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Marcie Dean lost her partner, her brother, and her corporate career in less than 6 months. Then she opened GarageBand and started channeling frequency music she had no training to create.

In this episode, Aimee Rickabus talks with Marcie Dean — former IBM and AWS Creative Director, founder of LovEvolve Music, and CEO of Electric Blue Communications — about grief, reinvention, and the proprietary frequency-based audio system she's pioneering for nervous system regulation.

Marcie shares:
- The Father's Day weekend her partner Jon drowned saving his son — and the promise he made about music before he passed
- How she went from zero music experience to 400+ tracks in two years
- Why the digital world cuts us off from the healing frequencies our bodies actually need
- The "frequency signature" theory and why custom tracks meet your nervous system exactly where it is
- Working with neurodivergent kids — including the autistic teen whose first articulated words came on her track
- Why mindset work alone can't fix a chronically dysregulated nervous system
- The hardest part of leaving corporate (it's not what most people think)
- AI tools every woman entrepreneur should be using right now

Whether you're navigating grief, burnout, a corporate-to-creative pivot, or you're being called into something you can't yet explain, this conversation will leave you thinking differently about what healing actually looks like.

🔗 CONNECT WITH MARCIE DEAN:
Instagram: @lovevolvemusic
Website: https://www.lovevolvemusic.com/
LinkedIn: Electric Blue Communications LLC
YouTube: @LovEvolveMusic

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Vida Delrahim was 14 weeks pregnant when her OBGYN went silent and said the words she'll never forget: "I'm so sorry. There's no heartbeat." A year later, after a second miscarriage with no medical explanation, she got a phone call from her best friend Ronit — who had lost her pregnancy the same week. WeNatal was born from that call.

In this episode, Vida sits down with Aimee to talk about the fertility conversation no one is having: that men are 50% of the equation, that sperm counts have dropped 50% in two generations, and that Dr. Shanna Swan's research projects we could effectively reach zero sperm by 2045. She unpacks "trimester zero" — the 90 days before conception that may matter more than anything else — and why the term geriatric pregnancy is one of the most damaging labels in modern medicine.

If you've ever been told you're "too old," that your labs are "normal," or that fertility is "a women's issue" — this conversation will change how you think about your body, your partner, and the future of reproductive health.

Head over to wenatal.com/THEMANAGEHER to start your WeNatal routine today, and receive a free magnesium supplement ($30 value) with your first prenatal subscription.

Connect with Vida & WeNatal: Website: https://wenatal.com Instagram: @vidadelrahim · @we_natal TikTok: @wenatal

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Work-life balance for ambitious women isn't about perfection — it's about core strength. So says Cherylanne Skolnicki, founder of Brilliant Balance, who has spent years helping high-achieving women answer one question: how do you build a big life without burning yourself out in the process?

In this episode, Aimee Rickabus talks with Cherylanne — former 15-year Procter & Gamble executive, leadership coach, and host of the Brilliant Balance Podcast — about what real balance looks like for women in their peak years.

Cherylanne shares:
- Why balance is core strength, not equal sides of a scale
- The "complexity curve" and why your peak years feel impossible
- Why perfectionism gets you to the top — and stops working there
- High care + low trust = an inability to delegate
- Why women cannot afford to sit out the AI revolution
- How podcasting became the "free front door" of her coaching business
- What she'd do differently if she were starting today

Whether you're a working mom in survival mode, a woman entrepreneur learning to delegate, or a high achiever recovering from perfectionism, this conversation will give you a smarter, more compassionate framework for designing the life you actually want.

🔗 CONNECT WITH CHERYLANNE SKOLNICKI:
Instagram: @cskolnicki / @brilliant_balance
Website: https://brilliant-balance.com
LinkedIn: The Brilliant Balance Company

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