We talk a lot about joy on this show. But what if joy wasn't just a feeling to chase, but a tool you could use to build something — a business, a career, a team, a life?

Bose Akadiri, known as the Joy Amplifier, joins us to talk about something she's spent her career building a case for: that joy belongs in the boardroom, not just the wellness journal. Bose is the CEO of Goal and Grind LLC, the author of The Stay Joyful Method, and a former Fortune 500 leader who walked away from corporate life to teach people how to use joy as their compass.

Bose shares her two-part framework, the joy bubble and the accomplishments journal, and how together they help you find the overlap between what you love and what you're good at. We get into the data behind joy and retention, what it looks like to lead a team from alignment instead of friction, and why joy in your finances might be the missing piece you didn't know you needed.

This is a conversation for the woman who has been told that joy is frivolous, that there isn't room for it in a serious career or a serious budget. Bose makes the case, backed by both research and her own story, that joy isn't the reward you get after you've done the work. It's how you do the work.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• How to build a "joy bubble" that protects what fuels you and your business
• Why an accomplishments journal can change how you see your own leadership capacity
• The data connecting joy at work to employee retention and long-term business health
• How to lead teams from alignment instead of friction
• What it means to make financial and business decisions from a place of joy
• Why having multiple mentors, and being a good one in return, matters for women in business
• The difference between happiness and joy, and why it matters for how you build

Joy shows up in this conversation in the most literal way it could, but it's also the thread running through every part of our Well Woman framework. Here's how this episode connects back to it:

✨ Ease shows up in Bose's reminder that the most sustainable businesses aren't built on hustle. They're built on alignment, knowing what fuels you and building your work around that truth.

✨ Joy is, quite literally, the center of this episode. Bose makes the case that joy isn't fluff. For women in business, it's data-backed, it's strategic, and it's one of the most powerful tools you're probably underusing.

✨ Impact comes through in the way Bose talks about leading teams: when the people doing the work are rooted in joy, what they produce ripples outward to the organizations they build and the communities they serve.

✨ Self-trust is woven through Bose's own story, from the nos she said to roles that weren't right for her, to the practice of becoming her own cheerleader, one Friday reflection at a time.

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✨ Join other smart, high-achieving women to rewrite the rules for how to love, lead, and succeed so you can live with more joy, ease, and abundance, even when life is tough. 

🔗 Click here to join The Well Woman Academy™ group coaching program now! https://wellwomanlife.com/academy

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Resources Mentioned

• The Stay Joyful Methodby Bose Akadiri 
• Playing Big: Practical Wisdom for Women Who Want to Speak Up, Create, and Leadby Tara Mohr
• Inside the Magic Kingdom: Seven Keys to Disney's Successby Tom Connellan
• Americanahby Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• The Four Agreementsby don Miguel Ruiz 

Connect with Bose Akadiri

Website: Goal and Grind LLC

IG: http://www.instagram.com/goalandgrind

FB: http://www.facebook.com/BoseAkadiri

Connect with Giovanna 

Website: https://wellwomanlife.com/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/wellwomanlife

FB: https://www.facebook.com/TheWellWomanShow#

YT: https://www.youtube.com/@wellwomanlife128

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/giovannarossi/

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Mentoring is one of the most powerful levers for women's growth and one of the most misunderstood.

In this rich conversation, Giovanna sits down with two women who have dedicated their careers to getting mentoring right: Tamara Thorpe and Lisa Fain. 

Tamara Thorpe  is the Founder of Real Mentors Network while Lisa Fain is the CEO of Center for Mentoring Excellence. They bring a combined 40+ years of mentoring excellence across industries, sectors, and global communities.

Together, they pull back the curtain on why so many workplace mentoring programs quietly fall flat and what it actually takes to build a mentoring culture that helps people thrive, not just perform.  

In this episode, you'll discover:

• Why mentoring is "the most promiscuously used word in leadership development" — and what it actually means
• The three core elements of effective mentoring: reciprocity, learning, and co-creation
• Why mentoring is a “triple win” for individuals, leaders, and organizations
• Why mentoring programs fail when treated as a DEI add-on or a technology fix
• Why great mentors are coaches — but not all great coaches are mentors
• How top leadership buy-in makes mentoring measurable and how to find your mentoring ROI 

This is a conversation that will make you look at every mentoring relationship — past, present, and future — with fresh eyes. 

✨ Ease in knowing that the best mentoring relationships do not require you to have all the answers. Real mentoring flows from curiosity, not expertise. When you stop trying to give advice and start asking better questions, something opens up for both of you.

✨ Joy in the reciprocity. The mentor gains as much as the mentee. More engaged work, broader perspective, deeper satisfaction — these are not byproducts. They are the point. There is something genuinely joyful in a relationship where both people walk away more whole than they arrived.

✨ Impact in building something that lasts. A single well-supported mentoring culture can change retention rates, career trajectories, and the texture of daily work life for everyone in an organization. That kind of impact is quiet, cumulative, and profound.

✨ Self-trust in knowing when a relationship is truly investing in you and when it only looks like it is. Lisa knew the difference between her lunches and her real mentor, even before she had words for it. You already know the difference too. Trust what you feel in those relationships. That instinct is your compass.

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✨ The Well Woman Show is delighted to partner with the Work and Family Researchers Network and its next conference June 17-20, 2026 in Montreal, Canada. For more information, look to https://wfrn.org/2026-work-and-family-researchers-network-conference/ 

✨ Join other smart, high-achieving women to rewrite the rules for how to love, lead, and succeed so you can live with more joy, ease, and abundance, even when life is tough. 

🔗 Click here to join The Well Woman Academy™ group coaching program now! https://wellwomanlife.com/academy

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Resources Mentioned

• Mentoring Program Success Lab 

Connect with Tamara Thorpe and Lisa Fain

• Website:Mentoring Program Success Lab 
• IG (Tamara):https://www.instagram.com/realmentorsnetwork
• IG (Lisa):https://www.instagram.com/lzfain
• FB (Real Mentors Network:https://www.facebook.com/RealMentorsNetwork/ 

Connect with Giovanna 

• Website:https://wellwomanlife.com/
• IG:https://www.instagram.com/wellwomanlife
• FB:https://www.facebook.com/TheWellWomanShow#
• YT:https://www.youtube.com/@wellwomanlife128
• LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/giovannarossi/

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How many times have I watched brilliant, capable women quietly talk themselves out of their own value, defaulting to structures that weren't built for them, avoiding the language of profit like it would somehow compromise their integrity, waiting for the right credential or the right moment to finally call themselves the expert they already are?

It's a pattern that runs deeper than most of us realize and it's long overdue to name it out loud. 

My guest today is Vanessa Roanhorse, CEO of Roanhorse Consulting and Return on Indigenous Studios, a for-profit social enterprise rooted in Indigenous knowledge. A citizen of the Navajo Nation, she started her business in 2016 trying to close her own personal wealth gap. No financial background, no roadmap, just relationships and a willingness to keep asking why. Over the next decade, she evolved her firm into what she now calls an Indigenous ecosystem architecture firm, redesigning how institutions think about risk, building new capital mechanisms, and launching Return on Indigenous Studios to take community-centered businesses from idea to full capitalization.

This conversation goes far beyond what Vanessa built. It’s about how she built it and why the way she did it matters for every woman listening.

Because the story of Roanhorse Consulting is not just a business story. It's a story about what happens when a woman stops asking permission to do good work profitably, starts building systems that didn't exist before, stays rooted in relationships when everything around her is uncertain, and works through enough grief, therapy, and hard decisions to finally arrive at the place where she knows, without question, exactly what she is doing.

I think every woman in the middle of her own long game needs to hear this one.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• Why women doing mission-driven work keep underselling themselves as experts and what it looks like to stop
• How Vanessa made the case for a for-profit social enterprise, and what that choice can teach any woman building at the intersection of purpose and income
• What it means to buildnewsystems instead of just participating in old ones and how to teach that thinking to others
• Why relationships are not just a personal value but a structural strategy, especially in uncertain times
• How to stay grounded in your work and your purpose when the external environment feels chaotic and find what's yours to do
• Why more women need to name their version of elderhood and give themselves permission to work toward it now

Behind every woman who makes it look easy, there is a decade of figuring it out. Behind every new system, there are years of asking why the old one wasn't working. And behind every vision of a different future, there is a woman willing to build toward it before anyone else can see it yet. 

✨ Ease in knowing that you don't have to shrink your work to make it meaningful. Vanessa chose a for-profit structure not despite her values, but because of them. You are allowed to own your expertise, charge what you're worth, and build in a way that also sustains you. 

✨ Joy in giving yourself permission to name what you're actually working toward. Vanessa knows exactly what she's building toward: an elderhood where she gets to be present, available, and free. What does your version of that look like? Start there. 

✨ Impact in understanding that the most durable impact isn't always built at scale, it's built in relationships, in rooms where decisions get made, in the quiet work of holding knowledge and passing it forward. 

✨ Self-trust in recognizing that walking away from something that no longer feels right is not failure. Vanessa stepped away from an organization she co-founded because it stopped feeling good and that decision became the moment she finally knew exactly what she was doing. When something stops feeling right, that is information. You are allowed to listen to it. 

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✨ The Well Woman Show is delighted to partner with the Work and Family Researchers Network and its next conference June 17-20, 2026 in Montreal, Canada. For more information, look to https://wfrn.org/2026-work-and-family-researchers-network-conference/ 

✨ Join other smart, high-achieving women to rewrite the rules for how to love, lead, and succeed — so you can live with more joy, ease, and abundance, even when life is tough. 

🔗 Click here to join The Well Woman Academy™ group coaching program now! https://wellwomanlife.com/academy

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Resources Mentioned

• The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gapby Mehrsa Baradaran
• Practicing Liberation: Transformative Strategies for Collective Healing & Systems Changeby Tessa Hicks Peterson & Hala Khouri

Connect with Vanessa Roanhorse

• Website:https://roanhorseconsulting.com/
• IG:https://www.instagram.com/roanhorseconsultingllc/
• FB:https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100042407024580

Connect with Giovanna 

• Website:https://wellwomanlife.com/
• IG:https://www.instagram.com/wellwomanlife
• FB:https://www.facebook.com/TheWellWomanShow#
• YT:https://www.youtube.com/@wellwomanlife128
• LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/giovannarossi/

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Care has always been at the center of our lives. So why has it never been at the center of our economy?

In this episode, feminist economist Lucía Cirmi Obón joins us to unpack something most of us have felt but never had the language for: that the daily work of raising children, caring for family, and holding communities together is not separate from economic life. It is economic life.

Drawing from her years inside Argentina's national government and her ongoing work in feminist economics, Lucía makes a compelling case: economies that ignore care don't just fail women. They fail everyone.

This is a conversation for the woman who has ever felt the weight of invisible labor, wondered why the systems around her weren't built to support her, or simply wanted to understand the bigger picture behind the struggles she faces every day.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• What feminist economics teaches us about valuing real life
• Why care work has been historically overlooked and how that's changing
• The connection between care, inequality, and economic systems
• Lessons from Argentina's approach to care policies and community care
• How to think critically about mainstream economic narratives
• The future of work and why care jobs are essential and growing
• The role of men, families, and communities in building more balanced systems

The most personal things in your life like who cares for your children, who will care for you when you're older, how much of yourself you give before anyone gives back, these are not private matters. They are political ones. And this episode will help you see them that way.

✨ Ease in understanding that the overwhelm so many of us carry isn't a personal failing. It's a structural one. Lucía's work is a reminder that when care is treated as a collective responsibility rather than a woman's burden, something in us finally gets to exhale.

✨ Joy in discovering that your lived experience (the caregiving, the juggling, the invisible labor) is not separate from the big economic debates. It's the evidence. This episode has a way of making you feel less alone in what you carry, and more connected to a global movement working to change it.

✨ Impact in seeing how feminist ideas that once lived only on the margins are now shaping legislation, policy, and international conversation. Every woman who speaks up, names the imbalance, or simply refuses to accept the status quo is part of that momentum.

✨ Self-trust in the quiet confidence Lucía models throughout this conversation. She has walked into rooms that weren't built for her perspective and made her voice heard anyway, not by abandoning her values, but by rooting deeper into them. 

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✨ The Well Woman Show is delighted to partner with the Work and Family Researchers Network and its next conference June 17-20, 2026 in Montreal, Canada. For more information, look to https://wfrn.org/2026-work-and-family-researchers-network-conference/ 

✨ Join us on April 30th at the Family Friendly New Mexico Business Awards Luncheon at Sandia Resort & Casino, where I'll be in conversation with Dr. Corinne Low about what the data tells us about work, caregiving, and the structural changes needed for both people and businesses to thrive. 

As host of the Well Woman Show and Founder of Family Friendly New Mexico, I'm thrilled to bring this conversation to employers, HR leaders, policymakers, and community partners across our state — and to celebrate the businesses that are leading the way in creating workplaces that truly work for families. Grab your tickets at familyfriendlynm.org — hope to see you there!

✨ Join other smart, high-achieving women to rewrite the rules for how to love, lead, and succeed — so you can live with more joy, ease, and abundance, even when life is tough. 

🔗 Click here to join The Well Woman Academy™ group coaching program now! https://wellwomanlife.com/academywaitlist

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Resources Mentioned

• Futuros Mejores
• Un Millón de Cuartos Propios (A Million Rooms of One's Own)by Tamara Tenenbaum
• A Room of One's Ownby Virginia Woolf
• A Feminist Proposal for Financing Careby Lucía Cirmi Obón 

Connect with Lucía Cirmi Obón

• Website:https://futurosmejores.com.ar/
• IG:https://www.instagram.com/luciacirmi_
• FB:https://www.facebook.com/lucia.chimi

Connect with Giovanna 

• Website:https://wellwomanlife.com/
• IG:https://www.instagram.com/wellwomanlife
• FB:https://www.facebook.com/TheWellWomanShow#
• YT:https://www.youtube.com/@wellwomanlife128
• LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/giovannarossi/

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What does it really mean to “have it all”?

For many ambitious women, the phrase has started to feel more like pressure than possibility. We’re expected to excel professionally, be deeply present at home, care for our communities, and somehow still maintain our own well-being.

It’s no wonder so many women feel overwhelmed.

In this episode of The Well Woman Show, economist and Wharton professor Dr. Corinne Low joins us to unpack the realities behind the myth of having it all. Drawing from research and her bestselling book Having It All, she shares practical ways women can rethink priorities, design careers across different life stages, and make choices aligned with their values.

But this conversation isn’t only for individuals.

For listeners who lead organizations, teams, or businesses, Dr. Low also shares important insights about how workplace structures can support — or undermine — women’s ability to thrive.

When we look at the data, one thing becomes clear: thriving isn’t just about personal resilience. It’s also about creating systems that support real lives.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• Why you feel more overwhelmed than ever — and why it's not your fault
• The concept of a “utility function” and how it helps clarify what matters most
• Why radical prioritization can create more ease and reduce burnout
• How comparison can disconnect us from self-trust
• Why letting go of certain things isn't failure — it's a strategy
• How community can lighten the load in ways no productivity hack ever will
• What employers and leaders can do to create workplaces where people can thrive

This episode is a practical, grounding reminder that you don't have to do it all — you just have to do what's most yours.

✨ Ease in giving yourself permission to let go of what isn't working, in making decisions from clarity instead of guilt, and in knowing that leading your life with less friction is not laziness, it's wisdom

✨ Joy in watching your relationships blossom when you finally put your own oxygen mask on first and in discovering that joy is not a reward for getting everything done, it's the foundation that makes everything else possible

✨ Impact in creating workplaces where women don't have to choose—and in knowing that when you thrive, everyone around you feels it

✨ Self-trust. Dr. Low's utility function model is ultimately a tool for coming home to yourself. When you stop measuring your life against someone else's and start listening to your own values, you already know what the next right step is.

This episode is part of our 10th anniversary celebration of The Well Woman Show. Thank you for being part of this community. 🎉

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✨ Join us on April 30th at the Family Friendly New Mexico Business Awards Luncheon at Sandia Resort & Casino, where I'll be in conversation with Dr. Low about what the data tells us about work, caregiving, and the structural changes needed for both people and businesses to thrive. 

As host of the Well Woman Show and Founder of Family Friendly New Mexico, I'm thrilled to bring this conversation to employers, HR leaders, policymakers, and community partners across our state — and to celebrate the businesses that are leading the way in creating workplaces that truly work for families. Grab your tickets at familyfriendlynm.org — hope to see you there!

✨ Join other smart, high-achieving women to rewrite the rules for how to love, lead, and succeed — so you can live with more joy, ease, and abundance, even when life is tough. 

🔗 Click here to join The Well Woman Academy™ group coaching program now! https://wellwomanlife.com/academywaitlist

✨ Experience the Power Up Workshop

"The wants felt frenzied. The desires felt calm. Like planting seeds." — Sarah, workshop participant

The Power Up Workshop replay is now available. Join Giovanna Rossi for 90 minutes to reflect, release, and ground yourself before moving forward.

This is the anti-hustle, anti-resolution approach. The work that comes before the goals.

Use it anytime you're in transition or ready to reset.

Get instant access: https://wellwomanlife.com/powerupworkshop

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Resources Mentioned

• Having It All: What Data Tells Us About Women's Lives and Getting the Most Out of Yoursby Corinne Low, PhD
• Uncompete: Rejecting Competition to Unlock Successby Ruchika Malhotra
• Lucky by Design: The Hidden Economics You Need to Get More of What You Wantby Judd Kessler

Connect with Dr. Corinne Low

• Website:https://www.corinnelow.com/
• IG:https://www.instagram.com/corinnelowphd
• FB:https://www.facebook.com/p/Corinne-Low

Connect with Giovanna 

• Website:https://wellwomanlife.com/
• IG:https://www.instagram.com/wellwomanlife
• FB:https://www.facebook.com/TheWellWomanShow#
• YT:https://www.youtube.com/@wellwomanlife128
• LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/giovannarossi/

The Well Woman Show is delighted to partner with the Work and Family Researchers Network and its next conference June 17-20, 2026 in Montreal, Canada. For more information, look to https://wfrn.org/2026-work-and-family-researchers-network-conference/ 

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• How to organize your life around creativity while managing financial pressures and multiple responsibilities
• Why "going slowly is okay as long as you don't stop"—and how to keep moving forward at your own pace
• The role of women as culture-keepers and storytellers
• How to push back against fear and anxiety instead of letting them become your default
• What happens when you proceed even when you're not sure—and why your gut knows more than you think
• Why telling your personal story creates healing not just for you, but for everyone who hears it
• What it means to trust yourself when visibility feels uncomfortable

• Finding the Italians: A Granddaughter's Journeydocumentary film by Giovanna Capone
• A People's History of the United Statesby Howard Zinn
• The Shame of Point Reyes(film)
• Una Storia Segreta: The Secret History of Italian American Evacuation and Internment During World War II by Lawrence DiStasi
• Italian Oaklandby Rick Malaspina
• The Melting Plot(play)

• How feeling like the "weird girl" became the foundation for authentic artistry
• Why Amanda picked up a guitar at 12 and decided to create space for herself through music
• The story behind her Fulbright Fellowship translating Sicilian folk songs in a UNESCO-endangered language
• How she reinterprets centuries-old songs to center women's voices and experiences
• How to use ancient wisdom to speak to our most modern struggles
• What it's like to balance online visibility with real-life authenticity
• Why she believes music is how we say the things we can't say with spoken word

• Amanda’s new album Roses and Basil 
• Rosa Balistreri: Italian protest singer and folk musician
• The Leopard (Il Gattopardo)by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (English Edition)
• The Leopard - Netflix TV Series
• The Leopard - 1963 Film

What does it really mean to be financially free as a woman? Not just secure—but serene. Confident. Fully yourself.

In the powerful conversation, I sit down with Christine Joy Luck Sarno, a financial coach and speaker known as the Financial Wingwoman. A former financial advisor, she now helps high-earning women take control of their money with clarity and confidence. Having built multiple seven-figure wealth as a single mom and financial head of household, she blends practical strategy with lived experience and humor. She guides women to cut through confusion, overcome money anxiety, and build wealth that supports the life they want. Christine believes that when women grow and protect their wealth, they gain personal freedom and the power to create lasting impact in their families, communities, and the world.

What makes Christine different—and why this episode felt so personal—is that she’s not here to hand you a checklist of books to read or give you the usual financial tips. She really gets women’s lives—the challenges we face, what actually supports us, and how to create real well-being in every area.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• The financial problems women are facing
• The wealth myths keeping women playing small—and what to focus on instead (hint: it's not lattes)
• Practical steps to build financial literacy 
• The ripple effects of the gender wage gap, and the most powerful equalizer we have against it
• What a wealth ecosystem is and how to start building yours
• Why financial sovereignty is a joyful, deeply feminine act of self-care (which in turn is one of the most powerful ways to create impact in the world)
• Why financial serenity matters more than financial security

This conversation reminds us that financial empowerment isn't just personal—it's relational, communal, and transformational. When you trust yourself with money, you create:

✨ Ease in navigating life's unexpected turns—which means you can show up more fully for others ✨ Joy in knowing you have choices aligned with your values—which radiates to everyone around you ✨ Impact in your own life and rippling outward to your family, your workplace, your community, and beyond ✨ Self-trust in your ability to care for yourself fully—which gives others permission to do the same

🔗Get Christine’s FREE PDF money guide: "33 Smart Wingwoman Money Moves for 2026": https://www.christinejoylucksarno.com

🔗She’s also offering a special 30 minute 1:1 financial coaching session at $97 through the end of this year by scheduling directly here: https://calendly.com/christinejoylucksarno/30min

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✨ The Well Woman Reset Kit is here—a digital guide and meditation designed to help you pause, reflect, and remember your power before stepping into the new year. For $27, you’ll get journaling prompts, a year‑in‑review ritual, a guided meditation, and more. And because rest is contagious, you can gift the kit to two friends at 50% off. Plus, your purchase includes a bonus seat in our year‑end Power Up Workshop on December 27th—so you can step into 2026 with clarity, energy, and purpose.

If you’re ending this year feeling stretched thin or craving a reset, then this is for you.

Grab your copy and let’s reset together: https://wellwomanlife.com/reset/

✨ Nominate a remarkable woman (or women) for KRQE's Remarkable Women 2026 contest. It’s a chance to spotlight women whose dedication and community impact deserve to be celebrated. Click here to submit your nominations today: https://www.krqe.com/contests/remarkable-women-2026/

Resources Mentioned

• The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About  by Mel Robbins
• Wingwoman Financial Wellness Retreat

Connect with Christine Sarno

Website: https://www.christinejoylucksarno.com/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/christinejoylucksarno

FB: https://www.facebook.com/TheChristineSarno

Connect with Giovanna Rossi

Website: https://wellwomanlife.com/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/wellwomanlife

FB: https://www.facebook.com/TheWellWomanShow#

YT: https://www.youtube.com/@wellwomanlife128

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/giovannarossi/

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The Well Woman Show is delighted to partner with the Work and Family Researchers Network and its next conference June 17-20, 2026 in Montreal, Canada. For more information, look to https://wfrn.org/2026-work-and-family-researchers-network-conference/ 

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the Well Woman Show on your favorite podcast platform and leave us a review. Share it with a woman who needs to hear this. Your support helps us continue bringing you conversations with incredible women leaders who are changing the world.

What if stepping into your full power could actually be joyful? What if career transformation didn't have to be overwhelming? And what if your authentic voice could create ripple effects of impact far beyond what you imagined?

In this episode, I sit down with Molly Mahoney, Founder of The Prepared Performer and a leading female voice in artificial intelligence who embodies all four of our core values: joy, ease, impact, and self-trust. 

She is a performer-turned-entrepreneur who helps coaches and agency owners create content that converts, powered by authentically driven AI and automation. She’s an author and a podcaster who brings humor and heart to social media and firmly believes… the more fun you have, the more money you’ll make.

We dive deep into: 

✨ Ease — Using practical frameworks to simplify complex decisions (like career transition) ✨ Joy — Finding fun in the journey ✨ Impact — Changing systems and amplifying women’s voices ✨ Self-trust — Listening to our internal knowing over external validation

Key Takeaways: 

• How women's voices shape the future of AI
• What’s it like being the only woman in male-dominated AI spaces (and why Molly keeps showing up!)
• Practical AI tools that amplify (not replace) your authentic voice + tips if you don't want it to read your emails! 
• How to pivot your career using what you already have (using Molly’s 3-step process)
• Validating your offer before investing time and resources (The "Sell It First" Strategy)
• Why "the more fun I have, the more money I make" isn't just a catchy phrase—it's a business strategy
• The FFTT method for navigating life's challenges (Face it, Feel it, Twist it, Thank it)
• Why your "too much" energy is your superpower

If you're in transition, building something new, or claiming your space in male-dominated industries, this episode is your permission slip to do it your way. 

✨ Get Molly’s Ideal Client Generator Tool —a custom AI resource that helps you get crystal clear on who you're here to serve: https://aiify.me/ideal-client-avatar?el=icagpt-well-woman

✨ Watch out for the Well Woman Reset Kit coming out this Black Friday. It’s a digital guide + meditation designed for women who are done pretending everything's fine. Who are tired of the hustle and ready to pause, reflect, and realign before stepping into the new year.

This isn’t another productivity planner or hustle workbook. 

It’s a reclamation—a quiet revolution disguised as a digital download. 

Because you don’t need another planner. You need a pause.

To learn more, follow us on socials (see the links below) or join our Newsletter by clicking here: https://wellwomanlife.com/quiz.

 - By answering this two-question quiz you can join my Newsletter AND you can find out which stage of the Well Woman Life Framework™ you're in and what you can do right away to feel better, get back on track, and make the impact you know you're here to make. 

Resources and Tools Mentioned

• ChatGPT: Custom GPTs, GPT Store, GPT Pulse
• Google Gemini: Gems (similar to custom GPTs)
• Claude: Artifacts feature
• High Level: Marketing automation tool
• RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation): Vector files for storing large amounts of data
• Spotlight Effect (Molly’s AI tool)
• Pema Chodron
• The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron → Listen to Julia Cameron's Well Woman Show episode
• The Big Leap by Gay Hendrick
• A Happy Pocket Full of Money by David Cameron Gikandi
• The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Molly's all-time favorite)
• NPR
• Planned Parenthood

Connect with Molly Mahoney

Website: http://mollymahoney.com/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/mollymahoneyofficial/

FB: https://www.facebook.com/mollymmahoney

Connect with Giovanna Rossi

Website: https://wellwomanlife.com/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/wellwomanlife

FB: https://www.facebook.com/TheWellWomanShow#

YT: https://www.youtube.com/@wellwomanlife128

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/giovannarossi/

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The Well Woman Show is delighted to partner with the Work and Family Researchers Network and its next conference June 17-20, 2026 in Montreal, Canada. For more information, look to https://wfrn.org/2026-work-and-family-researchers-network-conference/ 

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What happens when the life you built on all the “right” systems suddenly crumbles? In this episode of The Well Woman Show, Giovanna Rossi sits down with bestselling author, speaker, and podcaster Jen Hatmaker.

Jen is the author of fourteen books, including four New York Times bestsellers, and host of the award-winning podcast "For the Love." She’s also a speaker, advocate, educator, mother, and a textbook Enneagram 3.

But beyond the accolades, Jen is a woman who found herself rebuilding her life after her marriage crumbled—and in that rebuilding, she discovered something profound about the systems we've been told will save us. Her new memoir, "Awake", isn't just a divorce story. It's a surgical examination of patriarchy, religious dogma, and the invisible walls that limit women's lives.

What you’ll hear in this episode:

• Jen’s journey from pastor’s wife and teacher to bestselling author and podcast host
• Why divorce was only part of the story—and what it revealed about larger systems
• How to recognize when shame is showing up and keep it out of the driver’s seat
• Listening to our own bodies before burnout forces us to

If you’ve ever struggled with burnout, shame, or overcoming systems that fail us, this episode will inspire you to rise, rebuild, and reclaim your power.

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The Well Woman Show is thankful for support from The Well Woman Academy™ at https://wellwomanlife.com/academy/. Join other smart, high-achieving women to rewrite the rules for how to love, lead, and succeed—so you can live with more joy, ease, and abundance, even when life is tough.

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Also, the Well Woman Show is delighted to partner with the Work and Family Researchers Network and its next conference June 17-20, 2026 in Montreal, Canada. For more information, look to [email protected].

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Resources Mentioned

• Awake: A Memoir by Jen Hatmaker
• All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker 
• Go as a River: A Novel by Shelley Read 

Connect with Jen Hatmaker

Website: https://jenhatmaker.com/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/jenhatmaker/

FB: https://www.facebook.com/jenhatmaker/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jen-hatmaker/

Connect with Giovanna Rossi

Website: https://wellwomanlife.com/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/wellwomanlife

FB:https://www.facebook.com/TheWellWomanShow#

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/giovannarossi/

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the Well Woman Show on your favorite podcast platform and leave us a review. Share it with a woman who needs to hear Jen's message about building a life that truly serves her. Your support helps us continue bringing you conversations with incredible women leaders who are changing the world.