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Hanneke (Hun-nah-kuh) Antonelli is an award-winning and certified coach, with a business degree and 15 years of international business experience. In the last ten years since leaving Wall Street, she’s built two award-winning businesses, which included receiving a Best of Boston® award for the best life coach from Boston Magazine. Today she helps entrepreneurs make more money while working less, transforming them into confident and savvy CEOs in her Savvy Business Masterminds and private coaching practice. In her spare time, Hanneke enjoys traveling, gardening, and spending time with her husband and Maltipoo, Khaleesi. Useful links: Hanneke’s Website Hanneke’s FREE CEO Power Sheet Hanneke’s Upcoming Retreat Nav (Website) Show notes: Who is Hanneke? Her upcoming retreat Why you need business credit Squirreling your money “If you’re constantly reacting to your business and you’re constantly doing the things that get you short term cash, you’re going to burn out.” Books: I

Davis Hairdressing is the only hair salon in the Greater Boston area that prioritizes our clients who want both excellence and convenience in an era where high expectations meet busy schedules. As a team, we believe in continued education, whether through outside instruction or our weekly in-salon classes, and sharing clients, so that YOUR convenience is prioritized. We foster an atmosphere of collaboration and are as excited to see our regular clients maintain their signature look as we are when new clients come in for a total transformation. From the moment you walk into the salon and are greeted by our front desk, to your shampoo and hair services, to the moment of “big reveal” when you see your new ‘do in the mirror, we are committed to the client experience. Our salon culture is crafted so that YOU are always the priority. Ken & Mary Davis opened their first hair salon in Newton in 1991 after decades in the industry, seeing that there was a gap in how stylists were taught to grow their careers. Their

Patrick started his career in the mortgage industry as a Loan Processor in 1993. He was soon promoted to Underwriter and was later named Vice President of Residential & Commercial Mortgage Lending of a local community bank, where he maintained a pipeline of residential & commercial transactions from pre-application through to closing. Through the years Patrick has worked for a variety of lending institutions– national lenders, regional & community banks, mortgage brokerages and independent correspondent lenders, working in a number of roles to support and manage operations as well as sales and training of loan officers and sales teams. Since early 2017 he has been a Producing Branch Manager for a growing national correspondent lender, Hancock Mortgage Partners LLC. He serves on the company’s Corporate Advisory Board, helping shape and guide the short and long-term plans for the company, with an emphasis on marketing and social media sales strategies. He is the director of the Agent Accelerat

As co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Participation Agency, Ruthie Schulder reinvented the agency model. Bucking the trend of conventional pay-for-play opportunities in music and art, she started The Participation Agency to develop radical experiential campaigns with brands as partners—not clients. Focused on the idea of placemaking, Ruthie pioneered For Those Who Tour —a series of sophisticated rest stops for creatives in developing markets. Serving musicians on tour For Those Who Tour routes culture and arts through emerging markets across the US, invigorating cities with world-renowned talent and giving brand partners organic exposure. With an international portfolio of clients, Ruthie’s work has helped drive multimillion-dollar campaigns for Fortune 100s, tech startups, and cities seeking innovation through experiential. Ruthie was named Inc.’s Millennial CEO Rising Star and under her leadership, The Participation Agency has won a CLIO, an Ex Award and consecutive placements on Inc.’s Fastest-G

Laura Gariepy is the founder of Every Day By the Lake and provides written content creation services for business owners who want to stay top of mind with their target audience: blog posts, articles, newsletters, and website copy. Useful links: Every Day By The Lake (Website) Before You Go Freelance (Website) Laura on Twitter @EveryDayLake Show notes: Traditional employment “wasn’t working for me.” Was in 9 to 5 for 10 years, but didn’t like not having time to attend to personal things. Gradually shifted to self-employment. Decided she could scale her writing talent into a business. The time she got a client from a tweet. What makes her different? How do you deal with “free” writers? The 4 key parts of good writing: point of view, audience, how you speak, and how you write. How do you deal with writers block?

Chris Vasiliadis, a National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach, inspires people to use their well-being as their secret weapon to successfully lead their life. Working both one-on-one and speaking in professional, healthcare and corporate settings since founding her business, Priority Wellness, in 2008, she has helped countless individuals energize their health, avoid burnout and improve their performance.  Choosing to prioritize her wellness after her multiple sclerosis diagnosis in 2005, Chris has been relapse-free for over 13 years.  A lover of reading and writing since childhood, her first book, released in April 2019, is titled Ignition: A Professional Woman’s Guide to Energized, Burnout-Proof Living. Follow Chris on Facebook at facebook.com/ChrisVprioritywellness. Useful links: Priority Wellness facebook.com/ChrisVprioritywellness Show notes: What is Priority Wellness? Who do you serve? What is burnout? “I want to banish the idea that you need a ‘busy badge of honor.'̶

Jenna Irvin is a young entrepreneur who dreams as naturally as she breathes. She opened her first business at the age of 21, in a town she had only been to once, and doubled her investment in just ten months funding the purchase of her current business in Hilton Head Island. As both a Pure Barre owner and coach, Jenna leads with intuition, uses fear as fuel to grow, and believes that failure is our greatest teacher. She feels the most alive and connected to her why when she is holding space for others to step into all that they are. Useful links: Jenna’s Website Jenna on IG Show notes: Went to High Point U. Wanted to graduate in 3 years because of looming loans. Her senior year of college, she applied to be a pure barre owner. Parents are also entrepreneurs. “It’s very hard for me to rest.” “Why should I believe I deserve more when this, at one time, was everything I ever wanted?” Bad hiring led her to teach 35 out of 40 classes at her first studio. Left clients in Balti

Lindsay Theken is the founder of Headpeace Headbands, a company producing high-quality headbands for athletes, yogis, hippies and busy people! The headbands are designed by Lindsay and manufactured by a socially-ethical manufacturer that empowers the most marginalized in society (victims of abuse, sex-trafficking, and addiction) with fresh starts and fulfilled lives. Her headbands have been worn by Katy Perry and can be found in hundreds (if not thousands) of retailers across the country – from Olympia Sports to smaller shops. Useful links: Headpeace Headbands Headpeace Headbands (FB) Show notes: How did the company begin? What makes her headbands different. About manufacturing overseas — ethically! How do you get into retailers? So wait – what’s all this about Katy Perry wearing your headband? “Take the leap of faith. And never stop at 1 email. It takes a few.”

Pamela Bardhi, is a trailblazer in the real estate industry and as an entrepreneur in general. Pamela owned two brick and mortar restaurants by the time she was 20 years old. By the time she was 21, she began her first real estate development project. She currently owns 4 companies: The Mosche Group, Mosche Construction, Mosche Development and B. Blazers. She has dominated the real estate industry with over $100m sold, developed or acquired in real estate assets throughout her career. Her fashion blazer line based in NYC is fully dedicated to empowering women and enhancing confidence to all who will wear her blazer when it launches in 2021. In 2019, she broke barriers and became the youngest female General Contractor in Massachusetts with her Unrestricted Construction Supervisor license enabling her to build any scale project she chooses. She is dedicated to her craft in real estate development and in helping clients maximize value in their real estate assets. Pamela is also highly passionate about giving bac

Amy E. Smith is a certified confidence coach, masterful speaker, and personal empowerment expert. Founder of TheJoyJunkie.com, Amy uses her roles as coach, writer, podcaster, and speaker to move individuals to a place of radical personal empowerment and self-love. With acute focus on helping people “find their voice”, she is highly sought after for her uncommon style of irreverence, wisdom, and humor and has been a featured expert on Fox 5 San Diego and YourTango.com. Useful links: The Joy Junkie (Website) Amy on Insta The Joy Junkie Show (Podcast) Show notes: Small-town “good girl” from born-again Christian upbringing rises to entrepreneurship The time she performed makeup on her father’s corpse “If push comes to shove between making you happy and making me happy, I choose me.” Sometimes, you need to accept being a disappointment to someone else. About feeling the feelings. “You are responsible for your intention, not your reception.” How to receive feedback and w

Kelsey Decker is an Author, Poet, Speaker, Healer and Spiritual Guide. She helps empower women to embark on the journey their soul is calling them to take, so they can step fully into an inspired life, become unstoppable and create the clarity they need to live out their biggest, boldest dreams. She’s the author of the autobiographical book series Adventures of Awakening, best described as Pretty Woman meets Eat Pray Love. Kelsey’s raw authenticity is helping women everywhere transform trauma and pain into personal power and is bringing awareness to taboo topics in her unconventional musings on spiritual awakenings. Useful links: Kelsey’s Website Kelsey on Facebook Kelsey on Insta Show notes: First self-published book is called Adventures of Awakening Grew up in abusive household and then a cult How she broke away and re-emerged into life Her first marriage (and divorce) “Trust yourself.” What she called “Performative Vulnerability” and “Spiritual Bypassing&#

Eden Fried is the “digital product lady!” After bailing on her plan to attend law school back in 2016 (despite paying her seat deposit, securing an apartment, dropping thousands on textbooks), Eden decided to try her hand at entrepreneurship instead. Since then, Eden mastered the art of making a full time income with digital products (things like ebooks, courses, workshops, etc.) Eden is a rebel – she believes that you shouldn’t need to work for someone else in order to pay the bills – so she’s dedicated her life to inspiring and teaching other rebel women how to turn their passion into a digital product they can sell and make an income from online. She’s the host of the Rebel Boss Ladies podcast and the founder of Rebel Boss University, a membership community where she teaches rebels how to create and launch a digital product within 90 days. Eden is also the founder of the twice-annual FREE Rebel Boss virtual summit, which features dozens of digital product experts a

Alana Kessler, MS, RDN E-RYT is the founder of Be Well by Alana Kessler. She’s a graduate of NYU with a Bachelor’s and Master’s of Science in Clinical Nutrition. In 1999, as a freshman in college, she began practicing Yoga and meditation, after which, she continued on to train as an Ayurveda Specialist and Weight Management expert. She’s an accredited member of the of the CDR & American Dietetic Association and an E-RYT (Expert Registered Yoga Teacher) through Yoga Alliance. She continues to attend continued education classes and seminars in clinical nutrition, Yoga, meditation, psycho-spiritual psychology, and alternative wellness methods. Alana has been most notably featured in Vogue, Women’s Health, Bustle, Reader’s Digest, and appeared on The Dr. Oz Show. Useful links: Be Well By AK (Homepage) Alana on IG Show notes: Her journey to living her life as an entrepreneur Opening her yoga studio in 2008 “I’m really a student of life.” Her want to help people but finding a way that aligned with her How sh

Meghan Rothschild has over 13 years experience in Marketing and Public Relations. She is skilled in the craft of public speaking, branding, crisis communication and media relations. She’s the President and owner of the marketing and public relations firm Chikmedia, a company that puts an emphasis on female-­run organizations and women business owners, and offers strategic marketing planning, and creative PR. She’s also a professor at Springfield College and Southern New Hampshire University. She has been featured in numerous media outlets such as Marie Clare Magazine, Fitness Magazine, Teen Vogue, WebMD, ABC World News, The Huffington Post, Associated Press, Inside Edition, NBC Nightly News and CNN, to name a few. She was featured in one of 2011’s most shared YouTube videos called, “Dear 16 Year Old Me.” Her work in skin cancer awareness landed her an award from Cosmopolitan Magazine alongside Kristen Bell and David Wright. Useful links: Megan’s Website Chikmedia Chikmedia

Nancy McKay is a Certified Life Coach living in Lakewood, Colorado with her husband Jimmy and her two rescued Westies, Maggie and Tommy. Nancy’s life experiences of growing up in an alcoholic household, being sober for over ten years herself and an ovarian cancer survivor give her a unique perspective on becoming empowered to heal later in life. Nancy has earned her certification as a Wayfinder Life Coach from Martha Beck, Inc. as well as a Mind-Body-Eating Coach from The Institute for the Psychology of Eating. Nancy also spends a great deal of time working with horses honing her skills while she is in training to become a Certified Equus Coach through the Koelle Institute for Equus Coaching. This diverse background in experience and training provides her clients multiple resources for healing and growth. Nancy also serves as Vice President on the Board of Directors for the Colorado Ovarian Cancer Alliance. Useful Links: Nancy’s Website – Amazing Outlook Coaching Show notes: Where she got her e

Jenny Suneson is a social media strategist + coach that helps female entrepreneurs uplevel their biz one social media post at a time. She also hosts the Savvy Social Hour podcast which strives to help passionate women uplevel their businesses and become rockstar entrepreneurs in no time. When she’s not working on her business or recording podcast episodes, she’s hanging out with her hubby and goldendoodle pup. Lindsey Aleson is a graphic designer and tech strategist for female infopreneurs and content creators as well as half of the Uplevel Your Biz team. As a graphic designer and tech strategist who’s been designing for more than half her life and blogging since 2010, she believes that design and tech shouldn’t be scary. That everyone can have a thriving business they love, the challenge is figuring out how to be visually unforgettable. And that is what she loves helping her clients with. Relevant Links: Uplevel Your Biz Summit (Their Summit) Savvy Social Hour Podcast (Jenny’s Podcast) Confetti

Willow Bradner is the Accidental Psychic. Eight years ago, Willow realized the weeks long wait list at her hair salon wasn’t just because she was doing great hair. She realized on her wedding night that she was both Psychic and a medium after her late loved ones dropped in to surprise her and her family. And with that moment she saw clearly that her clients were coming for more than just hair. To date, Willow Bradner has trained with world renowned psychics Sonia Choquette, James Van Prague and Deb Sheppard. When you are looking for Clarity, Validation, Love, Prosperity, Purpose and more Willow’s Intuitive Readings will offer you just that.   Useful links: Willow’s Website

Deanna Coyle is the Founder of Vesta: Redefining Divorce, a business that provides informative seminars, professional resources and social events that redefine the divorce process and support people in powerfully being able to reboot their lives. As a mother who has gone through a long financially and emotionally draining divorce herself, Deanna understands how isolating and frustrating the divorce process can be. She decided to build divorce programs that educate, empower & guide people in navigating the crucial decisions and considerations during the divorce and separation process, as well as afterwards. Useful links: Vesta Website Vesta on FB Vesta on Twitter Vesta on Instagram Show notes: What is Vesta? Why did you pick the name Vesta for this business? “I think to make a difference in others, it’s important to share authentically about who you are.” “Divorce helped me find my best self.” Deanna’s Divorce Story “Hitting rock bottom can be a blessing –

Leena Lemos is on a mission to empower mindful motherhood and raise the vibration of parenting with her platform, Enlightenedhood. With over ten years of experience in media, Leena leverages her knack for storytelling to share and celebrate the stories of mothers who are committed to showing up as their best selves. Useful links: Enlightenedhood (Website) Enlightenedhood (Podcast) Enlightenedhood (Instagram) Leena Lemos (Instagram) Show notes: What is Enlightenedhood about? “When I got pregnant with my daughter, I wanted to show up as my best self.” How she began Enlightenedhood “We create our reality and we can [choose to] show up to be the best we can be.” What her goals are for Enlightenedhood The challenges she faces as a boss mama Why start a podcast?