Extraordinary Women Radio With Kami Guildner

In 2014 Lindsey Laurain – today's featured guest on Extraordinary Women Radio – and her husband were fed up with messy mealtime with their three young boys. In the midst of their frustration they said, “We need a plate the boys can’t toss!” The next day she taped a bowl to a piece of paper and has quickly grown the company by bootstrapping her way along. ezpz is a woman owned, self-funded small business that has expanded into a global multimillion-dollar company. Within six months this go-getter – act-now woman had invented and launched her company ezpz and created the Happy Mat, an all-in-one silicone placemat plus plate with patented self-seal technology. With the Happy Mat, infants and toddlers can no longer tip and toss plates at mealtime. The company boasts an expansive product portfolio, including a self-published book, and has secured distribution in 1500 U.S. stores and 30 countries. ezpz's self-seal technology is revolutionizing the feeding and medical industry. Many children and adults with auti

Today, I’m honored to bring you the sixth and final contemporary 2018 Inductee to the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame: Gail Schoettler.  It’s a great interview and just in time for the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame Induction Gala this coming Wednesday, March 28! Dr. Gail Schoettler has been a U.S. Ambassador, Colorado’s Lt. Governor and State Treasurer, Douglas County school board president, and a successful businesswoman. She narrowly lost her race for governor of Colorado in 1998. That was the same year Dottie Lamm ran for US Senate. Since that time, not a single woman has run for governor or US senate in Colorado until this year... Listen to what Gail has to say about this. It's a great interview. I think this is going to change. As I was preparing for this interview, I ran into this statistic... "During the full 2016 election cycle 920 women contacted EMILY's List, an organization that recruits and trains women to run for office. And that was a record year. Since Election Day 2016, more than 34,000 wome

This week marks the one year anniversary of Extraordinary Women Radio! What a ride it has been! In every interview this year, our conversations have been rich, the stories shared deep and wisdom filled. My guests have opened their hearts and shared their most vulnerable moments. They’ve shared heartbreak and they’ve shared success. All of them have been inspirational. At the end of every episode, my 43 guests offered three pearls of wisdom. Their responses have been profound, thought provoking and foundational principles that can truly shape our journeys, if only we apply them. This week, my team compiled these pearls of wisdom into a single document, and you can download it at https://www.kamiguildner.com/pearlsofwisdom. That is 129 pearls of wisdom gathered from some very extraordinary women. You will want to grab this one. It’s something that you’ll be able to turn to again and again. I’m going to keep a copy of this in my journal for reflection on a daily basis. As I sat down to start to reflect on al

Today's Extraordinary Women Radio Interview is with Paige Goss the Founder and CEO of Point Solutions Group. Paige started Point Solutions Group only 11 months ago, and has already generated over a $1 million of billings in this short amount of time. She’s changemaker, a doer – and makes things happen – all while moving across the country with her wife and starting a family! In this interview, we talk about how she grew the company so quickly, about life and family. She shares how the "the second that I was real and raw about who I was as a human, everything started to take shape for me. Its amazing what you get back, when you show up as your true authentic self." Paige founded her company on a philosophy that people are the center point of all successful missions and programs.  Point Solutions Group provides innovative solutions in information technology, engineering, and professional services for government and commercial organizations on issues of national and global significance. Paige and I met at a

Today's Extraordinary Women Radio Interview is with Leslie Foster, a 2018 Inductee into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame and the President of a Denver non-profit, The Gathering Place. As you know, I have a passion for women helping women. For the changemakers. For women who reach out a hand and lift another up. This certainly describes Leslie. Leslie has been helping women get off the streets of Denver for 30 years. She has passionately worked to influence local decision-makers’ conversations about the homeless population in Denver and how organizations provide services to women and children experiencing poverty or homelessness. Leslie is being inducted into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame this year and for good reason. In this interview, we talk about the strength of women – and how our strength multiplies exponentially – one women is strong… two women is like three … three women are like nine. Yes, we are strong and so much better when we work together. We talk about women in the homeless population a

This week's Extraordinary Women Radio interview with Heidi Ganahl, the founder of Camp Bow Wow, is so good! Heidi has a passion for keeping the American dream alive and well! That’s because she’s been living it. And it wasn’t all a simple and easy path to get there. Heidi has faced extraordinary adversity in her life. Beginning with the loss of her husband at the age of 27, to losing a million-dollar insurance settlement, her entrepreneurial spirit helped her pick herself up and build a $100 million brand in the pet and franchise industry – Camp Bow Wow. In fact she’s well known for her Ted Talk called the Art of the Comeback, where she shares this powerful comeback story. Today she shares this journey she took and the lessons she learned along the way. In fact one of the things that struck me in this interview – was the most timely wisdom I’d heard all week – if not all year! “Be the best you can be at what you’re doing at the time, and forgive yourself for not being the best at everything all the time.

Today's Extraordinary Women Radio interview is with Tami Simon the Founder and CEO of Sounds True. Tami founded Sounds True at the age of 22 with the mission of disseminating spiritual wisdom. Sounds True started out as a project with Tami – and her tape recorder thirty years ago. Since that time, Sounds True has grown into a multimedia publishing company with more than 80 employees, a library of more than 1500 titles featuring some of the leading teachers and visionaries of our time. Tami has interviewed leading teachers such as Michael Bernard Beckwith, David Whyte, and Geneen Roth—delving deep into their beliefs, teachings, and personal experiences on their own journeys for many years. And like so many of the interviews I get to do on Extraordinary Women Radio, Tami’s interview divinely occurred at a time when I needed her flavor of wisdom most. This week, I posted a blog called “Yesterday I broke,” which described a difficult day earlier this week, but more important, the important life lesson that unf

Today’s Extraordinary Women Radio Interview is with Alexis Kanda-Olmstead – a social advocate and leader focused on uplifting women’s roles in leadership. With a twenty-year career in higher education, Alexis brings together research from the fields of social psychology, economics, history and biology to advance women’s leadership. I love how she’s weaving research into her work – and she shares some really interesting insights throughout our interview how research is guiding her work. She believes that through everyday acts of courage, we can learn how to develop a new relationship with power, get comfortable with fear, and step into our authentic leadership. And in fact she’s so passionate about this – she’s in the process of co-developing a school called the {Re}Finishing School for Brave Women. Yes, this is a twist on the antiquated view of the old finishing schools. Alexis brings this concept into the modern-day age of empowering women with courage - helping women let go of belief systems that no longe

Today – I’m so excited to bring this very special Extraordinary Woman Radio interview with Astronaut Susan J. Helms - the first U.S. military woman in space! Susan is a retired Air Force lieutenant general and astronaut who was a crewmember on four space shuttle missions. She holds the world record for the longest space walk (8 hours and 56 minutes), and was the first woman to serve on the International Space Station. Susan is part of my series featuring the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame 2018 Inductees. This is an interview full of stories of space travel and the lessons that accompanied it. Apparently, you can learn a lot about life when you spend nearly 5 months aboard a space station with only 3 others aboard the international space station. There's lots of time to ponder the wonders of the world and the wonders of the Universe. We talk about humanity, life, following your dreams, working hard, training hard and being ready. Here are a few of the golden nuggets from Susan: "Humankind is really all on

I was so honored to have the opportunity to interview best selling author and highly sought-after speaker, Agapi Stassinopoulos on Extraordinary Women Radio this week. Agapi's most recent book is Wake Up to the Joy of You: 52 Meditations and Practices for a Calmer, Happier Life. This book is a treasure trove of how to live a life full of joy. We talk about mindfulness, meditation and intimacy with your SELF. We talk about the importance of knowing yourself from that deep inside place, and how the Universe can get all in behind you – and open all kinds of doors when you have that knowing of who you are. Agapi has a wise approach to life and we’re so aligned in our own inner truths and perhaps, even how we are both meant to making a difference on this earth! Agapi is a best-selling author and speaker who has inspired audiences around the world. In her previous book, Unbinding the Heart: A Dose of Greek Wisdom, Generosity, and Unconditional Love, she shares the wisdom from her life’s adventures and experienc

Today's Extraordinary Women Radio interview is with Fay Matsukage, a 2018 Inductee to the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame and Activist for Women and Asians in the Legal Profession. Fay wakes up every day and looks at a sticky note in her mirror that she’s written to herself: "You have to be the change you want to see in the world.” And in fact, she often tells herself, "If not me - then who!?" Such an important question for each of us to ask ourselves when we declare that something needs to change in our world. Fay lives by this concept: Be the change we desire in the world! From the beginning of her career, Fay worked in a male‐dominated field as a woman of Asian descent and faced the daily challenge of proving herself as a professional and as an equal. She was inspired by these challenges to start charitable foundations that are so well funded to this day they provide annual scholarships and other charitable contributions to women and individuals of Asian descent. Fay is an accomplished attorney with a re

This week's Extraordinary Women Radio interview is with a Colorado Women's Hall of Fame 2018 Inductee, Dr. Dorothy A. Horrell. Dorothy is the Chancellor of the University of Colorado at Denver, my alma mater! I love this interview – we talk about success and courage and leadership and transformation. Dorothy tells her story of growing up on the plains of Colorado and finding her way to live in China for 8 months as a young woman. She shares the story of why she chose to come out of retirement to lead University of Colorado at Denver, and why she said yes. And in one of my favorite questions toward the end of the interview we talk about holding principles that we learned in 4H programs as young girls – around head, hand, heart and health – and how they shape our lives today. Dorothy and I shared a number of intersecting threads in our lives – and I think we both loved these connections. So much fun to discover! Dorothy leads Colorado’s public urban research university: CU Denver which educates over 15,000 un

I’m really excited about today’s Extraordinary Women Radio interview with Gerie Grimes – the first of the 2018 Inductees to the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame. Passion, commitment, spirit, grit and grace. These are some of the characteristics shared by the women that will be enshrined into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame in March 2018. These characteristics: Passion, commitment, spirit, grit and grace – are so aligned with what I want to share here at Extraordinary Women Radio. So you can see why I couldn’t be more thrilled to partner with the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame to be able to tell these stories! In March 2018, Colorado will induct 10 new women into their Hall of Fame – something that is done every other year… six contemporary honorees and four historical, into an exclusive class that has now grown to 152. My friend Beth Barela, who is the chair of the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame says, “These women are unsung heroes who have endured with superlative strength, beauty and love. They deserve to ha

Today's Extraordinary Women Radio is with Carol Fishman Cohen is the CEO and Co-founder of iRelaunch – a company focused on helping people launch into their next chapter after they’ve taken a break in their career. As a leading expert in the field of career reentry space, Carol wrote the Harvard Business Review article “The 40-Year-Old Intern” about mid-career internships and is a regular HBR contributor. Her TED talk on relaunching careers has been viewed nearly 1.6 million times and is translated into 29 languages. Carol is the co-author, along with Vivian Steir Rabin, of the career reentry strategy book Back on the Career Track, long referred to as the "Bible of workplace reentry." Carol shares her story on how she returned to at Bain Capital after 11 years out of the full-time workforce is documented in a Harvard Business School case study, as well as provides several tips on how to approach career reentry after you've taken a break. Carol was named to the 2017 Thinkers50 Radar list of 30 leading manag

Cindy Powers Prosor believes that there is an important transition happening in the world right now. Amidst all the noise and discourse, there is also a rising up that is timely and needed in our global societies. A rising of more conscious beings. A rising of a more gentle, softer side of humanity. A rising of more awareness in how we show up and connect in the world. And yes, if you’ve been listening to me for any length of time, a bit of Yin Rising. I’m super excited to host Cindy Powers Prosor – a dear friend of mine from New Zealand – who is a wise woman making huge ripples of impact around the world. Cindy’s work is revolutionary. In fact, she is often referred to as a "Soul Midwife,"… Cindy is here to help usher out our "dying world" while educating and celebrating the awakening of a "new world." Cindy is a speaker, an author and intuitive. As a mentor and founder of Opening Doors Within, she helps clients around the world drop out of their heads and into their hearts -transforming fear, doubt and s

Danielle Fitzpatrick Clark, is the best selling author of the book Fake Free: 7 Easy Steps to Become More Authentic with Your Marketing. She runs a masterclass series called Light at the End of the Funnel, where she featured 20 marketing experts on creating authentic marketing, including yours truly. Danielle and I share this belief that the pathway to entrepreneurial success is an inside-out job - that there aren't magic formulas or 10-step processes, but rather it starts from doing our deep inner work first, listening to our inner wisdom and guidance - and then stepping out with big bold steps. Success comes when you are aligned to who you are and the purpose you're meant to deliver into the world. When my audio production editor sent me this episode of Extraordinary Women Radio back to me today, she made the statement, "You and Danielle go together like wama lama lama!" I had to laugh and share this, because I agree - we have the same passion for creating real marketing... not more noise. We have fun tog

Lauren Y. Casteel, President and CEO of the Women’s Foundation of Colorado I've been looking forward to this interview with Lauren Casteel, the President and CEO of the Women's Foundation of Colorado since the day I started Extraordinary Women Radio. For Lauren is the epitome of an extraordinary woman. In those early days of planning my podcast, when I was thinking about the women whose stories I would like to tell, Lauren certainly was at the top of the list. I can easily name Lauren as the best leader I’ve ever had an opportunity to work with in my life. She's a changemaker, a trailblazer and a woman who can move mountains. Lauren is the first person in Colorado to lead three foundations and possesses more than 20 years of philanthropic leadership as well as a dedication to inclusiveness across gender, racial, economic, ethnic, military, abilities, and  sexual orientation perspectives in Denver and throughout Colorado. I’ve had the pleasure of serving on the Board of Trustees of the Women’s Foundation fo

Today, I’m thrilled to bring Heather Aardema of Root of Well Being to this episode of Extraordinary Women Radio. Heather is a dear friend and client, and I’ve been blessed and honored to have been a part of her journey. Heather shares her personal story about how she TOOK her life back, after having been prescribed a concoction of pharmaceutical drugs for over 18 years for 3 different autoimmune diseases. In a single day, she decided she was going to do life differently - that she was going to take ownership of her health and how she nourished her body. And THAT decision was life changing. Forever. Heather shares her healing journey and also how this planted the seed to follow her passion and her purpose, which subsequently started the her next big adventure of leaving behind the corporate job to launch Root of Well Being – a functional health and wellness organization that helps people rediscover the magic of feeling well. Today, Heather teaches her clients to create a sustainable whole-life approach to

This week's Extraordinary Women Radio interview with Dr. Anita Sanchez is really special. Anita is the best selling international author of The Four Sacred Gifts: Indigenous Wisdom for Modern Times.  This book is beautiful – inside and out - and today, we’re going to get into some of the wisdom she shares in this extraordinary book. Anita's message for the world, and our fortunate listeners is so relevant right now. She just returned from spending a week in Kauai with thirteen indigenous Elders from around the world, where they engaged in deep discussion about the changes our world is going through at this time. In our interview, she shares insights into the wisdom discussions that took place. We talk about why women have an important role to play in the changes that our world is going through - and what that role is. Anita is committed to bridging indigenous wisdom with modern life, to support our individual wholeness and collective conscious evolution in partnership with People, Spirit and the Earth. With

Today’s Extraordinary Women Radio interview is with Claudia Cividino, the CEO of Americas for the luxury fashion brand Bally, where she oversees all of Bally’s business functions in U.S., Canada, and South America from her Manhattan office.  She has held senior executive roles at PRADA SpA, Coach, and Yves Saint Laurent.  Claudia has led a long successful career in the world of big fashion brands. I love this interview. We talk about women CEOs and leadership, and what it takes to break the glass ceiling. What Claudia shares is brilliant. And while she attributes her success to perseverance as many male CEOs might – she puts even more emphasis on something that may surprise you: mastery of self… to leading with a great awareness, to stillness, to the openness of exploration. For her, it’s never been about power over others. Instead it’s about doing her own deep inner work, and letting it flow from a deep grounded space within. This is the kind of leadership that I love to write about, talk about and am pass