In this final episode of Season 1, Jen talks with Dr. Enkeshi El-Amin, a sociologist of race and place teaching at the University of Tennessee. Enkeshi is the founder of The Bottom, a community event space that includes a Black book shop, a com

Jade Adams on Plant Care as Self Care

Oct 19th, 2020 1h 6m

Jade Adams is the owner of Oglewood Ave, a modern houseplant boutique which combines the art of interior design with the science of plants. As the owner of Jade Adams Photography, she specializes in capturing milestones and experiences as a wed

Ashley Dawn Addair on Boundaries, Imagination, & What Really Matters

Oct 12th, 2020 1h 36m

Ashley Dawn Addair is a visual artist with a deep well of questions and a hunger for clarity. She describes her work as a “primal coping response” and her process of creating as an embodied improvisation. After her first art show sold out, she

Rhea Carmon on Healing & The Spoken Word

Oct 5th, 2020 1h 7m

Rhea Carmon is a poet, a math teacher, a mother, a wife, and so much more. As Knoxville’s Poet Laureate, Rhea is using her platform to share the power of story (and the power of telling your own story) with school children. Rhea talks about her

Tammy Kaousias on Leadership, Listening, and Contemplative Practice

Sep 28th, 2020 1h 45m

Tammy Kaousias is the owner of Kaousias Law and Inner Space Yoga Supplies, a manufacturing business that makes yoga props and meditation cushions. She was also the second owner of Glowing Body Yoga Studio and that’s where Jen and Tammy’s paths

Amy Gibson on The Ways We Vote

Sep 21st, 2020 1h 29m

Amy Gibson is the owner and producer of Wide Lens Media and the creator of the Every Woman Vote project. Amy’s business allows her to combine her passion for public policy and the arts and, because she’s the boss, she chooses to work with missi

Kim Lomonaco on Self-Care, Motherhood, and Entrepreneurship

Sep 14th, 2020 1h 52m

Kim Lomonaco is the co-owner of Glowing Body Yoga & Healing Arts, where she also leads the yoga teacher training, teaches three classes per week, and offers Thai Yoga Massage. When she’s not at the yoga studio, she’s either working as a Speech

Callie Konane Rickards on Fashion, Representation, and The Art of Living

Sep 7th, 2020 1h 21m

Callie Konane Rickards is the sparkle sorceress (aka maker, designer, and owner) of Konane Wildcraft, which offers handmade reflective festival fashion for radical self-expression. Callie talks about her history in the industry, claiming her pl

Dr. Patricia N. E. Roberson on Relationships and Our Health

Aug 31st, 2020 1h 44m

Dr. Patricia N. E. Roberson is an assistant professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Tennessee and the host of the podcast, Attached. Her research focuses on how marriages and families impact health for low-income and rural popu

Melissa Everett on Quilting for Hope

Aug 24th, 2020 1h 1m

Melissa Everett is the artist and mastermind of Melissa Everett Textiles. A self-taught quilter and textile artist, Melissa finds joy in the expressiveness of improvising colors and shapes. Although she grew up here in Appalachia where quilting

Abbey Matthews on Homeschooling + Entrepreneurship

Aug 17th, 2020 1h 42m

Abbey Matthews is a co-owner of HomeGrown HomeSewn, a Cincinnati-based fabric store and quilt shop. She runs the store alongside her parents and her husband while also homeschooling the older two of her four kids. Abbey shares the story behind

Mel Mullins

Aug 10th, 2020 1h 39m

Mel Mullins is the owner of Knox Girl Soap and the Kitchen Manager of Real Good Kitchen. She’s also a wife and a mom of two young children ages 3 and 6. Mel focuses on adding joy to the small things in life (like taking a shower) through richly

Jill Bartine

Aug 3rd, 2020 1h 42m

Jill Bartine is a yoga instructor and a flutist with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra. Before COVID, Jill was teaching 12 yoga classes a week, mainly at Real Hot Yoga and Breezeway Yoga Studio. When everything closed down in March, Jill came ou

Ericka Ryba

Jul 27th, 2020 2h 2m

Ericka Ryba is the owner of Providence Road Pottery and an art teacher for grades 4-7. Ericka talks about the winding path she’s taken (and what providence has got to do with it) from culinary school to WWOOFing to health food stores and eventu

Sarah Loebner

Jul 20th, 2020 1h 36m

Sarah Loebner is the founder and toffee artist behind Tennessee Toffee Company. A graphic designer by trade, Sarah is on the brink of full-time entrepreneurship and shares about transitioning out of her day job in order to open her brick-and-mo

Wanda Malhotra

Jul 13th, 2020 1h 38m

Wanda Malhotra is a health coach, the founder of Root Journey, the owner and curator of Crunchy Mama Box, a wife, and the mother of three kids ages 16, 18, and 3.5. Wanda talks about growing up in a melange of cultures (Indian, Italian, and Bra

Catherine Porth

Jul 6th, 2020 1h 23m

Catherine Porth is the founder of Let Her Speak and a wearer of many hats in general. Catherine talks about her long history with entrepreneurship, why she was having a hard time trusting other women in corporate America, how her research revea

Chrissy Keuper

Jun 29th, 2020 1h 16m

Chrissy Keuper is a senior news announcer and the host of All Things Considered at WUOT 91.9fm. Chrissy talks about how she “fell in” to radio, why she had to take a hiatus from the news, what her perfect day looks like, and why she’d rather li

Dale Mackey

Jun 22nd, 2020 1h 29m

Dale Mackey is the owner of Dale’s Fried Pies and the co-owner of The Central Collective. Dale shares about her COVID pivot, why she’s not letting perfectionism steal her fun, and how she loves to perform but she’s not performing when it comes

Kelly Smith Trimble

Jun 15th, 2020 1h 42m

Kelly Smith Trimble is a writer, editor, gardener, and author of the book Vegetable Gardening Wisdom: Daily Advice and Inspiration for Getting the Most from Your Garden. Kelly shares about her relationship with gardening over the years and how

Jardana Peacock

Jun 8th, 2020 55m 42s

Jardana Peacock (she/they) is an activist, a writer, and a parent based in Louisville, KY. Their work focuses on white antiracism as a spiritual and ancestral practice. She also works for PeoplesHub, an online school offering trainings focused

Samantha Lane

Jun 1st, 2020 1h 31m

Samantha Lane is the creator of Origami Day, a unique time management system which helps users increase productivity while still being present from moment to moment. Samantha talks about the wake up call that made her realize her true prioritie

Kelle Jolly

May 25th, 2020 1h 29m

Kelle Jolly is one of East Tennessee’s most celebrated jazz musicians. She’s the host of Jazz Jam with Kelle Jolly on WUOT 91.9fm, the founder of Ukesphere (a ukulele club for all ages and abilities), and she is the founder of the Women in Jazz

Help Grows Hope

May 18th, 2020 19m 6s

Even though businesses are beginning to reopen in Knoxville, the future is still uncertain and people are still struggling. I know that help grows hope so for today’s episode, I’m sharing the stories of four local, woman-owned businesses that a

Whitney Fisher

May 11th, 2020 1h 10m

Whitney Fisher is the owner of Whitney Jade Photography. She’s been voted in the top three female portrait photographers in Knoxville since 2018. Whitney talks about how she got started in photography, how she makes clients comfortable in front