Power to Pursue
Welcome to Power to Pursue Podcast, a groundbreaking podcast hosted by Rachel DesRochers, a serial entrepreneur and nonprofit founder. This podcast aims to celebrate and normalize the diverse pursuits of women—from perfecting their morning coffee to building successful businesses. With a focus on inspiring and empowering listeners, the Power to Pursue Podcast features interviews with women from various backgrounds, including entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, and everyday heroes. Rachel DesRochers is a serial entrepreneur, international speaker, thought leader on the power of gratitude, community builder, mother, dreamer, author, and podcast host. Gratitude and community are the foundation of everything she creates. Her diverse projects, businesses and nonprofit are housed under her umbrella, The Gratitude Collective. They include: The Incubator Kitchen Collective, a shared-use commercial kitchen space; Good n' Local, a regional wholesale food show celebrating and accelerating growth in the local food ecosystem; and her largest project to date, Power to Pursue, a women’s empowerment movement offering programming in multiple cities. Additionally, Rachel is a board member, advisor, and consultant. With more than two decades of experience, she shares her insights on healthy entrepreneurship, heart-centered community building, the power of gratitude, and women's empowerment. As a speaker, she has inspired audiences worldwide with her authentic and engaging style. Her innovative spirit and community impact have been recognized with numerous awards and accolades. When not managing her multiple businesses, Rachel revels in being a mom to three wildly wonderful children.
Episodes
What does it look like to build something from scratch, and believe in its potential long before you know exactly where it will lead?
In this episode of the Power to Pursue Podcast, Rachel sits down with Gabby Blocher, CEO of Sunflower Fuels, to talk startups, sustainability, motherhood, fundraising, and what it really takes to create something new.
Gabby is...
What if the greatest thing we could pursue isn't perfection, but a healthier relationship with our own minds?
In this episode of the Power to Pursue Podcast, Rachel sits down with board-certified clinical neuropsychologist Dr. Audrey Greene of PATH Neuropsychology to explore the intersection of brain health, memory, neurodivergence, and the pressure so many women place on themselves. Toget...
In this episode of the Power to Pursue Podcast, Rachel DesRochers sits down with Rickell Howard Smith, President & CEO of YWCA Greater Cincinnati, civil rights attorney, and one of the region's most respected community leaders, for a conversation that is equal parts inspiring and grounding. Together, they explore what it means to lead with purpose while making space for rest, why asking for help is one of the greatest strengths...
In this episode of the Power to Pursue Podcast, Rachel sits down with Molly Kreuzman, Program Director of Ohio Goes to the Movies, the signature statewide film festival celebrating Ohio's semiquincentennial. What begins as a conversation about movies quickly becomes a powerful discussion about community, connection, purpose, and the courage to simply keep saying "yes."
From restoring histo...
Two women. Two conferences. One shared belief: when women are healthy, supported, and connected, everything changes.
In this heartfelt episode of the Power to Pursue Podcast, Rachel DesRochers sits down with Deborah Belfatto; two-time breast cancer survivor, women's health advocate, nonprofit founder, and creator of the Let's Talk Women's Health & Wellness Symposium.
In this episode of the Power to Pursue Podcast, Rachel sits down with fifth-generation Graeter's leader Annie Graeter to explore what it means to forge your own identity, build a life beyond the family legacy, and ultimately return home with a deeper understanding of purpose.
Together, they discuss the realities of working in a multi-generational family business, the women who helped shape...
What if one of the greatest sources of healing in your life isn't found in a romantic relationship, but in the women who walk beside you through every season?
In this deeply personal episode of the Power to Pursue Podcast, Rachel sits down with her longtime friend Stephanie Beck for a conversation about friendship, healing, reinvention, and the power of being truly witnessed. Together, they reflect on nearly two decades of friendsh...
What if the stories we tell ourselves, and the ones we're allowed to hear, shape everything about who we become?
This week on the Power to Pursue Podcast, Rachel sits down with author, poet, advocate, and community-builder Holly Brians Ragusa for a conversation about fear, language, creativity, and the radical act of choosing connection over control.
Together, they explore why words matter, how literature preserves humanity, and wh...
This week on the Power to Pursue Podcast, Rachel sits down with mindset and movement coach Nadia Murdock for a deeply grounding conversation about what it really means to return to yourself. Together, they explore the power of women gathering intentionally, the importance of community in healing, and how alignment, gratitude, movement, and play can radically shift the way we experience life.
From building wellness-centered spaces i...
In this episode of Power to Pursue, we sit down with Kristin Smith Shrimplin, President & CEO of Women Helping Women, for a conversation that is equal parts grounding, challenging, and deeply human.
Kristin shares what it means to live a life rooted in purpose, and why she’s always been clear on hers: creating collective impact. From leading an organization that serves thousands of survivors of gender-based violence each ...
What does it look like to build a life that actually feels as good as it looks?
In this episode of the Power to Pursue Podcast, we sit down with Jane Karlson, women’s health coach, entrepreneur, and founder behind Train Like Jane, to talk about the real work behind wellness, ambition, and alignment.
Jane shares her journey from a 17-year corporate career into full-time coaching, and how burnout, people-pleasing, and the relen...
Recorded at 1819 Innovation Hub during Professional Readiness Day, this special live episode of the Power to Pursue Podcast brings together powerful voices across entrepreneurship, leadership, and student experience.
Hosted by University of Cincinnati students Mirsayah Wasnuk and Anna Kantz, this conversation features Rachel DesRochers and Camryn Ellis for an honest, energizing dialogue on what it really means to build a life, and ...
In this episode of the Power to Pursue Podcast, Rachel DesRochers sits down with Emmy-award winning journalist and community leader Michelle Hopkins for a powerful conversation about reinvention, storytelling, and finding joy in unexpected places.
Michelle shares her journey from a shy girl growing up in Fort Wayne, Indiana to becoming a respected television journalist, host of Coffee with Michelle, and community engagement directo...
If you’ve ever attended Power to Pursue, you’ve felt her work, even if you’ve never seen her on stage.
In this special behind-the-scenes episode, Rachel sits down with Tara Litmer... the right-hand woman, operational genius, and heart-forward “do-er” behind the Power to Pursue programming. From volunteer wrangler to run-of-show architect, Tara has been a pivotal force in building this community for nea...
A special live-recorded edition of the Power to Pursue Podcast, Host Rachel DesRochers sits down with New York Times bestselling poet Kate Baer, where poetry, friendship, motherhood, aging, creativity, and community meet in one deeply honest conversation.
Recorded in front of a live audience at the Mercantile Library, Kate shares how her words are born from ordinary moments, why women’s friendships are lifelines, an...
In this deeply reflective episode of the Power to Pursue Podcast, Rachel DeRochers sits down with writer, founder, and cultural thinker Rachel Cargle for a conversation about what it means to be well, not as a goal, but as a daily practice.
Rachel shares what she’s learning in this season of stillness: returning home to Ohio, paying attention to cycles, redefining ambition, and letting go of the noise that once shaped her cho...
What does it mean to keep moving, through uncertainty, grief, growth, and the quiet seasons in between?
In this episode of the Power to Pursue Podcast, we sit down with Hannah Chapman for a grounded, honest conversation about becoming: how we listen to ourselves, how we change course, and how meaning is often found not at the destination, but in the pursuit itself.
Hannah shares reflections on growth that isn’t linear, the co...
What does it look like to grow a business without doing it all alone?
In this episode of Power to Pursue, host Rachel DeRochers sits down with Jill Morenz, President & CEO of Aviatra Accelerators, to talk about women-led businesses, side hustles, sustainable growth, and the power of community. From helping women launch their very first idea to supporting founders scaling multi-million-dollar enterprises, Jill shares what she&rs...
In this episode of Power to Pursue Podcast, Rachel sits down with storyteller, entrepreneur, and community-builder Amy Scalia to explore what it truly means to never give up, even when life doesn’t look the way you planned.
Amy shares her journey from founding Cincy Chic, Greater Cincinnati’s first online-only publication for women, to launching Local Creator Studio, where she now helps women tell their stories with aut...
What does it really take to lead with integrity, especially when you’re stepping into a legacy that isn’t entirely your own?
In this episode of the Power to Pursue Podcast, we’re joined by Mollie Lewis, President of New Riff Distilling. Mollie reflects on her journey from the wine industry to the bourbon world, what it means to define her leadership style beyond her father’s legacy, and how she’s build...
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