

Wings of Inspired Business
Melinda Wittstock
Women entrepreneurs are changing the game of business, stepping into our authentic feminine power and growing consciousness to start and scale great companies. Listen to Wings to learn from women who've "been there, built that" with 7, 8 and 9-figure businesses, even billion dollar Unicorns. You'll learn how to manifest the mindset, mojo and money to create, grow and scale a business aligned with what makes your heart sing. Wings is hosted by Melinda Wittstock, a 4-time serial entrepreneur, tech visionary and award-winning journalist. Melinda focuses where personal and business growth meet, her insightful interviews with inspiring female founders and businesswomen providing actionable tips to help listeners to real and tangible results. These innovators, influencers, and investors all share their success secrets, epiphanies, and practical advice on how to get the confidence, connections and capital so you too manifest the success of your dreams in life and in business.
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Aug 19, 2025 • 45min
Live an Unreasonable Life: Entrepreneur Dr. Nona Djavid on Secrets of Scaling and Abundance Mindset
Dr. Nona Djavid is a serial entrepreneur and transformational leader, and author committed to helping business owners and entrepreneurs break through limiting beliefs around time, money, and success. As the founder of eLIVate Club and the Part Time Million Dollar Business coaching platform, she empowers women to create businesses that align with their dream lifestyles while working less and achieving more. With a background in neurology and chiropractic care, Dr. Nona blends science, philosophy, and universal truths to teach her clients how to master the energetics and mechanics of abundance. As the founder of eLIVate Club and the Part Time Million Dollar Business coaching platform, she empowers women to create businesses that align with their dream lifestyles while working less and achieving more. Dr. Nona’s transformative insights have been featured in major outlets such as Forbes, NBC News, and CBS News, and she is a sought-after speaker. Through her work, she helps clients quantum leap their income, time freedom, and personal growth. 🔑Key Takeaways🔑 🔥🛠️The One Week A Month Lifestyle: Learn how to scale without burnout, and the mindset it takes to live a life of freedom and success, without trade-off, guilt or apology. 💪 🤟 The 4-Step Framework for Unreasonableness: How to shift your mindset from scarcity, make your nervous system feel comfortable in abundance and freedom, and break the addiction to struggle hardwired into our emotions, belief systems, and nervous systems. 👩🔬 🚀 What Stops Women from Building 9-figure+ Businesses: Deep down, most women have fears of being “cast out” for succeeding too much, perhaps overshadowing their men or alienating women friends. What it takes to break out of that cycle of limiting beliefs. ✨💡 Quantum Leaps in Business and Life: What that means in practical terms, and how entrepreneurs can create exponential success without working harder. 🎙️Subscribe to Wings and get the full Show Notes at https://bit.ly/Wings943 More about Nona at eLIVate.me Listen to Nona’s podcast, The Unreasonable Life

Aug 12, 2025 • 48min
Near Miss to Mission: Entrepreneur Rajia Abdelaziz on Protecting Lives with Smart Jewelry
Rajia Abdelaziz is the CEO and co-founder of invisaWear, a company at the forefront of smart jewelry and life-saving technology. An advocate for women’s and children’s safety, Rajia scaled invisaWear to reach over 100,000 customers, successfully raised millions of dollars, and earned coveted recognition including Forbes' 30 Under 30 North America, Boston Globe’s Tech Power Players, BostInno’s 25 Under 25, and the New England Innovations Award. Just last week invisaWear was selected by Oprah Winfrey for this year’s Back to School List. As a minority female CEO, Rajia is passionate about mentoring other young entrepreneurs to pursue their dreams and beat the odds, guiding aspiring entrepreneurs at UMass Lowell’s Entrepreneurship program. 🔑Key Takeaways🔑 💪 🛠️Building from Personal Experience: Why many successful businesses are inspired by personal trauma and challenge, and how a college class project quickly became a mission to keep women (and everyone) safer with smart jewelry and cutting-edge 24/7 alert systems. 💰 📈 Breaking Barriers in Fundraising: Raising capital as a young female founder is never easy. Learn how Rajia pitched 100 investors before she ever got a single yes. What turned the tide was making her pitch personal for investors—asking them to think about protecting the women in their own lives. 🔥 🤝 Bold Moves, Strong Partnerships: Why entrepreneurship means never taking no for an answer, and daring to reach for the seemingly impossible. Learn how Rajia cold-emailed an executive at ADT, which led to a game-changing partnership. 📌 👥Businesses Don’t Fail; People Quit: Success is always around the corner, so don’t let setbacks take you off course. 🎙️Subscribe to Wings and get the full Show Notes at https://bit.ly/wings942 More about Rajia at invisaWear

Aug 5, 2025 • 52min
Fertility Breakthrough: Entrepreneur Gabriela Rosa on Innovating the World’s First Holistic and Virtual Fertility Treatments
Gabriela Rosa is a fertility specialist, reproductive health educator, Harvard University-awarded scholar, and the CEO and founder of The Rosa Institute—the world’s first virtual and holistic fertility clinic. Gabriela and her team have helped 140,000 couples in 110 countries, and her treatment methodology has become an authority in its industry for identifying and addressing biochemical obstacles that guide couples in overcoming infertility and recurrent miscarriage, despite previous reproductive difficulties and failed treatments. She is also the host of the TalkSex with Gabriela Rosa™ podcast. 🔑Key Takeaways🔑 💼 💪From 80-Hour Weeks to Virtual Triumph: How to balance the demands of motherhood with entrepreneurship, set your own boundaries to build a business around your life rather and make business work on your own terms. Learn how Gabriela went from selling her time to selling her expertise with a program-based business that supports the right patients in 110 countries. 💡👩🔬 Take It or Leave It: How to set bold boundaries and having the confidence to do business on your own terms without apology or guilt. Hint: Let perfectionism go, and build systems that support you and your expertise. 🚀 💰 The Secret to Sustainable, Scalable Success: Don’t ever accept “business as usual” or others’ blueprints. Learn how to work less for a bigger impact, and in Gabriela’s case, an astonishing 78.8% live birth rate—even for “hopeless” infertility cases. 📚✨ The Science Behind Fertility Breakthroughs: Learn why IVF is not the only answer, and take Gabriela’s free 30 day Fertility Challenge. 🎙️Subscribe to Wings and get the full Show Notes at https://bit.ly/Wings941

Jul 29, 2025 • 48min
AI-Powered Rehabilitation: Entrepreneur Sheila Buswell on Overcoming Imposter Syndrome to Revolutionize Medical Devices for Mobility
Sheila Buswell is the CEO and Co-Founder of Buswell Biomedical, a veteran of the US Army, and the author of Is This Seat For Me? Overcoming Imposter Syndrome in Everyday Life and Business. In her book, Sheila shares her personal experiences overcoming sexism in engineering and tech and dealing with impostor syndrome, as well the stories of a diverse group of accomplished individuals who struggled with self-doubt but found ways to overcome it. She hopes to help others who feel limited by their beliefs experience more freedom and realize they are enough. 🔍🤖 AI's Transformative Potential: Learn how AI can learn an individual's unique motion patterns, a game-changer for mobility compared to traditional methods that can’t finely personalize such assistance. 🤝 🚀 Overcoming AI Fears and Biases: Why educating people on AI's benefits and potential, with relatable, empowering stories to demystify AI is crucial. 💡💰 Navigating the Venture Landscape: Why it’s vital for female founders raising venture capital to find aligned partners who believe in you and your mission. 👩🔬🔥 Overcoming Imposter Syndrome: How to overcome doubts on your entrepreneurial journey. 🎙️Subscribe to Wings and get the full Show Notes at https://bit.ly/Wings940

Jul 22, 2025 • 51min
Your Brain Is A Filthy Liar: ‘Break Method’ Entrepreneur Bizzie Gold on Revolutionizing Mental Health by Rewiring Subconscious Patterns
Bizzie Gold is the CEO and Founder of Break Method, a first-of-its-kind behavioral diagnostics system that uses data analytics to predict and reprogram patterns of thought and behavior with 98.3% accuracy. An industry disruptor to the core, Bizzie is revolutionizing the way mental health, addiction recovery, and human performance are approached. She has founded and scaled eight global brands, and Break Method with its brain pattern mapping technology that avoids confirmation bias in therapy, challenges the outdated financial and therapeutic models that keep clients trapped in endless cycles of dependency. She is also the author of the new book, “Your Brain is a Filthy Liar”. 🤔💭Understanding the Break Method: Not your average therapy program with endless narrative-based sessions, Break Method maps over 200 historical data points to create a unique “brain pattern” for each individual, forming the foundation of a targeted, efficient, and sustainable personal transformation moving clients beyond the “process-perfection trap” into deep self-trust, resilience, and freedom from repetitive subconscious patterns. ✨💡The Power of Self-Trust: Learn how Bizzie’s upbringing cultivated extraordinary self-belief, and why learning to trust yourself is the antidote to perfectionism. 🔥🛠️Entrepreneurial Reinvention: Many entrepreneurs struggle with burnout, self-sabotage, or repeating toxic cycles, and Break Method helps founders identify and break the subconscious patterns driving these behaviors to “rewire at the source” and bolster emotional intelligence to clear the path for success. 👥 🧠 Organizational Impact: Learn how brain pattern mapping is changing the game for hiring, leadership, and team optimization in companies of all sizes. 👩🔬 🤟Transformation Stories: Hear how Break Method is delivering 180-degree life changes from ending debilitating medication cycles to breaking toxic relationship patterns and helping entrepreneurs and their teams succeed.

Jul 15, 2025 • 45min
Journey to Joy: Entrepreneur Kimberly Mitchell on Navigating Chaos as a Leader from Self-Sabotage to Self-Mastery
Kimberly Mitchell is a transformational leader dedicated to empowering individuals and small businesses as the Founder and CEO of the business training company Ujoozi, and its personal transformation system, Journey to Joy. A U.S. Air Force veteran and mental health advocate, Kimberly transitioned to civilian life pursuing a career in training and leadership development, working across multiple industries, from technology rollouts to government initiatives, including the 2010 Census Project with its the first-ever digital data collection. Her work with the Rochester Schools Modernization Program led to the creation of an innovative small business training initiative, impacting local entrepreneurs and serving as a model for other municipalities. Simultaneously, she started several event planning and photo booth businesses before pivoting to create Ujoozi, now a thriving six-figure business. 🔑Key Takeaways🔑 💡 🌍Finding Your Inner Compass in Uncertain Times: Start by going inward to understand the limiting beliefs you may hold about yourself. 💪 🚀 The Power of Self-Sufficiency: Why women must take control of their futures, with strategies to become self-sustaining in all areas of their lives, to claim their right to a seat at every table—in business, leadership or advocacy. 🤝 👩🔬 Sister Circles: Why support and sisterhood are crucial for women in business, whether it’s a support group of women or simply one woman quietly encouraging another. Women need permission and a community to step into their full power—especially when the world tells us to shrink or play small. 🔥 🤟 Your ‘Prime Time’ is Now: Don’t let perfectionism trap you into procrastination, or fear of playing a bigger game. It’s never too late to claim your power, kick limiting beliefs to the curb, and help lift other women. ❤️✨Transforming in Joy: Why transformations happen when we peel back the layers, recognize the negative voices running on autopilot, and challenge them—plus why joy is not a reward you earn—it’s always inside, waiting for you to clear away the clutter and see it. 🎙️Subscribe to Wings and get the full Show Notes at https://bit.ly/Wings938 More about Kimberly at Ujoozi - https://ujooziu.com/

Jul 8, 2025 • 49min
Women and Wealth: Entrepreneur Michelle Taylor on Empowering Women on Financial Strategies and Money Mindset to Build Lasting Wealth
Michelle Taylor is the founder of the Women and Wealth Initiative, a transformative platform aimed at empowering women to take control of their financial futures. With over a decade of experience in financial services, Michelle is committed to closing the wealth gap by providing financial education and a supportive community for women from all walks of life. From business owners preparing for exit strategies to stay-at-home moms managing household budgets, Michelle’s initiative helps women define and achieve their version of financial success with confidence and clarity. Michelle also hosts the podcast, Talk Wealthy to Me. 🔑Key Takeaways🔑 ✨💰 Start With Your Money Story: Why understanding and addressing the beliefs you hold about money is foundational to your wealth. Learn what makes many women undervalue themselves based on stories they've absorbed from family, society, or past experiences—and how to rewrite these narratives. 💡 🚀 Financial Literacy is Power (and It’s Never Too Late): It’s okay not to know everything. What matters is the willingness to ask questions—even ones that feel “stupid”—and seek out resources and communities where you can learn at your own pace. 🤝 👩🔬 Community and Big Conversations: Surround yourself with like-minded women who challenge and uplift you. Don’t shy away from discussing money, investments, and big dreams. The more we talk candidly with one another, the more we all learn, and the easier it becomes to shatter old paradigms. 📈 🌱Financial Independence Toolbox: Whether you’re just starting your business, setting investment strategies, or figuring out how to diversify your income, here are specific strategies you can implement right now: Have conviction in your “ask”—know your worth; build your business “family” for mentorship and honest feedback; diversify your income and investments with a smart strategy tailored to you; and replace fear and scarcity with learning and community. 🎙️Subscribe to Wings and get the full Show Notes at https://bit.ly/Wings937 More about Michelle at Women In Wealth

Jul 1, 2025 • 46min
Robots for the Future: Entrepreneur Jenny Young on Empowering Kids’ Creativity Through Hands-On Robotics Development
Jenny Young is the Founder and CEO of Brooklyn Robot Foundry, the vibrant and inclusive brand dedicated to prioritizing diversity and empowerment for children of all backgrounds and communities through STEAM education. Jenny is a trained mechanical engineer turned entrepreneur to bring a more diverse, inclusive and creative approach to STEAM education. Founded in 2011 and with four locations open currently, the brand focuses putting the “art” in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and sharing the fun of STEAM education with children everywhere, inspiring them to continue a life full of exploration, problem-solving, and imagination. 🔑Key Takeaways🔑 👶💪Empowering the Next Generation: Learn how robotics is empowering kids as young as 2, demystifying engineering while fostering creativity and problem-solving with STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics). 🤝 🌱Franchising with a Mission: With 10 locations in the Northeast U.S. and plans for national and global expansion, learn about Brooklyn Robot Foundry’s unique franchise model that emphasizes community impact and supports a diversity of small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs with a passion for education and innovation. 📈🔥Bootstrapping Innovation: Learn what it takes (hint: living lean) to build a thriving business without outside investment, plus how to overcome challenges like tariffs and complex supply chain management to maintaining brand integrity as a franchise. 💰💡Banking on Childhood Curiosity: Jenny shares her journey from tinkering in her Ohio garage to revolutionizing STEAM education for children. Growing up in a family of mechanical engineers and creatives, her passion for understanding how things work paved the way for her inspiring career in robotics. ⚡📚 Transformative Learning Experiences: Discover the incredible transformations children undergo as they interact with and build their own robots, from fostering creativity to enhancing problem-solving skills and finding newfound confidence and excitement through robotics—plus how the Foundry is pioneering education across all age groups. 🎙️Subscribe to Wings and get the full Show Notes at https://bit.ly/Wings936 🤖 More about Jenny at Brooklyn Robot Foundry

Jun 24, 2025 • 57min
Courtroom to Boardroom: Entrepreneur Judy Weber on Aligning Lawyering Skills with Faith for Business Miracles
Judy Weber is a serial entrepreneur and business expansion expert helping women grow confidence and incorporate proven business strategies for scale while building on a foundation of faith. A former trial lawyer who has built businesses across marketing, real estate and interior design, Judy teaches her clients to think and win like a courtroom dynamo, integrating her legal experience with her faith-fueled approach to entrepreneurship. Host of the long running, globally ranked Bold Business Bold Faith podcast, Judy’s mission is to normalize miraculous results for Christian women in business, emphasizing that success is inevitable when one operates from a place of calm, confidence, and certainty. She serves service-based businesses with coaching and the “Miraculous Mastermind” to master scaling. 🔑Key Takeaways🔑 🔥 🤟 How to be B.O.L.D. Learn the business strategies behind the acronym to help master scalable success. 📚💪 Strategize to Win: What entrepreneurs can learn from trial lawyers—from mastering active listening and critical thinking to move beyond "winging it" to simplifying complexities and mastering storytelling to effectively communicate and connect with customers. 🧠✨ The Role of Faith: How to open up your leadership to divine inspiration, plus how faith in God or Source keeps entrepreneurs grounded and resilient and on-mission no matter the headwinds and challenges. 👥 🚀 Your Team will Make or Break You: Hint—your team is not an expense; it’s a profit source. Learn how to build a team of revenue generators where every team member’s KPIs and OKRs are tied—directly or indirectly—to revenue. 🎯💬 Know What You Believe: It’s ok to be polarizing. Why it’s vital to know who you are for who you are against, and unapologetically claim your corner. 🌱 📈 Scalable Strategies: Insights on building a revenue-generating team, cultivating intentional offer suites, and creating strategic, automated funnels to accelerate growth. 🎙️Subscribe to Wings and get the full Show Notes at https://bit.ly/Wings935 👉 More about Judy at JudyWeber.co http://judyweber.co Get Judy’s Ultimate Hiring Guide for free to learn who to hire, when to hire, how much to pay and where to find great people https://www.judyweber.co/hiringguide Listen to Judy’s podcast Bold Business, Bold Faith https://www.judyweber.co/podcast

Jun 17, 2025 • 60min
Trauma to Triumph: Bestselling Author and Entrepreneur Sara Connell on Rewiring the Female Mindset for Wealth and Impact
Sara Connell is a 5-time bestselling author and the founder of Thought Leader Academy, helping coaches, experts and entrepreneurs scale impact and create 6-7 figure income by becoming bestselling authors and in-demand/TEDx speakers. Seventeen years ago, writing a book about her recovery from sexual assault and addiction saved Sara’s life, inspiring her to pay that gift forward by writing her own books and helping leaders on a mission reach the people they are here to serve. Sara has been featured on/in Oprah, The New York Times, Good Morning America, TODAY, Forbes, Entrepreneur, and TEDx. Her books have been nominated for a National Book Award and Elle Magazine Book of the Year. Sara Connell is a 5x Bestselling author and the founder of Thought Leader Academy where she helps coaches, experts and entrepreneurs scale impact + create 6-7 figures by becoming bestselling authors and in demand/TEDx speakers. She has been featured on/in Oprah, The New York Times, Good Morning America, TODAY, Forbes, Entrepreneur and TEDx. Her books have been nominated for a National Book Award and Elle Magazine book of the year. 🔑Key Takeaways🔑 🧠 💰Unresolved Trauma Becomes Your Earning Ceiling: Why past trauma, especially when left unaddressed, often sets invisible limits on what women believe they deserve and can achieve. Healing these wounds is not just a personal journey—it’s a business imperative! 🛠️💬Consistency in Mindset & Acknowledgment is Key: It’s easy to lose momentum with our mindset practices once things start going well. Building a habit of celebrating wins and acknowledging progress isn’t just feel-good advice—it rewires your brain for greater success. ✨💡Clearing the Path: Learn how success stems from inner work to alter subconscious beliefs. Techniques like NLP, EFT, and consistent subconscious clearing can unlock blocks around abundance, so you can take bolder action, command your worth, and truly scale your impact. ✨❤️Celebrate Yourself: The big takeaway? Own your value—loudly and consistently. Real change requires next-level self-acknowledgment and ongoing mindset work. Success is a moving target, and the journey is full of “daily therapy.” Embrace it. 🎙️Subscribe to Wings and get the full Show Notes at https://bit.ly/Wings934 Get Sara's books https://www.saraconnell.com/books Listen to Sara’s podcast, The Rise Get Sara’s 7 Steps to Write a Revenue Generating Bestselling Book plus bonus templates and worksheets that have generated hundreds of bestsellers