Extraordinary Women Radio

Today on Extraordinary Women Radio, I’m excited to bring you my very dear friend, and the publisher and editor of my book Firedancer, the very extraordinary Donna Mazzitelli. Donna is an Award-Winning Editor and Publisher, as well as the Founder of the Merry Dissonance Press and The Word Heartiste. We have such a beautiful and fun conversation and Donna shares many of the stories of her life and love-filled thoughts, including: How she found her passion for storytelling The important role that stories play in connecting us with the world How real success comes from being able to share our vulnerability Donna’s most vulnerable moments and her valuable learnings What she’s most proud of and the legacy she wishes to leave She also gives some good sage advice on how to start writing your book and get into the flow in writing, as well as more about Indie publishing. Donna, The Word Heartiste, is an award-winning editor and publisher. Having worked with dozens of men and women as a writing coach and editor, she knows that in addition to a skilled and knowledgeable “wordsmith,” authors benefit from working with someone who uses heart and intuition to help them connect with their core voice. Donna’s gentle, clear guidance and safe, non-critical approach to coaching writers allow people to navigate the places and spaces that can sometimes be difficult to explore. Donna especially loves working with authors in the genres of memoir, biography, and personal growth and development. She works in a variety of other genres, including historical fiction, fantasy fiction, health and nutrition, spirituality, death and dying, parenting, adolescent psychology, business, entrepreneurship, as well as children’s books that address social and environmental issues. In 2013, Donna began Merry Dissonance Press, a book producer/indie publisher of works of transformation, inspiration, exploration, and illumination. As of 2019, Merry Dissonance Press has published 20 books and accumulated more than 50 awards. Donna continues to work on her personal memoir, Mosaic Heart: Pieces of an Unfinished Life, which will be released in 2020. “Our stories are what connects us all and our stories helps us see that connection.” – Donna Mazzitelli Follow Donna Mazzitelli on Twitter and Facebook. You may also connect with her on LinkedIn. Check out Merry Dissonance Press – a collaborative space dedicated to publishing award-winning books founded by Donna. She has also written books and you can find more information via this Amazon Kindle. Let’s meet Donna Mazzitelli! Donna Mazzitelli Show Notes

Today on Extraordinary Women Radio, I’m excited to bring you the very extraordinary Dr. Mary Claire Haver – Founder and Creator of The Galveston Diet, designed for women in menopause. In this episode: Hear Mary Claire’s journey from a high-paying OB-GYN to a successful entrepreneur How Mary Claire started with a simple Facebook group and an online course but hit 7-figures last year How to prepare for the changes brought about by the onset of menopause The Galveston Diet and what you should be eating Dr. Mary Claire Haver is a wife, mom, physician, and entrepreneur who has devoted her adult life to women’s health. As a Board Certified OBGYN in the Houston area, Dr. Haver has delivered thousands of babies, completed thousands of well woman exams, counseled patients, taught residents and did everything an academic professor and OBGYN could do. As her patient population aged, she was overwhelmed with the number of complaints and concerns her patients had with weight gain while going through menopause. For years, she told her patients to eat less and exercise more. It wasn’t until she, too, experienced the changes of menopause that she realized this advice doesn’t work. This interview is so refreshing! Mary Claire is the founder and creator of The Galveston Diet, the first and only nutrition program in the world created by a Female OBGYN, designed for women in menopause. The Galveston Diet is dedicated to helping women reach their health and wellness goals through an anti-inflammatory approach to nutrition. “Remember to ride the roller coaster and if you feel like you have got something that the world needs to know about and that is worthy, just keep going. Just keep trying. Don’t give up.” – Dr. Mary Claire Haver Follow Dr. Mary Claire on Twitter and Instagram. She can also be found on Facebook and YouTube. Check out the Galveston Diet website here. Let’s meet Dr. Mary Claire Haver! Dr. Mary Claire Haver Show Notes

Today on Extraordinary Women Radio, I’m excited to bring you the very extraordinary Velveta GoLightly Howell , a Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame 2020 Inductee and Life-Long Champion for Social Justice and Advocacy. In this episode: Listen in on how Velveta’s path was set out to fight against racial discrimination at an early age of 6 years old Velveta’s encounter with a police officer that sparked her own to crusade for equality Appreciate how Velveta saw individual differences but also saw the equality in people What continues to drive Velveta to fight for equality and social justice The achievement that Velveta is proud of the most Some leadership tips to help you excel as a leader What we can do as individuals to help the country and make a difference Velveta’s message to the world Velveta Howell has made many contributions as a life-long champion for social justice and advocacy. She is known as an exceptional role model for other African American women and girls. She was the eighth African American female graduate of the University of Colorado Law School and the first woman of color appointed as Colorado’s Deputy District Attorney. From her humble beginnings, she has worked tirelessly at the local, state, regional, and federal levels to advance the causes closest to her, succeeding in the fiercely competitive and often brutal world of criminal justice. Through creative, solid, and sustainable policies, practices, and procedures, Howell designed roadmaps to enhance others’ lives, especially society’s most vulnerable. Her ability to visualize and eliminate impediments to social justice, equipped her to tear down barriers and increase access to social, civil, and criminal justice, quality and equal healthcare, clean water, affordable housing, food, and other critical services for people of all backgrounds.. Howell attributes her success to integrity, compassionfor all people, and an unrelenting commitment to justice. This determination has resulted in a succession of women, especially women of color, following her into this still male-dominated arena. Today, many African American prosecutors, judges, and defense attorneys in Colorado are inspired and/or personally mentored by her. Howell has worked to improve access to quality healthcare to all Colorado citizens, particularly under-served populations. She is one of twelve appointees to the Robert Wood Johnson-funded Colorado Healthcare Reform Executive Steering Committee and Turning Point Initiative . She is also the driver behind the committee’s focus on racial and ethnic healthcare disparities. This focus has resulted in the establishment and legislative enactment of the Colorado Office of Health Disparities , only the nation’s second. “I had a purpose and God has plans that I would live out and that I would be strengthened and supported no matter the barriers.” – Velveta GoLightly Howell Connect with Velveta Howell on LinkedIn. Let’s meet Velveta GoLightly Howell! Velveta GoLightly Howell Show Notes *** The Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame mission is to inspire by celebrating and sharing the enduring contributions of Colorado’s distinctive women. To achieve this, the Hall educates the people of Colorado about the stories of the women who shaped our state and the nation’s history with courage, leadership, intelligence, compassion, and creativity. Their talents, skills, struggles, and contributions form a legacy that the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame is dedicated to protecting. I invite you to join us at the March 18, 2020 Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame 2020 Inductee Gala by purchasing your ticket here. Watch for five additional interviews in the coming months of the 2020 Inductee Hall of Famers: Katherine Archuleta – LISTEN TO HER INTERVIEW Archuleta was appointed as the first Latina to lead the U.S. Office of Personnel Management in in 2013 by President Barack Obama, overseeing a budget of roughly $250 million and managing human resources for the federal government’s 2 million employees. Archuleta also served as chief of staff for U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis and Secretary of Transportation Federico Peña, where she strived toward justice and equality through her direct influence on policy at the state and national level. Lupe Briseño LISTEN TO HER INTERVIEW Briseño made waves within Colorado’s Labor Movement after organizing the Kitayama Carnation Strike—the women-led social movement in 1969 at the Kitamaya floral plant in Brighton, which centered on demands for worker’s rights, especially in regard to the treatment of female workers. Her demonstration of leadership in the fight for civil and labor rights, social justice, and feminism played a pivotal role in the Colorado Chicano Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and ’70s. Rosalind “Bee” Harris – LISTEN TO HER INTERVIEW Harris shifted the Colorado media landscape when she founded the Denver Urban Spectrum in 1987 — a monthly publication built to elevate the stories of communities of

Today on Extraordinary Women Radio, I’m excited to bring you the very extraordinary Holly Chantal – Business Coach With A Holistic Flair. In this episode: Listen in on Holly’s dark night of the soul and spiritual awakening experience Holly’s exploration of the spiritual realm and the Akashic Records How Holly integrates spirituality in her messaging work with clients How to confidently reveal your true self through your brand What it means to reach the upper limit of your business and how to break away from it Learn to trust yourself again and your seemingly crazy ideas Entrepreneurial goals can be a moving target, something Holly Chantal learned firsthand after successfully establishing herself as a business coach and brand strategist that was on track to hit seven figures within her first 5 years. Everything changed however when Holly started a family and she found herself in a deep depression, questioning what she wanted from life and consequently her business. This lead to a deep spiritual awakening that resulted in her taking command of her business in a whole new way that suited her life as a mother and allows her to make an even bigger impact on the world. Today, Holly works with experienced service-based professionals who find themselves at a plateau in their business with no clear guidance on where to go next. Whether her clients have veered off course from their initial goals, struggle with expansion plans or have found their business isn’t working for them on a personal level, Holly helps her clients gain clarity on what is keeping them stuck and what the next stage of their business looks like. She does this by combining her decade worth of experience in brand messaging, design strategy, and copywriting, along with metaphysical tools and intuitive gifts to bring their brand, business model, and marketing into alignment with their next evolution. “Do the things that you don’t believe you can do.” – Holly Chantal Connect with Holly Chantal on LinkedIn and Facebook. Also, check out her website here. Let’s meet Holly Chantal! Holly Chantal Show Notes

On today’s Extraordinary Women Radio, join me, Kami Guildner interviewed by my BFF Sarah J. Bohnenkamp, as we reflect on this past year, on the journey before us, as women rising and so much more! In this Episode: Hear out how Kami has transformed in her spirit connection in the last decade The essence of spirituality as women’s inner wisdom and light What defines an extraordinary woman and the feminine shift Kami’s writing, blogging, and inspiration from NYT bestselling author, Gabby Bernstein Learn about the vibration scale, the law of attraction, and the R (resonate) Factor How women should be responding to their calling in a big way Kami’s passion for building communities of equally passionate women Realize the importance of respect for children’s individuality Kami being one of the Top 25 most influential and most powerful women in business by the Colorado Women Chamber of Commerce The top 3 most important things women ought to be doing in 2020 How to overcome your fear of the unknown and going big “For each one of us, we have this fire inside that just needs to come out.” – Kami Guildner You may connect with Kami through her Facebook page and LinkedIn account. You may also follow her on Twitter. Let’s meet Kami Guildner of Extraordinary Women Radio! Kami Guildner Show Notes

Today on Extraordinary Women Radio, I’m excited to bring you the very extraordinary Kristen Blessman: CEO and President of the Colorado Women’s Chamber. In this episode: Find out how Kristen’s career path has always been about effecting change The change and growth that Kristen is working on at the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce How Kristen took the challenge of being CEO and President of the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce Discover how to turn your vulnerability into a strength How Kristen’s upbringing shaped her as a leader How to let go, brave up, and change your life for the better Learn how vulnerability is not a sign of weakness in leadership The future for women at the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce Kristen has over 20 years of leadership experience, including strategic marketing, business development and executive management; working with both non-profit, for-profit as well as small business ownership experience. She is a change-agent leader with a focus on revenue development through the areas of innovation, strategic planning, start-up social enterprise, rebranding, and award-winning marketing and advertising campaigns. As CEO of the CWCC, Blessman is responsible for executing the organization’s mission of advancing women in business. Blessman was hired in 2017 to bring value to membership through innovation, brand awareness and long-term vision. Through the creation of a new leadership program, mentoring program and unique peer group programming, Blessman has overhauled programming and curriculum at the CWCC and brought a new value proposition to CWCC members and the community. Additionally, Blessman is recreating the CWCC brand through new educational and inspiring events, enhanced digital and traditional media as well as extensive community outreach programs to create awareness and advocacy for women in the workplace. To date, Blessman’s efforts have created a unique space for the CWCC in the community as well as increased interest and membership in the organization. Prior to the CWCC, Blessman was the Chief Marketing Officer for Goodwill Industries of Denver. Having been drawn to the organization’s triple-bottom line business approach of people, profit and planet, she was responsible for the rebranding of Goodwill’s image in 2009 and started Goodwill’s first customer loyalty program, Club Blue in 2012. Blessman was appointed as innovation and business development officer in 2013, launching several new social enterprise businesses as well as doubling the organization’s fundraising revenues. Under her leadership, Goodwill opened more than 40 new retail locations and grew from $30 million in revenues to over $70 million. Ms. Blessman has received several awards for her marketing, advertising and public relations campaigns, including the 2009 Public Relations Society of America’s Gold Pick Award. Kristen has served on multiple committees and boards of directors, including The American Marketing Association, The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, The Denver Press Club, The Women’s Leadership Foundation, and Arapahoe House. She also volunteers for Goodwill Industries of Denver’s youth career programs in several metro Denver high schools and has been a guest lecturer at Metro State, Argosy and Regis University. “The thing that’s made me the best leader I can be is being absolutely vulnerable with everyone around me.” – Kristen Blessman Connect with Kristen Blessman on LinkedIn and Facebook. Also, check out the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce website. Let’s meet Kristen Blessman of the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce! Kristen Blessman Show Notes

Today on Extraordinary Women Radio, I’m excited to bring you the very extraordinary Leah Remillét: Founder of The CEO Kid. The CEO Kid teaches kids to have their own entrepreneurial adventure!! LOVE THIS!! Leah built a successful six figure business, only to discover it wasn’t her soul work! As she started doing her own soul work, she did something – some of us might call crazy! She and her husband packed up everything they owned and took their three kids to travel the world for a year. Think ‘Eat Pray Love’ meets PTA Mom/Business Owner. Tune in and find out if she found the answers she was looking for! This is such a fun story! In this episode: Discover how Leah went from moneyed entrepreneur to founder of The CEO Kid Traveling the world and pursuing your true calling Experiencing humanity in all its goodness How Leah ascertained that teaching kids about business is her true calling How to empower your children through entrepreneurial skills development Leah’s legacy of creating more happy families “We will never regret the time that we invest into our families but we can definitely regret the success we’ve accumulated when the cost turns out to have been too high.” – Leah Remillét Connect with Leah Remillét on LinkedIn and check out her websites: The CEO Kid and Leah Remillét. You can also find her on Facebook and Twitter. Let’s meet Leah Remillét of The CEO Kid! Leah Remillét Show Notes

Today on Extraordinary Women Radio, I’m excited to bring you the very extraordinary Gale Norton: First woman elected to Attorney General of Colorado & First woman appointed as Secretary of the US Department of the Interior. Gale is also the first of six 2020 Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame Inductees who will be featured here on Extraordinary Women Radio! In this episode: Discover how Gale’s path was meaningfully opened up to politics and law Gale’s momentous journey as the first woman elected as Attorney General of Colorado Running for office and how to raise your voice as a woman Gale’s experience as the first woman appointed Secretary of the US Department of the Interior Learn how collaborative decision-making can be a very effective leadership style The challenge of partisan-based politics and how to remedy the same How to cope with pressure, conflict, and political scrutiny Gales’ significant accomplishment that she is most proud of The importance of practicing women’s right to vote and Gale’s hope for women in the future Gale become the first woman elected Attorney General of Colorado – at a time when only two women had previously held the office of state Attorney General anywhere in the country. She achieved another first when she was appointed Secretary of the US Department of the Interior – the first female leader in the Department’s 150-year history. In that role, Norton was responsible for managing over 20% of the land area of the United States, a Fortune-500-sized budget, and a workforce of 70,000 employees. Norton led efforts that resolved 70-year-old interstate disputes on the Colorado River and instituted a west-wide water conservation program. She championed the President’s Healthy Forest Initiative and Cooperative Conservation. As an attorney, Norton has handled multi-billion-dollar and high-profile litigation, including arguing cases before the US Supreme Court and negotiating one of the largest lawsuit settlements in history. Norton has a B.A., J.D. and honorary Ph.D. from the University of Denver, and an honorary Dr. Eng. from the Colorado School of Mines. In 2014, DU Law School honored Norton with the Outstanding Alumni Award. Norton is now president of Norton Regulatory Strategies. She serves on the boards of directors of American Transmission Company, which operates electric transmission facilities, and Liberty Oilfield Services. She resides in Colorado with her husband John Hughes. As Secretary of the Interior, 2001-2006, Gale Norton played a key role in shaping national energy policies. In the face of crises including the September 11th attacks and the War on Terror, increasing domestic energy production became a major focus for Norton’s term. She oversaw lands and offshore areas that produced a third of America’s domestic oil, natural gas, and coal. She was actively involved in consideration of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, offshore and onshore oil and gas production, coal mine leasing and reclamation, hydroelectric generation, as well as biomass, wind and geothermal development. Norton was General Counsel for Royal Dutch Shell Unconventional Oil, 2007-2010, and Attorney General of Colorado, 1991-1999. She is currently President of Norton Regulatory Strategies and serves on the Board of Directors of American Transmission Company, which operates electric transmission facilities across the US. “What I found worked the best with a team is if you focus not on who’s making the suggestion but focus on the substance of the decision that has to be made.” – Gale Norton Connect with Gale Norton on LinkedIn and check her out on this website: Norton Regulatory Services. Let’s meet Gale Norton! Gale Norton Show Notes *** The Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame mission is to inspire by celebrating and sharing the enduring contributions of Colorado’s distinctive women. To achieve this, the Hall educates the people of Colorado about the stories of the women who shaped our state and the nation’s history with courage, leadership, intelligence, compassion, and creativity. Their talents, skills, struggles, and contributions form a legacy that the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame is dedicated to protecting. I invite you to join us at the March 18, 2020 Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame 2020 Inductee Gala by purchasing your ticket here. Watch for five additional interviews in the coming months of the 2020 Inductee Hall of Famers: Katherine Archuleta – Archuleta was appointed as the first Latina to lead the U.S. Office of Personnel Management in in 2013 by President Barack Obama, overseeing a budget of roughly $250 million and managing human resources for the federal government’s 2 million employees. Archuleta also served as chief of staff for U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis and Secretary of Transportation Federico Peña, where she strived toward justice and equality through her direct influence on policy at the state and national level. Lupe Briseño – Briseño made waves

Today on Extraordinary Women Radio, I’m excited to bring you the very extraordinary Tommi Wolfe – Founder of Top Six Business Coach, Helping Companies Align Profit With Purpose! This is the second time Tommi has joined us on Extraordinary Women Radio. I wanted to bring her back on to share some of the work she is currently doing to help companies move into B Corp status. Certified B Corporations are a new kind of business that balances purpose and profit. They are legally required to consider the impact of their decisions on their workers, customers, suppliers, community, and the environment. In this episode, Tommi shares insights on: The role of purpose in business All about B Corps, the certification process and its benefits How small and big companies can become B Corps Tommi is an Award-winning business consultant, coach, speaker, a seasoned leader and serial entrepreneur, who has enjoyed a successful career on two continents. “Having a company that becomes mission or purpose-driven is the best attraction tool and the best retention tool we know of.” – Tommi Wolfe Connect with Tommi Wolfe on LinkedIn and check out her website: Top Six Business Coach. You may also follow her on Facebook and Twitter. Let’s meet Tommi Wolfe of Top Six Business Coach! Tommi Wolfe Show Notes

Today on Extraordinary Women Radio, I’m excited to bring you the very extraordinary Polly Alexandre – Creator of Money Beautifully™️ helping entrepreneurs break through money blocks. In this episode, Polly and I spoke about: Discovering the beauty of traveling the world as reflected in Polly’s life How Polly lost everything but found her life’s purpose Learning how your upbringing and thinking influence your attitude towards money How Polly’s coaching work at Money Beautifully came to be The top 5 money blocks that women entrepreneurs get stuck in Steps to take to overcome your money blocks How money is the gateway to spiritual growth Polly Alexandre overcame decades of self-limiting beliefs and negative patterns about money, to live the life she was always meant to live. She travels between Ibiza, London, and LA, helping creative & spiritual entrepreneurs manifest the resources they need so they can live the life they’ve always dreamed of – and give their greatest gifts to the world. Students flock to her for her effervescent inspiration, her compassionate presence, and her super-power intuitive skills. Polly instantly tunes in through the noise to pinpoint the core of their issues & create rapid transformation. “Money’s a reflection of what’s going on inside you.” – Polly Alexandre Connect with Polly Alexandre on LinkedIn and check out her websites Money Beautifully & Polly Alexandre. You may also follow her on Facebook and Twitter. Let’s meet Polly Alexandre of Money Beautifully™️! Polly Alexandre Show Notes

Today on Extraordinary Women Radio, I’m excited to bring you the very extraordinary Danielle Shoots . Danielle is the Founder and CEO of the Daily Boss Up, a digital startup that provides coaching, mentoring and consulting for leaders at every stage of their professional development. She is also the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for The Colorado Trust, a private health equity foundation supporting Colorado communities. In this episode Danielle shares Her insight on leadership, drawing from her experience as a teen mom Her inspiration for starting the Daily Boss Up as a leadership coaching platform How journaling can help remind you of your resilience Her thoughts on work-life balance Her passion for the role of the millennials in corporate change How to deal with fear Some of her most important life learnings and the legacy she wants to leave behind At the age of 26, Danielle embarked on her executive leadership path ascending to the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. After the state, Danielle served as the Vice President of Finance and Business Operations for the West Division of Comcast, managing a billion-dollar capital portfolio and a team of sixty employees located in seven states. Danielle’s youthful exuberance, distinguished business acumen and tenacious work ethic have garnered her numerous accolades. She was named to the prestigious 2019 list of the Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Business from the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce. The 2018 Woman of the Year Award for her work with youth in the community, and a recipient of the 2017 Denver Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 award. During her remarkable career, she has been featured at TedxMileHigh, Women of Telecommunications Tech It Out Talk, the Black Women Lead Summit and The Women of Denver Summit – to name just a few. As a mother and community advocate Danielle is passionately involved giving back to the community. She has been long-time mentor with the Challenge Foundation. She is also the President of the Board for Mile High Ministries, and an Executive Board Member for the Women’s Foundation of Colorado. “I never think about what I want to do for a living, but only who I want to be for a living.” – Danielle Shoots Connect with Danielle Shoots on LinkedIn and check out her website here. You may also follow her on Facebook and Twitter. Let’s meet Danielle Shoots of the Daily Boss Up! Danielle Shoots Show Notes

Today on Extraordinary Women Radio, I’m excited to bring you the delightful Anne Rose Hart – Founder of the Quantum Institute™. In this episode: Witness how Anne Rose took a turning point in her life that became today’s Quantum Play Learn how laughter relieves and heals the heaviest of burdens Learn about whole body intelligence and how to become more grounded in your purpose The importance of play in bringing in the heart and body wisdom Neuroscience and the powerful benefits of play How to unleash the power of feelings to create ease in your life Anne is going to be one of the speakers at Extraordinary Women Ignite this week! I’m thrilled she will be bringing Quantum Play to our attendees! Anne is the founder of the Quantum Play Institute, and a uniquely gifted, playful, and compassionate teacher and student of life. She has been intensely curious about optimal human performance and peak experiences since she climbed to the roof of her grandfather’s house at 18 months of age. With her unique and playful modality Quantum Play, a somatic and holistic practice for unleashing potential and living in flow, Anne brings together leading-edge research from neuro–physiology, developmental psychology, quantum physics, energy medicine, and spirituality to help purpose-driven entrepreneurs create unstoppable energy, joygasmic freedom, and world-changing impact. With clients & students in 15 countries and counting, Anne draws from her diverse background as a biplane wing-walker, skydiving instructor, triathlete, jazz pianist, scuba diver, barrel racer, historian, web developer, leader of global joy retreats, laughter yogi, occasional raw foodist, and human potential junkie to inspire leaders to challenge the status quo, dare to do the impossible, and rise above “ordinary” to co-create a more compassionate, inclusive, and sustainable world. “When joy is present, change isn’t scary.” – Anne Rose Hart Connect with Anne Rose Hart on LinkedIn and check out her website here. You may also subscribe to her YouTube channel: Genius Playground. You’re going to love Anne! Let’s meet Anne Rose Hart of the Quantum Play Institute! Anne Rose Hart Show Notes

Today on Extraordinary Women Radio, I’m excited to bring you the delightful Charisse Sisou – Best Selling Author of Shameless: Unleash Your Message, Impact & Power. Charisse is one of the guest speakers at next week’s Extraordinary Women Ignite in Golden, Colorado! This is a deliciously juicy conversation! I adore Charisse and you will too. We jam about: Charisse’s journey writing her new Amazon Best Seller book, Shameless: Unleash Your Message, Impact, and Power Our history as women and the shift that’s been happening The connection between our bodies and our message to the world How to connect the dots between business and pleasure How repressed shame can hinder your resonance to your audience How marketing has to be about making an authentic connection Steps to connecting with your body and succeed in business and in life Charisse Sisou connects women leaders with the tribe, clients, and opportunities they desire through the power of story and body. As a leadership mentor, messaging expert, bellydancer and author, she brings revolutionary tools to break through barriers and change your business and life. Charisse is on a mission to inspire leaders and changemakers to unleash their message and impact by reclaiming the wisdom of the body and the power of feminine leadership, for women and men alike. As founding Queen of the Claim Your Message Copy and Content Agency, she’s supported executives and entrepreneurs to tell their stories, share their gifts, and attract the clients, community, and opportunities they desire. As an author and speaker, she’s reconnected thousands with the hidden reserves of energy, intelligence, and healing that reside in the body, tapping 10+ years’ as a nationally award-winning bellydancer. Most recently, she’s coalesced what she’s learned as a dancer grounded in the body feminine, as a gender studies major and lifelong feminist, and as a copy and content expert in her Amazon bestseller: Shameless: Unleash Your Message, Impact & Power. “Your body is your most loyal consort and most honest guide. Recognize you have a partner in your body.” ~ Charisse Sisou Connect with Charisse Sisou on LinkedIn and check out her websites: Shameless Movement & Claim Your Message. Charisse’s book is also available now on Amazon: Shameless: Unleash Your Message, Impact, and Power. Let’s meet Charisse Sisou. Charisse Sisou Show Notes

Today on Extraordinary Women Radio, I’m excited to bring you the delightful Jill Tietjen and Barbara Bridges. I’m launching today’s podcast a couple of days early to share the upcoming book launch of their new book: Hollywood: Her Story, An Illustrated History of Women and the Movies. They are hosting a book launch party at 7 pm on October 24 at the well known Tattered Cover Book Store on Colfax in Denver. It’s going to be a special event, so I wanted to make sure you knew about it! In this episode we jam about: How Jill and Barbara decided to write this book The silent movie era and how women was most involved in it The women who stood out in the movie industry each decade What Jill and Barbara hope for women in Hollywood Barbara’s work through Women+Film – Denver Film Society Jill’s Her Story books series This is the second time that Jill has joined us on Extraordinary Women Radio. Jill S. Tietjen is the co-author of Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who Changed America, which received the Daughters of the American Revolution History Award Medal. She speaks around the country about women’s contributions to history. Jill is arguably one of the top historians on women across all fields of endeavor in the U.S. She works to bring more visibility to women through her continual nominations of historical and living women for national, state, and local awards. Her nominees have been successfully inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame, the National Inventor’s Hall of Fame, and a number of state Women’s Halls of Fame. Jill herself, is an inductee to the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame. Barbara Bridges has spent much of her life as an entrepreneur and businesswoman. In 2006, she founded Women+Film where, with the Denver Film Society, she has been bringing audiences together with films by and about women that ignite discussions around global issues facing women today. The Denver Post named Barbara one of Colorado’s Top Thinkers in Arts and Culture. Her involvement in Women+Film naturally led her to join the Women’s Leadership Council at Sundance. Barbara has received numerous awards and is a member of the Women’s Forum, a past board chair of the Women’s Foundation of Colorado and a member of the Women Moving Millions’ board As you can see, these are two amazing women and I’m honored to bring you their stories today! “Women are completely and totally competent.” – Jill Tietjen “Women, they all have a story to tell. That’s the genesis of making the film.” – Barbara Bridges Let’s meet Jill Tietjen and Barbara Bridges. Connect with Jill Tietjen on LinkedIn and check out Barbara Bridges’ website. Check out their book Hollywood: Her Story, An Illustrated History of Women and the Movies on Amazon. If you want to know more about their collaboration, browse on their website: Hollywood, Her Story. Bridges-Tietjen Show Notes

Today on Extraordinary Women Radio, I’m excited to bring you the delightful Monica Shah. Monica teaches entrepreneurs how to turn the work they love into a profitable, sustainable business. Monica got her MBA from Kellogg School of Management and in her first year as a business owner she was $25,000 in debt. After paying close attention to her numbers and identifying what made money the fastest she was able to end up with no debt and $12,000 in savings. Since founding Revenue Breakthrough, Monica has become an expert at helping people and businesses free themselves from debt and grow revenue. She walks women through a step-by-step process of building, growing and expanding their businesses to six figures and beyond. In this episode: Discover how entrepreneurs can build profitable businesses they love How knowing your numbers is foremost in earning more income Monica’s turning point and her inspiration for her business The 5 main steps in generating money for your business Learn about the 4 money types descriptive of your relationship with money How to create a breakthrough in your revenue How to get Monica’s free gift – a money-making marketing calendar “What I’ve realized is that I was doing everything backwards and working twice as hard as I needed to be working because I wasn’t focusing on the things that needed to make money.” – Monica Shah Let’s meet Monica Shah. Follow Monica on Twitter, connect with her on LinkedIn, and Facebook. You can follow Revenue Breakthrough on Facebook join her Revenue Breakthrough Group on Facebook. Get her free Marketing Calendar here. Visit her website – Revenue Breakthrough – here. Monica Shah Show Notes

Today on Extraordinary Women Radio, I’m excited to bring you the delightful Lora Cheadle – Life Choreographer, Burlesque Dancer and Author of FLAUNT! Drop Your Cover and Reveal Your Smart, Sexy & Spiritual Self.         In This Episode: How Lora made the leap from corporate attorney to becoming more of her authentic self What the world of burlesque has to do helping us live our life out loud Lora’s new and upcoming book titled FLAUNT! Drop Your Cover and Reveal Your Smart, Sexy & Spiritual Self How we as women can be that tribe who can give each other unconditional support         Lora is a Former attorney turned burlesque dancer, author, speaker and Life Choreographer® extraordinaire. She empowers high-achieving women to reveal their smart, sexy, spiritual selves so they can fall in love with their bodies, themselves and their lives, and enjoy everything they’ve worked so hard to create. Through her Five Steps of FLAUNT! She helps choreograph a journey that allows you to release self-judgment, shame and overwhelm and uncover the power, beauty and joy within. All with a wink and a smile! Her soon-to-be-released book, FLAUNT! Drop Your Cover and Reveal Your Smart, Sexy & Spiritual Self. FLAUNT is an acronym for Find Your Fetish, Laugh Out Loud, Accept Unconditionally, Navigate the Negative and Trust in Your Truth.   “The most support that we can get from anyone is from another woman.” ~Lora Cheadle   To learn more about Lora, you can visit her website. You can also connect with her on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Lora Cheadle’s Show Notes

Today on Extraordinary Women Radio, I’m excited to bring you the delightful Janet Watson – Leadership & Communication Strategist, Experiential Facilitator, and Faculty Advisor. We continue the theme on mindset this week: exploring mindset practices and mindset preparation for those most important conversations in our life. Janet’s early work in mindset, started as she initially coached ice skaters. Today she shares her work in colleges and corporations around the world. Janet and I talk about: What Janet learned about mindset as a professional figure skater Janet’s pivotal moment realizing how teaching is her passion and then bringing it to the corporate world How to create a mindset for success using three reflective questions How the stage is for the audience and not the speaker Leading with an open heart and learning with an open mind Seeing the connection between mindset and communication How to mentally prepare yourself for high-stake communications Curiosity, collaboration, and creativity are the cornerstones of coaching for Janet Watson. She has been consulting and coaching with executives at the world’s most recognized brands for the past 20 years including AT&T, Bank of America, Apple, Kaiser Permanente, Mozilla, The Federal Reserve, UC Berkeley, and Stanford Health. She is most excited about coaching and elevating women in the US and Canada to secure their positions in the boardroom so as to make a difference at the top! Passionate about education, Janet is also currently the Senior Faculty Advisor at Berkeley’s Haas School of Business where she coaches on what she has developed as facili-teaching. Let’s meet Leadership & Communication Strategist – Janet Watson. “Leading with an open heart can only happen when you are fully present to what you do…” – Janet Watson I’m so honored to introduce you to, Janet Watson. Connect with Janet Watson on LinkedIn, and visit her website here. Janet Watson Show Notes

Today on Extraordinary Women Radio, I’m excited to bring you the delightful Lisa Meiring – CEO of Radical Results Consulting providing success and mindset strategies. Lisa is one of our Extraordinary Women Ignite speakers November 7-9, where she be talking about mindset, one of the most important things we, as entrepreneurs can tend to in the expansion and growth of our business. I have learned over the years that mindset is a daily practice as an entrepreneur. There are so many traps that we can fall into – self comparisons, doubt, fear, uncertainty… and catching these early in the moments as they first start to show up is essential! How we resonate in the world, with our clients, on stages… all means that we need to put mindset health at the top of our priority list on a daily basis. I love Lisa’s teaching in this space! In this episode, Lisa and I talked about: Mindset – its definition and importance Lisa’s turning point in life and how she took a leap of faith How to stay on track and on purpose The law of attraction and how to make it work in your life Rituals to start and end your day right How to avoid wrecking your self-image How to use your mind to produce the results you desire Lisa is the CEO of Radial Results Consulting, and hosts events and seminars to provide success and mindset strategies. She facilitates a world-class program based on intensive research into the science and mechanics of personal achievements: what really makes successful people successful. Lisa helps clients remove self-limiting beliefs and develop the skills that are invaluable to changing their lives. This leads to discovering their true purpose, untapping their full potential, and playing big. “There’s so much power in understanding how our minds really work.” – Lisa Meiring Lisa is a perfect add to Ignite – and I’m thrilled to introduce you to her today! Let’s meet Lisa Meiring of Radical Results Consulting. Follow Lisa Meiring on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook. Visit her website Radical Resulting Consulting here. Lisa Meiring Show Notes

Today on Extraordinary Women Radio, I’m excited to bring you the delightful Cynthia Forstmann – Founder and Partner of CultureTalk and Archetypal Explorer. Cynthia is going to be one of our speakers at Extraordinary Women Ignite on November 7-9 in Golden, CO – and she’s going to be sharing her powerful work around Archetypes. Over the course of our lives and careers, we each experience moments of absolute clarity; the inner knowing that we are exactly where we are meant to be. Swiss psychotherapist, Carl Jung, would say these moments of insight point to our underlying Archetypes… universal storylines that inform our passions, personalities, and pursuits. At Ignite, Cynthia will be helping our attendees look at pivotal life experiences through the lens of Archetypes and learn how to use these timeless human themes to build their brands and businesses with a new level of awareness and intent. Cynthia will share how knowing your Archetypes, can help you: Find the perfect words to articulate your deepest purpose Grow from a place of strength and engage others authentically Shine a light on shadow behaviors that may be blocking your next steps In this episode, Cynthia shares: Her business-building stories How archetype is defined CultureTalk’s history and the science behind it How to be YOU-nique, especially in business branding The shift in Cynthia’s journey as a professional and business leader Cynthia’s thoughts on the importance of archetypes in the modern world Cynthia has built two very successful businesses, centered on uncovering our unique stories and sharing them. With a passion for storytelling, she’s helped cultivate the Archetype medium for women to share their stories with one another! As an Archetype explorer, she works with individuals to uncover and connect the hidden symbols, patterns and passions that give their lives and work meaning. As a founding partner at CultureTalk, she helps organizations design cultures, brands and communications programs that are driven from a place of authenticity and deep awareness. Cynthia facilitates strategic focus groups with executives, boards, and leaders who share a stake in the culture and communications. She has led award-winning rebranding projects and designed strategic communication and team- building programs to recruit, retain and engage top talent. Known for her warmth and humor, Cynthia speaks to diverse audiences about the power of story in creating culture, inspiring purpose, and enhancing fulfillment. “Don’t be another version of somebody else. Be you.” – Cynthia Forstmann I’m so honored to introduce you to, Cynthia Forstmann of Culture Talk. Follow Cynthia Forstmann on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook. Visit her website here. Cynthia Forstmann Show Notes

Today on Extraordinary Women Radio, I’m excited to bring you the delightful Christie Mann – on a mission to help parents and leaders soar through life’s ups and downs and have a more resilient relationship with their emotions. In this episode we dig into the stories and wisdom around: How Christie started her journey as a leadership coach and consultant at 13 How leadership should be about listening and being curious about your people The in-depth definition of leadership and its transformation to emotional leadership How Christie incorporates Kundalini yoga and meditation into her leadership work How to bring more balance and peace into your life At 13-years-old Christie’s life suddenly and dramatically shifted, when she suffered some devastating losses and was thrust into a leadership position, which subsequently, impacted her relationship to her own emotional growth. She has spent the better part of the past two decades on her own corrective path, and because of this, has a sincere desire to encourage others to have a healthier relationship to their emotions. She is the creator of The Adventures of Lil’ Sass, a series of personal development books for young people, accompanied by supporting accessories & experiences – a brand that teaches the importance and value of being with our own emotions and shows us how much JOY we can experience when we allow ourselves to be fully self-expressed. She draws inspiration for the characters, stories and accessories from her own life experiences and practices, and is in awe of children’s resilience and emotional flexibility and champions adults’ rights to have and express emotions too. She is an author, spiritual psychologist, leadership coach, learning consultant, trainer, speaker and Kundalini Yoga & Meditation teacher who designs and facilitates transformational content and experiences for companies, and helps to make our world a happier, healthier and more connected place to be. “We are all leaders and leaders are those that take responsibility for their world.” ~ Christie Mann Let’s meet Christie Mann! Follow Christie Mann on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook. Visit her website here. Christie Mann Show Notes  

Today on Extraordinary Women Radio, I’m excited to bring you the delightful Kelly McCausey, Founder of Love People + Make Money on building successful online businesses. In this interview we jam on how: Working smarter rather than harder Building a successful online business Shifting mindset to right thinking Kelly’s practices in continuing to be in the essence of self-love Kelly began her business ventures in 2002 as a broke single mom making graphics and creating websites for home-based business owners. Kelly eventually started working smarter instead of harder, discovered better ways to build an income online, and founded Love People + Make Money. Now, she runs a six-figure online business and hosts amazing retreats (on the beach!) for female entrepreneurs to help them build up their communities and businesses. Kelly is vulnerable, real and full of rich insights into building an online business! We jam on the importance of loving on our peeps and so much more… Let meet the fabulous Kelly McCausey! “I had a revelation about self-love… ego-driven words vs. essence-driven words matter. When I was looking at the words listed under ego-driven and essence-driven categories, I realized I was all ‘ego-driven’.” – Kelly McCausey Follow Kelly McCausey on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook. Visit her website here. Kelly McCausey Show Notes  

Today on Extraordinary Women Radio, I’m honored to bring you Keri Murphy, Founder/CEO of Inspired Living helping experts in their fields build influential brands and businesses they love. Ah, as we know, being entrepreneur isn’t a straight pathway! Keri is a delight and is filled with so much rich wisdom on navigating what can be a messy journey into success! She shares her own twisting story of how she became a leader empowering people all over the world to “Dream it. Live it. BE it!” In this Episode, we talk about: Keri Murphy’s lessons learned in her journey as an entrepreneur How asking for other’s aid could help you maneuver your business as an entrepreneur The “It Factor” in creating success Navigating the fears of an entrepreneur Why is video so important in today’s business marketing? Hear Keri’s best tips in producing good video for your business Keri is an international speaker, media expert and business mentor who has honed her expertise in the entrepreneurial field for over 20 years. She now helps business visionaries and leaders build an influential brand. Keri is a veteran of television with appearances on MTV, E!, FOX and NBC (to name a few). Keri brings her hard-worn entrepreneurial knowledge and on-camera expertise to her clients through public speaking, mentoring and her Inspired Living TV web series, helping them to bridge the gap between having a dream and making it a profitable reality. Starting completely over in 2009 after closing a business she loved, she realized the importance of mentorship and using her gifts to the best and highest use possible. A lesson she would eventually use to launch her most successful venture yet. She was chosen to be a mentor for the Branson Centre of Entrepreneurs and has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs from around the world share their message, use video powerfully and create an influential brand. She’s a warm, honest, funny and captivating teacher who can spot and cultivate the “IT Factor” in her clients and students—and help them shine on-stage, on-camera, and in their lives and businesses. “If I looked at what everyone else is doing, I wouldn’t be able to follow myself – I couldn’t follow the vision I had because it will be so distracting looking at other people’s lives.” – Keri Murphy Let’s meet Keri! Follow Keri Murphy on Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube, Facebook and Instagram. Visit her website. Keri Murphy Show Notes  

Today on Extraordinary Women Radio, I’m honored to bring you Beth Comstock: Former Vice Chair of GE and Author of Imagine It Forward. I love this interview! I have followed Beth’s inspiration for many years, dating back to my corporate days over a decade ago. Today we talk about her journey through GE, about leading change, about stepping into our courage and granting ourselves permission to show up in bigger, bolder ways and more! Beth’s mission is to understand what’s next, navigate change and help others do the same. By cultivating a habit of seeking out new ideas, people and places, she built a career path from storyteller to chief marketer to corporate Vice Chair. Beth led efforts to accelerate new growth, develop digital and clean-energy futures, seed new businesses and enhance brand value. As President of Integrated Media at NBC Universal, Beth oversaw TV ad revenue and new digital efforts, including the early development of hulu.com. Beth is a director at Nike, trustee of The National Geographic Society and former board president of the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian National Design Museum. Her first book, Imagine it Forward, about working (and living) on the front lines of change, was released September 2018. Her stories are fabulous and vulnerable. “The world will never be slower than it is right now. We need to adapt to new things, but what holds us back is fear.” – Beth Comstock Let’s meet Beth Comstock! Follow Beth Comstock on Twitter and LinkedIn, or visit her website. Her book Imagine It Forward is available on Amazon! Beth Comstock Show Notes

Today on Extraordinary Women Radio, I’m honored to bring you Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy, better known as SARK, a highly acclaimed author, artist, speaker and teacher with millions of books in print. This was such a delightful interview and I was so honored to interview SARK, someone who has provide inspiration to me for over 20 years! SARK gets vulnerable in personal story and her rich wisdom in this interview. In this episode we dance in conversation around: Blending and alchemizing the terrible and wonderful to create a brand new healing mixture you can use in your life right now What the word “succulent” means to Susan What helped Susan step into facing and overcoming her fears New wisdom that came to SARK over the loss of her husband Susan’s go-to ways of taking care of herself when her cup needs filling And explore the power in the question… “Are you asking enough?” SARK is now fully engaged in a major brand expansion spearheaded by her new self-help memoir. Like three of her previous 17 bestselling books, Succulent Wild Woman, Succulent Wild Love and Glad No Matter What, SARK’s revelatory new memoir is both prescriptive and reflective of her own life journey which is personal as well as universal. The memoir goes beyond any of her previous books in depth and dimension. This is SARK as a magical sage, still whimsical while introducing a new kind of elegance into both her content and presentation. This is a book written for all genders and an increasingly wide demographic of new fans. People are hungrier than ever for wisdom that really works. That wisdom requires the kind of magical and practical thinking that SARK unfolds within her own dramatic, inspirational journey. SARK in her new memoir offers not only a compelling story but also real hope with real “magic” that absolutely works. It not only works for her – she’s been teaching people to be able to create their own magically practical lives for decades. Born in Minneapolis in 1954, SARK wrote her first book at age 10, going on to pursue higher education in Communication Arts and Radio/Television Production. She is a favorite with both PBS and NPR, and widely touted by print and social media. Some of the luminaries that endorse her work are: Dr. Maya Angelou, Dr. Wayne Dyer, Marci Shimoff, Dr. Christiane Northrup, Neale Donald Walsch, and Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen. SARK’s purpose is to be a transformer, uplifter and laser beam of love, and she does that through her art, words, and spirit. “Each person is meant to do off of their unique gifts and be who they truly are in this world.” – Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy Follow Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy (SARK) on Facebook , Twitter and Instagram, or visit her website – Planet Sark. You would also want to check out this MicroMOVEment Miracle Method Mini Book from Susan! Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy (SARK) Show Notes

Today on Extraordinary Women Radio, I’m honored to bring you International & Transformational Speaker and Best Selling Author of A Whole New Life, Lucia Giovannini. Lucia became one of the first transformational speakers in Italy and has even been regarded as the “Louise Hay of Italy.” As a former Italian supermodel turned best-selling author, spiritual teacher, transformational coach, environmental & animal activist, and author of 13 books – she’s got a story to share! Lucia shares her courageous story of leaving behind a successful life that no longer served her, and following the whispers in her heart. Her story of breaking up with the world of show business, led her to her own internal journey, going barefoot for a year, and emerging into healing practices. In this interview, Lucia shares This story of her journey to find her calling How Lucia trusted her intuition telling her to do something entirely different and leave behind a successful career Learn on how to define the roadmap forward to tune in to the internal wisdom that’s inside you How to build a “map of the future” Her best-selling book, “A Whole New Life”, was first published in Italian and is now translated into eight languages, including an English version published by Hay House India. Her book has sold thousands of copies around the world and debuted in the US in March 2019. “Labeling what we do with excitement and enthusiasm, instead of fear, gives us more power to do it.” – Lucia Giovannini Follow Lucia Giovannini on Facebook , Twitter or Instagram or visit her website. Lucia Giovannini Show Notes

Today on Extraordinary Women Radio, I’m honored to bring you Kathleen Gage, a courageous extraordinary woman who is reinventing herself at 65 Years Young! In our interview today, we jam about: A big transformation in Kathleen’s life after 25 years of running her very successful business. How turning to plant-based eating has helped her grow in all aspects of life (physically, socially, and spiritually). How to know when we’re supposed to go for something and how to know to let it go. At her 65th year on earth, what does age mean to Kathleen? Learn about what Kathleen has discovered on the power of presence and connecting to people. Kathleen is a highly sought after keynote speaker, author, marketing strategist, and visibility mentor. She is the founder and CFO (Chief Fun Officer) of Power Up for Profits – a successful marketing, and visibility building company. Most recently she has incorporated her passion for business and health into, Plant-Based Eating for Health, her newest blog dedicated to teaching the power of a wholefood, plant-based eating protocol to becoming a peak performer in all areas of one’s life. This fully aligns with her love, compassion, and commitment to animals. Kathleen shares her story of being an entrepreneur for 25 years, and the ups and downs that can come with it. She has not only survived but thrived. And yes, Kathleen recently hit her 65th birthday, although she is not your typical 65-year old. To celebrate her birthday she is running a half marathon, a sport she picked up in her sixties! “Sometimes those roadblocks that we hit are the very thing that we need in order to really dig deep and look at life in a different perspective.” ~Kathleen Gage Follow Kathleen Gage on Facebook or Twitter or visit her website – Kathleen Gage.com, Power Up for Profits and Plant-Based Eating For Health. Let’s meet Kathleen Gage. Kathleen Gage Show Notes

Today on Extraordinary Women Radio, I’m honored to bring you Founder of Interview Connections, the first and leading podcast booking agency, Jessica Rhodes. Together with her business partner, Jessica has quickly scaled Interview Connections to high multiple six figures, with nearly no direct marketing or ads, and will break through the 7-figure mark in 2019. I love this! Today we dig into: How Jessica started her podcasting business as a behind-the-scenes virtual assistant Maneuvering breakdown and breakthroughs in business The most important thing that Jessica did that helped take her business into seven figures Learning what types of entrepreneurs should start leveraging podcasts as part of their marketing strategy The best tactics and strategy in growing your downloads and listeners if you do have a podcast The Interview Connections team of Booking Agents are the podcast powerhouses behind many of the record-breaking book launches you’ve seen today, with clients such as Ali Brown, JJ Virgin, Perry Marshall, other authors you may know, and numerous PR agencies who hire them for their podcasting savvy and booking skills. Jessica started podcasting in 2014 with the launch of Rock The Podcast and also has co-hosted several other shows including The Podcast Producers and Womensplaining. She is the acclaimed author of Interview Connections: How to #RockThePodcast From Both Sides of the Mic and has been a featured speaker at Podcast Movement, Podfest Multimedia Expo, and Dream Business Academy. “With business – you’re having breakdowns, but you’re also going to have breakthroughs!” – Jessica Rhodes Follow Jessica Rhodes on Facebook or Linkedin or visit her website – Interview Connections. Let’s meet the Founder of Interview Connections Jessica Rhodes. Jessica Rhodes Show Notes

Today on Extraordinary Women Radio, I’m honored to bring you Colorado State Representative, Lisa Cutter. In 2018, a record number of women ran in house and senate races across our nation: A total of 256 women… 197 Democrats and 59 Republican. AND A record number of women won their races, and as we look forward to the 2020 presidential elections – currently, there are six women stepping up to the podium claiming their desire to be president… That makes me excited. I was honored that my newly elected representative to the Colorado House, Lisa Cutter joined us at my Extraordinary Women Connect gala in May – and I’m thrilled to have her join us today on Extraordinary Women Radio. “I was in a position to help change the world, and if I didn’t use that, what kind of a role model or what kind of demonstration would I be? For that also was really a driver for me.” – Lisa Cutter No matter your party affiliation, If you are being called to make a difference in your communities, in your state, our nation, our world – I invite you to tune into this episode! Lisa shares her story of how the seeds of the idea to run for office came to her… what she did with those ideas, and what she’s learned in her inaugural year in office. She talks about what we can do as ordinary… or dare I say extraordinary women, to impact change in our society, and also, what we can do if running for office is a seed waiting to be nurtured. I love this interview! Follow Lisa Cutter on Facebook or Twitter or visit her website. Let’s meet Colorado Representative Lisa Cutter. Lisa Cutter Show Notes

Today on Extraordinary Women Radio, I’m honored to bring you Dr. Diana Whitney, a leading figure in the fields of Appreciative Inquiry and large scale change management. Diana recently launched her newest book Thriving Women, Thriving World: An Invitation to Dialogue, Healing and Inspired Actions, of which I was honored to contribute a short essay called, Circle of Women. I met Diana 10 years ago, when I working on my Certificate of Practice in Appreciative Inquiry – a positive psychology change management process – that I incorporate into all of my coaching programs, workshops, conferences and retreats. I love this model of working with the strengths of who we are – and building upon what is possible. Diana has been at the forefront of positive change theory and practice in the USA and world wide for three decades, and it was such an honor to have her as a teacher/mentor, alongside Amanda Trosten Bloom – another one of my mentors in the Appreciative Inquiry field. Diana founded the international consultancy, Corporation for Positive Change and co-founded the social constructionist think tank, the Taos Institute. Her work, designing and facilitating strategic culture transformation, merger integration and leadership development with Fortune 100 companies, has gained her a worldwide following. Her clients include Novartis, Merck SA, British Airways, Sisters of Good Shephard, University of Virgina Health Systems and GTE (Verizon). She was a founding advisor to the global interfaith organization, the United Religions Initiative. Diana is a prolific and award winning author with twenty books and dozens of chapters and articles to her name, including The Power of Appreciative Inquiry; Appreciative Leadership; Appreciative Inquiry: A Positive Revolution in Change; and Positive Approaches to Peacebuilding. With the launch of her newest book – Thriving Women, Thriving World.Today, Diana is speaking around the world addressing gender inequality, sexism and intersectionality through an appreciative lens. This is a beautiful book is a delightful treasure chest of stories and artistry that helps raise up the conversations in our world around women empowerment. This book is an important resource to bring more self-love, connection and wisdom to women’s lives, creating a ripple effect on our world for positive good. Treat yourself to a copy on Amazon! Follow Dr. Diana Whitney on Facebook or Twitter or visit her websites Positivechange.org and TaosInstitute.net. Her book Thriving Women Thriving World: An Invitation to Dialogue, Healing, and Inspired Actions and her other books are available on Amazon! It is my pleasure to introduce you to Dr. Diana Whitney. Dr. Diana Whitney Show Notes  

I am excited to introduce Dr. Helen Riess: Author of The Empathy Effect: Seven Neuroscience-Based Keys for Transforming the Way We Live, Love, Work, and Connect Across Differences on Extraordinary Women Radio! Happiness is grounded in relationships of all kinds. The ways we connect with others at home, work, school, in business, as parents, educators, employers and mentors. The more we understand how to connect meaningfully, the more those relationships will thrive. Empathy is an essential element in good relationships. Our guest today, Dr. Helen Riess literally wrote the book on empathy. Her new book, The Empathy Effect: is a A Revolutionary Guide for Understanding and Changing the Way We Connect. Dr. Riess shares how we can learn to cultivate our empathy and why it is more important today than ever. We talk about: How the topic of “empathy” chose Dr. Riess The decline of empathy in the healthcare section and how the power of empathy is very essential today more than ever Helen’s description on how we mirror each other’s feelings and emotions The shared neuro-circuits between people and animals How we can learn more empathy Dr. Riess’s TEDx talk on “The Power of Empathy,” has been viewed more than 400,000 times. Dr. Reiss is Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Empathetics Inc., a company that provides web-based empathy training and workshops for implementation in healthcare institutions. She is also an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Empathy Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. She has devoted her career to teaching and research in the art and science of the patient-doctor relationship. “If you don’t understand someone, and before you judge them, engage your curiosity. Just try to learn one or two more things about them before you judge them.” ~ Dr. Helen Riess Follow Dr. Helen Riess on Facebook or Twitter or visit her website. Her book The Empathy Effect: Seven Neuroscience-Based Keys for Transforming the Way We Live, Love, Work, and Connect Across Differences is available on Amazon! It is my pleasure to introduce you to Dr. Helen Riess. Dr.Helen Riess Show Notes  

I am excited to introduce Lissa Rankin, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Daily Flame and Mind Over Medicine today on Extraordinary Women Radio! It was such a delight to speak with Lissa. I’ve been reading her book the The Daily Flame – a daily inspiration book – and I have to say it’s one of the best I’ve ever read! The Daily Flame is all about connecting to our inner pilot light –That sparks of divinity within. It’s been a wonderful addition to my daily rituals, and I’m grateful for Lissa. In this interview we talk about: The transitional journey and calling of Lissa Rankin Listening to your inner inner pilot and how it would help you along the way Healthcare, trauma healing, and self-healing Why does healing stop and how does deep connection to the Earth helps a person heal? Lissa Rankin, MD, is a physician, speaker, founder of the Whole Health Medicine Institute, creator of The Daily Flame, and mystic. Passionate about what makes people optimally healthy and what predisposes them to illness, Lissa discovered that connecting with your “Inner Pilot Light” is not only essential to optimal health, making your body ripe for miracles; it’s also the golden ticket to finding and fulfilling your calling, nurturing healthy relationships, being a loving, responsible, ethical Soul Tribe member, downloading creative new ideas from the muse, and restoring peace on earth. Bridging between seemingly disparate worlds, Lissa is a connector, collaborator, curator, and amplifier, broadcasting not only her unique visionary ideas, but also those of cutting edge visionaries she discerns and trusts, especially in the field of her latest research into “Sacred Medicine.” In 2012, Lissa founded the Whole Health Medicine Institute, where she and a team of luminary faculty like Deepak Chopra, Rachel Naomi Remen, Bernie Siegel, and Joan Borysenko train physicians and other health care providers about “Whole Health” and the “6 Steps to Healing Yourself.” Lissa has starred in two National Public Television specials, her TEDx talks have been viewed over 4 million times, and she leads workshops, both online and at retreat centers like Esalen, 1440, Omega, and Kripalu. “Surrender to the greater will. The gateway to magic is spiritual surrender.” – Lissa Rankin Follow Lissa on Facebook, and Twitter. Check out more of her works and mentoring program on her Website – Lissa Rankin. It is my pleasure to introduce you to Lissa Rankin. Lissa Rankin Show Notes  

I am excited to introduce two extraordinary women to you today on this episode of Extraordinary Women Radio, Manouschka Guerrier, Chef at Food Network and Karen Hertz, the Founder and Chief Brewista of Holidaily Brewery. This interview was a fun one! We did it at the Holidaily Brewery in Golden, CO with a flight of beers in front of us! And how this came about was equally as fun! I belong to a secret Facebook group of about 20,000 women called the FEMPS… you have to get invited to this group by someone already in the group… and it is therefore, the most extraordinary group of women! Last month, there was a post from Manouschka Guerrier. Hey Femps I’m heading to Colorado May 25th for about 10 days shooting my docuseries #FaceReality & looking to interview women in the cannabis, brewery & food industry. Anyone down to meet & share your story or know anyone in these industries to link me up with? Well, anyone who knows me, knows I’m a connector – and so within minutes I had connected Manouschka up with half-a-dozen different women, including Karen Hertz, the founder and Chief Brewista at my favorite gluten-free brewery – Holidaily! I had a blast interviewing Manouschka and Karen at Holidaily! Manouschka is personal chef to the stars, owner of #SingleServe, Chef at Foodnetwork and #RecipeHunters, co-star of Private Chefs of Beverly Hills and creator of her new docuseries called Face Reality! In addition, she has been a chef at NBC and Oprah Winfrey Network. And Karen Hertz of Holidaily is an inspirational story herself! I actually interviewed Karen in one of my forth episode of Extraordinary Women Radio, where she told her start up story. Today we dig into the mega growth Holidaily is doing, and Karen shares the story of how they just grew their production capability by 5 times! On top of that, I love Holidaily beer! It is so good! This might have been the most fun I’ve had interviewing – and special shout-out to my good friend Tahverlee Anglen of the podcast Grit and Grace, who brought out all her fancy portable podcasting equipment for me to use this day, which enabled us to record right in the brewery! Now let’s dive in and meet Manouschka Guerrier and Karen Hertz – recorded at Holidaily Brewery! To learn more about Manouschka, follow her on Facebook, Instagram and check out her Website. To learn more about Karen, follow her on Facebook, Instagram and check out her Website. It is my pleasure to introduce you to two of my sheroes, Manouschka Guerrier and Karen Hertz. Manouschka Guerrier and Karen Hertz Show Notes  

I am excited to introduce today’s Extraordinary Women Radio guest, Pam Houston: Author of Deep Creek: Finding Hope In The High Country and Cowboys Are My Weakness. Pam is one of my favorite authors of all time! I read Pam’s book, Cowboys Are My Weakness, many, many years ago. Her books a series of short stories about her life – so many which mirrored my own life at that time – and her fun writing style made me feel like I was in the room with her. Fast forward all these years later, and one of my clients casually asks, “Have you ever read any Pam Houston books? She has a new book out that made me think of you.” “OMG – yes I know who she is! I love her writing!” And I instantly proceeded to order her most recent book, Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country. Deep Creek tells Pam’s story of finding her ranch in Creede, CO. At 31 years old, she was fresh off a tour promoting her book, Cowboys Are My Weakness. ,She had “no job, no place to lie except her North Face tent.” On an impulse and a good instinct, she spent her royalties on a 120-acre ranch near Creede, Colorado. It was more than she could afford, and required more maintenance than she could manage. And yet, 25 years later, it’s the piece of land that’s defined the largest part of her life. Deep Creek tells the remarkable story of “that girl who dared herself to buy a ranch, dared herself to dig in and care for it, to work hard enough to pay for it, to figure out what other people mean when they use the world ‘home.”’ So you can imagine how excited I was when I reached out to Pam as I was reading Deep Creek, and said – hey can I feature you on Extraordinary Women Radio – and within minutes she emailed back and said “Sure!” What’s really fun for me, is I’ve trail ridden in the mountains above Pam’s ranch. This is deep high country, and it is where my father’s ashes are spread, high atop a mountain range, 16 miles from any roads. This country is wild, rugged and magically spirit-filled. I feel Pam’s love for this land. It truly was a delight to feature Pam in this interview. She is also the author of Contents May Have Shifted, Waltzing the Cat, the novel, Sight Hound, and a collection of essays, A Little More About Me. Her stories have been selected for volumes of Best American Short Stories, The O. Henry Awards, The 2013 Pushcart Prize, and Best American Short Stories of the Century. She is the winner of the Western States Book Award, the WILLA award for contemporary fiction, The Evil Companions Literary Award and multiple teaching awards. She co-founded the literary nonprofit Writing By Writers, is a professor of English at UC Davis, teaches in The Institute of American Indian Art, and at writer’s conferences around the country and the world. To learn more about Pam, follow her on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. It is my pleasure to introduce you to one of my sheroes, Pam Houston. Pam Houston Show Notes  

I am excited to introduce today’s Extraordinary Women Radio guest, Lily Nie, a Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame Inductee and Founder of Chinese Children Adoption International (CCAI). Imagine being responsible for placing over 12,000 orphaned children into loving homes. Imagine the ripple effect this had for each child… each family… This is was Lily has done over the course of her lifetime! In this episode, Lily shares the story of how she and her husband build the Chinese Children Adoption International to create a ripple effect of change around the world. Lily is a prominent leader and orphan advocate in international adoption and children service community. As a co-founder of Chinese Children Charities/CCAI, Lily has saved lives of over 12,000 abandoned Chinese children since 1992, mostly girls, by placing them with loving and secure American adoptive families. And on top of that, Lily has impacted over 70,000 Chinese orphans’ lives by bringing them over ten million dollars’ worth of food, clothes, medical treatment and education support in the past 27 years. She has made it possible for thousands of adopted children and their families to receive post adoption cultural and emotional support through Joyous Chinese Cultural Center she established in 1996. Through XpressYourself, AdopTween, and Adopteen she initiated, hundreds of adopted children have had the amazing opportunities to develop their character and leadership skills. Her tireless work on behalf of the abandoned children, especially girls, is truly inspirational, transformational, and life changing. In 2003, she received the U.S. congressional Angel in Adoption Award as recognition of her outstanding contribution to the well being of orphans around the world. Today, CCAI is one of the largest and most respected adoption charities in the world that brings healing, hope and home to children in China, Haiti, Bulgaria, Latvia, Ukraine and Taiwan. Two books have told Lily’s stories: Love without Boundary, 2002 by Li Chun Xiu and Bound by Love, 2010 by Linda Droeger. And Lily has been featured on media from around the world, including: ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, Fox, China Central TV, KUSA, KCNC, WHDH, KWGN, Rocky Mountain News, Denver Post, Daily Camera, USA Today, China Daily, and more. On top of being an inductee to the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame, Lily has a long list of awards including: Who’s Who in Executives and Business in America, Silk Wings Award – Outstanding Asian Women in the U. S. A., Who’s Who – Famous Chinese in China and Overseas, Model Mother – Greatest Chinese Mothers of Colorado, Angels in Adoption – U S Congressional Coalition in Adoption, Colorado Parents of the Year, Women Who Have Changed the Heart of the City – Denver Rescue Mission, #1 Adoption Agency in the World – China Central Authority CCCWA, Alumni of the Year – Phoenix University and the Be More Award – Rocky Mountain PBS! To learn more about Lily, visit the CCAI website and follow her on Facebook and Twitter. Let’s meet Lily Nie. Lily Nie Show Notes *** The Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame mission is to inspire by celebrating and sharing the enduring contributions of Colorado’s distinctive women. To achieve this, the Hall educates the people of Colorado about the stories of the women who shaped our state and the nation’s history with courage, leadership, intelligence, compassion, and creativity. Their talents, skills, struggles, and contributions form a legacy that the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame is dedicated to protecting. Kami is honored to partner with the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame, sharing the stories of their Inductees. You can listen to other Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame interviews here!

I am excited to introduce today’s Extraordinary Women Radio guest, Kate Maloney – the producer of the Movie and the Movement – We Rise Up. We Rise Up premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and brings together some of the most brilliant, accomplished & high-impact leaders of our day. It’s about redefining a new model of success to uplift & empower people to live radically fulfilled, purpose driven lives. You’re going to learn more about it in today’s interview, but first, let me tell you how I met Kate. Five years ago I said yes to a conference on the spur of moment knowing that I was meant to be there. That decision forever changed my business and my life. We had to apply to attend this conference – as the speaker list was stellar: the CEO of Whole Foods, John Mackey, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Michael Bernard Beckwith, Lynne Twist , Ken Wilbur, Blake Mycoskie – the CEO of Toms Shoes, Allanis Morsette, Michael Franti, Tom Chi – the creator of Google Glass, Jack Canfield… and many, many more. The lineup was incredible. The message was powerful. “It’s time to redefine what success means.” The woman who directed and produced this conference was Kate Maloney, and I knew the moment I met her that she was a woman I needed to know more. Kate is a visionary… a movement maker and a woman with a passion for changing the way we looked at success! Over the course of the 4 days that I spent at conference, I was inspired to #RaiseUP how I was showing up the world. It’s where the seeds of my Extraordinary Women Connect & Extraordinary Women Ignite events were planted. It’s where the seeds of the podcast first gave birth. Shortly after, I wrote my own purpose statement that said… “I want to help 1 million women step into their passion and purpose and make the impact that they desire in the world.” Kate had seeds planted at this conference as well, although as she shares in our interview today – the vision would come to her very organically in the years that followed… A movie… a movement… We Rise Up – because our world needs us. Kate did a premier showing of We Rise Up at the Sundance Film Festival and also in Boulder this year. The official launch of We Rise Up will be this Fall… and I am thrilled to share that we’re going to have a private showing of We Rise Up at my Extraordinary Women Connect event November 7, 8 and 9th in Golden Colorado and that Kate will be joining us as one of our keynote speakers. “Business is perhaps the most profound change agent on the planet. It’s a powerful force.” ~Kate Maloney In our interview today, Kate shares more about the We Rise Up movement and how it came to be. You will be inspired… be sure to go out to the We Rise Up The Movie on their Facebook page or on their Web Site. Facebook page and join in the conversation. Then join us in November at Ignite and apply some of Kate’s magic to your world. Kate Maloney Show Notes Let’s meet Kate Maloney – the producer and founder of We Rise Up – the Movie and the Movement.

Today’s episode of Extraordinary Women Radio is with Gina Schreck, the president and founder of SocialKNX, a digital marketing and social media management company. Gina is ranked by LinkedIn as one of the Top 24 B2B Marketers to follow in 2019 and and ranked as one of the top 50 women influencers on-line in FastCompany’s Influence project! Gina continues to be voted as one of the top online social media coaches by Content and Digital Marketing World. Her latest book, Social Media Doesn’t Work… unless you do! Helps marketers and business’s DO SOCIAL RIGHT! She has so much wisdom to share with us on how do social media right! She is an international speaker, author of several other books including Getting’ Geeky with Twitter, and was the technical editor on the latest Complete Idiots Guide to Social Media! Gina is also the founder of The Village Workspace in Denver which is a coworking space designed with the female entrepreneur in mind! Gina is married and is the co-founder of 4 tech-savvy kids who call her on their Alexa devices all the time! As an author, podcaster, blogger, and the lead coach at DIYsocial, she lives in a digital world all the time. Gina shares social media tips today in this interview to help us make sense of today’s changing digital landscape and learn to thrive into the future. Gina started her agency 24 years ago, so she has so much wisdom to share around saying yes to the opportunities that show up, confidence, women playing small and so much more! “I’m anything but a perfectionist. I tend to jump in and do things messy until they fall in line perfectly. My messiness got me to where I am.” ~Gina Schreck And also I’m thrilled to announce that Gina will be one of our keynote speakers at my 5th Annual Extraordinary Women Ignite event which will be held November 7, 8 and 9 in Golden, Colorado, helping women #RaiseUP their voice, visibility and business for 2020! Join us and you’ll walk into 2020 with your year mapped out for impact! It is a life changing and business changing experience, and Gina will make it even more so! Mark your calendars, and jump out to www.kamiguildner.com/ignite and put your name on the mailing list to receive notice for the pre-sale of tickets that will happen in August to get the best rate. To learn more about Gina, follow her on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or follow SocialKNX on Twitter, Facebook or visit the SocialKNX web site. To learn more about The Village Workspace on Facebook. Gina Schreck Show Notes Now, let’s meet Gina Schreck.

Today I’m excited and honored to bring you today’s Extraordinary Women Radio guest, Jen Ruiz, the Travel Blogger on Jen on a Jetplane. Jen is a lawyer turned solo travel blogger. Her book, “The Affordable Flight Guide”, is a #1 Amazon Bestseller and 2018 Readers’ Favorite Award winner. The year before her 30th birthday, Jen set the goal to take 12 trips in 12 months. She tells this story, and all that this ambition started for her. And she has great tips for us on how to travel affordably! I’m thrilled to introduce you to Jen. Let’s meet Jen Ruiz of Jen on a Jetplane! Jen’s blog Jen on a Jetplane has over 300K monthly impressions and she has been featured by The Washington Post, ABC News and The Huffington Post. To learn more about Jen Ruiz, follow her on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Jen Ruiz Show Notes

I’m excited and honored to bring you today’s Extraordinary Women Radio guest, Dr. Temple Grandin, a Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame Inductee. In addition to being a world-renowned animal scientist, consultant, author, inventor, lecturer, and designer of livestock-handling facilities, Dr. Grandin is also a leading specialist and lecturer on autism spectrum disorder, a brain condition that she herself has had since birth. In our interview today, Dr. Grandin tells her own personal story of finding the boldness and guts to do the great things in her life. We talk about how horses saved her life and how horses can impact our society, especially our kids – something that is so important right now. She shares her wisdom on the different spectrums of thinking that people have, and how labeling our in kids so quickly can be harmful. Dr. Grandin shares her story of how she led change in the very male dominated world of agriculture and how she overcame her fear of speaking, as she speaks all around the world today. Dr. Grandin is a legend in her own right. More than half the cattle in Colorado, the United States, and Canada dwell in humane livestock-handling facilities designed by Colorado State University (CSU) animal sciences professor Temple Grandin. Grandin’s extraordinary relationship with animals began with horses when she was a girl. During summers on her aunt’s cattle ranch, Grandin’s interactions with farm animals taught her lifelong coping skills that helped her overcome difficulties in communicating with people. For example, she invented a machine for calming herself that resembled squeezing systems used to calm cattle during branding. Her mother and aunt pushed her to develop her special talents despite the conventional wisdom in the early 1960s that autistic people could not lead mainstream lives. Grandin has shared her vast expertise in livestock handling in hundreds of industry publications, book chapters, technical papers, and scholarly journal articles. Her best-selling Animals in Translation is one of seven books she has authored on animal behavior and autism. Thinking in Pictures and Other Reports from My Life with Autism describes her unique thinking process, which is based more on visual images than on words and language. Grandin argues that many animals share this perspective, enabling her to foster practical approaches to human-animal interactions that have revolutionized the cattle-handling industry. Grandin generously supports graduate students at CSU and offers individual advice to young people on a daily basis. Time magazine listed her as one of its 100 most influential people in 2010, and the national media have interviewed her extensively, including on 60 Minutes, in The Wall Street Journal, and on National Public Radio. As a female trailblazer in an all-male industry, Grandin has used her well-known reputation to help others break through barriers of sexism and prejudice against persons with autism and bring about a fresh appreciation for all people. “Autism is an important part of who I am, which I don’t want to change. But this is not my primary identity.” ~ Dr. Temple Grandin To learn more about Dr. Temple Grandin, you can follow her on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn. Dr. Temple Grandin Show Notes *** The Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame mission is to inspire by celebrating and sharing the enduring contributions of Colorado’s distinctive women. To achieve this, the Hall educates the people of Colorado about the stories of the women who shaped our state and the nation’s history with courage, leadership, intelligence, compassion, and creativity. Their talents, skills, struggles, and contributions form a legacy that the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame is dedicated to protecting. Kami is honored to partner with the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame, sharing the stories of their Inductees. You can listen to other Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame interviews here!

Today I’m excited and honored to bring you today’s Extraordinary Women Radio guest, Mory Fontanez, the founder & CEO at 822 Group. A 15 year agency alumn, Mory launched 822 Group to help companies reestablish their values and create focus in a world filled with activities that lack connection. Core to her methodology is the idea that a company’s values should be the driver of every action, not just a sign on the wall. We talk about how Mory made the jump from a very successful agency career and why values are so important in our world today. Mory and I share the belief that this is the era of connectedness, and this conversation is rich. Mory is an experienced strategist and counselor that has worked with global brands to create meaningful change within business operations, culture and consumer relationships. As a student of marketing, data and psychology, Mory believes in creating true behavioral change that can be tied to measurable business results. Holding deep expertise in reputation, change management, and integrated brand positioning, Mory understands the connection between branding, marketing, culture and operations. She has provided strategic counsel to clients functioning within highly regulated environments throughout the financial, technology and consumer sectors – supporting efforts in B2B, B2C, and internal communications for Fortune 500 companies. “76% of millennials said they would pay more for a brand that’s aligned in their values.” – Mory Fontanez To learn more about Mory Fontanez, you can follow her on her website: 822group.com or on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and at the 822 Group on LinkedIn. Mory Fontanez Show Notes

Today I’m excited to share with you my 100th episode of Extraordinary Women Radio! And I’m extremely honored to feature Zainab Salbi, the founder of Women for Women International for this milestone episode! At the age of 23, Zainab Salbi founded Women for Women International, a grassroots humanitarian and development organization dedicated to serving women survivors of wars by offering support, tools, and access to life-changing skills to move from crisis and poverty to stability and economic self-sufficiency. Under her leadership as the organization’s CEO (1993-2011), the organization grew from helping 30 women upon its inception to more than 500,000 women in 8 conflict areas. It also distributed more than $100 million in direct aid and micro credit loans that impacted more than 1.7 million family members. Today Zainab shares her story of how she founded Women for Women International. She also shares her deeply personal story of growing up in the shadows of Saddam Hussein, a secret she kept hidden for many years. We talk about the power of facing our fears, and Zainab shares the catalyst moment when she brought her own truth forward in telling this story. There is so much wisdom in this interview, as Zainab shares her firsthand knowledge around the vital role of women in war, and how women are naturally called to make a difference in this world. This is a powerful episode my friends. You won’t want to miss it. Zainab is also the host and creator of several TV shows including #MeToo, Now What? on PBS (2018), The Zainab Salbi Project, original series on Huffington Post (2016), The Nidaa Show with TLC Arabic where she started with the historic first interview of Oprah Winfrey in the Arab world, and a new original series with Yahoo News! Through Her Eyes with Zainab Salbi. Zainab is the author of several books including the national bestseller Between Two Worlds: Escape from Tyranny: Growing Up in the Shadow of Saddam, If You Knew Me You Would Care, and her latest Freedom is an Inside Job. Zainab has been featured on Oprah’s Super Soul Sunday several times and her global awards list is lengthy: One of the 100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People, Watkins (2019) One of the 100 Most Powerful Arabs, Gulf Business (2019) One of the 100 Leading Global Thinkers, Foreign Policy Magazine (2016) One of 25 Women Changing The World, People Magazine (2016) One of the 100 Most Creative People in Business for being a voice of change in the Middle East, Fast Company (2016) One of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Arab Women, Arabian Business (2016) One of the Most Influential Women on Social Media, Wear Your Voice (2015) One of the 100 Most Powerful Arab Women, Arabian Business (2015) Honorary doctoral degree from York University (2014) One of the Most Influential Women on Twitter, Fortune Magazine (2014) Austin College Posey Leadership Award (2011)[1] David Rockefeller Bridging Leadership Award (2010) World Economic Forum‘s Young Global Leader (2007) Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize, on behalf of Women for Women International (2005)[2] Forbes Magazine Trailblazer Award (2005) Harper’s Bazaar 21st Century Heroines nominee (2003) Harper’s Bazaar 21st Century Heroine (nominated by President Bill Clinton)[3] Time magazine Innovator of the Month for her pioneering work as philanthropist Honored by President Clinton at a White House ceremony for her humanitarian work (1995) To learn more about Zainab Salbi, you can follow her on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn. To learn more about Women For Women International, visit their Website or follow them on Facebook or Twitter. Zainab Salbi Show Notes

Today I’m excited to bring you today’s Extraordinary Women Radio guest, Stacy Taubman. Stacy is the CEO of Rise Collaborative Workspace, and this woman is on fire! Stacy will be one of our Circle of Inspiration Facilitators / Panelists at the upcoming Extraordinary Women Connect Gala on May 21! You’ll want to join us there! She opened the Denver Rise Collaborative Workspace – her second location this month, and I’m thrilled to be a Founding Member! Her Grand Opening party was last night – and what a night it was! Congratulations Stacy! In this episode, we talk about women raising capital and the magic of women in community! Stacy is on fire spreading her passion and I am so excited to bring her story to you! As the Founder/CEO of RISE Collaborative, Stacy Taubman launched a company that is changing the way women do business. RISE Collaborative Workspace has been featured in publications including Today Show, NBC News, USA Today, Bloomberg, and ELLE Magazine as a leader in the multi-billion-dollar coworking industry. Since opening in February 2017, RISE Collaborative’s growing membership includes over 350 of some of the most impressive businesswomen in St. Louis and Denver. Dozens of members have reported business growth of 150% or more since joining RISE Collaborative, a true testament to the impact of women supporting women. Focused on empowering women in business and building social capital, Stacy and RISE Collaborative create meaningful connections between individuals, companies and organizations to foster a stronger and healthier business community for women in St. Louis and Denver. Stacy is also Co-Founder/Co-President of RISE Society, the 501c3 arm of RISE Collaborative, which provides programming, mentorships, and scholarships to help women of all ages tap into a powerful pipeline for success. Through RISE Society and speaking to aspiring female leaders and businesswomen here in St. Louis, Stacy is actively investing in the next generation of smart, strong, successful women in St. Louis. “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” – Stacy Taubman To learn more about Stacy Taubman, you can follow her on her website: www.riseworkspace.com or follow her on Twitter or Instagram. Stacy-Taubman-Show-Notes

Today I’m bringing you a mystical gift with Honeybee Henderson as my guest on Extraordinary Women Radio. Honeybee joins us from Amman Jordan where she has been called to teach yoga in the Middle East. Honeybee is Spiritual Psychologist, a Ceremonialist, a Mystic and has traveled the corners of the world in search of the greatest tools to align to the true Self. I personally was excited to hear more about Honeybee’s pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago. As she shares with us, “the Camino is only one piece of the puzzle. Over the last 4 years, I have been plucked from my home, and sent around the globe on a mission to empower women. I never know exactly where I am going next, or what waits for me around the corner. This is how I have been thrust into flow.” And so we jam about being in flow. We jam about the value of being a woman and of learning how to relax the mind, the control mechanism, the nervous system… to allow more energy to move through us! If we, as women, start learning how to listen inwardly to that small inner voice, called intuition, each woman will be able to live a life on purpose. This is Honeybee’s dream. Honeybee blends over 20 years of ancient practices with modern-day science to support people in attaining and maintaining alignment, a state of consciousness that allows connection to Flow. She is an active seeker and student of shamanic traditions, yoga, tantra, NLP and Spiritual Psychology. She draws on the wisdom collected from saints and sages, Mother Nature and mystics, science and technology to support full activation of the human potential. “If you’re a ‘yes’, go on full YES and you don’t need to worry about it. If you’re a ‘no’, it’s simply a no. It doesn’t mean it’s bad or it’s wrong for you. It just means simply it may not be the right time.” – Honeybee Henderson To learn more about Honeybee Henderson, you can follow her on her website: www.honeybeehenderson.com or follow her on Facebook or Instagram. Honeybee-Henderson-Show-Notes

I’m thrilled to bring you today’s Extraordinary Women Radio guest – Mary Ann Littler – as we have worked and played in connection and collaboration for years! Mary Ann is a friend, has a been a client, and we served on the American Diabetes Association board together. In addition, Mary Ann serves on my advisory board for Extraordinary Women Connect. She’s an extraordinary woman that I’m honored to call a friend. Mary Ann has been doing some amazing work in Peru, supporting the health care system in the remote villages of the Amazon… which she’ll share in the interview today! Her stories about travelling into these remote villages to make a difference are touching. We jam about the life transformation that Mary Ann has journeyed through, and dive into the importance of honoring people – their gifts, their skills and their dreams – and how good leadership can impact people’s lives both professionally and personally. She is the CEO and Founder of Peak to Peak Business Strategies – providing executive & business coaching and business consulting. She enjoys speaking, teaching, coaching and consulting for clients on a global basis. Her impressive 36 year career spanned international business development, operations, customer excellence, product management, team management and sales leadership. She’s rapidly grown her consulting business, grounded in this expansive background and experience. “In the Amazon, you have to be prepared with anything. Fixing your hair, putting your makeup on, scratch all of that. You have to be able to know that you’re travelling to these villages and your approach has to be quiet and soft and let them be comfortable with you.” – Mary Ann Littler To learn more about Mary Ann Littler, you can follow her on her website: www.peaktopeakbusinessstrategies.com or follow her on Facebook or Linkedin. I can’t wait to introduce you to my dear friend Mary Ann. Let’s meet Mary Ann Littler of Peak to Peak Business Strategies. Mary-Ann-Littler-Show-Notes

Today’s Extraordinary Women Radio guest is Michele Ashby, a woman on a mission to get 1000 women placed on corporate boards. She is the President and Founder of ACE LLC (Ashby Consulting Enterprises) & CDI LLC (Corporate Directors Int’l). Currently, there are only 2 women for every 10 board seats sitting on corporate boards across the US and Canada. Michele is on a mission to change this – to bring that ratio into a 50/50 balance, and to do it in a much faster timeline than that of our current trajectory of change… which, as she shares with us in this interview, would take 70 years! I believe in her work. We talk about her personal journey to public boards – working in two male-dominated fields – mining and finance. Michele has served on six corporate boards over 18 years and is currently an Independent Director for McEwen Mining Inc., MUX:NYSE, and MENE Inc., MENE:TSXV, as well as a subject matter expert on corporate boards, a key note speaker and an executive business consultant. She interviewed 200 women over 18 months and has found the gaps that can keep women from achieving board status, and this research became the foundation for her ACE Board Training For Women – with the goal of training 1000 women for corporate boards and the Corporate Directors Int’l Board Certification Exam, which certifies candidates for Corporate Board service. Her program teaches women how to get on boards, how to behave in the board room and financial and legal acumen. It also teaches women how to build their board resume – which is very different than a traditional resume, translating your experiences into the executive vernacular. “Stand out – by how you work and what you do for people.” ~Michele Ashby Michele is an author of 3 books and a former ultra-athlete. Michele is the first woman in North America to row 24 hours on a Concept 2 rowing machine – a total of 211,036 meters in 24 hours. Most recently, Michele was named as one of the Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Business in Colorado for 2019 by the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce. Ms. Ashby has extensive non-profit and trade association board experience. Michele also founded Dani’s Foundation, in memory of her daughter, Dani Stell, which contributed over $1 million for Ewing’s Sarcoma cancer research over 15 years. She has also served as a Board member and Chair of the Board of the Oncology Board at the Children’s Hospital Colorado. To learn more about Michele Ashby, you can follow her on her web site: www.acellc.consulting or follow her on LinkedIn. Michelle-Ashby-Show-Notes

Today’s Extraordinary Women Radio guest, Melanie Ulle is the founder and CEO of Philanthropy Expert, LLC, a Denver-based philanthropic and nonprofit consulting firm. Melanie was recently named to the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce 25 Most Powerful Women in our state! Mel started going door-to-door knocking on doors for politics when she was only 8 years old! She was born to make a difference in our world! Sparked by the election in 2016, Mel shares the story of how she and her business partner Ginna Santy founded Women in Kind, a co-working community in Denver – designed by women and for women. Together they raised capital for their vision and stepped into the dream to create a fabulous entrepreneur community supporting women. Mel’s life has been filled with adventure and powerful personal and professional stories that has truly sparked an extraordinary life. She’s stepped in courage, healed from tragedy, and she will inspire your own journey. We jam about empowering women, #MeToo, spiritual guidance and the rise of women showing up in the political scene. Melanie’s professional work has spanned twenty years with a keen eye on organizations supporting women including the Girls Athletic Leadership Schools, female candidates for elected office, the Center for Women’s Health Research, the Women’s Foundation of Colorado – an organization that’s very near and dear to my own heart, and many women’s health initiatives and empowerment programs. Melanie has received attention in media outlets locally, nationally and throughout the world including: the Today Show, Martha Stewart Show, Fox News, the New York Times, the LA Times, the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and dozens of other publications. To learn more about Melanie Ulle, you can follow her on her web sites: www.womeninkind.com, www.philanthropyexpert.org or follow her on Facebook or LinkedIn! Melanie-Ulle-Show-Notes

Today’s Extraordinary Women Radio Guest is Barbara Brooks, the co-founder of the #SecondActBizCon, a Business+Lifestyle Event For and By Women Over 40 being held in Denver March 21-23. This conference is for women in their 40s and 50s who are wanting to start their second… third or even fourth act in life and business. There’s going to be all kinds of stories being told on women stepping into their own second acts – the conference includes high-level breakout tracks, panel and audience discussions, deep dives, hands-on workshops, and socials with like-minded GenX and boomer women. I can’t wait! In our interview we dive into a topic that we’re both passionate about – Your Next Chapter! We talk about how to take courage to step into your next career shift and embrace the fear that is there in when you’re starting all over again! (and why it’s so amazing when you do!) Barbara is a a 28-year company marcom aficionado turned accidental entrepreneur. She’s a powerhouse community leader, a dynamic speaker and a die-hard philanthropist living the next phase of her life with purpose and vision. Yep – my kind of woman! Her mission is to authentically inspire women to win big and boldly at work and everywhere in between. Her career spans the shopping center and broadcast industries – winning several awards for her work as a senior-level marketer and business development manager. She oversaw business growth and sponsorship sales of regional and super-regional malls and a downtown shopping and entertainment district spanning from Texas, New York and Las Vegas, Nevada to Denver’s own, Park Meadows Retail Resort. Seeking change, she took a detour into broadcast business development for I Heart Radio (formerly Clear Channel), CBS Radio and Gannett Broadcasting. Starting her ‘second act’ at 51, her new multiplatform communications agency, BloomCo Presents produces women’s business education and social programs with flair and savvy. Delivering on women’s advocacy and community, the two-pronged approach focuses on the newly coveted woman over 40 years-young and it’s all starting with her #SecondAct BizCon coming to Denver, March 21-23, 2019. If you’ve been thinking about your what’s next in life and business… and really ready to #RaiseUP how you’re living life out loud, then you’re going to want to join us next week at #SecondActBizCon on March 21-23 at the Art Hotel. Use the promotional code Kami40 and get $40 off registration! And let me know you’re coming! Let’s meet Barbara Brooks! To learn more about Barbara Brooks, the Co-Founder of #SecondActBizCon – A Business+Lifestyle Event For and By Women Over 40, visit their website or you can follow her on any of her social channels, including Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn. Let’s meet… my friend… Barbara Brooks Barbara-Brooks-Show-Notes

Today’s Extraordinary Women Radio guest is Dr. Nicole Gruel, an author of The Power of NOTEs: Non-Ordinary Transcendent Experiences Transforming the Way We Live, Love, and Lead. Nicole is an author, a speaker, and a transformational coach who descends from a long line of samurai. How cool is that! I loved Nicole from the moment I met her several years ago, shortly after I had read her book Women of the Wise Earth. Nicole was one of the first women I reached out to blindly on the internet saying, “I’d just like to know you more.” We Skyped and it was the beginning of a dear friendship. In that call I shared my own poem that had been inspired by her book – Circle of Sisters. And I shared a seed of an idea that came to me in writing that poem. What if… we took the principles of her book Women of the Wise Earth – women connecting in circle, in nature, in ritual – grounded in the chakras – and created a global movement. And we both said yes. Together, we wrangled up women from around to world to join us in a series of circles over a 7 month period over multiple continents. I wrote about it in my blog “Walking a Life of Empowerment and Possibilities.” After we hosted each circle, all the women from around the world would share whatever came from those circles – photos, poems, writings, artistic creations. It was so much fun and the energy that we all created together was magical. It was one of my favorite projects of all times. So it is with great honor that I get to feature Nicole today, and her newest book, The Power of NOTEs: Non-Ordinary Transcendent Experiences Transforming the Way We Live, Love, and Lead. Nicole has spent over two decades actively exploring human potential. A near-death experience and sudden loss of several family members as a teenager initiated her journey into the non-ordinary realms and into seeing how ordinary people deal with extraordinary experiences. She’s made it her life mission to help other experiencers navigate their NOTEs so they can make the most of these exceptional events, live their most desired life, and share their gifts with the world. Her books have been featured in leading Australian wellness magazines and inspired people around the world to dive deep and take soulful action. She combines her experience in teaching, international development, healing arts, counselling, Eastern philosophy, depth and transpersonal psychology, sacred ceremony, and creative expression to inspire grounded personal transformation and intentional collective action. To learn more about Dr. Nicole Gruel and the book The Power of NOTEs: Non-Ordinary Transcendent Experiences Transforming the Way We Live, Love, and Lead, visit their website or you can follow her on any of her social channels, including Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn. Let’s meet… my friend… Dr Nicole Gruel Nicole-Gruel-Show-Notes

Today’s Extraordinary Women Radio guest is Carla Geyser, an adventurer, a humanitarian, an eco-warrior, and the founder of NPO, Blue Sky Society Trust – an organization that leads all female expeditions into Africa to raise money and awareness for conservation groups. Carla believes that one person can make a difference to protect, preserve and improve life for people, wildlife and communities in need – and she wants to be that person. She is involved in many social upliftment and conservation awareness projects across Africa. In 2016, Carla led South Africa’s first all-women expedition to Kenya, and more recently a second all female expedition called the Rise of the Matriarch in 2018. She’s creating experiences that have women falling in love with Africa, connecting them to nature and community. She’s helping them slow down to the pace of Africa and at the same time bringing more awareness to important conservation issues associated with the wildlife of Africa. Carla’s passion is inspiring. Her tenacity is powerful. She shares how the poaching crisis in Africa guided Carla to start leading these expeditions. The stats she shares in this interview are astounding. Two park rangers are killed by the poachers in Africa every week and they are slaughtering elephants for their ivory at the rate of one every 15 minutes. She shares the story of some of the brave women on the frontline, and the power and dynamics behind women traveling together with a cause in mind. These expeditions have changed Carla and many other women’s lives. “I just decided that I couldn’t sit back and do nothing about it.” – Carla Geyser Carla has a passion for making a difference in not only wildlife conservation, but also drives humanitarian efforts for the people she meets. She’s is brave and courageous and I can’t wait for you to meet her! To learn more about Carla Geyser and the Adventurer, Humanitarian, Eco-warrior, and Founder of NPO, Blue Sky Society Trust, visit their website or you can follow her on any of her social channels, including Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn. Carla-Geyser-Show-Notes

Raising capital to launch or grow a venture can be a foreign and intimidating subject for many people, men and women alike. Today’s Extraordinary Women Radio guest, Arezou Zarafshan helps founders improve their odds of getting funding through VC’s or angel investors. She’s one of my very extraordinary clients and she’s doing important work in a field where there aren’t many women. She’s a trailblazer showing up on big stages leading important conversations, and I’m so proud of the work she is doing. Arezou grew up in Iran amidst the Iran-Iraq war, and she shares her story on how this environment shaped who she is today. During that trying time as a young girl, she discovered her own resiliency. A valuable gift that she counts on in her life today. “You learn to survive. You learn not to get traumatized by these things.” ~ Arezou Zarafshan Today, Arezou runs the Startup Fundraising Academy, helping companies raise capital efficiently and effectively. The stats in startup funding are a bit daunting: Only 2% of the startups that are reviewed by investors get funded 90% of entrepreneurial businesses that do not attract venture capital fail within three years More than 60% of startups stall in their fundraising Arezou is on a mission to change these stats and shares some of her wisdom with us today. In our interview, she shares three success factors that helps company succeed in their fundraising efforts, and so much more! If you are thinking about raising capital for your company or are already doing so, without the success you have desired – I encourage you to check out her new online course, the Startup Fundraising Academy. In this 10-module course, Arezou shares the steps from pre-investment through post-investment stages and teaches the pros and cons of raising funds versus bootstrapping, and covers the various sources of funds. She shares her own regimented process to target and pitch to the right investors. As an Extraordinary Women Radio listener, Arezou has generously extended a 10 percent discount to this course and any of her offerings, simply by using the promotional code Kami. Thank you Arezou! Arezou is the Managing Partner of a boutique investment firm based in Denver, Colorado, and also on the advisory board for two Colorado startup companies helping them with fundraising and business strategy. She is a passionate and charismatic leader with a reputation for delivering game-changing business results of monumental magnitude. She has over 20 years of experience leading marketing and product development functions for a number of global and national companies. Arezou is recognized for her ability to drive rapid growth for companies that desire to reach the “next level” of scale. Prior to her current role as an investor and startup advisor, Arezou was the Chief Marketing Officer and Cofounder of Bold Betties, Inc., an early stage startup with minimal presence in the market. Arezou expanded the brand to gain national recognition across a variety of mediums, led the company to scale to 39 chapters across the US and Canada and secured a 300% revenue growth in 12 months. Arezou also was the defining element in raising the Seed capital for the company at its entirety. Arezou has held critical roles in multinational private, public, and private equity backed corporations such as Hewlett Packard, ACCO Brands, Crocs and Otter Products. In every role and every company, Arezou has driven transformational changes that “moved the needle” for the company, measured in revenue, new customer acquisition, marketshare, category velocity and capital expenditure. Her breadth of influence has varied from early-stage startups to a $2B product portfolio. Arezou is passionate about helping others thrive. As such, she works with many women and men across the US as a trusted mentor and a resource. She was a founding member and the president of Ellevate Denver from 2014-2016, a global organization dedicated to helping women thrive in the society and the workplace. Arezou previously served on the board of the YWCA in Vancouver, Washington and she is currently on the board of Persian Cultural Circle in Colorado. To learn more about Arezou Zarafshan and the Founder of Startup Fundraising Academy, visit their website or you can follow her on any of her social channels, including Twitter, Facebook or Instagram. Let’s meet Arezou Zarafshan – founder of Startup Fundraising Academy. Arezou-Zarafshan-Show-Notes  

This week’s Extraordinary Women Radio interview is with Michelle Hoglan, founder of the Boob Report. Michelle Hoglan is a Breast Cancer survivor. Her journey with cancer – from the initial diagnosis to treatment and beyond – prompted her to start a new organization called the Boob Report. She shares this story with us today. And she shares how a breast cancer journey can be overwhelming… the fear… the pain… the unknown. Michelle wanted to try and make the journey a little more manageable with a resource that women could turn to when they are going through breast cancer. The Boob Report guides breast cancer warriors to local doctors, support groups, and general information that she found useful during her journey. But it’s much more than a resource of information… it’s a community. And you know.. I believe in the power of community. “My advice is to feel it, own it, cry, scream, yell, do what you need to do.” ~ Michelle Hoglan To learn more about Michelle Hoglan and The Boob Report, join the private Facebook group or follow Michelle on Facebook or Twitter. Let’s meet Michelle Hoglan – founder of The Boob Report. Michelle-Hoglan-Show-Notes