The Keri Croft Show

Megan Pando on Shark Tank, Building Brave & Redefining Success.

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2110753/fan_mail/new] Sixty seconds of total silence doesn’t sound that long… until you’re standing on a Persian rug making eye contact with some of the most famous investors in America. This week, Megan Pando joins me to talk about what Shark Tank actually feels like from the inside — the nerves, the pressure, the mindset shifts, and what happened after the cameras stopped rolling. But this episode goes way deeper than TV. We talk about: ✨ Building Makers Social through uncertainty, failed deals, and brutal “in-between” seasons ✨ Getting ghosted in business and the stories we create when people don’t close the loop ✨ Why scaling fast isn’t always the goal ✨ Franchising vs. corporate growth and protecting culture while growing ✨ Being a single mom entrepreneur ✨ Handling criticism without losing yourself ✨ Grief, emo music, bravery, freedom, and redefining success on your own terms This conversation is honest, funny, emotional, and probably way too relatable if you’ve ever questioned yourself while building something big. And maybe the biggest takeaway? Trying new things while you’re bad at them might actually be the whole point. 👇 Drop a comment: What does success look like for you right now? If this episode hit home: ✔️ Subscribe to The Keri Croft Show ✔️ Send this to a friend chasing something scary ✔️ Leave a review — it helps us grow and keeps these conversations going And Keep Moving, Baby!

Community Over Competition: Motherhood, Mental Health & Movement Haven with Libby Welch.

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2110753/fan_mail/new] Hello, my friend, hello... This week, Libby Welch joins me for a conversation that starts with wedding songs, curly hair, and dance moms… and somehow lands in grief, postpartum anxiety, mental health, identity, and building a business that actually gives a damn about people. Libby opens up about losing her dad after years of overwork and an undiagnosed mental health condition, and how that experience changed the way she sees herself, motherhood, and emotional wellness. We talk honestly about postpartum anxiety symptoms that often get missed — the control, overstimulation, rigid routines, unexplained weight loss, the feeling that something is just… off. Not the cute Instagram version of motherhood. The real one. We also get into: * postpartum mental health + asking for help * grief and generational patterns * confidence, curls, and self-image * building Movement Haven in Dublin, Ohio * “community over competition” in youth dance * raising emotionally healthy kids * skincare, hydration, intermittent fasting, and random life tangents because obviously Libby shares the mission behind Movement Haven and why she believes in “human first, artist second” — a philosophy that feels refreshing as hell in a hyper-competitive world. If you’ve ever struggled with anxiety, grief, identity, motherhood, or trying to build a life that actually aligns with your values… this episode will hit home. And if you came for Neil Diamond and stayed for emotional healing? Honestly, same. 🎧 Subscribe, leave a review, and send this to a mom, friend, or fellow overthinker who needs to hear it. #PostpartumAnxiety #MentalHealth #Motherhood #Grief #WomenInBusiness #DanceStudio #DublinOhio #Podcast #AnxietySupport #MentalHealthAwareness #TheKeriCroftShow

You'll Support Women...Until They Make You Uncomfortable. (We Can Do So Much Better.)

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2110753/fan_mail/new] The internet loves to scream “women supporting women”… right up until a woman makes a choice they wouldn’t make themselves. This episode starts with the backlash around Lisa Oxenham’s British Vogue essay about becoming a mom at 49—and spirals into a much bigger conversation about judgment, fertility, grief, motherhood, ambition, and why women can be brutal to each other when something feels unfamiliar, audacious, or uncomfortable. We talk about the comment sections that turn into courtrooms. The silent competition. The projection. The “I support women… but not like THAT” energy. I also share how infertility and loss completely changed the way I look at people’s choices. Because once life humbles you enough, you stop assuming you know what someone else should be doing with their body, timeline, career, or family. We also get into Emma Grede’s comments about women in power, why society says it wants powerful women but struggles when women actually take up space, and what I’ve learned becoming an older mom—aka you finally realize not every tiny thing deserves a full psychological investigation. And we end with this: Can you actually name the thing that makes you you? Your edge. Your essence. Your fingerprint-level badassery. This one is honest, spicy, emotional, funny, and probably a little uncomfortable at times—which usually means it’s worth having. If it hits, send it to a friend, leave a review, and come hang with us on YouTube.

How to Build a Luxury Design Business With Your Spouse with Paul + Jo Studios

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2110753/fan_mail/new] They create some of the most recognizable homes in Columbus, Ohio. But behind the aesthetic is pressure, conflict, obsession, and nonstop work. This conversation with Stacy and Tracy from Paul + Jo Studios gets into what it actually takes to build a design business as a married couple while raising kids, renovating homes, running projects, and trying not to lose yourselves in the process. We talk about creativity vs. practicality, entrepreneurship, farm life, parenting teenagers, and why Tracy and Stacy still believe beautiful spaces can change how people feel. Also, we chat about Brene Brown, meditation, sheep trauma, and why silence feels like luxury once you become parents.

Can We Love Our Kids AND Still Want Our Own Identity?

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2110753/fan_mail/new] By 8 a.m., some of us feel like we’ve already lived a full day. We’re up early trying to work out, get kids fed, get everyone out the door—and still show up like we’ve got it together. Meanwhile our nervous system is already buzzing from constant needs, noise, and decisions. In this episode, I’m naming it:  the overstimulation, the mental load, and the exhaustion that hits before your actual day even starts. I also touch on a couple parenting things that have been on my mind lately—nothing preachy, just real observations and questions we’re all kind of thinking but not always saying out loud. And then we zoom out. We get into the bigger conversation around women, identity, careers, and motherhood—sparked by the Emma Grede debate—and what it actually looks like to run a household while still trying to be yourself. Because the question a lot of women are quietly carrying is:  Can I be a great mom and still feel like me? If that’s ever crossed your mind, this one’s for you. — If this hits, please send it to a friend who gets it! Make sure you’re subscribed (and. subscribe on YouTube), and if you have a second, please leave a review—it helps more than you think!  ⭐️