Joel Malick is a financial advisor and co-author of the book Afterwork. In Joel's professional experience, he found many retirees were ill-prepared to experience a meaningful and satisfying retirement. In our interview, Joel breaks down what he calls the "retirement lie". From there, he addresses the paradigm shifts and disciplines involved in making retirement the most rewarding stage of a person's life.

Tim is the owner of Mucci's Italian and Saint Dinette restaurants, located in St. Paul, MN. In addition, started a frozen food business about five years ago.

We talk about Tim's roots, growing up in Jamestown, NY. We learn about his amazing experiences around food while traveling Europe, and the process and passion it takes to run restaurants in a post pandemic era.

Kristin is an industry leader in financial services. In her relatively short 12 year career, she has won numerous awards and is regularly asked to give presentations to a national audience. She also happens to be Joe's business partner at Moxie Wealth Management.

Kristin shares what it was like growing up with modest means. She also explains how she found a way to finance her own college and developed a passion for helping others learn about money. We talk about a trip to Europe that she found inspiring, the interesing way she figured out where she wanted to live after college, and what its like to be a strong woman in a male dominated profession.

Jaime shares how her career path led her from a large fortune 500 company to shift mid-career to build her own firm, Keystone Group International, a business and leadership consulting company. In this episode, we discuss how leaders can help or hinder the growth of an organization. We also hear about her transformative perspective change as a result of a recent trip to Tanzania.

Courtney Godfrey is a TV reporter for Minneapolis Fox affiliate KMSP. In 2017, while water skiing with her family, she was involved in a tragic accident resulting in having to amputate part of her leg. We learn how she and her family mentally deal with the loss and how the accident has sparked a better version of herself. We also learn more about Courtney's approach toward chasing success.

Join us for a chat with Christi Krautbauer, President of Marketing Essentials, a company that specializes in employee incentive and reward packages. Not only is Christi an expert in her field, but she also serves as chair of a nonprofit called Diaper Bank of Minnesota. She has also started personal coaching, team consulting, and speaking engagements focused on women's leadership and effectiveness. Tune in to learn about Christi's passion for human-centered design, her mission to inspire women to close the confidence gap, and her remarkable sacrifice for a close friend.

In this episode, I interviewed two amazing and resilient people, Andrea Wagner and her daughter Megan. A little over four years ago, when she was eight years old, Megan was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a form of bone cancer. Since then, she's had to become the ultimate fighter, going through two rounds of chemo, and as a result, a heart transplant. In my interview, we learn about Megan's process for fighting this disease. In addition, from Andrea, we get a glimpse of the emotional rollercoaster that she, her husband Matt, and their other children Michael and Maddie, have had to endure.

Throughout all of that, Megan and Andrea have now created their own charity in partnership with the University of Minnesota Foundation called Reading4Research. We learn about how their charity came to be and the impact they are making.

Despite all these trials Megan and her family have endured, this is an inspirational story of hope, with gratitude for all the good things that can come out of a bad situation.

Chris is the Founder and President of AssetHR, a human resource, payroll, and benefits company. He hails from New York City. His first professional career was managing fine dining restaurants in Manhattan. We learn how he found his way to Minnesota and started a business in an entirely different industry. Further, Chris tells us about his relationship first mentality and his focus on family.

Joe explains the history behind Baby Grand, which started with his parents in 1985. Further, he discusses how he got involved with the business after college, the experience of developing his own store with his wife, and the serendipity involved in merging all their stores into a historic West Side location.

Joe went on to discuss lessons learned as a business owner and how his views on risk have adjusted throughout his on-the-job education.

Keith and his wife, Tricia, started Bubbly Paws in 2011. Since that time, they have experienced signicant growth and have begun franchising their business.

In this episode, Keith talks about how they transitioned from their prior careers to becoming business owners. He shares how they position the Bubbly Paws service and experience to be different than other dog washing companies. In addition, Keith explains what its like working with a spouse and how he and Tricia manage their work/life balance.