From corporate to consulting and back, Laura Crossley has been committed to leveraging communication to move projects from concept to completion. Along the way, she's taken on Mount Everest and had two children, one on each side of the pandemic. The values she has formed throughout her personal and professional journeys have shaped her work today as the VP of Experience & Marketing at AdPredictive and the host of the Maven Minds podcast, where she speaks with trailblazers of modern business. 

Behak and Brook built a friendship as colleagues and care providers throughout their careers before founding In This Moment, a subscription box service born during the pandemic. Consistently coming back to how meaningful mindfulness had become in their caregiving efforts, the two friends committed to bringing the tools for meaningful and mindful engagement right to the front door of families across the country.

After working as a certified massage therapist for years, the COVID-19 pandemic brought Julie Deem's practice to a halt. Being in the business of physical contact when distancing was encouraged wasn't exactly a good situation. Julie knew she needed to pivot and she got to work considering her next move. Hear how her own podcasting experience led her to pursue a new opportunity and to build a business that raises the voices of other women as The Business Podcast Editor. 

Twenty-five years ago, Fran Pastore turned a transition in her career into an opportunity for thousands of other women, their communities, and the State of Connecticut. Since then, she and her team at the Women's Business Development Council have changed the game for women who are entrepreneurs working to launch or scale their businesses. But Fran didn't stop at business development, she has become an absolute force in the broader economic ecosystem and a passionate advocate for women's economic equality. From her time advising the President, Congress, and the U.S. Small Business Administration on the National Women's Business Council, to collaborating with the governor on COVID recovery, and being tapped to oversee the organization that administers Connecticut's paid family and medical leave program, Fran is talking the talk and walking the walk for the benefit of us all. This is an episode you just can't miss!