Heart Centered Leaders Podcast with Dr. Liz Martin https://liz5v.podbean.com Dr. Liz Martin, Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine interviews heart centered leaders in order to create a bigger impact in the wellness industry and those entrepreneurs coming from a heart centered place.

The Heart Centered Leaders Podcast was created to highlight the entrepreneurs, wellness professionals, business owners, and leaders who are building successful businesses without sacrificing their values, purpose, or humanity.

These are the people who lead with integrity, compassion, and service. They are committed to mastering their craft, creating meaningful impact, and building businesses that benefit not only themselves, but also their clients, teams, families, and communities.

Through these conversations, we explore the stories behind the success. The challenges, lessons, leadership experiences, personal growth, and defining moments that shaped each person's journey.

My hope is that listeners walk away with the courage to pursue their own purpose, trust themselves more deeply, and recognize that there is another way to lead—one rooted in authenticity, heart, and service.

I believe business can be a vehicle for transformation. Not only for the people we serve, but for the leaders we become in the process.

As a business consultant, nervous system educator, and healthcare practitioner, I am passionate about helping people build businesses and lives that are sustainable, aligned, and impactful. This podcast allows me to learn from other heart-centered leaders, share their wisdom, and create conversations around leadership, purpose, growth, and what it truly means to build a successful life.

Because when we lead from the heart, everyone wins.

Welcome to Heart Centered Leaders

]]> Tue, 25 Aug 2026 08:00:00 -0300 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en Copyright 2026 All rights reserved. Business:Entrepreneurship 1440 episodic liz5v liz5v No false https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/22476899/1_mh4ikn.png Heart Centered Leaders Podcast with Dr. Liz Martin https://liz5v.podbean.com 144 144 From Burnout to Baby Maker: Kellyanne Parish's Journey of Resilience From Burnout to Baby Maker: Kellyanne Parish's Journey of Resilience https://liz5v.podbean.com/e/from-burnout-to-baby-maker-kellyanne-parishs-journey-of-resilience/ https://liz5v.podbean.com/e/from-burnout-to-baby-maker-kellyanne-parishs-journey-of-resilience/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2026 08:00:00 -0300 liz5v.podbean.com/e201adef-cb79-38bd-a9d5-3c1596545d5c In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Kelly Ann Parish, D.Ac, L.Ac, LMT — doctor of Chinese medicine, licensed acupuncturist, and massage therapist with nearly two decades of experience in holistic healing. Owner of Alternative Approach Acupuncture and Wellness in East Patchogue, NY, Dr. Parish specializes in fertility treatment, pain management, hormone regulation, and mental wellness care. She opens up about building a business for 15+ years, overcoming personal infertility struggles, and helping her own daughter through autism spectrum disorder — turning her hardest moments into the empathy that drives her practice today. We talk resilience, reinvention, and what it really means to lead with your heart in the wellness world.

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]]> liz5v false No 3347 5 full From Thyroid Cancer to The Wellness Stop: Karen Sullivan's Story of Healing, Service & Showing Up From Thyroid Cancer to The Wellness Stop: Karen Sullivan's Story of Healing, Service & Showing Up https://liz5v.podbean.com/e/from-thyroid-cancer-to-the-wellness-stop-karen-sullivans-story-of-healing-service-showing-up/ https://liz5v.podbean.com/e/from-thyroid-cancer-to-the-wellness-stop-karen-sullivans-story-of-healing-service-showing-up/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2026 22:19:02 -0300 liz5v.podbean.com/71be13df-e450-332f-91bd-b0d754123d27 Karen Sullivan is a certified functional medicine coach, nutritionist, and founder of The Wellness Stop in Port Jefferson, NY. A thyroid cancer survivor at 29, Karen turned her personal health journey into nearly 20 years of coaching women through hormones, nutrition, and whole-body wellness. In this episode, she shares how a sidewalk spiritual download led her to open her beloved wellness boutique, why service is in her DNA, and the hard-won business lessons she wishes someone had told her sooner. If you're a woman navigating your health or building a heart-centered business, this one is for you.

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]]> liz5v false No 2699 4 full Soke Andrew Stigliano: What Martial Arts Really Teaches Us About Life and Leadership Soke Andrew Stigliano: What Martial Arts Really Teaches Us About Life and Leadership https://liz5v.podbean.com/e/soke-andrew-stigliano-what-martial-arts-really-teaches-us-about-life-and-leadership/ https://liz5v.podbean.com/e/soke-andrew-stigliano-what-martial-arts-really-teaches-us-about-life-and-leadership/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2026 10:45:25 -0300 liz5v.podbean.com/57904162-9a27-314e-b532-951325bb6014 In this episode of Heart-Centered Leaders, Dr. Liz Martin sits down with Soke Andrew Stigliano, founder of United Martial Arts Center in Port Jefferson Station. Soke Andrew shares how he was guided — not driven — into martial arts, and why he believes the art is far deeper than what society sees on screen. He opens up about building a heart-centered school in a world of commercial dojos, the power of structure and discipline for children, and how genuine care for students is what builds a thriving business. A powerful conversation about leadership, purpose, and teaching from the inside out.

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]]> liz5v false No 3943 3 full It is Never too late: Building a Business from Heart break, loss and reinvention with Christine Byrnes It is Never too late: Building a Business from Heart break, loss and reinvention with Christine Byrnes https://liz5v.podbean.com/e/it-is-never-too-late-building-a-business-from-heart-break-loss-and-reinvention-with-christine-byrnes/ https://liz5v.podbean.com/e/it-is-never-too-late-building-a-business-from-heart-break-loss-and-reinvention-with-christine-byrnes/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2026 21:00:46 -0300 liz5v.podbean.com/a1da39ac-db6c-3d9a-a36c-2d703a1687f0 In this episode of Heart-Centered Leaders, Dr. Liz Martin sits down with Christine Byrnes, founder of Skin and Soul Sanctuary in Stony Brook, New York. Christine shares her remarkable journey — from physical therapist assistant to esthetician, master NLP practitioner, astrologer, and life coach — a transformation that unfolded entirely in her 50s. She opens up about divorce, loss, COVID isolation, and how each challenge became a stepping stone toward her true purpose. Christine's holistic approach blends therapeutic facials with soul work, grounding techniques, and astrology to help clients feel beautiful inside and out. A powerful conversation about reinvention, self-worth, and leading with integrity.

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]]> liz5v false No 2160 2 full From Hair to Healing: Building a Heart-Centered Business with Nicole Gonnelly From Hair to Healing: Building a Heart-Centered Business with Nicole Gonnelly https://liz5v.podbean.com/e/from-hair-to-healing-building-a-heart-centered-business-with-nicole-gonnelly/ https://liz5v.podbean.com/e/from-hair-to-healing-building-a-heart-centered-business-with-nicole-gonnelly/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2026 23:52:32 -0300 liz5v.podbean.com/b54134b2-b0fd-3e4c-aa09-88de6bbc0e13 Nicole Gonnelly — founder of Glow Up Scalp & Soul Spa, psychic medium, Reiki master, and certified hypnotist — joins Dr. Liz Martin to share her journey from 27 years in hair to spiritual entrepreneurship. They cover energy healing, mediumship, protecting yourself as a healer, surviving COVID as a new business owner, and building a collaborative studio that lifts other women up. A powerful conversation for heart-centered entrepreneurs

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