Welcome to this episode of the podcast, where we will be exploring the inspiring journey of a first-generation Latina entrepreneur, photographer, and higher education program director who is making an impact in her community by uplifting the future while preserving the past. My guest today is a trailblazer who has combined her passion for history through photography and education to empower and inspire Latinx youth and create memories for her clients. She discusses her journey as a first-generat...
Mar 08, 2023•44 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Join us for a conversation with esteemed interior designer Priscilla Avery as we explore her approach to home design that focuses on finding inspiration for home renovations through a thorough understanding of her clients and their wants and needs. Priscilla shares practical tips from her years of experience in the industry including how to make less costly items appear expensive. She talks about fulfilling her passion for interior design later in life and she also provides advice for refreshing...
Mar 01, 2023•39 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Are you an Amazon seller looking to get your business off the ground? In this episode, Izabella Ritz, founder of Ritz Momentum, will share her amazing success story & explain how she helps Amazon sellers to launch and grow their businesses. Get inspired by Izabella's story and get ready to take your business to the next level! Izabella emigrated from Russia in 2015 with her three children. A serial entrepreneur since the age of 17, she has created and sold multiple businesses where she devel...
Feb 22, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Struggling with self-care? In this podcast, Rachel Miller shares how to practice self-compassion with simple mindfulness techniques that can help you stay connected to yourself and your emotions while rewriting negative self-talk scripts. Learn the importance of self-care and how it can help you take control of your life. Discover the power of self-compassion and create a positive mindset. She discusses how to slow down and make time for yourself with simple yet powerful exercises that energize ...
Feb 15, 2023•43 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Joie Roberts helps entrepreneurs build profitable brands on Amazon. She is an Amazon Seller & Coach at AMZ Insiders which helps sellers from finding their first product to sell on Amazon, scaling all the way to selling their brand. AMZ Insiders is the leading mentorship program. Joie is the Managing Partner at AMZ Insiders. She’s also the owner of 3D Walls by Design which specializes in luxury consumer products and services in the wall decor and interior design industry and was launched in 2...
Feb 08, 2023•39 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Izabela Hamilton is a keynote speaker, business strategist, and a strong advocate for women’s rights. Izabela is the Founder and CEO of RankBell, a brand accelerator that helps Amazon businesses grow to 8-9 figures through driving keyword ranking and optimization. Established in 2015, RankBell is on track to achieve its mission of helping one million Amazon sellers grow their businesses by the year 2030. RankBell today has evolved into a Market Research and Brand Alignment agency and its main fo...
Feb 01, 2023•46 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Jan Bernstein Chargin has lived in Gilroy since 2001. She was born and raised in New York City and moved to California after her graduation from Cornell University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Economics. Her early career included working as a manufacturing supervisor at Frito-Lay, several years as an independent artist, gigs in catering, retail, and caregiving, as well as a number of years in nonprofits. She recently retired after serving twenty years as the Director...
Jan 25, 2023•38 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Born and raised in East San Jose, CA. Annette Gonzales Jones grew up in a family and community of hard-working individuals that strived to provide opportunities for a better future for their children through education. She carries great gratitude for the life lessons of her family and community, especially from those who were not able to pursue higher education. As a Latina and first-generation college student, earning a B.A. in English with a minor in Mexican American Studies at San Jose State ...
Jan 18, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Kitty Lai is a passionate Brand Design expert and Founder of ME Brand - a Brand & Design service. With over 20 years of industry experience and managing design teams for global brands, she is now inspired to help businesses and professionals who offer products or services create an impact on their audience using the power of branding, design, and visual communication. She’s bringing her skill set into use on a personal level, to help those businesses and driven individuals develop their prod...
Jan 12, 2023•28 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Julie was born in Los Angeles and quickly moved with her parents to San Jose, California when she was eight years old. Her parents divorced when she was 15 years old. She received her bachelor's in Art History at San Jose State University and her Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology at the College of Notre Dame. She is currently in the second year of her Ph.D. in Criminal Justice. She has been in the counseling field for over twenty-five years, she offers an empathetic and compassionate appr...
Jan 04, 2023•32 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Hiba Weber is Co-Founder/ CEO of SellerMobile. Over a decade ago, Hiba started an online brand. One brand lead to more brands, and they started selling in multiple marketplaces and they hit $20 million in annual sales. It was technology, that they built around their e-commerce businesses that gave them an edge in the marketplace (and an eventual successful exit). They built on the technology and launched SellerMobile. SellerMobile has helped 1000s of Amazon sellers track and execute the most imp...
Dec 28, 2022•30 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Nora Dunn, aka The Professional Hobo, sold everything she owned (including a busy financial planning practice) to travel the world in 2006. She has enjoyed a travel lifestyle ever since and is considered one of the original Digital Nomads and Lifestyle Travel Bloggers. Specializing in slow travel, she has lived in and traveled through over 75 countries while working remotely. She combines her expertise as a former Certified Financial Planner with her lifestyle travel experience, to teach people ...
Dec 21, 2022•46 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Amy Wees is the CEO of Amazing at Home E-Commerce Consulting, a world-renowned company that has helped thousands of brands launch private label products on Amazon and beyond! Amy's knowledge in product development, sourcing, marketing, and sales has enabled her to help countless entrepreneurs develop their own successful businesses. Amy's courses and consulting are ranked among the best in the world in the Amazon seller poll. She shares her skills teaching classes at business organizations local...
Dec 15, 2022•40 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Desiree Stanley is a long-time business owner, serial entrepreneur, and newbie podcaster. She’s dedicated to showcasing the amazing women she knows and meets in order to share knowledge, expertise, and life lessons so that everyone grows. She is a mother of two nearly adult daughters, a wife for 27 years, and a 10+ years runner living near San Jose, California. She received her degree in Psychology but has never used it in the course of her career, although her husband says that she uses it on h...
Dec 07, 2022•11 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Meghala Divakaran is a former Program Manager in a high-tech company and is now a cottage food baker! Her journey has been an interesting one. She started her own company, Vegan Superfoods, a cottage food business that offers vegan, nut-free, gluten-safe energy bars and cookies to fulfill a personal need (that ultimately changed into a business proposition) to have access to quality sources of protein to fuel her running efforts as a vegetarian runner. What started as a hobby, soon turned into a...
Nov 30, 2022•33 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Dr. Reena Patel is a board-certified cardiologist practicing in Los Angeles. Motivated by her desire to impact the lives of patients over their lifespans positively, Dr. Patel has spent much of her career cultivating a practice based on preventive medicine. Being able to treat existing heart disease is a true scientific achievement but she believes that preventing the epidemic of heart disease before it starts is the ultimate objective for the future of medicine. Lifestyles that embody balanced ...
Nov 23, 2022•39 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Cathie Gillespie Physical Therapist, MPT. She is originally from Colorado but has lived in San Diego for the past 30 years. She graduated from Colorado State University in 1992 with a BS in Exercise Science and Sports Medicine. She moved to San Diego in 1992 while working in a PT clinic and applying to graduate school for Physical Therapy. She graduated from the Western University of Health Sciences in 1997 with a Masters in Physical Therapy. She has worked primarily in outpatient orthopedics in...
Nov 16, 2022•32 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Kiah is the founder and director of Pacific Pups Rescue in Los Angeles, and the co-founder and CEO of Pacific Pups Products. Kiah started her non-profit animal rescue in 2016 with the goal of rescuing the dogs and cats who were being overlooked in the high-kill shelters of Los Angeles. She wanted to help the dogs that most others were leaving behind . She and her fiance were funding it from their own pockets when a friend and fellow Amazon seller suggested they make a product to sell on Amazon i...
Nov 09, 2022•21 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Janene has over 40 years of knowledge in all areas of the mortgage business. Having spent many years on the operations side, Janene has the expertise to analyze a client’s financial situation to determine the best loan product to fit their needs. From the high-net-worth client to the first-time home buyer, Janene provides safe and sound financing solutions. As a mother and grandmother, Janene’s favorite part of her job is helping young people buy their first homes to stay in high-cost areas such...
Nov 02, 2022•34 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Nikki has been teaching Pilates for over 14 years now. A Southern California native, she recently moved to Northern California after spending 10 years living in Seattle, WA. During her time in Washington, she owned & operated (4) Pilates studios. Her original studio was a labor of love called Intimate Pilates, the other (3) were part of the Club Pilates Franchise. She was the Grand Prize Winner for the 2014 Club Pilates Franchise Giveaway and was selected over 47 other participants nationwid...
Oct 26, 2022•44 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Michelle is a Mixed Media Artist, Workshop Instructor, and wanna-be homesteader. Known by her friends as Miko, she joined the art community later in life after her son graduated from high school and she found herself with extra time. She recently opened up her own Etsy Store, MikosStudio, to sell printable, digital copies of her artwork. Michelle offers large in-person workshops and private instructional in-person classes. Michelle’s artwork is what she refers to as free-flowing and intuitive mi...
Oct 19, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Christa’s mastery of social media and cutting-edge technology has helped her deal with the challenges of buying and selling real estate. She encourages clients to take advantage of her high-tech resources in the form of virtual home tours, top-notch photography, and a real-time market presence. Her website and YouTube channel feature informative and instructional videos that offer helpful tips for both buyers and sellers. Relationships are at the core of Christa’s business, so she’s continually ...
Oct 12, 2022•44 min•Season 1Ep. 3
After leaving a teaching career in 2008, Fiona Soutter saw the opportunity to establish an online business. The mother of three was drawn to the idea of being a ‘digital nomad’ - she wanted the flexibility of working anywhere, anytime. Fiona dedicated her efforts to learn about the world of digital marketing. She founded a consultancy business, spoke at events, published her book, Mumpreneurs Online: EXPOSED, and was featured as an expert author in other books on the topic. However, a car accide...
Oct 05, 2022•44 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Discussing the role of Nutrition in overall health, well-being, healthy habits, and more with Melissa Yamashita. A 52-year-old wife, mother of 2 boys, 2 dogs, and full-time High School Spanish teacher. She started exercising consistently about 15 years ago when her older son was a toddler. At the time working out had become her social event and escape. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Nutritional Science from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in California but was not super motivated to be a regis...
Sep 29, 2022•34 min•Season 1Ep. 1
