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Plunge into Prosperity Episodes

Dive into the conversations of how we plunged into prosperity.

Episode 01Apr 26, 2026

My Why Behind the Plunge – Intro Episode

with Brandi Kolosky

If you feel called to heal systems, invest with intention, and step fully into the abundance we were all born with… you are exactly where you're meant to be. Subscribe now and join the plunge.

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Episode 02May 1, 2026

From Dance Floor to the CapTable: The Woman, The Fund, The Plunge

with Brandi Kolosky & Arundhati Patelolla

She danced professionally for 21 years. Owned a marketing & biz dev agency. Now she's building a venture and private equity fund. In this inaugural deep-dive episode of Plunge Into Prosperity, co-host Arundhati Patelolla turns the mic on founder and host Brandi Kolosky for the story behind it all — Sacral Capital, Sacral Sisters, Sacral Advisory, and the movement reshaping how women lead, gather, and build wealth. From a trailer-born childhood in Florida to inventing oil-and-gas flare bypasses for Bitcoin mining, from running marketing for Trump properties to founding a venture fund at the intersection of spirit and strategy — Brandi unpacks the four investment pillars driving Sacral Capital, the 1.9% statistic that lit her fire, and her framework of "Positive Pivoting" for moving through change instead of resisting it. This is the woman. The Fund. The Plunge. In this inaugural deep-dive episode of Plunge Into Prosperity, the tables turn — co-host Arundhati Patelolla steps into the interviewer's seat to sit down with founder, host, and producer Brandi Kolosky. Together, they explore Brandi's definition of prosperity, why she built Sacral Capital, Sacral Sisters, and Sacral Advisory, and the broken systems she's actively healing through her work — from the 1.9% of capital that flows to women, to the antiquated structures inside venture itself. Brandi unpacks her four investment pillars (aviation, consumer health, digital infrastructure, and infrastructure), introduces her concept of "Positive Pivoting," and shares why she leads every decision with her sacral — even in a world that demands spreadsheets. This is the conversation that anchors the heart of the show.

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Episode 03May 6, 2026

Overseeing $150M, 200 Homes, 80 Airbnbs Before 30: Shannon Powers' Sacred Path with Family & Real Estate

with Shannon Powers

$150M under management. 200 single-family homes. 80 Airbnbs. Before 30. And she's doing it all with her dad and her brother. In this episode of Plunge Into Prosperity, host Brandi Kolosky sits down with Shannon Powers — Asset Manager and Investor Relations lead at RTO Property and Sundown Vista — for an unfiltered conversation on walking a sacred path with family AND real estate. From cold-calling industrial owners at 22 to managing a quarter-billion in family-held assets at 28, Shannon shares the real story behind a modern family business — including the family coach that changed everything, the sale-leaseback model that built her foundation, and the investor relations work she now calls her favorite part of the job. Plus: Brandi shares the 1.9% statistic that lit her fire, opens up about Sacral Sisters and her SPV structure for unaccredited women investors, and reveals the Puerto Rico tax strategy redefining how she invests. Family. Funds. The Plunge.

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Episode 04May 22, 2026

3 Layoffs. 30 Gyms. A Mayweather Exit. Now President of Drybar-Born Empire. This is Jessica Yarmey.

with Jessica Yarmey

She was laid off three times. Then she built 30 gyms in 3 years, sold to Mayweather, and now leads a Drybar-born empire as the President of Squeeze Massage. Jessica Yarmey is one of the most prolific female founders in franchising today. She is the newly appointed President of Squeeze Massage — the tech-enabled massage franchise from the team behind Drybar, now scaling nationally after the GoSaga acquisition. She is also the Founder of SizzleSociety and Host of The Society Pod. Before stepping into the Squeeze Massage role, Jessica built Kick House from zero to 30 locations in three years and exited the business to Mayweather Boxing & Fitness in 2023. In this episode of Plunge into Prosperity, host Brandi Kolosky sits down with Jessica to unpack the layoff-to-leadership pivot playbook every female founder, operator, and investor needs to hear. 🎯 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN: ✅ Why getting laid off is actually a launchpad (and how to use it) ✅ The "specificity premium" — the narrow-ask strategy that wins every pivot ✅ How to stay in your zone of genius when the door closes ✅ The $2M+ partnership lesson lawyers can't protect you from ✅ Why mentors are more valuable than legal counsel in certain moments ✅ The 90-day contract rule every founder should steal before any full-time hire ✅ Why recovery is the underpriced wealth strategy no high-performer talks about ✅ How Squeeze Massage is becoming "the coach of the recovery industry"

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Episode 05May 27, 2026

Teacher to Tech CEO: 'Too Much AND Not Enough' Katie Hutchinson Built KHIT

with Katie Hutchinson

What happens when a classroom teacher walks away from a director's seat after being told she's "too much and not enough" — and decides to build something on her own terms instead? In Episode 5 of Plunge Into Prosperity, host Brandi Kolosky sits down with Katie Hutchinson, Founder & CEO of KHIT Consulting — a WBENC-certified, women-owned IT consulting firm based in Charlestown, Indiana, serving clients across the country from Arizona to New York. Katie shares the slow "aha" that pushed her out of corporate, the philosophy that makes her firm different (hint: she'll call them "cookie crumbs" if that's what you call them), and why prosperity, for her, is no longer a number — it's the freedom to meet people where they are and help them grow. In this conversation, you'll hear: ✦ How Katie's first career as a classroom teacher rewired her definition of prosperity ✦ The exact phrase from a boss that became the turning point of her career ✦ Why KHIT learns the client's vocabulary before pushing any vendor language ✦ How she built a remote-first consulting firm before "remote-first" was a buzzword ✦ The industries KHIT serves beyond healthcare IT (manufacturing, construction, spa salons, home services & more) ✦ The truth about WBENC certification and what it actually unlocks ✦ Why she runs for school board, leads the League of Women Voters of Southern Indiana, and considers civic stewardship part of prosperity ✦ The two questions every business owner should ask themselves before calling KHIT ✦ Books that shaped her leadership — and what her corgi Daisy taught her about patience Whether you're a woman entrepreneur, a healthcare leader buried under documentation, a small business owner sizing up your tech stack, or someone quietly wondering if it's time to bet on yourself — this episode is your permission slip. 🔗 Connect with Katie: Website: khitconsulting.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-hutchinson-4906a5b5/

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Episode 06Jun 3, 2026

From Xerox, Kodak, & New York Philharmonic to Getting Younger Every Day — 30 Years as a Weakest-Link Diagnostician, A Decade Lost to Chronic Illness, & Marrying a Priest: Linda Keefe

with Linda Keefe

What does it actually look like to "plunge into prosperity" — not once, but again and again, across an entire life? In Episode 6 of Plunge Into Prosperity, Brandi sits down with Linda L. Keefe — CEO of Shared Results International, longtime publisher of Tech-Talk.com, author of 7 Habits of Egalitarian Managers, and co-author of The Man Behind the Roman Collar. With an MBA from RIT and 10+ years inside Xerox before launching her own firm in 1995, Linda has spent three decades teaching organizations — from the US Department of Labor to Kodak to the New York Philharmonic — that every voice on a team matters, from the janitor to the CEO. But Linda's leadership philosophy didn't come from a textbook. It came from a life of bold, sometimes risky plunges: going back for her MBA later in life, learning to ski in Tehran while the Shah still ruled, surviving a decade-long battle with chronic fatigue syndrome, marrying a beloved Roman Catholic priest who left a 50-year ministry to be with her, and now — in Colorado Springs — leading a live Tai Chi and Qigong community for women rediscovering their vibrancy after 60. Brandi and Linda dig into the rare skill of spotting the weakest link in any system (a diagnostic instinct Linda calls "egalitarian's edge"), the difference between listening and actually hearing your team, how breakdowns become breakthroughs, the underfunded reality facing women-led capital (just 1.9% of allocated dollars), and what it looks like to steward both a career and a healing journey in parallel. Whether you're a founder, an investor, a team lead, or simply someone in the middle of your own quiet plunge, this conversation is a reminder: prosperity isn't a destination. It's a practice you return to. In this episode: Why egalitarian leadership creates the highest-performing teams (and how to actually do it) The chronic fatigue syndrome years Linda lost — and what she gained Marrying a Roman Catholic priest after he served 50 years in ministry Skiing in pre-revolution Iran on black diamonds (no bunny slopes) The diagnostic skill of finding the weakest link in any business in minutes Why Brandi invests in women-led companies and Puerto Rican farming and energy infrastructure Tai Chi, Qigong, meridians, and aging in reverse Family, breakdowns-as-breakthroughs, and the chosen mothers who shape us Connect with Linda Keefe: Shared Results International: https://www.sharedresults.com Get Younger Every Day: https://www.getyoungereveryday.com Tech-Talk: https://www.tech-talk.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindakeefe/ Connect with Brandi & Sacral Capital: Podcast home: https://plungeintoprosperity.com Sacral Capital: https://SacralCapital.com Follow Brandi: @SacralCapital 🎧 New episodes of Plunge Into Prosperity drop weekly. If this one moved you, please rate, review, and share — it's the single best way to help conscious stewards find this work.

Episode 07May 29, 2026

Sacral Sisters on the Record: Our Current Investor, Deanna Reich, $42.5M of Closed Capital that Builds

with Deanna Reich

This is not a regular episode of Plunge Into Prosperity. This is the first installment of Sacral Sisters on the Record — an exclusive ongoing series featuring the voices of the women already inside the Sacral Sisters SPV. LP investors. Founding members. Women who already took the plunge. Speaking from the inside out, on the record, unfiltered. We open Series 01 with the woman who helped birth Sacral Sisters SPV into existence. Deanna Reich is the CEO and Founder of Coquina Capital — a firm connecting investors directly to deals in real estate and beyond in Northeast Florida. In 2025 she connected and closed $14.5M in real estate capital. Today she is at $42.5M — with an additional $50M in the pipeline. She was the original founding Managing Partner of Sacral Sisters SPV before stepping into her role as lead LP investor. And in this episode, she tells the full story. HERE IS WHAT WE COVER: → Why prosperity and alignment are the same thing — and what happens when you are sitting at the wrong table → The moment at 30 she slammed her chair, walked out of a toxic workplace with no safety net, and never looked back → Her decade of perfectionism and people-pleasing — and the depression at 25 that finally cracked it all open → The night her five-year-old son said "I wish your job would fire you" — and how that one sentence changed everything → How she went from classroom teacher to recruiter to tech to hard money lending to building a $42.5M capital firm on her own terms → The story behind the name Coquina Capital — inspired by the 400-year-old coquina limestone walls of Castillo de San Marcos in Saint Augustine, Florida — a rock that absorbs cannonballs and never shatters → What Coquina Capital actually does, who should be calling Deanna right now, and the biggest mistake investors make when trying to access capital → The dog walk with Muppet where spirit said: you built this up, it is time to let it go — her sacred transition from founding Managing Partner to LP investor in Sacral Sisters SPV → What she envisions for the Sacral Sisters community five years from now → Her direct message to every woman still living inside the old story that investing is a man's world → Why capital gives you resources and freedom — and why every woman deserves both "Prosperity IS alignment. When you are not aligned, you are not prospering." — Deanna Reich This is what it looks like when a woman chooses herself, builds on her own terms, and then turns around and holds the door open for everyone behind her. CONNECT WITH DEANNA REICH: Website: coquina-capital.com Instagram: @deannareich_29 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/deanna-reich Email: deanna@coquina-capital.com

Episode 08Jun 3, 2026

Sacral Fireside Sessions #1: The 4 B's of Prosperity — Body, Being, Balance, Business | $50M Raised for Formula E to Brokering 8-Figure Energy Deals in 18 Months | Brandi Kolosky × Markell K. Blount of The Deal Exchange

with Markell Blount

Welcome to Sacral Fireside Sessions — the new Plunge Into Prosperity series featuring the advisors, investor introducers, and strategic partners inside the Sacral ecosystem. This is Episode #1. Host Brandi Kolosky (Founder & GP, Sacral Capital) sits down with Markell K. Blount — Founder of Quant Capital Group and The Deal Exchange — for the inaugural fireside and the podcast's first conversation with a male guest. Markell is a current Sacral Capital advisor, a Sacral Sisters SPV investor, and Brandi's partner on an active energy deal at time of recording. Markell shares the moment that reshaped his career: a post-COVID depression that broke him out of survival-mode work in insurance and financial advisory, and the 18-month rebuild that turned him into one of Atlanta's most active capital connectors. He walks through his four pillars of prosperity — Body, Being, Balance, Business — and the daily palms-up / palms-down morning practice that grounds it. Brandi gets candid about the $50M she accidentally raised for Formula E from a single investor in her late twenties — the deal she couldn't negotiate because she didn't know what an NCNDA was — and what business schools still fail to teach. The two unpack The Deal Exchange's rebrand from happy-hour networking to a 99-investor boardroom model for oil, gas, real estate, and alternatives, and why "act as if" beats "fake it till you make it" every time. Plus: Andy Frisella's Power Five, Tom Coughlin's "humble enough to prepare, confident enough to perform," and why your network is your net worth — but only if you cut the takers. 🎙️ Find Markell: markellkblount.com | The Deal Exchange (thedealexchange.net) | Quant Capital Group 🌐 Find Brandi: SacralCapital.com | PlungeIntoProsperity.com

Episode 09Jun 5, 2026

Sacral Sisters on the Record: Invest in Intuition: 18 Pathways & Money is Energy | Crystal Clenney

with Crystal Clenney

What if your intuition isn't woo — but a measurable signal your body has been broadcasting your whole life? In Episode 9 of Plunge Into Prosperity, Brandi Kolosky sits down with Crystal Clenney — founder of Intuitive Human©, enterprise payroll architect (Starbucks, Delta, 100K+ employee systems), published poet, and one of our Sacral Sisters backing the SPV into Sacral Fund and advising the Fund itself. Recorded live from Waikiki, this conversation distills 20+ years of research into one bold thesis: intuition has a frequency — and we can find it in the brain, the heart, and the gut. Crystal shares the three-hour awakening at 25 that rewired her life, the voice she heard in her non-hearing ear that named her life's work, the 18 intuitive pathways she's defining (six clairs, six empaths, and the niche tracks), and why now — with neuroscience and biotech finally catching up — is the moment to bring direct knowing back to everyone. We're also in active due diligence on Intuitive Human, so consider this a front-row seat to a venture two decades in the making. 🧬 Crystal is calling in 140 humans for Intuitive Human's first case studies — details at the end of the episode. CONTACT: https://intuitivehuman.com LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/tlmmentor/ cclenney@intuitivehuman.com

Episode 10Jun 8, 2026

Nurse to CEO. 40 Clinics. Backed by Private Equity. Starting with Lifestyle Changes | Mindy Eng, MSN, RN, NE-BC

with Mindy Eng

This episode hit different for me. 🙌 Mindy walked into this conversation as someone who's been in the thick of it — bedside nurse, ER administrator, fertility COO, and now running a 40-location dermatology network backed by private equity. But what really got me was when she said: it starts with the patient. Every seat, every title — same north star. Mindy Eng is the CEO of MD Alliance Solutions, the management services organization running Advanced Dermatology PC — a 40-location, multi-state dermatology platform across New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, scaling with private equity behind it. She started her career as a registered nurse in emergency medicine — clinician and administrator simultaneously — before moving into the C-suite as COO of a multinational fertility center, then VP of New Business Growth, then COO, and now CEO of the MSO that runs the entire network. She is a Master Prepared Board Certified Nurse Executive and former adjunct professor at Rutgers School of Nursing. In this episode, Mindy and Brandi go deep on: The systemic gaps in women's healthcare — PCOS as a metabolic condition, perimenopause, and why most studies are still based on men. What it actually looks like to scale a PE-backed healthcare platform from the operator's seat. The tools, AI solutions, and investment opportunities Mindy sees changing healthcare access. Their shared philosophy: healing the body first, then healing the system. What prosperity looks like after evolving from survival mode to abundance: Morning routines, Orange Theory at 5AM, cortisol awareness, and women's wellness, Sleep apnea innovation, wearable health data, and what's next in consumer health If healthcare, women's leadership, private markets, or the future of patient access is in your world — this conversation is for you. Connect with Mindy Eng: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindy-eng-msn-rn-ne-bc-8a735254/ Advanced Dermatology PC: AdvancedDermatologyPC.com

Episode 11Jun 10, 2026

Sacral Fireside Sessions #2: The Untold Story: He Built the Tech That Forced PayPal to Sell to eBay

with Manish Maheshwari

In this episode of Sacral Fireside Sessions, Brandi Kolosky sits down with Manish Maheshwari — Founder of Soldi Now, Inc., Silicon Valley veteran, and author of the six-book Divine Life series — for one of the most layered conversations in the show's history. Manish spent three decades inside eBay, Netflix, Snapchat, and PayPal. He holds a payment processing patent from his PayPal years. He helped build the technology that gave eBay the leverage to force PayPal into its acquisition — an untold story he shares publicly for the first time here! He also built the first TikTok-style scrollable video app — six months before Vine. Then headed to Snapchat. And then, he thought he was done. Until he wasn't. Today, Manish is the founder of Soldi Now, a fintech company solving the 2–3% credit card tax that merchants across the US absorb on every single transaction. With 68% repeat users and an average of 13 uses per user in early experiments, Soldi is building the pay-by-bank infrastructure that the rest of the world already has. In this episode: The five axioms from the Divine Life series — and the one that changes everything Non-attachment: what it actually means, and what it doesn't The Default Mode Network, entropy, and why "without energy, everything dissolves" The Soldi Now origin story: FedNow, a patent, and a nephew who wouldn't stop asking Why PayPal signed over — and who's left standing The cap table flip: what it means to back and be backed by the same person The real number: capital allocated to women founders just dropped to 1% This is Sacral Fireside Sessions #2 — the series where Brandi sits down with the investors, advisors, and strategic partners inside the Sacral ecosystem. 📩 Interested in Soldi Now: manish@soldinow.com 📚 Manish's Book Series on Amazon: amazon.com/author/manishmaheshwari

Episode 12Jun 11, 2026

Positive Pivoting: Airline Stewardess to Park City Real Estate — 4 Careers, 1 Through-Line | Barbara Larsen, Berkshire Hathaway

with Barbara Larsen

Park City and Deer Valley are two of the most coveted mountain real estate markets in the country — and Barbara Larsen has been working them for 35 years. In Episode 12 of Plunge into Prosperity, host Brandi Kolosky sits down with Barbara Larsen, Real Estate Advisor at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Utah Properties and founder of Larsen Real Estate Group, for a grounded, number-rich read on what's actually moving in Park City, Deer Valley, Jordanelle, and the Heber Valley right now. Barbara's path reads like a masterclass in positive pivoting — aviation, healthcare leadership, President's Circle recognition at Abbott Laboratories, six years inside the title and escrow industry, and now real estate. The through-line across all four careers: relationships and long-term gain thinking. In this episode, you'll hear: The hard numbers — roughly 10% appreciation across Park City, a $4M median sales price in Jordanelle, 50% more sales in Q1 2026 versus Q1 2025 in the new East Village of Deer Valley, and a $1.1M average in Heber Valley Where women are leaving the most money on the table (and why the 1031 exchange is the move) The Blue Sky development with Auberge — equestrian, farm-to-table, and the strategic value of community-driven luxury Why Park City keeps its exclusivity through limited construction — and why that's the strategy, not the bug The private jet uptick into Heber, the international airport effect, and how the East Village changes drive times Barbara's framework for second homes, ski properties, and investment buyers across Park City and Deer Valley A power-couple operating model with her husband, the broker for Berkshire Hathaway in Park City 🔗 Connect with Barbara: Website: larsenrealestategroup.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/larsenrealestategroup Instagram / X / Facebook: @BarbaraLarsenRE

Episode 13Jun 15, 2026

Clinical Psychologist Dr. Leslie Hemedes on Memories Are Not Content. They Are Inheritance. Built KeepSaiQ — a Living Infrastructure for Every Family's Story

with Dr. Leslie Hemedes

What happens when a clinical psychologist — someone who has spent 15 years sitting with people in their most fragmented, disconnected, uncertain moments — decides she isn't just going to heal the wound, but build the infrastructure that prevents it? That is Dr. Leslie Hemedes. In this episode of Plunge Into Prosperity, Dr. Hemedes — Licensed Clinical Psychologist, certified EMDR therapist, Filipina-American, mother of three, and now Founder & CEO of KeepSaiQ — sits down with host Brandi Kolosky to talk about the intersection of psychology, AI, and one of the most underserved spaces in family life: intergenerational story. KeepSaiQ is the world's first Family Intelligence Platform — a privacy-first, voice-first AI system that transforms the everyday moments families live through into living legacy artifacts. Not just photos and videos sitting disconnected in a camera roll. But context. Meaning. The stories behind the stories. Designed for the people you love, not for advertisers. We go deep on: The clinical insight that sparked KeepSaiQ — and the gap no one was filling What EMDR therapy is, and why it matters for how we understand memory and identity The "box of puzzle pieces" — what Leslie learned about human disconnection in the therapy room Why women remain at 1.1% of global capital raised — and what the psychology of that actually looks like What it means to build something with purpose when you have a 10-year-old, an 8-year-old, and a 2.5-month-old at home And what prosperity really means — not the Instagram version, the lived one 🔗 Learn more about KeepSaiQ: keepsaiq.com 🔗 Connect with Dr. Leslie Hemedes: linkedin.com/in/leslie-hemedes-psy-d-b02b4022

Episode 14Jun 15, 2026

I Started to Survive, I Stayed for Freedom — Heather McElrath on AI, Small Business Visibility & Building Sandbox

with Heather McElrath

What does prosperity really mean? For Heather McElrath, the answer is one word: freedom. In Episode 14 of Plunge Into Prosperity, host Brandi Kolosky sits down with Heather McElrath — Founder and CEO of Sandbox Communications, Fractional CMO, 30-year communications veteran, and adjunct PR professor — to unpack what it really takes for small businesses to stop being invisible and start getting found. Heather's path was anything but straight. From journalism to global banking, fintech to national nonprofits, and finally to building Sandbox Communications after COVID upended a career she loved — she has turned a lifetime of reinvention into a framework that helps small business owners show up on Google, AI platforms, and in the hearts of the customers they were built to serve. In this episode: • Why prosperity is freedom — not just money • How COVID forced Heather to start Sandbox (and why survival mode became her greatest teacher) • The non-linear career that made her a better communicator than any straight line could have • What small businesses get completely wrong about AI • Why your Google Business Profile is your most underused visibility tool right now • How AI is making us MORE human — and why that's a good thing • The shocking statistic: only 1.1% of all investment capital flows to women-led businesses • Women-led teams return 78¢ per dollar invested vs. 31¢ for all-male teams • "Only Love in the Sandbox" — the t-shirt that says everything about Heather's philosophy Connect with Heather McElrath: 📧 heather@sandboxco.com 🌐 sandboxcomm.com

Episode 15Jun 19, 2026

No Buzzwords, No Gatekeeping: Right Left Agency CEO Courtney Wasserburger on Scaling, Prosperity & Marketing That Actually Works

with Courtney Wasserburger

What if your deepest sense of prosperity has nothing to do with your business? That's where this conversation starts — and it only gets better from there. Courtney Wasserburger is the CEO of Right Left Agency, a digital marketing powerhouse helping B2B and SaaS brands scale through the belief that great marketing requires both sides of the brain: analytical rigor and creative conviction. She's also the host of How They Scaled It, a podcast featuring growth-stage eCommerce and SaaS founders on the pivotal decisions that shaped their success. In this episode of Plunge Into Prosperity, Courtney flips her own script — from interviewer to guest — and gets real about what building a decade-long agency actually looks like from the inside. We cover: → Why she walked away from a toxic job in 2013 — and what she and her business partner built from that exit → The philosophy behind the name Right Left Agency (data-driven creativity and why you can't have one without the other) → What she learned from 28+ episodes interviewing founders: they all think their problems are unique — they're not → The forced time off that changed everything: she came back and the agency was fine. Nothing was on fire. That's when she knew she'd built something real. → The 10-minute rule she teaches her team for client fires and late-night spirals → Buying her first home as a millennial who once thought it was impossible — and what making it her sanctuary looks like → Incubating the agency's own SaaS and product ideas from within → Why women's community spaces hit differently — and what Sacral Sisters represents for women building wealth This is a conversation for founders who've confused output with prosperity, leaders who want their teams to last, and anyone building something they actually want to live inside. Connect with Courtney & Agency: 🔗 https://rightleftagency.com/ 📍 What if your deepest sense of prosperity has nothing to do with your business? That's where this conversation starts — and it only gets better from there. Courtney Wasserburger is the CEO of Right Left Agency, a digital marketing powerhouse helping B2B and SaaS brands scale through the belief that great marketing requires both sides of the brain: analytical rigor and creative conviction. She's also the host of How They Scaled It, a podcast featuring growth-stage eCommerce and SaaS founders on the pivotal decisions that shaped their success. In this episode of Plunge Into Prosperity, Courtney flips her own script — from interviewer to guest — and gets real about what building a decade-long agency actually looks like from the inside. We cover: → Why she walked away from a toxic job in 2013 — and what she and her business partner built from that exit → The philosophy behind the name Right Left Agency (data-driven creativity and why you can't have one without the other) → What she learned from 28+ episodes interviewing founders: they all think their problems are unique — they're not → The forced time off that changed everything: she came back and the agency was fine. Nothing was on fire. That's when she knew she'd built something real. → The 10-minute rule she teaches her team for client fires and late-night spirals → Buying her first home as a millennial who once thought it was impossible — and what making it her sanctuary looks like → Incubating the agency's own SaaS and product ideas from within → Why women's community spaces hit differently — and what Sacral Sisters represents for women building wealth This is a conversation for founders who've confused output with prosperity, leaders who want their teams to last, and anyone building something they actually want to live inside. Connect with Courtney & Agency: 🔗 https://rightleftagency.com/ 📍 https://www.linkedin.com/in/courtney-wasserburger-14543519/

Episode 16Jun 19, 2026

She Fled Vietnam at Birth. Amazon & Google Pay Her to Fix Teams using Curiosity. | Dr. Julie Pham

with Dr. Julie Pham

Dr. Julie Pham came to the United States as a boat person fleeing communist Vietnam. She earned her PhD in history at Cambridge as a Gates Cambridge Scholar, graduated magna cum laude from UC Berkeley, and got what she calls her "real life MBA" by running her family's Vietnamese language newspaper through the Great Recession. In the middle of a pandemic, she left a stable career to found CuriosityBased — and she has not looked back. In this episode, Julie shares why freedom is her definition of prosperity, the moment her father told her "now you will have freedom," and how her understanding of curiosity evolved from knowledge accumulation to a daily practice rooted in self-awareness, relationship building, and clear communication. She walks us through the 7 Forms of Respect framework — her #1 Amazon bestselling book that she compares to the 5 Love Languages but for the workplace — and demonstrates it live with Brandi in real time. They go deep on building across differences, the through line connecting Julie's two books (the South Vietnamese military experience and workplace respect), and the capital gap facing women founders: $34 trillion in assets by 2030, yet less than 2% of venture capital reaching women-led startups. Julie's answer reframes the conversation entirely: stop giving advice, start sharing numbers, and deploy your social capital. Founder, 7 Forms of Respect CEO, CuriosityBased Connect with Dr. Julie Pham: curiositybased.com formsofrespect.com LinkedIn: Julie Pham, PhD TEDx Talk: "Curiosity as a Practice" Book: 7 Forms of Respect (Amazon)

Episode 17Jun 29, 2026

Real Prosperity Is What You Reclaim': How PCOS, Infertility, and Postnatal Anxiety Led Charlene DiPaola to a 300K-Subscriber, 2.4M-View Pivot

with Charlene DiPaola

She grew a dance fitness brand to over 300K YouTube subscribers and 2.4 million annual video views — with zero paid acquisition. Not one dollar in ads. All organic search, all content strategy, compounded over years. In this episode of Plunge Into Prosperity, Brandi Kolosky sits down with Charlene DiPaola, Founder and CEO of Hip Shake Fitness, to unpack how she went from managing million-dollar paid media budgets at Spin Media (acquired by Penske) and Perfect Market (acquired by Taboola) to building one of the most engaged women's dance fitness communities online — entirely on her own terms. Charlene opens up about the polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) diagnosis and six years of fertility treatments that led her back to movement, the postnatal anxiety she experienced after her second child, and how reclaiming her body became the foundation of her business. She also breaks down Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) — the practice of getting your content surfaced inside AI-generated answers across ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, and Perplexity — and why the fundamentals of good SEO haven't actually changed, even as the channels have. This conversation covers founder humility, ruthless content iteration, building a regenerative (not extractive) community of women, and why Charlene is now stepping into advisory work with consumer health brands. Connect with Charlene DiPaola: YouTube: youtube.com/@HipShakeFitness Instagram: @charlene.dipaola Website: hipshakefitness.com

Episode 18Jun 30, 2026

Sacral Sisters on the Record: The Metaphysical Attorney Bridging Wills, Trusts and Ancient Healing | Angel Latterell

with Angel Latterell

Angel Latterell took the plunge with 16 other women in the first round of the Sacral Sisters SPV. She is the founder of Latterell Law, a dual-state estate planning practice serving families in Washington and Florida. She is also a PMP, a Certified Scrum Master, a published poet, an Instructor of Project Management at the University of Washington, and a Certified Guide and Healer in the Lineage of King Solomon through the Modern Mystery School International. In this Sacral Sisters on the Record episode, Angel and host Brandi Kolosky go deep on what happens when ancient healing meets modern legal strategy. Angel explains why she sees law and lineage as two sides of the same coin, reveals the transformation that happens inside a well-crafted estate plan, breaks down what a Life Activation actually is, and shares why every woman who comes into wealth needs a container — not just a bank account. This conversation is a full-circle moment for the show. If you believe the revolution starts with one individual waking up to their highest potential, this episode is for you.

Episode 19Jul 3, 2026

10% of Boards. 5% of Media. 2% of VC: The Math Against Women | Linda Fisk of LeadHERship & CurvUp

with Linda Fisk

10 percent of board seats. 5 percent of media interviews. 2 percent of venture capital. This is the math against women in leadership. And it's not accidental. In Episode 19 of Plunge Into Prosperity, Brandi Kolosky sits down with Linda Fisk — Chairwoman, CEO & Founder of LeadHERship Global, President of CurvUp, and a U.S. Senator for the World Business Angels Investment Forum — to talk about what these numbers mean, why they persist, and what actually changes them. Linda brings three credentials to this conversation: a Ph.D. in clinical psychology (she's studied why high-achieving women still feel behind), a CEO career that fast-tracked her to the C-suite, and a hard-won awareness that her success story is the exception, not the rule. She and Brandi dig into the confidence gap, the science behind why women rate themselves lower than their actual ability, and why closing the funding gap for women-led businesses is a mission, not a talking point. You'll hear about building a "power tribe" of women you truly trust, turning pain into passion, why "the world doesn't need more busy women — it needs values-driven leaders who are recognized and remembered," and how platforms like CurvUp (with $150 million earmarked for women entrepreneurs) and communities like Sacral Sisters are working to level access to capital. Plus: "skillfishing" — the gap between the skills people claim and the skills they actually have — and why preparation + confidence is the formula that sticks. The through-line: abundance is a daily practice, not an overnight event. And the only thing standing between you and the next level is you. CONNECT WITH LINDA FISK LeadHERship Global: https://leadhershipglobal.com CurvUp: https://curvup.io

Episode 20Jul 5, 2026

$5.2M to $20M in 6 Years: How Dr. Pamela Maraldo Led 3 Nonprofit Turnarounds by Making Money Her Friend — and Why She's Now Teaching Girls to Stop Fearing It

with Dr. Pamela Maraldo

3 Turnarounds. $5.2M to $20M. The Money Mindset Nobody Teaches | Dr. Pamela Maraldo What if the secret to building wealth had nothing to do with finance — and everything to do with energy? Dr. Pamela Maraldo has led three major organizations through complete financial turnarounds. She ran Planned Parenthood Federation of America at the height of clinic violence, serving five million Americans a year on a fifty-million-dollar budget. She took the National League for Nursing from 5.2 million dollars to 20 million dollars in revenue in just six years. And today she leads Girls Inc. of New York City — building the next generation of financially free women through her groundbreaking "Her Future" financial literacy app and the Mind Body Matters curriculum. In this episode of Plunge Into Prosperity, Dr. Maraldo joins host Brandi Kolosky — Founder and General Partner of Sacral Capital, Sacral Fund I, and Sacral Sisters — for a conversation that goes straight to the root of why women hold back from wealth, what breaks organizations at the top, and why making money your friend changes everything. Dr. Maraldo shares the JP Morgan story — how she caught herself crossing the street to avoid her own bank and what that fear cost her. She breaks down the Denmark educational model that Girls Inc. NYC uses to build fearless women. And she delivers one of the most honest distinctions in the prosperity conversation: "Fear is greater than motivation for most people. Whatever your parents did — they overcame it." This is not a finance episode. This is a consciousness episode. And it is exactly what the show was built for. Topics covered in this episode: → Why the leader of three financial turnarounds never put money first → The JP Morgan story: when fear makes you cross the street → How meditation dissolves the fear synapse (Brandi's grandmother's lesson) → What breaks organizations: complacency, isolation, and lost vision → The "Her Future" app: teaching girls in underserved communities to make money their friend → The Denmark model — teachers who major in students, not subjects → Why women are smart with money but fear holds them back → The two voices inside every leader — and which one to follow → "Never doubt that a small group of people can change the world." — Margaret Mead Connect with Dr. Pamela Maraldo: → Girls Inc. of New York City: girlsincnyc.org → LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/pamela-maraldo-84a489a/ → Instagram: @girlsincnyc → Book: Medicine in Search of a Soul

Episode 21Jul 6, 2026

Sacral Sisters on the Record: Power. Purpose. Profit. Peace. 28 Years in Real Estate & Women's Wealth Building Network | Shannan Spann

with Shannan Spann

This is Sacral Sisters on the Record, Episode 4 — conversations with the women who are already inside the mission. Shannan Spann is a real estate expert, wealth-building strategist, and founder of the Women's Wealth Building Network (WWBN) — a community platform dedicated to helping women build generational wealth through real estate, financial literacy, and the kind of community that actually moves the needle. With over 28 years in the mortgage and real estate industry, she built an expertise in creative financing that she now brings to every room, every deal, and every negotiation. She is also one of the first seventeen women to invest in the Sacral Sisters SPV — a founding investor who said yes before most of the world was watching. In this episode, Shannan and Brandi cover: → What 28 years in mortgage and real estate actually teaches you — about creative financing, negotiation, and building a win-win in any room → The fear Shannan saw in women — including herself — that made building WWBN inevitable → Why real estate investing has nothing to do with being a landlord → What made her say yes to Sacral Sisters before the world caught up → Her vision for WWBN's international expansion — from Jacksonville to Dubai and beyond → Power. Purpose. Profit. Peace. — the four-part framework she lives by If you are a woman who has ever felt like the room wasn't built for you — and built one anyway — this episode is yours. 🔗 Connect with Shannan Spann: Instagram + Facebook: Women's Wealth Building Network LinkedIn: Shannan Spann Email: info@shannanspann.com

Episode 22Jul 7, 2026

From a $60 Softball Fee to Scaling LinkedIn EMEA $35M→$75M — Now She Bets on Herself | Kristin Issac

with Kristin Nichols Issac

She scaled LinkedIn's EMEA customer success operation from 35 million to 75 million in ARR. She built ESPN Digital's EMEA business from zero to 15 million in revenue. She worked inside LinkedIn, ESPN, Disney, Udemy, and the BBC. And then, after 20 years of building other people's visions, Kristin Nichols Isaac chose to plunge. In January 2025, Kristin co-founded Strudel AI — a Madison-based AI startup that is closing one of the most expensive gaps in B2B SaaS: the gap between customer support and engineering. Strudel's platform delivers root cause analysis with 95 percent accuracy on the first pass, resolves technical issues 65 percent faster, and reduces engineering time by 20 percent — all at a fraction of what traditional LLM-based approaches cost. They've closed an $800K pre-seed raise and need $200K to close the round. In this episode, Kristin and Brandi go deep on: → The origin story behind the grit — a single mom, three girls, and a $60 softball fee that felt like a mountain at age eight → How a personality test at 19 told her she was a CEO — and how long it took to act on it → The real fundraising experience for women in tech — including an all-male cap table and the pattern-matching problem → The research behind why boards need at least one-third women before the performance benefits show up → The unconscious bias self-check technique she still uses today: "Would I think this if they were a white man?" → Strudel's current raise status, design partner targets, and what the seed round milestones look like → Why she wants to launch her own fund for female-led businesses after Strudel exits → What it means to build a relationship with money — from a frugal millionaire grandfather who wouldn't take his wife to dinner, to landing in Paris with no job and no place to live This is a conversation about what it looks like when 20 years of corporate-scale experience becomes rocket fuel for your own vision. Connect with Kristin: → Email: kristin@strudel.io → LinkedIn: Kristin Nichols Isaac → Weekly newsletter on LinkedIn (founding a company, go-to-market, and growth) → Learn more: strudel.io

Episode 23Jul 8, 2026

Started Kaasai 3 Months Pregnant, Won a £1.4M Grant, & Now Closing a £143M Contract | Maryann Chen

with Maryann Chen, Kaasai

She started a company three months pregnant. Everyone thought she was insane. Now Maryann Chen, Founder and CEO of Kaasai, is about to close a contract worth £143 million over five years — and she did it without traditional venture capital. In this episode of Plunge Into Prosperity, Brandi Kolosky sits down with Maryann to unpack how her AI platform is automating data collection and management for the energy sector, why vehicle-to-grid technology could reshape how we power everything, and what happens when a woman with a finance background decides to build infrastructure the entire clean energy transition depends on. They go deep on why VCs consistently fail to understand operational AI businesses, why women founders generate higher returns yet receive a fraction of the funding, and what it means to raise capital from strategics instead of traditional funds. Maryann shares how she won a £1.4 million Innovate UK grant, partnered with private equity businesses and universities, and delivered 40 percent efficiency gains in operating expenses. Brandi also shares her own journey — from accidentally raising $50 million for Formula E to inventing a flare-gas-to-power system deployed in Alberta and North Dakota. This is a conversation between two women who build things the world needs and refuse to wait for permission. 🔗 CONNECT WITH MARYANN: → Email: maryann.chen@kaasai.ai → LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/maryann-chen-47236b45

Episode 24Jul 12, 2026

She Left Her Career in 2011 and Built 20 Ventures on 5 Continents — "I Chose Impact Over Visibility" | Elena Bondareva

with Elena Bondareva

Elena Bondareva stood at a Moscow intersection at thirteen years old and watched a country collapse. Her college-professor parents were bartering on street corners. Everything she knew about value, security, and prosperity had just been stripped away. That moment became the seed for a career that has now spanned more than two decades, twenty ventures, and six countries. In this episode of Plunge Into Prosperity, Elena sits down with Brandi Kolosky to talk about what transformation actually requires — not the inspirational poster version, but the discipline, the hidden cost, and the reason seventy percent of transformational initiatives fail. Elena is the Founder and CEO of Vivit Worldwide, a transformation and sustainability advisory practice. She holds a B.S. and M.A. from Cornell University, is a PhD candidate studying social change at RMIT, and is the author of the Changemaker's Handbook. She has helped establish four Green Building Councils, served on the COVID-19 Taskforce of the International WELL Building Institute, and currently advises Power Ledger, a blockchain platform accelerating the clean-energy transition. In this conversation, Elena shares her definition of prosperity as "the freedom to exercise agency," introduces the concept of metabolizing change rather than processing it, and explains why she chose impact over visibility — building from behind the scenes as a "professional first follower" rather than chasing the spotlight. This episode covers: → Why transformation deserves at least as much planning as a root canal → The three dynamics of transformation: catalyzing, nurturing, recalibrating → What Elena looks for before she backs an entrepreneur → Why a good idea is just not enough → The Nagoski Sisters' research on completing the stress cycle → Where capital should flow for a more regenerative future Guest Links: → Changemaker's Handbook (Substack): https://changemakershandbook.substack.com/ → Vivit Worldwide: vivitworldwide.com If this episode moved something in you, share it, leave a review, and tag the woman in your life who needs to hear this conversation. #PlungeIntoProsperity #SystemsChange #Transformation #ImpactInvesting #WomenInBusiness #Sustainability #Changemaker #Prosperity #CleanEnergy #WomenFounders

Seth Levine, Foundry VC and Quantum Advantage Capital

Episode 25Jul 12, 2026

He Raised $3.5 Billion & Backed 200+ Companies From Boulder, Colorado — Why 60% of VC Capital Sits in 5 Firms & the Rules Are Changing | Seth Levine

with Seth Levine, Foundry VC and Quantum Advantage Capital

Seth Levine co-founded Foundry in 2006 and helped build it into one of the most respected venture firms in the country — nearly $4 billion under management, a fund-of-funds backing roughly 50 emerging managers, and a thesis that great companies could be built anywhere. Then he and his partners made the decision to close: no next fund, no generational succession. Instead, they chose to make room. In this episode, Seth and Brandi go deep on what that philosophy means in practice — and how it connects to the capital access problem that both of them are working to solve from different angles. They cover the data on VC concentration (60%+ of dollars in the top firms), accredited investor reform, the founding story of Pledge 1% ($3B in corporate philanthropy activated), and the full thesis behind Capital Evolution: dynamic capitalism as a practical, non-partisan middle path between the status quo and socialism. Brandi brings Seth inside the Sacral Fund I hybrid VC/PE architecture for a live pressure-test. Seth gives his honest read on LP psychology, the bucket problem, fund sizing, and how to prove out a non-traditional model. They close on regenerative capital, the give-first ethos, and why capital is never neutral — it always carries a thesis about who deserves access. This is one of the most tactical and philosophical episodes of Plunge into Prosperity to date. 🔗 LINKS: Seth Levine: https://sethlevine.com Capital Evolution: https://thecapitalevolution.com Pledge 1%: https://pledge1percent.org 📖 BOOKS MENTIONED: Capital Evolution: The New American Economy — Seth Levine & Elizabeth MacBride The New Builders — Seth Levine & Elizabeth MacBride Give First — Brad Feld

Episode 26Jul 13, 2026

Divorce. Ayahuasca. A Contractor in Court. And a Wedding Ring Melted Into a North Star. | Jodi Koch

with Jodi Koch, Elizabeth Erin Designs

What happens when you lose your marriage, your entire team, and every identity you ever built around other people — all in the same season? In this episode of Plunge Into Prosperity, Brandi Kolosky sits down with Jodi Koch — Founder and CEO of Elizabeth Erin Designs, creator of the Designing in 5D process, and host of her own podcast by the same name — for one of the most deeply personal conversations in the show's history. Jodi has spent more than two decades transforming homes, vacation properties, and commercial spaces into what she calls "livable luxury" — over 300 high-end projects across Des Moines, Iowa; Destin, Florida; and Rochester, New York. Her clients include real estate investors, developers, and boutique hospitality brands building wealth through property. But this episode goes way beyond the portfolio. Jodi shares the full story of a season that stripped everything to the studs: a divorce that forced her to confront decades of unspoken pain, a company that restructured from 14 employees to zero and back (now running with 1099 contractors), and an ayahuasca ceremony where a stranger said the words no one had ever offered her without wanting something in return. She also tells the origin story that built the 5D process — a personal home build in Iowa where the contractor walked off the project, the budget ballooned more than sixty thousand dollars over, and the situation ended in court. That experience became the catalyst for every system she now uses to protect her clients. Topics in this episode: → What prosperity means when it is fueled by intuition and travel → Going from 14 employees to zero — and why she calls it a win → Launching North Star on Summer Solstice and melting a wedding ring into a pendant → Epigenetics and generational trauma — "baby feels everything" → Ayahuasca, plant medicine, and the words that changed her trajectory → The home build that created the Designing in 5D process → Naming a company after your twin daughters → Becoming a grandmother — twice CONNECT WITH JODI KOCH: → Elizabeth Erin Designs: https://elizabetherindesigns.com → Designing in 5D Podcast: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Amazon Music → LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jodipeterman/ → Instagram: @elizabetherindesigns

Tessa Santarpia, CEO & Founder of Santaia

Episode 27Jul 23, 2026

The Spiritual Electrochemical Systems: Santai - CEO & Founder, Tessa Santarpia on the Fear You Never Escape, Only Rewire

with Tessa Santarpia, CEO & Founder of Santaia

You Never Really Escape the Fear — You Change Your Relationship to It. That's the framing Tessa Santarpia, Founder and CEO of Santaia, brings into this conversation — and once you hear it, you can't unhear it. In Episode 27 of Plunge Into Prosperity, host Brandi Kolosky sits down with Tessa Santarpia, a Columbia MHA-trained healthcare operator turned founder, to talk about how our earliest money wounds get hardwired into the body itself — often as young as seven years old — and what it actually takes to rewire them. Santaia is a neuroscience-based wellness platform that uses EEG-based brain mapping, heart-rate variability, sleep data, and lifestyle inputs to help people see and retrain the patterns behind stress, burnout, and performance blocks. HIPAA-compliant. Built to work alongside clinicians, not replace them. But the more remarkable story is who's building it: Tessa built the company with her own mother, Dr. Susan Santarpia (a board-certified neuropsychologist with more than twenty-five years of practice), and her sister Nina, an engineer specializing in ethical and sustainable systems design. A mother, two daughters, one company. Inside this episode: → The moment Tessa realized the healthcare system was geared toward sick care rather than partnership with the body → How money beliefs form as early as age seven — and why they live in the nervous system, not the mind → The rat study on inherited fear: how trauma passes down two to three generations → Why fear of money never fully disappears at any level of wealth — and what changes instead → How Santaia's eight-to-twelve-week program pairs nervous system literacy with bottom-up regulation practices → What Nina's engineering-and-sustainability lens catches that a purely clinical team would miss → The three-year vision: reaching hundreds of thousands of people with holistic, preventative care → The Sanskrit and Latin roots of the name Santaia: peace plus earth equals grounded harmony If you're a founder, a woman building at the intersection of science and spirit, or someone who has ever wondered why money still feels like fear no matter how much of it you have — this episode is for you. Find Tessa and Santaia: Website: santaia.health Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, LinkedIn: @santaia.health Subscribe. Share. Tag someone who needs to hear this. Until the next plunge. #PlungeIntoProsperity #SacralCapital #TessaSantarpia #Santaia #NeuroscienceBasedWellness #NervousSystemLiteracy #GenerationalHealing #WomenFounders #HealthTech #EEG #HRV #Neuroplasticity #MoneyMindset #ProsperityMindset #Neuropsychology

Andrea De La Ceerda, CEO & Founder of Kandula

Episode 28Jul 28, 2026

First a Tap. Then a Sledgehammer. Honda & Nestlé Vet on Where Her Money Goes Now | Andrea DeLa Cerda

with Andrea De La Ceerda, CEO & Founder of Kandula

It started as a tap on the shoulder. It ended as a sledgehammer. That's how Andrea De La Cerda describes the years-long arc that took her from 25-plus years on the agency side of advertising and marketing — building campaigns for brands like Honda, Nestlé, Pacific Life, and Wolfgang Puck — to packing up her life and her two dogs on February 5, 2026, and driving from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City to start over. In Episode 28 of Plunge Into Prosperity, host Brandi Kolosky sits down with Andrea De La Cerda, Founder and CEO of Kandula Communications and The Clover Agency. Andrea holds a BA in Advertising and Business Administration and an MA in Education, both from Pepperdine, and she's accredited in public relations through PRSA. Her career has spanned Fortune 500 brand work, high school teaching, workforce development for people leaving incarceration and rural farm jobs, and now a creative agency built to tell the stories of mission-driven companies actually trying to change something. Inside this episode: → How she ignored the taps and the slaps until misalignment became a sledgehammer → Why 9/11 rerouted her career into a high school history classroom → The moment she realized not getting paid on time was a form of self-disrespect → Why she split Kandula off from Clover and what each does now → The story of Kandula the elephant — who built himself a step stool to reach fruit no one thought he could get to → Andrea's thesis on economic independence: when women make their own money, they feel safer in the world → What 20 years of workforce-development work with people leaving prison taught her about trust as infrastructure → Where she's putting her time, money, and energy now — and it's not what she would have said in 2022 If you're a founder, a marketer, or a woman who's ever ignored the tap on the shoulder because you didn't want to hear it — this episode is for you. Kandula Communications: kandulacommunications.com Personal: AndreaDelaCerda.com Podcast: The Inspired Podcast #PlungeIntoProsperity #SacralCapital #AndreaDeLaCerda #KandulaCommunications #TheCloverAgency #WomenFounders #WomenInBusiness #EconomicIndependence #Alignment #Prosperity #AgencyLife #Workforce #Reinvention

Ellen Mahloy, CEO & of ETHEREAL NETWORK TV

Episode 29Jul 28, 2026

The Psychic CEO Building Her Own Streaming Tech Stack From Scratch | Ellen Mahloy

with Ellen Mahloy, CEO & of ETHEREAL NETWORK TV

What happens when a large-scale IT project management executive becomes psychic, heals herself from seven years of mystery illness, and then builds a streaming television network from scratch with an all-female development team? You get Ellen Mahloy — CEO of Ethereal Networks, named TV Streaming CEO of the Year 2024 by CEO Monthly, and one of the most unconventional founders in media today. In this episode of Plunge Into Prosperity, Brandi Kolosky and Ellen Mahloy cover ground you won't find in any business school curriculum: the moment Ellen thought she wouldn't live to see forty, the Korean medicine woman at a holiday party who diagnosed what seven years of doctors couldn't, the Reiki attunement that blew open her psychic abilities overnight, and the technical explosion at Ethereal that sent every other partner running — and left Ellen to rebuild in twenty-four hours with a completely new team. They also go deep on the business itself: how Ellen caught a major general ledger error at Capital One that a room full of executives missed, why she's building and owning every component of Ethereal's tech stack instead of licensing it, how the workflow informs the technology, and why she believes the future of television is a complete merge of social media and streaming platforms. Ellen reads Brandi's aura live on-air. The result is real, and the validation Brandi gives is worth hearing. On authenticity and AI: Ellen makes a case that stands up — people are increasingly thirsty for authentic content precisely because AI is accelerating a wave of manufactured, manipulative media. Ethereal Networks was built as a deliberate answer to that. Topics covered in this episode: → Why Ellen describes herself as having "technological prowess, business acumen, and psychic ability" — all three → What seven years of chronic illness taught her about healing, trust, and intuition → The Capital One era: building inside a company that operated like the Wild West → What it actually costs to build and own a streaming TV platform's full technology stack → The content creator challenge: leveling up independent creators to broadcast-quality production → Why YouTube going on TV and outpacing Netflix tells you everything about where media is going → Coexist TV — Ethereal's upcoming humanitarian channel focused on what brings people together → How reading energy became Ellen's greatest negotiation tool Find Ellen Mahloy + Ethereal Networks: → etherealtv.net Stay connected with Sacral Capital and Plunge Into Prosperity: → SacralCapital.com → PlungeIntoProsperity.com #PodcastEpisode #WomenInBusiness #StreamingTV #EtherealNetworks #PsychicMedium #Entrepreneurship #ConsciousMedia #PlungeIntoProsperity #SacralCapital #WomenFounders #MediaStartup

Stacy Kehren Idema, CEO & Founder of EQUATI.ai

Episode 30Aug 20, 2026

The $100 Trillion Wealth Transfer: Why Women Are Investing Quietly — And What Family Offices Are Missing | EQUATI.ai, Stacy Idema

with Stacy Kehren Idema, CEO & Founder of EQUATI.ai

What happens when the person building AI for family office decision- making has also lived through three generations of family business, a second divorce, a solo move to London on her own visa, and twenty-six years inside Fortune 4 corporate innovation? You get Stacy Kehren Idema. In Episode 30 of Plunge Into Prosperity, host Brandi Kolosky sits down with Stacy — CEO and Founder of Equati and founder of Stacy Idema Advisory — for a conversation that goes far past the standard capital interview. What starts as a discussion about the estimated one hundred trillion dollar generational wealth transfer becomes a dismantling of how legacy actually gets built, broken, and stewarded across generations. Stacy explains why she believes women are already investing more than the statistics show — and why they're doing it quietly. She unpacks Equati, her AI-powered platform that tracks decision behavior over time inside family offices: who influenced, who had authority, what values were considered, what assumptions were present. Less about what a family owns. More about the intergenerational trust that makes wealth continuous. Along the way, Brandi and Stacy plunge into: → Why "legacy" is the wrong word — and "continuity" is what family offices are actually searching for → The seven-generation pattern of women being locked out of land and capital, and what completing that cycle looks like → How Stacy's bold plunge — asking for her second divorce and moving to London solo during COVID — reshaped her entire relationship with money → The Barbie house origin story: a little girl in the early nineteen eighties writing million-dollar checks as the CFO of an imaginary business → Why the current investment system is steeped in the masculine and barren in the feminine — and what changes when feminine intelligence actually shows up at the table → The radical honesty required to stop being the over-responsible one and start asking: what am I creating here? → What it looks like to rebuild your community intentionally — choosing people who are right for where you're going instead of people who feel safe Stacy is currently writing a book — working title Feminine Economics and Capital Systems — and publishing essays from it on Substack. She's relocating to Austin. And she's just delivered her first demos of Equati to family offices. This is a slow, deep, generational conversation about money as energy, capital as stewardship, and the quiet revolution happening at investment tables around the world. Find Stacy: Website — equati.ai LinkedIn — Stacy Kehren Idema Substack — S Kehren Idema Instagram — @stacykehrenidema

Episode 32Aug 21, 2026

2 Businesses and 70-Hour Weeks — How Burnout Built a Luxury Wellness Brand | Dr. Ashley Narain

with Dr. Ashley Narain of Sinar Treatments

Dr. Ashley Narain was working over 70 hours a week across two chiropractic practices when COVID shut down New York City. Instead of dreading the closure, she felt something she didn't expect: relief. That moment of clarity became the catalyst for Sinar Treatments, a luxury physical wellness practice in Midtown Manhattan where chiropractic, pain management, aesthetics, and acupuncture all exist under one roof. In this episode of Plunge Into Prosperity, Dr. Ashley sits down with host Brandi Kolosky to talk about what it actually takes to build a concierge healthcare brand in one of the most competitive markets in the world, how her parallel career in real estate gave her the sales instincts that make her a better clinician, and why spending a full hour with every patient is the business model most providers are too afraid to try. She also names the New York Knicks as her dream client roster, shares what it was like investing in a Broadway production of Romeo and Juliet, and responds to the reality that only 1.1 percent of venture capital is allocated to women-led businesses. Whether you are a healthcare professional thinking about launching your own practice, a woman entrepreneur navigating capital and growth, or someone who believes the standard of care should be higher than what exists today, this episode will challenge how you think about building wealth, building a brand, and building something that lasts. Website: sinartreatments.com Instagram: @sinartreatments | @dr.ashleyy Location: 389 Fifth Avenue, Midtown Manhattan (Bryant Park, 36th and Fifth)

Lana Hailemariam, CEO & Co-Founder, StandUP & Co-Builder of The Flourish Lab

Episode 33Aug 27, 2026

"I Don't Want to Win the Trauma Olympics" — From First Employee to Sole Owner: Lana Hailemariam on Why Financial Literacy Is an Energy Problem

with Lana Hailemariam, CEO & Co-Founder, StandUP & Co-Builder of The Flourish Lab

She was married nineteen years. When she left, she took twelve boxes, bought an air mattress, and had to almost beg a stranger to believe in her enough to sign a lease — because her credit was a mess. Lana Hailemariam is the CEO and sole owner of StandUP, a leadership development company serving community-serving organizations from the American Red Cross down to the local nonprofits nobody outside the neighborhood has heard of. She has owned a Gold's Gym franchise, an indoor football team, and a personal training company with four locations. She has worked in sales, event management, ministry, education, insurance, and the cheerleading industry. She speaks three languages. She holds a degree in International Business from the University of Maryland. And she did not found StandUP. She was its first employee. Years later, the woman who founded it sold it to her. In this episode of Plunge Into Prosperity, Lana walks through the seven levels of energy — an assessment-based framework that measures how your energy actually shows up in the world. Level one is living in the problem. Level two is blame. Most of us have presence in every level, and most of us have no language for any of it. Brandi Kolosky and Lana go far past the framework. They talk about the friend who said the sentence that changed everything: "because you're never gonna leave." They talk about the four hours Lana spent pulled over on the side of the road with her shoes off, grounding in the grass. They talk about epigenetics, inherited trauma, and the great-grandmother Brandi discovered in a concentration camp photograph — smiling. And then they talk about money. Only 1.1 percent of all capital raised and allocated in the world goes to women and multicultural led businesses. It used to be 2.3 percent. It went down. Lana says something in this episode about victim energy and financial access that most people would not say out loud — while being clear that the structural barriers are real. It is the most nuanced conversation on this show to date about who gets access to capital and what we do about it anyway. Lana has made her Energy Profile Quiz free for every listener. Twenty-five questions, a pie chart across all seven levels, and a detailed report on your primary.

Russ Lazaruk, Managing Director of NCP Family Office & Capital Partners

Episode 34Sep 1, 2026

Separate the Signal From the Noise — A Family Office Allocator on What Actually Moves Markets | Russ Lazaruk

with Russ Lazaruk, Managing Director of NCP Family Office & Capital Partners

We spend most of this show with the founders and the builders. This episode, we sat down with an allocator — one of the people on the other side of the capital table, the person who decides where the money actually goes. Russ Lazaruk is a Portfolio Manager and Managing Director at NCP Digital Family Office, a multi-family office out of Victoria, British Columbia built on a genuinely different premise: that world-class, independent, fiduciary wealth management should not be reserved for billionaires. He has spent more than three decades in the markets — boutique dealers, a major bank-owned dealer, a global investment bank — and he is a certified responsible investment specialist, holding both the RIS and RIAC designations. He did not arrive the traditional way. Before any of it, Russ was a farmer. He worked in forestry. He was a soldier. He left a logging camp for finance in 1992 without fully understanding the industry he was walking into. In this conversation: → Why prosperity, in his words, comes down to what is enough — and why that number is different for every single person → How to separate the signal from the noise, using the Strait of Hormuz as the case study: the bombs were the noise, energy independence was the signal → Why a specialist can succeed in parts of this industry, but an allocator has to be a generalist → Inside NCP's buy-and-build private equity book — a Quebec manufacturer bought from its founders and grown through seven mergers → Dry transformers, data centers, and the electrification of everything → Why entrepreneurs understand risk inside their own business and consistently misjudge it in the public markets → An honest allocator answer on whether a women-led hybrid venture and private equity fund fits a family office mandate → Why he believes in diversity at the board level — and how to build a real skills matrix instead of a room full of friends who agree Russ Lazaruk — NCP Digital Family Office LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/russell-lazaruk-11b59b4/

Clara Arroyave, CoLiving Cashflow and CoLiving For Sale

Episode 41Sep 10, 2026

Once You See These Numbers, You Can't Unsee Them: The Co-Living Cash Flow Playbook | Clara Arroyave

with Clara Arroyave, CoLiving Cashflow and CoLiving For Sale

The fastest-growing cash-flow strategy in residential real estate isn't a flip. It isn't a short-term rental. It's renting the same house by the room — and while most people argued about whether co-living was a trend, Clara Arroyave was quietly building it into an asset class. In this episode of Plunge Into Prosperity, Clara — Founder and CEO of Coliving Cashflow — sits down with Brandi Kolosky to trace the whole arc: moving from Colombia to Boston for her MBA, seeing how boxed-up the housing system was, and starting PlaceMe with two apartments in Cambridge in the middle of a January snowstorm. Two weeks later they were full. Under two years later, she'd grown it to 42 million dollars in assets under management before it was acquired. Clara gets honest about what the acquisition taught her — including losing a big part of her identity when the company she built was tied to who she was — and why she came back to build again. She breaks down co-living as shared housing built on the 3 C's: cost, community, and convenience. She explains where the extra yield actually comes from (density, not magic), why the deal still pencils when interest rates are frozen everywhere else, and the roughly 8-million-home shortfall in workforce housing driving demand. The conversation goes deep on raising capital as a woman — Clara's story of producing more and raising less, and both founders' hard rule: stop chasing capital that isn't aligned. Plus the free tools Clara built so investors stop underwriting bad deals on manipulated spreadsheets: the Coliving Calculator and the 90-Day Accelerator. Chapters below. If you're ready to find out whether you can launch, build, or scale your business with investors, take the Capital Readiness Scorecard at PlungeIntoProsperity.com. Find Clara: colivingcashflow.com — free Friday YouTube class every week. Reach her directly at clara@colivingcashflow.com.

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