Next-Level You Podcast

Sometimes the boldest thing you can do is surrender control, trust the unknown, and believe that what God has planned for you is greater than anything you could imagine.

In this episode of Next Level You, Stefanie opens up about the power of praying bold prayers and how one specific prayer has transformed her life over the past eight years. Inspired by the song Oceans by Hillsong UNITED, she shares how asking God to strengthen her faith and lead her beyond her comfort zone has taken her through some of life's most challenging and transformative experiences.

The right room doesn't just help you grow your business. It helps you reconnect with yourself, trust your intuition, and create success that actually feels aligned.

In this episode of Next Level You, Stefanie sits down with Cat Roten, business mentor, speaker, and host of the Imperfectly Impactful podcast, for an inspiring conversation about intentional entrepreneurship, the power of masterminds, and finding harmony between strategy and soul. Cat shares how she helps established women entrepreneurs move away from hustle and overwhelm and toward a more intuitive, sustainable way of building their businesses.

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You don't have to wait for the weekend, your next vacation, or a special occasion to experience joy. The magic is already hiding in your everyday life.

In this microdose episode of Next Level You, Stefanie shares a simple but powerful mindset shift that can change how you experience your days: learning to find the magic in the mundane. She explains why living for Fridays and weekends can keep you stuck in survival mode, and how intentionally creating small moments of excitement can bring more joy, fulfillment, and positive energy into your everyday routine.

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Motherhood did not just make Stefanie a mom. It brought her home to herself.

In this personal episode of Next Level You, Stefanie opens up about how her journey to motherhood, after a long and emotional fertility journey, became one of the deepest catalysts for her healing, authenticity, and spiritual growth. She shares how becoming a mom helped reconnect her to her inner child, release the need for external validation, and step into a more unapologetic, grounded, and peaceful version of herself.

Stefanie also reflects on the connection between motherhood, hypnotherapy, and her...

Self-love is not separate from manifestation. It is one of the biggest pieces of the puzzle.

In this episode, Stefanie sits down with Kelsey Aida, manifestation and self-love teacher, author, and co-host of High Vibin’ It, for a powerful conversation about manifestation, alignment, self-worth, and the hidden blocks that keep people from receiving what they say they want.

Kelsey shares why manifestation is not just about vision boards, affirmations, scripting, or staying “high vibe.” It is about uncovering the subconscious resistance, limiting beliefs, shame, guilt, and lack of self-love that may be blo...

People pleasing is not just being nice. It is what happens when you keep abandoning yourself to keep everyone else comfortable.

In this episode of Next Level You, Stefanie shares her personal journey from people pleaser to fully comfortable saying no, holding boundaries, and honoring her own wants and needs without guilt. She explains why people pleasing can keep you living for everyone else instead of yourself, and why disappointing people is sometimes necessary when you are choosing growth, alignment, and self-respect.

Stefanie breaks down how this pattern often shows up for high...

In this solo episode, Stefanie pulls back the curtain on a brand new container she is launching: The Unbecoming Circle - and shares exactly why she created it, who it is for, and what makes it unlike anything else available for women in the healing and service-based business space.

Stefanie opens up about why the journey to her next level was never really about becoming something new. It was about unbecoming the versions of herself she picked up along the way, the ones built on survival, on people pleasing, on narratives that were...

Sometimes growth does not just change your business. It changes your circle, your voice, and the way you let yourself be seen.

In this episode of Next Level You, Stefanie sits down with Christi Pratte, founder of Ghost Girl Writing, for an honest conversation about entrepreneurship, identity shifts, aligned friendships, and what happens when your personal growth starts changing the relationships around you. Stefanie and Christi share how they connected organically through Instagram, bonded over similar growth seasons, and quickly recognized the power of finding people who truly understand the season...

Your triggers are not random. They are mirrors showing you where there is still something to understand, heal, or reclaim.

In this episode of Next Level You, Stefanie breaks down the connection between mirroring and triggers, and why certain people, comments, or situations can create a reaction that feels bigger than the moment itself. She explains how other people often reflect back our wounds, insecurities, old patterns, or the parts of ourselves we are actively trying to outgrow.

Stefanie shares personal examples of how she has learned to pause, reflect, and...

Walk and talk therapy takes the pressure out of healing by getting you out of the chair and back into your body.

In this episode of Next Level You, Stefanie sits down with Chellsey Barnett, a licensed mental health counselor and founder of Resilient Mind Counseling & Coaching, to talk all about walk and talk therapy and why it can be such a powerful option for anxious, high-achieving, people-pleasing perfectionists.

Chellsey explains how walking side by side in nature can help therapy feel less formal, less intimidating, and more natural...

Your circle is not a luxury. It is one of the biggest predictors of how far you will grow.

In this episode of Next Level You, Stefanie records from Scottsdale after the Powerhouse Women Conference and shares a powerful reminder about the importance of being intentional with the rooms you put yourself in. She explains how your circle shapes your beliefs, habits, energy, mindset, vision, and even the opportunities that become available to you.

Stefanie breaks down the two types of rooms every growth-minded woman needs: rooms with like-minded people who help you...

Marketing is not a burden. It is your opportunity to make sure the right people know how you can help them.

In this episode of Next Level You, Stefanie sits down with Sarah Taylor, owner of Sarah Taylor Marketing, for a practical and mindset-shifting conversation about marketing, visibility, entrepreneurship, and learning to show up for your business with more confidence. Sarah shares her journey from growing up in an entrepreneurial family, to owning a flower shop for nearly 20 years, to pivoting into marketing coaching after feeling the nudge that it was...

The transformation does not end when you leave the room. It either gets protected, or it gets pulled back into your old environment.

In this microdose episode, Stefanie reflects on coming home from her third year at the Powerhouse Women Conference and the disorientation that can happen after a life-changing event. She shares what it feels like to return to normal life as an upgraded version of yourself when the people around you did not witness the conversations, energy, or inner shifts that changed you.

Stefanie explains why it can feel l...

You are allowed to shine, take up space, and act like the main character of your own life.

In this solo episode, Stefanie records from Scottsdale after attending the Powerhouse Women Conference and shares the giant permission slip she wants every woman to give herself: stop playing small. She talks about birthday month energy, main character energy, and why celebrating yourself should not be reserved for one day, one month, or one “acceptable” reason.

Stefanie unpacks the conditioning women receive around humility, likability, aging, pride, and not being “too much,” and how that programm...

Pivoting is not a sign that you failed. It is a sign that you are listening to the version of you that exists now.

In this microdose episode of Next Level You, Stefanie shares a permission slip every business owner needs to hear: your business is allowed to evolve as you do. She explains why staying committed to an offer, niche, brand, price point, or direction that no longer lights you up is not loyalty, it is misalignment.

Stefanie opens up about the pivots she has made in her own businesses, including rebranding...

Your nervous system is not meant to run on hustle forever. There is another way to live, lead, receive, and grow.

In this episode of Next Level You, Stefanie sits down with Mary Hope, transformation coach and owner of The Spirit Led Way, for a powerful conversation about nervous system regulation, feminine leadership, and learning to operate from alignment instead of constant output. Mary shares how her own journey through high achievement, burnout, substance abuse, panic attacks, and a near-death experience led her to the work she does today helping women...

You do not need everyone to understand your vision before you go after it. You just need to trust that it was put on your heart for a reason.

In this episode, Stefanie shares a powerful reminder about pursuing what truly lights you up, even when other people do not understand it, support it, or see the bigger picture yet. She talks about stepping into new roles, launching new offers, and learning not to let other people’s fear, pride, insecurity, or limiting beliefs dim her own light.

Stefanie breaks down why people may feel tr...

Marketing doesn’t have to feel scripted, pushy, or disconnected from who you are.

 In this episode of Next Level You, Stefanie sits down with business coach and marketing strategist Lauren Najar to talk about building a business through genuine relationships, intuitive action, and confidence. They explore why sustainable sales begin with real conversations, how keeping small promises to yourself strengthens the way you show up, and why you don’t need to be everywhere online to grow a successful business.

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What happens when you stop moving through nature and allow yourself to truly experience it? In this micro episode of Next Level You, Stefanie shares her first experience with forest bathing, a slow and intentional practice focused on presence, grounding, and connecting with nature through the senses. She reflects on the signs, details, and moments of peace she noticed along the way—and how the experience helped her slow down, recenter, and give her nervous system the reset it needed.

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A brief conversation can change everything. In this episode of Next Level You, we explore the butterfly effect, the idea that one small interaction, decision, or moment of courage can create a ripple that transforms your life. Stefanie shares how meeting another entrepreneur while standing in line at a conference eventually led to a meaningful friendship, mentorship, and the launch of a local Sister Circle chapter for women in business. It’s a beautiful reminder to follow the nudges, start the conversation, and trust that the small moments may be leading you toward something much bigger.

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Waiting can be one of the hardest spiritual assignments, especially when you are being asked to surrender the one thing your heart wants most.

In this episode, Stefanie sits down with Spenser Brassard, life and fertility coach, author of Fertile Ground, and host of the Fertile Ground Podcast. Stefanie shares how Spenser's work deeply supported her during her own seven-year fertility journey, and together they have a powerful conversation about infertility, surrender, identity, motherhood, and finding yourself in the waiting.

Spenser opens up about her eight-year fertility journey, unexplained infertility, IVF, miscarriage, and...

Manifestation moves faster when your subconscious actually believes you are worthy of receiving what you want.

In this episode, Stefanie breaks down how hypnotherapy can accelerate manifestation by clearing the subconscious blocks that keep you stuck in doubt, resistance, and old programming. She shares her own manifestation journey, including calling in her son Augie, building a soul-aligned business, reaching financial goals, and creating more abundance by doing consistent hypnotherapy work.

Stefanie explains why affirmations, vision boards, journaling, and visualization can be powerful tools, but they cannot override what your subconscious believes to be...

Your body is not the problem. The story you keep telling yourself about your body is what needs to change.

In this episode of Next Level You, Stefanie sits down with Morgan Barkus, founder of The Confidence Stage, for an honest, empowering conversation about body confidence, self-worth, sensuality, and learning to feel confident in your body now, not someday when it looks different. Morgan shares her journey from struggling with body image and disordered thoughts to becoming an empowerment coach who helps high-achieving women stop hating their bodies and feel confident...

Hypnotherapy creates the shift. Talk therapy helps you integrate it, celebrate it, and understand what comes next.

In this microdose episode of Next Level You, Stefanie breaks down why hypnotherapy and talk therapy do not have to be an either/or decision. Instead, she shares how combining both modalities can create a deeper, more supported healing experience, especially for those who want to heal limiting beliefs, trauma patterns, people pleasing, perfectionism, self-sabotage, or other subconscious blocks at the root.

Stefanie explains how hypnotherapy works with the subconscious mind to create new neural pathways...

The “not enough” story is not who you are. It is old programming, and it can be rewritten.

In this episode, Stefanie dives into the self-worth wound and how it quietly runs the lives of so many high-achieving women. She explains how the belief of “I’m not enough” often lives in the subconscious mind, showing up through perfectionism, people pleasing, overachieving, imposter syndrome, self-doubt, and the constant need to prove yourself.

Stefanie breaks down why achievement alone will never heal a self-worth wound, because the belief does not live in your accomplishments. It lives i...

Spiritual hypnotherapy is not about escaping your life. It is about reconnecting to your soul, your intuition, and the deeper truth of who you are.

In this episode, Stefanie sits down with Lynnsey Robinson, co-host of the High Vibin’ It Podcast and a spiritual hypnotherapist, for a deeply expansive conversation about hypnosis, spirituality, past lives, soul contracts, intuition, and what it really means to come back home to yourself.

Lynnsey shares how spiritual hypnotherapy helps clients reconnect with their spirit through inner child healing, past life regression, spirit guides, ancestors, angels, an...

Hypnotherapy is not scary. It is structured, grounded, and designed to help you create real change at the subconscious level.

In this microdose episode of Next Level You, Stefanie walks you through exactly what happens in your first hypnotherapy session, step by step, so you can feel confident scheduling one if you’ve been curious. She demystifies common misconceptions, explains how the process actually works, and shares why this modality is so powerful for high-achieving women who still feel held back by limiting beliefs like people pleasing, low self-worth, or lack of confidence.

Hypnotherapy did not give Stefanie more information. It gave her freedom.

In this episode of Next Level You, Stefanie shares the honest story behind her 12-year healing journey, including why six years of talk therapy and EMDR gave her a powerful foundation, but hypnotherapy became the modality that finally helped her create deeper, faster, subconscious change. She opens up about starting therapy in 2014 after stress began showing up in her body through gut health issues, ulcers, and GERD, and how that path eventually led her to uncover self-worth wounds, childhood patterns, unhealthy relationship...

Build your healing toolbox. The practice that changes your life will feel like coming home.

In this episode of Next Level You, Stefanie shares why she stopped believing there is only “one right way” to heal, and how real transformation often happens when you combine multiple modalities that support the mind, body, subconscious, and spirit. She opens up about her own journey of realizing that talk therapy alone was not enough to heal certain patterns at the root, and how adding deeper tools helped her regulate her nervous system, reconnect to intuition, and create lasting chan...

Your next level self does not need alcohol to feel confident, connected, or fun.

In this episode, Stefanie is joined by Cate Reisburg of Coached by Cate for an honest conversation about alcohol, identity, and the mindset shifts that make lasting lifestyle change possible. Together, they explore why so many women default to drinking on autopilot, what it can reveal about what you’re numbing, and how choosing sobriety (or simply drinking less) often becomes a gateway to deeper self trust, better sleep, stronger boundaries, and more aligned relationships.

Cate shares pr...

Peptides and GLP medications can be life changing, but they are not magic. They amplify what is already happening in your body, which is why your lifestyle, metabolic health, and expectations matter more than ever.

In this episode, Stefanie sits down with Michelle Kilduff, a GLP + peptide performance coach, to bridge the gap between “getting the prescription” and actually getting lasting results. Michelle breaks down what peptides and GLPs do, why so many people stall or rebound, and the missing education piece that leaves people confused about dosing, reconstitution, side effects, and sustainable body...

Your anxiety might not be anxiety. It might be hormones, nutrient deficiencies, or a body that is begging you to stop treating the symptom and start looking for the root.

In this episode, Stefanie shares what truly “keeps her up at night” as a therapist and holistic practitioner. She gets real about a pattern she sees constantly in clients who are labeled with anxiety and depression, prescribed medication, and told their labs are “normal,” yet they still feel exhausted, foggy, reactive, and stuck. Stefanie explains why traditional talk therapy and medication can be helpful but are not always t...

The things that keep you up at night are not proof you are failing. They are proof you care.

In this microdose episode, Stefanie gets real and vulnerable about the thoughts that run through her mind in the quiet moments, especially as a spiritual entrepreneur, wife, and mom. She shares the specific areas that tend to pull at her nervous system and why these worries are not about “doing it wrong,” but about being awake and intentional about what matters.

This episode is a permission slip to name what has been weighing on you...

Healing is not just about managing symptoms. It is about getting curious enough to find the root.

In this episode, Stefanie sits down with Lindsey Burwell for a grounded conversation about root-cause healing, inflammation, and why so many women feel metabolically stuck even when they feel like they are “doing all the right things.” Lindsey shares her passion for looking beneath the surface to identify what is driving symptoms at the cellular level, and why healing often requires a more holistic, integrative approach than most of us were taught.

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Service swaps can be an incredible win win, or they can quietly build resentment if the energy is off.

In this microdose episode of Next Level You, Stefanie breaks down the art of service swaps and how to navigate them with alignment, integrity, and clear expectations. She shares why swaps can be a powerful way to access support you truly need (without defaulting to cash), build community, and create organic referrals, as long as both people genuinely want what the other is offering.

Stefanie also gets real about the potential pitfalls...

In this solo episode of Next Level You, Stefanie is pulling back the curtain on how she has used her Human Design chart to build a business that feels aligned, sustainable, and deeply fulfilling. After last week’s conversation with Anna Nichols, Stefanie takes the conversation one step further by sharing how she is personally applying her Human Design in real time as a Projector with a 3/5 profile. She breaks down how understanding her type, strategy, authority, profile, centers, gates, and environment has changed the way she makes decisions, protects her energy, shows up online, attracts aligned clients, and re...

You do not need to work harder to grow. You need to work in alignment with how you are designed.

In this episode, Stefanie sits down with Anna Nichols for a deep, practical conversation about Human Design for business and what it looks like to stop forcing strategies that drain you. They talk about the hustle conditioning so many of us were raised with, why “success has to feel hard” is a story you can unlearn, and how Human Design helps you make decisions, market, and build in a way that actually fits your...

In this Microdose episode, Stefanie shares a mindset shift that can completely change how you grow: learning from expanders without falling into the comparison trap. Recording from Minneapolis while finishing her clinical hypnotherapy training, she explains why seeing someone a few steps ahead of you is one of the fastest ways to expand your belief in what’s possible, as long as you stop comparing your Chapter 1 to their Chapter 10.

Stefanie breaks down what an expander is, why your brain needs evidence to believe new outcomes are possible, and how to use someone el...

Your inner critic will try to talk you out of being seen, and your next level self will do it anyway.

In this episode, Stefanie shares a real behind the scenes recap of her first on-stage speaking experience, including what she learned, what surprised her, and why visibility is one of the fastest ways to grow, even when it feels terrifying. She opens up about recording while under the weather, the mental stories that show up right before you take a big leap, and how learning to talk back to your inner critic is part...

Your nervous system is running your relationships, and when you learn how to regulate it, everything about how you communicate starts to change.

In this episode, Stefanie is joined by Tara Gush, a transformation and nervous system coach who specializes in breathwork, somatic practices, and stress management. Together, they break down why your nervous system sits at the root of every relationship you have, from romantic and family dynamics to friendships, business partnerships, and everyday interactions, and how dysregulation can quickly turn communication into shutdown, defensiveness, or reactive patterns.

Tara shares...