Foster Your Passion - Women Entrepreneurs sharing their journey

Odellia Fischer, a Foster University alum and founder of Take Off Travel , is an expert planner and avid traveler who combined her passion and expertise to start her own travel planning business. With a focus on creating custom itineraries for families, Odellia combines her experience as an event planner with her fond memories of family vacations to eliminate the common travel stressors for her cl...

With her background in advertising and knack for witty personal branding, Danielle Hughes has cultivated a career helping people and businesses strategize quality content. After years of working as a copywriter in the corporate world, Danielle took the leap into freelancing and, eventually, started her own marketing company. In today's episode, Danielle discusses her transition from "order-taker"...

In Season 3 of Foster Your Passion, Hayley reflects with some women in her life that have been positively impacted by their relationships with their dads.  The women in Season 3 will share stories about their dads, the best advice their dads ever gave them and other valuable nuggets of wisdom.  

When this young entrepreneur saw a need for using her best asset, her 'little hands', she put together a business card offering her services and began networking at her local pool.  Brooke Ellish, founder of Little Hands, can help you get little things that are stuck in small spaces.  Brooke is the classic example of how you can never be too old or too young to start Fostering Your Passion. If you...

Being agile and constantly iterating on your business isn't always easy but Jessica Garmise, Owner of Out of the Box Creations, has continued to do this over the years and has seen incredible success.  She listens to and trusts her gut when making hard business decisions.  Jessica took a small product gift business and has turned it into a creative enterprise, designing and creating event decor fo...

It's all about the angle when staring down the barrel of a camera.  When Alyssa Peek got laid off from her job in the fashion industry, she picked up her camera and immediately fell in love with the idea of taking photos of women over 40.  She shares her journey, her lessons from both of her amazing parents and some great tips on how to look and feel your best in front of the camera.   More about...

With a vibrant and engaging presentation style and an undeniable love of new culinary ideas, food media personality Nicole Meyer has achieved success across multiple platforms. As a published cookbook author, business owner, and featured onscreen segment presenter, Nicole displays a passion for helping busy women find confidence in the kitchen through enticing menu ideas and easy-to-follow techniq...

Fran Hauser and Hayley recorded this episode back in April, before both of their book launches.  They discuss Fran's book, The Myth of the Nice Girl, and how NICE is Fran's superpower.  Once Fran accepted her authentic 'nice' self, she gained more confidence and freed up her time because she was no longer focused on trying to be something she's not.  Fran shares great insights from her time in Tim...

The entrepreneur life is full of up ups and downward dogs, especially for this Yogi.  Founder and former owner of Om Sweet Om Yoga in Port Washington, NY, Gail Grossman has seen a lot in her 14 years of running her Yoga studio but in the end she was able to look back with a smile and a full heart knowing that nobody is indispensable, including her.  Gail has helped thousands of people throughout h...

Katie Fogarty , founder of Reboot , is a professional communicator and storyteller but when she asked her tribe to describe her, she got a different answer.  They told her how great of a listener she is.  Are you perceived by others differently than you want to be perceived?  Katie shares an exercise to find out how you can find your 'words' in order to tell your story and write your headline.  Re...

Jane Abrahams is the owner and founder of Jane's Addiction . Jane has always been an organized person and it all started with her kids.  Running a household with three little ones, friends would come over and ask her where all of her 'stuff' was.  She began to share her secrets and so became Jane's Addiction.  ​ Jane talks about how to create "your space" and make sure you have a domain. No matter...

Dawn always knew where she wanted to be, and what she wanted to be doing. She was always willing to make sacrifices for her business; and looking back on the day that she decided to turn away from corporate, she does not regret a single thing. Listen to this podcasts to hear it from the motivator herself. She spreads confidence to young-girls in pre-school through middle school, with her energy an...

In this episode, Carrie normalizes and makes sense of the "mom juggle." She elaborates and emphasizes on how we must subscribe to the philosophy that we CAN have It all, but you cannot have it all AND do It at the same time. We must have self acceptance, be focused, deliberate, and again, accept and face the fact that we really are juggling things. Once you have self acceptance, you will be a happ...

Chugging along on her side hustle and riding the wave of passion, Hayley hits a wall when things come to light that throw a major wrench into the new business idea.  Should she make a 180 or go 360.  Hayley consults her business coach, John O'Connor for some guidance and direction and then follows up with a conversation with her hubby/business partner, Brian Valenza . Find out if they decide to go...

In Episode6, we hear the outcome of how Hayley's meeting went with the Investors. Following that, she jumps on a call with her friend and fellow Entrepreneur and TEDx Speaker Elisabeth Cardiello. Hayley and Elisabeth catch up about how important it is to have strong Father figures in our lives and share stories about how much their own fathers have molded them into the business women they are toda...

It's not everyday that there is more than one Entrepreneur in a family but Hayley and her brother Brad Foster are clearly cut from the same cloth.  For the past 17 years, Bradley Foster has been the co-Owner of Elum Designs , a design and manufacturer of custom letterpress wedding invitations and announcements, social stationery, journals, designer gift wrap, gift totes and paper products.  Hear m...

Starting a new business isn't easy, especially one in a new industry. Surrounding yourself with a team of people that are smarter than you is possibly one of the smartest things you can do. In this weeks episode, Hayley speaks with Michael Stern , product developer and former Founder of Tinychat, and gets challenged by Michael on all aspects of this new business she wants to start. More about Mich...

Welcome to Episode 2. How the hell does one actually start a Podcast? In a conversation with her good friend Lou Diamond , Hayley learns what she will need to start her Podcast. Later in the episode, Hayley gets schooled on the legal in's and out's of starting a business by her lawyer, also a young female entrepreneur, Agatha Kluk of Kluk Pianco Law firm in NYC. If you'd like the notes from her en...

Welcome to a day in the life of Hayley Foster - mom, wife, entrepreneur, workout fanatic, and THE FOSTER Woman.  Always the consummate worker, Hayley used to do the daily commute from Long Island to NYC while juggling the life of a working mom, along with a side hustle or two. One day she realized she had a TERRIFIC business idea and began to 'foster' her side hustle.  Foster Your Passion invites...