Powerful Ladies® Podcast

Episode 153: How to Create a Successful Family Run & Sustainable Fashion Brand with Lauren Stephens

How many of you have been freezing, put on your warmest clothes, and then realized this is not cute? Today’s guest, Lauren Stephens, co-founded Dudley Stephens to solve just that, the “how to be warm and stylish” problem. In this episode, we discuss how her background in luxury fashion turned into creating a women owned family business, the choices they make to maintain their commitment to recycled and sustainable materials, and how she got back up when covid took her beloved mentor and her supply chain.

Episode 152: How Our Relationships Impact Our Potential with Dr. Andrea Liner

Today’s guest is someone whose phone number I wish I had prior to today. I would have called her many times over the past couple of decades. Dr. Andrea Liner is a therapist and relationship coach known as the Break Up Doc who helps you ditch the bad relationships and create space for your best relationships. Yes, please! Get ready for some of the best advice. 

Episode 151: Step Out of Your Trauma & Into Your Best Life with Jamilly Whitfield

People who have mastered freedom, ease and success, who are living their best and most ridiculous lives are often people you’ve never heard of, until now. Today’s guest, Jamilly Whitfield, is one of my new favorite humans. She is running full speed into transforming her passion into her own business. She’s a Clinical Social Worker, a Podcaster, an Author, a Speaker and a Coach to help you step out of your trauma and into your best life. You’re guaranteed to be inspired. 

Episode 150: From Award Winning In-Person Career to Entrepreneur Leading Virtual Cocktail Tastings & Cocktail Kits with Sailor Guevara

Today my special guest is Sailor Guevara, cocktail & spirits master leading virtual immersive events, hosting her podcast, and running her cocktail club business.  While her journey hasn’t been smooth, it’s all led her to a place where she gets to use all her senses and love for origin stories to give people both an escape and educational experience.  I’m excited for you to meet this rockstar. 

Episode 149: The Power of Composting & Turning Habits into Businesses with Monique Figueiredo

Today we get to talk about DIRT, well technically soil, with Mo Figueiredo, the founder of Compostable LA, a community based composting company.  She never imagined she'd be an entrepreneur, let alone having a business in composting and yet, in this episode we discuss why it matters so much and how it’s checking all her boxes for fulfillment and purpose. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoyed chatting with her.

Episode 148: Merging Social Justice, Mental Health & Art to Build A Dream Job That Makes An Impact with Anna Olinova

One of the hardest roles to fill on any team is a graphic designer who gets you and your brand. I feel so lucky to have today’s guest, Anna Olinova, on my team as my graphic designer. Not only is she a great artist, she cares and is committed and asks “Why” as much as I do. She’s also a tremendously powerful lady in her life as she’s evolving from freelance graphic designer to art therapist so she can support the social justice causes that matter to her by bringing healing arts to those communities.  Get ready as we talk about all things from immigrating to a new country, being different, and even being overwhelmed with how much work there is to do in the world.

Episode 147: Stepping Into First Gen Power to Change Statistic & Education for Indigenous Peoples with Daphne Littlebear

Statistics and education are a part of our everyday lives in American culture. What we often don’t think about is how the presentation of education to kids can change their acceptance to or trust in that education. Similarly, we often aren't looking at how ours is being gathered for us to make decisions as a community. Today’s guest, Daphne Littlebear, is taking all of that on for Indigenous and native communities in America. I’m excited for you to hear her journey and to gain a new perspective of what it means to be counted and understood. 

Episode 146: How to Turn Everything You‘ve Experienced Into Your Superpower with Caitlyn Rose Clark

Get ready for a powerful, life changing conversation with today’s guest, Caitlyn Rose Clark. She’s an executive coach, working in her family’s coaching business and she’s a public speaker, currently touring the US speaking on sexual assault.  She is truly one of a kind and wherever you are in your journey I guarantee that you will pull multiple golden nuggets out of this conversation. Get ready for ah-ha moments. 

Episode 145: How to Organize Your Life & Find Freedom with Jenna Haefelin

I sit down with Jenna Haefelin, founder of SPIFF, an organizing and clean living empire based out of New York.  We talk about how this business was inevitable for her, how boundaries and building her team transformed her business, why sustainable solutions are a win for everyone including your style, and why, at the root of it all, having the freedom to use your time as you wish is everything. 

Episode 144: Special Event! Powerful Ladies x Women of Type x Kara Duffy. How to Be Creative, Successful & Fabulous

One of our missions at Powerful Ladies is to bring Powerful Conversations to the world. On November 19th, 2021, we co-hosted a special live event with Women of Type called “How to Be Creative, Successful and Fabulous”. This event included three amazing female panelists, Devon Blow, Jess Goldsmith and Elizabeth McGarry - all of whom have successful businesses doing what they love as creatives - fashion design, graphic design, art directing and more. The purpose of this conversation is to show everyone that the ‘starving artist’ troupe is a myth. You CAN do what you love and be fabulously successful. Being in business and being an entrepreneur does not have to be boring. In fact being creative is a requirement. Links to handles to connect with all of our amazing panelists can be found in our show notes at thepowerfulladies.com/podcast. There you can also ask questions and leave comments about this episode. I can’t wait to hear what are your favorite takeaways from this special event episode. 

 

Episode 143: The Power of Family Businesses to Build Community with Hala Yassine & Farrah Haidar

I’m happy to introduce you to the sisters behind the delicious 7 Sisters Scones company based outside of Atlanta, Georgia. From moving around the world, surviving civil war, having multiple career journeys and more, these sisters never imagined working together or owning a bakery.  In this episode, we discuss all of that as well as what it means to be resilient, how to work with family and why long term business plans are not worth the effort. I hope you enjoy it and remind you that you can leave questions or comments for this episode at thepowerfulladies.com/podcast.

Episode 142: Step into Your Truth & Freedom to Reach Infinite Possibilities with Alicia Adamson

I am very happy to introduce you to the powerhouse that is Alicia Adamson. She and I met working at Reebok, what feels like a million years ago. Since then, we’ve followed similar paths into creating spaces to empower women and encourage others to step into their power.  She’s started a non-profit, she’s a mother, she’s an author, speaker, a consultant, and here to help guide you into your infinite possibilities.

Episode 141: How to Live on a Boat, Travel the World & Launch a New Business by Sea with Erin Carey

I am very excited for you to meet Erin Carey. She’s the founder of the PR Agency Roam, which she created on and runs from the boat she and her family live in while they sail the world. Yes, she’s that cool! We discuss how she, her husband and three kids ended up living on a boat, why we must go after a life that is our own design, how to get internet anywhere in the world, and what it really looks like when we say yes to the universe. All that and so much more!

Episode 140: How to Use Storytelling to Sell More & Sell Faster with Kimjera Whittington

I sit down with Kimjera Whittington, founder of Evolve Global Marketing.  Her company helps businesses of all sizes from around the globe go from ineffective marketing and low sales to clarity in their storytelling which totally transforms their business and their sales.  We discuss how she built her business, why telling the right story is the secret to being successful in business, and how she’s running a marketing agency while traveling the world with her family. 

Episode 139: How One Celebrity Stylist Launched Her Business & Survived the Pandemic with Britt Theodora

I’m excited for you to meet Britt Theodora, celebrity stylist and founder of Britt Theodora Studio. She works with well known celebrities such as Pete Davidson - she was part of his look at the Met Gala this year - as well as up and coming artists, and helps regular people look amazing, too. For her, styling is a love language and it comes through in how she works with all of her clients. In this episode, we discuss her new business Energy Styling, how she became a stylist, how her business made it through the pandemic and how her network has impacted her personal trajectory. 

Episode 138: Leading with Representation & Organization for the Latinx Community with Brenda Gonzalez

I have the pleasure of sitting down with Brenda Gonzalez, founder, co-ceo and co-host of the Tamarindo Podcast - a Latinx empowerment podcast. We discuss the impact of Prop 187 in California and its impact on national politics.  We go down the rabbit hole of the origin of the term Hispanic.  And we talk about why representation, organization, AND access to source origin documents matter so much for every group to be counted, understood, and have fact based truths.

Episode 137: How the Path to Inner Peace Requires Speaking Up for Injustices with Monika McKenzie

I’m excited for you to meet Monika McKenzie, owner of the Yoga Nest, a yoga studio based in Hawaii. In addition to being an entrepreneur, wife, mom and yogi, she is also a social justice advocate.  In this episode we discuss her journey to yoga entrepreneur, why she can’t help but speak up, and how she finds balance and rejuvenation to step into her power for herself, her family and her community.

Episode 136: From Lawyer to Nutritionist Helping High Performers Own Their Health with Kristin Rowell

I am excited to introduce you to the dynamic &  passionate Kristin Rowell. Her energy is contagious, such that just by listening to this episode you’ll be motivated to take new actions in your life. She was a high performing lawyer when through a series of events she pivoted and launched her own business helping others tackle their food & health for good. We talk all about her pivoting journey, how the universe is persistent - especially when we’re not listening - and why choosing smart food choices is so important and way easier to do than we think it is.

Episode 135: From Earthquake Engineer To Author About Love & Dating with Holly Brandon

I have the pleasure of chatting with Earthquake Engineer turned award winning Author, Holly Brandon. After her personal life took some major pivots, she found her love for writing and along the way realized her own true love life adventures was in fact it’s own great book. We discuss how she went from engineer to author, why it’s frustrating for women that we can’t just make love & relationships happen the way we can with our careers, and how our own journey is always giving us tools for our future.

Episode 134: How to be a Creative, Family Centered Entrepreneur with Elizabeth McGarry

Elizabeth McGarry has been on our #WCW list for decades. She’s an entrepreneur, a wife, a mom, stylish, creative, and one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet. She’s committed to making her family, her businesses and her communities the best possible.  She’s the head of her creative agency McGarry & Son’s servicing brands you know and love.  In this episode, she shares about her journey from suburban Oregon to high fashion in Europe to queen of Sportswear Design. She opens up about her brave decision to become a mother in her early twenties, what it’s like to close her first company to become a partner with her husband, the importance of raising two boys in a Girl-Power world, and how it feels to now be a mentor in the industry she calls home.