This is the story of how Hayley Santell started her company, MADI Apparel after learning the statistic that underwear is the most-needed and under-donated item of clothing in the U.S., and new underwear tops the most-urgent needs list of nearly every domestic violence shelter.

This is the story of how Jaime Fowler, founder and cocktail enthusiast, slowly built The Pursuit of Cocktails, a company of punny plastic wine glasses and sassy straws.

This is the story of Chaunte Lowe, a 4 time Olympian and Bronze Medal Winner, an American Record Holder, 3 time World Championship Medalist and most importantly, a wife and mom to three precious kid who is currently training for her fifth appearance at the Tokyo Summer Olympics all while battling breast cancer.

It was just a few years ago that Modern Picnic founder, Ali Kaminetsky, graduated from college, moved to New York City and landed her first job in retail. Taking her lunch to work each day was cheaper and easier, but she couldn't find a fashionable and functional bag to carry her lunch in. Ali made it her mission to makeover the lunchbox and created Modern Picnic, a chic lunch bag company that provides working women with a fashionable alternative to the traditional lunchbox.

Today’s episode will make you laugh, will make you cry and will undoubtedly inspire you to be kind to one another. This is the story of how two best friends, both named Colleen – Colleen Stine (CS) and Colleen Berkowitz (CB), met over Etsy and started their company, EveryKind, a kindness lifestyle brand, before ever actually meeting in person and how a horrific and unthinkable tragedy in Colleen Stine’s family completely changed the why behind EveryKind.

On today’s episode, I’m introducing you to Camille Finan, a bad ass entrepreneur that broke barriers and proved that women could be carpenters - and truthfully, do it better than men. Camille went to college for business and marketing and built a successful practice as a business consultant out of college. But, wasn’t fulfilled and wanted so much more. Her side passion for home renovation and carpentry lead her to show up at a construction site and so began her 35 year career as a carpenter.

On today’s episode, I’m honored to share the story of Erin Hooley and how she turned flower headbands into her multi-million dollar company, Bailey’s Blossoms. Erin is the epitome of a real life superwoman and Self Made Sister as she is the mom to six kids, holds no degree or formalized training and doesn’t even know how to sew. Yet, she is the President and Founder of Bailey’s Blossoms, a children’s e-commerce clothing line and Peyton Bre, it’s sister brand for Tweens and Teens.

On today’s episode, I’m thrilled to share the story of Carissa Culiner and how she landed her dream job at E! News at the age of 28. Carissa shares her story of how she went from working part-time in college at a radio station in Columbia, Missouri to being co-host of E!’s Daily Pop, an E! News Correspondent and interviewing celebrities like Ryan Reynolds, Matthew McConaughey, Carrie Underwood, Blake Shelton, Ben Affleck, and John Legend & Chrissy Teigen.

A podcast that introduces you to self made women and answers the big question, how did she do it?