Guests
Our podcast brings on experts in areas such as leadership, personal development, financial health, and mental well-being. A big thank you to all of our wonderful guests that make this podcast possible.
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Leslie Juvin-Acker
Leslie Juvin-Acker is an expert on the subjects of executive leadership, emotional intelligence, career development and strategy, and social entrepreneurship. Leslie has served leaders and employees at a diverse list of companies from action sports, consumer goods, food and beverage, finance, pharmaceuticals, entertainment, and more.
Leslie is the author of four books including: Engineering Your Mood: Feel Like The Person You Want To Be, It Pays To Be You: Create An Authentic Career With Emotional Intelligence, It Pays To Be You: Job Search & Career Change Workbook, and The Money Formula.
Leslie is also the president of Leslie Inc. which provides emotionally intelligent corporate management consulting and sales training globally.
Kate Cherichello
Kate Cherichello is an NYC-based performer, host, and certified fitness professional. She is the creator and host of the weekly podcast, Be The Good with Kate where guests share their journey to finding their passion and helping others along the way.
Throughout the pandemic, Kate sought to remind herself and others that there is still so much good in the world. She is continuously inspired by guests from across the globe, including a Broadway music director, nonprofit founders, and those healing from loss while helping others.
As a performer, Kate has toured with the USO Show Troupe, Jersey Boys, and Broadway Tonite, and performed in numerous productions across the country. She has appeared in commercials, television shows, and films.
By incorporating manageable and impactful changes each day, Kate inspires others to live their healthiest lives. She trains and coaches in-person and virtually and brings health and wellness expertise to business and corporate settings.
Sofie’s Episode on Be The Good with Kate: https://youtu.be/skGqoQCOa2Y
Michelle E. Dickinson
Michelle E. Dickinson is a passionate mental health advocate, a TED speaker, and a published author of a memoir entitled Breaking Into My Life. After years of playing the role of child caregiver, Michelle embarked on her own healing journey of self-discovery. Her memoir offers a rare glimpse into a young girl’s experience living with—and loving—her bipolar mother.
Michelle spent years working to eradicate the mental health stigma within her own workplace by elevating compassion, causing more open conversations, and leading real change in how mental illness is understood in the workplace and within the first responder community.
She also knows first-hand what it feels like to struggle with a mental illness after experiencing her own depression due to challenging life events of her own. Michelle recently concluded her 19-year pharmaceutical career and she has emerged with a strong desire to positively impact the mental health landscape.
Michelle is also committed to improving the lives of youth. As a past volunteer with Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), The Make A Wish Foundation, and serving as big sister with the Big Brothers / Big Sisters, elevating the wellbeing of our youth matters to her. Michelle’s volunteer work led her to create her own children’s program called Perfect, Just the Way You Are. This program was designed to help youth better understand how to Nourish the Body and the Mind and has reached over 2,000 children and their families in NJ, NY and PA over the past 5 years. The program recently evolved into a school-wide and student led mental health wellness fair. Her intentions are to touch as many children’s lives with this program so that children proactively develop a healthy relationship to brain health.
Felisha Hunter
Emily Kapit
Emily and her team of highly certified writers and career advisors work extensively with clients on all facets of their career progression and resilience, including their written professional assets, negotiation tactics, job search strategies, mock interviews, career guidance, and more.
Emily’s insights and guidance have been published in Forbes, Recruiter.com, Glassdoor, and HuffPost, among many others. She has also been profiled by Forbes, as a Founding Member of the Forbes Coaches Council, and was recently noted as one of the nation’s “10 Resume Experts We Love” by Recruiter.com.
Melissa Leon
Jen McFarland
Free Google Business Profile Course: https://products.womenconquerbiz.com/course/gbp-leads-2023
Weekly Marketing Newsletter: https://www.womenconquerbiz.com/newsletter/
Dr. Juliette Nelson
Dr. Juliette Nelson is an industrial & organizational psychology practitioner, educator, entrepreneur, and published author who is passionate about empowering people to achieve the highest standards of their purpose. With a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion, she leverages research and data to identify and implement solutions that foster a safe workplace for individuals at all levels of their organizations.
She is the Founder and CEO of JUNURI, a company that equips students, professionals, and business owners, with the tools and resources to be successful in the different areas of their lives. Her publishing company, JUNURI Publishing, supports and empowers writers to share their voices and lens. In her book, Sharing My Lens: The College Experience, she shares some of the gems that prove to be valuable in achieving an engaging academic experience throughout college.
Juliette is also the CEO of NURILENS, a handcrafted wooden eyewear collection that seeks to combine style, performance, and sustainability by creating an experience that encourages self-expression, impact, and improved eye health.
Given her experiences, she is intentional about being an agent of motivation, inspiration, and encouragement to the world around her.
Dr. Lauren D. Pitts
Dr. Pitts’ approach underpins her coordination of services related to mental and behavioral health, healthier relationships, improved performance, professional development, and consultation. Dr. Pitts’ work strategically positions her to be a benefactor to her clients and a greater asset in every facet of her work using an interdisciplinary, multi- specialist, biopsychosocial approach concerning trauma-informed care.
Dr. Pitts is highly enthusiastic and adept in helping clients to resolve conflicts, practice healthy behaviors, overcome personal and professional challenges to promote excellence across all of life’s domains. Dr. Pitts is particularly passionate about being an integral part of a healing and hope trajectory for ethnic minorities. One size does not fit all and contributing to the holistic wellbeing of individuals and their families requires an understanding of different experiences. A native of Salem, New Jersey – Dr. Pitts is a firsthand witness of the multi-generational, systemic loss and devastation caused to families because of domestic violence, mental illness, substance abuse, gun violence, poverty, and the overall breakdown of the nuclear family. Dr. Pitts’ tumultuous life serves as a compass guiding her to turn the adversities of her life into steppingstones for others.
Dr. Pitts’ Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/house-talk-pre-game-w-dr-lauren-pitts-ronnie-ransome-jr/id1648686503
Buy her book: https://www.amazon.com/Queen-Within-Becoming-Woman-Intended/dp/1644625148
Genevieve Piturro
Genevieve Piturro left her job as a successful TV marketing executive, picked up a pair of pajamas, and built a nationally known 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and named it Pajama Program. Two decades later, Gen educates audiences on how to change their own course.
Genevieve Piturro is all about Purpose and The Human Connection. She was a successful television marketing executive until a sudden inner voice challenged her direction and she dramatically altered the path of her life. She found her true purpose when a simple question from a six-year-old girl in an emergency shelter changed everything. In 2001, she jumped off the corporate ladder and founded the hugely successful national non-profit, Pajama Program. This year, the Program celebrates its 21st anniversary, having delivered more than 7 MILLION magical gifts of new pajamas and new books to children through its 42 chapters across the U.S.
Genevieve is now an inspirational speaker and purpose consultant inspiring individuals, groups, and companies to find their purpose & embrace the human connection for success. She created the Purpose ACER business training program to help leaders create a shared culture by aligning the goals of the company and management with the goals of its employees.
Her first book, sharing life and leadership lessons she learned through her Pajama Program journey, is an Amazon best seller and the winner of five (5) awards. The book, Purpose, Passion and Pajamas: How to Transform Your Life, Embrace the Human Connection and Lead with Meaning, debuted during the Covid shutdown to rave reviews. The book’s message and Heart of the Matter life and leadership lessons after every chapter, dovetail perfectly with our Nation’s growing interest in finding purpose and rekindling our human connection. Her TEDx talk: “1 Idea + The Human Connection = 7 Million Pajamas” debuted with her book.
Genevieve has been interviewed on and in many local and national media including Hallmark’s Home & Family, The Huckabee Show, OPRAH, TODAY, GMA, The Early Show, CNN, O Magazine, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and Parenting Magazine. Genevieve rang the Nasdaq Stock Market Opening Bell in 2016. She has been the recipient of many local and national awards as she inspires others to listen to their heart-voice in pursuing their passions.
Pajama Program: www.pajamaprogram.org
Jacqui Pugh
Jacqui Pugh is a master practitioner of neuro-linguistic programming and a certified life and emotional intelligence coach who helps people all around the world use their old flames to light their new fires.
Through humor, knowledge, and experience, she guides her clients through uncovering blocks and ineffective life patterns that have been holding them back, followed by introducing massive action in order to activate major, desired life changes.
Coming in 2023 is her book, “Sometimes It Takes a Breakup” – where she shares her story of how heartbreaks of all kinds lead her to her heart’s purpose, along with actionable steps for you to discover how to beneficially utilize yours.
Keep your eye out for her fun and raw podcast on life and relationships releasing this fall called, “Stop F*cking Settling!”
This fiery ball of energy will not stop pursuing her efforts to make this world a better place and to help make other people’s lives healthier and happier!
FREEBIE – The Top 7 SECRETS to being SINGLE AF (and Fulfilled) & LOVING LIFE!: www.facebook.com/groups/singleaflovinglife
Diane Randall
Diane Randall, M.A., CHC is energized, committed, and passionate about leading wellness conversations around life balance, self-care, plant-based nutrition, and whole-life wellness. Her joy is when men and women adapt health and wellness methods that reduce stress and bring harmonious balance to their lives. She excels at equipping busy professionals with workable wellness advice and strategies that fit their demanding lifestyles.
Diane is an author, whole life consultant, college instructor, and professional speaker whose articles have appeared in publications such as the New York Times, Balance Magazine, Choice, Consulting, The Active Times, and American Holistic Health Association (AHHA). She has been a guest on numerous podcasts and appeared on television; including a guest appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show to talk about successful relationships. Diane hosted her own podcast, Balanced Living for Busy Professionals, to bring the best inner tools and strategies to her listeners.
Karina G. Sanchez
Over the last 25 years, Karina has facilitated hundreds of in-person and virtual workshops internationally. Karina is a keynote speaker and a corporate trainer delivering sessions in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Polish. Karina has lived and worked internationally and has consulted in the retail, pharmaceutical, and financial industries, to name a few.
Three years ago, Karina decided to transition from her corporate job to online freelancing. Once her 1st book became a bestseller, she took her knowledge and skills, and she built her 6-figure income in less than 2 years. Now she spends her time showing other amazing women of all ages and walks of life how to do the same.
Kali Wolken
Kali’s “when I grow up” story was that she went from wanting to be a zookeeper, to a vet, to a counselor, to a coach. It may not seem a like a connected line to most, but when you hear how they’re all connected, it starts to make just a little more sense.
Career Coaching Program Group: www.facebook.com/groups/fulfillingcareers