Christa Gurka, MSPT, NCPT- Health and Fitness Business Strategist

Female emPOWERED: Winning in Business & Life

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A podcast for female boutique fitness, wellness and physical therapy small business owners who want expert insights and honest conversations about what it means to show up, thrive, and of course GET PAID.

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Christa Gurka, MSPT, NCPT- Health and Fitness Business Strategist

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Business

Latest episode

Jul 7, 2026

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Episodes

Episode 222: How to Build a Successful Multiple 6 Figure Business Out of Your Home with Dr. Megan Greco 13.02.2024

Hey everyone! Welcome back to another episode of The Female Empowered Podcast. Today is a guest episode and we have Dr. Megan Greco, the founder of MGPT. She runs a very successful Physical Therapy practice just outside of her own home. Many have thought about doing this and they though it wasn’t possible at all but here is Dr. Megan proving them wrong! Let’s look at Dr. Megan’s journey, what her...

Episode 221: The Biggest Risk to Your Fit Biz? Boredom 06.02.2024

Hello everyone, I am so happy you are here! Welcome back to another episode of The Female Empowered Podcast. Today, let’s talk about a topic that I was discussing with my own mentorship and Mastermind group. The topic is what happens when you get bored with your business. This happens frequently to high achievers because they thrive in growth. I am also a high achiever and per my experience, I thr...

Episode 220: Saying No to Team Members 30.01.2024

Hey there everyone! Welcome back to another episode of The Female Empowered Podcast. Today, I am talking about a topic that’s near and dear to my heart, and most likely to yours, because it’s all about saying, “No.” So many of us women business owners are people pleasers and high achievers that is why there are so many reasons why saying no makes us feel guilt. Let’s talk about where this feeling...

Episode 219: Raising Your Prices in 2024 23.01.2024

Hey there everyone! Welcome back to another episode of The Female Empowered Podcast. Today, I am talking about one of my favorite topics – pricing.  We often see in our industry that the pricing is comparable to the other businesses in the market rather than according to their expenses, their capacity, and their profitability. It’s not your fault if you also practice this in your business, but, th...

Episode 218: How to Market Your Fit Biz in 2024 16.01.2024

Hi there! Welcome back to another episode of The Female Empowered Podcast. Today’s episode is all about marketing. I am going to give you the exact marketing strategies that you can use to market your boutique fitness, wellness, or health care business for the first 90 days of 2024! There are so many marketing trends this 2024 and I want you to know more about them so you can use these as leverage...

Episode 217: Why You’re Not Ready for a Mastermind to Grow Your Fit Biz 09.01.2024

Hey there everyone! Welcome back to another episode of The Female Empowered Podcast. This is the second podcast episode for 2024, and before we dive into the topic, let me just ask how you are doing. Are you back to work? Are you still on vacation?  For this episode, we will be talking about why you’re not ready for a business mentor, or a Mastermind, or any type of mentorship group programs. Many...

Episode 216: Avoiding a "New Year, New You" Mindset 02.01.2024

Hey there ladies and gents! Welcome back to another episode of The Female Empowered Podcast. This is the first podcast episode for 2024, which means this is the fourth year I have been doing this podcast! I am so happy I was convinced to start this podcast and I want to thank you for sticking around! For this episode, we will be talking about my take on the “New Year, New You” mindset and what I a...

Episode 215: Listener Favorite: Most popular episode of all time with over 1200 downloads 26.12.2023

Hey there! Welcome back to another episode of The Female Empowered Podcast. This is the last episode of 2023, so I want to share with you a re-airing of my most downloaded podcast episode not only from the episodes this year, but from all the episodes I did in total!   There were 1200 downloads of this episode and it is the one entitled, “The Problem With Charging What You're Worth.” This was...

Episode 214: Listener Favorite: My Most Popular Episode of 2023 19.12.2023

Hey everyone! Welcome back to another episode of The Female Empowered Podcast. We are approaching the end of the year, I will be re-airing my most popular episode for 2023.  This is the third full year of The Female Empowered Podcast and the most popular episode that I have is the one entitled “How To Create Efficient and Sustainable Schedules for your Business, your Team, and yourself.” There wer...

Episode 213: Year of Achievement: Women's Wellness Wins in Under 365 Days 11.12.2023

Hi guys! Welcome back to another episode of The Female Empowered Podcast. Before I share to you what this episode is all about, let me tell you a quote I love. The quote is, “We over estimate what we can do in a day, we underestimate what we can do in a year.”  So, to wrap up 2023, you will be hearing from the wins of the business owners I worked with for the past months and years. These women are...

Episode 212: End of year financial planning with KickStart Accounting Inc. CEO Danielle Hayden 05.12.2023

Hey everyone! Welcome back to another episode of The Female Empowered Podcast. We have another returning guest, KickStart Accounting Inc. CEO Danielle Hayden. Danielle is the Money Team in our Beyond The Movement coaching programs. I finally met her face to face for the first time in the Female Fitness CEO Summit last November and she gave two amazing talks about money, finances, and mindsets for...

Episode 211: CEO Summit Recap 28.11.2023

Hi there everyone! Welcome back to another episode of The Female Empowered Podcast. In today’s episode, let’s go over a recap of what happened during the Female Fitness CEO Summit, which I host every year in South Florida. This is the third year we’ve been doing this amazing event where female business owners come together and learn about each other!    Give this episode a listen to give you a fee...

Episode 210: Holiday Cancellations: How to Prevent Them 21.11.2023

Hi there everyone! Welcome back to another episode of The Female Empowered Podcast. It’s Thanksgiving Week and we are so close to the end of the year. With that said, let’s talk about 15 ways to avoid holiday cancellations in your business.   During the holidays, we see an uptick in the cancellations. So, I want to give you some tips on how to prevent and maybe even eliminate these cancellations....

Episode 209: Contingency Planning for your Small Business with Mary Beth 14.11.2023

Hi there everyone! Welcome back to another episode of The Female Empowered Podcast. Today, I have another guest episode and I am so happy to have with me Mary Beth Simón. She actually reached out to me to be a guest on my podcast and when I looked at her bio, I knew we had to have her on board because I know we will all be learning a lot from her. Mary Beth’s business is Niche Partnership Consulti...

Episode 208: How to Make the Most out of Ads for your Brick and Mortar Business with Kia Shakur Kiascope 07.11.2023

Hey everyone! Welcome back to another episode of The Female Empowered Podcast. I am excited to have Nikkia Shakur with me as my guest today. Nikkia is the founder and CEO of KiaScope PPC. Nikkia and I met in Claire Pelletreau’s Get Paid Marketing Mentorship Group. Since knowing Nikkia, she has been a great resource for me when it comes to helping me learn all about ads. So, today we will be talkin...

Episode 207: Overcoming Overthinking: 5 Strategies for Women Entrepreneurs 31.10.2023

Hi! Welcome back to another episode of The Female Empowered Podcast. The episode I have for you today came up when I was on a walk and was listening to a podcast. The title is “Overcoming Overthinking for the Female Business Owner.” I think that many of the people who resonate with me, join my mentorship group, and listen to my podcast are similar in the fact that we all tend to be high achievers....

Episode 206: How to Plan for Black Friday and Cyber Monday for your Boutique Wellness Biz with Content Strategist Latasha Doyle 24.10.2023

Hey there! Welcome back to another episode of The Female Empowered Podcast. Today, I have one of my favorite people in the whole wide world – Latasha Doyle. She is the founder and CEO of Uncanny content and the mastermind behind my content strategy for both Christa Gurka and Pilates In The Grove. What we will be going on a deep dive today is how you can plan for Black Friday and Cyber Monday for y...

Episode 205: How Therapy Impacted My Business Growth 17.10.2023

Hello everyone! Welcome back to another episode of The Female Empowered Podcast. Today’s episode is very near and dear to my heart and it is about how Mental Health Therapy impacted my business.    The truth is, being a business owner affects your mental health. And in turn, your mental health and self-awareness will affect your ability to be a leader and a business owner. I’ll be sharing with you...

Episode 204: Navigating Changes at Home When Your Business Grows 10.10.2023

Hey guys! Welcome back to another episode of The Female Empowered Podcast. This is a VERY special episode because I have a VERY special guest with me – my husband, Scott Gurka. I wanted to share this episode with everyone because we will be talking about how we navigate our life, marriage, family situation, personal lives, and our careers. I am an entrepreneur and my husband travels a lot for work...

Episode 203: How I Find Work/Life Balance as a Female Fitness CEO 03.10.2023

Hey everyone! Welcome back to another episode of The Female Empowered Podcast. This episode is for all of you moms out there or if you are caretaking for other people. Let me share with you how I found work-life balance. I know how female CEOs feel when they are working and are juggling too much on their plate alongside their personal lives. I will share with you the things I choose to give attent...

Episode 202: Should you drop that service? Figuring out which offers are helping you grow and which are keeping you stagnant 26.09.2023

Hey there listeners! Welcome back to another episode of The Female Empowered Podcast. We will be talking about the question, “Should you drop that service?” Let this podcast help you understand and decide if a service that you offer is helping you grow or keeping you stagnant and is costing you money. I wanted to do this episode because for me personally, I did learn a lot by evaluating which of t...

Episode 201: Evaluating Team Members: How to Keep a Great Team 19.09.2023

Hello there! Welcome back to another episode of The Female Empowered Podcast. What we’re talking about today is evaluating team members and how to keep a great team. This has been a topic that has come up a lot in my recent conversations. The other things that we will be talking about are regular check-ins and reviews, regular and consistent feedback, rewarding and praising good work, working thro...

Episode 200: Are you sabotaging your earning potential? I was and didn't even realize it.... 12.09.2023

Hey guys! Welcome back to another episode of The Female Empowered Podcast. This is a really interesting episode because I truly did not believe that some of the things I did when I started my business was actually sabotaging my earning potential.    I was so oblivious to the things I will be sharing with you in this episode. You might be guilty of doing these too that’s why you should listen to th...

Episode 199: How to get paid first...not last 05.09.2023

Hey there everyone! Welcome back to another episode of The Female Empowered Podcast. This week will be all about a topic that’s been talked about over and over in our mentorship groups and it’s how to pay yourself first, not last.   In the past, I did this, too. I wasn’t paying myself because I was just starting my business. This might be great in the beginning, but as your business grows, there s...

Episode 198: How to Stand Out in a Crowded Market 29.08.2023

Hey there! Welcome back to another episode of The Female Empowered Podcast. What we will be talking about this week is how you can stand out in a crowded market. A lot of business owners will think to themselves that they have a lot of competition in the industry they are in. That is why I made this podcast so that you can adapt the actionable and tangible steps I have for you on how you and your...

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