What Lights Us Up

Do you feel like the clock is ticking and want to make sure that your life is as joyous and celebratory as possible? Tune in to hear tips on how to find the stillness to discover your truest essence of who you really are.

Jessica Proulx is Co-Founding Director of the Direct Path Institute where she is a yoga, meditation, and Eastern philosophy teacher. She is also a wellness coach where she finds passion in helping people find their truest essence of who they really are and what they want to become in their life. Jessica talks about how we can strip away the identity masks that are created throughout our life and instead learn to find love and light that ultimately lead us on a path to purpose and meaning.

Christina and Jessica connect over their love of creating community, connection, and transformation with travel. Jessica also gives advice on how to meditate when we don’t feel very good at it. This episode is packed with tips to live your best life and act as your compass to support you in finding your journey back to yourself to ultimately find more joy and peace.

Connect with Jessica for yoga, meditation, wellness, and life coaching at: https://jessicaproulxwellness.com

Check out the Direct Path Institute’s programs including their Costa Rica retreat at: https://yourdirectpath.com

Follow Jessica’s wellness journey and coaching on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessicaproulxwellness

Connect with the Direct Path Institute on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/yourdirectpath

Buy Jessica’s Whispers of Wisdom journal: Available on Amazon

Visit Christina’s website at: https://christinaminutillo.com

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Do you have a passion to build a brand or product but are wondering how to get discovered? Tune in to listen to Francesca tell her story of getting discovered through intentionality and strategy as she passionately put her tomato sauce product out into the world. Francesca Pittaluga is the Founder and Chief Tomato Officer of Ciao Pappy, a brand built around premium marinara for the modern family. Francesca talks about creating her brand out of a love for food and her Italian heritage and how she took her family recipe and turned it into a commercial product.Christina and Francesca bond over the passion projects that they both created that stem from their proud Italian family heritage and their traditions of the Italian food culture. Francesca also gives valuable advice on how to build a brand while offering great marketing tips to anyone wanting to get their product discovered.Visit the Ciao Pappy website to shop products and recipes at: https://www.ciaopappy.com

Follow the Ciao Pappy story on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ciaopappy/

Check out the Retail Ready program: https://www.alliball.com

Visit Christina’s website at: https://christinaminutillo.com

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Have you dreamed of moving to Italy? Tune in to listen to Katie’s inspiring journey of making her dream of living in Italy a reality.

Katie Parla is a Rome based food and beverage writer, culinary guide, a New York Times best-selling cookbook author, and cookbook publisher. Katie talks about her dream of living in Italy from when she was a child and how she made that dream a reality. She talks about how she got started in hosting tours in Rome and how she later evolved into a food and beverage writer by following her joy in telling stories of people working and living in Italy.

Christina and Katie connect over their curiosity to immerse themselves in the Italian food culture. They also talk about what it’s like to create a cookbook and Katie gives advice to anyone looking to create one of their own. This episode will inspire you to get curious about the Italian food culture and you’ll be booking that trip to Rome to take one of Katie’s tours as soon as you finish listening! 

Visit Katie’s website for more information on her culinary guides, cookbooks, podcast, city tours, and more at: https://katieparla.com

For book publishing help, visit her publishing company at: https://parlapublishing.com

Follow Katie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katieparla/

Visit Christina's website at: https://christinaminutillo.com

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Do you want to learn how to better understand your intuition and the signs sent to us from the universe? Then this episode is for you!

Kirsten Stockton is a practicing soul activator who conducts reiki, energetic readings, and soul readings to help guide others toward their love, light, and purpose.

Kirsten talks to Christina about her journey from choosing to leave her law career to becoming a soul activator to live out her purpose of being a messenger for different souls. She talks through how she discovered her gift of intuition and reading energy and how she channels with someone to receive messages to answer someone’s big or small questions.

Kirsten gives advice on how to follow our own intuition and how to interpret signs sent from the universe. You’ll be inspired to slow down, be present, and be open to having a different perspective in life to be led into finding your own life purpose.

To book a reading and sign up for Kirsten's newsletter: https://soulbabe.com/

To connect with Kirsten and follow along on her journey: https://www.instagram.com/the_soulbabe/

Visit Christina’s website at: https://christinaminutillo.com

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Have you ever imagined what it was like to fix up an old house? Then this episode is for you! Tune in to hear Tyler’s journey of how he came to find this house renovation project and what challenges he has faced during the project’s evolution.

Tyler Caine is an architect from NYC who fell in love with the town of Holyoke, MA through the window of a train. He had a vision as he peered at the town’s historic buildings that fell into disrepair and decided to make it his passion to save one home at a time in the town of Holyoke. Tyler talks through the steps he took to start the renovation project and where he is at now in the process.

Christina and Tyler talk about the importance of finding resilience when faced with change and how to flow with what may come up in the process to see the positive in every outcome.

Follow Tyler and his home renovation project on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chasingpapercity/

To collaborate with Tyler on a home renovation project of your own: https://www.dcparchitecture.com

Visit Christina’s website at: https://christinaminutillo.com

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Do you have a hobby that you are obsessed with? Does it light you up and bring you joy? Then, this is an episode for you! Prepare to be inspired to turn that hobby into a full-time business.

Courtney Hunter is the owner and creator of The Waight, Artful Pieces for Everyday Life. Courtney talks about finding a passion in ceramics and how she has turned that passion into a full-time business. She talks through her journey of going from corporate fashion in NYC to creating and selling her ceramics in her new home of Seattle, WA.

Courtney and Christina talk about turning a passion project into a business and the importance of leaning on the support of your community to get you there. Together they talk through fears of putting their passion projects out into the world but once those fears are faced it leads to a path of joy and purpose.

Visit The Waight website: https://www.thewaight.com/home

Follow Courtney’s journey on Instragram: https://www.instagram.com/thewaight/

To shop The Waight ceramics locally in Seattle: https://www.florenceseattle.com/

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How do we tell the story of what we are building? Tune in to listen to Lindsay’s journey of finding her purpose in connecting brands and the people behind them by creating stories to elevate their voices to earned media.

Lindsay Colker is owner and creator of Elevate Communications, a full-service public relations and consulting boutique located in Los Angeles specializing in entertainment, technology, and lifestyle. Lindsay talks about her journey of finding her purpose in the PR world, why she went off to have her own company, and what she’s learned about the journey.

Lindsay and Christina talk about facing fears to create the life you want by trying new things to find out what brings you joy. Lindsay also gives advice to anyone looking to find passion and how to promote it.

To check out Elevate Communications: https://elevateprco.com/

Follow Lindsay on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elevate_comms/

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Do you dream of dedicating your life to doing something that you love? If so, then this episode is for you! Tune in to listen to Vasilis’s story to ignite that fire in your soul that will inspire you to go do whatever it is that is calling you toward finding your path to purpose.

Vasilis Mantzouranis has created a personal brand by dedicating his life to traveling the world and documenting his travels through video. Vasilis talks about the vision that he had to create a story about his travel life and how he followed that vision to turn it into a reality. He talks about what it takes to make a big life change to pursue your calling, whatever that calling may be.

Vasilis and Christina talk about how doing what lights us up creates a vibrational energy that ultimately leads us down a path to our greater purpose. Follow Vasilis’s journey on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/manbill8/Subscribe to Vasilis’s You Tube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@manbill8travelsHave someone that would be great to feature on an episode ofWhat Lights Us Up? Share their details here: https://christinaminutillo.com/contact/Need help with your project? Hire a freelancer from Fiverr: https://go.fiverr.com/visit/?bta=650523&brand=fiverrcpa

Have you been thinking of opening a restaurant and don’t know where to start? Tune in to hear Lauren’s journey to building multiple restaurants as well as invaluable advice that she gives to help aspiring entrepreneurs be successful in their endeavors.

Lauren Storeby owns and operates the Snack Attack sandwich bar and Happy Trails Coffee Co. in Fort Collins, Colorado with her husband. She is also the co-creator and consultant for Online Restaurant Academy, an online educational program that offers mentorship for aspiring business owners. Lauren talks about her journey of moving from California to Colorado and while staying true to her and her family’s core values and needs, they created a community around the art of food and beverage with their restaurant businesses.

Lauren talks about embracing times of transition to remind us that we are right where we need to be. This episode is packed with advice that she gives around the things to focus on when starting a business.

Visit Snack Attack in Fort Collins, CO: https://www.snackattackit.com/

 Follow Snack Attack on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/snackattackit/

To check out Online Restaurant Academy mentorship programs: https://www.onlinerestaurantacademy.com/

Connect with Online Restaurant Academy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onlinerestaurantacademy/

Visit Happy Trails Coffee Co. in Fort Collins, CO: https://happytrailscoffeeco.com/

Follow Happy Trails Coffee Co. on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/happytrailscoffeefoco/

Have someone that would be great to feature on an episode ofWhat Lights Us Up? Share their details here: https://christinaminutillo.com/contact/

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