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What Lights Us UpThe Power of High-Vibe Living: Whitney Aronoff on A Journey of Healing Through FoodAre you ready to embrace your passion and live a high vibe life? Tune in to discover how healing with food and connecting with the energy that nourishes you can lead to a life full of joy, fulfillment, and high vibe transformative energy.Chef Whitney Aronoff is a Health Supportive Personal Chef who shares her inspiring journey of leaving a corporate career to pursue her true calling of inspiring healing through food which started with making her own spice blends in high school. After years of battling stomach issues and feeling unfulfilled, Whitney followed...2025-07-0748 min
What Lights Us UpFind the Magic in Your Life: Dani Margeaux on Manifesting Your DesiresAre you ready to tap into the magic within and unlock your true potential? Tune in and get ready to embark on a journey that will guide you to your soul’s true desires!Dani Margeaux is an empowerment coach who helps others reprogram their subconscious to attract what they truly desire. She shares her transformative journey from seeking traditional success to discovering a deeper, more fulfilling path of self-empowerment. Dani reveals how following the thread of curiosity—exploring Reiki and experiencing spiritual awakenings—helped her break free from limiting beliefs and achieve the big go...2025-06-0234 min
What Lights Us UpFollow Your Heart to Italy: Sarah Pompei on A Journey to Love and WineAre you ready to explore your Italian roots, embrace new adventures, and tap into the magic of Southern Italy? Tune in to discover how following your heart can lead to a life full of joy, connection, and finding the magic in undiscovered places.Sarah Pompei, a bespoke travel advisor in the Southern Italian village of Irpinia, shares her incredible journey of discovering her ancestral roots and following her intuition to create a life she never expected. After visiting the village her great-grandfather emigrated from 100 years later, Sarah felt an undeniable pull that would change...2025-05-0541 min
What Lights Us UpHow to Find Your Passion for Authentic Travel with Danielle OteriAre you curious on how to find more authenticity as you travel through life? Tune in to travel to an experience that will inspire authentic connections and a curiosity to discover your own ancestral heritage.Danielle Oteri is the founder of Feast Travel, a curated travel experience rooted from her Italian history, cuisine, and traditions. Danielle shares her unique journey from studying art history in Florence to leading immersive food tours on the famous Arthur Avenue in the Bronx. She talks about the power of travel, especially when it’s linked to your family ro...2025-04-0737 minWhat Lights Us UpHow to Find Your Passion to Step Out of Your Comfort Zone with Allison FleeceAre you looking for a reason to step out of your comfort
zone? Tune in to hear the inspiration you need to take that step towards an adventure that can change your life.
Allison Fleece is co-founder of WHOA travel, a unique combination of adventure travel and connection that has built a community of women high on adventure all around the world. Allison takes us on her life-changing trip to Kilimanjaro, a New Year goal she set for herself one year, and what that led her to build – a lifelong friendship, a career change, and...2025-03-0339 minWhat Lights Us UpHow to Find Your Passion to Reinvent Yourself at Any Age with Julie HartiganIs there a career change that has been in the back of your mind but you’ve been too afraid to go for it? Tune in to hear the inspiration you need to say yes to trying something even before you are ready and that you can reinvent yourself at any age.
Julie Hartigan is a NYC based chef, media personality, brand consultant, and lifelong travel lover who is not only a professional travel advisor but also hosts culinary travel trips of her own all over the world. She talks about how she transitioned in...2025-02-0344 minWhat Lights Us UpHow to Find Your Passion to Travel to Your Greatest Adventure with Jacqueline De La EspriellaAre you craving more adventure in your life? Tune in to hear the inspiration you need to embrace that inner calling to follow your heart to your greatest adventure.
Jacqueline De La Espriella is a wanderlust outdoor enthusiast with a life goal and dream to visit every continent on this planet and to hike some of the world’s highest peaks. She talks about how she found her path to solo travel by chance and what that chance decision helped her discover about herself and the world.
Christina and Jac...2025-01-0640 min
Healing with TeelingCooking UP a New Life:In this episode of Healing with Teeling, I’m joined by the inspiring Christina Minutillo, an entrepreneur and host of the podcast What Lights Us Up. Christina shares her remarkable journey of transformation, from navigating heartbreak and career changes to discovering her joy and purpose through creative passion projects.We explore:✨ How Christina turned grief into a thriving passion project.✨ The power of manifesting opportunities and trusting your intuition.✨ Tips for finding joy when everything feels uncertain.✨ Why letting go of toxic relationships opens the door to self-love.Christin...2024-12-0936 minWhat Lights Us UpHow to Find Your Passion to Say Yes with Cheryl Logsdon and Bianca Monreal MattarDo you wonder what just saying yes will lead you to? Tune in to hear the kick you need to just say yes to any opportunity that comes your way because it may just lead you to your passion.
Cheryl Logsdon and Bianca Monreal Mattar are a mother-daughter duo behind the Southern California based salsa company, OC Salsa Rica. They talk about their journey from being laid off in their corporate careers to building a company from their salsa recipe after being discovered at a local farmers market by a big name grocery chain...2024-12-0232 minWhat Lights Us UpHow to Find Your Passion to Turn Stress into Strength with Gaia MarianiAre you feeling stressed and burned out from your everyday routine? Tune in to hear the inspiration you need to make a change that invites physical and mental strength so that you can gain control of your mentality and life.
Gaia Mariani is a yoga therapist, helping people to transform through understanding their own physiology, energetics, and subconscious mind. She talks about her own journey of moving from Italy to the US and working in a corporate career that led her to physical burnout which shut her body down literally. She talks about how...2024-11-0444 minWhat Lights Us UpHow to Find Your Passion to Heal After Heartbreak with Rachel TeelingAre you feeling like you lost your identity after a relationship breakdown? Tune in to hear the inspiration you need to start to get to know yourself so you can learn to love again.
Rachel Teeling is a women’s relationship and self-worth coach, helping women thrive after the breakdown of a relationship to help them find love again after heartbreak. She talks about her own story of moving from excruciating heartbreak from a relationship with a partner that owned her identity to an empowering relationship she built with herself after working with a li...2024-10-0737 minWhat Lights Us UpShadi Sadeghi on How to Find Your Passion to Travel to YourselfWhat do you see when you visualize five years from now or even at the end of your life? Did you do the things you wanted to do? Tune in to hear the inspiration you need to travel (literally) on the path to living your most authentic self.
Shadi Sadeghi is a certified Jungian coach and emotion code practitioner helping people take a deep dive into their soul to uncover their most authentic selves while helping them manifest their deepest desires. She talks about how she was drawn to this work through her own j...2024-09-0241 minWhat Lights Us UpAngie Wisdom on How to Find Your Passion to Create a Life You LoveAre you feeling unfulfilled and wanting more from life? Tune in to hear the inspiration you need to find out exactly what you can do to best show up for yourself and design the life that you ultimately want to create.
Angie Wisdom is an award winning and master certified business and life coach who helps clients create meaningful success and a life they love. Angie talks about her journey from working in a field that she didn’t love to finding what her thing was that helped her create a life that she alw...2024-08-0535 minWhat Lights Us UpDerrell Smith on How to Find Your Passion to Find Your MissionAre you spending too much of your time doing things that you don’t want to do and not enough time doing things that you want to do? Tune in to hear the inspiration you need to focus your time in doing more things that bring you joy so you can spread love and light to others.
Derrell Smith is a former NFL player turned celebrity chef. Derrell is the executive producer and television host of the cooking show, Mad Good Food, hosted by Tastemade. He is also the creator and CEO of 99EATS, LLC, a virtual culinary brand with a...2024-07-0843 minWhat Lights Us UpRichard Podgurski Jr on How to Find Your Passion to CreateAre you going to sit back and ingest what everyone else is creating or are you going to be the creator? Tune in to get that kick you always needed to get out there and start creating something.
Richard Podgurski Jr is the ultimate creator. He has been voted best DJ in the South Bay of Los Angeles for 7 years and frequently tours big name nightclubs all over the country. He is also known for his outstanding photography and was named top 7 fine art photographers in Los Angeles in 2023. He also created a mushroom...2024-06-0343 minWhat Lights Us UpMarco Palazzo on How to Find Your Passion to Bring People TogetherDo you believe that we all have a destiny? Tune in to hear how following one idea can change the course of your life and how being clear on your own core values is what attracts people and things to us that can create a vibrational energy that can ripple out to anyone around us.
Marco Palazzo is a former water polo professional athlete turned coach who had a passion to bring his Italian food roots to Southern California by opening a restaurant with his childhood friend from Italy. The two friends saw an...2024-05-0626 minWhat Lights Us UpJessica Proulx on How to Find Your Passion to Live Your Best LifeDo you feel like the clock is ticking and want to make sure that your life is as joyous and celebratory as possible? Tune in to hear tips on how to find the stillness to discover your truest essence of who you really are.
Jessica Proulx is Co-Founding Director of the Direct Path Institute where she is a yoga, meditation, and Eastern philosophy teacher. She is also a wellness coach where she finds passion in helping people find their truest essence of who they really are and what they want to become in their...2024-04-0843 minWhat Lights Us UpFrancesca Pittaluga on her passion for creating Ciao PappyDo you have a passion to build a brand or product but are wondering how to get discovered? Tune in to listen to Francesca tell her story of getting discovered through intentionality and strategy as she passionately put her tomato sauce product out into the world.
Francesca Pittaluga is the Founder and Chief Tomato Officer of Ciao Pappy, a brand built around premium marinara for the modern family. Francesca talks about creating her brand out of a love for food and her Italian heritage and how she took her family recipe and turned it into a commercial product.
Christina a...2024-03-0433 minWhat Lights Us UpKatie Parla on her passion for Italian food cultureHave you dreamed of moving to Italy? Tune in to listen to Katie’s inspiring journey of making her dream of living in Italy a reality.
Katie Parla is a Rome based food and beverage writer, culinary guide, a New York Times best-selling cookbook author, and cookbook publisher. Katie talks about her dream of living in Italy from when she was a child and how she made that dream a reality. She talks about how she got started in hosting tours in Rome and how she later evolved into a food and beverage writer by...2024-02-0533 minWhat Lights Us UpKirsten Stockton on her passion to activate the soulDo you want to learn how to better understand your intuition and the signs sent to us from the universe? Then this episode is for you!
Kirsten Stockton is a practicing soul activator who conducts reiki, energetic readings, and soul readings to help guide others toward their love, light, and purpose.
Kirsten talks to Christina about her journey from choosing to leave her law career to becoming a soul activator to live out her purpose of being a messenger for different souls. She talks through how she discovered her...2024-01-0835 minWhat Lights Us UpChristina Minutillo on her reflection of the year 2023 - Solo EpisodeChristina shares a solo episode to reflect back on her year of 2023. She talks through how the podcast came to be and how it has changed her life. She also talks through how she manifested connections and experiences throughout the year. You won't want to miss this heartfelt reflection from our show host!
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Christina's website: https://christinaminutillo.com/2023-12-3124 minWhat Lights Us UpTyler Caine on his passion to restore an east coast town one home at a timeHave you ever imagined what it was like to fix up an old house? Then this episode is for you! Tune in to hear Tyler’s journey of how he came to find this house renovation project and what challenges he has faced during the project’s evolution.
Tyler Caine is an architect from NYC who fell in love with the town of Holyoke, MA through the window of a train. He had a vision as he peered at the town’s historic buildings that fell into disrepair and decided to make it his passio...2023-12-0425 minWhat Lights Us UpCourtney Hunter on her passion to turn a hobby into a businessDo you have a hobby that you are obsessed with? Does it light you up and bring you joy? Then, this is an episode for you! Prepare to be inspired to turn that hobby into a full-time business.
Courtney Hunter is the owner and creator of The Waight, Artful Pieces for Everyday Life. Courtney talks about finding a passion in ceramics and how she has turned that passion into a full-time business. She talks through her journey of going from corporate fashion in NYC to creating and selling her ceramics in her new home of Seattle, WA.2023-11-0629 minWhat Lights Us UpLindsay Colker on her passion to elevate brandsHow do we tell the story of what we are building? Tune in to listen to Lindsay’s journey of finding her purpose in connecting brands and the people behind them by creating stories to elevate their voices to earned media.
Lindsay Colker is owner and creator of Elevate Communications, a full-service public relations and consulting boutique located in Los Angeles specializing in entertainment, technology, and lifestyle. Lindsay talks about her journey of finding her purpose in the PR world, why she went off to have her own company, and what she’s learned about the journey.
2023-10-0227 minWhat Lights Us UpVasilis Mantzouranis on his passion to create a personal brand through travel and filmDo you dream of dedicating your life to doing something that you love? If so, then this episode is for you! Tune in to listen to Vasilis’s story to ignite that fire in your soul that will inspire you to go do whatever it is that is calling you toward finding your path to purpose.
Vasilis Mantzouranis has created a personal brand by dedicating his life to traveling the world and documenting his travels through video. Vasilis talks about the vision that he had to create a story about his travel life and how he followed th...2023-09-0433 minWhat Lights Us UpLauren Storeby on her passion for restaurant entrepreneurshipHave you been thinking of opening a restaurant and don’t know where to start? Tune in to hear Lauren’s journey to building multiple restaurants as well as invaluable advice that she gives to help aspiring entrepreneurs be successful in their endeavors.
Lauren Storeby owns and operates the Snack Attack sandwich bar and Happy Trails Coffee Co. in Fort Collins, Colorado with her husband. She is also the co-creator and consultant for Online Restaurant Academy, an online educational program that offers mentorship for aspiring business owners. Lauren talks about her journey of moving from California to Colo...2023-08-0740 minWhat Lights Us UpKara Duffy on her passion to live a powerful lifeDo you want to know how to make money doing what you love? Then this episode is for you!
Kara Duffy is a business coach for entrepreneurs that want to turn their passions into profits. She is also the host of the Powerful Ladies podcast. She talks about her journey from working in corporate to building her Powerful Ladies community which led to the creation of both her podcast and her coaching business.
Tune in as Kara gives advice on how to put focus towards finding what your passion is and how to make money...2023-07-0326 minWhat Lights Us UpCarolyn Siegel on her passion to combat antisemitismHave you been thinking that you want to create something to influence change but don't know where to start? Then this episode is for you!
Carolyn Siegel is the founder of a nonprofit organization, If You Heard What I Heard, an organization that provides a platform for filmed interviews of the stories from grandchildren of Holocaust survivors.
Carolyn, a grandchild herself, talks about being fueled to share these stories because of the rise of antisemitism in 2020. She talks about the why and how of creating this project to ensure the world never forgets about what...2023-06-0523 min
Powerful Ladies® PodcastEpisode 218: Christina Minutillo | Podcaster, Author, Cook & HostWhat lights you up? How much time do you spend a day or a week or even a month on the things that bring you joy? This week’s new Powerful Ladies Podcast guest, Christina Minutillo, has pivoted her life to focus exclusively on what lights her and others up. After accidentally creating her first book, she realized how her life, community and mindset shifted simply by following her joy. Since then she’s created a podcast “What Lights Us Up” to share the stories of other’s choosing their joy and how that changes their lives.
Learn m...2023-05-1738 minWhat Lights Us UpAmy Lloyd on her passion to be purposefulHave you been thinking of leaving your corporate career to do something else? Then this episode is for you!
Amy Lloyd is a consultant, coach, trusted advisor, and guide to help others find their driving force for change. Amy talks about the journey of leaving her corporate job out of a need for change that ultimately led her to build an entrepreneurial empire. She talks through how she went from relying on others to instead learning how to trust herself to allow space to discover what it was that lights her up.
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What Lights Us UpChristina Minutillo on her passion for cooking with italian rootsChristina Minutillo launches What Lights Us Up podcast with this solo episode to kick start this podcast series. She talks about the cookbook that she self-created and her experience with launching it into the world. Prepare to be inspired as you listen to her talk through her journey of self discovery fueled by this creation that has led her to find what lights her up and ultimately leading her to create this podcast.
Buy Christina's cookbook: https://christinaminutillo.com/cooking-with-italian-roots/
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