The Manage Her

The Manage Her is where motherhood meets leadership, and invisible work gets the spotlight it deserves. Hosted by entrepreneur and author Aimee Rickabus, this show empowers women to reclaim their roles as CEOs of both home and business. With real conversations on emotional wellness, boundaries, feminine leadership, holistic living, and raising the next generation—this is your space to rise, restore, and lead on your own terms.

The Manage Her is a business podcast hosted by Aimee Rickabus, with 79 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Aimee Rickabus hosts The Manage Her, a business show with 79 episodes published.

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  Episode #81

  How to Become a Thought Leader: Jacquelyn Fletcher Johnson | Ep 81

  Sep 28, 20261h 48mS2

  Send us Fan Mail There are brilliant women everywhere with something important to say — and almost nobody outside their circle knows who they are. How to become a thought leader isn't a mystery once you know how the doors actually open. In this episode, Aimee Rickabus talks with Jacquelyn Fletcher Johnson — author of 14 books, keynote speaker, executive coach, and founder of the Gateway Gathering & Pitch Fest — about getting your ideas out of your head and onto agents' desks, conference stages, and into the rooms where decisions get made. Jacquelyn shares: - How to find a literary agent, and how to land a book deal without one first - What a query letter has to do in 30 seconds ("no AI" and "show me you know me") - When you actually need a speaking agent, and what they want to see first - The three lenses for deciding what's yours to share and what's someone else's story - The lava bracelet trick she used to walk onto a stage of 2,000 people Whether you're sitting on a book, a keynote, or an idea that won't leave you alone, this conversation will make "not ready yet" a lot harder to believe. ️ The Gateway Gathering & Pitch Fest is October 6–8, 2026 (virtual). Get your ticket through Aimee's link and use promo code AIMEE : https://events.zoom.us/ev/Amr-bxdqj7Y_NssOg5hpaW3QiQh5V2kcsIVJEL5Zo-kl_IUJoiMZ~ApMB4a9_EFyg9oDBb1YQhSoh_hhXwRAchVZqQvgGfO1V4wsfaqDWyxWaUQ?promo=AIMEE Affiliate link — The Manage Her® may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. CONNECT WITH JACQUELYN FLETCHER JOHNSON: Website: https://jacquelynfletcherjohnson.com The Gateway Project: https://www.gateway-project.com Instagram: @jacquelynfletcherjohnson LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacquelynfletcherjohnson/ ——— The Manage Her® Podcast — hosted by Aimee Rickabus. Honest conversations on leadership, financial empowerment, motherhood, wellness, and career reinvention for ambitious women. SUBSCRIBE & LISTEN: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-manage-her/id1809208475 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03FuFRyzkaWhZkk5yxFePJ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/91c217a5-4245-4b83-8d15-8edfdde06884/the-manage-her CONNECT WITH THE MANAGE HER®: Website: https://www.themanageher.com Instagram: @themanageher TikTok: @themanageher YouTube: @themanageher LinkedIn: @themanageher If this episode resonated, follow the show, leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts , and share it with a woman who needs to hear it. © 2026 The Manage Her®. All rights reserved.

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  Episode #80

  How to Turn an Idea Into a Product: Missy Kelly, CEO of CatTongue Grips | Ep 80

  Sep 21, 20261h 32mS2

  Send us Fan Mail What if the somebody who should invent that is you? Missy Kelly didn't set out to build a company — she just refused to let skateboard grip tape scratch up her house. Nine prototypes later, that slippery phone became a patented material used by Walmart, SpaceX, and the U.S. Navy. In this episode, Aimee Rickabus talks with Missy Kelly, Co-Founder and CEO of CatTongue Grips and founder of Born for Impact, about how to turn an idea into a product with zero experience, how a small women-owned business gets into big box retail and government contracting, and the inner work of running a company without letting it become your identity. Missy shares: • The Verizon-store moment and the 18 months it took to get the material right • How a Paralympian, a trucker named Earl, and a chicken coop steered the product • The one question she asks every corporate buyer — and the wrap-dress pitch that landed Walmart • What a WBENC certification does (and doesn't) do, and how to play the long game • Why perfectionism is an outer symptom of feeling unworthy — and how to separate who you are from what you built Whether you're sitting on a "someone should make this" idea or you own a small business and assume the Fortune 500 won't buy from you, this conversation will make you ask Missy's favorite question: why wouldn't they? CONNECT WITH MISSY KELLY: Instagram: @melissackelly Website: https://missykelly.com/ CatTongue Grips: https://www.cattonguegrips.com/ Women Gone Wild: Leadership Edition (preorder): https://missykelly.com/women-gone-wild/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/missy-kelly ——— The Manage Her® Podcast — hosted by Aimee Rickabus. Honest conversations on leadership, financial empowerment, motherhood, wellness, and career reinvention for ambitious women. SUBSCRIBE & LISTEN: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-manage-her/id1809208475 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03FuFRyzkaWhZkk5yxFePJ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/91c217a5-4245-4b83-8d15-8edfdde06884/the-manage-her CONNECT WITH THE MANAGE HER®: Website: https://www.themanageher.com Instagram: @themanageher TikTok: @themanageher YouTube: @themanageher LinkedIn: @themanageher If this episode resonated, follow the show, leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts , and share it with a woman who needs to hear it. © 2026 The Manage Her®. All rights reserved.

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  Episode #79

  Building a Business in a Male-Dominated Industry: Que Alicea | Ep 79

  Sep 14, 20261h 1mS2

  Send us Fan Mail What does it take to build a business in a male-dominated industry when you never planned to start one? Que Alicea went from medical day spa owner to founder and CEO of an award-winning environmental consulting firm, without a big bank loan behind her. In this Entrepreneur Spotlight episode, Aimee Rickabus talks with Que Alicea, founder and CEO of Q & A Consulting LLC in San Francisco, about the accidental path from skincare to industrial hygiene, and the relationships that turned a one-person contracting gig into a firm working on major construction and infrastructure projects around the Bay Area. Que shares: • How a disaster recovery job meant to fund her spa became an environmental firm • What it's like when people talk to your male project manager before they talk to you • The self-funded early days: rented equipment, lab fees, and net 30 turning into net 45 • Why women-owned business certification puts you on a shorter list, not a signed contract • The best business advice she ever got: hire up Whether you're a woman in a male-dominated field, building a business without a roadmap, or wondering if certification is worth it, this conversation is a reminder that the entrepreneur gets built along the way. CONNECT WITH QUE ALICEA: Instagram: @qaconsultingllc Website: https://www.qaconsulting-llc.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/q-a-consuting-llc/ ——— The Manage Her® Podcast — hosted by Aimee Rickabus. Honest conversations on leadership, financial empowerment, motherhood, wellness, and career reinvention for ambitious women. SUBSCRIBE & LISTEN: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-manage-her/id1809208475 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03FuFRyzkaWhZkk5yxFePJ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/91c217a5-4245-4b83-8d15-8edfdde06884/the-manage-her CONNECT WITH THE MANAGE HER®: Website: https://www.themanageher.com Instagram: @themanageher TikTok: @themanageher YouTube: @themanageher LinkedIn: @themanageher If this episode resonated, follow the show, leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts , and share it with a woman who needs to hear it. © 2026 The Manage Her®. All rights reserved.

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  Episode #78

  How to Help a Child With Dyslexia: Cathy Johnson | Ep 78

  Sep 7, 20261h 22mS2

  Send us Fan Mail "Mom, no one ever taught me how to read before." That's what Aimee's oldest son said after one day at Cathy Johnson's school — and it's the sentence behind this entire episode on how to help a child with dyslexia. In this episode, Aimee Rickabus talks with Cathy Johnson, licensed Speech-Language Pathologist and founder of The Johnson Academy and the Speech, Language and Learning Center in San Juan Capistrano, about what actually works for kids who learn differently, when to start, and how a kindergarten diagnosis turned a mom into an expert, an advocate, and the founder of a school that's now in its 20th year. Cathy shares: • Why "they'll catch up" and "let's watch her" fail so many kids, and what to do instead • The speech-delay warning sign that should trigger a reading screen at four or five • The third-grade window — the research she cites on why timing matters so much • What structured, multisensory instruction looks like (and why extra time on tests isn't intervention) • Why more reading practice, flashcards, and timed tests can make things worse • A one-minute-a-day phonemic awareness activity any parent can start • How she financed a school with no public funding, and why she started the Ready to Read scholarship fund • "There really isn't a too late" — the 70-year-old woman she taught to read Whether you're a mom staring at a report card that doesn't match your kid, a teacher who suspects a student is being passed along, or a woman who keeps finding a problem nobody else will solve, this conversation will give you the language, the science, and the permission to stop waiting. CONNECT WITH CATHY JOHNSON: The Johnson Academy: https://www.thejohnsonacademy.com/ Speech, Language and Learning Center: https://www.speechlanguageandlearningcenter.net/ Instagram: @thejohnsonacademyoc · @the_sllc LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cathy-johnson-1554529a ——— The Manage Her® Podcast — hosted by Aimee Rickabus. Honest conversations on leadership, financial empowerment, motherhood, wellness, and career reinvention for ambitious women. SUBSCRIBE & LISTEN: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-manage-her/id1809208475 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03FuFRyzkaWhZkk5yxFePJ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/91c217a5-4245-4b83-8d15-8edfdde06884/the-manage-her CONNECT WITH THE MANAGE HER®: Website: https://www.themanageher.com Instagram: @themanageher TikTok: @themanageher YouTube: @themanageher LinkedIn: @themanageher If this episode resonated, follow the show, leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts , and share it with a woman who needs to hear it. © 2026 The Manage Her®. All rights reserved.

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  Episode #77

  How to Use AI to Save Time (Not Do More): Nicole McCain | Ep 77

  Aug 31, 20261h 17mS2

  Send us Fan Mail Everyone says AI will make women more productive. Nicole McCain asks a better question: productive at what? Before you automate your life, you have to see what you're actually managing. In this episode, Aimee Rickabus talks with Nicole McCain, Chief AI Officer and Founder of Gentiv-AI Solutions and author of The AI-Powered One Hour Workday, about how to use AI to save time without turning it into one more thing to manage — from the workflow audit she runs with every client to the three-part framework she uses in her business and her kitchen. Nicole shares: • "Audit before you automate" — why AI on top of a messy workflow just multiplies the chaos • The H.A.S. framework: what stays Human, what gets Automated, and what gets AI Support • What a "one hour workday" really means (hint: it's not one hour of work) • Her morning "chief of staff" brief, the 90/10 rule for content, and the app she's building for working moms • The AI chat app on her daughter's school laptop — and what every parent needs to understand about AI safety, data, and privacy Whether you're running a business, a household, or both, this conversation will help you decide what AI should take off your plate, what it should never touch, and what you'll do with the time you get back. CONNECT WITH NICOLE MCCAIN: Instagram: @nicolemccain_ai Website: https://nicolemccain.com/ Gentiv-AI Solutions: https://gentivai.com/ The AI Incubator community: https://www.skool.com/aiincubator/about Book: https://theaionehourworkday.com/ ——— The Manage Her® Podcast — hosted by Aimee Rickabus. Honest conversations on leadership, financial empowerment, motherhood, wellness, and career reinvention for ambitious women. SUBSCRIBE & LISTEN: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-manage-her/id1809208475 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03FuFRyzkaWhZkk5yxFePJ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/91c217a5-4245-4b83-8d15-8edfdde06884/the-manage-her CONNECT WITH THE MANAGE HER®: Website: https://www.themanageher.com Instagram: @themanageher TikTok: @themanageher YouTube: @themanageher LinkedIn: @themanageher If this episode resonated, follow the show, leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts , and share it with a woman who needs to hear it. © 2026 The Manage Her®. All rights reserved.

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