Women in the Arena

Let's be friends! Amanda is a force to be reckoned with.  She grew up in the small agricultural town of Paso Robles, California where everyone knows everyone.   In this small area of Central California, unity is the key to the success of everyone.  Amanda's family and the co-owners of Ancient Peaks were an active part of the region's success as wine country through continued persever...

Let's be friends! Toni Autry is the creator and director of the Unlearn Documentary.  With the rise in protests and anger regarding racism, Toni was compelled to act differently.  She shared her first experience with racism as a young girl on social media.  This started a conversation that she never saw coming.  A film maker approached her to create a documentary, one that is unlike any other....

Let's be friends! This week it's just you and me.  An opportunity to look back to express my gratitude and a sneak peek of what's in store for 2022.   We've just gotten started... https://womeninthearena.net/

Let's be friends! Sierra Zeiter has always wanted to be a winemaker.  She appreciated the science of winemaking, but more importantly, she enjoyed the experience of enjoying wine with friends and family.  For her, it means that time slows down and is savored.  Today we talk about the process of winemaking and that it's less glamorous than it seems.  During the harvest season, you can find...

Let's be friends! Stephanie lived a life that most would be envious of; she lived in Paris, had a great job and a beautiful apartment. What she didn't have is fulfillment and knew that something was missing.  On a fateful vacation to the United States, she found her passion.  Stephanie took a leap of faith, packed two bags and left for New York with a one way ticket.  She was determined t...

Let's be friends! Tori Martin is the owner of Studio 223, a speciality store that supports small businesses in the community.  You'll can always see her in her store greeting her guests, engaging with artisans and making sure everyone has the best experience possible.  Tori has created a strong following and loyalty because she truly loves what she does.  The heart of her store is the lov...

Let's be friends! Dorothy Kolb has a long list of accomplishments in her 20 year + career in both consulting and broadcast media, but all of those accolades did not prevent her from facing a crisis.  After a long marriage, she found herself a single mom of four boys, unemployed and nothing bills and a household to feed.  She did whatever it took to keep a roof over their heads and food on the...

Let's be friends! Welcome to our newest show! This is a fast paced, fun catch up with our guests to see what they have been up to and what exciting things they have planned. This week is Meagan Ayres of The Modern Day Wife.  If you missed it, be sure to check out her episode! https://www.tickettailor.com/events/themoderndaywife/566395/r/womeninthearena

Let's be friends! Dr. Chelsea Tanner is multitalented musician and teacher.  She has been a professor at SUNY Potsdam and Penn State as well as performed with the San Antonio Symphony, Columbus Symphony, Boise Philharmonic and Binghamton Philharmonic, just to name a few.  While instructing her students, she noticed a trend- her students with a positive mindset, regardless of circumstance or ou...

Let's be friends! Marcia Davies is a veteran of the mortgage industry, an industry that has been historically dominated by male leaders.  As the COO of the Mortgage Bankers Association, it has become her passion to lift all voices.  It is that passion that inspired Marcia to create mPower, an organization dedicated to women to know and connect one another and become each others' best advo...

Let's be friends! Monique Shuler is a dedicated consultant that has the unique ability to listen to clients and see the global perspective. Her professional experience expands across the real estate financial industry, non-profit sector, diversity and inclusion industry, and education. Shuler has worked in multiple leadership and consulting roles. She has an expertise in process improvement, d...

Let's be friends! Leila is a dream catcher.   It is her life purpose to guide people to connect to who they are and life their lives to the fullest.  Leila says everyone is born with a unique gift, but sometimes it gets lost under responsibility and the roles that we play.  She is here to assist people to unbury themselves from those roles, connect with that gift and teach them how to give tha...

Let's be friends! Gillian McMichael is a master coach that has coached over 10,000 people in her career world wide. As we discover through our conversation, she is her best client.  Gillian has had to reinvent herself and her career...twice.  After a devastating divorce and financial crisis, Gillian rebuilt her company and recovered from staggering debt.  Things were going well, then the pande...

Let's be friends! No one has ever said life is easy, but why do some tolerate adversity better than others?  It all comes down to mindset and resilience as the foundation.  Kristin Durney joins us today to discuss how to build resilience like a muscle.  She is the co-founder of Mental Wellness Unleashed, a firm dedicated to helping companies and individuals train for adversity.  Kristin is a a...

Let's be friends! Audrey Hinds has always wanted to be a writer, but life and responsibility got in the way.   Life stopped her from pursuing her passion until the ache in her soul could no longer be ignored.  She wrote and published her first book "Hair with Flair", which became a best seller.  What Audrey discovered along the way was a deep desire to help other individuals achieve...

Let's be friends! In 2020 when the pandemic changed all of our lives, Michelle DeFeo was faced with a huge challenge.  As CEO of Laurent- Perrier US, Inc, it was her job to figure out how to keep the doors open and her employees on staff in the middle of a global crisis.  With most of the restaurants closed and celebrations canceled, the market for champagne was in distress.  In order to save...

Let's be friends! GLO was developed because we must grow from fear and standing still. GLO believes that Faith without works is dead. Standing on faith is what has bought me through so much bad that has been in my life and to be able to grow and learn so that we can develop new ways for all women to WIN. We are Queens and no one should be able to tip our crowns, instead straighten the crown an...

Let's be friends! Sarah Bohdanova is a cheerleader of women, croissant addict, and Italian by heart and stomach. She is a World Professional Semi-Finalist in Latin style dancing, an Award-Winning Coach, and an Entrepreneur. For almost 2 decades she's worked with hundreds of women between the ages of 16-65, and helped them find what feminine elements can be amplified in them, and given the...

Let's be friends! Diahnna Nicole Baxter is a certified Transformational Life Coach, Kundalini Yoga Instructor and Emmy Winning Storyteller (actress/writer/director.) Diahnna has been a student of mastering spiritual laws and a leader in transformation for over a decade.  A ruthless storyteller with a compassionate heart, she addresses trauma as an opportunity for transformation through all of...

Let's be friends! Heather Cox is a tireless advocate for diversity. She is a business executive, seminar director, public speaker and marketer whose business venture is helping to make the business world more closely resemble the real world. Heather co-founded Certify My Company after her own frustrating exposure to the certification process opened her eyes to the challenges facing small and d...

Let's be friends! Stephanie Diaz is a Partner at Atlanta-based Zane Venture Fund where she raises capital for early-stage tech startups. She’s also host of the podcast, She Conquers Capital, where she amplifies the voices of female CEO’s, venture partners, and angel investors. Let’s listen as Stefanie shares with us her journey to claiming the many facets of her voice as a Latina, a Mom, a fin...

Let's be friends! Host Adela Yelton welcomes Audra Agen. An award-winning sales professional, Audra created 'Women in the Arena' podcast which celebrates women doing extraordinary things in plain sight. Audra is Latina and she lives in the South(west). Let’s listen as she shares with us how the entrepreneurial spirit of her Sonoran grandmother, and being the descendant of a Spanish e...

Let's be friends! Delilah Buitrón Arrebola “Delilah Muse” is a native Texan from Laredo and received her BA in Theatre and Television Communications from the illustrious Hofstra University in New York. Upon graduation, Delilah moved to Spain where she studied Spanish Classical and Flamenco at the Isabel Quintero Conservatory as well as at the internationally acclaimed Amor de Dios school of Fl...

Let's be friends! Camille Martin is a woman like many of us.  She has been on some sort of a diet since she was 12 and developed an eating disorder all in the attempts to fit in the mold that society pressures women to fit into.  At 30, she decided that she no  longer wanted to be controlled by  the obsession with food and weight.  She gave herself permission to stop the madness and as a resul...

Let's be friends! Amanda is both a professional and a mom, but discovered that hard way that her expectations of herself were unrealistic.  You cannot be all things to all people, and trying to achieve "life balance" is impossible.  After being diagnosed with postpartum depression, she realized that life harmony was a much more realistic expectation and started to make herself a prio...