Penny for your Shots Penny Fitzgerald

Michelle Bouse is a licensed esthetician and professional makeup artist now serving SW Florida. She spent over 20 years owning her own business and serving Hollywood stars from Jesse Metcalfe to John Schneider to Jennifer Garner. She started in New Jersey in musical theater as a dancer, earning her living through private events. Auditioning for each role taught her resilience, and self confidence. We discuss the difference in cultures from New Jersey to California to Florida (and a ...

Beth Matthews is a real estate professional, founder, and owner of Envision Real Estate in Buffalo, New York. She's a distinguished leader who believes in creating a positive work culture for her team, while achieving ambitious sales goals. She leads by example and is also committed to lifting other women entrepreneurs.She took a break and disconnected from work for a weekend to explore what truly makes her happy. She came away with 4 Pillars... Four areas of her life and work that she truly ...

Nichole Richardson and I met through a networking group, and she hosted several wine tastings with me "back in the day." She has a vast wealth of experiences... from her time in the military, to working for a golf cart retailer, to now working mostly from home. She's faced adversity and will NOT be put in a box.We discuss some cringe-worthy moments with co-workers that led her to finding a good fit in her current company. Nichole describes some of the unique and difficult choices she faced be...

Alexis Goodwin is the General Manager of an independent, boutique-style hotel in Blanco, Texas. The Blanco River Hotel is our "home base" for Wine Camp this Fall (September 19-21, 2024) in Texas Hill Country!Alexis and I discuss the area, including so many things to do, a variety of restaurants, some breweries and distilleries, and of course, we mention some of the wineries and prime locations for tasting!For my "vino loving friends", Texas Hill Country American Viticultural Area is the 3rd l...

Most of my guests (and my audience) are women ...umm... of a certain age, like me, who have "been there, done that". Many of us are in that next phase of life where we're rediscovering ourselves, or may be approaching a change... kids going off to college, friends nearing retirement... not "more time on our hands" but more ... "I want to make an impact and I want to have more fun!"Occasionally, I interview younger guests and it brings me back to earlier days. Days when I was in the thick of c...

Becca Ingersoll is an expert at Finding Joy through Life's Trials. And that is, indeed, the name of her own podcast. Everybody's got something, right? And she would be the first to say that is true... but she has walked the walk before talking the talk. She is here to support others in their journey of finding joy. She's actually one of the kindest, most joy-filled people I know!Becca has special needs twins who were born prematurely. She'll go into that a bit in our conversation (and yo...