Come and listen to our Host, Candace Gish, and her special guest Benedicta Gbaruk chat in the “Collaboration Over Competition” Podcast Mini-Series.

This empowering series explores what becomes possible when women stop competing against one another and start building together. We’re shifting the focus from comparison and competition to connection, shared purpose, and collective success. Because when women support women, celebrate each other’s achievements, and share their knowledge and resources, everyone has the opportunity to grow.

Through honest conversations, inspiring stories, and practical insights, we’ll discover how collaboration creates stronger relationships, opens doors to new opportunities, and multiplies the impact we can make in our communities and beyond. From celebrating another woman’s success to building meaningful partnerships, we’ll explore how a spirit of generosity and teamwork can transform the way we approach life, business, and leadership.

Whether you're an entrepreneur, a community leader, a creative, or a woman working toward your next big goal, this series will remind you that you don't have to do it all alone. Your success doesn't diminish someone else's, and another woman's achievements don't take away from your own potential.

Join us as we celebrate the power of women coming together, lifting one another up, and creating opportunities that are bigger than any one of us could build alone.

Benedicta K. Gbaruk is an author, speaker, and founder whose message centers on turning pain and regret into purpose. Drawing from deeply personal experiences of loss, family challenges, and her own journey of forgiveness, Benedicta helps others release guilt, regret, unforgiveness, and self-condemnation so they can move forward with greater peace, freedom, and purpose.

She is the author of Discovering Grace and Peace Amid Family Regrets: A Christian’s Journey of Healing, a deeply personal exploration of forgiveness, faith, family, and finding peace with the parts of our stories we cannot change. Her upcoming book, How Do You Forgive Yourself? A Christian’s Perspective, addresses one of the most difficult forms of forgiveness: learning to extend grace to ourselves.

Benedicta is also the founder of Aging Gracefully in Christ and the Susanna Foundation, through which she has worked to encourage and serve others.

At the heart of Benedicta’s work is a simple conviction: your past may be part of your story, but it does not have to define your future. Through her writing and speaking, she encourages women to transform painful experiences into wisdom, purpose, and opportunities to lift others.

Her message aligns naturally with Divas That Care: when women release comparison, competition, and past hurts, they create space to collaborate, celebrate one another, and rise together.

Social media

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/benedicta.gbaruk

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benedictagbaruk/

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/benedicta-gbaruk-697418137

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kidibia?lang=en

We talk with author Benedicta Gbaruk about how trauma and grief can turn into regret, and how faith-based self-forgiveness helps us move forward with real peace. We share practical ways to release bitterness, accept the limits of what we could know at the time, and reconnect to purpose through Scripture and support.

• the “Collaboration Over Competition” mini-series and why women build more when they stop comparing
• Benedicta’s 2012 car accident and how it reshapes her family’s life
• why unforgiveness often shows up as regret and self-blame
• the idea that every decision is made with the information available in that moment
• the difference between Benedicta’s first book and her upcoming book on forgiving yourself
• using the Bible, prayer, and simple daily habits to calm the mind and let go
• learning to seek mentors and community support instead of walking alone

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Come and listen to our Host, Candace Gish, and her special guest Nicole Penn chat in the “Collaboration Over Competition” Podcast Mini-Series.

This empowering series explores what becomes possible when women stop competing against one another and start building together. We’re shifting the focus from comparison and competition to connection, shared purpose, and collective success. Because when women support women, celebrate each other’s achievements, and share their knowledge and resources, everyone has the opportunity to grow.

Through honest conversations, inspiring stories, and practical insights, we’ll discover how collaboration creates stronger relationships, opens doors to new opportunities, and multiplies the impact we can make in our communities and beyond. From celebrating another woman’s success to building meaningful partnerships, we’ll explore how a spirit of generosity and teamwork can transform the way we approach life, business, and leadership.

Whether you're an entrepreneur, a community leader, a creative, or a woman working toward your next big goal, this series will remind you that you don't have to do it all alone. Your success doesn't diminish someone else's, and another woman's achievements don't take away from your own potential.

Join us as we celebrate the power of women coming together, lifting one another up, and creating opportunities that are bigger than any one of us could build alone.

Nicole Penn is the CEO of the EGC Group, an award winning performance marketing agency With offices in both Manhattan and Brooklyn. Nicole is also the founder of Suade Performance PR, a solution combining traditional PR with affiliate marketing and digital-first storytelling . With more than 25 years of experience leading brand strategy, digital transformation, and AI-driven marketing innovation, Nicole has guided global and national brands including Canon USA, Brother International, Thomson Reuters, and Mayo Clinic, through high-impact growth initiatives.

A graduate of the Harvard Business School’s YPO Presidents Program, Nicole brings a proven track record of scaling organizations through strategic leadership, launching innovative platforms, and driving measurable results, with passion and creativity.

Nicole is a proud mom who values quality time with her children and husband. An avid traveler and art enthusiast, Nicole embraces her inquisitive nature through her love of reading and music. With a dedication to health and wellness, as well as a passion for philanthropy and community, Nicole approaches life with vibrancy, strength and an innately positive mindset.

https://suadepr.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-penn-0178514/

We talk with Nicole Penn, CEO of EGC Group and co-founder of Suede, about building a career where creativity meets commerce and collaboration beats competition. We dig into how AI is reshaping marketing and PR while still demanding clear thinking, real voice, and strong human connection.

• Nicole’s path from aspiring artist to boutique agency leader
• Why collaboration and peer networks help you stay sharp in a competitive industry
• How AI speeds up research and insights without replacing creative judgement
• Common AI mistakes in decks and meetings and how to avoid them
• Career advice for younger marketers on staying “AI native” without losing original thinking
• Productivity habits from working moms including checklists and tight time blocks
• The power of networking and connecting people across industries
• A personal women’s health story that reinforces the need for better support systems

For more Divas That Care Network Episodes visit www.divasthatcare.com

Come and listen to our Host, Candace Gish, and her special guest
Michael Padilla chat in the “Collaboration Over Competition” Podcast Mini-Series.

This empowering series explores what becomes possible when women stop competing against one another and start building together. We’re shifting the focus from comparison and competition to connection, shared purpose, and collective success. Because when women support women, celebrate each other’s achievements, and share their knowledge and resources, everyone has the opportunity to grow.

Through honest conversations, inspiring stories, and practical insights, we’ll discover how collaboration creates stronger relationships, opens doors to new opportunities, and multiplies the impact we can make in our communities and beyond. From celebrating another woman’s success to building meaningful partnerships, we’ll explore how a spirit of generosity and teamwork can transform the way we approach life, business, and leadership.

Whether you're an entrepreneur, a community leader, a creative, or a woman working toward your next big goal, this series will remind you that you don't have to do it all alone. Your success doesn't diminish someone else's, and another woman's achievements don't take away from your own potential.

Join us as we celebrate the power of women coming together, lifting one another up, and creating opportunities that are bigger than any one of us could build alone.

About Michael...

With over three decades of experience, starting in military and security and evolving into energy, consulting, and everything else worth engaging in, I’m proud to hold the role of Chairman & CEO at Al Thuraya Holdings, overseeing a global conglomerate consisting of 17 subsidiary companies. With a solid foundation built during my 31-year experience in the US Military, where I rose to the rank of full Colonel, I transitioned into the private sector, founding Al Thuraya Consultancy in 2009 in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Under my leadership, Al Thuraya Consultancy swiftly became a leading provider of risk management and security services, paving the way for the expansion of Al Thuraya Holdings into the globally sought after provider it is today.

Now, Al Thuraya Holdings is just the figurehead for 17 different companies that I have driven from inception to impact. Get in touch with me to find out more.

https://www.michaelpayano.com/

Collaboration over competition becomes real when leadership looks like service, not status. Michael shares how relationship building, human first AI, and a healthier view of fear can unlock better business and a better life.

• why Cairo and the Middle East and Africa feel like opportunity
• moving from military experience into global risk, logistics, healthcare and technology work
• building trust across culture, religion and social bias
• servant leadership as a daily operating principle
• AI as a practical tool rather than a fear headline
• a real world AI agent supporting dementia care and medication reminders
• using AI to help women in business communicate, set tone and regain time
• harnessing fear as fuel for entrepreneurship and mission focus

For more Divas That Care Network Episodes visit www.divasthatcare.com

Come and listen to our Host, Tina Spoletini, and her special guest Anna Farha Miller chat in the “Collaboration Over Competition” Podcast Mini-Series.

This empowering series explores what becomes possible when women stop competing against one another and start building together. We’re shifting the focus from comparison and competition to connection, shared purpose, and collective success. Because when women support women, celebrate each other’s achievements, and share their knowledge and resources, everyone has the opportunity to grow.

Through honest conversations, inspiring stories, and practical insights, we’ll discover how collaboration creates stronger relationships, opens doors to new opportunities, and multiplies the impact we can make in our communities and beyond. From celebrating another woman’s success to building meaningful partnerships, we’ll explore how a spirit of generosity and teamwork can transform the way we approach life, business, and leadership.

Whether you're an entrepreneur, a community leader, a creative, or a woman working toward your next big goal, this series will remind you that you don't have to do it all alone. Your success doesn't diminish someone else's, and another woman's achievements don't take away from your own potential.

Join us as we celebrate the power of women coming together, lifting one another up, and creating opportunities that are bigger than any one of us could build alone.

Anna Farha Miller is a wellness entrepreneur, spiritual guide, and co-owner of MARKANNA Wellness, a holistic wellness business she has built alongside her husband since 2021. Through yoga, Reiki, sound healing, meditation, tarot, and wellness retreats, Anna helps people reconnect with themselves, explore their spirituality and create more balance in their lives.

At the heart of Anna’s work is her belief that wellness and spirituality are deeply personal journeys, and no single path works for everyone. She encourages people to embrace curiosity, trust their intuition and give themselves permission to grow and evolve. Anna is especially passionate about supporting women who are beginning their spiritual journey and discovering what it means to live more authentically, confidently and intentionally.

markannawellness.com

@markannawellness on Facebook and Instagram

We talk with wellness entrepreneur and spiritual guide Anna Farha Miller about turning grief into healing, then building a life and business rooted in collaboration over competition. We explore how yoga, Reiki, sound healing, meditation, and strong boundaries help women trust themselves, find community, and grow without doing it all alone.

• Anna’s turning point after loss and how yoga supports her healing
• Understanding alcoholism as emotional pain and coping, not just behavior
• Learning Reiki and energy work as a practical first step
• Building Marcana Wellness with Mark and sharing responsibilities by strength
• Making yoga and meditation accessible for all levels and ages
• Apprenticeship, lifelong learning, and creating a full sensory experience
• Collaboration lessons, energetic fit, and discernment around ego in wellness spaces
• Women supporting women through referrals, networking, and community trust
• Boundaries with family and friendships, choosing relationships that feel nourishing
• One small step to feel less alone by finding in-person like-minded groups

For more Divas That Care Network Episodes visit www.divasthatcare.com

Come and listen to our Host, Tina Spoletini, and her special guest Mary Printz chat in the “Collaboration Over Competition” Podcast Mini-Series.

This empowering series explores what becomes possible when women stop competing against one another and start building together. We’re shifting the focus from comparison and competition to connection, shared purpose, and collective success. Because when women support women, celebrate each other’s achievements, and share their knowledge and resources, everyone has the opportunity to grow.

Through honest conversations, inspiring stories, and practical insights, we’ll discover how collaboration creates stronger relationships, opens doors to new opportunities, and multiplies the impact we can make in our communities and beyond. From celebrating another woman’s success to building meaningful partnerships, we’ll explore how a spirit of generosity and teamwork can transform the way we approach life, business, and leadership.

Whether you're an entrepreneur, a community leader, a creative, or a woman working toward your next big goal, this series will remind you that you don't have to do it all alone. Your success doesn't diminish someone else's, and another woman's achievements don't take away from your own potential.

Join us as we celebrate the power of women coming together, lifting one another up, and creating opportunities that are bigger than any one of us could build alone.

Mary Printz, M.Ed., holds a Master’s in Leadership and is a Harvard-trained Immunity to Change coach and Adaptive Growth Strategist who integrates adult development, emotional intelligence, and neuroscience. She helps women and high-performing leaders uncover the hidden assumptions that keep them stuck in people-pleasing, comparison, and self-doubt, so they can show up with clarity, confidence, and authenticity. Mary is known for helping people move from insight into lasting, meaningful change.

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/maryprintz21
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MaryPrintzCoaching/

Estrangement and disconnection hurt because they activate grief, fear, and stories about what we think our distance “means” about our worth. We explore how collaboration over competition starts inside us, and how self work can change the way we show up even when reconciliation is uncertain.

• estranged parent and adult child dynamics as an identity wound
• grief for the present relationship and the future you imagined
• tension at holidays and family gatherings when people feel guarded
• meaning making as the driver of triggers, rumination, and despair
• behaviours like fixing, over explaining, withdrawing, and peacekeeping as protection
• the key reflection prompt: if I did the opposite, what am I afraid would happen
• leaving the door open without pulling someone through it
• intrinsic worth versus tying value to another person’s response
• seeking support and practising small acts of self kindness

For more Divas That Care Network Episodes visit www.divasthatcare.com

Come and listen to our Host, Tina Spoletini, and her special guest Jasmyn Quianna chat in the “Collaboration Over Competition” Podcast Mini-Series.

This empowering series explores what becomes possible when women stop competing against one another and start building together. We’re shifting the focus from comparison and competition to connection, shared purpose, and collective success. Because when women support women, celebrate each other’s achievements, and share their knowledge and resources, everyone has the opportunity to grow.

Through honest conversations, inspiring stories, and practical insights, we’ll discover how collaboration creates stronger relationships, opens doors to new opportunities, and multiplies the impact we can make in our communities and beyond. From celebrating another woman’s success to building meaningful partnerships, we’ll explore how a spirit of generosity and teamwork can transform the way we approach life, business, and leadership.

Whether you're an entrepreneur, a community leader, a creative, or a woman working toward your next big goal, this series will remind you that you don't have to do it all alone. Your success doesn't diminish someone else's, and another woman's achievements don't take away from your own potential.

Join us as we celebrate the power of women coming together, lifting one another up, and creating opportunities that are bigger than any one of us could build alone.

Jasmyn Quianna is the author of Falling Madly in Self-Love and founder of the Absolute Self-Love Movement. She is also an oncology clinical research leader with more than 13 years of experience in global clinical research.

Through her 12 Pillars of Absolute Self-Love, Jasmyn helps high-achieving women who feel stuck, burned out, or disconnected from themselves rebuild the most important relationship they'll ever have - the one with themselves.

She believes women often already know what they want, but after years of looking outside themselves for answers, they've stopped trusting themselves enough to choose it. Through her work, Jasmyn helps women rebuild that trust, stop second-guessing themselves, and give themselves permission to create lives that actually feel as good as they look.

Book:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GJRDZVCY/

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/jasmynquianna

Free Gift - Free Book Chapter:https://www.jasmynquianna.com/freebie-chapter-1-Podcast

Website:https://jasmynquianna.com

We sit down with Jasmyn Quianna to unpack what happens when you achieve the checklist and still feel empty, then trace the path back to self-love and self-trust. We get honest about comparison, the inner critic, and why collaboration becomes natural when we stop abandoning ourselves.

• the moment the “dream life” still feels miserable
• how the body signals burnout and misalignment
• numbing behaviours and what they are trying to protect
• contradictory feelings that come with choosing change
• the “itty bitty shitty committee” and how to question it
• comparison as a disguise of self-hate
• moving from scarcity to abundance so women can both win
• mentorship, encouragement, and becoming your fullest self
• why asking for help brings up shame for high achievers
• self-compassion and self-forgiveness as the starting point
• self-trust as the bridge from comparison to connection

For more Divas That Care Network Episodes visit www.divasthatcare.com

Come and listen to our Host, Tina Spoletini, and her special guest Amanda Chin chat in the “Collaboration Over Competition” Podcast Mini-Series.

This empowering series explores what becomes possible when women stop competing against one another and start building together. We’re shifting the focus from comparison and competition to connection, shared purpose, and collective success. Because when women support women, celebrate each other’s achievements, and share their knowledge and resources, everyone has the opportunity to grow.

Through honest conversations, inspiring stories, and practical insights, we’ll discover how collaboration creates stronger relationships, opens doors to new opportunities, and multiplies the impact we can make in our communities and beyond. From celebrating another woman’s success to building meaningful partnerships, we’ll explore how a spirit of generosity and teamwork can transform the way we approach life, business, and leadership.

Whether you're an entrepreneur, a community leader, a creative, or a woman working toward your next big goal, this series will remind you that you don't have to do it all alone. Your success doesn't diminish someone else's, and another woman's achievements don't take away from your own potential.

Join us as we celebrate the power of women coming together, lifting one another up, and creating opportunities that are bigger than any one of us could build alone.

Amanda Chin is the co-owner of Norwood Dental Centre and, since 2018, has been quietly disrupting how dental clinics care for and connect with their community. For her, dentistry has always been about more than teeth. People deserve healthcare that feels human: compassionate, respectful, transparent, and completely free of judgment. That belief is why Norwood runs the way it does. No pressure, no lectures, no white-coat stuffiness. Just thoughtful care from a team that genuinely gives a damn.

Amanda is passionate about building strong teams and strong communities. Outside the clinic she serves as Board Chair of Community Options, an Edmonton nonprofit supporting children and families through inclusive early learning and community-based programs. At Norwood, her role goes well beyond running the business. She is fiercely protective of the culture, the patient experience, and the people who make the clinic what it is.

When she’s not at the clinic or out in the community, you’ll find her with the people she loves, planning her next adventure, or finding some new and slightly ridiculous way to make life more fun. Her goal for Norwood is simple: a dental office people actually enjoy being part of, whether they’re a patient or a member of the team.

@norwooddental

@amanda_chin_yeg

We talk with Amanda Chin about building a multi-million dollar dental practice through community trust, inclusive care, and real relationships instead of flashy marketing. We also unpack comparison, burnout, and what success looks like when we protect joy and make room for other women to win too.

• choosing an inner-city location and letting reputation travel
• growing through community support rather than dental flyers
• handling comparison by prioritising real-life connection
• defining authentic relationships as non-transactional and values-led
• showing up locally through sponsorships, events, and Switch Witch
• leaning on neighbours and networks for practical help and hiring
• collaborating with other women instead of racing them
• building inclusive healthcare practices with pronouns and preferred names
• redefining success as freedom, systems, and time for joy

For more Divas That Care Network Episodes visit www.divasthatcare.com

Come and listen to our Host, Tina Spoletini, and her special guest DR. Sophia Trevenna chat in the “Collaboration Over Competition” Podcast Mini-Series.

This empowering series explores what becomes possible when women stop competing against one another and start building together. We’re shifting the focus from comparison and competition to connection, shared purpose, and collective success. Because when women support women, celebrate each other’s achievements, and share their knowledge and resources, everyone has the opportunity to grow.

Through honest conversations, inspiring stories, and practical insights, we’ll discover how collaboration creates stronger relationships, opens doors to new opportunities, and multiplies the impact we can make in our communities and beyond. From celebrating another woman’s success to building meaningful partnerships, we’ll explore how a spirit of generosity and teamwork can transform the way we approach life, business, and leadership.

Whether you're an entrepreneur, a community leader, a creative, or a woman working toward your next big goal, this series will remind you that you don't have to do it all alone. Your success doesn't diminish someone else's, and another woman's achievements don't take away from your own potential.

Join us as we celebrate the power of women coming together, lifting one another up, and creating opportunities that are bigger than any one of us could build alone.

Dr. Sophia Trevenna has a PhD in evolutionary business that focuses on collaboration over competition and has built many companies with this principle at the center. She has been an intuitive executive coach for Fortune 500 leaders and hundreds of CEOs in dozens of countries. Her current company merges her training in neuroscience and pharmacology with her expertise as a professional intuitive to download formulas that uniquely support women's midlife symptoms and leads the scientific research behind how they work.

www.drsophiatrevenna.com

www.sofanyawellness.com

We explore what collaboration looks like when it is real, messy, and tied to money, power, and long-term friendship. Dr Sophia Trevenna shares how she and her best friend Anya build a 50-50 company with trust by design, blending clear business structure with intuition-led decision making.

• collaboration as power with rather than power over
• building teams around strengths and motivation, not status
• designing a 50-50 operating agreement that prioritises friendship
• paying founders and avoiding exploitation in the business model
• drawing boundaries between work talk and best-friend time
• separating intellect meetings from intuition meetings for decisions
• handling disagreement through experiments instead of winning
• celebrating each other’s wins without keeping score
• moving from competition to collaboration by spotting hierarchies
• taking weekly inventory of where power dynamics show up

For more Divas That Care Network Episodes visit www.divasthatcare.com