Female emPOWERED: Winning in Business & Life

Welcome back to another episode of the Female EmPOWERED podcast. I'm your host, Christa Gurka, and on today’s episode I’m joined by Mindy to discuss all things Instagram for your brick and mortar business.

Joining me is Mindy Lundy Kramer, the founder of 20 Degrees Media, a marketing agency focused on the outdoor wellness industry. In this episode Mindy shares her journey from photography to helping businesses improve their onl...

Welcome back to another episode of the Female EmPOWERED podcast. I'm your host, Christa Gurka, and in today's episode, we're taking a deep dive into all things websites - specifically When Your Website Could Actually Be Working Against You.

Joining us is Latasha Doyle, the brilliant mind behind Uncanny Content. Together, we'll uncover how a website - if not optimized properly - can hinder the growth of ...

Welcome to another episode of the Female Empowered Podcast, where we delve deep into topics that matter to female entrepreneurs in the fitness and wellness industry. I'm your host, Christa Gurkha, and today's episode is packed with valuable insights on mastering a winning Win-back Strategy.

In this episode, I'm excited to share insights and real-world examples of the effectiveness of Win-back Strategies. Whether you&a...

Hey there, everyone! Welcome back to another episode of the Female EmPOWERED Podcast. I'm your host, Christa Gurkha, and I'm thrilled to have a recurring guest with us today – Danielle Hayden, the founder and CEO of Kickstart Accounting, Inc. 

What I truly appreciate about having Danielle on the show is her ability to provide a different perspective on financial matters. I often approach things from my own angle and Daniel...

Welcome back to another episode of the Female EmPOWERED Podcast! In today's guest episode, I'm thrilled to have Nora Reynolds, Chief Innovation Officer of Arrichion joining me. 

Nora's journey began with her family's athletic background, leading to the establishment of hot yoga studios across several cities, including Raleigh, Charlotte, Durham, and Salt Lake City. However, her most recent venture, Strength Throu...

Welcome to another enlightening episode of the Female EmPOWERED Podcast, hosted by Christa Gurka! March is Women’s History Month, so on today's episode, I’m taking a look at why women often excel as business owners. 

Here's what I unpack:

• Unlocking Women's Strengths: From superior communication skills and heightened emotional intelligence to exceptional time management, women possess a unique set of qualities that ...

Welcome back to another episode of the Female emPOWERED Podcast with your host, Christa Gurka! In this episode, I discuss the ins and outs of email marketing and dive deep into its role in business growth and success.

Some of the topics I discuss in this episode are:

• The significance of email marketing for communication with existing and potential customers
• Then importance of your email list as the only set of platform data that y...

Welcome to another episode of the Female emPOWERED Podcast with  Christa Gurka. In this episode, I discuss why listening to too many opinions might harm your business and how to figure out which opinions to consider (and which ones to skip)..

Some of the topics I dive into  include: 

• Why seeking too many opinions can hinder progress in business decision-making.
• The confusion that can come from receiving conflicting guidance and ho...

Hi everyone! Welcome back to another episode of The Female Empowered Podcast. What we are going to talk about today is how you can leverage local marketing and network marketing to boost sales in a brick and mortar business.

I want to talk about this topic specifically because marketing tends to be a big overwhelming umbrella for many business owners. We want and need to market our business, but sometimes we don’t know how to begin ...

Welcome to another episode of the Female Empowered Podcast with  Christa Gurka. In this episode, I discuss why listening to too many opinions might harm your business and how to discern which opinions to consider.

Some of the topics I dive into  include: 

• Why seeking too many opinions can hinder progress in business decision-making.
• The confusion that can come from receiving conflicting guidance and how it leads to analysis paraly...

Hey everyone! Welcome back to another episode of The Female Empowered Podcast. Today is a guest episode and we have Dr. Megan Greco, the founder of MGPT.

She runs a very successful Physical Therapy practice just outside of her own home. Many have thought about doing this and they though it wasn’t possible at all but here is Dr. Megan proving them wrong!

Let’s look at Dr. Megan’s journey, what her revenue is, and so much more. I hope ...

Hello everyone, I am so happy you are here! Welcome back to another episode of The Female Empowered Podcast. Today, let’s talk about a topic that I was discussing with my own mentorship and Mastermind group. The topic is what happens when you get bored with your business.

This happens frequently to high achievers because they thrive in growth. I am also a high achiever and per my experience, I thrive in new opportunities. I have got...

Hey there everyone! Welcome back to another episode of The Female Empowered Podcast. Today, I am talking about a topic that’s near and dear to my heart, and most likely to yours, because it’s all about saying, “No.”

So many of us women business owners are people pleasers and high achievers that is why there are so many reasons why saying no makes us feel guilt. Let’s talk about where this feeling comes from, what happens if we ...

Hey there everyone! Welcome back to another episode of The Female Empowered Podcast. Today, I am talking about one of my favorite topics – pricing. 

We often see in our industry that the pricing is comparable to the other businesses in the market rather than according to their expenses, their capacity, and their profitability. It’s not your fault if you also practice this in your business, but, the truth is, if you need to...

Hi there! Welcome back to another episode of The Female Empowered Podcast. Today’s episode is all about marketing. I am going to give you the exact marketing strategies that you can use to market your boutique fitness, wellness, or health care business for the first 90 days of 2024!

There are so many marketing trends this 2024 and I want you to know more about them so you can use these as leverage for your business. I also...

Hey there everyone! Welcome back to another episode of The Female Empowered Podcast. This is the second podcast episode for 2024, and before we dive into the topic, let me just ask how you are doing. Are you back to work? Are you still on vacation? 

For this episode, we will be talking about why you’re not ready for a business mentor, or a Mastermind, or any type of mentorship group programs. Many talk about why you are re...

Hey there ladies and gents! Welcome back to another episode of The Female Empowered Podcast. This is the first podcast episode for 2024, which means this is the fourth year I have been doing this podcast! I am so happy I was convinced to start this podcast and I want to thank you for sticking around!

For this episode, we will be talking about my take on the “New Year, New You” mindset and what I actually believe in. This mindset doe...

Hey there! Welcome back to another episode of The Female Empowered Podcast. This is the last episode of 2023, so I want to share with you a re-airing of my most downloaded podcast episode not only from the episodes this year, but from all the episodes I did in total!

There were 1200 downloads of this episode and it is the one entitled, “The Problem With Charging What You're Worth.” This was from April 2021 and I hope you enjoy...

Hey everyone! Welcome back to another episode of The Female Empowered Podcast. We are approaching the end of the year, I will be re-airing my most popular episode for 2023. 

This is the third full year of The Female Empowered Podcast and the most popular episode that I have is the one entitled “How To Create Efficient and Sustainable Schedules for your Business, your Team, and yourself.” There were over 300 downloads and a...