Hello & welcome back to Raw Intentions! This week, we’re sitting down with Denver local, and the OG fitness influencer herself—Natalie Bally. Natalie found her love for fitness and content creation in college, when she didn’t quite fit into the party scene and turned to YouTube for connection. Slowly but surely, she built a following, partnered with brands like Gymshark, and created a thriving online presence. But then, life threw her a curveball—going off birth control sent her hormones ...

Hello & welcome back to Raw Intentions! This week, we’re talking about passion, purpose, and making an impact with Stephanie Villavicencio. Stephanie’s journey started on the beaches of Florida, a surf obsessed beach bum, but life led her to Aspen, where she found a new purpose amongst mountains & snow. After cultivating her own community, and calling Carbondale home, her best friend got diagnosed with stage 3 Breast Cancer. What started as selling stickers out of her ski jacket...

Hello & welcome back to Raw Intentions! This week, we have THE Lexi Larson on the pod—content creator, business owner, and the ultimate example of what happens when you bet on yourself. Lexi spent years in a corporate, soul sucking job, as many of us can relate, and decided there must be more to life. So she woke up one day, got out of her own way, and started posting vlogs. She built her brand by being unapologetically herself—no forced aesthetic, no trying to fit into a box, just real, ...

Hello & welcome back to Raw Intentions! This week, we’re catching up with a familiar face and long time friend of the podcast, Hannah Ruth. If you haven’t listened to our first episode with her, go back and give it a listen for all the backstory; but today, we’re diving into the empire she’s building with Built to Burn Academy. Hannah is a fitness influencer, personal trainer, and all-around powerhouse who’s rethinking the way we approach health. Instead of quick fixes and crash diets, sh...

Hello & welcome back to Raw Intentions! This week, we’re heading to Carbondale, CO, with Jenny Verrochi—avid snowboarder, entrepreneur, and the mastermind behind Buck Wild Coffee & Boot Tan Fest. Jenny grew up with nature at the center of her world; watching her parents trade coffee for lift tickets and build their own coffee company from the ground up. Inspired by their journey and her love of creating community, she set out to create something just as bold—her own coffee brand. We d...

Hello & welcome back to Raw Intentions! This week, we’re chatting with Chatter Club founder, Denver local, & new mom Bri Rios. Bri is disrupting the PR agency; she shares her journey on starting two companies, her passions within her agency, law suits & lessons, business advice, and the importance of work/life balance. We also discuss her nonnegotiables, mindfulness practices, advice for new moms, and how to keep your identity through motherhood. So lucky to call Bri a friend; thi...

Hello & welcome back to Raw Intentions! This week, we’re exploring the unique world of Corinna Lander, a Denver-based photographer turned entrepreneur who founded Ignite Your Aura, an aura photography business. Corinna’s journey from wedding photography to creating empowering "goddess sessions" for women is fascinating. Melding together her We discuss what aura photography is, it’s history, and her deep spirituality that lead her on such a fulfilling career path. Corinna shares her love f...

Hello & welcome back to Raw Intentions! Today we’re catching up with my friend and multifaceted local entrepreneur, Anna Zesbaugh. If you’re new here, check out our first episode with Anna; she gives a more detailed back story of who she is and her 3 (yes THREE) brands, and it’s a FABULOUS conversation. We decided to have her back on, as she has a TON of exciting updates for us. Landing huge retailers, fundraising, viral sensations that have skyrocketed her bar’s business, Blind Tiger Lou...

Hello & welcome back to Raw Intentions! On today’s episode, we sit down with Denver local, entrepreneur & founder behind Live for Live Music, meditation teacher, and father, Kunj Shah. We discuss his journey, starting in NYC with a love for music (notably 200 + Phish shows), and wanting to get more involved in the industry. He details what started as a blog, that blew up into a MASSIVE company; eventually throwing music festivals of his own. After this entrepreneurial metamorpho...

Good morning, and welcome back to Raw Intentions! This week, I’m thrilled to have Rachel Deeb, a Nashville native and multifaceted creative, back on the podcast. Rachel is a photographer, custom creator under her brand Elektrik Denim, muralist, and—oh yeah—she just finished up a tour with The Lumineers! In this episode, Rachel opens up about her creative journey, from her early days as a photographer to the whirlwind decision to tour with her favorite band. We dive into what life on the road ...

Hi everyone, and Happy New Year! We’ve got a solo episode for you today on Raw Intentions, with your favorite host, ME! Catching y’all up on some work craziness, life happenings, and a glimpse into 2025. I’ve had no time to even BEGIN diving into what my typical new years routine is, but that’s okay. We walk through it together, I give some advice if you’re looking for resolution inspo, and we just have a nice lil chat. So enjoy, and tell me what you’re manifesting this new years! xxShop Raw ...

Hello & welcome back to Raw Intentions! This week, I’m so excited to share an episode with my dear friend, California native, and all-around spiritual powerhouse, Nicolle Merrilyne. Nicolle is an intuitive healer, spiritual mentor, and medium whose mission is to make spirituality and mindfulness accessible to all. In this episode, we dive deep into Nicolle’s upbringing in an open-minded, energy-aware household, and the traumatic experience that reconnected her to her spirituality. She sha...

Hello & welcome back to Raw Intentions! This week, I’m sitting down with my sweet friend and local Breckenridge photographer, Jessica Luann, to chat about all things creativity, community, and finding balance. Jess specializes in micro weddings and elopements in the mountains, and she takes us through her journey of falling in love with photography, discovering the risk, reward, & power of niching down your craft, and building an intentional life in the mountains. We dive into topics ...

Hello & welcome back to Raw Intentions! This week, we’re diving into the world of entrepreneurship, friendship, and outdoor fashion with Tina Thompson, co-founder of the rapidly growing brand Seniq. Starting a fashion brand with your best friend sounds like the DREAM, and after our chat, I’d say they’re doing just that. We take it from the top- how two besties chatting an idea over sandwiches, turned into a full on BRAND, making waves in the outdoor space. We chat about her ba...

Welcome back to Raw Intentions! This week, we’ve got a different spin on our normal weekly episodes. I was a guest on the “Something More Human” podcast, and the conversations were SO eye opening. They asked me questions that I’ve never asked myself, and in the vein of vulnerability, I decided to share the episode with our listeners too. We chat about what self love REALLY means, the importance of energy & manifestation, putting body positivity into practice, friendships, attaining deep c...

Hello & welcome back to Raw Intentions! This week, I’m chatting with Alden Easter Lopez; content creator, co-founder of Jaw Creative. and social media expert. Alden opens up about growing up in a tourist town, finding happiness by the ocean, trying her hand at influencing full-time and realizing it wasn’t for her, and the beauty of failing forward & growing from your mistakes. We also dive into what it’s like running a social media agency with her sister, the dynamics of hiring and ma...

Hello my friends! We’re back with another solo episode of the self-proclaimed, world renowned podcast, Raw Intentions. I’ve returned from my study abroad trip (aka my trip back down south) and I’m ready to yap about it. Did my bridesmaid duties two times over, had a lovely, long visit with my long distance boyfriend, spent time with family, saw my besties run the NYC marathon, and cried over the election. I get y’all up to date on current happenings in my life, my hot takes of the moment, the...

Hello & welcome back to Raw Intentions! This week’s episode features the incredibly talented Katie Walker, tattoo artist and co-founder of Serial Skin. Katie shares her story; recounting her childhood, her yearning for something more, and her first experience with tattoos. Fast forward years later, as she steps into the world of tattooing as an artist; pledging to drive change & create with intention. We also dive into the challenges of being a woman in a male-dominated industry, the ...

Good morning, and welcome back to Raw Intentions! This week, we’ve got Ryan Fantau; mountain man, wave chaser, snowboard lover & founder of Deuces Wild Hat Co. Ryan shares how his love for snowboarding & the outdoors, led him to Steamboat for college, and later to Breckenridge. We dive into the dichotomy of life in a ski town—the freedom and beauty you’re surrounded by, but also the mental health challenges that people often overlook. A friend to all & pillar of the Breck communit...

Hello & welcome back to Raw Intentions! This week, we’re joined by Amanda Fowler, a mother of two and co- host of the podcast Consciously Unconscious, who opens up about her incredible journey of self-discovery. Amanda gets REAL; we chat about losing yourself, finding yourself, and the challenges of balancing motherhood with personal growth in your early 20’s. We discuss everything under the sun- from having her first child in college, to breaking up with her long-term boyfriend to redisc...