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Women with Cool JobsDoing Something New? You're One of the Brave Ones, with Host Julie BermanIf you're in a season of change and find yourself wanting to try new things, the idea of possible rejection and failure can stop you before you start.As I'm in a season of evolution myself, I've been thinking a lot about what it takes to start something new. I've also been reading Worthy by IT Cosmetics founder and entrepreneur, Jamie Kern Lima. One of my absolute favorite learnings she shares from her experience building a business that started in her living room to then selling it for $1.2 billion t...
2025-08-0617 min
Women with Cool JobsBeauty Brand Founder Celebrates South-Asian Culture While Appealing To The Mainstream Market Because of Community, Representation, and InclusivityBeauty brand founder, Priyanka Ganjoo, created Kulfi Beauty with a mission to celebrate South-Asian culture and allowing room for embracing diversity, community, and joy. In just a few years, Priyanka went from being on the corporate side of the beauty industry to launching the first South Asian-owned makeup brand in all Sephora stores across North America. She is driven by a mission to celebrate individuality, and the result is that Kulfi has cultivated a thriving, engaged community while also tying in to her original purpose of filling a major gap i...
2025-07-231h 04Women with Cool JobsQuestioning the Subconscious or Unspoken Rules You Make for Yourself: Are They Still Serving You? with Host Julie Berman (My Birthday Episode!)4 decades down, 100+ women with cool jobs, and (hopefully) MANY more decades to come... It's my 41st birthday, and I was thinking about the rules we make for ourselves.Are there subconscious or unspoken rules you've made for yourself? Do you KNOW what they are? Have you realized you're doing them? How long have you been doing them for? How did you come up with them? Do you remember? Do they serve you NOW -- in this moment, at this stage of life? When I wa...
2025-07-0912 min
Women with Cool JobsMerchant Mariner Drives Ships Around the World, with Taylor CrisciTaylor Crisci is one of those women who immediately impresses you -- not only because she's smart, down-to-earth, and kind, but ALSO because she is (literally) going places and doing cool things! Amongst her adventures as a merchant mariner, she's driven through the Panama Canal, fought off pirates, and circumnavigated the world. She currently works for a research ship out of Asia, the USNS Bowditch, where she is second mate (also known as the navigator.) In other words, she is the one actually DRIVING the ship -- whether that means turning the wheel every 30 s...
2025-06-251h 34
Women with Cool JobsExecutive Speech Coach Helps Professionals Be Captivating Storytellers by Making the Complex Clear, with Ruth MilliganExecutive Speech Coach and Trainer Ruth Milligan has a special way with words, because she has been in the business of storytelling in many different forms over the years. She considers stories as fundamental: “A story... is a bridge between something I know and care about and [something] you will hopefully know and care about." It's that critical puzzle piece for what connects the audience with the speaker.From her current role as business owner and coach, to being the founder and curator of one of the longest-running TEDx programs (TEDxColumbus), she's also been a...
2025-06-111h 01Women with Cool JobsReconsidering What's "Right" For You In Different Life Stages, with Host Julie Berman (Shorties ep)I just finished a Vision Board workshop with 4th and 5th graders, and the experience totally had me reconsidering a belief about myself that I thought was fixed and done. Turns out, pondering the possibilities with these awesome kids led me to reconsider my own possibilities and what was "right" for me now.I hope this episode will remind you that you're not the same person you were 5 or 10 years ago, and that's perfectly fine. You can change your mind, reimagine your future, and adjust based on today and who you are NOW!
2025-05-2813 minWomen with Cool JobsWhy Being Obsessed Can Help You Start Something New and the Secret for How to Stay Consistent, with Host Julie Berman (Shorties ep)While being "obsessed" with something may often have a negative connotation, it can make all the difference when it comes to starting something new!Being obsessed can mean:Being deeply in love with or curious about somethingBeing so interested in a topic that you're not going to let it goPursuing something with extreme passion and intentionalityYou can use it to fuel persistence, overcome challenges, and lead to meaningful personal and professional pursuits. She also shares some brilliant advice from Atomic Habits a...
2025-05-1415 min
Women with Cool JobsSocial Entrepreneur Uses Manicures and Makeovers to Connect Generations of Women, with Rachel Doyle of Glamour GalsRachel Doyle is a social entrepreneur and the CEO of Glamour Gals, a nonprofit organization that combines both the older and younger generations' mutual love of manicures and makeovers as a powerful tool to bridge the gap between generations and reduce loneliness. Glamour Gals inspires and organizes teen volunteers to provide ongoing companionship and complimentary manicures and makeovers to residents in senior homes in 31 states and 150 communities with more than 10,000 volunteers across North America.In 2000, Rachel founded the organization as a junior in high school in honor of her g...
2025-04-301h 15
Women with Cool JobsCreative-Brand-Studio Marketing CEO (Part of An All-Women Executive Team) Redefines Creative Agency Work, with Katie HooperKatie Hooper is the CEO and cofounder of a creative brand studio, and she and her ALL-WOMEN executive team are doing something revolutionary! While leadership roles in the advertising and marketing industry have historically been male-dominated, Katie led an all-women-powered buyout of her company, Notorious111 (formerly HZDG), and is currently transitioning the agency to a new era of leadership. She and her colleagues are redefining what it means to create bold storytelling and innovative branding with clients in a way that champions inclusivity and fresh perspectives....
2025-04-161h 19
Women with Cool JobsInsights and Innovation Manager (Food Scientist) Uses Sensory Science to Create the Drinks You Love, with Nikki WollakNikki Wollak is an Insights and Innovation Manager (a food scientist) at a flavor and beverage development company. Her job is all about making things taste amazing. From running taste tests to translating TikTok food trends into real product ideas, Nikki’s work lives at the intersection of science, creativity, and what consumers will be thirsty for in the future. Nikki shares how flavors are developed—from a spark of inspiration to a fully launched product on store shelves. She helps the scientists at her company make great tasting flavors and produ...
2025-04-021h 00
Women with Cool JobsChief Medical Examiner Helps Protect the Living By Solving the Mysteries of How People Died, with Dr. Deirdre Amaro of the Utah Office of the Medical ExaminerDr. Deirdre Amaro, the Chief Medical Examiner of the Utah Office of the Medical Examiner (OME), believes in the strong ties between solving the mysteries of how people die and how this critical work helps to protect the living. She has a unique role in that she actively does the post-mortem exam, looks at things under a microscope, and analyzes toxicology results while also stepping into her executive role and managing recruiting, hiring, training, and day-to-day operations. She is an amazing example of doing this AND being that -- her job requires completely different s...
2025-03-191h 13
Women with Cool JobsVeterinary Chief Medical Officer Helps Beloved Pets Stay Healthy and Happy, with Dr. Alea Harrison of Banfield Pet HospitalDr. Alea Harrison is the Chief Medical Officer of Banfield Pet Hospital where she supports the practice’s 3,600 veterinarians across 1000 hospitals throughout the United States to deliver high-quality, preventive care to millions of pets every year.Dr. Harrison has been with Banfield for more than 17 years. She started as a veterinarian in the practice’s hospitals in 2006 and has had progressive leadership roles. Her personal experience treating pets and listening to pet owners helps her identify the best tools and strategies to make best-in-practice treatment decisions informed by the lates...
2025-03-0549 minWomen with Cool JobsStarting is Easy, Staying Consistent is Hard: Lessons From Podcasting (5 Years!), with Host Julie Berman"Is it hard to do a podcast?" is one of the most common questions I get asked after people learn that I have a podcast.It's not hard to start. The HARD part is being consistent. It's doing it and then continuing to create it once the initial sparkles and warm fuzzies wear off, and you're supposed to contact a guest, or record an intro, or talk with an editor, and you just plain don't want to!! Like stomp-your-feet, put-your-foot-down, not in the mood to do it.Staying CONSISTENT i...
2025-02-1918 min
Women with Cool JobsMarine Biologist and Animal Trainer Inspires People to Care for Ocean Animals, with Kristyn Plancarte (Replay)Kristyn Plancarte is a marine biologist and animal behavior expert with more than a decade of experience. She has worked with marine mammals like sea otters, sea lions, walruses, false killer wales, African penguins, and beluga whales. She ensures their health and welfare; trains them to perform specific actions like doing eye drops, giving a blood sample, or spraying the audience with water; and educates in person and on social media. Kristyn shares all about how she helps the animals, funny stories and experiences she's had with the animals, the process for training them, h...
2025-02-051h 31
Women with Cool JobsDigital Publisher and Event Producer Shares the Magic of the Hamptons, with Vanessa GordonVanessa Gordon went from English as a Second Language (ESL) and fitness teacher to the CEO and Publisher of a digital publication and runs an event production and consulting business based on her love of the Hamptons of Long Island. As a Hampton's native, she has deep ties and relationships that allow her to share the magic of where she's from and why she loves it through her digital content and events. Originally created in 2016, East End Taste is a digital publication that focuses on sustainable and international culinary travel for coastal destinations. Two years later, she cr...
2025-01-221h 15
Women with Cool JobsLife Coach, Author & Podcast Host Shares Why We Don't Have to Be Perfect, We Just Have to Start, with Susie MooreSometimes, we are lucky enough to meet the people we admire who have mentored us from afar, and Susie Moore is one of those people for me. Susie Moore is a world-renowned life coach, author, and host of the top-rated Apple podcast, Let It Be Easy. She brings joy, fun and perspective to different areas of life in a way that no one else can. She's a sought-after expert for media outlets and has been featured on the Today show, Good Morning America, Dr. Oz, Business Insider, Forbes, Oprah, The Wall Street Journal, Cosmopolitan, and Marie Claire.
2025-01-0839 minWomen with Cool JobsOn Being Fully Present Now -- Year End Reflections & a New Quarter Century, with Host Julie BermanCome 2025, many of us have now existed for a QUARTER century in the 2000s. WOAH! When I realized this, combined with the fact that I would be a parent for a decade, and that I have been doing this podcast for a half decade come 2025, it blew my mind.I share some year-end reflections & realizations, plus a beautiful quote about being fully present now and WHY it is so important for us all.Happy Holidays!Julie Berman - Podcast Host & ProducerJulie Berman's LinkedIn Profile@womencooljobs (Instagram)
2024-12-2512 min
Women with Cool JobsWomen's Travel Company Founder Empowers Women of All Ages to Explore the World, with Doni Belau of Girls’ Guide to the WorldNow in her third career, Doni Belau founded the women-only tour company called Girls’ Guide to the World in 2009. What started off as a love for France and showing others how magical it was led into providing what is now a very curated, intentional world-wide travel experience for solo women to experience the world together in small groups.There is a huge range of options that includes sixty tours in 40 countries where the focus is anything but just checking off the top 10 tourist places. It ranges from seeing how life is for women in other co...
2024-12-111h 22
Women with Cool JobsButtermaker and Dairy Farmer Create Artisan Butter from Rare Guernsey Cows, with Jen & Julie Orchard of Royal Guernsey CreamerySisters Jen and Julie Orchard of Royal Guernsey Creamery are a buttermaker and a dairy farmer, respectively, who produce small-batch, artisan butter using cream from their own herd of Guernsey cows. The self-named "Butterettes" are 7th generation diary farmers that make four types of artisan, European-style butter. Jen & Julie started Royal Guernsey Creamery in 2020, and by 2023, they got the blue ribbon and grand champion title at the Wisconsin State Fair for the best butter in the Dairy State.Making butter is a 20-hour process that takes over two days to accomplish. Together they make 400 pounds a...
2024-11-271h 07
Women with Cool JobsDog Trainer and Canine Expert Creates Nonprofit Organization Dedicated to Providing Service Dogs to Combat Veterans with PTSD, with Shannon Walker of Northwest Battle BuddiesShannon Walker is an esteemed canine expert, renowned dog trainer, and the CEO and founder of Northwest Battle Buddies -- a non-profit organization dedicated to providing service dogs to combat veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). These precisely-trained dogs (and their precisely-trained humans!) provide veterans a way forward, when they may not have seen one. The service dogs allow vets to live in a way that civilians often take for granted -- whether it's taking your 5 year old daughter to the park or grabbing some milk in the grocery store. These parts of life that seem so...
2024-11-131h 15Women with Cool JobsYes, And... an Improv Game AND Also a Philosophy On Living an Expansive Life, with Host Julie BermanWhile you may know "Yes, And..." as an improv game, it also can be a life philosophy.We can be this AND that.We can do this AND that.We can have this AND that.We are multi-faceted, multi-talented, complex women.We don't have to choose between being, doing or having. We can choose YES, AND...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Totally obsessed with how many women with cool jobs exist in the world? Want to meet some in real life? Join Julie and three epic guest speakers on Saturday, N...
2024-10-1610 minWomen with Cool JobsFear of Failure & The Box -- A Quick Story To Help You Get Started and Move Past Fear of Failure and Perfectionist TendenciesFailure is not the end. Perfectionistic efforts don't always create perfect outcomes. In this solo episode, Julie shares a story about The Box, which is a reminder that we already have what's needed to get started -- we often just don't give ourselves the credit and we're scared of failing or not doing it perfectly. An incredible teacher shared "The Box" example with her while she was in a class for her master's degree program. Julie was trying (with immense focus!) to get more details about her open-ended assignment. This is the lesson Julie now of...
2024-10-0215 min
Women with Cool JobsMixed Media Artist Creates New Medium Using Food and Flowers to Create Chic Fashionistas, with Meredith Wing of MoomooiMeredith Wing creates whimsical, gorgeous, fashion-forward mixed media artwork using food and flowers. Whether it's a coconut wedding dress, a broccoli crop top with matching earrings, rainbow-colored pasta capris, or a dusty-rose-petal skirt, these illustrations are of women who are not only living their best lives, but they're doing it with immense style.Meredith has an incredible gift for allowing us to see the mundane, or the healthy snack or a gorgeous bouquet, in a whole new way that we couldn't have imagined before. She has acted as Artist-in-Residence at Soho House for Coachella 2015, done...
2024-09-1849 min
Women with Cool JobsElite Human Performance Coach and Pro Fitness Competitor Empowers Women, with Carrie CampbellCarrie Campbell is an elite human performance coach and a pro fitness competitor on a mission to empower women. Her big, giant goal is becoming the "female Tony Robbins"!With more than 20 years as a mental health professional, she coaches high-level executives and athletes using her system that integrates psychology, neuroscience, and spirituality. She has huge aspirations to help empower as many women as she can reach through her.dentity, a program that focuses on transforming women's self-identity.She shares about how critical is to understand that we have an unconscious mind that's...
2024-09-041h 11
Women with Cool JobsMedia Production Company Founder Shares Stories of Elite Women Athletes (Including Olympians & Paralympians), with Jamie MittelmanJamie Mittelman created the media production and content company, Flame Bearers, to ensure there's a go-to storytelling platform for elite women in sports (which includes Olympians and Paralympians!) What started as a podcast during the pandemic has become a mission to show girls and women that if you can see it, you can be it. 85% of sports media goes to men. Doesn't that blow your mind?!That means only 15% of sports media coverage goes to women, and often, there's a quality issue. The vast majority of that coverage really doesn't paint them in...
2024-08-2153 minWomen with Cool JobsPodcast Host & Producer Celebrates 100 Episodes in Special Flipped Episode (Part 2), with Julie Berman (Host) & Olivia Fierro (Guest Interviewer)This is Part 2 of the 100th episode of the “Women with Cool Jobs" podcast!! We had such a good time chatting, we needed 2 episodes for this conversation. = )And this special FLIPPED episode, Julie Berman (your podcast host) is the one getting interviewed about HER cool job as a podcast host and producer. The amazing Olivia Fierro is the guest interviewer asking Julie the questions. Olivia is a former morning news anchor in the Phoenix Metro area, the founder/host of Olivia's Book Club and podcast, and brings decades of television news expertise (including an EMMY and...
2024-08-0738 min
Women with Cool JobsPodcast Host & Producer Celebrates 100 Episodes in Special Flipped Episode (Part 1), with Julie Berman (Host) & Olivia Fierro (Guest Interviewer)This is the 100th episode of the “Women with Cool Jobs" podcast!! And this time, Julie Berman (your podcast host) is the one getting interviewed about HER cool job as a podcast host and producer. The amazing Olivia Fierro is the guest interviewer, as this is a flipped episode where Julie answers the questions instead of asks them. Olivia is a former morning news anchor in the Phoenix Metro area, the founder/host of Olivia's Book Club and podcast, and brings decades of television news expertise (including an EMMY and Murrow Award). In this episode, you...
2024-07-241h 05
Women with Cool JobsWhy Failing is Actually Part of Succeeding (Plus, it's the 99th Episode & Julie Turns 40!!), with Host Julie BermanJuly 2024 means two things: Julie turns 40 aaaaand it's the 99th episode of The “Women with Cool Jobs” podcast!!!!!I share about why FAILING is actually part of SUCCEEDING and how I'm going into a whole new decade (my 40s-- aaaaah!!) trying to embrace "the fun in failure," which is an epic reframe on failure from past podcast guest and charity auctioneer, Lydia Fenet.Here are my reflections and why we should all be celebrating what we've tried that didn't work out more often, because at least we ACTUALLY DID THE THING! We were brave, courageous and...
2024-07-1011 min
Women with Cool JobsBragging Expert Shares Why Talking About Your Success is Critical, Natural and Needed to Create New Opportunities, with Lisa BraggLisa Bragg literally wrote THE book on how to talk about your success and why it's critical for you to share your successes and achievements with the world... and she shares all her wisdom with us in this interview!She focuses on why women in particular must ignore a lot of societal and cultural norms that have often kept us quiet -- whether as the diamond in the rough or that putting our head down and doing good work will eventually get us noticed. Instead, she presents fact-based evidence and actionable tips for:...
2024-06-261h 19
Women with Cool JobsMusic-Industry Social Media Marketer and Artist Manager Who Works with the World's Biggest Artists, with Cassie PetreyCassie Petrie works with the world's biggest musical artists (as well as rising stars) to help them with their social media marketing and to help them manage their career.Cassie is the CEO & Co-Founder of Crowd Surf, a leading social media marketing and music management company. She happily calls herself a social media dinosaur. At the age of 12, she was at the forefront of creating social content in the music and entertainment industry by running the Backstreet Asylum, a weekly newsletter that reached Backstreet Boys fans worldwide. Flashforward a few decades, and her pa...
2024-06-121h 13
Women with Cool JobsMic Slayer Helps Transform Your Voice Into Your Ultimate Superpower, with Jam GambleJam Gamble is THE Chief Mic Slayer who helps you learn how to trust your voice in all parts of life -- whether that's at work, at home, on a stage, or with yourself. She is a gifted educator who is a renowned motivational speaker, media personality, and a dedicated public-speaking coach. Her approach to speaking is simple, approachable -- and most importantly -- achievable for anyone who wants to rediscover their voice and use it confidently. We talk about: the importance of trust, her VERY strong views on storytelling (talk about a reframe here...
2024-05-291h 16
Women with Cool JobsYou Already Have a No, But You Could Have a YES! How Going For It Could Change Your Life, with Julie BermanIn this episode, Julie shares one of her favorite personal mantras: "You Already Have a No, But You Could Have a YES!" Before she even knew about the word "mantra," Julie used this phrase as a way to approach new things and to find courage to step out of her comfort zone. You'll learn about what this phrase means and how you can use this in your daily life when going for your goals, dreams, and passions -- whether that's at work, in your personal life, with building friendships or...
2024-05-1522 min
Women with Cool JobsFound Nature Artist & Photographer Turns One-A-Day Project Into New Career, with Mary Jo HoffmanMore than 12 years after Mary Jo Hoffman originally committed to a daily art project where she found something in nature that would inspire her and then photograph it, she is still going strong and hasn't missed a single day. She shared these images on her blog Still -- one image, daily, of gathered natural objects found near her. A former aeronautical engineer, Mary Jo Hoffman, wanted to add some creativity to her life while being home with her two children. Every walk with her kids or my dog would turn into a STILL blog treasure hunt.
2024-05-011h 16
Women with Cool JobsChemical Biologist, Conservationist, & National Geographic Explorer, with Dr. Rosa Vasquez EspinozaPeruvian chemical biologist, conservationist, and National Geographic Explorer, Dr. Rosa Vasquez Espinoza, combines science and storytelling to share the fascinating conservation work she is doing in the Amazon Rainforest. Dr. Rosa founded the nonprofit Amazon Research Internacional and is currently studying stingless bees -- leading the first chemical characterization of Amazonian stingless bees and medicinal honey in Peru. Her work takes her from working with native experts deep in the Amazon forests, to collaborating with some the best minds in science, to sharing on social media what a scientist looks like -- with cute earrings, a love fo...
2024-04-171h 09
Women with Cool JobsChief Supply Chain Officer for PepsiCo Beverages North America, with Karen JordanKaren Jordan is the Chief Supply Chain Officer for PepsiCo Beverages North America (PBNA), which includes all 50 states and Canada. She is responsible for the entire manufacturing process, from procuring the raw ingredients for the products to getting the products to consumers wherever you purchase them -- whether on the shelves, in the stores, and in restaurants . Under her leadership, PepsiCo’s North American Beverage business generated $27 billion in revenue in 2023. In this role, she currently leads teams with 60,000 associates in 400 locations that produce a portfolio of beverages, including:Pepsi, Gatorade, bubly, MTN DEW, Star...
2024-04-031h 04
Women with Cool JobsIce Cream Scientist Travels the World Developing and Creating Ice Cream, with Dr. Maya WarrenDr. Maya Warren is an Ice Cream Scientist who travels the world developing and creating ice cream and other frozen aerated desserts. She helps a wide variety of clients, from neighborhood shops where you go in and order a scoop or two, to the giant brands who stock the shelves at your local supermarket. She says, “Roses are red, violets are blue, who needs flowers when ice cream will do?” Dr. Maya earned her BA in Chemistry and obtained my PhD in Food Science. As a senior in college, she realized she could make ice cream...
2024-03-201h 03
Women with Cool JobsFractional Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Helps Nonprofits Worldwide to Manage Their Money, with Stephanie SkryzowskiStephanie Skryzowski is a Fractional Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for nonprofits and an entrepreneur. She created a company of fully remote CFOs (and other professionals) who help nonprofits around the world manage their money to make a more powerful impact on the people and communities they serve. Stephanie specializes in helping nonprofits, where interpreting financial information correctly can mean the difference between an organization thriving or not. She helps them better understand their numbers and use that information to make smart decisions that will help grow their impact and their income. They get a fraction of a...
2024-03-061h 04
Women with Cool JobsSr. VP of Brand Strategy, Restauranteur & Nonprofit Founder, with Soon HagertySoon Hagerty is the epitome of showing how your transferable skills can help you have a cool job in completely different industries: She's the Sr. VP of Brand Strategy, a restauranteur, and a nonprofit founder.As the Sr. Vice President (VP) of Brand Strategy at a specialty vehicle insurance company (that focuses on classic cars), Soon Hagerty has created a car culture, a community, and meaningful connections between owners/enthusiasts that propelled the company forward as a leader in their niche. She helped transform Hagerty from a local specialty insurance company to a global, publicly-traded...
2024-02-211h 02
Women with Cool JobsNonprofit Founder Helps Fund Pediatric Cancer Treatments with Cookies, with Gretchen Witt of Cookies for Kids' CancerGretchen (Holt) Witt paired cookies with cancer and created one of the most powerful, clever combinations to raise awareness and much-needed funding for pediatric cancer. Gretchen unexpectedly formed what would become Cookies for Kids' Cancer in 2007, after her 2-year-old son Liam was diagnosed with pediatric cancer. Due to her background in PR and communications , she understood how challenging it was to talk about cancer, let alone pediatric cancer. She also knew that it would take a lot more awareness, advocacy, and funding to help children diagnosed with cancer to live longer, healthier lives.By allowing...
2024-02-071h 18