What happens when the life you’ve built no longer feels aligned with who you were created to be?

In this episode of Heat Up Your Retreats, Amanda Hietter sits down with Angela Goodman, an award-winning entrepreneur, author, speaker, podcast host, and creator of the Aligned Perception Framework.

For more than 25 years, Angela has helped leaders and entrepreneurs uncover the hidden patterns keeping them from reaching their full potential. Today, her work focuses on helping high performers reconnect with themselves, gain clarity, and turn that clarity into aligned action.

Angela shares her own journey from managing a $25 million business to entrepreneurship, restaurant ownership, business consulting, and ultimately making the decision to start over and build a life that felt more aligned with her purpose.

In this conversation, Amanda and Angela explore:

• What it really means to live in alignment
• How childhood conditioning can shape the way we lead and make decisions
• Why emotional reactivity can reveal deeper triggers
• How to recognize patterns that may be keeping you stuck
• The importance of responding intentionally instead of reacting emotionally
• How to reconnect with the things that genuinely bring you joy
• Why small, intentional moments of joy can change the way you experience your life and business
• What makes a retreat truly transformational
• Why curating the right people in the room matters
• How to maintain the momentum and growth you experience after a retreat

Angela defines alignment as becoming more fully authentic to who you were created to be and doing the work to release the identities and patterns that no longer serve you.

She also shares a simple but powerful exercise: create a “Feel Alive Again” list of the things you genuinely loved doing and a second list of what currently drains your energy. Then begin intentionally bringing more of what makes you feel alive into your everyday life.

For retreat leaders, Angela explains why transformation begins with curating the room and bringing together people who are ready, willing, and open to doing the work.

She also shares practical ways to help attendees carry their transformation home, including follow-up conversations, revisiting retreat notes, and intentionally reconnecting with the commitments they made during the experience.

Whether you're a retreat leader, coach, entrepreneur, speaker, or someone navigating a season of transition, this episode is an invitation to look beneath the surface, reconnect with what brings you alive, and take your next step with greater clarity and purpose.

Connect with Angela Goodman: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/angela-goodman-96879015 Instagram: @MsAngelaGoodman

Connect with Amanda Hietter: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/amanda-hietter

Your voice can be more than a way to share your message. It can become a powerful business asset.

In this episode of Heat Up Your Retreats, Amanda Hietter sits down with Jenn Espinosa-Goswami, an ICF-certified speaking coach, international speaker, and host of the Mic Drop Mindset podcast. Jenn helps entrepreneurs and coaches use speaking to increase visibility, attract clients, and generate revenue.

Amanda and Jenn explore what it takes to move from simply having something valuable to say to communicating it in a way that connects with an audience and creates opportunities.

They discuss why your message should make the audience the hero, rather than making the presentation entirely about you, and why every speaking opportunity needs a clear next step for the people listening.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• How to turn your voice and expertise into a business asset
• The biggest communication mistakes speakers make
• Why your audience should be the hero of your message
• How to create a clear call to action without feeling overly salesy
• Different ways to generate revenue through speaking
• How to move from free speaking opportunities toward paid speaking
• How retreat leaders can use speaking to build trust and fill future offers
• Why retreat hosts shouldn't hide behind the logistics of their own event
• The three elements Jenn believes every effective presentation needs: Education, Entertainment, and Engagement
• How to start developing your signature speech and find the right stage for your message

Jenn also shares an important reminder for anyone waiting until they feel completely ready: you don't need someone else's permission to start using your voice. Speaking can happen on stages, podcasts, summits, retreats, and other platforms, and there are multiple ways to turn that visibility into revenue.

Whether you're a coach, speaker, entrepreneur, or retreat leader, this conversation will help you think differently about speaking, positioning, and the opportunities your voice can create.

Connect with Jenn Espinosa-Goswami: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jennspingo

Connect with Amanda Hietter: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/amanda-hietter

Your voice isn't just a gift. It's a vehicle for creating impact, attracting the right people, and building a business aligned with your calling.

In this episode of Heat Up Your Retreats, host Amanda Hietter sits down with Paul Ybarra, founder of Kingdom Linked, to talk about how Christian retreats can become sacred spaces for hearing God’s voice, finding clarity, and stepping into your God-given purpose. Paul shares why Sabbath, solitude, and stepping away from everyday distractions are essential for leaders, coaches, ministry leaders, and entrepreneurs. He also opens up about his own phone sabbatical, how disconnecting from social media helped him gain clarity, and why retreats are not just events but powerful environments for transformation. If you are planning a Christian retreat, leading a ministry, building a faith-based business, or feeling called to create deeper community, this conversation will help you think differently about rest, leadership, connection, and spiritual renewal. In this episode, we talk about:

• Why retreats help people hear God’s voice more clearly
• The power of Sabbath, solitude, and spiritual reset
• How phones and constant notifications can become distractions
• Common mistakes Christian leaders make when planning retreats
• How to create space for the Holy Spirit to move
• Building kingdom community through connection and collaboration
• Why your past failures can become part of your future success

Subscribe for more conversations on Christian retreats, faith-based leadership, transformational travel, and creating sacred spaces where people encounter God.

Episode Title: Money, Mindset, and Retreats with Dave Jacobson

Guest: Dave Jacobson, Founder of Coach Connections and Accountable Network

Episode Description: Money stress can quietly hold back your calling, your business, and your next retreat.

In this episode of Heat Up Your Retreats, Amanda Heater sits down with Dave Jacobson, a nationally recognized personal finance expert and founder of Coach Connections and Accountable Network. Dave has helped more than 2,500 clients build wealth, create financial clarity, and develop healthier habits around money.

This conversation goes beyond budgets and numbers. Amanda and Dave talk about the behavior, mindset, accountability, and emotional blocks that shape how people handle money. For coaches, speakers, and retreat leaders, this episode is a powerful reminder that financial confidence is not just about knowing what to do. It is about understanding what is getting in the way and taking the next aligned step.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

• Why people often know what to do financially but still struggle to follow through
• How money stress can limit your ability to grow your business or host retreats
• Why behavior and mindset matter more than simply having the right tool or budget
• How accountability helps people stay committed when motivation fades
• Why shame and overwhelm around money are more common than most people realize
• How retreat leaders can get creative, negotiate, and move forward without relying on debt
• Why money conversations should start earlier with children and teenagers
• How Dave’s financial education game helps young people make better real-life decisions

Key Takeaway: Money is not just about numbers. It is about habits, decisions, emotional patterns, and the support system around you. When you understand your deeper “why” and build the right accountability, financial clarity becomes much more possible.

Guest Resource: Connect with Dave Jacobson and learn more about Accountable Network at: www.accountable.network

If this episode spoke to you, share it with someone who is ready to stop feeling stuck financially and start taking action toward their next level.

Your message matters. Your impact matters. And it is time to heat up your retreats and your life.

A powerful idea is only the beginning. Turning that idea into something real requires courage, validation, focus, and the willingness to move before everything feels perfect.

In this episode of Heat Up Your Retreats, Amanda Hietter sits down with startup advisor and entrepreneur Mary Scott to explore what separates the people who bring their ideas to life from those who remain stuck in the planning stage.

Mary shares practical lessons from years of supporting founders, including why entrepreneurs should never try to build everything alone, how to test whether an idea solves a problem people will pay to fix, and why listening to your audience is essential before launching.

Amanda and Mary also discuss the personal side of entrepreneurship, including burnout, long working hours, setting office boundaries, finding community, managing fear, and learning when to step away from the business.

In this conversation, you will learn:

• Why passion alone is not enough to make an idea successful • How to validate an idea before investing too much time or money • What helps entrepreneurs move from uncertainty to action • Why starting small can create stronger long-term momentum • How community and diverse feedback improve decision-making • Why focus matters more than chasing every new opportunity • How to package your expertise around what your audience wants • Practical ways to work through fear and take the next step • Why mistakes are not wasted money when they teach you something valuable • How stronger boundaries can protect your energy and your business

Mary’s central message is simple: listen carefully, validate your idea, stay focused, and take action before fear talks you out of beginning.

Your idea does not need to be flawless before you share it. Start small, learn from the response, and keep building.

If this conversation gave you clarity or encouraged you to take action, share the episode with another entrepreneur, coach, retreat leader, or visionary who needs to hear it.

Follow Heat Up Your Retreats for more conversations about turning bold ideas into transformational experiences.

Host: Amanda Hietter Guest: Mary Scott

Keep dreaming big. Take bold action. And go heat up your retreats.

What if the biggest shift in your life didn’t come from changing your circumstances… but from changing your perspective?

In this episode of Heat Up Your Retreats, I sit down with Sam Liebowitz to explore resilience, awareness, and how the way we see our experiences shapes everything.

This conversation goes beyond surface-level mindset talk. It’s about learning how to navigate life’s challenges with greater presence, clarity, and intention.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Why perspective is one of the most powerful tools you have

• How awareness changes the way you experience challenges

• The difference between reacting and responding

• How to find meaning in difficult seasons

• Building resilience without becoming hardened

• Shifting from survival mode into intentional living

If you’ve ever felt:

• overwhelmed by circumstances

• stuck in reactive patterns

• or like life is happening to you instead of for you

This conversation will give you a new lens to look through.

Because sometimes the most powerful change isn’t external.

It’s internal.

👤 Guest Bio: Sam Liebowitz

Sam Liebowitz is a thought leader, speaker, and podcast host focused on personal transformation, resilience, and conscious living.

With a passion for helping individuals shift their perspective and deepen their awareness, Sam guides people toward living more intentional, meaningful lives—especially during times of challenge and uncertainty.

Through his work, Sam explores how mindset, perception, and presence influence not only how we navigate adversity, but how we grow through it.

He is known for his thoughtful, grounded approach to personal development—helping people move from reaction to awareness, and from struggle to strength.

🔗 Connect with Sam

https://facebook.com/samwyz

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

http://www.theconsciousconsultant.com/

✨ Ready to Rise Into Alignment?

If you’re a retreat leader or faith-driven entrepreneur sensing God calling you higher — into clarity, alignment, expansion, or ease — I’d love to support you.

👉 Book a collaboration call:

https://calendar.heatupyourretreats.com/30-minute-collaboration-call

Have you ever felt stuck… not because you don’t know what to do, but because you can’t stop overthinking? In this episode of Heat Up Your Retreats, I sit down with Nikki Cruise to talk about self-doubt, overthinking, and the patterns that keep high-achieving people from moving forward.

This conversation goes deeper than surface-level mindset advice. We unpack what’s really happening beneath the hesitation—and how to start creating real change.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Why overthinking keeps you stuck (even when you’re capable)
• The connection between self-doubt and inaction
• How high achievers unknowingly hold themselves back
• The internal patterns that create overwhelm
• How to shift from thinking to doing
• Building clarity and confidence through intentional action

If you’ve ever felt like:

• You’re spinning in your head
• You keep second-guessing yourself
• You know you’re meant for more but can’t move forward

This episode will give you language, awareness, and practical insight to help you break that cycle. Because the truth is—clarity doesn’t come from more thinking. It comes from movement.

👤 Guest Bio – Nikki Cruise

Nikki Cruise is an energetic and dynamic international TEDx speaker, bestselling author, and Christ-centered empowerment coach. As the founder of the Six Figure Kingdom Clarity & Profit Program™ and the transformational J.U.M.P.P. program (Joyfully Unleashing a More Powerful Purpose), she equips faith-driven women entrepreneurs and purpose-led leaders to build thriving businesses that reflect their God-given purpose—without compromising their values. Rooted in her miraculous testimony of healing in body, mind, and spirit, Nikki’s message centers on the unshakable power of joy and alignment with Christ. She helps women stop overcomplicating, rediscover their worth in Him, and activate a Kingdom mindset that fuels clarity, confidence, and consistent income. With contagious passion, she empowers leaders to rise above limiting labels, choose daily abundance, and become solutions-driven forces of light—leading with grace, impact, and resilient, Christ-centered joy. Originally from South Africa, Nikki now resides in Burleson, Texas, USA.

🔗 Connect with Nikki Cruise

• https://www.joyinspiredpodcast.com/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikkijoyinspired/
• https://www.facebook.com/nikki.cruise.7
• https://www.joy-inspired.com/

✨ Ready to Rise Into Alignment?

If you’re a retreat leader or faith-driven entrepreneur sensing God calling you higher — into clarity, alignment, expansion, or ease — I’d love to support you.

👉 Book a collaboration call:

https://calendar.heatupyourretreats.com/30-minute-collaboration-call

What if the biggest thing holding you back… is happening inside your own mind?

In this episode of Heat Up Your Retreats, I sit down with Nikki Gangemi, a Master Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) Practitioner, Hypnotherapist, Life & Success Coach, speaker, and author who helps high-achieving professionals break free from self-doubt and overthinking.

Nikki shares her own journey of transformation—from actress, to teacher, to entrepreneur—and how those pivots helped her develop powerful tools for helping others navigate their own life and career reinventions.

In this conversation, we explore:

• Why so many successful people struggle with self-doubt
• How overthinking quietly sabotages growth and decision-making
• The role mindset plays in creating meaningful success
• What NLP and hypnotherapy can do to help rewire limiting beliefs
• How to create a life that actually feels as good as it looks on the outside
• The power of intentional personal transformation

Nikki works with entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who appear successful on the outside but internally feel stuck, overwhelmed, or uncertain about their next step.

If you’ve ever felt trapped in your own thoughts, questioned your abilities, or struggled to move forward despite knowing you’re capable of more—this conversation will resonate with you.

Because sometimes the biggest breakthrough isn’t external.

It’s learning how to master your mind.

👤 Guest Bio – Nikki Gangemi

Nikki Gangemi has made three significant pivots in her life, from actress to teacher to entrepreneur, which has equipped her with tools to help others navigate their own life transformations.

Today as a Board-Certified Master Neuro-Linguistic Programming [NLP] Practitioner, Life & Success Coach, Hypnotherapist, Speaker, Trainer and Author, Nikki helps high achieving professionals and business owners overcome self-doubt and overthinking so they can make more money, have better relationships, and create a life that actually feels as good as it looks.

🔗 Connect with Nikki Gangemi

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

https://www.instagram.com/mindfulmattersllc/

https://www.facebook.com/mindfulmattersliving

https://www.youtube.com/@NikkiGangemi

https://nikkigangemi.com/

✨ Ready to Rise Into Alignment?

If you’re a retreat leader or faith-driven entrepreneur sensing God calling you higher — into clarity, alignment, expansion, or ease — I’d love to support you.

👉 Book a collaboration call:

https://calendar.heatupyourretreats.com/30-minute-collaboration-call

What happens when life changes in a single moment?

In this deeply moving episode of Heat Up Your Retreats, I sit down with Jennifer Newberg, founder of It's Lifey, to talk about grief, connection, and the unexpected calling that can emerge from life's most painful moments.

In May 2024, while on a dream trip to Greece, Jen’s husband unexpectedly passed away from a heart attack. In an instant, she went from wife to widow — returning home alone and navigating grief, logistics, and the emotional weight of loss.

But in the midst of heartbreak, Jen discovered something powerful: connection is lifesaving.

That realization led her to create It's Lifey, a growing community designed to ensure that no widow has to face loss alone.

In this conversation, we talk about:

• Navigating the shock and loneliness of sudden loss
• Why grief often feels isolating — even when people care
• The importance of authentic conversations during hard seasons
• How community helps us process pain and find our way forward
• Why vulnerability creates deeper connection
• How Jen turned her story into a mission to help others heal

Jen also shares how she launched HopeHub, an online platform designed to support widows through connection, support groups, expert conversations, healing resources, and in-person experiences.

This episode is for anyone who has experienced loss, walked through difficult life transitions, or wants to understand how community can transform grief into healing.

Because while there may not be a playbook for life’s hardest moments, we don’t have to face them alone.

About Jennifer Newberg

Jennifer Newberg is the founder of It's Lifey, a community dedicated to ensuring that no widow ever has to navigate grief alone.

A seasoned communications and partnerships executive, Jen has spent her career leading mission-driven campaigns for brands such as T-Mobile, Purina, Dove, and Planet Fitness across both the for-profit and nonprofit sectors. Her superpower has always been connecting people and building authentic, value-driven relationships that create meaningful impact.

Her mission is simple but powerful:

No one should have to do life — or grief — alone.

🔗 Connect with Jennifer

• Website: https://itslifey.com/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-newberg-0b25b12/
• Facebook: https://facebook.com/profile.php?id=61573198074373
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itslifeyco/

✨ Ready to Rise Into Alignment?

If you’re a retreat leader or faith-driven entrepreneur sensing God calling you higher — into clarity, alignment, expansion, or ease — I’d love to support you.

👉 Book a collaboration call: https://calendar.heatupyourretreats.com/30-minute-collaboration-call

What if the moment you thought would define your shame… was actually the seed of your calling?

In this powerful and deeply faith-centered episode of Heat Up Your Retreats, I sit down with Donna Tashjian to talk about trauma, identity, spiritual intelligence, and what it really means to rise into holy confidence.

Donna shares her story of standing in front of a mirror at 15 years old — pregnant, afraid, and carrying an identity she didn’t choose. What could have been a life marked by shame became the starting point of a calling.

God met her there.

And that encounter changed everything.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Turning trauma into spiritual authority
• How shame quietly shapes high-performing leaders
• The difference between striving and reigning
• Why hidden leaders often feel misaligned or spiritually fatigued
• What spiritual intelligence actually means
• Solving root-level issues instead of surface problems
• Rising into your next level with peace instead of pressure

Donna speaks directly to heart-centered leaders who appear steady and successful on the outside but feel the quiet pull of “there has to be more.”

If you are:

• A faith-driven entrepreneur
• A leader sensing God is calling you higher
• Tired of striving and ready for alignment
• Craving clarity, peace, and confidence

This episode will meet you deeply.

You were not created to strive. You were created to reign.

Guest Bio: Donna Tashjian

Donna Tashjian is a Faith-Based Advisor, Brilliant Strategist, and Holy Spirit-led Problem Solver who helps heart-centered leaders rise into clarity, alignment, and holy confidence.

At 15 years old, Donna faced a life-altering traumatic event that left her carrying shame and an identity she didn’t choose. But in that defining moment — standing in front of a mirror, holding back tears — God met her.

That encounter became the seed of her calling.

By 19, she launched her first business. By 23, she founded a nonprofit.

For more than 30 years, Donna has walked alongside hidden leaders — individuals who appear successful and steady yet feel misaligned, spiritually fatigued, or quietly aware that they are called to more.

Through her Spiritual Intelligence Method™, Donna helps leaders identify the root issues draining their energy, clarity, or confidence — and solve them with both strategic precision and the leading of the Holy Spirit.

Clients describe working with Donna as activating, clarifying, and deeply restorative. Many experience not only emotional and spiritual breakthrough but tangible business growth — often because they stop striving and start aligning.

Her message is simple but powerful:

You weren’t created to strive. You were created to reign.

🔗 Connect with Donna Tashjian

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

✨ Ready to Rise Into Alignment?

If you’re a retreat leader or faith-driven entrepreneur sensing God calling you higher — into clarity, alignment, expansion, or ease — I’d love to support you.

👉 Book a collaboration call: https://calendar.heatupyourretreats.com/30-minute-collaboration-call