Episode 29
The Psychic CEO Building Her Own Streaming Tech Stack From Scratch | Ellen Mahloy
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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
Show Notes
CHAPTERS 0:00 Welcome to Plunge Into Prosperity EP29 0:01 Introducing Ellen Mahloy — CEO, Ethereal Networks 2:01 Why You Should Keep Listening — Ellen's Anchor Answer 2:21 What Does Prosperity Look Like? Ellen's Evolution 5:00 Career Origin: From Bank Intern to IT Executive 6:22 Money Is Just Energy — The Conversation Begins 11:07 Women in Business: Sisters or Competitors? 12:32 Growing Up Knowing She Was Different / Dyslexia 16:21 College, VCU, and the Art Degree Nobody Expected 19:15 Polymaths, Neurodiversity, and Reverse Engineering 21:10 The Capital One General Ledger Story 22:52 Why Brandi Left Banking and Built a Fund Instead 23:31 Seven Years of Mystery Illness 24:14 The Moment She Thought She Wouldn't Make It to 40 25:21 The Korean Medicine Woman at the Holiday Party 28:34 Healing Through Integrative Medicine and Reiki 31:29 The Psychic Awakening — What Actually Happened 32:11 Seeing Dead People for the First Time 33:46 A Year and a Half Coming to Terms With It 37:15 Reading Energy in Negotiation 38:11 Ellen Reads Brandi's Aura LIVE On-Air 40:26 Brandi Validates the Reading 41:06 Enter Ethereal Networks — The Origin 43:08 The Technical Explosion and the Divine Setup 45:02 New Business Partners in 24 Hours 45:32 Building and Owning the Full Tech Stack 47:20 The Content Challenge: Leveling Up Creators Globally 50:12 The Future of TV Is a Full Merge of Social and Streaming 52:08 AI Is Making Inauthenticity Worse 53:06 The Fake Animal Videos That Made Her Cry (On Pain Meds) 54:34 Ethereal's Programming: Mind, Body, Spirit 55:21 Coexist TV — The Channel Coming Next 56:05 Where to Find Ellen + Branded Close
About the Guest
Ellen Mahloy is the CEO of Ethereal Networks, a streaming television platform broadcasting mind-body-spirit content with an all-female-led development team. Named TV Streaming CEO of the Year 2024 by CEO Monthly, Ellen brings a background that defies easy categorization: she spent years as a large-scale IT project management executive at companies including Capital One and Sirius Radio, holds a Certified Project Management Professional designation and a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University, and is also the founder of the Reiki with Angels healing modality and a practicing psychic medium. Her career shifted after a seven-year mystery illness led her into integrative medicine, Reiki, and ultimately a full psychic awakening. She presents two recurring conferences — Metaphysically Minded and Inspiration & Intuition in the C-Suite — and is building Ethereal's next channel, Coexist TV, focused on global humanitarian stories. She lives in the Richmond, Virginia area.
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