The Illuminate Podcast

What do architecture and birth have in common? For one, in both cases you can design an experience. But in this case, it’s this week’s guest, Kim Holden! Kim was a founding principal of the world-renowned architecture firm  SHoP . After more than 25 years of design and of cultivating and fostering the culture of the firm, she embarked on a new path as a doula, starting her business  Doula X Design...

This week we have the privilege of talking to my friend Emmalee Hinton . Emmalee is a stay at home mom of 3 young kids and a wife to Chad. She tells us about her and her family’s journey recovering from the devastating injury of her 4 month old daughter. Sweet Elena had a non-accidental brain injury while at daycare that left her clinging to life and forever changed. Emmalee walked through this ti...

Imagine being the first woman or man in your profession, ever! And then imagine you were appointed to that position by the President of the United States! No pressure, right? That’s the story of Judge Sarah Evans Barker. Judge Barker was the first female to be appointment U.S. District Court Judge. She was appointed by President Ronald Reagan more than 30 years ago and serves the Southern District...

Kari Moore is the Director of Self Sufficiency at Exodus Refugee Immigration in Indianapolis. She oversees  education, employment, and youth programs. In this episode Kari talks about what it looks like for individuals to resettle here in America and how we can help welcome them here. We also talk about how we can teach our kids to be includers and Kari gives a great book recommendation for anyone...

Molly Cantrell-Kraig has an extraordinary story going from a single young mother of three living on welfare to not only surviving, but thriving and showing resilience. In this episode, Molly brings wisdom around resilience, emotional intelligence and mindfulness. You will leave this episode with new ideas, words to live by and a few habits to consider for your daily life! An author, media consulta...

Dominique Smith is the director of student services at Health Sciences High & Middle College, where he also serves as a culture builder and student advocate. He is also social worker, school administrator, mentor, national trainer for the International Institute on Restorative Practices, and member of ASCD’s FIT Teaching ®  (Framework for Intentional and Targeted Teaching ® ) Cadre. He i...

This week we are talking to Sarah Stewart Holland and Beth Silvers, hosts of podcasts Pantsuit Politics and The Nuanced Life and authors of I Think You’re Wrong but I’m Listening: A Guide to Grace Filled Political Conversations . We talk about how to have grace-filled political conversations and why it’s really so important to continue to have them even if we need space or they have some har...

Episode 19: Angela Stuesse – Activist Anthropology Angela Stuesse is an activist anthropologist who currently is a professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She studies the globalization of the rural U.S. South and social inequality. Angela has done significant research and work on the poultry industry in rural Mississippi. In this episode Angela shares about her work as an...

Christy Turlington Burns, founder of “Every Mother Counts” joined host Lindsey Hein on her podcast  “ I’ll Have Another with Lindsey Hein” and we couldn’t think of a better cross over episode for The Illuminate Podcast! I was so honored to sit down with her at the Every Mother Counts office in NYC to hear all about the work being done to support women and provid...

Episode 17: Lindy Johnson with America’s Kids Belong⁠ ⁠ This week we are talking to Lindy Johnson. She is a licensed therapist and trauma care trainer for America’s Kids Belong. ⁠ AKB mobilizes government, faith-based, business and creative leaders around the goal of permanency and belonging for every child. Combining grassroots and “grasstops” methods, America’s Kids Belong runs innov...

Becca Stevens is an author, speaker, priest, social entrepreneur, and mom of three boys. After experiencing the death of her father and subsequent child abuse when she was 5, Becca opened a residential community, which offers women survivors of trafficking, prostitution, and addiction the time, space home and community they need to heal. She founded Thistle Farms , which is a social enterprise emp...

Wendy Snyder is a Positive Parenting Teacher & Family Coach, helping families parent with great purpose and intention by creating healthy, respectful & cooperative relationships. She is a Certified Parent Educator of Redirecting Children’s Behavior (RCB) and an advocate for families. A mother to two vibrant children, Wendy has been dedicated to the application of Positive Parenting in her...

Robyn Nohling is a non-diet Dietician and Nurse Practitioner. She is passionate about helping women find peace with food, accept their natural body size and heal from hormonal issues and period problems. Robyn and I talked a lot about intuitive eating, what that means for your body and what it doesn’t. We talked about hormones and what can affect them; how our everyday life stress is powerful and...

Bonus Episode! We all got together to chat about life, our thoughts on our episodes, and what’s to come. Super casual and maybe a bit of rambling, but we love being together! Our hope for these episodes is that you get to know us a little better. Let us know what you think!        

Today’s guest started a business, now a national lifestyle brand, found in Target and is one of Oprah’s Favorite things by creating something for herself! But it’s not an easy as this sounds, getting her business off the ground took, hustle, community and a problem solving attitude. Mica May of May Designs talks about how how her love for design and paper became a national brand and her journey to...

Jordan Lee Dooley joins us for the podcast today! Jordan is a national best selling author, podcaster, keynote speaker, social media expert, multi-passionate strategist and founder of the Own it Academy. She is passionate about helping women find their purpose and live a life they love. We were fortunate to meet Jordan at the Edge X Mentoring conference and get to know her a little more after she...

Episode 11: Kristen Newton Friendship is an essential piece of how we were made to live with others and experience love and joy. But have you ever found yourself stuck in a pattern that you know is unhealthy in a friendship? Or have you been blindsided by a friend and felt incredibly hurt? Friendship can be painful and hard but friend is one the my most cherished roles. This week we are talking to...

Episode 10: Avery Bang Imagine that to get to school or the local health clinic you have to cross a river. And in order to cross that river, you have to risk your life to get there. Or imagine there was a way for you to cross the river for half the year, during the dry season, but in the rainy season, you can’t cross the river at all. This is the case for more than 1 billion people in the world. I...

Ian Morgan Cron  is a champion of the Enneagram, a powerful tool used for personal and collective transformation. The nine-pointed Enneagram symbol represents nine distinct strategies for relating to the self, others and the world. In this episode, Ian breaks down the nine personality types of the Enneagram and their strengths and weaknesses. He explains how knowing your Enneagram type can help yo...

Gary Brackett is a former NFL lineman for the Indianapolis Colts. He is a motivational speaker, an entrepreneur, restaurant owner, husband and father to three. Gary was a walk on at Rutgers University and by his senior year, he was captain of the defensive team. He then went on to play for the Indianapolis Colts, signing as an underrated free agent in 2003.  He was then part of Super Bowl team XLI...

Stacey Heiny ( @theherbanfarmacy ) is a small business owner and wholistic nutritionist and mom to a sweet little boy. She and her husband own Green Growers ( @greengrowersfarm ), an organic farm that grows produce that they sell at local farmers markets and she makes pantry items from scratch such as nut butters and elderberry syrup. She and her family live a plant based life style and she has a...

Dr. Mitch Besser is an an obstetrician and gynecologist, who has dedicated his career to the public health needs of women, in particular, women with HIV. He founded mothers2mothers (m2m), in which mothers living with HIV are employed to work in health centers and communities, educating and supporting pregnant women and new mothers with HIV. m2m was able to increase the effectiveness of interventio...

Julie Voris is a fitness and nutrition coach. She has spent over a decade working with Beachbody building a team of over 5000 women from around the World. Julie is the mother of three – a recent empty nester, married to a College football coach with a passion for helping women set big goals and pursue their dreams. One of my favorite things about her is that she encourages others to live a l...

Kat and Blair Cornell founded the nonprofit organization, JoyRide, a car club exclusively for kids with special needs. Blair dreamed up the idea for JoyRide after seeing how much his son, Carter, who has special needs himself, loved cruising around in Blair’s convertible. In this episode you’ll hear all about the grandiose things JoyRide events offer its members such as walk down a red carpet, sky...

Kristin Hodson is founder of The Healing Group and AASECT certified Sex Therapist empowering parents, partners, and people in their relationships + sexuality. Kristin and I talked about improving your relationship and sex with your partner through being more empathetic and creative. We also talked about talking to your kids about sex; where to start the conversation and some good reasons why as pa...