Create & Cultivate 2026 review from someone who's actually produced events for 5,000 women at a time. In this unfiltered solo episode of the Bizz Bitch Podcast, Jazmin Cornejo breaks down the women's business festival drama, event ROI, sponsorship strategy, and why tearing women down online isn't the flex you think it is.

Jazmin opens with her rebel origin story (punk rock, an arts charter school in Tempe, and living solo senior year) before diving into what went right, what went wrong, and what small business owners keep getting wrong about big events.

Key Talking Points

• Festival vs. conference: level-set your expectations before you buy
• Pay-to-play, book tours, and sponsor economics explained by an insider
• Booth and in-kind sponsor strategy: giveaways, email capture, follow-up, contracts
• Deep networking that gets past "so what do you do?"
• How to pick a coach who actually matches your vibe and your goals

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You know that thing where you have to talk in front of people and your brain just leaves your body? Yeah. This episode fixes that.

Jazmin sits down with Amanda Hennessey, public speaking coach and actress, and honestly this one goes way past "here's how to nail your next presentation." They get into the walk sparkly trick that rewires your nervous system before you even open your mouth, why vague storytelling puts people to sleep, and how Amanda's gorgeous, expensive digital course flopped and what she built instead. Then it gets real: Amanda's the breadwinner and her partner cooks, Amanda's child-free by choice, and both of them talk about the actual grief of watching your best friends disappear into mom world.

Topics covered: killing stage fright with your body instead of your brain, telling stories people actually lean into, pivoting after a launch flops, breaking the rules on who earns the money and who runs the house, and choosing to be child-free without apologizing for it.

If you've ever frozen mid-sentence in front of a room, or quietly wondered if the life you're building is "allowed" to look different, this one's for you.

Episode Highlights

• The walk sparkly method, aka how to fake confidence until your body catches up and it's not fake anymore
• Why boring, vague storytelling is the real reason you lose a room, not nerves
• The truth about Amanda's beautifully produced course that didn't sell, and the pivot that actually worked
• Choosing to be child-free, and the very real grief nobody warns you about when your friends start having kids
• How Amanda and her husband Art built a business and a marriage across two coasts without living in each other's pockets
• Amanda's new in-person mastermind, Own the Room, and why she's doing it live instead of just online

Top 5 Takeaways

1. Confidence starts in your body, not your head. Change how you stand and walk, and your brain follows along.
2. Specific details sell a story. Vague ones make people check their phone.
3. A flopped launch doesn't mean the idea was bad. It might just mean it was the wrong format.
4. There's no rulebook for who makes the money or cooks dinner. Build the version that actually works for you two.

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You don't "graduate" out of imposter syndrome, no matter how many zeroes hit your bank account. This week Jazmin gets brutally honest solo, unpacking a chapter of her story she's never fully told: moving to Australia at 25, losing her dad to Alzheimer's six months into the move, and grieving in a country where nobody knew who she really was. From there she pulls the thread into her business philosophy today, why she believes conferences and immersions (not stuffy boardroom retreats) are the fastest path to a quantum leap, and the behind-the-scenes of her upcoming Portugal immersion.

This one's part memoir, part business strategy, and fully unfiltered. Jazmin talks about what it actually feels like to hold a bigger version of yourself before you feel ready, why solo travel might be the best business coach you'll ever hire, and how she's quietly testing a North County San Diego membership expansion without waiting for permission from her own rules.

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Episode Highlights

• Why "you never question yourself once you hit success" is a total myth, and what to do instead
• The real story of moving to Australia at 25 and losing her dad to Alzheimer's six months later
• What grief and dissociation actually looked like while trying to build a life in a new country
• Why conferences and immersions create faster transformation than sitting alone at your desk
• The behind-the-scenes psychology event producers use to engineer how you feel and what you buy
• A real client story: a business owner who cut her 5-year retirement plan down to 30 days after one retreat conversation
• Why Jazmin is quietly testing a North County San Diego membership before "officially" launching it

Top 5 Takeaways

1. Imposter syndrome doesn't disappear as you level up, it evolves. Every new level of business requires a new version of you to hold it.
2. Grief doesn't pause your life or your business. You can be dissociated and still be "doing the damn thing," and that's worth naming honestly.
3. Removing yourself from your daily environment (a retreat, a conference, an immersion) can compress months of growth into days.
4. Immersive, culture-first experiences create deeper transformation than being locked in a villa boardroom.
5. You don't need a five-year plan to test a new offer. Give yourself a defined trial window, watch the data, and let that decide for you.

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