Extraordinary Women Radio

This week’s Extraordinary Women Radio interview is with Leah Song, one of the singers and songwriters of Rising Appalachia. Two years ago as the seeds to this podcast were being planted, I made a list of about 20 women I’d love to interview on Extraordinary Women Radio. Rising Appalachia was at the top of my list. There’s something to be said for writing down your goals, my friends! The harmony of Leah Song and Chloe Smith, the founding sisters of Rising Appalachia, has a sense of deep rootedness, playful exploration, and inspired action. Their sound and message, suggest that voices and traditions, brought together through song, may be one of the saving graces to a world in distress. As someone who loves music – is touched by music – I feel their work is so important. In a time when the fabric of our communities and culture often appear to be unraveling, their interweaving of music and mission, old traditions with new interpretations, creates an atmosphere of contagious hope and bliss. Leah tells so many wonderful stories in this interview! She shares how she and her sister Chloe created an album as a gift to their parent as teenagers, which would unexpectedly launch their career. We talk about how folk story and folk music has shaped the soul-touching songs of Rising Appalachia. We jam about going slow amidst the growth, and Leah shares for the first time behind the mic, the meaning behind her spiral tattoo. You know I had to ask! I love this interview and felt so blessed to get to interview this soulful sister. “It feels really like the fabric of our lives to put together stories through all these different tapestry of songs.” – Leah Song And a big surprise in the end! Leah shares a small snippet of a song that is going to be on their new album! Enjoy! To learn more about Leah and Rising Appalachia, visit their website or you can follow her on any of her social channels, including Twitter, Facebook or Instagram. Let’s meet Leah Song – the singer and songwriter of Rising Appalachia. Leah-Song-Show- Notes

This week’s Extraordinary Women Radio interview is with Petra Kolber, the best selling author of The Perfection Detox. How often do you have that inner critic voice show up – you’re not enough… smart enough… thin enough… strategic enough… whatever enough…? Petra is on a mission to help us all remove the idea of our not enough-ness – because we are enough! One of the pillars of the work I do with my clients is to help them master their mindset. To recognize what’s stories are showing up … what fears are stopping us … how are we playing small. Petra’s work on detoxing from perfectionism is brilliant. When we’re stretching into a bigger presence in our brand and visibility, we want to show up at our best – and perhaps what we perceive as our perfect best. But as Petra so eloquently shares with us in this interview, is that people are attracted to our imperfections, not our perfection. Our imperfections make us real. It makes us relatable. “You can’t grow from a safe space. It’s just impossible.” – Petra Kolber And today she’s going to share how we detox from all that perfectionism that we think we need! Petra is an internationally renowned fitness expert and wellness leader who is known throughout the industry as a crusader for change and a beacon of authentic happiness. In her 25 years in the fitness world she has starred in and choreographed sixty award winning videos and fitness programs, and has spoken live to thousands of motivated followers. As a national workshop leader and keynote speaker she inspires people around the globe to stand up for their lives and live profoundly from their hearts. She has been a consultant and contributor to many national fitness magazines and has been named Fitness Crusader Of The Year by Health Magazine. She has been the face and voice of leading food and fitness companies such as Reebok, Spry Living, Yes Fitness Music, and California Walnuts. To learn more about Petra and her work, visit her website or you can follow her on any of her social channels, including: Twitter: www.twitter.com/Petrakolber Facebook: www.facebook.com/petra.kolber Instagram: www.instagram.com/petrakolber LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/petrakolber/ Let’s meet Petra Kolber – the author of The Perfection Detox. Petra Kolber Show Notes

Today’s Extraordinary Women Radio interview is with Jessica Sidener, the founder of Night Out with “The Girls,” an organization that educates women about early breast cancer detection, by encouraging them to take their health into their “own hands.” Night Out with “The Girls” meets women right where they tend to be most comfortable–with their girlfriends, having fun, in a relaxed environment…where awkward questions about early breast cancer detection and how to do self-breast exams are embraced, encouraged and celebrated. By including a breast cancer survivor and a healthcare provider in the fun, these tough, but “need-to-know topics” are tackled in a manner that exudes: comfort, connection conversation. Jessica shares her story about how Life “giving her lemons” unexpectedly transformed her – from a young widow to breast cancer survivor to visionary entrepreneur – and intensified her desire to help others navigate loss. This interview is inspirational and provides all of us as women some important tips on our own self-care. “Never discount the gut and the heart when it comes to our health. Pay attention to your intuition. Then take action.” ~Jessica Sidener To learn more about Night Out with the Girls, follow them on Facebook or visit the web site. Let’s meet Jessica Sidener from Night Out with the Girls!

Today’s Extraordinary Women Radio guest, Deberah Bringleson is a profit-producing Business Growth and Empowerment Expert who uses Quantum Physics to grow businesses. And she’s having incredible success! Deberah will be one of our Circle of Inspiration panelists at my January 22 Extraordinary Women Connect Gala! Join us there to meet Deberah live and in person! Deberah is best known for her creative ingenuity and leadership while negotiating the Virgin America deal between Sir Richard Branson and Arnold Schwarzenegger, for which she received the “Steal of the Year” award, for the deal that never should have happened. She is an internationally recognized Business Development and Empowerment Expert. Her awards are many: She has been named “Most Influential Woman In Business” – Silicon Valley three times, has been honored by the U.S. Congress for her body of work, plus many others. She helped increase one company’s revenue $602 million in 12 months and another company’s revenue $56K to $13 Million. Her proprietary formula weaves: 1. Proven Business Strategies, 2. Business Success Tools….and 3. Quantum Physics together to create a holistic business growth ecosystem. This was a fun interview, as we get into how quantum physics – something available to all of us – can change how we’re showing up in the world, and create incredible results! Deberah shares her story of how she started using quantum physics – as a young girl – long before she knew what it meant. She has amazing stories to tell and also gets into the science behind quantum physics – why and how it works! At the end of our interview, you will be gifted with a guided experience to open up your creation powers, leaving you with some tools that you can anywhere anytime! “Claim your greatness. Think big.” ~Deberah Bringelson To learn more about Deberah, follow her on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or Instagram. You can also download her free guided meditation on her web site. Deberah is one of our Circle of Inspiration Panelists at the January 22, 2019 Extraordinary Women Connect Gala! She will be joining Sarah Bohnenkamp and Michelle Vos on our panel exploring how quantum physics and spirit can impact business success! We’ll be at Abend Gallery in downtown Denver! Grab your ticket to meet these fabulous ladies here!

Today’s Extraordinary Women Radio guest, Shannon Block, has broke the CEO glass ceiling numerous times. She’s currently helping lead the startup of Skillful, a non-profit initiative of the Markle Foundation, dedicated to enabling all Americans to secure good jobs in a changing economy. Shannon has been Chief Executive Officer of multiple organizations including World Forward, The Denver Zoo and the Rocky Mountain Cancer Center. Prior to that she was the chief business development officer for Denver Health. Shannon has moved through lots of change over her career. The question she asks herself, when she starts to hear a call for change is “What conversation do I want to have with the world?” I love this question – and it was this question that led her from daily conversations around baby zoo animals to conversations centered around the future skill needs of our nation’s workforce. We talk about her current passion around creating more opportunities for Americans to thrive in the digital economy. As technology increasingly influences the way we work, Shannon’s focus today is to help employers focus on finding the right people faster and keep them longer by changing to a skills-based approach in hiring. “Technology is changing so fast – we have to remind ourselves to focus on the problem, instead of being so tied into our particular solution. In the future world, we’re going to need to iterate a lot and allow ourselves to fail fast.” ~Shannon Block We talk about #MeToo and what male execs might need to do differently today, what it takes to become a woman CEO and why women in STEM is so important! AND we jam on our shared passion for women uplifting women. I love the depth of this interview and you will too! Shannon currently sits on a number of boards including: Young President’s Organization (YPO) Executive Committee Board as Regional Director; Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center Advisory Board; International Women’s Forum of Colorado Board as Chairman & President; and Children’s Hospital Board, Quality and Safety. In addition, Shannon has won countless awards including being nominated as Entrepreneur of the Year by APEX Technology Awards this year, Outstanding Women in Business Nominee, Denver Business Journal 2017 CEO of the Year Finalist, Colorado Technical Association 2016, Top 40 Under 40, Denver Business Journal 2016 and VISIT Denver Tourism Star, 2016. To learn more about Shannon, follow her on LinkedIn, Facebook or Twitter or visit the Skillful Web Site or their Twitter or Facebook page. Shannon is so wise and full of leadership wisdom and it was such an honor to get to interview her. She’s a perfect woman to kick off our 2019 season – so let’s welcome Shannon Block!

What a beautiful gift to close out our 2018 Extraordinary Women Radio series with one of my favorite strategic partners and closest friends, Sarah J. Bohnenkamp as my guest! She’s the perfect changemaker to end 2018 on a big high energy. That is Sarah – big high energy! Sarah is the Chief Trailblazer of some pretty epic conversations taking place in industry, global organizations and the professional and personal lives of many. Sarah is becoming a key global figure on important issues such as antimicrobial resistance and improving how we produce food. This Fall Sarah, helped host a global conference on Beef Sustainability in Ireland, attended by representatives from 25 countries. She loves the tough challenges and bringing all the voices to the table. Earlier in the year, she visited the Centers for Disease Control with a group of beef producers to talk about antimicrobial resistance. This is a great interview as we jam about topics that really matter for our world – sustainability and food production, and how Sarah found her way into leading some of these amazing conversations that are critical for the future of our world! We also both share our personal stories of following our flow and listening to our inner wisdom that guided us to make important decisions in our former business partnership. We haven’t fully told this story like this. I honor our collaborative relationship and the true love that we hold for one another. I can’t wait to share this with you. We tell story around leadership and communication, spirit, nature and of course, horses and mystical synchronicity. I love this interview and I think you will too. Sarah is a coach and consultant who helps business leaders and organizations cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset, establish authentic and purposeful branding, and design sustainable marketing and business management systems. Her approach leverages the power of pop-culture, the ancient wisdom of horses and nature, and the gorgeous, natural strengths and talents of her clients to design leadership and communication strategies that make massive impact. She loves talking social media, strategies that are cutting through the noise to reach today’s Netflix Nation, leading with a service-heart, and working through fear. “Do an assessment of who you are from the inside out. It is so important to understand your brand. Not just in your mind, but to actually put language to it. ” ~Sarah J. Bohnenkamp Sarah will be one of our Circle of Inspiration Facilitators at the January 22nd Extraordinary Women Connect event. She will be joined by Michelle Vos and Deberah Bringelson on our panel where we are going to discover what quantum physics and spirit has to do with business success! I can’t wait to for this event! You can learn more about Sarah – aka Social Sarah on any of her social channels including Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.  

Our Extraordinary Women Radio guest today, Geil Browning is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Emergenetics International. Geil’s life work has focused on helping people celebrate who they are and recognize the brilliance of their gifts. You can tell why I’m a fan! And I love the Emergenetics work that Geil developed, and will tell you more in the interview. Emergenetics is the merging of two ideas – our behavior emerging from our life experiences and our genetic traits. Emergenetics provides a clear way to understand this intersection of nature and nurture through the Emergenetics Profile, built on four Thinking Attributes and three Behavioral Attributes that every person exhibits. Geil’s passion for education led to the creation of the Emergenetics Profile. In our interview today, Geil shares how her passion and early experience as a teacher led her to founding Emergenetics. She thought her passion was teaching, but she realizes now is that her passion is all about helping people understand their gifts. “We have to educate ourselves about that which we are passionate about.” ~Geil Browning But more important than this, Geil shares her story of resiliency. In 2003, at the height of her career, Geil had a stroke. This set-back ended up teaching her a lot about herself, her company and her relationships, and she shares this journey with us in the interview today. It was this personal growth that led to her latest book on leadership Work That Works. “Leadership Is An Inside Job – Know Yourself. ~Geil Riding Dr. Browning has been recognized as Colorado’s Outstanding Entrepreneurial Woman of the Year by the Women’s Vision Foundation. In 2003, The Denver Business Journal honored her as one of Colorado’s Outstanding Women in Businesswoman of the Year. In 2014, Emergenetics International was named one of the top 50 Colorado Companies to Watch by The Denver Business Journal. Emergenetics has been recognized by Inc. Magazine as one of America’s Fastest-Growing Companies for the past seven consecutive years. You can learn more about Dr. Browning and Emergenetics on the Emergenetics website, or on their Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter. Let’s meet the fabulous Dr. Geil Browning.

Today’s Extraordinary Women Radio episode is with Jennifer Quinn, better known as JennyQ! JennyQ jumped into becoming an internationally known livestreaming expert with no previous knowledge, whatsoever. Today she’s a livestreaming pioneer, and she’s going to share all she has learned around overcoming the barrier of entry to livestreaming! We have so much fun in our conversation, listening to her journey their Periscope, to Blab to Facebook Live – Jenny shares her best tips creating community online, following our intuitive hits and taking those big bold moves in our business! “It’s not about taking old school marketing and bringing it online. It’s about creating connection and relationships.” ~JennyQ She’s going to share with us how livestreaming increases our authority, credibility, and top-of-mind awareness. Important stuff when you want to #RaiseUP your visibility in the world! JennyQ teaches professionals around the world to do just that. JennyQ has conducted over 450 live interviews and over the years she has worked all angles of live video from on-air talent to professional production for big brands. Her book, “Leverage Livestreaming to Build Your Brand” debuted as a #1 Amazon Best Seller in Podcasts & Webcasts. To learn more about JennyQ, find her on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn or on her website. In this episode, I mention The Botanique Fort Collins – the fabulous urban oasis and spa that I visited last week. Check out their website for more information! And I also mentioned my upcoming Winter Solstice Online Visioning Circle to make 2019 your best business year ever! More information is available here or visit my Facebook page!

Today’s Extraordinary Women Radio interview is a juicy one, with a dear friend of mine. Cyndie Silbert is the founder of Feminine Mastery. As she shares with us in this interview, the Feminine Shift is real and it’s happening now. I know I’m feeling it – and I know many of you are as well. We are being called. There is an old paradigm ending and new, feminine paradigm emerging. Cyndie tells us to embrace the change. Today, I love diving into this conversation with Cyndie. “Trust in yourself… your guidance, your power and all you can create.” ~Cyndie Silbert Cyndie wrote her book True Calling, Awaken the Power of Your True Self at the onset of what is now a global feminine-empowered awakening. Feminine Mastery and Cyndie’s Archetypes provide a new framework for us as women, to discover our unique role in the global feminine shift and how to flourish in this very new paradigm. It’s about guiding a woman to fulfill her desires, dreams and destiny while living a deeply fulfilling and prosperous life. Feminine Mastery is offered through private mentoring, retreats and vibrant online programs. Cyndie’s original Feminine Mastery Archetypes unlock the untapped power and potential held within a woman’s being (her ego, mind, body, spirit and heart) which unleashes her feminine essence, wisdom, manifesting power, superpowers and the path to living her true calling. You can begin your journey with Cyndie and Feminine Mastery by taking her free Archetype Quiz, to find your mentor archetype. Follow Cyndie on Facebook or follow her Feminine Mastery page. Let’s met Cyndie Silbert of Feminine Mastery.

I am so honored to feature the legendary women’s basketball coach, Ceal Barry! Ceal is a Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame Inductee. She has also been inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame in 2006, the University of Colorado Athletic Hall of Fame in 2010, and the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in June of 2018. Barry was also named National Coach of the Year for collegiate women’s basketball by the US Basketball Writer’s Association in 1994. Ceal has been a figure here in Colorado for all of my adult-life! I watched her career, cheered on her winning women’s teams and generally been in awe of her. She is one of the most winning coaches in women’s NCAA history, and it was an honor to get to spend time with her. In our interview, we talk about leadership, life and the importance of having a set of guiding principles in our life. Bringing over three decades of leadership and guidance to the CU Athletic Department, legendary women’s basketball coach Ceal Barry is in her fourteenth season as the school’s Deputy Athletics Director and Senior Women’s Administrator. In her 36th year overall at CU, Barry’s Deputy AD duties include sport oversight for all sport programs and Title IX/Gender Equity responsibilities for the Department of Athletics. She began the administrative chapter of her illustrious career on April 1, 2005, just one month after completing a storied 22-year coaching career (1983-05). Barry retired having coached the most games, matches or tournaments (669) and the sixth most seasons of any sport in Colorado athletic history. Her 427 victories are also the most by any coach at the school. Barry logged a 427-242 record at Colorado with 12 NCAA tournament appearances, including six times in the Sweet 16 and three times in the Elite Eight, 13 20-win seasons, four conference championships and five postseason tournament titles. She became just the 24th coach in women’s NCAA history to reach 500 career wins-hitting the plateau in February 2004-and her all-time record of 510-284 and .642 winning percentage remain among the all-time best. Her teams posted a 191-134 record in conference play, as 13 of her teams finished first, second or third in the league standings for the regular season. Off the court, Barry graduated all but two four-year players (well over a 95% graduation rate) and has coached 85 Academic All-Conference student-athletes. “You have to be who you are every day.” ~Ceal Barry   *** 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!

Those of you who know me well, know I believe in following your passion. And today’s Extraordinary Women Radio guest, Alyssa Mathews happens to share one of my favorite passions – horses. But this isn’t just for those of us who love horses – it’s for everyone of you who has a big crazy dream you’d love to follow. Because Alyssa’s story is all about that. Alyssa Mathews is a lifelong equestrian and adventure addict, and in 2017, she set out on an adventure to ride every breed of horse in the world, in her quest: Discover the Horse. And so far, she’s ridden over 50 different breeds in seven different countries, and she’s being recognized across the globe for her passion and her pursuit. She has been planning this quest for over a decade and if you love beauty and passion, like I do, you’ll want to check out her Discover the Horse website or her Facebook page which is full of video and story, as she’s meeting the extraordinary horses and their owners along the way. As moves through this journey, Alyssa is working with a non profit rare breeds organization to promote and bring awareness to several of the endangered breeds. When the project is finished, it will be the largest equine education project of its kind. Alyssa’s hope is that this project will show the world what our amazing horses do for us. Many of you know that I lead equine vision journeys – retreats to help women discover their passions, their purpose and raise up how they’re showing up in the world. The horses provide such a magical way for people to expand their dreams – as our mirror, as our guide and providing space for our own inner work. And over the years, I have seen the horses transform my clients lives… to bring the biggest ah ha moments that would forever shape their what’s next in their life and business… to uncover the thing that’s been keeping them stuck… to break through an underlying fear that has had them playing small… My coaching work has always been powerful… but the retreats… are breakthrough experiences. There is so much magic and wisdom horses can bring to us. To learn more visit Equine Vision Journey Retreats or meet my own herd here. It is Alyssa’s hope that others will be inspired by her story, and follow their wildest dreams – whatever yours might be! “If you have a dream, a goal or a wish – just follow it.” ~Alyssa Mathews And that’s my hope for you today. Stop and consider what your wildest dreams are. What are your biggest passions? What is possible for you – for no ideas are too grandiose. Let’s meet Alyssa Mathews.

Today’s Extraordinary Women Radio interview is with Krista Morgan the Co-Founder and CEO of P2Binvestor, a marketplace lender that helps entrepreneurs and innovators transform their companies from sector newcomers to industry leaders. Krista shares her stories of starting P2Binvestor – a financial tech company – when she had no prior experience in finance or tech. She saw a gap in the market place and jumped on the opportunity. With only 2% of venture capital funding going to women founders, Krista is passionate about changing this number! She shares how she raised $13 million in capital to fund P2Binvestor through angel investors vs. the traditional venture capital route. It’s an impressive story! We have a rich conversation around funding startups, business building, sales, feminism, doing business with family, and life wisdom in general! “Entrepreneurship is not rocket science… it’s just waking up everyday and doing it.” ~Krista Morgan P2Binvestor partners with banks and investors, while also offering a robust crowdfunding platform, to provide affordable, flexible capital that evolves with business growth. Krista has quickly grown P2Binvestor into a multimillion-dollar company and one of the few tech-enabled commercial lenders that can rapidly underwrite and fund million-dollar lines of credit. In addition to being the CEO of P2Binvestor, Krista is co-host of the popular podcast, Women Who Startup Radio, a global networking and learning platform for female entrepreneurs and innovators. You’ll want to check that out! To learn more about Krista, follow her on LinkedIn or visit the P2Binvestor website. Let’s meet Krista Morgan, the founder and CEO of P2Binvestor!

Today’s Extraordinary Women Radio interview is with Holly Porter a highly successful business expert who has over 30 years in business, ranging from boutiques, real estate, fundraising, spa, day care, and even a concrete company. She has successfully run 9 start-up companies. On top of all of this, Holly has published 10 books, including four #1 International Best Sellers, and has helped over 130 authors become best-sellers. Check out some of her books: The 40/40 Rules: Wisdom From 40 Women Over 40 The 30/30 Rules : What I wished I knew in my 20’s by 30 Women in their 30’s Peeking behind the Scenes: a deliberate path to success Goal For It: Thirty Paths to Imagine more Success Inbox Outbox Unbox Nobox: Four Steps to Delete Your Box Thinking. Holly shares her own personal stories of falling down and getting back up – something we’ve all done! And she shares more about her passion for helping women come out from behind the scenes, into the spotlight! “Never never give up on yourself, your dreams, hope, love… Never give up.” ~Holly Porter You can learn more about Holly on her website or on Facebook. You are going to love Holly! Let’s meet Holly Porter!

Today I’m thrilled to introduce you to today’s Extraordinary Women Radio guest Adrienne Mansanares. Adrienne is the Chief Experience Officer at Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains. She has built her career from a community organizer to her executive current role across several non-profits. Adrienne advances social justice through strong teams, community collaborations, and innovative efficiencies. I love this interview – we talk about our shared passion for uplifting women, leadership and risk-taking. Prior to joining Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, Adrienne was the Vice President & COO of the Colorado Nonprofit Association. She also was with The Denver Foundation, where she managed a nationally-recognized program increasing leadership of people of color in nonprofits, involving $1 million in grantmaking and community action strategies. Adrienne and I both serve as Trustees for the Women’s Foundation of Colorado. In addition, she is a fellow with the Latino Leadership Institute and member of the International Women’s Forum. A recipient of the 2014 Mayor’s Diversity Award, Adrienne is an avid runner, maintains a healthy pile of unread historical nonfiction by her bedside, and enjoys laughing heartily with her husband and two sons. Let’s meet Adrienne Mansanares.

Today, I’m so excited to bring you the duo of my friends and dear clients Lizanne Corbit and Paula Friedland. Lizanne and Paula are the co-founders of Soul Speaks, a transformational process to help people ignite their truth and express their authenticity in the world. I have experienced their work personally, and it’s magical. I love these two women – in addition to running their own successful personal growth businesses – they have found a way to weave their art into all that they do. As you’ll learn in this interview – their art is an essential element of their gift to the world. Lizanne and Paula will be guest speakers at my Extraordinary Women Ignite event coming up on November 1-3! I invite you to join us! Three days focused on raising up your voice, visibility and business. Tickets are available at here. In our interview today, we talk about women finding their their sacred roar and having the courage to speak their truth. Both Lizanne and Paula have heart-touching stories to share that have guided them on their journey to their success today. And they each share their special gifts and artistic talents! Lizanne shares her poetry and Paula her music! “Don’t go to your grave with your song still in you. “~Paula Friedland Soul Speaks is a transformational, dynamic and extraordinary life changing process. Foundationally, it is a unique approach to overcoming the fear of public speaking; but the benefits go way beyond that. Soul Speaks teaches people how to speak powerfully and authentically in any area of their life, allowing them to bring their voice into the world and enhance their ability to speak and live their truth every day. Lizanne Corbit is a psychotherapist who helps her clients answer the call to be more of who they are. Through her individual work, women groups, workshops and retreats, Lizanne teaches you how to navigate the crisis of life and own your unique brand of brilliance. As a heart warrior, soul nurturer, rebel poet and midwife to the spirit. Paula Friedland has been a counselor, certified coach, public speaker and trainer for the past 17 years — including seven years as a coach for the Tony Robbins organization. She helps people heal “laryngitis of the INTERNAL voice” and to recover from the paralysis that can steal what makes them unique. Before entering the personal growth field, Paula spent 13 years as an actress/singer, pursuing theater in New York City, and she brings the creativity from her years in the theater to all her work with people today. To learn more about Soul Speaks, visit their website.

Today’s Extraordinary Women Radio interview is with Ronda Renée – a modern day mystic with “x-­ray vision for your soul.” She’s an international speaker, facilitator, and three time best-­selling author. Ronda is a Life Fulfillment and Spiritual Business Mentor and has the unique ability for making the intense inner exploration she discovered her life’s work of teaching people how to live and work from their soul. She shares her story and she shares our wisdom with us today. She shares in the interview, “Your responsibility in life is to uncover your truth and live it. The only way you’ll make the contribution you’re here to make, is to be you. Live, Love and Work who you are – be you everywhere you go.” As the creator of Your Divine Navigation System®, Ronda teaches you how to align with your unique energetic soul signature, your Divine Coordinates®, enabling you to fully embrace your Divine Design and live a life of deep meaning, purpose and satisfaction. Knowing that true success and fulfillment can only be found by living and working in alignment with your soul, through her Business in Your Soul® program, Ronda helps entrepreneurs and service professionals how to identify, design and run businesses from their soul so they can make the difference and the money they were meant to. I love what Ronda is doing in the world and you will too! To learn more about Ronda and her work, visit her website or follow her on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter. If you’re interested in Kami’s Extraordinary Women Ignite mentioned in this episode, visit the site here.

Today’s guest on Extraordinary Women Radio is one of our guest speakers at Extraordinary Women Ignite! I’m thrilled to bring you Jayne Sanders of Purpose Wisdom™. Jayne is a Purpose & Law of Attraction Coach and Master Scientific Hand Analyst. In our interview today, we talk about the importance of finding your purpose and how that can raise up the energetic forces behind us in our life and our business. Jayne’s story of transition from over 25 in the corporate world to doing the work she does today is awesome. She shares how scientific hand analysis was the catalyst that helped her find clarity – helped her find her purpose. And her life hasn’t been the same since! Hand analysis you might ask? Well, let me tell you this isn’t the palm reading of yesteryear. This is a field of scientific study that is growing in use and regard by therapists, counselors and even neurologists and geneticists. It’s fascinating. Hand analysis can bring meaningful insight into our emotional health, our innate life purpose, our outlook, and our overall tendencies, all which can be found in the prints of our hands. The lines in our hands mirror the neural pathways in our brains. How powerful is Scientific Hand Analysis, you might ask? It is so accurate, profound, and life-changing that FORBES wrote an article about Jayne and her work. In our interview today, Jayne tells us more about scientific hand analysis and why it’s so accurate! “Face the fear. To really get on purpose – you have to step off the cliff!”~Jayne Sanders And if you’re at Extraordinary Women Ignite, Jayne will be doing mini-hand analysis in her booth… helping our attendees tune into their purpose and any tendencies that might be getting in the way! And Jayne is one of our speakers who will be igniting the pathway for the extraordinary women in attendance! I hope you’ll be there! Get your tickets before the prices go up! You can learn more about Jayne on her Purpose Wisdom website or Facebook page or follow Jayne on Facebook or LinkedIn. Now, let’s meet the fabulous Jayne Sanders!

I am so excited and honored to bring you today’s Extraordinary Women Radio interview with Sandra Yancey. Sandra Yancey is on a mission to help one million women entrepreneurs each achieve one million dollars in annual revenue! She is an award-winning entrepreneur, life and business transformation specialist for the Emmy award-winning TV show “The DOCTORS,” multi #1 bestselling author, movie producer and philanthropist. Sandra is the Founder and CEO of eWomenNetwork the premier women’s entrepreneur business community with over 500,000 women connected through 118 chapters across North America. Sandra is recognized by the International Alliance for Women as one of the world’s 100 Top Difference Makers and by CNN as an American Hero. Two years into her business she was on the verge of bankruptcy and ready to close her doors. Not one to give up, she found her grit and today leads one of the most successful multi-million dollar women’s business networks in North America. Sandra is the preeminent women’s business expert teaching women how to RISE and succeed in spite of everything. In this episode, Sandra shares this story and the story behind the inspiration that sparked eWomen Network eighteen years ago. This is a must listen episode, as Sandra shares so much entrepreneurial wisdom. She talks about the importance of “managing your boundaries, not your time,” and covers the foundational pillars of building a 7-figure business: people, priorities, plate, product, processes, and performance. Sandra is passionate about uplifting women. Give without remembering and take without forgetting. Give and don’t be attached. Give because you can. It’s the right thing to do. ~Sandra Yancey You can learn more about Sandra at eWomen Network and the EWomen Network Facebook page or follow Sandra on Twitter or Facebook or Instagram. Let’s meet the dynamo Sandra Yancey of eWomen Network!

Today’s Extraordinary Women Radio guest Monica Coughlin from the Colorado Technology Association, loves how technology enables connection – makes the world a better place and allows us to connect to so many more people in the world. She is the Chief Operating Officer for Colorado Technology Association, the state’s premier non-profit tech organization advancing the Colorado technology industry. Prior to joining CTA, Monica was the Chief Strategy Officer for Colorado Office of Information Technology (OIT). In her role with the State of Colorado, Monica’s responsibilities included development and execution of OIT’s overall organizational strategy ensuring alignment with the Governor’s Office and agencies’ goals. She also focused on attracting, growing and retaining IT jobs and businesses in Colorado and supporting the Secretary of Technology in promoting Colorado as the ideal location for technology based companies and workers. In addition, her efforts also focused on defining the overall broadband strategy for the State of Colorado and promoting coordination and collaboration activities across the state. Monica has over fifteen years experience in the IT industry with proven strategy development, business operations and program/project management expertise. This included Chief of Staff for Oracle’s Global IT Service Operations, the organization responsible for all data centers and computing operations worldwide. In this role, Monica was responsible for driving strategic goal alignment, organizational readiness, employee enablement and communications throughout the organization of 600+ employees. She also worked several years at Sun Microsystems, Inc. holding a variety of business, people and project management roles within IT Operations and Services. Monica is a recipient of the Denver Business Journal’s 2013 Forty Under 40 awards and the StateScoop 50 Awards Golden Gov: State Executive of the Year and was also a finalist in the Colorado Technology Association’s APEX Woman in Tech of the Year award. Monica is a member of the Women’s Leadership Foundation Board of Directors and is the Chair of the Regis University College of Computer & Information Sciences Executive Advisory Board. You can follow Monica on Twitter or LinkedIn and learn more about the Colorado Technology Association on their web site or on Facebook or Twitter. “Be a connector and pay attention to where and how you can help others.”~Monica Coughlin Let’s meet Monica Coughlin of the Colorado Technology Association.

Today’s Extraordinary Women Radio guest is Liz Oertle, the co-founder and CEO of Nanno, a mobile application that provides on-demand childcare through it’s invite-only network – connecting parents with vetted caregivers. How cool is that! As the co-founder and CEO of Nanno, Liz shares her great start-up story, and shares the trials and tribulations of two women in the tech industry raising capital to fund their startup. We also dig into life as a Mom CEO, passion, life pathways and gratitude. Liz will be one of our amazing Circle of Inspiration Facilitators and Panelists at the September 18th Extraordinary Women Connect event in Denver. Our Circle of Inspiration Panel at this event is focused on women raising capital. Extraordinary Women Connect is all about connecting great women to great women in meaningful conversation. This means you join other great women in conversation – including our facilitators – and this makes these events so special. Join us and come meet Liz in real life! Grab your ticket this week at kamiguildner.com, under the happenings tab! It’s going to be a great evening of conversation and connection! To learn more about Liz and Nanno, visit the Nanno web site or follow Liz on Facebook or LinkedIn. Let’s jump in and meet Liz Oertle of Nanno!

Today’s Extraordinary Women Radio guest – Maria Popo is an entrepreneur, globally recognized for launching five successful startups inside Foxconn, 3Com and 3M plus two companies from the ground up. Her approach as a woman raising capital is creative and inspirational – as she’s taken an intrepreneurial route, which she tells us all about in today’s interview! AND Maria will be joining us as one of our Circle of Inspiration Facilitators at the September 18th Extraordinary Women Connect event. I’m super excited about this particular event, as we’re going to be focusing on women raising capital! With only 2% of venture capital funding going to women owned businesses, I’m excited to bring our 4 Circle Inspiration Facilitators to the room to talk about their journeys raising capital! For the full line up, jump out to my Extraordinary Women Connect page! Extraordinary Women connect is all about connecting great women to great women. I love the connections that happen – and even more so – I love the lasting relationships. I aim to give every attendee time with our Circle of Inspiration Facilitators in one-on-one conversation – and there are so many relationships that occur when great women come together in collaboration like this! I hope you’ll join us – and have the opportunity to meet women like our guest today- Maria Popo. Maria is known for developing and growing businesses- from small regional companies to large multinationals with over one million employees. In 2016, Maria founded AMP10x to provide a cornerstone for education and innovation programs of impact. The AMP10x mission is to bridge inclusion and leadership gaps in technology for those of all socioeconomic backgrounds. Prior to AMP10x, Maria was CEO and President of Ubee Interactive Americas, a manufacturer of wireless broadband solutions. Maria grew Ubee from a startup of zero dollars to over a billion dollars in revenue. Her success was validated in 2012 when Ubee ranked #8 as noted in the Wall Street Journal’s “Top 50 Fastest Growing Women-Led Companies.” Maria was recently recognized by Boulder Bits in May 2018 as one of 20 Female Founders to Watch in Colorado. To learn more about Maria, you can follow her on Twitter or LinkedIn. “Use audacity as a career tool, and make it a habit to be uncomfortable.” ~Maria Popo Let’s meet Maria Popo!

I’m so excited to share today’s Extraordinary Women Radio interview with you with my good friend, Meghann Conter. Meghann and I are collaboration partners – we do strategic thinking together, make referrals to one another, cheer each other on and lean into each other when things aren’t working the way we’d like them to. And Meghann – I’m thrilled to say is on fire right now in her business and her life. She’s in the flow. She made some pretty big shifts in her life in the past year though – she had to let go of the things that weren’t serving her – the things, as she says, “that had to be left behind” in order to get to her BHAG – her big hairy audacious goal. Meghann is vulnerable in sharing her story today. Nine months ago, she felt called to leave alcohol behind – for her life, her relationships and for where she wanted to take her company. And when she made the decision – life shifted, her business shifted and she shifted. Her raw story of struggle opened the door to huge transformative expansion. I love sharing her courageous story with you. What I particularly love about Meghann’s story is how she totally trusted her inner guidance – the universal clues that were guiding her. It was in this trust that the flow came for Meghann. Meghann is a marketing and branding expert who specializes in helping companies led by female industry leaders leap over revenue targets. Meghann is also the founder of The Dames, a national community that celebrates high-level leaders in nonprofits and corporations. Meghann is a champion of connection, and believes that anything can be accomplished through fearless collaboration and laughter. To learn more about Meghann and her work, visit her Meghann Conter website or follow her on Facebook or Twitter. You can also check out the Dames website or Facebook group. Let’s meet Meghann Conter! “What do you need to leave behind to get to where you’re going?” ~Meghann Conter

Today’s Extraordinary Women Radio interview with Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame Inductee, Judge Christine Arguello is filled with stories of the importance of raising one another up. Christine is a Federal judge of the United States District court for the District of Colorado, nominated by the President of the United States, confirmed by the US Senate, and appointed for life. Her journey to break barriers, as a first-generation high school and college graduate – is filled with stories of mentors and others who reached out to help raise her up. Today, at the pinnacle of her career as a judge, Christine makes the space and time to raise up others with her non-profit, Law School…Yes We Can (Sí Se Puede), a law school mentoring program. Prior to her presidential appointment to the bench, Judge Arguello’s career included partnership at two private law firms, Holland & Hart LLP and Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP – and she also served as Chief Deputy Attorney General of Colorado. In our interview, Christine shares that it’s our responsibility to reach out and help another climb the next mountain before them, and shares a stanza from a poem called Success, “To know that one life has breathed easier – this is to have succeeded. My invitation to you… how will you help raise up those around you in the coming months? Make space to ponder this question as we start to embark upon the Fall season that will upon us soon. Let’s meet Judge Christine Arguello – another Colorado Women Hall of Fame Inductee. *** 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’s guest on Extraordinary Women is Dorie Clark, author of Entrepreneurial You, Stand Out and Reinventing You. After being on the talking circuit for her book Stand Out, speaking around the world on how to become a thought leader and recognized expert, Dorie had an epiphany that led to her next book, Entrepreneurial You. She realized that being a thought leader wasn’t sufficient – you have to learn to monetize that high repute. While she still believes that it is essential in today’s modern economy to build a brand as a recognized leader in our field so that we’re not a commodity, she knew there was more to building a successful business. So she set out to talk to 50 leading entrepreneurs on the subject. What Dorie learned from those interviews, was there’s not one way – people are succeeding in a lot of ways. The key, however, is that they have multiple income streams. The entrepreneurs that she spoke to had mastered the skill of managing multiple income streams, which provided resiliency in the downturns, and provided much more upside. As Dorie shares in our interview, “If you want to solve a problem, ask a lot a people.” Dorie did that, and then she applied that to her own business. By applying the techniques she learned in writing Entrepreneurial You, Dorie brought an additional $193,700 of revenue in the same year she wrote the book. This interview is a must for entrepreneurs interested who are ready to take their business to the next level. We talk about building a business aligned to who you are, best practices in building online courses, transition and more. Dorie has so much wisdom to share. Dorie is an adjunct professor at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and the author of Entrepreneurial You, Reinventing You and Stand Out, which was named the #1 Leadership Book of 2015 by Inc. magazine. A former presidential campaign spokeswoman, the New York Times described her as an “expert at self-reinvention and helping others make changes in their lives.” A frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, Dorie consults and speaks for clients including Google, Microsoft, and the World Bank. She is also a producer of a multiple Grammy-award-winning jazz album. You can download her free Entrepreneurial You self-assessment workbook and learn more at dorieclark.com/entrepreneur. “If you want to be sought out, people need to know what you think. They need to know what your ideas are” ~Dorie Clark

Today’s Extraordinary Women Radio guest is Gotham Gal and angel investor, Joanne Wilson. Joanne has a portfolio of over 90 companies, such as Lately (you might remember my episode a few months ago with founder Kate Bradley Chernis), Food52, Sweeten, Vengo, Nestio, Flip, Clutter, and Union Station. Joanne shared, “In general, I’m looking for really smart, scrappy founders that have tenacity, that are out of the box, and are survivors.” Joanne has had many careers before she found her way into angel investment, and she shares some of her reinvention stories in our interview today. She believes that necessity is not only the mother of invention but also of constant reinvention because as an individual, a company, or brand, you have to be able to think ahead to stay ahead of the curve. Sometimes, what you think of as a misfortune, like losing a job, is actually a blessing in disguise. Joanne co-founded the Women’s Entrepreneur Festival in 2011 which is a conference for a community of women entrepreneurs. While the Festival was put on hold for a few years, she’s currently working with Brazen to bring it back in 2019. At the end of the day, what she hopes for women is equality in consideration of your unique multi-layered dimensions. She has maintained her very popular blog, gothamgal.com for over 13 years and has recently taken her talents to the airwaves on her podcast, Positively Gotham Gal, as another medium for having profound conversations with women. And if there are three pearls of wisdom she wants to impart to women, it would be self-awareness, trusting your gut, and following your heart. I’m thrilled to introduce you to Gotham Gal – Joanne Wilson!

Today on Extraordinary Women Radio, I’m bringing you a Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame Inductee, Dr. Penny Hamilton. Penny Hamilton has been a general aviation pilot for 23 years, marking her as one of a select group of women in her field. Dr. Hamilton has worked for decades to encourage women to choose aviation as a career and break down the barriers that keep women from taking to the skies. Dr. Penny co-holds with her husband a World Aviation Speed Record, set on October 22, 1991. In 1994, the (FAA) named a new holding intersection west of Corona Pass at an altitude of 15,500 feet above sea level after Penny as a part of the U.S. aeronautical system. Penny has also been inducted into the Colorado Aviation Hall of Fame. And was was honored the Amelia Earhart International Forest of Friendship Award. National Aviation Day is coming up on August 19 celebrating the role aviation has played in our history, our present and our future. And Penny is particularly passionate about sharing women’s role in aviation history. Did you know that Katharine Wright funded the Wright Brothers first flight? As Penny shares, “Her story was his story,” and she she shares some of the historical relevance that women have played in the role of women in aviation. Yet, today only 7% of pilots in America are women in America – 93% are male. Penny is passionate about changing this. She is the director of the Teaching Women to Fly Research Project, which is dedicated to bringing more women into aviation. Penny shares how she broke through her own fear of flying solo, and how she applies a “flight plan” to her life, breaking through any fear that steps in her way so she can live life making a difference in the world. As a 2x cancer warrior, Penny believes in the power of visualization for breakthrough, and encourages us to apply this in life and business. She talks about the spiritual connection she has found in the art of flying – what it’s like flying solo up and above the world! For more than 25 years, Hamilton has been teaching preschoolers and elementary children about the history of women in aviation with a program called “Penny the Pilot.” For this contribution to, the FAA bestowed on Dr. Hamilton its Champion of Aviation Education Award and ABC-TV in Denver recognized her with its Everyday Hero award. Dr. Penny’s Pearls of Wisdom were: Enjoy the moment Be Passionate and be grateful Give Back To learn more about Dr. Penny Hamilton, visit her web site. “The me I see, is the me I’ll be.” ~Dr. Penny Hamilton I’m honored to introduce you to the delightful Dr. Penny Hamilton, also lovingly known to many as Penny the Pilot! *** 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!          

Angela Maiers has been praised around the globe for her message YOU MATTER. She is considered one of today’s most influential thought leaders in education and transformative thinking. It is fair to say when she speaks, she leaves no room unchanged. I’m thrilled to feature Angela Maiers on this episode of Extraordinary Women Radio. In our interview, Angela shares how important it that you are seen, heard and understand that you have value. Every one of us. Angela has set out to change how we teach and lead, helping others own their genius. Most recently, she has been named by Forbes as one of the Top 5 Edupreneurs to Watch; by IBM as one of the Top 20 Global Influencers, among the Top 100 Women in Technology and among the Top 20 Education Thought Leaders. She is the author of 9 books on education, including the noted Genius Matters and Classroom Habi-tudes, and was for many years a prolific contributor to the Huffington Post on innovation, technology, and education. An educator for 30 years, Angela’s work in 78,000 classrooms across 100 countries has rallied more than a million children who have banded together to launch 170 social enterprises and pass 17 laws. In 2011, she gave a TEDTalk on the power of two simple words: You Matter, and the video went viral. What resulted was the start of a movement which became the global non-profit organization, Choose2Matter. As its Founder, Angela’s mission is to help individuals recognize their value and potential contribution to change both their own lives and the world. You don’t stumble your way into significance, those are choices. ~Angela Maiers She’s a Futurist. Innovator. Educator. Entrepreneur. Change Maker. Angela Maiers is on a mission to disrupt the status quo and to empower every individual to change their own world, if not the world around them, for the better. To learn more about Angela, visit her web sites AngelaMaiers.com and Choose2Matter.org, or follow her on Facebook or Twitter. Let’s meet Angela Maiers of Choose2Matter.  

Today’s Extraordinary Women Radio guest, Juana Bordas – has been the founder and CEO of several organizations. Juana has been a woman of action – where she’s seen a need – she’s found a solution and gone out and started it. Juan is an inductee to the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame, and I’m always so honored to get to interview the inductees. Juana emigrated to the U.S. from Nicaragua on a banana boat. She’s led such an interesting life… and yes, we do talk about immigration in America today. The youngest daughter in a family of eight, she was the first to go to college. Upon graduating, she joined the Peace Corps and worked in the barrios of Santiago, Chile. Juana was a founder and executive director of Denver’s Mi Casa Women’s Center. Today, Mi Casa is is the largest Hispanic-serving organization in Colorado. She was founding-President of the National Hispana Leadership Institute (NHLI). In 2001 she founded the Circle of Latina Leadership focused on preparing the next generation of leaders. Her immigrant parents had vision, values and determination that shaped her own. She’s quick to say that our grandmothers before us forged the west… and it’s time for us to step into our role as warriors, and shape the future for our children. “Leadership is about legacy.” As a woman in her 70s, Juana’s just getting started, and she encourages all of us, “Ladies lets step it up, lets finish the job!” Juana was the first Latina faculty for the Center for Creative Leadership and taught in The Leadership Development Program – the most highly utilized executive training program in the world. She has designed, developed, and implemented leadership programs for national nonprofits, corporations, and government agencies across the country. Her award winning book Salsa, Soul, and Spirit: Leadership for a Multicultural Age is utilized in over 100 Universities. In 2014 her book The Power of Latino Leadership was recognized with the Nautilus Award for Best Multicultural book and the International Latino Award for leadership. Juana served as advisor to Harvard’s Hispanic Journal on Public Policy, the Kellogg National Fellows Program, as board vice chair of the Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership, and a trustee of the International Leadership Association. Juana was selected as a Wise Woman Award by the National Center for Women’s Policy Studies. In 2017 she was selected by the National Diversity Council as one of the Most Influential and Powerful Latinos in America. To learn more about Juana, visit her Mestiza Leadership International website or follow her on Facebook or LinkedIn. I’m honored to bring Juana Bordas to you today on Extraordinary Women Radio. Let’s meet Juana. *** 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’s Extraordinary Women Radio is with Phoenix Jackson, an award-winning business leader, corporate communication strategist, a member of the Denver University adjunct faculty and expert in social entrepreneurship. Her new book, Spirit of Business launches this week – and I am certain you want to grab yours! Paulo Coelho, in his great book, The Alchemist, declared: “And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” A woman’s intuition is one of her most powerful assets and when she listens to the spirit of the moment, she can get really guided into fulfilling her dreams. In this episode of Extraordinary Women Radio, discover how you can listen in to what the universe is telling you and clearly see the signs it sends your way. When you do, you will realize how each signpost will actually lead you to the fulfillment of your goals – in life and in business. Listen to what your gut tells you and pick up the crumbs as they come as you tread the road to your success. Go with the flow of the universe and it will manifest your intentions and make them into reality. Phoenix Jackson is a woman of spiritual strength. She is owner and Chief Operations Officer of Phoenix Affect, Inc which she has successfully ran for over 13 years now. Phoenix Affect, Inc is a marketing, communications, and project management company that has worked with celebrities, athletes, and various organizations in building their brand and public face. When she was 26, Phoenix was the youngest adjunct Faculty for Colorado Women’s College at the University of Denver. Currently, she also works with KUSA-TV, 9NEWS – Colorado’s top news outlet as Client Relations Strategist. Phoenix specializes in strategy creation, executive management, communications, public speaking, consulting, and project management to name a few. Phoenix has been recognized for her intellect and results-driven leadership approach, which has led to many accolades and honors, including the 25 Top Leaders in Denver for Barack Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper Initiative, Women Making History Award, a Daniels Scholar, Denver Business Journal’s Making Their Mark, 40 Under 40 and many more. Every business is nothing but a form of expression of what you’re trying to express to the world. ~Phoenix Jackson Let’s meet Phoenix Jackson of the author of the Spirit of Business. To learn more about Phoenix visit her Phoenix Affect web site, her Phoenix Jackson web site or connect with her on Facebook or Twitter.

Today’s 60th Extraordinary Women Radio episode is with Viveka von Rosen – a Forbes Top 50 Social Media Influencer and Forbes Top 10 Women in Social Media, as well as one of LinkedIn’s Top 25 Social Media Experts. And she shares some of her best LinkedIn tips in this interview! You don’t want to miss it! She shares her story of starting one of the first LinkedIn training companies, Linked into Business in 2006 where she was able to grab the @LinkedInExpert handles on both LinkedIn and Twitter, which sky rocked her to a leading expert in those very early days. In 2017, she cofounded Vengreso, a full spectrum digital sales transformation solutions. In addition to sharing some must-know tips about raising your influence on LinkedIn, Viveka shares rich insights into building your brand online and goes as bold to say, “Your company is going to die if you don’t fully embrace digital.” She encourages the listeners to focus on building community, no matter what platform you are on and most important – to keep our humanity about us, as things become more and more digital. After all, it is about human-to-human relationships. We laugh a ton in this interview – and Viveka, who has recently picked up hang gliding again after 21 years, shares what hang gliding teaches you about business success. It’s so much fun and so full of wisdom! Known internationally as the “LinkedIn Expert”, she is an author of the best-selling LinkedIn Marketing: An Hour a Day and LinkedIn: 101 Ways to Rock Your Personal Brand! As a contributing expert to LinkedIn’s official Sales and Marketing blogs and their Sophisticated Marketer’s Guides, she is often called on to contribute to publications like BuzzFeed, Fast Company, Forbes, Money, Entrepreneur, The Social Media Examiner and many others. Jump in, claim your expertise! ~Viveka von Rosen To learn more about Viveka and to access her many online trainings, visit the Vengreso.com web site, or follow her on LinkedIn, Twitter or Facebook. Download the Show Notes with a list of additional resources.          

Today’s Extraordinary Women Radio guest, Michelle Vos is a perfect guest to join us on this Summer Solstice week! She’s soulful, spiritually guided and so full of wisdom! Michelle and I have known this for some time. We love to get together over a cup and jam on our passion for doing business in a different way! I always leave these conversations feeling jazzed and I think you will fill into this today! We have a passion for creating business that is in the flow and not in the hustle. As she shares in the interview, Michelle believes that you do not need a break down in order to have a break thru, but instead she chooses ease and grace and flow vs. struggle. She acknowledges that growing your business takes effort and focus BUT it can be way easier if you show up differently. It’s all about being energetically aligned with what you want. When you devote time and energy to what matters most to you, the universe aligns to meet you. She shares her story of how she really listened to the answers that came to her in a journaling exercise back in 2008, and dramatically shifted what she was doing in her profession. She courageously stepped into doing things she had never done before because she trusted the wisdom the Universe flowed to her. It’s a brilliant story and it took her down her own pathway to her purpose. Michelle also shares her work around the Twelve Energetic Relationships that we can incorporate into our lives to play with the energy of the Universe and Source in our life. It’s good stuff! Michelle is a Business and Branding coach who marries strategy and spirituality. She is the founder and creator of the Be365 Body of Work, The creator of The Authentic Signature Style and Vision Process. As I look at all Michelle stands for – I catch myself saying… Yes… Yes… Yes!!! And today she shares some of her brilliant teachings on how you can manifest more in your life! I am thrilled to introduce you to Michelle and all her wonderful wisdom. Let’s meet Michelle Vos! To learn more about Michelle, visit her on her web site or follow her on Facebook or Instagram.  

Today I am so pleased to bring Jamie ‘Sensei’ Leno Zimron to Extraordinary Women Radio – a modern-day ‘renaissance woman.’ She is a 5th Degree Aikido Black Belt, Class A LPGA Teaching Professional, Marriage Family Therapist (MFT), Certified Sports Counselor, Master Bodyworker, Corporate and Conference Speaker-Trainer, and an International Citizen’s Diplomat. And on top of all of this – Her work has been the center of peacemaking efforts in some of the most challenging war-torn regions of the world. The principles that Jamie shares with us in this interview – about becoming centered and aligned helps us find a peaceful inner power – one where we’re completely present in our body, our head and our voice. Her work helps people discover the body-mind keys and tools to work, play and be their best – for their own peak performance. Making the world a better place for everyone. Yes, Jamie is certainly a changemaker. Known by her clients as Jamie Sensei, Jamie is a pioneer in blending ancient eastern wisdom with modern western disciplines for self-mastery and peak performance in all things life, leadership and even golf. This interview is rich with somatic wisdom and how you can apply it in your own life and business. And what’s really extraordinary, is that Jamie has brought her teaching to the Middle East Aikido Project to help unite Israelis and Palestinians through the Martial Art of Peace. Arabs and Jews are now meeting on the mat to explore non-violent conflict resolution and possibilities for peace. Jamie Sensei brings a rare combination of knowledge, insight and creativity to sports, business, personal growth, and to learning itself. She is acclaimed worldwide for her dynamic teaching style and unique gifts in guiding people to newfound well-being and success. In this interview we talk about energy and how important (and sometimes difficult) it can be to truly be IN our body, despite the fact, that our body is the one thing that is with us from the minute we are born until the minute we die. We are energy. We are the stewards of our energy. We are in charge of our energy. ~Jamie ‘Sensei’ Leno Zimron To learn more about Jamie Sensei, visit her on her web site or follow her on Facebook or LinkedIn. At the beginning of this interview I mention that you can catch me speaking at several different places in the next few months and that I would include the links here, so here they are! Women of Denver on June 21: where I’ll present The Brand of You: Igniting Your Presence, Purpose and Profile as a Change Maker Emerging Expert of You: Your Next Bold Move to Boost Your Voice In the World – 1-day workshop with me on June 27! eWomen Network Portland on July 18: where I’ll present The Changing Art of Women in Leadership Let’s meet Jamie ‘Sensei’ Leno Zimron!

Today’s Extraordinary Women Radio interview is with Krystal Covington, the Founder and CEO of Women of Denver, a social enterprise association and quarterly magazine. Krystal was on my Extraordinary Women Connect stage last Fall, and I’m on a panel at Krystal’s Women of Denver Quarterly Networking party this coming Saturday evening, which I understand brings 150 women together in a single evening. And then I speak at her monthly Women of Denver meeting on June 21 on “The Brand of You: Igniting Your Presence, Purpose and Profile as a Change Maker.” You can learn more about both of these events here. Come join us – it would be great to see you there! Denver is such a happening place for female entrepreneurs with several growing and collaborative groups like Women of Denver, my own Extraordinary Women Connect, The Dames, eWoman Network Denver, FemCity Denver and others. I’m in awe of all the collaboration and ways Denver women entrepreneurs are coming together to uplift one another! It’s a pretty cool energy of incubation and support. As a PR and branding expert, Krystal has a strong passion and belief that now is the time for women to take the lead! We dig into how women can make an impact in the world, Krystal expressed, “Go speak it. Put yourself out there right. Put it in words.” In our interview, she drops all kinds of tips on getting into the media, including how important it is to build a story that links your philosophies and ideas to what is going on in the world right now – make it newsworthy. She tell us “That’s what will get you interviews!” She shares her story of starting Women of Denver in 2014, just jumping in and doing it! As she shares in the interview, “I had to let go of the idea that THEY had all the answers for me, and that only I had the answers for me.” She’s a risk taker, a doer and a bright and shiny young star in the Denver community. And she’s so full of wisdom! Here are a few of her insights: When you are doing the things that feel good, time feels different, you experience life with more fullness, you are just energized Believe in the changes that you want to see happen Life goes in waves, just like sounds and just like water. There will be ups and downs, and be sure to have a plan for the lows in life. Krystal is a TEDx presenter, a national speaker and trainer and a regular Forbes contributor. You can learn more about Krystal on her KrystalCovington.com and TheWomenOfDenver.com or follow her on Facebook or Twitter. Be sure to check out her new Women of Denver Magazine! Let’s meet Krystal Covington of Women of Denver.

Today’s Extraordinary Women Radio interview with Hope Zvara, is so good. Hope is a mindfulness and lifestyle expert, a best selling author, and a motivational speaker who empowers individuals with her personal stories. And her stories are powerful. I can promise you – you will be moved. This may be my first podcast interview that I have ended up in tears. Her stories are truly heart touching, and it is within these stories, as Hope shares – that yoga found her – and transformed her life to finding her purpose. The pillars of Hope’s mission are Breath, Body, and Belief. In our interview today, Hope shares her wisdom on how the mind operates, how the body works, and how our beliefs can affect our mental health and our wellness overall – and the success we find in life. I think Hope and I were meant to meet, and in the midst of this interview the idea drops in that we should be planning a retreat together, and I’m just going to say I’m all in! We’re so aligned in so many ways – even our written purpose – which I’ll leave as a surprise to come out in the interview. Some of the key insights Hope shares includes: Breath is the first thing your given in life and the last to be taken away and you only get one life Whatever your next thing is, just do it, get out there and do it Turn off headphones and walk each day Ideas come better if you slow down and listen, let nature in Step out but also step inward You can learn more about Hope and her work on her website or follow her on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn. So let’s jump and meet the fabulous Hope Zvara!

Today on Extraordinary Women Radio I am so excited to share this interview with Wendy Leone – a partner in a steel & construction company – Mt. Hood Steel & Wood – building high rises in Portland and across the Northwest. Wendy is a friend of my son Josh, who I had the opportunity to meet last summer when I was visiting. I fell in love with Wendy the moment I met her, and you will too! In our interview, she tells the story of how she and her brothers started this company from the seedlings of a dream, and what’s it’s like to be a woman in the very male dominated steel industry. If you drive around the thriving city of Portland, many of the rising skyscrapers you see are being built by Mt. Hood Steel & Wood. And not only is Wendy a make-it-happen business owner in the steel industry… She’s also an incredible rock climber and we dig into some of the lessons that climbing teaches her, and how they parallel running a $1 million+ steel company! Wendy is an advocate for more women stepping into the construction industry! She shares, “Women can make a really good living being a welder, electrician or plumber with great benefits. Women are strong enough and tough enough to be out there. And from my experience, women’s pay in the construction world is equal to men’s.” That was exciting news to me! Wendy’s story from humble beginnings to all she’s doing today is inspiring and uplifting! For those of you tuning in – from Portland – mark your calendars and come meet both Wendy and I on July 18th, when I’ll be speaking at the Portland eWoman Network monthly meeting. Fear isn’t a bad thing. I enjoy pushing myself past what I am comfortable with. ~Wendy Leone To learn more about Mt. Hood Steel & Wood, watch for their new web site set to launch soon or follow them on Facebook. You can follow Wendy on LinkedIn.

Today we’re joining our Extraordinary Women Radio guest – Amber Rae – in celebration of her new book – Choose Wonder over Worry! Choose Wonder Over Worry is launching around the world today and I’m happy to be a part of this celebration! I invite YOU to jump out to Amazon today and order a copy of her book and perhaps gift a few to some extraordinary women friends! Amber has been called a “Millennial Motivator” by Fortune and “The Brené Brown of Wonder” by Mind Body Green. Her work invites you to live your truth, befriend your emotions, and express your gifts. Amber’s writing blends raw, personal storytelling with actionable aha-moments and has reached more than 5 million people in 195 countries. Her public art has spread to more than 20 countries, and she’s spoken to and collaborated with brands like Kate Spade, Apple, Amazon, and Unilever. Amber has been featured in The New York Times, TIME, Fast Company, BBC, ABC World News, and more. She’s truly an extraordinary woman. This is a delightful interview with a woman is making ripples around the world. The stories she shares in this interview are funny and real and will inspire! We chat about the power of engaging our curiosity around ‘what’s possible’ and making space to discover who you really are – yes, you can see why I love this woman! Everyone has worry in their life – and worry can be toxic. Since we can never rid ourselves entirely of worry, the goal isn’t to avoid it, suppress it, or run from it, but to learn from it, work with it, and use it to our advantage. Amber shares a simple process to connect and work with their more difficult emotions. She poses the question – “What if we chose wonder instead.” I made a commitment to myself that I would always tell myself the wild and honest truth. ~Amber Rae Let’s meet Amber Rae – author of Choose Wonder Over Worry or follow Amber on Facebook or Twitter.

I’m super honored to feature today’s Extraordinary Women Radio guest, Dr. Sharron Stroud. Dr. Stroud is a woman dedicated to serving the planet. The slogan “Think Globally and Act Locally” would describe what she has been about for the past 40 years. She is an author, professional speaker, and a spiritual leader. She has served the New Thought movement for 42 years as a spiritual leader. Dr. Stroud has serves as the Spiritual Leader of Innerfaith Spiritual Center Worldwide in Palm Springs, CA. since 2001. She also serves as the Dean of the Institute of Successful Living. In our interview, Dr. Stroud shares life stories that have shaped her life and the wisdom she has earned along the way. She says that “Whatever the present moment is, act as if you chose it. Work with it.” This is such a powerful statement. We talk about courage, confidence and callings. And yes, because Dr. Stroud is a Minister of Peace, we talk about peace on earth. Dr. Stroud is the President Elect of The International Foundation for World Peace and Research, in which she goes all over the world lecturing at Universities and Institutions of Learning. Most recently at the Cultural Arts Festival in India in January, The International Congress on Art, Science, Communication and Technology in Edinburgh, Scotland, Madonna University in Nigeria, Africa, the University of Istanbul Medical Center in Turkey, The University of Zagreb in Croatia, The University of African and Oriental Studies in London, England, Essen, Germany, Queen’s College in Cambridge England and Oslo, Norway. Her list of awards is impressive and lengthy and includes: The Palm Springs Human Rights Award 2017 & 2015 – Life Time Achievement Award for Service to her Nation from the White House signed by President Obama for her work in the field of Humanities. 2017 – Limitless Woman Award by the Limitless Woman Foundation Riverside County Woman of the Year Award 2016/2017 2015 – International Peace Prize given by Madonna University in Nigeria, Africa 2015 – Palm Springs Walk of Stars in the Field of Humanities / Minister of Peace The President of the United States Call to Service Award of Excellence from the White House, the highest acknowledgement a citizen can receive signed by President Obama for her work in the field of Humanities in 2010, and again July of 2014. Outstanding Service Award for the United Nations 100th Anniversary of the International Day of the Woman presented by the Women’s International Network. The International Athena / Terra Award of Service, from Palm Springs, CA The Woman of the Year Gold Medal of Honor 2009 was presented by the World Forum Federation in which over 40 countries were represented. Dr. Stroud was presented with the International Peace Prize 2008, inscribed: “Daring to Soar and Creating a Harmony of Humankind, by the authority of the United Cultural Convention, United States of America. International Woman of the Year 2012 awarded by the Cultural Convention, USA Dr. Stroud was an Ambassador representing the United States of America. In 2008. Dr. Stroud was named Top 100 Communicators of the World from the International Biographical Centre, Cambridge England. A Certificate of Congressional Recognition from Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack for receiving the Woman of the Year Gold Medal of Honor 2009 in Washington D.C. The Tesla Award for Communication – International Biographical Center 2010. Amazing Woman Award 2008 for Feminine Leadership at the Los Angeles, California Cultural Center. International Woman of the Year 2001 – The American Biographical Institute You can learn more about Dr. Stroud on the Innerfaith New Thought Spiritual Center Palm Springs Facebook page or on her Facebook page. Dr. Stroud carries a message of peace and harmony, while engaging in charitable acts of forgiveness and love – and I’m so honored to have Dr. Stroud with us today. Let’s meet Dr. Sharron Stroud.

Today’s Extraordinary Women Radio interview is with the fabulous Michelle Marie King, a philanthropic leader and motivational public speaker who has devoted her life to volunteerism and mentoring young women on giving back to their communities and building self-esteem. Michelle is blazing the country as a positivity activist and passionate visionary. In our interview today, Michelle shares how her life experiences as a former international runway model and former Ms. Colorado shaped her passion for helping women of all ages find their inner beauty – a mission she carries out in her model-coaching and confidence building company – Positive Presence, LLC. Suffering from anorexia, bulimia and living through an attempted suicide as an international runway model, Michelle hopes to use her experience in the modeling industry and her passion for philanthropy to simply make a positive difference in the life of others. She combines these disparate worlds—modeling & philanthropy. In our interview, we dig into how to break through fear (false evidence appearing real), the not enoughism that we all can run into on a daily basis, leading change in in an industry that isn’t necessarily looking for change and the power of positivity. Michelle’s mission is to masterfully motivate all ages to lead a positive life and inspire others to do the same! I’m smiling through this whole interview – because we are so aligned in what we’re putting into the world. A bit of a soul-sisterhood I believe. In her career as a model, philanthropist, emcee, spokesperson and public speaker, Michelle has appeared on radio, television, billboards and in print in over 10 different states. Be unapologetically authentic. Find what makes you happy and do more of that. Your authenticity is directly correlated to our happiness. ~Michelle Marie King You will love Michelle! To learn more about Michelle and her work, visit her web site or follow her on Facebook.  

Today’s Extraordinary Women Radio guest – Haley Hoffman Smith is a young and upcoming rockstar in the entrepreneurial world. I love the energy she is bringing into the world and her incredible wisdom is way beyond her years! Haley started her first global non-profit and wrote her first book at age 18, and is in the midst of starting her second non-profit – Her Big IDEA Foundation. She also will be a key team member on The Next Gen Summit – leading a community of 2000 entrepreneurs to their success. Her second book Her Big Idea will launch on June 11 – shortly after she graduates from Brown University in May. At Brown, Haley studied how women develop their sense of self agency in entrepreneurship and venture capital for her honors’ thesis. She also created the first-ever women’s entrepreneurship incubator to help female students bring their ideas from concept to reality. Haley’s research around the impact of women in leadership, on boards and in venture capital firms was recently published in Forbes. She has huge passion for shining light on women’s presence on a board boosts the bottom line. She shared the research from the venture capital firm, First Round Capital who did a 10-year study on all the companies they invested in during that time period. The research showed that the companies with at least one woman on the board generated about 65% more ROI than companies with no women on the board. Haley has a passion for opening up opportunities for other women and helping them find the partnering and resources to launch their own companies. This is a rich delightful conversation of courage and bravery, self love and vulnerability, success and ‘perceived’ failure, and getting up and doing it all over again anyway. “You don’t learn anything from success.” ~Haley Hoffman Smith Haley is dynamic and there is no doubt in my mind that we need to take note of her name – because there will be a time when we say about Haley Hoffman Smith – I remember her when. She’s got an impact to make – I promise! To follow Haley’s work and watch for the launch of her new book Her Big Idea, follow her on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn. Let’s dig in and meet Haley Hoffman Smith!

Welcome to Episode #50 of Extraordinary Women Radio! I love this milestone! So many incredible stories I’ve had the opportunity to share. Have you ever had a mentor or a coach who has shaped the trajectory of your life… of your business? Well one of these women for me is Tommi Wolfe – and I’m super excited to host Tommi today on Extraordinary Women Radio. I always say that Tommi helped my business grow up in those early years – and we talk about some of those lessons in today’s episode. And in fact, I’ll share how the whole concept of Extraordinary Woman was actually birthed in Tommi’s office several years ago! Tommi has spent an incredible lifetime building companies – starting as a single mom in South Africa. Her stories are inspiring and her wisdom rich. She is currently the CEO of Top Six Business Coach and Bronze Birch Marketing. She supports a network of talented business coaches in 3 countries, all of whom specialize in helping solopreneurs to create abundant, lucrative and meaningful businesses. In this episode we talk a lot about smart ways to grow your business, lifestyle, reinvention and everything else in between! Tommi will be one of our Circle of Inspiration Facilitators at the May 29 Extraordinary Women Connect event – along with Tamara McCleary and Mia Voss. It’s going to be an incredible night of connecting with great women. Go and do the hard things that you are avoiding today. They need to be done. ~Tommi Wolfe

Today’s Extraordinary Women Radio is with Mia on the Go: Mia Voss! Mia is the ultimate traveler & people connector. She’s built her business around the love of story telling, travel, cars and being a cheerleader for the things she loves. She shares the story of how at 50, she decided to go nomadic. And it was in that journey that Mia became an accidental entrepreneur, opening her world to the lifestyle-aligned business she runs today that let’s her travel the world, drive cool cars and drink great wine! We talk about building an influencer brand and building a powerful collaborator tribe. You’re going to love her! She’s currently working with brands such as Lexus, Toyota, BMW, Mazda, Collette Travel and more. Mia has been building an online audience for years, enticing them with engaging interviews on every topic imaginable. She has been the producer, host and guest on more than 300 online episodes and has interviewed more than 500 guests. In 2015, she decided to embrace her approaching 50’s and began traveling. And she hasn’t stopped since! Mia shares so much rich wisdom in the interview! One of my favorites was: “Practice saying no – without an explanation.” ~Mia Voss To learn more about Mia, visit her web site or follow her on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn, and be sure to catch her Drinking with the Dragon show on Friday evenings! AND If you’d like to meet Mia face to face, I’d like to invite you to my May 29 Extraordinary Women Connect event next month in Denver, where Mia will be on the Circle of Inspiration Panel, along with two other master marketers! Tamara McCleary – who has been named the #1 most influential woman in MarTech by B2B Marketing and a top 1% social media influencer in the world! Catch Tamara’s Extraordinary Women Radio interview that I did with her last summer here. Tommi Wolfe – CEO of Top Six Business Coach and Bronze Birch Marketing, supporting a network of talented business coaches in 3 countries. Watch for Tommi’s Extraordinary Women Radio interview next week! It’s a rockstar panel… and I’d love to see you there! Register for the May 29 Extraordinary Women Connect event today, as this event often sells out! It’s all about connecting great women to great women in meaningful story. It’s an intimate and fun gathering of real connection with some really amazing women – so join us!    

Today’s Extraordinary Women Radio interview is with Kate Bradley Chernis, the Founder & CEO of Lately. Kate is a former rock ‘n roll disc jockey turned tech CEO, and she’s as real as they come! Kate shares what it was like to raise $2.2 million in the tech world as a woman, and gives some good advice to my listeners who are raising capital. We talk about marketing that creates real connection and community in business. Kate shares how she listens to her intuition and how important it is to just show up as ourselves. It’s a fun interview and I know you’re going to love this! As a former marketing agency owner, Kate, initially created the idea for Lately out of spreadsheets for then-client, Walmart. Well, not just Walmart. It was a partnership between Walmart, United Way Worldwide, National Disability Institute, and tens of thousands of local, small business and nonprofit affiliates who were all using her spreadsheet system – because they all had the same problems: a lack of coordination, widespread redundancies, no visibility and no organization. With Kate’s spreadsheet system, they achieved a 130%, three year, year-over-year ROI. In fact, Kate found similar success with all of her clients, regardless of industry or company size. So, along with one heck of a superhero team, she created Lately to organize the mess, automate repetitive processes and eliminate the “overwhelming” feeling that every marketer she’d ever met had complained about. As a former VP of marketing – I get this. As a CEO of my own company – I really get this. I love Lately. Prior to founding Lately, Kate served 20 million listeners as Music Director and on-air host at Sirius/XM. She’s also an award-winning radio producer, engineer and voice talent with 25 years of national broadcast communications, brand-building, sales and marketing expertise. To learn more about Lately, visit their web site at www.trylately.com, or follow them on Facebook or Twitter. Follow Kate on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn. Let’s meet Kate Bradley Chernis of Lately. Download Transcript.  

In 2014 Lindsey Laurain – today’s featured guest on Extraordinary Women Radio – and her husband were fed up with messy mealtime with their three young boys. In the midst of their frustration they said, “We need a plate the boys can’t toss!” The next day she taped a bowl to a piece of paper and has quickly grown the company by bootstrapping her way along. ezpz is a woman owned, self-funded small business that has expanded into a global multimillion-dollar company. Within six months this go-getter – act-now woman had invented and launched her company ezpz and created the Happy Mat, an all-in-one silicone placemat plus plate with patented self-seal technology. With the Happy Mat, infants and toddlers can no longer tip and toss plates at mealtime. The company boasts an expansive product portfolio, including a self-published book, and has secured distribution in 1500 U.S. stores and 30 countries. ezpz’s self-seal technology is revolutionizing the feeding and medical industry. Many children and adults with autism, cerebral palsy and low vision (among other disabilities) are eating independently for the first time. Lindsey has a huge heart when it comes to the special needs community, and she ensures that all of ezpz products are thoughtfully designed and developmentally sound for both neurotypical children and children with special needs. If you have had a product idea bouncing around in your head, or if you’ve been feeling burnt out in a job and wanting to have more fun in your life and work, you’ll want to listen to Lindsey’s story. Her story is inspirational! In this interview, she shares the ups and downs of entrepreneurialship, the lessons learned and how her life has changed since taking the leap just four years ago. Energy is Real. I follow my gut. ~Lindsey Laurain Let’s meet Lindsey Laurain of ezpz! You are going to love her! To learn more about ezpz, visit www.ezpzfun.com for their dishware products and www.onofriends.com for their pet products, or follow ezpz on Facebook or Twitter.

Today, I’m honored to bring you the sixth and final contemporary 2018 Inductee to the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame: Gail Schoettler. It’s a great interview and just in time for the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame Induction Gala this coming Wednesday, March 28! Dr. Gail Schoettler has been a U.S. Ambassador, Colorado’s Lt. Governor and State Treasurer, Douglas County school board president, and a successful businesswoman. She narrowly lost her race for governor of Colorado in 1998. That was the same year Dottie Lamm ran for US Senate. Since that time, not a single woman has run for governor or US senate in Colorado until this year… Listen to what Gail has to say about this. It’s a great interview. I think this is going to change. As I was preparing for this interview, I ran into this statistic… “During the full 2016 election cycle 920 women contacted EMILY’s List, an organization that recruits and trains women to run for office. And that was a record year. Since Election Day 2016, more than 34,000 women have reached out to Emily’s List about launching a campaign.” Hmmm… do you think times are a changing? Gail shares advice on how women can get involved in politics, about her lessons that she learned in her many years of politics, and why it’s so important right now. She is particularly passionate about women running for governor and US Senator across the country, strongly believing that when women support women, women win. She co-founded Electing Women and the Electing Women Alliance to get women involved in raising money for women running for governor and US Senator across the country, strongly believing that when women support women, women win. I love Gail’s perspective on our current political environment. The only way to be successful in politics, is to look for ways to be inclusive and find compromise and begin to listen to one another. There’s too many people saying, ‘it’s my way or no way.’ That’s really scary. You can’t solve problems with that. ~Gail Schoettler In 1976 Gail joined the organizational group which would file for a National Bank to be located in downtown Denver to serve the needs of small businesses. After raising the $2 million capitalization required, in 1978, she helped found the Women’s Bank in Denver. She was also one of the founders of the Colorado Children’s Museum. Let’s meet Gail Schoettler, a 2018 inductee to the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame! *** 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 28, 2018 Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame 2018 Inductee Gala by purchasing your ticket here. Check out some of the other 2018 Inductee Hall of Famers: Leslie Foster – CEO and President of the Gathering Place – Listen Gerie Grimes – Early Childhood Education activist/Non Profit leader The Hope Center – Listen Susan J. Helms – Astronaut and Lieutenant General of USAF – Listen Dorothy Horrell – Chancellor of the University of Colorado at Denver – Listen Faye Matsukage – Activist for Women and Asians in the Legal Profession – Listen Listen to other Colorado Women Hall of Fame inductee interviews from prior years.

This week marks the one year anniversary of Extraordinary Women Radio! What a ride it has been! In every interview this year, our conversations have been rich, the stories shared deep and wisdom filled. My guests have opened their hearts and shared their most vulnerable moments. They’ve shared heartbreak and they’ve shared success. All of them have been inspirational. At the end of every episode, my 43 guests offered three pearls of wisdom. Their responses have been profound, thought provoking and foundational principles that can truly shape our journeys, if only we apply them. This week, my team compiled these pearls of wisdom into a single document, and you can download it at https://www.kamiguildner.com/pearlsofwisdom. That is 129 pearls of wisdom gathered from some very extraordinary women. You will want to grab this one. It’s something that you’ll be able to turn to again and again. I’m going to keep a copy of this in my journal for reflection on a daily basis. As I sat down to start to reflect on all the amazing gifts and great wisdom that flowed my way as a result of the 43 interviews I’ve done this year, I was filled with gratitude and appreciation that Extraordinary Women Radio has come to be a part of my own journey. In my journaling this morning I wrote a list of 10 things that I’ve personally learned in this year in all of these amazing conversations. I’m going to share it with you today. Passion matters. Every single woman I had the opportunity to interview this year – had a huge passion for their work, for why they bravely put their voice out into the world. I’ve heard people poo-poo the concept of following your passion. I so don’t agree. We get up every day bringing our gifts into the world – we better love doing it – if we truly want to live our lives in an extraordinary way. It’s that fire in our belly that makes us unique and different… it’s the fire makes us memorable… it’s the fire that keeps us going, when the tough days come along. Yes, passion matters. Know yours. Nurture it. And make space for your passion. Expect the unexpected in our journeys. We can’t define how life is going to go. We don’t know who will be on our journey with us. We don’t know the circumstances that will unfold today, tomorrow or next week. We only know that we each have our own journey to be on… to live on. It’s up to us to follow the signposts that show up in our lives, to follow the clues. Our stories will unfold with all kinds of outside circumstances unfolding around us. Our stories will take shape around what we’re angry about, sad about, or excited about. We will lose loved ones on our journey, we’ll meet new people on our journey. As Former First Lady of Colorado Dottie Lamm shared with us in her interview, “when one door closes – watch for another door to open.” I can’t express how much I believe this. We don’t know where life will guide us, but new pathways will definitely unfold. Susan J. Helms, the woman who holds the record for the longest walk in space shared with us, “It’s not about the destination… it’s about the journey.” I would like you to stop for a moment to consider how profound this statement is – coming from someone who has walked in space. Someone who was on a space station for 5 months. Someone who launched on a rocket to be in space. It’s about the journey, my friend. Do your inner work. Every single woman I met with this year makes regular space for themselves. Makes space for self-care. Makes space to do their own inner work. The way they approached this in every case was different, but they all made the time for doing their own inner work. Two amazing CEOs: Claudia Cividino of Bally Americas and Katica Roy of Pipeline stated “the most important thing I can do as a CEO is do my inner work.” All of the women I interviewed in this year had developed a soulful practice of some sorts. They have done the work to tap into their inner wisdom, to spirit wisdom and to trust their intuition. Face it – we’ve got some pretty cool chick wisdom floating around inside of us that we should nurture and love on. It is here that our most creative ideas drop in on us. It is here that the magic in our lives blossoms. Rita Devassy of Deva Seed encouraged us to “practice not filling in the silence with sound,” and Tami Simon of Sounds True went as far to challenge us to “spend 24 hours in total silence with our SELF.” Now that is a profound thought we should all try! No idea is too big. Go for it. Western artist Carrie Fell said, “Follow the BIG dream and take action every day.” So many of the women spoke about how important it is to believe in your SELF. And none of them said it was easy. They told stories of stepping into their courage, when they doubted the possibilities. Of going forward despite the fear. They praised the support systems they found along the way, and the ones that told them to dream even bigger. And it also meant that they needed to keep at it – because again – the road to where

Today’s Extraordinary Women Radio Interview is with Paige Goss the Founder and CEO of Point Solutions Group. Paige started Point Solutions Group only 11 months ago, and has already generated over a $1 million of billings in this short amount of time. She’s changemaker, a doer – and makes things happen – all while moving across the country with her wife and starting a family! In this interview, we talk about how she grew the company so quickly, about life and family. She shares how the “the second that I was real and raw about who I was as a human, everything started to take shape for me. Its amazing what you get back, when you show up as your true authentic self.” Paige founded her company on a philosophy that people are the center point of all successful missions and programs. Point Solutions Group provides innovative solutions in information technology, engineering, and professional services for government and commercial organizations on issues of national and global significance. Paige and I met at a leadership conference last Fall, where we were fortunate to get to sit next to one another. Since then, we’ve shared multitudes of connections, Paige participated on my Circle of Inspiration Panel at my January Extraordinary Women Connect event – with two other CEOs of rapidly growing companies, and the collaborative relationship continues. It epitomizes a win:win connection and collaboration of what can happen when women support one another. There is so much power in this my friends. This is a perfect interview to share on International Women’s Day – because today, we celebrate how women can uplift one another. How together, we are stronger. As Leslie Foster said last week in her Extraordinary Women Radio interview, “One women is strong… two women is like three … three women are like nine.” Yes, we are strong and so much better when we work together. Today, I invite each of you to connect with the strength of women in your community. Uplift each other and then get out and do the work you’re meant to do on this earth! All we have is now. There is no better time than now. To learn more about Paige and Point Solutions Group, visit the Point Solutions Group website or follow them on Twitter or LinkedIn. Let’s meet Paige Goss the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Point Solutions Group.

Today’s Extraordinary Women Radio Interview is with Leslie Foster, a 2018 Inductee into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame and the President of a Denver non-profit, The Gathering Place. As you know, I have a passion for women helping women. For the changemakers. For women who reach out a hand and lift another up. This certainly describes Leslie. Leslie has been helping women get off the streets of Denver for 30 years. She has passionately worked to influence local decision-makers’ conversations about the homeless population in Denver and how organizations provide services to women and children experiencing poverty or homelessness. Leslie is being inducted into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame this year and for good reason. In this interview, we talk about the strength of women – and how our strength multiplies exponentially – one women is strong… two women is like three … three women are like nine. Yes, we are strong and so much better when we work together. We talk about women in the homeless population and how we can best lend a hand to make a difference. Leslie was named the 2010 Community Leader of the Year by Community Shares of Colorado, and in 2008, she received the Swanee Hunt Individual Leadership Award from The Denver Foundation and Hunt Alternatives Fund. She has also received the “Woman of the Year” award from the Colorado Business and Professional Women, and the “Foremother of the Year” award from the Colorado Women’s Agenda. Leslie currently serves on Denver’s Mayor Hancock’s Commission to Address Homelessness and was the chair of the Committee on Youth and Families. Acknowledge the existence of a fellow person on the planet. Acknowledge someone and say hello. If you can remember someone’s name – it’s a big deal. ~Leslie Foster To learn more about Leslie’s good work helping women visit The Gathering Place or on Facebook or Twitter. In the interview, we talk about the gift cards and art created by the women of the Gathering Place, and it is available for purchase at www.artrestart.org. Let’s meet the extraordinary Leslie Foster of the Gathering Place. *** 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 28, 2018 Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame 2018 Inductee Gala by purchasing your ticket here. Check out some of the other 2018 Inductee Hall of Famers: Gerie Grimes – Early Childhood Education activist/Non Profit leader The Hope Center – Listen Susan J. Helms – Astronaut and Lieutenant General of USAF – Listen Dorothy Horrell – Chancellor of the University of Colorado at Denver – Listen Faye Matsukage – Activist for Women and Asians in the Legal Profession – Listen Gail Schoettler – Banking, Government and Women’s Activist – Coming Soon Listen to other Colorado Women Hall of Fame inductee interviews from prior years.

This week’s Extraordinary Women Radio interview with Heidi Ganahl, the founder of Camp Bow Wow, is so good! Heidi has a passion for keeping the American dream alive and well! That’s because she’s been living it. And it wasn’t all a simple and easy path to get there. Heidi has faced extraordinary adversity in her life. Beginning with the loss of her husband at the age of 27, to losing a million-dollar insurance settlement, her entrepreneurial spirit helped her pick herself up and build a $100 million brand in the pet and franchise industry – Camp Bow Wow. In fact she’s well known for her Ted Talk called the Art of the Comeback, where she shares this powerful comeback story. Today she shares this journey she took and the lessons she learned along the way. In fact one of the things that struck me in this interview – was the most timely wisdom I’d heard all week – if not all year! “Be the best you can be at what you’re doing at the time, and forgive yourself for not being the best at everything all the time. You’ve got to let go of that.” The next day I wrote about this wisdom in my blog “Yesterday I broke.” Such timely words for me on that day. Camp Bow Wow was named to the Inc 500/5000 fastest growing company list five years in a row. Heidi has been named one of Fortune Magazine’s 10 Most Promising Entrepreneurs and Parade magazine called her one of the top women entrepreneurs in the country. And she’s not done yet! She’s about ready to launch her next entrepreneurial venture the She Factor – which is all about women and dreams! Heidi shares more about this in the interview! This interview is filled with so many great bits of wisdom, including: To comeback giveback On Passion: If you don’t absolutely love what you’re doing and jump out of bed every morning to get to work, it’s not worth doing. This is the difference of being a huge success and just getting by. But… you can’t just be passionate about something – you have to solve a problem. Stop apologizing for capitalism and free markets and embrace it. Fall back in love with what makes America an incredibly cool place. We’re going to fail – brush it off. In the world of fake news, the only one you can trust is yourself and your intuition (she jokes). Follow Heidi on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn. Let’s meet Heidi Ganahl the founder of the She Factor and Camp Bow Wow.

Today’s Extraordinary Women Radio interview is with Tami Simon the Founder and CEO of Sounds True. Tami founded Sounds True at the age of 22 with the mission of disseminating spiritual wisdom. Sounds True started out as a project with Tami – and her tape recorder thirty years ago. Since that time, Sounds True has grown into a multimedia publishing company with more than 80 employees, a library of more than 1500 titles featuring some of the leading teachers and visionaries of our time. Tami has interviewed leading teachers such as Michael Bernard Beckwith, David Whyte, and Geneen Roth—delving deep into their beliefs, teachings, and personal experiences on their own journeys for many years. And like so many of the interviews I get to do on Extraordinary Women Radio, Tami’s interview divinely occurred at a time when I needed her flavor of wisdom most. This week, I posted a blog called “Yesterday I broke,” which described a difficult day earlier this week, but more important, the important life lesson that unfolded in the perils of that day. In that day, and in my reflections, I leaned back into the wisdom Tami shared in this interview. I practiced some of her teachings from her audio program Being True: What Matters Most in Work, Life, and Love, that I’d been listening to these past few weeks – in preparation for this interview. And yes, I did break on that day. My heart cracked wide open. And in the multitude of breaks in the perfect storm that occurred over the day, I remembered the practice of the pause, of slowing down, of writing. In that pause, I had a discovery. I learned an important thing: “That in the very cracking open of my heart, love filled in the crevasses.” I was so grateful to have some of Tami’s practices so top of mind and heart these past few days. My hope is that the messages Tami shares in this interview are as divinely delivered to you, in perfect timing, as they were for me. To learn more about Tami and Sounds True, visit the Sounds True Web Site or download the Sounds True app and soak up all the beautiful spiritual wisdom disseminated here. Let’s meet Tami Simon of Sounds True.

Today’s Extraordinary Women Radio Interview is with Alexis Kanda-Olmstead – a social advocate and leader focused on uplifting women’s roles in leadership. With a twenty-year career in higher education, Alexis brings together research from the fields of social psychology, economics, history and biology to advance women’s leadership. I love how she’s weaving research into her work – and she shares some really interesting insights throughout our interview how research is guiding her work. She believes that through everyday acts of courage, we can learn how to develop a new relationship with power, get comfortable with fear, and step into our authentic leadership. And in fact she’s so passionate about this – she’s in the process of co-developing a school called the {Re}Finishing School for Brave Women. Yes, this is a twist on the antiquated view of the old finishing schools. Alexis brings this concept into the modern-day age of empowering women with courage – helping women let go of belief systems that no longer serve us. Thus the {Re}Finishing concept. Alexis has a brilliant way of understanding what the research shows – how we limit ourselves, how we perceive language – and her work helps women step up and lead in bigger and bold ways. I love this. Alexis Kanda-Olmstead is the founder of AKO Collective and co-architect of {Re}Finishing School for Brave Women. Outside of women’s development, Alexis is the lead for talent management at Colorado State University, a wife and partner, mother of two, and social activist. This is a delightful interview and Alexis is a wise woman who is making a big wave of change for women and has very extraordinary ideas that will make a ripple effect around the world. My kind of woman, no doubt! Let’s meet Alexis! “Self-Compassion is a Revolutionary Act. If we cultivate self-love, we are unstoppable.” ~Alexis Kanda-Olmstead To follow Alexis and her work, visit her web site at alexiskanda-olmstead or follow her on Facebook or connect with her on LinkedIn. To read more about women in leadership you might enjoy my blog post, Lead Like a Woman with Grit and Grace.