Angelina Musik is the Founder of Mompreneurs and Wellness By Choice. She joins Marilee today to talk about stepping into new opportunities and jumping into the unknown. She also shares her personal story of losing her son two years ago and how that has affected her as a person and as an entrepreneur.

Follow Angelina on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realangelinamusik/?hl=en

Gissel Arce joins the podcast today to share with Marilee her journey in the workforce. She talks about the experience she gained at a young age and how it was able to help her get a job later in life. She goes over her tips for creating a great resume and how recruiters can find amazing candidates. She encourages new employees to show interest in their company so they can build their career.

Brandon Hintz went to juvey when he was a child where he met a parole officer that convinced him to turn his life around. He then entered the world of business as a teenager. Now he helps people expand their businesses. He joins Marilee to discuss how practicing gratitude and having a positive mindset can change the way you approach your day and your business. He goes over his journey to finding success and creating change for himself.

Learn more about Brandon here: https://www.brandonhintz.com/homepage

Amatista Leon joins Marilee to talk about her journey as a mother. She often found herself angry and upset with her children and her husband and knew she needed to change. She started doing internal work to check in and see what was really going on with her. Now she's found happiness with herself that in exchange has become happiness with her family and she's teaching other moms, especially Spanish-speaking mothers, to do the same. 

Learn more about Amatista here: https://www.instagram.com/maternidad24x7/

Nefertiti San Miguel is an international mixed media artist, performer, cultural diversity advocate and trailblazer. She shares her story of growing up and the challenges she faced that led her find the confidence to start her own business. By facing hardship, she was able to learn that she can always get back up and keep fighting for her dream. She talks about pushing through and listening to what you want. Her company Etnia Fusion is a project based company dedicated to promote and cultivate world culture from different ethnic groups through dance performances, educational programs and functional art.

Learn more about Nerfertiti here: https://etniafusion.com/home-page

Badeeha Jubeh is the CEO of Retail Visual Identity. She helps small business owners connect with their clients to make their business more attractive to them. She talks about how the pandemic motivated her to help small businesses. She also goes over some simple tips to make your store more appealing to the people who matter the most — you customers.

Learn more about Badeeha: https://www.linkedin.com/in/badeeha-jubeh-56a835122

Alexia Melocchis is a successful film and television entrepreneur. She hosts the podcast "Heart of Show Business". She joins Marilee to talk about how you're selling yourself before you're selling a product. Being your authentic self is going to attract your clients. Not everyone is going to like you, but you will find more success by being true to yourself. 

Learn more about Alexia here: https://www.theheartofshowbusiness.com/

Today Marilee shares her personal story of how she started her business creating clothing for her children and how it grew into something more. She talks about moving across the country with her family and the personal struggles she faced when she lost her father and brother to cancer only 18 months apart. She talks about how these struggles have affected her as a person and as a business owner. 

Today Marilee pays a visit to Chelsey Urbanskit of Body Be.YOU.ty in Pacific Grove where she learns about her beauty business where she offers body sculpting and teeth whitening services. She shares with Marilee the steps she took to get her business off the ground and running and the mindset she has used to create positivity and move forward. 

You can learn more about Body Be.YOU.ty or book a service with Chelsey here: https://square.site/book/LA95D9C4ZGNHH/body-be-you-ty-pacific-grove-ca

Today, Marilee journies out to Triple H Youth Ranch to sit with the ladies there who run the ranch. They discuss how through their ranch, they mentor children and are able to help them find their confidence. They go over how working with animals has given some children the permission to come out of their shells and the evolution they've seen from some of the kids they've worked with. They also discuss their business strategies as a non-profit organization.

Today's episode was recorded on the ranch. So you may hear some animal noises and barn sounds throughout the episode! 

Learn more about Triple H Youth Ranch here: https://triplehyouthranch.com/