Opportunity Knocks by EmpowHer Purpose

Happy Thursday!! It's time for a new Opportunity Knocks!! 🚪✊🏼 This week I had the opportunity to speak with the talented and creative Melissa Lee of Cooking Beautifullee (@cookingbeautifullee)!! 🌟

Melissa Lee founded Cooking Beautifulee with a mission to cultivate a community of curious, cross-cultural food folks. She calls herself “Chief Entertainment Officer,” and those of us who have met Melissa know that food and family are just about the only things she’s serious about 🤩 

Melissa is 100% MIT (Made in Taiwan), where she worked as a food writer!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼 She’s worked alongside renowned chefs like Ming Tsai and Joanne Chang, honing her craft and gathering stories along the way. Part story-teller, part educator, and part food lover, Melissa brings a special blend of experience, skill, and enthusiasm to her work. She blends her Asian background, her new home of New England, and her love of food and culture to bring joy, optimism, and inspiration to food lovers and fun-seekers everywhere. When she’s not working, she’s usually visiting Boston’s hot spots or spending time with her two children 💓💓 

Also, don't miss out on Melissa's amazing Zoom workshops!! For more info, visit cookingbeautifullee.com/events and use promo code "empowher15" to receive 15% off her two upcoming Zoom cooking lessons: Ramen with Super Dads (parent-child zoom cooking workshop) and Grill Your Veggies (Zoom cooking workshop) 🍳 

I hope you enjoy this week’s episode - tune in now to hear more about Melissa's incredible journey!! 🙏🌈  Be well.

@cookingbeautifullee http://cookingbeautifullee.com 💪🤞🌈  Don't forget to subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts and follow us on Spotify!! 💓💓💓🎤🎧

Happy Thursday!! It's time for a new Opportunity Knocks!! 🚪✊🏼 This week I had the opportunity to speak with the inspiring and ever so entertaining Liz Svatek, Founder of The Warrior Moms Community and podcast host of Conversations With Warrior Women!! 🌟

With nearly 20k followers on Instagram, Liz created The Warrior Moms Community to encourage moms supporting moms!! Her podcast, similarly, pushes every Wednesday!! Liz Svatek is a Warrior Woman and Warrior Mom of 2 who interviews women who are leaping for greatness personally AND professionally 🤩 Liz believes that women are not born warriors, but they become them. The road to becoming a warrior is laden with needy children, headstrong husbands, demanding bosses and if you’re lucky, some amazing girlfriends and mentors 💓🙌🏼

The Conversations with Warrior Women podcast is a place where people come to hear career and life advice from some strong women who have been in the trenches!!💓💓 I hope you enjoy this week’s episode - tune in now to hear more about Liz’s incredible journey!! 🙏🌈  Be well.

@onefabulousmom @thewarriormoms @warriorwomenpod 💪🤞🌈  Don't forget to subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts and follow us on Spotify!! 💓💓💓🎤🎧

Happy Thursday!! It's time for a new Opportunity Knocks!! 🚪✊🏼 This week I had the opportunity to speak with the amazing Christy Moody of Soleil Sunwear!! 🌟

Christy is the founder and creator of Soleil Sunwear—a line of super chic, soft, and lightweight sun-protective apparel and accessories for women🤩

Soleil Sunwear launched in Summer 2020 and is designed to unite glamour with outdoor adventurousness so that women can freely enjoy the benefits of nature while safeguarding their health and beauty. Soleil Sunwear is made in Los Angeles and available online at http://soleilsunwear.com 💓🙌🏼

Outside of her business, Christy is a non-profit professional, aspiring philanthropist, and a dog and cat mom 💓💓 I hope you enjoy this week’s episode - tune in now to hear more about Christy’s incredible journey!! 🙏🌈  Be well.

@christy_moody @soleilsunwear 💪🤞🌈  Don't forget to subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts and follow us on Spotify!! 💓💓💓🎤🎧

Happy Thursday!! It's time for a new Opportunity Knocks!! Stop. Take a breath and subscribe now!🚪✊🏼 Who’s ready for Summer? This episode reminds me we are stepping into Summer soon! This week I had the pleasure and opportunity to speak with the inspiring Courtney Claghorn Founder of SUGARED + BRONZED!! 🌟

SUGARED + BRONZED is the nation's largest sugaring and airbrush tanning destination 🙌🙌 From a young age, Courtney says she always felt her best with a tan!! 🤩 Don’t we all feel better sun-kissed?!?! When Courtney found herself overpaying for spray tans at underwhelming locations, her husband encouraged her at a young age to find a better solution — and thus, SUGARED + BRONZED was born! Word spread quickly as it is a customer-centric experience with great results.

Today, Courtney has accrued over 50,000 followers on the S+B Instagram with locations in Beverly Hills, Dana Point, Newport Beach, Pasadena, Santa Monica, South Bay Hermosa Beach, Studio City, four locations in New York, Philadelphia, and pop-ups in Texas and Arizona!! Talk about a badass female entrepreneur. 💪💪

Courtney's vision of both sugaring and bronzing brought the two popular services side by side and quickly became a uniquely synergetic space for those seeking a little extra pep in their step!!👏💥

I hope you enjoy this week’s episode - tune in now to hear more about Courtney’s incredible journey to success!! 🙏🌈  Be well. Do well.🥰

@courtneyclaghorn @sugaredandbronzed 💪🤞🌈💓🙌🏼  Don't forget to subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts and follow us on Spotify!! 💓💓💓🎤🎧

Happy Thursday!! It's time for a new Opportunity Knocks!! 🚪✊🏼 This week I had the opportunity to speak with someone who I consider a friend and wise soul Dr. Daya Alexander Grant!! 🌟👩‍⚕️

Living in Los Angeles with her husband and their young son, Daya Alexander Grant, Ph.D., is a neuroscientist, mental performance consultant, and yoga teacher who specializes in helping elite athletes train their minds using mental skills and meditation techniques!! 🤩

With a background in dance and as a triathlete, Daya empowers athletes to recognize their inner strength and mindfully work the process 💪💪 Her Master’s degree in Kinesiology/Sport Psychology and Doctorate in Neuroscience from UCLA has worked to support her accomplishments, including her work on the LoveYourBrain Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with traumatic brain injuries, publications in the Yoga Journal, Yoga Medicine, Stack, and Totum Women, and her courses and guided meditations for Yoga Medicine and Yoga International 🧘🏽‍♀️🧘🏽‍♀️

I hope you enjoy this week’s episode - tune in now to hear more about Daya’s journey!! 🙏🌈  Be well.

@dr.dayagrant 💪🤞🌈💓🙌🏼  Don't forget to subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts and follow us on Spotify!! 💓💓💓🎤🎧

Happy Thursday!! It's time for a new Opportunity Knocks!! 🚪✊🏼 This week I had the opportunity to speak with the amazing Rukshan Mistry, Founder TrilogieLA!! 🌟 

Rukshan Mistry launched TrilogieLA as a second career after working her entire professional life at Condé Nast in publishing!! TrilogieLA was a huge leap of faith marrying her love of fashion, design, and travel with her passion for helping friends and family accessorize and delight in what they are wearing 🤩🤩 She curates an expansive collection of pieces from local artisans in LA and sources stones and gems from around the world, bringing them home for creation and setting in Los Angeles 💞💓🙌🏼 

One of Rukshan's greatest joys is working with clients on one-of-a-kind pieces for milestone events and repurposing family treasures with a modern flair.  She has also designed custom engagement and wedding bands, and heirloom pieces for local schools. In addition to TrilogieLA, Rukshan is a blogger and style specialist. She loves to curate and create!! 💪🏼🙌🏼

I hope you enjoy this week’s episode - tune in now to hear more about Rukshan’s journey!! 🙏🌈  

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Happy Thursday!! It's time for a new Opportunity Knocks - YOU must go know and subscribe on Apple and Spotify!! 🚪✊🏼 

This week I had the opportunity to speak with the amazing Nina Bradley Clarke or as we like to call her NBC not to be confused with the network!! 🤣🌟 🤗

Where to start - what DOESN’T Nina do!? And I mean not just do, but do well! Nina is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and now host of the podcast “Nina’s Got Good News” 🤩 In 2008, Nina left TV news after her first child, and never looked back. 

We chat about life, entrepreneurship, motherhood, balancing it all and so much more. She is the proud mom of two small hockey-playing kiddos. Oh, and did I mention she just launched her own all-female women's hockey team!

I hope you enjoy this week’s episode - tune in now to hear more about Nina’s amazing journey!! 🙏🌈  

And go subscribe to Nina’s Got Good News podcast she’s a veteran in the podcast space and always has amazing guests! Her Instagram is @ninabclarke 💪🤞🌈💓🙌🏼  

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Happy Thursday!! It's time for a new Opportunity Knocks!! 🚪✊🏼 This week I had the opportunity to speak with the amazing entrepreneur Lisa Solomon and Founder of The Antheneum Collective!! 🌟

Lisa, a community builder, and pioneer in digital media and advertising has an extensive track record of building and leading successful teams and driving revenue in the digital media industry. Lisa is creative and collaborative - working at some of the top companies in the world, including AOL, Microsoft, NBC Universal, Omaze, and AddThis 🤩

She has dedicated much of her career to educating and providing thought leadership in her passion for online advertising/marketing and brand partnerships!! One of my favorite things about Lisa is that she practices goodwill and enthusiasm on a daily basis 🙏🌈  One of her strengths is her collaborative nature and her ability to recognize each individual’s unique contribution.

The Atheneum Collective is a collaboration of her passion for the world of advertising, her extensive leadership and business skills, and her focus on building communities.  💪🤞

Lisa lives her mantra, “Knowledge is Power and Knowledge Shared is Power Multiplied.” Tune in now to hear more about Lisa’s incredible journey!! 🌟💓

@atheneumcollective @212lisasolomon 🌈💓🙌🏼  Don't forget to subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts and follow us on Spotify!! 💓💓💓🎤🎧

Happy Thursday!! It's time for a new Opportunity Knocks!! 🚪✊🏼 This week I had the opportunity to speak with skin expert, boutique beauty brand and ultra-amazing entrepreneur Heather Bradley!! 🌟

Heather is the owner of Bradley Beauty with an exceptional reputation as The Original Skin Chef and master in the art of Dermaplaning. Heather is well-known  as the creator of the face sweeping technique that gives your skin amazing results!🤩  Who doesn’t want to feel more youthful? 

Heather has been recently featured in GENLUX Magazine, New Beauty, C Magazine, and others for her amazing techniques and products; including her all natural Buff-N-Stuff facial scrubs and anti-aging facial toner!! 🙏🌈 Details available at bradleybeauty.com 💪🤞

Tune in now to hear more about Heather's incredible journey from modeling to music to skin and beauty brand and more!! 🌟💓

@bradley.beauty 🌈💓🙌🏼  Don't forget to subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts and follow us on Spotify!! 💓💓💓🎤🎧

Happy Thursday!! It's time for a new Opportunity Knocks!! 🚪✊🏼 This week I had the opportunity to speak with my dear amazingly talented friend and literary agent Jane Hamilton!! 🌟

I know as an entrepreneur I constantly hear about the need for content and a book and so much more...but as we know we all grow at our own pace!🤩 For all of you out there looking to write a book, this is the Opportunity Knocks for YOU!💪🤞🤩🙏🌈  Jane Cowen Hamilton founded and runs a boutique literary agency, Jane Hamilton Literary!! Jane represents authors in fiction, nonfiction, children’s, design, wellness, and pop culture. 

She works with first-time authors to develop their vision, using her extensive contacts and experience to effectively position their work to publishers. Previously, Jane edited art and design books for Rizzoli International and consulted with More Zap Productions and Management on bestselling literary properties. Tune in now to hear more about Jane's incredible journey!! 🌟💓

@janevillage 🌈💓🙌🏼⁠ Don't forget to subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts and follow us on Spotify!!