The Passionistas Project Podcast | Passionate Women Empowerment Hosts

Gina Fattore is a television writer and producer turned novelist who just released her debut book The Spinster Diaries. The story centers around a writer, obsessed with chick lit, who is overcoming her anxiety to become unfrozen and have enough hope to move forward. Gina's TV credits include Dare Me, Better Things, UnREAL, Masters of Sex, Parenthood, Californication, Gilmore Girls and Dawson’s Cre...

Rita Reimers is the founder of Just for Cats, a company that has been providing cat behavior services and cats-only pet-sitting for the last 18 years. She's the world's most in demand cat behaviorist and has written a new book called The Lucky Cat Approach to Cat Behavior Correction, which will give people the knowledge and tools to better understand and develop a deep bond with their cats. She is...

RoHo founder talks about pivoting from selling goods made by women in Africa to selling face masks made out of African fabric to help her artisans during the COVID-19 pandemic.   Hear Caleigh's full episode here.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have a tea party with Tea Drops Founder Sashee Chandran.  And her mother Mae walks us through her scone recipe and award winning marmalade secrets. Listen to Sashee's episode of The Passionistas Project Podcast here. Listen to Mae's episode of The Passionistas Project Podcast here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dia Bondi is the Creator of Ask Like An Auctioneer. After 20 years as a communications coach, she combined those skills with her impact hobby of fundraising auctioneering for nonprofits that are women-led or that benefit women and girls. Her goal is to help one million women ask for more and get it. Learn more about Dia. Learn more about The Passionistas Project. FULL TRANSCRIPT:  Passionistas: Hi...

Pre-School Teacher and Activist Erin Penner shows us how to make postcards for the unhoused and seniors and gives us ideas for crafts to do with kids stuck at home due to COVID-19. Listen to Erin's episode of The Passionistas Project Podcast here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Filmmaker Liz Lachman and chef Susan Feniger talks about cooking, filmmaking, fires and the Coronavirus. Listen to Liz's episode of The Passionistas Project Podcast here. Listen to Susan's episode of The Passionistas Project Podcast here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Make-Up and Hair Expert Marilyn Opitz gives us great make-up tips, talks about dying your own hair during the COVID-19 lockdown and answers listener questions. Get more info about Marilyn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

U First Founder Erica Wright talks about her work with the unhoused in Atlanta and how the community has been affected by COVID-19. Listen to Erica's episode of The Passionistas Project Podcast here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kate Anderson is a leader in generating change and gender equality within the private fundraising space. As Co-Founder and Operations Director of iFundWomen, she has driven millions of dollars into the hands of female founders. The flexible crowdfunding platform combines a pay-it-forward model, expert startup coaching, professional video production and a private community for its members, all with...

Hula Hoop Coach Geri McNiece talks about the positive physical and emotional affects of hooping, describes how she makes custom hoops and gives us a tour of her hooping studio. Listen to Geri's episode of The Passionistas Project Podcast here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jaime-Alexis Fowler, founder of Empower Work, talks about navigating employment issues during the COVID-19 lockdown. Listen to Jaime-Alexis' episode of The Passionistas Project Podcast here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jamie-Alexis Fowler is the founder and Executive Director of Empower Work, an organization that provides immediate, confidential support for challenging work situations. Jamie-Alexis is on a mission to create healthy environments where employees are valued, supported and empowered. Her company harnesses the knowledge of trained peer counselors who utilize their robust skills, not just on the Empow...

Tea Drops Founder Sashee Chandran talks about starting her company Tea Drops and how she is pivoting because of COVID-19. Listen to Sashee's episode of The Passionistas Project Podcast here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happiness Coach Ramona Harvey talks about staying positive during the COVID-19 lockdown. Listen to Ramona's episode of The Passionistas Project Podcast here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Billie Best chats with us about her new book How I Made a Huge Mess of My Life (or Couples Therapy with a Dead Man.) Listen to Billie's episode of The Passionistas Project Podcast here.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Four-time New York Times bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken has been called "the second coming of Candace Bushnell" after the release of her newest book with legendary Super Model turned Super Mogul, Kathy Ireland. The pair co-wrote the novel Fashion Jungle about the model’s life in the fashion industry. The book has been described as "Sex and the City meets the #MeToo Movement with a dash of Val...

Carolyn Koppel, founder of Aaron's Coffee Corner, talks about starting a charity, creating Aaron's Coffee Corner and working with a sponsor. Listen to Carolyn's episode of The Passionistas Project Podcast here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Claudia Cordova Rucker is the founder of the award-winning beauty oasis Aqua Skin and Nail Care and Estetica Mia. Her purpose is to connect with entrepreneurs to work toward a shared vision of elevating work environments through ethical business practices, an open book business management model and heartfelt leadership. In 2013, 2017 and 2018 she was recognized by the California Senate for her exc...

In 2014, Lindsay Gordon hit career dissatisfaction rock bottom at her job at Google. She started doing any exercise she could find, that would help her reflect on what was important to her and what she needed out of a job. She wanted to share the results of her research with others, so she founded A Life of Options. As a career coach, she works with analytically-minded people who are feeling unins...

Caleigh founded RoHo after falling in love with a pair of beaded sandals in a craft market in Kampala, Uganda. Breaking through language barriers, Caleigh teamed up with a Kenyan woman named Lydia and launched a company that focuses on social change by empowering women. Profits from RoHo fund artisan development as well as women's and environmental initiatives in Kenya and the United States. Learn...

Hannah Gordon is one of the highest ranking female executives in the NFL as Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel of the San Francisco 49ers. On Sunday, February 2, her team will go head-to-head against the Kansas City Chiefs in Miami, Florida with the hopes of taking home their sixth Super Bowl championship. Over almost nine years with the Niners, Hannah has taken on initiatives like d...

Marla Isackson is the founder of the OSSA Collective and host of the Mind of a Mentor podcast. A former marketing executive for corporations like American Express, WebMD and Barnes and Noble, Marla formed Like a Boss Girls in 2004. The website was created for and about women to help and inspire them to make a living, make a difference, and make it big. In 2018, Marla rebranded her site as Ossa, a...

In 2009, Geri McNiece turned her new-found passion for hula hooping into a business. She’s trained over 1,000 clients at her Texas-based company aRoundJoy. She offers handmade custom hoops, in-person training sessions and online coaching to her long-distance clients. Geri’s mission is to help women learn to move the FUN way. Learn more about Geri. Learn more about The Passionistas Project.   FULL...

Lydia Ricci is an artist who transforms scraps from junk drawers, supply closets, and the occasional neighborhood trash can, into miniature collage-like sculptures. These "tiny tributes to times past," as she calls them, are made from paper, glue, broken staples, and the back-side of almost anything. Her Lilliputian pieces, including a pull out couch, a row of airplane seats and more, are currentl...