ROI of Peace

Courtney Koenig
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What if the real return on investment,  the one that changes everything, comes from peace? Welcome to ROI of Peace, a podcast for women who want success that actually feels good. Each episode has three parts: Pick Your Peace — simple, practical ways to bring more calm into your day. Founders’ Stories — real conversations about the struggles, pressure, and breakthroughs behind the scenes. Human Design Gifts — insights to help you use your design to lead, create, and grow with  I’m Courtney Koenig, international founder, author, mom of four, autoimmune warrior, and someone who rebuilt her life and business from the inside out. This isn’t a podcast about doing more. It’s about finding the version of success that finally feels calm and sustainable. Because when peace becomes the strategy? Success becomes sustainable. If you’re ready for business to feel lighter, more aligned, and a lot more peaceful, you’re in the right place.

  1. May 25

    I was always the one behind the scenes. I didn't know I was meant to be the one out front

    Want to spend more time with Courtney?  ROI of Peace Mastermind + App Access: https://roiofpeace.com/roimastermind Get your Human Design chart + Interferer Assessment: https://roiofpeace.com/starthere Connect with Charisse! Charisse's Website: https://blueheartaccounting.com/  Charisse on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charrise-bateman You have been holding everything up for so long you forgot to ask what you actually wanted to build. This episode is for the woman who has spent years showing up for everyone else — as a caregiver, a supporter, a wife, a mom, the backbone of everything — and is just now realizing she has something of her own worth building. Charisse Bateman is the founder of Blue Heart Accounting and has helped hundreds of business owners clean up their books, save thousands in taxes, and plan for real growth. But her story is about so much more than numbers. She is a wife, a mom of four, a paddleboarder and snowboarder — and a woman who had to completely rewrite her identity when life stopped giving her a choice. When her husband went through a devastating breakdown and lost his job, Charisse found herself navigating grief, caregiving, loss, and the terrifying realization that she had to become the breadwinner for her family. She had always been the support person. The one behind the scenes. The one who held everything together while everyone else moved forward. And then she had to build something of her own — while everything around her was still falling apart. What happened next is what this episode is about. Because Charisse didn't just survive it. She discovered something she never expected. That people would actually pay for what she had to offer. That she was worthy of building something that was hers. That the woman who had spent her whole life in the background was always meant to be out front. In this episode: What it actually feels like to go from caregiver and supporter to breadwinner and builder overnightWhy worthiness is the real barrier between knowing what you offer and actually charging for itWhat it looks like to build a business that supports your family instead of competing with itHow grief and crisis can become the unexpected catalyst for your greatest workWhat Charisse wishes she had known sooner about believing people will pay for what you doWhy the woman who has been holding everyone else up is often the most capable builder in the roomYou were never just the support person. This episode is proof.

    47 min

  2. May 18

    I am successful, anxious, and quietly wondering if this is all there is?

    Want to spend more time with Courtney? ROI of Peace Mastermind + App Access: https://roiofpeace.com/roimastermind Get your Human Design chart + Interferer Assessment: https://roiofpeace.com/starthere Connect with Nicole: Nicole's Website: https://www.azzurroadvisory.com/ Nicole on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolemeloni/ About this episode: You did everything right. You followed the plan. You hit the milestones. You earned the title. You built the career that looked exactly like success was supposed to look. And somewhere in the middle of all of it you looked up and didn't recognize your own life. This episode is for the woman who has been winning by every measure and quietly wondering why it doesn't feel like freedom. Nicole Meloni is an executive strategist who embeds inside one million to five million dollar service firms to redesign how they operate and scale. She knows how to make any room run. She has done it across industries — fine jewelry, emergency rooms, financial firms, operations — and she was exceptional at every single one. She played the corporate game well. She just never stopped to ask what it was actually costing her. Until South Africa. A month long volunteer trip working hands on with lions, elephants, and tigers wasn't supposed to change everything. It was supposed to be a break. But when you feel real freedom for the first time, in your body, in your chest, in a way that has nothing to do with a spreadsheet or a promotion, you can't unfeel it. That clarity is what built Azzurro Advisory. That clarity is why she now lives semi nomadically. And that clarity is what she brings into this conversation. In this episode: What it actually feels like to be exceptional at a life that isn't yoursWhy burnout looks different when you are succeeding — and why that makes it harder to nameThe South Africa moment that cracked everything open and what she knew on the way homeHow to trust what you feel even when the numbers say otherwiseWhat it means to build something that doesn't require you to compromise to keep it runningWhy the ROI of Peace isn't working less, it's that the work lets you decide your freedomIf you have ever achieved something and felt nothing, or felt everything except what you expected, this episode is going to hit.

    45 min

  3. May 11

    I can run a company. Why does motherhood feel like the hardest thing? with Sarah Smith

    Want to spend more time with Courtney? ROI of Peace Mastermind + App Access: https://roiofpeace.com/roimastermind Get your Human Design chart + Interferer Assessment: https://roiofpeace.com/starthere Connect with Sarah Website: https://iconoclast-evolve-snapshot.lovable.app LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahleasmith/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@sarah-iconoclast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iconoclast_innovations_llc You can figure out a product launch. You can lead a team. You can solve problems most people wouldn't even know where to start with. And then you become a mom and suddenly none of that matters because nothing in your toolkit is working. This episode is for the female founder who has built something incredible and still found herself completely lost in motherhood. Sarah Smith is a founder who works with female entrepreneurs — and she knows firsthand what it looks like when your identity as a builder collides with the reality of becoming a mom. In this conversation Sarah opens up about one of the hardest seasons of her life. A new baby. A move. A pandemic. Postpartum depression. All at once. With no support system around her. She had a picture of who she would be as a mom. Reality looked nothing like it. What makes this conversation so powerful is how honest Sarah is about the gap between the mom she imagined and the mom she actually became. The isolation. The pressure to hold it all together. The quiet knowing that something was wrong that she kept overriding. And what it took to finally come back to herself on the other side. If you have ever felt like you can handle anything your business throws at you and still feel completely undone by motherhood — you are not alone and this episode was made for you. In this episode: What it actually felt like to have a newborn during a pandemic with no villageThe identity shattering that happens when motherhood looks nothing like you imaginedWhat postpartum depression really feels like from the insideWhy high achieving women struggle to ask for the support they desperately needWhat it means to trust yourself when everything around you feels uncertainHow Sarah rebuilt her sense of self on the other side of the hardest season of her life

    44 min

  4. May 4

    I kept waiting to feel ready to be visible, I'm still not ready, I'm here anyway with Marta Spirk

    Want to spend more time with Courtney? ROI of Peace Mastermind + App Access: https://roiofpeace.com/roimastermind Get your Human Design chart + Interferer Assessment: https://roiofpeace.com/starthere Connect with Marta's  Website: www.martaspirk.com  Marta's Speaking Page: www.martaspirk.com/Speaking  Instagram: www.instagram.com/martaspirk LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/marta-spirk How many times have you had something important to say and talked yourself out of saying it? Not because you didn't have the words. But because you didn't want to make it awkward. Didn't want to take up too much space. Didn't want to rock the boat. This episode is for every woman who has ever stayed quiet in a room she was meant to speak in. Marta Spirk is a public speaking coach and visibility expert who helps women find their voice and use it, on stages, in meetings, in their lives. But before she was teaching others to speak up, she was learning how to do it herself. As a mother of triplets who moved countries with three newborns and no village, Marta found herself lost in the overwhelm, staying busy, staying quiet, and slowly disappearing inside her own life. What brought her back? Her children. Her chaos. And the moment she realized her voice wasn't gone. She had just been the one telling it to wait. In this episode, Marta and Courtney explore what it actually looks like to find your voice when life has stripped everything familiar away, why women are conditioned to silence themselves, and how speaking up, even imperfectly, is one of the most powerful things you will ever do. This one is for the woman who has been staying quiet for too long. Your voice is still there. The boat needs rocking. In this episode: Why so many women self silence and what it's quietly costing themHow having triplets and moving countries forced Marta to find her voiceWhy your voice doesn't have to be perfect to be powerfulWhat it means to take up space as a woman, a mother, and a leaderHow to start speaking up even when it feels uncomfortable or scaryWhy finding your voice is one of the greatest acts of self trust you can make

    49 min

  5. Apr 27

    I spent so long keeping everyone happy, I forgot I was someone too with Christy Hughes

    Want to spend more time with Courtney? ROI of Peace Programs and App access: https://roiofpeace.com/programs Get your Human Design chart + Interferer Assessment: https://roiofpeace.com/starthere Connect with Christy: Christy’s Website: https://www.thrivewithchristy.com/ Christy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christy-hughes-thrive/ Christy’s Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/5kNxEnIsWbt3ZMe69wDqjw?si=1548d328552a4ebe About this episode: You've been so good at making everyone else comfortable. And somewhere along the way, you stopped checking in with yourself. If you've ever looked up and thought,  I don't even know what I want anymore, this episode is for you. Christy Hughes is a confidence coach and author who helps quiet women build voice and visibility. But before she was doing that work for others, she was doing it for herself. In this conversation, Christy opens up about her journey through alcoholism, sobriety, and the moment she realized her people-pleasing wasn't a personality trait — it was a coping mechanism. This one goes deep. And it goes there gently. In this episode: Why people-pleasing and perfectionism can quietly drive unhealthy coping habitsWhat it feels like to hit a turning point and actually choose something differentThe permission to pivot — midlife, mid-story, mid-everythingWhat Christy found when she looked at the women in her family treeWhy rest isn't a reward. It's a requirement.Christy's book,  Strong Roots, weaves her sobriety story alongside the lives of her grandmothers.

    46 min

  6. Apr 13

    I kept trying and failing and it turns out that was the whole point with Rita Richa

    Want to spend more time with Courtney? ROI of Peace Programs and App Access: https://roiofpeace.com/programs Get your Human Design chart + Interferer Assessment: https://roiofpeace.com/starthere Connect with Rita: Rita’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ritaricha/ Rita’s Email: bippityboppitybiz.com  Rita’s Website: contact@reignitemedia.com What if everything you thought was a failure was actually working for you? That’s the question at the heart of this conversation. Rita Richa has had a life full of pivots. A breakup that blindsided her. A car accident that forced her to stop. Career shifts, restarts, and moments where she questioned everything. And somewhere in the middle of all of that bouncing around, she found something most people spend years searching for herself. In this episode, Rita opens up about what it actually looks like to rebuild your confidence after something knocks you down, why the pressure to get it right is the thing keeping you stuck, and how learning to trust the process of trying, even when it fails, is the most powerful thing you can do. If you’ve ever felt like you were all over the place, like you couldn’t just pick one thing and stick with it, or like everyone else had it figured out except you, this episode is going to hit. In this episode: Why a blindsiding breakup became the turning point that changed everything- How a car accident forced Rita to slow down and finally listen to herself- What the pressure to get it perfect is actually costing you- Why trying and failing isn’t the problem, it’s the path- How to rebuild confidence when you’ve lost sight of who you are Rita’s Human Design as a Manifesting Generator with a ⅓ profile says it all. She’s literally designed to learn through experience to try, pivot, and build wisdom through living it. Her Sacral authority means her body already knows the answer before her mind catches up. And Gate 54 gives her that relentless drive to keep climbing, even when the path isn’t clear yet. This isn’t a story about finally getting it right. It’s a story about realizing the trying was never wrong.

    55 min

  7. Apr 6

    I feel like I’m carrying too much… and no one knows with Sherwanna Livingston

    If You Need SupportIf you’re feeling overwhelmed or in a dark place, reaching out can make a difference. United States Call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) International Resources Visit: https://findahelpline.com/ (This site helps you find crisis support numbers in your country) If you are in immediate danger, please call your local emergency number. Want to Spend More Time with Courtney? ROI of Peace App Daily tools, prompts, and practices to help you reconnect with your intuition and lead with clarity and peace. https://www.roiofpeace.com/approiofpeace Mastermind + App Access Join a powerful community of female founders and leaders and work closely with Courtney, with full access to the ROI of Peace app. https://roiofpeace.com/roimastermind Free Human Design Chart Discover the gifts you were born with and how you’re uniquely designed to make aligned decisions. https://roiofpeace.com/humandesignchart Connect with Sherwanna LivingstonWebsite https://www.llypstudios.com/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherwannalivingston/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sherwanna.livingston About this episode If you’ve ever felt like you’re carrying more than anyone can see… this episode is for you. In this deeply honest conversation, Courtney sits down with Sherwanna Livingston to talk about what it feels like to carry invisible weight—and what it takes to reach out when everything feels too heavy to hold alone. Sherwanna shares her personal story of struggling in silence, navigating dark moments, and making the brave decision to reach out for help. That one moment—choosing to not carry it alone—became a turning point in her life. Together, they explore the reality that so many high-achieving women face: • looking like everything is fine on the outside • while quietly carrying overwhelming emotional weight • and feeling like no one else could possibly understand This conversation is a reminder that: you are not alone—and you don’t have to carry it all by yourself.

    46 min

  8. Apr 3

    Why you feel so sensitive (it’s your superpower) | Insider tips for Reflector Human Design

    Want to Go Deeper?Come hang with me: • The ROI of Peace App • Mastermind + App Access • Human Design Readings • Private Coaching 👉 https://roiofpeace.com/programs Because when you understand your design… you stop trying to fit into someone else’s path—and start trusting your own. Don’t know your Human Design, grab it here https://roiofpeace.com/humandesignchart Inside this episode... What if the reason you feel stuck, exhausted, or out of alignment… isn’t because you’re doing something wrong? It’s because you’ve never been taught how you’re actually designed to operate. In this episode of ROI of Peace, Courtney Koenig breaks down your Human Design type and shows you how to start working with your energy instead of against it. Human Design is like a personality test—similar to StrengthsFinder or the Enneagram—but it goes so much deeper. It gives you a roadmap to: • Understand how you’re designed to use your energy • Make decisions with more clarity and confidence • Tap into the gifts you were born with When you start aligning with your design, things shift. You stop forcing. You stop overthinking. And you start experiencing more ease, clarity, and peace in your life and business. This episode will help you understand your type, recognize where you may be out of alignment, and give you simple ways to start shifting today.

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What if the real return on investment,  the one that changes everything, comes from peace? Welcome to ROI of Peace, a podcast for women who want success that actually feels good. Each episode has three parts: Pick Your Peace — simple, practical ways to bring more calm into your day. Founders’ Stories — real conversations about the struggles, pressure, and breakthroughs behind the scenes. Human Design Gifts — insights to help you use your design to lead, create, and grow with  I’m Courtney Koenig, international founder, author, mom of four, autoimmune warrior, and someone who rebuilt her life and business from the inside out. This isn’t a podcast about doing more. It’s about finding the version of success that finally feels calm and sustainable. Because when peace becomes the strategy? Success becomes sustainable. If you’re ready for business to feel lighter, more aligned, and a lot more peaceful, you’re in the right place.

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  • Creator
    Courtney Koenig
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    128
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Courtney Koenig
  • Show Website
    ROI of Peace