2 Girls Talking

In this episode, we had the privilege of sitting down with Betsy Kauffman, the Founder, CEO, and Coach at Cross Impact, a TED speaker, and a mentor in the Charlotte Women in Business Mentoring Program. Betsy's journey is an inspiring story of breaking through barriers, finding her voice in male-dominated fields, and making a significant impact on the corporate landscape.

Betsy Kauffman is a seasoned professional with a Bachelor of ...

Join us on the latest episode of 2 Girls Talking Podcast as we welcome a remarkable guest, Elsie Guerrero, whose mission is to advocate for inclusion in the realms of childhood disability and social justice. Elsie's impressive body of work includes over ten books focusing on children with disabilities and three books addressing social justice within the Latinx community.

Elsie Guerrero is renowned for her tireless advocacy efforts,...

Our country is divided. People can't agree on the much of anything. But is that divide real - or just in our minds? 

A new study reveals that maybe we aren't as far apart as we think we are. Enter Paul Oshinski and More in Common.  A group that strives to find what brings us together - rather than tears us apart.

Take their quiz - maybe you'll discover something surprising. At the very least, take a listen.

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A flash of light in the dark. A breeze of cool air that came out of nowhere. Most of us have experienced strange, or unexplained instances. But have you ever wondered if these instances were actually signs from loved ones or friends who have passed but want to get a message to you? Frances Fayden says they probably were.

Meet the Reverend Frances Fayden. She is an ordained minister and a mystic. She believes you can have a direct e...

When Robin Finn put her thoughts down on paper, she had no idea so many people would be interested in what she had to write. After all, she was just writing about her life parenting a child with ADHD. But she soon discovered that so many parents related to her and what she was going though. And she realized that writing can bring people from all over the world together.

Heart.Soul.Pen was born. HSP has become Robin's community for ...

Sara McElroy was on the fast track to the C-suite. Everything she had worked for was within her grasp. And she hated her life. Work sucked, the company sucked, her bosses sucked harder. She had to make a change and a big one. Sara uprooted her life and moved to Florida for a new job, with a clean start. But life has a funny way of teaching lessons because the next job was even worse than the first. Instead of being pushed to the si...

Have you loved something so much, or wished for something so much - but when it comes true it's not at all what you imagined? In fact, it's not much fun at all. It happens often for entrepreneurs. 

Celeste Crutchfield loves fashion, so much so that after her military service she put all her passion into owning a boutique, where she could choose what kinds of clothes and jewelry to buy. It had been her dream to work in fashion some ...

Meet Sri Mahibir - a video visibility coach. She helps companies and individuals find their voice in video and on social media. Well that's what she does now, but she didn't start out as a video visibility coach. Sri began in sales then lost her job during covid - like much of the world.

But Sri soon realized she wasn't getting noticed, and knew that had to change. So she stepped way out of her comfort zone and forced herself to go...

It's time to get uncomfortable. That's right. We are talking about race. That's the message from Sara and Misasha, two bi-racial professional women and moms. They met at a discussion about racial identity and have been talking ever since. Now they use their voices and the voices of others to bring women into anti-racism - and specifically White Women. 

Sharing their stories and the stories of other women, these two are hoping to ch...

Tracie Potts was always up for a challenge. After two decades as an NBC News reporter, and working the very early morning hours, and covering some of the biggest stories of the 21st Century, she was used to challenges. 

But perhaps the biggest challenge of her career is happening now, her Second Chapter. Tracie traded in her professional journalism career for a life in academia, and helping future generations achieve their dreams. ...

Meet Jessie Kanzer - modern, 21st century actress, author, essayist and mom. And a firm believer in the ancient practice of doing nothing. 

You read that right:  Nothing. Jessie has led the life of a voyager, escaping from the former Soviet Union to the U.S., hitting the stage and big screen with the now President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky. Yes, THAT president. 

But it wasn't until she embraced the writings of the Tao Te Ching ...

Most of us have a road map for our lives. We go to school, many on to college, then begin our adult lives. But what happens when the map we created takes us to places we don't love as much as we thought we would? Which road do we take?

That's the question facing our latest podcast guest, Kristen Glosserman. Faced with her own personal turmoil she tore up that road map and started over. It was scary, it was overwhelming and it was f...

Millions of Americans are leaving their jobs - and not for a better job. Are these workers just fed up with corporate life? Need a new outlet? The answer is surprising - and complex. But we are going to dive into all the scenarios with Mark Hamrick - Washington Bureau Chief of Bankrate.com. He is also the Senior Economic Analyst for Bankrate - which means he spends his days researching what this so-called Great Resignation will hav...

Money can be intimidating for adults. Many entrepreneurs have a love hate relationship with money. So imagine the perceptions we give to our kids? Teaching kids how to handle, and more importantly how to save money can be difficult for parents. Do allowances work? If we give allowances how much? Or should we pay them for extra work, like a wage?

See? It's hard! And that's why Jim DeGaetano is here. Jim's book, Larry the Bunny Sav...

Hidden toxins are everywhere, and for many people they have a real detrimental effect on their lives. Just ask Tonya Harris. When one of her kids began to show signs of a learning disabilities she began doing some research. She thought she had been doing a good job reading labels, but soon realized some of the most dangerous toxins come cloaked in safe words.

But to do a complete and total overhaul of her household would take time,...

Every 30 seconds a child in the United States is sold into slavery. That is a terrifying statistic. Even scarier, this happens everywhere. Your neighborhood, my neighborhood, affluent neighborhoods, schools, even some work places. When it comes to trafficking young people for sex or work slavery, anyone can be a victim. Most don't realize they've been groomed until it's much too late. Most parents have no idea their child is a vict...

Sleeping well is a skill. Who knew?  Baby Sleep Boss Dana Obleman, that's who!

Every parent of a newborn will tell you their biggest problem is sleep. Sleep for the infants - and adults too. When Dana's first child wasn't sleeping through the night, she started experimenting with different techniques and after just a few days she had found the right method to get her son to sleep 8 straight hours. And then 11 hours. And then 12. No...

At first glance Lorilee Binstock had a perfect life. She is a successful media professional, has a great husband, beautiful kids. But she harbored a secret, one so traumatic that she kept it a secret even from herself, for decades. Lorilee was sexually abused as a child, and she pushed that trauma so far down in her subconscious that one day she forgot about it and built a life. Until one day she didn't want to live anymore.

This i...