Real, Raw and Unfiltered Conversations exploring the Intersection between Personal and Business Growth with Women Entrepreneurs, Authors, Artists and more. Host, Traci DeForge, internationally recognized business development strategist, discuss details of her own personal journeys and talks about her obstacles, barriers and how she is growing through them.
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Welcome to The Growth Accelerator Podcast! I'm Traci DeForge. Are you using your podcast as a tool to increase your visibility as a thought leader? A way to get you on more stages as a subject matter expert? Do you want your podcast to be a lead-generation machine? A way to directly increase the sales of your products, services, courses, and programs? INCREASE your bottom line? This podcast is your gateway to transforming your business or company’s podcast into a dynamic lead generation and ...
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Taking Your Podcast to the Next Level Starts Here!
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In this episode of the Growth Accelerator Podcast, host Traci De Forge introduces simple yet impactful strategies for podcasters to unlock their show's growth potential and align it with their business objectives. Traci emphasizes the importance of authentic audience engagement, shares insights into successful monetization approaches, and underscor…
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Taking Your Podcast to the Next Level Starts Here!
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In this episode of the Growth Accelerator Podcast, host Traci De Forge introduces simple yet impactful strategies for podcasters to unlock their show's growth potential and align it with their business objectives. Traci emphasizes the importance of authentic audience engagement, shares insights into successful monetization approaches, and underscor…
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Happy 8th Podversary to Journey to There! Life is a journey full of twists and turns, and this podcast is no exception. New adventures, new lessons, and even some life lessons from Finn! Catch up with Journey to There podcast host, Traci DeForge as she reflects on her journey through life's highs and lows and shares her musings on love, light, and …
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Encore - Finding Your Voice to Move from a Survivor to a Thriver
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Did you know that keeping traumas unresolved can result in lowering expectations of how others should treat us? It is not an easy process to face our early childhood traumas. That’s why it’s important to create a safe space where you can share whatever it is that you need to share. And no matter how difficult the healing process is, feeling stuck i…
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Take Back Your Health With Guest Noosheen Hashemi
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It’s time to start viewing your health as wealth. In this episode of Journey to There, I have an in depth conversation with the phenomenal Noosheen Hashemi. Noosheen is an award-winning entrepreneur, investor, philanthropist, and founder and CEO of January.ai, a health tech company that harnesses the power of artificial intelligence to prevent, pre…
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Find Your Joy through Human Design With Guest Kelsey Abbott
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It’s more important than ever to find joy in this world. In today’s episode of Journey to There, I chat with Kelsey Abbott about the importance of finding your joy through Human Design. Kelsey is an Intuitive Human Design Reader and certified professional coach who is a manifesting generator - living her life by her design and finding (and helping …
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Start Where You Are: Moving From Fear to Hope
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During this last year, Covid taught us that we don’t have control over our lives. We are living through anger, pain, sadness, and many other emotions including one of our most powerful emotions, vulnerability. The guest of today’s episode is Cheryl Holling, an award winning voice over talent and host of the podcast 19 Stories; From Fear to Hope. In…
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Finding Your Voice to Move from a Survivor to a Thriver
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Did you know that keeping traumas unresolved can result in lowering expectations of how others should treat us? It is not an easy process to face our early childhood traumas. That’s why it’s important to create a safe space where you can share whatever it is that you need to share. And no matter how difficult the healing process is, feeling stuck i…
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Today's episode is all about curly girls uniting! As a chemist, educator, and naturalista, Rhonda Marshall brings a truly unique perspective to the beauty industry. Rhonda saw a clear consumer need and personal passion for taking better care of naturally curly hair. Rhonda's curls are something she was proud of, something she feels accentuates her …
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Today we welcome founder and CEO of All She Makes, Svitlana Martynjuk, to talk about her passion to connect women artists all over the world. Svitlana developed All She Makes to promote women in art & business and we hear about her journey to help other women artists. You’ll hear about the history of women in the arts and the many ways she’s helped…
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Dr. Ginger Campbell talks about her journey with passion for neuroscience, her own podcast, Brain Science, and her book, “Are You Sure? The Unconscious Origins of Certainty,” in hopes to share her knowledge with others. Listen to Dr. Campbell and expand your knowledge of the human's subconscious mind, the decision making process, and our emotional …
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Pause. Breathe. Choose: Become the CEO of Your Own Wellbeing
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Our guest today is Naz Beheshti. She is the author of Pause. Breathe. Choose: Become the CEO of Your Wellbeing. Naz opens the show by diving deep into her background. Previously, Naz went through many corporate experiences including working as the executive assistant to Steve Jobs. Listen as she shares how he inspired her to focus on her wellbeing …
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Meet Janet McKee, the creator of the innovative and acclaimed Accelerated High Performance Program and emPower3 Leadership + Lifestyle Retreat designed to help others fuel their passion, positivity and purpose. Her book, Stressless Success: The Surprising Secrets to a life of Passion, Purpose, and Prosperity, explores how to take back your personal…
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Meet Camille Martin, a registered dietitian, public health writer, and former chronic dieter. Her book, Love To Lose: Love Your Life and Watch the Weight Lose Itself, explores precisely why you haven't been successful losing weight and how to change all that. Camille, based on her personal and professional experience, explains why diets will never,…
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Embrace What Matters. Ditch What Doesn’t with Kendra Adachi
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Meet Kendra Adachi, founder of the Lazy Genius Collective. Kendra passionately shares how to stop doing it all for the sake of doing what matters. Her work includes hosting The Lazy Genius Podcast, blogging, and her just-released book, The Lazy Genius Way: Embrace What Matters, Ditch What Doesn’t, and Get Stuff Done. Kendra tells listeners that the…
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Highly Sensitive Entrepreneurs: The Visionaries With Heather Dominick
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Highly sensitive people react to stimuli differently from other people, which may be a good thing or a bad thing depending on their mastery of their strengths. In the world of business, highly sensitive entrepreneurs are often the ones who have visionary potential. With the right mental tools to properly harness their talents, they have tremendous …
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Building Businesses That Shape The World To Be A Better Place
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Suzanne Evans went from secretary to a 7 million dollar business. Her company, Driven Inc, has been on the Inc 500/5000 list of fasting growing companies for 5 straight years. Her NY Times Best Selling book, “The Way You Do Anything is the Way You Do Everything”, set hundreds of thousands of business owners on their fast path to success. Suzanne te…
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Zero Tolerance for Bullying with Eleni Theodorou
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Meet Eleni Theodorou, a celebrated children's author, bullying prevention educator, and keynote speaker. Eleni teaches students - online and in-person - the Art of Compassion through her multi-sensory, culturally-rich bullying prevention programs called "Noko Busts Bullying!", with lasting results. The word bully is heavily weighted and comes with …
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Blaze Your Own Trail with Rebekah Bastian
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Meet Rebekah Bastian, a vice president at Zillow Group, CEO and co-founder of OwnTrail.com, and author of Blaze Your Own Trail: An Interactive Guide to Navigating Life with Confidence, Solidarity, and Compassion. Her book explores the different decisions and pathways women take through their personal and professional lives. It encourages the reader…
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Focus on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion with Dr. Tiffany Jana
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What does inclusion and diversity in the workplace look like to you? Dr. Tiffany Jana, CEO of TMI Portfolio, shares her views around diversity, equity, and inclusion. Hear Dr. Jana’s personal experiences in the workplace and how companies can improve their diversity. In this episode: Dr. Jana is responsible for creating the first B-Corporation in t…
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What does living a richer life by design mean to you? Jonathan Krueger, Investment Advisor Representative and co-founder of Lionsgate Advisors, shares his philosophies around leadership, financial and spiritual growth and how his focus on family and core values impacted him starting and running his business in St. Louis, Missouri. In this episode: …
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Have you heard of Enneagrams? Ever been curious about your Enneagram Number? Denee King, Host of the Love Thy Number Podcast tells us how the discovery of her number was a game changer for her personally & professionally. Bonus...She gives me the skinny on my number and how has significantly influenced my life choices! An Invitation to Listen from …
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In this episode: We're not taught about money. Whether male or female, where we're not taught in school. We're usually not taught at home so we don't have a foundation on which to really play some competence. What we're getting taught about money is what we're told and what we're shown usually by our parents. We either do what our parents did, whic…
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Jaquelyn is the Founder of Heartwood Healing, Heartwood Sanctuary and the Creator of the Heartwood Self Mastery program. A motivational speaker and writer of 14 books and Co-Founder of Healing Words television show. We know each other because we worked together on a really fun project for Weight Watchers International and we really developed a real…
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How to Live Psychopath Free with Jackson MacKenzie
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In this episode: How to live your life free from toxic relationships and emotional abuse. Jackson MacKenzie & Traci talk openly about their journey through toxic relationships in love and in business. Ditch the fairy tale stories and be real in what is happening inside the relationship. What is the difference between having your heartbroken and bei…
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The moments of our lives are opportunities to learn something valuable about ourselves. Instead, we often take them for granted and waste them on negative, unproductive thoughts. Mindfulness keeps us present and aware. It provides a pathway to experiencing an expansiveness that gives us a feeling of oneness with the world. A daily Mindfulness pract…
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Brains on Fire with Guest Brandy AmidonThe brains behind the iconic launch of Hello Bello, A baby product line created Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard In this episode: Meet Brandy Amidon otherwise known to Traci as Ami-doness! MId 30’s, City Council, Mayor, Co-President of Brains on Fire, Wife & Mom Brandy’s business is responsible for the most Iconic…
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Sometimes you have to turn the tables on yourself to see yourself more clearly. I’ve been doing alot of soul searching lately. I had a moment of clarity which made me sad. It was time to admit I was back in my “spot’ again. All work. No Play. Self imposed isolation and living but lacking joy. How did I get here again? How to I get out of it again? …
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In this episode: Oscar Trimboli, Author of Deep Listening & Breakthroughs, Professional Speaker, Mentor and Director Microsoft Office Division Australia shares impactful insights on the power of deep listening. Listen even when you disagree. Their pause is the most critical moment your listening. The speaker is NOT the most important person in the …
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A Journey Within with Author LouAnne Ludwig
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Take some happiness + joy and then throw in a little work addiction and perfectionism and you have a journey within... “So many of us crave meaning and joy in our lives we look for something larger than ourselves something outside our everyday existence that will deliver us to a higher consciousness filled with happiness.” LouAnne Ludwig LouAnne’s …
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Yes, Cyber Stalking + Bullying can happen to you! with guest Alison Maloni
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In this episode: Alison Maloni shares her very personal story about how posting on social media about her life led to cyber stalking and her tips on how the every day person can prevent it from happening to them. Do you know how to set up your privacy settings on your social media? You do not have to be a Kardashian to be stalked on social media re…
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Success that Pops! with guest Laura Petersen
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In this episode: Laura Petersen, author & speaker shares her experiences of stepping outside her comfort zone to be a globally successful entrepreneur. Find out why Laura’s favorite word is NERD as in Podcast Nerd, Travel Nerd, Book Nerd... What is the one biggest thing that help Laura overcome her biggest fear...Public Speaking. Raise Your Hand. S…
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Goodbye Anxiety. Hello Freedom! with Stephanie Dalfonzo
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In this episode: In this episode: Stephanie Dalfonzo, author of Goodbye Anxiety. Hello Freedom shares tips & tricks to manage stress and anxiety and even insomnia. 3 radio people reunite to share where they are now and why some of it has to do with Anxiety being the catalyst! Russ shares a story about latex and fruit??? Traci tells her story about …
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The Power of Imagination with Dr. Charlotte Reznick, PHD
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In this episode: The Power of Your Child's Imagination: How to Transform Stress and Anxiety into Joy and Success Journey to other places to alleviate pain You may not be able to change your circumstances but you can change the way you react to your circumstances Once you have a vision for what is possible then start taking the steps to get there Ho…
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100th Episode: Special Episode… Best of clips for your listening pleasure!
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Russ and Traci take a walk down down memory lane with best of clips and commentary on their Journey to 100 episodes. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How » Join the Journey to There Community today: journeytothere.com Twitter Instagram Facebook PinterestBy Traci DeForge and Russ Riba
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How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings with guest Sarah Cooper
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In this episode: Sarah Cooper, comedian, will illustrate how women can achieve their dreams, succeed in their careers, and become leaders, without harming the fragile male ego 9 Non-threatening Leadership Strategies for Women Choose Your Own Adventure: Do You Want to Be Likable or Successful? How to Survive Harassment Without Hurting His Career Chi…
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In this episode: Relationship Magic; Waking Up Together Guy reveals a BIG secret that is not in his “BIO” about his experiences in the music industry. The most abundant resource on this planet is our relationships. How patterns impact our relationships. Relationships are the basis of the important revelations we have about ourselves. Love is far mo…
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Conquering Your Quarter Life Crisis with guest Kali Rogers
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In this episode: We speak with Kali Rogers founder of JustBlush.com about handling a quarter life crisis..or an anytime life crisis! What is a quarter life crisis? What is the Formula the Millennial generation is rebelling against when it comes to the typical job path? How to extend the typical brick and mortar businesses beyond the geographic land…
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In this episode: Alexia Vernon shares her story of how she stepped into her moxie in a big way! What is Moxie? Urban Dictionary Definition - It Means A Person Full Of Energy, Pep, Courage Or Determination. Google Definition - force of character, determination, or nerve. "when you've got moxie, you need the clothes to match" Who is Alexia Vernon Bra…
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Meredith Rigdon shares her journey to the Ironman 70.3 World Championship while running her own business as a single mom of two kids! Powerhouse indeed! Russ questions why Traci is wearing a Detox Mask What is the Ironman 70.3 World Championship? This... Swim 1.2 mile Bike Ride 56 miles Run 13.1 miles Career + Single Mom + Community Participant = I…
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Adi Arezzini, Founder of Teami Tea Blends
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Adi Halevy Arezzini shares how she started multi-million dollar business. Adi gets personal about how her body dictated the reason she created her Teami Tea business. 3 Marketing tips on how to build a lifestyle brand. What is the defining moment from I need this product to I am going to launch this product? Action is way more important than ideas.…
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Achieving Your Dreams Through Your Dreams
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Traci’s favorite thing about Andrew Holecek? He teaches on the opportunities that exist in obstacles. In this episode: Find more about the thrill of waking up in your dreams and having the time of your life in the privacy of their own mind. Tips on making better use of the combined 50 hours a week the average person spends in slumber and turn part …
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Which came first the partnership or the friendship? What are the personal and professional impacts..either way? Our guest, Jessica Rhodes & Margy Feldhuhn, share how they co-create together in business and life. In this episode: Advantages of having a business partner vs being a solo entrepreneur. What happens to your perspective when you shift fro…
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Finding Joy on Your Way Out of Mental Illness and Addiction with Rachel Joy
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There's nothing more rewarding than seeing other women break down the barriers of fear, and realizing that they are worthy of all their deepest desires. Our guest, Rachel Joy is a Lifestyle Designer, helping women create the life and biz of their dreams. It's her job to guide women how to manifest their dreams into reality. In this episode: ~ How d…
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Everyone is looking for the magic pill but taking the long road leads to better results not only in weight loss but also in life. Our guest, Jessi Culyer, is a wife and a mom of 3 kids who is passionate about helping women figure out the missing link in their health. In this episode: ~ Do your homework on nutrition and understand what it is that yo…
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Barrie Risman is widely regarded as one of Canada’s most highly skilled yoga educators, teacher–trainers and mentors. She conveys the essence of the wisdom teachings of yoga with exceptional clarity, insight, and relevance to students of all levels and from all walks of life. Yoga classes can be intimidating. It is ok to admit it. Barrie shares her…
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Close the Gap. Your limitations may be causing your barriers to success but closing them is your choice.
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Michelle Pippin, Founder of WOW (Women who WOW!) shares her powerful drive behind supporting women entrepreneurs while focused on building her own business. In this episode: Go big or go home - is more than just about the money. It is a mindset. Exploring the myth of NOT selling in entrepreneurship. WHY IN THE WORLD should we pay ourselves LESS tha…
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Traci returns after an unexpected podcast sabbatical and she has some explaining to do! A candid conversation about aging parents, dominating personalities, shutting down and coming back. What caused her to shut down? How are things now? She shares behind the scene personal circumstances which led to old behavior habits of avoidance, people pleasin…
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Journey to There is debuting it’s new series of Ladies Room episodes. These episodes are designed to dig deeper on issues you feel like you would want to talk about with your girlfriend. Those questions and topics you would only feel comfortable asking a really close friend. Traci kicks off the premiere “Ladies Room” episode by hosting her long tim…
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Living simply is not always easy. It is not a destination it is a journey. Before you even begin to simplify you will need to identify how you define simple, where your life is complicated and explore why you seek simplicity in the first place. Humans have the tendency to over complicate the simple. About 5% to 7% of adults in the U.S. are pursuing…
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