Discovering W.I.S.E. Podcast
Welcome to the Discovering W.I.S.E. podcast, Women In Search of Excellence. We are on a mission to encourage, inspire, and connect women of excellence. Excellence means different things to different people, and this podcast will spotlight women with compelling and encouraging stories to support you along the path to success as YOU define it.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 26 minutes
- Episodes
- 84
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2022
Ep 24: How to Rise Up After Hitting Rock Bottom With Heidi Pavelka
Heidi Pavelka was a prominent figure in the modeling industry before pursuing a career as a loan officer. But it's her story of survival that brings her to the podcast today. If you are trapped in an…
Ep 23: Why Gratitude Is Important and How to Practice It With Carrie Guarrero
Gratitude used to just be incorporated into a 30-day challenge for Carrie Guarrero. Now, it's a 12-month practice. Gratitude is not easy. We are human, after all. But Carrie has tips on how to get st…
Ep 22: How to Live, Love, and Lead with LaToya Burrell
LaToya Burrell is the Dean of Graduate Education at North Central University and author of "Be Bold: How to Prepare Your Heart and Mind for Racial Reconciliation." Today we talk about how you can't l…
Ep 21: Why Ending Veteran Suicide Is Beata Bukowski's Personal Mission
Beata Bukowski's mission is to help vulnerable veterans that have lost their will to live. A mission born out of the pain of losing her husband, an army veteran, to suicide. Today you will learn how …
Ep 20: How to Let Go of Shame with Carrie Guarrero
As a first-time mom at 16, Carrie Guarrero struggled with comments from other people that were uncomfortable and judgemental. She battled that by pretending to be a person she wasn't prepared to be, …
Ep 19: Sherri Anderson On Finding Your Purpose and Mission
Sherri Anderson is the CEO of Fairway Cares, an internal non-profit of Fairway Independent Mortgage. Today we are going to talk about purpose and mission, and how it is so unique to all of us. We als…
Ep 18: Cindy Grossman On How to Fake It Till You Make It with Integrity
Cindy Grossman is the Executive Director of Kids' Turn San Diego, a non-profit helping kids through the stress of family separation. Today Cindy shares what drives her, how she defines excellence, an…
Ep 17: How One Phone Call Changed Krista Reynold's Definition of Excellence
Life was almost a storybook for Krista Reynolds. This entrepreneur's business was booming and her life was perfect with a great husband and an amazing family. Then the phone call. Find out how Krista…
Ep 16: Christy Solar On Finding Hope When All Seems Lost
If I were to use one word to describe Christy Solar, it would be tenacious. Christy is a woman that has fought drug addiction, 3 strokes, and a flood that nearly wiped her out. This journey has led t…
Ep 15: Aligning Your Core Values to Unlock Your True Potential with Barbara Blatz-Stone
Barbara Blatz-Stone spent 20-years in the fashion industry before heading back to school to earn an MA degree in Positive Organizational Psychology. She is now an ICF Certified Coach focusing on posi…
Ep 14: Karen Vaughn On When You Find Your Greatest Purpose In Life
Karen Vaughn is a Gold Star mother, author, veterans advocate, and national speaker. She emerged on the national stage after her son, Navy Seal Aaron Carson Vaughn, was killed in Afghanistan on Augus…
Ep 13: Leslie Lee On Maintaining Your Integrity By Having the Hard Conversations
Leslie Lee is making a huge impact in the aesthetic industry. She is a Master Creator, RN, beauty guru, and entrepreneur who runs her life and business by being honest with her patients about their n…
Ep 12: How To Achieve Career Success Without Leaving Your Family Behind with Rebecca Olson
Rebecca Olson helps women go after their biggest career dreams while still feeling like confident and amazing moms. Today you will find out what principles drive Rebecca and give her the confidence n…
Ep 11: Liza Lomax On How To Build Confidence and Love Your Body
Liza Lomax tackles the thing women lose at such a young age -- confidence. Her life is dedicated to helping women find their worth, find who they are, and find their authenticity. She creates mindset…
Ep 10: Karen Deis, Changing the Culture and Continuing To Fight For Women In Mortgage Lending
Today I am talking to one of the first women in the mortgage industry, and a woman that has been paving a huge road for women ever since. Karen Diez faced the kind of pushback you might expect from a…
Ep 9: How to Define and Achieve Your Personal Goals
Today, I want just the two of us to sit down and chat about competition, being a beginner, and steps to overcoming. It's really an important conversation about setting and achieving goals, and I have…
Ep 8: Hailey Warner on How to Build Successful Relationships
Today we feature Hailey Warner on Discovering W.I.S.E. Hailey is a mom of three, a leader in her community of Faribault, MN, and founder of the Warner Group at Keller Williams Premiere. She has been…
Ep 7: How Mother of Twins, Jessica Kinsella Is Giving Entrepreneurial Moms Their Own Community to Find Answers and Support
You will never see Jessica Kinsella's twins without matching outfits. It's just too cute. Because of that, her new business, Same Same Kids, started as a solution to a personal problem -- to find a n…
Ep 6: The Pain From Divorce Experienced By 90% Of Her Family Guided Samantha Steer’s Mission
Samantha Steer's early experience with her parent’s divorce shaped her future. Samantha is a Financial Advisor, Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA), and Co-Founder of Strategic Divorce Plannin…
Ep 5: Tera Eng Is Soaring With Eagles
My friend, Tera Eng, is a Regional Director for the Office of Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity for Kaiser Permanente. If there's one word that defines Tera, it's integrity. Integrity from the way she…