Divas That Care Network

Come and listen to our Host, Candace Gish, as she chats with today's guest, Sam Willing, for our “Determined, Not Distracted” Podcast Series.

This mini-series serves as your blueprint for a high-impact year, distilling success into three non-negotiables: Goal Clarity, Resilience, and Commitment. By sharpening your focus, hardening your mental toughness, and anchoring your habits in discipline, you’ll shift from chasing temporary inspiration to achieving unstoppable, year-long momentum. 

Sam Willing is a strategic partner, transformational executive coach, and speaker with over 25 years of corporate experience in Organizational Development, People Strategy, and Culture Transformation. She is dedicated to equipping business leaders with the tools, confidence, and strategic insight to unlock their full potential, elevate leadership effectiveness, and drive meaningful impact—all while strengthening business performance.

With a compassionate yet results-driven approach, Sam partners with executives and teams to develop high-impact leadership skills, foster psychological safety, and align leadership behaviors with core values and business objectives. She creates a safe space for leaders to navigate challenges, embrace vulnerability, and build cultures rooted in trust, authenticity, and purpose.

Her work goes beyond personal and professional transformation—it delivers tangible business results. Research consistently shows that strong leadership directly impacts financial performance, and Sam’s clients experience increased employee engagement, improved decision-making, and sustainable business growth as a result of their leadership development.

By integrating self-awareness, emotional regulation, and strategic execution, Sam empowers leaders to drive results, create thriving workplace cultures, and lead with clarity and conviction—without sacrificing their values, well-being, or most cherished priorities.

Beyond coaching, Sam is the Founder & CEO of The Compassionate Collective, a social impact marketplace connecting artists and businesses in delivering messages of hope and compassion. She is also the host of the "Imperfection Wins" podcast, where she champions the power of embracing imperfection, self-compassion, and resilience in leadership and life.

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We explore how nervous system regulation makes leadership skills stick and why women at every stage can replace burnout with grounded momentum. Sam Willing shares the story behind Regulate to Rise, the meaning of her cover art, and three daily practices to reset fast.

• why HR fit a people-first strategist
• advice on owning your path and personal brand
• biotech volatility and the decision to pivot
• coaching women with regulation at the core
• sympathetic versus parasympathetic in real life
• the book’s blend of story, science, and tools
• who the book serves and why it’s timely
• movement, breath, and self-compassion practices
• where to get the book and join a book club

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Come and listen to our Host, Candace Gish, as she chats with today's guest, Lisa Woodruff, for our “Determined, Not Distracted” Podcast Series.

This mini-series serves as your blueprint for a high-impact year, distilling success into three non-negotiables: Goal Clarity, Resilience, and Commitment. By sharpening your focus, hardening your mental toughness, and anchoring your habits in discipline, you’ll shift from chasing temporary inspiration to achieving unstoppable, year-long momentum. 

Lisa Woodruff is the founder & CEO of Organize 365.  Lisa and 87% of Americans believe organization is a learnable skill. Yet less than 18% of those same Americans feel they are organized. As the host of the top-rated Organize 365 Podcast, with 24 million downloads & counting, Lisa shares strategies for reducing the overwhelm, clearing the mental clutter, and living a productive and organized life.

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We talk with Lisa Woodruff of Organize 365 about building real systems for the home, from the Sunday Basket to seasonal planning and the mindset shifts that make organization stick. We reframe the household manager as CEO and show how community and grace beat guilt and perfection.

• why home chaos is normal and solvable
• founding Organize 365 and the through line of teaching
• the Sunday Basket as a weekly operational system
• color coding that speeds decisions and delegation
• private community, live co-working, and lifetime access
• removing guilt from pricing and timelines
• podcast focus on household CEO mindset
• seasonal Planning Day cadence and prep workflow
• Escaping Quicksand and key mindset shifts
• one big tip: write everything down, stop remembering

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Come and listen to our Host, Candace Gish, as she chats with today's guest, Lane Kennedy, for our “Determined, Not Distracted” Podcast Series.

This mini-series serves as your blueprint for a high-impact year, distilling success into three non-negotiables: Goal Clarity, Resilience, and Commitment. By sharpening your focus, hardening your mental toughness, and anchoring your habits in discipline, you’ll shift from chasing temporary inspiration to achieving unstoppable, year-long momentum. 

Lane Kennedy is a Calm Living Docent, stress management specialist, and DNA wellness expert who has spent over 15 years helping burned out professionals and stressed parents learn how to stop stressing and prevent burnout.

As the creator of The CalmLab and Calm Resilience System, both of which are trauma-informed mindfulness programs based on polyvagal theory and nervous system science, Lane brings both scientific expertise and practical, real-world solutions to her speaking engagements.

With certifications in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), DNA Wellness, Functional Genomics, and extensive training in nervous system regulation, Lane offers unique insights that bridge science and practical application.

https://lanekennedy.com/

We explore how nervous system regulation and DNA insights can turn relentless stress into a steady, sustainable groove. Lane Kennedy shares evidence-based tools, simple breath and movement practices, and an eight-week system that helps us create clarity, resilience, and commitment.

• origins of Lane’s work and a pivotal wake-up moment
• rise of workplace stress post-COVID and with AI
• how DNA and SNP pathways inform brain health choices
• mindset’s role in gene expression and long-term risk
• practical regulation tools beyond one-size-fits-all
• tiny daily habits that improve sleep and focus
• course structure, live labs, and accountability options
• simple breathwork and device-free walks as resets

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Come and listen to our Host, Candace Gish, as she chats with today's guest, Katie Nelson, for our “Determined, Not Distracted” Podcast Series.

This mini-series serves as your blueprint for a high-impact year, distilling success into three non-negotiables: Goal Clarity, Resilience, and Commitment. By sharpening your focus, hardening your mental toughness, and anchoring your habits in discipline, you’ll shift from chasing temporary inspiration to achieving unstoppable, year-long momentum. 

Katie Nelson, Founder and CEO of Sales UpRising, has built her business around this message: Cashflow Is Oxygen. She is committed to bringing the fun back into sales and helping her clients grow their small businesses into six-figure-plus Big League Players. Katie is a speaker, consultant, and business coach with a total 25 years of sales expertise and $150 million sold in products and services. She believes that solopreneurs and microbusinesses can harness their profit-making potential to maximize their revenue. Known as “The Sales Catalyst,” Katie has worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs to transform their companies from ideas to thriving businesses. She is adamant that any entrepreneur can sell his or her knowledge, gifts, and passions to the world, because sales are key to a successful business and a skill available to everyone.

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We sit down with sales strategist and coach Katie Nelson to talk about turning determination into revenue, why cash flow is oxygen, and how habits and community keep small businesses thriving. We trade stories on women-led momentum, pricing that fits the market, and the power of giving yourself grace and space.

• the Determined Not Distracted series focus on clarity, resilience, commitment
• Katie’s path to Sales Uprising and her Venn diagram of value
• online versus in-person selling as a channel choice
• sales fundamentals that outlast tools and trends
• women entrepreneurs gaining confidence and support
• cash flow as oxygen and funding with client revenue
• group masterminds, peer learning, and fair pricing
• habits as muscles and the value of grace and space
• where to find Katie on LinkedIn, YouTube, and email

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Come and listen to our Host, Candace Gish, as she chats with today's guest, Nidhi Gupta, for our “Determined, Not Distracted” Podcast Series.

This mini-series serves as your blueprint for a high-impact year, distilling success into three non-negotiables: Goal Clarity, Resilience, and Commitment. By sharpening your focus, hardening your mental toughness, and anchoring your habits in discipline, you’ll shift from chasing temporary inspiration to achieving unstoppable, year-long momentum. 

Nidhi is the CEO and Co-Founder of SheTO, the world’s largest private community for women and non-binary engineers and engineering leaders. Less than 9% of engineering executive roles are held by women. SheTO is working on changing that. 

SheTO has impacted the careers of thousands of women across the globe. Members of SheTO come from all over the tech industry, from executives at Fortune 50 companies to small startups. Through its impactful programs, SheTO is growing leaders at scale. SheTO was recognized for its contributions by the White House in 2024. 

Prior to founding SheTO, Nidhi was an accomplished engineering and product executive who has built, scaled, and transformed companies. She has extensive expertise in strategy, R&D, business development, and operations. As an Engineering and Product leader, she is passionate about building and growing thriving operational organizations that deliver world-class products at scale. 

Prior to founding SheTO, Nidhi was the Chief Product Officer at Hired, Upwork, and Ning

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We explore how Nidhi Gupta built SheTO into a 5,000-member global network for women and non-binary engineering leaders, and the concrete steps that move representation from 9% toward 20%. We share programs, results, and a mindset shift from helplessness to purpose.

• why SheTO started and the leadership gap
• accelerators and workshops focused on promotion
• annual summit energy and peer learning
• quarterly virtual career fairs with direct recruiter access
• Future Leaders Fridays for visibility and role models
• global hubs expanding across major tech cities
• annual State of Women in Engineering Leadership report
• a 10-year goal to reach 20% women engineering executives
• practical ways listeners and allies can help
• purpose-driven actions to stay determined, not distracted

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Come and listen to our Host, Candace Gish, as she chats with today's guest, Bonnie Strati, for our “Determined, Not Distracted” Podcast Series.

This mini-series serves as your blueprint for a high-impact year, distilling success into three non-negotiables: Goal Clarity, Resilience, and Commitment. By sharpening your focus, hardening your mental toughness, and anchoring your habits in discipline, you’ll shift from chasing temporary inspiration to achieving unstoppable, year-long momentum. 

Bonnie Strati is a transformational life coach and holistic wellness guide devoted to helping people heal, awaken, and reclaim their most authentic selves. With a background in fitness, nutrition, somatic movement, emotional resilience, and spiritual development, she supports clients who are navigating life transitions, burnout, grief, or the quiet ache of feeling stuck.

A former competitive athlete and seasoned educator in health and wellness, Bonnie spent years helping others strengthen their bodies—until life called her to strengthen something deeper: her spirit. Her personal journey through heartbreak, reinvention, and spiritual awakening became the foundation of her coaching practice and her debut book, Built Stronger: The Art of Becoming Whole Again.

Bonnie’s coaching blends soulful insight with practical tools—drawing from movement, mindset work, energy healing, and intuitive guidance. She helps clients release what no longer serves them and build a life aligned with truth, vitality, and purpose.

Through her practice, Built Stronger Coaching, Bonnie offers high-touch coaching programs, restorative movement and breathwork, somatic release techniques, and wellness retreats. Her work is especially aligned with individuals in midlife and beyond who are ready not just to heal—but to rise into their next chapter with intention and joy.

Bonnie lives in Connecticut and is the proud mother of two grown sons. When she’s not supporting others, you’ll find her journaling by candlelight, walking in nature, or planning her next soulful adventure.

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We speak with coach and author Bonnie Strati about building strength from the inside out, shifting from rigid goals to gentle intentions, and finding unexpected joy while navigating stage four esophageal cancer. Her books offer practical prompts, honest stories, and a human path through change.

• evolution from personal training to holistic coaching
• science trends vs lasting individualized methods
• intention-led planning and weekly touchpoints
• celebrating small wins to build identity
• Built Stronger book structure and key chapter on truth
• cancer diagnosis reframed with meaning and humor
• new book on finding calm through treatment
• how to access Bonnie’s books and social links
• asking for help without shame
• reframing guilt and building habits that stick

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Come and listen to our Host, Tina Spoletini, as she chats with today's guest, Dr. Ellen Mosti, for our “Determined, Not Distracted” Podcast Series.

This mini-series serves as your blueprint for a high-impact year, distilling success into three non-negotiables: Goal Clarity, Resilience, and Commitment. By sharpening your focus, hardening your mental toughness, and anchoring your habits in discipline, you’ll shift from chasing temporary inspiration to achieving unstoppable, year-long momentum. 

Rev. Dr. Ellen Mosti, founder and CEO of Lightness1All, LLC, creates spaces of unconditional love and acceptance where transformation feels like a celebration. She transformed her life from anxiety-filled people-pleaser to joyful, intuitive guide for women ready to radically thrive. Her presentations radiate freedom, joy, and possibilities. The Amazon best-selling author of "From Simply Surviving to Radically Thriving: 5 Steps to Unleash Unstoppable You" (March 2025), she created "The LIGHT Formula™️"—a powerful framework for turning trauma and addiction into energy and boundless happiness.

After leaving a 22-year marriage and relocating to Florida with her cats Sandy and Tabitha, Dr. Ellen built a thriving coaching practice, monthly creativity circles, and bi-monthly Self-Love Tune-Up calls. Her Stampin' Up! business of 21+ years reflects her commitment to creativity and connection, as she "creates cards with love and sends that love in the mail, one card at a time.”

Dr. Ellen's presentations blend wisdom with playfulness, guiding audiences to recognize root causes of struggle, release limiting patterns, cultivate self-love, and create lives of authentic joy and abundance.

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We explore how to stay anchored to what matters without getting pulled into fear, habits, or old identities. Dr. Ellen shares the LIGHT formula, boundary tools, and joy practices that turn survival mode into sustainable momentum.

• redefining determination with grace and gratitude
• using a visible focus board to return attention
• limiting active projects to protect energy
• health as strategy: hydration, nutrition, rest, movement
• saying no without guilt and honoring body cues
• self-love as daily practice, not a slogan
• creativity for presence and problem solving
• grounding tools for overwhelm and next-step clarity
• moving states and following intuition with joy
• why joy sustains purpose and attracts support

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Come and listen to our Host, Joyce Benning, as she chats with today's guest, Stacy Zablocki, for our “Determined, Not Distracted” Podcast Series.

This mini-series serves as your blueprint for a high-impact year, distilling success into three non-negotiables: Goal Clarity, Resilience, and Commitment. By sharpening your focus, hardening your mental toughness, and anchoring your habits in discipline, you’ll shift from chasing temporary inspiration to achieving unstoppable, year-long momentum. 

Stacy Zablocki is a devoted mother of four and proud grandmother of four, whose life’s work reflects her deep commitment to faith, family, and community. As the founder and executive director of Make Life Better Together, Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to holistic healing, trauma recovery, and community empowerment, Stacy leads with compassion and purpose—believing that true transformation happens when people come together to lift one another up.

Alongside her nonprofit, she owns and operates Gritty Grace Farm & Livery, a for-profit enterprise that blends equine therapy, riding lessons, and agricultural education to create meaningful experiences for children, families, and individuals seeking connection and growth. With more than 22 years of horse ownership and over 12 years of experience in therapeutic riding, training, and youth camps, Stacy has witnessed firsthand the powerful bond between humans and horses as a pathway to emotional and spiritual healing.

Currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Neuropsychology, Stacy integrates brain-based learning, faith, and neuroscience to design programs that foster resilience and holistic well-being. Her entrepreneurial spirit and lifelong dedication to helping others are grounded in her unwavering belief that we cannot make it alone in this world—we must make our lives better together.

Above all, Stacy’s work is guided by her unshakable faith. She gives all glory to her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, whose vision and grace continue to inspire her mission to serve and uplift others.

We explore how faith, horses, and neuroscience help people stay determined and not distracted, turning trauma and brain injury into pathways for growth. Stacy shares her journey from business owner to nonprofit leader, homeschool mom, and neuropsychology student building equine-powered healing.

• purpose-led focus rooted in faith and service
• flow to grow to glow as a daily check
• horses as mirrors for emotion and energy
• connect before you correct as a core method
• redefining brain injury across trauma and PTSD
• right-brain learning and homeschool breakthroughs
• daughter’s transformation through play and horses
• documenting progress and sharing evidence
• matching clients with consistent horse partners
• building community partnerships and residential care
• scaling programs while keeping work humane

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Come and listen to our Host, Tina Spoletini, as she chats with today's guest, Alyssa Utecht, for our “Determined, Not Distracted” Podcast Series.

This mini-series serves as your blueprint for a high-impact year, distilling success into three non-negotiables: Goal Clarity, Resilience, and Commitment. By sharpening your focus, hardening your mental toughness, and anchoring your habits in discipline, you’ll shift from chasing temporary inspiration to achieving unstoppable, year-long momentum. 

Alyssa Utecht is a Boundaries Coach and Energy Guide who helps people focus by letting go of what isn’t theirs to manage. She teaches that distraction is often over-responsibility—and clearer boundaries make follow-through easier.

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https://www.instagram.com/alyssaucoaching/

We explore how procrastination can be a boundary problem, not a motivation flaw, and how open loops drain energy and clarity. We share practical ways to align choices with values, protect focus, and build momentum without burnout.

• redefining procrastination as a boundary signal
• identifying open loops and closing energy leaks
• working genius, delegation, and task sandwiching
• energy management vs time management
• obligation vs generosity and the pause for clarity
• nervous system safety, simple resets, small wins
• money boundaries, worth, and allowing desire
• releasing what was never yours to manage
• one boundary shift to start this week

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Come and listen to our Host, Tina Spoletini, as she chats with today's guest, Wendy Taddeucci, for our “Determined, Not Distracted” Podcast Series.

This mini-series serves as your blueprint for a high-impact year, distilling success into three non-negotiables: Goal Clarity, Resilience, and Commitment. By sharpening your focus, hardening your mental toughness, and anchoring your habits in discipline, you’ll shift from chasing temporary inspiration to achieving unstoppable, year-long momentum. 

Wendy Taddeucci is a Life Coach and Soul Protector for high-achieving women who are overwhelmed — women who carry a lot, do a lot, and hold everything together… while quietly putting themselves last.

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We explore how to stay determined without abandoning yourself, turning burnout into ease through boundaries, self-trust, and nervous system care. Wendy Teducci shares personal and client stories that show how peace becomes a daily practice, not an afterthought.

• spotting the gap between looking fine and feeling depleted
• reframing failures into feedback and fuel
• regulating the nervous system to respond, not react
• redefining self-care as foundation, not reward
• building self-trust and letting go of approval
• finding boundaries through honest self-inquiry
• using journaling or creative outlets to process emotions
• practical steps to choose ease over hustle

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