The Authentic Audience Podcast

This week’s guest is Cara Kovacs, a trauma-informed empowerment coach who helps her clients overcome limiting beliefs, defy societal expectations, and bring their entrepreneurial visions to life. As an intersectional feminist, Cara believes that women and marginalized people should build wealth to combat the patriarchal and elitist systems that seek to keep them powerless and small. Above all, she...

In this special solo episode, Krista opens up about the complex realities of her postpartum experience and reveals how pregnancy and breastfeeding have affected her body, her emotions, and her self-esteem. As well as describing the seldom-discussed symptoms of weaning fog, Krista acknowledges her tendency to self-sabotage and explains her decision to return to talking therapy to help her heal her...

Emily Cassel, the founder of WMNup business and leadership consultancy, joins Krista to discuss innovation, disruption, and calculated risk-taking. As a creative, forward-thinking leader specializing in helping women launch, grow and scale their businesses, Emily shares her strategies to drive success and explains how to lead with intention, impact, and vision. Links from Episode: WMNûp Websi...

Clay joins Krista to discuss fatherhood, fundraising, and food. In addition to sharing his perspective on Kepler’s birth and describing the special bond he’s developed with his baby, Clay reflects on his roles as CEO of VestMap and personal chef to Krista Ripma. Together, the pair reflect on how far they’ve come and talk over their plans for investing in their businesses and their future. Hosted o...

Krista welcomes listeners to the 2023 incarnation of the Authentic Audience podcast with its brand-new musical intro by Trevor Hall. Krista begins the episode by consulting her Cosmic Dancer oracle deck and ends it with a heartfelt love letter to her listeners. But in the space in between, she talks about motherhood, the post-partum body, microdose training, professional expansion, and how she’s l...

In her first episode since the arrival of her baby girl Kepler Grace, Krista shares her birth story and describes how her life has changed since becoming a mother. As a new mom, Krista expresses her gratitude for the ‘mycelium of mothers’ who have supported her on her motherhood journey and explains why she decided to opt for an OB to care for her in the last few weeks of her pregnancy. Krista als...

Krista introduces her friend and Functional Medicine guide, Magda Hjalmarsson, whose nutritional advice helped her reduce her nausea and recover her strength as her pregnancy progressed. Magda’s work focuses on hormonal imbalances, fertility, digestion, and gut health, and she possesses a wealth of knowledge about the vitamins, minerals, and foods that can increase energy, reduce stress and improv...

Lisa White is an IVF coach and the author of Hold On, Baby! A Soulful Guide to Riding the Ups and Downs of Infertility and IVF . She’s also a mother and the creator of The IVF Soul Align Method. Today, Lisa shares her story of struggling to conceive and explains how her own experience of infertility and IVF inspired her to support and empower other women through their IVF journeys and help them tr...

Krista catches up with her fellow Gemini and marketing specialist Carrie Anderson. As well as being a mom, a business coach, and a launch strategist, Carrie is also the host of Your Best Selfie , a podcast that helps entrepreneurs show up as their best selves online. In this episode, Carrie brings Krista up to speed with her current offerings, including her new Copy, Paste, Launch email templates,...

To celebrate the launch of Authentic Audience’s recently revamped website, Krista speaks with writer and designer Jen Olmsted, whose company Tonic Site Shop supplied the templates for its amazing new design. They discuss the importance of showing up beautifully and authentically in the digital space, and Jen shares her strategies for creating a website that truly reflects your brand and helps you...

Emily Sause is a writer, sound practitioner, and group facilitator who helps people create inner resonance and hold themselves accountable for the vibrations they put out into the world. Emily also happens to be one of Krista’s oldest and dearest friends, and she fondly recalls their high school friendship, their teenage rebelliousness, and their determination not to follow the crowd. Today, Emily...

Krista talks with licensed midwife and mother of three, Katelyn Costley, about pregnancy, labor, and postpartum care. As the co-founder of Vashon Island Midwifery, Katelyn believes in empowering and supporting women through their pregnancies by helping them make informed choices about prenatal care and delivery options. She also explains the midwife’s role in the birthing process and shares her th...

Krista shares the highs and lows of the first sixteen weeks of her pregnancy and reveals how she’s learned to cope with exhaustion, nausea, and insomnia. As a woman transitioning into motherhood, she admits that the first trimester can be a scary and lonely time filled with strange sensations and complicated emotions centred around gratitude for the new life within and grief for an old way of life...

Krista chats with Presh Rodgers, CEO of The Pinning Oasis and creator of The Pinterest Baddie Academy, about using Pinterest to attract your dream clients, grow your email list, and get more eyes on your content. As well as pointing out the benefits of Pinterest for entrepreneurs, Presh shares her tips for creating your profile, optimizing your account, and using Pinterest in combination with othe...

This week, Christa Q, our Head of Creative & Paid Media, guest hosts for Krista. Christa shares her unexpected career journey and how her intuition led her right to Authentic Audience. She breaks down the magic of a good aesthetic, our Authentic Ads method to finding your dream customers and how to talk to them using ads. Plus, she shares a sneak peek at our upcoming Spring Course. Links from...

Ancestral healer, Ash Johns, chats to Krista about whole lineage healing and conscious business. They consider how intergenerational trauma affects our lives, and Ash encourages listeners to find the courage to confront centuries-old patterns of suffering, stress, and emotional dysfunction. As an intuitive who is guided by the spirit of her ancestors, she also reminds us of the gifts and blessings...

This week, Krista’s guest is Amber Rae, an author, artist, and speaker whose work focuses on her own lived experiences and journey of self-discovery. Amber’s latest book, The Answers are within You:108 Keys to Unlock Your Mind, Body, & Soul , encourages others to look within for the answers they need to lead more fulfilling, aligned, and purposeful lives. In this episode, Amber and Krista chat...

Krista catches up with her friend Halie Devlin to learn about the important work she’s doing to support women recovering from addiction. As a recovering alcoholic, Halie understands the complex causes of addiction, and her holistic and compassionate approach merges science with spirit to help women heal from addictive and destructive behaviors. Halie’s work centers around the four pillars of commu...

In her first podcast of 2022, Krista shares her three biggest takeaways from her Body, Mind, & Business Retreat in Baja. She also reveals how her time in Mexico inspired her to break up with her inner critic and fall back in love with her business. After the long New Year break, Krista is eager to reconnect with her podcast community, and she’s excited (if a little nervous) to introduce Witchy...

In her final podcast of 2021, Krista explains her decision to give herself some time and space to rest, recover, and concentrate on her creative projects before she hosts her Body, Mind & Business retreat in Baja in December. While she’s away, Krista encourages her listeners to connect with their creativity by sharing some of the writing prompts from the Authentic Audience Write Club. What’s m...

Krista explores the subjects of identity, creativity, and self-expression with the creator of The Dig Method, Erin Weed. For Krista, Erin is a mentor, a friend, and a vision-holder, and she describes how ‘doing The Dig’ with Erin has shaped her business and been a guiding light in her life. Erin talks about the experience of preparing for her first art show, “Purpose and Words,” and reveals how gr...

The holistic nutritionist Tonya Papanikolov joins Krista to discuss preventative health, human optimization, and the evolution of consciousness. Since Tonya and Krista first met at a Yoga Girl retreat ten years ago, Tonya has become one of the leading figures in the plant and fungal medicine movement. She’s the CEO and founder of Rainbo, a medicinal mushroom and functional food company, and she lo...

Krista invites Trevor Hall to talk about his journey to fatherhood and describe how his life has changed since the birth of his son. Trevor opens up about the anxiety and fear he felt during Emory’s pregnancy and recalls his visceral reaction to witnessing the drama of childbirth. They chat about spirituality, creativity, and Trevor’s decision to take a break from social media. Plus, on the occasi...

As a sequel to last week’s episode on becoming the observer, Krista reveals the steps she’s taken to nurture her mind, body, and business. After a period of significant personal and professional growth, she’s excited to share the practices that have helped her identify her priorities, get clear about her goals, and uplevel her life. The show ends with a motivational guided visualization during whi...

As someone with a history of suffering from panic attacks and anxiety, Krista recounts how rapid transformation hypnotherapy and the work she‘s done to heal from the trauma of her miscarriage have helped her understand and rationalize her emotions and stop them from spiraling out of control. She expresses her gratitude for her newfound ability to observe her reactions to difficult situations and f...