Women Like Me Stories & Business

Send us Fan Mail A veteran RN lands in the ICU, faces eighteen prescriptions, and finds relief not from another pill, but from a plant she’d been taught to distrust. That moment, pain plummeting without feeling “high”, sent Sherry Mack deep into the endocannabinoid system and forward into a new mission: make cannabis nursing safe, clear, and stigma-free for patients who want their lives back. We w...

Send us Fan Mail A single Facebook memory changes the course of a mother’s life: a daughter in danger, a family holding its breath, and a community stepping in at the right moment. From that moment, we open a wider lens on the drug crisis—what it looks like inside a home, inside a hospital, and inside the hearts of people who refuse to give up . Our guest, Brenda Lee Hunter, founded The Legacy Mis...

Send us Fan Mail What if resilience isn’t about being tough, but learning how to let feelings move through you? That question sits at the center of our conversation with Angela Lee, author, teacher, and guide for families seeking emotional clarity and confidence.  Angela opens up about losing her home to wildfire twice, spending 32 years in a toxic marriage, and the courageous choices that followe...

Send us Fan Mail Your body says something’s wrong. The room says you’re fine. That tension is where too many midlife women live, and it’s exactly where Sue Bartel refused to stay. After a hysterectomy sent her into a cascade of gut pain, brain fog, anxiety, and sleepless nights, she met a wall of medical dismissal, twenty doctors across two countries, and the same answer: go home.  Instead, she bu...

Send us Fan Mail What if love doesn’t end when a life does? Natalie Mosley Klenotic joins us to share a story that begins with a teenage hug, spans oceans of Navy deployments, and lands on a day that shattered the life she was building. Hours after her husband’s fatal accident, the phone rang. The voice on the line was the one she knew better than her own. That moment didn’t erase grief; it gave i...

Send us Fan Mail Some stories knock the wind out of you and still leave you standing stronger. We sit down with Shannon Ferguson, co-founder and CEO of FanSaves, to trace how she built an international sports tech company while carrying complicated grief, the end of a marriage, and the quiet that follows when a big family becomes a small circle.  Shannon takes us inside rooms where she was the onl...

Send us Fan Mail When grief stacks up, the mind scrambles for control, and the heart goes numb. We brought on Rhonda Dalvin Gilbert, a spiritual sherpa, author, and coach, to walk us through a month that tested everything: closing her brick-and-mortar shop, losing two family members, and saying goodbye to a beloved cat. What emerged isn’t a silver lining story, but a grounded map for moving throug...

Send us Fan Mail What if “too sensitive” is actually highly attuned, and the fastest path to finding your voice? Julie sits down with energy healer and ceremonial photographer Olivia Greenland to trace the arc from survival mode to self-trust, revealing how small somatic shifts and smart reframes can calm the body, quiet the ego, and let intuition lead. Olivia shares early body clues —eczema, pain...

Send us Fan Mail Your body is always talking; most of us were never taught how to listen. With health educator and writer Claire Nielsen, we trace a candid arc from chronic inflammation and a cabinet full of meds to four months later, no flare, no prescriptions, and a blueprint built on food, thought, and grace. Claire shares how she reexamined “healthy” habits, identified inflammatory triggers, a...

Send us Fan Mail A health crisis stole sensation from Meg Lush’s right side and gave her a story that wouldn’t let go. What started as a search for identity during an MS relapse became 120,000 words in six weeks, a self-published debut, and a year-long push to 800 sales. Julie sits down with Meg to unpack the exact steps behind her indie romance rise, from finding an editor by serendipity to learn...

Send us Fan Mail What if a child’s “cute little booth” is actually the most powerful classroom they’ll ever enter? Julie sits down with Leah Ellis, founder of the Society of Child Entrepreneurs, to unpack how real-world selling, smart storytelling, and low-risk practice can turn kids into confident builders who know how to pitch, price, pivot, and persevere. Leah shares how painful labels in her o...

Send us Fan Mail Forget perfect posts. The fastest way to grow a devoted audience is to be someone people actually like, warm, human, generous, and consistent. We dig into the small, repeatable moves that turn a quiet feed into a lively community: micro-stories that carry emotion, comments that feel like real conversations, and visuals that look like life rather than ads.  If your content has felt...

Send us Fan Mail What if confidence isn’t a starting point but a result? Julie sits down with CEO Bente Roycroft to unpack how saying yes before you feel ready can change your career, your company, and your capacity. Starting with an English degree and a $20-per-report job, Bente learned HR, finance, and operations on the fly, helping grow a tiny environmental firm to nearly 100 people before step...

Send us Fan Mail Grief doesn’t follow a script, but stories can help us find the next line. I sit down with writer Lisa Ellis to trace how caregiving for her aunt with MS and then supporting her mother through stage 4 lung cancer led her to write books that guide families through loss. Lisa shares the moment a loyal golden lab confronted an intruder and became an unexpected lifeline, the practical...

Send us Fan Mail A comfortable paycheck, a long commute, and a life that no longer fit, Vanessa Bucceri walked away from a 12-year corporate run and into the unknown. Two days later, her department announced buyouts worth up to $90,000. That missed windfall could have become the regret that kept her stuck. Instead, it became fuel. With no cushion, she leaned into visibility, consistent outreach, a...

Send us Fan Mail Your story is more than a tagline; it’s the engine of trust. We sit down with PR strategist Jenn Wint to unpack how small businesses turn lived experiences into narratives that win attention, earn credibility, and convert without feeling like ads. Jenn traces her path from real estate development to nearly two decades in PR, then gets practical about the difference between marketi...

Send us Fan Mail What if the most complex parts of your story became the strongest parts of your future? We sit down with writer, coach, and mentor Trish Kimble to explore resilience that’s earned, not imagined, from a childhood marked by loss to parenting through addiction, then rebuilding with a clear mindset and a practical plan. Trish shares how she created a “wall of resilience” to contain gr...

Send us Fan Mail What if your most uncomfortable arguments were actually invitations to breathe, to notice, and to choose love without losing your boundaries? That’s the lens Annemarie Chereso brings to a life chapter that could have broken anyone: divorcing while eight months pregnant, navigating a colicky newborn, and parenting through a nervous system on edge. The turning point comes in a small...

Send us Fan Mail Andrea McKenna Brankin's remarkable journey from a suicide attempt to becoming a powerful mental health advocate offers hope to anyone struggling with mental illness. Following her bipolar disorder diagnosis in her early thirties, Andrea chose a path of resilience rather than victimhood, transforming her eight-year recovery process into a roadmap for others. The moment of dia...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when passion meets purpose in marketing? Sandra Nomoto, self-described "Vegan Hype Woman," is revolutionizing how plant-based businesses promote themselves in a crowded marketplace. Sandra's journey began with an unexpected, intuitive reading that suggested she would write a book. Discovering that only one outdated resource on vegan marketing existed, s...

Send us Fan Mail Alexandra Goldwell brings a rare combination of expertise as a therapist, clairvoyant healer, educator, and cancer survivor to this profound conversation about healing generational trauma and reconnecting with our body's wisdom. From her early days studying psychology at 19, Alexandra has been driven by essential questions about suffering and healing that led her to explore d...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when a 12-year-old girl locks herself in a school counselor's office to escape her intoxicated, raging mother? For Katherine Ritchie, this moment became the catalyst for breaking generations of family trauma. Katherine takes us through her harrowing childhood with a mother struggling with addiction and unresolved trauma. From bizarre 3 AM wake-up calls to rearran...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when a life begins with abandonment? Gloria Wiebe's story starts with being placed in a box in a snowbank as a newborn—rejected by a family consumed by religious shame. But that first act of rejection would neither define nor defeat her. Gloria takes us on an unforgettable journey through abandonment, trauma, and ultimately, profound healing. She shares the pivot...

Send us Fan Mail The journey from talented creative to successful entrepreneur is rarely straightforward, especially when life throws unexpected challenges your way. Shea Bryars embodies resilience as she shares how she built a thriving interior design business while navigating single motherhood and overcoming breast cancer. With disarming honesty, Shea reveals the pivotal moment she recognized he...

Send us Fan Mail What if the beautiful nursery you've created for your baby is actually filled with invisible toxins? When interior designer Alexandra Shield found herself sitting on the empty floor of her unborn son's room, overwhelmed by research on harmful chemicals lurking in seemingly innocent furnishings, she knew she had to make a change. Alexandra takes us on a journey through th...