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We know that our relationships are better when we communicate clearly. But many of us cut corners when it comes to artful communication. We send messages without opening a portal first. Or we lead with criticism rather than appreciation. So, what does artful communication look like? And how can we use it to build stronger relationships?

Karen Solomon is an Image and Relationship Consultant who teaches men, women and couples the keys to confidence in the bedroom and the boardroom. A credentialed teacher with 20-plus years of experience providing image makeover and relationship coaching, Karen inspires clients to be their authentic, unadulterated selves. She is also the author of Sexy, Sassy & Starting Over: Recipes for a Sweet & Savory Life After Divorce.

On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Karen joins Emerald to explain how she was introduced to intimacy coursework and what facilitated her transition from mentoring young women to working with mature men, women and couples. She weighs in on why our pleasure is our responsibility, challenging us to ask for what we want in our personal and professional relationships. Listen in for Karen's insight around the language of consent and learn how you can build connection using the three elements of artful communication.

Karen's calling to support people in their relationships

How Karen was introduced to intimacy coursework

Karen's evolution from mentoring young women to working with mature men, women and couples

How to establish consent by opening a portal for communication

The three elements of artful communication

How we create conflict in relationships when we cut corners in communication

Why our pleasure is OUR responsibility

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Do you have a parent, partner or colleague who always has to be RIGHT? Do they blame you for things that you have no control over? If so, you may be dealing with a Hijackal. So, how do you identify when you're in a toxic relationship? And more importantly, what can you do about it?

Rhoberta Shaler, PhD, is the Relationship Help Doctor behind Transforming Relationship, a platform designed to provide ongoing care for relationships in crisis. She focuses on helping the partners, exes and adult children of the relentlessly difficult people she calls Hijackals to 'stop the crazy-making and save their sanity.' Rhoberta is also the author of 16 books on toxic relationships, and she serves as the host of the Emotional Savvy and Save Your Sanity podcasts.

On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Rhoberta joins Emerald to walk us through the characteristics of a toxic relationship. She describes how Hijackals show up in personal and professional relationships, explaining what we can do to recognize their behavior and reclaim our sense of self. Listen in for Rhoberta's insight on why fixing someone else's behavior is not YOUR responsibility and learn the three hallmarks of a healthy relationship!

How growing up with Hijackal parents called Rhoberta to this work

How to identify when you're in a toxic relationship

How the public perception of a Hijackal differs from their private behavior

What Rhoberta does to help people regain their sense of confidence

Why our adversarial court system favors Hijackals

How Hijackals show up in business relationships

The three hallmarks of a healthy relationship

How to recognize 'love bombing' in personal + professional relationships

How to identify when you've taken on Hijackal traits

Why fixing someone else's behavior is NOT your responsibility

How Rhoberta's spiritual life supports her in showing up + speaking out

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Escaping the Hijackal Trap: The Truth About Hijackals and Why They are Crazy-Making by Rhoberta Shaler, PhD

Stop! That's Crazy-Making: How to Quit Playing the Passive-Aggressive Game by Rhoberta Shaler, PhD

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For many entrepreneurs, building an online presence is key to business growth. But visibility is not just about putting yourself out there.

It's about sharing the real you and building sincere 1:1 relationships. And more often than not, it's the fear of being ourselves that holds us back.

Ashley Rainsbarger is the Mindful Business Coach behind The Wiser Life, a practice designed to help service-driven entrepreneurs heal their fear of visibility and serve more clients. She specializes in removing the mental barriers that block business owners from creating what they really want out of life. Ashley has certifications in Health and Life Coaching, and she is a Reiki Master in the Usui System of Natural Healing.

On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Ashley joins Emerald to explain how she helps clients overcome the fear of being seen. She walks us through her intuitive process for making decisions, discussing how to coach yourself when a choice doesn't work out the way you wanted. Listen in for Ashley's insight on the inner work and external strategies you can leverage to expand your visibility online and grow your business.

How childhood trauma and the desire to make an impact led Ashley to coaching

The connection between building an awareness of our thoughts + changing our results

How Ashley helps clients overcome the fear of being seen

Ashley's intuitive process for making important decisions

What to ask yourself when a decision doesn't work out the way you wanted

Ashley's advice for establishing visibility online

1. Create minimum commitment
2. Focus on building relationships

Why the inner work of healing is more important than external strategies re: visibility

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It's easy for wicked-smart women to get busy and forget to take care of ourselves. But if we're sacrificing our own health and wellbeing, we're just not performing at our best.

What if there's nothing selfish about self-care? What can we do to transform our health and feel our best as we pursue our vision for a better world?

Maureen Vincenty is a Transformative Health Coach on a mission to help high-performing entrepreneurs and leaders transform their bodies and up-level their lives. A former NASA and EPA scientist, Maureen's obsession with research turned to health after losing her mother to cancer unexpectedly. She has spent the last 17 years studying optimal health, fitness and preventative wellbeing, and now, she is dedicated to helping people build the energy, vitality and confidence to make a greater impact on the world.

On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Maureen joins Emerald to discuss her transition from corporate scientist to entrepreneur, describing how she leverages education, empowerment, support and accountability to help people transform their health. Maureen explains how she addresses the root cause of a client's health issues with lifestyle and nutrition protocols and shares the role joy plays in helping us lead a healthy, purpose-driven life. Listen in for insight around the success journal that keeps Maureen committed to her vision and learn what YOU can do to transform the way you look and feel—in just 30 days!

How her mother's cancer diagnosis inspired Maureen's initial interest in health

The lifestyle and nutrition protocols Maureen used to heal her own autoimmune issues

Maureen's stressful transition from corporate geologist + researcher to entrepreneur

The success journal that helps Maureen stay committed to her vision

How Maureen addresses the root cause of her client's health issues with nutrition and lifestyle protocols

How good coaching educates, empowers, supports and holds us accountable

The role mindset plays in helping us lead a healthy, purpose-driven life

How Maureen's work with a woman who wanted to lose weight transformed the culture of a small town

Why Maureen leans on mentors and masterminds to keep her in forward motion

Maureen's top two takeaways for optimizing our health

1. There's nothing selfish about self-care
2. Most of us are only 30 days away from transforming how we look and feel

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Did you know that the average grocery store only has a three- to four-day supply of food? With a system that vulnerable, a sustained economic collapse would leave a lot of people hungry. But what if you were empowered to grow your own food? What if you could provide for most of your own needs—and help heal the Earth at the same time?

Marjory Wildcraft is the visionary behind Grow Network, the premier online community for people who grow their own food. An expert in off-grid living, she has inspired hundreds of thousands of backyard farmers and led the return to natural medicine in the US. Marjory is also the host of the Home Grown Food Summit and the author of the forthcoming book Grow: All True Wealth Comes From the Ground.

On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Marjory joins Emerald to explain what inspired her to learn to grow her own food and how that journey healed her on a physical, emotional and spiritual level. Marjory describes the opportunity we have right now to reinvent our food and medical supply chains, discussing how the resources at Grow Network can help us survive a sustained economic collapse. Listen in for Marjory's insight on what it REALLY means to be wealthy and learn what YOU can do to hone and trust your own prophetic vision.

How Marjory's prediction of economic collapse inspired her to learn to grow her own food

Marjory's anger around how commercial agriculture is destroying the Earth

Marjory's mission to teach people to grow their own food + treat common ailments with plants

Why the vulnerability of our food system left Marjory feeling panicked

How growing our own food heals us on a physical, emotional and spiritual level

The opportunity we have right now to reinvent our food and medical supply chains

How Marjory combined a desire for community with her business acumen to build Grow Network

How Grow Network's resources serve to help us survive a sustained economic collapse

Marjory's advice on honing and trusting your prophetic vision

Marjory's definition of wealth as health, community, meaningful relationships and work

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Are you doing everything 'right' and still not feeling fulfilled? Maybe you're making good money and even doing work that contributes to the greater good. And yet, there's still tension. If you're ready to experience true fulfillment, it's time to ask what parts of yourself you're hiding. To align with your soul's voice, show up with authenticity, and be of service to humanity.

Devi Adea is the soul-full speaker, coach and conscious business strategist behind the top-ranked Spiritual Entrepreneur Podcast. She empowers entrepreneurs and leaders to embrace their soul's purpose and share their message with the world to experience elevated freedom and fulfillment. Devi is also the creator of the popular Podcast on Purpose Online Academy, the host of Podcasters on Purpose, and four-time New Media Summit Icon of Influence.

On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Devi joins Emerald to explain why she hid her spiritual side for so long and describe how she finally found fulfillment by honoring ALL the parts of herself. Devi shares how she navigated the fear of revealing her spirituality to the world and explores how aligning with our soul's voice can shift our relationship with money. Listen in for Devi's insight on being guided by the small, still voice inside and find out why being yourself has become a prerequisite for business success.

The experience that taught Devi to hide her spiritual side

What made Devi realize that fulfillment is about contribution

How the Spiritual Entrepreneur Podcast helped Devi integrate both parts of herself

Devi's hesitance to explain spiritual principles to her coaching clients

How giving her feelings time and attention helped Devi navigate disclosure remorse

Devi's mission to identify the gifts she takes for granted + use them to serve others

Why Devi believes we're living in a time when authenticity is required

Devi's advice on being guided by the small, still voice inside

The concept of having a 'dive buddy' for your business

How aligning with our soul's voice bring can bring money to us

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Have you abandoned yourself in the name of belonging? If you're sacrificing your own self-care in order to be accepted, you DO have the power to make a different choice. To show up with authenticity and be celebrated for being YOU.

Holley Mignosi is the Founder and CEO of The Dynamic Dream Life Group, Inc., a practice dedicated to helping leaders increase their influence through hypnotic body language and the neuroscience of storytelling. Holley spent the first 15 years her career as a modeling and acting coach, and she leverages that experience to help clients tap into their signature star power on stage. Holley holds certifications in neurolinguistic programming, hypnosis and hypnotic presentation skills.

On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Holley joins Emerald to share her journey from addiction to entrepreneurship, explaining why she was using cocaine to keep her job as a runway coach and what finally compelled her to change her life. Holley shares her practices for cultivating trust in the divine and describes the faith it takes to show up and share your story with authenticity. Listen in for Holley's advice to young women who are caught up in a toxic environment and learn how to leverage body language to step into your leadership and charisma!

Holley's journey from addiction to entrepreneurship

Why Holley was using cocaine to keep her job as a runway coach

The moment Holley realized she had to leave her career + her marriage

Holley's advice to young women caught up in a toxic environment

• Go where you're celebrated, not tolerated
• Don't sacrifice self-care for shallow acceptance
• Your circumstances are there to teach you something
• Get rid of your shame by sharing your story

How perfectionism and a lack of self-love served as Holley's enemies

How hand gestures act as trust indicators when we're speaking

How the support of a personal trainer helped Holley get healthy and feel good from the inside-out

Holley's practices of multidimensional meditation and prayer

Why trust in yourself and the divine is crucial in 'opening the kimono'

Why women are better at reading body language than men

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Are you dealing with chronic pain but hesitant to resort to drugs or surgery? There are other ways to heal, pending you have an open mind and a willingness to break from convention. In fact, thousands of energy healing modalities exist to support us in healing the body and restoring our energy field.

Alice 'Alicja' Jones is a Reiki Master Teacher and a practitioner of Metatronic Healing, Quantum Touch, Access Consciousness, Matrix Energetics and crystal healing. She spent 25 years in a high-powered career as a real estate broker until debilitating back pain led her to the practice of energy healing. Alice's journey is chronicled in her book, Own Your Power: Day by Day—365 Meditations for Clearing Emotional, Mental, and Spiritual Blockages to Becoming Your Higher Self.

On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Alice joins Emerald to explain how saying NO to conventional treatments for chronic pain (drugs and surgery) inspired her to try Reiki, the foundation of the energy healing modalities. Alice introduces us to the two healing techniques she was gifted by the Archangel Metatron, describing the mystical experiences that revealed her ability to heal through others. Listen in to understand how Alice wrote her book by way of channeling and learn how being open to divine inspiration can serve your creativity—and help you heal!

The health crisis that called Alice to her healing journey

Alice's determination to heal without drugs or surgery

How Alice discovered Reiki energy healing

The mystical experience that showed Alice she was meant to share her ability to heal through others

What inspired Alice to pursue spiritual work full-time

The two healing techniques Alice was gifted by the Archangel Metatron

How Alice heals clients through the energy field + the body

How Alice used channeling to write Own Your Power: Day by Day

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Own Your Power: Day by Day—365 Meditations for Clearing Emotional, Mental, and Spiritual Blockages to Becoming Your Higher Self by Alice 'Alicja' Jones

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Many women feel a great deal of shame and grief around money. And yet, financial independence is a prerequisite to true freedom. So, how do we reframe the way we think about money? How can we use revenue as a resource and build new systems based on love, inclusion and wellbeing?

Julie Steelman is the financial visionary, wealth coach and sales expert behind The Financial Freedom Institute, a platform designed to help pioneering women entrepreneurs build sustainable business models, generate healthy cashflow, and ultimately change their financial destiny. Julie has 25-plus years of experience in corporate sales, where she generated more than $100M in online advertising revenue. Julie is also an award-winning wildlife photographer with a master's degree in Spiritual Psychology and the author of The Effortless Yes: Demystifying the Selling Process.

On this episode of the podcast, Julie joins Emerald to discuss the richness in surrendering to the leadership of our deep dreams, explaining how she learned to break the pattern of people pleasing and express her own feminine power. Julie introduces us to the distinction between being of service and in servitude and describes how being in cocreation with the divine led to her own financial sovereignty. Listen in for Julie's insight on how wicked-smart women can start to shape the kind of world we crave to live in and learn to leverage money as a resource to be nurtured, cherished and harvested—not hoarded and withheld.

The 'direct instruction from the universe' moment Julie understood her calling

The richness in surrendering to the leadership of your deep dream

How to break the people-pleasing pattern and express your feminine power

The distinction between being of service and in servitude

How being in cocreation with the divine helped Julie achieve financial freedom

The shame, grief and sorrow many women feel around money

How to frame sales as a service to the prospect's vision, not your greatness

The parallels between Julie's wildlife photography and wealth coaching

How women can start to shape and mold the world we crave to live in

Julie's insight on money as a resource to be nurtured, cherished and harvested

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Every child has the potential to live a fulfilling life IF they get the education they deserve. But for the 7M students in the special ed system, access to that education is not a given. So, what can the parents of neurodiverse kids do to advocate for their children?

Valerie Aprahamian is the special education advocate and coach behind Advocates for Angels, an organization devoted to protecting the rights of parents of neurodiverse children in the development of their child's Individual Education Program, or IEP. In the last 22 years, Valerie has attended 4K-plus IEP meetings and mastered the skills necessary to ensure that the students she represents leave high school with the skills necessary to lead a purposeful life. Valerie has also built a virtual parent training program that empowers parents to become effective advocates for their children and create powerful shifts in the special education system.

On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Valerie joins Emerald to share the story of her daughter Chanel's autism diagnosis, explaining why she advocated for her daughter to be placed in a general education class and how Chanel proved the experts wrong by graduating with honors. Valerie discusses why it's crucial for parents to know their rights around the IEP process, describing how her virtual training academy helps moms and dads secure what their child needs to be successful. Listen in for Valerie's advice to parents struggling with the special ed system and learn what YOU can do to help neurodiverse kids get the education they deserve!

How Valerie's daughter's autism diagnosis inspired her current work

Why Valerie advocated for her daughter to be placed in a general education class

How Valerie's daughter proved the experts wrong by graduating with honors

Why it's crucial for parents to know their rights around the IEP process

What compelled Valerie to create her virtual parent training academy

What happens to neurodiverse kids who don't get the education they deserve

The energetic spiritual connection Valerie feels with neurodiverse kids

The challenge Valerie faces in wanting to help every mom that calls her

Valerie's advice for parents who are struggling with the special ed system

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