The Manage Her

Send us Fan Mail You have the expertise, the experience, and the story — so why does nobody know you exist? This week we're managing career visibility, and why personal branding for women over 40 is no longer optional in the AI economy. In this episode , Aimee Rickabus talks with Mel Elsbeth, Harvard-certified brand strategist and host of the Mama What's Next podcast, about visibility, r...

Send us Fan Mail You're not broken — and it isn't your fault. If you're a woman over 35 who doesn't quite feel like herself, this is the perimenopause conversation no one had with you. In this episode, Aimee Rickabus talks with Dr. Mari Mitrani, physician-scientist and regenerative medicine researcher, about perimenopause, hormones, and women's health — far beyond hot flas...

Send us Fan Mail Your body isn't broken -- it might just be asking you back into relationship with it. That's the heart of this Manage Her Health Month conversation on GLP-1 and metabolic health for women. In this episode, Aimee Rickabus talks with Rebecca Maas (HHP, CCMH, CN), founder of The Maas Method, about metabolic health, GLP-1 medications, and what it means to nourish your body i...

Send us Fan Mail You're doing everything "right" and you're still exhausted - and your labs came back "normal." This conversation is for you. In this episode, Aimee Rickabus talks with Melanie Mancil - "Nurse Mel," RN, BSN, functional medicine specialist and founder of Twelve28 - about functional medicine for women and what conventional care keeps missing. M...

Send us Fan Mail Peptide therapy is exploding in women's wellness — but most of what's being sold online is unregulated, unsterile, and quietly dangerous. Dr. Emily Passic is here to set the record straight. In this episode, Aimee Rickabus talks with Dr. Emily Passic, board-certified naturopathic physician, certified peptide specialist, and medical director of BeautyDrip, about what pept...

Send us Fan Mail Peptide therapy for women is everywhere right now -- but what's real and what's hype? In Ep 64, Aimee Rickabus sits down with Tara Turnure, founder and CEO of BeautyDrip and creator of The Model Mama, for an honest conversation about peptides, GLP-1s, energy, and hormones. After welcoming twins, Tara faced what so many women know too well: hormonal imbalance, insulin res...

Send us Fan Mail You're not behind. You're not doing it wrong. You're operating inside a system that was never designed for you. In this episode, Aimee Rickabus sits down with Cassie Leonard — engineer, two-time bestselling author, executive coach, and founder of ELMM Coaching — for an unflinching conversation about why the modern workplace still fails working mothers in STEM. After...

Send us Fan Mail Why do high-achieving women shatter when men bounce? After 21 years of coaching across genders and a study of 1,100 women across 60 countries, Deborah Grayson Riegel has the answer — and it's not what you've been told. In this episode, Aimee Rickabus talks with Deborah Grayson Riegel — Wharton School instructor, Harvard Business Review columnist, and author of Aim High a...

Send us Fan Mail Marcie Dean lost her partner, her brother, and her corporate career in less than 6 months. Then she opened GarageBand and started channeling frequency music she had no training to create. In this episode, Aimee Rickabus talks with Marcie Dean — former IBM and AWS Creative Director, founder of LovEvolve Music, and CEO of Electric Blue Communications — about grief, reinvention, and...

Send us Fan Mail Vida Delrahim was 14 weeks pregnant when her OBGYN went silent and said the words she'll never forget: "I'm so sorry. There's no heartbeat." A year later, after a second miscarriage with no medical explanation, she got a phone call from her best friend Ronit — who had lost her pregnancy the same week. WeNatal was born from that call. In this episode, Vida...

Send us Fan Mail Work-life balance for ambitious women isn't about perfection — it's about core strength. So says Cherylanne Skolnicki, founder of Brilliant Balance, who has spent years helping high-achieving women answer one question: how do you build a big life without burning yourself out in the process? In this episode, Aimee Rickabus talks with Cherylanne — former 15-year Procter &a...

Send us Fan Mail Why are women still missing out on the real estate deals that build generational wealth — and what can you do about it right now? In this episode, Aimee Rickabus talks with Dave Lundgren, real estate investor and bestselling author of Loveness, about the practical strategies behind building wealth through real estate in today's challenging market. Dave shares: - Why tradition...

Send us Fan Mail What if the skills you use to raise your kids are the exact same skills you need to lead a team? In this episode, Aimee Rickabus talks with Dr. Andrea Mata — known as Dr. Dre — a clinical psychologist, national speaker, and founder of BrightSpot Families, about the powerful overlap between parenting and leadership. Dr. Dre shares: - Why gentle parenting swung too far and what auth...

Send us Fan Mail Self-care is not selfish — it's mandatory. So why do so many moms wait until they break to finally take care of themselves? In this episode, Aimee Rickabus talks with Dr. Laura Brayton, doctor of chiropractic, pediatric specialist, functional medicine practitioner, and host of the Well-Adjusted Mama podcast, about what holistic motherhood wellness actually looks like in pract...

Send us Fan Mail Are you running a household, raising humans, managing a million moving pieces — and nobody ever called it leadership? That's about to change. In this episode, Aimee Rickabus talks with Kristina Campos, founder of The Impactful Parent and parenting educator with 20+ years of classroom experience, about why parenting is the most underestimated leadership role in society — and w...

Send us Fan Mail What if the burnout, the disconnection, and the identity crisis you're feeling is actually your body telling you you're out of your nature as a woman? In this episode, Aimee Rickabus talks with Chelsea Ann O'Brien — integrative nurse practitioner, author of five books, and holistic healer — about the deep, often uncomfortable process of returning to your feminine na...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when a mom sees what her kids are really being taught — and decides the only answer is to run for office? In this episode, Aimee Rickabus talks with Kristina Irwin , a mother, first-generation immigrant, and candidate for California State Senate District 24, about the moment COVID lockdowns revealed what was happening inside her kids' classrooms and why that mome...

Send us Fan Mail She had a 10-year plan. Then pregnancy loss, divorce, and corporate burnout rewrote the entire script. This is what working mom reinvention actually looks like — and why peace is worth more than gold. In this episode, Aimee Rickabus talks with Tiana Reeves — PMP-certified project manager, Six Sigma Black Belt, author, podcast host, and creator of the Corporate Mom Movement — about...

Send us Fan Mail You do an estimated 35+ hours of unpaid invisible labor every week — operations, project management, crisis response, HR, executive decision-making. And most of us have been conditioned to call it "just being a mom." In this episode, Aimee Rickabus talks with Dr. Danielle Dowling, Psy. D. — certified life coach, doctor of psychology, and author of the upcoming book Good...

Send us Fan Mail What if the most powerful business strategy has nothing to do with strategy at all? In this episode, Aimee Rickabus talks with Scott MacGregor — founder of The Outlier Project, publisher of Outlier Magazine, and 4x author — about why intentional relationship building is the one skill AI will never replace. Scott shares: - His "extra inch" philosophy that turns 5 seconds...

Send us Fan Mail What if the "silly" business idea you've been dismissing is actually your superpower? Christina Wooldridge almost kept her trivia company a secret — and now it's building real community across San Diego and beyond. In this episode, Aimee Rickabus talks with Christina Wooldridge, founder of Trivia Goat, about building a live events business while raising two you...

Send us Fan Mail What does 50 years inside the media machine teach you that they'll never say on air? Steve Edwards knows — and he's finally talking. In this episode, Aimee Rickabus sits down with Steve Edwards — legendary Los Angeles broadcaster, former host of Good Day LA, and a man who spent five decades on-air without ever getting fired — for an unfiltered conversation about the hidd...

Send us Fan Mail What if writing your book was never meant to be a solo act? In this episode, Aimee Rickabus talks with Dr. Shana Hartman and Dr. Cindy Urbanski—the "book midwives" behind The Manage Her book and founders of Synergy Publishing Group—about why writing is an embodied act, how to honor your unique creative process, and the messy magic of birthing a book in community. Shana a...

Send us Fan Mail What if science and spirituality have been pointing to the same two universal truths all along? In this episode, Aimee Rickabus talks with Dave Lundgren—transformational coach, real estate investor, former U.S. Army chaplain, and bestselling author of "Loveness"—about the powerful intersection of business, spirituality, and conscious leadership. Dave shares: - His journe...

Send us Fan Mail What if the tax code was actually written to HELP you, not punish you? In this episode, Aimee Rickabus talks with Barbara Schreihans, founder of Your Tax Coach and nationally recognized tax strategist, about why understanding taxes is one of the most powerful things women entrepreneurs can do for their businesses and their families. Barbara shares: - Why only 12 pages of the 7,000...