Winged & Ready

This episode on Winged & Ready, Diane is joined by Amanda Beausoleil, founder and Executive Director of SIRA (Self-Injury Recovery & Awareness). In honor of Suicide Awareness Month, Amanda opens up about her own lived experience with non-suicidal self-injury, the crucial difference between self-injury and suicide, and what it truly means to separate oneself from maladaptive coping behaviors. Together, they explore SIRA’s mission to provide peer support and education, the creation of their "Understanding You" program, and why holding space for difficult conversations, and even finding moments to laugh, is vital to the healing process.

Private credit is back in the headlines, so I sat down with Joe Sciortino to separate clickbait, misconceptions, and noise from the fundamentals that matter. In this episode of Winged & Ready, I reconnect with Joe Sciortino, Head of Private Credit at UBS, to revisit our private credit conversation from about a year ago.Since then, private credit has been the subject of increased attention, headlines, and clickbait, often with limited context. Rather than repeating Private Credit 101, we focus on what has changed in the market, what has not, and how experienced investors separate myths and misconceptions from underlying fundamentals. Joe shares how private credit portfolios are evaluated, how risk and liquidity are assessed, and how themes such as valuation, payment‑in‑kind, redemptions, and volatility are monitored in practice. We also discuss why headlines do not always reflect portfolio reality, and how investors think through private credit across market cycles. If you are new to private credit, I recommend listening to our earlier episode first. This conversation builds on that foundation and is designed to support more informed discussions around private markets.

Certified Life Coach Madineyah joins Winged & Ready to discuss her powerful blend of practical, psychological, and energy wisdom. With over a decade of experience, she specializes in helping growth seekers who feel stuck or lost move swiftly toward their goals. If you’re ready to trade stress and self-doubt for clarity, inner peace, and empowered living, tune in. Madineyah reveals her unique and intuitive approach for achieving rapid transformation and deep life satisfaction.

Steve Panzik, founder of Power Ten Fitness Club, lives by the principle that defines his gym: push through and give 110%. Inspired by the rowing term “Power Ten”—ten strokes of your absolute best effort—Steve has applied this philosophy to every part of his life. From devoted husband and father to ultra-runner, his journey is proof that greatness starts where comfort ends. In this episode, we dive into how Steve transformed his life from “fine” to extraordinary. Get ready to challenge your limits, embrace discomfort, and discover what happens when you commit to giving your all. Tune in—and take your first Power Ten toward the life you want.

Brenda DeSaro is a self described helper! She loves nothing more than using her expertise to help, and teach people more about the world of retirement plans by unpacking the law and the EQ to help founders, investment committees, and management. While this may sound straight forward it is not: having good governance around plans may have a proactive and meaningful impact on both plan sponsors as well as the participants. Brenda is a Director in EisnerAmper's Pension Services Group. She has over 20 years of experience, handling the related pension plan audit and consulting requirements for a broad client base. She efficiently and accurately manages all types of pension plan audits. Brenda has served both public and private clients in a wide variety of industries with both defined benefit and defined contribution plans, including 401(k)s, 403(b)s, 11-Ks, and ESOPs. She consults with clients and is responsible for supervision and review of staff and work product, including detailed testing. Brenda is involved in the maintenance of the firm’s master engagement templates as well as design and delivery of annual firm-wide continuing professional education in the employee benefit plan audit area. Throughout the year, Brenda attends seminars to keep abreast of unique ERISA, DOL and AICPA employee benefit plan issues. She has presented to various professional groups on employee benefit plan topics. She is also very active in teaching and planning continuing professional education courses.

Guest Tracy Holland shows her high-vibe side and digs into what female entrepreneurs need to level-up and hit their milestones - collective wisdom! Her humor, grace and buy-in around share-to-build without sacrifice are quite potent. Plus, she likes a good chicken trade! She is a leading innovator in the beauty and wellness industry. As the co-founder and CEO of HATCHBEAUTY Brands, she has built an international reputation as a curator of successful brands with a focus on new brand development for retailers worldwide. Her new endeavor, Potential to Powerhouse is a ‘go to’ for female entrepreneurs who are ready to grow their business, their community and their expertise.

Elizabeth walks us through the four key steps every charitable organization should know and how putting love and kindness at the heart of the matter can result in donor dollars for the mission. She is a thought leader in philanthropy and expert in fundraising. Having led capital campaigns and development initiatives that collectively raised half a billion dollars for education, healthcare, arts and culture, and advocacy organizations: there is no better authority to hear from in the endowment and foundation space!

Guest Brad Dillion is a Senior Wealth Strategist in the Advanced Planning group at UBS. We are colleagues and have a heartfelt conversation around important items for heading into the end of the year from tax and legacy perspectives, and more. Whether you are a founder who may exit in the near future or a millennial couple, there is food for thought in this episode to help bring substance to your family conversations during this period of gathering.

Most investors are unaware how behavioral biases can wreak havoc on their portfolio's outcomes. In this episode of Winged & Ready guest Justin Waring goes through a few common behaviors that set investors back and how they can be addressed by ultimately reducing the role of luck in investments. Justin is an investment strategist in the Chief Investment Office and spends his career studying behaviors and helping clients experience optimal outcomes.

Hear how a private equity guy and creative goddess co-founded a fast growing hot sauce company while starting a family of their own. Yes, Señor Lechuga is absolutely a unique blend of flavors, but the company is a perfect pairing of principles, gut-instinct, institutional drive, and serendipity! Listen in on this, literally, hot story to pick up a few nuggets on what it takes to get started in the food & beverage space in NY. Unable to find a clean hot sauce that satisfied his desire for maximum heat without compromised flavor, Señor Lechuga started creating his own in his kitchen in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The test batch sold out immediately. So together with his (then-very-pregnant) wife, who is the creative complement to his culinary passion, a brand was born. Now, along with their young family, they run the ever-growing business.