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Destinee Berman has been called the strategist and “secret visionary” behind today’s most widely recognized online schools in the yoga and mindfulness space. 

Destinee specializes in helping healers get their work out of their heads, online and scale their impact for good. She understands that many of them may shy away from charging for their spiritual and healing work, so she helps them grow their business in a way that is authentic, genuine, and most importantly, helps them serve even more people. 

She has a deep understanding of digital marketing through her 15 years in Silicon Valley managing clients like Twitter, HP, and Microsoft. Her consulting clients today include six and seven figure online educators and healers, including clients like Sting’s astrologer and bestselling authors who reach hundreds of thousands of followers.

In today's episode, Heather and Destinee talk about applying how she uses nurturing and connection with her clients to connect with their audience. She also shares with us about her transition from big tech to where she is today.

"There was a part of me that wasn't happy. When you look working in a business versus entrepreneurship, there are just different sets of problems.There is no security blanket in business."

She shares some of her top tips with us through living her life through leadership.
"Don't be afraid of focus. Be okay with saying 'no'. Not saying 'no' compromises our success in other areas."

Here this advice, along with many other pieces on our episode with the fabulous Destinee Berman today.

Connect with her online!
Learn more at www.DestineeBerman.com.
Or follow her on IG @desberman 

Many of you have heard of the company, Jazzercise, Inc. It has, after all, been around for almost 50 years. It is the longest running program of it's kind in the fitness industry. Since it's inception by founder, Judy Shepard Missett in 1969, it has wildly grown to great success including international presence in 32 countries!

On today's show, Shanna Missett Nelson, President and daughter of the founder, walks us through her journey with Jazzercise, managing the growth, growing in leadership and finding the balance of home life. One of the biggest challenges of all, is keeping the perception of Jazzercise fresh.

Our host Heather Simpson, shares her Jazzercise journey, where the fresh moves, and calorie scorching classes contributed to 70lbs of her 100lb weight loss. "It's such an amazing and fun way to stay in shape."

Shanna shares the some of the struggles with being a pioneer in the fitness industry. "There isn't really anybody that we can turn to to ask, 'How did you do this?' " She looks for outside inspiration, and her dance background for the hip choreography that she brings to the company.

Shanna and the Jazzercise company have been doing culture correctly, before culture was a hot topic in today's world. Her style of leadership has been ahead of the trend, and it shows. One of our favorite quotes from this incredible female leader is, "You can manage the team but you have to coach the individual."

This interview will leaving you inspired to check out a class at your local Bellingham Jazzercise! For your special offer, visit www.sheleadsme.com/jazzercise and join your community at a class for some calorie burning fun!

Be sure to follow Shanna and Bellingham Jazzercise on IG! 

You want to meet this woman. Kalia Garrido,  wears multiple hats; wife, mother, self professed heath geek, avid outdoors person and founder multiple companies.
How did she get here? Drive and Determination. After moving from Boston to Miami, she found herself with a exciting career in the tech industry and raising her newborn son on her own.

"I was determined that my son would want for nothing and I was going to make it work. My career flourished because of it." Kalia shares.

She met her husband and made the move to the bustling tech industry of Denver. She worked her way to upper level management in corporate America, and hit the goals she had set for herself. The result? Realizing something was missing.

"I had been working my tail off to get there, and as soon as I hit it, is when I felt that I could look around and really take assessment of the scene that I was in, and be able to start to uncover, that actually wasn't for me. What would I do next?"

After a year of hitting her career goal, she left. "I'm going to give it all back. In fact, I will take nothing. It's time for me to start my own business."

She shares with us how leaving the comforts of a well paying job, can create fear. Overcoming fear, is something that she has set out to conquer. She emphasizes the importance of knowing yourself, so you can achieve what you are meant to do in this process.

"You have to take the time to know yourself, and that will make the difference in everything."

In the quest for knowing herself, she broadened her definition of health. She started implementing meditation and connecting with her spiritual health in combination from the active and healthy lifestyle she lives. She set out to answer the question, "What is the meaning of health?"

From here, this is where Healthy Women Leaders was born. A group collective of women, understanding health in all aspects of their lives. They are turning the thought of "Selfishness" into "Self Care" for women.

Join Kalia and her band of Healthy Women Leaders on this quest!
www.HealthyWomenLeaders.com