Curiously Guided Podcast
Curiously Guided Podcast
Mariah Magazine and Shay Schindler, your go-to girls for rewriting the rules to success, life & business
Welcome to the Curiously Guided Podcast, the show for intentional business owners and curious minds looking to do things differently. Our episodes highlight behind-the-scenes stories and conversations with successful entrepreneurs building a life & business on their own terms. But we're not your typical business podcast 😜 We don't care about the "proven" frameworks, and the highlight reels. We love getting in the weeds, asking the deeper questions, and uncovering what "success" REALLY means. Because only through that lens can we truly create an aligned business and a life that we don’t *actually* want to escape from. Are you ready to trust the nudge & let curiosity guide the way?Hosted by SEO Consultant, Mariah Magazine + Sales Strategist, Shay Schindler, your go-to girls for rewriting the rules to success, life, and business. This podcast started with both of us being in the online business world, craving more deep, meaningful & transparent conversations, so we decided to come together and create a space to do just that. Our guest interviews highlight cool business owners & entrepreneurs doing cool shit, chasing their dreams, and going down their own rabbit holes, all in the name of redefining success in business & life. We believe you get to do things differently.You get to pave your own path.You get to decide what success, life, and business "success" looks like. And it all starts with getting curious. Welcome to the Curiously Guided Podcast… We’re excited to shake shit up & live outside the box with you. Learn more about us at CuriouslyGuided.com-------------------- 🏆 TOP 100 SMALL BUSINESS PODCAST 🏆 TOP 10% PODCAST GLOBALLY 
Ep.102 | Trading Hustle for Health Insurance: Walking Away from Entrepreneurship for a 9-to-5 with Miranda Rodriguez, Marketing Consultant
Feel like hustling for a paycheck that still doesn't cover a decent health plan is overrated? This one's for you. Our guest Miranda is back (she was on the show all the way back in episode 37) and this time she's telling us what happened after she gave her own business an Irish goodbye and took a full-time gig at a Small Business Development Center. Health insurance, paid holidays, an actual maternity leave... and now, navigating a breast cancer diagnosis with benefits she wouldn't have had ...
Jul 7
1 hr 26 min
Ep.101 | Increasing Visibility, Climbing Cringe Mountain & Building a Life that Supports Your Business with Shay & Mariah
Season 6 is officially HERE!!! 🎉 AND WE’RE SO EXCITED FOR IT!!!!! We actually shot this entire episode like 6 months ago, but when it came time to launch, it just felt OLD NEWS already lolol so we scrapped it and started freshhh babyyyyy. So this first episode is recent, and so so so good. Annnnnnd we've got an incredible new sponsor with us all season. We're so glad you're still here with us. Let's get into it. We love you!!! 🥳 Included in this episode: ➡️ Why season 6 took its sweet time...
Jun 30
1 hr 21 min
Ep.100 | Paving Our Own Way: An Inside Look at Recording 100 Episodes with Shay & Mariah
100 episodes!!!! — whewwwwww, how did we get here?! 🥳 Welcome to our last episode for season 5 🥳 It’s so wild to reflect & compare our recent episodes with our very first few episodes, including what we’ve learned about ourselves, and each other, along the way. When we first started the podcast, our goal was to get here. To create 100 episodes. And we did it!!!! 💃 What a fun ride, thank you for being here with us. We love you!!! Included in this episode: ➡️ Reflections from hostin...
Apr 1, 2025
1 hr 23 min
Ep.99 | Resonance Over Reach: Tap into Your Creativity to Stand Out in Business w/ Jay Acunzo, Speaking & Messaging Strategist
If you’re feeling stuck when it comes to creativity, your messaging, or even your focus in business as a whole, this episode is for you! Jay’s perspective on standing out in the online business space is SO damn refreshing. And it’s very much aligned with what a lot of us are actually craving. There were a LOT of quotable lines in this interview, but one of my favorites was “Creativity is the persistent pursuit of curiosity” — how perfect is that? Enjoy the episode! 😊 In this episode, w...
Mar 25, 2025
59 min
Ep.98 | Pushing Past Perfectionism to Get What You Want w/ Lisa Simone Richards, CEO & Co-founder of Pearl Spark Pages
Having trouble with perfectionism or imposter syndrome? This episode is for you! Lisa’s story & perspective is SUCH a breath of fresh air; transparent, honest, and inspiring. If you take anything away from this episode, just know that you truly can do whatever you put your mind to, if you’re willing to put in the work & be honest with yourself. Enjoy the episode! 😊 In this episode, we explore: ➡️ Lisa’s entrepreneurship journey ➡️ Not so humble brag sheet ➡️ B.R.A.G.S. framewo...
Mar 18, 2025
1 hr 15 min
Ep.97 | What Does “Let it be Easy” Really Look Like? with Shay & Mariah
How many time have you heard “just let it be easy…” when it comes to business? We’ve heard it a million times, and shit, we’ve prob SAID it a million times too LOL In this episode we wanted to unpack the different nuances of “ease” — What does it mean? How can we define it for ourselves? Is “letting it be easy” even really possible? Let’s explore it together… Included in this episode: ➡️ Choosing your hard ➡️ Redefining what easy means for you ➡️ Strengthening your foundations ➡️ Why do...
Mar 11, 2025
1 hr 6 min
Ep.96 | Using IFS (Internal Family Systems) to Discover & Heal Our Hidden Parts w/ Tammy Sollenberger, Psychotherapist
If you’ve never heard of IFS (Internal Family Systems), don’t let the name scare you off! It’s way cooler and more transformative then it sounds lol. We’re excited to share this interview with Tammy because she’s a GENIUS at explaining IFS in a way that not only makes sense, but unlocks different perspectives for healing. Both Shay & I walked away from this episode a little mind-blown, and we’re hoping it has the same effect on you… Enjoy! 😊 In this episode, we explore: ➡️ Tammy’s j...
Mar 4, 2025
1 hr 18 min
Ep.95 | Get Comfortable with Conflict & Hard Conversations w/ Lauren Bronson Petrous, Leadership Consultant & Coach
Having difficult conversations is just part of this human experience, there’s really no way around it. BUT, if we can learn how to make those conversations easier and more productive??? What a gift that would be. So that’s what we brought Lauren on the podcast to talk about! This episode is a good one, filled with tips, examples, and real life scenarios all with the goal of helping YOU strengthen your own conflict resolution muscle… Enjoy! 😊 In this episode, we explore: ➡️ Lauren’s jour...
Feb 25, 2025
1 hr 18 min
Ep.94 | Inner Child Healing Work: The Good, the Bad & the WTF? with Shay & Mariah
Does the “inner child healing” work EVER end? Probably not LOL but we wanted to share this conversation in hopes that you’ll feel less alone on your journey. We’re walking it with you - through the muck, and the fun, and all the in-betweens. We hope this episode inspires you to keep coming back to YOU, because that’s the whole point of it all to begin with, right? Enjoy the episode! ☺️ Included in this episode: ➡️ Our relationship with anger ➡️ Different ways to release & express em...
Feb 18, 2025
1 hr 18 min
Ep.93 | Where the Inner Work Meets the Outer Work as an Entrepreneur w/ Ramon Estrada, Founder CEO Coach
Can this episode just be our commercial for the podcast? LOL This conversation with Ramon was incredible. His philosophy when it comes to business, and life in general is SO refreshing in this online space. If you’re feeling like you need to be more “strategic” in order to make your business work for you, listen to this episode first. You’re gonna feel SO MUCH more excited, inspired, and motivated to take action after. Enjoy! 😊 In this episode, we explore: ➡️ Ramon’s journey in the onli...
Feb 11, 2025
1 hr 17 min
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