In Her Words
In Her Words is a podcast for women navigating life’s turning points—with clarity, heart, and a little bit of mess. Hosted by Roberta Dombrowski, each episode features honest reflections and grounded conversations about career shifts, motherhood, identity, and ambition. Whether you're stepping into a new role at work, preparing for a baby, or just figuring out what’s next, this show offers a place to feel seen, supported, and inspired. You don’t need to have it all figured out to begin—just start here.
In Her Words
Making Things That Matter with Vivianne Castillo
In this episode, I meet with Vivianne Castillo, a multidisciplinary creative, organizational culture strategist, and founder of Choose Courage, Inc. for a powerful conversation about chaos, creativity, and what it means to make things that matter. Vivianne brings her background in psychology, UX, trauma-informed practice, and entrepreneurship to explore how uncertainty can become a catalyst for clarity, courage, and creative expression.
We talk about navigating seasons of instability, rebuilding trust in ourselves, discerning what truly matters when life feels overwhelming, and why entrepreneurship can be a healing pathway rather than a hustle. Vivianne also shares the evolution of her businesses from Humanity Centered to Choose Courage, Inc. to her latest creative venture, Moonpaws, and how courage and curiosity have shaped every step.
Topics Discussed in This Episode
- How chaos, uncertainty, and “trash-fire seasons” can spark creativity
- Hopelessness, helplessness, and reclaiming personal power
- Rituals and micro-acts of creativity that help rebuild trust in yourself
- Entrepreneurship as a healing experience and the shift toward regenerative commerce
- Vivianne’s personal journey from UX to founding multiple businesses rooted in courage, creativity, and community
Connect with Vivianne:
Website: https://choosecourageinc.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vccastillo/
Vivianne Castillo is a multidisciplinary creative, org culture strategist, and the founder of Choose Courage Inc., a platform where leaders and entrepreneurs come to grow through coaching, storytelling, and bold conversations. She's also the founder of moonpaws, a pet astrology app for dogs (and their humans), and HmntyCntrd, a FastCo award-winning consulting company focused on restoring humanity to workplaces.
Vivianne is on a mission to help people and organizations choose courage over comfort through betting on themselves and their business idea or through bold conversations about trauma-informed leadership.
Whether she’s leading group coaching, building whimsical digital products, or designing transformative leadership experiences, Vivianne’s work centers around one core truth: courage is a daily practice. Her creativity shows up across mediums – from pet parent oracle cards to trauma-informed organizational change — and she’s known for helping people reclaim their agency, challenge oppressive norms, and create lives and companies that feel as good as they look on paper.
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