Bring Your Big Energy Podcast

What if the different chapters of your life aren’t separate stories—but invisible strings connecting you to where you’re meant to go next?In this powerful episode of Bring Your Fierce Energy, Stacey Kulongowski sits down with bestselling author, preservationist, and storyteller Sharon Virts to explore the unexpected connections woven throughout her life—and how every chapter has helped shape the woman, creat...

What if burnout isn't a sign that you're failing—but a signal that something needs to change?In this powerful episode of Bring Your Fierce Energy, Stacey Kulongowski sits down with board-certified doctor of nursing, leadership coach, TEDx speaker, and founder of Empowered Moms, Dr. Emily Jacobs, to talk about what happens when successful women stop running on empty and start leading with intention.Dr. Emily shares the story b...

What if the thing that feels like a career setback is actually the beginning of the work you were meant to do?In this powerful episode of Bring Your Fierce Energy, Stacey Kulongowski sits down with Emmy-nominated producer, storyteller, speaker, and founder of 1 Girl Revolution, Kate Milligan, to talk about what happens when you stop waiting for someone else to create the opportunity you wish existed—and decide to create it yo...

Candice Wilmuth’s journey to founding Tahoe Dog Co. didn’t begin with a perfectly mapped-out business plan. It started with an unexpected career transition, a little more time to reconnect with what mattered to her, and a growing realization that the life she loved in Lake Tahoe could become something bigger. After being laid off from Google, Candice spent time volunteering in her community, fostering dogs, and reconnec...

What happens when you stop waiting to feel qualified and start saying yes to the opportunities that intrigue you?

In this episode of the Bring Your Big Energy Podcast, I sit down with Dana Ayers, former White House staffer, Navy reservist, national security professional, Afghanistan veteran, and bestselling author of Confessions of an Unlikely Runner.

Dana’s incredible journey began with a White House internship she never expec...

What happens when you realize you've spent years encouraging everyone else to dream bigger… while quietly shrinking your own dreams?

Stacey sits down with entrepreneur, speaker, community builder, and BADE movement creator Monica Curtis for an honest, energizing conversation about choosing yourself, finding fulfillment, and having the courage to go after more.

Monica shares the story behind Be Anything, Do Everything, includin...

What if confidence starts before you ever say a word?

In this episode, Stacey Kulongowski sits down with personal stylist Jessica Renee to uncover the surprising connection between what we wear, how we feel, and the opportunities we create.

Together, they explore why investing in yourself isn't vanity—it's leadership. From overcoming decision fatigue and decluttering your closet to dressing for the life you want instead of the ...

Carol Lin spent decades telling the world's biggest stories—from breaking the news of 9/11 on CNN to reporting from war zones across the globe. But the most important story she would ever tell became her own.

In this deeply moving conversation, Carol opens up about navigating grief, losing her husband to cancer, becoming a mother, walking away from a prestigious career, and redefining what success truly means.

Together, Stacey ...

Grief isn't just about losing someone you love. Sometimes it's the loss of a dream, your health, your identity, or the future you thought you'd have.

In this heartfelt conversation, Stacey welcomes grief counselor Peggy Haymes to explore what grief really looks like—and why there's no right way to experience it. Peggy shares her own journey through childhood trauma, how grief shaped her life's work, and why healing isn't about...

What is life really like as a military spouse? How do you navigate grief, mental health, resilience, and finding your identity when life keeps asking more of you?In this episode of the Bring Your Big Energy Podcast, host Stacey sits down with Allison Burton—author, military spouse, advocate, and speaker—for an honest conversation about grief, military family life, mental health, resilience, personal growth, and finding ...

What if the biggest thing standing between you and the life you want isn't your circumstances—but what you believe about yourself?

In this deeply moving episode of Bring Your Big Energy, Stacey sits down with Mishkin Cyr, whose life has taken him from surviving childhood trauma in Africa, to homelessness, addiction, and rock bottom, before rebuilding a life filled with purpose, family, and meaningful work.

Mishkin shares t...

What if the story you've been telling yourself isn't the truth—and it's the very thing keeping you stuck?

In this deeply moving conversation, Stacey sits down with bestselling author, speaker, and narrative coach Carrie Casey West to explore how the stories we inherit, absorb, and repeat shape every aspect of our lives—from relationships and self-worth to career choices and personal growth.

Carrie shares her powerful pers...

What if the conversations you're avoiding today could become the greatest gift you ever give someone you love?

In this heartfelt and deeply moving episode, Stacey sits down with author, storyteller, and end-of-life conversation advocate Yvonne Caputo to discuss the unexpected journey that transformed her relationship with her father—and forever changed the way she thinks about life, death, and love.

What began as a simple quest...

What happens when the career that looks successful on paper no longer feels right?

In this episode of Bring Your Big Energy, Stacey sits down with branding strategist and founder of Flower Buds Creative, Nikki Holbrook, to explore the journey from corporate burnout to building a business rooted in purpose, authenticity, and personal values.

After spending nearly a decade climbing the corporate ladder in marketing and UX design, ...

What happens when life forces you to start over — and you never saw it coming?

In this powerful episode of Bring Your Big Energy, Stacey sits down with author and speaker Amy DeAnne to talk about healing, reinvention, and the courage it takes to choose yourself. After the end of a 29-year marriage and finding herself living alone for the first time during the pandemic, Amy faced a crossroads: stay stuck in anger, isolation, an...

She went back to the place that broke her… to heal the version of herself she left there. 🇮🇹✨At 20 years old, Mari was studying abroad in Florence, Italy when her life completely changed. Pregnant, alone, heartbroken, and overwhelmed, she spent months in deep despair before eventually returning home and building what looked like the “perfect life.”Fast forward 20+ years later:✔️ Married for 20 years✔️ 3 kids✔️ ...

In this heartfelt episode of Bring Your Big Energy, Stacey sits down with author, musician, and retired clinical social worker Jeanine M. Jones for a deeply honest conversation about burnout, healing, faith, and second chances.

With over 38 years in mental health, Jeanine shares the powerful personal story that changed the course of her life — a terrifying health scare in her late 20s that forced her to confront perfectionism,...

This episode is a live coaching session, not a polished interview. Listeners are brought directly into the coaching process as Stacey guides Lisa Van Slyke through the real-time unpacking of limiting beliefs, emotional triggers, identity shifts, and the hidden patterns keeping her stuck.

Through powerful coaching questions, reflection exercises, mindset reframes, and honest breakthrough moments, Stacey helps Lisa uncover the deeper ...

In this episode of Bring Your Big Energy, Stacey sits down with Rozanne Pilbeam, an outdoor confidence guide, writer, adventurer, and retreat facilitator who helps women build confidence in the outdoors and deepen their self-trust.

Rozanne shares her incredible journey hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, summiting Mount Kilimanjaro, sleeping under the open sky, and learning what happens when we move beyond the limits we thought were kee...