As a creative director and co-founder of Snap Advantage, Sandra Stepan has helped several businesses grow to 7-figures with social media content, email marketing and e-commerce. She talks to us on this episode on how to navigate the ever-changing landscape of marketing and getting your brand the credibility it deserves.

Follow her on instagram and twitter with the handle @sandrastepan, on facebook by searching "Sandra Stepan Marketing" and on Linked In at Sandra Stepan.

Burnout creeps up on every multi-passionate human. On this episode, I talk with Growing Empowered Podcast host, Ahuva Hershkop, who is also a dietician, mother of two and a burnout coach, on making the choices in our lives, recognizing them and avoiding burnout so we can continue to crush our goals. After listening to the show, you can connect with Ahuva in the following ways on her Linktree: https://linktr.ee/ahuvahershkop

Sunshine is a recovering alcoholic & the founder of Sunshine Readings. Not only is she skilled in deciphering energy barriers and advancing enlightenment, she is an award-winning expert who also runs Illuminate - an exclusive membership for diving into spiritual transformation. She is a force of nature with the rare ability to transform corporate cultures into cutting-edge powerhouses. When she is not bringing her expertise to work, this software product manager/business ops guru can be found shaking it on the dance floor or nurturing my creative side through painting and cooking--all while surrounded by five feline friends in suburban Detroit!

Sheri Michele is the CEO of Sudden Success Business Solutions- a woman-owned company that has developed a reputation for helping thousands of qualified business owners and individuals grow their businesses into successful enterprises.

Sheri’s main purpose is to empower families with financial education by bridging the gap between the wealthy and the average working family. She has over fifteen years of experience in the business. She's an expert in Leadership, Real Estate, Financial Education, Business Development, Virtual Staffing and Management. Her passion to assist the community is ingrained with the hopes of helping families build wealth. She also enjoys helping others gain the necessary education and success they strive to achieve.

Sheri’s belief that an honest business approach acts as her vow to help people realize their dreams. Her unique view on success is simple. “We have to be honest to create change. Acting like there is no problem doesn't make it go away, in the case of financial education, it’s only making it worse.” Sheri’s practical techniques save clients' time and frustration while helping them to achieve their goals.

Years ago, Lisa Riggs, a human resources executive in Silicon Valley, was pregnant with her second. Faced with the exorbitant price of daycare, she chose to quit her job and become a stay-at-home mom.

As her children aged, though, Lisa began to strategize her next career move. She was at the time a member of the local Education Foundation Board, selling branded T-shirts to raise money for an after-school sports program. She began considering an alternative:

If she marketed socks instead of t-shirts, she could both increase profit margins and—due to their lower price point—more easily sell them year-round. Lisa quickly located a sock manufacturer, ordered 200 pairs and sold every one of them in four days at a $17 profit margin per pair. Donations to the board shot up by 140 percent—which got Lisa thinking: “Oh my goodness, I should turn this into a business.”

So she did. And Spirit Sox was born.

Though the company at first focused exclusively on fundraising, Lisa quickly realized the importance of balancing social responsibility with the need to grow her business. So she committed herself to both goals: Using Spirit Sox to support worthy causes—schools and charities, foundations and environmental nonprofits, human rights supporters and animal welfare groups—while also generating a profit.

Then, almost overnight, the COVID pandemic took hold. Though it seemed an existential business threat at first, Lisa made the shrewd decision to also begin manufacturing face masks, which ultimately accounted for more than 30% of her 2020 sales and essentially kept her company afloat.

Today, Spirit Sox is thriving beyond Lisa’s most optimistic expectations. It’s producing huge numbers of customized socks for the broadest range of customers, from small nonprofits to major corporations. Not withstanding her remarkably successful run at the helm of Spirits Sox, however, Lisa has never lost sight of her passion for the greater good. Which is why she always has—and always will—donate fully five percent of her company’s profits to the homeless.

“I can help people,” she says. “I can help communities. It’s basically the social responsibility piece, and it’s the part I love the most.”

Emily Aarons is a highly sought-after intuitive healer for female empire builders. She's best known for getting her clients out of overwhelm and burnout and unlocking the wisdom within to create alignment in their business. For over two decades, Emily has been practicing healing work directly with powerful visionaries and teaching them how to tap into their intuition to activate quantum growth in their business.

She's the creator of the “Angels In Your Biz Oracle Card Deck” and “Aligned & Unstoppable Personal Journal”, and is the host of the top podcast “Aligned & Unstoppable”.

Emily was awarded the Small Business Plan winner at the age of 22 for her first wellness center in Salem, Massachusetts. Emily most recently brought her healing business online in 2017 and has more than 10X’d her revenue to build a million dollar personal brand in 2021.

In addition to her business, Emily, her husband and two young boys live on a small backyard “hobby” farm with a puppy Belgian Malinois, baby goats, sheep, chickens, and ducks. She loves nature and exploring the outdoors and cooking fresh-from-the-garden meals.

Nick is a father and a husband.  He runs a youth adventure camp out of LA, and travels the country speaking to audiences on the importance of emotional health.  In 2012, he finished an over 3000 mile journey on foot from the coast of Maine to sunny southern California.  Nick uses his story of overcoming childhood trauma and self-destructive behavior to encourage others to choose a meaningful, productive path in life. This makes Nick an impactful public speaker and proof that you are capable of overcoming obstacles and turning your mess into a message. 

To get to know Nick even better you can visit www.nickrtucker.com  and follow him on instagram @nickrtucker

As I type this out, I am in absolute awe that I made it to 100 episodes. I feel like I am just getting started but as I took over 50 hours worth of content and narrowed it to an hour, I am astounded by the amazing people who I have had the pleasure of interviewing and the value shared on this show. Excited to see what the next 100 episodes bring. 

If you are looking to find your soulmate, look in the mirror. On this episode, I talk about the gospel of Miley Cyrus and ways that you can show yourself the love, compassion and support that is your birthright. 

In what ways do you hold yourself back due to sneaky fears? On this episode, I get real fired up as I talk about ways I have held myself back and overcoming some everyday fears. Friends, we are meant to SHINE!