Becoming Your Best Version

Eileen Noyes is an author, speaker, mentor, podcast host at The Unsidelined Life, and founder of Lady Bellator. She lives in California with her husband and eight of their combined 15 children. Eileen journeyed through the limelight as a former pro-athlete’s wife in the public eye, escaped cult involvement, established single motherhood to eight children and is now remarried and spearheading the Lady Bellator movement — helping women lost in the shuffle of family life find their identity, their voice and their sense of purpose once again. In her books Rise Up, Lady Bellator, Sidelined No More, Broken Chapters (a multi-author project), and her podcast, The Unsidelined Life, Eileen shares her passion, her wisdom and life lessons to bring a message of hope of God’s redemption, faithfulness and power. Through her authorship, mentoring and podcast hosting, Eileen is lifting women—other Lady Bellators—to move past their limiting beliefs, fears and insecurities so they, too, can live in the fullness of who they’re meant to be. In addition to all her work, she is beginning to offer individual coaching.

Learn more and follow Eileen:

• Website: https://theunsidelinedlife.com
• Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-unsidelined-life/id1759219138
• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/54xYIHjkcIn2wbFFSExkxE
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheUnsidelinedLife
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eileennoyes
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eileenpnoyes/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eileenpnoyes/

• Website: https://www.ladybellator.com
• Lady Bellator Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lady.bellator/
• Free Community: https://www.ladybellator.com/calltoarms
• Proverbs 31 - Lady Bellator Devotional: https://www.ladybellator.com/proverbs31
• Books: https://www.amazon.com/Eileen-Noyes/e/B0CXD2Y4RP

Wendy S. Meadows is a seasoned family law attorney, former litigator and certified life coach. She is also a mediator and the author of the best-selling book, sparkle & GRIT, a framework that helps high-achieving women break free from burnout and live on purpose. Before expanding into coaching, Wendy spent decades practicing family law, guiding clients through some of life’s most challenging transitions—all while quietly wrestling with her own feelings of overwhelm and disconnection.

When two colleagues passed away within months of each other, Wendy was struck by how differently their lives were remembered—one obituary focused solely on legal accolades, the other celebrated a life of depth and meaning. Soon after, the sudden loss of her stepfather made it clear: She didn’t want her legacy to be just about work. That realization sparked a shift. Wendy went solo so she could create space to figure out what truly mattered, away from the grind and expectations of traditional practice. She eventually stepped away from litigation, embraced mediation and began building a life and career rooted in alignment, purpose and presence.

Today, Wendy helps women who’ve “checked all the boxes” but still feel stuck. She blends practical strategies with compassionate mindset work to help them reboot their habits, re-ignite their purpose and build lives that actually fit. She also works closely with lawyers— especially those ready to go solo or restructure their practices—offering strategic coaching, systems consulting and speaking engagements for law firms looking to prevent burnout, increase retention and foster sustainable success. Her book, sparkle & GRIT: Live a Technicolor Life by Finally Finding Balance, Escaping Monotony and Beating Burnout, offers a roadmap out of the autopilot “Groundhog Day” cycle that often accompanies high-achieving careers.

Learn more:

Websites: https://www.sparkleandgrit.com/

https://wendysmeadows.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendy-sare-meadows-ba80285/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100072318214998

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wendy_s_meadows/

Sylvie Beljanski wants to share what’s working in integrative cancer care. Sylvie is a French lawyer turned health advocate, author and entrepreneur. She continues her family’s legacy as leaders in integrative health and cancer research, following her father's successful treatment of French President Francois Mitterrand. She devoted her life to continuing her father's legacy and helping those in the cancer community find natural approaches to cancer care and eradication.

She is Founder and President of The Beljanski Foundation, a nonprofit advancing natural approaches to cancer, and CEO of Maison Beljanski, a global dietary supplement company. The company's plant extracts can be used with traditional medical treatments or alone and have achieved incredible results for patients suffering from many types of cancer. Her book, Winning The War On Cancer: The Epic Journey Towards a Natural Cure, reads like a novel and shares what she has learned about cancer. She is host of the “Beljanski Cancer Talk Show” and producer of the Beljanski Integrative Cancer Conference. Sylvie is a sought-after speaker worldwide, educating audiences on scientific breakthroughs in holistic and integrative medicine. She joined us from New York City.

Learn more:

• The Beljanski Foundation (cancer research nonprofit) - https://beljanski.org 

• Maison Beljanski (supplements) - https://maisonbeljanski.com 

• The Beljanski Integrative Cancer Conference - https://integrativecancerconference.com

• Sylvie Beljanski (speaker) - https://sylviebeljanski.com

• Winning the War on Cancer (book) - https://winningthewaroncancer.com 

• Facebook - facebook.com/TheBeljanskiFoundation 

• LinkedIn (Sylvie) - linkedin.com/in/sylviebeljanski

• LinkedIn (Foundation) - linkedin.com/company/the-beljanski-foundation 

• Instagram - instagram.com/beljanskifoundation 

• YouTube - youtube.com/@BeljanskiFoundation

• TikTok - tiktok.com/@thebeljanskicancertalk 

• X - x.com/BeljanskiF 

• Free Gifts (eBooks)Beljanski Approach to Cancer - https://www.beljanski.org/the-beljanski-approach-to-cancer-free-ebook

"One binge drinking moment can end a life," Colleen Clifford says.  "Will it be yours?" Colleen is a former binge drinker who knows the struggle firsthand.  For 34 years, she's worked as a commercial fisherwoman, a lifestyle that fueled the drinking pattern of denial she now calls the 95-5 factor.  After losing her husband to an alcohol-related suicide in 2011 and later finding her own path from binge drinking to joy and freedom, Colleen turned her pain into purpose. Her upcoming book, Life Beyond the Binge, blends raw honesty, lived experience and eye-opening facts and insights for anyone ready to break free from destructive cycles. Through her compelling stories of resilience and renewal, Colleen inspires others to discover that it's never too late to change -- and to find joy and meaning beyond the binge.

A commercial fisherwoman in Alaska’s Bering Sea turned health coach, Colleen now helps women break free from cravings, binge habits and destructive patterns—guiding them to build a stronger, healthier relationship with themselves, inside and out. From her year of culinary training in Paris to surviving some of the harshest seas, she shares real stories, science-backed strategies and practical tools that help women navigate cravings, emotional eating and redefine what’s possible at any stage of life. This conversation will leave you motivated, empowered and ready to make real change.

Start your new year right. Colleen likes to cite this impactful quote: "All we take with us when we die is what we have become."

Learn more and follow her:

IG - @purepotential.health

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/pure-potential-llc-c-936735245/

https://lifebeyondthebinge.com

https://purepotential.health/

Email - [email protected]

She reminds us about 988 is the crisis hotline in the U.S.

Wendy B. Correa is a former music industry insider, radio DJ and now author with the release of her new book: My Pretty Baby  (She Writes Press, Nov. 2025). Approximately 64% of adults in the U.S. have experienced at least one adverse childhood experience (ACE) before age 18, and nearly 1 in 6 people (17.3%) report experiencing 4 or more, according to the CDC. Wendy is on a mission to destigmatize and educate about ACEs and their effect on mental health through her new book. 

Meet former music industry insider, radio DJ and now author Wendy Correa. In My Pretty Baby, Wendy writes about her own riveting journey with ACE, including her time in celebrity circles, spiritual practices and a lifetime of healing from childhood trauma. The book is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and an urgent reminder that healing requires honesty, community and hope. 

Correa writes about being traumatized as young woman escaping a violent home, moving to California to discover herself, and along the way finds a career in the music industry, dates celebrities – Guns N’ Roses' Slash would sit on the edge of her desk and flirt with her, hangs with music legend Joni Mitchell, meets Beatle’s drummer Ringo Starr at her first AA meeting, and becomes journalist/author Hunter S. Thompson’s assistant - only to uncover a devastating family secret decades later.

 In this episode we discuss: 

• CELEBRITY ENCOUNTERS & SELF-WORTH: How Ringo Starr, Joni Mitchell, and Hunter S. Thompson shaped Wendy's journey of self-discovery
• RECLAIMING LIFE AFTER TRAUMA: Her 40+ year healing journey using Buddhism, Native American practices, 12-Step programs, EMDR therapy, plant medicine and more
• FAMILY ESTRANGEMENT & FORGIVENESS: How uncovering a long-hidden truth brought the closure she had always sought and discovering, finding and getting to know her half-sister.
• A CULTURAL CALL TO ACTION: Why our society must do more to address ACEs and support trauma recovery
• BATTLE WITH ADDICTION: her journey abusing alcohol, nicotine and cocaine, and the turning point to become sober

About the book: After escaping a turbulent home life, Correa’s path of self-discovery encompasses Buddhism, yoga, meditation, plant medicine, Native American sweat lodges and vision quest, 12-Step programs, and psychotherapy. Along the way, she had extraordinary experiences: singing “Give Peace a Chance” on the Rose Bowl stage with rock ’n’ roll royalty, working at A&M and Geffen Records, and spending time rock legends (mentioned above). Her life changes when she moves to Aspen and becomes a radio DJ and assistant to legendary writer Hunter S. Thompson. There, she meets her future husband and begins to build the family she had longed for her whole life. Despite her newfound peace, she is repeatedly drawn back into her family of origin’s dysfunction. It is only after her mother’s death that Wendy uncovers a painful family secret that finally answers her lifelong question: What really happened to my family?

NYT bestselling author Sharon Salzberg says of Wendy's book: “In her deeply personal and candid memoir, My Pretty Baby, Correa's vivid storytelling penetrates the depths of her suffering with honesty and compassion, reminding readers that it is never too late to heal our traumas to live a life based in loving awareness."

Wendy is also a yogi, hiker as well as a licensed massage therapist. Wendy holds bachelor’s degrees in psychology and theater arts and has contributed articles to Mothering magazine. A wife and mother, she resides in Denver, Colorado. 

For more info: www.wendybcorrea.com

https://www.instagram.com/wendybcorrea/

https://www.threads.com/@wendybcorrea

https://substack.com/@wendycorrea

Kellie Grutko, known as the "Spark Strategist," is a transformative leader dedicated to empowering accomplished women to navigate life's transitions with clarity, confidence and purpose. As the Founder and Chief Pivot Officer of Purposeful Pivot, LLC, she leverages her personal journey of reinvention—from a high-level corporate executive to a certified transition coach—to guide women through their own transformative journeys. Her mission is to help women move from burnout to brilliance, rediscover their passions and chart fulfilling paths beyond the boardroom.

With over 35 years of executive leadership experience, Kellie has held key marketing and strategic roles across media, advertising and manufacturing industries. She served as Marketing Excellence Leader at Trane Technologies, where she championed innovative marketing training programs across the global marketing enterprise. Prior to that, she was Senior Vice President of Marketing at Comcast Spotlight, the advertising division of Comcast Cable Communications, leading brand strategy, demand generation and multimillion-dollar marketing initiatives. She also honed her expertise in consumer engagement and experiential marketing as Director of Marketing at King of Prussia Coventry Malls.

Kellie’s impressive career has been defined by her ability to build high-performing teams, rebrand organizations and drive significant revenue growth. She has led customer engagement strategies, marketing innovation and brand transformations, making her a sought-after expert in strategic leadership and purpose-driven marketing.

Despite her corporate success, Kellie found herself at a crossroads, questioning what’s next in her own life. Determined to redefine her future with purpose, she pivoted from corporate leadership to certified life coach and founder of Purposeful Pivot, a coaching and retreat-based business that helps accomplished women transition into their next chapter.

As a speaker, coach and strategist, Kellie is approachable, engaging and focused on human connection. She believes in the power of sisterhood, reinvention and authenticity, guiding women to embrace change with confidence.

Beyond her business, Kellie is a dedicated community leader, actively involved with organizations such as the American Cancer Society, Healthy Heart Association and Make-A-Wish Foundation, where she has contributed to long-standing fundraising efforts. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Advertising from The Pennsylvania State University and has pursued continued education in life coaching, public speaking, Nonprofit Essentials and Women’s Executive Leadership.

Kellie’s mission is clear: to help women navigate life’s transitions with purpose, confidence and a bit of sparkle. Through her speaking engagements and coaching programs, she inspires audiences to embrace their next steps—one intentional and empowering move at a time.

Learn more and follow Kellie:

WEBSITE: www.purposefulpivot.net
LINKEDIN PAGE: https://bit.ly/LinkedIn-PurposefulPivot
LINKEDIN GROUP:  bit.ly/PurposefulPivotLinkedInGroup 

PERONAL LINKEDIN – https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellie-grutko 

FACEBOOK PAGE: bit.ly/PurposefulPivot-FB

“The goal isn't to be sober, the goal is to love yourself so much you don't need to drink," Sarah Rusbatch says. Sarah is author of the bestselling book Beyond Booze, How to Create a Life You Love Alcohol Free, a multi-award-winning Health and Wellbeing Coach, an accredited Grey Area Drinking Coach, a menopause coach and a keynote speaker sharing her journey to sobriety and impact of alcohol on mental health to global audiences. Sarah works tirelessly to support women all over the world to create and live their best lives as they age.

Sarah is originally from the UK and is now based in Western Australia. She has supported thousands of individuals (mostly women) to change their relationship with alcohol and, consequently, change their lives. Grey Area Drinking describes the place between "every now and again" drinking, and "rock bottom dependent" drinking. This type of drinking in women has increased over 80% in the last 30 years. After an article she wrote for Mamamia (you can read it HERE), 8,000 women reached out to her within 24 hours for help with their drinking.

In this episode we discuss:

--Why Alcohol Use Disorder in Women has increased more than 80% in the last 30 years
--Why ageing impacts a woman’s ability to metabolise alcohol and impact menopause symptoms, yet middle-aged women are drinking the most
--The specific health risks to women of drinking at such a significant level
--The normalization of everyday drinking
--What needs to change in culture and society in order to change drinking patterns
--What it takes to create a life you love without alcohol (the heart of her book)
--Dispelling the myths that a life without alcohol is boring; and explaining what actually opens up for us when we take a break from alcohol
--The peer pressure many people experience when cutting down or removing alcohol and how to handle this
--The benefits the thousands of women she has coached have experienced when they removed alcohol.

"You have full permission to outgrow alcohol," Sarah shares.

Learn more and follow Sarah:

www.sarahrusbatch.com

Instagram - @sarahrusbatch

Bronwyn Schweigerdt is a licensed psychotherapist and anger expert. She helps her clients and podcast listeners come back to life through integrating with their inner child, dislodging shame, and healing their relationship with anger. Her podcast is Angry at the Right Things. 

Instead of fixing peoples’ messes, Bronwyn’s goal is to elicit feelings people are most ashamed to have, such as hatred and rage. She knows that even though feelings are invisible, they don’t evaporate, but store away in our bodies until processed.

According to Bronwyn, these feelings haunt us and cause mental and physical illness until we express them into words with someone who can hear and validate them. She especially loves playing midwife in this way, helping her clients – and now, her podcast listeners – externalize painful feelings once and for all. She has experienced success in helping people break free of depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, even psychosis, by reconnecting them to their anger, and healing their relationship with anger, and with themselves.

Learn more and follow Bronwyn:

https://angryattherightthings.com/

https://www.youtube.com/@bronwynschweigerdt1382

https://www.instagram.com/schweigerdtbronwyn/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bronwyn-schweigerdt-3124857/

https://www.facebook.com/bronwyn.schweigerdt/

Qin (“Ching”) Sun Stubis was born in the rubble of a Shanghai shantytown during the Great Chinese Famine, which killed some 50 million people. She was left alone in her crude bamboo crib for two years while her parents worked to scrape together a few coins each day for their daily handful of rice. Growing up, she and her sisters were at first ignored by the rest of the family for being “worthless” girls, and later shunned as political pariahs when their honest father was imprisoned for speaking out against the injustice he saw around them.

Despite extreme poverty, Qin pulled herself up by reading forbidden books and winning admission to one of China’s most prestigious universities, graduating with a degree in English and English Literature. With the help of a U.S. Senator, she emigrated to the United States to further her studies and has sought through her writing to build greater understanding between Eastern and Western cultures and underscore our common hopes, dreams and struggles. 

Qin is a writer, newspaper columnist, and author of the award-winning book, Once Our Lives, the true story of four generations of Chinese women who struggle to survive war, revolution, and the seemingly unshakeable power of an ancient Chinese superstition. The book, which has been named a best read by Ms. Magazine, Glamour Magazine UK, GRAND Magazine and Readers’ Favorite, and won the Nellie Bly Award for Journalistic Non-Fiction, takes the reader on an exotic journey filled with real stories of luxurious banquets, lost jewels, babies sold in opium dens, kidnappings by pirates and political persecution – seen through the eyes of a man for whom the truth would spell disaster and a lonely, beautiful girl with three identities.

For the past 17 years, she has been a newspaper columnist, exploring the rich legacy of Asian culture and the common links we all share. She has just completed a novel and also writes poems, essays, short stories and original Chinese tall tales inspired by traditional Asian themes. Qin has published more than 200 works in such media as The New York Times, USA Today, The Santa Monica Star, GRAND Magazine, Lotus Magazine, Paper Dragon and Mochi Magazine, and speaks to audiences around the world about writing and the need to strengthen the bonds of understanding and humanity that connect us all. You can find out more about her and her book, Once Our Lives, at www.QinSunStubis.com.  

Learn more and follow Qin:

o   Website: www.QinSunStubis.com 

o   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/qinsun.stubis

o   Facebook Fan Page "Once Our Lives by Qin Sun Stubis"

o   Instagram: instagram.com/qinstubis/

o   Goodreads: goodreads.com/author/show/22904309.Qin_Sun_Stubis 

o   LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/qin-sun-stubis-5977011a/

o   YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVLYagaq5R6LPHGn3fsxOVA

o   Amazon: Amazon.com: Once Our Lives: Life, Death and Love in the Middle Kingdom (60) (GWE Creative Non-Fiction): 9781771837965: Sun Stubis, Qin: Books

Aishah Iqbal is a first-time filmmaker and marketing executive who directed the award-winning film, #whitehairdontcare: A New Era in Beauty. The documentary challenges ageism in the beauty industry. With 15+ years in global analytics and advertising, she blends storytelling, strategy and social impact to empower women to embrace their natural aging process. The film explores the question: Who gets to define beauty?

Aishah is a highly accomplished and results-driven Analytics & Data Operations leader with 15+ years of experience spearheading transformative initiatives for global organizations—most recently leading Global Analytics Operations for Google via Media Futures Group (EssenceMediacom). She brings proven expertise in designing scalable data strategies, automating complex workflows and nurturing high-performing, globally distributed analytics teams. Her passion lies in aligning data operations with business objectives to unlock efficiency, enable faster decision-making and deliver measurable ROI.

Throughout her career, she has partnered with C-suite and EVP-level leadership to drive operational transformation across organizations, evolve team capabilities and lead impactful change management initiatives. She thrives in environments that demand both strategic vision and practical execution.

Outside of work, she is the proud mother of a wonderful daughter who helps her prioritize the invaluable intangibles in life. She is deeply committed to creative storytelling and personal growth—sharing her journey and learnings as a filmmaker, writer, blogger and podcast contributor.

In this episode, we talk about how she became a filmmaker, using TikTok and Reddit to float ideas, how to deal with online hate, single motherhood, ageism and more. She embraces her graying hair and is helping all of us learn to embrace our own choices, which may include natural aging.

Website (for the film) - www.whitehairdontcarefilm.com

Social Media links - 

https://www.instagram.com/aishahiqbal/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/aishahiqbal/

https://www.instagram.com/whitehairdontcarefilm/

TikTok: @grayloxx