Successful: The Podcast

In the finale episode of Season 3, Natalie and Karla reflect on their favorite moments with this season’s guests (spoiler alert: they were all amazing!) and look ahead to some bold ideas and aspirations for Season 4.  They also introduce a surprise guest who has been hanging out behind the scenes lately - Alissa Dias, who recently joined the team as producer.  Finally, the ladies share their appre...

Our guest this week is Sarah Valdez, a scuba instructor with a fascinating career journey and inspiring story of facing fears and overcoming adversity.  Opening a dive shop in a foreign country had been the hardest thing she’d ever done, until the pandemic hit less than a year later and she was forced to sell the business.  Sarah shares how she got through that tough time, what opportunities it op...

This week, Natalie takes the mic for our very first solo episode.  With both our hosts juggling especially busy schedules during this third season of the podcast, the time couldn’t be better to dedicate an entire mini-episode to the importance of rest.  Tune in to hear what recently led Natalie to take two weeks off from work, how she spent her time (spoiler alert: not an elaborate vacation), and...

This week, we welcome our guest Raanah Amjadi, a Health and Wellness Coach who specializes in Ayurveda—the sister science to Yoga. This ancient wisdom deeply influenced her own Persian culture's relationship to food as medicine. Ayurveda is about helping us understand what our unique balance looks like, and then how to counterbalance that unique nature with all forms of nourishment, whether th...

If you love to be inspired by stories of courageous women, then you are in for a treat!  We are honored to bring you our guest, New York Times Best Selling author Allison Pataki. Her historical fiction novels focus on highlighting the stories of women throughout history who are not well known today, but who have helped to shape the world as we know it.  In this episode, Allison shares how she took...

Did you ever think that embarking on a fitness journey would lead you to find joy, empowerment and fulfillment along the way? This week, our guests are Claire Hurwitt, Founder and CEO, and Robyn Donovan, Head Coach, of Fulfilled Health and Fitness. They each share their personal stories of how they transformed their health and well-being through fitness, and how they’ve helped more than a hundred...

In this week’s episode, we had the pleasure of speaking with Joemmy Ramirez, a talent management and organizational effectiveness professional, who made the bold decision to take a career break when faced with some stress-related health concerns. Through her experiences, Joemmy emphasizes the importance of adopting a "me first” mindset when it comes to prioritizing your health and your values...

We were so inspired to speak to this week’s guest, Yanet Borrego, a former engineer and consultant turned career mindset and clarity coach.  At a young age, Yanet learned about taking risks and personal reinvention when she and her mother left Cuba to seek asylum in the United States.  Come for her compelling story of new beginnings; stay for her equally incredible coaching tips about clarity, pur...

We are excited to share this week’s episode, a fascinating conversation with Ashalee Hurst, Professor of Social Psychology.  Ashalee shared that one of her top values is honesty, and for her, that means “being honest with other people, but really… being honest with myself and staying true to myself and representing myself as I really am.”  We think Ashalee completely embodied this value, lighting...

In this solo episode, hosts Natalie and Karla share important career decisions they’ve each made recently, how they've managed their mindsets through the process, and using “holographic thinking” to assess logic, emotion, and intuition as inputs for their decisions. Key Takeaways: Find the little gifts in any situation. Approach circumstances with curiosity and use your creativity to open your...

We talk to Sarah Santacroce, Business Coach and founder of 'Humane Marketing' all about how to bring our whole selves to work. We talk specifically about why marketing in a more authentic way is kind to ourselves, our clients and the planet, and how showing up as our authentic selves can bring more ease to our day-to-day life. About Sarah: Over a decade of running a successful LinkedIn Con...

Health and wellness are integral parts of living aligned to our values. A healthy mind and body allows us to live life to the fullest and in alignment with our values - because when we feel good, we're more likely to do the things that we love and bring us joy.  Our guest this week is Dr. Michal Waldfogel, a naturopathic physician.  She shares how she has aligned her values and her training in...

Kicking off season 3 of Successful: The Podcast, hosts Natalie and Karla reflect on the first two seasons and look ahead to what they want to accomplish in season 3 and beyond.  We hear about their goals for the podcast (hint: it has a lot to do with YOU, the listener) and talk about how their personal definition of success has evolved since the podcast began.  Topic ideas? Guest suggestions? Ques...

Thank you to all the amazing guests and listeners who have supported us in making this podcast dream come true! In this final episode of Season 2, we (Karla and Natalie) share our favorite moments of the season, what we're grateful for, and what we're looking forward to in Season 3. Key Takeaways: We have so much to be grateful for, including surpassing 1,000 downloads of this show! Through “Succe...

Paulina Lainez, a former college professor, went all in on her 3D-printed jewelry small business during the pandemic (her side hustle at the time). Along with her husband, Alvaro, she runs "Eres Una Maravilla" ("You are a Marvel"), a company that celebrates LatinX culture and women through earrings and other designs. She shares why it's important to celebrate her culture and focus on everyday wins...

Heide Garrigan quit her corporate job of 20+ years to pursue a career as an entrepreneur and leadership coach. She shares her journey towards entrepreneurship with us, and notes that naming her fears - recognizing that they are there and acknowledging them - allowed her to take the first step into her new career path. Key Takeaways: Surrounding yourself with people who are where you want to be in...

Have you ever felt like you’re not understood? Our guest this week Sarah Elkins is a coach and entrepreneur who guides people to see their magic through understanding their strengths. Through her consulting, coaching work, and talks she gives, she creates environments where they can feel like they are part of something that matters. Key Takeaways: Gallop’s CliftonStrengths finder is a great way to...

Alexandria Rollet is on a mission to guide as many people as possible back to themselves and their own intuitive nature. She joins us to chat about how we can combine practical business tools with those that are more “unseen”, like Astrology and Human Design to better understand who we are. You can learn more about Alexandria’s mission here . Key Takeaways: “Logical” tools that we apply in busines...

Jennifer Jane Young is an Intuitive Business Advisor who is the founder of The School for Intuitive Leadership , where she works with clients “translate their visions & intuitive guidance into practical actions and helps them find the most intuitive and aligned solutions and path forward to success.” She teaches us why tuning in to our intuition can be such a powerful tool for propelling us fo...

Angela was living in and renting a New York City apartment when unexpectedly, her apartment was put up for sale. With no desire or ability to buy it, she and her boyfriend had to figure out where to live next. They loved to travel and spend time in nature, so they thought, "why not move into a van"? They downsized and gave away most of their belongings (including Angela's beloved tall plant, Heidi...

Sarah Villafranco was a practicing emergency room doctor when a series of life events spurred her to try something different - developing a skincare brand. On a whim she took a soap making class which turned into a passion for product formulation, and eventually she started her own company, Osmia Skincare . We speak about aligning your deeply held values to your career path, and how ‘doing good th...

Tara Stiles followed her calling to teach yoga in a way that feels authentic and comfortable after discovering the inner peace it provided for her. She observed that yoga could be intimidating, rigid, and intense for many, so, she set out to find a better way. As a co-founder of Strala Yoga, a best-selling author, and a well-being expert, Tara honors who she is by helping others feel good while pr...

Maya Oren became the Creative Director for a boutique hotel after starting off as an entrepreneur making films and telling stories from around the world. She also has a substack newsletter called ‘On Holiday’ in which she hopes to inspire others to live more intentionally and find the sweetness out of everyday life experiences. Key Takeaways: Creativity can be part of our everyday lives, it doesn’...

Welcome to Season 2 of Successful: The Podcast! In this season kick-off episode, we got to know Becky Daniels, a self-described “connector”, “master mainfestor”, and co-founder of Micropolitan Matchmakers, an organization focused on helping people find BIG love in small towns. Becky emphasizes that dating is not just another job, and yet many women turn dating into another project with deadlines,...

After being diagnosed with cancer a year after moving to the U.S. from Mexico, Aideé found herself dealing with a difficult diagnosis, language barrier, and cultural barriers all at once. In this final episode of Season 1 of Successful: The Podcast, Aideé shares with us how this experience led her to create Rosa es Rojo, an organization focused on making wellness and cancer prevention accessible t...