Everyday Wonder Women

Share your thoughts with us! Suzie Rhodes survived what should have been a fatal accident when her Jeep went off Black Bear Pass, rolling 300 feet down the mountain. Her remarkable journey from paralysis to independence reveals what it truly means to rebuild your life from within. • Suzie's accident left her with seven spine fractures, a dislocated hip, and a spinal cord injury, yet miraculou...

Share your thoughts with us! Lauren Branch, CEO of NewView in Tulsa, Oklahoma, shares her 28-year journey leading a nonprofit that empowers people who are blind or have low vision to live independent lives. She opens up about unexpectedly becoming CEO, facing workplace gender challenges, and navigating her husband's Alzheimer's diagnosis while maintaining her leadership role. • Started a...

Share your thoughts with us! Ginger Gilbert Ravella shares her powerful journey from being a military wife and mother of five to becoming a widow and voice of hope for others after her husband Troy was killed saving others in Iraq. • Life as a military spouse • The devastating moment when military officers knocked on her door with news of Troy's plane crash • Troy's purple heart heroic f...

Share your thoughts with us! Jessica-Rose Johnson, a Marine Corps veteran and business owner, shares her incredible journey of resilience while serving as a full-time caregiver to her husband who is living with brain cancer. • Growing up in a military family with service traced back to the Revolutionary War • Joining the Marine Corps at 17 and learning she was capable of more than she imagined • F...

Share your thoughts with us! Rachel's journey from Air Force veteran to nonprofit CEO reveals how unexpected career turns and personal challenges shaped her mission to support homeless veterans. • Enlisted in the Air Force at age 22 seeking adventure and new opportunities • Originally assigned to missile maintenance, a chance conversation redirected her to telecommunications • Built a 25-year...

Share your thoughts with us! Heather Sharp, a remarkable woman who rose from her cowgirl roots to become an airline pilot when only 1% of pilots were female, shares her extraordinary journey of persistence through adversity, devastating accidents, and an against-all-odds recovery. • Raised by a veterinarian father and professional rodeo cowgirl mother • Inspired by a high school teacher who inspir...

Share your thoughts with us! Dr. Amanda Donnelly shares her journey from practicing veterinary medicine in her family's clinic to becoming a successful consultant and speaker despite personal challenges. Her story reveals how financial independence and seeking therapy enabled her to overcome family conflicts, a difficult divorce, cancer, and the loss of close family members. • Second-generati...

Share your thoughts with us! I’m chatting with Dr. Caitlin DeWilde—veterinarian, tech nerd, business owner, mom of many species—and someone who’s been through a lot. She opens up about losing her mom, caring for her dad with Alzheimer’s, and how it all forced her to rethink what actually matters in life. We also talk about building her business ( The Social DVM ), setting boundaries (like not answ...

Share your thoughts with us! What happens when a high school English teacher accidentally becomes the Director of Technology at a school with over 1,200 students? You get a woman who knows how to lead a team, command a server room, and keep her cool in a sea of tech bros—and oh yeah, she just happens to be my sister-in-law... Dr. Jennifer Santi In this episode, we dive into her unexpected journey...

Share your thoughts with us! What do you do when life throws you something so heartbreaking, you don’t even know how to breathe through it? For Heather, that moment came when her daughter Natalie was stillborn—just weeks before her scheduled C-section. In this episode, Heather joins me to talk about what it really looks like to live through grief. Not around it. Not over it. Through it. She gets r...

Share your thoughts with us! This week, I’m bringing you a conversation with an absolute legend—Jan Youren. She holds the Guinness World Record for the longest career in bareback bronc riding (yes, really!), and her stories are just as wild and inspiring as you’d expect. We talk about how she got started, what it’s like to break a whole bunch of bones and still get back on the horse, and why she k...

Share your thoughts with us! You know that weird little feeling in your gut that something’s off—but everyone around you is telling you you're just being dramatic? Nancy had that feeling. Her intuition was waving red flags, but her husband insisted she was just imagining things. In this episode, we dive into what happens when you start believing other people over your own instincts—and how th...

Share your thoughts with us! Sarah’s story is proof that your past doesn’t have to define your future. She grew up in chaos—addicted parents, violence, and a home life that felt anything but stable. But she always knew she wanted something different. • Left home at 17 to live with her grandfather and escape the dysfunction  • Lost her mom at 20 and took custody of her 14-year-old sister at 21  • F...

Share your thoughts with us! Judy shares her remarkable journey from being a pregnant teenager in the 1960s to climbing the corporate ladder to Senior VP with no college education. • Working up from bank teller to Senior VP at a mortgage company without formal education • Learning the mortgage industry from the ground up with practical experience • Facing workplace discrimination in the 1960s bank...

Share your thoughts with us! Stacee Longfellow reconnects with her college roommate Traci to share a powerful story of resilience through cancer and parenting children with learning disabilities. • Diagnosed with breast cancer after multiple doctors dismissed her concerns • Moved to a new city with toddlers just months before her diagnosis • Cancer journey created unexpected community connections...

Share your thoughts with us! Lynn Santi never planned to become a trailblazer. Starting as a stenographer at the Santa Fe Railroad in the 1960s, she entered a world where women were exclusively secretaries in the "lower part of the pecking order." Fast forward through a 38-year career, and Lynn had risen to Director of Administration, overseeing operations across New Mexico, Arizona, and...