In this inspiring episode, Melissa Alexander shares her powerful journey from corporate burnout to building a life of freedom, fulfillment, and purpose through entrepreneurship.

Melissa opens up about the moment she realized that the traditional path — career, retirement plan, “success” by society’s standards — wasn’t bringing her joy. Through home business ownership, she discovered not just time and money freedom, but something even greater: emotional and spiritual abundance.

💡 In this conversation, we explore:

• Breaking free from the corporate grind and rewriting your life story
  

• How Melissa’s mother inspired her to pursue business ownership
  

• The deeper meaning of abundance — peace of mind, happiness, and fulfilling relationships
  

• The importance of persistence, patience, and vision when building your dreams
  

• Why it’s never too late to start over — including the story of Melissa’s mentor, Belinda Santor, who rebuilt her life and business at age 50 and created lasting success
  

This episode is a must-watch for anyone feeling stuck, burned out, or wondering if it’s too late to chase the life you really want.

You can find Melissa online here:

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Alignable

LinkedIn

Other resources mentioned during the podcast:

VA Connection with Belinda Sandor

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In this week’s episode, we dive deep into integrity — what it really means to live, work, and lead from a place of alignment.

Integrity isn’t just about honesty — it’s about when your actions, words, and inner truth line up. It’s about creating boundaries, choosing clients and opportunities that match your values, and having the courage to disappoint instead of betraying yourself.

We explore:

• Integrity as alignment → how to live in sync with your truth.
  

• Boundaries & integrity → why saying “no” can be one of the most powerful yes’s to yourself.
  

• Integrity in business → choosing aligned clients, projects, and partnerships (even if it means turning others down).
  

• The ripple effect → how one woman standing in her integrity gives others permission to do the same.
  

• Courage & authenticity → why integrity requires bravery and the willingness to take the harder road.

We also asked:

• Where in our lives do we feel fully in integrity right now?
  

• What helps us return to our center when life pulls us off course?

So, where in YOUR life do you feel fully in integrity right now? And what helps YOU return to your center when life starts life-ing? We’d love to hear from you!

Our biggest takeaway? Living in integrity means choosing alignment over approval — even when it’s hard. What was your biggest aha from today’s episode?

Other resources mentioned during the podcast:

• Jen Kem’s Book: Unicorn Team

• Aly Berthiaume’s monthly writer’s circle - check out Ally’s website, connect with her on her social channels, and subscribe to her newsletter for the inside scoop!

• Angelic’s monthly women’s circle for business - join us each month for this free one-hour women’s circle for business owners!

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Meet Kash: She served as the chief financial officer for Icon Foods soon moving into the

CEO role (as of May 10, 2024). She oversees the financial operations, reporting, and compliance of these organizations, as well as drives their growth and profitability. She has a strong background in legal matters, such as acquisition negotiation, trademark applications, regulatory compliance, and contract drafting, which enables her to handle complex and diverse transactions and issues. She currently holds an MBA degree from Eastern Washington University, with a focus on accounting and finance, to further enhance her skills and knowledge in this field. In her free time, she loves to be with her family, spend time outdoors, and golf.

Social Media Handles: 

LinkedIN - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kash-rocheleau-a0678528/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/icon_foods/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/kashrocheleau

Gözde Brake Guia, aka Goz, is the Cofounder of PodWritten, a podcast booking agency for health and wellness businesses. She started her career as a teacher and then became a content writer and editor for a PR company. 

In 2024, driven by a desire for freedom, she and her husband launched PodWritten despite having no prior business or sales experience. But Goz embraced the unknown and decided to learn and grow along the way. Today, through PodWritten, she helps health and wellness brands secure interviews on top podcasts and teaches them about strategic storytelling. 

Fluent in Turkish, English, and Spanish, she’s been featured in top-tier publications like Entrepreneur and Forbes Centroamerica.

Amy Babish helps people who have tried everything and still feel stuck in their health, their marriage, or the impact they know they’re meant to have. She gets to the root, working with ancestral patterns, soul‑level assignments, the body itself, and even the home and land they live on.

For over twenty years, Amy has guided visionaries, executives, founders, and high‑impact leaders to release what was never theirs to carry and live with clarity, connection, and a wider kind of freedom.

Her expertise is rare and deeply integrative, shifting what once felt immovable.She is also the host of The Soulful Visionary podcast, where she guides guests through live sessions that reveal what’s ready to end and what’s ready to emerge.

Today’s guest is a powerhouse of creativity & strategy in the tech world. Marta has spent the last 12 years shaping the digital experience behind some of your favorite global brands—designing mobile & web applications that don’t just function beautifully, but feel intuitive & human.

She’s not just a designer—she’s a mentor, an international speaker, & the brilliant CEO behind Glitterky, where she helps startups grow with intention—combining business savvy & design excellence to spark real transformation.

But what makes Marta’s story truly inspiring is the mission behind her work. As a single mother, she’s showing her daughter—and all of us—that it's possible to fall in love with life, & to align your purpose with your profession.

Go to her website for her free ebooks (start up pitch deck and fundraising)

https://www.glitterky.com

In this heartfelt and empowering episode, we sit down with Bri Alexander, a sound and energy healing practitioner, for a powerful conversation on transformation, grief, healing, and stepping into your soul’s purpose.

Bri shares how an unexpected loss became the catalyst for deep self-discovery, leading her to move across the world to Taiwan. Through solitude, mindfulness, and the cultural immersion of a slower, more intentional lifestyle, she reconnected with her body, intuition, and purpose. Her journey is one of courage, healing, and realignment. 

This episode is filled with vulnerable truths, laughter, a few tears, and so many glimmers — those tiny, powerful reminders to keep going.

What You'll Hear In This Episode:

• Bri’s story of transformation after miscarriage and emotional burnout

• The power of physically removing yourself to hear your own voice

• Living abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic and its unexpected spiritual gifts

• How nature, Eastern medicine, and cultural values helped shape her healing

• Releasing guilt, embracing redirection, and trusting divine timing

• The role of abundance mindset and learning to follow the “glimmer”

• Tools like Ikigai to uncover your soul’s unique purpose

• Releasing comparison and imposter syndrome as a daily practice

• What real community and support actually looks like

  
  

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You can find Bri online here:

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Facebook

Instagram

LinkedIn

Other resources mentioned during the podcast:

• IKIGAI - Bri recommends doing everything in your power to make sure your work and life align with this teaching. She says, “You'll find so much fulfillment and happiness and work will rarely feel like work - the cliche is true!”

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In this powerful and deeply personal episode,we welcome back bestselling author, publisher, and speaker Lynda Sunshine West. Together, we explore the raw truths behind success—the struggles, healing, and self-discovery that don't make it into the highlight reels.

Lynda shares how running away at age five and not being "rescued" shaped decades of self-doubt, people-pleasing, and fear—and how she reclaimed her worth by facing one fear a day for a year. The conversation dives into the damage caused by gaslighting, the inner work of rewriting personal narratives, and the radical act of vulnerability in leadership, business, and storytelling.

Whether you’re writing a book, healing from trauma, or trying to rediscover your voice, this episode will remind you that your story is worthy, and sharing it can spark powerful connection and impact.

Check out Lynda’s new Story Sculptor! Let the Story Sculptor help you write your book. Go to https://storysculptorgpt.com/ 

You can find Lynda online here:

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LinkedIn

LinkedIn Business Page

Instagram

Facebook

YouTube

Other resources mentioned the podcast:

Worthy by Jamie Kern Lima

The Year Of Fears, Momentum: 13 Lessons From Action Takers Who Changed the World

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We had such a fun conversation with Cristel on this episode of the podcast. Who said business has to be boring and serious? Not Cristel Sias that’s for sure! Cristel shared her story and powerful business insights with us about: 

• Her philosophy around competition

• Being a college drop out

• What her work playlist is like

• The story of resilience that inspired her 

• And the one piece of advice she’d give her younger self

You can find Cristel online here:

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Instagram

LinkedIn

Facebook

Other resources mentioned during the podcast:

Lo Fi Afro Beats Playlist - we listen on Spotify, but search wherever you listen  

Bobbi Humphrey - Black and Blues  - we listen on Spotify, but search wherever you listen

The Art Of Possibilities by Rosamund Stone Zander & Benjamin Zander

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