The Journey of Becoming
You’ve checked the boxes—career, family, success—but something inside you is whispering... "this isn’t it." You’re not lost. You’re on the edge of becoming. Hosted by award-winning transformational coach Karrie Mitten, "The Journey of Becoming" is a bi-weekly conversation for women over 40 who are ready to stop settling and start aligning with the life they’re truly meant to live. Each episode features inspiring stories, candid interviews, and powerful insights from women who’ve dared to follow the pull of something more—whether that’s starting a business, rewriting the rules, or simply choosing themselves. If you're ready to t...
What Happens When You Turn Acts of Kindness Into Your Calling with Karen Moffitt
Entrepreneurship, reinvention, resilience, purpose driven business, mindset, courage, connection, becoming.
In this heartfelt episode of The Journey of Becoming, Karrie Mitten sits down with Karen Moffitt, founder of Little Miss Moffitt, to explore how following small acts of love can lead to a meaningful and purpose driven business. Known for creating "hugs disguised as cookies," Karen shares how her journey from stay at home mom to entrepreneur unfolded through resilience, faith, and a willingness to trust the next step even when the path was uncertain.
Karen opens up about navigating divorce, career reinvention, financial challenges...
What Does It Take to Build a Thriving Marriage Without Losing Yourself with Monica Tanner
Marriage, relationships, communication, mindset shifts, intuition, personal growth, entrepreneurship, family, becoming.
In this heartfelt episode of The Journey of Becoming, Karrie Mitten sits down with Monica Tanner, founder of Secrets of Happily Ever After and host of the podcast by the same name, to explore what it really takes to create lasting connection without sacrificing your dreams, identity, or calling.
Monica shares her personal journey from studying marriage and family systems to pivoting into relationship coaching after realizing the traditional path was not aligned for her. Through motherhood, marriage challenges, and deep self reflection, she...
What If Your Next Chapter Is About Advocating for Yourself and Others With Liz Keller
Reinvention in midlife, caregiving, self worth, advocacy, purpose driven work, alignment, entrepreneurship, becoming.
In this meaningful and deeply grounded episode of The Journey of Becoming, Karrie Mitten sits down with Liz Keller, founder of Nursepath Advocacy, to explore what it looks like to step into your next chapter with clarity, courage, and compassion.
With over 30 years of experience as a registered nurse across labor and delivery, ICU, case management, and hospice care, Liz shares how her lifelong calling to serve evolved as she entered midlife. As her children grew and space opened in her life...
What Keeps You Going When You Know You Are Meant for More with Kelly Parker
Calling, self trust, consistency, limiting beliefs, alignment, courage, entrepreneurship, faith, becoming.
In this deeply honest and inspiring episode of The Journey of Becoming, Karrie Mitten sits down with Kelly Parker, speaker, coach, and founder of the Make Your Mark Movement, to explore what it truly takes to keep moving forward when you feel called to something more but fear, doubt, and old beliefs try to pull you back.
Kelly shares her journey of following the rules, checking the boxes of success, and repeatedly starting and stopping as she searched for clarity and purpose. Through reflection...
What Keeps You Going When No One Is Clapping with Kelly Morgan
Consistency, creative calling, independent publishing, boundaries, self trust, resilience, entrepreneurship, messy middle, becoming.
In this powerful and deeply honest episode of The Journey of Becoming, Karrie Mitten sits down with Kelly Morgan, founder of Bright Headed Publishing, to explore what it truly takes to keep showing up when the doubt is loud and the applause is silent.
Kelly shares her raw journey of being scammed by a predatory publisher, losing the rights to her first book, and carrying that shame in silence. What followed was not a straight line to success, but a series of...
What Happens When You Stop Settling and Answer the Call to Create with Danielle Turner
Career pivots, creative calling, food storytelling, women entrepreneurs, self trust, health journeys, purpose led business, becoming.
In this inspiring episode of The Journey of Becoming, Karrie Mitten sits down with Danielle Turner, chef, author, and CEO of Forklift Media, to explore what it looks like to honor your creative calling, trust yourself, and build a meaningful life through courage and curiosity.
Danielle shares how her love of food began as a latchkey kid experimenting in the kitchen, how she spent over a decade working in politics in Washington DC, and why burnout ultimately pushed her...
What Happens When You Trust the Leap and Let the Path Reveal Itself with Cristina Santoro
Career reinvention, courage, global impact, education leadership, intuition, purpose, becoming.
In this inspiring episode of The Journey of Becoming, Karrie sits down with Cristina Santoro, founder of Teaching Up, to explore what becomes possible when you listen to your inner knowing and take the leap, even when the path is unclear. After spending 12 years in corporate America, Cristina found herself successful on paper but deeply misaligned. What followed was a courageous decision to leave everything familiar behind and say yes to a life of purpose, service, and global impact.
Cristina shares how an unexpected relationship...
How Can Holistic Fertility Coaching Support Your Journey Through Infertility with Ashley Holmes
Infertility, holistic healing, mind-body connection, emotional wellness, spiritual guidance, women’s empowerment
In this heart-opening episode, Karrie sits down with Ashley Holmes, founder of Holistic Fertility Coach Inc., to explore how women can reclaim their power, hope, and health on the journey to motherhood. Ashley shares her personal experience with infertility and how she transformed her struggles into a mission to support others through one-on-one coaching, yoga, meditation, and compassionate guidance.
You’ll hear how societal conditioning around health, success, and self-worth can create emotional and mental challenges, and how holistic approaches can help women reco...
How Do You Stop People-Pleasing and Start Standing in Your Power with Dr. Angela Downey
People-pleasing, burnout, codependency, perfectionism, self-worth, healing, authentic leadership.
In this powerful and deeply relatable episode, Karrie sits down with Dr. Angela Downey, family physician, author, and founder of The Codependent Doctor, to explore what it truly means to heal from people-pleasing, perfectionism, and burnout.
Angela opens up about failing her first year of university, rebuilding her confidence, and eventually becoming a physician while unlearning the patterns that drove her to exhaustion. Together, Karrie and Angela discuss how to find peace and purpose on the other side of self-sacrifice, and why authenticity, not achievement, is the...
What Happens When You Finally Choose Alignment Over Fear with Lauren Brollier Newton
Affirmations, self-worth, alignment, burnout recovery, mindset, transformation, authenticity.
In this powerful and deeply personal episode, Karrie sits down with Lauren —coach, speaker, and founder of Soul Savvy—to explore what it truly means to rebuild your life from the inside out.
After years of “doing all the right things” but feeling disconnected and unfulfilled, Lauren shares how affirmations led her down an unexpected path, one that dismantled her old life, her marriage, and her sense of identity. What began as a quest for success became a journey toward radical honesty, self-trust, and soul alignment.
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How Do We Stop Performing Love and Start Being It with Joanna Shakti
Authentic connection, sacred intimacy, feminine & masculine energy, conscious relationships, self-worth, embodiment.
In this heart-opening episode of The Journey of Becoming, Karrie sits down with Joanna Shakti—founder of Ecstatic Intimacy™—to explore what it really takes to create love that feels safe, passionate, and deeply real. Known as “The Soul Love Mentor,” Joanna shares her path from burnout and unfulfilling relationships to awakening her feminine essence and teaching others to live and love in full authenticity.
You’ll hear how our cultural conditioning around success, independence, and perfection can quietly disconnect us from our hearts—and how true i...
How to Love Your Body Again After Injury, Illness, or Burnout with Rachel Jenks
In this powerful episode of The Journey of Becoming, Karrie Mitten sits down with Rachel Jenks, founder of Booty Kicking Ballerina, to explore how dancers and high-achieving women can heal their relationship with their bodies. Rachel shares her journey from a professional ballet career cut short by injuries and disordered patterns, to rebuilding strength, mobility, and self-trust through corrective exercise, compassionate coaching, and body wisdom.
You’ll hear how Rachel pivoted from decades in marketing back to her first love—dance—blending injury prevention, corrective exercise, and self-compassion to support long-term longevity, not just short-term performance. She opens up about...
From Job Loss to Life Coach: How Bambi Lynn Reinvented Herself at 55 | Healing Through Stories & Bold Decisions
What does it really take to reinvent yourself after a life-altering transition — like job loss at 55? In this powerful and heart-opening episode of The Journey of Becoming, host Karrie Mitten sits down with three-time author, life coach, and speaker Bambi Lynn to explore how she turned heartbreak into purpose, and fear into fuel.
In this episode, Bambi shares:
How she went from corporate life to launching a soul-led coaching businessThe mindset shift that helped her rewrite her narrative — even with a 10th-grade educationThe decision to live off her 401(k) and invest in her purposeWhat it means to live...From Heartbreak to Healing: The Bold Decision to Share Without Shame with Donna Marston
How to Heal While Loving Someone in Active Addiction | The Heart Shift Method™ with Donna Marston
Are you a parent, especially a mother, loving someone through addiction and feeling emotionally exhausted? In this powerful episode, we sit down with Donna Marston, also known as The Family Recovery Facilitator, to explore what healing looks like when someone you love is still struggling.
Donna shares her deeply personal journey as a mother who walked through the heartbreak of her son's addiction and emerged with a mission to support other families through it. She introduces her transformational framework, The...
How to Find Your Life Purpose and Build a Soul-Aligned Business with Ronda Renée
Life purpose, soul-aligned business, women entrepreneurs, intuition, alignment, Divine Navigation, decision-making — with Ronda Renée.
In this conversation, Karrie sits down with Ronda Renée (Divine Navigation®) to unpack how successful—but quietly unfulfilled—leaders can stop striving and start aligning. Ronda shares her unconventional path (fashion → construction sales → transformational work), the moment she chose to leave a high-paying role during the 2009 crash, and the frameworks behind her methodology: Divine Coordinates®, internal sourcing vs. external referencing, and the “Golden Buddha” metaphor for uncovering your true self. You’ll hear practical guidance on trusting intuitive whispers, setting clean boundaries, and making p...
How to Overcome Burnout and Make Aligned Decisions (Without the Hustle) with Ramona Crabtree-Falkner
The Journey of Becoming — Ep. 1 with Ramona Crabtree-Falkner
Burnout recovery, women’s leadership, executive coaching, authenticity, mindfulness, alignment.
In this episode, Karrie sits down with Ramona Crabtree-Falkner, founder of Authentic Life Journey, to explore how high-achieving women can move through burnout, overwhelm, and self-doubt by reconnecting with their authentic selves. Ramona shares two turning points—thyroid surgery in 2012 and a solo retreat to Greece—that led her to shift from “hustle” to heart-aligned leadership. You’ll hear practical tools for making aligned decisions, raising awareness (and frequency), and meeting fear with presence, journaling, and clarity.
