Women Taking the Lead

Michelle Raber is an insurance agent and registered representative with the #1 insurance company in America. She has worked for the same company for 22+ years – starting in Maine and then moving to NY for 6 of her 10 years as a corporate employee in human resources and as a technical specialist. You can take “the girl out of Maine, but you can’t take Maine out of the girl” and after getting marrie...

As the founder of Dating with Dignity and with more than 25 years of personal relationship and dating experience, Marni Battista has dated, was married for 17 years, divorced, and then successfully dated again (and married!) in the 21st century. Marni is a certified professional Dating and Relationship Coach and Expert, writer, and nationally recognized print and online magazine expert covering da...

Dr. Aline Potvin is a naturopathic doctor, teacher, medical muse, and healthcare advocate.  Her love of working with patients in her family health practice in Arundel, ME is only surpassed by her deep desire to educate and support families to become independently healthy, and bring that forward into building community.    Playing Small Moment After medical school, Aline moved back to Maine and wor...

Susie Miller, known internationally as The Better Relationship Coach,™ is an Author, Speaker, and Coach. Susie is dedicated to helping you create better personal and professional relationships in 30 days or less! Susie equips high potential entrepreneurs and executives to reduce stress, improve communication, and most importantly, not bankrupt their relationships in pursuit of profits – so they tr...

Edie Berg has had multiple careers, including physical therapist (most rewarding), private chef/caterer/culinary instructor (awesome), and executive administrative manager (pays the bills). Briefly, she was also a pattern maker (extremely briefly), periodontal dental assistant (did not love), technical writer (really did not love). She was born in Israel, grew up in California and Western Australi...

Joan Sotkin is the award winning author of Build Your Money Muscles, host of The Prosperity Show, business and personal coach, business owner, and popular podcast guest. Her passion is helping people improve their relationship with money and themselves. Her sage, holistic approach emphasizes how your internal environment affects your external results and she provides great advice, based on years o...

Shannon Moss is a passionate journalist who has called Maine home since 1999. A former TV news anchor, Shannon is now the owner of Code Gratitude, a mission-driven company in Maine dedicated to showing our appreciation to those who serve us every day by offering special deals and discounts from local businesses. CodeGratitude.com connects supportive businesses with the men and women in Law enforce...

Before starting her business, Val worked for many years as a school social worker in the inner city schools of Chicago.  She worked with students in crisis, providing individual and group counseling services to students dealing with abuse, neglect, violence, hunger, mental illness, and she also worked to provide immediate psychiatric hospitalization for students who were suicidal or homicidal. She...

Angie Swartz, Founder of Life Purpose Advisor, is a Life Coach and an Executive Business Coach.  Angie’s mission is to empower people to find their life purpose and to improve personal mastery through knowing themselves, incorporating daily practices and transforming their bodies.  She believes that we all know our life purpose but can’t recognize it until the time is right in our lives.   http://...

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year was celebrated on September 14 and 15. Schools are back in session.  Well, I’m not Jewish and I don’t have children but this feeling of new beginnings is not lost on me.  How about you? Do you have things around you in your life reminding you to celebrate what has come to pass and prepare for what is to come?  http://womentakingthelead.com/bonus-episode-time-for-...

Honorée Corder been a successful entrepreneur for almost twenty years as a business coach, successful author, executive coach, keynote speaker and corporate trainer. Almost all of her books are best-sellers, including her runaway hit,  Vision to Reality . Honorée's mission is to inspire and motivate people to turn their vision and dreams into their real-life reality, sharing a leading-edge process...

JoAnn Bartlett is a Strengths Strategy Coach and a Director of Marketing. Her passion is helping people understand and apply their innate gifts so they experience more authentic, fulfilled lives.  JoAnn has crafted a life and career aligned with her strengths and she enjoys helping others navigate the challenges of their professional and personal lives more effectively.  She is also the creator of...

Jen has a BA in Political Science and has a background in social media, brand marketing, working with military families and non-profit communications. Jen is the co-founder of She Percolates. She and her co-host, Danielle, believe success is an ever evolving concept – it is different for everyone – and each iteration is valid and worth celebrating. Their mission is to introduce their audience to i...

Kate Braestrup serves as chaplain to the Maine (Game) Warden Service. She is the author of a novel, Onion, and several bestselling memoirs. She has written for O, the Oprah Magazine,the New York Times, More Magazine and the Huffington Post. She lives in Maine with her husband, Simon van der Ven, and their six children. http://womentakingthelead.com/kate-braestrup/

I’m on this topic because I’ve had a personal experience with this recently and so has a close friend and then when I was facilitating my local mastermind group several of the members shared that this was something they were dealing with as well. Whenever I see a trend it’s a red flag for me that this is a topic worth discussing. http://womentakingthelead.com/people-who-bring-out-the-worst/

Kendra Wheeler is a health coach, certified personal trainer, and the owner of fitGOALS Training. She loves to partner with women in their 50’s to make themselves a priority so they can retire strong and energized. She inspires her community to make changes now because we don’t know how much time we have left. She also volunteers for the Patrick Dempsey Center and Hardy Girls, Healthy Women. https...

Olympian Julia Clukey is a member of the U.S. Luge team and competed in the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. Julia announced this spring she will continue in the sport for her 18 th season in 2015. She is also a spokesperson for the Maine Beer & Wine Distributors Association. http://womentakingthelead.com/julia-clukey/

Marc Mawhinney is on a mission to help coaches build stronger businesses! A lifelong entrepreneur, he achieves this with his daily podcast, Natural Born Coaches and his programs for coaches, including the 6 week intensive Seize Your Niche program. http://womentakingthelead.com/marc-mawhinney/

Renita Alexander is passionate about leadership! Convinced that anyone can learn to become a better leader, she founded Leadership Unlocked , a full service, leadership development company and is a co-founder of Profit Pathway, a global education company for aspiring entrepreneurs and leaders. http://womentakingthelead.com/renita-alexander/

Today, I’ve got a few things in mind. • Give an update from last week • Thank those who left ratings and reviews • And talk a little bit about something coming up in my business: being promotable. The same qualities and behaviors that make you top of mind in the workplace are the same qualities and behaviors that make you top of mind when people are faced with a buying decision. Are you the one pe...

Kristen is known for creating a core foundation for women to develop a powerful mindset and unstoppable energy to cross any finish line with ease and confidence. Kristen empowers women worldwide to stop settling for mediocrity, overcome obstacles and live in courage while kicking fear to the curb in a fun and inspiring way. Kristen is a regular guest, community producer and TV Host of Health Matte...

Chloe Thomas has been working in eCommerce since 2003, learning how to increase orders, up customer retention, and manage customer service well. She is the author of 3 books, a keynote speaker, and host of the eCommerce MasterPlan Podcast. eCommerce MasterPlan is the result of years of experience, and was created to help eCommerce business people make the right decisions as they build their own pa...

I’ve got another bonus episode for you today and this week we’re going to be Going over your challenge from last week Thank those who left ratings and reviews And talk a little bit about playing small in our day-to-day lives www.womentakingthelead.com/bursts-of-courage

Jodie Rodenbaugh is a Love Agent with a unique triangulation of a tragic personal story, captivating professional knowledge, and a passion for increasing the life of others by empowering their love stories. She has over 20 years of professional study in human behavior and relationships, a Master’s Degree in Diversity Education, is a certified professional coach, and a gift of seeing what you canno...

Jessica Kupferman is a Digital Media Strategist with over 15 years of experience working in the internet marketing space. Combining a mix of creativity and business development, Jessica works with companies and small businesses who want fresh ways of selling and growing online. Jessica is the co-founder of She Podcasts and the Podcasting School for Women, as well as the host of the new show The Mo...