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Jennifer Ginty is a single mom and entrepreneur who lives with Complex PTSD and Major Depressive Disorder from childhood trauma. Throughout her life, Jen has learned valuable coping skills and has made it her mission to help others to better understand their own emotions. Jen has faced obstacles in her healing journey - from becoming a mother without a healthy parental model of her own to overcomi...

After being thrown out of a Las Vegas hotel in a drunken haze, jeopardizing his career and relationships, Nick Klingensmith had to make a change. A 4-time cancer survivor, type-1 diabetic, recovering alcoholic with herniated discs, nerve damage and sleep apnea, he defies it all when he finds Obstacle Course Racing. Refusing to accept his limitations, he’s completed over 100 Spartan Races, 6 Major...

This week, Girls That Create host Erin Prather Stafford welcomes documentary filmmaker Amanda McBaine to the podcast. McBaine directed and produced the 2024 film Girls State with her partner, Jesse Moss. Streaming on Apple TV+, the film takes its name from the Girls State program, organized by American Legion Auxiliary departments across the U.S. Sessions are designed to educate and empower U.S. h...

Lauren Gaggioli is an digital entrepreneur who loves building online businesses and supporting her fellow solopreneurs as they share their gifts with the world. A big believer in intentional living, Lauren created her online course about purpose - Big Why Life  - to help folks from all walks of life create their personal mission statement and support healthy habits to support living a life of purp...

Shirley B Novack is a first-generation daughter of Polish and Russian immigrants. She originally graduated from Fisher College in Boston with a degree in Laboratory Science. Still, after marrying and having three children, she returned to school and graduated from Newbury College with a degree in Interior Design. She has had a successful interior design practice since 1985, but her passion for wri...

Dr Whitney Chew is a board certified internal medicine physician who is passionate about helping people realize their fullest potential through entrepreneurship.  She is also a performance coach who helps multi-passionate, high-achieving creatorpreneurs tap into deep focus and peak performance to do more, be more, and make more money in less time. Join Dr. Crystal Morrison on The Village Vision Po...

This week, Girls That Create host Erin Prather Stafford chats with Dr. Aviva Dove-Viebahn. Viebahn is an Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies at Arizona State University, a public scholar, a Contributing Editor to Ms. magazine for their Scholars Writing Program, and a screenwriter (with co-author Brittany K. Fonte).  Viebahn was previously the Society for Cinema and Media Studies' web con...

Oksana Kukurudza is a Ukrainian American author, speaker, and management consultant born in Rochester, NY and currently living in New York City. She is a first-generation American, born to Ukrainian immigrant parents. Oksana attended Boston University and Emory’s Gozuieta Business School, earning a BSBA and MBA. Her specialty areas are accounting, finance, and management consulting. Inspired by th...

Samantha Dench, a licensed esthetician since 2003, established Skin Deep Esthetics in 2010. Beyond surface beauty, Samantha is dedicated to enhancing internal health to achieve radiant skin by addressing underlying issues. Recognizing that our skin reflects internal well-being, Samantha is passionate about helping clients take control of their skin.. Her commitment extends to educating and empower...

With over 17 years of experience focusing on postpartum women, Dr. Michelle Gerbi has helped thousands of moms overcome the most common and challenging issues that come with motherhood. With a background as a chiropractor, perinatal health coach, functional medicine provider, certified perinatal health coach, postpartum corrective exercise specialist, and international board-certified lactation co...

As the founder of My Body Couture, a one-on-one private movement studio, Janis Isman is a Trauma Sensitive Movement Specialist focused on providing customized, personalized body-focused services to clients with chronic pain, illness, injuries and other movement limitations.  She is a leader in approaching mental health and wellness from a body-first lens, with trauma credentials that include Gabor...

Girls That Create welcomes Dr. Afarin Bellisario. The professional trajectory for Bellisario reads like a study in contrasts. At the young age of 14, she embarked on a career in journalism in her native Tehran, contributing to major magazines and covering a variety of topics, including women's issues. Pivoting to a career in engineering she moved to the United States, earning a Ph. D. and MBA from...

In third grade, Steph Katzovi announced that she was going to be author when she grew up. After graduating law school and serving as a strategic communications consultant at Deloitte, it only took about two decades for Steph to follow through on her “When I Grow Up” essay. Today, Steph is a children’s author focused on sharing the humor that is found in the uniquely tumultuous world of tweens. Ste...

  Carina Gardner has a Ph. D. in Design from the University of Minnesota. She taught design at the University of Minnesota and the Arts Institute before starting her design business. The Carina Gardner brand has been on dishwater, jewelry, prints, clocks, sewing patterns, and holiday products.  Carina is the CEO of Design Suite, a surface pattern and crafting design program that teaches designers...

Erica Curry is a former NCAA Division 1 athlete turned licensed therapist.  Erica is now focused on helping other athletes with their mental health and post sport life.  Erica specialize in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and Radically Open Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. DBT focuses on mindfulness, communication, emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills. RO-DBT consists of skills to help t...

Meet Andrea Haas - a recovering perfectionist! She's a wife, mother, educator, blogger, and literacy instruction consultant. You'll find her enjoying white wine and bonding with friends when not working or being a mom. Because, let's face it, motherhood deserves a toast, right? Last spring, she ventured into entrepreneurship by starting an online business. At Elm Tree Education, Andrea Haas offers...

Dr. Crystal Morrison welcomes Moaz Hamid.  At his heart, Moaz is a mission-driven technologist and strategist.  He has held previous roles as general manager and partner with Google, Microsoft, HTC, and Palm. In recent years, he’s been working on creating resources for founders of startups focus on accessibility.  In addition, he’s serving on the Dream Council and now Board of Directors for the Ma...

Dr. Erin Zimmerman, an evolutionary biologist turned science writer and botanical illustrator, holds an MSc in fungal population genomics and a PhD in plant molecular systematics, both from the Université de Montréal. She also completed a BSc in Plant Biology and physics at the University of Guelph. She has illustrated a number of scientific research articles, including the description of a newly...

Jennifer Kok is a local business expert with over 25 years of entrepreneur experience, She started her first business two days before giving birth to her second child, turned it around in the middle of a recession, and then sold the company for a profit after growing it to a national brand. Jennifer is known for being a local business advocate and growth expert with visionary solutions and a resul...

TEDx speaker, international best-selling author, and coach to parents of college-bound teens, Denise Thomas inspires, educates, and equips parents to take an active role in supporting their children to live a life of financial freedom.  Her mission is to 'flip' the student debt statistic in the U.S.  Denise is a 20-year homeschool veteran having homeschooled her two children from Pre-k through hig...

Multi-award winning Children’s book author Renée Greene Murphy, MS Ed is a mom, a wife, a daughter, a sister, a School Counselor, and the author of her first children’s book, "Your Heart's Voice".  Renée worked as a School Counselor for ten years in New York City. She has her Master’s Degrees in Counseling and School Leadership. Since having children, Renée has been home helping raise her children...

This week, Girls That Create host Erin Prather Stafford welcomes Alice Min Soo Chun, the founder and CEO of Solight Design and the inventor of the SolarPuff. Chun's journey began in South Korea as a young girl and continued in upstate New York. Growing up, she learned origami and how a simple paper is a gateway to possibilities.  In 2015, she launched Solight Design and initiated a Kickstarter pro...

Kelly Leardon is a seasoned entrepreneur empowerment advocate, specializing in helping female business owners achieve work-life balance while scaling their business to multi six and seven figures.  With 20+ years of experience as a Certified Director of Operations and small business coach, she's helped thousands of entrepreneurs across 40+ industries.  Kelly, whose name means Warrior Woman, leads...

Alara Sage is an intuitively gifted spiritual teacher, healer, and activator of Kundalini Shakti. She is the Founder and Creator of Unity Academy, an academy that awakens people to the Divinity within and unifies them into wholeness through the teaching of the Divine Trinity - Body, Mind, and Spirit. Alara teaches and mentors provocatively and soulfully as she pulls from a well of deep wisdom and...

In 2020, Tiffany Feingold became the co-founder and CEO of Guiding Bright Minds, an organization dedicated to helping guide and educate parents of neurodivergent children, and in 2022 she co-founded The Colorado Neurodiverse Chamber of Commerce (CNDCC). An organization focused on improving employers' economic growth and development through the support of hiring and retaining qualified neurodiverse...