Women Road Warriors Podcast Episodes

Sometimes women and moms feel like they have lost themselves and their dreams. They need a way to rekindle that spark and joy they used to have. Rachel Marie Martin helps women find these. She is the author of the book Getting Your Spark Back. She is also the writer behind FindingJoy.net and the author of Mom Enough and The Brave Art of Motherhood. She has been interviewed by CBS, Disney, Good Morning America, The Huffington Post, and many others. She helps women find deep joy in the little mome...

The New Year is always a time of celebration, reflection, and anticipation of new beginnings. People have hopes and dreams as the new year unfolds. We thought what better way to ring in the new year than to feature three of our entertaining and inspirational guest celebrities who we interviewed on the Women Road Warriors podcast. We decided to feature segments of our interviews with the country music trio Chapel Hart, international sensation and comedian Monique Marvez, and popular country singe...

Women are often left behind when it comes to proper investment planning. This leaves them with more month than money and insufficient wealth to carry them through retirement. Gina Diaz is working to change that. She is an in-demand speaker who helps women accelerate their learning curve on how to invest without fear. Gina understands the need for financial security and teaches people how they can attain it through real estate with wise decision-making. Gina is a young cancer survivor who worked ...

Do you ever feel stuck, not knowing what direction to take in life, a relationship or a career? Too many times life sends us down a rabbit hole and a dead end. Bonnie Wan says you need to Get Clear, Get Creative, and Get Courageous. Bonnie Wan is the author of The Life Brief: A Playbook for No Regrets Living which gives professionals and others a path to true joy and success. She has devised effective steps to get Unstuck. She is a partner and head of brand strategy at Goodbee, Silverstein & Par...

Women executives are on the rise but still have a distance to travel. Quite often they are pigeon-holed and haunted by imposter syndrome and self-doubt. Jamie Martin helps empower women professionals in fast-paced environments to claim their time, advance their careers, and be seen as the executives they truly are. Jamie spent 17 years in the high-tech world as an executive for Google and DoubleClick. She has been there and done that. She helps women silence self-doubt, use their voice to create...

Too often, people live with more month than money. It is a stressful game we are not taught how to win. Women, especially are vulnerable. According to Census.gov, 50% of women from 55 to 66 have no personal retirement savings, compared to 47% of men. Angela Moore is a certified financial planner who is disrupting the financial game. She is a master planner and rebel financial coach and the founder and CEO of Modern Money Education. She educates women to master their money skills and win. Listen ...

Who says women can’t do whatever they want whenever they want and make a huge difference in people’s lives? You can even be a world-renowned female Elvis impersonator! Imagine getting your master’s in music after being a music and dance instructor, author, and motivational speaker and ramping it up to a new level to front your son’s rock band at the age of 57! Joan Minnery did just that. She got North American acclaim as a female Elvis impersonator and has never stopped. Her motto is Sing it lou...

Too many women dread mid-life not realizing they are in their prime and the best is yet to come. Annie Gaudreault teaches women how to thrive no matter what their age. She is a certified holistic nutritionist, health coach, and the founder of Veev Health & Wellness. She helps women support their best health and best life and realize their best years are yet to come. She teaches women mid-life is an incredibly liberating time. She shows them how to increase their health span, not just their lifes...

Women in business have unique challenges that often hold them back. From gender bias to marginalization, we must overcome many things in the corporate world and in business. Trixy Castro is passionate about empowering women to excel in business and in their own companies by changing their mindset. Trixy is self-made. She started her first business at 14 and went on to found and invest in over 50 companies across many industries. She founded Genesis Capital and Hudson & Marshall. She is a sought-...

Gender gaps in the IT world are still very large even though it is the 21st Century. Women are still a small minority in the field. Jasmeet Kauer is a successful cybersecurity professional, motivational speaker, and business coach. She is determined to close the IT gender gap. Jasmeet is an advocate for gender equality in the tech landscape and the author of the book Code Her Rising: Empowering Women Across Borders, Navigating Challenges, and Cultivating Success. Her book dismantles gender dispa...

Annika Hylmö, Ph.D is the producer of a dynamic documentary called The Last Witch about the last woman to be convicted in the Salem Witch trials. It is a compelling program about standing up for the persecuted to give them a voice. 22-year-old Elizabeth Johnson Jr was the last person convicted in the 1692 trials. Elizabeth did not fit in. She was considered odd and called simple. Society persecuted, labeled, and condemned her at trial as a detestable witch. She was sentenced to death. She was no...

Imagine starting your streaming radio career at the age of 14 and parlaying it into a musical media empire that helps independent musicians all over the world. Now imagine doing that in just 15 years! Indie artists worldwide get the opportunity of a lifetime with the Josie Music Awards. It is the largest competition of its kind in the world. Josie Passantino Boone started all of this in 2009 as a teenager in her bedroom. The Josie Show began at home and grew to international acclaim with the hel...

Imagine soaring to new heights and getting empowered to do anything you want to do with your dreams and your vision as your guides. Michelle “Mace” Curran helps people do just that by helping them find their wingmen to success. She is a former U.S. Air Force Thunderbird pilot, author, and motivational speaker. Michelle was the only female pilot to fly with the Thunderbirds when she served and the fifth female pilot to ever fly with the squadron. She believes in empowering, inspiring, and embolde...

As therapist Bronwyn Schweigerdt says anger like fire can burn down a house. Don’t let anger overtake you. Learn how to connect with it. There is no such thing as an angry person. It’s how we deal with anger. Learn how to have a healthy relationship with anger when Shelley Johnson and Kathy Tuccaro talk to Bronwyn, a psychotherapist, marriage, family counselor, and anger expert. She is the host of the Angry at the Right Things podcast. Learn how to deal with your anger and the anger of others. ...

Storytelling is powerful. We grow up with stories that inspire us and spark our imagination as kids. Stories teach us and entertain us. They are also a great medium for achieving success. Learn the power of telling your story with Christina Royster, the owner of Big Media Agency. Christina has made a living telling stories in Hollywood, on network TV, for Touchtone Pictures and other mediums. Tune into this episode of Women Road Warriors with Shelley Johnson and Kathy Tuccaro to learn the power ...

Too many women suffer from self-doubt or imposter syndrome. They doubt their inner strength and power. Confidence coach and author Nicole Kalil helps women gain the confidence they didn’t know they had. She is the host of the podcast This is Woman’s Work. She is the author of Validation is for Parking as well as an in-demand speaker and respected coach. She has identified five confidence derailers that keep people going down the self-doubt spiral. Her confidence builders stop the vicious cycle. ...

Self-care is something women often neglect. We are way too busy taking care of other people. When we are in business, we often put ourselves second to that as well. Chris Atley helps women achieve success through self-care and get them out of the self-doubt spiral. She is the author of Abundant Soul-utions: A Mompreneur's Guide to Manifesting Success through Self-Care. Chris believes female entrepreneurs can manifest it all. They just need to define what having it all means by stopping the doubt...

Wouldn’t you like to live life fearlessly? Too many people are stopped in their tracks by fear whether it be logical or illogical. Rhonda Britten, the Fearless Living coach teaches people how to master fear. She is an Emmy Award winner, a repeat guest on Oprah, 4-time bestselling author of books like Wheel of Fear, Fearless Loving, and Change Your Life in 30 Days. She is the founder of the Fearless Living Institute and helps people identify their core fear. Rhonda was the first life coach on rea...

Have you ever met a real cowboy? How about a woman who is one and a cowboy poet? Kay Nowell is nationally famous for her poems about cowboy life. She was even featured on the Johnny Carson Show. Kay was the first woman on the Livestock Judging Team at New Mexico State University. She later cowboyed for the ZR Herford Ranch in the 1980s. Being a woman cowboy and bringing it to life in poetry has been Kay’s life whether she has been on a cattle drive or not. She brings back the mystique of what it...

Grief is something many people have no idea how to handle. It can be a never-ending roller coaster ride of sadness. Society doesn’t understand it and people don’t always provide support to people who are grieving. Join this candid discussion about grief, coping, and ways to find joy again. Dr. Birgette Tan is a certified life mastery consultant and certified grief specialist. She has a program called Joyful Riches Beyond Grief and Dance Away Sadness – Move Beyond Your Grief. Shelley Johnson and ...

Too many workplaces are still toxic along with gender discrimination. Magi Graziano knows this all too well as she faced these firsthand. She is a true champion for women and has become a beacon of empowerment in changing the workforce. She changes a toxic culture that is full of survival of the fittest, dominant, and dog-eat-dog mentalities that thwart productivity. She stops companies from being war zones. Magi is the author of Ignite Culture which became a Wall Street Journal bestseller. Her ...

Can you imagine taking a request from your daughter and turning it into a multi-million dollar business? Necessity is the mother of invention. Louisa Booth’s daughter wanted a hair tie that would not leave dents and creases in her hair. That led to Louisa founding PopMask which now has products for women featured by major retailers like Bloomingdales, Nordstrom, Costco, CVS, Target, and others. They have been featured in Oprah Magazine, QVC, and Today.com. Her journey was not without major roadb...

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a private detective like Dick Tracy, Nancy Drew or Sherlock Holmes? It’s exciting, never boring, and full of intrigue. Women are perfectly suited for it. Private detectives and true crime are all the rage today. PIs and police detectives have been immortalized in TV and movies. But what does it take to be a private eye? How about being a woman private investigator? Bari Kroll and Jen Rosant are celebrity PIs. Bari owns B. Lauren Investigations. Both Ba...

Chapel Hart is a dynamic group making waves on the country music scene. This terrific African American female trio is breaking down barriers and making headlines in Nashville. It's well-deserved. They wowed all the judges on America’s Got Talent, the Today Show, Taste of Country, and the Grand Old Opry and were featured in Rolling Stone Magazine. Two of their hits include “You Can Have Him Jolene" and "This Girl Likes Fords." Chapel Hart are independent artists who have created their own road ma...