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Heat Up Your Retreats with Amanda Hietter
How to Surrender Control and Step Into Your True Calling
What happens when the life you carefully built no longer feels aligned?In this powerful episode of Heat Up Your Retreats, I sit down with Martha Kartaoui to talk about identity shifts, faith-led pivots, and the courage it takes to surrender control and step into a new season.Martha shares her journey of navigating change — personally and professionally — and what it really looks like to move from striving and control into obedience, alignment, and purpose.This conversation dives into:The fear that comes with reinventionHow to know when it’s...
2026-02-26
33 min
Heat Up Your Retreats with Amanda Hietter
Why Retreat Leaders Burn Out After a Successful Event
You just hosted an incredible retreat. Everyone loved it. The transformation was real. The feedback was amazing…So why do so many retreat leaders feel completely exhausted — or even emotionally drained — after the event is over?In this solo episode of Heat Up Your Retreats, I’m pulling back the curtain on something almost no one talks about: post-retreat burnout.Because the truth is… success doesn’t automatically equal sustainability.In this honest conversation, I share:Why burnout often shows up after a successful...
2026-02-17
07 min
Heat Up Your Retreats with Amanda Hietter
Why Working Harder Isn’t the Answer (And What Is)
What if success didn’t have to come at the cost of your peace, your health, or your relationships?In this heartfelt and honest episode, I sit down with Kayla Masteller to talk about entrepreneurship, burnout, boundaries, and what it really looks like to build a business that supports your life instead of consuming it.Kayla shares her personal journey from hustling and doing “all the things” to realizing that constant grind wasn’t sustainable—and how she learned to shift her mindset, simplify her business, and create systems that actually gave her f...
2026-02-11
22 min
Heat Up Your Retreats with Amanda Hietter
Stop Blending In and Start Standing Out
If the thought of pitching yourself makes you nervous, unsure, or overwhelmed—this episode is about to change everything.In this high-energy, no-holds-barred conversation, I sit down with Precious Williams, 13-time national elevator pitch champion, Shark Tank alum, and founder of Perfect Pitch Group, to talk about how to package, position, and pitch yourself with confidence and clarity.Precious believes one simple truth: Boring speakers should be a crime.And she’s on a mission to help entrepreneurs, leaders, and professionals turn their sales pitches, presentations, and mess...
2026-02-04
50 min
SHIFT with Elena Agar
Episode 253 - How In-Person Experiences Transform Teams and Lives
Welcome back to the Shift with Elena Agar Podcast! In today’s episode, Elena welcomes special guest Amanda Hietter, the founder of Across the Horizon Travel. Together, they explore the power of connection through curated group travel experiences—whether for coaches, teams, ministry leaders, or families. Amanda Hietter shares her inspiring journey from paralegal and busy mom to successful travel entrepreneur, revealing how her lifelong love for adventure fueled the birth of her business.They discuss the transformational effect of bringing people together in real life, the importance of intentional downtime at company retreats, and how meaningful relationships are buil...
2026-02-03
28 min
Heat Up Your Retreats with Amanda Hietter
How to Simplify Your Business and Stop Doing Everything Yourself
If your business feels harder than it should… this conversation will hit home.In this episode, I sit down with John Balauat, founder of Help Agency, to talk about why so many entrepreneurs are overwhelmed, overworked, and stuck doing everything themselves — and how to simplify your business with the right systems, structure, and strategy.John works with business owners who are tired of duct-taping their operations together and want a business that actually runs smoothly, scales sustainably, and supports their life instead of consuming it.In this conv...
2026-01-28
51 min
Heat Up Your Retreats with Amanda Hietter
When God Calls You to Start Before You Feel Ready
What if you don’t need the whole plan… just the next step?In this faith-filled and deeply encouraging episode of Heat Up Your Retreats, I sit down with Lori McDowell to talk about obedience, trust, calling, and what it really looks like to build something with God — even when you don’t feel ready, qualified, or clear on the outcome.Lori shares her journey of saying yes to God step-by-step, learning to move forward without having all the answers, and discovering that clarity often comes after obedience — not before it.
2026-01-20
23 min
Heat Up Your Retreats with Amanda Hietter
From the NFL to Rock Bottom to Purpose | The Marques Ogden Story
What happens when everything you built your identity on… disappears?In this powerful episode of Heat Up Your Retreats, I sit down with Marques Ogden — former NFL athlete, keynote speaker, business coach, and host of the top 1% podcast Get Authentic with Marques Ogden — to talk about success, failure, identity, and what it really takes to rebuild your life and career.Marques shares his incredible story of going from a multi-million dollar NFL career to losing everything in just 90 days — and how that season forced him to confront the difference between who he was a...
2026-01-15
34 min
Chasing the Kingdom
Ep. 74 - The Wanderlust Calling - Amanda Hietter
I believe God wants us to travel. I believe so much in this that I’ve wanted to do an episode on it for a long time. When travel agency owner, Amanda Hietter, contacted me, I knew she was the guest to finally have this conversation with. We talk about how traveling affects our spiritual development and how we see the world. About Amanda Hietter Amanda Hietter is the CEO of Across the Horizon Travel and a travel strategist who helps Christian leaders, coaches, speakers, and corporate teams plan tr...
2026-01-10
55 min
Chasing the Kingdom
Ep. 74 - The Wanderlust Calling - Amanda Hietter
I believe God wants us to travel. I believe so much in this that I’ve wanted to do an episode on it for a long time. When travel agency owner, Amanda Hietter, contacted me, I knew she was the guest to finally have this conversation with. We talk about how traveling affects our spiritual development and how we see the world. About Amanda Hietter Amanda Hietter is the CEO of Across the Horizon Travel and a travel strategist who helps Christian leaders, coaches, speakers, and corporate teams plan tr...
2026-01-10
55 min
Heat Up Your Retreats with Amanda Hietter
What do you do when your voice has been taken from you?
In this deeply honest and powerful episode of Heat Up Your Retreats, I sit down with Jim Burgoon, founder of Lead with Jim, to talk about leadership, identity, healing from trauma, and what it really means to lead from a place of authenticity.Jim shares his personal story of growing up in constant struggle, walking through trauma, and being diagnosed with complex PTSD — and how, for much of his life, his voice was silenced. Not just ignored… but actively taken from him. Through his journey of faith, healing, and growth, Jim discovered that one of the biggest batt...
2026-01-08
29 min
Heat Up Your Retreats with Amanda Hietter
Why So Many Women Are Rethinking Everything
What if the challenges we’re facing—personally and collectively—aren’t signs of failure, but invitations into death, rebirth, and deeper remembrance?In this powerful episode of Heat Up Your Retreats, I sit down with Emily Atlantis Wolf, also known as The Dragon Medicine Woman, for a conversation that weaves together healing, sisterhood, ancient wisdom, and the role women are playing in midwifing a new world.Emily’s journey spans worlds—from growing up on a one-lane dirt road in rural Ohio, to earning a degree in civil engineering, to becoming a 1...
2025-12-30
44 min
Heat Up Your Retreats with Amanda Hietter
How to Speak With Confidence Without Performing
In this episode of Heat Up Your Retreats, I’m joined by Tina BE, an intuitive communication coach who helps heart-centered leaders move beyond performance and into presence.This conversation is a powerful reminder that confident communication doesn’t come from forcing your voice, memorizing scripts, or performing for approval — it comes from learning how to listen to your body, regulate your nervous system, and speak from a place of alignment.Tina shares her journey, her approach to embodied communication, and what leaders need to understand if they want their voice to tru...
2025-12-23
43 min
Connected Leaders Academy
Identity Focused, Purpose Unlocked – Amanda Hietter
Connected Leaders Academy In a world where professionals are constantly pulled in every direction, it is easy to lose sight of who we truly are. In this transformational session, Amanda Hietter shares her journey of turning personal chaos into calling, how her deepest mess became her message and ultimately her ministry through Across the Horizon Travel. This talk invites high-achieving leaders to pause, refocus, and reconnect with the identity that drives everything: how you lead, how you serve, and how you show up in your business and life. Amanda reveals the five essential steps to healing, rediscovering identity, and unlocking...
2025-12-16
00 min
Connected Leaders Academy
Identity Focused, Purpose Unlocked – Amanda Hietter
Connected Leaders Academy In a world where professionals are constantly pulled in every direction, it is easy to lose sight of who we truly are. In this transformational session, Amanda Hietter shares her journey of turning personal chaos into calling, how her deepest mess became her message and ultimately her ministry through Across the Horizon Travel. This talk invites high-achieving leaders to pause, refocus, and reconnect with the identity that drives everything: how you lead, how you serve, and how you show up in your business and life. Amanda reveals the five essential steps to healing, rediscovering identity, and unlocking...
2025-12-16
24 min
Heat Up Your Retreats with Amanda Hietter
Your Retreat Doesn’t Need to Be Perfect — It Needs to Be Powerful | Jayna Swan
In this episode of Heat Up Your Retreats, I’m welcoming my very first guest to the show — the incredible Jayna Swan. Jayna is a speaker, facilitator, and creator who helps high-performing creative millennial women scale their lives and businesses from safety instead of stress.Jayna shares powerful stories from her own retreats — including moments when things went completely off plan — and how those exact challenges became some of the most transformational lessons for both her and the women she served. This episode is a reminder that retreats aren’t just events — they are sacred spaces where...
2025-12-16
35 min
Heat Up Your Retreats with Amanda Hietter
Retreat Planning 101: 3 Things Every Leader Must Know Before Booking a Venue
Welcome back to Heat Up Your Retreats! In today’s episode, I’m diving into one of the most important parts of planning a retreat — choosing the right venue. This single decision can make or break the entire experience for you AND your attendees.If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by options, frustrated by confusing travel logistics, or stuck because everything “looks cute” online but doesn’t actually fit your retreat’s purpose… this episode is going to save you so much time, money, and stress.Inside this episode, I break down the 3 non-negotiable factors every retreat lead...
2025-12-09
08 min
Heat Up Your Retreats with Amanda Hietter
Where Healing Becomes Purpose How God Turned My Healing into a Calling
In this episode of Heat Up Your Retreats, I’m sharing what happened after God healed and rescued me. If you heard my testimony in the last episode, you know how Jesus redeemed me from a past filled with trauma, abuse, addiction, and heartbreak.But today’s conversation answers a powerful question:“What happens after the breakthrough? After the healing? Then what?”In this episode, I talk about how God took my healing and turned it into a calling—a calling to help Christian coaches, counselors, pastors, and retreat leaders cr...
2025-12-09
07 min
Heat Up Your Retreats with Amanda Hietter
He Never Gave Up on Me A Testimony of Redemption and Grace
In today’s episode of Heat Up Your Retreats, I open up more vulnerably than I ever have publicly. This is my raw, unfiltered testimony — a journey through childhood trauma, toxic relationships, addiction, abuse, loss, and hitting rock bottom… and how Jesus met me in the middle of my mess and rewrote my story with redemption, grace, and purpose.If you’ve ever wondered whether God could still use you after everything you’ve been through, I want you to hear this clearly: He never gave up on me, and He hasn’t given up on you eithe...
2025-12-09
10 min
Courageous Retirement: Answer God's Call to MORE!
36. Beyond the Money: Finding Purpose and Adventure in Retirement | A Courageous Retirement Panel Discussion
Retirement isn’t just about making your money last — it’s about making your life count.In this special Courageous Retirement episode, host Vona Johnson teams up with guest host Michael Fritzius to co-lead a dynamic panel featuring three experts in purpose, financial planning, and travel. Together, Dan Simon, Mike Perez, and Amanda Hietter discuss how retirement can become your most meaningful, adventurous, and faith-filled season yet.Throughout the conversation you will discover how to:~Overcome fear and uncertainty about what’s next~ Balance...
2025-10-09
58 min
Life's Checkmark: Life Stories for Personal Growth and Self-Improvement
Healing After Abuse: Amanda Hietter on Starting Over, Faith, and Owning Your Journey EP | 168
Healing After Abuse: Amanda Hietter on Starting Over, Faith, and Owning Your Journey EP | 168 In this episode of Life's Checkmark, I sit down with Amanda Hietter, a travel advisor and event host, who is all about creating transformative experiences. Amanda opens up about surviving an abusive relationship, hitting rock bottom, and the real work of healing even years later. We discuss the power of faith, seeking help, and the importance of persevering even when life feels overwhelming. Amanda's story is not only about overcoming, but about finding purpose, supporting others, and living life with authenticity and gratitude...
2025-09-23
40 min
Unlocking the Miracles Within Podcast with Jeffrey McDonnell
Unlocking the Miracles Within - Episode 5 Overcoming Anxiety and Depression with Amanda Hietter (Audio Only)
Episode 5 – Overcoming Anxiety and Depression through Spiritual Practices with Amanda Hietter What if the pain of your past was actually the path to your purpose? In this raw and faith-filled episode, Amanda Hietter opens up about her remarkable journey from childhood trauma, addiction, divorce, and years of spiritual disconnection—into a life of freedom, peace, and divine purpose. Through deeply vulnerable storytelling, Amanda shares how abuse at a young age distorted her sense of worth and identity, and how decades of anxiety and depression ultimately brought her to a breaking point—and a breakthrough. Now...
2025-08-10
58 min
Courageous Retirement: Answer God's Call to MORE!
31. From Paralegal to Purpose: Living Your More Through Faith and Travel!
In this episode of 'Courageous Retirement,' Vona explores how God’s nudges often lead us to unexpected but beautiful transformations. She’s joined by Amanda Hietter, a luxury travel advisor who left her paralegal career to step fully into entrepreneurship—and into the life God was calling her to live.Amanda shares her inspiring story of faith, fear, and freedom—revealing how she trusted God’s provision, prioritized time with family, and found purpose beyond the office walls. Vona also weaves in wisdom from her book 'A Different View' and scripture to encourage you on your own journe...
2025-07-31
30 min
EVOLVE thru God
Ep. 23 Rebellion Continued with Amanda Hietter
Welcome to EVOLVE Thru God! I would love it if you would spread the word - like, follow, share, and introduce EVOLVE thru God to people you know who are seeking in their own journey! In the conclusion of her story, Amanda recounted the challenges in her marriage, particularly a period of minimal communication that culminated in her decision to file for divorce after feeling consistently let down. Angela Goodman noted that a video sent by Amanda's husband acted as a wake-up call, prompting her to reassess her life choices. Amanda humorously remarked on the dramatic ways s...
2025-04-24
34 min
The Right Mind Show with Todd Schowalter on NewsTalkSTL
The wife smells like Old Spice - 04.12.2025
Listen to The Right Mind Show with Todd Schowalter every Saturday at 5pmCT and Sunday at 2pmCT on NewsTalkSTL at 101.9, 94.1, and 99.1HD3 in the St. Louis area and online at http://bit.ly/NEWSTALKSTLSTREAMS0:00 SEG 1 Jury Duty | Tishaura Jones lost the St. Louis City Mayoral race | Todd’s wife smells like Old Spice | NCAA Final Four | PGA Masters | St. Louis Cardinals Radio Broadcaster Luncheon17:38 SEG 2 Professor Jim on how tariffs are affecting California. We also let Professor Jim test out his horrible microphone after we had to listen to him complain about Todd's microphone when he was recording from Florida. 32:02 SEG 3 Amanda Hietter on building a business in a culture that oft...
2025-04-13
49 min
EVOLVE thru God
Ep. 22 Rebellion with Amanda Hietter
Welcome to EVOLVE Thru God! I would love it if you would spread the word - like, follow, share, and introduce EVOLVE thru God to people you know who are seeking in their own journey! In Episode 22, we meet Amanda Hietter and learn of her long and winding journey of God's mercy! Amanda shared her journey of faith, beginning with her acceptance of Christ at a young age, but noted a drift away from her beliefs during high school. This decline coincided with a rebellious phase, culminating in an unexpected pregnancy at 17. Despite initial struggles, including a tu...
2025-04-09
47 min
Two Humans Talking With Tiffany Simms
The Secret to Stress-Free Vacations!
In this episode of "Two Humans Talking," Tiffany pulls back the curtain and shares the nuances of holistic health that no one talks about in our fast-paced world. Join us for a candid conversation as we explore real-life experiences and behind-the-scenes insights with our special guest, Amanda Hietter. Whether you're a seasoned wellness enthusiast or just beginning your journey to better health, this episode offers valuable perspectives and actionable tips to help you thrive in mind, body, and spirit. 🔔 Hit the SUBSCRIBE for daily videos on health, relationships, and building a career you love...
2025-01-09
29 min
2 Regular Guys Talking Decoration and Personalization
Incorporating Retreats into Your Business Plan
Join us this week as we welcome Amanda Hietter from Across the Horizon Travel to discuss the transformative power of incorporating retreats into your business plan. Amanda, an expert in planning international retreats, will share insights on how hosting retreats can help your business grow exponentially. Discover the most popular destinations, the detailed planning process, and how to tailor retreats to meet your unique needs. We’ll also cover essential tips for ensuring participant safety and provide advice for those planning their first retreat. Don't miss this opportunity to explore a unique way to scale your business! Our regular listeners kn...
2024-07-26
59 min