Real Chat with Kat
Welcome to Real Chat with Kat — the podcast that’s all about real conversations for real transformation. I’m your host, Kat Polsinelli, and here we tackle the tough stuff — the pivots, the challenges, and the victories that shape our lives and businesses. From overcoming trauma and finding your voice to navigating life’s unexpected twists, we get raw, honest, and open with inspiring guests who share their stories of resilience, healing, and growth. Whether it’s breaking through emotional abuse, embracing self-worth, or thriving in entrepreneurship, you’ll find connection, empowerment, and tools to keep moving forward. So grab your favorite drink, settle in, and get ready for stories that hit home and conversations that make a difference. Let’s get real — together!
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Friday Jul 21, 2023
Friday Jul 21, 2023
Meet my Special Guest: Kimmy Seltzer!! Kimmy is a Confidence Therapist, Authentic Dating Strategist, Image Expert and Tedx speaker. She draws from her vast experience as a therapist, certified style coach, dating coach, and matchmaker to help people find lasting love, attract success, and build valuable relationships. Through her unique "confidence makeover" process, she unleashes the power of the "The Charisma Quotient," focusing on body language, first impressions, image/wardrobe, and flirting to enhance attraction. In this episode, Kimmy shares her own remarkable journey of growth, showing us that adversity can lead to our greatest transformations. She opens up about how she rebuilt her own confidence, learned the art of being seen, and mastered the world of dating.
Quote/Piece of Advice: People love people who love themselves.
Connect: Social Media @kimmyseltzer or her website: www.kimmyselter.com
Free Gifts!! (style guide) www.kimmyseltzer.com/style or (dating diagnosis quiz) www.kimmyseltzer.com/quiz
Her Podcast: Charisma Quotient Podcast
To connect with your host Kat:
@TheLotusEffectCoach or @KatPolsinelli
My Website: www.the-lotus-effect.com
Friday Jul 14, 2023
Friday Jul 14, 2023
Meet my beautiful guest Simona Mango!! Simona is a certified Life Coach, Spirituality Coach and Intuitive Life Coach. Her focus is to help women free themselves from the traps and chains that society, family, the schooling system, religion, tradition, and manipulative morals keep using, to stop them in their tracks and clip their wings. She helps her clients recognize and accept their greatness but diving into the subconscious mind. This was such a beautiful, soul lead conversation so with so many take aways.
Quote/Piece of Advice: I’ve lived with severals and masters and all of them are cats. Observe how a cat is in the present, this is how we would live ideally. Animals don’t look back, they don’t worry about the future, they are there in the moment. Live like a cat.
Connect: On IG @Simona_Mango or @Simona_lifepurpose and on LinkedIn @Simona Mango
To connect with your host Kat:
@KatPolsinelli or www.the-lotus-effect.com
Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
Meet my fantastic guest Tiffany Lewis!! Tiffany is the founder of More Meaningful Marketing and is a mother, avid coffee drinker, business owner, and self-proclaimed rebel with a lot of meaningful causes. She believes your brand story becomes the reason people do business and continue doing business with you. Tiffany is wildly passionate about helping women merge their personal attributes with their professional offerings in a way that boosts both confidence and business. She did just this for my rebrand and we are here on this episode to share the story of how it came to be with all the in between you normally don't hear people talk about.
Connect: On LinkedIn, FB, and IG @moremeanginfulmarketing or www.moremeaningfulmarketing.com
To connect with your host Kat:
@TheLotusEffectCoach or @KatPolsinelli
My website: www.the-lotus-effect.com
Friday Jul 07, 2023
Friday Jul 07, 2023
Meet my wonderful guest Sabine Kvenberg! Sabine is a coach, singer/songwriter, actress, and speaker who helps people overcome their fear of public speaking. She has a passion for helping her clients convey their topic to the audience in a fun and entertaining way. She is so full of life and information! This conversation was full of golden nuggets.
Quote/Piece of Advice: We have to become the person we are meant to be first, so we can live the life we are destined to live.
Connect: www.sabinekvenberg.com or on her Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/SabineKvenberg
To connect with your host Kat:
@KatPolsinelli or www.the-lotus-effect.com
Monday Jul 03, 2023
Monday Jul 03, 2023
Meet my sweet guest, Eileen Roth! Eileen Roth is an organizing expert and owner of Everything in its Place®. She has appeared on the Today Show and Oprah and wrote Organizing For Dummies®; and she consults and speaks on Office, Time, and Home organization. Anyone who knows me, knows organizing is my jam so you bet this was a fun one!
Quote/Piece of Advice: If you're not using it, lose it!
Connect: Find all of her info here: linkedin.com/in/eileenroth
Her free gift: Best Season to Organize/Set Goals
To connect with your host Kat:
@KatPolsinelli or www.the-lotus-effect.com
Friday Jun 30, 2023
Friday Jun 30, 2023
Meet my wonderful guest Meghan Dwyer!! Meghan is a Certified Financial Planner professional and the host of a fantastic podcast called “Money isn’t Scary”. She is on a mission to remove the stigma around money in our culture, so that women can begin to step into their own light and make choices free of fear. Through sharing her own personal experiences, Meghan inspires others to explore the sometimes-uncomfortable role that money plays in our lives.
Quote/Piece of Advice: Something to remind yourself of: You are making a difference.
Connect: IG @MoneyIsntScary or FB Group: Mindful Money Mommas
Her Podcast: Money Isn't Scary
To connect with your host Kat:
@KatPolsinelli or www.the-lotus-effect.com
Friday Jun 23, 2023
Friday Jun 23, 2023
Meet my remarkable guest, Amanda Kostura!! She is a Licensed Independent Social Worker Supervisor with over 12 years of experience in both direct practice and administrative positions in non-profits and social service agencies. Amanda noticed there were missing elements of compassion, humanity, and healing the root causes of mental health conditions in previous positions. These professional experiences, her own personal challenges, and research on trauma and the stress-disease connection led her to found Carve Your Own Path, Inc., a 501(c)3 non-profit organization specializing in a holistic, mind-body approach for healing and optimal wellness. This conversation was so eye opening and really brings the wellness practice, holistic approach, and clinical care together. No one is better than the other and each of us must follow the path of healing that works best for us.
Quote/Piece of Advice: Listen to your body. You know your body better than anyone else.
Connect: www.carvemypath.org or IG @cyopinc or LinkedIn @ Carve Your Own Path, Inc.
To connect with your host Kat:
@KatPolsinelli or www.the-lotus-effect.com
Monday Jun 19, 2023
Monday Jun 19, 2023
Meet my wonderful guest Consuela Munoz!! Consuela a distraction mgmt. coach and a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach working with entrepreneurs to defeat shiny object syndrome. Following a 20-year career at a privately held, multinational company, she decided to start her coaching business and founded Own Your Confidence. Consuela believes that everyone should be excited by the work they are doing and that celebrating and engaging your strengths is how you own your confidence. And she is here to help eliminate the distractions so you can do just that!! The conversation was full of fun and amazing take aways.
Quote/Piece of Advice:The more I focus, the more I impact, and I am meant to impact the world.
Connect: on LinkedIn, FB, and IG @ ConsuelaMunoz
Check out her free quiz: www.squirrelquiz.com or her website: www.ownyourconfidence.com
To connect with your host Kat:
@KatPolsinelli or www.the-lotus-effect.com
Friday Jun 16, 2023
Friday Jun 16, 2023
Meet my unique guest Tommy Scot!! Tommy is an IT guy by day and a radio host and podcaster by night!! He has learned how to marry his two loves as one!! He has been in the IT industry for 20+ years and has a passion for running a nonconforming radio station as well. He loves what he does in his day job but didn't want to give up his other passion so we chat about how he has made this work! You truly can do what you love in any way, shape, or form that fits the uniqueness of you! Listen to Tommy and see what I mean.
Quote/Piece of Advice: If you love your day job and have a passion…you can do both! Do what works for you.
Connect: www.STNRadio.com or FB @Signal to Noise Radio or IG @signaltonoise336
To connect with your host Kat:
@KatPolsinelli or www.the-lotus-effect.com
Monday Jun 12, 2023
Monday Jun 12, 2023
Meet my wonderful guest Wendy Cocke!! Wendy is the author of the best-selling book “Making Flex Work: Defining Success on Your Own Terms” and an engineer who spent over 20 years in Fortune 500 companies leading global teams. As a working mother, she began to define success on her own terms about 10 years into her career when Wendy pursued a flexible work arrangement and was told her career would stall, yet this would not be the case. Wendy now helps individuals and organizations think about work differently. The is a powerful conversation around organizing, optimizing, and simplifying your business and personal life, get ready!!
Quote/Piece of Advice: (from Einstein) The measure of intelligence is the measure of change.
Connect: on LinkedIn @Wendy.Anderson.Cocke or IG @WendyCocke
Check out her website and her book!! www.makingflexwork.com
To connect with your host Kat:
@KatPolsinelli or www.the-lotus-effect.com
Who is Kat?
From stepping onto a stage at 10 years old to stepping out of a decade-long abusive relationship, Kat Polsinelli’s journey is one of resilience and transformation. Now a sought-after speaker, bestselling co-author, and host of Real Chat with Kat—a top 10% globally ranked podcast airing on four radio stations and 2 public TV stations—she is on a mission to shed light on the unseen wounds of emotional and psychological abuse while empowering others to reclaim their strength.
A survivor of domestic violence, PTSD, and single motherhood at 16, Kat speaks with raw honesty about the lasting impact of trauma, the power of boundaries, and how self-worth plays a critical role in healing. Through her personal story of leaving and rebuilding, she challenges audiences to rethink what they know about abusive relationships, fostering a deeper understanding of the complexities survivors face.
Kat’s powerful voice has made her a sought-after speaker for colleges, healthcare professionals, and law enforcement, equipping them with the knowledge to support survivors and create meaningful change. She has been featured in NashvilleVoyager, CanvasRebel, and Her Nation and has taken the stage at universities, domestic violence awareness events, and criminal justice panels. With a no-nonsense approach and a compassionate heart, Kat sparks conversations, challenges perspectives, and brings light to even the darkest moments.