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  • Does your business writing convey your brand identity?

    The right content expands and deepens your connection with your audience.

    But how do you write in a way that resonates with potential clients?

    Venchele Saint Dic is the freelance writer, author and editor behind Pathway Coach Writing, a platform that helps aspiring authors and businesses find their confidence in writing.

    Venchele is also pursuing a doctorate degree in Public Health Leadership, and she is passionate about helping people from underrepresented communities amplify their impact and contribute to positive change in the world.

    On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Venchele joins Anjel to explain how to create a nurturing environment for writing that inspires your best work.

    Venchele offers advice on being open to feedback about your writing, describing who has earned the right to offer such feedback—and who hasn’t.

    Listen in for insight on leveraging a book to connect with your audience and learn how Vechele can help you build your brand identity through written content.

    What You Will Learn

    How Venchele’s fascination with French literature inspired her interest in writing

    How to use a book to deepen your connection with your audience

    Venchele’s role as a freelance writer and how it differs from being a ghost writer

    Venchele’s advice on being open to feedback about your writing

    Who has earned the right to give you feedback on your writing (and who hasn’t)

    The role of a meditation practice in developing the skill of discernment

    How to create a nurturing environment for writing that inspires your best work

    Who inspired Venchele to start a business as a writing coach

    Venchele’s commitment to serve underrepresented business owners

    How growing up in Haiti informs Venchele’s drive to pursue a PhD in public health

    Connect with Venchele Saint Dic

    Pathway Coach Writing

    Resources

    Brene Brown

    Wickedly Smart Women: Trusting Intuition, Taking Action, Transforming Worlds by Anjel B. Hartwell


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    The Wealthy Life Mentor

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  • Are you so much of a people pleaser that you’ve lost yourself?

    Too many women wake up one day and realize we’ve been so busy helping other people accomplish their dreams that we’ve forgotten our own.

    So, how do we rediscover who we are? How do we find the courage to go after what we want?

    How do we cast ourselves as the leading lady in our own lives?

    Lisa Andria is the creator of Leap with Confidence, a platform that supports women in finding their higher purpose and living a life where they are the headliner.

    After 41 years as a telecom sales executive, Lisa was called to become a certified transformation life coach and help clients stop wasting time achieving other's goals and start working on their own.

    On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Lisa joins Anjel to discuss her transition from corporate sales to life coach and describe how she developed the confidence to walk away from her W-2.

    Lisa considers how women are conditioned to be people pleasers, explaining how losing herself in a marriage inspired her to investigate her own inner world.

    Listen in for insight on overcoming imposter syndrome in your business and learn how Lisa can help you find yourself and pursue your unique purpose with confidence.

    What You Will Learn

    What inspired Lisa’s transition from corporate sales exec to life coach for women

    Lisa’s take on what it means to be an inner truth explorer

    Why you can’t transform your life if you don’t understand who you are as a person

    The challenge Lisa faced in having the confidence to walk away from her W-2

    How women are conditioned to be people pleasers

    How losing herself in a marriage inspired Lisa to start exploring her internal realm

    The trifecta of challenging life events Lisa faced in 2023

    Lisa’s advice on changing your mindset on money and discovering the reality of your financial situation

    How Lisa helped a client reframe feedback from a difficult boss

    What Lisa does to overcome imposter syndrome in her business

    Lisa’s mission to help as many women as possible find ourselves and our purpose

    Connect with Lisa Andria

    Leap with Confidence

    Resources

    Being Profile

    Wickedly Smart Women: Trusting Intuition, Taking Action, Transforming Worlds by Anjel B. Hartwell


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    The Wealthy Life Mentor

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  • In the West, we embrace hustle culture and judge success by the bottom line alone.

    But this approach comes at the expense of the people involved.

    So, how do you build a business that’s strong and sustainable for the long term?

    Jessica Lackey is a strategy and operations advisor on a mission to disrupt mainstream business culture and create sustainable businesses with a human centric approach.

    With a background in corporate leadership and a Harvard Business degree, Jessica leverages her understanding of business fundamentals to help businesses grow without sacrificing the wellbeing of their clients, community or team.

    On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Jessica joins Anjel to share the experience that inspired her to leave the corporate world and explain how hustle culture affected her health.

    Jessica discusses her aim to marry business fundamentals with human centricity, describing how to balance the needs of the self with your clients, community and team.

    Listen in for Jessica’s insight on the challenge of practicing slow productivity and learn how to build a business with strong fundamentals that puts people first.

    What You Will Learn

    How following a boy to Boston put Jessica on a path to corporate consulting

    The experience that inspired Jessica to exit the corporate world

    How the isolating nature of Jessica’s work trapped her in hustle culture

    How hustle culture impacted Jessica’s physical, mental and emotional health

    Jessica’s aim around marrying business fundamentals with human centricity

    How Jessica’s consulting business serves solopreneurs and small teams

    What a sustainable business with a human-centric approach looks like

    How to build a business that balances the self, clients, community and team

    Jessica’s vision to build a 7-figure education business for small teams

    Why slow productivity is Jessica’s greatest challenge in her business right now

    Connect with Jessica Lackey

    Jessica Lackey Consulting

    Resources

    Wickedly Smart Women: Trusting Intuition, Taking Action, Transforming Worlds by Anjel B. Hartwell

    Connect with Anjel B. Hartwell

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    The Wealthy Life Mentor

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  • What can we learn from art?

    Whether we’re making art ourselves or observing it, Cindy Ingram believes that art helps us connect with each other and grow as humans.

    So, how can art be part of your path to wholeness?

    Cindy is a writer, artist, poet, podcaster, educator and entrepreneur who has dedicated her life to bringing the magic of art connection to others.

    A former art museum educator, art teacher and creator of Art Class Curator, Cindy is passionate about taking art out of stuffy lecture halls and bringing it into the hearts and minds of everyone.

    On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Cindy joins Anjel to explain how she defines art as something your make or create that touches the humanity of another person.

    Cindy shares why she stopped making art for 20 years, discussing how she overcame her initial resistance to start again and why she loves doing mixed media collage.

    Listen in for Cindy’s insight on building a financially rewarding business around art and learn how to leverage the power of art for healing and self-discovery.

    What You Will Learn

    Cindy’s early memories of connecting with the art in Disney’s Lion King

    How Cindy defines art as something that touches the humanity of another person

    Cindy’s journey to exploring museum quality art as a junior in high school

    Why Cindy stopped making art for 20 years and what inspired her to start again

    How Cindy likes to make mixed media collage art and look at expressionist paintings

    How Cindy overcame her initial resistance to making her own art again

    The power of setting aside dedicated time pursue your creative endeavors

    How Cindy’s book evolved to become a memoir on art as the path to wholeness

    What it looks like to leverage the power of art to help us evolve and grow

    Cindy’s insight on building a financially rewarding business around art

    Connect with Cindy Ingram

    Art & Self with Cindy Ingram

    Resources

    Art Is About Being Whole by Cindy Ingram

    Wickedly Smart Women: Trusting Intuition, Taking Action, Transforming Worlds by Anjel B. Hartwell


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    The Wealthy Life Mentor

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  • With the rise of AI, it’s hard to tell what’s real and what isn’t on the web.

    But if you’re an entrepreneur, you may need social media marketing to reach potential clients.

    So, what can you do to prove that you’re a real person, make authentic connections and build an audience online?

    Rose Caiazzo, also known as Jackson Hole Rose, said goodbye to the corporate world 17 years ago and started her own business teaching the secrets of social media marketing.

    Rose is also a professional voice talent, emcee and on-camera host, and she is combining her skills to help women present themselves fabulously on camera with the Live Streaming Secrets Circle program.

    On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Rose joins Anjel to explain how she saw social media as the marketing tool of the future in its early days—despite pushback from others.

    Rose discusses how social media has evolved in the last 17 years and shares her approach to social media marketing for multidimensional business owners.

    Listen in for Rose’s insight on building the confidence to show up on live stream and learn how to share your authentic self and build an audience through on-screen storytelling.

    What You Will Learn

    How Rose saw social media as the marketing tool of the future in its early days

    Rose’s practices for affirming your own knowing despite pushback from others

    How Rose’s 2 key areas of interest are merging in her work with live streaming on social media

    Rose’s approach to social media marketing for multidimensional business owners

    How Rose helps people leverage social media in a positive, powerful way

    Rose’s insight around the evolution of social media over the last 17 years

    Why Rose believes live streaming on social media will be an essential skill moving forward

    How to navigate imposter syndrome or perfectionism to show up on live stream

    The power of showing your authentic self through storytelling on camera

    How Rose’s radio career inspired her to trademark the name Jackson Hole Rose

    Connect with Rose Caiazzo

    Jackson Hole Rose

    Live Streaming Secrets with Jackson Hole Rose

    Resources

    Wickedly Smart Women: Trusting Intuition, Taking Action, Transforming Worlds by Anjel B. Hartwell

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    The Wealthy Life Mentor

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  • What do you want to do after you stop working full time?

    You may feel like you have more to give and want to continue to contribute to the world by starting a business, serving on a board or launching a nonprofit.

    You may also want to travel, pursue a hobby or learn something new.

    And once you’ve got a plan, it’s time to start building wealth to fund your next chapter.

    Barbara Spitzer just wrapped a successful 35-year career in consulting and is now building a robust portfolio career helping radically impactful organizations execute strategy and grow.

    To that end, Barbara is a philanthropist, private and nonprofit Board Chair, guest lecturer at Columbia University, and CEO of her own business, Two Rivers Partners.

    On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Barbara joins Anjel to discuss what inspired her to become an entrepreneur as part of her own next chapter and describe some of the challenges she faces in the transition.

    Barbara explains what it means to build a portfolio career and shares the benefits of serving on a corporate, private, advisory or nonprofit board.

    Listen in for advice on filling your own cup before you give to others and learn to leverage Barbara’s intentional, P&L approach to funding your next chapter!

    What You Will Learn

    Barbara’s experience of ‘starting a new chapter’ after a 35-year corporate career

    Barbara’s advice on building wealth to fund what you want to do in the next chapter of your life

    What inspired Barbara to become an entrepreneur after a long consulting career

    What it means to build a multidimensional portfolio career vs. working full-time for one employer

    The biggest challenges Barbara faces in balancing the portfolio and being an entrepreneur

    Barbara’s top 4 tips for transitioning from a corporate career to entrepreneurship

    Barbara’s intentional, P&L approach to filling her own cup before she gives to others

    How Barbara serves CEOs of large nonprofits and small startups through Two Rivers Partners

    The benefits of serving on a board and how board service is compensated

    What differentiates service on a corporate, private, advisory or nonprofit board

    Connect with Barbara Spitzer

    Two Rivers Partners

    Resources

    Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity by Peter Attia, MD

    The Blue Zones Secrets for Living Longer by Dan Buettner

    Portfolio Life by David Corbett

    Wickedly Smart Women: Trusting Intuition, Taking Action, Transforming Worlds by Anjel B. Hartwel

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  • Are you spending more time than you’d like marketing your business?

    As entrepreneurs, it’s easy to get caught up in learning the latest marketing strategies and lose sight of why we started our venture in the first place.

    But if your clients aren’t re-signing or sending referrals your way, your marketing efforts are unsustainable.

    Joanna Lindenbaum is CEO and Head Coach at the Applied Depth Institute, a transformational coaching program and certification that helps coaches and healers take their skills to the next level.

    Joanna uses her 20 years of experience in human behavior, embodiment practices, and Archetype and Shadow to inform her work, helping students focus less on marketing and more on mastering their craft.

    On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Joanna joins Anjel to share her personal healing journey and explain what inspired her to teach others how to love and accept all the parts of ourselves.

    Joanna discusses her transition from museum curator to transformational coach and describes the light bulb moment she realized she was equipped to help other coaches skill up.

    Listen in for Joanna’s insight on balancing marketing with quality delivery and learn how to produce a superior product that leads to referrals and repeat customers.

    What You Will Learn

    How waking up with Bell’s palsy in her 20s inspired Joanna’s current work

    What called Joanna to teach others how to love and accept ALL the parts of ourselves

    The challenge Joanna faced in owning her desire for power

    Why it’s important to get in touch with the shadow parts of ourselves

    Joanna’s journey from museum curator to transformational coach

    Why entrepreneurs must be willing to embrace the mystery and be in discomfort

    The lightbulb moment Joanna realized she was equipped to help other coaches skill up

    How your marketing is done for you when you perform incredible work

    What it looks like to balance marketing with quality delivery

    How fear and resistance are natural parts of the process of growth

    Connect with Joanna Lindenbaum

    Applied Depth Institute

    Resources

    Joanna’s PDF -- Coach Your Clients to Overcome Resistance & Reach More Goals

    Wickedly Smart Women: Trusting Intuition, Taking Action, Transforming Worlds by Anjel B. Hartwell

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  • Do you have trouble setting boundaries?

    Stephanie Jordan likens boundaries to building a backyard fence around your heart. And you get to choose who has access and at what level.

    So, how do you establish healthy boundaries and communicate them to the people in your life?

    Stephanie is a teacher, speaker and author of Believing in Boundaries and The Death Tsunami. She has run her own cosmetology business for 24 years and added writing to her repertoire in 2020.

    Stephanie loves Jesus and intends to spend her life sharing His message in an unconventional way. Her artistic, rock-and-roll style influences her outlook on life and living it to the fullest.

    On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Stephanie joins Anjel to explain how she learned to recognize when God is speaking to her and how He encouraged her to become a published writer.

    Stephanie shares her experience of losing her husband to a hypertensive crisis when he was just 38 years old and dealing with the grief that followed.

    Listen in to understand how Stephanie’s relationships inspired her to set boundaries and learn how to set appropriate cultural, relational and faith practice boundaries of your own.

    What You Will Learn

    How working with a moving canvas inspired Stephanie’s career in cosmetology

    The dream that initiated Stephanie’s shift from cosmetology to writing

    How Stephanie learned to recognize and receive when God is speaking to her

    The challenge of trusting what you hear from the upstairs team

    How her husband’s substance abuse helped Stephanie learn to set boundaries

    Stephanie’s analogy of boundaries as a fence around your backyard

    How Stephanie teaches people to set cultural, relational and faith practice boundaries

    Stephanie’s experience of losing her husband to hypertensive crisis at age 38

    Stephanie’s insight around dealing with the spiritual tsunami of grief

    Connect with Stephanie Jordan

    Stephanie’s Website

    Resources

    Believing in Boundaries by Stephanie Jordan

    The Death Tsunami: An Unexpected Journey into Widowhood and How I Met Death by Stephanie Jordan

    GriefShare

    Stephanie’s Believing in Boundaries Course

    Wickedly Smart Women: Trusting Intuition, Taking Action, Transforming Worlds by Anjel B. Hartwell

    Connect with Anjel B. Hartwell

    Wickedly Smart Women

    Wickedly Smart Women on X

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    Wickedly Smart Women Facebook Community

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  • What is your WILD? Are you honoring it?

    It can be challenging to get out of the boxes the world puts us in, but what if we could? What if we pushed into our WILD and started radiating everything we are meant to be?

    Dr. Jenny Nuccio is Founder and CEO of Imani Collective, an organization that combines the dual power of a social enterprise with a nonprofit to break the cycle of generational poverty in Kenya.

    Imani Collective began as a small sewing training program but has evolved to empower hundreds of artisans through dignified work, opportunity and community.

    On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Dr. Jenny joins Anjel to share the questions she was asking on her first mission trip to Africa and what inspired her move to Kenya in 2013.

    Dr. Jenny explains why she immersed herself in the community she serves and how Imani Collective has evolved over time to blend the nonprofit and business model.

    Listen in for Dr. Jenny’s insight on respecting and honoring other cultures and learn how to uncover your WILD, exploring what it means to do your best service for the world!

    What You Will Learn

    How Dr. Jenny’s parents’ divorce ignited her journey of self-discovery

    The questions Dr. Jenny was asking on her first mission trip to Africa

    Dr. Jenny’s insight on the power of honoring other cultures

    What inspired Dr. Jenny to move to Kenya and build Imani Collective

    How Dr. Jenny decided to teach sewing to the women in her community

    Why Dr. Jenny immersed herself in the community she serves

    How Imani Collective has grown since its inception in 2013

    The benefit of Imani Collective’s hybrid model of nonprofit and business

    Why Dr. Jenny fought for other’s paychecks but wasn’t on payroll herself

    Dr. Jenny’s take on what it means to find and pursue your WILD

    Connect with Dr. Jenny Nuccio

    Dr. Jenny’s Website

    Moxie Podcast

    Resources

    Wickedly Smart Women: Trusting Intuition, Taking Action, Transforming Worlds by Anjel B. Hartwell

    Connect with Anjel B. Hartwell

    Wickedly Smart Women

    Wickedly Smart Women on X

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    Wickedly Smart Women Facebook Community

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    The Wealthy Life Mentor

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  • Most of us understand the concept of speaking what we want into reality.

    But if we don’t take the next steps of believing that it’s possible for us, knowing we deserve it, and embodying our power as conscious creators, the law of attraction simply won’t work.

    So, how do we embrace the idea that our dreams are within reach and take action to make them a reality?

    Yun Rhee is the creator of Elevated Human Experience, a coaching practice dedicated to unlocking the potential in others and helping people attain unparalleled levels of success, wealth and personal fulfillment.

    With a rich background in real estate investment and business management, Yun leverages her deep insights to help people tap into their inherent gifts and carve out dream lives.

    On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Yun joins Anjel to share the childhood experience that taught her she could create through vocalization.

    Yun describes the moment she realized that her loved ones were not getting the best version of her, explaining how she let go of limiting beliefs and cultural conditioning to follow her calling.

    Listen in for Yun’s insight on creating new programming that serves you and learn how the Elevated Human Experience can help you live with passion, purpose and prosperity!

    What You Will Learn

    How we discover our gifts through struggles and failure

    The childhood experience that taught Yun she could create through vocalization

    How Yun realized that her loved ones were not getting the best version of her

    What inspired Yun to build Elevated Human Experience

    How Yun let go of limiting beliefs and cultural conditioning to follow her calling

    Yun’s insight on creating new programming that serves us

    Why there’s so much power in investing in yourself

    Yun’s 5 core values of integrity, honesty, spirituality, positive mental attitude and infinite expansion

    Yun’s approach to living with passion, purpose and prosperity

    Why honesty and grace are key in achieving our goals

    Connect with Yun Rhee

    Elevated Human Experience

    Resources

    Thinking Into Results

    Wickedly Smart Women: Trusting Intuition, Taking Action, Transforming Worlds by Anjel B. Hartwell

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    Wickedly Smart Women on X

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    Wickedly Smart Women Facebook Community

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    The Wealthy Life Mentor

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  • When Suzanne Jabour’s 22-year-old son lost his battle with depression, she became a student of grief.

    She wanted to understand the process well enough to grieve healthfully herself and support others who were grieving Ben’s loss as well.

    Suzanne eventually became a certified Grief Educator and Transformational Coach, leveraging her decades of experience as a trainer to normalize grief as a healthy response to losses big and small.

    She also built Suzanne Jabour Grief Education, a platform that serves organizations and businesses, helping them build the skills and protocols to support people who are grieving at work.

    On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Suzanne joins Anjel to share her experience with grief and explain why it’s crucial to honor friends and family members who grieve differently from you.

    Suzanne offers advice on navigating grief brain and describes three ways grief shows up in the workplace for individuals, teams, clients and customers.

    Listen in for Suzanne’s insight on giving yourself the space for trauma recovery work and learn what organizations can do to support grievers as they reintegrate in the workplace.

    What You Will Learn

    How the unexpected loss of her 22-year-old son led Suzanne to grief education

    Why it’s crucial to honor the family members who grieve differently from you

    How grief brain affected Suzanne and what the research says about why it happens

    Why the second year after a catastrophic loss is often harder than the first

    3 ways grief shows up in the workplace for individuals, teams and customers

    How Suzanne helps organizations develop leadership compassion and grief literacy

    Suzanne’s top strategies for helping grievers reintegrate in the workplace

    Suzanne’s advice on how to leverage technology to navigate grief brain

    How to give yourself the space for trauma recovery work and permission to grieve

    Connect with Suzanne Jabour

    Suzanne Jabour Grief Education

    Resources

    The Grieving Brain by Mary-Francis O’Connor, PhD

    Wickedly Smart Women: Trusting Intuition, Taking Action, Transforming Worlds by Anjel B. Hartwell

    Connect with Anjel B. Hartwell

    Wickedly Smart Women

    Wickedly Smart Women on X

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    Wickedly Smart Women Facebook Community

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    The Wealthy Life Mentor

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  • According to the Harvard Study of Adult Development, there is a strong correlation between healthy relationships and happiness.

    But what if your current relationships aren’t making you happy? How do you know when a relationship can be repaired and when to walk away?

    Christina Morelli is the Relationship Communication Coach behind Christina Morelli Coaching, a practice that helps individuals and people in partnerships to create healthy, rewarding, fulfilling relationships.

    Christina’s practice focuses on fostering self-awareness and providing relationship education to increase relational and emotional intelligence, overall happiness and personal healing.

    On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Christina joins Anjel to explain how our inner wisdom tells us a relationship isn’t right and why we often ignore it.

    Christina shares the three fundamentals of a healthy relationship and discusses why self-awareness is a prerequisite to effective communication with your partner.

    Listen in to understand how relationships can take you to the next level of growth and learn how Christina can help you design an ideal relationship blueprint with your partner.

    What You Will Learn

    How Christina’s unhealthy relationship with her parents inspired her work

    Christina’s internal knowing that relationships could be better than what she’d experienced

    Why we ignore our inner wisdom when it tells us a relationship isn’t right for us

    Christina’s practice for deepening your relationship with your inner voice

    How to disengage from the constructs of scarcity and a ticking clock that push us to settle

    Christina’s 3 fundamentals of a healthy relationship—lifestyle, goals/vision and values

    How a partnership can take us to the next level of evolution and growth

    The most common challenges the couples Christina serves are grappling with

    Why self-awareness is a prerequisite to effective communication in relationships

    Christina’s success story of a couple she helped create their ideal relationship blueprint

    How healthy relationships influence your overall joy and happiness

    Connect with Christina Morelli

    Christina Morelli Coaching

    Resources

    Harvard’s Happiness Study

    Wickedly Smart Women: Trusting Intuition, Taking Action, Transforming Worlds by Anjel B. Hartwell

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  • Wicked-smart women tend to be high achievers.

    But are you achieving out of fear?

    Or are you making intentional choices about what you want to accomplish and savoring the experience?

    Jenn Drummond was a top performer driven by fear, until a near-death experience taught her that she could surrender—and still achieve at a high level.

    She soon became a World Record holder for ‘climbing the seven second summits’ and shared her story in BreakProof: 7 Strategies to Build Resilience and Achieve Your Life Goals.

    Today, Jenn spends her time inspiring entrepreneurs to live a life of significance through her Seek Your Summit podcast, programs and signature talks.

    On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Jenn joins Anjel to explain how she survived a collision with a semi-truck and what the experience taught her about practicing surrender in daily life.

    Jenn discusses what inspired her to take up mountaineering and describes the parallels between climbing a mountain and building a business outlined in her book.

    Listen in for Jenn’s trigger meditation for making intentional choices and learn how to stop achieving out of fear and get present to the experience of reaching new heights!

    What You Will Learn

    Jenn’s shift from high achieving out of fear to savoring the experience

    How learning to surrender helped Jenn survival a collision with a semi-truck

    Jenn’s strategy for shutting down the ‘fear tape’ and connecting to her body

    How Jenn’s car accident reminded her of a greater plan to serve others

    How cultivating a witnessing presence helps Jenn practice surrender

    Why Jenn took on the challenge of climbing the ‘7 second summits’

    Jenn’s 7 parallels between climbing a mountain and building a business

    What signals Jenn to pause when her mind and body are out of sync

    Jenn’s trigger meditation for making intentional choices re: how we live

    Connect with Jenn Drummond

    Jenn’s Website

    Seek Your Summit Podcast

    Resources

    BreakProof: 7 Strategies to Build Resilience and Achieve Your Life Goals by Jenn Drummond

    The Surrender Experiment by Michael A. Singer

    Training for the Uphill Athlete by Steve House, Scott Johnston and Kilian Jornet

    Wickedly Smart Women: Trusting Intuition, Taking Action, Transforming Worlds by Anjel B. Hartwell

    Connect with Anjel B. Hartwell

    Wickedly Smart Women

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  • Teachers get minimal training on behavior management before they’re thrown into the field. And few understand how trauma might affect their students’ emotional health.

    So, how can we help schools identify the kiddos that need support? How can we foster an environment where students and staff feel safe?

    Dr. Anne Katona Linn is the Educational Coach behind Katona Linn Consulting, a firm that supports schools in creating a safe, supportive and successful environment.

    Dr. Anne is committed to addressing the mental, emotional and behavioral health challenges schools face and helping teachers build trauma-sensitive, resilient classrooms.

    On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Dr. Anne joins Anjel to discuss how her own childhood trauma informs her work and describe how trauma impacts our physical and emotional health.

    Dr. Anne explains why imposter syndrome is stronger in people with trauma and offers advice on building a support network and setting boundaries for your own self-care.

    Listen in for insight around the biggest challenges teachers face and learn how Dr. Anne’s coaching empowers schools to build emotionally and physically safe environments.

    What You Will Learn

    How Dr. Anne’s childhood trauma inspired her work in special education

    Dr. Anne’s journey from special ed teacher to educational consultant

    How Dr. Anne defines trauma as an event that has lifelong effects on our health

    How trauma impacts our physical, mental and emotional health

    Dr. Anne’s mission to help teachers understand trauma better

    How Dr. Anne empowers schools to build emotionally and physically safe environments

    How Dr. Anne’s coaching addresses the biggest challenges teachers face

    Dr. Anne’s insight on preventing school violence

    Why imposter syndrome is stronger in entrepreneurs with trauma

    Dr. Anne’s advice on building a support network and setting boundaries

    Connect with Dr. Anne Katona Linn

    Katona Linn Consulting

    Resources

    Safe Schools Healthy Students

    Wickedly Smart Women: Trusting Intuition, Taking Action, Transforming Worlds by Anjel B. Hartwell

    Connect with Anjel B. Hartwell

    Wickedly Smart Women

    Wickedly Smart Women on X

    Wickedly Smart Women on Instagram

    Wickedly Smart Women Facebook Community

    Wickedly Smart Women Store on TeePublic

    The Wealthy Life Mentor

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  • Most of us transition from one stage of life to the next without any kind of ceremony or initiation.

    But Paula Conroy argues that without rites of passage, we lose the potential for transformation and deep healing that can come with these important milestones.

    So, what can we do to make healthy rites of passage mainstream again? And what are the consequences of remaining uninitiated?

    Paula Conroy is the Transformational Rites of Passage Facilitator behind The Frequency, a platform that supports women in moving into our full feminine maturity, strength and power.

    Paula spent 15 years in senior leadership in global banking before pivoting to entrepreneurship, and she is committed to helping women heal our fragmented parts and emerge transformed into a fuller, more authentic version of ourselves.

    On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Paula joins Anjel to discuss the three components of a healthy rite of passage and describe what’s missing from the ceremonies in our current cultural framework.

    Paula explains how rites of passage benefit the individual and their community, offering examples of the collective fallout of having uninitiated decision makers.

    Listen in to understand the transformational power of having your story listened to—and learn how to leverage rites of passage to transition into your next stage of life in a healthy way.

    What You Will Learn

    3 components of a healthy rite of passage into young adulthood

    What’s missing from our ceremonies in the current cultural framework

    How rites of passage benefit both the individual and their community

    Why uninitiated young men often engage in risk-taking behaviors

    How uninitiated boys and girls cope with the transition to young adulthood

    Why it’s harmful for women to carry their ‘wounded maiden’ into midlife

    The collective fallout of having uninitiated decision makers

    Paula’s vision to have rites of passage become mainstream again

    What to do if you’re entering elderhood but remain uninitiated

    The power of transformation in having your story listened to

    Connect with Paula Conroy

    The Frequency

    Resources

    The Rites of Passage Institute

    Wickedly Smart Women: Trusting Intuition, Taking Action, Transforming Worlds by Anjel B. Hartwell

    Connect with Anjel B. Hartwell

    Wickedly Smart Women

    Wickedly Smart Women on X

    Wickedly Smart Women on Instagram

    Wickedly Smart Women Facebook Community

    Wickedly Smart Women Store on TeePublic

    The Wealthy Life Mentor

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    Listener Line (540) 402-0043 Ext. 4343

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  • Does a career in film and television seem out of reach?

    If you’ve dreamed of becoming a screenwriter, director, or maybe even an actor, serving as a script supervisor may be your shortcut to the inner circle.

    But what is a script supervisor? And where can you go to train for the role?

    Jennifer Carriere is the creator of Script Supervisor CEO, a platform that helps people earn a six-figure salary and hobnob with Hollywood’s elite by teaching them the trade of script supervising.

    Jennifer caught the bug for film and television in New Orleans in 2008. She left a successful career in civil engineering and has gone on to script supervise hundreds of episodes of TV and dozens of feature films.

    On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Jennifer joins Anjel to describe the role of a script supervisor and explain how a shortage of script supervisors inspired the creation of her business.

    Jennifer discusses who is best suited to be a script supervisor and how they protect the story and prevent continuity errors in movies and television shows.

    Listen in for insight on taking imperfect action as an entrepreneur and learn how to jumpstart your career in film and TV with Jennifer’s script supervisor training program!

    What You Will Learn

    What inspired Jennifer’s shift from civil engineering to film and television

    How a shortage of script supervisors motivated Jennifer to start her own business

    How a script supervisor protects the story and prevents continuity errors

    Who is best suited to the role of script supervisor for a production

    How being a script supervisor benefits aspiring actors, directors and screenwriters

    Why starting a business might be simpler than you think

    Jennifer’s challenge to take imperfect action today to start your business

    Connect with Jennifer Carriere

    Script Supervisor CEO

    Resources

    Wickedly Smart Women: Trusting Intuition, Taking Action, Transforming Worlds by Anjel B. Hartwell

    Connect with Anjel B. Hartwell

    Wickedly Smart Women

    Wickedly Smart Women on X

    Wickedly Smart Women on Instagram

    Wickedly Smart Women Facebook Community

    Wickedly Smart Women Store on TeePublic

    The Wealthy Life Mentor

    The Wealthy Life Mentor on Facebook

    Listener Line (540) 402-0043 Ext. 4343

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  • Whether you’re an entrepreneur or corporate executive, you need to influence the people around you.

    But how do you get buy-in from investors, the board, your colleagues or the team you’re leading? Especially when those people have different learning styles and personalities?

    Helen Dayen is the Wall Street veteran turned executive coach behind the Dayen Group, a leadership development company that helps ambitious professionals become power players.

    Twice named Top Coach in New York, Helen has two decades of experience in high-stakes environments, and she is dedicated to helping clients drive revenue and get the respect and success they deserve.

    On this episode of the podcast, Helen joins Anjel to share her experience as a woman on the trading floor and explain how her ability to navigate change informs her work in leadership development.

    Helen discusses how she discovered executive coaching, describing how she leveraged the skills she already had in a unique way and enrolled others in her vision to build a successful coaching business.

    Listen in for Helen’s insight on making the decision to invest in yourself and learn how to communicate in a way that inspires buy-in from the people you lead!

    What You Will Learn

    How a childhood of chronic change informs Helen’s work in leadership development

    How Helen began her career on the Wall Street trading floor

    Helen’s experience as 1 of only 3 women in her Lehman Brothers trading class

    How the financial services industry has changed for women from when Helen started to now

    How Helen discovered executive coaching and realized it was for her

    Helen’s transition from Wall Street to entrepreneurship

    How to leverage the skills you already have in a unique way and enroll others in your vision

    How Helen helps senior leaders overcome roadblocks to influence and navigate change

    Helen’s advice on making the decision to invest in an executive coach

    How Helen helps executive leaders leverage AI to be more influential

    Connect with Helen Dayen

    Dayen Group

    Resources

    ChatGPT

    Wickedly Smart Women: Trusting Intuition, Taking Action, Transforming Worlds by Anjel B. Hartwell

    Connect with Anjel B. Hartwell

    Wickedly Smart Women

    Wickedly Smart Women on X

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    Wickedly Smart Women Facebook Community

    Wickedly Smart Women Store on TeePublic

    The Wealthy Life Mentor

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  • In her work at an executive search firm, Gina Riley noticed common mistakes that executive leaders were making in the interview process.

    They struggled to articulate their strengths and explain how they showed up in the world uniquely.

    And many lacked executive presence. In other words, they didn’t convey the trustworthiness and authority it takes to lead an organization.

    So, what can executives do to position themselves appropriately for the job they want and really shine in interviews?

    Gina is the HR professional, career transition and executive search expert behind Gina Riley Consulting, a firm that helps people at the leadership level navigate the job search process.

    Gina holds a master’s in systems design and serves as a certified YouMap coach and interview skills training expert who frequently writes and speaks on careers related topics.

    On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Gina joins Anjel to explain how she helps executives define and describe their leadership approach in a powerful way.

    Gina shares her own journey as an entrepreneur, discussing why entrepreneurs need the humility to ask for help and the confidence to price their services appropriately.

    Listen in for Gina’s insight on reentering the workforce after time off and learn how to communicate your value in the interview process to land the executive position of your dreams!

    What You Will Learn

    Gina’s early drive to help people elevate their communication skills

    The gap in the marketplace that inspired Gina to become an entrepreneur

    Gina’s advice for executives reentering the workforce after time off

    How Gina helps people at the leadership level shine in interviews

    The most common mistakes executives make in the interview process

    What it looks like for a leader to demonstrate executive presence

    Why the best executive jobs are found through the ‘hidden job market’

    How Gina helps executives define and describe their leadership approach

    Gina’s take on why entrepreneurs need the humility to ask for help

    How Gina developed the confidence to price her services properly

    Connect with Gina Riley

    Gina Riley Consulting

    Resources

    How Your Next Executive Role Finds You

    Innovation Women

    SuperCamp

    YouMap

    Adaptive Leadership Model

    Talence Group Executive Search

    StrengthsFinder

    Wickedly Smart Women: Trusting Intuition, Taking Action, Transforming Worlds by Anjel B. Hartwell

    Connect with Anjel B. Hartwell

    Wickedly Smart Women

    Wickedly Smart Women on X

    Wickedly Smart Women on Instagram

    Wickedly Smart Women Facebook Community

    Wickedly Smart Women Store on TeePublic

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  • When we think of human trafficking, most of us picture kidnapping and prostitution.

    But the truth is, most victims are adults who’ve been trafficked by people they trust and forced to work for free.

    And they may or may not realize that they’re being trafficked.

    Amanda Blackwood is the Trauma Recovery Mentor behind Growth from Darkness, a platform where she shares her experiences as a survivor of human trafficking and helps other trauma survivors build resilience and strength.

    Amanda is also an accomplished artist, author and public speaker, hosting The Survivors and Growth from Darkness podcasts.

    On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Amanda joins Anjel to share her experiences as the victim of human trafficking, describing how she was preyed upon by people she knew and trusted.

    Amanda discusses the DHS definition of human trafficking, explaining what labor, sex and organ trafficking look like and why trafficking is most prevalent in upper-middle class neighborhoods.

    Listen in for Amanda’s insight on asking for help if you’re in an abusive situation and learn how she navigated the trauma recovery process.

    What You Will Learn

    Why it’s a myth that human trafficking only happens to children

    How Amanda’s childhood trauma made her susceptible to being trafficked as an adult

    How the Department of Homeland Security defines human trafficking

    What labor, sex and organ trafficking look like (and which is most common)

    Why trafficking in the US is most prevalent in upper-middle class neighborhoods

    How most people are trafficked by people they already know and trust vs. kidnapped by traffickers

    What causes a parent/grandparent to traffic their child/grandchild

    Amanda’s experiences with being trafficked and why she didn’t recognize the signs

    How Amanda got help after leaving an abusive situation

    How writing her memoir allowed Amanda to heal from her trafficking experience

    How Amanda helps clients recognize trauma triggers/reactions

    Connect with Amanda Blackwood

    Growth from Darkness

    Resources

    Custom Justice by Amanda Blackwood

    Books by Amanda Blackwood

    Wickedly Smart Women: Trusting Intuition, Taking Action, Transforming Worlds by Anjel B. Hartwell

    Connect with Anjel B. Hartwell

    Wickedly Smart Women

    Wickedly Smart Women on X

    Wickedly Smart Women on Instagram

    Wickedly Smart Women Facebook Community

    Wickedly Smart Women Store on TeePublic

    The Wealthy Life Mentor

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  • Yes, art is beautiful. And it allows us to express ourselves and inspire others.

    But the process of making art is also a spiritual process. If we’re open to it, the act of creativity gives us access to the divine.

    Amy Zerner is a multi-disciplinary artist, illustrator and designer whose one-of-a-kind art couture jackets, coats and caftans are sold at Bergdorf Goodman.

    A National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant Winner, Amy has exhibited her paintings and mixed-media work extensively in individual and group shows.

    On this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, Amy joins Anjel to discuss the role of art, beauty and creativity in an increasingly dark world.

    Amy explains why you should have your own sacred space to create and describes how to become a channel for the divine while you’re making art.

    Listen in to understand how art activates our resourcefulness and learn how the creative process can be a healing experience that connects you with a higher power.

    What You Will Learn

    The role of creativity, art and beauty in an increasingly dark world

    What it was like for Amy to put her tarot and oracle card decks out into the world

    How Amy makes decisions around how and where to show her art

    Why Amy sees making art as a spiritual process

    How Amy thinks about the magic of synchronicity or meaningful coincidence

    Amy’s advice around working with your significant other

    How Amy allows herself to be a channel for the divine

    Why Amy recommends making your own sacred space to create

    Amy’s process for making mixed media fabric collages

    How making art activates our resourcefulness, i.e.: sustainable art

    Connect with Amy Zerner

    Amy’s Website

    Resources

    Amy Zerner & Monte Farber on Leading Visionaries EP022

    Love, Light & Laughter by Monte Farber and Amy Zerner

    The Enchanted World

    Wickedly Smart Women: Trusting Intuition, Taking Action, Transforming Worlds by Anjel B. Hartwell

    Connect with Anjel B. Hartwell

    Wickedly Smart Women

    Wickedly Smart Women on X

    Wickedly Smart Women on Instagram

    Wickedly Smart Women Facebook Community

    Wickedly Smart Women Store on TeePublic

    The Wealthy Life Mentor

    The Wealthy Life Mentor on Facebook

    Listener Line (540) 402-0043 Ext. 4343

    Email [email protected]