Curated Conversations Podcast

Born into a family of Tarot readers, Calliope Scherrer of Powerhouse Priestess is redefining what it means to be a business owner, and shaking up the evolution of the business mindset. And we are here for it! In today's conversation, we dive deep into the journey Calliope has taken, which included a lot of leaps of faith, time off for deep spiritual healing, and listening to the Divine for inspiration on how to serve others.

Providing business strategy and content, along with mindset and spiritual guidance and healing, Calliope navigates the masculine structure of business while incorporating the divine feminine for wisdom and intuition. Make sure to get grounded and then dive into this inspiring conversation about following your soul's journey, no matter the winding road.

Tune in to hear more about:

1) How living out of alignment came into focus for Calliope, despite huge success, financial wins, and a thriving business. And how she had to change that.

2) Changing your business mindset from "what are my perfect client avatars?" to "when living in alignment and recognizing my gifts means I will attract those I'm meant to serve" changes the entire ballgame.

3) How to work with your soulmate clients, recognizing when your intuition speaks to you, and what your energetic blueprint says!

Where to find Calliope:
@powerhousepriestess
https://www.powerhousepriestess.com/

We've all had that moment (pretty much every morning) where you are standing naked in your closet and deliberating for far too long about what to wear. But it goes beyond that, into how you want to feel, and sometimes, deciding how you want to feel is the ultimate barrier to choosing the right outfit for you. If you've ever struggled with this exact scenario, pull on that bathrobe, grab a hot chocolate, and listen to today's episode with personal stylist and energy coach, Dulce Badillo.

Having spent years working retail, and always having fashion and style as part of her life, Dulce works with both women and men, in choosing clothes that authentically embody who they are and how they wish to present themselves to the world. Coupled with her energy coaching, Dulce helps others to recognize their energy is their everything, and that includes their styling and way of dress.

Listen in for the following:

1) What you surround yourself in (people, tv, content) creates your own energy and what you emit to the world, including how you dress. Never underestimate the power of what you wear.

2) You can make incremental changes, small, tiny ones each day, and over time, you'll realize that you have actually spurred massive growth -- most likely without realizing it.

3) We aren't meant to stay stagnant, but to grow and evolve constantly. And our dress and clothing is meant to do that as well.

@dulcebadillo _
Tik Tok: @dulcebadillo _
https://dulcebadillo.com/

You may have heard of Reiki. You may have heard of Acupuncture, Polarity Therapy, Ayuerveda, and TCM. But have you heard of Quantum Breath Activation? Yup. Nor us. So buckle up for a fascinating episode on today's podcast and take a deep dive into another healing modality for you living your very best life.

Today we chat with Jennifer Redden, founder and owner of Orange Sky Wellness, and her journey to being a Quantum Breath Activator, which is a 3-step journey including the breath, emotional mastery, and access to the Quantum (energy). Breathing can, actually, change your life. Take a deep breath with us and tune in to learn more about the following:

1) What is quantum breathing, and how can it be helpful in your every day?

2) How each human emits a frequency, and we need to tune into what we are broadcasting to ourselves, others, and the universe. Check your frequency!

3) There isn't space between us (the humans of the world), but pure energy and how we receive it, exchange it, and send it out is mission critical to living a life of abundance and joy, versus scarcity and lack.


Resources from the show:
IG: @itsjennredden
Website: https://orangeskywellness.com/
Email: [email protected]
LinkedIn: Jennifer J Redden - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-j-redden-0659a962/
The Universe in a Single Atom, by the Dali Lama https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/80501/the-universe-in-a-single-atom-by-his-holiness-the-dalai-lama/

Everybody grab an apple and buckle up for today's episode with fellow AZ local, female entrepreneur and CEO, and transformational health coach, Clarita Escalante. This is not a conversation to be missed as Clarita begins her story with the unforgettable moment of receiving a cancer diagnosis. After spending almost a year in "victim mode", and asking the universe why she was the one to have to walk this path, she decided she needed to change her mindset instead.

Fast forward and she is now running her own business and helping people from all over the world tune into their health, not only by the foods they are eating, but by aligning their emotional and spiritual health. If the body and mind aren't aligned, a true path to wholistic wellness cannot be achieved. Clarita started asking the right questions, changed her perspective, and realized she had a new fire underneath her, not only for herself, but for others.

Listen in for the following insight and inspiration:

1) If you are eating well, but your mind isn't treating you well, it won't matter how clean you are eating or how many salads you devour. Your body will know it still hosts a toxic environment of thinking.

2) What is wholistic health? It's the intersection between mindset to soul to nutrition to movement.

3) Whole body healing means not just the physical, but diving into the inner self, and seeking those shadows and wounds, letting them come to surface to heal.

Find Clarita below!

Instagram: @the_clarita_escalante
Facebook: The Clarita Escalante
https://claritaescalante.com/

Did you know that when faced with a dangerous or toxic situation, an octopus can voluntarily break off one of its own limbs? Yup, we didn't know that either. But our guest on the podcast today did and her methodology is to help people cut off those parts of their lives that are no longer serving them, emotionally, mentally, physically ... all of it!

Nicole Bensen is a happiness and wellbeing coach and expert and utilizing her years of experience at Google, running wellbeing programs for their top female executives, she is now looking to serve a larger, global community. In this episode, we hear about how Nicole, despite all the amazing perks and benefits of working at a company like Google, actually experienced burnout herself, which shifted her perspective on what she was doing and how she was doing it. After taking a leave of absence, she realized she wanted her life to look different! Using research based science, along with some more mystical and fun, quirky techniques!, Nicole helps clients to build a more meaningful, connected, and joyful life.

Grab your audio, and take a listen out in the sunshine to hear about the following:

1) How to get back to center, without having to spend 7 days in the mountains meditating with monks.

2) How we all can benefit from what Nicole calls a "minimum viable experience". Think - small shifts daily.

3) How you can enjoy work and love your life at the same time, while avoiding burnout and massive amounts of stress!

You can find Nicole below:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolebensen/
https://www.instagram.com/tentaclesandtea.nicole/
https://nicolebensen.com/

Titles/hats
Founder and CEO
Happiness and Wellbeing Consultant
Happiness and Wellbeing Strategist
Happiness Enthusiast OR Ambassador OR Coach
Executive Coach
Corporate Facilitator

In today's episode, we are chatting with another local female entrepreneur in the valley, and now we are inspired to do a complete makeover of our home! Mackenzie initially started her career with an education background in Psychology which helped to propel her forward on a less-than-traditional path, towards interior design!

Offering interior design that is "not your mother-in-law's" designer, she has built a wonderfully successful business over the last decade +, empowering homeowners to not only love their space but to take the leap of faith to intuitively listen to HOW they want to feel in their space. Creating a unique business model that doesn't adhere to the traditional interior designer world, Mackenzie is working hard to cultivate an inclusive and welcoming community, both for her team and their clients!

Do a little Feng Shui around the house while you listen in for the following:

1) How utilizing your skillset in a different way and thinking outside the box can put you on an unexpected path in life!

2) Honing the ability to recognize that building your business, and also focusing on business development, are 2 very separate things!

3) What the journey of this designer, now business owner, has looked like - and it's not exactly what you would think!

Find Mackenzie below:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mackenzie-collier-interiors
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MackenzieCollierInteriors
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/wedesignhomes/_created/
Houzz: https://www.houzz.com/pro/wedesignhomes/mackenzie-collier-interiors
Instagram: Currently unavailable at this time, working on it!

We've all witnessed the insanity of the housing and real estate market these past few years and it leaves you with a lot of questions! It certainly scares some people, real estate agents, and buyers/sellers alike, but not our podcast guest on today's episode! In our conversation with Candice, a real estate agent here in the Phoenix-Metro Valley, she is taking the bull by the horns, and crushing it in finding families their dream homes, working especially closely with first-time home buyers.

After leaving corporate America, Candice is one of the rare few that works in real estate full time, and she has had a front-row seat to the ever-changing landscape of the housing market. Determined to help folks in any way she can, she is running her own business, has created her own app, is killing it on TikTok, and in general, busting the traditional methods of how to "do" real estate. And we are here for it!

Hop in the car and cruise the neighborhood for those "For Sale" signs, and listen in for the following:

1) The impact of the last few years on the real estate market, and how shortages across the board affect us all.

2) Dreaming of owning that AirBnB as a secondary (or primary) source of income? Know that it's totally possible if you do it right!

3) How to do what you love, run your own business, and still find that sometimes elusive, work-life balance!

Find Candice below:

Her app: https://arizonahomeswithcandice.hsidx.com/@cboller?lat=33.652450000000016&lng=-111.88714&zoom=13

https://www.instagram.com/arizonahomeswithcandice/
https://reach150.com/r/ArizonaHomesWithCandice
https://www.facebook.com/ArizonaHomesWithCandice
https://bk.homestack.com/arizonahomeswithcandice
tiktok - @arizonahomeswithcandice

Everyone grab your flippers, because in today's episode on the show, we are chatting with CEO + Founder of Evo Swim School, based locally here in the Phoenix-Metro Valley - and we really love this story of entrepreneurship and hard work, while not forgoing the work-life balance we all seek.

A swimmer since before he could almost walk, David has been in the water his entire life, eventually making it all the way to compete in the Olympic Trials. But his journey didn't stop there. Indeed, it's more where he got started. Deciding he wanted to be in the swimming world, in perhaps a different way than coaching (which he also did), David struck out to build swim schools, forging a somewhat unexpected, entrepreneurship, path. Now the head of multiple successful swim schools, David chats with us about his journey, what went well, what he chose to walk away from, and how gaining a different perspective showed him what was really important through all of these years of building his business.

Hop in the pool, then come back and take a listen to learn about the following:

1. Realizing the importance of your mental health and happiness as a business owner, and not letting the journey of growth and expansion consumer you, as it often can in the entrepreneurship world.

2. How he gets kiddos from "person to mermaid" and the greatest delight of his entire career, which is seeing the lightbulb moment when a 2 or 3-year old "gets" swimming - and can cross the pool successfully.

3. We all need to have hobbies that we can enjoy. And that are just that. Hobbies. Not a side hustle, nothing to sell. Nothing to promote. Just an activity that brings us joy. For David, that's horseback riding!

Find David + Evo Swim School here:

http://www.evoswimschool.com/
@evoswimschool

We. Can't. Even. with this episode, potentially one of our most favorite of all time. If you didn't know, we also host The Bodice Rippers Romance Novel Podcast where yes, we talk about all things romance-novel related. And for today's episode, we are chatting with fellow romance-aphile, Kelly Reynolds, the creator behind the massively popular Boobies + Noobies Podcast. She is also a writer, theater buff, author assistant, and soon to be working on her own romance novel author and we can't wait for it!

In this episode, we cover a damn lot, so take a look below at a longer than usual list of all of the gems you will hear during this hour:

1) How people are lunging for joy after these last few years, and romance novels are part of that joy package.

2) Twilight. While we can't really recommend it, we do honor its place in the lexicon of the romance literature world.

3) How it's literally the best time to be a romance novel reader (new or experienced) AND a podcaster. Seriously, get with it.

4) How taking time for yourself should be a priority. So, get in the tub with the book and tell the family you are unavailable for multiple hours.

5) How there is a stigma of reading romance novels, and we'll counter with the incredible value of reading them.

6) How romance novels are really ahead of all other genres, connecting people, and finally putting women's pleasure at the forefront.

And really, just so much more. Check out Kelly and her amazing podcast below:

@boobiespodcast on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook
@b00biespodcast on TikTok

Today we are talking about one of the most critical points of owning and running your own business: you must lead with the gifts you are given, and the clients will come. Not the other way around. Which means it's time to throw out that ideal client portfolio you've been building the last 9 months. Instead, a successful business means doing the things you love, knowing your business is not someone else's business, but your unique gift to the world. When you come from the heart and do what feels aligned, that is what will launch you into the stratosphere.

Put your feet up, grab the notepad, and listen in for the following (and so much more!):

1. When building a business, you should think about the benefits you are providing, not the client avatar you are pursuing.

2. Enough of the masculine hustle. You heard us. Yes, it will take work and tenacity, but when you align with your gifts and open yourself up to share those with the world, it will actually all just flow. Leave the force behind.

3. Seasonality is key. Know that there are certain seasons for certain things to be accomplished. Realize that change and growth never cease, which will allow you to loosen the reins, and find success easily.

Find Heidi:
@heidibcoaching
https://www.heidibcoaching.com/