Episode #24: Creating a Business That Supports Your Authentic Self with Marta Giri

This episode is a true gem as I interview Marta Giri, the editor-in-chief of Localy Well, a local news company covering wellness news and events in San Diego. Marta is making waves in the San Diego wellness community, and her story is a fascinating journey of embracing change and finding a deeper purpose during challenging times. We dive into the heart of wellness and entrepreneurship, exploring the power of connections, the art of being fully expressed in both personal and professional spheres, and the joy of building something that resonates with your true self. You can read the full podcast transcript for this episode below: Full Transcript0:00Welcome to the fully expressed podcast with Karenna.0:02I am your podcast host, Karenna Soto.0:05And this is the podcast where we have conversations that truly invite us into living a life, fully expressed, finding relationships where we can be fully expressed and also creating business and finding careers that allow us to be fully expressed as well.0:20Today’s episode is really special because I am interviewing someone that I recently that her name is Marta Giri.0:27Marta came across my world because she’s based in San Diego.0:32I’m based in San Diego and she is doing amazing things when it comes to, I want to say, truly wrapping your arms around the wellness industry here in San Diego in the best way is like, I feel like you’ve really just created a platform way to connect, collaborate and all the things when it comes to locally.0:54Well, which is her business.0:56Well, I will let her talk about her, but it has been such a pleasure of getting to know you and meet you and connect with you because I just love everything that you are really trying to captivate here in San Diego.1:07So with that being said Marta, do you want to introduce yourself?1:11Sure, thanks Karenna.1:12So happy to be here today.1:14Yeah, I’m Marta Giri editor in chief of Locally Well.1:18San Diego, we’re a local news company covering wellness news and events here in San Diego and that’s how we started.1:26I saw a need to capture just everything that’s going on.1:29San Diego is such a Wellness Mecca.1:31A lot of trends start here in brands like vio blenders, GoPro, you know, things that are really fitness and outdoor and wellness inspired along with things like organi mushrooms, things that you probably see in your local natural health food store also start in San Diego.1:51So there’s just such a depth and breadth of everything that’s going on here.1:54A lot, a lot of also just conscious healers in a spiritual community too.1:59So I just saw an opportunity to capture that.2:02And I started 2.5 years ago, started a website social media newsletter, all the things it’s expanded into hosting a podcast called Wellness in San Diego.2:12But the thing that’s brought me the most joy is meeting folks in the wellness space, other wellness entrepreneurs and they were craving connection especially I started this during COVID.2:25And so when we were emerging from that time, from the pandemic, people were desperate or connection in person.2:31And so I started hosting networking events and bringing people together.2:35And my favorite thing ever is to be a matchmaker.2:38I love introducing healers to each other who are doing similar things or could complement each other.2:44I actually see...