and everyday life. The relationship expert on iVillage.com, Dr. Shoshanna speaks on all aspects of relationships,balance, transition and living life to the fullest and is dedicated to discovering and developing the best in herself and others. She has been in private practice as well, for over 25 years in Manhattan, and also conducts sessions via telephone all over the country. Her latest book, The Anger Diet (Thirty Days to Stress–Free Living), was named best book of the year in spirituality by Spirituality and Health Magazine. Visit Dr. Shoshanna's website, www.drshoshanna.com, to learn more.

On this episode I talk with Kristyn Burtt about the recently released nominations for the Oscars. Kristyn is a writer for NBCUniversal's IVillage.com and has also covered the Oscars for the last 3 years for starpulse.com Be sure to like the Silver Screen Podcast on Facebook and also follow the podcast on Twitter @TheSSPodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-silver-screen-podcast/message

Dr Stacy Mobley NMD, MPH is a Naturopathic Doctor, speaker, and author and is an avid traveler as well. She understands the need for quality proactive health care on the go and as such, blends the best of mainstream and natural therapies to help busy women shift from fat, tired, sick, and bloated to energetic, fit, and fabulous. Dr Mobley has been featured in publications such as Shape, iVillage, Atlanta Journal Constitution and Prevention magazine.  She frequently gives educational talks at Whole Foods in Atlanta. She has been a guest on numerous radio shows. Through writing, workshops, individual/group programs, and speaking – online and offline, she is fiercely committed to igniting the power to take reign of your own health while enjoying life now rather than waiting until retirement. Dr. Mobley combines timeless medicine with 21st century communication tools to keep her clients sane, savvy, and sexy on the job and at home and today she's here to share her insights with us so that we can all do the same!

Dr Stacy Mobley NMD, MPH is a Naturopathic Doctor, speaker, and author and is an avid traveler as well. She understands the need for quality proactive health care on the go and as such, blends the best of mainstream and natural therapies to help busy women shift from fat, tired, sick, and bloated to energetic, fit, and fabulous. Dr Mobley has been featured in publications such as Shape, iVillage, Atlanta Journal Constitution and Prevention magazine.  She frequently gives educational talks at Whole Foods in Atlanta. She has been a guest on numerous radio shows. Through writing, workshops, individual/group programs, and speaking – online and offline, she is fiercely committed to igniting the power to take reign of your own health while enjoying life now rather than waiting until retirement. Dr. Mobley combines timeless medicine with 21st century communication tools to keep her clients sane, savvy, and sexy on the job and at home and today she's here to share her insights with us so that we can all do the same!

loves the Olympics! She’s going into withdrawal. She also gets to meet a lot of famous folk because she works the red carpet interviewing people. I know nothing… enjoy that. I let her in on a LOT of the minutia of my life. Kristyn is fantastic. Listen UP. Donation Button, if you wish is on Review the show on Feel free to e me.  NOTES:MINUTIA! What it’s like in my head. She talks again SOON. Keep listening. Credits:Audio leveling by Music is by Website design by : who has his own

Kristine is the author of the memoir How to Love an American Man: A True Story (HarperCollins, 2011). The book has received interest from Hollywood producers and will be released in Europe in winter 2012. Krissy is also a contributor to women's lifestyle publications on topics of relationships and psychology. She began her career in the publisher's office at Simon & Schuster Publishing before moving to Italy to spend a year researching her family's roots and focusing on her writing. She holds a B.S. in psychology from John Carroll University in Cleveland and a M.A. in cultural media studies from Fordham University in New York. She has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Network and Sirius/XM's Oprah Radio, Inside Edition, Good Day New York, WPIX 11 News and The Rachael Ray Show. Her work has been featured in or on such outlets as the Today Show's website, Huffington Post, iVillage.com, Relish Magazine and a special issue of Better Homes & Gardens. In October, Krissy will host a conference in New York with psychologist Ken Page to give young women tools to identify their unique gifts and to seek an intimate partner who honors and complements those gifts. She's recently signed her second contract for another book project with HarperCollins. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, and welcomes you at www.kristinegasbarre.com.

Make no mistake about it, America needs her finances in order, in other words every man, woman and child needs a financial tune up and Sanyika is just the person to assist them. Sanyika visits the Wealthy Speaker Show to provide expertise for people to become credit conscious, savvy savers and financially fit. Now more than ever financial literacy needs to be a way of life and that's where Sanyika steps in to provide a rock solid financial foundation to lead listeners to understand the value of living within one's means, understanding needs versus wants and towing the line to leave a legacy for generations to follow financially. Saniyka has appeared on The Today Show, The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet, In the Loop with iVillage, The Wall Street Journal Report, Fox Business, NBC, CBS, NPR, Swazi TV Africa, Fox News, USA Today, Black Enterprise and many others. Sanyika is known as the Financial Fitness Coach and has delivered over 200 TV and radio interviews reaching over 25.4 million million consumers. Sanyika is the author of several books to include: Crack the Code, Teen Money Tips, Beyond Money, Chicken Soup for The African America Woman, and many others. Join Sanyika and I for an amazing episode focusing in on one of the most important factors in our life, finances. Learn more about Sanyika Calloway Boyce at http://www.sanyika.info

Kelly Wallace, Chief correspondent for I-Village.com chats about their recent survey/poll on "Little White Lies." According their recent poll women are telling little fibs when it comes to diet, weight, bedroom talk and other 'interesting' topics. Kelly will be chatting about I-Village's recent poll findings. I-Village is iVillage is the largest content-driven community for women online reaching 30 + million unique visitors per month.

How many of us end up chasing business that is simply never going to close? By learning how to qualify your prospects from the beginning, you can become more efficient in the art of turning a prospect into a client.Please join me and my guest, Jackie Kellso, founder of PointMaker Communications. Jackie is a professional development trainer and coach who specializes in interpersonal effectiveness - helping people communicate effectively so as to make positive impact on others when they engage in public speaking, presenting, business pitching, selling, networking and one-on-one communication. She has over twenty-three years of sales and sales management experience in high profile media companies (The New Yorker, New York Magazine, A&E Network, Viacom, iVillage, Hearst Magazines). Jackie provides one-on-one coaching, workshops and corporate training.

How many of us end up chasing business that is simply never going to close? By learning how to qualify your prospects from the beginning, you can become more efficient in the art of turning a prospect into a client.Please join me and my guest, Jackie Kellso, founder of PointMaker Communications. Jackie is a professional development trainer and coach who specializes in interpersonal effectiveness - helping people communicate effectively so as to make positive impact on others when they engage in public speaking, presenting, business pitching, selling, networking and one-on-one communication. She has over twenty-three years of sales and sales management experience in high profile media companies (The New Yorker, New York Magazine, A&E Network, Viacom, iVillage, Hearst Magazines). Jackie provides one-on-one coaching, workshops and corporate training.

Love is in the air this Valentine's Day! This year, men can put away their wallets and skip the expensive gifts of lingerie, perfume, clothes and accessories. iVillage's vibrant community of 30 plus million women have spoken up. Kelly Wallace tells what women REALLY prefer for Valentine's Day 2011!

Donny Deutsch is host of Bravo's new live interactive special, "Love Calling," where he answers viewer's questions on love, relationships and everything in between. The show will do a live taping Jan. 27th @ 11pm (Eastern). Second guest is Serena Kappes, entertainment editor @ Ivillage.com will chat re: the second annual IVillage Entertainment Awards.

Do you dream of a flatter tummy and trimmer thighs? How about a new dress size? There's no better time than the present to ring in the New Year with a whole new you! iVillage, the essential digital brand for women, has partnered with acclaimed fitness expert, Leslie Sansone, for the Rev Up Your Weight Loss Community Challenge. The free, six-week digital weight loss plan kicks off on Monday, January 3 and will mobilize iVillage's community of 30 million women to get in shape and lose weight, leading up to its culmination on Monday, February 14.

The Talk with Kids About Finances as Maria speaks with Kelly Wallace, chief correspondent for a brand new iVillage program called The Talk which drives discussion between mom and kids around the very touchy subject of finances.

Ali Vincent, season 5 winner of The Biggest Loser will host a "Where Are They Now" special of some of the show's former winners and contestants. It airs November 24th on NBC. Second guest is iVillage Chief Correspondent, reports on women-centric topics for the top women's site. And an audio clip from country music superstar Taylor Swift re: her new CD "Speak Now" and her NBC TV special.

Charlotte Reznick Ph.D. is a frequent media commentator and international workshop leader on the healing power of children's imagination. Her signature style of humor, heart, and imagery have helped thousands of children, parents, and professionals access their inner wisdom to navigate life's challenges - from dealing with pain and loss to building self-esteem and academic and personal success. Dr. Charlotte has been featured on television, radio, print and online media. She has appeared on NBC News, Lifetime, and Public Radio. Her expertise has been featured in USA Today, Daily News, Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. Magazine, and online at MSNBC.com, iVillage, Inspired Parenting, Baby Connection, and more.

Patricia welcomes Ellen Whitehurst, a daily columnist for hundreds of thousands of women at iVillage.com. and the author of Make This Your Lucky Day: Fun and Easy Feng Shui Secrets to Success, Romance, Health, and Harmony. She will discuss how to line up our lives to bring in the luck and get rid of the negatives. Working with the ancient discipline of feng shui, Ellen brings her 20 years of study and expertise to everyone with fun, fast, and easy secrets and shortcuts to creating luck. www.ellenwhitehurst.com