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Megan Tobler, a 32-year-old account executive, embarks on a mission to encourage young women to be brave, take chances, and become entrepreneurs, only to realize that the key to success is to take that initial, seemingly impossible step of bravery.

"You have to be brave enough to actually stand up for yourself and be authentically yourself." - Megan Tobler

Megan  is an account executive at an emerging tech company and the host of the Selfstarter Podcast. She is passionate about helping women take risks and forge ahead in their lives and businesses.

Megan was an ambitious young woman with a mission to help other women become more entrepreneurial and brave. She studied abroad in college and entered the workforce as an account executive. She took the first step to become an entrepreneur: signing up for a podcasting class. With each step, she gained more courage to put herself out there and eventually started her own podcast. Even when faced with rejection, she pushed through, realizing that the key to success was to be brave and get started. With a newfound sense of authenticity, she inspires other women to take the first step toward their dreams.

In this episode, you will learn the following:

1. How Megan's childhood shaped her into the ambitious person she is today

2. Taking the first step to becoming an entrepreneur and the power of authenticity

3. The importance of creativity and the power of declaring intentions in pursuing entrepreneurship.

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Unlocking Her Deeply Funny Soul with Kristen Yaney
Embracing Curiosity and Being a Lifelong Learner with Deborah McAllister
I Don’t Know How You Do It, with Jessica Fein

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When Rain Stickney found out she was pregnant, she was determined to keep her baby despite medical odds. Despite her child's rare genetic difference, she embraced their journey of believing in their magical path and ultimately saved his sight.

You will learn:

1. The Unique Experience of Becoming a Parent: How Rain's meditation practice and relationship with her partner led to an unexpected pregnancy and the profound journey of becoming a parent.
2. Overcoming Difficult Medical Issues: How Rain and her family navigated medical obstacles and persevered through her son's medical journey.
3. Believing in the Journey of the Child: How Rain finds value and power in the unique path of her son and the importance of helping him live his best life.

About Rain:

Rain Elizabeth is a private practice spiritual counselor and meditation teacher who has been offering her services of presence and healing for over 15 years. Beginning in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, she now lives on the east coast, moving from pandemic online offerings to in-person sessions and groups. Rain holds a bachelor's degree in Psychology with special studies in Biofeedback and Somatics. She also has a Master's degree in East-West Psychology with a Certificate in Expressive Arts Consulting and Education. Her life work is the continual integration of the four pillars of human experience: body, mind, heart, and spirit. Rain's favorite spiritual tradition is Advaita Vedanta, and she has also explored many others. Resting in presence, she loves hiking through her 52 acres of wild land, adventuring with her son, and cuddling up with her life partner as they all learn and grow together over time. Her unique offering is based on compassion for all that is.

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Do you take yourself too seriously? My guest Kristen Yaney is a writer, a poet, author, comedian, and the Host of the Deeply Funny podcast. She learned to laugh at herself and stop taking herself so seriously and freed herself from being stuck in her own old patterns. 

Kristen and I talk about her choice to be brave in the comedy arena and rather than focus on the common practice of self-deprecating humor and dragging your flaws through the mud, she focuses on material that comes from a purer place; a heart-centered place. She shares her own funny voice and holds space for others to also express their creativity in a positive way. 

This episode is about learning to not take ourselves too seriously, and about sharing in a sense of humor that comes from a place of kindness, love, and generosity. It's also about consciously shining the spotlight on others so they can express their creativity and ‘do the thing’ that lights up their heart!

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Learn More About Kristen

Kristen Yaney, writer, poet, author, comedian, and host of Deeply Funny podcast. Her weekly episodes feature comedic interviews and heart-centered conversations focused on unlocking Creative Self-Expression. After a 15+ year career as a food scientist, she hung up her lab coat and founded her small business in 2019, Royal Giftings: an online gift box & subscription service featuring custom and curated gift boxes, celebrating the love of our friends. 

Connect with Kristen

Join Kristen’s mailing list for information & deals on gift boxes, workshops, and subscription services. We specialize in working with coaches to create custom gift boxes for your upcoming programs, clients, and retreats at royalgiftings.com

Follow her on Instagram: @deeplyfunnypodcast https://www.instagram.com/deeplyfunnypodcast/ and @royalgiftings https://www.instagram.com/royalgiftings/

Her podcast is Deeply Funny - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deeply-funny/id1645721634

Read more on her blog: www.deeplyfunny.medium.com

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When you get curious you may naturally find your purpose.  My guest is Deborah McAllister, a Catalyst Coach and the host of the Light Up Your Worth podcast.  She bravely learned to connect to her own worth and to trust that her superpower was to shine a light for other women to be seen and heard.  This is where she found her purpose – coaching other women to get unstuck. 

We talked about her courage to step out of her comfort zone and her generational environment and how she became the first person in her family to graduate from college. She chose to show up for herself in life and applied herself to each step of her journey. 

This episode is about having grit and resilience, choosing to take the next best aligned step, and knowing that you have the wisdom within yourself. 

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Debbie McAllister is a Breakthrough Catalyst Coach and the host of the Light Up Your Worth podcast. Her superpower is helping others see their inner worth, reconnect with their true selves, and leaning into their why. She guides spiritually curious women to release their mental & emotional blocks that keep them stuck so they can discover the unbelievable resources within themselves, ignite their light, and empower them in building a consciously intentional radiant life.

She holds a range of certifications, including Advanced Sacred Soul Alignment Practitioner™, Sacred Light Practitioner, Usui Reiki Master, and The Journey Practitioner™ along with other healing modalities. Debbie’s formal education includes a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Master’s in Healthcare Administration, The Coaches Institute and John C. Maxwell certified coach & speaker, Lean Six Sigma Sensei, and thousands of hours of leadership and personal development education.

In addition to her spiritual breakthrough catalyst coaching practice, she also works with healthcare leaders as a professional facilitator teaching scientific problem-solving, strategy development, and leadership coaching.

No matter where she shows up, or to whom, she is seeking ways to help others feel happier, more confident, and live a more carefree life, whether it's through women's personal development, travel adventures, or dog kisses.

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Email: [email protected]
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQwejn7z8iZ36X-eBPx199g/featured
Instagram: http://wwwInstagram.com/lightupyourworth
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lightupyourworthcommunity
Website: https://www.debbi

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This episode is very close to my heart and I feel blessed to share this conversation of true bravery with you. My guest, Jessica Fein is the mother of three children whom she and her husband adopted from Guatemala. This past March their middle child Dalia died of the ultra-rare mitochondrial disease MERRF Syndrome. Jessica shares how the whole family chose to live, and love fully, and not allow her illness to define their family. 

Jessica and I talk about how more than once during our caregiving journeys we heard the words, ‘I don’t know how you do it.’  Jessica is sharing her story about how she did it, in her upcoming memoir, ‘Breath Taking, Rare Girl in a World of Love and Loss’, which will be published in 2024. She's also bringing that statement to life in her soon to be launched, “I Don't Know How You Do It” podcast.

This episode is about learning how to incorporate joy into any situation, and how not to let tragedy define you. It is also about how you have the power to choose not only to survive but thrive in the face of fear. 

About Jessica Fein

Jessica Fein is the mother of three children, whom she and her husband adopted from Guatemala. Her middle child, Dalia, died this past March of the ultra-rare mitochondrial disease MERRF Syndrome. Jessica writes about the mingling of joy and sorrow, mothering a child with a rare disease, and staying rooted when life tries to blow you down. She heads up strategic brand partnerships for the global brand, Bright Horizons, and is a former opinion columnist for The Boston Globe. Jessica writes the "Grace in Grief" blog for Psychology Today. Her memoir, "Breath Taking: Rare Girl in World of Love and Loss," is coming in 2024. You can hear her podcast, "I Don't Know How You Do It," wherever you listen to your podcasts.

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Allison DeLeone is not afraid of discomfort. She took the path less taken and bravely stepped into leadership and her role as President and CEO of The Production Network, an event production company on the cutting edge of Web 3. She leaned into a growth mindset to overcome imposter syndrome and the discomfort that came from being an introvert and a woman in a mostly male-dominated environment. 

Are you holding yourself back, or blazing a trail? Allison and I talk about paving the way for future generations of brave women in the corporate and business world. Allison encourages curiosity and a growth mindset culture at her company, encouraging her employees to step up, and be open to the path ahead. Allison is paving the way for a new kind of leadership- one that’s more collaborative and co-creative. She shares that balance is essential in all areas of life and has learned to integrate her work and family life. 

This episode is about taking the path less traveled and being present in the discomfort in order to thrive. It’s also about believing in yourself and creating an environment that supports that belief, and being present in all aspects of your life, and setting that example for your children and the next generation. 

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Learn More About Allison

Allison DeLeone has made a career in an industry unknown or at least unseen to most. For over 25 years Allison has been behind the scenes of event production. She helps brands identify their goals and helps companies bring experiences to life for their audience and community. As an introvert, after being comfortable behind the scenes she became the CEO of The Production Network in Seattle. It was a leadership challenge she never considered and she found herself with imposter syndrome. As CEO she promotes learning and having a growth mindset. It's her own growth mindset that has helped tame that imposter syndrome voice and fuel her new passion to bring her expertise and apply it to building experiences in Web3 and the metaverse.

Other fun facts about Allison - She's a wife, mother of 2 teenagers, raised in a small town in northern MN, former figure skater/hockey player, and her degree is a bachelor of fine arts in painting.

Connect with Allison
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/allison.deleone/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allison-deleone-91938a11/ 
Website: https://www.tpnevents.com/ 

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Jen Liss is on a mission to bring more joy, truth, and fun to the world. Do you know what makes you sparkle? Jen Liss is the epitome of sparkle and magic! She is a speaker, and a coach for high achievers and perfectionists, helping them to untether from what’s holding them back and embracing what makes them shine.

Do you ever feel like you were made for more but don’t know where to start? Jen and I talk about intuition and being aware enough to follow the path that it takes you on. It all starts with awareness. This episode is about listening to what our soul desires and bravely choosing to not run from the little bit of discomfort that comes with growth and that feeling of the unknown. It's also about becoming untethered from the things that are holding us back and bringing more joy to our lives. 

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Learn More About Jen

Jen Liss is a coach for high achievers and perfectionists who teaches them to untether from the crap that holds them back so they can finally claim the life they’re meant to live. Check out episode #48, season 3 of Untethered with Jen Liss- Start Living Your Unconventional Life, where Kristina inspired this amazing episode! It’s so inspiring!

As a successful entrepreneur who left her six-figure business to restart in the name of personal growth, Jen knows the fear that holds achievers back from following the call to fulfillment. Now, she teaches people like her to dip into their well of courage, learn who they really are, redefine their goals, and take a giant leap toward a more aligned life.

On the Untethered with Jen Liss podcast, she interviews people who’ve crafted their own courageous path, including successful entrepreneurs, Emmy Award winning authors,Guinness World Record holders, viral TikTok stars, and guests from shows like LIVE with Kelly and Ryan. Known for her silliness, contagious enthusiasm and engaging storytelling, she’s crafted presentations for the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), Speaker Slam, The Society of Professional Communicators and Wichita State University.

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Instagram: @untetheredjen   https://www.instagram.com/untetheredjen/#
Website: https://www.jenliss.com/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferreneeliss/
Podcast: Untethered with Jen Liss https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/untethered-with-jen-liss/id1527878347 

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Do you need help working on your Hell Yes!?

On this episode of She's Brave I sit down with Kristi Nellor, a Soul Consultant, Author and Host of Hell Yes! Habit podcast. We talk about her time spent being an ‘A’ student, doing all the "right things", gaining all the accolades to prove herself. Kristi admits at the end of the day, the level of internal satisfaction just wasn’t there.

She recognized that she had been living a life based on the ideals of a masculine society and needed to find the bravery to let go of those constructs, embrace the feminine and create a balance between the two.  She chose to step into entrepreneurship and growth and step onto a new path of self-evolution – recovering from perfectionism and the need to have everything look a certain way. She may not know the answers, but she is trusting the process and committing to the end result.

Through this discussion you'll learn that perfectionism is actually high-functioning anxiety. The way out of perfectionism is through a brave commitment to choosing your own path, learning to say no when you mean it, and learning that when you say yes, make it a Hell Yes!

Learn More About Kristi

Kristi Nellor is a Soul Consultant for inner and outer beauty, a reinvention strategist, empowerment and mindset coach, creative director, artist, maker, designer, and creativity catalyst for companies, teams, and individuals looking to transform their impact, messaging, mindsets, and lives. She is also an inspirational speaker, international best-selling author, and podcaster with a focus on saying yes to yourself and living your best life on your own terms. Kristi works closely with clients to identify roadblocks, zero in on their unique essence and soul, define core values that inspire creative action, and build an intentional roadmap to breathe life into any vision. Every facet of her work strives to help unlock possibility and is rooted in creative thinking, collaboration, community, intention, and self-expression. Relying on the dynamic principles of the design process, gentle yet effective techniques for radical self-care and rapid transformation, and her deep belief that creativity always saves the day, Kristi creates the safe space within which ideas grow, joy and play resumes, creativity springs, intentional action flows in with ease, and rapid transformation emerges inside and out.

Kristi offers 1:1 and team coaching, creative workshops, intensives, personal branding services, monthly masterminds, reinvention and styling sessions, retreats, and consults with entrepreneurs and companies to harness the power of innovation and creative alchemy to realize the visions they desire.

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What would you do if your spouse decided to blindside you with a divorce?

In this episode of She's Brave I sit down with Toni Hill, a mother, loan officer and Team Leader at Movement Mortgage, and unexpected divorcée. We discuss how her life was turned upside down when her now ex-husband surprised her with a divorce. 

Toni, who uprooted her life to follow her husband from Pennsylvania to Virginia, quickly embraced her new life and her husband’s family and friends. But when her husband announced their separation, everyone connected to her husband quickly abandoned her. With her own family and friends far away and her heart shattered, she had to Bravely build a new life on her own.

This episode is about bravely course-correcting when life blindsides you, rebuilding yourself, your relationships, and your community of support.

Learn More About Toni

Toni Hill is a loan officer and team leader at Movement Mortgage. She is the divorced mom of a six-year-old daughter and lives in Ashburn, Virginia.

Connect with Toni
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thetonihill
Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/tonihill
Website: http://www.linkedin.com/in/tonihill
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonihillteam 

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Have you ever been faced with becoming a full-time caregiver?

In March of 2022 Natalie Elliot Handy's husband was diagnosed with cancer.  Shortly after in April she was made CEO of Intercept Health. In the midst of all this, Natalie and her two sisters decided to start up a podcast, "Confessions of a Reluctant Caregiver”. (These sisters are also caregivers to their mother, who has Parkinson’s disease.)

This is a story of renewed faith, the power of prayer, and finding courage in the face of adversity, God’s perfect timing and finding a renewed faith in God in New York City during her husband’s cancer treatments.

Thankfully as of October 2022, Natalie's husband is free of cancer!

Learn More About Natalie 

Natalie Elliott Handy, MSW, a seasoned healthcare executive with a passion for serving others. Ms. Handy is the Chief Executive Officer at Intercept Health, a behavioral and mental health company based out of Richmond, Virginia. Throughout her 24+ years in the health and human services industry, she has worked with children and their families, partnering with local and state level government agencies and community organizations, to meet critical mental and behavioral health needs. She takes pride in being seen as a mental health concierge, helping families and agencies navigate the system to find the most appropriate service. When gaps in the continuum are identified, Natalie responds by creating new services and programs. She believes in the power of advocacy, using her voice and position to bring macro level change on the local, state, and federal levels, serving on committees, task forces, planning groups, and boards. 

In September 2022, Natalie, with her  sisters J.J. Elliott-Hill and Emilie Elliott founded Sisterhood of Care, an organization offering caregivers a safe place to relate, learn, be inspired, find hope, and obtain the critical resources needed to support their loved one while also maintaining their sense of self. Natalie and J.J. formally launched their website and blog, Confessions of a Reluctant Caregiver, in October 2022, followed by their Confessions podcast in January 2023. 

Connect with Natalie
Website: www.confessionsofareluctantcaregiver.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/confessionsofareluctantcaregiver

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/sisterhoodcare

Instagram:  http://www.instagram.com/confessionsreluctantcaregiver

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@confessionsreluctantcare

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