Sharing Her Journey

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Local Influencer Inside Scoop #HelloMeridian| Natalie Plummer Mar 16, 2022

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To celebrate our 100th Episode release we interviewed the woman behind Hello Meridan!

We are so excited to be dual releasing with Natalie on her local podcast the Boise Bubble. If you are local to the Treasure Valley (Boise, Meridian, & Eagle, ID.) You likely know and follow Natalie's company Hello Meridian.

We talk about how she went from SAHM to Blogger, to Full Time Influencer.

We dive deep into Natalie as a woman, mother, entrepreneur, wife, and more.

Some highlights of what we chat about:

*How does she define herself in a high profile job and how she has learned so much from knowing her enneagram number

*Transforming her relationship with her spouse into exactly what works for them

*Working to create harmony in all facets of life...walking away from things not serving her

*Male friendships for a female woman

*Healthy female sexuality

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Natalie Plummer lives in Meridan and has three kids. Her and her husband Shane host the podcast The Boise Bubble. Hello Meridian and the Boise Bubble Podcast both showcase amazing businesses, happenings, and people around the Treasure Valley.

Find Natalie @ Website &

Hello Meridian Instagram

Boise Bubble Instagram

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How you're impacting your Family Culture Mar 09, 2022

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Creating the culture you desire in your home is an essential aspect of family life. Do you know how to do that? During the episode, you'll hear Alexis share what culture entails, how parenting is a form of leadership and how communication is intertwined with culture and parenting.

Alexis shares an exciting upcoming project she's working on and how listeners can get in on that project. The project is a workshop and all details are shared within the episode. UPDATE: The FEE (which is a donation to the Ukrainian War Relief Efforts) is whatever you would like to donate. You determine the amount.

To contact Alexis, email her at: connect@thealexismorgan.com or send her a DM on Instagram.

Be sure to follow along for upcoming dates, available spots, and important info... on our Instagram @sharingherjourney and find Alexis on Instagram @realtalk.alexis

Muslim American finding her Voice #hiddencalling | Alicia Thriver Mar 02, 2022

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We were so honored to have Alicia share her brave and riveting journey with us.

She was born in the US and converted to the muslim religion at a young age. She had a semi-arranged marriage and ended up eventually moving to the Middle East. We talk about of how she found herself in an abusive marriage and how she had to flee the Middle East with her two daughters. This story will leave you holding your breath to find out what happens next.

We loved Alicia's candid openess and her a advocacy work for abuse survivors by telling her story.

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Alicia Thriver is an author, speaker, and advocate for abuse prevention and awareness. Her upcoming book, Hidden Calling: A Mother's Courage Unveiled, follows her harrowing escape from the Middle East to protect her two daughters from losing their voices and enduring the same abuse that she did. Now, Alicia is calling for a safer world for women and girls to live in. She does this by teaching others how to recognize and call out 14 forms of abuse.

You can find more on Alicia Here

Instagram @hiddencalling

Top Design Mistakes | Kirsten Brockner Feb 23, 2022

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Kirsten gets asked all the time what are the most common interior design mistakes. Don't worry, everyone makes at least a few. So in this episode she breaks down the top 7...what NOT to Do.

#1 Window treatments hung far too low

#2 Hanging Pictures too high

#3 Area rugs that are too small

#4 Pushing all your furniture up against walls

#5 Matching all your furniture and fabric

#6 Accessory overload

#7 Wrong scale and proportion

Find more design advice @kirstenbrockner.interiors

www.kirstenbrocknerinteriors.com

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Staring over at 42 and Finding true JOY | Millen Livis Feb 16, 2022

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This episode with Millen is truly inspiring. She has so many stories interwoven throughout her journey here to the United States from Lithuania (former USSR). She overcomes all odds....It started in her home country, where she wanted to become a physicist but was discouraged and discriminated against over and over. She finally decided she needed to come to the US in order to live the life she wanted. She had to leave everything behind. Once here, Millen had to teach herself English. After much hard work, she went on to have a successful career, but at 42 found herself unhappy and unfulfilled. She filed for divorce and left everything to once again start over. There is so much packed into this episode that is crucial to women everywhere to learn. We talk about how to have a wealth mindset, why financial dependence is important, strategies to implement, abundance mindset and more. We discuss the importance of trusting your inner voice. We know this episode will get you thinking that ANYTHING is possible, if you decide to go after it. _________________ MILLEN LIVIS is a Financial Independence mentor, best-selling author, investor, and entrepreneur. Graduate of the acclaimed Wharton Business School, holder of a Master's Degree in Physics, certified NLP practitioner, and certified Instant Miracle energy healer, Millen combines her traditional and holistic education to help professional and entrepreneurial women become Financially Independent and retire early, so that they enjoy more choices and more freedom, without having to worry about money! She does this by using the MILLENaire Method (her time-tested holistic system for creating Financial Independence). Millen has been financially independent for over 10 years, happily remarried, and lives in resort-like locations in the South of France and South Florida (50/50). You can find her: Facebook Instagram Website

The Power of Yet | Alexis Morgan Feb 09, 2022

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Welcome to the first episode of our new series called "Come Home & Talk".

We explain in more detail what this is all about in this episode. We are very excited to be sharing more of our very own personal "specific skill set" with you all!

Don't all women need better communication skills and home design tips?! YES, please.

We jump right in with Alexis talking about the power of the word YET.

When you find yourself in a situation where you don't know how to do something, or you haven't accomplished what you desire…it's: I don't know how to do that YET. I haven't accomplished that YET.

It is possible. You can get there!

Remember some things take time to learn and are worth waiting and working towards.

The word YET makes something achievable. It puts the you back in the driver seat of your life.

Alexis shares some personal examples where she has applied this concept. It is so helpful to start expanding our thinking. She helps us think about how to change our thinking from can't to can. This concept can sometimes be hard for adults set in their ways

**Challenge this week to add the word 'yet' and see how it deeply impacts your life!

You can find more of Alexis on social media: @realtalk.alexis

A Teacher Who Cares | Meredith Newlin Feb 02, 2022

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The past 2 year have been especially challenging for teachers. Trying to adapt to the pandemic stressors, while still providing an education for our children has not been easy. We have a good conversation about teachers, what we can do to help, and how educators must not forget to also take care of their personal needs. We are passionate about our children's education and supporting those in this profession! _____________ Our guest Meredith Newlin is the founder of The Transformed Teacher. As a veteran educator who has been teaching for more than 16 years, her passion and purpose are to help motivate and inspire educators to rediscover—and keep—their joy for the teaching profession. Meredith is the author of Captured Fireflies: Truths, Mistakes, And Other Gifts Of Being an English Teacher as well as Freed To Teach: 7 Keys To Thrive In an Era Of Uncertainty. She hosts The Transformed Teacher podcast as well as a variety of workshops, online courses, and programs for teachers. A North Carolina native, Meredith currently lives in Denver, Colorado with her two children, Eleanor and Oscar You can find her at: @meredithnewlin www.meredithnewlin.com

Aging Your Way Jan 26, 2022

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Ripped from the headlines: Golden Girls vs. Sex and the City Reboot ('And Just Like That'). What does being golden today really look like? A photo comparing the two groups of women got this discussion going!

We chat about going gray young and why more women (Kirsten included!) are embracing their gray hair. Sarah Jessica Parker has recently joined the gray club as well.

Aging: the cultural fight vs being you!

We feel media needs more Representation of women aging. Those trying to age gracefully love seeing people our age who look like us. (wrinkles and all)

Alexis shares some scientific data with aging. We talk about the BILLION dollar anti-aging industry.

There are some Pro-Aging "Ambassadors" starting to appear on instagram these days.

Paulina Porizkova is a former model who said, "I believe our aging faces and bodies are not caving ceilings that need to be fixed. It's only a different kind of beauty which is not quite accepted or seen. It's a kind of beauty to be celebrated and embraced for its change. We all have personal preferences, but it doesn't negate the beauty of each. We must applaud one another."

@paulinaporizkov @silverstrandsofglitter

**We want to reiterate that we feel you should do exactly what makes you feel best about yourself.

*Let's not forget AGEING is a privilege

As always we close with our question: Who is a woman past or present, that has impacted your life and HOW?

Send us your answer to the question to be shared on an upcoming episode.

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Mental Illness & Me | Katie Davies Jan 19, 2022

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We loved our interview with Katie Davies! Her journey is a beautiful one of self acceptance and learning to live with her mental illness.

We talk about her OCD/PD/GAD and Scrupulosity.

How to recognize signs, the spectrum of differences in OCD diagnosis, how to support those with the illness. We learn about Exposure Therapy and how she used this specific type of treatment.

We discuss how to help mental health awareness go "from a whisper to a song" and how talking openly and freely is so important.

Katie shares about her wedding being postponed, twice. Two were canceled. One permanently, one from covid. She shares how hard this was for her and how she handled the circumstances.

We chat about life as a single lady in a culture that encourages marriage. She shares her experience of "35 dates by 35". (You will not believe what one guy did on a date!)

Katie shares what it's like going from working full time as a choir teacher, single and living in Salt Lake City...to a married lady, in a rural Wyoming community to a step mom of 4. She transitioned to being SAHM and now has a new little baby boy!

We love all she does advocating for mental health awarness by sharing on her podcast, "Mental Health & Me". She talks about how starting the podcast helped to foster healing and bring hope to others.

Katie has always felt supported by her family through her Mental Health Journey. She has an instagram account where her and her 2 sisters share how to have a JOYOUS, HEALTHY, & HAPPY life. We talk about the time they had an IG Reel goes viral. (Another funny story!)

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About Katie:

Katie Houston Davies was raised in Southern California. She completed her bachelor's degree in music education with a minor in English education at Brigham Young University in 2008 following an 18 month church mission to Brazil. Upon graduation, she began teaching junior high school choir in Provo, Utah and moved to high school choir in Salt Lake City in 2011. In 2015, she completed her master's degree in music education at the University of Utah. Outside of teaching, she performed with various choirs in Utah including the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square and did vocal directing for community musicals. In 2018, she did an intensive Exposure Response Therapy program to treat her lifelong OCD illness and it changed her life completely. In 2019, she met her future husband online and moved to Wyoming to start their lives together in 2020, right at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and became a stepmom of 4 handsome young men. During the beginning of the pandemic, she began a podcast for people to share their experiences with mental illness as a way to cope with her mental health problems. She got a job as an elementary music teacher for one year before giving birth to her son Rowan in July of 2021. She took a break from public school and opened a piano and voice studio and also began co-directing a children's show choir.

You can find Katie on instagram at:

@joyouslifehealthylife and @mentalillnessandmekt

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Understanding your Desires and how they're influencing your Life Jan 12, 2022

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In this episode we discuss Desire and why it is so important as women to determine our own personal desires.

Esther Perel says, "Desire is a fundamental human experience that we want to be present in our lives, and when we lose it, we lose an important connection with ourselves. Living without desire is like living without hope or inspiration."

How do we go about understanding Desire?

What is it, and what is it not?

How do we differentiate our desires from our family's?

How can we discover what our desires are?

How are our needs different than our desires?

We also talk a little about the 2 types of sexual desire and the differences in men and women: Responsive vs Spontaneous

Join the conversation and leave asking yourself what you Desire!