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Heart + Head Work

Heart + Head Work

By: MAVEN Founders (Tessa Arneson & Rocky Donati)
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✨ Maven is a community that empowers women entrepreneurs to build businesses with their whole selves—transforming dreams into purpose-driven work that sustains them and their communities. We envision a world where women are celebrated for who they are, not just what they produce, and where success is measured by fulfillment, equity, and impact. Rooted in love and curiosity, Maven creates space, connection, and guidance grounded in a methodology that aligns heart and head—helping women move from stuckness to momentum and from individual growth to collective strength that ripples outward for future generations.

🎙️ Heart + Head Work explores the balance of strategy and soul in business. Co-hosted by Tessa & Rocky, dynamic counterparts who discovered magic in their differences, this podcast dives into aligning passion with practicality, mission with method, and intuition with insight—through candid conversations on success, failure, and purpose-driven work.


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Episodes
  • Listen and Leap | Jennifer Mulholland
    Mar 9 2026

    In this episode of Heart + Head Work, we explore what it means to listen — really listen — to the quiet intelligence within.

    Rocky Donati and Tessa Stuckey sit down with Jennifer Mulholland for a deeply embodied conversation about soul knowing, presence, and the moments in life when we’re called to leap before we have all the answers. Through story, reflection, and lived experience, Jennifer shares how learning to trust the body’s wisdom has shaped her path — from athletics and corporate leadership to healing work, entrepreneurship, and guiding others back to themselves.

    This conversation weaves together themes of integrity, intuition, and the courage it takes to slow down in a world that rewards speed and strategy. Jennifer opens up about listening through the body, navigating major life transitions, and learning to distinguish between the voice of fear and the quiet clarity of soul speak.

    Rather than offering formulas or fixes, this episode is an invitation — to soften, to notice, and to experiment with presence in small, accessible ways.

    Together, we unpack:
    - What it means to listen to the body as an inner compass
    - The difference between strategy-driven decisions and soul-led ones
    - How slowing down creates access to clarity, healing, and alignment
    - Why sensation, expansion, and contraction can be powerful guides
    - The role of space, silence, and attention in meaningful change
    - How trusting the next step — without knowing the whole path — can transform a life

    This episode is an invitation to remember your wholeness and reconnect with the wisdom that’s already within you.

    Resources Mentioned:
    Jennifer Mulholland
    Embodiment guide, speaker, and coach
    Website: https://jennifermulholland.com/

    Disclaimer:
    This conversation reflects personal experience and perspective, not medical, psychological, or therapeutic advice. Everyone’s body, nervous system, and healing journey is unique. We encourage you to consult a qualified medical or mental health professional before making decisions related to your physical or emotional health.

    Connect with us!Connect with us!
    Continue the conversation with us inside the Maven Network, our private space on BFF
    https://links.geneva.com/invite/af6ecd07-9070-43b7-9629-7aaa166aa131

    Follow us on Instagram
    https://www.instagram.com/mavenslc

    More at → https://www.mavenslc.com

    ✨ And if this episode moved you, sharing it with a friend helps more women find us.

    Connect with us!

    💬 Join the conversation in our private network on BFF
    https://links.geneva.com/invite/af6ecd07-9070-43b7-9629-7aaa166aa131

    📲 Follow us on Instagram
    instagram.com/maven.community

    ✨ And if this episode moved you, sharing it with a friend helps more women find us.

    More at → mavenslc.com

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • The Cost of Saying Yes to the Wrong Thing
    Feb 23 2026

    In this episode of Heart + Head Work, we explore the moment you realize something in your life isn’t aligned — and you can no longer pretend it is.

    Rocky Donati and Tessa Arneson share a candid, behind-the-scenes look at a season when momentum, opportunity, and growth began to pull them away from alignment. What looked exciting and expansive at first slowly became heavy, complicated, and unsustainable — not because the idea was wrong, but because it wasn’t right for them.

    Through the story of launching a boutique hotel alongside building Maven, Rocky opens up about the emotional and relational cost of saying yes to something that didn’t fit, the tension of recognizing it in real time, and the courage it took to finally admit the truth.

    This conversation moves through overwhelm, avoidance, grief, partnership, and ultimately relief — a return to integrity that reshaped how they make decisions today.

    Rather than offering productivity formulas or growth hacks, this episode asks a deeper question:
    How do you know when something is truly aligned?

    Together, we unpack:
    - The subtle ways misalignment can hide inside “good opportunities”
    - What happens to the body and relationships when we override inner knowing
    - Why external success doesn’t equal internal clarity
    - How honest conversations can restore connection and direction
    - The difference between what works and what’s right
    - A simple framework Rocky used to recognize where her energy truly belonged

    This episode is an invitation to listen more carefully to yourself, even when the answer requires a hard change.

    Disclaimer
    This conversation reflects personal experience and perspective, not financial, legal, or therapeutic advice. Every business, partnership, and life circumstance is unique. We encourage you to consult appropriate professionals before making major decisions.

    Connect with us!
    Continue the conversation with us inside the Maven Network, our private space on BFF
    https://links.geneva.com/invite/af6ecd07-9070-43b7-9629-7aaa166aa131

    Follow us on Instagram
    https://www.instagram.com/mavenslc

    More at → https://www.mavenslc.com

    ✨ And if this episode moved you, sharing it with a friend helps more women find us.

    Connect with us!

    💬 Join the conversation in our private network on BFF
    https://links.geneva.com/invite/af6ecd07-9070-43b7-9629-7aaa166aa131

    📲 Follow us on Instagram
    instagram.com/maven.community

    ✨ And if this episode moved you, sharing it with a friend helps more women find us.

    More at → mavenslc.com

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    43 mins
  • The Sex Talk You Never Had
    Feb 9 2026

    In this episode of Heart + Head Work, we explore sex, fantasy, and desire through the lens of presence, safety, and self-trust.

    Rocky Donati and Tessa Arneson are joined by Dr. Stormy Hill, a mental health occupational therapist and intimacy coach, and Courtney Stookey, founder of Lovebound Library—Utah’s first romance-only bookstore—for an honest, playful, and deeply grounding conversation about what desire is really trying to tell us.

    Together, they explore why sex is one of the most talked about—and most repressed—topics in our culture, how shame and performance disconnect us from our bodies, and what becomes possible when curiosity replaces judgment. From romance novels and fantasy as tools for exploration, to nervous system safety and sexual sovereignty, this episode invites listeners to slow down and listen inward.

    Rather than offering answers or prescriptions, this conversation centers presence: learning to notice what’s alive in the body, what feels safe, and what we’re genuinely drawn toward—without pressure to act or perform.

    Together, we unpack:

    - Why sex is culturally obsessed over and simultaneously suppressed
    - What it means to ask, “What actually turns me on?” for the first time
    - How fantasy and romance can offer information—not instruction
    - The role of safety, the nervous system, and the body in desire
    - Reclaiming sexuality as something personal, not performative
    - Why curiosity and imagination can be powerful tools for self-connection

    This episode is thoughtful, warm, and unexpectedly fun—an invitation to approach desire with more honesty, softness, and trust.

    Resources Mentioned:
    Dr. Stormy Hill
    Intimacy Coach & Mental Health Occupational Therapist
    https://lovedeeplab.com/

    Courtney Stookey Owner of Lovebound Library
    Utah’s first romance-only bookstore
    https://www.loveboundlibrary.com

    Rocky and Tessa's book picks from Lovebound Library:
    Heather's Pick: A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston
    Rocky's Pick: Black Rose and Blood Orange by Karina Halle

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/loveboundlibrary

    Disclaimer:
    This conversation reflects personal experience and perspective, not medical, psychological, or therapeutic advice. Everyone’s body, nervous system, and healing journey is different. We encourage you to consult a qualified medical or mental health professional before making decisions related to your physical or emotional health.

    Connect with us!

    💬 Join the conversation in our private network on BFF
    https://links.geneva.com/invite/af6ecd07-9070-43b7-9629-7aaa166aa131

    📲 Follow us on Instagram
    instagram.com/maven.community

    ✨ And if this episode moved you, sharing it with a friend helps more women find us.

    More at → mavenslc.com

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    1 hr and 17 mins
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