In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, Debra Mansfield, a dating coach and matchmaker with over 20 years of experience, shares her entrepreneurial journey and how she built a career helping people create meaningful relationships. From launching her first business at just 18 years old to evolving her work from image and first-impression coaching into relationship coaching, Debra explains how her passion for human connection ultimately led to the creation of Love & Dating.

Debra discusses the realities of modern dating, particularly for people re-entering the dating world after divorce or long-term relationships. She explains why self-awareness, values, and emotional clarity are essential before pursuing a relationship and how authentic connection is often overlooked in today’s swipe-driven dating culture. Debra also shares how she helps clients rebuild confidence, break unhealthy patterns, and approach dating with intention in order to build healthy, lasting partnerships.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, Leslie Andrews, founder of Turning Point Women’s Health Transitions, LLC, shares how her two-decade career as a massage therapist led her to recognize a deeper health challenge many women face as they enter perimenopause and menopause. After repeatedly seeing clients struggle with exhaustion, anxiety, hormonal shifts, and unexplained physical discomfort despite “doing everything right,” Leslie realized that traditional wellness approaches were not addressing the root causes. The global shutdown in 2020 became a pivotal moment that pushed her to expand beyond bodywork and create a program designed to help women support their health from the inside out.

Through Turning Point Women’s Health Transitions, Leslie now works with women—primarily between the ages of 35 and 60—who want clear guidance on navigating hormonal changes with confidence. Her approach combines personalized nutrition plans based on lab work, structured lifestyle habits, and coaching support designed to simplify health strategies during a time of major physiological change. By helping women cut through confusing health trends and misinformation, Leslie empowers her clients to better understand their bodies, restore metabolic balance, and approach midlife health transitions with greater clarity and control.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, Tamara Brown, founder of iPropel YOU, shares how a corporate layoff unexpectedly led her to launch a coaching and business transformation platform dedicated to helping professionals and entrepreneurs build purposeful careers and scalable businesses. With a background in technology and communications at a Fortune 1 company, Tamara initially began helping colleagues navigate career transitions, which eventually evolved into leadership coaching, personal brand development, and entrepreneurship support through her company.

Tamara also opens up about a major turning point in her life when she was diagnosed with a memory disorder, forcing her to rethink how she operated her business. This challenge led her to develop systems, automation, and AI-powered workflows that allow founders to focus on their strengths while building scalable operations. Through the iPropel YOU platform and her Business Operations Success System (BOSS), Tamara helps leaders transform their expertise into impactful brands and service-based businesses that create long-term legacy and freedom.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, Nic White, a hormone optimisation and online health coach for men over 40, shares his journey from a decades-long career in the nutraceutical and natural products industry to building a coaching business focused on helping men reclaim their health and vitality. After spending years in sales and nutrition-related industries—and once helping build a company that eventually sold for millions—Nic realized he wanted to focus on something far more meaningful: directly helping men improve their physical and mental wellbeing through holistic health practices.

Drawing on his background as a competitive bodybuilder and decades of experience in sports nutrition, Nic now works closely with men who have fallen out of healthy routines due to work, family, and life pressures. Through highly personalized coaching, he guides clients through sustainable fitness, nutrition, and lifestyle changes that rebuild strength, confidence, and resilience over time. His mission is to help men avoid the struggles he experienced personally and to show that age can become a platform for renewed purpose, performance, and long-term health.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, Rania Chami, a health strategist and lifestyle coach trained through the Integrative Institute of Nutrition, shares her personal journey from growing up in Lebanon immersed in the Mediterranean lifestyle to building a coaching practice in the United States. After moving to California and adopting the standard American diet, Rania began experiencing weight gain and health changes that inspired her to reconnect with the lifestyle principles she grew up with—focusing on nutrition, community, balance, and preventative wellness.

Through her work, Rania now helps individuals—primarily women navigating their late 30s and 40s—build sustainable health habits during life stages such as perimenopause and menopause. By combining health coaching and life coaching, she supports clients in improving nutrition, managing stress, strengthening mindset, and developing long-term lifestyle strategies that promote longevity, vitality, and overall wellbeing.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, Candy Motzek, founder of Step Into Success Now, shares her journey from a successful corporate career as an engineer and senior leader in corporate real estate management to becoming a transformational coach and entrepreneur. After years of managing large teams and high-pressure initiatives, Candy realized that while her corporate career had been rewarding, it no longer aligned with the life she wanted to build. With careful planning and a strategic transition, she gradually developed her coaching practice before fully stepping into entrepreneurship.

Today, Candy helps two main groups of clients: aspiring coaches transitioning out of corporate roles and high-performing professionals who struggle with imposter syndrome despite their outward success. Through personalized one-on-one coaching, she helps clients overcome self-doubt, clarify their direction, and build momentum toward meaningful professional and personal growth. Candy also shares how her podcast and educational masterclasses have become powerful tools for building trust, community, and sustainable client relationships.

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, Melina Khademi, founder of Melina Strength, shares how her personal fitness journey and life challenges inspired her to build an online coaching business dedicated to helping women develop real strength and long-term consistency in their fitness routines. After years of training, experimenting with different approaches, and navigating her own struggles with body image and discipline, Melina decided to turn a difficult period in her life into a meaningful mission: helping women build stronger bodies and healthier relationships with fitness.

Melina explains how her coaching approach focuses on discipline over motivation through what she calls her “Chaos-Proof Strength System.” Instead of relying on short bursts of motivation or quick fitness fixes, she teaches women how to create sustainable systems that work even during low-energy days. By sharing honest content, offering guidance through social media, and connecting with clients directly, Melina aims to cut through the noise of the fitness industry and help women build confidence, resilience, and lasting strength

In this episode of Founders Future, with host Olivia Sammons, Melissa Blue, Elite Leadership Mindpower Coach and founder of Melissa Blue Coaching, shares her journey from CPA firm owner and C-suite executive to becoming a transformational leadership coach. After more than 25 years working in high-level finance and serving as CFO for a gaming technology company, Melissa experienced severe burnout and realized she wanted a different kind of life—one that allowed her to be more present for her son while helping leaders overcome the internal barriers that hold them back from reaching their full potential.

Melissa explains how she now works with executives and C-suite leaders to identify limiting beliefs, eliminate self-doubt, and develop stronger communication and leadership behaviors. Through neuroscience-informed coaching, behavioral assessments, and mindset reframing techniques, she helps leaders understand the patterns that impact their decisions and performance. Her mission is to guide ambitious professionals toward greater self-awareness, stronger leadership skills, and more intentional growth—both personally and professionally.