The Authentic Audience Podcast

We’ve all got a story to tell, and Krista’s guest, Stacey Engle, can help you share yours. Stacey is an executive coach, growth strategist, and the creator of Authority Lab, an intensive online program that helps entrepreneurs build authentic personal brands. Stacey encourages her clients to get super-clear on their purpose, clarify what they have to offer, and develop the confidence to share it w...

In this episode, Krista catches up with her mental health buddy Cori Orak. Cori is an extroverted-introvert, an empath, a fellow anxiety sufferer, and a mental health advocate. She is also the co-owner of the artisanal travel bag company, Ethnotek. Krista and Cori were introduced to each other by Emory Hall and, although Cori has been living in Bali since the pandemic began, she has kept in touch...

Krista speaks with Krystal Kitahara and Kristine Freeman from Yummi Karma, an all-woman cannabis company based in Orange County, California. Yummi Karma aims to normalize the use of cannabis, and Krystal, the company’s founder, describes how its first tincture, Drift Away (a dreamy mixture of magnesium, melatonin, chamomile, lavender, and cannabis), was initially devised to treat her mother’s inso...

Krista talks money with Holly Morphew, award-winning financial coach, founder of Financial Impact, and author of Simple Wealth. According to Holly, it’s never too late to learn to budget, get to grip with your finances, and start building your personal wealth. She believes that the process of wealth creation is 20% strategy and 80% psychology and she shares her suggestions for creating an abundanc...

In this special episode to celebrate the second anniversary of her podcast, Krista is joined by her old boss, roommate, and friend, the Yoga Girl, Rachel Brathen. Rachel is an internationally famous yogi, a New York Times best-selling author, and the owner of Island Yoga in Aruba, the largest yoga studio in the Caribbean. During their catch-up conversation, Krista and Rachel share stories about th...

In today’s episode, Krista invites her Operations Manager and right-hand woman, Katy Annulli, to talk about what it’s like to work for Authentic Audience and to tell listeners about her own business, KMA Organizing, which provides comprehensive virtual and in-person organizing services. Katy and Krista first met through Thumbtack, where Krista (feeling overwhelmed by the practicalities of running...

Krista talks to designer and creative leadership coach, Majo Molfino, about taking aligned action and building creative confidence. As the author of Break the Good Girl Myth, Majo understands the need for women to do some important inner work to recognize and reject the outdated beliefs and behaviors that stifle their potential. However, she also takes a practical approach to creativity and, throu...

Krista explores social conditioning, people-pleasing, and codependency with Kylie McBeath, a certified holistic wellness coach and the co-founder of Zura Health. As a former perfectionist and reformed people-pleaser, Kylie describes her vulnerable journey home to herself and explains how she found the courage to stop following the path she felt was expected of her. She talks about her divorce, the...

Krista talks about transformation and healing with Samantha Skelly, the founder of Pause Breathwork and Hungry for Happiness. Samantha describes how she used breathwork to recover from an eating disorder and how, as her relationship with food evolved, she decided to shift her focus from helping women who struggle with disordered eating and body image issues to creating breathwork programs that are...

Today Krista talks with life coach Kelsey Lettko about her mission to help people live full, happy, and purposeful lives. Kelsey’s goal is to see her client’s truth, hold their vision, and design a path to bring that vision to life. She helps people remember who they are and make the transition from an unfulfilled life to one filled with purpose, authenticity, and joy. Before becoming a coach, Kel...

Krista chats with Hayley Jakobson, a theatre director, poet, and writer whose work focuses on mental health, queerness, sex, and trauma. Hayley’s confidence, her desire to speak her truth, and her determination to manifest the life she knows she deserves are inspiring. As a writer in the digital era, she loves to share her work with her followers on Instagram where she is refreshingly upfront abou...

Krista speaks with poet and storyteller Luka Lesson about his poetry, his activism, and his inspiration. Luka provides insights into his writing process and describes the role that critical thinking plays in the creation of his poetry. As an Australian of Greek descent, he talks about how his work is influenced by the epic poems and rich mythology of Ancient Greece and how poetry enables him to co...

Krista connects with Anastasia Gerali, a rapid transformation therapist who helps women heal from trauma, let go of destructive patterns of self-denial and self-abandonment, and bridge the conflict between their conscious and subconscious desires. In this episode, Anastasia describes her personal transformation from sustainable footwear designer to therapist and life coach and reveals why she no l...

Krista speaks with Julie Weigaard, co-founder and CEO of Ruby Cup, the first menstrual cup brand to incorporate a social mission into its business model. Ruby Cup are pioneers of the Buy One Give One program for menstrual cups and every cup they sell is matched with a donation to a girl or woman who does not have access to safe period products. In addition to donating cups, Julie regards deliverin...

Krista’s guest this week is Louisa Ziane who, along with environmental campaigner Tristram Stuart, co-founded Toast Ale, a company that turns surplus bread into beer. Louisa explains that the practice of making beer from bread originated in ancient Mesopotamia and reveals that the idea for Toast Ale came from a visit to a brewery in Belgium that produces a beer using the unsold bread from a local...

Today Krista talks with Jasmine Rose of Humble Wild Wellness about her mission to help women reconnect with their bodies and appreciate the sacredness of the womb and the menstrual cycle. Jasmine’s personal womb journey began when doctors were unable to offer her an explanation for a period of bleeding which lasted for almost 365 days. Feeling disconnected from her body and dissatisfied with the s...

In this solo episode, Krista resolves to step out of her recurring pattern of overwork and burnout and change the way she operates in order to improve her quality of life and keep on top of her workload. She talks about setting boundaries, developing a clear focus, prioritizing, re-scheduling, and ultimately coming to terms with the fact that she might have to disappoint some people by not being a...

Krista chats with Ayesha Ophelia, creator of The Girlfriend Manifesto, an online space for women based on the 4 pillars of sisterhood, spirituality, self-love, and adventure. Through her online content and coaching, Ayesha urges women to peel back their layers of societal programming, connect with their intuition and remember who they truly are. She shares her experience of lucid dreaming and expl...

Krista speaks with Alexandra Carter, negotiation trainer for the UN, award-winning Professor of Law and Director of the Mediation Clinic at Columbia Law School. Her recently released book, Ask For More:10 Questions to Negotiate Anything, reveals the surprising secrets of successful negotiation and Alexandra stresses the importance of asking the right questions, really listening to what the other s...

Krista chats with Alexandra Zatarain, co-founder and Head of Brand at Eight Sleep, a company whose mission is to use technology to improve sleep and help its customers achieve sleep fitness. Alexandra explains how the sensors and temperature controls built into Eight Sleep’s smart mattresses help to create the optimal sleep environment and enable customers to monitor their sleep patterns and measu...

Jay Acunzo is a public speaker, author and the founder of Marketing Showrunners, a media company that teaches marketers how to make podcasts with engaging content that support their businesses, and serve their audiences. Jay’s mission is to help people find and share their voices and use their creativity to make a positive difference. He believes that marketing should be about holding people’s att...

Krista explores the law of attraction with Nick Breau, a breakthrough specialist, who helps his clients achieve significant progress in their personal and professional lives. Nick understands what drives success and what keeps people trapped in negative thought patterns and, during this episode, he explains how to identify, and ultimately transcend, the negative emotions and perceptions that preve...

Krista chats with Eric Turnnessen, tea aficionado, composer and CEO of MemberMouse, a multi-million dollar software company. They talk about burnout; how to recognize it, how to deal with it and how to prevent it from happening. Eric reveals how he learnt to relinquish his need for control and surrender to the serendipity of life after discovering the healing qualities of gong fu tea. Soon tea bec...

In today’s show, Krista catches up with her yoga teacher, Reiki master, friend and mentor, Allison Eaton. Allison has been teaching Reiki, yoga and meditation for 14 years and she certified Krista as a Level 1 Reiki practitioner during her yoga teacher training in Hawaii in 2016. Since then, Krista has gone on to receive further attunements and she is now a Reiki Master, who uses the healing power...

In this special episode of the show, Krista interviews her friend and favorite singer-songwriter, Trevor Hall, whose new album In And Through The Body, was released on the 25th of September. Trevor talks about the joy he experienced during the long and complex process of creating and recording the album. He then explains how its focus on his personal experiences, rather than on abstract or spiritu...