Podcast episodes - She Became CEO

May 25, 20260Comments

The Real Causes of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s — And What You Can Do Today

The Real Causes of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's — And What You Can Do Today Brain health, memory loss prevention, and what you can do right now — even without a doctor. The

by Ilze Be Berzina

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May 16, 20260Comments

The Networking Mistake Nobody Talks About (And How to Fix It)

The Networking Mistake Nobody Talks About (And How to Fix It) Networking advice tends to cluster around the same handful of suggestions. Follow up quickly. Have a clear ask. Don't make

by Ilze Be Berzina

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May 9, 20260Comments

What Is Your Podcast’s Job? The Question Every Podcaster Should Ask Before Recording Another Episode

What Is Your Podcast's Job? The Question Every Podcaster Should Ask Before Recording Another Episode Most podcasters spend a lot of time thinking about what to say. Very few spend enough time

by Ilze Be Berzina

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March 30, 20260Comments

What My Internationally Working Partner Noticed in Latvia About People, Infrastructure, and Lifestyle

What My Internationally Working Partner Noticed in Latvia About People, Infrastructure, and Lifestyle A more personal episode... This episode is a bit different. If you’ve been listening for a while, you probably know

by Ilze Be Berzina

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March 8, 20260Comments

Storytelling Through Stage Art: Latvian Singer Atvara’s Masterful Performance (Episode 54)

Storytelling through Stage Art: Latvian Singer Atvara's Masterful Performance In this episode, I wanted to try something different. Instead of interviewing a guest or sharing a personal reflection, I decided to examine

by Ilze Be Berzina

Child Entrepreneurship leader Leah Ellis on She Became CEO

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March 1, 20260Comments

Child Entrepreneurship: Early Business Skills and What Adults Can Learn (Episode 53)

Child Entrepreneurship: Early Business Skills and What Adults Can Learn (Episode 53) In Episode 53 of She Became CEO, I explore child entrepreneurship and what happens when business skills are introduced

by Ilze Be Berzina

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February 23, 20260Comments

Weight Loss: Why You Can’t Separate Hormones from the Nervous System (Episode 52)

Weight Loss: Why You Can’t Separate Hormones from the Nervous System Hormones and weight loss are deeply connected, especially in midlife. If you’ve been told your weight gain is “just aging”

by Ilze Be Berzina

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January 24, 20260Comments

Starting a Business Without Being on Camera with Paul Apollonia (Episode 48)

Starting a Business Without Being on Camera with Paul Appolonia What eBay Can Teach Us About Pivoting, Income, and Practical Skills Many people want to create an additional income stream—but not everyone

by Ilze Be Berzina

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January 17, 20260Comments

Brain Health Coach Kaye Squire Shares Her Story to Help Even One Person (Episode 47)

A Conversation with Kaye Squire Speaking Up So One Person Feels Less Alone:A Conversation with Kaye Squire Some stories are shared not because they are easy to tell, but because staying silent

by Ilze Be Berzina

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January 10, 20260Comments

Damaged People Become High Performers: Aldis Ozols, Latvian Entrepreneur in Ghana (Episode 46)

Damaged People Become High Performers: Aldis Ozols, Latvian Entrepreneur in Ghana Some people wait for perfect conditions before they act. Others act first and adjust along the way. In this episode of She

by Ilze Be Berzina

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January 3, 20260Comments

Mara Lee Gilbert on Trauma, Inner Wisdom, and the Body’s Truth (Episode 45)

Mara Lee Gilbert on Trauma, Inner Wisdom, and the Body's Truth. (Episode 45) In Episode 45, I reconnect with Mara Lee Gilbert for a grounded, thoughtful conversation about trauma, the nervous

by Ilze Be Berzina

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December 20, 20250Comments

Comedy for Creators: What Building Funny Has in Common with Building Anything Else (Episode 42)

Comedy for Creators: What Building Funny Has in Common with Building Anything Else (Episode 42)Comedy often looks effortless from the outside. When it works, it feels natural, spontaneous, almost accidental.But

by Ilze Be Berzina

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December 13, 20250Comments

Healthy Longevity, Beauty, and Reinvention — A Conversation with Leslie Hocker (Episode 41)

Healthy Longevity, Beauty, and Reinvention — A Conversation with Leslie Hocker (Episode 41) What keeps many women from sharing their wisdom—especially in midlife—is not a lack of insight, but a quiet

by Ilze Be Berzina

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December 6, 20250Comments

Speaking Is Silver; Keeping Quiet Is Gold: Reflections on a Prodigy and Seven Other Podcast Guests (Episode 40)

Speaking Is Silver; Keeping Quiet Is Gold: Reflections on a Prodigy and Seven Other Podcast Guests Reaching Episode 40 feels both surprising and meaningful. When I published the very first episode

by Ilze Be Berzina

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November 29, 20250Comments

Friendship, Humor & Mark Twain: Talking with Storyteller Don McNeill (Episode 39)

Friendship, Humor & Mark Twain: Talking with Storyteller Don McNeill In this episode of She Became CEO, I sit down with Don McNeill, a storyteller, public speaker, and performer who brings

by Ilze Be Berzina

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November 22, 20250Comments

Franchising, Career Freedom & Second Chances: A Conversation with Stacey Gibson (Episode 38)

Franchising, Career Freedom & Second Chances: A Conversation with Stacey Gibson (Episode 38) Many of us reach a moment in the second half of life where the questions get louder: What comes

by Ilze Be Berzina

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November 15, 20250Comments

Trust, Discipline & Real Income: Business Insights from John Solleder (Episode 37)

Trust, Discipline & Real Income: Business Insights from John Solleder (Episode 37)When most people hear the words network marketing or MLM, they instantly think of the shady clips they’ve seen

by Ilze Be Berzina

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November 1, 20250Comments

How to Start a Business That Works (Episode 35)

How to Start a Business That Works Azgari Lipshi on Lessons from Failure, Passion Projects, and Market Demand Starting a business is often framed as an act of courage or passion.But in

by Ilze Be Berzina

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October 27, 20250Comments

Dr. D-Nice on Confidence, Pageants, and Building a Business That Reflects Your Values (Episode 34)

Dr. D-Nice on Confidence, Pageants, and Building a Business That Reflects Your Values What Confidence Is and Isn't Confidence doesn't have to look polished—it’s often the opposite of that. It's when a

by Ilze Be Berzina

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September 27, 20250Comments

Three Half-Truths They’re Telling Women About Starting a Business After 50 (Episode 31)

Three Half-Truths They’re Telling Women About Starting a Business After 50 If you’re a woman in your fifties or beyond, you’ve probably seen countless messages online telling you that now is

by Ilze Be Berzina

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September 20, 20250Comments

Building Beauty, Freedom, and Resilience: A Conversation with Līga Brence (Episode 30)

Building Beauty, Freedom, and Resilience: A Conversation with Female Entrepreneur Līga Brence A Teenage Dream Becomes a Lifelong Vision In Episode 30 of She Became CEO, I had the privilege of speaking

by Ilze Be Berzina

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September 6, 20250Comments

Mothers, Children, and the Dark Angel of Fear (Episode 28)

Mothers, Children, and the Dark Angel of Fear Introduction When mothers hear words from their children that pierce the heart, the grief is unlike any other. In this episode, I share two

by Ilze Be Berzina

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August 30, 20250Comments

Canadian Coach & Solopreneur Who Travels the World & Heals with Paige Royal (Episode 27)

Canadian Coach & Solopreneur Who Travels the World & Heals (with Paige Royal) Episode Intro “Share your voice humbly, yet confidently.” In this conversation, Ilze welcomes Paige Royal — a Master Coach

by Ilze Be Berzina

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August 23, 20250Comments

Post Trauma Symptom: A Waitress with an MBA degree (Episode 26)

Trauma, Resilience, and Post-Trauma Syndromes When a friend recently told me that the word he most associates with me is resilience, I thanked him — but also admitted he doesn’t know

by Ilze Be Berzina

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August 16, 20250Comments

Faith, Doubt, and the Courage to Build Again After Trauma (Episode 25)

Faith, Doubt, and the Courage to Build again after Trauma “Trauma is not what happens to you, but what happens inside you as a result of what happened to you.” –

by Ilze Be Berzina

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August 9, 20250Comments

Better Start Late than Remain Wanting — Scripted, Unscripted, or a Mix? (Episode 24)

Better Start Late than Remain Wanting — Scripted, Unscripted, or a Mix? This episode is a little different. For once, I don’t have a full script in front of me. You

by Ilze Be Berzina

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August 2, 20250Comments

Beyond the Paycheck: How to Build a Legacy Later in Life (Episode 23)

Beyond the Paycheck: How to Build a Legacy Later in Life Starting fresh in your 40s, 50s, or 60s can feel daunting—especially when the stakes are high and the runway to

by Ilze Be Berzina

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July 26, 20250Comments

Why I Turned Down a Guest — and How It Defines My Podcast’s Purpose (Episode 22)

Why I Turned Down a Guest — and How It Defines My Podcast’s Purpose “Watch clouds, trees, and birds. They carry messages. Accidentally dropped words do too.” I wrote those lines in

by Ilze Be Berzina

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July 19, 20250Comments

Feminine & Masculine | Your Sexual Energy is Your Creative Energy (Episode 21)

Feminine & Masculine | Your Sexual Energy is Your Creative Energy In this episode, I take listeners deep into the territory of feminine and masculine energies, and how they shape our

by Ilze Be Berzina

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July 12, 20250Comments

Dependency Is Not a Bad Word: Understanding Adult Attachment (Episode 20)

Dependency Is Not a Bad Word: Understanding Adult Attachment This episode marks the last time you’ll hear my podcast intro as Ill Zebra’s Transformations — and the first step toward a

by Ilze Be Berzina

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July 9, 20250Comments

Libido, Loneliness & the Science of Lasting Intimacy (Episode 19)

Libido, Loneliness & the Science of Lasting Intimacy In recent years, we’ve been hearing something surprising — millennials and Gen Z are reportedly having less sex than any generation before them.

by Ilze Be Berzina

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June 28, 20250Comments

Hormones, Identity & the Thyroid: Unpacking the Chemical Influence on Who We Are (Episode 18)

Hormones, Identity & the Thyroid: Unpacking the Chemical Influence on Who We Are From the moment we’re born, biology begins shaping our experience — and for many of us, it’s easy

by Ilze Be Berzina

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June 21, 20250Comments

Crystals Hidden in the Body: Oxalates, Pain, and the Lessons from Blackberries (Episode 17)

Crystals Hidden in the Body: Oxalates, Pain, and the Lessons from Blackberries On a warm North Carolina blue-skied morning, I wandered barefoot past a cattle pasture, savoring the grounding sensation of

by Ilze Be Berzina

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June 14, 20250Comments

Bread, Sugar, and the Brain: My Journey to Better Health (Episode 16)

I Love My Bread… But I Love My Brain More Bread has been part of human culture for thousands of years, long before agriculture as we know it. For many of

by Ilze Be Berzina

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June 7, 20250Comments

From Vegetarian to Carnivore: Speaking Up, Eating Meat, and Living Without Regret (Episode 15)

From Vegetarian to Carnivore: Speaking Up, Eating Meat, and Living Without Regret For four years, I was a vegetarian. Later, I became an omnivore again, partly because of a relationship that

by Ilze Be Berzina

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May 31, 20250Comments

Mirror, Mirror, Do I Look Fat? | Fat Won’t Make You Fat; Sugar Will (Episode 14)

Mirror, Mirror, Do I Look Fat? Fat Won’t Make You Fat; Sugar Will When my friend “Kelly” texted me about decluttering her closet because so many clothes no longer fit, she added,

by Ilze Be Berzina

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May 24, 20250Comments

I Don’t Want to Pass That Way! | It’s Not a Destiny — It’s Your Choice (Episode 13)

I Don’t Want to Pass That Way! | It’s Not a Destiny — It’s Your Choice After my last episode, a friend in his early seventies—fit, vibrant, and a role model

by Ilze Be Berzina

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May 17, 20250Comments

The Strong and Fragile Set of Beliefs: What if You Are Wrong? (Episode 12)

The Strong and Fragile Set of Beliefs: What if You Are Wrong? Our beliefs shape the lens through which we see the world—and ourselves. For much of my life, mine were

by Ilze Be Berzina

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May 10, 20250Comments

Tribute to My Maternal Lineage: Ladybug’s Father — Coward or Hero? (Episode 11)

Tribute to My Maternal Lineage: Ladybug’s Father — Coward or Hero? Some stories arrive wrapped in beauty — sunlight on Baltic waves, the warmth of family memories — but carry shadows

by Ilze Be Berzina

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May 2, 20250Comments

Beast Who Smells Like Winter: Narcissism is a Real Thing (Episode 10)

Beast Who Smells Like Winter: Narcissism is a Real Thing Some beasts don’t roar or bare their teeth — they whisper, charm, and weave a web so fine that you don’t

by Ilze Be Berzina

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April 24, 20250Comments

From Hushpuppies and Tesla’s Code to Stockholm Syndrome (Episode 9)

From Hushpuppies and Tesla's Code to Stockholm Syndrome This episode isn’t about one event. It’s a collage of memories, each from a different phase of my life, and each carrying its

by Ilze Be Berzina

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April 17, 20250Comments

The Half-Life Celebration and the Guarantee of Nightmares (Episode 8)

The Half-Life Celebration & the Guarantee of Nightmares Some milestones in life arrive with fireworks. Others arrive quietly, offering not the party we imagined, but the clarity we didn’t know we

by Ilze Be Berzina

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April 10, 20250Comments

The Stare I Felt, Her Silence & She Who Wears Her Heart on Her Sleeve (Episode 7)

The Stare I Felt, Her Silence & She Who Wears Her Heart on Her Sleeve When a stare pulls you back into a forgotten friendship, what do you do? In this episode,

by Ilze Be Berzina

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April 2, 20250Comments

Frost, Two Lauras & a Bunch of Titties (Episode 6)

Frost, two Lauras & a Bunch of Titties Some podcasts start with a single theme and stick to it. This episode… not so much. It’s more like a collage of moments

by Ilze Be Berzina

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March 26, 20250Comments

The Feeling of Guilt, the Soul of a Dog & the Waterfall without Water (Episode 5)

The Validity of Guilt, the Soul of a Dog & the Waterfall With No Water Life is rarely one long, continuous story. More often, it’s a collection of moments — snapshots

by Ilze Be Berzina

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March 20, 20250Comments

Telephone Calls & Skinny Dipping (Episode 4)

Telephone Calls & Skinny Dipping The grass is always greener on the other side. We’ve all heard that saying, and maybe even believed it enough to make a change—only to find

by Ilze Be Berzina

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March 15, 20250Comments

Voices in My Head — Meeting My Inner Parts (Episode 3)

Voices in My Head — Meeting My Inner Parts I used to think of my thoughts as one single stream — my “voice.” Then I discovered that the voice was actually

by Ilze Be Berzina

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March 10, 20250Comments

The Waitress — Trauma, Healing, and Finding My True Voice (Episode 2)

The Waitress: Trauma, Healing and Finding My True Voice It started as another night serving tables. But behind the smile, I was having an argument — with myself. Part of me

by Ilze Be Berzina

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March 5, 20250Comments

Speaking to Heal (Episode 1)

Speaking to Heal What happens when you put your voice under a microscope? No gestures. No stage. No props. Just the raw sound of you. For me, the result was confronting.

by Ilze Be Berzina