Send us a text This week on The UpLevel Podcast, we welcome Dr. Daniel Foor, a psychologist, an experienced ritualist, and the author of Ancestral Medicine: Rituals for Personal and Family Healing. From ancestral lineage healing and animism to decolonial leadership and ethical business, this dialogue bridges spirituality, psychology, and justice in profoundly human ways, guiding people into right relationship with their ancestors, the land, and the unseen world. Daniel invites us to ret...

Send us a text This week on The UpLevel Podcast, join us for a deeply insightful conversation with Shannon Murfree, Senior Manager of Global Executive Talent Acquisition at Equinix, to explore what it truly means to lead and live in Right Relationship. With over 13,000 employees powering the digital infrastructure behind giants like Google, Amazon, and Microsoft, Equinix thrives on more than just innovation; it thrives on human connection. And Shannon is one of the leaders ensuring that the h...

Send us a text What if movement wasn’t just something we did for exercise but was a gateway into deeper healing, transformation, and leadership? This week on The UpLevel Podcast, we welcome Tasha Blank, an international DJ, somatic practitioner, teacher, and founder of The Get Down, Drop Body Language, and the global leadership academy Powerhouse DJ School (PhDJ). Known for liberating hips and hearts everywhere from NYC’s most legendary clubs to festivals, churches, museums, forests, and even...

Send us a text What happens when we have all of the most amazing people working together in the same direction? ANYTHING! Talk about impact abundance! This week on The UpLevel Podcast, join us for a tender, fiery, joyful, and profoundly real conversation with Kvon and Jessica Tucker, a husband-and-wife team embodying conscious leadership, healing, and partnership. Kvon, CEO and co-founder of Consciously, brings experience from Netflix, Amazon, and a big tech company into his executive coachin...

Send us a text What if life itself is a school of love? This week on The UpLevel Podcast, we welcome Britta Eskey, author of Initiations in Love, co-founder of COR, and certified compassion cultivation teacher at Stanford. For over 25 years, Britta has guided individuals and communities through transformational work that reconnects us with our essential goodness and deepest values. Britta shares how love, beyond romance, becomes the foundation for true leadership, community, and right r...

Send us a text This week on The UpLevel Podcast, let’s hear it from Kiran Chitluri, a seasoned coach with 25 years of experience as a software engineer and manager whose leadership work bridges technology and humanity. Kiran has guided leaders and teams at some of the world’s most innovative companies, creating spaces where vulnerability, authenticity, and connection fuel results. Kiran shares his unique perspective on right relationship, what it means in leadership, team culture, technology,...

Send us a text This week on The UpLevel Podcast, join us for a soul-nourishing episode featuring transformational guide and bridge keeper Karina Turtzo, a woman walking the path of collective liberation through ancestral healing, indigenous wisdom, and regenerative leadership. Karina shares how “right relationship” is a lived practice that begins with intention, respect, and deep listening. From decolonized leadership to sacred ceremony, this conversation is rich with teachings on how to reco...

Send us a text If you’re ready to rethink what’s possible for yourself, your team, or your organization, this episode will ignite something in you. This week on The UpLevel Podcast, we sit down with Sydney Gerbracht, transformational coach, leadership consultant, and visionary founder of Syd Speaks. From her days as an elite NCAA Division 1 athlete to her extraordinary impact at lululemon (where she helped drive over $75 million in results), Sydney has always been a catalyst for change. Sydne...

Send us a text This week on The UpLevel Podcast, we have the honor of sitting with Kumu Ramsay Taum, a revered Hawaiian elder and master teacher whose work bridges ancient wisdom with modern leadership. Recognized by the University of Hawai‘i as a Star of Oceania, Kumu’s teachings have transformed countless lives by reconnecting people to spirit, community, and purpose. If you’re longing for a more rooted, conscious way to lead and live, this conversation will feel like coming home. In this e...

Send us a text We flip the script in this milestone 100th episode of The UpLevel Podcast. Our Co-Founder, Rachel Baldi, steps into the interviewer’s seat to have a heartfelt, honest conversation with Christie Mann, best-selling author, executive coach, and Co-Founder & CEO of UpLevel. Together, they explore the evolving concept of Right Relationship: how it shows up in our leadership, our lives, and our longing to live in integrity with ourselves, each other, and the world. This conversat...

Send us a text This week on The UpLevel Podcast, we welcome transformational coach, certified grief educator, and the founder of the Care Box Network and creator of the A.R.I.S.E. Collective, Njeri Njuhigu, a woman whose wisdom is born of deep experience. With her background in spiritual psychology and as a caregiver for her parents for over 13 years, she is now a guide for countless others navigating loss and major life transitions. Njeri offers a rare and nuanced voice on what it means to s...

Send us a text This week on The UpLevel Podcast, we sit down with Jocelyn Pepe, author of Claim Your Brain, and founder of TrU. We have a rich and powerful conversation about what it means to be in right relationship with our mental health. As a leader, coach, and advocate, Jocelyn is reshaping how we think about mental well-being in the workplace and beyond. She weaves science, soul, and lived experience into a transformative body of work that supports leaders, teams, and individuals in recl...

Send us a text In celebration of the 2025 International Coaching Week, we’re proud to share a deeply grounding and expansive episode of The UpLevel Podcast featuring five extraordinary elders: Eileen Blumenthal, Hide Enomoto, Hope Langner, John Vercelli, and Lorry Schneider. For the fourth year in a row, we’re honoring elderhood, an often overlooked role in modern society, and exploring how it deeply informs our understanding of right relationship in coaching, leadership, and life. Whether yo...

Send us a text This week on The UpLevel Podcast, we welcome the extraordinary Julie Barker-Merz, Regional President of BMO Bank of Montreal for Greater Toronto. A visionary leader with a bold heart, Julie is known for breaking new ground in corporate leadership and uplifting women across business, sport, and community. Julie shares deeply personal insights on how to lead with heart while holding big responsibility. From her signature “four-legged stool” principle of balance to her unwavering ...

Have you forgotten how to play? This week on The UpLevel Podcast, join us for a deeply grounding and inspiring conversation as we sit down with Jennifer Leigh Smith, J.D., affectionately known as Tree Jenny. She is an environmental lawyer, regenerative leader, certified carbon auditor, and heart-centered activist. From growing up on a sustainable farm in Louisiana to planting over 620,000 biodiverse trees across Central America and Kenya, Tree Jenny shares how she’s built a life rooted in ser...

This week on The UpLevel Podcast, our two extraordinary guests, Abigail and Clive Prout, take us deep into the concept of Right Relationship—the art of maintaining true connection, reciprocity, and presence in our partnerships, leadership, and self-growth. With over 50 years of combined coaching experience, Abigail and Clive have dedicated their lives to fostering conscious connection—both in their own relationship and in the lives of their clients. From navigating intimate partnerships...

This week on The UpLevel Podcast, we sit down with Kale Ka’alekahi, a spiritual activist, cultural innovator, and lineage carrier for indigenous traditions. He shares powerful wisdom on how ceremony, ritual, and men’s work can help us restore right relationship with ourselves, our communities, and the land. Kale brings a unique perspective shaped by deep ancestral knowledge and lived experience, offering insights that feel like medicine for these times. Listen now! In this episode, we explore...

This week on The UpLevel Podcast, we’re celebrating the multifaceted roles of women who lead with heart, courage, and connection as we approach International Women’s Day. Join us for a transformative conversation with Carey Baker, CEO of the Co-Active Training Institute, and a visionary leader redefining leadership through right and responsible relationships. We’ll explore the art of balancing leadership, family, and self in a world that often pulls us in a million directions. This Internatio...

This week on The UpLevel Podcast, join us in a powerful and deeply moving episode as we welcome two extraordinary humans: Sam House and Em House. Together, they share an honest, vulnerable, and insightful conversation about right relationship—what it means, why we struggle with it, and how we can restore it in our families, communities, and society. Listen now! In This Episode: Right Relationship as a Practice: A lifelong process of aligning with truth, growth, and authentic connectionDismant...

*Trigger Warning: This episode mentions the LA fires, which may be sensitive for some listeners. Please listen with care—you’re not alone. This week on The UpLevel Podcast, join us for a profound conversation with Jessa Calderon—singer, songwriter, emcee, poet, author, and the Director of Land, Water, and Climate Justice for Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples. Jessa, a proud member of the Chumash and Tongva nations, also honors her Yoimi and Mexican heritage. Her energy, wisdom, a...