Laura and Marisol share their strategy for taking a big idea they have together and turning into a reality by chunking it down into manageable steps. They talk about decision making, how to take actionable steps and the evolutionary process while staying in their flow for optimal results.

"You have your overarching strategy and then you start to lay out what are the major milestones that you want to hit in a certain time period?" -Laura   "The strategic plan happens from the bottom up and is the foundation.  From that, next level things can happen and it's our internal barometer that lets that happen." - Marisol 

"We can live on earth as ourselves and as our deepest, most authentic essential selves.- Virginia Rosenberg

Our conversation with Virginia Rosenberg, Intuitive Astrologer & Movement Artist, is a deep dive inward. She shares how we can show up as our authentic selves, opening up to who we are at our core versus the expectations of society. And more importantly, how to carve away the noise and construct of what is external to us to remember our deepest truth. 

Virginia shares how you can discover and honor your natural rhythm, and from time to time, create void in order to reclaim and remember Truth.

This conversation with Virginia is rich and important. And while we may be mesmerized to listen and dream of the possibility Virginia speaks to, it is a strong call to action. 

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Virginia Rosenberg is an Intuitive Astrologer and Movement Artist for social change. Her passion is natural healing of self and society. Virginia believes that we are made to heal, and that healing is a matter of becoming more conscious of and connected to ourselves, each other, and the more-than-human-Worlds. Since 2010, Virginia has offered thousands of readings for clients worldwide. She teaches astrology, qi gong, and various forms of dance, leading retreats, classes, and workshops.

Visit Virginia's website at www.virginiarosenberg.com. She offers free New and Full Moon forecasts. You can also follow her on instagram at @virginiarosenberg.

In this episode, Laura and Marisol talk with each other about perceptions and the fact that how we show up in the world has a lot to do with the perceptions we carry with us. Listen as Laura and Marisol talk through their own dirty little parts of their psyche and journeys as they work to stay above the fray and resist the culturally informed habits that create patterns in all of our brains that lead us to focus on the negative versus the positive parts of life. 

"Ask yourself: For me today, what would it look like for me to really be able to live well?" - Marisol

"It's been in the deepest darkest times that I've had the most growth." -Laura

Kelley Johnson, sexologist, talks with Laura about healthy sexuality, the #metoo movement, the importance of policy & education to create systemic cultural change, and LOTS of tips on how parents can be positive sex educators to their children. 

We deep dive the stages of childhood, and Kelley gives best practices on appropriate boundaries and freedoms. We also take a journey through the premenopausal and menopausal phases to explore their potentiality. 

Kelley advocates for positive body image, sex education for people of all ages and the importance of sexual rights for women in our culture.

Kelley Johnson is a sexologist; meaning she is an educator, speaker, and therapist on all things healthy sexuality. She works with couples, families, and schools.  To learn more about Kelley & her work, visit her website at http://www.kelleyjohnsonphd.com/. 

"It's important for women to own their own sexuality, their body, to love their body and feel like they are deserving of pleasure." -Kelley Johnson

I Am Conversations podcast exists to elevate the feminine voice at work and play; giving voice to the stories of women making an extraordinary impact. You can follow Laura & Marisol's work together at https://www.facebook.com/IAmConversationspodcast/. 

Learn more about Laura Juarez @ www.laurajuarez.com & Marisol Colette @ www.solreflection.com

Marguerite Hogan is a lawyer who began her career in litigation but quickly found herself wondering, "What am I doing this all for?" 

Marguerite shares how her vulnerability (including breaking down into tears in the office of her law partners) lead to an opportunity to move from litigation to work in negotiation which better suited her personality, as well as her need for work/life balance. She credits this pivotal career transition to her willingness to break down and be authentic and vulnerable in the workplace.

Today we discuss how moments when we break down are an opportunity to pivot. We discuss these critical junctures in life and how to navigate work/life balance from a feminine perspective.

As Marguerite says, "The process of breaking down is so liberating that you often need it to propel you forward."

Marguerite shares her tips for maintaining it all - a career, family, health and wellness.

I Am Conversations podcast exists to elevate the feminine voice at work and play; giving voice to the stories of women making an extraordinary impact. You can follow Laura & Marisol's work together at https://www.facebook.com/IAmConversationspodcast/. 

Learn more about Laura Juarez @ www.laurajuarez.com & Marisol Colette @ www.solreflection.com

In this conversation, Marisol & Laura turn on the recorder in the midst of a conversation around accessing our potential, why it matters, and why it sometimes can feel lonely.

We also give you a glimpse into what's raw in our lives & our perspective on intimidation as a label more often used for women than men.

Life is an adventure and there is a better way to live. You can be supported in your journey to finding more and find your tribe along the way.

What would it look like if you were a woman and wanted to be an industry where not only was there not gender equality but there was hardly a female presence?

Jill Meyers is a living example of what it's like to be a woman pilot surrounded by almost exclusively male colleagues.  She shares her story that was instrumental in ushering in change in her industry.

Most dear to her heart; however, is her passion to help young women realize anything is possible and how you can change the belief systems to break the barriers to be all you desire.  In this episode, you'll hear her talk about an important program she has been deeply involved with to do just that. 

Jill Meyers has more than 30 years of experience in the fields of aviation and aerospace. Her passion for aviation started as a teenager when she obtained her Private Pilot License at age 17.  Her professional career started in the United States Air Force, where she operated and maintained communications systems worldwide for eight years.  Jill supported Strategic Air Command, U.S. Space Command, and the United States Air Forces in Europe during her military career.

In 2018, Jill started a business to provide consulting services to aviation organizations around the globe, and to offer her expertise and inspiration through public speaking. She is an ambassador for The Red Door Films "FlyGirls" project, a dramatic miniseries in development to tell the untold story of the WWII Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). 

Jill was also a consultant to Indie Atlantic Films for production of their award-winning 2019 documentary film about women in aviation called "Fly Like A Girl".

"Maybe that's the whole point of feminine leadership... maybe my job is to be accessibly vulnerable rather than presentably perfect." - Milly Morrow

We are excited to be talking with Milly Morrow, an episcopal priest at All Souls Cathedral in Asheville, North Carolina. Rev. Milly Morrow has been with All Souls Cathedral, in Asheville, NC since August 2011 and is Associate Dean, Canon for Pastoral Care and Mission. Rev. Morrow provides and oversees the pastoral care for members in times of need.  Milly works to confront institutional and systemic violence and builds community capacity.

In this episode she talks about the tie between racial inequality in our culture, how that causes fragility and how to build resilience within ourselves.  Building resilient systems are important so we can facilitate transformation in our own lives as well as within our communities.

We could not be more excited to introduce you to the story and wisdom of Marie Eckstein.

Marie had a long corporate career that took her to the executive table of a large global chemical company until internal and external conditions shifted unexpectedly and wildly; resulting in a closure of that career. 

She shares candidly the sense of loss and her struggle to rediscover who she was beyond her job. 

This pivot led her to a period of exploration in which she remembered an important truth core to her passion; To Be A Voice For Those Who Don't Have One. 

You'll hear her talk about her journey to manifest that truth, her work to redefine herself as professional, and her leap to begin Red Dirt Road; a company that supports female entrepreneurs and makers in Cambodia. 

Red Dirt Road is a social enterprise intent on elevating women who then elevate communities. It is a story of the flywheel of abundance and opportunity. 

I highly recommend you check out Red Dirt Road. They are doing important work, and their products are adorable. http://www.red-dirt-road.org/

Their tag line; Change Lives, Shop Red Dirt Road, perfectly captures the impact you can have if you choose to support them. There is a wonderful short film on the home page that will inspire you.

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#reddirtroad #cambodia #socialenterprise #vesta #purepotential #solreflection #iamconversations #empower

Today Laura and Marisol discuss how they personally respond to stress and maintaining the right mindset and tools to manage stress effectively in life so it becomes a healthy source of impetus vs. something that holds us back.

They discuss how to tune into the signals our body sends us when under stress so that we can step outside of the pattern of stress and address the root of this problem.

This podcast is a great example of what it looks like to BE in conversation around a topic vs. a traditional podcast interview, letting the listener hear as Laura and Marisol process through the discussion of stress and mindset.