Highest and Best - Women in Real Estate

Highest and Best - Women in Real Estate

Welcome to Highest and Best, a podcast for women in real estate where we explore the freedoms and complexities of this high intensity career. Hosted by Sarah Hubbard. From candid conversations with top agents to inspiring interviews with coaches, researchers, athletes and female executives, we share valuable tools to help you stay calm, confident, and continue to show up as your highest and best self. Thanks so much for listening.

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June 5, 2026 44 mins

Brooklyn Harmon was waiting tables when she met her future Santa Barbara real estate team, and with a hug and some red cowboy boots in her interview she hit the ground running a year ago in real estate. Kat Hitchcock landed in SB from the Georgia country, and has built a thriving business, growing team and has struck a balance of no-nonsense and good old southern charm. These two share their unique new and seasoned perspec...

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Dr. Partridge has a PhD in Organizational Psychology and runs a thriving Somatic Leadership and Coaching practice for mostly high achieving women. And she runs it from…Paris. We discuss how each one of us has a natural speed and how working out of alignment with that will burn you out. Listen to find out how to determine your speed, how to shift into alignment and what to do if the people around you operate at different sp...

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Tamara Kasey has decades of experience in real estate in the Chicago area and not surprisingly, her daughter caught the bug early and now has her own thriving business in NYC. These two have a special bond and they share how they work differently, how they support each other and how real estate has evolved in both their perspectives. Their shared respect for one another is incredible endearing and their commitment to this ...

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Affectionately known as the D.E.B, Deb Keenan is a big-hearted, hilarious, and honest realtor of over 20 years in the ultra-luxury market of Jackson Hole, WY. We discuss everything from tips for new agents, to navigating tough conversations (aggressive agents), and why women are born for this career. Deb is one of my favorite humans on this planet and serves as a real estate and parenting mentor for me. Enjoy!

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Michaela Phillips is a Senior Loan Office for Arbor Financial Group and has been working in the lending and financial world for almost 30 years! She has a personal approach to lending, an understanding of the vulnerability it takes to help clients organize their finances to achieve the purchase they want. Michaela has some best practices for realtors and working with lenders as well as some insights into how to interpret t...

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Jennifer Leahy is a luxury agent and team lead in Connecticut and NY suburbs. Her team has sold over $1.2B and it is in part to her mindset, leadership, and creativity in the face of challenge. Jennifer built her business as a struggling single mom to a real estate empire and closing an $85M property in CT a few years ago. She believes in herself, her capabilities and her vision and her advice is inspiring. 

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Gina is a powerhouse! - we talk about how mindset changed everything for her, what growth shifts she has felt over her career and why giving back and engaging with her community its a major priority for her. We also tease the launch of her podcast, the Altruist and why lifting up everyone around her is her core mission in life. 

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Jessie is an agent in Raleigh, NC and the creator of The Wise Mind Method, a transformative training focused on honing in on your clients nervous system experience throughout a transaction. By staying regulated yourself, and helping to better understand your clients behaviors you can create a personal, predictive, and productive client process.

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Susie Adamson is a realtor and coach, specializing in tech, processes and systems. We talk about taking off the weight of all of the small decisions, the micro movements and the confusion we create just by not having the right system. This chat is something everyone needs - a fast track guide on how to streamline your world for max efficiency and to not just grow, but scale. Do less, create more space and flow by making so...

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Erin’s journey to real estate is heartbreaking and empowering, strong and inspiring. A true lesson on trusting your gut, getting your hands dirty with the real work, and then using the power you build in yourself to create strong teams around you. We talk about her path to success, and her new book Capture the Culture, an actionable guide for any team lead on how to create an empowering environment for your team. 

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Lauren Blakeley is a fashion stylist in LA who sees style as the core of confidence and strength for women at any age. We talk about transitioning through the decades, changing body types and that inevitable moment when you stand in your closet with cold coffee feeling uninspired. Lauren gives practical advice for auditing your closet, creating capsules for activities and bringing the joy and fire back to your personal sty...

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In this season 1 finale, we talk again to Melanie Klein - this time about her new series Mastering Your Money Mindset. We talk about the first cohort experience Sarah had, and what really plays into our thoughts about money, abundance and what we are capable of financially and personally. There's no one better to wrap the season with than Melanie, and her new course is open for registration until October 3rd! 

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September 29, 2025 39 mins

Emily Tucker is the founder of Emily Tucker Design, a premier residential interior design firm based in Boulder, CO with clients across the country. We talk about her early pull toward design and her experience building her career alongside AD100 designers from coast to coast. Emily talks about how she uniquely assesses the needs and lifestyles of new clients, how she developed her incredible sense of color, and what trend...

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Rachel Hausmann Masse is a 3rd generation realtor who is now working in dual cities - Boise and Chicago. We talk about burnout, reinventing yourself in a new city, strategies for growing a business from scratch and how she has achieved a better balance in her new home. 

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Three of the top agents and team leads in the country join me for a panel on what it takes to decide to start a team, lead a team and what they have learned about themselves in the process. Meredith Alderson of the Hey Day Group in Austin/Denver, and Sara Evers of the Moving Music City team in Nashville, TN, and co-hosted with Cari Higgins of Valta & Co in Boulder, CO talk processes, systems, the power of coaching...

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Lacey Newman is a powerhouse - she rebuilt her real estate career after some devastating life changes, and has created an empire of top producing agents, TV hosting, social media and brand strategy and a highly successful coaching practice. We talk about rethinking team structures, social media content, AI and how she is using ChatGPT for personal growth. Loved this episode so much and am inspired by Laceys no nonsense att...

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Sarah Jane Fenton is a functional nutritionist who specializes in helping women gain a greater understanding of their own bodies, at any age. From hormone changes to fertility and nutritional shifts, she coaches clients to feel their best. On the podcast, she coaches realtors on how to eat well and also be on the move! We talk diet changes that are necessary as we go from 30-50+, and also how to support yourself throughout...

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Cara Maiolo is a Licensed Certified Counselor who specializes in women's health and wellness. We dig DEEP into anxiety, the root causes, and how we should see it as a messenger not a roadblock. Some of the takeaways from this episode include:

  • Understanding anxiety and its root cause
  • Identifying what is unworkable for you and causing the stress
  • Shifting into seeing anxiety as a useful messenger and tool
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Starting with one small condo, Anna has built her real estate portfolio beyond being an agent to running Airbnb’s and flipping property. We talk about how to elevate your expertise, investment best practices, how she managed Austin's growth then plateau and how to design with soul.

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Allie Stark, Executive Leadership Coach and Founder talks finding the balance of masculine and feminine energy and how that might shift over time. We also talk about how the uncertainty of real estate is actually the perfect training for life.

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