{"podcast":{"title":"Innerspace: Deep, Meaningful Conversations with Brett Kaufman","slug":"innerspace-deep-meaningful-conversations-with-brett-kaufman-185648","podcast_index_feed_id":185648,"rss_url":"https://feeds.redcircle.com/a6c4dc2c-7446-41ac-b924-cf675d587844","website_url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/joininnerspace","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2026/7/20/17/5581154c-c871-45cd-8424-17475d55cfdb_2026_innerspace.jpg","author":"Brett Kaufman","episode_count":249,"summary":"Innerspace is a space for reflection, awareness, and lived experience. Through calm, grounded conversations with Brett Kaufman, the show explores what happens beneath the surface, the inner signals, transitions, and moments of clarity that shape how we move through the world. Entrepreneur, philanthropist, and real estate developer Brett Kaufman leads these conversations with a deep sense of curiosity to help us better understand the failures, successes, traumas and achievements that shape us all. Brett creates a safe space for guests to share their life journey, including their childhood and family dynamics, digging into how those experiences played an integral role into where they are today and how they now use those lessons to act in service of others.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-14T14:17:07.142067+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/innerspace-deep-meaningful-conversations-with-brett-kaufman-185648"},"episode":{"title":"Nicole DiTommaso: Getting Her Inner Voice Back","slug":"nicole-ditommaso-getting-her-inner-voice-back","published_at":"2026-07-20T09:00:34+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/innerspace-deep-meaningful-conversations-with-brett-kaufman-185648/nicole-ditommaso-getting-her-inner-voice-back","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/innerspace-deep-meaningful-conversations-with-brett-kaufman-185648","url":"https://joininnerspace.com/","audio_url":"https://audio4.redcircle.com/episodes/27e3cb65-e8e5-4d51-bfd0-e7d9abf7302a/stream.mp3","summary":"Nicole DiTommaso is the founder of Sauce Boss Gang, a woman owned brand built on the belief that confidence is the most powerful ingredient. More than a hot sauce company, Sauce Boss Gang is a movement that uses flavor as a vehicle for transformation. Every bottle represents a chapter of Nicole's personal journey, created to remind people that they have the power to begin again, embrace who they are, and live boldly. Nicole grew up being passed between Columbus and Cleveland, shuttled between two sides of a family that never stopped pulling, raised by a mom who was barely 18. She learned early to survive alone and never ask for help. By the time she was running operations for a multistate beauty franchise and managing 50 people, she had achieved everything she was supposed to and felt completely empty. When the burnout finally broke her, she said she couldn't hear herself anymore. Her inner compass was gone. What followed was a year of solitude. She meditated. She journaled. She cooked. Standing in her kitchen making a spicy pepper marinara, the idea arrived: she would build a brand around the one thing she had fought her whole life to reclaim. Confidence. Each of the five hot sauce flavors now carries a chapter on the back, and each chapter is a piece of what she was overcoming when she created it. Brett and Nicole get into what it costs to keep starting over, what happens when you can't trust your own read on things anymore, and why she thinks confidence is something you build rather than something you're handed. Follow Nicole Business Instagram: @saucebossgang Personal: @thefireqween Website: saucebossgang.com","meta_description":"Nicole DiTommaso is the founder of Sauce Boss Gang, a woman owned brand built on the belief that confidence is the most powerful ingredient. More than a h…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2722,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/innerspace-deep-meaningful-conversations-with-brett-kaufman-185648/episodes/nicole-ditommaso-getting-her-inner-voice-back/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/innerspace-deep-meaningful-conversations-with-brett-kaufman-185648/nicole-ditommaso-getting-her-inner-voice-back.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}