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Kady Decker: The Nashville “Purebarre” Queen and trainer to the stars talks about opening her studios before boutique fitness was all the rage 11 years ago, and how her gut instinct has always been her guiding light. Jul 23, 2020

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When Kady was only 22 years old she decided to bet on herself and open up a Purbarre franchise in Nashville (purebarre is a type of workout designed to give women their perfect body). She had just graduated college and didn’t have the money to do it so she borrowed it from her parents and her newly signed NFL friend. Kady and I laughed about how naivety is bliss sometimes bc at 22 she was fearless of failure, whereas the older and more jaded we get, it is sometimes hard to take big risks. But Kady went all in and it paid off big time. Her first studio had over 100 people emailing to sign up even before the doors were open. Over 10 years and 7 studios later, Kady tells me what she has learned about being a boss, what’s most important in hiring exceptional employees, how her gut insight is the voice she ALWAYS listens to, plus we talk about her new marriage, baby on the way, and balance.

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Caroline Hobby: this episode I take the time to introduce myself, tell you a little bit about my life and answer your burning questions for me! Jul 20, 2020

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I have never fully introduced myself and y’all have been asking me to do a podcast interviewing myself lol, so here it is! I talk about my childhood, my dreams, dealing with feeling lost and unworthy, changing careers, my journey on CBS’s “The Amazing Race” w Jennifer Wayne, how and why I started a podcast, my emotional journey to motherhood and my must have baby items plus my long love story w Michael Hobby!

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Curry McDaniel: Founder and Owner of Curry and Co Events talks about her spiritual awakening after her darkest days and how she jumped from from corporate America to owning her own flower and Event company. Jul 16, 2020

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Plus navigating racism with 4 boys and a bi-racial marriage.I met Curry when I was hosting a panel of women, for women, at Collective 615 (all women’s workspace. Curry came in and owned the place. She was funny, bright, so real and honest immediately, talented, and she spoke her vision, journey and faith to the all women audience with her whole heart. This conversation is straight up real talk. Besides talking about her passion for flowers, arrangements, decorating and design (which she is the bomb at all!!), Curry shares with me about her thoughts on divorce and moving into the next chapter of life as a single mother of 4 boys. We talk about how she’s learning to heal her soul and love herself inside and out. She walks me through real fears she faces for herself and her boys by being black. We talk about how she handles heartbreak, sadness, pain, injustice and why she is prioritizing her health and “me” time. We talk about how we have to keep coming back to love, and how God always makes a message from the mess. She shares with me her love of Disney, how she parents each boy differently due to each personality, black joy, and how she is finally realizing her true worth and talents.

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Drake and Alex White: Country Artist and his earth angel wife talk about Drake’s debilitating brain condition that almost left him dead after a stroke on stage and their intimate encounters with God. Jul 13, 2020

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Last year Drake was in the middle of a set, when he had a stroke and collapsed on stage. He was rushed to the nearest hospital where doctors frantically worked to stop his brain from bleeding. He has a condition called AVM.

The condition is caused when an abnormal web of arteries and veins in the brain prevent normal blood flow. He was in the middle of on-going treatments when his brain hemorrhaged. In this interview, Drake and Alex relive the night of his accident and all the miracles along the way that truly saved his life. They talk about his healing process and how God has been so present every step of the way. Drake and Alex are a couple that is changing the world with their faith. And they aren’t those kind of people that force God and their beliefs on you. They are the kind of people who rock the world by their actions. In the midst of the scariest, hardest time in their lives and marriage, they turned to God and let Him guide them fully. They are a testament to talking the talk and walking the walk. If you were ever doubting if there is a God, listen to this episode and know for sure God is real. That is the message Drake and Alex want to share with the world through their story.

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Mid-Week Mom Chat: My Baylor Besties Beth and Kelly spill all the beans on our freshman year together. Jul 09, 2020

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It’s crazy how one year of your life can cement a friendship forever. My freshman year of college, I went to Baylor University and become soulmate sisters for life with Kelly Jackson (McShan) and Beth Harrison (Richards). We did everything together, including shower, eat late night Taco Bell, and slumber party every night. We were boy crazy together, like woah haha. We also have stayed best friends and all evolved together and now all have families and lives we love while still loving and cherishing each other even more. We talk about old funny stories (there are some ridiculous ones lol), what marriage and kids have taught us and our hope for the future.

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Lori McKenna: Hit songwriter discovered by Faith Hill shares the journey of her life through songs. Jul 06, 2020

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Lori McKenna has written some of the most important songs in country music like “Girl Crush” by Little Big Town, and “Humble and Kind” by Tim McGraw. She has won Song of the Year 2 times and Grammys. The thing that is most remarkable about Lori is her ability to see the story and song in everyday living. She sees the beauty in it all and writes it in such a way that makes us feel to our bones and know we are alive. She kept mentioning how lucky she was during this interview... but I think her success in her career and marriage and life is so much more than luck. It’s her perspective and willingness to go all in. Lori is a poet and a truth teller. She’s a mother of 5 kids and a wife to Gene, her sweetheart since they were just kids themselves. Lori has a new album out “Balladeer” and it is a masterpiece, just like all of her other albums. Anyone who knows of Lori and listens to her music and her sing knows she’s got a gift straight from heaven. She’s one of those people who you just know you are in the presence of greatness when you’re around her, yet she doesn’t even realize it. That’s what makes her magic.

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Kim Johnson: Talks about her beautiful childhood growing up on a military base with children of every race and color, and never experiencing racism in her youth. Jul 02, 2020

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Kim is one of the kindest, most empathetic people I have had the pleasure of being friends with now for almost a decade. She has deep faith. She is fiercely loved by her family and friends and she fiercely loves them back, HARD. Her mother and father taught her good values and had her and her 2 older brothers in church at least 3 times a week and shared family meals daily. And her mother is a prayer warrior who believes in glory. Kim is smart. She is a veterinarian. We met at Barry’s Boot camp almost a decade ago and bonded over our love of intense working out (a past life to me now haha). This convo is so inspiring. Kim shares how her childhood was truly the dream and goal for us all as humanity. All walks of life, every race and color, loving together with respect and harmony on a military base. What a world to live in! Kim tells me how she has recently felt fear just for being black. She is a traveling vet and is in Utah for an extended time working at a clinic. But bc of COVID, she has to walk to patients cars that don’t recognize her or know she’s their vet. She said it has been the most difficult thing she has ever experienced seeing people respond with fear to her just bc she is a black woman they don’t know approaching them. This episode offers so much love and insight and we share some fun laughs about our love of tequila and wine.

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Ashley Nell Tipton: Project Runway Season 14 Champ talks the ups and downs of being the first plus size designer to win the title. Jun 29, 2020

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Ashley has always loved fashion since she was a little girl, learning how to sew from her grandma who is one of her biggest inspirations. Growing up plus size, Ashley often felt very frustrated that there were no clothes out there to reflect her self expression of how she felt on the inside... she longed for clothes to wear that were fun, in fashion, and told the story she wanted to tell about her personality. So since they didn’t exist, she started making her own. That journey led her to Project Runway where she became the first person to win for designing plus size. After winning, she got her own line at JCPenny and was flooded with opportunities... at the same time she decided she wanted to get weight loss surgery to feel better and healthier. She said it was very difficult being criticized for this decision and losing deals on top of it bc people thought she was “selling out.” This led Ashley to a period of feeling lost and having to reevaluate. We talk about why she started teaching “self love” courses and how she has found her way in fashion making custom masks and offering sewing classes and flower crown courses to teach others how to design and create. Ashley’s story is one of determination, strength, beauty, inclusivity, creativity and paving her own way.

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Chef Lokelani Alabanza: telling black history and stories through homemade ice cream. Jun 25, 2020

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Lokelani, “Loke” for short, is a chef who has travelled the world learning about how food ties feelings and history together while triggering emotions. Over the past 4 years, she has created over 300 ice cream flavors and has her own brand, Saturated Ice Cream. She recently posted this: “I have a deep fondness for nostalgia, it’s been the most potent ingredient that I use. Nostalgia and ice cream are a stunning combination. Food connects all of us. Don’t ever underestimate its power. Through ice cream, I started a journey into its history. Stepping into a world that I didn’t even know existed.” Loke tells me how influential her grandmother was in teaching her how to cook. She talks about how she is obsessed with finding vintage cookbooks and recreating old recipes into her ice cream. She has a flavor called “Juneteenth” that is “for our past, present and future.” It’s raspberry, hibiscus and lime. The color is red to pay homage to lives lost and blood shed. Loke talks about how we all can positively impact the Black Lives Matter movement by taking inventory of our lives and seeing where we have an outlet to be the change.

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Gay Gaddis: Founder. Author. Artist. Trailblazer. Jun 22, 2020

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Gay Gaddis is a very close family friend. She has literally watched me grow up. Her son Ben introduced my sister to her husband. Now that I am a grown woman, I have had the chance to really understand what a badass Gay is. She started T3, the largest owned female owned digital marketing agency in the country, based out of Austin Texas. She is self made and overcame many obstacles in a man’s world, but always learned how to work smarter, more thoughtful and outside of the box. As an employer of many women, and a mother herself, she quickly realized being a parent should not stop you from being a successful working professional. So she created UNDER, a program that allowed parents to bring their kids to work. That’s the thing with Gay. She doesn’t view family and work as 2 separate entities. She wants her employees to be fulfilled and she takes the time to find their strengths. If she hires someone for one reason but realizes they work better on another team, she pays attention and moves them to where they thrive. She is also an artist, painting many Texas landscapes, an author of COWGIRL POWER, a book written to help women develop personal power and lead like fearless cowgirls, and a rancher. Gay offers so much wisdom to women especially about how to preserve, find your way and thrive in big industry.

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