Join us as we have a great conversation with professional speaker - and advocate for women and girls - Mary Messner this week.  Mary is a guest who consistently inspires her audience through storytelling, humor, and emotion.

This week on our show, Mary shares perspectives about her pivotal career shift to now sought-after keynote speaker - and brings the goods on her methodology:

DREAM
FEEL
CREATE

Get that big dream on paper, and be very clear about what it would feel like to create it!

Learn how to be guided to live into your dreams - and not just goals and checklists - with authenticity and ease.

In this episode, Erika and Mary uncover why asking for help results in an immediate response and the humility to say "I feel out of balance, help me figure it out" is a GOOD THING! The permission to be yourself, ask for what you need and expect the best are waiting for you.

On the cusp of 2025, prepare to make the next year as powerful and aligned as ever - with Erika and Mary's inspiration right there with you.


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https://marymessner.com/

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Join us in this episode as Erika hosts Yamini Naidu - the world's only economist turned business storyteller.

Yamini's clients rate her among the top business storytellers globally. She is on a quest to make everyone a better storyteller at work, play and home! You do not want to miss this dynamic conversation.

Learn - and embrace! - the difference between a hustle-based approach and a  heart-based approach to your work.

Approach setting goals and persistence to acheive those goals from a different lens than usual, and add to your Eastern philosophical vocabulary in this episode too!

You'll hear these terms in the episode and we encourage you to apply them wherever you can:

Abhyasa (ah-bee-yah-sah) - show up and do the work

Vairagya (vai-rahg-yah)  - don't be attached to the outcomes

Prepare to be enlightend in this conversation about staying the course, investing in yourself and being true to the work you are bringing to the world.


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https://www.linkedin.com/in/yamininaidu/

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5 actions you can take now to enter 2025 with clarity, confidence, and unstoppable momentum?

Erika’s got you covered in this week’s episode!

The new year is only weeks away and this means you have a personal competitive advantage - getting your action steps going, and casting a vision so bright you’ll surprise yourself.

In this episode Erika shares what she’s personally doing now to set up a stellar 2025 - new strategies, basic building blocks and all that’s in between. 

Listen in and get your own game plan going, ready for an epic year ahead.

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Do you believe that “set”backs are actually “set”ups for something better - for what’s meant to be next for you? Believe that there’s something on the other side of the feeling of being in the trenches, day in and day out? 

Join guest Jessica Welch - California “boss babe” turned Wyoming ranch wife - and Erika as they talk all things side hustles, major life changes and everything in between!

From understanding who 10,000 ft elevation friends are to people who help you peel back those layers and take your call at 2am - Erika and Jessica get into the goods on the “middle aged mom” life and what makes those real relationships! 

Also learn to identify what fuels you and not what’s expected of you - and hear what Jessica and Erika view as drivers of fulfilment coming from within. Spoiler alert: it’s not what you think! 

"Your predicament does not determine your destiny!"

These words could not be more true and our guest, Lia Valencia Key, shares this beautiful quote from her late mother – along with several other touching moments throughout this episode.

Lia weaves stories of her childhood along with her present day mission to
create jewelry to be beautiful, visual reminders to use LIGHT, JOY, LOVE, GRATITUDE and PEACE as our GUIDING STARS in this conversation with Erika. Together, they talk about the beauty of true resiliency and how absolutely anyone can stand in their strength, regardless of their circumstance.

Expect to be moved and inspired in this candid conversation. Lia’s natural glow comes through the entire time; you do not want to miss learning from some of her biggest life lessons so far.

Connect with Lia:
https://valenciakey.com/

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Join Erika and Lauren Furtado for an engaging conversation on our favourite topic – grit, grace & glitz. 

Lauren is a CPA with an impressive 18+ year track record in the accounting industry. Her background in a prestigious Big 4 firm helped land her where she is today - helming her own business as a successful fractional CFO. 

Lauren’s remarkable story of grit and perseverance will move you and show you that regardless of what life has planned, drawing from strength and determination is often the answer. 

We learn the power of saying “no” and setting boundaries to allow what matters the most to surface to the top – and no doubt lessons from Lauren’s episode will leave you with fresh prospective.

Connect with  Lauren:
https://unconventional-cfo.com/

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Join guest Natalie Gardner and Erika as they get gritty and bring the goods on how passion + an entrepreneurial spirit = RESULTS!

Natalie's unwavering belief in helping others with clean skincare and making impact is the spoiler alert you didn't know you needed - her belief in what's possible comes through in this conversation and you want to be ready to take notes.

Together, Erika and Natalie talk about how a grassroots idea saw massive success once the lessons below kicked in!

• step backward before you go forward at times
• give grace to yourself - and give yourself a pause when needed
• analyze the why - and stop being so hard on yourself

Knowing your end goal, as Natalie shares, can often be the compass when navigating challenge and the story of a skincare line's success brings many lessons - for both personal and entrepreneurial ventures.


Connect with  Natalie:
linkedin.com/in/nygardner

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Join Erika and Cynthia St. Pierre, Head of Marketing MassMutual Greater Philadelphia, as they sit down and have a great conversation you want in on!

Feedback comes from many sources but - how do you receive it? Do you see feedback as a negative, as an opportunity for growth or perhaps - sometimes unsure how to take it all in?

Erika and Cynthia talk openly about how as their careers have evolved, so has their openness to feedback and most importantly, what these lessons have taught them about professional growth.

You can expect a different lens on how to “digest” feedback going forward - everything from taking stock through to keeping what’s nourishing.

Join the conversation, you’ll be glad you did!

Connect with Cynthia:
http://linkedin.com/in/cynthiastpierre

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Nothing ventured, nothing gained! Erika and Rose are no strangers to taking a leap of faith and sometimes, just hoping for the best and knowing it will all work itself out.

Together, they discuss the challenges and opportunities that have come their way as a result of stepping out of the status quo and well - just going for it!

Join this conversation as Erika opens up a discussion around risk, making a career move that doesn’t necessarily “fit” the resume and then celebrating it all.

We explore the grit behind putting preconceived notions to the side and just stepping into your greatness. It all starts with taking the first step into what feels like the unknown – and the rest is beautiful history.

Connect with Rose:
http://linkedin.com/in/rosette-luko-b7a32228

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In this episode, Erika and Jen work through the word “resilience” - what it means, how they step into it on the regular, and how it drives so many of the success stories they have witnessed both in their own lives and around them.

Jen deep dives into her story and her path to success as a restauranteur, all while being a devoted wife and mom – focussing on her personal wellness at the same time. With some difficult moments along the way that Jen ultimately overcomes, she finds purpose by tapping into her own ability to shine.

With so many competing obligations in a day, both Jen and Erika share there tips on keeping it all together and how relying on resilience is often the magic bullet.


Connect with Jen:
https://jenmentesana.com/

https://jenmentesana.com/pages/womens-empowerment-goal-setting-retreat

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