Reclaiming Your Hue: A Podcast for Women Rediscovering Themselves in Motherhood & Entrepreneurship
Kelly Kirk
81 episodes
18 hours ago
Skyscrapers, Snack Bags, And Bitcoin: A Mompreneur’s Guide To Big Bets Some decisions feel like cliff dives, but sometimes you realize you’ve been standing on the edge for years. That’s how Erin describes leaving her only salaried job to launch Willow Peak, a commercial real estate investment platform built on autonomy, intuition, and a mission to create spaces where people thrive. Motherhood came first, and the calendar didn’t bend—so she built a life that could. Not fewer hours, but bette...
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Skyscrapers, Snack Bags, And Bitcoin: A Mompreneur’s Guide To Big Bets Some decisions feel like cliff dives, but sometimes you realize you’ve been standing on the edge for years. That’s how Erin describes leaving her only salaried job to launch Willow Peak, a commercial real estate investment platform built on autonomy, intuition, and a mission to create spaces where people thrive. Motherhood came first, and the calendar didn’t bend—so she built a life that could. Not fewer hours, but bette...
Skyscrapers, Snack Bags, And Bitcoin: A Mompreneur’s Guide To Big Bets Some decisions feel like cliff dives, but sometimes you realize you’ve been standing on the edge for years. That’s how Erin describes leaving her only salaried job to launch Willow Peak, a commercial real estate investment platform built on autonomy, intuition, and a mission to create spaces where people thrive. Motherhood came first, and the calendar didn’t bend—so she built a life that could. Not fewer hours, but bette...
Running The Relay Of Women’s Leadership A single moment can change the trajectory of a life. For Kelli Williams, it was being told to quiet down while advocating for her team—and choosing instead to walk out and walk toward her purpose. What unfolds from there is an unflinching, hope-filled story of teen motherhood, corporate firsts, a public breaking point, and the quiet rebuilding that led to a mission-driven consultancy, executive coaching, and a voice that refuses to shrink. We start wit...
Storytelling through Life's Lowest Points The moment your voice catches and your chest tightens can feel like the end of your story. For Lauren, it became the beginning. After a postnatal mental health break that made everyday conversations feel impossible, she chose help—counseling, integrative care, and small, steady choices that made life breathable again. That path led her to study aromatherapy seriously, blend with intention, and build Essence One around a simple idea: one honest breath ...
How ADHD, Grit, And Faith Built A Boutique Pillow Brand From A Basement If you’ve ever tried to build something beautiful between school drop-off and dinner, this conversation will feel like a deep breath. Kelly sits down with Bree—mom of four, dental assistant two days a week, and cofounder of a boutique pillow brand with her mom—to unpack how faith, ADHD, and clear boundaries can turn a basement sewing room into a business with real traction. From the early days of art shows in the rain to ...
What if your brand could bend without breaking when life throws the unexpected at you? Kelly sits down with Sara Schultz to unpack how a surprise pregnancy, a pandemic birth, and a family health crisis in Detroit sparked a complete reimagining of business and motherhood—leading to a scalable, values-led model that actually buys back time. We trace Sara’s evolution from solopreneur to agency owner managing multi–six-figure projects, and the moment a single sales call—where she let her baby cr...
From Nursing To Holistic Healing What if true healing begins in the “soil” of your life, not at the surface of your symptoms? Kelly sits down with Rachael, a former RN turned holistic health practitioner and author, to trace a winding path through young motherhood, nursing on the front lines, and the moment she realized her patients needed root-cause care that honored body, mind, and spirit. The stories are vivid and practical: a patient thriving on a simple regimen only to be steered back to...
From 401(k) Consulting To PW Designs: Building A Side Hustle That Works What happens when a senior workplace retirement plan consultant decides not to choose between a steady career and a growing creative studio? We sit down with Julie to unpack how she built P&W Designs—an SEO, branding, and web design studio—after hours, while staying the breadwinner and keeping the benefits that her family relies on. We trace the path from custom planners to a full-service design practice, and why bei...
Salt, Strength, And Starting Again What happens when a busy mom with a full-time corporate job decides to fuse her faith with fitness and build real community around it? Kelly sits down with Jess, the founder of SALT, a prayer-led movement brand inspired by Luke 14:34 and launched on her fortieth birthday. The conversation charts the surprising chain of connections that brought this vision to life, the decision to prioritize family time without abandoning professional excellence, and the prac...
Building A Table Of Your Own What if private equity felt human, transparent, and unapologetically values‑driven? Kelly sits down with Leah, founder of Marrin Investment Partners, to unpack how she left the C‑suite, launched her own firm, and raised capital while raising two young kids—without sacrificing dignity or clarity. Leah explains private equity in plain English, then gets specific about buying companies deal by deal, structuring returns, and why she treats culture as a value driver on...
Revolutionizing the Fourth Trimester - IYKYK A quiet revolution can start with tea, a newborn on a chest, and a doctor who sits on the edge of your bed and actually listens. That scene—simple, human, and overdue—is how Dr. Michelle Haggerty rebuilt postpartum care from the ground up after her own losses and years inside a system that treats the fourth trimester like an afterthought. We go deep on matrescence, the often-ignored transformation into motherhood that begins long before birth and ...
Three Wise Widows, One Brave Conversation Grief doesn’t send a calendar invite—but it rewrites everything. Three women—Betsy, Christy, and Kim—share how they faced widowhood and turned devastation into purpose: faith-rooted resilience, advocacy for patients and physicians, and practical frameworks for parenting and work. Their stories move from loss to legacy: how an oncologist’s death exposed mental health stigma in medicine, how a cancer journey became a blueprint for protecting joy, and ho...
Pivot, Faith, and Charcuterie Dreams What if the bravest business move is letting go? Our guest shares a candid arc—from a cancer diagnosis at 19 and deep church hurt to a marriage on the brink, a faith renewed, and a business pivot that surprised everyone. She built a purpose-driven activewear brand for real, changing bodies, pushed it to Shark Tank’s second audition round, and still chose to close it when the cost to family and health grew too high. That surrender didn’t end her entrepreneu...
Moms, Startups, and Holy Grit What if a $5 coffee and a little confetti could change a mother’s day? We sit with founder and mom of four, Rachel Frosch, to unpack how a hand‑stitched idea became Mom Badge—a simple, beautiful way to see, support, and celebrate moms right when it matters. Rachel traces the journey from education and professional development to the startup world, revealing how her knack for championing teachers now fuels a platform built to honor the invisible work of motherhood...
Hit the Net, Climb Back Up: Embracing Life's Valleys as Springboards What if your biggest challenges were actually divine preparation for your greatest purpose? Join us as Robin Edgar, seasoned wealth strategist with 35+ years of experience, shares her remarkable journey from teenage motherhood to guiding clients through life-changing financial decisions. Robin introduces her powerful "trapeze analogy" that reframes how we view life's transitions. "We can be swinging comfortably on our trape...
Embracing Your Multifaceted Self While Building a Business What if your definition of success doesn't match what others expect it to be? In this illuminating conversation with Constantina Watters, founder of Sproute Creative, we explore the delicate dance between motherhood and entrepreneurship, and how redefining success on your own terms might be the most powerful move you can make. Constantina shares her journey of launching a business during the 2008 recession, only to have her entrepren...
Why Self-Discipline Is the Highest Form of Self-Love Have you ever felt torn between your ambitions as an entrepreneur and your dedication as a parent? In this deeply personal conversation, Ashley Hawks, founder of SOAR Groups, reveals the transformative journey that took her from childhood lemonade stands to building multiple successful businesses while raising two children. Ashley introduces a refreshing approach to entrepreneurship with her "Ready, Shoot, Aim" philosophy, challenging the ...
From Speech Therapist to Style Maven: A Journey of Self-Discovery Sarah Bechard never imagined her path would lead from speech therapy to style consulting, but life had other plans. After years of helping children with speech development, she found herself at a crossroads when her mother passed away. This profound loss sparked a journey of self-discovery that would ultimately transform her professional identity. "I probably didn't even know what the word entrepreneurship meant," Sarah confes...
From Fashion Dreams to Boutique Reality What happens when your fashion dreams collide with the reality of motherhood and entrepreneurship? In this captivating conversation, Kelly Kirk welcomes Allyson, the creative force behind Ali Madi Boutique, who shares her extraordinary journey from corporate professional to successful fashion entrepreneur. Allyson's story begins with an epiphany during her morning commute when she realized she wasn't dreaming big enough. Despite no formal training, she...
The Accidental Entrepeneur's Journey When Ashley Mooneyham returned to work after having her first child, she discovered an alarming truth about breast pumping technology—despite her successful breastfeeding experience, it took four pumping sessions to collect just one bottle of milk. As a scientist with a PhD in biomedical sciences, she immediately recognized this wasn't a personal failure but a fundamental flaw in pump design. What followed was a revelation backed by scientific research: b...
Lightsabers and Laptops: One Woman's Journey to Self-Acceptance What happens when a 30-year corporate veteran decides to reinvent herself as an entrepreneur? Julie Thiel's journey from HR executive to founder of Thiel Talent Strategy reveals the profound transformation that occurs when we dare to align our work with our deepest values. Julie's wake-up call came during her daughter's junior year of high school. While negotiating compensation deals on her phone at softball tournaments, she rea...
Reclaiming Your Hue: A Podcast for Women Rediscovering Themselves in Motherhood & Entrepreneurship
Skyscrapers, Snack Bags, And Bitcoin: A Mompreneur’s Guide To Big Bets Some decisions feel like cliff dives, but sometimes you realize you’ve been standing on the edge for years. That’s how Erin describes leaving her only salaried job to launch Willow Peak, a commercial real estate investment platform built on autonomy, intuition, and a mission to create spaces where people thrive. Motherhood came first, and the calendar didn’t bend—so she built a life that could. Not fewer hours, but bette...
