What amazed Susan most was the way herbs and teas from around the world helped strengthen and heal her body from the intensive treatment.

To function and try to mitigate the unpredictable and painful symptoms of chronic Lyme Disease, she researched what she could do on her own to complement her conventional care. Susan would scour the back of tea packages to find teas that would help me. It was like trying to find the perfect bottle of wine, which gave her the idea to create a "Benefit-Driven" tea line - benefits like Smart, Happy, and Rehab. And Wild Leaf was born for folks who don't have time to tread down the ancient tradition trail or get all zenny about their tea consumption.

What we'll also discuss in this episode is how Susan manages a chronic illness like Lyme Disease with being a wife, a working mother of 2, and the owner of a small, but growing, business in Sparta, New Jersey. Susan will share how she segments her days and prioritizes what's essential for her to stay healthy.

Selected link love + resources from the episode

• Connect with Susan on social media: LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram
• Cloveberry (cozy coffee shop in Sparta, NJ)
• Mountain Rose Herbals
• The Hearty Soul (Facebook page)
• Detox Bath Recipes
• The Art of Happiness by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler, M.D. (book)
• Kickass Theme Music: “Things Are Getting Better” Written by Rishi Dhir. Performed by The High Dials.
• Stay in the loop about future Le vital corps Salon episodes or with Kara: Twitter | Instagram | The List (sent monthly-ish including helpful health + lifestyle information)

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As a sister refugee from the world of finance, she's able to balance the larger business goal with all the nitty gritty details and negotiations that make you cringe.

She has successfully produced, executed and managed event marketing ventures for companies such as: Jeep, Disney XD, NBC, American Airlines, Kraft Foods, Wall Street Journal, AIDS Health Foundation, and many more. Today, she works with international coaches, consultants, speakers and authors who want to get their message out using events, but don’t want the hassle of managing all of the logistics. And this is just Lany's work cred!

In this conversation, Lany and I also chat about how losing everything in a market crash and caretaking for two family members paved the way for her to change careers and become a digital nomad. This lifestyle allows this super connector to plan events all over the world and hang with her vast network of friends, family, and contacts in real life. Lany will share how she made that leap as well how she keeps the day-to-day together. Your career is stagnating, or worse, imploding. You're navigating a huge career leap and feel a little freaked-out. Then, a family member gets sick. And you've wondered how you're going to put your life back together again. 

Selected link love + resources from the episode

• Events By Lany
• Connect with Lany on social media: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram
• David Kutcher of Confluent Forms (who connected us making this podcast possible)
• 33k Task List Project
• David Byrd (planning expert)
• Parenting Your Parent: One Daughter’s Tale
• Passion Planner
• SecretFlying.com (for flight deals)
• Netflix
• Hulu
• Word Swag
• Follower’s Assistant
• The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon (books)
• You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero (book)
• Anne of Green Gables by Lucy M. Montgomery (book series)
• Minda Harts of The Memo (on women-on-women crime)
• Kickass Theme Music: “Things Are Getting Better” Written by Rishi Dhir. Performed by The High Dials.
• Stay in the loop about future Le vital corps Salon episodes or with Kara: Twitter | Instagram | The List (sent monthly-ish including helpful health + lifestyle information)

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When a market crash and 2 sick family members changed the course of her life, event planner Lany Sullivan decided to radically shift gears and careers. Tune in to learn how she made the leap and how she manages her digital nomad lifestyle.

Yvi was educated in business, trained as an electrician, and schooled in the art of hospitality management. By 22, she was running her own pub until a casual comment sparked an epic, international shift in 2007.

Upon landing in California, Yvi started her consulting business Ask Yvi, with PCM as her first associate. Also, she fell in love with and later married the company's founder, Peter Oakes. In 2012, when Peter was diagnosed with cancer, Yvi took over Pacific Crest Media, while maintaining her consulting firm, Ask Yvi. Not only was she Peter's partner in life and work, but she became his caretaker in an up-and-down battle with cancer until Peter's death in 2014. Juggling all of this propelled Yvi into becoming the passionate Business Streamliner and Automation Addict she is now, so other small business owners and entrepreneurs create businesses that can withstand anything, including cancer. 

If you're someone who procrastinates via overthinking, talks yourself out of making decisions, and thinks taking breaks are for wimps, you won't want to miss this episode. 

Selected link love + resources from the episode

• Connect with Yvi on social media: · Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn
• Lany Sullivan (who you'll meet in an upcoming episode of Le vital corps Salon)
• Acuity Scheduling (Please help reduce my scheduling costs by using this referral link. Thanks!)
• The 5 Second Rule: Transform Your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage by Mel Robbins (book)
• Protoplanner (setup version of a Bullet Journal and vision-based)
• The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck: How to Stop Spending Time You Don't Have with People You Don't Like Doing Things You Don't Want to Do (A No F*cks Given Guide) by Sarah Knight (book)
• Waterproof notebook for shower
• Go for No! Yes is the Destination, No is How You Get There by Richard Fenton and Andrea Waltz (book)
• "Being the strong gal you are and still let your man be THE man" (blog post by Yvi)
• Gary Vaynerchuck
• Kickass Theme Music: “Things Are Getting Better” Written by Rishi Dhir. Performed by The High Dials.
• Stay in the loop about future Le vital corps Salon episodes or with Kara: Twitter | Instagram | The List (sent monthly-ish including helpful health + lifestyle information)

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If you're someone who procrastinates via overthinking, talks yourself out of making decisions, and thinks taking breaks are for wimps, you won't want to miss this episode with Yvi Heimann, CEO of Pacific Crest Media and Ask Yvi. Tune in!

If you're someone who procrastinates via overthinking, talks yourself out of making decisions, and thinks taking breaks are for wimps, you won't want to miss this episode with Yvi Heimann, CEO of Pacific Crest Media and Ask Yvi. Tune in!

The Memo helps women of color prepare for their seat at the table with education, community, and access. In 2016, she was nominated as a Change Maker at The White House State of Women Summit. Minda is a member of the New York Junior League and volunteers at women's shelters across NYC, helping women enhance their resumes and interviewing skills. Minda has been featured in Essence Magazine and The Guardian.From this interview, you'll also discover that go-gettin' Minda is a keen, reflective observer of communication. She rolls into the interview with

From this interview, you'll also discover that go-gettin' Minda is a keen, reflective observer of communication. She rolls into the interview with toolbox full of skills many times larger than her diminutive size. She's been filling that toolbox with investments in her own education, hard won lessons from life experiences, and focused study her imaginary and real mentors' trajectories. 

Do not miss this interview if you've ever: Got your seat at the table, but wondered if you were really supposed to be there and felt like you didn't get the memo; experienced "woman-on-woman crime" in the workplace instead of the mentorship you hoped for; or felt like you're hearing No after No to your requests, especially when using email.

Selected link love + resources from the episode

• Connect with Minda on social media: Twitter
• Minda's book: The Memo: What Women of Color Need to Know to Secure a Seat at the Table
• Secure the Seat podcast
• Kara Rota at Flatiron Books and Cookstr podcast
• Lauren Broussard, Co-Founder of The Memo
• PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Oprah Winfrey
• Joyce Meyer
• Maya Angelou (author)
• The Power of a Positive No by William Ury (book)
• Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN)
• Jamie Lee
• Michelle Obama and the United State of Women
• Evernote (application)
• Boomerang (application for email management)
• Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss (book)
• The Artisan Soul by Edward McManus (book)
• Kickass Theme Music: “Things Are Getting Better” Written by Rishi Dhir. Performed by The High Dials.
• Stay in the loop about future Le vital corps Salon episodes or with Kara: Twitter | Instagram | The List (sent monthly-ish including helpful health + lifestyle information)

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If your hustle has ever affected your health, your heart has told you when it's time to make a big bold change, you feel disorganized, or you want to play a bigger part in making the world around you a better place (but struggle with making the time), this show is for you.

Meet Lauren Faulk. She is a fiery, multi-lingual, country Cajun-turned-Mexico City teacher and social do-gooder. Professionally, Lauren is the Owner of Latin Language Link, where she teaches business executives how to maneuver (and negotiate better!) between English, French and Spanish. Outside of work, Lauren is the General Coordinator of Rizos de Amor y Alegra, an organization that donates custom-fitting wigs made of human hair to Mexican children who need them due to illness. 

Lauren brings her past, her passions and oh-so-many candid life lessons to us here in Le vital corps Salon, so do join us. 

Selected link love + resources from the episode

• Connect with Lauren on social media: Twitter | Twitter
• Sandra Costello
• Third-culture kids
• The 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss
• To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
• Dr. Seuss (children's book author)
• The Velveteen Rabbit by Magery Williams (children's book)
• The Minimalists (documentary film)
• The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost (poem)
• Lady Gaga
• Kickass Theme Music: “Things Are Getting Better” Written by Rishi Dhir. Performed by The High Dials.
• Stay in the loop about future Le vital corps Salon episodes or with Kara: Twitter | Instagram | The List (sent monthly-ish including helpful health + lifestyle information)

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Yes, this is the same Nicole Atkins who Rolling Stone praised as having a "voice full of longing and Loretta Lynn elegance.” On some of her more emotionally raw songs, you have to wonder if she isn't channeling a bit of Roy Orbison's beautiful melancholy.

For anyone who saw some of her residency gigs at Piano's back in the day, we're not surprised this sensitive New Jerseyite would make her way to Nashville eventually. When this rare, funny old soul isn't touring the world or finding herself on late night television, that's where she calls home now or where she recovers when she falls into a sinkhole. Tune in to hear about that story and more.

Selected link love + resources from the episode

• Connect with Nicole on social media: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Youtube | SoundCloud | Spotify
• PledgeMusic (where you can pre-order her forthcoming album Goodnight Rhonda Lee)
• Photographer Rambo
• What Nicole is listening to: Django Django, Beta Band, Brent Cobb and the Texas Gentlemen
• Kickass Theme Music: “Things Are Getting Better” Written by Rishi Dhir. Performed by The High Dials.
• Stay in the loop about future Le vital corps Salon episodes or with Kara: Twitter | Instagram | The List (sent monthly-ish including helpful health + lifestyle information)

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A bonus episode and totally unexpected conversation with the funny, old soul of a musician and songwriter Nicole Atkins from SXSW.