Her Becoming with Dara Koenig

One conversation can stay with you long after it ends. After my conversation with Kendra Spohn (episode 5), I found myself reflecting on something she shared about learning to leave the house without always feeling the need to be perfectly put together. What began as a conversation about appearance uncovered something much deeper. Why do so many women feel safer performing than simply being seen?...

Kendra Spohn on Home, Exhaustion & Becoming What happens when the life you’re building feels just as unfinished as the house you’re living in? In this episode of Her Becoming , Dara sits down with realtor and entrepreneur Kendra Spohn, owner of The Mayor’s House Bed & Breakfast in Benton Harbor, Michigan, for a conversation about ambition, exhaustion, identity, and learning to create beaut...

Why do so many women feel pressure to already have all the answers? In this solo episode of Her Becoming, Dara Koenig explores the emotional exhaustion of trying to perform certainty while still navigating growth, transition, leadership, motherhood, faith, burnout, identity shifts, and becoming. This conversation is for the woman who feels caught between who she has been and who she is becoming. T...

In this deeply honest episode of Her Becoming , Dara sits down with Kim MacDonald for a conversation about sobriety, healing, identity, and what it looks like to rebuild your life after years spent surviving in chaos. After more than two decades in the automotive industry, Kim appeared successful on the outside while privately battling addiction, trauma, perfectionism, and emotional exhaustion. No...

Some conversations don’t end when the recording stops. This was one of them. In this episode of Her Becoming, I sit down with Meshell Baker, Chief Confidence Igniter, for a conversation that moves far beyond the surface of confidence and into the deeper work of identity, belief, and becoming. Meshell shares her journey from early identity struggles and seasons of shame to building a life rooted in...

Welcome to the very first episode of Her Becoming with Dara. Most leadership stories are told from the finish line. The promotion. The milestone. The company built. But the most meaningful part of the journey often happens before that. The uncertainty. The courage to take the next step. The decisions that shape who we are becoming. Her Becoming is a conversation series where executive coach and le...