powherfull inc startup stories

Mia Frankl
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Briefly interrupting your regular broadcast 🤣🤣 to ask you to vote for ME in Ryan Seacrest and iHeart Radio's Top Host podcast competition! https://tophost.org/2026/mia-frankl Welcome to powherfull inc startup stories, where ambitious women with jobs, kids, laundry and a dream bigger than their current life decide they're done waiting for "someday." I'm Mia Frankl of powherfull inc where I help everyday women build extraordinary lives without waiting for life to slow down and this podcast is the voice for The Everyday Woman who wants more. A podcast about becoming. Not becoming more successful.
Not becoming more productive.
Not becoming someone else. Becoming more you. I'm endlessly fascinated by women’s stories, not because of what they've accomplished, but because of who they've become along the way. I want the stories behind the stories, the messy middle, the wrong turns, the seasons of doubt. Because every extraordinary life begins the same way—with an ordinary woman deciding she can't ignore the whisper anymore. The moments she chose herself again and the courage it took to put herself back together, over and over and still. Because that's where transformation actually lives. I believe you don't have to quit your job, have more time or wait for perfect circumstances to build something extraordinary in your day to day. You just have to choose yourself, one moment, one day, one win and one fail at a time. Whether you're building a business, rebuilding a marriage, navigating motherhood, changing careers, strengthening your faith, healing your heart, or simply trying to remember who you are... You are starting up. And this podcast is a collection of stories that remind us we are not alone, everyone faces challenges, and everyone has to choose to stay the same, or BECOME something bigger inside the life she is living now. You will feel seen, heard and supported in your startup story as you shape yourself though your experiences, borrowing courage from the guests and gaining hope from their stories. Through practical coaching, honest conversations and a faith-filled community, I'll help you take small, courageous steps that create real momentum—because your dream was meant to be lived now, not in the elusive "someday". For those who have that quiet pull toward something bigger...Welcome. You're exactly where you're supposed to be. Let's start becoming. Subscribe and leave a review & Start building something bigger in your life now! ✨ Download the FREE Daily 4 Pillar Check-In 🎙 Subscribe to the Podcast 💜 Join The Phenomenal Collective 🌿 Join me for "No More Someday" my 6 week coaching program where you stop putting your life on hold and start building your future now. Follow on Socials: * www.facebook.com/powherfullinc
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  1. 3d ago

    Sherry McClurkin, Christian Life Coach

    Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. What if the woman you’ve spent your whole life trying to be… isn’t actually who you are!?? That question sits underneath so much of my conversation with Sherry McClurkin, Christian Life, Coach, Author and Keynote Speaker. Sherry grew up in an alcoholic home and learned early how to be the “good girl”—responsible, accommodating, and tuned into everyone else around her. She carried that identity into adulthood, through a tumultuous marriage, two failed attempts at college, and eventually 13 years working in IT. But underneath the life she was living was a growing sense that there had to be something more. At 38, a Christian conversion changed the direction of her life. At 48, she went back to school—earning both her Bachelor's and Master's degrees so she could become a licensed therapist. She eventually moved 2,500 miles away from her family, creating the space she needed to see old patterns differently and build what she calls a “chosen family.” And then came estrangement. What strikes me about Sherry’s story is that healing didn’t mean getting everyone to understand her, approve of her, or come back. It meant learning to honour her family's choices without abandoning herself. Today, Sherry helps women become what she calls “undivided”—letting go of the masks and pieces of themselves they’ve learned to hide and making room for the whole, complicated, flawed, beautiful woman underneath. I freaking love that, it's so aligned with my own coaching culture. Because on startup stories, this is what we talk about. Coming home to the woman who has been there all along, not becoming some shiny new version of yourself (that might not even be who you really are!). Sherry doesn’t believe in simply handing women the answers. She wants to teach them how to “fish”—how to develop the discernment, tools, and self-awareness to find their own way through whatever life puts in front of them. We talk about faith, family, identity, healing, boundaries, community, and what it actually looks like to stop living divided against yourself. Follow Sherry at: https://www.youtube.com/@SherryMcClurkinMS https://www.facebook.com/sherry.mcclurkin https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherry-mcclurkin-brain-tamer/ My friend, if this episode spoke to you, share it with a woman who could use a little encouragement and hope today. Because whatever you’re carrying, whatever you’re dreaming about, whatever little voice in you keeps saying there has to be more than this… I want you to know that more is possible. And it doesn’t require a completely different life. If you’re ready to start asking, “What can I do today?” start with my free 4 Pillars Daily Check-In. It’s a simple way to pause, reconnect with yourself, and start creating more space for the woman and the life you want—right where you are. For those of YOU ready to go deeper, join me in The Everyday Woman Awakening—for the woman who looks like she's doing fine from the outside—but knows she's not fully here for her own life. Six weeks of 1-1 together, where I help you come alive in your current life. Come back to your body. Come back to your breath. Come back to God. Come back to what you actually feel. Come back to the woman underneath all the noise. And actually start living inside your life now!

    Sherry McClurkin, Christian Life Coach

  2. Sep 22

    Aimee Kittleson, Be:Free Financial Team

    Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. Hi beautiful, I've got a great conversation for you today. One about the woman who kept evolving until she found work that actually fit who she was becoming. What happens when the thing you spent a decade trying to make work… just doesn’t? Aimee Kittleson spent years building a wellness business she believed in, but eventually found herself frustrated, stuck, and bringing in around $30,000 a year while piecing together other work to make it all work. Then motherhood—and an unexpected pause during the pandemic—gave her something she hadn’t had in a long time: space to stop and ask, What do I actually want? That question led her somewhere she never expected: finance. Today, Aimee is a Canadian Senior Broker with a team of women who help everyday families understand and use financial strategies that can feel like they were designed only for the wealthy. But what I loved most about our conversation wasn’t the numbers. It was the woman behind them. Aimee grew up watching her parents wrestle with the tension between freedom and financial security, and that tension followed her into adulthood. She wanted both. She wanted a life that felt free and a foundation that felt secure. And now she gets to help other people create that for themselves. We also talked about something I think every everyday woman understands: life does not wait until your business is figured out. You can be building something exciting while someone you love is struggling. You can be celebrating a new chapter while carrying fear. You can be growing professionally while navigating motherhood, family, uncertainty and all the ordinary stuff life keeps handing you. Aimee has found her own way of holding those dualities—and one of the ways she does it is by dancing. Literally. She uses movement to process the energy of both joy and grief, creating more capacity to hold it all. This conversation is about freedom, identity, motherhood, starting again, and giving yourself permission to follow a path you couldn't have imagined when you started. Find Aimee online via: linktr.ee/befreeaimee My friend, if this episode spoke to you, share it with a woman who could use a little encouragement and hope today. Because whatever you’re carrying, whatever you’re dreaming about, whatever little voice in you keeps saying there has to be more than this… I want you to know that more is possible. And it doesn’t require a completely different life. I’m here for the woman who is done putting her big life on the shelf, waiting for more time, more knowledge, more money, more confidence, or the perfect circumstances. I’m here for the woman who is ready to build something bigger right in the middle of the life she’s already living. Because that’s what I did. I stopped waiting for life to slow down. I stopped waiting to feel ready. And I started weaving the things I wanted into the life I already had—the job, the family, the laundry, the responsibilities, the messy bits and all. And little by little, it started becoming mine. That’s what I want for you, too. If you’re ready to stop saying someday and start asking, “What can I do today?” start with my free 4 Pillars Daily Check-In. It’s a simple way to pause, reconnect with yourself, and start creating more space for the woman and the life you want—right where you are. For those of YOU ready to go deeper, join me in The Everyday Woman Awakening—my six-week space for women who are ready to know themselves more deeply, trust themselves more fully, and start taking action on what matters to them.

    Aimee Kittleson, Be:Free Financial Team

  3. Sep 17

    Jo Kelly, To Be or Not to Act

    Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. I love this conversation so much because it goes beyond self development as a means to an end. It's not about changing yourself in order to get something, but as Jo Kelly says - its choosing how you want to experience life. Do you find the coaching world says "do this and get that?" I do. And I am tired of it. That's why the work - the DECONDITIONING - that Jo teaches is such a refreshing perspective on how to just BE MORE HUMAN in this messy, challenging, beautiful and heart breaking experience on earth. Jo's story started somewhere between working corporate, falling out of love with her partner and thinking - if I just move back to Europe, leave him, change this circumstance, then I will be fulfilled. So she made it all happen, and then got smacked in the face with a breast cancer diagnosis. She says she needed this lesson or she would not have gone into her actual healing journey - which is not dependant on circumstances, but created by how to experience life - especially when it is life or death. Jo was a single mum, going through cancer treatment, with a child with complex medical needs, fresh out of a separation. And, in the middle of facing it all…she chose to DANCE. Every single day for 30 days. She danced on the way to the hospital. She danced in the hallways. She danced in front of the radiation machine. At one point, she caught herself dancing naked in the mirror, half her hair gone, and instead of seeing a woman who was sick, she saw something else. A woman who was alive. And that became a documentary. It became part of her story. And it became a living expression of the work she had already been exploring for decades. Jo has a background in HR and systemics, studying how groups, cultures, and institutions shape human behaviour. She moved into acting, then into somatic practice, breathwork, voice, energy work, movement, EFT, neural rewiring, and the many pathways that can help a person come home to themselves. Because Jo isn't interested in giving us another set of rules for becoming a better, more productive, more healed version of ourselves. She's interested in what happens when we start removing all the conditioning that taught us to disconnect from our bodies, our emotions, our instincts, our joy. As a "deconditioning companion" she brings us back to something I think so many of us have forgotten: We already know how to be. She says, “I won’t teach you what to do. I will remind you how to be.” She doesn't talk about joy as something we earn after we've fixed our lives. She talks about joy for the sake of joy. And this conversation talks about what it means to actually feel our feelings instead of managing them, how early we are taught to abandon our instincts, and what might become possible when we stop trying so hard to become someone else… And remember the woman who was already there. https://tobeornottoact.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jokellyofficial/ https://www.facebook.com/tobeornottoact/ https://www.instagram.com/tobeornottoact_jokelly/?hl=en * Thanks for joining me for another episode of startup stories. I am honoured to share this space with you. Subscribe to stay on the journey with us and grab my freebie "powherfull daily check in" at www.powherfullinc.com

    Jo Kelly, To Be or Not to Act

  4. Aug 12

    Coach Bee, Young, Rich & Rooted

    Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. Grab some tissues and get cozy, because in this conversation we go deep. Coach Bee takes us through her awakening from wanting more than just a career in finance, to being deeply confronted by God in the identity and life she was living, to falling apart in order to come back together as her truest self. There was a season when Bee was depressed, bedridden, broke, and trying to figure out how to keep going—not just for herself, but as a single, black mother who had a little person depending on her. And somewhere in that experience, she began to rebuild. Not by becoming a completely different woman. By learning how to work with the woman she actually was. She gets vulnerable and emotional with us, being a beautiful example of the WORK we must CHOOSE behind the scenes in order to become the woman we are meant to be. As an Accredited Financial Counselor and ADHD Money Coach, Bee combines therapy with action, meeting clients right where they are. She gets you and she's got you. She has built a practice based on CAPACITY, nervous system regulation, allowing safety for trauma to process, and finding the right steps you can take now, in order to build something bigger later. Her signature work, Love Yourself Back to Wealth™, helps women understand their money triggers and trauma patterns, create ADHD-friendly systems that actually stick, and build financial stability without abandoning joy, peace, or purpose. She literally heals all of you through your money story. She doesn't push you further than you can hold, but she does show you how to build. She knows money is emotional and cerebral and has mastered the dance because its her lived story. We talk about the impact of living in survival mode for years on end, and rebuilding yourself from it. She talks about your CAPACITY BANK ACCOUNT - how much can you handle as the seasons of life, self and body change. We talk about COMMUNITY, Faith and hope. This episode will give you permission to break free from the systems you were raised in but did not fit. You will hear how you can create your own system and be your own woman and live in the support you actually need. You can follow Coach Bee at: https://youngrichrooted.com/ https://www.instagram.com/youngrichrooted/ https://www.facebook.com/YoungRichRooted/ **** My follow on to this episode to share it!!! Leave a podcast review, and hug yourself. You are worthy in all your glory and all your "gore." And what you are experiencing is NORMAL. There are countless women just like you, trying to build something bigger in the falling apart, the misalignment and the desires of your heart that NEVER stop whispering. Stay with it. I promise you, what you want is just up ahead! xoxo The Phenomenal Collective is where we keep the faith and love to get through it, together. Join us.

    Coach Bee, Young, Rich & Rooted

  5. Jul 16

    Katherine Tuominen, CEO of Catalyst Brand Strategy

    Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. What if your next chapter isn't found in a five-year plan... What if it's hidden in a whisper? This week on Startup Stories, I sit down with the beautiful Katherine Tuominen, and what unfolds isn't just a conversation about marketing or entrepreneurship—it's about learning to trust the quiet nudges that keep calling you toward more of yourself. Katherine didn't have a perfectly mapped-out vision. She had a feeling. She began her career in the film industry, captivated by the power of storytelling. But as the environment around her shifted, she found herself feeling increasingly disconnected from the values she wanted to live by. Instead of forcing herself to stay, she made the courageous decision to leave. For the next two and a half years, she simply... listened. She paid the bills. She cleared away the noise. She made space to discover what was actually true for her beneath the expectations, ambition, and busyness. From that place came a small copywriting business—because storytelling had always been the thread running through her life. And then another whisper arrived. "What if I didn't build this alone?" That single question became the beginning of Catalyst Brand Strategy—a collaborative team helping purpose-driven founders amplify their message with integrity, credibility, and heart. Now, years later, Katherine is evolving once again. She's stepping onto stages with a keynote called Why Ethical Marketing Is Not an Oxymoron, challenging the way we think about visibility, influence, and the responsibility that comes with having a voice. Because when marketing is done well, it isn't manipulation. It's service. It's connection. It's helping the right people find the support, ideas, and hope they've been searching for. What I loved most about this conversation is that Katherine reminds us we don't have to know exactly where we're going. Sometimes the vision isn't a roadmap. Sometimes it's simply a feeling that won't leave you alone. And if you keep following those whispers—curiously, courageously, one day at a time—you might just become the woman you've been waiting for all along. If you've been wondering what's next... This conversation is your permission to stop forcing the path... ...and start listening. 🤍 You can follow Katherine via: https://catalystbrandstrategy.com https://www.instagram.com/katherinetuominen/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherine-tuominen/ To dive deeper into your own evolution, join me in The Phenomenal Collective - a highly intentional, intimate and interactive FB Group where extraordinary women grow through community, collaboration and courageous business. This is where you become the woman you have been waiting for! https://www.facebook.com/groups/phenomenalcollective

    Katherine Tuominen, CEO of Catalyst Brand Strategy

  6. Jun 26

    Tricia Conyers, CEO of Inspire Her Coaching

    Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. This week on Startup Stories, I had the absolute joy of sitting down with the beautiful Tricia Conyers, all the way from Trinidad & Tobago. Tricia is a confidence and empowerment coach who has spent decades helping women grow into their leadership, but what I loved most about this conversation wasn't her incredible résumé... It was her. The woman behind the work. The woman who had a successful career, who could have stayed where life looked good on paper, but instead listened to the quiet nudge that there was something more waiting for her. She chose herself. She took action before she had every answer. And little by little, she built a business—and a life—that feels deeply aligned with who she is. We talk about what confidence really is (spoiler alert: it's action! also known as practicing!) and why waiting until you "feel ready" is often the very thing keeping you stuck. We also laugh. We reflect. We have one of those conversations that feels like two women sitting across from each other with coffee, talking about the beautiful, messy reality of becoming. And, behind the conversation is my own confidence in action. We could say that Tricia is more "accomplished" than me, a bigger business, a bigger identity. But that did not deter me. It feeds me, it takes me to my next level and allows me to practice CONFIDENCE IN ACTION. And afterwards, Tricia shared how much she loved our conversation. She told me she had been listening to the podcast and appreciated the way I reflect, listen, and help guests go deeper. She even referred another incredible woman to the show. It was such a beautiful reminder that confidence isn't about being the most experienced person in the room. It's about showing up as yourself. That's where the magic happens. So wherever you are today—in the dreaming, the building, the doubting, or the becoming—I hope this conversation reminds you that confidence isn't a destination. It's a practice. It's a decision. It's action. How will you build your confidence today? 🤍 *** You can find Tricia at: Website https://triciaconyers.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/inspireher.tt/ LinkedIN https://www.linkedin.com/in/triciaconyers/ Confidence Superpower Quiz https://signup.triciaconyers.com/confidencesuperpowerquiz *** Now that you are ready to supercharge your WILD WOMAN AWAKENING join me in an intimate circle for the Everyday Woman Awakening, my 6 week program to become the woman you are waiting for! We start July 8/26.

    Tricia Conyers, CEO of Inspire Her Coaching

  7. Jun 5

    Carla Geyser, CEO & Founder of Blue Sky Trust Society & Blue Sky Expeditions

    Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. This is an extra special episode as I just attended one of Carla Geyser's safaris through a 3 way collaboration (her business, Girls Guide to the World and my life coaching company - powherfull inc). Carla is a firecracker! An adventurer, a humanitarian, and an eco-warrior who owns and operates a conservation non profit and a travel adventure company that work together to bring women on safari and give back to the ecosystems & communities that preserve the world's wildest habitats and animals. She has always had a nature calling and spark for the wild, she felt it in her soul long before this business model existed in her mind. Growing up in South Africa she knew about the safari plains, but the call took hold after she learned about the poaching conflicts and saw a man weeping over a poached rhino. That was her cue. Shifting from commercial real estate and event planning, she leveraged her skills and gumption to create Blue Sky Trust Society and Blue Sky Expeditions, a clever model to achieve two complimentary goals. Travel, connection to the land and supporting conservation. Her first trip took three years to materialize and it remains an icon in her heart. It established the foundation to keep her going for 14 years (her 15th anniversary is in 2027 - celebrate by joining her on a trip!). But beyond what she has accomplished, Carla is a beautiful human. Highly capable, FUN, loving and willing to push herself for us, for herself and for Mama Africa. Having spent one glorious week with her, being around her is healing, seeing how she connects women to each other is magnetic and listening to her educate and expand our understanding of the beauty and pain of Mama Africa is very much a life changing experience. And you guys - she didn't get a degree in ecology or business, she just chose to trust herself and see what she could do. Her work is now bigger than just her, she has a following, business partnerships and lasting legacy that I am so grateful she said yes to! Come enjoy this conversation and see where you too can achieve your big goals in the life you are living right now! https://www.blueskysociety.org/ https://www.youtube.com/user/Blueskysociety1 https://www.facebook.com/BlueSkySociety https://www.instagram.com/blueskysociety

    Carla Geyser, CEO & Founder of Blue Sky Trust Society & Blue Sky Expeditions

  8. Apr 15

    Dr Sarah Choudhary, Visionary, Builder, Leader

    Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. I can't believe the caliber of women coming on my show and the depth of conversation I hold with them. Dr Sarah Choudhary is IMPRESSIVE - but less so because of her list of accomplishments and more because of who she chooses to be. You see this is the thread in all these episodes - what reality, purpose, permission are you claiming in living your life? Dr Sarah was living in Pakistan, she experienced war and hardship and over 25 years ago she moved to the US to find more freedom and peace. She went to school, she worked corporate, she fell in love, she started a family. All while absorbing and observing the systems and constructs around her. Noticing "containers" holding her in, or helping her grow. And as a woman in the tech industry, she saw between the "lines." She started to crack the paradigms and shift them to a more holistic, collectively beneficial model. You have to listen to the episode for this to land, her awareness, leadership and visionary identity is what created her portfolio. She is the founder of multiple ventures across food tech, transportation, health tech, and coaching—built without a co-founder or external funding—navigating everything from legal frameworks and trademarks to operations and scale firsthand. Sarah’s work is deeply shaped by both lived experience and rigorous training, including advanced coaching programs such as Quazi Johir’s leadership coaching and the Jay Shetty Institute. Her upcoming book, The Quantum Code of Wealth, explores clarity, decision-making, and inner alignment as the true drivers of sustainable success. She is passionate about helping ambitious women and founders build businesses without losing themselves in the process. Follow this woman, stay close for the release of her book and allow yourself to grow into more of who you are because that's the biggest impact and legacy we can create - together. https://linktr.ee/sarahchoudhary Sarahchoudhary.com ***** It's April 15/26 as I publish this. On Apr 21/26 I am flying across the globe to lead and coach on a women's African safari. When I return my "everyday woman" program launches (cohorts run on Wed, starting May 6 and on Friday starting on May 8). The BEST time to be close to a coach is when she is rising and sister I am already rising as a result of this trip, never mind the energy and ancientness of AFRICA already calling to me. Secure your spot now as the cohorts are small - about 5 women per circle - and let's begin your awakening NOW. Join here: https://canva.link/xko36b19pxzjegf

    Dr Sarah Choudhary, Visionary, Builder, Leader
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Briefly interrupting your regular broadcast 🤣🤣 to ask you to vote for ME in Ryan Seacrest and iHeart Radio's Top Host podcast competition! https://tophost.org/2026/mia-frankl Welcome to powherfull inc startup stories, where ambitious women with jobs, kids, laundry and a dream bigger than their current life decide they're done waiting for "someday." I'm Mia Frankl of powherfull inc where I help everyday women build extraordinary lives without waiting for life to slow down and this podcast is the voice for The Everyday Woman who wants more. A podcast about becoming. Not becoming more successful.
Not becoming more productive.
Not becoming someone else. Becoming more you. I'm endlessly fascinated by women’s stories, not because of what they've accomplished, but because of who they've become along the way. I want the stories behind the stories, the messy middle, the wrong turns, the seasons of doubt. Because every extraordinary life begins the same way—with an ordinary woman deciding she can't ignore the whisper anymore. The moments she chose herself again and the courage it took to put herself back together, over and over and still. Because that's where transformation actually lives. I believe you don't have to quit your job, have more time or wait for perfect circumstances to build something extraordinary in your day to day. You just have to choose yourself, one moment, one day, one win and one fail at a time. Whether you're building a business, rebuilding a marriage, navigating motherhood, changing careers, strengthening your faith, healing your heart, or simply trying to remember who you are... You are starting up. And this podcast is a collection of stories that remind us we are not alone, everyone faces challenges, and everyone has to choose to stay the same, or BECOME something bigger inside the life she is living now. You will feel seen, heard and supported in your startup story as you shape yourself though your experiences, borrowing courage from the guests and gaining hope from their stories. Through practical coaching, honest conversations and a faith-filled community, I'll help you take small, courageous steps that create real momentum—because your dream was meant to be lived now, not in the elusive "someday". For those who have that quiet pull toward something bigger...Welcome. You're exactly where you're supposed to be. Let's start becoming. Subscribe and leave a review & Start building something bigger in your life now! ✨ Download the FREE Daily 4 Pillar Check-In 🎙 Subscribe to the Podcast 💜 Join The Phenomenal Collective 🌿 Join me for "No More Someday" my 6 week coaching program where you stop putting your life on hold and start building your future now. Follow on Socials: * www.facebook.com/powherfullinc
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