Go-Getter Gal Podcast- Where Everyday Gals Grow Together

Pam Barnes

Women need each other. And yet, we don't connect as much as we want to. That's exactly why this podcast exists. 💛 The Go-Getter Gals Podcast was created to bring the heart of our community to every gal who needs it no matter where you are. We're a group of real women who meet every month to connect, grow, and lift each other up, and now we're bringing that same energy straight to your ears. In our episodes we will dig into personal growth, business, and the real life stuff that nobody talks about enough. We sit down with everyday gals not celebrities, not perfect people just women with real stories that will make you feel seen, understood, and a little less alone in whatever you're walking through. Because 80% of women struggle with self-worth. We wake up every day taking care of everyone around us. And somewhere in all of that, we forget to pour back into ourselves. This podcast is your hour. Your space to show up exactly as you are and be completely accepted. 💛 We talk growth. We talk connection. We talk the kind of honest, real conversations that remind you, you are not alone, and you don't have to figure it out by yourself. Until our online community is ready for you, this is your home. Pull up a chair, grab your coffee, and let's grow together. Growth Through Connection. 💛

  1. 6d ago

    Go Getter Gals Podcast - Episode 37: Cathy Nesbitt - "Global Giggle Gang"

    Y’all, this one is going to make you laugh. On purpose. 💜 Pam sits down with Cathy Nesbitt, a 63-year-old self-described “woman of adventure” from just north of Toronto who spent 24 years selling worms by the pound for indoor composting. Yes, worms. In the house. She started that business at 39, met her husband of 38 years in driving school, and found laughter yoga the day after she almost gave up. But this conversation goes so much deeper than laughter. Cathy and Pam get real about why we feel guilty for feeling joy, how we’ve gotten addicted to stress, what isolation has done to us since 2020, and how to make peace with the season you’re in. In this episode, we cover: (00:15) Meet Cathy: 24 years in the worm business and why her business has been “her baby”(03:11) Why it’s never too late to start, and finding purpose in work that isn’t glamorous(05:01) The 2012 “worms in the house?!” moment that made her question everything, and how laughter found her the very next day(06:32) Twenty years as a secretary, people-pleasing, and the “five jobs” women were offered growing up in the ’60s(09:01) What changed when Cathy started laughing on purpose(11:38) Who took our laughter? Plato, Socrates, and why we think being serious is the only way to be taken seriously(16:40) The science: your “love drugs,” oxygen, and shifting from fight-or-flight to rest-and-digest(19:10) Are we addicted to stress? Creating conflict when life gets calm(22:03) How to laugh when nothing’s funny, and why it feels so weird at first(26:51) Connection, isolation, and why women are natural collaborators(32:12) The smallest first step: online laughter clubs and two-minute power poses(36:50) Being okay with where you are: human beings, not human doers(40:06) What legacy means to Cathy, and how to connect with herA few of our favorite moments: “We feel guilty experiencing joy.” “We must laugh because there’s so many things going on.” “We are human beings, not human doers.” Connect with Cathy: Free weekly laughter club, Tuesdays at 9:30 AM Eastern: cathysclub.comCathy’s Crawly Composters: cathyscomposters.comFacebook: facebook.com/CathysCrawlyCompostersLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/cathynesbittGo-Getter Gals is a FREE women’s networking community built on Growth Through Connection — Personal, Business, and Networking. Connect with Go-Getter Gals: 📘 Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61561190723548 📸 Instagram: @go_gettergals 🌐 Website: https://go-gettergals.com/ 🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and anywhere else you tune in 📍 Join us in person in Dothan, AL. at Mural City Coffee on the 2nd Thursday of every month, 5:30 PM — always free! #GoGetterGals #WomenEmpowerment #LaughterYoga #SelfCare #podcast

  2. Oct 23

    Go Getter Gals Podcast - Episode 36: Steffani Symons - "Shef Steff"

    Ever feel like you've pivoted one too many times? 💜 Hannah sits down with Steffani Symons, a San Diego private chef who has built a career across fashion, furniture design, and food. She's the creative mind behind Shef Steff, and she'll be the first to admit she still has "wait, I'm a chef?" moments. But this conversation goes so much deeper than career changes. Steffani and Hannah get real about turning doubt into fuel, being the new person in a small town, imposter syndrome, and finding the common thread that runs through every pivot. In this episode, we cover: * (00:15) Meet Steffani and today's theme: pivoting and finding what you're meant to do * (01:04) Fashion school, styling for LA fashion week, and turning down the move to LA * (03:24) From fashion to furniture: flipping pieces in the garage as a creative outlet * (05:15) The LOVE bookshelf that took off and building a team of builders and shippers * (07:44) Opening a brick-and-mortar store and the hard truth about being the new person in a small town * (12:48) Pivoting into food and falling in love with the service industry * (15:12) "You don't have what it takes": turning someone's doubt into fuel * (17:19) Almost signing a restaurant lease on the day COVID hit * (20:28) Why a business partner matters if you're opening a restaurant * (22:36) From pop-ups and a commercial kitchen to becoming a private chef * (27:19) Advice for anyone who wants to start a cooking business * (29:22) What she's building now: Recipe Remix and Good News Is on the Menu * (31:49) The common thread: creativity across every pivot * (33:36) What legacy means to Steffani * (34:40) Pivot shame, imposter syndrome, and leading with your heart * (37:00) How to connect with Steffani Symons A few of our favorite moments: "It's not even about the why, it's about where is that leading you and where is your heart in it?" "Just take one step at a time and just lead with your heart and you'll get to the right place." "Just be your authentic self and just go out there and spread your gift." Connect with Steffani: * Instagram: @theshefsteff * TikTok: Shef Steff * YouTube: Shef Steff * Good News Is on the Menu: TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram Go-Getter Gals is a FREE women's networking community built on Growth Through Connection — Personal, Business, and Networking. Connect with Go-Getter Gals: 📘 Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61561190723548 📸 Instagram: @go_gettergals 🌐 Website: https://go-gettergals.com/ 🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and anywhere else you tune in 📍 Join us in person in Dothan, AL. at Mural City Coffee on the 2nd Thursday of every month, 5:30 PM — always free! #GoGetterGals #WomenEmpowerment #WomenInBusiness #SelfWorth #podcast

  3. Oct 16

    Go Getter Gals Podcast - Episode 35: The Messy Middle

    Today it's just Pam and Hannah again, and they're getting honest about the side of growth nobody posts about... the part where you miss who you used to be, even while you're becoming someone better. Hannah opens up about the last few months of intentional transformation (a nighttime skincare routine, lifting weights and hitting the gym five to six days a week, cutting ten inches off her hair) and the surprising grief that's come with it: missing the version of herself who had more downtime, more doom-scrolling, more "funny fat friend" energy. Pam reframes it as the messy middle: that awkward, unglamorous stretch between who you were and who you're becoming. And the two talk through why growth takes something away before it gives something back. In this episode, we cover: (00:14) Why today's conversation is about the choices behind growth, not just the desire for it(01:07) The "messy middle" — why becoming a new version of yourself isn't rainbows and butterflies(02:09) Why women cut their hair during major life transitions(04:03) Hannah's health transformation — nighttime routine, workouts, seven pounds down and a different kind of win(12:23) The deeper grief — missing not just rest, but an old identity(15:11) Sitting in the loss before you meet the person on the other side of it(17:29) Reframing this as "not a cautionary tale" — growth always takes away before it gives(21:45) What Pam and Hannah each love about themselves — and refuse to lose in the transformation(26:34) Closing challenge — what season of growth prepared you to become who you are now? A few of our favorite moments: "Growth always takes away before it gives." "You haven't met the version of you that is on the other side of this." "You don't have to go cold turkey away from who you are." Go-Getter Gals is a FREE women's networking community built on Growth Through Connection — Personal, Business, and Networking. Connect with Go-Getter Gals: 📘 Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61561190723548 📸 Instagram: @go_gettergals 🌐 Website: https://go-gettergals.com/ 🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and anywhere else you tune in 📍 Join us in person in Dothan, AL. at Mural City Coffee on the 2nd Thursday of every month, 5:30 PM — always free! #GoGetterGals #WomenEmpowerment #Growth #MessyMiddle #podcast

  4. Oct 9

    Go Getter Gals Podcast - Episode 34: Jennifer Hobbs - The Creator of "Bestimonies"

    Grab your bestie, because this one is a love letter to her. 💜 Pam sits down with Jennifer Hobbs, a Nashville wedding chapel owner who spends her days surrounded by love stories and decided the friendship ones deserved a ceremony too. She's the creator of Bestimonies, a trademarked ceremony for best friends, and she's taking it on the road. But this conversation goes so much deeper than a ceremony. Jennifer and Pam get real about finding your tribe after a move, being a hot mess in front of the women who love you anyway, holding your power in business without apologizing for it, and the legacy we leave for the women coming up behind us. In this episode, we cover: * (00:15) Meet Jennifer: wedding chapel owner and creator of Bestimonies * (02:17) Why your best friend is part of your love story too * (03:44) Buying a business later in life and inspiring other women to do the same * (06:42) Why women lean on women in business * (07:45) How Bestimonies was born, and why saying it out loud matters * (12:43) We don't need friends to fix us. How to be the friend who sits in the mess * (17:25) Finding your people after a move, plus a must-listen on vulnerability * (19:40) Your tribe isn't coming to your house. Go find her * (22:21) A mini Bestimony: the friends who showed up when it counted * (33:49) Noticing when your friend is disappearing into herself * (36:58) For the woman who feels like she has no one to call * (40:43) The messy middle: staying kind while holding authority in business * (48:30) How to connect with Jennifer and Bestimonies * (51:25) What legacy means to Jennifer A few of our favorite moments: "I always say that the best friend is the one that got him to the altar." "The tribe will not find you in your bedroom or in your living room, watching television." "It leaves a path, it leaves a hope for another human that if I achieve it, so can you." Connect with Jennifer: Email: rhinestoneweddings@gmail.com Website: www.rhinestoneweddingchapel.com Instagram: Instagram.com/rhinestoneweddingchapel Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rhinestoneweddingchapel/ Go-Getter Gals is a FREE women's networking community built on Growth Through Connection — Personal, Business, and Networking. Connect with Go-Getter Gals: 📘 Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61561190723548 📸 Instagram: @go_gettergals 🌐 Website: https://go-gettergals.com/ 🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and anywhere else you tune in 📍 Join us in person in Dothan, AL. at Mural City Coffee on the 2nd Thursday of every month, 5:30 PM — always free! #GoGetterGals #WomenSupportingWomen #FriendshipGoals #WomenInBusiness #podcast

  5. Oct 2

    Go Getter Gals Podcast - Episode 33: Starting Over... AGAIN!

    This episode isn't about the logistics of moving boxes, it's about what happens when you have to become someone new in a place you didn't choose. Pam opens up about her family's upcoming cross-country move with the military, and what it means to start over for the third time. First from Tennessee to Dothan, and now from Dothan to California. Pam and Hannah get real about starting over, grief, identity shifting with environment, and rebuilding community from scratch. In this episode, we cover: (00:15) What "starting over" really means — and why this one isn't about a change of city(01:12) Why Hannah wanted to talk about this — watching Pam build everything from scratch once already(02:56) How different environments make you a different person(05:04) Redefining who you are in a new season of life(07:30) The grief of a decision you didn't fully choose — and why you have to let it hit you(14:29) Chasing the new horizon — finding the excitement inside the fear(19:39) What actually travels with you — your growth, your skills, your ability to build community again(24:38) Closing challenge — write down your superpowers, and go be the new girl somewhere A few of our favorite moments: "Growth is inevitable. What is going to happen is destined to happen. It's not gonna happen any other way." "I became the woman I had always dreamed of being." "You're not starting from zero, you're taking things with you." Go-Getter Gals is a FREE women's networking community built on Growth Through Connection — Personal, Business, and Networking. Connect with Go-Getter Gals: 📘 Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61561190723548 📸 Instagram: @go_gettergals 🌐 Website: https://go-gettergals.com/ 🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and anywhere else you tune in 📍 Join us in person in Dothan, AL. at Mural City Coffee on the 2nd Thursday of every month, 5:30 PM — always free! #GoGetterGals #WomenEmpowerment #NewChapters #StartingOver #podcast

  6. Sep 25

    Go Getter Gals Podcast - Episode 32: Linda Conklin

    Pam didn't want to go. Linda made her go anyway. And that one decision is the reason Go-Getter Gals exists at all. 💜 Pam sits down with Linda Conklin — the woman who dragged her to her very first women's networking event back in 2019, and one of the people Pam credits with shaping who she is today. Linda spent 30 years as a hairstylist before walking away from that identity entirely in 2010, and she's spent the years since figuring out who she is without it. But this conversation goes so much deeper than a career change. Linda and Pam get real about growing up with a parent who couldn't show up emotionally, learning what real friendship actually looks like as an adult, embracing the broken parts of your story instead of grieving them, and building a legacy that outlasts you. In this episode, we cover: (00:15) Meet Linda Conklin — the woman who dragged Pam to her very first networking event(01:27) Who Linda is and what makes her different: 30 years as a hairstylist, a hard identity reset in 2010, and learning to live for "an audience of one"(04:21) How Linda has changed from childhood to now — growing up with a mother with narcissistic personality disorder, a devastating loss at age five, and years spent walled off from friendship(10:17) Playing a part: how a self-described introvert built a 30-year career standing behind the styling chair(12:01) Linda's greatest support — her sister, and what it means to have "someone with skin on"(15:01) How Linda's definition of friendship has evolved — from built-in mom-friend circles to intentional, cross-generational "bonus daughter" relationships(20:56) A quiet joy: the gift Linda is secretly proud of — making people feel truly seen(22:48) The part of her story Linda is learning to embrace — her brokenness(24:23) What legacy means to Linda(25:41) Closing thoughts — and Linda's parting words: "find the Linda, or be the Linda" A few of our favorite moments: "I truly feel like I live my life for an audience of one." "I am secretly proud that I have the talent of making other people feel seen, truly seen and truly valued." "Either find the Linda or be the Linda. Be the Linda that speaks truth into the lives of others." Go-Getter Gals is a FREE women's networking community built on Growth Through Connection — Personal, Business, and Networking. Connect with Go-Getter Gals: 📘 Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61561190723548 📸 Instagram: @go_gettergals 🌐 Website: https://go-gettergals.com/ 🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and anywhere else you tune in 📍 Join us in person in Dothan, AL. at Mural City Coffee on the 2nd Thursday of every month, 5:30 PM — always free! #GoGetterGals #WomenSupportingWomen #SelfWorth #FaithFilled #podcast

  7. Sep 18

    Go Getter Gals Podcast - Episode 31: Joy Lelusche - "The Crazy Water Lady"

    Y'all, this one is going to hit different. 💜 Pam sits down with Joy Lelusche, a mom of three in Tennessee who left the 9-to-5 grind in 2023 to build her own business around something she is UNAPOLOGETICALLY obsessed with: water. Not just any water — better hydration, healing, and helping people build genuinely healthier lives. She jokes her gravestone should say "the crazy water lady," and honestly? We believe her. But this conversation goes so much deeper than water. Joy and Pam get real about believing in yourself when no one around you understands what you're building, letting go of the "what ifs," forgiving yourself for not being perfect, and figuring out what it actually means to leave a legacy for your kids to watch. In this episode, we cover: (00:15) Meet Joy — from "Joy Gassman" to "Joy Lelusche," creator of Better Hydration(00:53) Life as a mom of three in Tennessee, running her own water business, and why she plans to talk about hydration until she dies (literally, it's going on the gravestone)(02:03) Who Joy is becoming right now — and the real reason she left her 9-to-5 (hint: it wasn't really about the job)(03:22) What she's proud of that nobody sees — believing in herself when everyone around her said online business "isn't real"(08:36) The thing she used to be embarrassed about as a woman — and why she stopped letting other people's opinions run her life(12:13) What she had to forgive herself for — comparison, the "what ifs," and giving up the pressure to be perfect(16:42) Are you the planner friend or the "if you're on time, you're late" friend? A lighter friendship detour(19:29) Her green light for new friendships (it's simpler than you think)(21:44) What legacy means to Joy — and why her kids watching her build something matters more than anything(24:12) What "better water" actually is, and why she's so passionate about helping people get healthier(25:55) How to connect with Joy and learn more about what she does A few of our favorite moments: "If you don't fail forward, you can't go forward at all." "The biggest investment is in yourself." "Comparing yourself to others is the biggest thief of joy." Connect with Joy: Instagram: @anchorsuccessFacebook: Joybell0322 Go-Getter Gals is a FREE women's networking community built on Growth Through Connection — Personal, Business, and Networking. Connect with Go-Getter Gals: 📘 Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61561190723548 📸 Instagram: @go_gettergals 🌐 Website: https://go-gettergals.com/ 🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and anywhere else you tune in 📍 Join us in person in Dothan, AL. at Mural City Coffee on the 2nd Thursday of every month, 5:30 PM — always free! #GoGetterGals #WomenEmpowerment #SelfWorth #Authenticity #podcast

  8. Sep 11

    Go Getter Gals Podcast - Episode 30: Redefining Your Own Timeline

    Ever feel like you're the only one who didn't get the memo on how life was "supposed" to go? 👀 This week Pam & Hannah are getting real (and a little unscripted) about feeling left behind: that gut-punch comparison spiral when you look around and feel like you're not where you "should" be by now. We're talking about the timeline nobody asked for but everybody got handed, good grades, good college, good job, good man, marriage, house, babies, in that order, by a certain age, and what happens when your actual life doesn't follow the script. Pam opens up about her non-traditional path (GED to military to college at 24, building a business outside her degree field), her current house-hunting heartbreak, and choosing her marriage over her "forever home." Hannah gets honest about her health goals, her financial timeline, and the starter home she's lived in for over a decade waiting on a "someday" that keeps moving. We dig into: 🩷 Why the timeline was never really ours to begin with 💙 How social media highlight reels warp our sense of "on track" 💜 The difference between letting go of a goal vs. letting go of the deadline ✨ Why your priorities shifting isn't the same as falling behind 🔥 Building your own "tribe," even a long-distance one, so you have somewhere to say "this sucks, help me work through it" This one's shorter and a little less planned than usual, because honestly, it needed to be said out loud. Reflection question: What's one thing you thought you "should" have done by now that you're ready to let go of? Drop it in the comments, we'll go first. 👇 Connect with Go-Getter Gals: 📘 Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61561190723548 📸 Instagram: @go_gettergals 🌐 Website: https://go-gettergals.com/ 🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and anywhere else you tune in 📍 Join us in person in Dothan, AL at Mural City Coffee on the 2nd Thursday of every month, 5:30 PM, always free! #GoGetterGals #WomenEmpowerment #SelfWorth #Authenticity #podcast

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Women need each other. And yet, we don't connect as much as we want to. That's exactly why this podcast exists. 💛 The Go-Getter Gals Podcast was created to bring the heart of our community to every gal who needs it no matter where you are. We're a group of real women who meet every month to connect, grow, and lift each other up, and now we're bringing that same energy straight to your ears. In our episodes we will dig into personal growth, business, and the real life stuff that nobody talks about enough. We sit down with everyday gals not celebrities, not perfect people just women with real stories that will make you feel seen, understood, and a little less alone in whatever you're walking through. Because 80% of women struggle with self-worth. We wake up every day taking care of everyone around us. And somewhere in all of that, we forget to pour back into ourselves. This podcast is your hour. Your space to show up exactly as you are and be completely accepted. 💛 We talk growth. We talk connection. We talk the kind of honest, real conversations that remind you, you are not alone, and you don't have to figure it out by yourself. Until our online community is ready for you, this is your home. Pull up a chair, grab your coffee, and let's grow together. Growth Through Connection. 💛