Powerful Ladies® Podcast

Episode 52: Stacy Solodkin On How To Live Your Best Life Now

So many of us are waiting for something to happen before we begin living our life.  We’re waiting to graduate. We’re waiting to be married. We’re waiting for that new job. We’re waiting until we lose 20 lbs.  STOP WAITING. Stacy Solodkin was a casual artist & actor and fulltime owner of an acting talent agency. Then she got cancer.  Today she’s not only an entrepreneur but also an artist, actor, owns her own art gallery, got married to the love of her life, and is a cancer survivor. Getting cancer changed everything. Today she lives to make every day her best day and to live her best life NOW.  In this episode we talk about all of that plus how changing her diet and alternative treatments saved her life, how her girlfriends came to her rescue and how we’re playing the love game and the life game all wrong. All that and so much more.

Episode 52: True Healing Requires Ancient & Modern Practices with Christina Sofia

There are people you meet who instantly make you calm and present. Christina Sofia is one of those people.  She’s a licensed therapist, reiki practitioner, and transformation coach. After knowing that she wasn’t living life to her purpose and it was showing up for her physically, emotionally and spiritually, she knew she had to make a change. By choosing to leave therapy and move into coaching, she’s now able to bring together ancient healing modalities with the modern healing practices to help people in all the ways possible and to heal herself along the way. On this episode we clarify different types of healing, how she discovered this path, and what is it about women in particular that she’s committed to making a difference for.  All that and so much more.

Episode 51: Dr. Brooke Butler Is A Badass Emergency Veterinarian

Animals and pets are awesome. Those of you that know me, know that I’m totally in love with my dogs, Bandit & Brisket and am a total sucker for any other such creatures.  When Lauren Butler from Episode 42 wrote me to recommend her badass, emergency veterinarian sister Dr. Brooke Butler, I was an instant yes - both because I love Powerful Lady referrals and because I had so many questions.  How it’s possible to love creatures and manage the emotional burden of hard vet decisions? How is the vet world changing with the modern times? How does one become a badass emergency animal doctor? What does it look like to be a powerful lady from the perspective of a vet?  We get into all that, plus how to move across the country and why solo travel is a game changer. All that and so much more. 

Episode 50: Social Media Strategy for Business with Hannah Diffenderffer

There is so much information out there about how businesses can use social media to reach their goals. Courses, programs, youtube videos, blogs, expert opinions, you name it. In this episode we sit down with Hannah Diffenderffer, a Social Media Manager & Strategist to find out the truth about social media.  What do we need to do? What’s fluff? Is social media hurting our businesses? Is it harming future generations? Plus she reveals her journey through the industry and how it’s led to her discovering how powerful she truly is.

Episode 49: How to Live a Delicious Off the Charts Life with Maryl Petreccia

Maryl Petreccia is an entrepreneur, a dancer, an author and known as the Joy Expert. After experiencing nine losses in seven years, she found herself in a depth of loss few people experience.  She knew she had to crawl out to honor the vows she gave to her late husband and the commitment she was making to her daughter. Through her transition from grief to joy, Maryl saw that if she could do it, anyone experiencing grief and life’s moments of transition could do it, too.  She had to share what she learned. From that sprang her book, GPS To Joy, Navigating life's turbulence and toughest transitions to find your new direction. On this episode we discuss how she became an entrepreneur at 21, how GPS to Joy came to life, and how she’s now living life at an 11+.

Episode 48: All American Parents on How You Can Be Powerful with George & Wendy Duffy

George and Wendy Duffy are very much the stereotypical suburban American parents.  They’ve been called ‘T.V. parents' referencing the parent examples you’d see from Leave it to Beaver,  the Brady Bunch or Family Ties. Married for 43 years, they’ve raised 4 kids, including Jordan and I, with George going to work each day and Wendy, an ex-teacher, managing the household.  They are the traditional nuclear do-good family that statistics says is going existent.  At the same time, they’re risk takers, adventurers, they’re silly and entrepreneurial. Like so many of us, how they look on paper is a fraction of who they really are.   We decided to sit down with them and hear what they have to say about being Powerful, how having kids doesn't mean your life stops, which social and political topics matter to them, and as they’re about to retire, what they’re doing to shape the world into a better place. 

Episode 47: Chelsea Levine

One of our commitments is to highlight people who are living a life of their own design. Those you may not know and those whom you’ve most likely never heard of their business.  This is where we find the hidden stories stories we want to share and often the best examples of people living their dream life totally under the radar. Chelsea and her story adds another level of the “biggest world you’ve never heard of” by having her business, Sevine, be part of the drum line & marching band world.  There are so many big names, big businesses and people doing amazing things in worlds, niches and industries most of us have never heard of.

Episode 46: 2019 Year in Review

Listen in as the Powerful Ladies team recaps our most memorable guests, the challenges of year one of a podcast and an expanded business, how we've grown and what we're excited for in 2020! 

Episode 45: Kara Stevens

Kara Stevens is the founder of the Frugal Feminista, a financial wellness business. She’s a coach, consultant, speaker and author traveling the world speaking to women and businesses about financial literacy, the emotional relationship that we have with money and how to be powerful with your finances.  On this episode Kara shares her entrepreneur journey, how money became her niche and the legacy she’s creating for women with their money.

Episode 44: Aleks Lason

Aleks is a badass entrepreneur.  She co-founded Chrilleks, a Creative Agency specializing in branded content, with her husband Chris 8 years ago. They have offices in Toronto, where they started, and now L.A. too, with teams across North America.  On this episode Aleks shares her journey from Poland to Canada to LA, what it's like being part of a creative power couple, how taking risks and being curious is everything, and how she discovered her own power and confidence while in the middle of it all.

Episode 43: Kelly Zabielski

Kelly is a woman you should know in the comedy podcast world. She’s part of three podcasts currently. She’s the producer of the Jim Jefferies Podcast, has her own the Unsolicited Podcast, and is about to launch a third.  That’s a lot of podcasts! And that’s at least how many she needs to share her own witty and wise view on the world and her own hilarious approach to life in general. On this episode we discuss the impact of cancel culture, how her struggle with depression lead her to comedy, why both liberals and conservatives need to chill out and so much more. 

Episode 42: Ashley Telleen & Lauren Butler

I’m am so excited for you guys to hear today’s podcast. Ashley and Lauren are two female lawyers who in the past year opened their own law firm specializing in Criminal Defense.  They operate out of Denver & Boulder, Colorado. On this episode we discuss the criminal justice system, the realities behind drug legalization and decriminalization, why defense attorneys are the true white knights and how being a female lawyer can be used to your advantage.  All that and so much more coming up!

Episode 41: Candice Carlton

Candice Carlton is the glamorous and wise creator and host of the podcast Cubical Revolution, the founder of C Squared Consulting and also a coach. On her podcast she interviews people who have left high performing jobs in the corporate world to follow the signs and feelings to do something different and something bigger.  On this episode she shares her wisdom on how to hear your inner voice, how to define success on your own terms, and how to create a life path that truly brings you joy.

Episode 40: Sarah Kuhn

Sarah Kuhn is the creator of Year of Joy - a platform to encourage everyone to be intentional in adding more joy to their life and actively seeking and creating as much joy as possible.  On this episode we talk about the hard times that lead to her searching for her own joy and happiness, the importance of her Christian faith, and words of encouragement for anyone out there who feels like their life has lost its spark.

Episode 39: Athena & Melina Sipple

Athena is the family matriarch and founder of TKB Deli, the #1 rated restaurant in the U.S. on Yelp in 2018 . Her daughter Melina is the new generation owning and running TKB Deli with her two older brothers and expanding the family business as a flagship in the Coachella Valley.  On this episode we discuss how this family business started, the secrets to a successful family business with five passionate and independent people, the differences between business and entrepreneurship, and what great customer service really means.

Episode 38: Sarah Remage-Healey

Sarah Remage-Healey is a wife, mother of three daughters, a CPA, a small business owner and a stroke survivor.  She was 33 years old when she had her first stroke, the day after her 7th wedding anniversary and just a few weeks before Christmas.  On this episode she tells her stroke story, how she and her family have rebuilt their lives, what matters to her today, and how she adds as much sparkle and glitter to every day as she can.

Episode 37: Courtney Price Oroszko

Courtney Oroszko is one of my favorite humans.  We’re friends from college and she’s one of the strongest, funniest, most wise-ass friends I know.  She’s a lawyer, a mother of two, and became a widow when her husband passed away from stage 4 esophageal cancer a few days before their anniversary and their son’s first birthday.  On this episode she tells her story, we talk about the good, the tragic, and the humor in life, how she continues to move forward in the wake of tragedies, and why laughing at the dark comedies in life is often the best way to both grieve and heal.  Be prepared to cry because you’re laughing and because you’re moved. This episode is dedicated to great Patrick Oroszko. 

Episode 36: Erin Machan

Erin Machan is one of the most powerful women I know.  She plays life full out in all areas of her life. Life shows up and she’s there to match it.  She’s a competitive Cross Country CYCLIST doing crazy things like 24 hour races on her bike, she’s co-founder of the nonprofit Project Bike Love delivering bikes to women and girls around the world, she’s a beast at pushing her life to it’s max and we haven’t even gotten to her day job yet! One this episode we get into the details of what it means to play full out and show up and be brave and look back and say fuck yeah.

Episode 35: Rosalie Fish

Rosalie Fish appeared on ESPN and new stations globally when at her High school State Championship track meet last Spring she ran with a red handprint on her face and MMIW on her leg to bring awareness to the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women epidemic.  In the US and Canada, women in indigenous communities are silenced when there is a rape, when there is abuse, and police often ignore reports when indigenous women go missing. I’m honored to have Rosalie, a young woman of the Muckleshoot Tribe, on this episode of the Powerful Ladies Podcast and to provide her a platform to share her story and the story of her tribe.

Episode 34: Kendal Riley DeLaura

Kendal Riley DeLaura is an stunning photographer with a gift of capturing the beauty, romance, and charm of her subjects and the world.  I cannot recommend her enough and am excited to share her story with you. She lives a charmed life that oozes magical and romantic moments including living in a hilltop home in Big Sur with her handsome husband, Anthony. Together they run an international destination wedding photography business where they travel the world capturing the important moments of love stories.  On this episode Kendal shares how she became a photographer, what it's like to work with her husband, and why it’s so important to keep reaching for new goals and believing in yourself.