This is such a fun conversation with Juanice Middleton! Juanice is the founder and creator of Rhythm & Wine, an experience for all the senses! She creates celebrations with wine, food, and music perfectly paired with the setting.

Educating people about wine in an entertaining and fun way, Juanice gives people a unique cultural experience that touches all of the senses and makes wine accessible to everyone.

You can find out more about Juanice at rhythmandwinecelebrations.com or follow her social media at @rhythmandwinecelebrations!

Curt is a former award-winning chef of 27 years, who thought he had his life planned out. His career was his identity and passion until he realized that career path was no longer serving him. He left his 27-year career at age 41 with no job, no idea of what he wanted to do, and moved to a new city without so much as a mattress.

Now Curt helps high achievers who are at a crossroads in life to create a better path by design.

Find out more about Curt at https://www.curtsassak.net/ or connect with him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/curtsassak/

On this episode, I have a great conversation with Stephen Courson, Founder and Creator of the True Wealth Experience. He coaches high earners with his trademarked approach to eliminate distraction and build wealth!

Stephen's mission is to create a community of contrarian thinkers who don’t want to work till they are 70, enjoy a few years of retirement in their old age, and die.

Join us as we talk about building financial success, healthy mindset, and even some anime, this week on EMPOWER Together!

You can find out more about Stephen and his classes at www.stephencourson.me!

Anouk is a mom of 3 emotionally intense kids with a Master's in Social Work. Anouk has been supporting parents for 15 years - the same length of time she's been a parent! She supports parents of emotionally intense kids for whom nothing in conventional parenting advice seems to work and empowers them to feel confident in trying different things that fit their kids' needs better.

You can find out more about Anouk's work at https://www.familymoments.ca/ and check out her podcast called Parenting the Intensity!

In this episode, I chat with Tricia Dempsey, CEO + Creator of ThriveHer Passport - an amazing program that empowers women to use their real-world experience to start their own consulting businesses!

More than 6,000 women have turned to Tricia for business consulting and coaching. Tricia herself went from a 7th-grade school teacher to an 8-figure CEO, then on to the successful sale and exit from her own business, and has instilled in her a passion for helping women become the CEOs of businesses and lives they love.

ThriveHer is on a mission to help women create more freedom in their lives by building purpose-fueled and profitable consulting businesses so they thrive - personally and professionally.

You can connect with Tricia Dempsey on LinkedIn and join her Freedom After Corporate Facebook group by going to www.thrive-her.com/group!

I'm so excited about my conversation with Chih Lin, co-founder and Chief Storyteller of Dumpling Dudez!

Chih started his career as a mechanical engineer, then later became the director of marketing innovation of an S&P 500 company. After working for big corporations for over 17 years, Chih decided to take the leap of faith and started Dumpling Dudez on April 1, 2019, with his husband and co-founder Michael Dorsey.

Dumpling Dudez has created hundreds of the most fun and unique experiences for corporations, universities, and private parties. The story of Dumpling Dudez was featured by over 30 media outlets including a mini-series documentary " Second Act" by Vice Tv and MailChimp. Chih is a creator, dreamer, and "troublemaker" who is curious, and has a surplus of "million-dollar" ideas.

Find out more about Chih at https://www.dumplingdudez.com/

I'm so excited to have my dear friend Shani Bacy on the show this week! Shani and I entered the anti-trafficking movement at the same time with the same organization and have shared a ton of crazy times!

Shani is Chief Program Officer for The Landing in Houston and a counselor with Cultivating Changes. She is part of an ongoing initiative called The Justice Series that brings awareness to racial biases in the field of social justice and is just an all-around awesome person!

To find out more about what Shani is doing you can visit www.thelanding.org or follow their social media @thelanding for information on The Justice Series upcoming events. You can also reach out to her at [email protected] for questions about counseling!

Tiffany is the CEO and Main Photographer for Lanza Manage Photography. She is a creative soul who loves to help people see their full potential, whether it is personal potential or business potential. ​As a person, Tiffany did not always see herself in a creative light. She found her passion in 2014 when she started LMP.

Slowly over the next 6 years, Tiffany realized her passion was not only to create beautiful works of art but to also reach the amazing souls in front of the camera lens. Her passion became helping her clients feel seen and see themselves in a positive light in both their personal lives and their business brand.

Tiffany is a great friend and an awesome photographer and I'm so excited to have her on the show to talk about her unique method of empowerment!

You can find out more about Tiffany at www.lanzamanage.com and follow Lanza Manage Photography on Facebook!

On this episode, I catch up with my friend Wendy, founder and executive director of Grit + Gumption Farmstead. Wendy is a healing coach who works with the power of story to change and shape people's lives!

She walks with women through their stories of past hurts and traumas and guides them to find their own freedom and healing. Through Grit + Gumption she serves survivors of sexual exploitation and domestic violence. Having applied all of her teachings to her own life as a survivor, she is able to guide women with kindness and grace, showing them that there is always more freedom to be had in one's life! Wendy believes everyone has a story, and even if that story is really hard up to this point, it doesn't mean the rest of the story has to be.

We cover lots of ground in this episode, and I probably could have made some edits but in keeping with authenticity you'll get to hear us laugh, choke, forget ourselves, and express opinions you may not agree with.

To connect with Wendy you can go to www.gritplusgumption.com or follow any of their social media @gritplusgumption! Wendy is also on social media @mrswendyjolson

Kellee and I have a great conversation about the work she's done helping others throughout her career and our experience working together at a residential treatment center. We have a common passion for trauma-informed care and trauma-informed leadership!

Besides being a great friend and leader, Kellee Walker’s work with trauma survivors has been the focus of much of her career both overseas and in the United States.

Kellee passion as a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor is to use her skills to help children who have experienced complex trauma heal and have better lifetime outcomes. Kellee joined the Arrow team in 2009. At Arrow, Kellee has served in a variety of roles including working directly with children in foster care and residential treatment and leading Arrow’s quality improvement efforts as the National Director of Continuous Quality Improvement.

Kellee has extensive training including being a TBRI Practitioner and Educator, a Daring Way Facilitator, Phase 1 certified in the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics, and a Praesidium Guardian.

Today Kellee serves as Arrow’s Vice President of Clinical Development where she oversees a full continuum of care including clinical aspects of foster care, adoption, residential treatment, behavioral health services, and educational programs.

Kellee is also the proud mom of an 11-year-old vibrant little guy that she had the privilege of adopting after fostering for a year.

To learn more about how you can support foster children visit www.arrow.org or www.davethomasfoundation.org - specifically Wendy's Wonderful Kids!