PM School

It’s been called the SOUL Cycle of Yoga. With all inclusive studios in San Francisco & Chicago, Ritual Hot Yoga is disrupting the yoga industry.

From the yoga studio experience, to the practice, to the business philosophy that provides for sustainable full-time careers in yoga, you’ve never felt anything like this before.

Just because the yoga industry in the United States has only operated one way–contract instructors; cookie-cutter classes; inconsistent class quality; and a cut-throat grab for market share that places profits over people–does not mean that it always will be that way. Ritual Hot Yoga is the start of the revolution.

Today I have the honor of introducing you to my friend and one of the most badass women I’ve ever known:

She has been involved in the yoga industry for over ten years, first as a teacher and later as a brand manager for Lululemon.

What she noticed was a gaping hole: yoga teachers could not make a living doing what they loved. To change all of this, she founded Ritual Hot Yoga in 2015.

Ritual is premised on the idea that teachers should be compensated for their talent by having the opportunity to work full-time, and offered salaries and benefits that reflect the skill and dedication it takes to teach.

She is making it her life's work to revolutionize the yoga industry and we couldn’t be more excited to have her here.

Meet Lindsey Kaalberg, CEO & Founder of Ritual Hot Yoga on this episode of PM School.

Kelly Kussman is the owner, designer and visionary behind Luxury Perfumes and Candles company, Cayla Gray. She started her career in fragrance buying for a major department store where she engaged with both established and niche brands, falling in love with the distinctive nature of scents and their ability to make memories tangible.

After the tragic loss of her first baby, who she planned to call Cayla Gray, Kelly wanted to create a legacy that not only honored the beauty and heartbreak of this bittersweet experience, but also fueled her personal passion for fragrance. From this desire, the Cayla Gray collection was born.

With Cayla Gray, Kelly steps away from traditional perfume practices and returns to an artisan mentality to curate a line of clean scents that are American-made, ethically-cultivated and fairly-priced for self and home.

I'm personally obsessed and exclusively wearing Cayla Gray perfumes & burning her candles in my home, so it's such an honor to have her on the show today.

Entrepreneurship comes in different shapes & sizes. Entrepreneurs have unique journeys that lead them to building businesses. Sometimes entrepreneurs don’t like being entrepreneurs and they go on to support other entrepreneurs and their dreams instead of building their own. These are all forms of entrepreneurship & just because you aren’t running your own business right now, doesn’t mean you aren’t an entrepreneur in spirit.

If you’ve got a big idea on your heart, I hope you will take away three things from this episode & hope you’ll tell us what you loved from this month, what you didn’t love so much & what you want to hear more of from us in the future.

Stephen is an energetic and results-driven visionary leader currently acting as the Global Head of Data Science & Growth Analytics for Cloud & AI at Microsoft. He’s informed investments in excess of $1B+ over the course of his career. He’s an adjunct professor and is studying AI at Harvard Business School. Before Microsoft he built high-performing teams in a number of multinational fortune 100/500/1000, helping those companies navigate 9/11, Space Shuttle Columbia and Hurricane Katrina to the more recent COVID-19 pandemic and America’s corporate response and action plan to social injustice for the Black Community.

It's those reasons together with the fact that in addition to all of his success in business, he's an incredible & compassionate human being. He's the father of two children which he raised alongside his ex-wife, before being openly part of the LGBTQ community. One could argue that his decision to step into his full authenticity at home, was the trampoline that catapulted him to the heights of success he's achieved in his career.

Sit down with us as we discuss how to make authenticity your superpower.

If you’ve ever felt like you were invisible, if you’ve ever felt like you were a failure, if you’ve ever had a moment when you felt completely worthless… You need this episode in your life.

In this episode, Stef sits down with Jessica Bargenquast to talk about everything from feeling invisible, to starting a business with a bestie, to having a business break up with said bestie, to the perils & struggles of being an ambitious woman in the corporate world, to what it’s like to pull yourself out of crippling debt and get back in the game. We talk about Jessica’s mission to help women feel seen, get visibility and ultimately impact the economy in a big way so there is more money flowing to and between women around the world.

If you’ve ever wanted a true behind the scenes look at what being an early-stage side-hustle entrepreneur with a vision & mission bigger than life… tune in & then put this episode in your favorites folder to come back every time you need it.

This is the real sh*t.

Entrepreneurs get their inspiration in so many different ways - inspiration can come in the form of getting fed up with corporate America or trying to figure out a solution for a meaningful retirement.

In the case of Phil & Ann Mahan (parents of Stef Caldwell), the founders & creators of award-winning wines under the Mahan Family Wines umbrella, their businesses have come in the form of both.

Phil started his first business thirty years ago, the year Stef was born. Ann & Phil together started their latest venture as a solution to a meaningful retirement doing something they both loved - traveling & drinking wine with friends.

Their wine label & membership club launches in July.

Sign up for their newsletter now at www.mahanfamilywines.com for invites to their upcoming wine education & wine tasting zoom series, as well as to be the first to find out when RSVPs open for their wine club on July 22, 2021!

Entrepreneurship comes in different shapes & sizes. Entrepreneurs have unique journeys that lead them to building businesses. Sometimes entrepreneurs don’t like being entrepreneurs and they go on to support other entrepreneurs and their dreams instead of building their own. These are all forms of entrepreneurship & just because you aren’t running your own business right now, doesn’t mean you aren’t an entrepreneur in spirit.

This month on the podcast we’re going to introduce you to three totally spectacular and yet totally different entrepreneurs. Tune into this episode to learn more about what to expect.

Welcome to PM School the podcast! We’re inspiring and guiding the next generation of women entrepreneurs. Tune in for mentorship from those who have achieved the level of success and impact you’re after, so they can mentor you on how to do it too.

Would you rather “Failing” in public.” Or “White-knuckle a version of you that’s no longer serving you.”

In this solo episode, Stef talks through:

The changes coming in the ManifestHer brand, hint: it will be moving forward under a new name, PM School.

What she learned on the way - make sure the means justify the means, obsess over customer feedback and when you evolve, so does your brand essence, and you might have to decide: “fail” in public or “white-knuckle” a version of you that’s no longer serving you.

Why we’re changing - because the conversations we’ve been having are changing, collectively this community has a deep desire to leave a huge impact on the world - closing the gender equality gap & accelerating the pace at which it closes so we can give the next generation and the generation following that more opportunity.

What’s changing - the name, the range of guests, the conversations - focusing more on: 1) How do you build a life, career & legacy on purpose? and 2) Learning from mentors who are building their life, careers & legacies on purpose and those who have already achieved the heights that we aspire to ascend to

What PM School will be: After-hours mentorship for ambitious women seeking a life, career & legacy on purpose.

Have you ever needed to have a tough conversation with a friend but had no possible idea how to navigate it? Yeah, us too.

We’ve decided to break up. But while we’re breaking up as business partners, we’re staying together as besties. We’ve had the best time building this business together, and yet, it’s time to go our separate ways.

We reflect back on the last three years, talk about how we navigated the breakup and how we are continuing to process the evolution of our relationship together.

It wasn’t easy, but it was right and we do it in true ManifestHer style.