One Voice Evolving

In this candid conversation, founders Arlene and Louis Byrd share the raw realities of launching Hiyer, a platform designed for entrepreneurs seeking authentic community and racial equity. They discuss the challenges of innovation, the importance of integrity, and the societal implications of technology and leadership.2

One hundred episodes in, Kim hands the mic to someone else to tell her story — her producer, Joseph, who's been in the room for all of it. This is the journey of a woman who kept choosing to grow: through discomfort, through deconstruction, through the slow work of seeing herself clearly. What's next starts now!

One hundred episodes. Two and a half years. And the thing I didn't expect: I didn't arrive here — I became here. Not in one conversation, not in one aha moment, but in the accumulation of every honest exchange I refused to water down. What began as a question about what racism had cost me became something bigger when I realized the answer: patriarchy is the thread. Through race, class, gender, bod...

She has degrees in aerospace engineering, physics, and math. She tutored her husband through his science degree. He sent out three applications and got all three jobs — including his dream job, which they moved across the country for. She applied for years. Her resume got routed to accounting. She was told to come back when she was done having babies. That's not a metaphor. That's Jayne Reid's act...

Vishant Vyas is a cancer biologist who took a forced pause from the lab — and started writing stories about biology. Love stories starring bacteria. A liver cell staging an intervention. Immune cells behaving like spies. It sounds playful. The science underneath is anything but. In this Substack Live conversation that Kim loved too much to leave on a platform, she and Vishant go deep into what's a...

Brooke Haynes is back, and this time the conversation isn't about what happened — it's about what comes next. As an adoptee, advocate, and someone deep inside adoption communities, Brooke has watched adult adoptees stay stuck in grief because they've never had a place to put it down. She calls it the adoption fog. And with reproductive rights shifting and domestic adoptions rising, the system is a...

Kim ran a Holocaust episode through ChatGPT for a description. What came back didn't mention the Holocaust. It invented a different episode entirely — about avoidance and self-trust. Christian Ortiz wasn't surprised. Christian is an Afroindigenous decolonial social scientist and the developer of Justice AI GPT — the world's first decolonial AI framework. His work: helping people see how colonialis...

Some people say the church is the only organization that shoots its wounded. If you've been in deconstruction, left a church in pain, or watched a faith community implode — you already know exactly what that means. In this episode, Kim Brassor replays a webinar she created during a real church crisis — one that exploded across her community and left people bleeding with nowhere to go. What she lai...

Some conversations don’t need to be polished. They need to be honest. In this episode, Dr. Harriette Richard speaks from lived experience — not theory — about what it means to move through the world with an awareness of race that isn’t always shared by others. She names the tension that comes with that. The moments where speaking up feels necessary… and the moments where staying quiet feels safer....

In this episode, Kim sits down with Meg O’Brien for a conversation that doesn’t stay in the abstract — it goes straight into the real tensions many of us are living in right now. What if the thing that finally got you to pay attention to history… was a middle school teacher? That’s what happened to Kim. She heard Meg O’Brien speak at a church, and something shifted. Not because the history was dum...

That’s not a concept for Kat — it’s a daily practice. In this informal “Coffee with Kim” conversation, Amy “Kat” Lamb shares what it actually looks like to stay aligned in real life. Not in theory, but in the middle of work, leadership, relationships, and everything else pulling for your attention. She talks about the small, intentional practices that keep her grounded — from early morning routine...

DEI isn't dead — it's just been forced underground. That's the honest assessment from Soon Mee Kim, a long-time leader at the intersection of technology, communications, and inclusion, and the voice behind the Substack Unmuted . In this episode, Kim and Soon Mee get into the uncomfortable reality of where DEI actually stands right now — not in theory, but on the ground. The companies hiding it in...

“I was living outside of myself for a long time.” That’s not just a reflection — it’s the thread that runs through Brooke Haynes’ story. In this episode, she opens up about her experience with adoption and how it shaped her sense of identity, belonging, and self-trust in ways she didn’t fully recognize until later in life.

Kim sits down with Lee Woodman for a deeply reflective conversation on observation, awareness, and how we experience the world beyond what we’ve been taught to see. Lee shares how poetry, art, and lived experience open access to deeper ways of knowing — beyond the traditional five senses. Through stories, imagery, and metaphor, this conversation explores how perception shapes identity, clarity, an...

Kim sits down with Michele Torrey for a thoughtful conversation about identity, leadership, and rebuilding self-trust during midlife reinvention. For many women over 40, leadership and identity begin to evolve as they question inherited systems, examine power dynamics, and develop deeper clarity about their own authority. As conversations around racial equity, systemic privilege, and social justic...

Kim shares exciting changes to the One Voice Evolving podcast and introduces a new community: The Cove. In this special edition episode, Kim responds to questions posed by the OVE Team that naturally leads to Kim candidly sharing the "roads" that led to The Cove. For more information, visit onevoiceevolving.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of One Voice Evolving , Kim sits down with Anna Rollins to explore the powerful intersection of faith shifts, identity reconstruction, and midlife reinvention. For many women over 40, spiritual transitions become a catalyst for deeper self-trust, leadership growth, and renewed clarity about identity and purpose. As conversations around racial equity, systemic privilege, and power d...

In this episode, Kim sits down with Samantha Jones for a powerful conversation about identity, voice, and rebuilding self-trust in midlife. For many women over 40, midlife becomes a turning point — a time to examine power dynamics, inherited beliefs, and the systems that shaped our identity. As more women step into leadership and personal reinvention, conversations around racial equity, systemic p...

This episode of One Voice Evolving explores the intersection of racial equity, systemic privilege, and midlife reinvention through an honest and expansive conversation with Shari Dunn. Together, Kim and Shari unpack how identity and leadership evolve when women over 40 begin rebuilding self-trust while examining power dynamics and social conditioning. From faith shifts to navigating systemic struc...

In this thought-provoking conversation, Kim sits down with Renae Ninneman to explore the powerful impact of cross-cultural experiences, identity shifts, and the deeper work of understanding humanity beyond surface-level differences. Drawing from her time living abroad and navigating reverse culture shock, Renae shares how stepping outside familiar environments challenges assumptions, reshapes iden...

In Part 2 of this deeply honest conversation, Kim continues her dialogue with therapist Maya Nelson, moving beyond awareness into what real transformation actually requires. Together they explore: - why silence often protects harmful systems - the difference between performative allyship and authentic engagement - how discomfort becomes a doorway to growth - istening without defensiveness or fragi...

In Part 1 of this powerful two-part conversation, Kim sits down with therapist Maya Nelson to explore the intersection of race, trauma, identity, and personal growth through an honest, unfiltered lens. Together, they unpack: - what happens when privilege becomes visible - why “colorblindness” isn’t the solution - how hierarchy shapes relationships and institutions - the emotional reality of allysh...

In this deeply illuminating conversation, Kim sits down with Renae Fieck to explore the wisdom hidden inside women’s cycles—and why midlife is not a breakdown, but a breakthrough. Renae shares how understanding the neurophysiology and endocrinology of women’s cycles radically changed the way she worked, created, and led her life. Together, they unpack how perimenopause lifts a “veil” many women di...

Kim Brassor kicks off 2026 with a real-world approach to goal setting—without hustle culture, shame, or willpower games. Instead of forcing SMART goals or “white-knuckling” your way into change, she guides listeners through uncovering inherited “shoulds,” sorting the beliefs you were handed, clarifying core values, and reconnecting to desires, dreams, and visions that energize you from the inside...

Life speaker and strategist Taryn LaRae joins Kim Brassor to explore divine alignment, grief, and rebuilding from the inside out. Taryn shares how losing her father reshaped her faith, purpose, and inner voice—and why alignment isn’t perfection, it’s truth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices