Everybody, meet Alice!  Alice Hu is the founder of Woo Woo Company, a guide to all things woo, spiritual, and holistic health. She loves explaining concepts like crystals, astrology, manifestation, and more in grounded and practical ways to help people discover their truth and purpose. Alice is also the host of the Into the Woo podcast. We had such a blast getting to know Alice! We loved hearing her journey from the corporate marketing world to wellness entrepreneurship. She launched Woo...

We are so honored to have Joanna on the pod!  Joanna is a registered yoga teacher and the owner of Embody YOGA. She first developed an interest in yoga as a teenager. Over the years, she experimented with various forms of physical fitness and dance before returning to the practice in 2011. Joanna started Embody YOGA, on a mission to share the practice of yoga with people of color by offering classes that were accessible, affordable and culturally relevant. Since its founding in 2015,...

Hi there Jack! Jack Lam (They/Them, He/Him) is a passionate about queer/trans advocacy and mental health. Jack has experience with crisis intervention and suicide prevention work, education around gender identities and experiences, and intergroup dialogue facilitation. Through their Instagram, they also commonly share helpful, easy-to-digest guides and reflections to help us all be better advocates and allies. Jack's work is informed by their identity as a queer, non-binary Malaysian Chinese...

We are so happy to have Dr. Ellen on the pod! As a board-certified Reproductive Endocrinologist, Dr. Ellen C. Hayes is dedicated to assisting patients experiencing infertility issues. For over 15 years, she has been providing compassionate, individualized care to her patients with access to the most advanced, state-of-the-art treatment options available. Dr. Hayes is a member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, and a fellow of the American Congress of Obstetricians and...

Hiyaaaaa Laura Markz! As a former online strategy executive in the corporate world for over a decade, Laura Markz developed 6-7 figure online marketing strategies for big brands and global businesses. Now, she runs her own online education and consulting business, where her mission is to simplify and accelerate the path of small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs as they start, grow and scale their own businesses. She does this through a weekly video series and podcast called Biz...

Welcome, Nathan Harris!  Nathan is a technology founder and restaurateur with over 10 years of experience in building timeless and award-winning brands. His AI-assisted company, Ease, improves organizational efficiency by providing a predictive talent management system that gives organizations access to a tailored and screened pool of on-demand remote talent. As CEO, he has led the company through the nationally ranked accelerator program gener8tor, the world's largest corporate innovation...

Hello there, Alex!  Alex is a Broadway actor and woo woo enthusiast walking that fine line between surviving and thriving all while trying to give her dog Millie the life she deserves. Over the past decade Alex has been living life as a Broadway Gypsy. She’s been seen in various Broadway shows, National Tours and some of the top regional houses in the country. As she approached her Saturn return, Alex decided to take a more holistic approach to life as a creative and is (trying to) shift her...

SHIFTING.... Over the past few weeks we have had deep discussions about what we are learning individually and how we will use this energy to re-align our mission. While we are so proud of what we have created, we are also profoundly aware of our shortcomings when it has come to sharing BIPOC voices. We take full accountability of this and are currently focusing on making enlightened changes to our platform. Moving forward into our second year of podcasting, we are determined to AMPLIFY,...

Introducing the amazing Michaela Boehm! Michaela teaches and counsels internationally as an expert in intimacy and sexuality. Born and raised in Austria, Michaela combines her training in psychology and extensive clinical counseling experience with her in-depth training in the yogic arts as a classical Kashmiri Tantric lineage holder. Michaela’s approach empowers her students through an eclectic mix of education, experiential exercises and guided explorations. Known for her work with...

Welcome to the pod, Steph Crosley! Steph Crosley, born and raised in Milwaukee, WI is the founder of Real Talk, LLC and PRIORITY Investments, LLC, and by day she manages a financial literacy program for High School students through SecureFutures. As an event host, author of two self-development books and motivational speaker, Steph is committed to making a difference in every person she encounters. Steph was so candid and refreshing! She shared with us her childhood,  journey with...

Hello there, Olivia Harlan Dekker!  After graduating from University of Georgia, Olivia was ESPN'S youngest on-air hire at age 22. She has been a sideline reporter for the network for 5 years- covering college football and basketball and NFL on Westwood One radio. Olivia and her dad, Kevin Harlan, were the first father-daughter duo to call an NFL game on a national broadcast. Olivia is married to professional basketball player, Sam Dekker. We had such a great time getting to know Olivia as...

Naz Perez is a TV Producer, Host & Podcaster. She got her production start on the hit daytime talk show Ellen, and then went on to produce for E!’s Live from the Red Carpet and the popular E! True Hollywood Story docu-series. After E!, she produced 5 seasons of number one prime-time show ABC’s The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, and Bachelor in Paradise and 2 Bachelor spin-off series on Freeform called Happily Ever After. She left reality TV in 2017 to pursue a career on camera and is...

We are SO happy to share our interview with Dr. Tiffany! Dr. Tiffany Mullen is the CEO and cofounder of Vytal Health, a Milwaukee-based startup company. Vytal Health is a telemedicine-based platform marketplace specializing in functional medicine. Functional medicine is an approach to health care that works to resolve health problems by focusing on their root causes. Dr. Mullen received her medical degree from Midwestern University (Chicago, IL) and completed residency at St. Joseph’s...

On Ep 27, we're joined by our good friend, favorite nomad, and the founder of The Nomad's Kitchen, Will Spurway.  What better time to have a fun and lighthearted conversation with our pal across the pond. Spurway is from Somerset, England and is most passionate about sport and travel. With the help of football (soccer), he was able to leave home and move across the world to America at 19 to attend University. The adventure didn't stop there. He's since traveled to over 30 different...

It's girls night in...side our separate houses!  For the past 14 months, we have seen each other at least once a week. Creating and connecting in person has been a constant that we have taken for granted. Now that we are in this time of transition and separation, we realized a check-in was desperately needed! So we poured ourselves some wine, jumped on Zoom and recorded our very first, fully virtual podcast. In this episode, we touch base on adjusting to our "new normal." We discuss how it's...

Welcome Christina Haidemenos, Co-Founder of Women's Entrepreneurship Week MKE! Women's Entrepreneurship Week is a week-long series of events designed to spark business and economic growth by showcasing, educating and connecting women entrepreneurs and professionals in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and beyond. Women from all backgrounds and their male allies attend events during the week to hear from strong women leaders in our own community. The 2019 events drew in over 2,700 attendees. This year's...

Everybody, say hi to Max Rigano!   Max is a Midwestern native, fitness enthusiast, and a storyteller. As a transgender man, he is an advocate and voice for the trans expansive community who seeks to raise cultural competency and comfortability around the beauty of gender and sexuality. Currently, he works for Yelp as the Saint Louis Community Manager.   We were very touched that he generously agreed to join us to discuss his journey over the past 30 years. He shares the transition that...

Introducing Alex Iwanchuk for your listening pleasure!  Alex is the Co-Founder and Customer Experience Leader at Feals, a new digitally-native wellness brand, providing premium CBD delivered directly to your doorstep. After trying CBD for the first time about a two and a half years ago, he was inspired to launch Feals as an opportunity to share the benefits for anxiety and depression with consumers everywhere. We're gonna be real with you, we knew NOTHING about CBD before being introduced...

Hey y'all, meet Amy! She founded PRESS in 2015 when she couldn't find a premium alcohol seltzer on the market. In between working a full-time job in advertising - and second full-time job as a single parent to a baby and toddler - she started experimenting with different flavor profiles and created the companies first flavor, Pomegranate Ginger, from her kitchen in Milwaukee! A friend of a friend connected her with a beverage manufacturer and she took the risk to leave her corporate job and...

Nicole Jardim is the best. Period.  She is a Certified Women’s Health Coach and the creator of Fix Your Period, a series of programs that empower women to reclaim their hormone health using a method that combines simplicity and sass. Her incredible work has impacted the lives of tens of thousands of women around the world in effectively addressing a wide variety of period problems, including PMS, irregular periods, PCOS, painful & heavy periods, missing periods and many more. Rather than...

Cheers To A Wonderful Year!    A very merry 20th episode!  It's our final episode of the year and we are hopping on the mics to talk about the upcoming holiday, 2019 accomplishments and resolutions for the new year. We chat about fun traditions, our favorite Christmas movies and what we hope Santa will bring to us! We also touch on how we have been dealing with that holiday stress, from struggling to feel fully present (see what we did there) in the moment to tense family situations that...

We are so very happy to have Katina Mountanos on the pod! Katina is the founder of On Adulting, a viral blog and community of over 20,000 millennials who are figuring out how to navigate adulthood in a conscious, happy way. She is also a mindset coach, certified yoga + meditation teacher, and start up advisor. Her work has featured on HuffPost, Fast Company, Teen Vogue, Elite Daily, Mindbodygreen, and others. She started her career in environmental sustainability at Goldman Sachs, and since...

As a nutritionist, Laura works with individuals to create a unique gut-healing lifestyle plan that is effective, obtainable, and delicious! She talks about how she is passionate in helping her clients ditch fear around food and embracing that although something may not be "good" for your body, it can be great for your soul. We also discussed signs of gut imbalances, the importance of probiotics and ways to naturally combat hormonal imbalances due to birth control use/discontinuation.

Instagram is such a powerful and innovative tool that, when used successfully, can create meaningful partnerships, opportunities and community. We hope that this episode fuels your fire to use the platform with purpose and intention, helping you build the brand of your dreams!