Step Into Next

Leanne Shear, Helaine Knapp

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Booking Overview

An interview-led personal-development and entrepreneurship show focused on reinvention, career transitions, resilience, and the challenges of building a meaningful next chapter, with occasional solo episodes and candid conversations with entrepreneurs, executives, investors, coaches, and impact founders. PR agencies could credibly pitch accomplished founders, business leaders, coaches, and mission-driven experts with firsthand stories of pivots, burnout recovery, startup setbacks, or turning personal experiences into initiatives; booking difficulty is likely low to medium because the show favors credible, relatable practitioners over major celebrities.

Metrics

Episodes: 17

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

Instagram: 2.5k followers

Contact Information

step.into.next.official@gmail.com

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Host

Leanne Shear - Entrepreneur and co-host focused on navigating personal and professional transitions, entrepreneurship, and the realities of building what comes next.

Helaine Knapp - Entrepreneur and co-host focused on reinvention, resilience, leadership, and the messy transition between major chapters of life and work.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low
Typical Credentials:  
Founders, entrepreneurs, executives, investors, coaches, and mission-driven professionals with substantial firsthand experience navigating career pivots, business setbacks, personal reinvention, or purpose-led initiatives.
Required Achievements:  
Founded, built, or sold a company, Held senior leadership or executive roles, Launched an impact-driven business, movement, or initiative, Developed expertise through coaching, investing, or entrepreneurial practice

Recent Guest Discussions

MK Getler - Career Pivots, Artificial Intelligence, Responsible Technology Adoption, Saas Evolution, Impact Strategies, Surrender, And Resilience.

Andy Ellwood - Entrepreneurial Reinvention, Startup Failure, Burnout, Therapy, Coaching, Founder Identity, Leadership, Family, And Building A Mission-driven Company.

Mindie Kaplan - Leaving Corporate Life, Entrepreneurship, Intuition, Breast Cancer Recovery, Health Advocacy, And Turning Personal Experience Into A Public-impact Movement.

Recent Topics

Reinvention, Entrepreneurship, Resilience, Burnout

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Step Into Next
:

Living Everywhere: Home, Work, Travel & the Freedom to Not Know What's Next

July 28, 2026

What happens when "home" isn't just one place? In this candid catch-up episode, Leanne and Helaine reconnect from opposite sides of the world to talk about what it means to build a life that doesn't fit neatly into one location…or one definition of what comes next. From living and working across time zones to figuring out the difference between a vacation and simply working from somewhere else, they explore the realities of being modern-day nomads, the challenges of creating boundaries when y...

A Summer Podcast Reflection: Embracing Change, AI, and Surrender with MK Getler

July 08, 2026

Join Leanne, Helaine, and their amazing guest MK Getler as they explore the evolving landscape of AI, surrendering to change, and the balance between hustle and flow in this summer special episode.  Recorded remotely, they share candid reflections on career pivots, embracing uncertainty, and cultivating gratitude amidst rapid technological shifts, offering insights for navigating liminal space with resilience and curiosity. What they covered: The significance of personal and professional ri...

Episode 15: Running It Back: Andy Ellwood on Reinvention, Resilience & Building What Matters

June 02, 2026

What does it look like to return to entrepreneurship after failure, burnout, therapy, and rebuilding your life? In this episode of Step Into Next, Leanne and Helaine sit down with their friend and founder, investor, coach, and storyteller Andy Ellwood for a deeply honest and personal conversation about authenticity, startup life, resilience, and learning how to build success differently the second time around. Andy shares his wildly unconventional journey from conservative Christian Texas kid...

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