Her Origin Story

Check Out These Highlights:Katie Jamieson never planned to become a travel advisor, but a difficult season of health challenges, multiple surgeries, and a rare mesothelioma diagnosis forced her to rethink what freedom, work, and success looked like. After years in nonprofit leadership, she made the decision to bet on herself and launch a consulting business before eventually building Engage Travel Co.In this episode, Katie shares how chronic illness changed the way she approaches both business and travel. Instead of following someone else's blueprint, she learned to create systems that worked with her life, not against it. That same philosophy now shapes how she helps clients plan meaningful trips around their own needs, limitations, and priorities.We also talk about the power of finding your "why," whether you're building a business, planning a vacation, or navigating a difficult chapter. Katie explains why breaking up with the "shoulds," letting go of FOMO, and focusing on what actually matters can transform how we live and work.From leading a group of 19 travelers through France during one of the hardest medical years of her life to helping clients travel confidently through grief, chronic illness, and major life transitions, Katie's story is a powerful reminder that you don't have to wait for life to be perfect before pursuing what matters most.About Katie Jamieson:Katie Jamieson is a nonprofit consultant, travel advisor, and founder of Engage Travel Co. She helps individuals, families, and groups create personalized travel experiences that fit their real lives, with a special passion for helping people navigate travel through chronic illness, grief, and major life transitions.Connect with Katie:🌐 Website: https://katiejamieson.com/ and https://engagetravelco.com/ 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-jamieson-cae/💬 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/katieconnects📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/voyage.la.vie/Stalk Me Online!About Me: https://tobymyles.com/about/Free Gift: The Nashville Method: 5-Day Storytelling Mini-CourseSubscribe to Her Origin Story on your favorite platform. New episodes every week with real, raw stories about the moments that started it all. Episode Notes Footer:Her Origin Story is produced by Toby Myles Copywriting, and podcast editor Ilorah Dela CruzAll content © 2026 Toby Myles. All rights reserved.

Check Out These Highlights:What happens when you've built a successful business, but it no longer feels like freedom?In this episode, Colleen Kranz shares her journey from growing up on a sheep farm to leading marketing teams in corporate America and eventually launching her own business. But after leaving corporate to create more flexibility, she found herself facing a second burnout, this time inside a business she had built herself.Colleen opens up about the realization that she'd created what she calls a "golden cage", a business that looked successful from the outside but left her feeling trapped, overwhelmed, and disconnected from the freedom she originally wanted. She explains why profit matters, but should never be the only measure of success.We also dive into one of the most unforgettable stories ever shared on the podcast: how Colleen and her husband built an airplane in their garage despite her fear of heights, claustrophobia, and motion sickness. The experience became a powerful lesson in conviction, confidence, community, and tackling seemingly impossible goals one step at a time.Along the way, Colleen shares why "You're not slow, you're deep" became one of the most transformative lessons of her life, and how slowing down can sometimes be the very thing that helps you grow.If you've ever wondered whether the life you're building actually supports the life you want to live, this conversation is for you.About Colleen Kranz:Colleen Kranz is a fractional CMO, growth coach, and creator of the Grow On Purpose System (GPS). She helps consultants, coaches, and expertise-based business owners build profitable, sustainable businesses that prioritize purpose, wellbeing, and freedom alongside growth.Connect with Colleen:🌐 Website: https://www.catapultnorth.com/💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colleenkranz🎁 Free Resource: https://www.catapultnorth.com/grow-north-thursday-newsletterThe Grow on Purpose® System (GPS): https://www.catapultnorth.com/gpsStalk Me Online!About Me: https://tobymyles.com/about/Free Gift: The Nashville Method: 5-Day Storytelling Mini-CourseSubscribe to Her Origin Story on your favorite platform. New episodes every week with real, raw stories about the moments that started it all. Episode Notes Footer:Her Origin Story is produced by Toby Myles Copywriting, and podcast editor Ilorah Dela CruzAll content © 2026 Toby Myles. All rights reserved.

Check Out These Highlights:Amy shares how racing go‑karts as a child gave her early lessons in competition, sponsorship, and community; lessons that still guide her work today.She recalls launching a speaking tour of six elementary schools at age 10 to show kids they could do big things right now, and how that visibility led to a radio show at 13.We talk about her 18 years in the nonprofit association world, where she learned the power of building community around larger movements, and how that experience shaped her consulting work.Amy explains why she sees entrepreneurship as one big experiment, why sales is really just a conversation, and how social media was meant to be social.Her story is a reminder that curiosity, openness, and joy can be the foundation for sustainable business growth.About Amy Hager:Amy Hager is a sales strategist and community builder at Joyful Business Revolution. She helps entrepreneurs refine their messaging, marketing, and positioning so they can grow their businesses from a place of joy and connection.Connect with Amy:🌐 Website: https://joyfulbusinessrevolution.com/💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-hager-cae-iom/💬 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amy.hager.58/🎁 Free Resource: https://joyfulbusinessrevolution.com/salespagehelp/Stalk Me Online!About Me: https://tobymyles.com/about/Free Gift: The Nashville Method: 5-Day Storytelling Mini-CourseSubscribe to Her Origin Story on your favorite platform. New episodes every week with real, raw stories about the moments that started it all. Episode Notes Footer:Her Origin Story is produced by Toby Myles Copywriting, and podcast editor Ilorah Dela CruzAll content © 2026 Toby Myles. All rights reserved.

Check Out These Highlights:Hady reflects on her mother’s saying, “Closed mouths don’t let flies in,” and how that lesson in silence shaped her early years and followed her into a 25‑year career in male‑dominated tech and finance.She shares how being the youngest of four sisters pushed her to carve out her own identity, always looking for ways to do things differently and stand out.We talk about her mission work in Bolivia, teaching incarcerated women to find their voice, and how that experience connected directly to her later work in equality and leadership.Hady also describes her time as head of equality at Slack, and how she shifted from quietly waiting her turn to actively advocating for herself; a transformation that became the foundation of her bestselling book.Her story is a powerful reminder that underestimated professionals can thrive when they own their voice, and that belonging and inclusion lead to stronger teams, better products, and more authentic leadership.About Hady Méndez:Hady Méndez is a bestselling author, leadership coach, and founder of Boldly Speaking. She helps underestimated professionals find their voice and claim their place at the table, drawing on her decades of experience in tech, finance, and equality leadership.Connect with Hady:🌐 Website: https://www.boldlyspeakingllc.com💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hadymendez📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/calladitanomorebook📑 Substack: https://hadyunfiltered.substack.comStalk Me Online!About Me: https://tobymyles.com/about/Free Gift: The Nashville Method: 5-Day Storytelling Mini-CourseSubscribe to Her Origin Story on your favorite platform. New episodes every week with real, raw stories about the moments that started it all. Episode Notes Footer:Her Origin Story is produced by Toby Myles Copywriting, and podcast editor Ilorah Dela CruzAll content © 2026 Toby Myles. All rights reserved.

Check Out These Highlights:Amanda reflects on the pivotal moment when her husband told her their marriage couldn’t sustain her distraction, and how that conversation forced her to confront the gap between who she was becoming and who she was expected to be.She explains how she accidentally fell into real estate investing, starting with a few hours of paperwork each week, and how curiosity turned that opportunity into her life’s work.Amanda shares her perspective on women and money; from generational conditioning to the stigma of “not being good with finances”, and why she believes curiosity and authorship are more powerful than literacy alone.We also talk about risk awareness, values‑based investing, and her conviction that when women control capital, they invest in communities, healthcare, and technologies that create lasting impact.Her story is a reminder that you don’t need a finance degree or a trust fund to start building wealth; you need curiosity, confidence, and the willingness to take the next step.About Amanda Taylor:Amanda Taylor is a business and wealth strategist, entrepreneur, and host of the Expand Your Empire podcast. She helps women move from financial sidelines to financial authorship, building wealth strategies that align with their values and create lasting impact.Connect with Amanda:🌐 Website: www.expandyourempire.org💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-taylor-biz/📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_amanda_taylor/📑 Substack: https://genxhermoney.substack.com/📋 Investing 101 Course: https://investing101.expandyourempire.org/investing-101Stalk Me Online!About Me: https://tobymyles.com/about/Free Gift: The Nashville Method: 5-Day Storytelling Mini-CourseSubscribe to Her Origin Story on your favorite platform. New episodes every week with real, raw stories about the moments that started it all. Episode Notes Footer:Her Origin Story is produced by Toby Myles Copywriting, and podcast editor Ilorah Dela CruzAll content © 2026 Toby Myles. All rights reserved.