Women supporting women is more than a slogan—it’s a strategy for healing, confidence, and business growth. In this episode of Powerful on Purpose, host Leslie Capps sits down with Barbara E. Ringrose, founder of Women Optimizing Women (WOW) and co-host of the Optimize Her2 podcast, to talk about resilience, community, and building relationships that actually move your life and business forward.

Barbara shares her defining turning point: three days before Christmas in 1993, her husband left—leaving her with three small children, no income, and a future that felt impossible. What followed was grief, survival, rebuilding, and ultimately the support of women (and a women’s shelter) that helped her regain her dignity and create a new life.

Now, Barbara helps professional and small business women uncover confidence, find their people, and create momentum—without falling into negativity or “witch sessions.” You’ll hear why community matters, how to “find your tribe,” and what it really takes to build a positive platform that amplifies women’s voices.

Free Gift / Offer: Barbara is offering a special WOW membership rate through March 1, 2026.

Barbara’s Offer: 🎁 WOW membership held at $199.95 until March 1, 2026 → wowwomenus.com

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Chapters

00:00 Meet Barbara + WOW mission
02:10 1993: the life-changing moment
05:05 Indigent, scared, surviving daily chaos
08:10 Sanctuary + rebuilding through support
11:20 Grief, healing, and regaining dignity
14:10 Why women need women in business
17:10 Confidence, outreach, and visibility
20:00 Optimize Her Too podcast vision
23:05 Find your tribe + build relationships
26:10 WOW membership offer through 3/1/26

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Childhood anxiety is rising—and many parents feel like they’re stuck in anxiety management instead of real prevention. In this episode of Powerful on Purpose, transformational coach and speaker Linda Eskay shares a powerful, paradigm-shifting perspective on anxiety in kids and teens, nervous system regulation, and why so many children live in “survival mode” inside environments that don’t feel safe for who they truly are.

Linda tells the moment everything changed: sitting in a pediatrician’s office with her 15-year-old son, hearing a shocking recommendation tied to suicide prevention—despite her son not being suicidal. That experience sparked a deeper mission: helping parents go before the symptoms and understand what anxiety is really communicating.

Together, Leslie and Linda explore how school environments, social pressures, and “one-size-fits-all” expectations can activate a child’s threat response—leading to fight/flight/freeze/fawn patterns that often get mislabeled or rushed into diagnosis. Linda also shares practical ways to help kids feel safe, seen, and supported in their natural gifts, plus one simple nightly phrase that parents report creates almost immediate shifts.

If you’re parenting an anxious child, a stressed teen, or a struggling college student—this conversation will give you a new lens, more compassion, and a grounded next step forward.

Free Gift: Linda is offering a Parent Clarity Call—a compassionate, personalized conversation to help you understand what’s happening with your child, how you got here, and what to do next.

🎁 Book your Parent Clarity Call here: https://linktr.ee/lindaeskay

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Chapters
00:00 Meet Linda + today’s mission
02:05 Why anxiety “management” isn’t enough
05:10 The pediatrician moment that shocked her
08:15 Ask better questions about learning
11:10 Survival mode: fight/flight/freeze/fawn
14:05 “It’s not safe to be me” root belief
17:05 Gen Z stressors: screens + comparison
20:05 Repair with your child: the apology that shifts everything
23:10 The nightly 3-sentence practice
26:10 Parent Clarity Call: what you’ll get

Money isn’t just about numbers—it’s about behavior, emotions, and the stories we carry. In this episode of Powerful on Purpose, host Leslie Capps sits down with Jeannie Dougherty, money coach and self-described Money Whisperer, to talk about rewiring your money brain and reclaiming your financial power.

Jeannie helps entrepreneurs and individuals move from money scarcity, confusion, and stress into clarity, confidence, and choice. With a background in mental health and behavioral finance, she brings a radically human approach to money—one that doesn’t shame, hustle, or bypass the emotional patterns driving financial decisions.

In this conversation, we explore why so many smart, capable women still feel overwhelmed by money, how childhood conditioning shapes adult financial behavior, and why chasing billionaire strategies isn’t the path to true financial freedom. Jeannie also shares her deeply personal story and explains why emotional and behavioral money coaching is often the missing link between good advice and real action.

If you’re ready to stop avoiding money conversations, trust yourself more, and build wealth in a way that actually fits your life—this episode is for you.

🎁 Free Gift: Jeannie offers a Money Type Quiz to help you understand your emotional relationship with money and uncover patterns that may be holding you back.
👉 https://jeanniedougherty.com/take-money-type-quiz/

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⏱️ Chapters

00:00 – Meet the Money Whisperer
02:45 – Why Money Feels So Hard
06:30 – Scarcity vs Financial Power
11:10 – Emotional Money Conditioning
16:20 – Why Advice Isn’t Enough
21:05 – Understanding Risk Tolerance
26:40 – Women, Money, and Trust
31:55 – Rewiring Your Money Brain
37:10 – Money Conversations That Heal

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In this episode of Powerful On Purpose, Leslie Capps sits down with Anna J. Lewis, also known as the “Voice of Serenity.” Anna J shares her personal journey of spending many years helping others before finally stepping into her own purpose. Her story reminds us that it is never too late to discover our value and use our gifts.

Anna J now empowers women, especially those over 40, to find inner calm, silence the noise of overwhelm, and believe in themselves again. She talks about the importance of sisterhood, community, and supporting one another instead of competing. Through her guided meditations and messages of peace, she helps women reconnect with who they truly are.

This conversation is a reminder that every woman has a purpose and something meaningful to offer the world. If you are feeling stuck, tired, or unsure of your next step, this episode will encourage you to choose yourself, take small brave steps, and let your light shine.

Anna's free gift: Reboot Your Life - Build UNSHAKABLE CONFIDENCE in Your Career, Relationships, and Wellness!
👉http://annajlewis.com/links

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✨Chapters

00:00 – Welcome & Introduction to Anna J (Voice of Serenity)
01:24 – Anna J’s Story and How She Found Her Purpose
02:53 – Empowering Women to Find Inner Calm
04:05 – Women, Community, and Sisterhood
06:53 – Valuing Women’s Roles and Life Experience
10:07 – Letting Your Light Shine
11:57 – Guided Meditation and Rebooting Your Life
12:33 – The Power of Sisterhood and Support
14:17 – Choosing Growth Over Fear
20:30 – Taking the First Step Toward Change
24:18 – Reboot Your Life: Free Gift
25:29 – Where to Connect with Anna J
26:29 – Closing Message and Subscribe

What happens when your life falls apart—and you decide to heal instead of harden?
In this episode of the Powerful on Purpose Podcast, host Leslie Capps sits down with Denise Stiffler, founder of More Than This Life Coaching and co-founder of From Run Down to Renewed Ministries, for an honest conversation about healing after divorce, renewing your mind, and reclaiming your worth as a woman.

Denise shares her deeply personal story of walking through an unexpected divorce, rebuilding her life as a single mom, and choosing growth, truth, and healing in the middle of trauma. What emerged from her own healing journey became a calling—supporting women who feel emotionally exhausted, isolated, and weighed down by shame.

This episode explores what it really means to go from run down to renewed—not by avoiding pain, but by facing it with courage, community, and practical tools. Denise and Leslie talk about toxic relationship recovery, limiting beliefs, mind renewal, women’s conferences, faith-based healing, and why vulnerability is the doorway to freedom.

If you’ve been feeling weary, overwhelmed, or like you’re carrying everything alone—this conversation will remind you of your value and give you hope that renewal is possible.

✨ Free Gift from Denise: Weary Heart Prayer Guide, prayer prompts and scripture designed for women who feel emotionally exhausted and overwhelmed.

Access the Weary Heart Guide here 👉 fromrundowntorenewed.com

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⏱️ Chapters

00:00 – Meet Denise Stiffler
02:15 – Life After Unexpected Divorce
06:10 – Choosing Healing Over Bitterness
09:45 – From Pain to Purpose
13:20 – Creating From Run Down to Renewed
16:40 – Why Women Feel Isolated
19:30 – Renewing Your Mind with Truth
23:10 – Releasing Shame & Limiting Beliefs
26:40 – Encouragement for the Weary Heart
29:10 – Free Gift & Final Hope

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Why do so many high-achieving women in leadership feel exhausted, disconnected, and unseen — even after doing everything “right”? In this episode of the Powerful on Purpose podcast, host Leslie Capps sits down with Laura Miola, executive coach, business strategy consultant, and neuroscience-informed leadership expert, to expose the hidden cost of hustle culture for women in business.

Laura shares her journey from corporate executive to coach, including navigating imposter syndrome, chronic stress, and a life-changing multiple sclerosis diagnosis. Together, Leslie and Laura explore identity loss in corporate leadership, why women are biologically wired to struggle in hustle-based systems, and how self-trust, nervous system regulation, and “matterful leadership” create sustainable success.

This conversation dives deep into:
Why corporate systems weren’t built for women
How stress responses impact leadership and health
The neuroscience behind confidence, clarity, and decision-making
Why knowing what you want is harder than knowing who you are
How women can lead without abandoning themselves

Laura also introduces her powerful Down the Rabbit Hole masterclass, inspired by Alice in Wonderland, offering women practical tools to disrupt patterns, reclaim certainty, and lead from what truly matters.

If you’re a woman leader, executive, or entrepreneur ready to stop performing and start leading on purpose, this episode will meet you exactly where you are.

Free Gift -- Laura offers a free 60-minute consultation to help women gain clarity on where they are, where they want to go, and what’s truly getting in the way.
👉 + 50% off the Down the Rabbit Hole Masterclass
Access both at https://thebrainwisecoach.com/

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⏱️ Chapters
00:00 – Welcome to Powerful on Purpose
02:45 – Corporate success, inner struggle
06:10 – Identity loss and imposter syndrome
10:05 – Hustle as a stress response
14:40 – Neuroscience and nervous system regulation
19:20 – Redefining value and leadership
24:15 – Why women leaders feel lonely
29:30 – Matterful leadership explained
34:50 – Alice in Wonderland as leadership model
41:10 – Self-trust as the ultimate power

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In this episode of Powerful on Purpose, Leslie sits down with hypnotherapist and holistic nutritionist Jenn Ritt, a woman on a mission to help women reclaim their identity, heal their bodies, and rewire the subconscious patterns holding them back.

Jenn shares her journey from a toxic corporate environment into the deeply transformative world of mind-body healing. She explains why true wellness requires aligning the subconscious mind, the nervous system, and the physical body—and how hypnosis can create rapid breakthroughs in ways traditional methods often can’t.

You’ll hear powerful stories from Jenn’s practice, including women navigating midlife transitions, generational patterns, and emotional blocks that have kept them stuck for years. Jenn also opens up about her growing local practice, her plans for retreats, and her vision for bringing accessible alternative healthcare options to more women.

If you’re feeling lost in transition, curious about hypnosis, or ready to step into the next chapter of your life with clarity and power—this conversation is full of hope and possibility.

Jenn offers a completely free 45-minute discovery call where she dives into what’s going on for you, what you’re wanting to change, and whether subconscious rewiring is the right path forward. It’s a no-pressure session designed to bring clarity and support your next step.

👉 Book your free call:
https://calendly.com/therittpath/discoverycall

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Chapters:

00:00 – Welcome & purpose of today
01:15 – Leaving corporate for healing work
02:52 – Why mind-body alignment matters
04:59 – Supporting women in transition
06:16 – Entrepreneurship as inner evolution
07:35 – Whole-body transformation approach
11:41 – What hypnosis can help solve
14:23 – Breakthroughs in a single session

In this deeply honest episode of Powerful on Purpose, host Leslie Capps sits down with autoimmune support coach and bestselling author Annmarie Entner to explore what it really means to rebuild your life after a diagnosis. Annmarie shares how rheumatoid arthritis became the unexpected doorway to purpose, clarity, and radical self-permission.

Together, we talk about grieving the future you thought you’d have, shifting from people-pleasing to self-trust, and why “being broken” is one of the biggest lies women internalize. Annmarie offers grounded wisdom on managing illness while raising a family, caring for aging parents, and navigating the expectations that fall disproportionately on women.

This conversation is a masterclass on emotional resilience, identity, and becoming the most authentic version of yourself — with or without a diagnosis. If you're craving permission to put yourself first, say “no” without guilt, and choose your own direction, this episode will feel like medicine.

Annmarie also shares the ripple effect her journey has had on her children and grandchildren — and how embracing her diagnosis became her greatest source of power, purpose, and impact.

Annmarie's free gift: From Diagnosis to Direction Roadmap — a starter guide for navigating autoimmune diagnosis with clarity and intention. Take what you need, use it your way.
👉 https://lifecoachingforchange.myflodesk.com/toolkit

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#selfpermission

⭐ Chapters

00:00 – Meet autoimmune coach Annmarie
01:22 – Grieving the future you imagined
02:50 – Living intentionally with diagnosis
04:30 – Trauma, resilience, and “not broken”
06:20 – Breaking guilt into small pieces
08:10 – Owning your boundaries and no’s
10:15 – Caregiving and asking for help
12:20 – Role modeling strength for family
14:10 – Community, support, and belonging
16:20 – Visioning the next 12 months