The She Built It™ Experience with Melanie: Recent Episodes
Melanie Barr
Hi! Welcome to the She Built It™ Experience with Melanie. You’re here because you’re ready to experience the life and business that you crave. Join me as I talk to women who have successfully built it - a life and business that they love. We dive into the topic of “how” they built it and talk about everything from having the courage to make career leaps to the details of how to lead effectively, build teams, implement growth strategies, and infuse tech innovation. Magic happens when we focus on the part of ourselves and our business that brings us joy so let’s dive in.
On She Built It®, Lauren Makler, co-founder of Cofertility, shares how a rare disease diagnosis, three surgeries, and her sister’s act of extraordinary generosity led her to build something the fertility world desperately needed.
Cofertility helps women freeze their eggs for free when they donate eggs to intended parents, making egg freezing more accessible and egg donation less transactional at the same time. Lauren talks about falling in love with the problem instead of the solution, how Cofertility used a vibe coding hackathon to transform how their team uses Claude, navigating fertility as a deeply personal and increasingly politicized topic, and the higher highs and lower lows of founding her own company after nearly a decade inside Uber. This conversation is for anyone who has navigated a winding road to parenthood, anyone building in a space that matters deeply, and anyone trying to figure out how to make a company feel sustainable for the long game.
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Episode Resources:
Everything is Figureoutable Challenge
RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association
Claude AI
Uber Health: Reimagining the Way People Access Healthcare
On She Built It®, Brynn MacLennan, product designer, mother of five, and co-founder of Slate, shares how co-managing a dental practice revealed something that couldn’t be unseen: even wealthy, educated patients weren’t flossing. Not because they didn’t care about their health, but because flossing was broken.
Brynn shares how she turned that insight into a patented 3-in-1 electric flosser now sold in 870 Target stores, what it took to hit $1M in year one, and the marketing strategies that actually moved the needle, including why dental professional influencers outperform lifestyle influencers for Slate every time. She also talks about the leadership evolution of letting go, the books that changed how she builds her team, and why she thinks founders need to talk more openly about failure. This conversation is for any founder who started with a problem no one else thought was big enough, and turned out to be right.
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The Day I Realized Oral Health Wasn’t Just About Teeth | Brynn MacLennan | TEDxSpokane
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Episode resources:
OuterSignal — Know Every Customer
Claude AI
Multipliers, Revised and Updated: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter by Liz Wiseman
Who Not How: The Formula to Achieve Bigger Goals Through Accelerating Teamwork by Dan Sullivan
On She Built It®, Lauren Dudley Stephens, co-founder and CEO of Dudley Stephens, shares the origin story behind one of the most beloved family-owned fashion brands in the lifestyle space. What started as her mother's frustration with finding stylish, washable fleece that could go from boat to dinner became a 10-year brand built entirely on family funding, community, and the belief that women should never have to choose between looking chic and feeling comfortable. Lauren talks about how she grew Dudley Stephens through the early days of Instagram influencer culture, how AI is changing what's possible for small fashion brands, why going viral doesn't always translate to sales, and what leading a team for the first time really taught her about herself. This conversation is warm, honest, and full of the kind of real talk you only get from a founder who is still in it, every single day.
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Two Sisters in Business Podcast
Confessions of a Type B Founder Substack
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On She Built It®, Lori Casselman, a 20-year healthcare executive turned founder, shares what it took to build June Health, Canada’s first virtual clinic providing complete care across every stage of women’s health.
Lori talks about the opportunity she sees for AI to close the gender health equity gap, the leadership lessons that come with scaling a startup in healthcare, and the culture principles she fiercely protects inside a fully virtual team. She’s candid about the hardest parts of building, including the moment you realize a team member who helped you get here may not be the right person to get you to the next stage, and honest about what keeps her grounded through the pressure of a very big mission. This conversation is for any founder building something that matters at the intersection of people, technology, and purpose.
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On She Built It®, Amy Briggs, a pediatric speech and language pathologist turned tech founder, shares how a clinical career spent supporting families revealed an invisible problem: the mental load of modern parenthood. That insight became Aviva, an AI-powered app that takes over family scheduling logistics so parents can put the phone down and actually be present.
Amy walks through why she chose scheduling as her starting vertical, how she built a tool people trusted enough to hand over their inboxes and calendars, the bootstrapped and disciplined way she's grown Aviva through word of mouth, and how she protects her own presence and joy while building a company from scratch.
This conversation is for any founder building from lived experience, and for any parent who has ever felt like the only person holding the family calendar together.
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On She Built It®, Dr. Angela Casey, double board-certified dermatologist, micrographic surgeon, residency program director, and founder of Bright Girl Skincare, shares why the patients she operates on every day inspired her to build a consumer brand for teens.
After years of treating skin cancers that could have been prevented with early habits, Dr. Casey created Bright Girl: a clinically tested, clean skincare line designed to build consistent daily routines in teens and tweens. She walks through the three-year R&D process, how she bootstrapped without outside capital, the challenges of marketing a brand she believed in, and how she balances being a surgeon, professor, mom of three daughters, and founder.
This conversation is a masterclass in building with purpose, starting with proof, and leading a mission-driven business without a business degree.
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Childcare is not a personal problem. It is an economic one, and the system built to support it is underfunded, understaffed, and breaking down.
On She Built It®, Jennifer Cowan, CEO of Connections for Children, a $30 million nonprofit serving the West Side and South Bay of Los Angeles, shares what it actually takes to lead a mission-driven organization through a pandemic, wildfires, a headquarters move, and a national childcare workforce crisis, all while continuing to grow. Jennifer talks about how she turns big ideas into scalable systems, what it takes to align public, private, and community stakeholders around a common goal, and why resiliency and flexibility are the most critical leadership skills in the nonprofit sector today. She also speaks to the founding of New York City’s first Expanded Learning Time model (now replicated nationally) and what leaders need to understand about building something designed to scale.
This is a conversation about systems, leadership, and what it looks like to keep showing up for families when everything around you is changing.
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When Dr. Maheen Mausoof Adamson’s father had a stroke that left him unable to speak, it took him fifteen minutes to ask for a glass of water. She had just finished her PhD in neuroscience. She understood the brain but still couldn’t help him.
On She Built It®, Dr. Adamson shares how that experience eventually led her to found Soof Solutions, an FDA-cleared, AI-guided communication app that uses eye and head tracking on an iPad to help people with ALS, stroke, and other neurological conditions communicate when speech is no longer possible. She also opens up about building a company while holding dual roles at Stanford and VA Palo Alto, navigating the leap from researcher to founder, and why she chose to crowdfund on StartEngine so that the community, not just investors, could be part of what she is building.
This conversation is about what happens when science, personal mission, and entrepreneurship meet, and what it takes to build something that puts real impact directly in the hands of patients.
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Soof Solutions App — FDA-Cleared Eye-Tracking AAC
Soof Caregiver App — Real-Time Patient Monitoring & Support
Soof Provider App — Clinical Tools for Neuro & Stroke Care
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On She Built It®, Becky Fawcett, founder and CEO of Helpusadopt.org, shares the deeply personal and fiercely honest story behind building a national multi-million dollar adoption grant program from her New York City apartment. After three miscarriages and a failed IVF journey, Becky found her way to adoption, and then turned her experience into a mission that has helped over 1,100 families and distributed more than $11 million in grants over 19 years.
Becky talks about what adoption actually costs, why she built Helpusadopt.org like a business from day one, the fundraising philosophy that has nothing to do with asking for money, and the conversations around infertility, adoption, and family building that she refuses to stop having, no matter who squirms.
If you want to donate, volunteer, or learn more, visit helpusadopt.org. Every dollar counts, and Becky means that.
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On She Built It®, Andrea Faulkner Williams, co-founder and president of Tubby Todd Bath Co., shares what it really took to build a brand that drives 95% of growth in the baby lotion category on Amazon, without paid ads, without VC funding, and without celebrity investors. What started as a solution to her own son's eczema became a 12-year journey of community-first growth, profitable scaling, and a business that has earned over 50,000 five-star reviews.
Andrea talks about the smartest early decisions she made, how she thinks about marketing as friendship, what happened when she sold a majority stake to private equity, and why slow, steady, profitable growth has always been more important to her than chasing speed. This conversation is for every founder who wants to build something real, and keep building it long after everyone else has cashed out.
Special offer: Tubby Todd is offering She Built It® listeners 15% off the entire order at tubbytodd.com with code SHEBUILTIT — valid until 7/31/26.
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On She Built It®, Susanne Mitschke, co-founder and CEO of Citruslabs and Harvard-trained epidemiologist, pulls back the curtain on what's really happening in the wellness, beauty, and consumer health industries. From claims washing and heavy metals in protein powders to why transparency is now a growth strategy, Susanne explains what separates the brands consumers actually trust from the ones making promises they can't back up.
She also shares what most founders get wrong about clinical studies, how brands have turned failed study results into powerful marketing stories, and why the gold standard in research is more accessible than most brands think.
Stick until the end, where Susanne is busting some of the most common health myths, including why cold plunging may actually be increasing inflammation in women, and what your menstrual cycle has to do with your training performance (follow her on LinkedIn for more details).
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ClinicalTrials.gov - learn about clinical studies from around the world
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Federal Trade Commission - Protecting America's Consumers
National Advertising Division (NAD)
Better Business Bureau (BBB)
Investigational New Drug (IND) Application
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On She Built It®, Jessica Tellian, former medical professional, EFT tapping expert, and founder of The Tapping School, shares why the most successful women she works with often feel the most stuck. Not because they lack strategy or ambition, but because 95% of what drives their decisions, behaviors, and results is running from the subconscious mind, a part of the brain most high achievers never address.
Jessica explains what EFT tapping is, how it combines modern psychology with ancient Chinese medicine to rewire neural pathways in real time, and why working with the nervous system instead of against it changes everything from business growth to personal fulfillment. This conversation is for every high-achieving woman who has ever known exactly what she should do, and still couldn't make herself do it.
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A Stronger You Podcast
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On She Built It®, Georgia Thomas, former corporate lawyer, co-founder of E!Studios, and CEO of the eight-figure Venture Haus Group, shares what it actually takes to build a business that runs without you. Not in theory, but in real life, as a founder, mother, and multi-business operator navigating maternity leave, AI disruption, and the constant pressure to grow.
Georgia talks about why founders stay stuck as operators far longer than they need to, how to delegate ownership rather than just tasks, what a "perfect team structure" exercise can reveal about how much you are really carrying, and why sustainable growth looks different in every season of life. This is a conversation about building businesses that create freedom, and actually living it.
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The Social Edge Podcast
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On She Built It®, Dr. Debbie Qaqish, creator of Revenue Marketing® and founder of The Growth Factor, shares why the most urgent problem in marketing leadership today isn't strategy or AI; it's the human being trying to keep up with all of it.
With 35 years in B2B marketing and a deeply personal journey through depression, ketamine therapy, and positive psychology, Dr. Debbie brings a rare combination of hard-won experience and science-backed tools to one of the most demanding roles in business. She talks about what survival mode is costing leaders and teams, how neuroscience explains why stress narrows our thinking, and the practical techniques (from breathwork to reframing to gratitude) that help leaders shift from hanging on by their fingernails to genuinely flourishing at work. This conversation is equal parts science, strategy, and deeply human.
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On She Built It®, Amanda Black, founder of The Solo Female Traveler Network, TEDx speaker, and leader of women-only group trips around the world, shares how a one-way ticket to Honduras, became the beginning of a global community of more than 600,000 women.
Amanda talks about building her first trip to Bali with a negative bank balance, firing a guide a week before her travelers arrived, and watching 9 out of 17 women tattoo the trip logo on their hands by the end of it. She shares what real female connection looks like when you give women the time and space to simply be themselves, and why, for women who want to see the world, the only thing standing in the way is usually themselves. This conversation is part travel story, part founder origin story, and entirely about what becomes possible when you decide to just go.
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On She Built It®, Alisa Sparks shares how she went from managing multi-million dollar military budgets to founding Linden Creek, a home staging and interior design company she built from her garage and grew into a national franchise. What started as a side hustle she built quietly on Fridays has become a 326-page operations manual, a 10-year franchise model, and a community of business owners building their own design businesses with done-for-you systems and hands-on support.
Alisa talks about the risk-averse mindset that actually made her a better entrepreneur, the identity crisis that sparked the idea to franchise, and why functionality (not aesthetics) is always the starting point for great design. This conversation is for every woman sitting in a successful career who still feels the pull to build something entirely her own.
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Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter
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On She Built It®, Courtney Summers shares the story behind Cookout at the Vineyard, a three-day fundraising event in Northern California's Sonoma County she co-founded alongside Talia Suggs to support and elevate women of color in the hospitality, food, and beverage industries.
What started as a small gathering of under 60 people has grown into a 200-plus-person, three-day event now in its fourth year, 100% grant and donor funded, with all proceeds supporting The Veraison Project.
Courtney talks about how an apprenticeship program gave her access to an industry she once felt was invite-only, what it really takes to build an event from the ground up in the hospitality world, and why scaling with intention (not speed) has been the secret to Cookout at the Vineyard's growth. This conversation is about building something that gives back what was once given to you, and making sure the next generation doesn't have to figure it out alone.
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The Veraison Project Website
Silver Oak Cellars Website
Minnie Bell’s Soul Movement
Mural City Cellars
Tish Wiggins - Tish Around Town
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Evolution of the Cookout Weekend Experience - June 11th-13th, 2026 - Sonoma County
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On She Built It®, Lindsay Nahmiache, serial entrepreneur, investor, and co-founder of Jive PR + Digital, shares what 17 years of building, selling, and reacquiring a business has really taught her. Lindsay sold her marketing agency to a large global tech company, bought it back, and has since built a portfolio of 17 companies across industries including skincare, immersive experiences, and healthcare tech.
This conversation covers the decisions she wouldn't make again, why she believes gut instinct will be the defining human superpower in an AI-driven world, what the discernment economy means for founders chasing growth, and the single pattern she sees in founders that limits their potential more than anything else.
Lindsay is honest, direct, and refreshingly real about the trade-offs between scaling fast and living well, and why she has chosen both on her own terms.
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On She Built It®, Kimberly Ross shares the deeply personal journey behind ORA Method, a New York City wellness practice she built at the intersection of clinical treatment and everyday ritual. Diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at 11 and later struggling with Hashimoto's and digestive issues, Kimberly found life-changing relief through acupuncture and made it her mission to make that experience more approachable for others.
From a single acupuncture practice rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicine to a full wellness brand now expanding into at-home devices, Kimberly talks about what it takes to build something that is both luxurious and credible, how to scale a service-based business without losing quality, and why regulating the nervous system is the foundation of everything ORA does.
This conversation is for every founder and woman who has stopped looking for a quick fix and started investing in how they actually feel.
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On She Built It®, Brianna Bitton shares the founding story of O Positiv—a women's health company she built with her brother after years of missing work due to debilitating PMS symptoms she couldn't even speak openly about. What started as the first-ever PMS gummy vitamin has grown into a 30-SKU brand with Amazon's #1 vaginal probiotic and a full line supporting women from their first period through menopause.
Brianna opens up about the gaps she saw in the women's health market, what it took to build trust in a historically taboo space, how community and authentic storytelling drove their growth, and why she believes there's never a failure—only a lesson. This conversation is equal parts inspiring and practical for any founder building in a category the world wasn't ready to talk about.
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If you’ve been thinking about starting a podcast but keep asking yourself “How would I possibly have time for it?”, this conversation is for you.
On She Built It®, Melanie Barr shares a perspective that often surprises founders: podcasting doesn’t have to mean weekly stress, endless production, or another task on your calendar. After eight years of producing and publishing consistently, Melanie reflects on how podcasting has evolved and why it has become one of the most valuable forms of owned media for business leaders today. This conversation explores a simpler, more sustainable way to approach podcasting, one that builds trust, supports business relationships, and grows in value over time.
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On She Built It®, Kate Assaraf shares how she created Dip Sustainable Hair Care, a beauty brand designed to challenge the traditional beauty industry model of constant consumption. Instead of encouraging people to buy more, Dip promotes a different philosophy: buy better, buy less, and shop small.
Kate talks about building a purpose-driven brand that blends environmental awareness with playful education, the realities of creating sustainable beauty products, and why transparency and authenticity matter more than perfection. Kate is part of a growing movement of founders redefining beauty entrepreneurship through sustainability, honesty, and thoughtful product design.
This conversation explores what it means to build a brand that aligns business growth with environmental responsibility, and how founders can challenge industry norms while staying true to their mission.
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Why Refill Is The New Record Store And Why That Matters
Dip Haircare Named Oprah Daily's #1 Pick for Curly Hair
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On She Built It®, Alexandra Samit, Founder & CEO of Alexandra Beth Fine Jewelry, shares how she transformed a teenage jewelry hobby into a thriving fine jewelry brand in New York City’s competitive diamond district.
From selling handmade necklaces at 15 to pivoting during COVID into bespoke engagement rings and heirloom redesigns, Alexandra opens up about navigating business pivots, building credibility in the diamond industry, and scaling a direct-to-consumer luxury brand. She discusses earning her GIA certification, breaking into 47th Street, managing emotional client milestones, hiring when you’re the bottleneck, and maintaining trust in high-ticket sales.
If you’re building a luxury brand, pivoting your business model, or curious about lab-grown vs. natural diamonds, this episode is a masterclass in modern entrepreneurship, craftsmanship, and reinvention.
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On She Built It®, Florence Baras, Co-Founder of Sockerbit, shares how she and her husband transformed a beloved Swedish tradition, lördagsgodis (Saturday candy), into a thriving U.S. retail and e-commerce brand.
From navigating FDA regulations and import logistics to launching vibrant storefronts in New York and Los Angeles, Florence reveals what it really takes to build a profitable retail company from scratch. She opens up about sourcing only from Europe’s top candy factories, protecting margins despite rising import costs, surviving COVID with young children at home, and scaling nationwide through partnerships with Target and specialty retailers.
If you’re building a retail brand, growing an e-commerce business, or scaling through major retail partnerships, this episode is a masterclass in community-driven growth, operational discipline, and long-term brand building.
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On She Built It®, Braelinn Frank shares how she transformed press-on nails from a side project into Rave Nailz, a brand redefining the beauty industry. What began as hand-painted designs evolved into a scalable, founder-led company now available on Amazon Prime.
Braelinn breaks down how she balanced artistry with manufacturing, why quality control mattered more than rapid growth, and how she positioned press-on nails as a serious alternative to salon manicures. She also reveals the surprising bestseller that shaped her product strategy and why protecting creative integrity is the key to long-term brand success.
If you're building a beauty brand, scaling a product business, or curious about the rise of reusable press-on nails, this conversation offers real insight into founder-led growth, product innovation, and cultural timing.
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What if healing didn’t stop at recovery, but continued through everyday rituals?
In this episode of the She Built It® Podcast, Melanie sits down with Cheree Ashley, founder of Osier Wellness, to explore how addiction recovery, self-care, and skincare intersect. With over a decade in the substance rehabilitation industry and 14 years in recovery herself, Cheree shares how witnessing the emotional and physical toll of addiction inspired her to create a wellness brand rooted in balance, dignity, and new beginnings.
From skincare as a gateway to self-worth, to building a brand that gives back to recovery communities, this episode is a powerful reminder that taking care of yourself can be both preventative and transformative.
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What if cooking didn’t feel overwhelming, but empowering?
In this episode of the She Built It® Podcast, Melanie sits down with Danielle McPartlin and Kristin Richardson, co-founders of Let’s Whip It Up, to talk about building a business rooted in service, confidence, and community. From Danielle’s journey closing her meal prep company after burnout, to Kristin’s transition from Broadway, touring with Cher, and life alongside her husband from the Backstreet Boys, this conversation explores how life experience shaped a business designed for real people.
Together, they share how simple, ad-free recipes, practical prep habits, and cooking alongside others can bring joy back into the kitchen and make healthy meals feel achievable at any stage of life.
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AI isn’t just a tool. It’s a leadership decision.
In today’s episode of the She Built It® Podcast, Melanie Barr breaks down how founders and executive leaders can use AI without sacrificing brand voice, positioning, or trust. This episode reframes AI from a trend to a support system and offers a clear leadership framework for using it wisely. Melanie shares why speed without standards leads to brand drift, what AI should support and what it should never lead, and how to protect the clarity and credibility that make a brand feel premium. This is a must-listen for leaders scaling serious businesses who want leverage without losing what makes their brand distinct.
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What if your next level doesn’t require a full life overhaul, just a few intentional shifts?
In this solo episode of the She Built It® Podcast, Melanie shares four practical changes she made that transformed her energy, focus, and leadership capacity. From cleaning up physical and digital clutter to redefining mornings, building strength, and protecting time through meal prep, this episode explores how small, consistent decisions can create real momentum. With insights drawn from eight years of podcasting and a background in corporate leadership, this episode is a reminder that clarity, consistency, and self-leadership are the foundation of sustainable business growth.
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What separates women who build steady businesses from those who become truly unstoppable?
In this solo episode, Melanie Barr breaks down the five mindset shifts she sees consistently in women founders and leaders who scale with confidence, resilience, and purpose. Drawing from years of conversations on the She Built It® Podcast and real-world leadership experience, Melanie shares the traits that fuel long-term success: hunger rooted in purpose, radical responsibility, high standards, calculated risk-taking, and deep self-trust.
This episode is a powerful reminder that growth starts internally. These traits are not innate. They are built, practiced, and strengthened over time. If you are ready to lead with clarity, scale with intention, and step fully into your authority, this episode will meet you where you are.
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Live sessions are one of the most powerful and overlooked tools in a modern media toolkit. In this first episode of 2026, Melanie Barr breaks down why a single, focused live teaching session can become the foundation of your entire content and owned media strategy. Not a polished summit or a viral event. Just one clear hour where you teach what you know deeply. You will learn how to design a strong teaching arc, why clarity matters more than polish, and how one live workshop can turn into podcasts, articles, clips, emails, and resources that serve your audience all year. If time is your biggest constraint, this episode shows you how to work smarter with the expertise you already have.
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In this festive episode of the She Built It® Podcast, Melanie Barr invites you into a quiet but powerful reset. For years, Melanie has ended every interview with the same question: What do you do each day to make sure you are finding and living your joy? In this episode, she shares why that question exists and what she has learned from living through the pause that often follows it. Instead of focusing on goals, metrics, or public wins, this episode asks something deeper: What do you actually want your life to feel like in 2026? Melanie walks listeners through five reflective questions designed to help women leaders reconnect with joy, protect what matters, release what drains them, and define success on their own terms. This episode is an invitation to build a business and a life that supports each other, not compete.
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This episode of the She Built It® Podcast is a sincere thank you. It is a reflection on gratitude, community, and the quiet moments that shape our work and lives. From listeners who invite this show into their daily routines, to guests who share brave and deeply human stories, to clients and partners who trust us with their voices, this episode honors what has been built together. Wherever you are listening from, thank you for being part of this community. We are grateful to step into the next chapter together.
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Someone hears your name. They Google you. They land on your website. Within five seconds, they decide whether they stay or leave.
In this episode of the She Built It® Podcast, we reframe your website for what it actually is: the lobby of your business and the foundation of your owned media ecosystem. If your site cannot quickly answer three questions, what you do, who it is for, and what to do next, you are losing aligned opportunities without realizing it. This episode walks through how to clarify your homepage message, simplify your calls to action, and turn your blog and podcast into a trust-building system that works even when you are offline. You do not need a full redesign. You need clarity.
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If Instagram disappeared tomorrow, would your business still have a voice?
In this episode, Melanie Barr shares why every leader, founder, and creator needs to protect their message through owned media, especially an email list. You will learn how social platforms create noise, how algorithms shift without warning, and why your most committed audience always exists off social media. Melanie walks through practical ways to build an email list with purpose, how to write to one true reader, and how your podcast and email can support each other to grow your brand with clarity and intention. If you want to build something that lasts longer than a trend, this episode is your starting point.
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In this week’s episode, Melanie Barr shares the leadership moment that changed everything for her, and how staying silent cost her opportunities no one even knew she earned.
As we move toward 2026, Melanie explains why your voice, your self-advocacy, and your willingness to be seen matter more than ever. You’ll learn the three end-of-year questions every leader should ask, how to interpret obstacles as direction (not failure), and how to step into the new year with clarity, courage, and momentum. If you’ve ever stayed quiet when you should have spoken up, this episode will help you change that story, for good.
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The holidays are beautiful… until they’re overwhelming. If you’re juggling family, meals, logistics, work deadlines, and the invisible labor women carry every day, this episode is your reset.
She Built It® CEO Melanie Barr shares a personal Thanksgiving story that changed how she leads and walks you through a simple, practical plan to protect your energy during a season that can quietly drain it. Learn how to set one boundary that changes everything, create a clear “Must do vs. Can wait” list, and use micro-rest to stay grounded even in a busy household.
This episode is for the woman who builds, leads, organizes, and holds it all together, and deserves to feel good while doing it. A calmer, more intentional holiday is possible. It starts here.
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You don’t need a perfect plan to build a thriving business, you need simple systems that work.
In this episode, She Built It® Media CEO Melanie Barr shares how to grow your business with structure, clarity, and purpose, without burning out. From her own turning point at She Built It® Media to the mindset shifts that help founders create steady growth, Melanie breaks down how to build a business rooted in focus and freedom.
You’ll learn how to identify the real problem you solve, create one clear offer that converts, build repeatable systems for visibility, sales, delivery, and review, and grow sustainably by investing in the right skills and support
You don’t need to do more. You just need to do the right things, simply and consistently.
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Have you ever felt that quiet whisper, I know I’m capable of more?
In this solo episode, She Built It® founder and CEO Melanie Barr shares how to bridge that moment between where you are and where you want to be. Through personal stories and lessons from her own growth at She Built It Media, Melanie unpacks how upskilling, in leadership, AI, communication, and strategy, can transform not just your business, but the way you see yourself. You’ll learn why curiosity, not perfection, is the true driver of progress, and how one small decision to learn something new can open doors you didn’t even know existed. Your next level isn’t about doing more, it’s about growing with intention.
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00:00 – When it’s time to level up
01:15 – The power of curiosity in business
02:40 – How Melanie leveled up She Built It Media
03:50 – What upskilling really looks like
05:10 – How one skill can change everything
Burnout isn’t a failure, it’s feedback.
In this solo episode, She Built It® founder and CEO Melanie Barr shares what she’s learned after interviewing hundreds of women leaders and entrepreneurs who love their work but are exhausted by the pace.
Melanie dives into why burnout is so common among women business owners, what the data really shows, and the structural shifts that make success sustainable, from selling outcomes (not hours) to creating steady income and pricing work for real value.
You’ll hear how to protect your energy, redesign your systems, and reconnect with the question that started it all: What brings you joy? Because joy isn’t what happens after success, it’s what sustains it.
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Accountability is one of the most overlooked, and most powerful, ingredients in growth. In this solo episode, She Built It® Media CEO Melanie Barr shares what real accountability looks like beyond the spreadsheets and check-ins.
From her own experience growing She Built It®, Melanie reveals how one trusted person can shift everything, not by pushing you harder, but by helping you stay aligned, grounded, and focused on what truly matters. You’ll learn how to find your accountability partner, the questions that create clarity (“Are you moving forward toward what you want, or just staying busy?”), and how consistency and truth-telling build momentum that lasts. If you’re ready to move from busy to intentional, this episode will help you find (and become) the kind of accountability partner that fuels growth, courage, and calm.
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There’s a moment in every entrepreneur’s journey when you realize it’s not enough to just keep up, it’s time to level up
In this solo episode, She Built It® Media CEO Melanie Barr shares how to evolve your team, technology, and operations as your business grows. She opens up about real moments behind the scenes at She Built It®, from restructuring her team to fit their strengths, to simplifying tech systems, to documenting operations that fuel innovation. You’ll learn how to lead with clarity, align your people with purpose, and create space to grow with confidence. Because staying the same might keep you afloat, but leveling up is what keeps you thriving. If you’ve been trying to keep up, this episode is your reminder: you’re ready for your next level.
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Growth looks glamorous from the outside, but the reality is often messy, demanding, and exhausting.
In this solo episode, She Built It® Media founder and CEO Melanie Barr shares what no one tells you about staying focused and motivated when your business is scaling fast. She breaks down how to protect your mindset, delegate effectively, surround yourself with the right people, and avoid letting the 20% of your work you don’t love drain your energy from the 80% you do. If you’re in a season of expansion and feeling the stretch, this episode will help you steady your focus, stay grounded, and keep growing without burning out.
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Sometimes all it takes is one sentence. One idea that lands at the right time and changes everything.
In this episode, I share a story of a listener who went from silence to stepping into her power, and how that moment transformed her career. I also walk you through five simple, daily ways to get more out of the podcasts you already listen to, and how to make your own show stronger if you’re a host. From curating your “podcast library” for tough days to creating repeatable systems that keep your show consistent, you’ll discover how to use podcasting as both a learning tool and a credibility builder. Podcasting isn’t just content; it’s transformation. Whether you’re pressing play as a listener or pressing record as a host, this episode will remind you that sometimes all you need is one conversation to spark your next big leap.
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00:00 – The power of one sentence
01:00 – A listener’s story: silence vs. asking
02:30 – How podcasts create transformation
03:30 – Daily ways to make podcasts work for you
What happens when confidence stops being a performance and starts becoming who you are?
In this episode of the She Built It® Podcast, I sit down with Sara Anderson, founder of Lead Out Loud and creator of The Resonance Method™, a three-pillar framework helping visionary women amplify presence, influence, and leadership. Sara shares her journey from acting in LA, to tech, to coaching leaders at companies like Adobe, Workday, and Cerity Partners. We talk about the cost of “performing confidence,” how to dismantle imposter feelings, and why visibility feels so vulnerable, but is the key to unlocking your next level of leadership.
If you’ve ever hesitated to speak up in a room, or felt like your polish erased your power, this conversation will remind you: confidence isn’t about proving yourself, it’s about resonance, trust, and showing up as your real self.
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Sara Anderson is the founder of Lead Out Loud and creator of The Resonance Method™, a three-pillar framework helping visionary women amplify their presence, influence, and leadership. Since launching her business in 2021, Sara has coached leaders at companies like Adobe, Workday, and Cerity Partners, guiding them to own their voices, step into visibility, and lead with authenticity. Her work blends mindset, emotional intelligence, and communication strategy to unlock embodied confidence and magnetic leadership. Through her programs and events, Sara is redefining what it means to lead—helping women turn their boldest visions into reality.
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Does your marketing ever feel like a treadmill, posting here, tweaking there, only to have the algorithm change again?
In this episode of the She Built It® Podcast, I share how one weekly podcast conversation became the steady center of my entire marketing strategy. For eight years, I’ve watched one recording turn into clips, quotes, blogs, emails, and most importantly, real connections. Listeners begin to trust you, not because you say you’re the expert, but because your consistency shows it. If marketing feels scattered, this episode will show you how to use your podcast as the foundation that fuels everything else. A podcast doesn’t replace your marketing, it strengthens it, simplifies it, and gives it staying power. Listen in to discover how one episode can create momentum, build lasting trust, and make your marketing feel more human.
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What does it take to turn a bold idea into a timeless brand? In this inspiring episode, Melanie Barr talks with Deborah Pagani, celebrity hairstylist turned luxury designer and founder of Deborah Pagani Beauty. Deborah shares her incredible journey from working with icons like Prince and Cyndi Lauper to launching a luxury haircare line rooted in clean ingredients, elevated design, and intentional elegance.
She opens up about trusting her instincts, pivoting through challenges, and launching a now-iconic hairpin that blends function with fashion. Deborah also shares how motherhood, resilience, and creativity shape her leadership, and why success doesn’t have to follow someone else’s blueprint.
Whether you’re a founder, beauty lover, or creative entrepreneur, this episode is a reminder that you are exactly where you’re meant to be.
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Deborah Pagani is a visionary in luxury beauty and design, renowned for blending her background as a celebrity hairstylist with her passion for high-end aesthetics. Trained under icons like John Sahag and Oribe Canales, she went on to style legends including Prince and Cyndi Lauper, establishing her place in New York’s elite beauty scene. With the launch of Deborah Pagani Beauty, she introduced a new evolution of luxury haircare—formulations that marry indulgent design with uncompromising, clean ingredients. Each product reflects her dedication to elegance, quality, and the transformative power of beauty rituals, offering a modern, unapologetic take on true luxury.
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What really drives business growth today? Gwen Hammes, co-CEO of Cro Metrics, joins me to share how she went from global agency leader to data-driven growth strategist - helping brands like Google, Hyatt, Bombas, and Talkspace unlock next-level success.
In this conversation, Gwen reveals what most leaders miss when it comes to AI, martech, and website strategy, and why the human element still matters more than ever. We also talk about customer journey insights that might surprise you, the key to building trust in a digital world, and why hobbies might be the real secret to career fulfillment.
If you're a founder, CMO, or curious lifelong learner, Gwen’s perspective will inspire you to experiment, evolve, and lean into the joy of building something impactful.
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Gwen Hammes is co-CEO of Cro Metrics, where they help brands like Google, Bombas, Mattel, Hyatt, Starz, Talkspace, and Tory Burch to unlock growth through experimentation. Under Gwen’s leadership, Cro Metrics designs strategic digital solutions that transform brands by delivering measurable impact and driving meaningful change.
Prior to Cro Metrics, Gwen built her career at global agencies including Ogilvy, FCB, and DDB, where she led cross-functional teams and delivered standout work for brands like Mars, Kimberly-Clark, Stellantis, and Levi Strauss. She’s known for her collaborative style, strategic thinking, and passion for helping CMOs tackle complex challenges.
Based in Chicago with her husband and two sons, Gwen is a global citizen at heart. She’s lived and worked in Argentina and Mexico, and brings a culturally fluent perspective to everything she does. Outside of work, Gwen is a stand-up comedian, farmhouse renovator, and devoted Formula 1 follower - with a glass-half-full outlook on business and life.
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Podcasting is no longer optional—it’s essential.
In this solo episode of the She Built It® Podcast, host Melanie Barr shares why podcasting has become one of the most powerful tools in your marketing wheel. From building brand reputation to opening doors with influential leaders, podcasting strengthens every part of your business strategy.
Melanie also shares the exciting news that She Built It® was recently featured in Forbes: 20 Podcasts Business Leaders Should Be Listening To—proving the impact of podcasting as a tool for thought leadership and growth.
Whether you’re looking to expand your influence, connect with new clients, or strengthen your brand, podcasting could be the missing spoke in your marketing wheel.
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What happens when a family legacy meets a bold mission for change? Rochelle Jacobs, co-founder of Naturally Serious, joins us to share how her journey, from watching her Persian grandmother blend skincare from tea leaves to launching a patented antioxidant-rich brand, has been decades in the making. In this inspiring episode, Rochelle shares how her confidence, entrepreneurial roots, and commitment to clean, effective beauty helped shape Naturally Serious into a lifestyle brand women can trust. Rochelle reminds us that confidence is a tool, self-care is non-negotiable, and that skin is more than surface—it's the story we tell the world.
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Naturally Serious was co-founded by Rochelle Jacobs and Sarah McNamara, two career-driven women and mothers on-the-go. They wanted clean and conscious products that supported their active lifestyle and personal values. Unable to find truly clean, ethical and effective skin care, they created Naturally Serious to take out the guesswork. NaturallySerious is committed to using clean, good-for-you ingredients and no B.A.D. (Banned, Ambiguous or Debatable) ingredients. They pack their products with their patented Anti-Pollution Blend of 6 anti-oxidants, which are all clinically tested to help combat visible signs of aging from environmental damage
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When Dylan Jahraus felt her corporate e-commerce career had peaked, a chance move and a few Goodwill flips sparked a journey into Etsy that would change everything. In this episode, Dylan shares how she turned a side hustle into a multi-million-dollar business—while moving as a military spouse, raising two boys, and building a thriving online community.
We talk about the shift from “what should I sell?” to “who should I sell to?”, the grit it takes to scale from $1K to $50K months, and the importance of pricing strategy, mindset, and product diversity on platforms like Etsy. If you’ve ever dreamed of selling online or scaling your creative business, Dylan breaks down exactly how she’s helped thousands of shop owners generate millions, and how you can too.
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Dylan Jahraus is an e-commerce expert with over 13 years of experience, best known for scaling her Etsy shop to $1M+ profit in just over 6 years before expanding to Amazon and Shopify.
In 2022, she launched the Multi-Six Figure Etsy Blueprint, a proven program that has helped over 4,000 students generate more than $27.47 million in monthly revenue combined. Her methods have built a loyal community of 110,000+ YouTube subscribers and 550,000+ podcast downloads on Etsy Seller Success with Dylan Jahraus.
In 2024, she introduced etSEO, a powerful SEO tool for Etsy sellers, which served thousands within its first two months.
Dylan is also a proud wife and mother, bringing that same dedication and integrity into the heart of her business.
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What if the solution you're looking for doesn’t exist—so you build it yourself?
That’s exactly what Samia Gore has done again and again. After a personal wellness transformation, Samia launched Body Complete Rx—now a nationwide, plant-based supplement brand. From there, she built FoundnWell, offering mental health support for minority entrepreneurs, and is now developing Cre8torMate, a tech platform for content creation and connection.
In this inspiring episode, Samia shares the real story behind building multimillion-dollar brands, navigating motherhood and divorce, staying grounded in joy, and leading with cultural insight and community impact. Whether you're a wellness lover, founder, or dreamer, this one’s for you.
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Samia Gore is a visionary entrepreneur, founder, and cultural architect building scalable platforms at the intersection of wellness, tech, and impact. As one of the few Black women leading ventures across multiple industries, she has launched and grown multimillion-dollar brands that center innovation, inclusion, and real-world results.
She is the founder of Body Complete Rx, a top-performing wellness company redefining plant-based health solutions; FoundnWell, a mental health platform supporting minority founders; and Cre8torMate — an AI-powered platform that connects creators to paid opportunities through tech-enabled matchmaking and community.
Samia’s work is rooted in cultural insight, business strategy, and a commitment to building what’s next. Whether working with investors, partners, or communities, she focuses on platforms that drive value, disrupt outdated systems, and create room for new narratives to rise.
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Sara Connell didn’t just write her way to success, but she turned her story into a movement. In today’s episode of She Built It® Podcast, Sara shares how she helps coaches, entrepreneurs, and changemakers become bestselling authors and TEDx speakers by owning their story and stepping into their brilliance.
We talk about the mindset behind visibility, why writing a book is still a powerful tool, and how to pitch yourself with purpose and impact. If you’ve ever wanted to turn your expertise into influence, Sara’s story will light the path.
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Sara Connell is a 5x Bestselling author and the founder of Thought Leader Academy where she helps coaches, experts and entrepreneurs scale impact + create 6-7 figures by becoming bestselling authors and in demand/TEDx speakers.
She has been featured on/in Oprah, The New York Times, Good Morning America, TODAY, Forbes, Entrepreneur and TEDx. Her books have been nominated for a National Book Award and Elle Magazine book of the year.
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What happens when you follow your creativity, DM boldly, and let your anxiety fuel your innovation? Meet Krysten Kauder, founder of Candier—the empowering candle brand now sold at Ulta, Urban Outfitters, Barnes & Noble, and Target.com. In her first-ever podcast interview, Krysten shares how panic attacks led her home, alphabet bead bracelets opened unexpected doors, and how one wildly popular candle turned her business into a brand with national reach. From quiet leadership to joyful hustle, Krysten’s journey proves that success doesn’t need to be loud, it just needs to be real.
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After graduating from OSU in 2008, I knew I wanted to do something in fashion, but unsure in what area. Then interned at Teen Vogue, Vogue, Marc Jacobs, IMG, and more. Fell into jewelry (showroom manager at Carolee, worked a Dannijo, etc). Panic attacks sent me back home to Ohio - met my now fiancé - started making alphabet bead bracelets - 17 Mag posted them on social - I started reaching out to editors, stylists, celebs, via Instagram - got the product on GMA and Today multiple times. Our photog's boyfriend made candles and they pitched making some for us - the rest is history - the candles were so popular we decided to focus on them and drop the jewelry. We are now carried in Ulta Beauty, Urban Outfitters, Barnes and Noble, Target.com and have collaborated with Disney, Amazon Prime, Sonic, and more.
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In this inspiring episode of the She Built It® Podcast, host Melanie Barr speaks with inventor and tech entrepreneur Sharon Samjitsingh, co-founder and CEO of Health Care Originals. Driven by her lifelong struggle with asthma, Sharon shares how her personal story and professional expertise in innovation led her to build life-changing wearable tech that helps people with chronic respiratory diseases. She opens up about the emotional toll of asthma, the importance of first-principles thinking, and her journey as a woman innovating in deep tech. Sharon's story is one of resilience, passion, and purpose—and a reminder that when you can't breathe, nothing else matters.
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When you can’t breathe, nothing else matters. The first time I almost died from an asthma attack, I was five. It was Mother’s Day. We were expecting a great day at church and a family lunch, but I couldn’t wake up. At the hospital, I remember my mom crying as I lay there on oxygen. My sister, who was nine, remembers my dad—normally a tough individual—pulling the car to the curb and breaking down sobbing, overwhelmed by fear he was about to lose his child.
That moment has stayed with me. It shaped everything.
Chronic respiratory diseases like asthma and COPD are silent thieves. They rob families of peace of mind, joy and futures. 690 million people live with these diseases but billions are affected, longing to be free of fear.
That's why I co-founded Health Care Originals— to bring peace of mind to billions. We’re an AI healthcare company on a mission to transform how chronic disease is managed, starting with the lungs.
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In this solo episode, Melanie Barr shares the real truth behind building a career or business that genuinely lights you up. From her early days performing on stage to working with top companies like Marriott, AT&T, and the LA Dodgers, to now running She Built It® Media—Melanie walks through how embracing your natural talents, staying curious, and saying yes to aligned opportunities can lead to a career that feels like freedom. Whether you're starting over or scaling up, this episode is your reminder that doing what you love isn't cliché—it’s strategic, sustainable, and life-giving.
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What if the solution your skin needs isn’t in a bottle—but in a plant?
This week on the She Built It® Podcast, I’m joined by Tammy Demos, founder of KLEOS+KLEA, whose journey to heal her own skin led her to challenge the entire skincare industry. From co-founding two beauty brands to starting over with nothing but aloe vera and a vision, Tammy shares how nature, resilience, and a bathroom apothecary became the foundation of a brand built on truth.
We talk about what’s really missing in “clean” skincare, how nutrient-stacking works, and why going fully natural was the boldest (and smartest) move she’s ever made. Her story is one of radical simplicity, scientific curiosity, and a mission to reconnect us with the power of plants.
Whether you’re passionate about skincare, love hearing stories of reinvention, or just need a reminder to trust your instincts—this one’s for you.
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Tammy Demos still remembers the first time she realized the power of plants to create beauty products. As a nine-year-old visiting family in Greece, she has a core memory of walking through a cypress grove with her maternal grandmother. Her Yiayia picked cones off the trees, brought them home, and made soap and candles. Tammy remembers thinking: "Nature is amazing. Plants have so much to offer." It was this philosophy she would return to years later, harnessing the power of plants to create the cleanest skincare line she could create.
Many years later, in 2019, Tammy found herself in Colorado, stressed, divorced, raising four kids, and with skin that was a total wreck. "My skin was aging rapidly, discolored, inflamed and suffering from melasma," Tammy recalls. Her self-esteem plummeted.
She'd been thinking about opening a greenhouse to supply plant ingredients to beauty companies, but the timing wasn't right. After co-founding two beauty companies (CosMedix and Osmosis), Tammy wasn't looking to do it again.
She changed her lifestyle, diet and how she took care of herself but then realized that it was her skincare that was hurting her. Her skin had become progressively stressed and had stopped healing. “I became disenchanted with skincare products—I’d been using the best non‑toxic formulas for years, and I had no desire to switch to harsher ingredients just to chase temporary results at the cost of my health.” It was this desperation that led her to reach for plants from nature. She returned to her roots and went all-natural. She snipped a leaf off an aloe vera plant, applied the gel to her skin, and hasn't turned back since. It's now been 6 years.
Once her skin was on the mend, she researched every potential natural ingredient she could find. For the next few years, she traveled the world, learning from beauty experts and aestheticians. "Through research and conversations with experts, I learned what really worked,” she says. Her new line, KLEOS+KLEA is the most luxurious and genuinely clean skincare system she could create. Every formula is built from whole, organically grown plants, not synthetic look‑alikes or chemically stripped “natural” imitations. She hand‑selected botanicals with the precise nutrient profiles the skin craves, because nutrients are the language of our cells - stabilizers, texturizers, fragrances, and preservatives are not. By abandoning the ingredients and methods she’d used at previous companies, she crafted something entirely new: holistic, fully natural, and more effective than anything she’s ever tried.
Kleos+Klea’s method works with nature to rejuvenate skin with natural nourishment. The products are designed to work in tandem with your skin’s natural rhythms, from night to day. “The ancient belief that ‘We are all one’ has never been more clear to me,” Tammy says.”Nature reflects the beauty we can all have.”
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How do we build trust in a world where everyone is overwhelmed, distracted, or afraid of saying the wrong thing?
In this week’s episode, Melanie sits down with Minda Harts—author, workplace advocate, and trusted advisor to global brands like Nike and JPMorgan Chase. Minda shares her journey from corporate life to bestselling author and speaker, and why trust (not talent or titles) is the true foundation of leadership.
They discuss how small moments shape trust, the hidden impact of silence, and what Minda calls the “trust languages” that every team should understand. If you’ve ever felt unseen or uncertain about how to speak up at work, this conversation will leave you inspired and equipped with the tools to start.
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Minda Harts is a bestselling author, workplace consultant, and sought-after keynote speaker, helping organizations turn trust into their most significant competitive advantage. Through her groundbreaking Seven Trust Languages® framework, she equips leaders, teams, and professionals with actionable strategies to build high-trust, high-impact workplaces.
Minda has shaped conversations on workplace equity, self-advocacy, and leadership as the author of The Memo, Right Within, and You Are More Than Magic. Her impact spans boardrooms and conference stages worldwide, with companies like Nike, Google, Best Buy, and JPMorgan Chase calling on her to redefine leadership and workplace culture. LinkedIn has recognized her as the #1 Top Voice in the Workplace and by Business Insider as one of the top 100 People Transforming Business.
Minda’s next book, Talk to Me Nice: The Seven Trust Languages for a Better Workplace (July 22, 2025), is set to revolutionize how leaders and teams harness trust as their most valuable asset.
In addition to her work as a speaker and consultant, Minda is an assistant professor at NYU and the founder of The Memo LLC, where she is shaping the next generation of leaders.
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In this solo episode, Melanie Barr is diving into one of the most important—yet often overlooked—pillars of business: trust. Whether you're managing a remote team or leading a thriving company, trust is the foundation that holds it all together. Melanie shares why trust matters, how to intentionally cultivate it, and the personal story that taught her how a team without trust falls apart—and how one built on trust can soar. From one-on-one to open communication and consistent leadership, we’ll explore actionable ways to build trust that fuels collaboration, innovation, and long-term success. If you're growing a team, hiring, or scaling, this one’s for you.
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What if healing your body started with what you put on your plate?
In this episode, I speak with Neka Pasquale, founder of Urban Remedy, whose background in Traditional Chinese Medicine inspired a revolutionary way to think about food. Neka shares how she went from private practice to building a national organic food brand rooted in healing, anti-inflammatory, and low-glycemic meals.
We talk about the “food as medicine” philosophy, the reality of scaling a fresh-food company to over 370 locations, and the everyday rituals that keep her grounded while growing a purpose-driven brand. If you're a founder, a health seeker, or simply love hearing how someone builds from their passion—this one’s for you.
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Neka Pasquale L.Ac M.S. is a California state-licensed Acupuncturist, herbalist, author and founder of Urban Remedy a company specializing in certified organic, non-GMO, gluten free, vegan offerings. Urban Remedy embodies the belief that "food is healing." Every product made blends cutting-edge nutrition with Traditional Chinese Medicine to offer the cleanest juices, teas, foods and snacks with natural functional benefits. Urban Remedy is certified organic, non-GMO and kosher.
In her practice she combines acupuncture and Chinese medicine with cutting-edge nutrition and lifestyle modification, to heal, balance and create optimal health. She holds a Master's degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine from The American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in San Francisco. She also holds a certificate in nutrition from Yo San University and is a certified First Line® therapy practitioner. In addition to her extensive university training, Neka has studied with specialty experts in the fields of nutrition, metabolic syndrome, Hep C, gynecological disorders including infertility, NAET Allergy Elimination, addiction, pain management, digestive disorders, and HIV/AIDS treatment.
Neka’s book Urban Remedy was released Jan 2015. Modeled after the retreats the author led at her home in Northern California, this book is designed to help individuals break out of bad habits, reset routines and intentions, and improve their health and nutrition through powerful foods, herbs, spices, and energetic techniques. This book offers more than 75 delicious, healthy, whole food recipes as well as guidelines for how to prepare for, enjoy, and come back from a cleanse through a holistic mind-and-body approach.
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What makes a great leader in a world moving faster than ever?
In this episode, I’m joined by Cerys Goodall—startup whisperer, culture builder, and the “unlikely COO”—to talk about leadership, resilience, and creating companies that thrive from the inside out. Cerys shares her untraditional journey from PR to the C-suite and how startups (and life) are more like puzzles than playbooks. We discuss why culture is your true competitive advantage, how to hire with purpose (not just pedigree), and why five-minute practices can transform your mindset and business.
Whether you're scaling a team, pivoting fast, or rethinking leadership, this episode will leave you inspired to lead with more clarity, intention, and heart.
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Cerys Goodall is a dynamic tech executive, storyteller, and changemaker whose career has spanned aerospace, digital health, and veterinary innovation. Currently the Chief Operating Officer of Vetster, a virtual care platform transforming access to veterinary services across North America, Cerys has been instrumental in scaling the business, launching new marketplaces, and shaping the future of pet health. Her strategic oversight spans marketing, customer experience, HR, legal, and operations—driving triple-digit growth while cultivating a values-driven, high-performance culture. Cerys is redefining leadership by putting people, purpose, and impact at the centre of growth.
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How do you go from corporate HR to founding a thriving business and singing opera in between? In this episode, I’m joined by Vicky Brown—founder of Idomeneo Enterprises and The Leader’s Journey Experience. We talk about how she accidentally became an entrepreneur, what most business owners get wrong about culture and communication, and why your team is your brand. We also explore how her background as a professional opera singer helped shape her leadership voice (literally). This episode is packed with real talk on growth, mindset shifts, and what it really takes to step into your CEO role fully.
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Vicky's passion for helping entrepreneurs stems from her own journey. After two decades in corporate leadership, she founded Idomeneo Enterprises in 2001 to provide HR guidance to businesses in need. Recognizing the challenges entrepreneurs face, she created the Leaders Journey Experience—an educational program designed to equip business owners and professionals with practical HR tools and knowledge. Fun fact: Vicky is also a #1 best-selling author and a former opera singer!
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What if your most successful season started with rest?
In this episode, Melanie Barr speaks with Feminine Business Coach Jennifer Whitaker about redefining success, honoring intuition, and building a business that works with your energy—not against it.
After two decades in high-powered executive roles, Jennifer found herself burned out and craving something different. She followed that pull and studied the Divine Feminine, becoming a spiritual director and developing a revolutionary nature-based approach to entrepreneurship. Her Earth Flow Methodology, rooted in the ancient Wheel of the Year, helps women grow their businesses with ease, rhythm, and sustainable abundance.
If you’ve ever felt stuck in hustle mode or disconnected from your deeper wisdom, this conversation will inspire you to build success on your terms—and find joy along the way.
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Jennifer Whitaker is a Feminine Business Coach who teaches female entrepreneurs how to build multiple 6-figure businesses with feminine and nature-based strategies.
She spent 20+ years growing multi-million dollar environmental and animal organizations. Following burnout, she sought a more spiritual path to thriving financially. She became a certified spiritual director and coach and formally studied the Divine Feminine for three years. This led her to create her revolutionary methodology where she weaves traditional business strategies with the Wheel of the Year—the main ingredient that has helped her clients create wild success while honoring their feminine energy.
When Jennifer isn’t leading her company, she can be found in nature, reading a good book, and spending time with her family.
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What happens when you leave a traditional career path and say YES to becoming a Positive Vibes Intern?
In this inspiring episode, Melanie Barr sits down with Amanda McCreight—artist, founder of the creative studio Aytuhzee, and co-founder of All Day Running Co.—to explore how trusting your gut and embracing plot twists can lead to extraordinary opportunities. Amanda shares her journey from dropping out of physician assistant school to interning for Jesse Itzler and Sara Blakely, building a bold career rooted in courage, creativity, and community.
From her first marathon to art-based brand building, Amanda reminds us that it's okay to start before you're ready and to build the dream as you go.
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Amanda McCreight is a Creative Director, Artist and Brand Designer. She is the founder of Aytuhzee, a Creative Studio dedicated to helping individuals and brands tell extraordinary stories and find their full expression through art, film and design. Amanda has taken an unconventional approach to life starting when she dropped out of school and became Jesse Itzler and Sara Blakely's "Positive Vibes Intern." In which she eventually became Jesse's Creative Director and Co-founder of All Day Running Co. She currently resides in Brooklyn working on her studio full time.
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You know that moment when you start to wonder, “Is it too late to start again?”
Terry Tateossian is here to tell you: it's never too late—and in fact, your best, strongest, most vibrant years may still be ahead of you.
In this empowering episode, Melanie sits down with Terry Tateossian, health and fitness expert, podcast host, and Founder of THOR: The House of Rose, a wellness brand redefining what it means to age with power, purpose, and vitality.
Terry shares her own journey—from building a multi-million dollar company while battling burnout and hormone imbalance, to walking away from it all and reinventing herself at 40. Today, she’s trained hundreds of women, walked in New York and Paris Fashion Weeks, and built a transformative wellness community for women.
You’ll hear why the old rules around fitness and aging don’t work, how to fuel your body and mind with intention, and why true health starts with shifting your mindset—not shrinking your body.
If you’re ready to stop settling and start thriving—this conversation will meet you right where you are.
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Terry Tateossian, is a health and fitness expert, podcast host, and the Founder of THOR: The House of Rose, a wellness community for women.
Terry is an ISSA certified Personal Trainer and Nutritionist, Registered Yoga Teacher, and IIN-Certified Hormone Specialist and Emotional Eating Coach. She is also the host of the podcast, ‘How Good Can It Get’.
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Melanie Barr, CEO of She Built It Media, provides five vital tips for launching a successful podcast. Melanie draws from her own experiences and those of her clients to offer practical advice that helps entrepreneurs and business owners use podcasting as a powerful tool to grow their brands and businesses.
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When you step into the spotlight as a podcast guest, you have a unique opportunity to reach new audiences and present yourself as an expert in your field. Having interviewed hundreds of women on the She Built It Podcast, Melanie Barr has learned what makes a great interview and how guests can shine like the experts they are. This journey is an invaluable lesson, and she's excited to share it with you, so you too can excel as a podcast guest and attract more clients.
CEO and founder of She Built It ®, Melanie Barr, is a Podcast Producer and Host, Community Creator, Speaker, Twin Mom, Wife, and Optimist.
As Host of the She Built it™ Podcast - a weekly show for over four years, she shares inspiring conversations with women around the world who are experts in their fields, entrepreneurs, and corporate leaders. The Podcast inspires you to ”experience the life and business that you crave” with the understanding that we all come from unique experiences and backgrounds while using our unique skill sets to achieve common goals. She shares the knowledge she learned while in management and business development selling millions in products and services for She Built It®, Fortune 500 companies, and entrepreneurs - Marriott Hotels, AT&T, and the Los Angeles Dodgers to name a few.
Melanie has led boards, both local and national, and assisted organizations with female-focused missions such as Step Up and the Women’s Initiative Network (WIN) at the Los Angeles Dodgers. She is a graduate of Leadership Los Angeles and the Annenberg Alchemy Program, and a finalist for the Women Making a Difference Awards in the Los Angeles Business Journal.
Jensen Savage is a powerhouse in strategic marketing, known for generating a remarkable ROI for service-based businesses. As the founder of Savage Growth Partners, she’s led marketing campaigns that have driven tens of millions in revenue across industries. Her work has been featured in Forbes, Yahoo! Finance, Wired, and Inc., and she’s recognized for her hands-on leadership, strategic insights, and results-driven approach.
In this episode, Jensen joins Melanie Barr to dive deep into how mindset and marketing work together to scale service-based businesses. She shares the pivotal moment that led her to this work, her thoughts on building a business from a place of abundance, and a real-life case study of helping a client go from $6K to $36K in one month.
Jensen also talks about the importance of delegation, staying focused on what really moves the needle, and embracing AI as a tool—not a threat. Whether you're starting from scratch or scaling toward seven figures, this episode is packed with powerful takeaways to help you grow smart and sustainably.
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In this episode with She Built It® Media CEO Melanie Barr, the focus is on mastering the art of conducting unforgettable podcast interviews. Melanie shares personal experiences and lessons learned from early mistakes, emphasizing the importance of genuine connection over rigid scripting. Through real examples, listeners learn that impactful interviews come from being present, following emotional cues, and asking in-depth questions.
Melanie Barr is the CEO of She Built It® Media, a podcast management company that helps business leaders rise above the noise, become go to thought leaders, and grow multi-million dollar businesses. By offering expert podcast management, media strategy, and compelling storytelling, She Built It® Media turns entrepreneurial visions into powerful, revenue-generating platforms. Entrepreneurs get to focus on their message while She Built It® Media ensures their voices are heard, their expertise is recognized, and their businesses thrive.
As the Host and Producer of the She Built It® Podcast, Melanie interviews thought leaders worldwide—including women building multi-million-dollar businesses, professional athletes, and Olympians—sharing expert insights and stories of success that inspire action.
Melanie’s career began in corporate leadership and business development, where she secured millions of dollars in products and services for Fortune 500 companies and entrepreneurs, including Marriott Hotels, AT&T, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and as Vice President of Millennium Corporate Solutions. Her experience in high-level negotiations and strategic partnerships shaped her entrepreneurial journey.
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Melanie Barr is the CEO of She Built It® Media, a podcast management company that helps business leaders rise above the noise, become go to thought leaders, and grow multi-million dollar businesses. By offering expert podcast management, media strategy, and compelling storytelling, She Built It® Media turns entrepreneurial visions into powerful, revenue-generating platforms. Entrepreneurs get to focus on their message while She Built It® Media ensures their voices are heard, their expertise is recognized, and their businesses thrive.
As the Host and Producer of the She Built It® Podcast, Melanie interviews thought leaders worldwide—including women building multi-million-dollar businesses, professional athletes, and Olympians—sharing expert insights and stories of success that inspire action.
Melanie’s career began in corporate leadership and business development, where she secured millions of dollars in products and services for Fortune 500 companies and entrepreneurs, including Marriott Hotels, AT&T, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and as Vice President of Millennium Corporate Solutions. Her experience in high-level negotiations and strategic partnerships shaped her entrepreneurial journey.
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What happens when a personal health journey meets a passion for skincare? For Elina Sofia Wang, it sparked the creation of ESW Beauty, a clean beauty brand now found in over 6,500 stores including Target, Whole Foods, and Urban Outfitters. In this episode of the She Built It® Podcast, Melanie Barr talks with Elina about her path from wellness discovery to national retail shelves.
Elina shares how she transformed plant-based smoothies into skincare inspiration, what it really took to scale her company from one intern to a thriving team of 18, and the lessons she’s learned about leadership, creativity, and trusting your gut.
If you’re building a product-based brand or dreaming of turning your personal passion into a business, this is a conversation you won’t want to miss.
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What does it really take to feel vibrant, energized, and in control of your health—even while juggling a busy career and life? In this episode of the She Built It® Podcast, host Melanie Barr sits down with Dr. Megan Lyons, founder of The Lyons’ Share Wellness, to talk about burnout, nutrition myths, the power of daily routines, and how to shift from survival mode to thriving.
With over 14,000 hours of one-on-one nutrition consulting and certifications in both clinical and holistic nutrition, Dr. Megan shares practical tools to boost your energy, balance your hormones, and make sustainable changes—without falling for quick-fix diets.
Dr. Megan also shares her personal story of leaving a corporate career, healing her own health crisis, and building a business that helps others feel their best every day. This episode will inspire you to find joy in the small moments and start making powerful shifts—one step at a time.
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Growing a business is one thing—scaling it with the right marketing, sales, and systems is another. If you've ever felt like your business growth has hit a ceiling, this episode is for you.
In this conversation, host Melanie Barr sits down with Jennelle McGrath, CEO of Market Veep, to talk about how B2B companies can modernize their sales process, expand their market share, and make marketing actually work for them. Jennelle has helped countless businesses streamline their operations, increase revenue, and bridge the gap between sales and marketing.
She’s also a HubSpot Diamond Partner, an SBA-certified woman-owned business leader, and the host of the Finding Business Happy podcast. She’s built a company culture that wins awards—and in this episode, she shares her best strategies for scaling smarter, not harder.
If you want to grow your business without the chaos, don’t miss this one.
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Jennelle McGrath is the CEO of Market Veep, a leading agency specializing in helping B2B manufacturing companies expand their market share, modernize sales processes, and elevate their marketing strategies. With deep expertise in digital marketing, CRM integration, and sales alignment, Jennelle partners with manufacturers to streamline operations and drive measurable growth.
She is also the host of the Finding Business Happy podcast and a contributor to Entrepreneur.com. Under her leadership, Market Veep has earned accolades such as HubSpot Diamond Partner, INC Best Workplaces, and recognition as an SBA-certified woman-owned business. Jennelle and her team are actively involved in prominent manufacturing associations, including AWS, SME, FMA, and AMPD.
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Are you feeling overwhelmed by the daily demands of your business? You’re not alone. It’s easy to get caught up in the daily grind, leaving little time to step back and assess what’s working—and what’s not. But what if the key to growth isn’t doing more, but refining what you already have?
In this episode, I'll walk you through the power of reviewing your business operations, identifying inefficiencies, and making strategic shifts that create clarity and momentum. Whether you’re scaling up or simply looking for ways to streamline, these insights will help you make confident decisions that fuel long-term success.
Your business doesn’t have to feel like a never-ending to-do list. It’s time to shift from chaos to clarity—and grow with intention.
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Melanie Barr is the CEO of She Built It® Media, a podcast management company that helps business leaders rise above the noise, become go to thought leaders, and grow multi-million dollar businesses. By offering expert podcast management, media strategy, and compelling storytelling, She Built It® Media turns entrepreneurial visions into powerful, revenue-generating platforms. Entrepreneurs get to focus on their message while She Built It® Media ensures their voices are heard, their expertise is recognized, and their businesses thrive.
As the Host and Producer of the She Built It® Podcast, Melanie interviews thought leaders worldwide—including women building multi-million-dollar businesses, professional athletes, and Olympians—sharing expert insights and stories of success that inspire action.
Melanie’s career began in corporate leadership and business development, where she secured millions of dollars in products and services for Fortune 500 companies and entrepreneurs, including Marriott Hotels, AT&T, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and as Vice President of Millennium Corporate Solutions. Her experience in high-level negotiations and strategic partnerships shaped her entrepreneurial journey.
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If you want to increase your brand visibility, grow your influence, and position yourself as a trusted leader, you need more than just expertise—you need a strategy for showing up in a way that resonates. Because visibility leads to opportunity, but only if people see, hear, and engage with your message.
In this episode, I’m sharing three key ways to elevate your voice and build credibility—whether you’re creating content, speaking, writing, or looking for new ways to share your expertise.
And if you want to take it a step further, I’ll also share how She Built It® Media helps experts, entrepreneurs, and leaders amplify their voices—so they can focus on showing up while we handle everything behind the scenes.
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Melanie Barr is the CEO of She Built It® Media, a podcast management company that helps business leaders rise above the noise, become go to thought leaders, and grow multi-million dollar businesses. By offering expert podcast management, media strategy, and compelling storytelling, She Built It® Media turns entrepreneurial visions into powerful, revenue-generating platforms. Entrepreneurs get to focus on their message while She Built It® Media ensures their voices are heard, their expertise is recognized, and their businesses thrive.
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Melanie’s career began in corporate leadership and business development, where she secured millions of dollars in products and services for Fortune 500 companies and entrepreneurs, including Marriott Hotels, AT&T, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and as Vice President of Millennium Corporate Solutions. Her experience in high-level negotiations and strategic partnerships shaped her entrepreneurial journey.
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When life takes an unexpected turn, how do you find purpose in the pain? In this deeply moving episode of the She Built It® Podcast, Melanie Barr speaks with Andrea Nakayama, a Functional Medicine Nutritionist who discovered the healing power of food in the most personal way possible. When her young husband, Isamu, was diagnosed with a fatal brain tumor while she was just seven weeks pregnant, she searched for anything that could give them more time together. Through tireless research, she found that food wasn’t just nourishment—it was medicine. Hear how Andrea’s journey through love, loss, and resilience led her to a life-changing career in functional medicine, helping others heal in their darkest moments.
Tune in to inspiring conversations with incredible women who are building their dreams, breaking barriers, and making an impact. Subscribe today and be part of the She Built It® community — where we believe if you dream it, you can build it.
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You want to feel confident, grounded, and in control of your mental health—but let’s be honest, it’s not always that simple. Between societal expectations, misinformation, and the pressure to "just be okay," it can feel impossible to know what’s real and what actually works. That’s why today’s conversation is one you don’t want to miss.
I’m sitting down with Dr. Courtney Tracy, also known as “The Truth Doctor.” She’s a USC-trained psychotherapist, a multi-hyphenate healthcare entrepreneur, and an award-winning content creator with over 100 million views. But more than that, she’s someone who’s been where you are. She’s one of the first therapists to openly share her own mental health journey, breaking the stigma and redefining what it means to truly heal.
In this episode, we talk about the real side of mental health—the struggles, the breakthroughs, and the hard truths that most people avoid. Dr. Tracy shares why self-awareness is the key to growth, how to break the cycles that keep us stuck, and why honesty with ourselves is the most powerful tool we have.
If you’ve ever felt alone in your struggles or wished for a therapist who tells it like it is, this conversation is for you. Join us for a raw, transformative discussion that will shift your perspective and give you tools to live authentically.
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Christina loved having her nails done, but the time and money spent at the salon every two weeks started to feel exhausting. There had to be a better way.
In 2015, she and her partner, Francois-Xavier Humbert, set out to solve the problem. They created Le Mini Macaron—a mini gel manicure kit designed to give anyone salon-quality nails from the comfort of home. No more appointments, no more high costs—just glossy, long-lasting gel nails in an easy, affordable, one-step formula.
What started as a Kickstarter campaign soon took off. By the next year, they landed in Sephora France, and today, Le Mini Macaron is celebrating 10 years in business, available in 30+ markets, with 500+ SKUs, and a multicultural team speaking 11+ languages. The brand has gone viral on TikTok and Instagram, and you can now find their products at ULTA, Target, Nordstrom, Anthropologie, Amazon, and leminimacaron.com.
On this episode of the She Built It® Podcast with Melanie Barr, Christina shares how she turned a simple frustration into a global beauty brand, the lessons she’s learned as a self-funded entrepreneur, and how she’s built a company that empowers people to do beauty on their own terms.
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In this episode, host Melanie Barr sits down with Nina La Bruna, co-founder of Fazit, the beauty brand that skyrocketed to fame after Taylor Swift was spotted wearing their signature gold glitter freckles. Nina shares the journey of building a brand with her co-founder Aliett, their passion for bold self-expression, and how a single viral moment catapulted Fazit to seven-figure sales in just 48 hours. From innovation to community-building, Nina gives an inside look at what it takes to turn creativity into a thriving business. Tune in for insights on entrepreneurship, brand growth, and making a lasting impact in the beauty industry
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Ever feel like you’re perfecting your marketing but still selling yourself short?
In this episode of the She Built It® Podcast, host Melanie Barr sits down with Pia Silva—entrepreneur, speaker, and author of the best-selling book Badass Your Brand: The Impatient Entrepreneur’s Guide to Turning Expertise into Profit.
Pia is the founder and head trainer of No BS Agency Mastery, where she helps 1–2 person branding agencies scale to $30–50k months while cutting their workload by up to 80%—all without hiring employees.
She’s also a partner, brand, and business strategist at Worstofall Design, known for building “Badass Brands without the BS.”
Having delivered a popular TED Talk on cultivating true confidence, Pia is here to show you how to charge your worth, streamline your business, and grow without compromising what makes your brand unique. Tune in for actionable insights on marketing smarter, attracting high-paying clients, and finally earning what you deserve.
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"What if the very thing that makes you different is actually your greatest strength?"
In this episode of the She Built It® Podcast, host Melanie Barr sits down with the inspiring Angela Chee—keynote speaker, media and communication coach, and author of the upcoming book The Power Of The Only: Own Your Voice, Thrive In Any Environment. Angela shares how embracing what sets you apart can unlock unparalleled confidence and success, whether you're leading a team, stepping in front of the camera, or navigating life's biggest challenges.
With over 25 years of media experience and a mission to help leaders become YOU, Amplified!®, Angela offers actionable strategies to break through barriers, own your voice, and thrive in any room. Tune in to discover why being "The Only" is not a weakness, but your superpower, and how you can use it to amplify your presence both on-camera and off.
🎧 Listen now to learn how to embrace your brilliance and step into the spotlight with clarity and confidence!
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When women succeed, everyone benefits. That’s the vision behind Victress, a company dedicated to empowering women leaders in the franchise industry and beyond. On this episode of The She Built It® Podcast with Host Melanie Barr, the CEO of Victress shares her journey of nearly 20 years in business management and her unwavering commitment to mentoring and supporting women at every level.
Tune in to hear:
- How her experience as a business owner, consultant, and leader drives the Victress mission.
- The unique challenges and opportunities women face in franchising.
- Real-life stories of transformation through mentorship and leadership.
This episode is packed with insights and inspiration for women looking to lead with purpose, build meaningful careers, and create lasting impact.
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Laura Nguyen knows what it feels like to succeed at the highest levels—and what it costs. As a marketing executive and entrepreneur with a career spanning Fortune 500 companies, Laura founded Solle Solutions to help businesses grow through data-driven marketing. But she didn’t stop there. Seeing the toll of burnout on high-achievers, she launched a coaching program and online community to guide leaders from burned out to balanced.
On this episode of The She Built It® Podcast with Host Melanie Barr, Laura shares:
- How she transitioned from corporate life to entrepreneurship.
- The keys to creating a sustainable work-life balance as a leader.
- Real-life stories of transformation through her coaching program.
- Tips for integrating self-care into professional success.
Whether you're an entrepreneur, leader, or looking to find balance in your career, this episode is packed with actionable insights and inspiring lessons.
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You’ve started your podcast, shared your story, and delivered amazing content. But now you’re asking, “How do I grow my audience?” In this episode, Melanie Barr, CEO of She Built It® Media, dives into the strategies and insights that turn listeners into loyal fans.
Discover how to connect with your ideal audience, create content they can’t stop talking about, and build a community that amplifies your brand. Podcasting isn’t just about downloads—it’s about creating lasting impact with your voice.
If you’re ready to take your podcast to the next level, this episode is for you. Let’s grow your audience and your brand, together.
💡 Tune in and discover the difference between speaking and truly being heard.
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Ready to share your story, grow your influence, and connect with your audience like never before? Join Melanie Barr, CEO of She Built It® Media, as she empowers entrepreneurs, thought leaders, and creatives to take the leap into podcasting.
In this episode, Melanie breaks down how to launch a podcast that not only amplifies your voice but also drives your brand forward. Discover why your voice matters, how podcasting builds authority, and how to create content that resonates deeply with your audience.
If you've been waiting for the perfect moment to start, this is it. Your podcast could be the key to unlocking your next big opportunity.
💡 Tune in, be inspired, and let’s build something extraordinary together.
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Your skin tells a story, and Dr. Tiina Meder is here to help you rewrite it. On this episode of The She Built It® Podcast with Host Melanie Barr, Dr. Tiina Meder, dermatologist, cosmetic safety expert, and founder of the microbiome-friendly skincare brand Meder by Dr. Tiina Meder, shares her incredible journey. From her early days as a dermatologist to creating an award-winning line of science-based, cruelty-free products, Dr. Meder reveals how her passion for safe, effective skincare led to a global brand made in Switzerland.
Listen as Dr. Meder dives into:
- Why microbiome-friendly skincare is a game-changer for healthy skin.
- How she balances cutting-edge science with consumer needs.
- The challenges of building a sustainable global skincare business.
- Advice for entrepreneurs breaking into competitive industries.
If you’re a business leader or entrepreneur, this episode is packed with insights on creating products that solve real problems while staying true to your values.
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Are you ready to take your business from 6 to 7 figures but feel like you're hitting growth barriers? In this episode, host Melanie Barr sits down with Victoria Hajjar, founder of Ugli Ventures. Victoria and her company are on a mission to empower women to break through the million-dollar mark. Victoria shares her proven playbook on optimizing sales and marketing, building resilient teams, and mastering leadership—all to help you establish a sustainable, profitable business. She’s helped clients achieve million-dollar months and land in Forbes 40 under 40, and now she’s sharing these strategies with you. If you’re ready to scale, gain the confidence to lead, and join a community of ambitious women, this episode is for you. Join host Melanie Barr and guest Victoria Hajjar in this knowledgeable and inspiring episode.
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What does it take to take a soap company public? For Deanna Wallin, it started with a leap of faith and a mission to help others.
On this episode of the She Built It® Podcast with Host Melanie Barr, Deanna shares how she grew Naples Soap Company from a single 300-square-foot shop into a multimillion-dollar brand with 13 retail locations, a nationwide e-commerce presence, and a successful listing on the stock market.
Deanna opens up about the challenges of transitioning from her career as a nurse to becoming an entrepreneur, the innovation behind her natural skincare products, and the leadership lessons that powered her company’s success.
This episode is packed with insights for business leaders and dreamers who want to scale their companies, navigate major transitions, or turn their passion into a thriving business.
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If you’re a business leader or entrepreneur looking to scale with purpose, this conversation dives into the challenges and strategies of creating brands that truly connect with customers. Brittany shares her lessons on team building, brand authenticity, and the power of human-centered marketing, reminding us that a successful business isn’t just about growth—it’s about making a meaningful impact. Brittany's insights offer a playbook for entrepreneurs who want to lead with purpose, build authentic connections, and empower others through their work.
In this episode of the She Built It® Podcast, host Melanie Barr talks with Brittany Lo, founder of Beautini and Beia, two brands redefining beauty and confidence. Brittany knows the journey of building a brand from scratch, scaling her bridal beauty experience, Beautini, to a team of 80 stylists and launching Beia to bring intimate, luxurious self-care products to market.
Tune in to learn how to turn your vision into a brand that resonates, scales, and inspires.
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In this episode of the She Built It® Podcast, host Melanie Barr sits down with Jessica Rhodes, founder of Interview Connections, the world’s first podcast booking agency. Jessica shares how she’s transformed the way entrepreneurs grow their businesses by becoming podcast guests, using this unique approach to build influence, connect authentically, and reach new audiences. With over 30,000 podcast interviews booked, Jessica reveals the strategies she and her team use to help clients go from being the ‘best-kept secret’ to recognized thought leaders.
If you’re a business leader or entrepreneur looking to scale your impact, Jessica’s insights on leveraging podcast guesting to drive revenue and grow your brand will inspire you. Jessica dives into the power of human connection, authentic storytelling, and how showing up as a podcast guest can do more for your business than traditional marketing alone. Join us for an episode packed with strategies to help you take your voice—and your business—to the next level.
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Are you feeling the strain of trying to keep your business running smoothly but hitting roadblocks with team alignment, tech challenges, or communication gaps? You’re not alone, and you don’t have to navigate these issues by yourself. In this episode of the She Built It® Podcast, host Melanie Barr dives into real solutions that can help you streamline operations, empower your team, and free up resources to drive more revenue. She’ll talk through practical ways to create clarity for your team, select tech that actually works for you, and build a culture that makes everyone feel invested. Imagine moving past these day-to-day challenges and focusing on what really matters—growing your business and supporting your team. Join as we tackle these pain points together, and let’s build a stronger, more profitable business.
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Imagine scaling your business to seven figures within the first 12 months—Kenda Laney did just that, and today, she’s here to share how you can, too.
Host Melanie Barr sits down with Kenda Laney, the powerhouse CEO and founder of Laney Media and The Social Media Millionaire™ Membership. Kenda's journey is nothing short of remarkable. Born with a rare eye cancer, Kenda transformed her challenges into a unique perspective that fueled her path from barrel racing to mentoring over 1,000 brands in the online space. With clients generating over $100 million in annual sales, Kenda shares the strategies, mindset shifts, and social media secrets that can help you achieve seven-figure success. This episode is for anyone ready to scale their business, overcome obstacles, and turn dreams into results.
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I’m Melanie Barr, CEO of She Built It® and your host for this solo episode. Today, we dive into what it takes to unlock your next big leap. Imagine if the only thing standing between where you are now and where you want to be is the strength of self-belief and confidence.
Whether you’re considering a career change, launching a new venture, or making a personal shift, this episode is filled with real-life stories, strategies, and insights to help you push through fear, trust yourself, and take that essential step forward.
The life and business you’ve been dreaming of? They’re within reach. Let’s discover what’s possible—together.
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In this episode of the She Built It® Podcast, host Melanie Barr welcomes Amanda Lemmage, the visionary owner of Skingevity Med Spa. With 24 years of experience in wellness and skincare, Amanda has mastered the art of blending aesthetics and business. From her beginnings in interior design and healthcare to building a renowned med spa, Amanda shares how she created a sanctuary of healing and beauty—where “the injectable is undetectable.”
Tune in as Amanda discusses her holistic approach to treatments, her passion for mentoring technicians and entrepreneurs, and her experiences as a global speaker featured in Vogue, Vanity Fair, and USA Today. Discover how Amanda’s journey has been about more than aesthetics—it's about empowering others, fostering well-being, and creating a nurturing environment for all.
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In this episode of the She Built It® Podcast, host Melanie Barr sits down with Alena Olsen, a remarkable athlete who has not only excelled in the world of rugby but has also become a powerful advocate for environmental sustainability. Since joining the USA Women’s Rugby 7s team in 2018, Alena has competed in over 20 World Series tournaments, 2 Pan-American Games, one World Cup, and helped her team earn a historic bronze medal at the Olympic Games.
Beyond her athletic success, Alena is a recipient of the International Olympic Committee's Athletes for Good Award and the Green Sports Alliance Next Generation Leader Award for her outstanding contributions to sustainability. She shares her passion for leading "Going for Green" initiatives, working with EcoAthletes to drive climate action within the rugby community. From planting thousands of trees to launching a campus food waste sorting program and compiling signatures from hundreds of professional rugby players urging for sustainable strategies, Alena’s leadership extends far beyond the rugby field.
Join us as we explore her inspiring journey, balancing the demands of elite sport with a mission to protect our planet and lead the charge for a greener future.
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What if your idea could change lives—and the world?
At just 16 years old, Shirah Benarde turned a personal experience into a groundbreaking idea: a product to prevent drink spiking. By 17, she was pitching her idea on Shark Tank, securing one of the fastest deals in the show’s history with Lori Greiner. Today, as the 21-year-old co-founder and CEO of NightCap, Shirah has sold over 500,000 units in 40+ countries, making an impact while inspiring entrepreneurs everywhere.
On this episode of The She Built It® Podcast with Host Melanie Barr, Shirah shares:
- How she transformed a personal challenge into a global business.
- The lessons she learned from building NightCap and pitching on Shark Tank.
- Insights for leaders on innovation, resilience, and taking bold action.
🎧 Join to hear Shirah’s inspiring story and discover what it takes to turn a simple idea into a multi-country success.
This episode is a must-listen for business leaders ready to innovate and lead with purpose.
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In this episode of the She Built It® podcast, host Melanie Barr sits down with Amy Gordinier, the visionary founder of Skinfix, to talk about how she revolutionized the skincare industry by pioneering the clean clinical category and bringing the focus on skin barrier health to the forefront at Sephora.
Amy shares her incredible journey from working with iconic beauty brands like L’Oréal and Jo Malone to discovering a powerful heritage balm that inspired her to relaunch Skinfix.
Join us to hear Amy’s insights on the importance of using clinically validated ingredients, her experiences navigating the beauty industry, and her passion for creating skincare that truly heals and transforms.
Whether you’re an aspiring entrepreneur, a skincare enthusiast, or simply looking for inspiration, this episode is packed with valuable lessons on innovation, resilience, and leading with purpose. Don’t miss out on this deep dive into the world of skincare with Amy.
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In this episode of the She Built It® Podcast, we dive into the entrepreneurial mindset and explore the key traits that are essential for success. Melanie shares personal stories and how they shaped her resilience and adaptability. As an adult, meditation, a strong morning routine, and fitness have helped her maintain focus and a healthy mind-body connection.
is the Founder and CEO of She Built It® Media and host of the She Built It® Podcast. With a passion for empowering leaders and entrepreneurs, Melanie helps businesses elevate their brands through strategic podcast management, content creation, and expert editing. As the host of the She Built It® Podcast, she inspires listeners with stories of women who have built successful businesses by overcoming challenges and embracing growth. Melanie’s mission is to help business leaders become the go to thought leaders in their industries, build their businesses, and sell more products.
Tune in to hear practical tips on how to cultivate resilience, stay adaptable, and commit to lifelong learning—essential traits for every leader.
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In this episode, I sit down with Nellie Harden, a mother of four, author, and coach, who shares her journey from a tumultuous young adulthood to becoming a guiding force for parents raising young women. Nelly talks about her background in biology and psychology, the challenges she faced, and the inspiration behind her coaching business. She emphasizes the importance of building a foundation of worth, esteem, and confidence in children and shares insights into her coaching program. Nelly also discusses the modern challenges of parenting, such as technology and social influences, and how she navigates them with her own daughters. Join us for a heartfelt conversation on parenting, resilience, and personal growth.
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This week host Melanie Barr chats with Jacqueline Green, the founder, CEO, and Chief Strategist of Behind the Design. Jacqueline’s company is dedicated to helping interior designers and creative entrepreneurs build thriving businesses through a blend of education, coaching, marketing, and a supportive community. In this episode, Jacqueline shares her journey, the challenges creative professionals face in growing profitable businesses, and the transformative tools her team provides to empower designers to reach their full potential. Whether you’re a designer or a business owner looking for strategic guidance, you won’t want to miss this inspiring conversation on scaling creativity into success.
Join us to discover actionable insights from Jacqueline and her mission to elevate businesses.
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What if the secret to a product's success lies not just in its functionality, but in its ability to intuitively understand and anticipate users' needs? Join host Melanie Barr as she explores the fascinating world of UX design with Riddhi Keralia, a visionary entrepreneur who has redefined what it means to create seamless digital experiences. In this episode, Riddhi shares her journey from a young tech enthusiast to the founder and CEO of a groundbreaking startup that is transforming the way businesses think about and implement user experience. Gain insights into the innovative strategies that drive user engagement and learn how Riddhi's approach to technology is shaping the future of digital interaction.
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In this solo episode of the She Built It® Podcast, join host Melanie Barr as she takes you behind the scenes of her journey to create She Built It®. Melanie shares the ups and downs of building the company from the ground up, the lessons learned along the way, and the moments that have shaped She Built It® into what it is today.
Discover how Melanie navigated the challenges of entrepreneurship, stayed motivated through difficult times, and turned her vision into a reality. Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur or simply interested in the story behind She Built It®, this episode is filled with insights, inspiration, and candid reflections on the road to success.
Tune in to hear Melanie’s personal story and gain valuable advice on overcoming obstacles and staying resilient in your own journey.
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In this episode of the She Built It® Podcast, we’re thrilled to feature Kelly Evans, the visionary co-founder of Screws + Stilettos, who is transforming the way marketing leaders approach their strategies with the revolutionary "Market Like A CMO" course. With over 30 years of combined experience, Kelly and her co-founder have mastered the art of digital marketing, working with clients ranging from Forbes Top 50 companies to local startups.
Kelly's journey from building a multimillion-dollar entrepreneurial venture to tackling the inefficiencies of traditional marketing agencies is nothing short of inspiring. In this conversation, she shares invaluable insights on how to optimize marketing efforts, enhance brand visibility, and create impactful strategies that drive results.
Whether you’re a seasoned marketer, an entrepreneur, or just getting started in the digital space, this episode is packed with practical tips and powerful advice that will help you elevate your marketing game.
Tune in and discover how Kelly Evans is redefining the future of marketing—one strategic move at a time.
Kelly Evans, the visionary co-founders of Screws + Stilettos, are redefining the way marketing leaders approach marketing with their Market Like A CMO course. With over 30 years of combined experience, they've mastered the art of digital marketing, from Forbes Top 50 companies to local startups. Courtney, with her comprehensive background in digital marketing, and Kelly, who turned her entrepreneurial venture into a multimillion-dollar success, have united to tackle the inefficiencies of traditional marketing agencies.
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In this episode of the She Built It® Podcast, Melanie sits down with Molly Claire, a Master Coach Instructor and the visionary founder of Holistic Master Coach Training inside The Masterful Coach Collective. Molly is on a mission to help coaches elevate their skills, ensuring they can guarantee results for their clients while building a simple and profitable business model.
With her belief that you can coach more and market less, Molly shares her insights on designing the ideal quality of life you desire. As a 7-figure business builder, proud mom of three, top 3% podcaster, and best-selling author of The Happy Mom Mindset, Molly brings a wealth of experience and wisdom to our conversation.
Join us as we explore her journey from building a thriving coaching practice to empowering other coaches to do the same, all while maintaining balance and joy in her personal life. Whether you're a coach, entrepreneur, or simply looking for inspiration, this episode offers valuable lessons on success, fulfillment, and holistic living.
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🎧 Ready to take your business to the next level? In this episode of the She Built It® Podcast, we’re thrilled to talk to Sarah Walton, a renowned business coach and sales expert who’s been empowering women entrepreneurs around the world.
Sarah has been featured on The Today Show, speaks at global women’s conferences, and has helped hundreds of women turn their passions into thriving businesses they love. She’s the mastermind behind The Sales Mastermind and the exclusive Abundance Academy, where she equips women with the tools they need to succeed.
In this episode, Sarah shares her expert strategies on mastering sales, creating business abundance, and the importance of business coaching in achieving entrepreneurial success. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to scale your business, this conversation is packed with actionable insights and inspiration.
✨ Don’t miss out on this chance to learn from one of the best in the industry! Tune in and discover how you can elevate your business and achieve the success you’ve always dreamed of.
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In this episode of the She Built It® Podcast, I’m thrilled to have Courtney Hurley, co-founder of Screws + Stilettos, join us to chat about how to grow your business through collaborative marketing strategies. Courtney shares her journey as an entrepreneur and offers invaluable insights into creating a strong digital presence that not only stands out but also drives business success.
What You'll Learn:
- Entrepreneurial Branding: Discover the fundamental principles of branding specifically tailored for entrepreneurs looking to establish a distinctive and memorable brand.
- Business Growth: Explore effective strategies to scale your business by leveraging digital marketing tools and techniques.
- Starting and Scaling: Hear Courtney’s personal journey from starting Screws + Stilettos to scaling it into a successful business.
- Overcoming Challenges: Learn about the common challenges entrepreneurs face in the digital landscape and how to overcome them.
- Innovation and Adaptation: Discover how to stay ahead of the curve by continuously innovating and adapting your digital marketing strategies to meet changing market demands.
Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur or an established business owner, this episode offers actionable advice and entrepreneurial wisdom that will help you build a powerful brand and achieve long-term success in the digital age.
Join us to get inspired and equipped with the tools you need to elevate your business.
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Courtney Hurley and Kelly Evans, the visionary co-founders of Screws + Stilettos, are redefining the way marketing leaders approach marketing with their Market Like A CMO course. With over 30 years of combined experience, they've mastered the art of digital marketing, from Forbes Top 50 companies to local startups. Courtney, with her comprehensive background in digital marketing, and Kelly, who turned her entrepreneurial venture into a multimillion-dollar success, have united to tackle the inefficiencies of traditional marketing agencies.
How Stephanie Jarrett turned an innovative idea into a thriving business with Bulu.
In this episode of the She Built It® Podcast I chat with Stephanie Jarrett, co-founder of Bulu, a pioneering force in the subscription box industry. Stephanie shares her incredible journey from the inception of Bulu to scaling it into a successful enterprise.
Learn about the challenges she faced, the innovative strategies that set Bulu apart, and her insights on navigating the subscription economy. Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur or simply curious about the world of subscription boxes, Stephanie’s story is filled with valuable lessons and inspiring moments. Join us for an engaging conversation with a true trailblazer in the industry.
Stephanie Jarrett is the Founder and President of Bulu, a full-service, multi-channel fulfillment warehouse based in Lincoln, NE. Stephanie’s approach to fulfillment is about more than just moving products; it's about empowering businesses, big and small, to explore new horizons, strengthen their brand connection with customers and achieve their full potential. This pursuit of innovation and excellence is at the heart of everything she does.
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Today we’re talking about turning everyday moments into extraordinary moments and connections.
In the latest episode of the She Built It® Podcast, I sit down with the amazing Yanna Williams, the creative mind behind Dear Diary + The Group Chat Social Club. Yanna shares her journey of turning everyday moments into meaningful connections and her mission to build a community where everyone feels heard and valued. Tune in to hear about her innovative projects, the power of storytelling, and how she's making waves in the youth mentorship and social club scene. This is an episode you won't want to miss—perfect for business leaders and anyone looking to build their dream life.
As the visionary founder and She-E-O of three innovative companies, Yanna is at the forefront of social entrepreneurship, offering fresh perspectives on business development, mentorship, and community building. In 2018, she launched Dear Diary,Inc. a mentoring organization dedicated to empowering Black girls to write their own narrative for social and economic advancement. Dear Diary currently serves over 300 girls annually. Following this, in 2020, Yanna unveiled Dear Design Collaborative, a boutique consulting firm that has worked with more than 25 small businesses and nonprofits through expert business development and operations strategies leading to increased scalability and long-term sustainability. Keen on solving real problems and staying ahead of future problems, Yanna’s most recent launch of The Group Chat Social Club, a vibrant online community for Black women globally, fostering connections, collaboration, and community committed to ending loneliness in successful Black women.
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How do visionary leaders turn challenges into opportunities?
This week's episode with the inspiring Caitlin Dodge, CEO of Argus. Caitlin has navigated her way to the top of the business world, and her journey is nothing short of extraordinary.
Caitlin shares her unique approach to leadership, innovation, and creating a company culture that thrives on resilience and adaptability. Learn insights and actionable advice for anyone looking to build their dream life and achieve business success.
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- Her Path to Leadership: How Caitlin’s early experiences and bold decisions shaped her career and led her to become CEO of Argus.
- Innovation in Action: The innovative strategies she employs to keep Argus at the forefront of the industry.
- Creating a Dream Life: Practical tips and inspiring stories on how to balance professional success with personal fulfillment.
Whether you’re a business leader or you want to turn your dreams into reality, this conversation is for you.
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Burnout. It's a word that touches many of us, especially those in leadership roles. Whether you're launching a startup, leading a Fortune 500 company, or managing a team in business, the possibility of burnout is real. In today's episode, we tackled this important topic and shared strategies not just to manage burnout, but to overcome it and emerge even stronger.
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Liz Clark sailed south from California in 2005 at 25 years old aboard her 40-ft sailboat, Swell. She has since sailed over 20,000 nautical miles in the Pacific exploring for remote surf, learning from different cultures, seeking truth, living simply from the sea, and raising awareness about environmental issues. She has kept her nomadic ocean lifestyle going through writing, blogging, photography, representing conscious brands, and earning recognition as a surf adventurer, activist, and captain. She hopes to inspire people to live their dreams and reconnect with nature and our inherent Oneness. In 2018, she released her memoir, Swell: A Sailing Surfer’s Voyage of Awakening. Since then she has settled in the South Pacific and spends much of her time running the non-profit organization A Ti'a Matairea Island Protectors, and their projects for environmental protection, animal welfare, and youth empowerment.
Let’s talk about how She Built It®. This week, host Melanie Barr inspires a captivating conversation with Allison Taylor, co-founder of Le Prunier, an innovative organic beauty line harnessing The Power of Plum™. In this episode, Melanie and Allison dive into the story behind Le Prunier, founded in September 2017 by siblings Jacqueline, Allison, and Elaine Taylor. Discover how their passion for sustainability and natural beauty led to the creation of a unique product line that is transforming the skincare industry. Tune in for an inspiring conversation about entrepreneurship, family collaboration, and the beauty of embracing nature.
Allison has an extensive background in Marketing, Brand Development, and Management. She studied Communications and Sociology at the University of Southern California and honed her artistic design skills at Parsons New School of Design in New York. Prior to the development of Le Prunier, Allison worked with companies such as Giorgio Armani, Mother Denim, and STX Entertainment. She also has experience working in film, television, and music. Her acute eye for design, entrepreneurial sensibilities, and genuine love for all things health + wellness have finally culminated in her most exciting project yet.
On this episode of the She Built It® Podcast, host Melanie Barr chats with the brilliant Lindsey Witmer, a powerhouse software architect, startup investor, and the Founder/CEO of WLCM App Studio, a multi-award-winning software agency.
Join us as Lindsey shares her incredible journey from architecting innovative software solutions to investing in groundbreaking startups. As a visionary leader, Lindsey has built a remarkable career by turning complex ideas into user-friendly applications that have won multiple awards. Her insights on the tech industry, entrepreneurship, and the future of software development are not to be missed.
Whether you're a business leader looking to innovate or an entrepreneur seeking inspiration, Lindsey's story and expertise will leave you motivated and ready to take on new challenges. Tune in for an engaging and insightful conversation with one of the tech industry's leading lights.
Lindsey is a software architect, startup investor, and Founder/CEO of WLCM App Studio, a multi-award-winning software agency.
Lindsey founded WLCM App Studio (pronounced “Welcome”) near the dawn of the App Store. Her agency has built winning apps for clients across industries. WLCM’s work has been recognized by Apple, FastCo., and Webby as “App of the Day”, “Best in Class”, a “World Changing Idea” and “Best of the Internet”, and featured in publications including The New York Times, Oprah Magazine, and Vogue.
WLCM was recognized by Inc. for putting “purpose before profit” as a recipient of their ”Best in Business” award, and profiled in 2022.
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In this episode of the She Built It® Podcast, host Melanie Barr sits down with Karen Behnke, the visionary Founder and Chief Brand Officer of Juice Beauty.
Karen shares her remarkable journey in revolutionizing the beauty industry with her commitment to organic and sustainable skincare. Discover how she turned her passion for wellness and environmental health into the pioneering brand that Juice Beauty is today. From overcoming challenges to achieving groundbreaking success, Karen’s story is a testament to innovation, resilience, and the power of staying true to one’s values.
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This week host Melanie Barr talks with Leslie Danford, the visionary founder of Vitaminis. Leslie's journey from idea to impact is nothing short of inspiring. As the creator of a clean-label functional food and beverage brand, she has revolutionized the way we think about nutrition and wellness.
Join us as Leslie shares her entrepreneurial story, from the challenges she faced in launching Vitaminis to the innovative strategies that have driven her success. We explore how she identified a gap in the market, her commitment to using organic ingredients, and the incredible benefits of her products.
Leslie also opens up about the importance of community support, the role of mentorship in her journey, and her mission to make healthy living accessible to all. Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur or a health enthusiast, this episode is packed with valuable insights and practical advice.
Tune in to discover how Leslie is making waves in the wellness industry and learn how you can turn your own vision into reality.
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This week host Melanie Barr welcomes actor Maggie Lawson. Maggie, known for her roles in popular TV series like "Psych," shares her journey in the entertainment industry, discussing the challenges and triumphs she's experienced along the way. She dives into her early aspirations, the pivotal moments that shaped her career, and the importance of resilience and passion in achieving success. Throughout the episode, Maggie's genuine and inspiring insights offer listeners a glimpse into the life of an accomplished actress who continues to build her legacy both on and off the screen.
In this episode of the She Built It® Podcast we dive into the transformative power of morning meditation and why making time for yourself isn't just beneficial—it's essential. Join as we explore how a few minutes of meditation each morning can dramatically improve your focus, decision-making, and overall well-being. Whether you're a seasoned CEO or an aspiring entrepreneur, learn how to integrate this powerful practice into your busy schedule and start each day empowered and aligned.
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Let's work together to turn your podcasting dreams into reality. Reach out to me at hello@shebuiltit.com to learn how my team and I can help you produce your weekly show.
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Today we’re exploring how often our biggest successes come from what initially is our biggest setback. Amy Shoenthal, author of "The Setback Cycle” brings a refreshing perspective on turning life's obstacles into opportunities, emphasizing that sometimes, the most challenging moments are merely setups for greater achievements.
In this episode, we dive deep into the themes of resilience and transformation. Amy shares both the research and personal stories behind "The Setback Cycle," revealing how various individuals have harnessed their lowest points to catapult themselves to new heights. Whether you’re feeling stuck in your personal life, career, or in between, you’ll discover motivational insights that can help you reshape your approach to setbacks.
Amy Shoenthal is a USA Today bestselling author, journalist and marketing consultant. Throughout her career, she has worked with some of the world's largest brands, from Procter & Gamble to Google, providing strategic marketing guidance and helping shape their brand narratives.
Blending her marketing expertise with her formal journalism training, Amy approaches storytelling as sense making. As a top contributor to ForbesWomen and Harvard Business Review, she shines the spotlight on those who have been historically underestimated yet are doing the work to solve society’s biggest problems.
Years of interviewing hundreds of leaders, from politicians to Peloton instructors, fashion icons to founders just starting their journeys inspired her bestselling book, The Setback Cycle, which offers a framework to help people persevere through and triumph over setbacks.
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In this episode, we pour into the inspiring story of a visionary who stirred the wine industry by founding ONEHOPE at just 23, blending a passion for wine with a profound commitment to social impact.
Now with over 18 years under her belt, she's not just creating delicious wines but is also making waves with a business model that marries profit with purpose. Discover how her journey from an ambitious young founder to a seasoned industry leader has paved the way for a new era of socially conscious businesses. Business leaders tuning in will gain insights into leveraging entrepreneurial spirit for social impact, the challenges of sustaining a mission-driven company, and the secrets to balancing innovation with tradition in a competitive market. Whether you're an entrepreneur or a seasoned executive, prepare to be inspired by a story of resilience, vision, and the power of giving back.
Kristen Shroyer is a social entrepreneur and disruptor in the wine industry with over 18 years of experience. In 2007 she co-founded ONEHOPE at age 23, making her one of the youngest females in the country to start a wine company. In addition to giving back 10% of every purchase, ONEHOPE created its own unique distribution platform empowering anyone to join its mission to change the world with wine. Known for her ability to effectively build and foster partnerships, Kristen has been instrumental in the growth and success of the organization. Along with her partners, Kristen has helped grow the brand from 0 to 1.5 million bottles a year – making it one of the top 250 wineries by volume in the United States.
Throughout her tenure, she has demonstrated her passion for social impact and leads the company’s giving initiatives as Chief Impact Officer. Under her guidance, ONEHOPE has donated over $10 million to over 40,000 nonprofits. She has skillfully combined business growth with a commitment to making a positive difference in the world.
Kristen was named "40 Under 40" by the Phoenix Business Journal, "Girl On Fire" by Trends Magazine, and just recently an ATHENA finalist by the Greater Phoenix Chamber. She resides in her hometown of Scottsdale with her husband and two young daughters.
From the rush of marathons to the precision of nutrition coaching, Becky LaChance channels her passion for health and fitness into every aspect of her life. As a certified personal trainer and nutrition coach with over a decade of experience as a registered nurse, she blends her expertise and endurance to empower others in their wellness journeys
This chat with Becky brings a unique perspective on maintaining peak physical and mental health in the demanding world of business and leadership.
Tune in to discover practical health and wellness tips and motivational stories that will help you lead by example, prioritize your health, and achieve a balanced, successful lifestyle
“I’m Becky. My friends call me Becks —I’m a certified personal trainer, nutrition coach, and marathon runner. I’m also a registered nurse with over 13 years of experience in various nursing fields. oh and a dog mom to 2 amazing dogs :) Originally from CT but have lived in Southern CA for 10 years. I started my online fitness and nutrition coaching business last summer while also working full time at UCLA Medical Center.”
Welcome back to another episode of the She Built It® Podcast, where we dive deep into all things innovation and success in the business world. Today, we're talking about a topic that's near and dear to ambitious business leaders' hearts: becoming the go-to thought leader in your industry.
Join me on a journey of discovery, exploring the strategies, insights, and real-life stories that pave the way to thought leadership greatness. From honing your expertise to building your personal brand, we'll uncover the essential steps you need to take to establish yourself as the authority in your field.
When it comes to creating thought leadership I have some exciting news to share. After years of pouring my heart and soul into podcasting, I'm thrilled to announce that I'm taking things to the next level and introducing the She Built It® Production Company—a new addition dedicated to helping thought leaders like yourself bring your podcasting dreams to life. That's right, whether you're a seasoned pro or just dipping your toes into the podcasting waters, my team is here to support you every step of the way.
With over five years of podcasting experience and producing a show weekly - both in person and virtual, I've learned a thing or two about what it takes to create a successful show. From crafting compelling content to mastering the art of editing - trust me editing is key to creating thought leadership - and the technical side of things, I'm here to share my expertise and help you elevate your podcasting game.
So if you’re ready to share your knowledge, insights, and stories with the world, now's your chance. Let's work together to turn your podcasting dreams into reality. Reach out to me at hello@shebuiltit.com to learn more about how my team and I can help you launch a podcast and become the go to thought leader you are meant to be.
Whether you're a seasoned pro looking to take your career to the next level or an entrepreneur eager to carve out your niche, this episode has something for everyone. So tune in, take notes, and get ready for thought leadership success.
Melanie Barr is CEO of She Built it®, an online and in-person global community of women who share business knowledge, resources, and empower each other to excel in business and to be the best versions of themselves. She is the Host and Producer of this podcast, Community and Course Creator, Speaker, Twin Mom, and Wife.
Melanie launched She Built It® following a career in leadership and business development securing millions of dollars in products and services for Fortune 500 companies and entrepreneurs - Marriott Hotels, AT&T, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and as Vice President, Millennium Corporate Solutions. She's held board positions - both local and national - and assisted organizations with female-focused missions such as Step Up and Women’s Initiative Network (WIN) an organization at the Los Angeles Dodgers.
In addition Melanie is an Owner of Quail Ridge Assisted Living in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
She is a graduate of Leadership Los Angeles and Annenberg Alchemy, a finalist for Los Angeles Business Journal Women Making a Difference Awards, and has served on the Executive Leadership Committee for LA Go Red for Women American Heart Association. She received an award from the City of Los Angeles for exemplary leadership and volunteerism.
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Whether it's a power suit, a comfy tee, or that perfect pair of jeans, the clothes we choose can really make or break our day. But have you ever stopped to think about the role of clothing in shaping our confidence, especially when it comes to items like shapewear? Today on the She Built It® Podcast, we talk with Ratchel Pinlac, the visionary Founder and Chief Brand Officer behind Pinsy Shapewear, a trailblazing brand reshaping the fashion industry.
As business leaders, we often seek insights from those who disrupt conventional norms and pave the way for innovation. Join us as Ratchel shares her remarkable journey from concept to creation, navigating the challenges of entrepreneurship in the competitive world of fashion. Gain firsthand insights into the evolving landscape of the shapewear industry and the role of female leadership in driving meaningful change.
Whether you're an established entrepreneur seeking fresh perspectives or a business leader eager to embrace innovation, this episode offers inspiration and actionable takeaways to shape your approach to leadership and redefine confidence in the modern world. Tune in as we uncover the transformative power of entrepreneurship.
Ratchel was raised in Hawaii, then moved to Seattle for Business School where she spent most of her adult life and career. Spent over 10 years in ecommerce, specifically Amazon Corporate, growing consumer brands digitally on the platform- From Fashion, Home, Kitchen, etc. Her background is rooted in Business, Fashion and Ecommerce. She currently resides in Orange County, CA as she moved to grow Pinsy further.
“I started the business to give shapewear a new life and change the conversation around shapewear. I was inspired by my childhood trauma of wearing ugly shapewear as a child and being fat shamed. Its time shapewear was beautiful and wearable as an outer garment!”
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In this episode of the She Built It® Podcast we take a mindful journey into the world of business and wellness with Pamela Levine, the visionary CEO behind the leading yoga brand Manduka. In this episode, tailored for business leaders seeking inspiration, fitness, and strategic insights, Pamela shares the secrets of success in the competitive market of yoga accessories. From fostering sustainability to navigating supply chain challenges, each episode delves into the intersection of entrepreneurship, mindfulness, and innovation. Whether you're a seasoned executive or a budding entrepreneur, join us as we explore the transformative power of yoga both on and off the mat, guided by the wisdom of a seasoned industry leader. Tune in to learn about the Manduka community beyond the mat and gain invaluable lessons to elevate your business to new heights.
The world has never been more in need of yoga. That’s according to Pamela Levine, CEO of Manduka, the powerhouse brand widely known for their best-in-class PRO mats. Levine holds a rare position aimed at inspiring the practice and growth of yoga - a mission she feels particularly drawn to. Having been labeled a “leader” from a young age, Levine has always had a knack for carving her own path. From growing up as the only girl in a family of brothers to captaining her tennis team throughout high school and college, diligent work ethic came naturally to her. Fast forward to 2023 and Levine is at the forefront of championing Manduka’s mission. She understands that customers need a brand they can trust, while the brand’s communities of yoga teachers and students need products that they can rely on for a fulfilling practice.
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In this episode of the She Built It® Podcast, we’re talking about the world of fitness entrepreneurship with a visionary leader who has revolutionized the industry. Join us as we sit down with Sadie Lincoln, CEO and Founder of barre3, one of the largest and most influential fitness platforms in the world.
As a business leader or entrepreneur, staying fit and healthy is not just a personal pursuit but a crucial aspect of maintaining peak performance in the competitive landscape. Sadie brings a wealth of experience and insights into how she built her fitness empire from the ground up, navigating challenges, seizing opportunities, and disrupting the status quo.
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- The journey from ideation to execution: Hear firsthand how barre3 transformed her vision into a thriving business, overcoming obstacles and setbacks along the way.
- Innovation in the fitness industry: Explore the cutting-edge technologies and trends shaping the future of fitness and wellness, and how barre3 stays ahead of the curve.
- Leadership lessons: Learn valuable leadership principles and strategies for scaling a business in a rapidly evolving market, from fostering a strong company culture to building a high-performing team.
- The intersection of business and wellness: Gain insights into the symbiotic relationship between barre3 and professional success, and how prioritizing health can drive productivity and innovation.
Whether you're a seasoned entrepreneur looking to optimize your performance or a business leader seeking inspiration, this episode offers actionable advice and inspiration from a trailblazer in the fitness industry. Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn from the best and take your business and well-being to the next level.
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Sadie Lincoln is the co-founder and CEO of barre3, a fitness and wellness company focused on teaching people to be balanced in body and empowered from within. Starting in 2008 with the flagship studio in Portland, Oregon, barre3 has grown to include more than 185 franchise studios powered by female entrepreneurs, plus an online-workout streaming-subscriber base in 100+ countries. What started as a workout has blossomed into a full-blown movement made up of millions of people focused on body positivity, being empowered, and redefining what success in fitness means. Sadie is on Inc.'s Female Founders 100 list and the MO100 Impact list, and speaks regularly on the topics of mindful leadership, the power of body wisdom, and the movement to redefine what success in fitness means. Beyond running her company and being a global spokesperson, Sadie still enjoys teaching barre3 classes to many of her founding clients in her hometown of Portland, Oregon.
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In this riveting episode of the She Built It® Podcast, we sit down with Demetria Buie, whose remarkable journey from overcoming extreme challenges to literary success offers invaluable lessons not just for aspiring authors, but for business leaders and entrepreneurs alike. Born into challenging circumstances, Demetrias early life was far from the world of glamor often associated with bestselling authors. Yet, her unwavering resolve and passion for storytelling propelled her through the myriad obstacles that stood in her way.
Listeners will dive deep into Demetria's initial struggles, from her first encounters with rejection to the moment she broke through the publishing barrier, reshaping her destiny. We discuss the pivotal moments that defined her path, the resilience required to overcome repeated setbacks, and the crucial turning points that led to her eventual success.
For those at the helm of business or on the brink of penning their own stories, Demetria shares her insights on navigating the intricate dance of perseverance, strategy, and seizing opportunities. This episode is a masterclass in determination, offering lessons on leadership, the art of storytelling, and the importance of never losing sight of one's dreams.
Tune in to be inspired by a true story of transformation and success, reminding us all that the most powerful stories often come from the most unexpected places.
Demetria Buie is a Businesswoman, Author of the book “Refuse to Lose”, Mentor, & Magazine Owner.
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Today we dive into leadership and environmental stewardship. Our special guest is a celebrated author known for weaving sustainability into captivating narratives and a corporate sustainability leader who is setting new standards for eco-conscious business practices.
On the business side, Taabitha shares her journey towards integrating sustainability into the core of a company's operations. From innovative green initiatives to the challenges of balancing profitability with ecological responsibility, we get an inside look at what it takes to lead a business towards a more sustainable future.
This episode is a must-listen for entrepreneurs, executives, and anyone interested in how storytelling and sustainable leadership can come together to create a positive impact on the planet. Join us as we uncover the synergies between writing, leading, and living green, offering inspiration and actionable advice for business leadership and building a more sustainable world.
TABITHA SCOTT is a recognized thought leader, innovator, public speaker, and a 2023 Forbes Business Council contributor. She specializes in harnessing human dynamics for sustainable business success and is a bestselling author. Currently, she advises on engagement, innovation, and leadership for major organizations. Tabitha has spearheaded IT strategy during a record expansion phase for a Fortune 400 firm, and has held roles as CEO of Cole Scott Group and Military Assistance Company, as well as SVP of Innovation & Sustainability at Balfour Beatty Investments and Lend Lease Americas, leading significant business shifts.
Renowned for applying energy science to boost organizational innovation and productivity, Tabitha was instrumental in forming the world’s largest solar-powered community, earning White House recognition for her tech advancements. She is a prolific author with contributions to top publications covering energy, behavioral change, and burnout prevention.
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When was the last time that you experienced radical self acceptance? We sat down with Michelle Wenke, CEO of Pinsy, the revolutionary shapewear brand that’s reshaping the conversation around body confidence and self-acceptance. As entrepreneurs, CEOs, and leaders, understanding the balance between product innovation and promoting positive body image is crucial in today’s market. Pinsy has been at the forefront of this movement, crafting shapewear that not only enhances but celebrates the natural body, proving that comfort and confidence can coexist.
Join us as we dive into the journey of Pinsy, from its conception to becoming a beacon of empowerment in the fashion industry. Our guest shares insights into the challenges of disrupting traditional beauty standards, the importance of inclusivity in design, and how Pinsy is building a community around the values of self-love and acceptance. We’ll also explore the business strategies that have propelled Pinsy to success, including innovative marketing approaches, customer engagement, and the role of leadership in fostering a culture of empowerment.
Whether you’re an aspiring entrepreneur, a seasoned CEO, or a leader looking to make a positive impact through your work, this episode is full of inspiration, insights, and strategies for aligning business success with social values. Tune in to discover how Pinsy is not just changing bodies, but changing minds, and how you can too.
Michelle founded and was CEO of apparel brand Monrow for 17 years with an exit in December 2022. She operated and oversaw all facets of the company with an expertise in wholesale growth, operations, deep knowledge of production, manufacturing, apparel design and brand marketing.
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Ever wondered if listening to and following your intuition could be the secret to unlocking your biggest dreams? Here's the tea: Kate Van Horn believes we all have an intuitive power within us, waiting to be unleashed. Through her stories and insights, she shows us how to tune into our own intuition, clear the noise, and start manifesting the life you’ve always wanted. It's like having a chat with the friend who always knows what to say to make you feel inspired.
So, grab your earbuds and join us for this inspiring conversation that might just change the way you see the world around you.
Kate is an intuitive coach and healer based in Hermosa Beach, CA. She offers one-on-one readings to clients around the world and teaches tarot and channeled writing courses as forms of self-care via her membership platform, (in) a Healing Space. She is the author of her book The Inner Tarot.
Kate holds a degree in Sociology and Family and Human Development from Arizona State University. She is also a certified 500-hour yoga teacher and has extended her tarot reading and teaching business to include coaching services for women in wellness such as psychics, readers, and reiki practitioners.
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In today’s inspiring episode, we dive into the captivating journey of a visionary entrepreneur who transformed her passion for hair care into a thriving business empire. Carolyn Aronson, CEO & Founder of It's a 10 haircare shares her idea, highlights the challenges she overcame from product formulation to brand creation. She shares the importance of understanding customer needs, the role of social media in building a community around her brand, and how she navigated the competitive landscape of the beauty industry.
You will gain invaluable insights into the entrepreneur's approach to product development, focusing on what sets her brand apart in a crowded market. She also shares her experiences with scaling the business, securing funding, and expanding her product line to meet diverse consumer needs.
This episode is a must-listen for aspiring entrepreneurs, offering practical advice, motivational stories, and behind-the-scenes looks at building a successful brand. Subscribe to learn how determination, innovation, and a customer-centric approach can turn a dream into a multi-million dollar business.
After years of experience as a salon owner and stylist, Carolyn Aronson built a global hair company with a passionate celebrity and consumer following and is now able to tout, it is a multi-hundred-million-dollar brand and growing – all while still 100% owned by Carolyn herself. While Carolyn was no overnight success, creating failed brands and products before striking gold, she is now able to tout that her brand is sold in more than 25,000 professional salons, thousands of retail locations like Sally Beauty, Ulta, Cosmoprof, SalonCentric, and now in more and over 88 countries around the world. Carolyn has been featured in Fortune, Entrepreneur, Fast Company, Inc, Ad Age, Forbes 50 Over 50, CNBC, Good Morning America, Business Insider, TODAY, People, CNBC, and many more.
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In today’s inspiring episode, we’re talking to Dr. Mary Hannon, an ER doctor who took the leap into entrepreneurship. Dr. Hannon shares her journey from the fast-paced world of emergency medicine to launching her groundbreaking healthcare startup. We explore the challenges she faced, the lessons she learned, and how she's changing the healthcare landscape.
Dr. Hannon’s journey from an ER doctor to an entrepreneur is a testament to the power of passion, perseverance, and the courage to pursue one's dreams. Her story not only inspires those in the medical field but also anyone looking to make a meaningful impact through entrepreneurship.
If you're inspired by Dr. Hannon’s story and want to learn more about turning your passion into a successful business, subscribe to the She Built It® Podcast for more episodes like this. Don't forget to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and share this episode with someone who needs to hear it.
Dr. Mary Hannon, originally from Clifton, Virginia, graduated cum laude from the University of Notre Dame with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. She went on to attend medical school at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, NY. She completed her residency in Emergency Medicine at the Jacobi/Montefiore Residency Program in Bronx, NY. While in residency training, she completed a rigorous four year program working at one of the highest volume trauma centers in New York City and one of the busiest emergency rooms by number of visits in the United States.
Dr. Hannon views her greatest accomplishment at this time was that she, along with her husband, who is also a physician, were able to balance medical school and residency while starting a family and raising their two sons. After completion of her residency, Dr. Hannon was chosen to stay on as an attending emergency medicine physician at Montefiore Medical Center, which consistently ranks in the top five busiest emergency departments in the country.
In 2013, the Hannon family made the cross country move from Manhattan to Manhattan Beach and have happily called the South Bay home. Dr. Hannon has served as an emergency medicine and urgent care physician in several surrounding medical facilities.
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Today’s episode is about something we use, need, and at times stress about daily, you guessed it: money. But here’s the twist - we’re talking about making peace with it, understanding it, and yes, making it work for us in the happiest and healthiest ways possible.
Joining us is the incredibly insightful Hanna Bier, who’s an expert when it comes to financial wellness and “Money Bliss.” Together, we unpack the mysteries of having a healthy relationship with money. Think of it as a heart-to-heart with your wallet, minus the stress eating.
We’ll be chatting about: Why money makes us feel the way we do, and how to shift those feelings from anxiety to empowerment. Whether you’re swimming in banknotes or just scraping by, this conversation is going to change the way you view money.
You’ll find us on all your favorite podcast platforms, just waiting to share some money positivity with you. Let’s make our relationship with money a healthy, happy one. See you in the episode!
Hanna Bier works with ambitious women all over the world to recreate their relationship with money in a life-affirming, positive and loving way.
As an energy healer, family-constellation expert and certified life coach, she has woven her diverse skill set into a proven, and innovative capacity to allow her clients to transform their relationship with money from the inside out.
Hanna spent seven years trying to answer the question: Is it possible to create wealth without compromising our health, wellness and/or happiness. Can we actually create abundant lives while living a life of joy? Happily, the answer is a resounding YES. And this is the work she now does with clients.
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Welcome back to the She Built It® Podcast, the show where we dive into the strategies, mindsets, and the tools you need in the ever-evolving world of business and lifestyle. I'm She Built it® CEO, Melanie Barr, and today we're focusing on the pivotal mindset and technology shifts essential for thriving in 2024. Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur or a seasoned business leader, these insights are designed to help move you forward to success.
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Vogelle was founded by Laura Vogel while she was studying international business in Milan, Italy. During her extensive time traveling throughout Europe, Laura noticed a need for high-quality, secure, and fashionable shoulder bags crafted by true Italian artisans. After months of living in Milan, she began networking with leather suppliers and manufacturers around Italy to bring her designs to life. Driven to bootstrap the company on her own, Laura invested her savings from professional modeling and working in women’s fashion for Nordstrom to develop her prototypes and place her first order. Since launching in February of 2020, directly into the pandemic, Laura has established a robust customer base resulting in high demand and sales spanning every state in the USA, and international success across Europe, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. Her designs have sold out over and over again, and she is building Vogelle to be a brand that’s centered around travel, curiosity, and simplicity.
Jenna Spencer is the Founder and Visionary at AssistPro®, a fractional executive assistant agency. Since 2014, Jenna and her team have matched hundreds of busy leaders with their Right-Fit Assistant™, helping them achieve the goal of getting time back in their day so they can focus on the growth of their business, while also attaining a work-life balance for both themselves and their assistant. Her desire to further elevate leaders and assistants has led to the creation and launch of AssistPro University™, a platform devoted to providing executive assistants with exclusive community resources and professional development opportunities.
Jane Goodrich is an accomplished newborn and family photographer, a seasoned expert in photography business, a professional mentor, and the visionary Founder of Picsello. Jane mentors professional photographers about the business side of Photography and has taught classes and seminars for organizations such as PPA, Ana Brandt’s Baby University, The Baby Summit, and the Milkyway’s Business Retreat. She has also made significant contributions by sharing her invaluable insights on the business aspects of photography through platforms like PetaPixel.
Jane’s latest business venture is dedicated to empowering fellow photographers to attain their utmost levels of success. Picsello is purpose-built software designed to provide the tools and support for photographers in the management, marketing, and monetization of their businesses. Drawing from decades of industry experience and years of meticulous research, Jane collaborated with other prominent photography experts and led a top-tier tech team to craft an unparalleled platform that is changing the photography business for many.
These 2024 marketing strategies are moving on with or without us. Join Podcast Host and She Built It® CEO, Melanie Barr as she talks about mastering the future with the top 5 marketing strategies for 2024. AI-Powered Personalization, Immersive Technology Integration, Sustainable and Ethical Marketing, Voice and Conversational Marketing, and Data Privacy and Security.
What is one thing that you are going to do for yourself…just for you today. When we love what we do our lives become busy and sometimes we even lose sight of the things that we love to do and that make us who we are.
To gift that reminder, every week on the She Built It® Podcast, Melanie Barr, She Built It® CEO and Host asks each guest how they make sure to find and live their joy. What is great about this question is that every answer is different and we are inspired by each answer to live, learn, and do more for ourselves.
We hope this inspires you to bring more joy to your daily life in 2024. Thank you for joining me each week. Happy Holidays!
Liz Faircloth is a Real Estate Investor with over two decades of experience, co-founder of the De Rosa Group and co-founder of The Real Estate InvestHER, a platform dedicated to empower women to live a financially free and balanced life on their own terms.
On the personal side, Liz is an avid runner, has completed several triathlons and marathons, has two adorable children and is a New York Mets fan.
Italian-Indian designer and entrepreneur, Eileen Akbaraly always knew that she would find a way to combine her two greatest passions – fashion and sustainability – in a way that would make a lasting impact on her home of Madagascar. After working with several humanitarian organizations and completing her studies in Fashion Business and Global Communications, she founded Made For A Woman in 2019, the first women-led and women-centered sustainable fashion brand in Madagascar.
As the owner of Colson Strategies, Lauren Colson runs a small but mighty team. Lauren finds passion in helping business owners make the best, most informed decisions through financial information. Lauren knows you're working hard to grow your business and as a financial expert, she doesn’t take that lightly. Lauren, along with her team, take the scary out of your finances so you can focus on what matters most.
Her job is to empower entrepreneurs with the tools they need to make the best decisions in their businesses. Lauren is more than a business owner - she is a mother of two, a coffee lover, and a book-reading, beach-loving, mindset enthusiast.
Kaitlyn is the Founder & CEO of Theory Planning Partners, a boutique wealth creation firm for the top female entrepreneurs in the United States.
Before launching Theory Planning Partners, Kaitlyn spent the majority of her career at UBS Financial Services, Inc., where she held roles in both the southern and northeastern regions of the U.S. There, she developed more than 300 financial plans for clients with assets ranging from $500,000 to $1 Billion. Subsequently, she became an advisor on a private wealth management team that managed over $600 million for a few dozen families. Her career began in asset management with Putnam Investments.
Kaitlyn is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™️ (CFP®), Certified Exit Planning Advisor™️ (CEPA™️), and an Accredited Wealth Management Advisor (AWMA®). Outside of work, she is a spiritual seeker ravenous to understand why we are here and how to make a meaningful life.
Kaitlyn lives in Marblehead, MA, with her husband, Jake, their sons, Russell and Luke, and their affectionate dog, Bacchus. In her free time, she enjoys exercising, reading, traveling, and trying new restaurants around Boston.
Melanie Barr is CEO of She Built it®, an online and in-person global community of women who share business knowledge, resources, and empower each other to excel in business and to be the best versions of themselves. Melanie is the Host and Producer of the She Built it® Podcast, Community and Course Creator, Speaker, Twin Mom, and Wife. Through the She Built It® podcast she has interviewed hundreds of women around the world who are experts in their field of influence - CEO's, Leaders in the public and private sector, Professional Athletes, and Olympians.
Melanie launched She Built It® following a corporate career in leadership and business development securing millions of dollars in products and services for Fortune 500 companies and entrepreneurs - Marriott Hotels, AT&T, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and as Vice President, Millennium Corporate Solutions, to name a few. She's held board seats - both local and national - and assisted organizations with female-focused missions such as Step Up and Women’s Initiative Network (WIN) an organization at the Los Angeles Dodgers.
She is a graduate of Leadership Los Angeles and Annenberg Alchemy, a finalist for Los Angeles Business Journal Women Making a Difference Awards, and has served on the Executive Leadership Committee for LA Go Red for Women American Heart Association. She received an award from the City of Los Angeles for exemplary leadership and volunteerism. She is grateful for her twins, family, friends, and the She Built It® community. Melanie earned a BA in Business and Marketing from Loyola Marymount University.
As CEO, Tanya drives Greenleaf Book Group’s growth efforts and fosters a culture built around serving authors. Prior to her current role, Tanya worked directly with Greenleaf's authors to develop publishing strategies (including multiple New York Times bestsellers); spearheaded growth strategies, including Greenleaf's ebook program and the River Grove digital-first imprint; and built Greenleaf's distribution organization, working directly with retailers and wholesalers to develop one of the fastest-growing distribution businesses in the industry. Tanya is the author of Ideas, Influence, and Income, a comprehensive guide to writing, publishing, and launching your book--and monetizing your content.
Meet the powerhouse behind Art of Sucre, Emily Harpel. Emily started Art of Sucre in 2016 when she noticed there was a hole in the market for a chic twist on a nostalgic treat, Cotton Candy. Taking the money for her Wedding gifts Harpel purchased her first cotton candy machine and began spinning at events all around Northeast Ohio. Due to the pandemic in 2020, Art of Sucre transitioned into a CPG brand you see today. During the pivot, Emily took to TikTok growing her following to 1.3M followers, partnering with brands like American Girl, 818 Tequila, and Barbie, while growing her team from a one woman show to 20 employees.
Laura Parr is a trained business coach and mindset mentor. She has a background in business consulting with one of the largest consulting firms in London, and also started & scaled her previous business in Property to over £750k before selling to follow her passion. Now, she works with women who are unfulfilled and looking to create a legacy as well as their own freedom, to create and scale businesses of their own. She teaches how to set solid foundations to ensure a long-term, sustainable company, as well as how to incorporate social or environmental aspects to your company set-up, allowing you to create a venture that gives back in what it does. She is an avid traveller, loves new experiences, and absolutely loves the people that she works with to create some incredible businesses along the way.
Sherri Langburt is the CEO of BabbleBoxx and has been a pioneer in the influencer marketing space since 2007. A passion for storytelling and brand marketing, and a desire to create an innovative social media solution led Sherri to create BabbleBoxx – the influencer marketing agency best known for its co-sampling and signature box solutions. BabbleBoxx currently provides a full range of integrated marketing services to brands across industries. Launched in December 2015, BabbleBoxx was in 2018 named to the Inc. 500 fastest-growing private companies in America.
Natalie Byrne is the founder of ‘blank space’, an impact and communications firm, where she works with mission-driven brands, top CEO’s, celebrities, and philanthropists to activate their platforms, scale their impact, and create a meaningful legacy. Positioned at the intersection of impact, business and culture, her unique perspective creates the space for conversation that challenges the status quo and moves us toward future-forward solutions.
Clients include global brands such as WW, Unilever and Kroger; known as the ‘Founder Whisperer’, she also supports Founders and C Suite in the M&A process and post-acquisition on their impact, legacy and thought leadership.
She was honored to be a White House delegate under President Obama traveling with him to Kenya for the State Department’s innovation program for entrepreneurs. She works closely with the United Nations on innovative leadership and an integrating the private sector under the SDGs. A passionate speaker who is not afraid to tackle the tough issues, Natalie’s insights have been featured at SXSW, United Nations, Cannes, Sundance, Vox, UCLA Anderson Business School, the White House, the Guardian, New York Times and many other outlets.
Anne is a business growth strategist and process consultant. She spent over 15 years in the physical therapy field as a Rehab manager in a 3-billion dollar company with 60,000 employees. Managing the operations side of the business, she quickly realized the connection between the health of a person and the health of a business.
Anne went on to create Hilltop Operations and Consulting, an agency dedicated to fine tuning and streamlining the way companies run. She has a passion for helping bridge the gap between the business owner’s vision, and the team implementing it.
She’s featured in newspapers, magazines, and has appeared as a guest expert on over 50 podcasts on the subject of business optimization.
She resides in Denver Colorado with her incredible husband Matt and two amazing boys. You can find Anne and her family constantly outdoors on the water, attending sports games, and fostering rescue dogs.
Brittany helps entrepreneurs build businesses without burnout by creating minimalist business & productivity systems to do more in less time. She organizes routines, time management & tech to work better for you! A former Event Planner & Professional Home Organizer, Brittany is now the Marie Kondo for Businesses with her Consulting, Coaching & Podcasting. As the CEO of Brittany & Co, she uses her organization skills to help business owners simplify to amplify their income, impact & influence! When Brittany is not helping business owners, she is raising her twin girls, Kenna & Layla with her Husband Steven Dixon, Camping & Learning the Art of Wine & Cheese!
Without Danielle and her story, Plate Therapy wouldn't exist. Here's how it started: Imagine dealing with autoimmune issues, raising two boys (and one husband), while trying to get back to your optimal weight.
Here's the thing about Danielle. When she gets passionate about something, she gets PASSIONATE. She tried and researched every calorie-counting, restrictive diet you've ever heard of...but found mostly failure and disappointment.
That was until she started experimenting with Paleo-friendly, unprocessed, organic real foods, combined with the elimination of gluten, dairy and soy. Suddenly, Danielle began healing from the inside out. Inflammation went down, she got better sleep, boosted her energy and got in the best shape of her life!
That's when friends, families and even a few celebrities were inspired and asked her to meal prep for them. Which takes us to today. Danielle has grown Plate Therapy into a commercial kitchen, bringing healing and health to more hungry people. She continues to bring her personal touch and passion to our clients directly with complimentary support and guidance along their journey.
Nida is the founder of Nida Leard Consulting and Coaching, where she advises world-class experts to become legendary market outliers. She is a serial entrepreneur, top-tier business consultant, self-identity reinvention coach, and former Fortune 500 executive with more than two decades of experience in business, psychology, and personal development.
Nida works with highly exceptional coaches, consultants, and experts who want to build a truly innovative business that stands out from the rest with a one-of-a-kind solution and market position. Nida is the author of the One to Millions Entrepreneur and host of the Nida Leard Podcast show. She also has a master’s and bachelor’s degree in Business and Marketing. She has written articles for Forbes, Entrepreneur, and Brainz Magazine and has been featured in various media.
Susan Hamilton Meier is a personal branding expert who helps women untangle the zig-zags of their careers to find the clear shiny thread of their story and design the next steps of their professional journey.
She has helped Fortune 500 companies define brand strategy and create distinctive messaging. She is now using these tools, along with what she’s learned on her own zig-zag career path across business, art, and parenting, to empower women to craft their personal brand and discover a roadmap toward a life of purpose.
An alum of Harvard Business School and the Boston Consulting Group, Susan is on a mission to empower professional women to own their stories and unlock their promise.
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How do you make sure to find and live your joy each day? I ask this question at the end of every She Built It® Podcast episode and what is interesting to hear is that the answers are all so different.
Knowing and doing the things that bring us joy empowers us to listen to ourselves, honor ourselves and gives us the grace and space to be who we are.
Here are six additional ways to find and live your joy from She Built It® Podcast guests Winter Vinecki, Shelby Stanger, Dr. Simran Sethi, Jessica Procini, Kim Nortman, and Amber Caudle.
Alysa Teichman created an oasis where people can come and feel empowered, and let self-expression be the anthem for all. It's at the Shops of Highland Park in Dallas, TX and it's called Wildlike. She married the tattoo/piercing culture with an elevated jewelry experience. Additionally, Alysa is a co-owner of Ylang 23, in Preston Center.
Winter Vinecki - A 2022 Olympian (#15th), US National Champion, World Cup Champion, and Global Ambassador for wellness brand, Juice Plus+
An Olympic Athlete from Michigan, Winter started competing at a young age. She ran her first 5K when she was just 5 years old, her first 10K when she was 8 years old and a 10-miler at age 10. Winter achieved two World Records before she turned 15: firstly, the youngest person to run a marathon on seven continents, and secondly, for being the first daughter-mother duo to do so as her mom joined her on her quest.
She went on to become the Ironkids National Champion for 2010 & 2011 and spent three years as the official ambassador of the sport. Winter was first named in the US Ski Team in 2016 after winning the North American Tour. She is now going on her seventh year on the US Ski Team and has garnered results such as the gold medal at the 2021 Moscow World Cup. After Beijing 2022, she also became the first "Winter" to compete in the Winter Olympics.
How do you turn something that you love into a business? Ashton Keefe, Chef, author, and culinary stylist joins the podcast this week. When asked how she turned something she loves doing into a business she says “I was naturally inquisitive and creative which led to a little bit of rule breaking. Throughout my kitchen career, I would see a problem and think, why isn't it being fixed this way? I would have to sit on my hands. And that was challenging me as a sense of efficiency. I kept asking why isn't this being done in the most efficient, creative, and profitable way. These questions and knowing that I would do things differently led me to launch my business.
We talk about..
- Why a Give, Give, Get philosophy is beneficial in life
- The journey to becoming the author of two successful cook books
- Why she believes “people don't remember what they ate but they do remember how they feel.”
- How genuine connection, giving as much as you receive, and being in it for the long game, will naturally give you good and consistent PR
Ashton Keefe is a chef, culinary stylist, and author of two cookbooks with an extensive background in hospitality concepting, design, and launch/operations. She’s received recognition from The New York Times, Martha Stewart, and Food & Wine Magazine and is sought as an integral partner and colleague for brands such as Pyrex, Food Network, and Stonyfield. She currently works as the Resident Chef at Cuvaison Winery in Napa and regularly appears on NBC’s Today Show, ABC’s Good Morning America, and CNN.
Each week on the She Built It® Podcast we hear exceptional leadership advice from women leaders and CEO's running businesses from multiple seven figures to start ups around the world. This week they share their advice, leadership success, vulnerability, and the qualities that they believe make an exceptional leader.
Here are 6 tips to grow your business through exceptional leadership from Ciara Stockeland, Erica Davis, Stacey Brown Randall, Susanne Mitschke, Barri Rafferty and Virginia Frischkorn.
Do good and make money. This week on the She Built It® Podcast Laura Probst shares how she helps companies, individuals, and nonprofits figure out the impact and the good that they want to do in the world while also making money. “I help companies discover what is your purpose beyond making a profit? Why are you here? And if you articulate that to all of your stakeholders, investors, employees, clients, and your prospective clients, you're going to be more successful.”
We talk about…
- How she helps companies and individuals find their purpose beyond making a profit.
- Why Laura suggests creating working groups within your company to weigh in, create, and then implement a social impact strategy
- How she believes you bring joy to your day. No one can impact it and no one can take it from you
- Why volunteering with global brands led her to launch her company, Do Good: Make Money
Laura Probst is a marketing and sustainability thought leader for CPG, luxury, real estate and media brands, having led impact at The Honest Company and built award-winning purpose and ESG programs for Blackstone, Paramount, and Dermalogica, among others. In her current position as CEO of Do Good: Make Money, she has helped dozens of COOs, CMOs and product development teams reduce operating costs, increase revenue, and gain access to additional capital through philanthropy, risk mitigation, and community investment.
Susanne Mitschke is the co-founder & CEO of Citruslabs, the fastest-growing CRO (contract research organization) for brands. Susanne is passionate about supporting brands to achieve scientifically valid health claims. The brand, who have conducted studies for industry players like Arrae, Saie Beauty, HUM, Drink Poppi, Arrae, Foria, Naked Poppy, Saie, Fitbit, Trophy Skin is a Forbes 30 Under 30 company and works to disrupt so that consumers can feel confident when purchasing new products. Susanne Mitschke is on a mission to provide brands with affordable clinical studies to create research-backed product claims that drive business growth and further transparency for the consumer. Susanne is originally from Germany, but resides in Santa Monica, CA.
Stacey Brown Randall is the multiple award-winning author of Generating Business Referrals Without Asking, host of the Roadmap to Referrals podcast and national speaker.
Stacey teaches business owners how to generate referrals naturally… without manipulating, incentivizing or even asking.
She has been featured in national publications like Entrepreneur magazine, Investor Business Daily, Forbes, and more.
Gudrun Cuillo was born in Leibnitz, Austria. Her instinctive artistic flair led to a career in opera as an artist-in-residence for stage scenery and makeup. That work eventually took Gudrun to New York to continue her education.
While enjoying traveling throughout the U.S., Gudrun came to Florida where she fell in love with a successful entrepreneur and Broadway producer, Robert Cuillo, who was also Italian American. They married and in the ensuing years they established Casalvento Winery in Radda, Chianti, Siena, Italy, and restored Livernano, a nearby medieval village, to its original splendor.
Gudrun has had two career passions: winemaking, which has garnered numerous awards and much recognition for Casalvento Winery, and writing. In her debut novel, Gudrun combines her life experience with her gift for storytelling.
Gudrun spends her time between Austria, Italy, and Palm Beach, Florida.
Heather Lovato is a passionate entrepreneur, wife, mother of two and founder and CEO of clover PR. She started her conscious creative agency in 2013 with a vision to help elevate brands in beauty, health and wellness.
Always inspired to change the accepted norms, Lovato launched rhythm in 2022. rhythm is a holistic approach to period care to help women feel more confident, comfortable and at ease during their entire menstrual cycle with mindful, eco-friendly and effective products and supplements.
Ariel Garcia is a self-taught creative director, brand & web designer from Portland, Oregon. Inspired by her love for pushing the boundaries of creative innovation, ByAriel was born. Through her creative agency she works with industry leaders all around the globe, turning emerging innovative brands into industry icons. She also mentors other graphic designers on developing their unique creative voice through her program, Drop Dead Designer. When she's not working, she loves traveling the world (30+ countries & counting!), renovating her home with her husband, Levi, and obsessing over her 10-pound pup, Panda.
Jessica Procini, founder and leader of Escape From Emotional Eating®, joins the She Built It® podcast. Jessica created a unique process grounded in a decade of research, a background in the Psychology of Eating, Transformational Coaching methods, and her own personal emotional eating journey so her clients can learn to use food as a nourishing asset rather than a self-destructive way to cope, soothe and escape their busy, stressful lives. Since 2011, she has been helping high achieving women heal the roots of their emotional eating so they can embody their full potential.
Shelby Stanger is the host and creator of the hit podcast, Wild Ideas Worth Living, an REI Co-Op Studios production. Over the years, her work has appeared everywhere from Outside Magazine to ESPN, and she has spoken to organizations like The Girl Scouts of America, NPR, and Creative Mornings, and has a TEDx talk coming this year. Always chasing adventure herself, Shelby has surfed from Canada to Costa Rica; sand-boarded down desolate dunes in Cape Town; paddled down a remote portion of the Amazon River (so many bug bites); and interviewed countless CEOs, athletes, activists, and thought leaders. She regularly consults with highly motivated individuals and brands to tell better stories and even launch their own podcasts and wild ideas.
Some people are visionaries and some are executors. Jessica Kogan is both. After helping brands like Prada, Gucci, and Giorgio Armani carve out their digital niches, she found herself ready for something new.
She co-founded Cameron Hughes Wine and never looked back. Twenty-one years later, it remains a leader in DTC wine sales — and Jessica, now serving as their Chief Growth & Experience Officer, remains a strategy powerhouse within it and all brands nestled under the Vintage Wine Estates umbrella.
Kris Jones is the founder of Red Door Designs which creates copy that helps experts elevate the way they show up online so they can create wealth with ease, enjoy more freedom and make a bigger impact.
Dr. Simran Sethi has two decades of experience treating patients on a clinical and aesthetic level. Dr. Sethi has cultivated her skincare line by focusing on both how the skin is impacted from the inside and out.
Ciara Stockeland, is an author, speaker and 2x Ironman. She has owned and operated businesses since her early teens. Most recently Ciara launched the Inventory Genius, a coaching program for business owners. Through her coaching program, Ciara strives to motivate business owners to build profitability and peace of mind into their business.
Erica Davis is the CEO of women's fitness, athleisure apparel and workout accessories line, Imperfect Mommers®. Erica believes “when you look good, you feel good.” Imperfect Mommers provides high quality apparel at affordable prices.
How do you make sure to find and live your joy each day? I ask this question at the end of every She Built It® Podcast episode and what I love about it is that the answers are all so different. It's so important that we listen to ourselves, honor ourselves and give ourselves the grace and space to be who we are. Here are five ways that recent guests make sure to find and live their joy.
Lyrik is the co-founder of WorkPlay Branding. She works with entrepreneurs and business owners create their brands, get clear on who they are, and build their communities. Client's have described her work as helping them get "the look" they've always envisioned for their brand.
CEO and founder of She Built It ®, Melanie Barr, is a Podcast Producer and Host, Community Creator, Speaker, Twin Mom, Wife, and Optimist.
As Host of the She Built it™ Podcast - a weekly show for over four years, she shares inspiring conversations with women around the world who are experts in their fields, entrepreneurs, and corporate leaders. The Podcast inspires you to ”experience the life and business that you crave” with the understanding that we all come from unique experiences and backgrounds while using our unique skill sets to achieve common goals. She shares the knowledge she learned while in management and business development selling millions in products and services for She Built It®, Fortune 500 companies, and entrepreneurs - Marriott Hotels, AT&T, and the Los Angeles Dodgers to name a few.
Melanie has led boards, both local and national, and assisted organizations with female-focused missions such as Step Up and the Women’s Initiative Network (WIN) at the Los Angeles Dodgers. She is a graduate of Leadership Los Angeles and the Annenberg Alchemy Program, and a finalist for the Women Making a Difference Awards in the Los Angeles Business Journal.
Dorothy Hollabaugh is the Founder of Needle's Eye Media, a boutique digital advertising agency for data-driven businesses looking to scale. Dorothy & her team have profitably spent more than $100M on paid traffic across a variety of channels. With an innate talent for data-wrangling and a holistic understanding of digital marketing, Dorothy leverages a full stack, data-driven approach to help her clients grow. Dorothy is also Co-Founder & CEO of The Gig, a digital media company that helps freelancers acquire and profit from high-income online skills in 7 minutes a day or less through their flagship email newsletter.
Virginia Trafton Frischkorn is the founder and CEO of Partytrick, a tech platform built to disrupt the event industry, helping to make planning and executing highly curated events accessible and convenient for everyone. She is also the founder of luxury event production company Bluebird Productions, Something Blue, and the Aspen Picnic Company. Throughout her 14-year career in the event industry, she has gained prestige among her peers as one of the top event planners in the country. She has been named best wedding planner by Vogue, Brides, & Over The Moon, and was also recognized as one of BizBash’s Must-Know Event Pros.
LoriAnn is a virtual bookkeeper and CFO for the creative entrepreneur. Her goal is to bridge the gap between traditional accountants and business owners. Experience in tax accounting, personal finance, and small business accounting, she has the insight and experience to help you up-level your business while removing the stress and burden of managing your finances. Whether you are just starting out or you have been in business for years, her mission is to help creatives feel peace about their finances while growing their profit and confidence.
Barri Rafferty is a visionary and transformational leader, who was the first woman to run a top-five communications consultancy as CEO of Ketchum and led communications and brand management for Wells Fargo. She is currently serving as the interim CEO for C200, an organization dedicated to advancing women in business, and providing strategic consultancy support to several CEOs of startup and mid-size companies.
Carrie Dorr is the Founder and CEO of O44, a results-driven, revolutionary strength and conditioning workout. Fitness has always been synonymous with Carrie. She put herself through Law School as a professional dancer at the Super Bowl Games, Disneyland and Atlanta. In addition to her fitness work, Carrie feels motivated and at peace when creating, educating, sharing and empowering other people. She is here to make an impact and is passionate about giving back to the community with her O44 WellBe workshops and through philanthropic efforts in the community. Carrie is also a speaker, advisor, board member, executive director and creator of multiple fitness IPs.
Amber Caudle is the owner of the Source Cafe restaurant in Hermosa Beach, California and the author of her newly released book “Sexy, Nourishing Food.” She believes our food nourishes us from the inside out. That our outer beauty, inner peace, and our physical, mental, and emotional health are all fueled by what we put into our bodies.
Monique Billings is a woman who values faith, family, friends and living life to the fullest. It’s no wonder she’s been able to balance a thriving WNBA & international pro-basketball career while also being a sportscaster, social media influencer, global keynote speaker, and author. In her first book, Finding Balance - A Playbook for Wellness, she shares her insights and perspective on balancing a busy, high-performing, high-achieving life while keeping yourself as the star player. Turn the pages and find the keys to unlocking the best version of YOU!
Shel Pink is an author of the book Slow Beauty, The Slow Beauty Journal online, and the founder of the global beauty brand SPARITUAL. After a decade of writing, speaking and being interviewed on the concept of Slow Beauty, in 2017 she released her first book SLOW BEAUTY, Rituals and Recipes to Nourish the Body and Feed the Soul, as a guide to help people better engage with the Slow Beauty® philosophy and as a way to design a personal Slow Beauty practice.
Malika Jacobs (she/her) is the Founder and CEO of Myriad, a B2B marketplace featuring emerging and specialized HR tech supporting a holistic employee experience
Sincerely, Authentic. Compassionate, Warm, and Quick-witted. Sabrina is a mom, a wife, a sister, a daughter, and an award winning Estate Planning Attorney. She created a warm, welcoming, and successful Law Firm with the purpose and intention of providing her clients with a safe space to communicate and create their estate planning wishes for the future.
Demetria Buie is a Businesswoman, Author of the book “Refuse to Lose”, Mentor, & Magazine Owner.
Delia Folk started her career in the fashion industry interning at Versace in Men’s Wholesale and after working for Barneys New York on the buying team. While working in the buying office, she discovered and nurtured emerging designers, spotted the latest trends and gave insights into a career in the fashion industry. She works with brands on a consulting basis to craft their wholesale, direct-to-consumer & marketing strategies.
Catherine Smith Licari is the owner of two successful ecommerce businesses with a focus on eliminating your cash flow stress to grow your brand and team. She has an MBA from Columbia business school and received the Rising Star Award in Retail from The Fashion Group International and was also named Entrepreneur of the Week by Nasdaq.
Party Planner, Entrepreneur, and Broadcast Media Professional - Renee Patrone Rhinehart does more than host a party to remember. She's founder of two companies, Events by Renee and Party Host Helpers, She has helps dozens of couples go from the engagement ring to the ‘I do’s,’ and Party Host Helpers, has expanded from Philadelphia and is now in 30 cities from New York City, to Los Angeles and continues to grow. She was named “40 Under 40” by the Philadelphia Business Journal and sits on the board of Entrepreneurs Organization.
As this year comes to a close, I hope you are taking time to relax, reflect, and celebrate the holiday with family and friends. Time is our most precious resource and as we enter a new year, I’m sharing five things I'll be focusing on in 2023 to maximize time and set myself up for success.
I hope you’ve enjoyed the many incredible speakers we’ve had on the 2022 podcast this year as they’ve shared their unique expertise and advice for building the lives and businesses they crave.
It’s the season of gratitude where giving and being kind gives us all the feels just as much as receiving and achieving all that we accomplish by the end of 2022. As a listener you know at the end each episode I ask guests what brings joy to their daily lives and how they make sure to find it.
I hope these 5 tips bring more joy to your life as we move into 2023.
Kim Nortman is the Founder and CEO of Tellie, a website/link-in-bio builder for web2 & web3 creators. Her background is in building businesses in partnership with artists and creators. Before Tellie, she led strategic partnerships across Whalerock Industry’s creator businesses, including Adam Savage’s Tested, Kardashian-Jenner apps, Tyler the Creator's Golf Media, and brands across parenting, lifestyle, entertainment, and food. She started her career as an attorney in the LA office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.
Alison Bruhn, Co-Founder of The Style That Binds Us is the original next-generation women’s media company and community, exploring the cross section of style and culture.
Lisa Collum is the founder and CEO of a multimillion-dollar curriculum company, Top Score Writing, Inc. While teaching at a Title I school, Lisa developed an innovative step-by-step program proven to dramatically increase writing scores nationwide on standardized assessments. A busy entrepreneur and mother of four, Lisa is also the owner of a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Coastal Middle and High School, a component of her mission to help all children succeed. She has dedicated her career to helping students learn, getting the right tools into the hands of teachers, and inspiring women to create their own successful businesses.
Megan Brown is the SVP of Ecommerce & Technology at Athletic Brewing. She has been working in the eCommerce/Product Management/Technology space for 18 years in a variety of industries including fashion, beauty, travel, education, small business and beer. Megan has lived in several cities across the country including Chicago, NYC, Scottsdale, LA. She is passionate about ecommerce and solving problems for shoppers because she too is that online shopper.
Angelica Ventrice is a High-Performance Mentor & Health Coach to female entrepreneurs, executives, and real estate agents who desire to up-level their Health & Wealth! She has been featured in Entrepreneur, Authority Magazine, and My FitnessPal, and she is obsessed with guiding driven women to shift their mindset & bank accounts while shedding those unwanted pounds along the way without ridiculous fad diets or crazy restrictions! To this date, she has helped over 700 women to transform their bodies & minds while finding a true alignment in their personal & professional lives.
Antoinette Fargo is an interior designer with experience from construction, project documentation & management, to space planning, custom furniture, lighting design, and 3D Rendering. She has designed and overseen more than 500 custom residential and commercial projects and has over 17 years of professional design expertise. For Antoinette, Designs is the culmination of over a decade of passion and commitment to her clients.
Kelli Jones, Esq. is the founder of Kelli Jones Law. Kelli counsels entrepreneurs, small business owners, and online coaches through the process of legally protecting their business, through federal trademark registration, contracts, and other business strategies. Kelli has been practicing law for over 7 years and has previously worked both in the non-profit sector and private industry. Kelli received her Juris Doctor from Hofstra University School of Law in Hempstead, NY.
Shelton Wilder, realtor and serial entrepreneur in marketing, fashion, and entertainment, joins us on the She Built It™ podcast. In just over six years as a realtor she has achieved a staggering $350 million in total sales, putting her in the top 1.5% of realtors nationwide. Shelton was also nominated for Entrepreneur of the Year by the LA Business Journal, named Real Estate All-Star by Los Angeles Magazine and included in Forbes “Top 10 Business Professionals to look out for in 2022.
Wanda Toro Turini, also known as Dr. Wanda or THE Nerdy Girl Entrepreneur is a dynamic entrepreneur, inventor and the host of the Rock-It Fuel Podcast. Her texting platform, Ketchwords.com, helps experts, who speak and do media interviews, connect with their Anonymous Fans and stop leaving money on the table. She's a unique combo of super analytical and super creative and is a Rock Star in marketing and audience engagement.
Emma Vollrath is the founder of Emma Lou The Label. She turned her passion for wellness into an innovative athlesuire line that helps women both inside & out. Starting out as a personal trainer, Emma was tired of hearing harsh & critical comments women had to say about themselves during their training sessions. Emma Lou is known for their Glow Band™, which is the sweat-enhancing waistband to reduce water weight, bloating, & built up toxins in the lower stomach area, made out of recycled thermoplastics.Emma Lou has been featured in Forbes, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, OKAY! Magazine, Marie Claire, Sports Illustrated, The Zoe Report, and more.
Karen W. Hertz is the founder of Holidaily Brewing Company. In her early 30’s, Karen survived both melanoma and thyroid cancers, leading to a treatment regimen including a gluten-free diet. After adopting a gluten-free diet, Karen struggled to find a great tasting, 100% gluten-free beer. With an MBA in Entrepreneurial Studies from the University of Colorado at Denver and 15 years of beer industry experience under her belt, Hertz created Holidaily Brewing Company. Since opening the brewery in 2016, Holidaily has had exponential growth and is the largest dedicated gluten-free brewery in the U.S. Most recently, the brewery won the Bronze and Gold Medal in the gluten-free category at the Great American Beer Festival and the brewery was recognized as a “Top 50 Fastest Growing Company” in Denver by the Denver Business Journal.
Dr. Nicole Byers is a neuropsychologist, speaker, host of The Bold Life podcast, and CEO of Rocky Mountain Neurosciences in Calgary, Canada. She has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Saskatchewan, she is an Adjunct Research Assistant Professor with the University of Calgary, and she has published articles in professional journals on the topics of brain health and neuroscience. She helps recovering perfectionists and high achievers get out of the cycle of overwhelming to-do lists, procrastination, and self-doubt so they can achieve their goals without burning out.
Dr. Anissa Reilly has been in education for over 30 years. For just under the last 15, she has been the principal of an elementary school in a large urban school district. Dr. Reilly received her undergraduate degree from Morgan State University in Baltimore, her Master's Degree from Bank Street College of Education, and her doctorate from The Sage Colleges of Albany. She is the President and Owner of Giant Step 6 LLC, where her primary goal and passion is to develop both national and global leaders so they can effectively lead their prospective organizations. She is the loving wife of Gordon Reilly Jr. and the mother of four amazing young people. Dr Reilly recently received proclamations from New York State Senator Jose Serrano and New York City Councilwoman Vanessa Gibson for her assistance with improving the lives of the people in her community. The first book in her leadership series, “5 Buckets of Leadership: Speaking in the Moment'' was released in May 2021. Additionally, she is the host of The Ask Dr. Reilly Show, which can be found on FOX SOUL weekly.
Stephanie Melodia is the Founder & CEO of Bloom, the brand marketing agency for high-growth tech scale-ups. Bloom was highlighted as one of the UK’s Top 5 Startups in the country. They have also been featured in the likes of Forbes, The Independent, Sifted, and Startups Magazine to name a few. Public speaker, panel moderator, facilitator, podcast host, entrepreneur, thought leader, and VC scout, Stephanie is humbled to be in the UK’s Top 20 Most Influential Female Founders. She is also the host of the entrepreneurship podcast, Time to Bloom (available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify) and the Bloom Presents event series, including the sellout feminist panel events for International Women's Day every March, and business sessions in September.
Liz Brunner is the CEO and founder of Brunner Communications and best-selling author of Dare to Own You: Taking Your Authenticity and Dreams Into Your Next Chapter, recommended on Forbes. Leveraging more than 30 years of media and communications experience, expertise, and leadership, Brunner is sought by high-profile individuals and organizations to build meaningful reputations and powerful brand identities within their markets. Host of the podcast, Live Your Best Life with Liz Brunner, she shares inspiring stories of recreation. She also founded the Brunner Academy of online learning, with a goal to provide access to high quality speaker training.
Melanie Barr, Founder and CEO of She Built it™ leads this week’s episode. Melanie launched She Built It™ in 2015 after selling millions in products and services for Fortune 500 companies and entrepreneurs - Marriott Hotels, AT&T, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Millennium Corporate Solutions to name a few. Her experience leading Boards and assisting organizations with female-focused missions inspired her to launch and grow the She Built it™ community, a collective that comes together to empower you to "experience the life and business that you crave." She Built It™ fosters meaningful member connections and shares knowledge and resources that inspire you to make your next leap - big or small.
After working in enrollment management where she focused on strategic recruitment and marketing, Erica managed a team of online marketers at the largest digital marketing company in the Gulf South. There, she supported the web development, SEO, online advertising, and content marketing teams in executing strategies which elevated organizations to stand out and be seen amongst the chaos of the online marketplace.
Now, as the COO of rasa.io, she gets to blend her love of digital marketing technology, partnership development, and customer support in order to support the incredible community of rasa.io clients.
Camille is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of leading lifestyle digital publication Camille Styles, an influential go-to resource for inspiration and advice on elevating everyday experiences. The online publication features engaging storytelling and imagery focused on food, design, gatherings, wellness and beauty that connects authentically with its audience that reaches more than 50 million impressions each month across its site and social media channels. Camille Styles, which has since evolved into an influential media company, employing an all-female team of editors, writers and photographers based across the country. Camille has served as an in-demand national spokesperson for such global companies as Target and collaborates with brands from Chandon and KitchenAid to Pottery Barn and Sonos.
Melanie Barr, Founder and CEO of She Built it™ leads this week’s episode. Melanie launched She Built It™ in 2015 after selling millions in products and services for Fortune 500 companies and entrepreneurs - Marriott Hotels, AT&T, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Millennium Corporate Solutions to name a few. Her experience leading Boards and assisting organizations with female-focused missions inspired her to launch and grow the She Built it™ community, a collective that comes together to empower you to "experience the life and business that you crave." She Built It™ fosters meaningful member connections and shares knowledge and resources that inspire you to make your next leap - big or small.
As Senior Vice President of Wedgewood Homes, Jamie Bedner oversees the acquisition, renovation, and sales for the West Coast and Midwest Regions of the United States. Jamie also heads up Maverick Design – Wedgewood’s creative design group. Jamie earned a degree in Business Administration and Management from UC Berkeley. She is passionate about design in all its forms—from fashion to home decor and home design.
Janis Gardner Cecil, President, JGC Fine Art, New York, is an art advisor, curator, and art historian with over 25 years of experience as a gallerist and dealer in the primary and secondary art markets. Cecil's relationships with private collectors, corporations, and institutions draw upon her in-depth knowledge and experience with international impressionist, modern, postwar, and contemporary art. In addition to advising clients on acquisitions and sales of works of art, Cecil is engaged with all aspects of collection management from conception to installation.
Jenny Bonchak, Founder at Slingshot Coffee Co. / Needs & Wants, is on a pursuit to craft better, more exciting coffee experiences for people everywhere. As a national award-winning barista and veteran of the Specialty Coffee industry for more than 13 years, she launced a pioneering, nationally-recognized Cold Coffee brand that brings a unique story and category-building products to life that don’t make them just another Cold Brew brand, but distinctly Slingshot. The company’s sister brand, Needs & Wants, is the first and only beverage on the market to use a 100% women-led supply chain, and is dedicated to helping strengthen economic resources for women starting at the farm-level, and environmental sustainability throughout the world.
Melanie Barr, Founder and CEO of She Built it™ leads this week’s episode. Melanie launched She Built It™ in 2015 after selling millions in products and services for Fortune 500 companies and entrepreneurs - Marriott Hotels, AT&T, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Millennium Corporate Solutions to name a few. Her experience leading Boards and assisting organizations with female-focused missions inspired her to launch and grow the She Built it™ community, a collective that comes together to empower you to "experience the life and business that you crave." She Built It™ fosters meaningful member connections and shares knowledge and resources that inspire you to make your next leap - big or small.
Jen Maxfield is an Emmy-award winning reporter and anchor at NBC New York with over twenty years of experience. She is also an Adjunct Professor at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, where she teaches broadcast journalism. Maxfield’s first book, More After the Break: A Reporter Returns to Ten Unforgettable News Stories, will be published by Greenleaf Book Group in July of 2022. More After the Break was an instant Amazon bestseller when it became available for preorders this winter. Her anchoring and reporting were part of NBC-NY’s COVID 19 coverage that was awarded the Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Award in 2021, recognized as the broadcast equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize.
Christa Gurka is a board certified physical therapist and nationally certified Pilates instructor specializing in Pilates based rehab and injury prevention. She is the founder and CEO of Pilates in the Grove in Miami Florida. What started out as a passion for mindful movement transformed into a movement to help people learn to feel better by moving better. Over the last few years Christa started a mentorship program to support other female boutique fitness and wellness entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses to suit the lives they wanted for themselves and their families. Outside of the studio Christa enjoys walking her pup Duncan and cheering on her favorite athletes her two teenage sons at their various sporting events.
Cailen Ascher is an award-winning Business Coach with a 3-day workweek, a mom of two little girls and the creator of Scale-Up Accelerator™ — a program that teaches coaches and online service providers how to create a highly profitable Premium Group Program so they can double revenue while decreasing work hours. Cailen has been featured in Business Insider, Huffington Post and Inspired Coach Magazine and has been interviewed on top podcasts like Entrepreneurs on Fire and She Means Business Podcast among many others. She is also host of The Soulful Business Show™ which airs weekly. Her programs have helped 1000s of coaches & service providers transform their lives and businesses with her proven strategies for working less, making more and living better.
Jen Szpigiel is the owner and founder of Becoming Iconic®️, Jen infuses her years of wisdom and proven strategies for visionaries, legends and entrepreneurs who want to break expired paradigms and shift the narrative within their businesses, relationships and lives. She is an industry leader, mentor, and podcast host.
Sarah K Peck is the founder and CEO of Startup Parent and the host of The Startup Parent Podcast, an award-winning podcast featuring women in entrepreneurship, business, and parenting. She writes about work, culture, and parenting, and her work has been featured in Forbes, Inc, Fast Company, The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, and more.
Charlotta Pettersson is a Medical Aesthetician and Business Owner of The Laser Image Company & MD Needle Pen in Los Angeles, CA. As an immigrant from Sweden, she took a leap to move to America and started a business that sells microneedling pens to medical and aesthetic professionals both nationwide and internationally. They also educate these professionals so they use it correctly for the best possible results.
Charlotta believes that our skincare is so important for our self esteem and can impact how we feel about ourselves both personally and professionally. She finds joy in helping women feel confident both inside and out.
Bringing wit to drama and depth to comedy, Sharon appears as globe-trotting philanthropist Delphine Rism in the upcoming comedy "Me Time" with Kevin Hart & Regina Hall on Netflix, and in thrillers "The Portrait" with Virginia Madsen and "The Death That Awaits", both premiering in early 2023 on major streamers. Television appearances include "Modern Family", "NCIS", "The Bold And The Beautiful", "Passions", and "Cost Of Capital". Sharon has an extensive theater background and works in VO and commercials as well. She's also a writer, producer, and coach and the mom of two children in elementary school. Sharon lives in Los Angeles with her family.
Melanie Barr, Founder + CEO of She Built it™ leads this week’s episode. Melanie launched She Built It™ in 2015 after selling millions in products and services for Fortune 500 companies and entrepreneurs - Marriott Hotels, AT&T, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Millennium Corporate Solutions to name a few. Her experience leading Boards and assisting organizations with female-focused missions inspired her to establish the She Built it™ community, a collective that comes together to empower you to "experience the life and business that you crave." She Built It™ fosters meaningful member connections and shares knowledge and resources that inspire you to make your next leap - big or small.
Stacy Bahrenfuss, Founder of Truth Teachers™, joins us on this podcast. Known as The Truth Teacher, and a visionary intuitive Stacy works privately consulting 7- and 8-figure women leaders and their teams, leading them to activate all of their power and accelerate their success personally and professionally. Stacy and her Truth Teachers™ are on a mission to revolutionize the entire self-help industry by eliminating gurus and empowering people with the tools and framework to transform their own lives.
Miki Reynolds, CEO & Co-founder of Grid110, joins us on the podcast this week. Her LA-based company, Grid 110, is an early-stage startup accelerator and community development non-profit for entrepreneurs. Since 2014, Miki has focused on activating the startup ecosystem in Los Angeles through her work with Grid110, fostering community, and connecting the dots for entrepreneurs through access to mentoring and critical resources. Prior to co-founding Grid110, Miki launched the Downtown LA location for tech education company, General Assembly.
Meg Mothershed is a brand specialist and co-owner at Mothershed Design Co., a boutique brand and web design studio near sunny Denver, Colorado. Together with her husband, Josiah, they help small businesses succeed by creating brands and websites for a variety of companies. They work with their clients to tailor each brand to meet their unique needs.
Award-winning author Monica McGurk joins us on the She Built It™ Experience podcast. Her work weaves together complex, multi-layered stories that bring contemporary issues and strong female characters to life through different genres of popular fiction. Her previous work includes three volumes of paranormal YA romance The Archangel Prophecies: Dark Hope, Dark Rising, and Dark Before Dawn, along with numerous works of fanfiction under the name Consultant by Day.
Naomi Seddon is an international lawyer, thought-leader, and author of Milk and Margaritas. Her legal career spans 3 countries where she has worked with over 2,000 companies. Naomi also advocates and presents on workplace equality and issues impacting women at work. She was named by Legal 500 as a top attorney in the United States for legal advice and counseling. In addition to her role as an international lawyer, Naomi is regularly called upon to advise boards and executive management on their people issues.
Deborah Smith, Co-Founder and Principal of The CenterCap Group, LLC, joins us on the podcast. She started the only female-founded boutique investment bank for ‘All Things Real Estate, and heads the firm’s Strategic Capital and M&A and Execution efforts. Deborah shares how she works with clients to find unique and creative solutions to ensure growth and success. Over her career she has been involved in more than $100 billion of mergers, acquisitions and restructuring transactions.
Catherine Michael, licensed attorney specializing in education law, joins the She Built It Experience to discuss her experience advocating for children. She represents students and their families in a variety of education and personal injury matters. Catherine has been featured hundreds of times in both the national and local media. Her nearly two decade career in education has focused on ensuring that the needs of children in schools are met.
Sandi Kronick, CEO of Happy Dirt joins the She Built It™ podcast. Sandi shares her passion for securing a stable supply of fresh, healthy, organic food, by working with farmers to create a viable business model. Her business believes in sustainable farming and works to improve the industry, making farming a more viable career. Happy Dirt has paid hundreds of regional organic farmers millions of dollars and supported many farmers transitioning into organic vegetables.
Rosabel Tao is a vision strategist, a master narrative builder, a solver of audacious challenges, and an ambassador of curiosity. She is the founder of Fire & Bridge, an advisory firm that specializes in vision strategy, brand transformation, corporate positioning, and reputation management. She works with change-makers - fire starters and bridge builders - who are purpose-driven leaders with bold ideas to transform their organizations, industries, or our society.
Owner/Founder and CEO of Eagle Rock WERKSHOP, Chriztina Marie,is helping women feel more confident, courageous, and embrace their individuality through her unique clothing brand. As an artist and entrepreneur, Chriztina produces unique clothing that is both stylish and functional to help women look and feel their best. Her products feature original artwork that highlight individuality while enhancing mood and performance.
Lauren Kennedy, Founder of Coastal Consulting, is a mission-driven woman on a trajectory to change the way business is done, both for employees and customers. Lauren was inspired to carry on her grandfather’s legacy through starting an automation agency to help improve the way business is done. She embodies the people-first approach and takes every opportunity to grow, nurture, and develop those around her.
Julie Henry, President of Finish Line Leadership and author of Wisdom from the Wild: The Nine Unbreakable Laws of Leadership from the Animal Kingdom, joins the podcast. As a former zoo and aquarium senior leader, she is dedicated to helping leaders deal with change, more effectively lead teams, and build resilience using insights from wildlife and wild places. Julie teaches leaders how observing nature can teach us how to better understand ourselves and the organizations around us.
Author and Co-Founder of Evergreen Authors, Roseanne Cheng, joins us on the She Built It™ Experience podcast this week. She shares her story of how she made a shift from education to becoming an author and co-owner of a publishing business and provides tips on what to consider when writing and publishing a book of your own. Join us to learn more about the publishing industry and how to bring out your inner creative.
Founder and CEO of Madison / Savile, Diana Nguyen joins us on the She Built It™ Experience today. She shares her journey on leaving her corporate job in finance to reinvent women’s workwear, resulting in impeccably designed suits and blazers that will become a staple in your closet. Diana’s mission is to help every woman be her best, true self through perfectly designed and functional fashion.
Visit this episode’s blog post here: https://www.shebuiltit.com/podcast-blog/61-lauren-bongiorno
Founder and CEO of Family Financial, Tammy Trenta Knowlton joins us on the She Built It™ Experience today. She shares her knowledge of finance, building wealth, and how she launched her company after 25 year experience helping families and business owners develop strategic financial and tax plans so they enjoy a life of ease, happiness, and abundance.
Founder and CEO of Risely Health, type one diabetes transformation coach, Lauren Bongiorno joins us on the She Built It™ Experience today. She is sharing her story of being diagnosed with T1D as a 7-year-old, to becoming a diabetes health coach. Her team is helping people and families affected by T1D to take ownership of their health, so they can transform their life with more freedom and confidence. Listen in and enjoy!
Visit this episode’s blog post here: https://www.shebuiltit.com/podcast-blog/61-lauren-bongiorno
Owner of Tribeca Blue Consulting, Laurie Gilbertson, joins us on the She Built It™ Experience today. Laurie is a former New York City sex crimes, organized crime, and homicide prosecutor, television legal analyst, educator, and entrepreneur. She shares her thoughts on why communication is a crucial leadership tool, and how elevating your communication can lead to taking advantage of every opportunity that's out there.
Visit this episode’s blog post here: https://www.shebuiltit.com/podcast-blog/60-laurie-gilbertson
Co-owner and CEO of Interview Connections, Margy Feldhuhn, join us on the She Built It™ Experience today. She shares her story of development through Interview Connections, how family loss led her to start sharing powerful stories on her own podcast show and why business owners should seriously consider podcast guesting as a growth strategy. Listen in and enjoy!
Visit this episode’s blog post here: https://www.shebuiltit.com/podcast-blog/59-margy-feldhuhn
President, Founder, and Executive Producer of Purpose Productions, Juanita Ingram, ceremoniously opens the new year’s season of the She Built It™ Experience. She shares her journey of being an attorney, filmmaker, author, fashion philanthropist, and actress, what the life of expats looks like, and how charity Dress for Success empowers women around the world to achieve economic independence.
Visit this episode’s blog post here: https://www.shebuiltit.com/podcast-blog/58-juanita-ingram
Hello She Built It family! Welcome to our final episode in 2021!
As we move into 2022, I like to think through how I can start the year off right, to make more time for myself, and how to find joy in the little things. Also one of my main goals is to bring you new knowledge and motivational stories and content in the She Built It podcast.
In this episode, I am sharing 5 things to consider that will put you in a motivational mindset as we move into 2022. Happy New Year!
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Hi, She Built It family! The holidays are around the corner, and I am sure all of us are ready for celebrations and spending quality time with our family and friends. I hope my podcast guests were inspiring to you, as they were for me, and that you could make the most of their tips to remain focused on what brings joy into your lives and what is truly important.
If you are looking for a dose of added appreciation, I’m sharing a few of my favorite joy tips from my guests, on today’s episode!
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Business strategist and energy coach, Nicole Laino joins us on the She Built It™ Experience today. She shares her story of growing up as an actress, working on Wall Street, finding a new career path in a network marketing company, and how is she helping people find their purpose and to make a profit with it. Listen in and enjoy!
Visit this episode’s blog post here: https://www.shebuiltit.com/podcast-blog/55-nicole-laino
Inez Ribustello, Author of “Life after Windows” and President at Tarboro Brewing Company & TBC West, joins us on the She Built It™ Experience today. I’m thrilled to share Inez’s inspiring journey from small-town Tarboro to New York City, working at the renowned World Trade Center restaurant Windows on the World. You will learn how 9/11 affected her and compelled her to write her book, why she moved from New York back to her hometown, and how she built a brewery and thriving restaurant.
Visit this episode’s blog post here: https://www.shebuiltit.com/podcast-blog/54-inez-ribustello
Tutti Taygerly, Executive Leadership Coach in Taygerly Labs and published author, joins us on the She Built It™ Experience today. She shares her family story and what gave her the courage to become an executive coach. In our conversation, you'll hear what was the inspiration for Tutti to write the book Make Space to Lead, and also how she helps leaders to make space for creative flow and focus on what matters in leadership. Listen in and enjoy!
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Hi, She Built It family! We're entering the holiday season, which means we have the fun of traveling, planning, shopping for gifts and spending time with family and friends. One thing I like to do around this time instead of focusing on what might not be going right, is turning my focus to what is going right and the things in our lives that we have to feel grateful for.
If you are looking for a dose of added gratitude to get you through the next few weeks, I’m sharing a few of my favorite things to do, on today’s episode!
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I'm so excited to have Heather Quinn, a Financial Advisor at Northwestern Mutual on the show today. Heather started her career in the entertainment industry, and at a life-changing point in her personal life, she transitioned into financial advisory. Heather specializes in working alongside successful, professional women both in and outside of the entertainment industry to achieve financial peace. This is an episode for anyone, but especially women, who want to feel more in control of their finances!
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Founder and owner of Allomi, a sanctuary for holistic health and healing, Amber Susa join us on the She Built It™ Experience today. She shares how her love of meditation gave her the idea and the courage to start her business and why she is dedicated to sharing her experience and to inspiring others to live their best life. Listen in and enjoy!
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I'm so excited to have Jessica Rhodes, founder of Interview Connections, and entrepreneur for eight years. In this episode, you will hear her story about how motherhood drew her to entrepreneurial paths, and what her company’s strategy is for booking the right fit guests to various podcast hosts. She is also sharing a few tips on how to be a great guest on a podcast show, and also how to find and live your joy.
Visit this episode’s blog post here: https://www.shebuiltit.com/podcast-blog/49-jessica-rhodes
I'm so excited to have Jacquelin Porter, a Certified Financial Planner who owns her own business, on the show today. Jackie found confidence at a young age and has been passionate about helping women find independence since then. In our conversation, you'll hear how Jackie helps her clients release shame and financial trauma to truly build wealth and confidence. This is an episode that everyone, especially women, needs to hear!
Visit this episode’s blog post here: https://www.shebuiltit.com/podcast-blog/48-jacquelin-porter
Mauri Konnell, the founder of Girls emPOWERment Experience, is on The She Built It™ Experience today to share her passion for helping every girl believe in themselves. You'll hear about her own struggles with drugs, eating disorders, codependency, and addiction - but how she turned that into something positive after finding empowerment through karate. This episode is for you if you're working to create your own definition of success and truly believe in yourself, even if it's for the first time ever.
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I'm so excited for today's episode because our guest, Jacqueline Kopito, is a twin and has made that the cornerstone of her work. Her new book, TWINTASTIC, is about a set of twins who receive magical powers and use them to save their parents' struggling restaurant. Our conversation is perfect for aspiring authors and those who want to hear more about what it's like being a twin.
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Hey She Built It™ family, I’m back with a solo show this week! You probably know by now that I love business development, developing a plan coming up with creative potential client ideas and pitching, but I get it, not everyone loves business development and making an ask can be extremely intimidating. The truth is, in order to grow, especially if you don't have a sales and business development team working with you, you have to make time to perfect your offerings and ask in order to grow in revenue and profit. I’m sharing how on today’s episode!
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Allison Williams, known as the Law Firm Mentor is the owner of two successful companies. She is the Founder of Williams Law Group, a full service law firm where she is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. After taking Williams Law Group from start-up to a multi-million dollar business in 3.5 years she launched a second business, Law Firm Mentor, where she provides business coaching services for solo and small law firm attorneys. Ms. Williams has appeared on the Katie Couric show and has published articles in the Huffington Post addressing issues of child maltreatment. Allison has seen 7-figure success and she's sharing what she's learned from that journey today on the She Built It™ Experience today, enjoy!
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Journalist, producer, and now a top producing real estate agent in Los Angeles, Madeleine Perez joins us on the She Built It™ Experience today. She shares the ways her career has changed and grown over the years. She has the best experiences in trusting her intuition, leaning into her community, and leading a team. Listen in and enjoy!
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Leslie Kuster is a multiple seven figure e-commerce brand owner and I am so excited to have her on the show today. She's going to challenge the limiting beliefs that you may have around money while giving you actionable steps on how you can increase your net revenue today. I also love her take on inner-connection as the foundation for day to day joy. Tune in to uplevel your income and your freedom!
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CEO of The Slept Life, Tiffany Paul, is on the show today and I'm so excited for you to join our conversation. She took a risk leaving a successful corporate career at P&G to make the entrepreneurial leap and start her own business. Tiffany shares the importance of living your most authentic life, why women have to put themselves first, how to find success in a way that works for you, and so much more. This is a must listen for every entrepreneur!
Visit this episode’s blog post here: https://www.shebuiltit.com/podcast-blog/41-tiffany-paul
Today we talk to the CFO of SeaDream Inc., Kellie Royster. SeaDream is a finance and insurance company for all things water and motorsports, they are on track to quadruple their business income this year. Kellie shares how her upbringing contributes to shaping the business leader she is today and how she and her team have managed the unexpected company growth during the pandemic.
Visit this episode’s blog post here: https://www.shebuiltit.com/podcast-blog/40-kellie-royster
On today's episode of the She Built It™ Experience, host Melanie Barr is back for a solo show. Leadership can be lonely and at times we can question ourselves as to whether we're making the right decisions, surrounding ourselves with the right people, creating effective teams and communicating well so that our goals are met and our company's success is accomplished. As leaders, we are usually thinking about company growth, innovative solutions, how to make sure our teams are working well together, and that they are experiencing continuous learning for motivation, that we're achieving success and also enjoying the ride along the way. So today, Melanie is sharing 5 tips for leading with confidence.
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CEO of REVA Global, Amy Ransdell is on the podcast today and I'm so excited for you to hear our conversation. Amy is breaking down the myths and misconceptions of VAs and sharing why the success of your business is dependent on your team and hiring process. Beyond that, you'll see that Amy and I share the same opinions on the importance of knowing your purpose, finding joy, and reframing challenges in our businesses. There's a little bit of something for everyone on this episode of The She Built It™ Experience!
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Nancy Murphy, CEO of CSR Communications, believes intrapreneurs are the unsung heroes of organizational change. Her passion is helping leaders of change within established organizations (intrapreneurs) influence and persuade others so that they can realize their vision for change faster, with less frustration and resistance.
As a trainer and speaker, Nancy has shared her expertise from Kuala Lumpur to Kansas City and London to Las Vegas. She holds a master’s degree in public affairs from University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School, a master’s in health communication from Boston University, and a bachelor’s degree in American Studies from University of Dayton.
Find out why Nancy believes intrapreneurs are the unsung heroes of organizational change, plus how you can improve your leadership on today's episode of The She Built It™ Experience.
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If you're a listener of the show, you know that I believe that “magic happens when we focus on the part of ourselves and our business that brings us joy.” We've hosted so many amazing women who have not only built the life they've always dreamed of, but share the joy they've found on the way there. Today I'm sharing a few of my favorite tips from past guests, so that you can find your joy today, too.
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Founder and CEO of She Built It™ is back on the show for a solo episode today. We are chatting about how to stay motivated when life gets challenging. Some days and weeks seem easy and we breeze through them. But what do we do, and more importantly, how do we respond when life gets a bit challenging and hard? Let's dive in together.
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Have you ever thought about publishing a book but didn't know where to start? Today's episode of The She Built It™ Experience is for you. Jyotsna Ramachandran of Happy Self Publishing joins me today to talk about the practical steps you can take today to publish your book and how to use it as a major growth tool for your business. You'll also hear about her hands-on approach to leadership, stories of her favorite clients, and more. So think about that book idea and enjoy!
Visit today’s blog post here: https://www.shebuiltit.com/podcast-blog/34-jyotsna-ramachandran
There is true joy in doing a job that you love, a job that you created for yourself. Meg Byrne, Founder of Harmony Marketing is on The She Built It™ Experience today and her story of entrepreneurship is going to inspire you to try new things in order to get closer to finding your dream career. With more than sixteen years of experience in marketing, she also shares how you can make marketing fun while growing your company and brands reach and impact.
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"What do you want to do next?" What if you gave yourself the permission to not only truthfully answer that question, but actually act on it? Ciara Stockeland, Serial Entrepreneur and today's guest, shares how she gained the confidence to follow her dreams and start her current business after creating and growing two successful businesses. You'll also hear her tips for staying on task as a busy mom and much more. If you're multi-passionate and ready to make a change or leap in your career, this episode is for you!
Melanie Barr, the founder and CEO of She Built It™, is back for a solo show today to share the five essential marketing and branding tips of business. Whether you've taken an idea and created a business, product or service or you work in corporate— it's important to think through how your business and brand are presented. How do you make products, services and yourself known to followers, clients, customers and consumers? Find out on the newest episode of The She Built It™ Experience.
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Leadership coach and speaker, Shawna Schuh joins me today on The She Built It™ Experience. Shawna has so many unique perspectives on becoming the best leader that you can be. She's sharing why we have to be risk takers, great listeners, and more to hit our highest potential. If you're ready to step into the next best version of yourself, this episode is for you.
Visit this episode’s blog post here: https://www.shebuiltit.com/podcast-blog/30-shawna-schuh
Heather Steinker of Chaos N' Cookies is on the She Built It™ Experience today and this episode has so much to offer, especially for mompreneurs. As a mom of three, Heather is an expert in time management, organization, and efficiency. During our conversation today, Heather is sharing how she has overcome chronic pain, how motherhood has taught her the importance of organization, why prioritization is the key to joy, and so much more. Take a break from all that you do for your kiddos and enjoy this episode!
Visit this episode’s blog post here: https://www.shebuiltit.com/podcast-blog/29-heather-steinker
Elyse Kaye, Bloom Bra, CEO brought her company to life out of a frustration to find a sports bra that fits. What makes her company unique is her approach to creating her bras. She brought together top minds from NASA, shipping and packaging experts, and Oprah's corset designer to assist her in bringing her vision to life. Bloom Bras thrived during the pandemic selling tens of thousands of bras, and are now the most body inclusive line on the market.
In this episode you'll hear:
- How Elyse's company, Bloom Bras, came to be - 17 years after the idea was born
- Her thoughts on taking the fear out of creating a business plan
- The thing that Elyse enjoys most about being a business owner
- Elyse's strategy for management through design, manufacturing, and running her business
- How Bloom Bras had one of the best years since its creation, even during the pandemic, because she was flexible and able to adjust her plans as events unfolded.
Visit this episode's blog post here: https://www.shebuiltit.com/podcast-blog/28-elyse-kaye
"I choose to make the rest of my life the best of my life." I say these words out loud every single morning. It's a quote from Louise Hay, who has taught me so much about following my dreams, how to persevere, and yes - how to live my best life.
I'm chatting with you on the She Built It™ Podcast today for a solo show, and I'm excited to share with you the 5 tips that I employ every day to help ensure I'm living my best life:
- Take time for yourself
- Take a day to do nothing and recharge
- Realize what makes you truly happy
- Focus on what you're passionate about
- Celebrate your positive habits
I'm diving deeper into each of these on the show, but I truly believe that when you make time for the 5 things above, you'll live a more fulfilling life that is centered around joy.
Is there anything you do each day to get the most out of your 24 hours? I'd love to know! Reply to tell me your tips, then tune in for the full episode and share this episode with friends.
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Gina Lathrum of REVELSHINE Wines, joins our podcast today. She shares how to bring life (and joy) into your career, no matter which industry you're in. Gina highlights the importance of collective ideas, how she motivates her growing team, and what gave her the courage to make her leap to become the Managing Director of REVELSHINE. Throughout our conversation, you'll hear that Gina radiates nothing but joy, even when she talks about the hardest obstacles she has overcome. I hope that after you listen to this episode, you'll be full of a bit more happiness and feel more confident about the challenging moments that you might be facing in your life and career.
Today's She Built It™️ Experience with Melanie episode has something for everyone. Carol Min, Brand Founder and Senior Director of Sales & Merchandising of MAUBY, joins me today to share how she's built a successful career in the apparel industry and so much more.
In our conversation, Carol shares the journey of her finding her dream job, how to overcome rejection, and the importance of making time for yourself - especially if you're a mama entrepreneur. If you're making big shifts in your business, expanding your teams, or even new to entrepreneurship, you'll find value and impact in the newest episode of the She Built It™️ Experience with Melanie.
Tracy Holland, beauty and wellness entrepreneur with a global track record of incubating and launching brands, joins me on the show today. Tracy has so many career experiences that have transformed her industry, and allowed her to enjoy great success. Today we're talking about moments that shifted the online business industry, the future of e-commerce, and what it could mean for your business. She also shares some of her best tips for success as an entrepreneur, including the best strategies for building your team, celebrating your wins, and being confident in your role as a business owner.
If you're feeling like you're on the precipice of the next chapter in your business, ready to build and scale your team, or want to get more confident as a female business owner, this episode is for you.
Kathy Svetina is the founder of NewCastle Finance, a company offering Fractional CFO services to women-owned businesses. During her 14 years as a senior-level financial planner and analyst for Fortune 500 companies she saw firsthand how big companies use
financial information to drive their companies forward.
Kathy started NewCastle Finance because she wanted to offer that same powerful financial insight to women-owned businesses. Now, she helps business owners as a "financial puzzle solver" to get clear on their financial strategy so they feel confident to make decisions that drive results and create a thriving business.
“When you're in alignment, you don't need to force yourself to do something because you're inspired to take action, you're true to who you are, you're in your strength zone, and doing what brings you joy.”
Melissa Machat is the founder of Re-Align Coaching and Consulting, a company she created to empower and teach entrepreneurs how to elevate their mindset, accelerate sales, and make the perfect hire in their business so they can scale with ease. With over ten years of sales experience, over $100 Million in Volume Sold in Residential Real Estate, Melissa understands how to build and grow a business in any market, and how your mindset can control your outcome and results.
Join us as we chat about…
How to build successful teams.
How to overcome self doubt and what might be holding you back.
Why it’s important to trust yourself and your decisions.
How you’ll never be fully ready and sometimes you have to make the jump.
“The more I leaned into exactly who I am, the more success I've had in the firm.” Amy Stewart - Founding Partner at Business Litigation Firm, Stewart Law Group, has been named one of America’s Top 100 Personal Injury Attorneys and honored with numerous industry awards, including the 2020 Texas Minority Counsel Program Trailblazer of the Year. During the COVID-19 break, Amy made history, becoming one of the first trial attorneys to present a case to a jury over Zoom. What sets Amy apart are the skills that she learned in the athletic world. She played college basketball at Wake Forest and coached Division I basketball at her alma mater and at Tulane University before shifting her focus to winning in the courtroom. Amy’s unique background helps her bring a competitive nature to her legal practice.
“Courage comes after you do something you're really terrified to do.” Nanea Reeves is the CEO of TRIPP - an award-winning digital therapeutic platform designed to address mental and emotional health. Join us as we talk about…
- How, despite her mother’s heroin addiction growing up, she persevered to build a successful career and business.
- How a love of gaming at a young age gave her a foundation and a path forward.
- Why more girls should play video games as a path to STEM.
- Why showing up with positive energy, bringing that energy into the room, providing solutions, and showing up with a contribution mindset is so important.
- Why her husband built a temple in Tibet and how, after he passed, she found a renewed sense to build and approach life with optimism and hope.
Prior to TRIPP, Nanea held senior leadership roles at Electronic Arts as SVP Global Online, President of TextPlus, Chief Strategy Officer of Gaikai - acquired by Sony, COO of Machinima - acquired by Warner Brothers, and more. She’s one of the few women in the video game industry to lead large scale tech initiatives and frequently speaks on why more girls should play video games as a path to getting more females into STEM.
Welcome to the She Built It™ Experience with Melanie. I bring you conversations with women who have made successful leaps in their life and career and chat about how they are “experiencing the life and business that they crave.” Meet Julie Spira. Julie is a Bestselling Author, America's Top Online Dating Expert, Award-Winning Dating Coach and the founder of Cyber Dating Expert.
She’s been featured in over 1500 media interviews on almost every network and has given tips on The Today Show. Join our conversation about finding love through tech, gain tips for dating online, and hear Julie's journey of building a successful business and career based on helping someone in search of love find it love and technology.
Welcome to the She Built It™ Experience with Melanie. We bring you conversations with women who have made successful leaps in their life and career and chat about how they are “experiencing the life and business that they crave.” Meet Danielle Dietz, Director of Strategic Partnerships and Development with a focus on children's health at the University of California, Los Angeles. Prior to joining UCLA, Danielle served as Business Development Director for the American Heart Association. Her career expertise and social impact experience helps organizations advance their business development, cause-marketing, and philanthropic missions. Join our conversation about the importance of finding purpose in our work, working towards something that we believe in, and how to find the necessary courage when making career leaps.
Welcome to the She Built It™ Experience with Melanie. We bring you conversations with women who have made successful leaps in their life and career and chat about how they are “experiencing the life and business that they crave.” Meet Melanie Barr, Founder and CEO of She Built It™ and Producer and Host of the She Built It™ Experience with Melanie Podcast. Melanie launched She Built It™ in 2015 after years of experience in management and business development selling millions of dollars in products and services for Fortune 500 companies and entrepreneurs - Marriott Hotels, AT&T, and the Los Angeles Dodgers to name a few.
Melanie learned the importance of finding work that she enjoyed when she accepted her first job at the age of 15. She made her first major life leap when she moved to Los Angeles at the age of 19 without knowing a single person who lived there because she wanted more opportunity. Even though she was fearful, she made the leap and found the confidence to figure it out along the way. She supported herself working a full time job while also attending college full time. This taught her grit and gratitude, and the experience carried into all other aspects of her work and life. She became a Regional Sales Manager for a Fortune 500 company by the age of 25, managing sales teams from Los Angeles to San Diego and has been making career and life leaps ever since. When her twins were born, after hours of sitting in the nursery with her family that she loves, she decided she was ready for another leap. She created and launched She Built It™ a Membership Community, Shop, Podcast, and Coaching platform.
Welcome to the She Built It™ Experience with Melanie. We bring you conversations with women who have made successful leaps in their life and career and chat about “how” they are “experiencing the life and business that they crave.” Meet Lauren LoGrasso - Lauren is a Singer/Songwriter, Podcast Host, Public Speaker, actor and Executive Producer of Female Content at a prominent podcasting company where she has helped create and produce multiple hit shows. She also independently executive produces and hosts her own show, Unleash Your Inner Creative, which was recently nominated for a People's Choice Podcast Award, and has been on New and Noteworthy 37 times and is frequently on the Apple Podcast Charts in Multiple Countries. As a singer/songwriter, Lauren has released four singles, including her songs, "Rise" and “Freakshow” both of which were recently written about in People Magazine and on Yahoo.com . Her next single, “Therapy” comes out May 7th in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month. Other notable features for Lauren and her work include Podcast Magazine, Cheddar, Business Insider, In Touch Weekly and more!
Jennae Neustadt serves as the Sr. Manager of Government Affairs for SHI International Corporation, the largest female and minority owned business in the United States. As a Government Affairs Manager, Jennae oversees a team of lobbyists in Jefferson City, Missouri and helps to manage SHI’s consultants across the country. She also oversees strategic partnerships on the federal level with some of the nation’s most high-profile Governors, legislators, and leaders. She is an advocate for women in politics and public policy.
Marcy Tivol has found entrepreneurial and creative joy as the Co-Founder of Solving Fun - an online and virtual company that offers puzzles, activities, and games for kids that focus on perseverance and problem solving. She brings groups of kids and friends together for fun, twist your brain, outside the box, and laugh with other solvers, virtual experiences. Join us as we chat about entrepreneurship and using our interests and natural talents to create and scale a business doing what we love.
Mitch Gilbert is the CEO and Co-Founder of OYA - the first women's leggings product engineered for women's health and comfort. After graduating from the University of Chicago with a bachelor’s degree in Public Policy, Mitch became a consultant for Deloitte and then worked as the Chief Product Officer at a sportswear start up. She became obsessed with women’s health and sportswear apparel. Today, she is attending UCLA Anderson with a full scholarship to create and build her company, OYA. Join us as we chat about Mitch’s leap into Femtech and learn about the importance of her product for all women.
Domonique Townsend is the Founder and CEO of We Optimize Work. She is an engineer, entrepreneur, and working mother of four children who decided to combine her corporate experience with her passion to position working moms for success.
Domonique applied principles that she used to solve complex problems in business and modeled it into a framework to meet both the personal and professional needs of working moms like herself. We Optimize Work supports working moms in their personal aspirations without having to downshift in their careers.
Join us and be inspired to optimize your work so that your days are tailored around your capacity, fulfillment, family, and career dreams.
For as long as she can remember, D’Wan Carpenter wanted to be a doctor. Her path to becoming a physician was filled with the understanding that medicine would become her life. She has found that as a woman with a family of four young children, and as a doctor, she was often fraught with the challenges of trying to prove herself worthy of being able to prioritize both work and family. “I was constantly trying to show up and be the best for everyone at all times…the best wife, the best mom, the best doctor, the best sister, the best daughter, the best friend.”
After the birth of her twins and ultimately becoming a mother of four, things started to change. She made the decision to get a new job, even though it required an interstate move, in order to not have to drive hours to and from work every day. She also started doing things for herself that she previously had put off because she “just didn’t have time.”
Today, she is the founder and coach of Twin Mom Chronicles, a community and coaching business that helps other working moms of children and multiples to not feel so alone, to find the resources they need, and to be sure to find the time in their day to “fill their cup.”
Listen and be inspired to accomplish your career dreams while also caring for yourself and your family.
Felicia Alexander, Chief Revenue Officer, TITLE Boxing Club & Co-Founder, BoxUnion, has always had a love of fitness. From a young age, her family encouraged a healthy lifestyle, and she believes that fitness and boxing changes lives for the better. She experienced this personally when she put on her first pair of boxing gloves at the age of 16 after the sudden death of her father. Felicia is a graduate of Stanford and UCLA Anderson School of Management. Before making her leap to follow her lifelong love of fitness and become an entrepreneur, she gained experience as a sales and marketing executive for Sun Microsystems, Sony, Mattel, and Demand Media.
BoxUnion recently announced it has acquired TITLE Boxing Club, a fitness studio with 166 clubs across the United States, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic specializing in boxing and kickboxing fitness classes. In addition to Felicia and her BoxUnion Co-Founder, Todd Wadler, the equity holders include the Kwanza Jones & José E. Feliciano SUPERCHARGED Initiative (KJSI ) and an impressive group of franchise industry leaders.
Use code SHEBUILTIT for 30% off the first three months of BoxUnion Digital. https://digital.boxunion.com/
Carissa Wright can’t remember a time when she wasn’t interested in real estate. Growing up, she often found herself reading magazines with homes for sale and scouring the listings. After college, she spent time in banking where she oversaw branch operations and managed teams of people. Carissa realized she wanted to own her own business so she decided to take her management, customer service, and business skills and turn to her lifelong interest. Today she is a Real Estate Broker with Beach City Brokers. Join us and be inspired to listen to yourself and trust your instincts.
Tracy Seng is conscious about making sure there is joy in her life. “I've been abiding by the philosophy - the more you practice something, the better at it you get. If you practice positivity, you practice being happy, then you're going to get better at being happy. So I've been very cognizant of trying to practice things that are good and positive.”
She previously served as SVP Marketing & Brand Integration at Los Angeles Magazine, VP of Marketing for Clique Brands, which includes Who What Wear, and currently as head of Marketing and Custom Events for Sunset Magazine. Tracy is unstoppable when it comes to leading with authenticity and building brands.
Listen and be inspired to lead with authenticity.
“When building a brand you always have to have a presence and a voice. When working with clients at Who What Wear, we insisted that brands follow a consistent ‘always on’ approach. So whether we were preparing a campaign for Gucci, Cartier or a new skincare brand, we focused on being ‘always on’ with social, email outreach, and through our expansive digital channels.”
Tracy Seng is unstoppable when it comes to leading with authenticity and building brands. She previously served as SVP Marketing & Brand Integration at Los Angeles Magazine, VP of Marketing for Clique Brands, which includes Who What Wear, and currently as head of Marketing and Custom Events for Sunset Magazine.
Listen and be inspired to build your brand.
When hiring for your businesses finding the right people to work within your business is so important to scale, grow, and make progress. Or, if you're looking for a job, finding the right company and fit for you is equally important. Natasha Myers has great advice if you are hiring or you’re looking for a job. She is the founder of People Tree, a full service recruitment company. “I think it is important to focus on treating everyone with kindness because you really never know what people are going through and it's such a small world. You always want to leave people with a good feeling.” Listen and be inspired.
We know what we want to accomplish in 2021, from a business and personal perspective, but what if we allow ourselves to go a step further — allow ourselves to dream about making things happen that might be a bit out of our comfort zone and our normal realm of everyday life — what would that look like? Often, we set goals for projects that we’ve already started or for businesses we’re currently running. What about taking time to go past our current situations to dream about the things that might not seem realistic, but that we feel a pull toward doing or creating? As we begin goal-setting for 2021, let’s take time to dream about the things that make us who we are, at our core. Are we doing things that we love to do and that represent who we are? Listen and be inspired to do the things that make us happy and unique.
I don’t know about you, but I’m determined to make 2021 a better year than this one. Setting intentions, goals, and reviewing business practices are a big part of that process. Magic happens when we focus on the part of ourselves and our business that brings us joy. It helps when our business structure, team, and strategy are created with as much space as possible for us to do what we most enjoy and what comes naturally. The beautiful thing is that there is always someone who enjoys doing what we don’t, and there is a tech innovation for almost everything to help scale and grow. Today’s episode walks through a few things to think about to enter 2021 with confidence in our business strategy. Happy Holidays & Merry Christmas to all who celebrate.
“My passion is to educate women and families on the importance of cyber protection. I designed my product Kamshield specifically with families in mind. While developing the Kamsheild webcam cover I'd go into business meetings all over the world, London, China, the US, and everyone had a little piece of tape or something on their webcam.”
Kameron Miller, Innovator of the webcam cover and President of Kamshield, saw a need and decided to create a product and make change. She educates us on the importance of cyber protection.
She also asks herself the inspiring question, “if you had six months to live, what would you do? I genuinely have asked myself this for years. When I find that I'm doing something that I don’t want to do, then I stop doing it, even though it's scary, even though it could be expensive, even though it can be a little overwhelming. I really want to live a life that is worth living.”
Listen and be inspired to protect yourself and your family.
“We have to applaud the businesses and the brands that are willing to take risks and chances with new technologies. The businesses that decide, ‘we don't know what the future will bring but let's try new technologies and see the response,’ then we can pivot and innovate from there.” Meet Natascha French - Principal at Scale Strategies and the Los Angeles Chapter President of the Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) Association. Listen and be inspired to make your next tech leap.
“When thinking about your web presence, be super clear and concise about your offerings, and have offerings that can be used in different ways throughout your business.” Meet Chelsea Pimienta, Senior Art Director at TIME Magazine and Owner of the successful side hustle, 23&9 Creative. She has an eye for creative genius, she’s a complete joy to work with, and knowledgeable to learn from. Grab a coffee or cocktail, get comfy, and join us for this fun episode.
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