Second Wind Women

What if the reason you can't shake the burnout has nothing to do with how hard you're working, and everything to do with working against your own biology? Chapters (00:00:02) - Brandy Stamper on the Success Paradox (00:01:12) - What I Wish I Knew About My Career (00:05:35) - Have You Changed? Maybe Your Personality Assessment (00:06:58) - The Enneagram: Why Do You Do What You Do? (00:13:42) - How...

What happens when an occupational therapist who never trained seriously as a dancer discovers that movement holds the key to surviving breast cancer? Chapters (00:00:01) - Jenny Cohen on Dance to Heal (00:04:40) - Visualization Training for Gymnasts (00:08:25) - Give Yourself 90 Minutes of Self Care Every Day (00:13:52) - Kelly On Me: My Morning Routine (00:18:44) - How to Manage Your Life (00:21:...

What happens when the founder who swore off startups finds the one problem worth building for? In this episode, Karen sits down with Lindsay Friedman, founder of Care Bloom and LT Care Nav, whose path runs in reverse of the typical entrepreneur story. Chapters (00:00:00) - Caregiving for Women in the Long Term Care (00:01:11) - How to Care for a Multi-Generational Family (00:03:06) - How CareBloom...

Rebecca Linney is a longtime talent acquisition specialist in the automotive design industry, a mom, and the first-time author of "The Growing Bed." Based in Carlsbad, California. She calls herself an accidental author, and the path she describes in this episode is exactly that: a series of small, ordinary moments that compounded into something she never saw coming. Chapters (00:00:00) - Rebecca f...

What happens when a landscape architect who led a department of 70 people across the ocean decides to start over as an executive coach in a country where she knows no one? Emma Collyer shares the story of leaving England, rebuilding from scratch in Canada, and launching Aspire Executive Coaching in 2021. Chapters (00:00:00) - Meet Emma Collier (00:00:54) - How to Coach Your Way Through Your Career...

Tabitha Jones is an executive coach, outplacement specialist, and founder of the Corporate Escape Sherpa. After more than 30 years in the corporate world, including two decades leading technical teams in telecom, she rebuilt her career at 50 to help other women do the same. Chapters (00:00:00) - Second Wind Women: Tabitha Jones (00:00:54) - The Secret to Getting Your Career Promoted (00:06:52) - A...

Corey Micah is the founder of Calm Within Swim and Orca Swim School in Seattle. She helps adults overcome their fear of water through a structured, mindset-first approach, teaching both in person and online at adultswimlesson.com. Chapters (00:00:00) - Melissa Corey on Second Wind Women (00:00:26) - Teaching Swimming Lessons Online (00:02:43) - How to Learn to Swim Online (00:05:22) - Swimming Les...

Dr. Naja Zupan survived aggressive cancer with a 5% survival rate by rejecting conventional treatment and choosing a radical path of energy healing and self-love. She spent 8 years healing herself and then faced cancer as her ultimate teacher. Today, she teaches leaders and entrepreneurs how to find "the first domino" so they can transform their reality before crisis forces them to. Chapters (00:0...

Christy Duvall went from imposter syndrome to VP of Sales by learning to trust herself. Now she coaches women leaders to lead with authenticity, transform their teams, and skip the burnout Chapters (00:00:00) - Christy Duvall on Second Wind Women (00:00:47) - Growing up in Pittsburgh, I moved to Idaho (00:05:02) - When You Move Out of Your Parents' Home (00:08:20) - Transition from sales to manage...

Amy Bernstein spent decades in corporate communications until a moment on a train platform,nearly boarding a one-way Amtrak to escape her life, forced her to confront her burnout. She discovered that creative transformation doesn't require dramatic overnight change; it begins with small steps, community, and rejecting the false metric of monetization. Now as a "doubt whisperer," she coaches writer...

Rachel Bachelor left a demanding freelance TV career to co-lead Doctors Remedy, a doctor-formulated nail and foot care brand her podiatrist husband started with a partner in 2007. She transformed the company's positioning from "toxin-free" (a crowded market) to "toxin-free + beneficial ingredients," serving both doctors and consumers. Nearly 20 years later, she runs an all-women team, operates glo...

What if everything you've been through — the art, the pain, the breakdown, the seeking — was always preparing you for exactly this? In this luminous and wide-ranging conversation, host Karen Spece sits down with Andrea Sadler, also known as Dragonfly, spiritual coach, filmmaker, actress, and singer-songwriter, to explore what it truly means to wake up, break open, and emerge as something altogethe...

What if menopause isn't an ending — but a luminous initiation into your deepest power? In this profound and wide-ranging conversation, host Karen Spece sits down with Tamoah Burton, transformational medium, soul healer, menopause coach, and founder of Soul Compact, to explore the extraordinary intersection of spiritual healing, feminine transformation, and the journey back Chapters (00:00:00) - To...

What if the secret to finding epic love isn't about finding the right person but becoming one? In this raw, honest, and deeply insightful conversation, we explore the invisible patterns that keep women stuck in cycles of toxic relationships — and exactly how to break free. Chapters (00:00:00) - Second Wind Women: Kaia Garcia (00:00:24) - What Made You Choose to Become a Relationship Expert? (00:02...

What if everything you've been told about aging as a woman is wrong? In this rich and candid conversation, host Karen Spece sits down with Carla Waywright — holistic wellness coach, sexual awakening facilitator, and midlife alchemist — to explore why midlife isn't the beginning of decline, but quite possibly the most powerful transformation of a woman's life. Chapters (00:00:00) - Meet Carla Wainw...

Anna Marie shares her transformative journey, revealing how understanding the brain's plasticity can lead to profound changes in the way we learn and interact with the world. Chapters (00:00:00) - Wonders of the World (00:01:07) - Kinesiology and hypnotherapy (00:07:13) - Autistic people: Getting your brain to grow (00:13:22) - The challenges of school life (00:14:05) - Talking about stress and an...

Cat Rambo bridges ancient wisdom and modern insight to awaken human potential. Blending shamanic ceremony, energy healing, and herbalism with tools like NLP and hypnosis, she guides reconnection with wholeness and purpose through coaching, ceremony, and teaching. Her work makes growth accessible, grounded, and efficient. Chapters (00:00:03) - Meet Kat Rambeau (00:00:49) - Midlife Crisis: How to He...

What happens after the ceremony? In this deeply thoughtful conversation, host Karen Spies and Cat Rambo explore one of the most overlooked aspects of the plant medicine and spiritual awakening world - integration. Chapters (00:00:00) - Kat Rambo on Integrating the Visionary Experience (00:06:08) - How to Train Your Dragon (00:06:28) - How to Stop Complaining About Your Life (00:11:49) - How to Con...

Dr. Susan shares her remarkable journey from corporate marketing executive to acupuncture doctoral graduate at age 60. What followed was two decades of helping women conceive naturally, with protocols that have shown a 42% increase in live birth rates for women over 35 undergoing frozen embryo transfer. Chapters (00:00:00) - Dr. Susan Fox on Preconception and Egg Freezing (00:01:18) - Working in w...

Martha Burich is an accomplished educator and author with a master's degree in child psychology who taught as a college professor for 10 years and a high school special education teacher for 16 years. She has written "Yes, You Can Raise Happy, Responsible Children". Chapters (00:00:00) - Martha Buritch on Second Wind Women (00:01:07) - Teaching as a psychologist and then switching to science (00:0...

Chandra Skye shares her journey with PMDD, somatic trauma healing, and leaving an abusive marriage. Now she runs peer support groups for the 150 million people globally living with this life-threatening condition. Chapters (00:00:00) - Meet Second Wind Women: Chandra Skye (00:02:08) - How I Learned To Heal From Trauma in the Womb (00:07:45) - What is Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder? (00:14:49) - W...

Meryl Hayton is the creator of the Emotional Clearing Method who helps clients release trauma, rewire limiting patterns, and reclaim confidence through EFT tapping, energy healing, and mindset work. Chapters (00:00:00) - Meet Meryl Hayton (00:00:36) - How a yoga teacher turned down a corporate job (00:07:18) - Meryl Streep on Her Journey From Talons to Yoga (00:10:02) - EFT and the nail revolution...

Gwen Bortner, with over four decades of experience across 47 industries, emphasizes that while marketing and sales can provide immediate feedback on performance, the underlying operational aspects of a business often hide significant blind spots. Connect with Gwen at www.everydayeffectiveness.com Chapters (00:00:00) - Blind Spots in Your Business (00:01:08) - 47 Different Industries (00:03:03) - W...

This conversation delves into the journey of Dr. Sara Love, a naturopathic physician and founder of a herbal tea business. We talk about her transition from traditional medicine to naturopathy, the inspiration behind her tea business, and the challenges of balancing a career in naturopathy with a food production business. Chapters (00:00:00) - Dr. Sarah Love (00:00:59) - Naturopaths on Becoming a...

In the quest for personal growth and vitality, the connection between breath and nutrition often goes overlooked. In a recent episode of Second Wind Women, wellness practitioner Kate Tarratt Cross, known as the "Breath Chef," delves into how mastering these two life forces can elevate our energy and unlock the life we truly desire. You can find Kate at GoWithTheGlow.com. Chapters (00:00:00) - Kate...