Episode 50! This week, Dawn & Jane celebrate nearly a year of podcasting by welcoming Jackie Hermes, founder & CEO of marketing solutions provider Accelity, to the show. Jackie shares some of the lessons she's learned in leading a team & running a business, providing insight into how to build a successful social media presence (specifically on LinkedIn), how an operation can navigate a shift from in-person to remote work, and more.

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This week's guest, Nancy Pautsch, is the chief evangelist of stakeholder value at Madison-based tech solutions provider, Envision IT. She's also a soulful human, trying to live an intentional and purposeful life. In this episode, Nancy chats with Dawn about walking what she terms "the conscious leadership path," the four pillars of the conscious business philosophy, the surprising divergence of employee engagement & employee well-being during the pandemic, the importance of "envisioners," and more.

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Mika Marquart-Carpio wears a number of hats – she's an attorney, a social media marketer, and a serial entrepreneur. She's also this week's guest, stopping by the show to discuss using doubt as a motivational tool, negotiating the burden of entrepreneurship, channeling post-partum struggles into positivity, and more.

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Joyce Marter, renowned psychotherapist, keynote speaker & author, joins Dawn to discuss the psychology of success, touching on her mission to normalize therapy, how she defines "mental wealth," why it's important to explore the belief systems that inform your relationship with money, and more. 

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Melissa Oftedahl and Katie Buell, the Madison-based duo behind the food, fashion, and lifestyle blog Everyday M&K, join the pod to discuss the genesis of their friendship and site, the relatable misgivings that anyone leaving an established career to pursue a dream may have, how the pandemic inspired them to seize the now, how they define happiness, and more. 

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In this week's episode, Beth Elliott – owner, business loan consultant, and life coach at The Hippie Banker – details what inspired her to leave the world of commercial lending in favor of launching a consultancy geared toward helping women business owners & entrepreneurs succeed, how she guides her clients past feeling like they always need to do more, and the role that freedom plays in how she approaches her work. 

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Leah Bach, Realtor with RE/MAX Performance Realty, stops by the show to share her story of leaving a senior leadership role in banking to chase her dream of selling real estate, touching on how she fundamentally changed her relationship with money and discussing some of the successes and missteps she's had in growing her business along the way.

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This week, Dawn & Jane welcome Sarah Reiter, Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships at Madison-based Health eFilings, to the show for a wide-ranging chat about finding success in newly created positions, the importance of branding underpinning every facet of an organization, and why being willing to go outside of one's comfort zone is so beneficial in the professional realm.

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Lannia Stenz, CEO & executive director of Gilda's Club Madison, joins Jane & Dawn to discuss the organization's origin story and the important work it does in the fight against cancer, how the disease has affected her personally, and what pivots she and her team had to make to continue Gilda's Club's mission in the face of the pandemic.

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Amber Swenor, founder of/transformational brand strategist at Soul Seed, is this week's guest on the show, discussing how she overcame fears about rebranding her business, how she learned to trust her "inner knowing," and how she helps her clients define and share the meaning behind their brand.

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