Joy Found Here

Stephanie Martinez Rivera

stephaniemartinezrivera@gmail.com

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Booking Overview

A weekly interview podcast focused on women’s life balance, personal reinvention, resilience, and finding joy, typically featuring women with compelling personal stories and established professional or creative accomplishments. PR agencies could credibly pitch authors, coaches, founders, speakers, advocates, artists, and other accessible experts with meaningful stories of career change, caregiving, grief, health journeys, or purpose-driven work; booking difficulty is likely low.

Metrics

Episodes: 272

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Female

Location: USA

Instagram: 913 followers

Contact Information

stephaniemartinezrivera@gmail.com

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Host

Stephanie Martinez Rivera - Podcast host focused on candid conversations with inspiring women about life, balance, grace, personal stories, and finding everyday joy.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low
Typical Credentials:  
Women and other subject-matter experts with credible professional experience, published work, leadership roles, entrepreneurial ventures, advocacy work, or a compelling personal journey that connects to balance, reinvention, resilience, purpose, or joy.
Required Achievements:  
Published books, Founded or led organizations, Professional speaking or coaching experience, Substantial career transitions, Patient or community advocacy, Creative or entrepreneurial projects

Recent Guest Discussions

Laura G. Patac - Deliberate Reinvention, Personal Narratives, Cliftonstrengths, Values, Career Positioning, And Turning Lived Experience Into Professional Influence.

Ashley Ruggeri - Marketing Leadership, Motherhood, Career Transitions, Agency Partnership, Generational Differences, And Balancing Work With Parenting.

Deanna Dolecki - Building A Boutique Virtual Agency, Career Reinvention At 50, Motherhood, Empty-nest Transitions, Trust, And Putting Personal Priorities First.

Jen Fry - Career Pivots, Boundaries, Bold Decision-making, Entrepreneurship, Conflict Literacy, And Betting On Oneself Before Having Complete Certainty.

Ksenia J. Merck - Grief, Creative Reinvention, Art, Love, Legacy, Healing, And Transforming A Spouse’s Unfinished Work Into A Published Project.

Recent Topics

Women, Life Balance, Reinvention, Resilience, Personal Growth

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Joy Found Here
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You're Not the Problem: Lori Montry on Healing the Nervous System, Not Fixing Yourself

August 04, 2026

What if what you call self-sabotage is really your nervous system doing what it learned to keep you safe? In episode 272 of Joy Found Here, somatic healing practitioner Lori Montry explains why mindset and willpower alone can't create lasting change, and why the body must be part of the process. Drawing on her own journey out of high-achieving overwhelm, she introduces her Freedom Formula and makes the case that real transformation starts with safety, not discipline.In This Episode, You Will ...

Whole, Not Perfect: Laura G. Patac's Blueprint for Owning Your Story

July 28, 2026

What happens when a storyteller who's lived on five continents realizes reinvention is a skill, not something that happens to you? In episode 269, Laura G. Patac joins Stephanie to unpack how our own stories and unconscious strengths quietly shape the ceilings we hit in life. For Laura, the answer isn't more credentials, but recognizing your patterns and repositioning what you already have.In This Episode, You Will Learn:(00:12) Welcome to Joy Found Here and Meeting Laura G. Patac(06:15) Life...

Two Ducks, One Agency: Deanna & Ashley on Business, Motherhood & Reinvention

July 21, 2026

What happens when a Gen X president and a millennial account director decide to run a marketing agency—and start a podcast—together? In episode 270 of Joy Found Here, Deanna Dolecki and Ashley Ruggeri of Blue Duck Agency share what it's like building a boutique, fully virtual agency across two life stages—from Deanna's empty-nest reinvention at 50 to Ashley's whirlwind days as a hockey mom. They trade honest, funny stories about hiring each other, disagreeing without taking it personally, and...

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