Extraordinary Women Radio With Kami Guildner

Today I’m excited to share with you my 100th episode of Extraordinary Women Radio! And I'm extremely honored to feature Zainab Salbi, the founder of Women for Women International for this milestone episode! At the age of 23, Zainab Salbi founded Women for Women International, a grassroots humanitarian and development organization dedicated to serving women survivors of wars by offering support, tools, and access to life-changing skills to move from crisis and poverty to stability and economic self-sufficiency. Under her leadership as the organization’s CEO (1993-2011), the organization grew from helping 30 women upon its inception to more than 500,000 women in 8 conflict areas. It also distributed more than $100 million in direct aid and micro credit loans that impacted more than 1.7 million family members. Today Zainab shares her story of how she founded Women for Women International. She also shares her deeply personal story of  growing up in the shadows of Saddam Hussein, a secret she kept hidden for  ma

Today I’m excited to bring you today's Extraordinary Women Radio guest, Stacy Taubman. Stacy is the CEO of Rise Collaborative Workspace, and this woman is on fire! Stacy will be one of our Circle of Inspiration Facilitators / Panelists at the upcoming Extraordinary Women Connect Gala on May 21! You'll want to join us there! She opened the Denver Rise Collaborative Workspace - her second location this month, and I'm thrilled to be a Founding Member! Her Grand Opening party was last night - and what a night it was! Congratulations Stacy! In this episode, we talk about women raising capital and the magic of women in community! Stacy is on fire spreading her passion and I am so excited to bring her story to you! As the Founder/CEO of RISE Collaborative, Stacy Taubman launched a company that is changing the way women do business. RISE Collaborative Workspace has been featured in publications including Today Show, NBC News, USA Today, Bloomberg, and ELLE Magazine as a leader in the multi-billion-dollar coworkin

Today I’m bringing you a mystical gift with Honeybee Henderson as my guest on Extraordinary Women Radio. Honeybee joins us from Amman Jordan where she has been called to teach yoga in the Middle East. Honeybee is Spiritual Psychologist, a Ceremonialist, a Mystic and has traveled the corners of the world in search of the greatest tools to align to the true Self. I personally was excited to hear more about Honeybee's pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago. As she shares with us, "the Camino is only one piece of the puzzle. Over the last 4 years, I have been plucked from my home, and sent around the globe on a mission to empower women.  I never know exactly where I am going next, or what waits for me around the corner.  This is how I have been thrust into flow." And so we jam about being in flow. We jam about the value of being a woman and of learning how to relax the mind, the control mechanism, the nervous system… to allow more energy to move through us! If we, as women, start learning how to listen inwardly

I’m thrilled to bring you today’s Extraordinary Women Radio guest – Mary Ann Littler – as we have worked and played in connection and collaboration for years! Mary Ann is a friend, has a been a client, and we served on the American Diabetes Association board together. In addition, Mary Ann serves on my advisory board for Extraordinary Women Connect. She’s an extraordinary woman that I’m honored to call a friend. Mary Ann has been doing some amazing work in Peru, supporting the health care system in the remote villages of the Amazon… which she’ll share in the interview today! Her stories about travelling into these remote villages to make a difference are touching. We jam about the life transformation that Mary Ann has journeyed through, and dive into the importance of honoring people – their gifts, their skills and their dreams – and how good leadership can impact people’s lives both professionally and personally. She is the CEO and Founder of Peak to Peak Business Strategies – providing executive & busine

Today’s Extraordinary Women Radio guest is Michele Ashby, a woman on a mission to get 1000 women placed on corporate boards. She is the President and Founder of ACE LLC (Ashby Consulting Enterprises) & CDI LLC (Corporate Directors Int’l). Currently, there are only 2 women for every 10 board seats sitting on corporate boards across the US and Canada. Michele is on a mission to change this – to bring that ratio into a 50/50 balance, and to do it in a much faster timeline than that of our current trajectory of change… which, as she shares with us in this interview, would take 70 years! I believe in her work. We talk about her personal journey to public boards – working in two male-dominated fields – mining and finance.  Michele has served on six corporate boards over 18 years and is currently an Independent Director for McEwen Mining Inc., MUX:NYSE, and MENE Inc., MENE:TSXV, as well as a subject matter expert on corporate boards, a key note speaker and an executive business consultant. She interviewed 200 wo

Today’s Extraordinary Women Radio guest, Melanie Ulle is the founder and CEO of Philanthropy Expert, LLC, a Denver-based philanthropic and nonprofit consulting firm. Melanie was recently named to the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce 25 Most Powerful Women in our state! Mel started going door-to-door knocking on doors for politics when she was only 8 years old! She was born to make a difference in our world! Sparked by the election in 2016, Mel shares the story of how she and her business partner Ginna Santy founded Women in Kind, a co-working community in Denver - designed by women and for women. Together they raised capital for their vision and stepped into the dream to create a fabulous entrepreneur community supporting women. Mel's life has been filled with adventure and powerful personal and professional stories that has truly sparked an extraordinary life. She's stepped in courage,  healed from tragedy, and she will inspire your own journey. We jam about empowering women, #MeToo, spiritual guidanc

Today’s Extraordinary Women Radio Guest is Barbara Brooks, the co-founder of the #SecondActBizCon, a Business+Lifestyle Event For and By Women Over 40 being held in Denver March 21-23. This conference is for women in their 40s and 50s who are wanting to start their second… third or even fourth act in life and business. There’s going to be all kinds of stories being told on women stepping into their own second acts – the conference includes high-level breakout tracks, panel and audience discussions, deep dives, hands-on workshops, and socials with like-minded GenX and boomer women. I can’t wait! In our interview we dive into a topic that we’re both passionate about – Your Next Chapter! We talk about how to take courage to step into your next career shift and embrace the fear that is there in when you're starting all over again! (and why it's so amazing when you do!) Barbara is a a 28-year company marcom aficionado turned accidental entrepreneur. She’s a powerhouse community leader, a dynamic speaker and a d

Today's Extraordinary Women Radio guest is Dr. Nicole Gruel, an author of The Power of NOTEs: Non-Ordinary Transcendent Experiences Transforming the Way We Live, Love, and Lead. Nicole is an author, a speaker, and a transformational coach who descends from a long line of samurai. How cool is that! I loved Nicole from the moment I met her several years ago, shortly after I had read her book Women of the Wise Earth. Nicole was one of the first women I reached out to blindly on the internet saying, “I’d just like to know you more.” We Skyped and it was the beginning of a dear friendship. In that call I shared my own poem that had been inspired by her book - Circle of Sisters. And I shared a seed of an idea that came to me in writing that poem. What if... we took the principles of her book Women of the Wise Earth – women connecting in circle, in nature, in ritual – grounded in the chakras – and created a global movement. And we both said yes. Together, we wrangled up women from around to world to join us in a

Today's Extraordinary Women Radio guest is Carla Geyser, an adventurer, a humanitarian, an eco-warrior, and the founder of NPO, Blue Sky Society Trust – an organization that leads all female expeditions into Africa to raise money and awareness for conservation groups. Carla believes that one person can make a difference to protect, preserve and improve life for people, wildlife and communities in need – and she wants to be that person. She is involved in many social upliftment and conservation awareness projects across Africa. In 2016, Carla led South Africa’s first all-women expedition to Kenya, and more recently a second all female expedition called the Rise of the Matriarch in 2018. She’s creating experiences that have women falling in love with Africa, connecting them to nature and community. She's helping them slow down to the pace of Africa and at the same time bringing more awareness to important conservation issues associated with the wildlife of Africa. Carla’s passion is inspiring. Her tenacity

Raising capital to launch or grow a venture can be a foreign and intimidating subject for many people, men and women alike.  Today’s Extraordinary Women Radio guest, Arezou Zarafshan helps founders improve their odds of getting funding through VC’s or angel investors. She’s one of my very extraordinary clients and she’s doing important work in a field where there aren’t many women. She’s a trailblazer showing up on big stages leading important conversations, and I’m so proud of the work she is doing. Arezou grew up in Iran amidst the Iran-Iraq war, and she shares her story on how this environment shaped who she is today. During that trying time as a young girl, she discovered her own resiliency. A valuable gift that she counts on in her life today. "You learn to survive. You learn not to get traumatized by these things." ~ Arezou Zarafshan Today, Arezou runs the Startup Fundraising Academy, helping companies raise capital efficiently and effectively. The stats in startup funding are a bit daunting: On

This week's Extraordinary Women Radio interview is with Michelle Hoglan, founder of the Boob Report. Michelle Hoglan is a Breast Cancer survivor. Her journey with cancer - from the initial diagnosis to treatment and beyond – prompted her to start a new organization called the Boob Report. She shares this story with us today. And she shares how a breast cancer journey can be overwhelming… the fear… the pain… the unknown. Michelle wanted to try and make the journey a little more manageable with a resource that women could turn to when they are going through breast cancer. The Boob Report guides breast cancer warriors to local doctors, support groups, and general information that she found useful during her journey. But it’s much more than a resource of information… it’s a community. And you know.. I believe in the power of community. “My advice is to feel it, own it, cry, scream, yell, do what you need to do.” ~ Michelle Hoglan To learn more about Michelle Hoglan and The Boob Report, join the private Faceb

This week's Extraordinary Women Radio interview is with Leah Song, one of the singers and songwriters of Rising Appalachia. Two years ago as the seeds to this podcast were being planted, I made a list of about 20 women I’d love to interview on Extraordinary Women Radio. Rising Appalachia was at the top of my list. There's something to be said for writing down your goals, my friends! The harmony of Leah Song and Chloe Smith, the founding sisters of Rising Appalachia, has a sense of deep rootedness, playful exploration, and inspired action. Their sound and message, suggest that voices and traditions, brought together through song, may be one of the saving graces to a world in distress. As someone who loves music - is touched by music - I feel their work is so important. In a time when the fabric of our communities and culture often appear to be unraveling, their interweaving of music and mission, old traditions with new interpretations, creates an atmosphere of contagious hope and bliss. Leah tells so many

This week's Extraordinary Women Radio interview is with Petra Kolber, the best selling author of The Perfection Detox. How often do you have that inner critic voice show up - you’re not enough… smart enough… thin enough… strategic enough… whatever enough…? Petra is on a mission to help us all remove the idea of our not enough-ness - because we are enough! One of the pillars of the work I do with my clients is to help them master their mindset. To recognize what’s stories are showing up ... what fears are stopping us … how are we playing small. Petra’s work on detoxing from perfectionism is brilliant. When we’re stretching into a bigger presence in our brand and visibility, we want to show up at our best – and perhaps what we perceive as our perfect best. But as Petra so eloquently shares with us in this interview, is that people are attracted to our imperfections, not our perfection. Our imperfections make us real. It makes us relatable. “You can’t grow from a safe space. It’s just impossible.” - Petra Ko

Today's Extraordinary Women Radio interview is with Jessica Sidener, the founder of Night Out with “The Girls,” an organization that educates women about early breast cancer detection, by encouraging them to take their health into their "own hands." Night Out with “The Girls” meets women right where they tend to be most comfortable--with their girlfriends, having fun, in a relaxed environment...where awkward questions about early breast cancer detection and how to do self-breast exams are embraced, encouraged and celebrated. By including a breast cancer survivor and a healthcare provider in the fun, these tough, but “need-to-know topics” are tackled in a manner that exudes: comfort, connection conversation. Jessica shares her story about how Life “giving her lemons” unexpectedly transformed her - from a young widow to breast cancer survivor to visionary entrepreneur - and intensified her desire to help others navigate loss. This interview is inspirational and provides all of us as women some important tips

Today’s Extraordinary Women Radio guest, Deberah Bringleson is a profit-producing Business Growth and Empowerment Expert who uses Quantum Physics to grow businesses. And she’s having incredible success! Deberah will be one of our Circle of Inspiration panelists at my January 22 Extraordinary Women Connect Gala! Join us there to meet Deberah live and in person! Deberah is best known for her creative ingenuity and leadership while negotiating the Virgin America deal between Sir Richard Branson and Arnold Schwarzenegger, for which she received the “Steal of the Year” award, for the deal that never should have happened. She is an internationally recognized Business Development and Empowerment Expert. Her awards are many: She has been named “Most Influential Woman In Business” – Silicon Valley three times, has been honored by the U.S. Congress for her body of work, plus many others. She helped increase one company’s revenue $602 million in 12 months and another company’s revenue $56K to $13 Million. Her propri

Today's Extraordinary Women Radio guest, Shannon Block, has broke the CEO glass ceiling numerous times. She’s currently helping lead the startup of Skillful, a non-profit initiative of the Markle Foundation, dedicated to enabling all Americans to secure good jobs in a changing economy.  Shannon has been Chief Executive Officer of multiple organizations including World Forward, The Denver Zoo and the Rocky Mountain Cancer Center. Prior to that she was the chief business development officer for Denver Health. Shannon has moved through lots of change over her career.  The question she asks herself, when she starts to hear a call for change is "What conversation do I want to have with the world?" I love this question - and it was this question that led her from daily conversations around baby zoo animals to conversations centered around the future skill needs of our nation's workforce. We talk about her current passion around creating more opportunities for Americans to thrive in the digital economy. As tech

What a beautiful gift to close out our 2018 Extraordinary Women Radio series with one of my favorite strategic partners and closest friends, Sarah J. Bohnenkamp as my guest! She’s the perfect changemaker to end 2018 on a big high energy. That is Sarah – big high energy! Sarah is the Chief Trailblazer of some pretty epic conversations taking place in industry, global organizations and the professional and personal lives of many. Sarah is becoming a key global figure on important issues such as antimicrobial resistance and improving how we produce food. This Fall Sarah, helped host a global conference on Beef Sustainability in Ireland, attended by representatives from 25 countries. She loves the tough challenges and bringing all the voices to the table. Earlier in the year, she visited the Centers for Disease Control with a group of beef producers to talk about antimicrobial resistance. This is a great interview as we jam about topics that really matter for our world - sustainability and food production, and

Our Extraordinary Women Radio guest today, Geil Browning is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Emergenetics International. Geil’s life work has focused on helping people celebrate who they are and recognize the brilliance of their gifts. You can tell why I’m a fan! And I love the Emergenetics work that Geil developed, and will tell you more in the interview. Emergenetics is the merging of two ideas - our behavior emerging from our life experiences and our genetic traits. Emergenetics provides a clear way to understand this intersection of nature and nurture through the Emergenetics Profile, built on four Thinking Attributes and three Behavioral Attributes that every person exhibits. Geil’s passion for education led to the creation of the Emergenetics Profile. In our interview today, Geil shares how her passion and early experience as a teacher led her to founding Emergenetics. She thought her passion was teaching, but she realizes now is that her passion is all about helping people understand their

Today's Extraordinary Women Radio episode is with Jennifer Quinn, better known as JennyQ! JennyQ jumped into becoming an internationally known livestreaming expert with no previous knowledge, whatsoever. Today she’s a livestreaming pioneer, and she’s going to share all she has learned around overcoming the barrier of entry to livestreaming! We have so much fun in our conversation, listening to her journey their Periscope, to Blab to Facebook Live - Jenny shares her best tips creating community online, following our intuitive hits and taking those big bold moves in our business! "It's not about taking old school marketing and bringing it online. It's about creating connection and relationships." ~JennyQ She’s going to share with us how livestreaming increases our authority, credibility, and top-of-mind awareness.  Important stuff when you want to #RaiseUP your visibility in the world! JennyQ teaches professionals around the world to do just that. JennyQ has conducted over 450 live interviews and over the y

Today’s Extraordinary Women Radio interview is a juicy one, with a dear friend of mine.  Cyndie Silbert is the founder of Feminine Mastery. As she shares with us in this interview, the Feminine Shift is real and it's happening now. I know I’m feeling it – and I know many of you are as well. We are being called. There is an old paradigm ending and new, feminine paradigm emerging. Cyndie tells us to embrace the change. Today, I love diving into this conversation with Cyndie. "Trust in yourself... your guidance, your power and all you can create." ~Cyndie Silbert Cyndie wrote her book True Calling, Awaken the Power of Your True Self at the onset of what is now a global feminine-empowered awakening. Feminine Mastery and Cyndie's Archetypes provide a new framework for us as women, to discover our unique role in the global feminine shift and how to flourish in this very new paradigm. It's about guiding a woman to fulfill her desires, dreams and destiny while living a deeply fulfilling and prosperous life. Femin