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Episode 11: Trust Fall

Meet Lauren Benbassat. She's the CMO and co-founder of Realm, a wellness food company serving women who want simple, easy, and delicious food. Lauren joins Marisa in a conversation about the lifelong journey of entrepreneurship and how a hopscotch across disparate career fields reveals its cosmic alignment in retrospect. Lauren shares her unwavering viewpoint on the ethics behind product development and emphasizes responsibility in creating a better future for ourselves and our families. Tune in to hear Lauren's #1 piece of advice when it comes to balancing entrepreneurship with a growing family, pivoting towards life's transitions, and approaching your own self care—trust fall into the divine timing and flow of your life.

Episode 10: Photography. Permission. Palm Trees...Pizza.

Meet Danielle Polini. She's the creative behind her eponymous brand photography studio Danielle Polini Photography. She shares how she curated a semi-nomadic life for herself revolving around her passions—photography, palm trees, and of course... pizza. Listen to this episode to hear about her personal experience with permission—the only person who can grant you permission to live a life you love is YOU. 

Episode 9: Busy Minds Need Simple Things

Meet Claire Zhao. She's a minimalist, yoga lover, photographer, and the founder of Noou, an online women’s activewear brand based in San Francisco. On a mission to build the foundation for a more minimal life for modern women, Claire launched her personal passion project driven by the belief that "busy minds need simple things." She aims to create a greater choice of essentials that women wear for everything they do with their bodies. She also wants to build a community for women to empower and inspire each other.

Episode 8: Environmental Storytelling

Meet Kala Hunter, a San Francisco based environmental journalist. Listen to this episode to hear what has inspired Kala's writing during the pandemic and learn her advice for anyone gearing up to tell their story online. Walk away from this conversation with actions you can take to remember that every day is Earth Day.

Episode 7: Balanced Beginnings

Meet Martina Pezzino, a Certified Nutrition Consultant who works with women to heal their hormones, optimize fertility, and thrive through pregnancy and postpartum. At Balanced Beginnings Nutrition, and through Vital Woman Membership, Martina's mission is to help all women reclaim their vitality and see their womanhood and motherhood for the superpower that it is. 

Episode 6: Claim Your Divine Right

Meet Michelle Emmanuelle, a life and wellness Coach, yoga instructor, and choreographer who claims her Divine rights in life. She’s the founder of RECESSitate, a wellness based business offering workshops and 1:1 coaching supporting individuals towards sustainable wellness. Her intention is to create space for greater exploration and discovery towards expansion and personal growth. Michelle is passionate about living life authentically and supporting others to do the same. Creativity is her form of activism to disrupt the normative lines of what is considered practical and possible.

Episode 5: Magic of Manifestation

Meet Sarah Liller, the multi-passionate entrepreneur behind Goddess North as she chats with Marisa about her lifelong journey through manifesting her desired outcomes—what is your relationship to manifestation? Do you think it's magic, or a series of well-executed intentions? Listen to learn more about tarot, goddess archetypes, and human design.

Episode 4: Clean Beauty 101 + YOU

Meet Beth Martin, mom of two littles and Beauty Counter executive. An advocate for better beauty, Beth shares about what “clean beauty” actually means and sheds light on the historic lack of regulatory legislation for the beauty industry. Get ready to ditch your before and after photos—Beth’s holistic approach to clean beauty will get you cultivating your healthy glow from the inside out.

Episode 3: Closing the Racial Wealth Gap

Meet Melanie Akwule, founder and CEO of MINWO. She's committed to closing the racial wealth gap for black women through business ownership and entrepreneurship through her annual In the Black conference and Activating Your Allyship Journey (AYAJ) workshop for individuals and corporations. Don't miss 24:17 when Melanie shares about her experience competing in the 2012 Olympic trials, and learn how she applies the "athlete's mindset" to running her business.

Episode 2: Foundations of Entrepreneurship

Meet Sylvia Doss of Open Circles Wellness. Sylvia is the owner of Vital Scoop green powder blend and is a serial wellness entrepreneur based in San Francisco.

 

Sylvia strongly believes that health is a strong contributor to our life experience. She has evolved her career through various aspects of the health and nutrition fields including business owner, board member, certified holistic nutritionist, group fitness instructor, and health coach to those recovering from cancer.  When not working on health initiatives, Sylvia enjoys music, photography, and enjoying sports with her husband, Andre.  

 

Tune in to this episode to learn Sylvia's business-building tips relating to finances, interpersonal relationships, and self-care.