Navigating Entrepreneurial Success with Saucy Suraci, Kristen Suraci Ep. 180

Ever wondered how passion and dedication can turn a simple idea into a thriving platform? Join me, Lisa, as I chat with Kristen, the spirited force behind Saucy Suraci, who has redefined what it means to be a local influencer and small business advocate in the 518 area. Kristen's journey from accidentally starting a social media page to crafting an empowering venture for local businesses is a testament to her hard work and unique flair. In our engaging conversation, Kristen offers a candid glimpse into her world, balancing a full-time job alongside her business, and the sacrifices she makes to keep her dream alive. Her story shines as an inspiring beacon for women eyeing the entrepreneurial path.

But the road to entrepreneurship has its own set of challenges, especially in the realm of personal relationships. Kristen and I discuss the intricate dynamics women face in the dating scene when their professional success comes into play. With societal expectations often at odds with personal achievement, finding a supportive partner can be a tricky balancing act. Kristen shares her experiences since launching her saucy page in January 2023, painting a vivid picture of the relentless effort behind the scenes. It’s not all glamorous meals and easy wins; it’s a demanding job that requires grit and resilience, proving that success is earned, not given.

Takeaways

• Passion is crucial in starting and running a business. It fuels motivation and success.

• Having a strong support system, including like-minded individuals and networking groups, is essential for encouragement and guidance.

• Balancing a full-time job and a side business requires dedication and time management.

• The impact of supporting small businesses goes beyond personal gain and contributes to the success of the community.

• Obstacles and criticism are inevitable, but staying true to oneself and the mission is key.

• Defining success is subjective and can be measured by the positive impact made on others.

• Starting a business requires continuous learning, adaptability, and perseverance.

• Women entrepreneurs may face unique challenges, such as societal expectations and dating dynamics, but staying true to oneself and finding a secure partner are important.

• Surrounding oneself with supportive and like-minded women can create a positive and empowering environment.

Surviving and Thriving After Domestic Violence: A Conversation with Lianne Torres Ep. 179

What happens when the world stands still, yet your personal life spirals into chaos? This gripping episode features Lianne Torres, a resilient podcaster, speaker, and survivor of domestic violence, who bravely opens up about navigating abuse during the unprecedented COVID-19 lockdowns. Leanne's story is one of intense transformation, illustrating how the mind's landscape can be as treacherous as the physical world. Her relationship, which began in April 2020, masked itself as ideal until it unveiled layers of emotional, verbal, and mental abuse, alongside infidelity and manipulation. Through sharing her painful experiences, Leanne has become a beacon of hope and resilience, using her podcast "Watch Us Thrive" to empower others.

Takeaways

• Facing trauma and taking accountability are crucial steps in the healing process.

• Self-discovery and self-love are essential for building a healthy relationship with oneself.

• Dating oneself and focusing on personal growth before entering a new relationship can lead to healthier connections.

• Sharing stories of hope and survival can inspire others and create a supportive community.

• It is important to recognize and address different forms of abuse beyond physical violence.

Embracing Sobriety: Melissa's Journey Ep. 169

Melissa calls herself a Mom, wife and most recently a proud sober New Yorker. The Covid 19 pandemic led to a perfect storm of life issues, loss and ultimately over-drinking. After a visit to her doctor, she was forced to look at her habits, which ultimately led to making "drastic behavioral changes". She grew to accept the fact that she was and never will be a moderate drinker. She decided once and for all to remove alcohol from her life and start living in the most authentic way possible. Nearly a year later her life has improved exponentially and today she is a fierce advocate of living a life FREE of alcohol. This is her story.

Empowering Mature Beauty with Beauty & Makeup Influencer Michelle Spieler Ep. 167

Join us as we chat with Michelle Spieler, the mastermind behind the Mature Makeup Masterclass, who shares her inspiring journey as a social media sensation. Discover how she broke industry stereotypes and became a beacon of authentic beauty.

Our conversation takes a practical turn as Michelle divulges affordable skincare secrets that won’t blow your budget. If you thought high-quality skincare was out of reach, think again. Michelle reveals the benefits of clean beauty, highlighting budget-friendly Korean skincare products that deliver impressive results. Learn how to maintain radiant, healthy skin with simple yet effective products like cleansing balms and essences, proving that great skincare doesn’t require a fortune.

We also delve into essential beauty routines that emphasize minimalism and authenticity, perfect for anyone, especially women over 40. Michelle shares her insights on creating a minimal makeup kit with must-have items like tinted moisturizers and versatile lip products. She also shares tips on sweat proof products for runners. Hear about her recent success of joining the Ulta Beauty Collective, a significant milestone where she represents mature women in the beauty industry. Whether you’re an aspiring makeup artist or simply looking to refine your beauty routine, this episode offers empowering tips and celebrates the journey of a true beauty trailblazer.

Ownership Strategies for Women Home Buyers with Business Coach Michelle Ozymy

Join forces with Michelle Ozymy, a real estate maven and business coach extraordinaire, as she unveils the strategies for women to purchase their own homes. In this heartfelt exchange, she throws open the doors of opportunity, sharing her personal evolution from the corporate grind to the helm of Knob and Key Realty. Witness Michelle's candid revelations on the art of mastering life's tightrope and her uplifting mission to nurture other women carving out their legacies in the business world.

In the spirit of growth and reinvention, we take a glimpse into Michelle's latest endeavor - sculpting a coaching program for female entrepreneurs with aspirations that soar beyond the boardroom. With resources at the ready and inspiration in abundance, this episode is your beacon, guiding you to the shores of personal and professional triumph.

Meet Allie Reid, the owner of Reid Massage and Wellness. Allie Reid is a North Carolina, South Carolina and New York licensed massage therapist and has been professionally practicing massage since 2016.

In 2018, at 24 years old, Allie decided to go out on her own and start her own massage practice, Reid Massage & Wellness. Since 2018, Allie built her business, created an all natural body care product line, persevered through a 4 month Covid shut down, went from 2 clients a week to 20 clients a week and just recently, followed her dream to move her business to NC.

Meet Julie DeLucca-Collins, the Founder and CEO of Go Confidently Coaching and the host of the popular Casa DeConfidence Podcast.

She has been a successful executive for over 20 years. Julie started working with a life coach ten years ago and loved how it propelled her further into living a life she loves and had imagined.

Julie's goal is to help others reimagine their life. She has extensive experience in leadership skills, life coaching, and a vast history of assisting people in finding success. Her individualized positivism approach helps clients identify and attain their goals.

In this episode, Julie will share her story, the importance of putting yourself first, and why any version of yourself is worthy of love

Meet Melanie Seal Jones, an aneurysm survivor, a podcaster, a motivational speaker, an Entrepreneur, a Mother, a wife, and an all around badass!!

Get ready for an inspirational interview with Melanie that will leave you believing anything is possible. In this episode, Melanie will discuss how she survived her aneurysm, 4 emergency brain surgeries, comas, and her recovery. Where there is a will there is a way. And Melanie made sure her will was unbreakable.

Meet Joelle Monaco, an organizational psychologist with over 13 years in development and over eight years in the mental health field. Joelle possesses extensive experience in planning, directing, and training enhancements for both people and organizational success.

Throughout Joelle’s professional experiences, she utilizes a strength-based approach in people and organizational management. These experiences provide Joelle the professional opportunities to build the skills and abilities required to lead teams and empower individuals to achieve professional and organizational goals while fostering a people-first approach.

In this episode, Joelle explains how she works with large businesses to highlight the economic value of each employee and what experiences they bring to the workplace. If you’re not in a positive work environment, you can’t show up and be the best employee: stress directly impacts the bottom line, and if you can’t learn to build people up, you will inevitably have to replace them. Janelle believes any business of any size can benefit from taking a deeper look at their employees and reputation.

Meet Brian Scott, a retired athletic trainer who worked at the high school and collegiate levels with a brief stint in minor league baseball. Brian started as a full time practicing physician's assistant in orthopedic surgery and sports medicine over 14 years ago.​

He is also the host of the Injured List podcast, your go-to source for everything about injuries related to sport, from fantasy sports injury updates to educational healthy tidbits for the weekend warrior.

In this episode, Brian discusses the types of athletes he's treated throughout his career and common injuries which occur in runners. He emphasizes the importance of cross-training and understanding your own physical baseline so that pain and injury management can become more precise and accurate.

He also covers the difference between male and female injuries, the mechanics of running, and steps you can take to prevent future injuries.

Meet Lisa Adams, a life coach, fitness trainer, and professional speaker. Lisa has been a part of the military family for over 20 years. She brings a unique approach to dealing with trauma that stems from her marriage to a military member who was injured and diagnosed with PTSD in 2006.

Lisa has experience working as an Education Assistant supporting students with trauma issues, special needs, and learning disabilities. She has been a volunteer with the Peer Support Program with Operational Stress Injury Social Support (OSISS) for the past 3 years.

In this episode, Lisa will share her insights on finding the perfect running shoe, how to deal with your personal demons, and what she personally takes away from working with victims of trauma.

Meet Elicia McMullen, registered dietician, fitness coach, and mother to twin boys. Elicia has been on a remarkable health journey since 2017 when she was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer throughout four plains of her body. Within a year, after several rounds of chemotherapy, Elicia found herself in remission, celebrate, and went back to living life.

However, several months later in 2018, Elicia was re-diagnosed when doctors found a tumor in her rib cage. Fueled by the love for her children and a tenacious spirit, Elicia underwent a stem cell transplant at Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and is currently cancer-free.

In this episode, you’ll hear Elicia tell her courageous story and the changes she’s made in her life to cope with cancer treatment, the trials of motherhood, and stress. You will be undoubtedly moved by her survival story and why it’s important to invest in self-care.

Meet Dr. Waajida L. Small, a Purpose Alignment Coach and Founder/CEO of Capital Conscious U, a leadership development firm focused on helping career and entrepreneur women find and align their purpose with their work and business. 

Dr. Small is a Certified Purpose Leader (CPL), Certified Human Capital Strategist (HCS) and certified professional coach (CPC) with specialties in career, executive, and spiritual coaching. She also has a doctorate in Human Capital Management with a research emphasis on women of color and leadership. Author of Our Leadership Journey and host of the "Leading with Purpose" podcast, Dr. Small's purpose is to help cultivate other purpose driven leaders who create spaces for women to be successful and provide value to the world and those they serve.  She shares her knowledge, wisdom, and experience through coaching and by teaching best practices to position women of color and entrepreneurs for success. 

Meet Taylor Proctor, a transformational happiness mentor, podcaster, speaker, and global marketing director. Taylor helps other women establish their own personal happiness routines through actionable change, leading to increased confidence and winning businesses using brand psychology & content marketing.

For over a decade, Taylor has led successful marketing teams and departments across multiple languages and global locations — growing the departments by upwards of 200% and overshooting predicted GP by 93%. She's built internal marketing teams from the ground up and has even worked with international and well-known brands such as Google, Waze, Stanford School of Medicine, Johnson&Johnson, and more.

After discovering that happiness was not necessarily inherent, Taylor realized the importance of self-care in the formula for happiness, which she defines as identity + mindset + leadership. Tune in to Episode 59 to hear how Taylor shifted her thinking, started caring for herself, found sustainable happiness, and began inspiring other women to do so as well.

Meet Kerri Lynn Miller, an award-winning film maker and actress known for her appearances in Shades of Blue, Blue Bloods, Royal Pains, The Blacklist, and several feature films. In this episode, Kerri details her experience with body dysmorphic disorder and how she found the courage to share her truth with her friends, family, and the world.

After discovering other women who shared her insecurities and struggles, Kerri developed a love for meditation and began writing her own screenplay, a cathartic experience which blossomed into her current film project, Awaken Her. Pulling the curtain back on the world of plastic surgery, the film entails what happens to people when they endeavor to physically change themselves.

Kerri’s story resonates with so many of us, and she will inspire you to tell your own story and be vulnerable, honest, and raw.

In the early days of the pandemic, Maya was the first young female in upstate New York to contract COVID-19. She was hospitalized, put on a ventilator, and eventually was in a coma for 35 days. She tells us her harrowing story and how she’s healing a year later.

In the early days of the pandemic, Maya was the first young female in upstate New York to contract COVID-19. She was hospitalized, put on a ventilator, and eventually was in a coma for 35 days. She tells us her harrowing story and how she’s healing a year later.

In the early days of the pandemic, Maya was the first young female in upstate New York to contract COVID-19. She was hospitalized, put on a ventilator, and eventually was in a coma for 35 days. She tells us her harrowing story and how she’s healing a year later.

Revi Goldwasser is the founder of the Fearless Woman where she empowers women to know their worth and find their true love after a divorce or breakup. This woman is a powerhouse! She discusses her own experiences on how she became the fearless woman that she is today. You need some motivation and a BIG slap of Wake the F Up? This is the episode that you don't want to miss!

Special Guest on the Dr. Sim Morning Show!

Talking about Women Empowerment and how men perceive that.

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