Finding Clarity and Courage Through the Power of Story

Confidence, Curiosity & Change | Heather Tibbles-Vassilev | Minneapolis Speaker Spotlight

Struggling with confidence during big career or life transitions and tired of feeling like you should “have it all figured out” by now? In this special Speaker Edition of Women Getting Visible, executive and transitions coach Heather Tibbles-Vassilev joins visibility strategist Christina Vidovich and growth strategist Amy Nubson to unpack how women leaders can navigate change with more confidence, curiosity, and clarity.Heather shares practical mindset shifts for high-achieving women, executives, founders, and entrepreneurs who are facing promotions, pivots, layoffs, or new business chapters. You’ll learn how to reframe fear as growth, name and redirect unhelpful thoughts, and measure your progress in a way that actually builds self-belief instead of feeding imposter syndrome.This conversation is perfect for women in leadership, women in transition, and ambitious professionals who want to be more visible, memorable, and authentic in their careers and businesses without pretending to be someone they’re not.Join us in Minneapolis, June 2–4, 2026, for the Women Getting Visible Show & Conference to experience Heather and other powerhouse speakers live in the room, connect with like-minded women, and step into your next level of visibility, courage, and leadership.Learn more about us: https://womengettingvisible.com [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbHo3NVMxRkFsdndoRkFfRjJETEFuakhKWGp3Z3xBQ3Jtc0ttSnZpSEc3cEN5MlF0MDFoOWNKekpXeTB2blhLM2ZLUkpfRFJGczQzcENwUG1PdndYZmhDbHlyMlFJOFRSN29FVnZkaDA1MzZIZGxsamUzRklQM3BSdU9tR0NxcGxTR2hSYlVaYUpaMDRNNkdVMkRhQQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwomengettingvisible.com%2Fminneapolis%2F&v=owlipoapjto]

Window of Tolerance & Emotional Mastery for Visibility |Tracy Shantz| Minneapolis Speaker Spotlight

In this Speaker Edition of Women Getting Visible, Tracy Shantz shares a powerful preview of her talk on “The Window of Tolerance”—a practical, eye-opening framework that helps women understand emotional triggers, build self-awareness, and stay grounded, confident, and visible in high-pressure moments.If you’ve ever questioned why you react the way you do—or how to show up as your best self in business, leadership, and life—this conversation is your starting point. Founders Christina Vidovich and Amy Nubson have designed events for female founders, entrepreneurs, and professionals, this episode delivers real, actionable tools to strengthen confidence, communication, and authentic visibility. Join Tracy Shantz live at the Women Getting Visible Show & Conference in Minneapolis, June 2–4, 2026. Meet powerful speakers, make meaningful connections, and step fully into your next level of visibility. Learn more about us and join us for future events: https://WomenGettingVisible.com

Human Design, Visibility, and the Quiet Power of Women who finally trust their own blueprint

What happens when a woman who’s built six businesses finally recognizes that none of them lit her up the way her current work with human design and non‑alcoholic mixology does and realizes that her “squirt‑like” energy was actually covering a deeply quiet, grounding life purpose all along? In this episode of Women Getting Visible host Christina Vidovich sits down with Lisa Danforth, business mentor, wellbeing strategist, human design guide, and non‑alcoholic mixologist to talk about how women can use human design as a practical blueprint for visibility, decision‑making and showing up aligned instead of performative. Lisa shares how universe‑level synchronicities kept dropping non‑alcoholic mixology into her lap, even while she was resisting the “no, thank you” reflex that so many women feel when an inspired idea shows up. She walks through what human design actually is: a personalized map of your type, authority, strategy and communication center that helps you pause wait for the right invitations, and speak from instinct instead of people‑pleasing especially powerful for women who’ve been conditioned to silence their own intuition. She also unpacks her own “incarnation cross” and the idea of “restraint” as a core force: learning that her true radiance is in creating stillness, clarity, and grounding for others, which turned her squirrel‑like, always‑on persona into a quiet, powerful mentor rather than a burnout‑prone do‑it‑all. This episode is for you if you’re a woman founder or leader who’s good at building businesses but still feels like “something’s missing” until you finally feel aligned, if you’re tired of pushing visibility formulas that don’t match your nature, and if you’re curious how human design can help you know when to speak when to wait and how to build identity‑based habits instead of one‑off leaps. This episode is for you if you resonate with the double bind of being either “too much” or “not enough,” and you’re ready to remove the old “not qualified, not supported, not enough” lens and start experimenting with a “what if I’m here to bring this” lens that lets you step into your gifts incrementally, without burning out. Memorable moments – ✨ The moment Lisa reveals that her “restraint” life theme means her core power is creating stillness that centers other people completely overturning her younger identity as the “squirrel” who’s always on the go. – ✨ Her story of ignoring inspired ideas for years (including non‑alcoholic mixology) and the friend who finally called her out on the pattern: “You’re clearly inspired by this, so why not just explore it lightly?” – ✨ The way she explains how human design helps projectors like herself learn to wait for the invitation instead of oversharing, and how that simple pause completely changes how her business ideas land and how she preserves her energy. – ✨ When she contrasts the inner critic (“you can’t do this, you don’t have enough”) with the inner mentor (“how can you do this?”) and shows how human design helps women reframe visibility as a series of small, aligned experiments instead of an all‑or‑nothing leap. – ✨ Her simple, practical answer to “what if I’ve never done this before?”: start with a high‑level human design reading, then use those tools to make your own marketing, messaging, and visibility decisions, without feeling permanently dependent on a guide. 🔗 Connect & learn more Website: https://www.womengettingvisible.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womengettingvisible LinkedIn Christina: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinavidovich/ LinkedIn Guest: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisadanforth/ Guest links: https://lisa-danforth.com  ✨ Real stories. Real journeys. Real visibility. Episode 26 – Christina Vidovich & Lisa Women Getting Visible 2026© #womengettingvisible #visibility #humandesign #womenfounders #womeninleadership #nonalcoholicmixology #businessmentor #wellbeingstrategy #identitybasedhabits #womengettingvisiblepodcast

Finding Clarity and Courage Through the Power of Story

What happens when a woman who’s been visible on stage as a dancer and performer for 20 years suddenly feels like a complete stranger in her own body, and realizes that true visibility isn’t just about being seen but about being comfortable with who she has become? In this episode of Women Getting Visible, host Christina Vidovich sits down with Amy Newsom, storytelling mentor, visibility accountability partner, and co‑host of the Visibility Accountability Group with Women Getting Visible, to talk about how courage, clarity, and confidence build the foundation for women who want to speak, podcast, and show up online without freezing up or hiding behind layers of “I’m not ready.” This episode is for you if you’re a woman founder or leader who already has a “one‑word” year but still feels stuck around visibility, if you’re tired of looping back into the same cycle of self‑doubt and shame and want tools to reframe your story, or if you’re curious about how to use storytelling and vulnerability not as a performance but as a way to actually connect with your people and your purpose. This episode is for you if you’re watching 2025 fade away and wondering whether you really showed up or just showed up online, if you’re drawn to the 2026 Women Getting Visible Conference in Minneapolis focused on courage, clarity, and confidence, or if you’re looking for a place where someone will actually hold you accountable to show up, week after week, instead of letting you disappear back into the edge of the room. This episode is for you if you’ve ever stood in front of a camera, a mic, or a networking crowd and thought, “I’m not the person I used to be and I’m not sure who this is anymore,” and you’re ready to start treating visibility as a practice like a sport you get rusty at when you stop, not as a magic trick that has to be perfect the first time. Memorable moments – ✨ The moment Amy describes how visibility and shame are locked together, and how simply sharing her story with open‑minded people rewired the way she carried that shame in her own body. – ✨ When she reveals that her long‑term “three‑C” framework courage, clarity, and confidence predates the current AI‑prompted buzzwords, and how she spent three years earning that clarity for herself before bringing it to the Minneapolis conference. – ✨ Her story of using weight as a way to hide from visibility, only to realize that people were noticing her anyway, and how that awareness became one of the first cracks in her own cycle of avoidance. – ✨ The image of the teenage pimple on the nose: how most of the room is staring at their own “pimples” and barely noticing yours, and why that perspective is key to stepping into the visible, uncomfortable spotlight. – ✨ The open‑mic mentality at the Women Getting Visible Conference: that women are invited to test a 10‑minute story, business pitch, or lived‑lesson on stage, knowing they’ll be celebrated, encouraged, and gently coached instead of judged as “not ready yet.” 🔗 Connect & learn more Website: https://www.womengettingvisible.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womengettingvisible LinkedIn Christina: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinavidovich/ LinkedIn Guest: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amynubson-business-coach/ ✨ Real stories. Real journeys. Real visibility. Episode 25 – Christina Vidovich & Amy Women Getting Visible 2026© #womengettingvisible #visibility #womenfounders #womeninleadership #storytelling #visibilityaccountability #speakingconfidence #courageclarityconfidence #womengettingvisiblepodcast #womeninbusiness

Overwhelmed to AI‑enabled: How women leaders can use AI to survive & thrive without burning out

What happens when a woman who’s already running a business, a family, and a self‑care practice suddenly realizes that AI isn’t some futuristic threat but a practical tool to help her survive and thrive in the chaos of 2025 and beyond? In this episode of Women Getting Visible, host Christina Vidovich sits down with L‑Marie, strategic AI business architect, certified AI prompt engineer, AI systems consultant, and founder of Biz Oasis, to talk about how women founders and leaders can use AI ethically, efficiently, and confidently to streamline operations, automate the tedious, and reclaim their time and energy. L‑Marie shares how she moved from 25+ years in telecom and technical systems into AI prompting, agent building, and AI‑cloning, launching her own AI‑enabled services while also hosting the fifth annual “Boss Brunch” in Maryland with the theme “Survive and Thrive” for business owners navigating economic and systemic chaos. She walks through real‑world examples: how she clones her own image and voice, how she builds AI agents that answer calls, book appointments, and handle basic client inquiries (like a law firm that runs her business while she’s back at a federal job), and how simple tools like Canva, Hagen, and 11 Labs can be taught to work like a paid assistant if you learn how to prompt them well. This episode is for you if you’re a woman founder or solopreneur who feels like you’re constantly putting out fires and drowning in admin, if you’re a leader rebuilding your visibility in 2026 and want to leverage AI without losing your humanity, or if you’re curious about where to start with AI but feel intimidated by the jargon and the fear of “replacing” humans. This episode is for you if you’re watching grocery prices soar while your workload climbs, if you’re already familiar with “Chaotic year” energy and need systems that actually calm it, or if you’re ready to upgrade from the free‑tier tools and DIY trial‑and‑error to a clear, intentional AI‑strategy that supports your visibility and impact instead of stealing your focus. Memorable moments – ✨ The moment L‑Marie explains that “AI” has been with us for decades calculators, grocery scanners, touch‑screen ordering and that today’s AI is really “on steroids,” not something entirely new. – ✨ Her story of building a New York‑accented AI agent for a client’s law firm so calls are answered by a voice that feels like her, while the client gracefully returns to federal work and still keeps her business alive. – ✨ The “coffee at Starbucks” analogy: showing how every button we press on a machine is a basic prompt, and connecting that to the prompts she teaches others to craft for tools like Hagen, Canva, and 11 Labs. – ✨ Her “don’t be afraid of the plane” advice: comparing AI fear to fear of flying, and encouraging women to treat AI tools like short test flights try a few, refine, then double down on the ones that actually serve you. – ✨ How she links her book From Chaos to Calm with her AI work, showing that whether you use AI or not, strategic systems and well‑designed customer‑experience frameworks are what actually reduce stress and keep clients happy. 🔗 Connect & learn more Website: https://www.womengettingvisible.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/womengettingvisibleLinkedIn Christina: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinavidovich/LinkedIn Guest:https://www.linkedin.com/in/lori-wheeler-65732413/ Guest links: http://thebizoasis.net Boss Brunch: https://thebossbrunch.com ✨ Real stories. Real journeys. Real visibility. Episode 24 – Christina Vidovich & L‑Marie Women Getting Visible 2026© #womengettingvisible #visibility #ai #aipromptengineer #aiagents #womenfounders #womeninleadership #surviveandthrive #businessowners #womengettingvisiblepodcast