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This week on The UpLevel Podcast, we sit down with Holly Zabka, president of Provident Entertainment and one of the most heart-centered leaders shaping the music industry today. Holly carries a rare combination of strength, vulnerability, and grounded faith that shows us what leadership can look like when it grows from purpose instead of pressure.

From her childhood singing gospel harmonies with her family to stewarding more than 70 number one songs at Provident, Holly’s journey is rooted in grit, grace, and the courage to stay in right relationship with herself, with others, and with something greater.

This conversation invites you to lead with more heart, more honesty, and more humanity. May Holly’s wisdom meet you exactly where you are and remind you that you never have to lead alone.

In This Episode:

• Discover how isolation impacts female executives and why representation matters
• Learn about balancing conflict and resolution to foster authentic connections
• Embrace self-reflection to counter inner critics for healthier interactions
• Navigate dual roles as a leader and family member without compromising either
• See how faith anchors decisions, guiding values towards purpose-driven actions
• Understand why admitting mistakes fosters an accountable team culture
• Explore holistic engagement where personal life enriches professional efficacy
• The importance of recognizing inner voices and choosing which ones get the mic

About Holly:

Holly Zabka currently serves as President of Provident Entertainment. A 17-year veteran of Provident, Holly brings decades of experience in leadership roles across the music industry on both the publishing and creative sides of the business. Before assuming her role as President, she most recently served as Senior Vice President, Essential Music Publishing (EMP) and Head of Creative for Provident Label Group (PLG), where she was responsible for signing and partnering with top songwriters across the industry and oversaw creative endeavors and new content development.

In Holly’s Zabka's tenure, the company has had more than 70 No. 1 songs and has partnered with top artists and songwriters such as Jason Ingram, Ethan Hulse, Brandon Lake, Elevation Worship, Seph Schlueter, Zach Williams, CAIN, Ben Fuller, Matt Maher, Mia Fieldes, Jonathan Smith, Red Rocks Worship and more.

Holly grew up traveling and singing gospel music with her family. After graduating from Southwest Missouri State University, she moved to Nashville, where her first job in the music business was as Membership Director of the GMA. She began her career in publishing at Brentwood-Benson, representing the songs of her mom, Sue C. Smith, as well as Joel Lindsey, Tony Wood, Belinda Smith, Dave Clark, and others.

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This week on The UpLevel Podcast, join us for a deeply human conversation as we sit down with Sonia Kreitzer, singer, songwriter, sound healer, and the creative force behind Doe Paoro. With over 40 million global streams, tours with artists like the Gypsy Kings and KT Tunstall, and music featured across film, TV, and international radio, Sonia brings artistry and profound devotion to healing, earth connection, and the reclamation of the human voice.

Sonia’s work is rooted in decades of study with indigenous music and medicine carriers from the Shipibo-Conibo of Peru to the Noke Koi of Brazil to her training in Tibetan opera. She teaches that music is a technology of harmony and that sound is one of our most powerful tools for repair, reconnection, and awakening consciousness.

This episode offers an intimate look at how our voices, individually and collectively, can support us through a time of collapse, leadership transition, cultural change, and spiritual reorientation.

In This Episode:

• Why Sonia teaches that your truest voice begins in the body, not the mind
• How empowered environments transform teams, communities, and the stories we tell about ourselves
• Exploring the grief, gratitude, and potency of remembering where we come from
• A journey into sensing, feeling, and expressing from the truth beneath imitation
• Creating spaces where every voice is honored and where leadership becomes a shared practice
• How understanding ancestry dissolves generational silence and awakens authentic expression
• Simple practices, like humming and singing, that ground the body, open the heart, and reawaken vitality
• Using music to grieve what’s ending while birthing what’s possible in challenging times
• Finding aliveness in the dance between endings, renewals, and the spaces in between
• How “sonic acupuncture” dissolves emotional blockages and sparks transformation
• Grounding techniques that build resilience, presence, and community strength

Upcoming Experience: Activating the Voice Retreat
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About Sonia:

Sonia Kreitzer is a singer, songwriter, and sound healer who released music as “Doe Paoro.” Her music has over 40 million streams worldwide and has been featured in film, television and radio internationally. She has toured with artists like The Gipsy Kings and KT Tunstall, and her work is informed by her deep care for the earth and her belief that music can support healing and awaken consciousness. She sees music as technology of harmony and her perspective is shaped by her decades-long studies with indigenous music and medicine carriers, specifically the Shipibo-Conibo people of Peru, the Noke Koi of Brazil and studying Tibetan opera singing. She is the creator of Activating the Voice, an online course and in-person retreat series that seeks to support groups in expressing what has been historically silenced through the joy of singing.

Website: www.doepaoro.com

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This week on The UpLevel Podcast, join us for a transformative episode as we welcome Marita Fridjhon, Co-Founder and CEO of CRR Global and one of the original architects of Relationship Systems Intelligence (RSI), a framework that has reshaped how leaders, teams, and organizations across the globe connect, collaborate, and evolve.

For over two decades, Marita has guided leaders from Google, NASA, UNICEF, and Harvard to access the collective wisdom of their systems, showing that leadership doesn’t live in individuals but in the spaces between us.

Born and raised in apartheid-era South Africa, Marita’s early experiences with injustice sparked a lifelong dedication to creating connection where there is conflict and community where there is fragmentation.

We’ll explore what it truly means to live and lead in right relationship with our teams, our partners, our communities, and the wider web of life itself.

In This Episode:

• A practice rooted in the wisdom of “all our relations,” reminding us that leadership is relational, not transactional
• Why organizations thrive when leaders slow down, listen deeply, and invite every voice, including the unseen
• How emotional intelligence expands when we honor the whole system, not just the parts
• Lessons from love, loss, and leaning into another’s journey without trying to fix it
• How recognizing even small wins replenishes teams, families, and movements alike

About Marita:

Marita Fridjhon is the co-founder of CRR Global and a guiding force behind the field of Relationship Systems Work. As co-creator of the world-renowned Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC™) program, she has trained thousands of coaches, leaders, and teams to unlock the power of systems-inspired evolution, where leadership lives not in individuals, but in the collective.

A native of South Africa, Marita’s early experiences with social injustice shaped her lifelong belief that change begins through connection. Her pioneering concept of Relationship Systems Intelligence (RSI™) reframes leadership as a shared, living process, one that honors every voice and draws wisdom from the whole.

Today, Marita continues to mentor a global community of practitioners and organizations, from Google and NASA to UNICEF and Harvard, helping them listen deeply, lead collaboratively, and co-create transformation from within the system itself.

Substack: https://systemsinspiredevolution.substack.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maritafridjhon/

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