What does it look like to actually heal through the body? Most of the time people don't even touch into their body—they're just in their head and that's how they're living. Today, I sit down with trauma coach, spiritual mentor, and author Gabriella Cacciatore to explore how entrepreneurs might be unconsciously running their businesses from unprocessed trauma. Gabriella is the author of "Unbroken," a raw memoir about surviving childhood sexual abuse, remembering repressed trauma, and healing thro...
Jul 28, 2025•42 min
This is not your typical budgeting episode. I’m not here to lecture you about lattes. Instead, I’m sharing how mindful spending—yep, just being a little more intentional with your money—led to massive shifts in my mental clarity, emotional stability, and even how I run my business. After a chaotic move back to Mexico (we still haven’t unpacked everything ), some surprising expenses, and a lot of internal debates with my old impulsive shopper self, I’ve finally found a new groove. In this episode...
Jun 30, 2025•29 min
This episode has been a long time coming. I’m joined by one of my favorite people in the world—Kim, who happens to be a User Experience Program Manager at Google. I may have slightly bullied her into doing this, the same way I scammed her into being a bridesmaid at my wedding. Kim leads the cross-functional research efforts for DORA (yes, that DORA report) and manages user research initiatives under Google Cloud. But before she became the boss lady she is now, she and I were teammates on the col...
Jun 02, 2025•58 min
Let’s be real: the economy isn’t exactly throwing us a party right now. Groceries are up, essentials are feeling like luxuries, and even the most seasoned entrepreneurs are asking: What now? In this episode, I sit down with two of my favorite humans—Martin and Chelsea Matthews—to talk about what online entrepreneurs need to know as we move through (and maybe already in) a recession. Martin and Chelsea are financial educators, business owners, authors of Let’s Fight About Money, and founders of M...
May 05, 2025•53 min
I'm BACK from my season break! Hope you didn't miss me too much. Here are some updates from being in Asia for five months, my top wedding tips, and a quick story on getting back to work and finding our next home in Mexico. Would love to hear from you! :) What did you think of this episode? Find me on Instagram. Find me on Facebook.
Apr 21, 2025•43 min
If you’re someone who lights up at the smell of a simmering pot or feels nostalgic over a childhood snack, this episode is for you. Today, I sit down with the amazing Rosemary Kimani , co-founder of Authentic Food Quest —a platform dedicated to connecting travelers with cultures through local food and immersive cooking vacations. Since 2015, she and her partner Claire have explored the cuisine of 45 countries and over 290 food cities, spotlighting the kind of culinary experiences that go far bey...
Mar 24, 2025•1 hr 1 min
Today, I’m sharing all the unexpected lessons I learned from joining my first-ever golf tournament—with my husband. If you’ve ever thought about working with your spouse, cooking together, or picking up a hobby as a couple, this episode is for you. But let’s take it up a notch—how about competing together ? Let me tell you, it was a ride. This episode is packed with: ️♀️ The one thing that threw off our entire tournament experience—and how we recovered ⚖️ Why balancing emotions in a relationshi...
Feb 17, 2025•26 min
As the new year rolls around, we are always faced with this sense of a fresh start. Optimism. New goals. New challenges. Somehow a better version of ourselves. A few years have passed, and unfortunately we’ve also seen ourselves drift from who we intended to be. In fact, studies have shown that by January 17, most people already failed their “New Year’s Resolutions”. What is up with this? After a while, I quit asking myself that, and sought the help of someone smarter than me. :) Enter Josh Froc...
Jan 20, 2025•1 hr 8 min
For a while now, I’ve always thought about the looming societal collapse brought about by porn. This started when I read about this OnlyFans chick setting out ads to attract 100 guys who want to have sex with her in one day. That news was so shocking to me, and the more I delved into its story, it broke my heart how big the problem is. As luck would have it, I chanced upon an old friend at one of my favorite wellness spas in Playa, and learned that he helps men quit porn addiction and assists th...
Jan 13, 2025•1 hr 26 min
What if you are 100% intentional on where you build your home, grow your business, and live your life? My views on picking a great home and designing it properly gave me a huge business breakthrough in 2017. Listen to this episode to hear the story of how I tripled my income within 90 days of moving to a different home, and all my realizations from moving to different homes, in different countries, and different stages of my life. If you like this episode, let me know on Instagram or Threads! :)...
Jan 06, 2025•30 min
Burnout may be an overused or misused word in the entrepreneur world. However, it’s a glaring ambulance siren that needs to be paid attention to. When someone is risking burnout in what they’re doing, they need to know what to do and how to process it right. Trust me– I’m a serial entrepreneur, and while I do love the hustle, I’ve burnt out too many times which led me to lead a softer, more spacious life right now. The secret? The right knowledge, the right tools, and of course, high level outso...
Dec 23, 2024•51 min
My biggest business investment this year was our company retreat. I flew in my management team to Davao, Philippines (where I was visiting family for a few months) and we hired professionals to create a great experience for us. It was 4 days of fun, food, friendship, and growth. In this podcast, I discuss my best tips and learnings from my long career in event management, and my even longer career in entrepreneurship. Highlights: Planning for two best kinds of skills training How to embody core ...
Dec 10, 2024•30 min
As busy entrepreneurs, we often forget to ask ourselves some of life’s most important questions. One of these questions being… what is our life purpose, and how important is it? In this episode, business consultant and customer success pro Bob Mathers sits down with me to do a deep dive into: What does purpose mean to you, how do you shape it? When was the first time we asked ourselves this question? What we think of having “something that transcends us” What is the opposite of “having a purpose...
Nov 25, 2024•1 hr 13 min
Here’s a long-ish story on how I got into loving poetry, how it helped me gain confidence in public speaking at a young age, how it helped me sharpen my copy, how it helped me do millions of dollars in sales, my short stint as a performance poet, getting published in an international anthology, and as a bonus… me reading some of my favorite poems. Hope you enjoy this as much as I did recording it! :) If you need a reason to love poetry again, here it is. Send me your favorite poems on Instagram:...
Nov 19, 2024•51 min
Before you even think about WHAT to invest in, or how much, or when….there’s a more important question that you have to answer: Who are you as a financial individual? We flesh out this heavy consideration at this podcast episode with someone who has a crazy story of going from credit card debt to millionaire in a year….and all the lessons she learned from the past few years neck deep in investing and helping other people achieve success in investing. Her name is Melissa Lindsay Freedman. Melissa...
Nov 11, 2024•1 hr 25 min
Yes, I had a lot of successes. But I also had a lot of failures in my life. Sit with me, get your cup of tea, and walk with me through my business and personal failures, and my best lessons in getting over them. Highlights: Learn how to instill confidence in yourself One unique way to fundraise for your company What I think is the best business asset How to manage energetic fairness when asking for favors The perfect mindset about failure, so you can keep going, despite everything I also posted ...
Oct 28, 2024•46 min
This guy started his own bakery during his senior year in college. Threw a party in New York with over 2,000 people. Became a consultant at Deloitte. Moved to Miami, now helping business owners build million dollar machines. Of course I had to talk to him. In this podcast episode, Ernesto Mandowsky, Founder of MDM, a training firm that transforms businesses into Million Dollar Machines, shares his message about networking that’s not sleazy. Networking that is intentional. Networking that helps y...
Oct 21, 2024•1 hr 3 min
When we spend money at a service, a product, or an establishment, we have a baseline expectation on how we are treated as a customer. However, we have certain experiences with companies that just blew us away. Swept us off our feet. Made us give 10 stars on a 5-star scale. And this is better than whirlwind romance, it’s lifetime customer loyalty brewing. In this podcast episode, I hung out with Alex Booth, CEO and Founder of Huckleberry Consulting, a Customer Success Consulting firm, to discuss ...
Oct 14, 2024•1 hr 21 min
Raise your hand if you feel like you’ve been around some “scammy” business coaches. You see red flags all over their social media profile, you have seen them gaslight some of their clients, and like an occasional shooting star, you see some of their posts don’t make sense. (Surprise! They are lying.) Though there are a TON of wonderful, qualified, good-intention business coaches around, it’s sad to see some very talented grifters join the space. In this podcast episode, I sit with Filipi Sardi, ...
Oct 07, 2024•1 hr 12 min
April Dawn, as a consultant that focuses on multi six figure launches, has a ton of super busy days. To most people, this would mean high stress, high pressure, long hours in front of the computer, and maybe sleep and fitness coming in last. Not for April. She has wonderfully weaved fun, wellness, and healthy habits into her busy days. Learn how she does it… How to not overdo “play” and get back to your goals How not to let a bad month get in your head Ways to “treat yourself” when a great month...
Sep 30, 2024•48 min
What is it really like to shift careers? When you’re “older”? After a decade of commitment to one career? Maybe eight years of college education? And a lifetime of parents and society’s expectations? In this podcast episode, I sit with Chemical Engineer turned full time content marketer and entrepreneur, Farrah Garcia. After spending years working in a petrochemical plant, she made the bold decision to shift from chemical engineering to content marketing. She shares about influences around her, ...
Sep 23, 2024•49 min
As a business girlie, beauty girlie, fitness girlie, fashion girlie….I’ve made a lot of bad money decisions that continue to haunt me. I mean, I’ve processed most of them in therapy and I’ve gotten wiser over the years, but sometimes, it annoys me thinking about them! Years and years of being in the social media eye did not help, too. In this episode, I’ve distilled some of the most common bad money decisions that ladies make, regrettable purchases I made when I started to make more money, purch...
Sep 16, 2024•59 min
As a former competitive poker player and pretty much a very “F it, let’s do it!” kind of person sometimes, I needed to know how to properly calculate risk. Over the years, I’ve had wins and made mistakes, and I reflected on this topic so I can share my best advice for you. So grab a warm drink (or a spritzy cold one) and enjoy this episode about how to lessen risks in life and business. Then let me know what you think of it! :) Find me on Instagram at @karlastefan. Also check out - How to Solve ...
Sep 09, 2024•40 min
Just in the past year, I’ve traveled to seven countries. Add maybe four more for layovers. I recently got hit with a surprise trip back to the Philippines, where I had to travel over 30 hours to stay there for a few weeks. And get this – it was super easy. I don’t get jetlagged (yep, never in my life) and I learned a few things along the way so that I can keep my diet and business in order even when I’m taking these crazy trips. Definitely did not come easy – I’ve had missed flights, missed call...
Aug 27, 2024•44 min
Have you ever thought about starting a speaking career or hitting up stages to grow your business? You’re in for a treat! Veteran educator, emcee, and standup comedian Adam Palmeter sits with me today to talk about how to prep for public speaking, how to grow a “creative” career without going broke, surprising ways to build up your confidence, key benefits for entrepreneurs as they nurture their speaking career, and easy ways to get over stagefright. I’ve been in the public speaking circuit sinc...
Aug 19, 2024•1 hr 2 min
It’s pretty straightforward: we had a great conversation about 10 Uncanny Ways to Find Great Hires. Last week I sat with the Founder of BarbellJobs.com, hiring expert and business broker Sebastian Gast. We talked about some of our best hires, our “creative” ways in finding them, secret green flags to look out for, and we also dispelled some myths and discussed nuances about hiring. (Side note: listen to why I specifically love hiring friends and family, and how I still uphold merit over nepotism...
Aug 05, 2024•50 min
This is a special encore podcast episode sponsored by Social Media Pro, home to the world’s best social media certification courses. In this episode we talked about weaving humor in your marketing. We discussed… How to be funny but still be on the “safe side” of things 3 surprising moneymaking benefits to making someone laugh What really brings engagement in your posts (not HUMOR per se…) Why humor is the “cheapest” way to build a connection Can humor be learned or not? I really enjoyed this epi...
Jul 29, 2024•51 min
In business, we always make that mistake of mismanaging money. Whether it’s a misguided purchase or just poor projection, a lot of us struggle to really “get this right”. If you are one of us, then this podcast is for you. Eric is a digital marketing strategist who supports two families in Peru and USA, and is open about sharing his tips on frugality and money management on social media. His recent post about budgeting a $1500 a month budget in Texas got mixed reactions from people, and it led m...
Jul 22, 2024•1 hr 28 min
As of today, my podcast is two years old. It’s one of the things that has immensely ROI’d many, many times over, because I sought the help of experts before starting, and I also learned from my mistakes along the way. I’ve had a lot of opportunities directly from the podcast… from hot leads, to profitable affiliate partnerships, Some highlights… Top 5 best benefits of a well-done podcast 4 Points of clarity you need to build before you start your podcast Keep it simple: a few things you really n...
Jul 15, 2024•50 min
What if your personal life and socialization can be as organized and as efficient as your business life? This can now stop being just a fantasy as we sit with Kieran for today’s episode about systematizing one’s personal life. Kieran Browning is an efficiency consultant who has been spending the last 4 years helping entrepreneurs, especially mompreneurs, streamline their systems and processes to free up 20+ hours a week of their time Listen in as we talk about… The book that inspired it all (you...
Jul 08, 2024•50 min
