Here are the highlights of my interview with Linda Heeler: Live Life Inspired on Women Developing Brilliance®.

Who is Linda Heeler?

As an ontologically-trained coach, Linda provides her clients with the tools and skills necessary so they immediately begin to transform their lives. She brings a unique set of skills developed from her experience as someone who has lived with anxiety. 

Linda is a 2010 graduate of Accomplishment Coaching’s Coach Training Program in NYC. After graduating, she earned a place on AC’s Leadership Team where she trained and mentored coaches for an additional 2 years. She has over 500 hours of coach training and has earned her Professional Certified Coach (PCC) credential through the International Coach Federation. Before becoming a coach, Linda worked as a Registered Dental Hygienist in the Rochester area for 27 years.

Lightbulb moment

According to the outside world, Linda had it all. Underneath, Linda thought she was...

Here are the highlights of my interview with Lou Stokes: The Style Editor on Women Developing Brilliance®.

Who is Lou Stokes?

Style & confidence coach, certified yoga & meditation instructor, published author and International speaker. Born in London, Lou has worked, studied and lived in many corners of the world from Australia to Asia, USA and Europe. She always has itchy feet and loves to travel and finds much of her inspiration in different cultures and lifestyles. 

Following an eating disorder and finding yoga as her savior and a way to express and heal herself, Lou became a yoga teacher and wrote my first book, Boney & I, Anorexia, Ustrasana & the lost apple core which she self published in 2013. 

Now, Lou helps woman to transform from the inside out through self love, energy, confidence, wellness and style using strategies, tools and mindset to become the magnetic woman they were born to be.

Lightbulb moment

After working with women in the...

Here are the highlights of my interview with Tricia TenEyck : Life Made Simple on Women Developing Brilliance®.

Who is Tricia TenEyck?

Tricia is a SJFC graduate with a degree in communications + marketing. After college Tricia worked as a real estate assistant and excelled at creating systems and organizing solutions so that a busy business could run smoothly each day. While this was her expertise, she knew she could put this passion to better use. She began organizing in her family and friends homes; smiling each time they told her how much she simplified their lives for the better. 

 Tricia TenEyck is the owner and lead organizer of Life Made Simple. Tricia lives in Fairport with her boyfriend of 10 years (high school sweethearts!) and her cat Penny. She enjoys taking long walks in her neighborhood, trying out new baking recipes, hosting game nights with friends, and catching up on her favorite shows under a blanket.

Tricia wakes up happy each day knowing she has...

Here are the highlights of my interview with Cylvia Hayes: Certified Empowerment Coach on Women Developing Brilliance® .

Who is Cylvia Hayes?

Cylvia Hayes is a Certified Empowerment Coach and Trainer, an award-winning environmental and anti-poverty activist and the former First Lady of Oregon. She helps people at mid-life reinvent their lives, careers, and identities and reclaim peace, power, and purpose. A committed social change-maker, she is founder and CEO of 3EStrategies and Cylvia Hayes Enterprises. Her book, When Life Blows Up: Peace, Power, and Reinvention will be out soon!

Cylvia has led a very unconventional life – starting out as a cowgirl and farm kid, surviving deep trauma, winding up on her own at 16, working as a heavy equipment operator and playing scholarship soccer to pay for becoming a first-generation college graduate. Later founding successful businesses, traveling to over 20 countries (so far), being appointed by governors and even serving...

Here are the highlights of my interview with Elli Runkles: Sales + Launch Copywriter on Women Developing Brilliance.

Who is Elli Runkles?

Elli Runkles is a Sales + Launch Copywriter for coaches and creative entrepreneurs at ellirunkles.com, and creator of the Copywriter on Call program. She helps her clients from solopreneurs to 7-figure business owners harness the power of written words in order to boldly declare their value and attract more of their ideal clients. Elli is on a mission to empower women business owners to banish their fear of being “salesy” and learn how to use copywriting to sell with ease and empathy.

 Lightbulb moment

There wasn’t 1 exact “light bulb” moment per se that brought Elli to this career.

She contributes coming to her niche through a series of events on a very windy road.

Knowing she didn’t want the conventional 9-5 pm kind of life is what drove her to relocate from the US to Madrid, Spain.

Elli says you just...

Here are the highlights of my interview with Kristin Jones: Emotional Eating Expert on Women Developing Brilliance.

Who is Kristin Jones?

Kristin is the owner of Kristin Jones Coaching. She specializes in helping women address and manage issues with emotional eating and helps them develop a healthy relationship with food that doesn’t involve counting calories or dieting.

Kristin’s hope is to share her knowledge and first-hand experiences with women in order to empower them to truly embrace and love who they are and to learn what they need in order to live their best life ever.
 

Lightbulb moment

Kristin can remember as far back as age 7 that she was using food to self-soothe. By age 16, she had an “official” eating disorder. But it wasn’t until she was in her 30’s that she admitted to herself and it still took another 15 years until she could actually label her dysfunctional relationship with food as “emotional eating.”

After...

Here are the highlights of my interview with Karyn Danielle: Lead Better Now on Women Developing Brilliance.

Who is Karyn Danielle?

Karyn Danielle is a leadership coach who spent 20 years working in a diverse range of leadership roles before starting her coaching practice.

From working as a backcountry hut master to restaurant management, to leading a team in the intense pet care industry, she learned the key to leadership success is relationships, after that, everything falls into place.

She now helps leaders build better connections with their team, navigate their relationships, and understand the human side of leadership so they can become better leaders, improve team morale, achieve higher performance, all with less frustration.  

Lightbulb moment

Kayrn learned many valuable lessons in her first leadership role right out of college.

Some were:

• Know the tactical parts of your job - get your hands dirty
• Don’t act like you know it all - work side-by-side with your...

Here are the highlights of my interview with Trish Taylor: Personal Stylist Expert on Women Developing Brilliance.

Who is Trish Taylor?

From small-town girl to celebrity stylist to female empowerment coach, Trish Taylor is a personal stylist expert.

She’s dressed stars like Ariana Grande, Kerry Washington, and Zendaya, but now has found a passion helping women entrepreneurs. 

Trish uses style as a tool to create self-confidence and amplify solopreneurs brand message. She’s passionate about helping women not only look better but feel better in the body that they have now.

She advises “commit to only wearing clothes that you love!”

Lightbulb moment

After long days and nights styling for celebrities on the red carpet, Trish realized that something was lacking for her. Despite the glamorous Los Angeles buzz, she was missing a connection.

After taking a psychology course, she was determined to bring more of a holistic approach to her offerings and help...

Here are the highlights of my interview with Nicoletta Mura: Career Confidence Coach on Women Developing Brilliance.

Who is Nicoletta Mura?

Nicoletta Mura is a Career Confidence Coach with an extensive background in leadership and career development. Her mission is to close the confidence gap to help passion-driven women to claim a seat at the table and lead the way.

Nico overcame her confidence challenge and became a manager for a Fortune 500 company and she now helps other women to achieve their career goals, advocating for themselves with ease and authenticity.

Lightbulb moment

When she moved to the UK, with English not being her first language, Nicoletta noticed she was retreating into her shell due to lack of confidence. She realized in order to advance in her career and also have authentic relationships she had to step out of her comfort zone and allow people to truly get to know the real her.

Practicing English, which was uncomfortable at the time, is what helped her with...

Kc Rossi here. I’m a Holistic Business Mentor and host of Women Developing Brilliance.

On the podcast, I’ve interviewed over 30 female entrepreneurs from around the world.

Each with their own story of how they began, their triumphs and tribulations.

It’s been awesome! 

Lifting up women on the solopreneur path is one of my all-time favorite things. Not only does it provide connection it inspires others. I’ve received loads of emails from people whether they were just in the concept stage or a seasoned veteran telling me that being able to plug into real talk about women in business was just what they needed.

I love that!

Today’s episode is a little different. 

Back in November, I conducted some market research and spoke with dozens of women at various stages in their business. I started to see a common theme.

Here’s what I learned:

*They all desired business mentorship, they saw the value in having a business coach guide them and show...