Step Into Next

Step Into Next

Join Leanne, Helaine, and their amazing guest MK Getler as they explore the evolving landscape of AI, surrendering to change, and the balance between hustle and flow in this summer special episode.  Recorded remotely, they share candid reflections on career pivots, embracing uncertainty, and cultivating gratitude amidst rapid technological shifts, offering insights for navigating liminal space with resilience and curiosity. What they covered: The significance of personal and professional rituals, and the importance of synchronicities (0:00 - 4:25) MK’s career pivot into AI within a...

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What does it look like to return to entrepreneurship after failure, burnout, therapy, and rebuilding your life? In this episode of Step Into Next, Leanne and Helaine sit down with their friend and founder, investor, coach, and storyteller Andy Ellwood for a deeply honest and personal conversation about authenticity, startup life, resilience, and learning how to build success differently the second time around. Andy shares his wildly unconventional journey from conservative Christian Texas kid and top life insurance salesman, to startup operator at companies acquired by Facebook and Google, to...

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What happens when you finally achieve the thing you thought would make you happy… and it doesn’t? In this episode of Step Into Next, co-hosts Leanne and Helaine unpack the concept of the Arrival Fallacy - the belief that happiness lives on the other side of a milestone, promotion, relationship, financial goal, or major life achievement. From startup culture and founder burnout to Olympic athletes, weddings, book launches, and the endless moving goalposts of ambition, they explore why so many high achievers struggle to feel fulfilled even after “making it.” The conversation dives into: ...

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What happens when one “just in case” appointment changes everything? In this episode of Step Into Next, Leanne and Helaine sit down with Mindie Kaplan, entrepreneur, executive, and founder of the Million Mammogram Challenge, to talk about intuition, reinvention, entrepreneurship, breast cancer, and the power of turning a deeply personal experience into a movement. Mindie shares how she left corporate life to build and sell a VR/AR company, how a proactive mammogram led to an early breast cancer diagnosis, and how her healing journey became a mission to help women advocate for themselves,...

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What if the biggest wealth gap for women isn’t just about earning, but also exiting? In this episode of Step Into Next, Leanne and Helaine sit down with entrepreneur, author, and advisor Carrie Kerpen to unpack a critical (and often overlooked) truth: women aren’t just underfunded in business….they’re under-exiting, too. That means they’re selling or getting acquired far less often and for far less money than men. Carrie shares her journey from co-founding one of the first social media agencies to successfully selling her company and how that experience led her to uncover the “exit...

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In this episode of Step Into Next, Leanne and Helaine pull back the curtain on their origin stories: how they each found their way into business, creativity, reinvention, and ultimately this podcast! Leanne shares her path from young writer and bartender in New York to personal trainer, founder of Uplift, and women’s empowerment entrepreneur. Helaine reflects on her early career in magazines, her pivot into startups, the rise of CityRow, and the identity shifts that came with building and leaving a company. Together, they explore what it means to follow unexpected doors, navigate impostor...

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In this deeply honest episode of Step Into Next, Leanne and Helaine sit down with entrepreneur, finance leader, and coach Jonathan Gass Arieli for a conversation about resilience, reinvention, and what it really takes to move through the space between what was and what’s next. Jonathan shares the story of building Nomad Financial, supporting high-growth founders, navigating major business success, and then facing the painful unraveling that came with founder misalignment, a difficult sale, and years of uncertainty afterward. From seller financing gone sideways to the emotional toll of...

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What happens when a world-class journalist discovers she’s being paid less than her male colleagues….and that speaking up may cost her? In this episode of Step Into Next, Leanne and Helaine sit down with Maggie Palmer - founder of PepTalkHer, former journalist, and fierce advocate for women’s economic empowerment - for a candid, energizing conversation about money, work, activism, and the systems women are still navigating every day. Maggie shares her remarkable path from interviewing world leaders (think Bashar Al Assad of Syria and Barack Obama) and celebrities to building a company...

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On ‘Step Into Next’ Leanne and Helaine love to cover what they call the “liminal” space - that in-between can mean a LOT of different things, and this episode certainly proves that. In this one, they unpack what it really means to trust “divine timing” (without bypassing grief, frustration, or real-world messiness). They also (somewhat surprisingly!) explore spirituality as a practical tool for letting go of control, why “everything happens for a reason” can be harmful in certain moments, and how surrender looks different depending on where you are in your journey. The...

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After one big chapter ends, the question everyone asks is: “So… what’s next?” But what if what’s next doesn’t have to be the next big thing? In this episode of Step Into Next, Helaine and Leanne get honest about the in-between season, that liminal space after you’ve built something meaningful, closed a chapter, or hit a major milestone, and you’re not quite sure what comes next. They talk about: -Why pressure, expectations, and identity can make “figuring out what’s next” feel overwhelming -The difference between control vs. surrender (and how The Surrender Experiment by...