Reignite Your Light

In this Season Finale episode of Reignite Your Light, Podcast Producer Scott Doucet flips the script on Stacie and asks her questions about her first season. Stacie describes getting started with the show, and the rollercoaster it was initially, before finding her stride. Scott also describes his first encounter with podcasting and relates it to the experiences that Stacie is having with her show, and her change in direction. She explains why podcasting was the perfect fit for her brand, as opposed to a blog or YouTube channel, and backs it up with reasons that make perfect sense for her message. Stacie shares some of the moments that were a little redundant, or areas that lacked excitement for her during the podcasting process. She also explains why she's taking on the new topics, and who she's looking to get onto the new show. Scott asks Stacie about the name, and topics being addressed in the new show, as well as what kinds of guests Stacie will be looking for in the first season. Quotes "It was the perfec

Lauren Black is a creative strategist who helps entrepreneurs break free from their daily grind to plan for success. Having worked in the analytical corporate world and the creative design industry, Lauren combines right-brain and left-brain thinking to create strategic business solutions. As a multipassionate entrepreneur, Lauren currently runs three businesses: Legacy Loft, a graphic design & branding studio; Elevate & Cultivate, a community for design professionals; and Bosscation, a business retreat in a box for strategic business planning. Lauren explains how it is she can run 3 successful businesses when a lot of people have a difficult time with 1. She describes each of the businesses, and the functions that they serve and provide. She explains her family background, and the growth portion of the businesses in order to better frame how she was able to get so much done. Stacie and Lauren talk about corporate culture, as well as individuals starting their own businesses, and where things fit for

Stacie is shifting gears and refocusing her efforts, and she talks all about it on this bonus episode of Reignite Your Light. She tells of the oncoming season finale, and what to expect in the future!

Wendy Watkins, CPCC, is a professional coach who works with ambitious people who are called to do and be more with their life, but are not quite clear on how to achieve this lofty goal. Wendy teaches a Mind-Body-Business approach to building a juicy, fulfilling and successful life. This inclusive strategy focuses on a strong optimistic mindset, the all-important planning process and fabulous self-care techniques. Wendy's clients enjoy all the benefits of success including joy, fulfillment and more bank deposits. Wendy was one of the first million dollar sales women for Aveda (that is a lot of shampoo) and the author of The Joy Factor Recipe Book – A Common Sense Approach to a Delicious Life. Wendy has coached hundreds of people to create successful, succulent lives and flourishing businesses aligned with their purpose and passions. Visit WendyWatkins.com to pick up her free e book, 7 Activities for Increased Success and Fulfillment.   Summary Wendy talks about the major sales revelation she had that made

Author, speaker, professional singer and certified life coach specializing in resiliency, Nancy Jo Nelson was born and raised in the northwest suburbs of Chicago and completed my BA in Applied Behavioral Sciences from National Louis University in 2012 after becoming a solo mom in 2009. Growing up in an alcoholic home and then marrying into another alcoholic family offered real life education in the world of addiction. Certification in coaching was the natural next step for her to help women everywhere as well as herself. After more than 350 hours of training, she was certified in 2014 through IPEC. It was there that she knew she had to write my story. "Lessons from the Ledge" is available on Amazon and she knows there is a message in her mess. She is passionate about being real and fearless especially about the challenges we face as solo moms. It has been a privilege to write for ESME and now to be a bigger part of this amazing and vital tribe. As we lean on each other, we strengthen each other. We are not al

Raeeka Yaghmai, founder and CEO of Dating with Confidence™ is a certified life coach and a dating and relationship expert for single women as well as a professional opera singer. She's been featured in Your Tango, Blog Talk Radio, Nourishing Real Talk, KIRN 670am, Guy's Guy Radio, Bustle.com,The Bright Side Of Life, and Learn It Live. She excels in teaching chronically single women how to create and maintain the relationship they desire but haven't been able to find on their own. An Iranian-American, Raeeka is an expert in inter-cultural dating. She educates and empowers women to date with confidence, grace, playfulness, and curiosity in the 21st century. Following her proven dating success system, women are not only be able to access a deep sense of self-love and self-confidence, but they learn how to overcome feelings of dating frustration and romantic rut, and to create an amazing new life filled with limitless possibilities and the love life they have been searching for. Summary Raeeka describes  som

Sharissa Sebastian is a career success coach for ambitious women. Her passion is helping mid-career to executive women either love or leave their job so they wake up excited and energized every morning. She worked in the corporate world for over 12 years holding various leadership positions and has always had a desire to help other women succeed and live their best life. She is also a speaker, author, radio show host, writer for Forbes and the Huffington Post, as well as the co-owner of Stop.Smile.Breathe. Women's Retreats. Summary Sharissa explains her previous career journey, the good and the bad, and how it eventually led her to the career she's doing now. She talks about how she tied her performance so closely to her identity that it created low self esteem and anxiety in herself. She also describes the pattern she developed with her jobs, and where it stemmed from. Sharissa tells a story about a flight that changed her entire career trajectory and made her shift into a career that would make her truly ha

Brittany 'Sunshyne' Tate is a multi-passionate Entrepreneur, social justice Advocate, published Author, and Founder of SeedSoilWater.Today (A wellness community for mind, body, spirit). Creating her own B.A. in Communications for Social Justice, she has always been passionate about writing, equality, and justice. Brittany is a creative solutionist, a believer in divine purpose and freedom for all. Through intelligent and integrity-rich business solutions, she seeks to facilitate solar energy trade schools in developing nations as stable electricity is a crucial stepping stone for development. Brittany was diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, anxiety, and depression at one point in her life after a series of interpersonal traumas. She relentlessly pursues healing striving for continuous growth mentally, physically, and spiritually. Through grace, her faith relationship is blazing her trail to peace. Brittany believes we are all created to create; each of us blessed with unique gifts and solutions to

In 2009, Eric Bensoussan felt a need and a call to be of service and to dedicate his life helping people. He has been a Business Coach from 2009 and 2013 and now is a Transformational Relationship & Divorce Coach. He is helping women and men to overcome the emotional challenges of divorce such as pain, hurt, anger and confusion so that they can start to heal and reclaim Strength, Confidence, Personal Power, and Joy. He is an expert in the healing divorce process. His heart-centered approach has helped many people to heal the pain, and to experience a new way of being themselves. He is currently leading Workshops, Group Coaching and 1:1 private sessions.   Summary Eric describes the situations that eventually led to him having a moment of clarity surrounding his purpose, and felt a strong calling to serve people who struggle with relationships as well as divorce. He talks about the various things he felt during his divorce, and how reflection on past events helped him. He shares the self talk he was h

Megan Sullivan is a Bay Area executive life coach and consultant who left a 12+ year career focused on customer & employee engagement to now championing individuals and groups towards WHOLE life alignment and engagement. As The Pop Up Coach℠ Megan works creatively with individuals to harness their strengths and artistry, radically shifting key areas of their lives. Megan co-created Knock℠ to help teams and organizations develop authentic "neighborhood" cultures at work, fostering a powerful sense of neighborly care and collective wellness that integrates the critical areas of engagement, inclusion & diversity and wellness. Megan's passion is in designing inventive and fun new ways to address relevant challenges using a combination of, among other things, leading research, neuroscience, training trends, pop culture - all overlaid with her own values of adventure, humor and accessibility. An unapologetic dreamer, Megan holds the paradox that significant fun can accompany significant transformation. Mega

Barbera Ammahlia Schaefer-Berdner, Lightbody Engineer, Name-ologist, and Best Selling Author. She shows you what your unconscious has been trying to reveal to you. Your true Home, a place where dis-ease isn't, a place where the relationships you have are the ones your soul has been trying to cultivate, a place where your work is EXACTLY what you were meant to do – before you were even born. Her healing path led her to train as a Reiki Master Teacher then Master Soul Contract Reader and Lightbody Surgery. She helps you express your greatness from beyond the physical realm. She is beautiful both inside and out and is passionate about restoring earth to her original condition as heaven by helping others use through the magic that's already inside them, aligning their physical, emotional, spiritual, and lightbody as one. Summary Barbera talks about a recent struggle she experienced and flashed back to a time when she was on top of the world in her corporate job. She explains how unhappy she was at that time, and

Christine Clifton believes that everybody matters and deserves to be heard. Technology has pushed us behind screens of all sizes and is causing our conversation muscles to atrophy - and our ability to collaborate to wane. She founded Mindful Business Matters to reinstate the art of human to human conversation in order to bring those connections back into the workplace. As a possibilities thinker, Christine is a collaborative rainmaker for professional services firms and entrepreneurs: teaching them how to have fruitful conversations that create connections with the right people and resources. As a social introvert, her quiet power techniques enable relational business-people to avoid the energy drain of promotion and the 'feast and famine' of service entrepreneurship. Before becoming an entrepreneur 9 years ago, Christine spent 20 years in a traditional career in the areas of Management, Operations, Human Resources, and Sales - in the industries of restaurants, retail department store, insurance, and chemical

Upon initiating divorce after a 21 year marriage, Kathy King wanted to lead by example for her two children.  Sparked by her passion for nutrition and her desire to heal her own disordered eating, Kathy empowered herself by becoming a certified Nutritional Therapy Practioner and an Eating Psychology Coach.  This education accompanied by a deep dive into her own personal development is what led her to starting her own coaching business.  After some fits and starts, inspired by the very real and raw conversation she has with her girlfriends and female clients, she developed Real Girl Talk which is launching as we speak!   Summary Kathy talks about why she was inspired to do what she does now, and where fashion played into the equation. She explains why her choice in career was so conducive to the rest of her life, and the healthy impact it has had. She tells Stacie about her business closure, and the events surrounding that, as well as the massive change that occurred in her person

Rikk Hansen is a national leader in guiding midlife career reinvention. The Founder of Brilliant NEXT, he brings three decades of experience to training Calling Coaches and to supporting midlife professionals in discovering their career calling. Rikk is also the co-founder of Centerpoint Institute for Life & Career Renewal, speaks nationally, and is the author of the upcoming book:On-Fire Again! Nature's Reinvention Map for Finding Your Career Calling at Any Age.   Summary Rikk shares a time in his life when his health and career both came under heavy changes. He also talks about how he was feeling during that time, and how he navigated his way into a better situation. He talks about how he had to learn to live in the moment in order to keep things manageable, he also explains the circumstance he was under to learn that. Rikk also describes the second turning point in his life, where he realized how important support is, and how that realization came full circle and began to flow into creative action

Wendi Gilbert has spent over 30 years working in Advertising, Marketing and Production. Since 2002, she has been involved with Make A Difference Day, one of the largest single-day volunteer effort in the nation and began developing and implementing kindness projects in K-12 schools. Wendi has been researching the "kindness space" for over 3.5 years and has amassed a great quantity of overwhelmingly positive data. It is her mission in life to "rally and unite people for good" and sees great value in uniting the Kindness Leaders and youth ambassadors at the National Kindness Collective, which will be taking place in San Francisco, April 20-22, 2018. The purpose of the collective: To create the action plan for a kinder world.   Summary Wendi shares a story about a time in her lief when her career ran her to exhaustion, and she felt defeated, and tells listeners about the path she took to come back from it. She gives listeners a few tips and tricks to rest and heal without having to spend 18 days in complete

Kym Cadle is the founder of Pure Ambition, a coaching and consulting firm focused on enabling individuals and organizations to do more mindful work, starting with purpose and values based action. The company was founded, following more than 2 decades of leading teams to high performance in corporate America. Her team consistently improved the customer experience during a decade of rapid revenue growth: from $180M - $2B in revenues. Kym's passion is working with current and future leaders, and their organizations, to raise their consciousness to unlock their full potential in creating outcomes that serve our current cultural demands. Regardless of the context, creating a brighter future by bringing heart, purpose and connection forward is her ultimate goal.   Summary Kym tells Stacie about her previous career, how much she enjoyed it, and the things that occurred to get her to a point where she wanted to leave and pursue something more suited to her. She talks about the various roles she played in that co

It's In Your Nature with Jed Hansen Jed Hansen grew up in Riverton, UT. Ever since he was fourteen he knew he was a creator and decided to become an aerospace engineer and is currently pursuing a degree at Utah State University. Five years ago, he began working with youth helping them to live with integrity and fulfill their life's callings. He has been invited to share his influence by speaking to youth in 5 different states. He is the cofounder of Leaders Revived helping the coming generation rise to the challenges of a rapidly changing world.   Summary Jed shares a time in his life when everything seemed to turn sour and things weren't progressing in a way that felt right. He also talks about coming to understand his nature and potential, and the effect that understanding had on his life. He explains how he uses his realizations, knowledge and perspective to guide youth into finding their own place in the world. Jed talks about principles and how they effect us as individuals on a core level. He also

20 Seconds of Courage with Luke Iorio All you really need to know is this: Luke Iorio is a dad, a spouse, an entrepreneur, a conscious growth strategist, coach, blogger, podcaster, a wide-angled observer, and enthusiastic participant in the game of life who seeks to ask and answer, "What's truly possible?" When Luke isn't fighting the status quo, challenging victim thinking, or shining awareness on the limitations we self impose, he's the President of the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC), one of the largest and most respected accredited coach training organizations in the world.   Summary Luke talks about a time in his career when a decision he helped make caused problems within his company, and what he learned about himself, his values and the company during that time period. He describes his current role as president of IPEC, and how it differs from his former role as CEO. He talks about his love of art, and how his current job is more aligned with his personality. He also prais

Trickle Down Happiness with Paul Gilbride Paul Gilbride is a recovering CPA who has attempted work/life balance from every angle, including being a part of a 2 career family, being a stay at home dad, and building his own practice. Paul's company, Trickle Down Happiness LLC believes that building the relationship with ourselves and becoming the best version of who we can be trickles down onto our family, our friends, our coworkers and the world at large.   Summary Paul shares a behind the curtain look at the last 4 years of his life, including some of the most trying times and obstacles he's had to navigate. He talks about having a support system, being able to reach out and ask for help, and the impact that can have on a person's perspective. Paul gives an insight to working with Dad's and coaching in general. He shares how he found it, and why it's been powerful for him. He gives a small peek into his mentality as a parent. Paul also leaves off with some insights about taking action. Quotes "I didn't l

Krystal studied in interior design at the Art Institute of Colorado. With 10 years of design experience and 8 years of fengshui experience, she has merged that expertise and now she helps female entrepreneurs design a sanctuary space that supports them in building their dream life. So her clients are empowered to let go of the mental emotional and physical clutter that has been holding them back and to design their home and their lives with purpose and intention. Summary Krystal shares a challenge that she faced in life before ultimately merging her 2 areas of expertise and joy to create a business for herself that she truly loves. She explains what she means by our "internal environment" and talks a little about how your external environment reflects what's happening internally. Krystal gives some tips to both women, and couples on how to create a sanctuary within your home, that you can relax and truly feel good in. She also touches on the importance of de-cluttering your space, and continuing to be honest