Currently Processing: Recent Episodes
Risha Dallas
Currently Processing is a show about women, for women. We interview brave entrepreneurs and innovators who have overcome obstacles in their lives. We get up close and personal with topics ranging from self-care tips, the importance of mental health, and the lessons they’ve learned on their journey.
After a year-long break, "Currently Processing" is back! Join me on a journey of change, from leaving a startup job to closing the chapter on Vera Organix. 🚀 Life's meandering path is full of surprises, and we're diving into the adventure together! #EmbracingChange #PodcastJourney 🎧
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April 5, 2022
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Creating Space For Spiritual Journeys - Episode 9
Today’s guest, Elena Duenas is a young up-and-coming Latina entrepreneur. She lives in Las Vegas and currently attends university. Her boutique, Sage With Me, offers tools to assist with your spiritual journey. Elena likes to see herself as someone who helps people integrate, question, and understand what is in front of them. She also spends her time creating tarot videos on Youtube. Elena is very active on social media and often shows her process of creating apothecary products.
Mentioned in this Episode:
Sage With Me Website
Instagram:
@sagewithme
Tik-Tok:
@sagewithme
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March 29, 2022
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Not Your Normal Cup of Tea - Episode 8
Our guest, Karina Stafford is the founder of Catalyst Tea Company, a Las Vegas-based start-up dedicated to helping people enjoy the benefits of mixing and brewing loose-leaf herbal teas. Growing up in the Russian countryside, Karina was always close to nature. Karina became a certified herbalist through the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia and launched her first products in 2019. Today, her brand Catalyst Tea Company offers a range of pure, organic herbs and teas, several curated blends, infusers, and the company’s flagship product: themed herbal tea blending kits, which allow people to create their own teas and herbal infusions from scratch. Karina also organizes regular tea blending workshops and classes in Las Vegas. Karina holds a Master’s Degree in financial journalism from the City University of London and worked as a food & drink industry analyst for a market research company in the UK prior to moving to Las Vegas in 2018.
Mentioned in this Episode:
Catalyst Tea Website
Instagram:
@Catalyst_Tea_Company
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March 22, 2022
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The Brain Scramblies- Episode 7
Today’s guest, Kate Christy is the literal and figurative hat-wearer at Folk Founded. Kate is a designer, a wife, mama to two wild, but oh-so-sweet boys. She is also a lover of run-on sentences. Kate is a utopian dreamer who wants to leave the world better than how she found it. After a decade of designing for clients from all walks of life, Kate’s found her real passion lies in supporting small businesses with big hearts through web design and development.
Mentioned in this Episode:
Folk Founded Website
Instagram:
@folkfounded
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March 15, 2022
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Puerto Rican Picasso - Episode 6
Today we have a blast from the past. Our guest, Limaris Burgos-Moye (Lilee) is an old elementary and middle school classmate of mine. She is a Puerto Rican self-taught artist originally from Bridgeport Connecticut. Currently, Lilee resides in Waterbury, Connecticut, and makes a living creating symbolic paintings and drawings that evoke feelings of sensuality, love, unity, hope, fertility, and eternity. She is also an indie designer and has worked with SHEIN, launching her first collection in June of 2021. Lilee recently resigned from her leadership role in higher education to focus on her art career full-time. Despite the risk, Lilee is excited for this new entrepreneurial venture.
Mentioned in this Episode:
Lilee's Website
Lilee's Facebook
Instagram:
@theartoflilee
Twitter:
@theartoflilee
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In honor of International Women’s Day, we have a very special guest. Erica Zaldivar is a licensed marriage and family therapist. She is also a bereaved mother, she has a passion for helping people heal from trauma and create meaningful lives. Her own life was completely shaken in March of 2021 when her first and only daughter died at 13 days old in the NICU after a birth injury. Erica has since spent her free time writing and connecting with other bereaved parents on her Instagram page @travelingwithgrief Erica hopes speaking about her story helps to reduce the stigma around baby loss and grief, in honor of her infant daughter Verity Aurora. Erica lives in Las Vegas, NV with her husband and their two dogs, Summit and Everest.
❤️ This episode is dedicated to ❤️
In Loving Memory
Verity Aurora
March 11, 2021 - March 24, 2021
Instagram:
@travelingwithgrief
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March 1, 2022
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Our Thoughts Become Our Actions - Episode 4
We are excited to welcome our guest entrepreneur, Stefanie Frank. She is Co-Founder and Creative Director of Frankly Good Coffee, a coffee roaster in Las Vegas. Recently Stef alongside her husband Glenn has opened up a location at St. Jude's Children's Hospital in Boulder City, Nevada. Stef has gone from being a litigation attorney to a copywriter. Now she spends her time training for running races and improv. Stef discusses how she believes athletic training is about 70% mental, why being a lawyer wasn't for her, and where she wants Frankly Good Coffee to go in the future.
Mentioned in this Episode:
Frankly Good Coffee Website
Instagram:
@stefanie_frank
@franklygoodcoffee
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February 22, 2022
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When Shame Start to Die - Episode 3
This episode comes with a trigger warning: Warning: Some topics discussed today can be triggering for people suffering from PTSD, past sexual trauma, and eating disorders. Viewer Discretion is advised.
Today’s guest, Isami Daehn is a CSA survivor and motivational speaker. She originally hails from Japan but currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. Isami is a mental health advocate who lives with PTSD from childhood trauma. From growing up in an abusive upbringing, Isami suffered from severe depression. Now estranged from her parents, she is dedicating her life to helping others specifically with religious trauma.
Mentioned in this Episode
https://www.isamidaehn.com/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-unfortunate-sandwich/id1585722916
Instagram:
@mentalhealthisami
Tik-Tok:
@mentalhealthisami
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February 15, 2022
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Building Emerging Lifestyle Brands - Episode 2
Today we sit down and talk with Kelly Bennett. Kelly Bennett is a New York City-based Creative Director building lifestyle brands since 2009. As a creative entrepreneur, she’s written an award-winning lifestyle blog that was featured in The Huffington Post, spoke at the Facebook Small Business Conference, featured on television, and was the creative director of the award-winning lifestyle restaurants, as well as the marketing director of an innovative city block in Downtown Las Vegas.
Kelly’s passion for empowering creatives can be seen in the video series Creative Direction for Creative People, weekly podcast Creative Direction with Kelly Bennett, and an incubator for creatives to build a lifestyle brand that feels authentic to them.
Mentioned in this Episode
www.withkellybennett.com
Instagram:
www.instagram.com/withkellybennett
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So It Begins - Episode 1
Risha Dallas is the Founder/CEO of Vera Organix. She started Vera Organix in 2020 during the pandemic. Her business focuses on self-care and the importance of mental health. Vera Organix is vegan, sustainable, and dye-free. Risha sells a variety of bath and body products; candles, soap, body butter, etc. Vera Organix’s products are made from organic ingredients.
Risha started, Currently Processing to get outside of her comfort zone. Having grown up on the East Coast, she now currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. Risha discusses the importance of a self-care routine and how Covid-19 has affected everyone’s mental health.
Mentioned in this Episode
www.veraorganix.com
www.currentlyprocessing.com
Instagram:
www.instagram.com/veraorganix
www.instagram.com/currentlyprocessingpodcast
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Currently Processing is a show about women, for women. We interview brave entrepreneurs and innovators who have overcome obstacles in their lives. We get up close and personal with topics ranging from self-care tips, the importance of mental health, and the lessons they’ve learned on their journey.
Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/risha-brown/message