1 Year 1 Fear with Cara Flynn

Jill Katuin is the Founder of Pause For Empowerment and she was previously featured on the "Business Besties Part 1" episode (#91)! This is part 1 of a 2-part conversation with Jill. In this episode, Jill will talk about her childhood growing up in a farming community in small town Iowa, as well as growing up with dyslexia. She will talk about her time at University of Northern Iowa and all the we...

Stephanie Mueller is a hair and makeup artist and the owner of ALTER and Beauty Op based in North Liberty, IA. In this episode she will talk about growing up in small town Iowa with her parents and her older sister and going to beauty school, as well as owning her own business and teaching the art of HAMU. She will also talk about a brain surgery that she had when she was in high school. Follow 1Y...

In this episode we reflect on 2024 and look forward to 2025! Here's to more 1Y1F in 2025. Thanks for listening! Follow 1Y1F on Instagram: @ 1year1fearpodcast 1 Year 1 Fear is co-produced by  sumadrepodcasts.com  

Brian Flynn is Cara's husband! He is a long-awaited and often requested guest! In part 2, Brian will talk about leaving Iowa City to live in Chicago, and his return to Iowa City a year later. Cara and Brian will talk about how they met at Joe's Place, and Brian will talk about buying Joe's Place abd his career as a restaurateur and bar owner.  Follow 1Y1F on Instagram: @ 1year1fearpodcast 1 Year 1...

Brian Flynn is Cara's husband! He is a long-awaited and often requested guest! In part 1, Brian will talk about his childhood growing up in Iowa and his family, including his twin brother, as well as going to college at University of Iowa.  Follow 1Y1F on Instagram: @ 1year1fearpodcast 1 Year 1 Fear is co-produced by  sumadrepodcasts.com  

Jen Kohler is a spiritual mentor who owns her own business . In this episode, she will talk about growing up and moving every couple years as a kid, and how hard that was, as well as finally settling in Iowa with her parents at 12. She'll talk about living in California, travelling the world and meeting her husband, as well as her work today.  Check out her website: https://www.jenkohler.com/ Foll...

Camille Dunn-Johnson is a Research Assitant Professor of Otolaryngology at University of Iowa. In this episode, Camille will talk about being raised in Nebraska and attending a "one-room country school." She'll also talk about her brother, meeting her husband, having children, and finding a passion in audiology.  Follow 1Y1F on Instagram: @ 1year1fearpodcast 1 Year 1 Fear is co-produced by  sumadr...

Jennifer Robb is an Iowa native and a good friend of the Cara's. In this episode, Jenn and Cara will talk about how they met. Jenn will talk about her childhood with seperated parents, being wrapped up in custody and court battles with her mother and father as a teen, her mother's battle with cancer, having children young, and discovering she had siblings later in life. Jenn will also talk about h...

Alicia Bogard is a massage therapist based in Solon, Iowa. In this episode Alicia will talk about growing up in Cedar Rapids, moving to California in her early 20s and living there, as well has motherhood and massage therapy. Follow 1Y1F on Instagram: @ 1year1fearpodcast 1 Year 1 Fear is co-produced by  sumadrepodcasts.com  

Brad Baldwin is a Mindfulness Coach. His practice is called Aperture . Brad grew up in a farming community in Iowa and went on to the University of Iowa, where he met his wife. They left Iowa for a brief 15 months for Kansas City, and soon returned. In this episode, Brad will talk about mindfulness, his practice, and parenting in the modern age.  Aperture on the web: https://aperturemind.com/ Foll...

Katie Ford and Lisa Edwards are the owners of Press Coffee in Iowa City. Lisa grew up in Des Moine and moved to Iowa City where she met Katie and discovered roller derby. Katie was born in Iowa but grew up in Texas and Illinois. She went to the University of Iowa and also discovered roller derby, where she met Lisa. Eventually, they took on ownership of Press Coffee together! Press Coffee website:...

Podcast Jared is the founder of  Su Madre Podcasts . He is the editor of 1 Year 1 Fear and is visiting Iowa City! Jared was born and raised in New Hampshire and has no ties to the midwest. He is on a road trip to develop and produce 4 podcasts, one of which is about Iowa City.  This is part 2 of a 2-part conversation. In part 2, Jared will talk about how 2 major events in 2016 lead to where he is...

Podcast Jared is the founder of Su Madre Podcasts . He is the editor of 1 Year 1 Fear and is visiting Iowa City! Jared was born and raised in New Hampshire and has no ties to the midwest. He is on a road trip to develop and produce 4 podcasts, one of which is about Iowa City.  This is part 1 of a 2-part conversation. In part 1, Jared will talk about his upbringing in New Hampshire, his time in col...

Matt Swift is a restaurateur and entrepreneur in Iowa City. In this episode, Matt will talk about his mom, Faye Swift (past guest on 1Y1F!), growing up, operating and owning restaurants, meeting his wife, and having children.  Follow 1Y1F on Instagram: @ 1year1fearpodcast 1 Year 1 Fear is co-produced by  sumadrepodcasts.com  

This is a very special episode of 1 Year 1 Fear! Cara sits down with women business owners in the Iowa City area to hear their stories. Each participant spoke with Cara for 5-15 minutes to talk about their business and how they built it.  This is part 2! Today we will hear from... Monique Holtkamp of T'spoon and Sweets and Treats Kendra Prior of Lovely Numbers Bookkeeping & Advisory Jennifer Farra...

This is a very special episode of 1 Year 1 Fear! Cara sits down with women business owners in the Iowa City area to hear their stories. Each participant spoke with Cara for 5-15 minutes to talk about their business and how they built it.  This is part 1! Today we will hear from... 1. Breanna Ferry of  Pure Romance and Currently Booked Bookstore 2. Vanessa Kearns of  Sapphire Social Media 3. Maura...

Nikki Carney is the Owner and Lead Trainer at The Empire Fitness and Nutrition in Solon, IA. In this episode Nikki will talk about growing up in small town Iowa, marrying her high school sweetheart, and opening and running her own gym. Find The Empire Fitness and Nutrition on the web: http://www.theempiresolon.com/ Follow 1Y1F on Instagram: @ 1year1fearpodcast 1 Year 1 Fear is co-produced by  suma...

Sam Johnson is the owner of The Local Hub in Iowa City. In this episode she will talk about growing up in South Dakota, living in Alaska and Iowa, and her education and career from an Expanded Functions Dental Assitant to a business owner.  Find The Local Hub online: https://thelocalhub-ic.com/ Follow 1Y1F on Instagram: @ 1year1fearpodcast 1 Year 1 Fear is co-produced by  sumadrepodcasts.com  

Mel Goatley is from Minnesota and grew up there, as well as Illinois and Iowa. In this episode, she will talk about her childhood, her first job, going to college, moving to Iowa City, bartending, battling alcoholism and getting sober, as well as battling cancer.  Follow 1Y1F on Instagram: @ 1year1fearpodcast 1 Year 1 Fear is co-produced by  sumadrepodcasts.com  

Natalie Johnston is the owner of Motion Matters Physical Therapy and Wellness in North Liberty, IA. Natlie will talk about her childhood growing up in Papua New Guinea with her missionary parents and moving back to the states in 19991 at the age of 14. She'll talk about living in Texas and then Iowa, and finding her way into the physical therapy/pain management profession.  Motion Matter on the we...

Michael Lensing is the Co-Owner of Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service in Iowa City. Michael with speak of his childhood in Cedar Rapids, his mortician education, his marraige and children, and aging, among so many other things. Follow 1Y1F on Instagram: @ 1year1fearpodcast 1 Year 1 Fear is co-produced by  sumadrepodcasts.com  

This is part 2 of a 2-part conversation with Darline Horton. In this episode, Darline and Cara will pick up the conversation right where part 1 left off. Darline will here talk about starting her business, A2Z Heating and Plumbing , with her ex-husband, and adopting more children. She will talk of her divorce, and her reuniting with Marshall (who was mentioned in part 1).  Follow 1Y1F on Instagram...

Darline Horton will tell, in this episode, her story of growing up in Iowa and North Carolina. She will tell stories about her alcoholic father and her mother's life growing up as an orphan. She will talk about meeting her ex-husband,having children, adopting children, and fostering children. Part will be published on September 2nd, 2024.  Follow 1Y1F on Instagram: @ 1year1fearpodcast 1 Year 1 Fea...

This is part 2 of a 2-part conversation with Daphne Patton. Here the conversation picks up with discussions of motherhood and parent-child relationships. Daphne will continue talking about her mother's passing and her relationship with her father. She will also touch on her life and career as it is now.  Follow 1Y1F on Instagram: @ 1year1fearpodcast 1 Year 1 Fear is co-produced by  sumadrepodcasts...

Daphne Patton will talk about her childhood, from being born in Rome to an Italian father and an American mother, to growing up in Chicago. She'll talk about both hard and good times in her teenage years, as well as her time at University of Iowa. She'll touch on meeting her husband, raising children (including twins), and living for a year (or so) out of a truck travelling the country. The conver...