Working Girls Don't Gatekeep

Allie Demes is a birth, postpartum, and bereavement doula based in the Sarasota area of Florida.   Today's conversation is very educational - she shares with us not only how someone interested in becoming a doula can pursue it, but professionally, but answers many questions regarding a physiological birth.   She is skilled in home birth assistance, hospital birth assistance, postpartum assistance,...

Lauren Schultheis of WellWay in Plymouth MN joins us today to discuss integrative nutrition.   She gives us tips on health and wellness from a holistic point of view - reminding us how our entire body is connected and her approach to helping clients involves taking a look at the entire body as one system rather than treating the body as separate systems.   Lauren is a Registered Dietitian and the...

After overcoming chronic and autoimmune disease issues, Kylie found a way to heal holistically.   After the experiences she had in the traditional Western Medicine journey, Kylie sought out finding a holistic approach to wellness and health that was catered especially to her.   This motivated her to go to college to get her degree as a Registered Dietitian and Integrative Health Coach and now is w...

Shannon Evans is a licensed Acupuncturist and owner of Sundays Acupuncture in Kirkland, Washington.   I connected with her initially on TikTok because she shares so much valuable content on her TikTok page regarding holistic health tips.   Personally, I love acupuncture  to help with acute issues and with understanding more about the connection throughout our entire body. Each system and each part...

Today we have Dr. Cassie Wilder with us - the owner of Minneapolis Integrative Medicine Center & a Naturopathic Doctor of Medicine!   We are kicking off my health series where I am interviewing women in the health care space - but more so in the wellness and Eastern Medicine space.   If you know me, you know that I am a mostly crunchy gal who seeks holistic health options in every way. I have deli...

Bailie White joins us today to share with us what entrepreneurship looks like to her.     Bailie grew, scaled, and sold her 6 figure luxury travel business to pursue a new type of lifestyle - one that keeps her traveling, but allows her to speak at universities and sororities across the country.   She empowers young women to build their own "Brand of Beautiful."   Bailie is also a podcast host - h...

Tatiana Soash is a Hand Letterer and Graphic Art Designer  - who specializes in brands! MAJOR brands! She is doing a large project for Sephora!!!   As a creative, she is able to work on a variety of services and keeps her inspired - things look different for her everyday!   Other Topics we cover: How she gets paid from Pinterest as a Pinterest Creator & on other social media platforms! (Hint she h...

Welcome to episode 2 of the Design Series!   Today we have Gigi Saca with us who is the owner of GS Print Shoppe which is a digital print shop with the cutest bright colored design products. Products range from posters to put on the wall, apparel, and stationary.   I've always been intimidated to purchase art for my house because what if I don't like it in 3 months and it's so expensive?   Then I...

Welcome to episode 1 of the Creatives Series! I will be interviewing 3 Working Girlies who have created their own businesses in the creative space!   Today we have Kelsey Santana joining us who owns KJS Socials - a social media management company that has the most beautiful aesthetic.   Kelsey has a lot of wedding industry clients - which was an industry she pursued because of her personal experie...

As a former teacher, Cady Jackson has a great perspective on what it is like to leave the classroom to work for corporate.   Hint: she LOVES it!   Today we discuss the realities of being a teacher in a classroom looks like, from a very limited time off schedule, the constant hustle and never ending work, to the low pay that the teachers receive.   Cady fell into this role as a technical writer by...

Jackie Stinsman is a professional photographer focusing on family, maternity, and newborn photography!   She tells us today how she has built her business to now be a referral and past-client business that now employs other photographers!   If you are considering taking your photography passions full time, listen to this episode because Jackie shares how she made it happen!   Get this - she books...

Liz Kittleston owns Carnelia Mental Health in Apple Valley, Minnesota.   Liz is a Licensed marriage and family therapist & is now a business owner since 2023!   She studied Human Development in college which often leads to counseling in some way. She knew very clearly that she wanted to pursue counseling as a profession, but was encouraged to try other fields and classes during college.   Today, s...

Gabby Hawkes Blackburn is the Planning Director and Assistant City Manager for Vernon  City, UT.   What is that? Think of it as the one who makes your city and town operate smoothly!   She helps decide if/where a new Target should go in the city, if a sidewalk needs to be added, more bus routes, noise ordinances, zoning, and more!   This is a great job for someone who loves to be involved and work...

Marlow Svatek joins us to discuss her career as a litigation attorney for luxury brands in Chicago!   She also talks about her time in the Peace Corp in Africa after college!   As an attorney, she says that most attorneys want to use their tangible skills to ultimately help people at the end of the day. Marlow gives some examples of what types of qualities it takes to be a good lawyer and wants to...

Garrett Wood Kusmierz is the founder and CEO of the perinatal CPG company kozēkozē.   kozēkozē is a line of products that are non-toxic, mess free, and innovative perinatal products for new moms or women trying to conceive.   We discuss today the process of inventing products from start to finish. Once you have an idea of a product, how do you bring it to market?   Garrett gives us her tips on wha...

Kelli Bertram joins us today to discuss the world of travel planning!  She has been a travel advisor for 5 years and walks us through what a day in the life of a Travel Advisor looks like!  She focuses on planning destination weddings, luxury honeymoons, European vacations, and wellness trips. This role is very entrepreneurial and almost reminds me of the setup of a real estate agent! Advisors wor...

Today we have Taylor Swift's #1 Fan. Kidding but maybe!   Maria Santora is traveling to Sweden to go to The Eras Tour with a girl from Denmark who she met online after her TikTok went viral (and even on GMA) when she was thrown up on from a stranger during the last Eras Tour she was at!   Maria used to be a sports news anchor for a few different local news stations covering local sports and even S...

Amber is the CEO of AFMKTG - a luxury branding agency based in San Diego, CA. Her and her team focus on strategic services like website design, branding, social media management, content creation and more for brands in the luxury industry such as luxury real estate developers, yacht businesses, aesthetic services and more.   Oh and did I mention she is the host of the podcast Old Money? I am so gl...

Madelyn Warren is a business owner of MadHouseCo as an interior designer and realtor in Austin, TX!   She creatively found a niche helping builders become their go-to design consultant for their new custom build homes while she was a realtor!   Hosting open houses in the new build homes, she was able to pick up clients for her real estate business while simultaneously building her brand as a desig...

Ava Perkins is a cosmetic chemist! I did not know what that meant but I learned that it is the person who creates the actual makeup product behind the scenes!   She was always a fan of makeup tutorials on YouTube and also went to school to pursue science in someway, which is how she found a college in Toledo, OH that offered cosmetic chemistry as a major.   Ava tells us what it is like to physical...

Kenzie is working and co-owning her family farm in Indiana where they farm corn, soybean, and wheat.   I couldn't wait to talk to Kenzie about this career because it has traditionally been a male dominated field.   Personally, I view farmers as the backbone of this country and the work that they do is not recognized enough.   We had a great conversation about what it actually entails to own and op...

Today we have Amber Melton on with us who is an Assistant Athletic Trainer for a D2 college in FL   She was an athlete in high school and grew up in an athletic and sports fan family. She spent a lot of time with the athletic trainer for personal injuries so she was exposed to this industry at a young age, which helped guide her into pursuing this field for a profession.   She did her undergrad as...

Today we have Samantha Burns who is a marketing guru in the construction startup space!  Before this conversation, I never thought of the industry of construction startups! Did you? When we connected on TikTok and she mentioned what she did, I knew we needed to talk because I don't have too many women in the construction industry and though it was a rarity. Turns out, there are a lot of women in t...

Lydia was an accounting and Finance major during college and now a full time accounting specialist! She loves the consistency in accounting which is why she pursued it full time.  Other topics we talk about: We talk about a common career path in accounting. What it is like to work with only men in this career.  Why women are good at accounting  The importance of mentorship  She also started doing...

Bianca is a civil litigation defender which means that she represents the corporations that have been sued.   We talk about her experience in working at the state attorney's office in Florida and what that means day to day as one of her early positions where she was a prosecutor for criminals as her first job Now she does civil litigation defense - we cover what that means! Other things we cover:...