Ceiling Breakers

Join us for a special Halloween episode talking about the history of women in brewing. We have several women in the Wichita brewing community joining in the today's conversation! This will be our last episode of the year as Ceiling Breakers is taking a creative pause. We'll be back in early 2022 to share what's next!

Meet the new Executive Director of the Tallgrass Film Fest, Melanie Addington + two female makers presenting, Mye Haong with CAT DADDIES & Emily Branham with BEING BEBE

In this episode, we discuss the importance of voting in local elections and how you can research in order to be more prepared before heading to the polls. Maggie Ballard, local entrepreneur running for Wichita City Council District VI gives us tips on ways to get more involved in our community, and if you're thinking about running for office, just do it!

We're live on location at Groover Labs at Wichita Start-Up Week with Sip Brands CEO Lacie Leatherman. Listen in as Lacie shares her amazing story of how she started an international company while remaining in Mulvane, KS. You'll want to take notes on this one! We want to give a huge thanks to Groover Labs for allowing us to utilize the recording studio!

Want to know how many books Sarah Bagby owner of Watermark Books reads in a year? Listen in as we discuss owning a small business, finding balance, and giving ourselves permission to say "no."

Hear from local cookbook author, Adrienne Rathbun. After hosting cooking classes out of her College Hill home for years, she turned her passion for food and gathering into a beautiful book, Social. Listen in as she shares her story about chiseling away at a dream one step at a time while always being open to whatever the future holds. Order your copy of Social Cookbook at adrienerathbun.com/product/social-cookbook!

Jennifer is a globe traveling ultramarathon runner, mother of two young children and now published author. She just wrote her first book, Go Far: How Endurance Sports Help You Win at Life which comes out this fall. Listen in as she drops wisdom on how we can cultivate a love for the outdoors in ourselves & our children, how we can use goals to make our dreams a reality & how we can find adventure in our own backyards.

Learn all about the Know Your Worth Women's Leadership Conference with Ceiling Breaker Alums Jill Miller & Denise Sherman. You'll want to take notes on this one for sure!

Mamas of littles, listen in! We're talking to Jenna Artis today all about sleep & routines to help our kids thrive in the back to school season. Jenna has 33k Instagram followers & works with families across the nation. Get her top tops here!

Special Women's Equality Day episode with Emily Christensen, host of the Feminist Foremothers podcast. Great discussion on lessons from these female pioneers, and how the feminist movement can be more inclusive moving forward.

We believe there is no better time to get organized & simplify life than back to school season. Listen in while we talk to Kristen Townsend, owner of ICT Lifestyle Management on the importance of outsourcing. Bonus - she gives us dozens of ideas on things we can outsource to make our lives run smoother & with more joy.

Whether you're a teacher in need of easy-to-use curriculum, have a side-hustle you're ready to launch, or just need more balance in your life, we discuss it all with Tech Twins, Nichole Milleville and Samantha Cooper.

Audra + Stacy share how their summers went & give a preview of what's coming next month as some of us prepare for back-to-school.

Wrapping up our summer topic of women & leadership with three rockstar entrepreneurs from Cohort One on The Thread. Hear from guests Elizabeth Farha, President of Midwest Billboards, Brittany Sweeney, Owner of Sweeney Bookkeeping, and Hunter Myers, Founding Creative Director of Verdure Design Co. on how they lead in entrepreneurship. Learn about their challenges and their advice for aspiring young leaders.

Listen in as Audra shares what leadership means to her, as the founder of a women's leadership collective. She shares about her journey into leadership & gives some advice on how you can lean into your role as a leader.

We had the honor of talking with the Vice President of Kansas Leadership Center, Julia Fabris McBride. Julia shares with us the leadership habit that she is now observing since being confronted by it during COVID-19 and gives advice to women of all ages who are pursuing the personal and professional journey of leadership. Listen in for this & ways to get involved with KLC initiatives!

Listen in as we have a conversation with social entrepreneur and Director of Diversity & Inclusion at Wichita State University on leadership. Alicia shares the three c's of her approach to being a female, Latina leader and gives advice on how to excel & protect your personal platform.

Live on Location at Social Media Day ICT with guest Angie Prather. As Chief Community Engagement Officer at United Way of the Plains, Angie knows the importance of building relationships, and gives us some great suggestions and advice on how to utilize social media platforms to tell your story and build community.

Hear from local female leaders at Envision, Indian Motorcycles & Koch Industries on the challenges & strengths of being woman in business in 2021.

Diving in to the topic of women & leadership this summer, our first guest of the series is an entrepreneur and Director of Marketing for Marshall Goldsmith's Methods of Leaders, Janice Perkins. You'll want to take notes because this episode is meaty! We hear from Janice on the challenges she has faced as a female leader, what she believes are our super powers as women in leadership, her specific advice to the female leaders of Wichita in and a whole bunch in between.

What does it mean to really "do" leadership? In this quick chat, Stacy talks about how she defines leadership and gives us a sneak peek of what to expect on Ceiling Breakers this summer.

Audra & Stacy chat about their summer plans, the pressure to make this the best summer ever, and the importance of taking time for ourselves and our families...let's not forget the lessons learned from this past year.

Join us as we visit with the Community Advancement Director for the Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce, Tram Ngo. Tram shares about how the Chamber works to understand its community’s challenges and tells us about an organization she helped bring to Wichita, the National Association of Asian American Professionals. We dig into the social climate for Asian Americans and their allies in 2021.

Join us in this episode as Audra talks with Jordan Walker, Founder of Bondfire Strategy, and Stacy on their often times, counter-cultural (respective) decisions to NOT become mothers. Learn what they think about kids in general, what makes them experience guilt and some of the factors that contributed to their decisions.

Hear from local entrepreneurs, Mary Billings (Love of Character) & Angela Green (Wichita Moms) on how they integrate motherhood & business

Danielle Harmon, owner of Alzavino Wine Tavern tells us about the new concept that is coming to Wichita this summer & gives us perspective on how we can view ourselves as resilient humans, even when we don’t feel like we are.

Hear from the sister duo behind the hot new hiring app, QuickHire on how they made the decision to go all in on a business that was years in the making. Hear their advice on how to turn your own dream into a reality, one step at a time. This conversation was also just really fun! Check it out.

Marcee Locke, Owner of Any Lab Test Now started a much needed business during a pandemic, listen to her story and how you can relate to both her challenges and success.

The theme this month is all about Resiliency throughout this past year. Taishma started and grew a successful business while becoming a new mother during a pandemic, listen in to hear herq story that connects with all of us.

Join us as we welcome our new co-host Audra Dinell!

Join us as we celebrate and cry together on this International Women's Day!

Love from The Hive with Audra Dinell, Founder of The Thread!

Happy Election Day! We are thrilled to be chatting with 3 inspiring women running for office in Kansas. Laura Lombard, Sarah Lopez, and Kelli Reid.

Our first virtual podcast! Chatting with Mirra Bank, Director of the film "No Fear, No Favor," Kathy Kuras, Director, "Open Field," and Susanne Kovacs, Director, "It Takes a Family."

Speaking with the women of WEKAN about the 3rd Annual EmpowerHER Conference.

We sit down this week with local documentary filmmaker Caitlin Slemp to talk about her documentary short, ‘And Then She Did.’

Ebony Clemons-Ajibolade is the Economic Development Manager at Evergy. Episode Sponsored by Amber Hendrix Homes amberhendrixhomes.com

Our conversation with Meghan Carver from Greater Wichita Partnership to discuss the Choose Wichita initiative and attraction and retention of talent for the region.

Our conversation with business owner & massage therapist Jennifer Sauer

Learn all about boss babe Evy Andra and her company Bespoke Salon. She takes a different approach to not only create a unique and inviting experience for her clients, but also empowers her team through mentoring, education, and leadership. Hear about Stacy's awesome experience and her new extension obsession! https://www.facebook.com/BespokeSalonCo/ https://www.bespoke.salon/

Finishing our month of women in real estate with Rachel Lange from Lange Real Estate in Wichita, KS

We sit down with the publisher of Wichita Real Producers to discuss women in real estate

Join our conversation on domestic violence and DV Awareness month for October

Conversation with some females of the Tallgrass Film Festival (Lonita Cook, Yasmin Mistry, and Grace Hahn)

Today we're chatting with the HBIC of Short Films with Tallgrass Film Association! Listen to Hannah's story and her recommendations for this year's film festival happening Oct 16-20 2019, right here in Wichita, KS

Live from The Hive with guests Rachel Banning, President of the Junior League of Wichita, and Kara Hunt, VP of HR at Delta Dental of Kansas. We're chatting about upcoming Salary Negotiations Trainings, and how you can help close the wage gap and ask for what you're worth!

In this episode we sit down with the women of Avenue Art Days to talk about public art and beautification in the community.

Live on location on the Paging Adventure Bus with Jordan Page. Be sure to follow all of their adventures on Instagram and Facebook!

We're discussing the emerging fashion industry in Wichita, KS, and an exciting upcoming community event for a great cause. Learn more about this amazing Ceiling Breaker at https://vanyadesigns.com/

On this week's episode we sit down to chat with Adrienne from Adrienne K Photography about her experiences as a photographer, business owner, mother, and living in a biracial marriage.

Introduction and origin stories of Ceiling Breakers ICT