Girls 4 Greatness

I could not be more excited to be bringing you a conversation I had with not only an extraordinary human being but also a dear friend. This week on the Girls 4 Greatness podcast I am sitting down to chat with Rebecca Chopp, Ph.D. 

Rebecca is a widely published author, editor, and academic in the fields of education, philosophy, religion and feminism. Rebecca served as the 18th, and first female Chancellor of the University of Denver. She was additionally the President of Swarthmore College and Colgate University, and she served as Provost and Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs at Emory university and as Dean at Yale University.  Rebecca has served on the Governing Board of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, Olin University, and The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, and on the American Council on Education as well.  

Rebecca also happens to be an ordained minister, but she is currently passionate about being an Alzheimer’s advocate. Rebecca co-founded the Voices of Alzheimer’s, and she serves on the Board of the Colorado Alzheimer’s Association. In addition, Rebecca is currently working on a book entitled, Not Your Grandmother’s Alzheimer’s: Refusing to Surrender by Living Well.

My friends, Rebecca is someone I greatly admire for many reasons but one of the greatest is her ability to find joy in some of the most difficult of circumstances. I invite you all to listen in as she shares how and why she has decided to live with joy. I have no doubt that Rebecca’s beautiful wisdom and huge heart will inspire you to do the same.

You can head to the following websites to learn more about how you can support and empower those with  Alzheimer’s and other cognitive illnesses:  https://www.voicesofad.com and https://we.alz.org.

I am thrilled to be sitting down to chat with another beautiful human being this week who is truly about empowering women to live their best life. This week I am talking with Kamini Wood, the creator of AuthenticMe and the CEO of Live Joy Your Way. Kamini’s coaching company helps teens and high achieving, ambitious individuals shake free of their fears, unhelpful mindsets, and behaviors in order to have healthy relationships and move forward on the professional path they choose. 

Kamini and I discuss how she went from a people pleasing perfectionist holding herself back by playing small into someone who recognizes her worth and sees that by embracing it she can create room for others to do the same. 

Kamini is also a mom of 5, one who is a professional ballerina and another who is a division 1 athlete. We discuss how her role as a mother was a real catalyst in her career change and how she has used her knowledge as a coach to also empower her own children. 

This episode is filled with wisdom and takeaways centered on how we can all become more self-aware in order to get back to the heart of who we really and truly are.

Please be sure to find and follow Kamini on Instagram under @itsauthenticme and on Facebook under @kaminiwoodcertifiedlifecoach. You can also find Kamini on Pinterest at, https://pin.it/4CN5d5g. Please be sure to head to Kamini’s website for all the details on her coaching and programs as well by heading to https://www.kaminiwood.com/.

This week on the Girls 4 Greatness podcast I have the privilege and honor of welcoming another truly amazing woman with a truly remarkable story of triumph over great struggle. 

This week I am having an incredibly inspiring conversation with Brittany Baarson, a wife and mom of two. Brittany has a story that you don’t want to miss hearing, one in which she shares how she has become a survivor of a very rare and aggressive form of cancer. While she was 7 months pregnant with her daughter, Brittany was diagnosed with osteosarcoma. Brittany also learned that her treatment would involve a leg amputation and the early delivery of her baby. 

However in spite of these incredible challenges, Brittany is a beautiful example of resiliency and positivity.  Brittany’s mission to use her own voice to bring about change shines through in our conversation. 

Please be sure to find and follow Brittany over on Instagram under @brittanybaarson, and also be sure to check out the organizations Brittany mentions in our interview. These organizations are all making a huge impact on the research as well as on those affected by osteosarcoma. You can find the organization Move for Jenn under @moveforjenn, Range of Motion Project under @rompglobal, and the Osteosarcoma Institute under @osinstitue. You can also head to www.mibagents.org to find out more about the organization Making it Better Agents.

My friends, I am coming back at you this week with another inspiring, empowering interview with another amazing woman who is impacting the world around her in a profound way. 

This week I am chatting with Randi Braun, the CEO of the leadership, coaching, and advisory firm, Something Major.  Randi also happens to be a recent Wall Street Journal Best-Selling Author of the book, Something Major: The New Playbook for Women at Work.  

Randi specializes with women and working mothers, and she is a certified executive coach as well as a consultant. Randi is an expert at helping women leaders thrive in demanding, unpredictable, high-performance and high-volume environments. 

Randi is a thought leader who has been featured by Forbes, The Washington Post , Parents Magazine, Thrive Global, and The Chicago Tribune. She also speaks frequently on the topics of women’s professional development and leadership, thriving in working parenthood, avoiding burnout, business development, and building meaningful professional relationships. 

I invite you to listen in as Randi shares her wisdom and insight into how we can not only have a career filled with meaning and purpose, but how we can build the best version of ourselves in order to create more meaning and purpose in our lives as a whole. 

Please be sure to head to https://www.somethingmajorcoaching.com/ for more information on Randi and her coaching. You can also find and follow Randi over on social media by heading to https://www.instagram.com/something_major_coaching/, or on LinkedIn by heading to

https://www.linkedin.com/in/randi-braun-312a5423/. You can order Brandi’s book, Something Major: The New Playbook for Women at Work, by heading to, https://a.co/d/iidS3Qd as well.

Today I am speaking with another truly amazing woman who is leaving her own unique mark on the world in her own powerful way. Today I have the honor of welcoming Tania Vasalllo to the Girls 4 Greatness podcast.  

Tania is the founder of  “The Courage To Be Happy,” a community of independent, spiritual women entrepreneurs who are striving to understand their own relationship with money as well as how to be financially independent.

Tania launched her business with a baby in hand and only 20 hours a week to devote to her new endeavor, and in only 4 years she was able to grow her business to a six figure revenue. Now Tania is imparting her wisdom to women around the world. 

Tania is passionate about empowering women to think bigger, dream bigger, and manifest more than they ever thought possible all while creating a better relationship with money. Tania is also equally passionate about empowering women to believe in their self-worth, to see themselves as enough, and to live out that belief in their own lives. 

I invite you to listen in as Tania shares what led her to her coaching business, as well as the money mindset shifts she had to make in order to become the successful entrepreneur she is today. Tania not only imparts beautiful wisdom around how we can all build our own sense of self-worth, but how we too can live a life filled with abundance and prosperity. 

Please be sure to follow Tania on Facebook by heading to https://www.facebook.com/tania.vasallo.5 and on Instagram by heading to https://www.instagram.com/thecouragetobe_/. 

You can also find Tania on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/tania-vasallo-2aa3852a/. Please be sure to find Tania on YouTube as well by heading to https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIdFS-YRh7DAzOQYq9frRFA. You can also check out Tania’s free Amplify Your Abundance Guide by going to https://taniavasallo.lpages.co/amplify-your-abundance/, and you can find out more about the coaching services Tania offers by heading to http://ampliyourabundance.com/.

My friends I am so thrilled to be welcoming back to the Girls 4 Greatness podcast two time former guest, Rachel Weinstock. Rachel first appeared in episode #27, Embracing The Power Of Play.  She also was a guest in episode #120, Empowering The Mental Health Of Our Children, a Real Life. Real Talk. Episode. 

Today I have the honor of having a conversation with Rachel all about her newly released book, Be Who You Needed. Rachel’s book is designed to be a guide for caring adults who want to help young people transform their emotional well-being, their self-confidence and their happiness.  Rachel and I not only discuss what led her to write her book, but we also discuss who she wrote this  book for as well as what she has learned about herself through the process of writing it.

Rachel is a Teacher, Transformational Coach, and Speaker for youth who are struggling with being bullied, their self-esteem, and their anxiety.  Rachel holds a degree in Visual Arts and Education, and she was awarded the James W. Fair Leadership Award from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.

Rachel’s passion and mission to create a world where every child feels happy, confident, and safe shines through in our conversation. Rachel’s approach to working with young people is deeply impactful because of her lived experience of being bullied as a child and a teenager. 

Whether you are in direct contact with youth or not, I believe so much of what Rachel shares can be applied to our lives as a whole. Rachel sets the stage for all of us to consider how we can show up differently in the world, embracing more kindness and compassion towards anyone and everyone we encounter.

Please be sure to head to https://www.bewhoyouneededbook.com/ to check out Rachel’s book, Be Who You Needed. You can also find Rachel’s book on Amazon as well. You can find and follow Rachel on Instagram under @rachelweinstock_ and on Facebook under @RachelWeinstock. Also be sure to join Rachel’s private Facebook group for parents by heading to www.bit.ly/30HrQas.

In this episode of the Girls 4 Greatness podcast I have the privilege of chatting with Alison Hall, founder of Change Agent Coaching For Women. Alison and I are discussing not only her journey to be the influencer she is today but also the importance of understanding just how powerful true self-assessment is. 

After 25 years of building a traditionally successful corporate career, Alison reinvented herself to become her own happy boss, launching several successful businesses.   For more than 10 years now Alison has also been using her financial expertise and in-depth understanding of human behavior to help women make smart, informed  financial decisions around divorce and other life changing events, including starting their own businesses. 

Alison’s mantra is, “Knowledge is power,” and with that in mind she educates women about personal finance and business creation and development so that they’re empowered to navigate life and career transitions confidently, lean into their strengths, find their purpose, dump the ‘shoulds’ and self-doubt, and reinvent themselves to create the lives they want and deserve. Alison empowers her clients to seize opportunities and think beyond the expected to get what they really want. Alison taps into her own experience as a burned-out corporate grinder turned successful business owner to inspire women to embrace life-affirming change. 

I have no doubt that Alison’s wisdom will inspire us all to look at how powerful self-assessment can be in finding true meaning and purpose in our own lives.

Please be sure to head to www.changeagentcoaching.com and www.whitehalldivorcesolutions.com for more information on what Alison has to offer with her coaching services. You can also find and connect with Alison on LinkedIn at www.LinkedIn.com/in/alisonhall-coach-women/.

This week on the Girls 4 Greatness podcast I am welcoming Anna Lundberg back to the podcast. Anna made her first appearance in my first season, episode #37, an episode entitled “Reimagining Success.” Today Anna and I are discussing how she has in fact reimagined success in her own life since her last appearance, as well as the importance of focusing on establishing a solid work/life integration in our lives. 

Anna is the founder of One Step Outside, where she helps experienced professionals around the world design a career, business, and lifestyle that brings them more freedom, flexibility and fulfillment outside of the conventional 9 to 5. Anna has years of experience in corporate marketing with beauty and luxury brand management. She eventually left her career at Procter and Gamble in 2013 to start her own company that provided digital marketing consulting to well known brands like Burberry to exciting new startups and solopreneurs. 

Anna now combines her expertise in corporate marketing with her training in coaching and positive psychology techniques to help people reimagine the next phase of their career with a blend of life coaching and business mentoring. Anna is also the host of her own podcast, Reimaging Success,  and she is the author of two books, Leaving the Corporate 9 to 5 and her latest book, Outside the 9 to 5.  

I invite you to listen in as Anna challenges us all to look at how we can better understand our own work/life integration, as well as how we can quiet the distractions in our lives and truly hone in on what is important to us. 

Please be sure to check out Anna’s website, www.onestepoutside.com, and be sure to listen in to her podcast by heading to https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reimagining-success-with-anna-lundberg/id1444846932. 

You can also purchase Anna’s books by heading to the following links: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Leaving-Corporate-Stories-people-whove/dp/1999700708/ and  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Outside-practical-profitable-flexibility-fulfilment/dp/1999700724/. 

You can follow Anna on Instagram under @annaselundberg and on LinkedIn and You Tube under Anna S.E. Lundberg as well.

This week on the Girls 4 Greatness podcast I have the honor of chatting with someone who has so much wisdom around how we interpret and interact in our relationships, as well as how those interpretations and interactions can be tied to our upbringing.  

I invite you all to listen in to this week’s interview with Dr. L. Carol Scott. Dr. Scott believes that relationships are at the heart of all our success, and she is passionate about empowering others to embrace stronger, more self-aware relationships. 

Dr. Scott is a TEDx Speaker, International best selling author, coach, trainer, and keynote speaker. Dr. Scott holds a BA in Child Development, a BA in Anthropology, an MA in Early Childhood Education, and a PhD in Developmental Psychology. Her unique model helps to revolutionize success through self-aware emotional and social intelligence. 

Dr. Scott has mixed hundreds of years of child development theory with 21st century brain imaging research , decades of her own experience with hundreds of developing humans of all ages, and her own lived experience of recovery from childhood trauma and Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. 

My friends, this episode is packed with so much insight around how we can better understand who we really and truly are and how we relate to others.

Be sure to head to www.lcarlscott.com for more information on Dr. Scott as well as all she has to offer. You can also email Dr. Scott at [email protected] to directly connect with her. You can also find Dr. Scott on Facebook under @Dr.L.CarolScott and on Instagram under @dr.l.carol. Dr. Scott is on LinkedIn as well under in/dr.l.carol.Scott.

This week on the Girls 4 Greatness podcast I am thrilled to be sharing a conversation all about how we can better tune into our subconscious mind, as well as how we can better understand the important role our subconscious mind plays in how we live our lives. 

This week I am joined by Christina Woods, the CEO and Founder of Wise Woods Hypnotherapy and Coaching. Christina has extensive experience working on complex challenges and pulling potential out of others so they can become self-reliant individuals. 

Christina is a licensed Rapid Transformational Therapist, a Certified Hypnotherapist, an Empowerment Coach, as well as a Reiki Master. Christina combines her background in corporate leadership along with her experiences in dealing with trauma and abandonment to empower other women to trust their intuition and set themselves free of self-doubt. Christina is passionate about inspiring women to step into the life they deserve and I have no doubt she will inspire you to do the same. 

You can find out more about Christina by heading to her website, www.wisewoods.com. You can also find and follow Christina on Facebook and Instagram under @wisewoodshypnotherapy.