The Blair Badenhop Show

Megan Roup is a celebrity trainer and the founder of The Sculpt Society, a fitness platform and app that makes lengthening and strengthening dance cardio and sculpting workouts accessible to all women. As a professional dancer, fit model, and fitness instructor, Megan struggled to find a workout that was both effective and fun until she found dance-based fitness. After seeing how intimidating dance cardio could be for the average gal, she was inspired to change that and developed a method that made it simple and empowering—and The Sculpt Society was born. Today, Megan's workouts are beloved by celebrities, influencers, and Victoria's Secret models including Arielle Charnas, Hannah Bronfman, Hunter McGrady, and Elsa Hosk. The Scuplt Society has been featured in Vogue, Shape, Health, Harper's Bazaar, E! News and many others. So, I've been following Megan on social media for a while now and I adore her. She's not only a badass trainer in incredible shape, but she's also super down to earth and kind. And I'm so excited for you to listen in on our conversation today about how she built her amazing business. In this episode, she shares her journey juggling a professional dancing career with modeling for fitness brands, and teaching fitness classes and what inspired her to go all in as a fitness instructor, the moment she got the download to create her own dance cardio method, the steps she took to build her initial base of clients, and why her classes were completely full within 6 months of launching, the bold moves she made to build brand awareness and get in front of influencers, and why many of her celebrity clientele was a product of word of mouth, why she calls herself the queen of the side hustle, and her biggest recommendations for taking the pressure off your business so that it can grow naturally in the beginning, the biggest mistakes she's made as an entrepreneur and why learning to trust herself has often been her biggest lesson, and so much more! To learn more about Megan Roup and the resources mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes. Follow Me On: Facebook Instagram

Dr. Anna Cabeca is an Emory University trained triple-board-certified physician - with specialties in gynecology and obstetrics, Integrative medicine, and anti-aging and regenerative medicine. She has worked with thousands of patients, spoken for dozens of healthcare organizations and associations, and consulted with physicians around the world. Her work has been featured in all major news media including NBC, CBS, ABC, People.com, on NPR's 51% show, Reader's Digest, Huffington Post, Mind Body Green, Style, and Sirius XM. Nancy Hala and Sheri Salata (former Exec producer, The Oprah Winfrey Show) said on their podcast, "Dr. Anna, you're the 'Girlfriend Doctor'. We are comfortable talking to you about anything." And from that moment forward, that's what she's been known as—The Girlfriend Doctor. Dr. Anna invites women to get honest with what's really happening with their bodies and provides programs and products that help them improve things from low libido to vaginal dryness and more. In this episode, she shares her journey from working as a researcher in the Navy to pursuing her childhood dream of becoming a doctor , her amazing story about how she reversed early menopause and went on to conceive her next child naturally, and why this experience inspired her to bring regenerative medicine into her practice , what it was like for her to steadily add digital components like webinars and courses to her private practice and how that evolved into her becoming The Girlfriend doctor with a massive audience , her experience going through a divorce, becoming a single mom, and being the sole income earner for her family while also letting go of her private practice and figuring out how to build an online business , the strategies and decisions that empowered her to build a 7-figure business and an audience of over 300,000 followers and clients , and so much more! To learn more about Dr. Anna Cabeca and the resources mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes. Follow Me On: Facebook Instagram

Berrion Berry is a Holistic Menstrual Health Educator and Practitioner. Her #1 goal is to teach modern women how to have pain free periods, period. As the founder of The Flo Academy, she focuses on teaching those who identify as female entrepreneurs or modern women, how to utilize their menstrual cycle to optimize their life. From hormone balancing to cycle syncing, to mood-enhancing and self-healing, Berri covers it all and is excited to help you have your best period yet. Berri is the definition of go-getter. As you'll hear in our conversation, she's had a fire lit in her since she was little to make a difference. The way she runs her business is so well done, and I can't wait for you to get the inside scoop. In this episode, she shares how she became passionate about women's health, specifically supporting hormones and a healthy period, what it looked like for her to transition from her full-time corporate job and run her business full-time, the failure that made her scrap her original wellness blog and Instagram account and start from scratch—and why this was a brilliant and bold move, how she became a content creation master and intentionally leaned into her own voice and style to ensure it was aligned and authentic, what she does to actively build trust with her audience and the impact that's had on her business, her brilliant client vetting process, sales funnel flow, and how she's built a waitlist of potential clients, and so much more! To learn more about Berrion Berry and the resources mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes. Follow Me On: Facebook Instagram

Victoria Albina is a Certified Life Coach, Breathwork Meditation Facilitator, and host of the Feminist Wellness Podcast. Her work and platform are devoted to helping women overcome perfectionism, people-pleasing, and codependency and realize that they are their own best healers. She is a UCSF-trained Family Nurse Practitioner, has a Master's degree in Public Health from Boston University School of Public Health and a BA in Latin American Studies from Oberlin College. And she's been working in health & wellness for over 20 years and lives on occupied Lenape territory, also known as New York City. So, I absolutely love this conversation. Victoria has such a warm, playful energy and we had the best time diving into her journey, her values, and what it means to do the important work she does. In the episode, she shares what it was like for her to grow up in the US as a white-passing immigrant from Argentina and how she's always been aware of her privilege, why longtime digestive issues and struggles with depression and anxiety are what led her to initially pursue a career in public health, how her own mindfulness and self-care practice inspired her to go back to school to become a nurse practitioner and explore functional medicine, what happened when she started healing her own tendency towards codependency and people-pleasing, and perfectionism and how that led to another career pivot where she became a life coach, the challenges she faced in shifting away from her private practice to run her virtual business fulltime The three things that have contributed most to her getting clients and growing a super successful business, why she is so passionate about feminism and using privilege for good, and so much more! To learn more about Victoria Albina and the resources mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes. Follow Me On: Facebook Instagram

Ilene Godofsky Moreno is a cookbook author, food photographer and the gal behind the plant-based blog The Colorful Kitchen. She combines her background in design with her passion for plant-based food to create and share recipes that are "colorful, not complicated." Ilene's recipes have been featured in the New York Times, Huffington Post, Buzzfeed, and TODAY Food, among others. Ilene can be found cooking and eating with her husband and daughters in New Jersey. So, funny story. When I worked at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, I had this idea that it would be fun to capture the journey of an IIN student through video. And Ilene was one of the students we chose for the project. She and I recently reconnected, and I'm so excited to share our conversation with you today. In this episode, Ilene shares how she resolved long-time digestive issues and allergies through a plant-based diet and why it inspired her to dive deeper into the world of nutrition, the moment she stumbled upon health coaching as a career option and decided to dip her toe into the wellness industry as a food blogger, what a day in her life as a food blogger looked like back in the day, and how she hustled and what she sacrificed to turn it into a real business, the story of how one of her recipes got featured in the New York Times and why it was key to building momentum in her business, the details of her initial failed book deal, what it taught her, and why it was a total blessing, the honest truth about what it's been like to run a business alongside raising two young kids, and so much more! To learn more about Ilene Moreno and the resources mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes. Follow Me On: Facebook Instagram

Jill Wintersteen is the founder of Spirit Daughter, a popular astrology and wellness platform designed to help you live your best life. She was introduced to astrology as a teenager and continued her exploration while studying yoga, meditation and Chinese medicine. These practices served as the foundation of her life for over twenty years even as she became a neuroscience researcher with master's degree in Psychology. But then, she realized her true purpose was spreading the messages of astrology and the cosmos. And as she stepped on that path, she was inspired to write and distribute monthly workbooks with the Moon as her guide. Today, Spirit Daughter's Moon Workbooks reach thousands of people worldwide each month and help them set intentions to manifest their dreams while working with the energy of the Universe. In this episode, Jill shares why yoga and meditation have been her anxiety management tools since her teens, what it looked like for her to start out as a yoga instructor and bring together a unique variety of wellness modalities for her clients in early adulthood, how honoring her instincts are what allowed her to develop her best-selling product that is the core revenue stream of her business today, how the name Spirit Daughter was born and why Instagram was THE platform that allowed it to grow and reach such a big audience, the ways she has beautifully integrated her natural talents and passions into one business— from artistry and writing to spirituality and astrology, why even though she's accomplished so much, she still feels a little bit of fear and vulnerability every time she posts on social media, and so much more! To learn more about Jill Wintersteen and the resources mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes. Follow Me On: Facebook Instagram

Kait Hurley is a student, teacher, entrepreneur, and the creator of KAIT, an app and online training platform that combines movement with meditation to help people care for their body, mind, and heart. Classes range from high-intensity sweat sessions to guided runs to yoga and meditation. And she is honored to share the teachings and practices that have been so deeply transformative in her life. So, as you'll hear in the episode, Kait is an incredible human—a really good human. And beyond the work she does to help more people meditate, she also uses her voice and platform to speak up about issues she cares about—one being racism. She is actively anti-racist, which is something I've committed to being very recently. Because what happens to black people and people of color in our country is not ok. And I'm sorry for taking so long to take a stand on this publicly. If you're a white woman who had been outraged by recent events or every event affecting a person of color, then I invite you to stop hiding too, use your voice, and educate yourself about how what you can do to help the black community. What does this look like? It looks like examining our own subconscious beliefs. It looks like following and supporting black women and all women of color. It looks like having hard conversations with family and friends who make racist remarks. It's about doing all of the above consistently. Not only when a black person dies. I know this is heavy, but it's important. And if all of us want to really change the world—to help people awaken, be healthy, find inner peace and joy, and lead with integrity—then we have to play a part in changing this too. I'll be sharing some resources with you below, so you can check them out. And I will be making a massive effort to have more women of color on the show. In this episode, she shares her journey with anxiety and chronic panic attacks and why it ultimately led her to explore meditation, and the massive impact it had on her state of mind, the moment she got the download for her business idea in her living room and how her husband played a key role in helping her turn it into a platform and app, what it looked like for her and her husband to quit their jobs and devote themselves to creating the business for two years—and why she points out that her ability to do that was largely rooted in privilege, how they tested out the concept before fully launching the brand and the incredible feedback they received from users early on, the grassroots efforts she made to build awareness about her platform and app early on in order to cultivate community and a wider audience, why collaboration has been SUCH a huge piece of her marketing strategy and how that's impacted the growth of her company, and so much more. To learn more about Kait Hurley and the resources mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes. Follow Me On: Facebook Instagram

During this short and sweet solo episode, I hop on to make it clear where I stand on anti-racism, call myself out on the lack of diversity on the show, and share my intentions about how I'll change that moving forward.

Welcome back to another #OnTheRise conversation— If you're new here, #OnTheRise is an interview series with early-stage entrepreneurs who are experiencing significant success within the first few years of launching their brands. I created this series to give you a peek at the decisions, intuitive guidance, and strategy that have empowered young business-owners to grow quicker than most. And today's #OnTheRise guest is Elsa Valentine. Elsa is the co-founder of Innate Food, a UK-born collection of vegan superfood crackers. Ignited by her own health transformation as a teenager, Elsa wondered why all humans are not innately connected to the foods they need to thrive. And why the majority chose to eat processed foods, which are essentially accumulative poison. Later in life, it became her mission to create a healthy snack that not only contains superfood ingredients but also brings people the sensory euphoria that would keep them coming back for more— making it easy and delicious to choose something healthy over and over again. Her first product line, Innate Food was born out of this mission and a shared passion to shift the landscape of commodified food with her co-founder, Tess. The Innate Food collection can be found in Whole Foods and Sainsbury's across the UK, and it continues to expand globally. In this episode, why her sense of ambition was big from the ripe age of 12 years old and the wild million-dollar business plan she came up with back then, her winding career path from commissioned artist to working alongside a marine biologist, to running the horse-trekking farm of a cowgirl in New Zealand to the work she does today with Innate, her process for developing her product line and why she treated everything from recipe creation to branding as a work of art, why tuning into herself and connecting with nature have always acted as a compass and anchor in uncertain times, and are what have empowered her to see her circumstances as an adventure, her brilliant invention of Innate Mood, a digital product designed to help people build self-awareness and process their emotions using video journaling—this is fascinating, and so much more! To learn more about Elsa Valentine and the resources mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes. Follow Me On: Facebook Instagram

Jamie Graber is the founder of Organically Jamie, where she works as an Integrative Life Coach and meditation teacher to help clients discover their best selves by releasing old patterns and belief systems. As a self-proclaimed "mindset shifter", her method brings together energy, kundalini, meditation, and breathwork with the principles of talk therapy to dig into the subconscious mind to initiate healing and transformation. As the former owner of Gingersnaps Organic Cafe, Jamie has become something of a shapeshifter herself after realizing that her true calling came not in food, but in personal growth and spirituality. Jamie believes movement and meditation are the tools that get us into the quiet enough to tap into the signs from within to break old habits and achieve the life we want. Her work has been featured in Well+Good, Mind Body Green, Refinery29, The New York Times, and more. Jamie and I first met at her amazing café at A Course in Miracles talks, and then later at a retreat where she shared her incredible story about healing her relationships with food. It's been so cool to witness her business pivot from restaurant owner to energy healer. And I'm so excited to share our conversation about all of the above today. In this episode, she shares how she shifted from being of spoiled, materialistic, and angry in early adulthood to becoming who she really is: loving, purpose drive, and tapped into her soul, why moving from New York City to LA completely changed the trajectory of her life for the better, and the adventure she found herself on navigating a career as an actress and yogi, the experiences that sparked the idea to open her own raw food café, and her super cool, serendipitous process for manifesting its launch in New York City, how meditation has been her anchor in everything she creates, and why getting quiet and tuning into her own inner wisdom has been the most effective business strategy, what it was like to realize she didn't want to be a restaurant owner anymore after devoting years to the business, and how to make the pivot into the work she does today, why she says owning your truth, living what you say, and taking action in alignment with your future self is THE key to attracting the right opportunities, and so much more! To learn more about Jamie Graber and the resources mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes. Follow Me On: Facebook Instagram