Gather Connect Create || (formerly Cream City Dreams)

➡ CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! Short and sweet again today, because there is SO much noise out there. But if you're feeling overwhelmed and not sure where or how to start, here's an idea: start small, start local, start today. Hear what's inspiring me to do just that t...

➡ CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! Another week, another inspiring Milwaukee woman.  This week on the podcast: a precautionary tale from a Milwaukee woman brave enough to share her story so that we can learn from her experience. In 2023, Kaitlin Henze lost her life savings in a sophistic...

➡ CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! Hey hey - I'm away this week but managed to sneak a microphone in my bag to make a small recording from Oaxaca, Mexico. I promise I won't rub it in to all my friends shivering back in Milwaukee. But I WILL point out some lessons learned that r...

➡ CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! Another week, another inspiring Milwaukee woman.  This week’s guest Meg Bruzan and her husband made a conscious decision when they bought their first home together that it would be in one of the poorest zip-codes in the state, 53206. They may have set o...

➡ CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! Inspiring Milwaukee women inspiring ALL of us on this podcast. Today's Digest is short and sweet (as usual on these Friday episodes). And this is the equally short and sweet show note where I link to things I talked about. Wild Writing with Laurie...

➡ CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! Another week, another inspiring Milwaukee woman.  If 2025 is the year you are determined to understand what the heck is going on in our political landscape - both at the local, state and national level - you are going to want to tune in to this week’s e...

➡ CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! Another week, another inspiring Milwaukee woman.  Happy New Year, Cream City Dreamers! I hope the holiday season was good to you and that you’ve landed in 2025 feeling rested, rejuvenated, and READY to go. I know I am! Today on the podcast, a short and...

➡ CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! Yep, it's December. The holidays are upon us. Which means, I'm taking a small break. But before I do, let me recap the lessons from Season six and remind you of the INCREDIBLE Milwaukee women who have been on this podcast for the last few mont...

➡ CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! I mention a few inspiring ways to think about local gift giving this season in today's Cream City Digest. Short and sweet - and maybe it'll get you into the holiday spirit and even excited to give this year. MKE Women Notes & Coupon Book W...

➡ CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! Today on the podcast, another incredible Milwaukee woman! Today meet Lisa Kingery, CEO and Founder of FoodRight - an organization empowering youth to choose foods that sustain life-long health. Listen as we talk about what FoodRight is doing to change t...

➡ CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! Happy Day-After-Thanksgiving! Hope you are sufficiently stuffed today and haven't spent too much $$ in the sales yet! Today, a short and sweet episode with a special request for friends of the podcast. Support local. Support storytelling. Support w...

➡ CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! Another week, another inspiring Milwaukee woman.  You may know Teens Grow Greens from their delightful collection of summer herbs and vegetables over at Weber’s Greenhouse (and if you don’t, you should!) But did you know that MORE than just greens, this...

➡ CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! Short and sweet Digest on the things that inspired me this week! And BIG NEWS: Cream City Dreams reached 100 episodes and 10,000 downloads! 🎉💯🎉.    Inspirations I mention include: Dancing for Coffee Kinship Community Café Caitlin Cullen Interview on...

➡ CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! Can you even begin to imagine what half a million pounds of food looks like? Today’s guest, Sarah Bressler, can tell you exactly. That’s because she and her team of farmers at Hunger Task Force in Franklin are growing and harvesting THAT MANY fruits and...

➡ CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! I had a 'peppier' episode recorded ... with all the things I thought were inspiring me this week. And it was true. But it wasn't as true as it could be. So I went for a walk, and re-recorded this episode to reflect what's REALLY keep...

➡ CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! The election is over, we’re on the other side. But this week, I’m not talking about the election or reflecting on what could have gone differently (I’ll leave that to other news outlets). Nope, I’m rolling up my sleeves and getting back to work highligh...

➡ CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! This week - a Digest from the other side of the election. It's been a week. I'll share the Milwaukee women who are inspiring me in the aftermath of the election, and two poems by a new favorite, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer. Short and (bitter)swe...

➡ CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! The day we’ve been talking about for weeks and months has come and gone. It’s the day after the election and who KNOWS where we’ll be today. So I’m doing something different for this Cream City Dreams episode.  It’s just me on the microphone.  I’m exhau...

➡ CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! Today’s Cream City Digest clears up a little misinformation on the voting process for young people/college students after an egregious text went out on October 10th telling this group of voters that if they violated WI Statutes they could end up in jail...

➡ CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! Another week, another inspiring Milwaukee woman.  This week on the podcast, I talk with Angela Lang, Executive Director of Black Leaders Organizing for Communities (BLOC). Listen as we talk about BLOC’s mission of building political power in Black commu...

➡ CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! Are you feeling that low-grade (maybe high-grade) anxiety right about now? Is your feed filled with last-minute requests for your time, money, vote and attention? Today I'm offering a poem and a few minutes of respite from the noise. And a few sugg...

➡ CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! Listen up moms! And dads, and grandparents, and cousins, and sisters and brothers, and well … anyone who cares about reducing gun violence in this country! Today I’m talking with Jenny Hoffman-Jonas about her work with Moms Demand Action. You’ve seen th...

➡ CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! Last weekend I went door knocking for the first time this election season. I had fears. Maybe you do too? This week, advice from volunteers on what to say, how to handle confrontation, and why it's important. Bundle up, grab a friend and head out t...

➡ CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! Another week, another inspiring Milwaukee woman.  This week I’m talking with the founder and CEO of She Should Run, a national, non-profit, non-partisan organization working to increase the number of women considering a run for public office. If your mi...

➡ CLICK HERE to send me a text, I'd love to hear what you thought about this episode! Leave your name in the text so I know who it's from! A friend with a new book , a podcast that is inspiring me lately, and why I'm only doing social media when it feels joyful. (which might not be as often). Short and sweet today friends. Happy weekend! AND here's my call to action for YOU, dear...