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What if success isn't something you arrive at, but something you continually redefine as you learn more about yourself? In Episode 2 of Women Who Shine, co-hosts Lainie and Lori continue the three-part opening series designed to help you get to know the women behind the microphones before they begin introducing you to inspiring women throughout Southwest Florida. Episode 1 asked, “Who are you, really?” This time, we're exploring the journey that helped us become those women. Lainie and Lori look back at their early professional lives, the choices and experiences that shaped their careers, and the unexpected paths that ultimately brought each of them into the worlds of food, nutrition, wellness, and entrepreneurship. Their journeys have not been perfectly linear. And that may be the point. They talk about self-discovery, changing priorities, listening more closely to what matters, and recognizing that the definition of success that works at one stage of life may not fit the next. Because sometimes growth isn't about climbing higher. Sometimes it's about becoming clearer about what you actually want. IN THIS EPISODE Lainie and Lori explore: • Their early professional journeys and where they thought their careers were taking them• The experiences that contributed to their own self-discovery• How food and nutrition became meaningful parts of their personal and professional lives• Career evolution, pivots, and following unexpected paths• How priorities and values change over time• Moving beyond traditional definitions of achievement• What success means to them today• Why our journeys don't need to be linear to be meaningful THE FIRST THREE EPISODES The first three episodes of Women Who Shine are a little different. Before Lainie and Lori begin interviewing the entrepreneurs, business owners, executives, community leaders, founders, creatives, and changemakers of Southwest Florida, they're turning the microphones on each other. These conversations give you an opportunity to know your hosts, not simply through what they do, but through the experiences, values, decisions, and journeys that have shaped them. Then the microphones turn toward the remarkable women of Southwest Florida. YOUR REFLECTION Every Women Who Shine episode ends by turning the conversation back to you. As you listen to Lainie and Lori reflect on their journeys, consider: How has your definition of success changed as you've changed? What mattered to you earlier in your life or career? What matters now? And are you still pursuing an old definition of success that may no longer fit the person you've become? CONNECT WITH LAINIE Center for Intuitive Food Therapy (CIFT)https://centerforintuitivefoodtherapy.com Books and more from Lainie Sevante Wulkanhttps://www.amazon.com/stores/Lainie-Sevante-Wulkan/author/B078G4QCXP CONNECT WITH LORI Plant Powered Collective | Plant-Forward Nutritionhttps://www.plantpoweredcollective.com The Vantage Collective | Corporate Wellnesshttps://the-vantagecollective.com Follow Women Who Shine wherever you listen to podcasts and join us for Episode 3, the final conversation in our opening series with Lainie and Lori. Then get ready to meet the women who are building, leading, creating, and making an impact throughout Southwest Florida. Keep shining.

Before Women Who Shine begins introducing you to the remarkable women entrepreneurs, leaders, founders, and changemakers of Southwest Florida, we thought you should get to know the women asking the questions. Welcome to the first of three opening episodes featuring co-hosts Lainie and Lori. These first conversations are intentionally personal. They are an opportunity to understand who Lainie and Lori are, what has shaped them, what they value, and why they created a podcast dedicated to meaningful conversations with women who are building businesses, leading organizations, creating change, and making an impact throughout Southwest Florida. In Episode 1, the conversation begins with a deceptively simple question: Who are you? Not your title. Not your business. Not your résumé. Who are you at your core? Lainie and Lori share pieces of their life stories and talk about the experiences, values, relationships, challenges, and choices that have shaped the women they are today. It is a conversation about identity and the realization that who we are is rarely defined by one role, accomplishment, career, or chapter of our lives. And as Women Who Shine will do at the end of every episode, Lainie and Lori turn the conversation back to you. YOUR REFLECTION How would you describe who you are? Take a moment to think beyond what you do, the roles you fill, and the titles you carry. Who are you at your core? We would love for you to continue the conversation and share your answer with us at [email protected] or message us on our FB page: Women Who Shine SWFL Podcast. ABOUT WOMEN WHO SHINE Women Who Shine is a Southwest Florida podcast featuring conversations with women entrepreneurs, business owners, executives, community leaders, founders, creatives, and changemakers. Inspired by the extraordinary women Lainie and Lori have met through eWomenNetwork Southwest Florida and throughout the region, the podcast goes beyond accomplishments to explore the person behind the success. The first three episodes feature Lainie and Lori so you can get to know your hosts before they turn the microphones toward the women of Southwest Florida whose stories, experiences, expertise, and perspectives deserve to be heard. CONNECT WITH LAINIE Center for Intuitive Food Therapy (CIFT)Center for Intuitive Food Therapy Books and more from Lainie Sevante WulkanLainie's Amazon Author Shop CONNECT WITH LORI Plant Powered Collective | Plant-Forward NutritionPlant Powered Collective The Vantage Collective | Corporate WellnessThe Vantage Collective Subscribe or follow Women Who Shine wherever you listen to podcasts so you don't miss Episodes 2 and 3 of our opening conversations, followed by interviews with the women who are shaping Southwest Florida. Keep shining.