Welcome back to My Secrets to Stamina! I'm thrilled to have a dear friend and client join the pod this week, Molly Rasmussen. She is celebrating 10 years of being in business with her company, POP Parties out of Dallas! With nearly two decades of experience, Molly is known for producing unforgettable, high-touch events. After earning her degree in Hospitality Management from the University of North Texas, she began her career assisting a celebrity wedding planner — and never looked back...

Welcome back everyone! Always thrilled to bring you a powerhouse guest and for this episode, that is Nina Sossamon-Pogue. Nina is a speaker, two-time best-selling author, and podcast host. She will share her extraordinary journey through Elite Athletics, Television News, and Corporate America, that defies the ordinary. Leaving home at age 13 to train, Nina made the USA Gymnastics team, and graced magazine covers as an Olympic hopeful alongside Mary Lou Retton but failed to ...

Hello July and welcome back to My Secrets to Stamina! Today, I welcome one of our longest friends and business partners, who is incredibly smart and talented and has a wealth of insights to share with us today – Mr. Wayne Beaubian. Wayne has years of experience in hospitality and related technology development. Prior to founding the company eDestinACCESS, Wayne was District President at Robert Half International located on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley where he was instr...

Welcome back to My Secrets to Stamina! I can't believe we're over halfway through 2025 - I am still on the road and grinding every day! Thought it would be great to pop in a SOLO episode as I haven't done one for a while and give you my latest thoughts on my stamina and work/life in general. Tune in to get motivated, inspired and always stay in that driven mindset! Cheers! Contact & Follow Cindy! Follow on Instagram at cindy_novotny, Facebook and LinkedIn for every day inspirational post...

Welcome back, everyone! So excited to have this guest join me today! Joe Fijol is a visionary thought leader with an unparalleled attention to detail, reshaping the landscape of event management. Hailing from Florida, Joe is the Founder and Principal of ETHOS Event Collective, boasting over three decades of experience in the DMC industry. His journey began on cruise ships, where he crafted unforgettable experiences before transitioning to various roles within hotels, incentive hou...

Welcome back to My Secrets to Stamina! So excited for you to listen to my next guest, Ms. Gabi Hughes. In a tale as old as time, Gabi planned her own wedding and promptly fell in love. Over the last decade, she's worked in catering, corporate, and hotels, working her way up from a summer event intern to launching her own business as a wedding planner. Working in wedding venues and hotels gave Gabi the hospitality and catering experience needed to serve her future clients, while ...

Welcome back to My Secrets to Stamina and Hello 2025! We’re kicking off another season with incredible guests, so please continue to tune in! This week, I have Kristin Cronin Boone joining me. Kristin is a licensed marriage and family therapist, writer, speaker, and adjunct professor at Antioch University Seattle. Kristin's current passion is teaching people to harness the power of their nervous system in an accessible and relatable framework that quickly impacts their life in a p...

How can it be?! The last episode of 2024! I am so excited for one of my dear friends and industry icons to join me on the podcast. Beth Lindsay Chapman is a veteran of the fashion industry and is known for her work as a bridal boutique owner, stylist, mentor, author, and wedding fashion consultant. After her tenure as a Vice President of Merchandising for Ann Taylor, her love of bridal fashion, and sincere desire to create a memorable shopping experience for brides, compe...

HELLO DECEMBER and Welcome Back to My Secrets to Stamina! I’m really excited for my guest this week, Ms. Elizabeth Solaru. Elizabeth is a renowned luxury expert with over 20 years of experience catering to global celebrities, Ultra-High-Net-Worth Individuals and royalty. As a celebrity cake designer, she has honed her skills in understanding and meeting the exacting standards of the world's most discerning clientele. Her wealth of knowledge and experience in the luxury industry has c...

Welcome Back! I’m really excited for my guest this week, Mr. Roger Igo! Since 1990, Roger has been responsible for thousands of successful events, large and small, for more than 30 years and responsible for $100 million in event sales. He is a council cabinet member of the World Affairs Council of Houston, has served on the board of the International Live Events Association, is a current member of NACE and MPI. Never satisfied, Roger continues to refine The Bell Tower on 34th in Houston, T...

Hello everyone and welcome back! I’m so excited to have my new friend, Lauren Pronger, join me on today’s episode! Lauren Pronger, founder of Well Inspired Travels and a graduate of the Institute of Integrative Nutrition, is a Luxury Wellness Consultant dedicated to elevating lives through holistic wellbeing. Her career was inspired by personal experiences with thyroid health challenges and her father's health battles, giving her a unique perspective on wellness. As a certifi...

Welcome back and hello O C T O B E R! I’m so excited to finally have this bossbabe on my podcast! She has been a longtime friend, styled my daughter’s wedding and is a true trailblazer. Julie Sabatino, the original — and most sought-after —bridal stylist in the world, Julie is the founder of The Stylish Bride and the go-to for some of the most discerning brides in the world. In the 20-plus years since founding the Bridal Styling Industry, she has worked with the most respected ...

Welcome Back to My Secrets to Stamina! I know you all love a SOLO episode, so on today’s podcast, I am going to share answers to my Frequently Asked Questions! Most ask how I do it, how I make it all happen, how I keep up my stamina and so much more so today, I hope this will provide inspiration on how I live with no balance and love it and always have! ENJOY! Contact & Follow Cindy! Follow on Instagram at cindy_novotny, Facebook and LinkedIn for every day i...

Welcome back to My Secrets to Stamina and HELLO SEPTEMBER! During this episode, I welcome a dear friend of ours from our happy place in Northern Michigan, Mr. Dennis Campbell. Dennis is the epitome of an entrepreneur and sales guru! Starting out with the Ford Motor Company, he took on every opportunity to build businesses that would grow and be profitable. From building and selling mobile home parks to resurrecting his aunt’s restaurant, bowling alley and motel in Frank...

WELCOME BACK! I can't believe we're approaching the end of summer already! I hope you're ready to make the rest of this year your very best! I'm joined on this episode by a friend and colleague, who adds Team MCA to her resume, Ms. Ann Kerian! Ann is an internationally sought after speaker, coach, facilitator and author. She is an award-winning journalist and has been working with us as well as her own company since 2013. Prior to that, she worked as a television n...

During this next episode, I welcome, Jayne Edison, someone who thinks just like me, she is like a soul sister! I met Jayne through my dear friend and client, Emily Snyder and we hit it off instantly. Jayne is the Principal and Owner of Office Furniture Innovations in Houston, TX. She has been a pioneer in this business and been successful for over 30 years. Jayne’s reputation is based on her fierce commitment to serving her clients and doing whatever it takes to ge...

Welcome back to My Secrets to Stamina! I am so excited to bring on a wonderful friend, someone I’ve known and worked with for many years – Mr. Frank Robinson. Frank Robinson is an entrepreneur with an intrinsic passion for celebrating life’s successes. A passion he has cultivated into a lifestyle and leveraged to create two successful companies, Island Events and Ulu Creative. Both companies are focused on creating luxury events in Hawaii. With over forty years of experi...

Welcome back and happy summer! Could not be MORE EXCITED to welcome a dear friend of mine on this episode - Ms. Sarah Haywood. She has a global reputation of being the most sought after wedding and event planners. Sarah planned her first party over twenty years ago. What began as a sideline in party planning whilst working as a TV reporter and producer is now an award winning, international business. Sarah is the author of two wedding books and regularly appears on television and radi...

Welcome back to My Secrets to Stamina! It’s been a while since I’ve published a SOLO episode – so, here we go! During this episode, I talk all things healthy travel. I get asked almost every single day, “How do you do it?” Yes, it’s actually true, I travel 50 out of 52 weeks of the year, have logged over 10 million air travel miles and I have found the tips and tricks to keep my stamina up and stay healthy and happy on the road! Being a global citizen and r...

Are you ready for another inspirational episode?! During this episode, I welcome Nikki Lamberti. I have known and worked with Nikki for years and she is a truly incredible woman! Nikki is a dynamic and entertaining Certified Wine Professional (CWP), Wine Educator and Owner/Winemaker of a boutique wine brand in Sonoma County, CA. She has a background of over 20 years in sales, service and recruitment with the Disney Company and uses that foundation to create magic for her podcast...