Podcast appearances and mentions of kristen hall

Flying cars, teleporters, robot butlers, and geostationary metropolises are just a few of the tropes that have long been used as pop culture markers for cities of the future. But those imaginative notions rarely address some of the most pressing issues experienced by cities now, including an expanding income gap, growing homelessness and global climate change. Can we surmount today's pernicious challenges and realize a shared, ideal future? Will tomorrow's cities be more reminiscent of the shiny utopia of Star Trek or the bleak dystopia of Blade Runner? Will future cities even be identifiable as such? SHACK15, Manny's, and SPUR presented a conversation diving head first into this pertinent question, with leading architects and urban planners Peter Calthorpe, Kristen Hall and Shilpi Kumar. Here to introduce the panel is Manny Yekutiel.

SUMMARY:Our guest is Grammy winner Kristian Bush, best known as one half of the country duo Sugarland. He chats about a career that has earned him six BMI awards, five ACM awards, and five CMA Vocal Duo of the Year honors, as well as about his ambitious new solo project, which will include four albums in one year that will present a total of 52 songs.PART ONE:Paul and Scott talk celebrity softball tournaments, John Schneider, waterbeds, and Walter Payton. And it's even weirder than it sounds.  PART TWO:Our in-depth conversation with Kristian BushABOUT KRISTIAN BUSH:Kristian Bush is best known as one half of the platinum-selling country duo Sugarland. The Sevierville, Tennessee native spent his formative years making music with his brother Brandon, who would go on to play keyboards in the rock brand Train. Kristian launched his professional music career from Atlanta in 1994 with the folk-rock duo Billy Pilgrim, which released two albums for Atlantic Records. Within the decade, he moved on to form Sugarland with Kristen Hall and Jennifer Nettles, and the group's debut single “Baby Girl” became a massive hit. Their debut album, Twice the Speed of Life, which was produced by Garth Fundis, was certified triple platinum. With the departure of Kristen Hall, Sugarland became a duo that went on to rack up five #1 hit singles, including “All I Want to Do” and the Grammy-winning “Stay.” Additional hits followed, including the double platinum “Stuck Like Glue” and “Babe,” a collaboration with Taylor Swift. Sugarland has sold over 22 million albums worldwide and was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame. Kristian has earned six BMI awards and is a four-time Grammy nominee. In addition to five ACM awards, Sugarland has won the CMA's Vocal Duo of the Year honor five times. Kristian's most recent solo project is called 52, a series of four albums comprised of a total of 52 songs. The first installment, called ATL x BNA is available now. 

LT sits down with Chief Operating Officer of Mother Honestly, Kristen Hall, to educate LT on the work being done to create a stronger social safety net and dismantle stigmas for women and caregivers in the workforce. Kristen shares how women in the workforce are not leaving their careers because they want to, but because they have no other choice due to inflexibility of work arrangements, lack of consistent school age care, daycare closures, unreliable wages, and lack of benefits. She talks about the invisible mental load of parenthood, boundary lists, and the importance of equitable division of labor within the household operations through open communication with our partners, weekly planning sessions, and various other players in the parenthood space.Links:https://tagupwithlt.comhttps://motherhonestly.comFollow:@tagupwithlt@mskristenhall@blessing.adesiyan@motherhonestly@everodsky@drbeckyaygoodinside@katicaroy@pipelineequityBuy Nothing Group (Facebook-local to geographic location)

We meet the creators of some of Birmingham's favorite eating spots and learn about their up and coming project as well. Victor King and Kristen Hall share how Bandit Bham and The Essential became a thing and how it almost wasn't. These two open up completely on the other side of business that you often don't hear about. Incredibly valuable and transparent. Follow Victor at @tomatoesandgrits and Kristen at @bakingbandits Visit their spots @banditbham ,  @essentialbham , and their soon to open wine bar @lafetebham

Dave Franklin is Atlanta's “best kept secret”- a renowned singer-songwriter and former member of the legendary Atlanta rock band, hollyfaith. Dave Franklin has toured and recorded with Drivin' n' Cryin', Kristen Hall, Billy Pilgrim, and opened for the likes of Johnny & June Carter Cash, Sinead O'Conner, Jewel, and Midnight Oil. Franklin is considered Atlanta's most under-rated, best singer and player by musicians, critics, and fans who are “in the know". Dave Franklin's first recording, the critically acclaimed “Bones and All”, was released in 1991 on Sister Ruby Records and was proclaimed by Eddie Owen (founder of Eddie's Attic and curator of The Red Clay Theatre) as "the best album to ever come out of Atlanta”. His records, “Gutterbound For Glory” and “Lost In The Middle Of The Long Way Home” are underground folk gems and this year Franklin's brand new album “Green Grass Hurricanes” is receiving rave reviews…  and Dave Franklin is a life-long Atlanta Braves Fan - so we are honored to have him join us on BRAVES COUNTRY!    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dave Franklin is Atlanta's “best kept secret”- a renowned singer-songwriter and former member of the legendary Atlanta rock band, hollyfaith. Dave Franklin has toured and recorded with Drivin' n' Cryin', Kristen Hall, Billy Pilgrim, and opened for the likes of Johnny & June Carter Cash, Sinead O'Conner, Jewel, and Midnight Oil. Franklin is considered Atlanta's most under-rated, best singer and player by musicians, critics, and fans who are “in the know". Dave Franklin's first recording, the critically acclaimed “Bones and All”, was released in 1991 on Sister Ruby Records and was proclaimed by Eddie Owen (founder of Eddie's Attic and curator of The Red Clay Theatre) as "the best album to ever come out of Atlanta”. His records, “Gutterbound For Glory” and “Lost In The Middle Of The Long Way Home” are underground folk gems and this year Franklin's brand new album “Green Grass Hurricanes” is receiving rave reviews…  and Dave Franklin is a life-long Atlanta Braves Fan - so we are honored to have him join us on BRAVES COUNTRY!    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Redwood Research's current project , published by Buck on the AI Alignment Forum. Crossposted from the AI Alignment Forum. May contain more technical jargon than usual. Here's a description of the project Redwood Research is working on at the moment. First I'll say roughly what we're doing, and then I'll try to explain why I think this is a reasonable applied alignment project, and then I'll talk a bit about the takeaways I've had from the project so far. There are a bunch of parts of this that we're unsure of and figuring out as we go; I'll try to highlight our most important confusions as they come up. I've mentioned a bunch of kind of in-the-weeds details because I think they add flavor. This is definitely just me describing a work in progress, rather than presenting any results. Thanks to everyone who's contributed to the project so far: the full-time Redwood technical team of me, Nate Thomas, Daniel Ziegler, Seraphina Nix, Ben Weinstein-Raun, Adam Scherlis; other technical contributors Daniel de Haas, Shauna Kravec, Tao Lin, Noa Nabeshima, Peter Schmidt-Nielsen; our labellers, particularly Kristen Hall, Charles Warth, Jess Thomson, and Liam Clarke; and for particularly useful advice Mark Xu, Ajeya Cotra, and Beth Barnes. Thanks to Paul Christiano for suggesting a project along these lines and giving lots of helpful advice. Thanks to Adam Scherlis and Nate Soares for writing versions of this doc. And thanks to Bill Zito and other contributors to Redwood ops. Apologies to the people I've overlooked. We started this project at the start of August. What we're doing We're trying to take a language model that has been fine-tuned on completing fiction, and then modify it so that it never continues a snippet in a way that involves describing someone getting injured (with a caveat I'll mention later). And we want to do this without sacrificing much quality: if you use both the filtered model and the original model to generate a completion for a prompt, humans should judge the filtered model's completion as better (more coherent, reasonable, thematically appropriate, and so on) at least about half the time. (This “better almost 50% of the time” property is one way of trying to operationalize “we don't want the filtered policy to be worse”. It so happens that this property is actually kind of badly behaved, but in our case it seems fine, given that we're always going to be comparing against a fixed unfiltered distribution.) We're doing this project in two steps: Step 1: train a classifier, generate by sampling with rejection In step 1 (which we're currently doing), instead of training a single filtered generator model, we're just training a classifier that takes a prompt and completion and predicts whether a human would say that the completion involved someone getting injured. You can use such a classifier to make a filtered generation process, by repeatedly generating completions until we find one that the classifier thinks is above some threshold of P(safe). You can play with this filtered generation process here. This interface lets you provide a prompt, and then you can see all of the generated completions and the classifier's rating of each. It currently is set to use “10% chance of injury” as the decision boundary (it is extremely uncalibrated; this corresponds to a much lower actual chance of injury). Our first goal is to train a classifier that's good enough that no-one is able to find prompts on which the above process has a noticeable probability of generating an injurious completion. This model was produced by fine-tuning DeBERTa XL on a dataset produced by contractors labeling a bunch of LM-generated completions to snippets of fanfiction that were selected by various heuristics to have a high probability of being completed violently. You can read the instructio...

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Redwood Research's current project, published by Buck Shlegeris on the AI Alignment Forum. Here's a description of the project Redwood Research is working on at the moment. First I'll say roughly what we're doing, and then I'll try to explain why I think this is a reasonable applied alignment project, and then I'll talk a bit about the takeaways I've had from the project so far. There are a bunch of parts of this that we're unsure of and figuring out as we go; I'll try to highlight our most important confusions as they come up. I've mentioned a bunch of kind of in-the-weeds details because I think they add flavor. This is definitely just me describing a work in progress, rather than presenting any results. Thanks to everyone who's contributed to the project so far: the full-time Redwood technical team of me, Nate Thomas, Daniel Ziegler, Seraphina Nix, Ben Weinstein-Raun, Adam Scherlis; other technical contributors Daniel de Haas, Shauna Kravec, Tao Lin, Noa Nabeshima, Peter Schmidt-Nielsen; our labellers, particularly Kristen Hall, Charles Warth, Jess Thomson, and Liam Clarke; and for particularly useful advice Mark Xu, Ajeya Cotra, and Beth Barnes. Thanks to Paul Christiano for suggesting a project along these lines and giving lots of helpful advice. Thanks to Adam Scherlis and Nate Soares for writing versions of this doc. And thanks to Bill Zito and other contributors to Redwood ops. Apologies to the people I've overlooked. We started this project at the start of August. What we're doing We're trying to take a language model that has been fine-tuned on completing fiction, and then modify it so that it never continues a snippet in a way that involves describing someone getting injured (with a caveat I'll mention later). And we want to do this without sacrificing much quality: if you use both the filtered model and the original model to generate a completion for a prompt, humans should judge the filtered model's completion as better (more coherent, reasonable, thematically appropriate, and so on) at least about half the time. (This “better almost 50% of the time” property is one way of trying to operationalize “we don't want the filtered policy to be worse”. It so happens that this property is actually kind of badly behaved, but in our case it seems fine, given that we're always going to be comparing against a fixed unfiltered distribution.) We're doing this project in two steps: Step 1: train a classifier, generate by sampling with rejection In step 1 (which we're currently doing), instead of training a single filtered generator model, we're just training a classifier that takes a prompt and completion and predicts whether a human would say that the completion involved someone getting injured. You can use such a classifier to make a filtered generation process, by repeatedly generating completions until we find one that the classifier thinks is above some threshold of P(safe). You can play with this filtered generation process here. This interface lets you provide a prompt, and then you can see all of the generated completions and the classifier's rating of each. It currently is set to use “10% chance of injury” as the decision boundary (it is extremely uncalibrated; this corresponds to a much lower actual chance of injury). Our first goal is to train a classifier that's good enough that no-one is able to find prompts on which the above process has a noticeable probability of generating an injurious completion. This model was produced by fine-tuning DeBERTa XL on a dataset produced by contractors labeling a bunch of LM-generated completions to snippets of fanfiction that were selected by various heuristics to have a high probability of being completed violently. You can read the instructions given to our contractors here; if you want to try out the labelling task, y...

This episode of Eating Alabama is brought to you by Tasting TBL. You can find them at www.tastingtbl.com for more information and to purchase tickets for upcoming Supper Club Dinners.  You can find Chef Kristen and Chef Victor on Facebook at The Essential ,on Instagram @EssentialBham and at www.essentialbham.com Music by Suaze - You can hear more from him on iTunes and www.suaze.soundcloud.com. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram at Eating Alabama.  You can also find us at www.eatingalabama.net. Contact me by email at Nick@eatingalabama.net.   

Sarah and Victoria have an emotional, in-depth discussion with Musicologist and Researcher Jada Watson on BIPOC representation in Country Music. Fresh off a newly released report, Jada and the hosts dive into: The statistics and data regarding BIPOC creators  Radio charts: 1944-2020 Are things getting better? Breaking down the numbers What do diversity and representation look like right now? The impact of racism and bias on creators and communities Touching on future research regarding LGBTQIA+ creators   Notes: Song Data: https://songdata.ca/ The report: https://songdata.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/SongData-Watson-Redlining-Country-Music-032021.pdf  Jada's Article on Mickey Guyton 2021 Grammys: https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/grammys-2021-performer-mickey-guyton-makes-history-without-country-radio-ncna1261044  Karl Hagstrom Miller: https://www.dukeupress.edu/segregating-sound Amanda Martinez: https://www.amandamariemartinez.com/ Charles Hughes Country Soul: https://uncpress.org/book/9781469633428/country-soul/ Charley Pride: https://charleypride.com/ Linda Martell: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/linda-martell-black-country-grand-ole-opry-pioneer-1050432/ Virginia Kirby: https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/virginia_kirby Barbara Cooper: https://www.thewomenfolk.com/?page_id=10 Ruby Falls: http://www.hillbilly-music.com/artists/story/index.php?id=16863#:~:text=Hillbilly%2DMusic.com%20%2D%20Ruby%20Falls&text=She%20was%20Bertha%20Bearden%20Dorsey,black%20female%20country%20music%20singers Stoney Edwards: http://www.hillbilly-music.com/artists/story/index.php?id=14940 O.B. McClinton: http://www.mscountrymusictrail.org/markers/o-b-mcclinton Big Al Downing: http://www.cmt.com/news/1505212/singer-songwriter-and-pianist-big-al-downing-dies-at-age-65/ Our Native Daughters: https://folkways.si.edu/songs-of-our-native-daughters Leslie Fram: http://www.cmtpress.com/network/executive/leslie-fram/ Joel Whitburn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Whitburn Darius Rucker: https://www.dariusrucker.com/ Jimmie Allen: https://www.jimmieallenmusic.com/ Kane Brown: https://www.kanebrownmusic.com/ Mickey Guyton: https://www.mickeyguyton.com/ Blanco Brown: https://www.blancobrown.com/welcome/ Rissi Palmer: https://rissipalmermusic.com/ Crystal Shawanda: http://crystalshawanda.co/ Star De Azlan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_De_Azlan Hunter Kelley: https://rarecountry.com/voices/hunter-kelly/ The sum of us - Heather McGhee: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0871KZQ3G/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Chely Wright: https://www.chely.com/ Ty Herndon: https://www.tyherndon.com/ Billy Gilman: http://www.billygilman.com/ Shelley Fairchild: https://www.shellyfairchild.com/ Kristen Hall: https://tasteofcountry.com/sugarland-lawsuit-kristen-hall-details/ Brandy clark: https://www.brandyclarkmusic.com/ CRS Talk Data To Me: https://www.billboard.com/index.php/articles/business/9525467/country-radio-seminar-streaming-panels-crs Teach and Transform Liz Kleinrock: https://www.instagram.com/teachandtransform/?hl=en Zero-Sum Game Theory - Heather McGhee: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/13/opinion/race-economy-inequality-civil-rights.html   Thank you to our season 2 launch sponsor Anchor Publicity! We are so proud to work with such a wonderful female-owned company that supports and uplifts others. You can find them at: http://anchorpublicity.com            

Cara Brennan Allamano is the Senior Vice President of People, Places, and Learning at Udemy. Cara has deep experience scaling HR operations, recruiting, and learning & development at fast-moving, global companies. Prior to joining Udemy, she was SVP of People at Planet (formerly Planet Labs) and previously served in HR leadership roles at Pinterest, Efficient Frontier, Young and Rubicam, and Knight Ridder, among others. Cara is also co-founder of PeopleTech Partners, a group of HR leaders working to bring new HR/recruiting technologies to market. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Kentucky, holds a master's degree from the University of San Francisco, and completed graduate studies at Stanford University.   Cara joins Kristen Hall, COO of Mother Honestly, to share her  extensive experience working in HR and how this career path not only serves so many people, but has so much depth and facets needed to propel organizations forward.  Cara shares guidance for women and organizations grappling with the challenges of a displaced, female workforce and how individuals and companies can shape the return of caregivers back into the workforce. Upskilling will be critical and Udemy is the leading global marketplace for teaching and learning, connecting millions of students to the skills they need to succeed. Be sure to follow Cara as a Forbes Contributor and her work with Udemy.   The Mother Honestly Podcast is brought to you in partnership with Pacira and Lincoln Fleet. 

Tori Thain Gioia, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, was moved to launch Perelel alongside co-founders Dr. Banafsheh Bayati and Alex Taylor in 2019 when she learned that her daughter would be born with a cleft lip. She turned to her OB, Dr. Bayati, who found the defect was associated with a folic-acid deficiency early in her pregnancy that was not addressed with her one-size-fits-all prenatal vitamin. Tori uncovered an array of additional issues that can arise from relying on a generic prenatal vitamin and with her co-founder Alex Taylor and Dr. Bayati created Perelel to address this important category that had been previously overlooked. Prior to launching Perelel, Tori held roles in finance, strategy and investing at Olive & June, Honest Co., Carbon38, Crestview Partners and Lazard.    Alex Taylor, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, is a brand executive and has been a part of building consumer-beloved brands such as Free People and Clique Media’s Who What Wear, Byrdie, and MyDomaine. She first grew intimately aware of the lack of transparency and education available in the prenatal-vitamin market when she was pregnant with her first child and began customizing a prenatal regimen herself. Alongside her co-founders Victoria “Tori” Thain Gain and Dr. Banafsheh Bayati, they worked to create a new solution for parents that offered more than just a one-size-fits-all approach, to deliver appropriate doses of nutrients at the time they are needed most at each stage of pregnancy. Previously, Alex has served as president and executive editor-in-chief for Clique Media and has held in roles at Vogue, Rogers & Cowan, L'Oréal, Google and URBN’s Free People.   Alex and Tori join Kristen Hall, COO of Mother Honestly, to share how vital the right nutrients are to support women in their motherhood journey and the community they have built. Be sure to check out this great company for yourself and follow their journey @perelelhealth

Leslie Montanile began practicing matrimonial law in 1992 in Los Angeles, California, after receiving her law degree from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York City. Working in a prestigious boutique law firm, she worked closely with clients to successfully achieve their desired goals and immediate needs. Upon moving back to her native home in New York and working at NBC between 1997-1999, Leslie decided in January of 2000 to open her own law practice, dedicating her legal career to help women effectively navigate the process of divorce and achieve independent financial success. A member of the State Bar Association of New York, California, and Connecticut, Leslie has helped hundreds of women throughout her 28-year career.   Leslie joins Kristen Hall, COO of Mother Honestly, to discuss her experience when it comes to making the tough decisions in relationships. Leslie provides valuable insight to determining next steps and understanding where you are in your relationship. Be sure to visit her website, find her on @askleslie_thelawyer, and check out her new book on Amazon. The Mother Honestly Podcast is brought to you in partnership with Pacira and Lincoln Fleet.       

Sarah Dorsett is CEO of Nanit, a high-growth technology start-up improving the sleep and lives of babies and parents. An ecommerce leader with more than two decades of experience scaling retail businesses, Dorsett previously served as Vice President of Ecommerce at Bed Bath & Beyond, where her site merchandising and marketing strategy drove double-digit retail revenue growth. From spearheading e-marketing initiatives in the burgeoning digital industry at Coty in 2004, to her executive roles at Bloomingda-les.com and Century 21 Department Stores, Dorsett has developed a highly effective approach to channel strategies that is reflected in Nanit’s leadership in the competitive baby tech category. Since her time as CEO of Nanit, the company has been named to CNBC’s Upstart 100 list of most promising startups, Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, and most recently received NPD’s Consumer Electronic Industry Performance Award for the top increase in North American market share in the smart baby monitor category. Aside from her corporate responsibilities, Sarah loves art, dancing, spending time with friends and family, and lives with her husband and three children in Summit, New Jersey. Sarah joins Kristen Hall, COO of Mother Honestly, to discuss how Nanit is changing the lives of new parents with smart technology to provide guidance and comfort to parents when it comes to baby’s sleep. Sarah also discusses her background and experience scaling retail businesses and launching strong brands and shares great insight for those looking to expand their own brands. If you haven’t had the opportunity, be sure to check out https://www.nanit.com/ and follow their journey @getnanit The Mother Honestly Podcast is brought to you in partnership with Pacira and Lincoln Fleet.       

Priya Amin is an entrepreneur, TEDx speaker and mother to two boys, Ronin and Kirin. She holds an MBA from the University of Arizona, and worked as a product and brand manager at corporations such as IBM and Nestle. In 2012, she left her high powered career to be home with her two boys, and never looked back. After successfully launching and running a marketing consulting firm called ROKI, she began looking for ways to continue fostering creativity and entrepreneurship among women. She launched Flexable, LLC in 2016 and was accepted to the 16th cohort of the AlphaLab Accelerator program in 2016. Flexable has gained regional and national attention for providing innovative childcare solutions, most notably on-site childcare at offices and events.  Since the onset of the COVID-19 global pandemic, Flexable pivoted to offering  Virtual Childcare hosted by fully vetted Flexable Facilitators to keep kids 3-10 years old engaged, so working parents can take back their schedule. Priya joins Kristen Hall, COO of Mother Honestly to discuss how she created Flexible to address the gaps in childcare coverage in 2016. Now in the COVID era, virtual childcare is a must with parents working remote and child care coverage situations changing daily. Be sure to visit Flexable and follow them @flexablecare  The Mother Honestly Podcast is brought to you in partnership with Pacira and Lincoln Fleet.         

Brooke Shapiro is a mother of a 2 year old boy Jace and a 8 week old girl Rayna. She spent the first half of her career working at advertising agencies in NYC before heading to California to work on Taco Bell account. The past few years she has been working on brand engagement and sales marketing at Clorox. Last year, she saw a need to support mother's returning from maternity and decided to develop an entire employee resource group to support parents at Clorox. Her passion in the space lead to developing virtual programs to support parents based off of similar kids ages, parenting education classes, executive storytime and collaborating with HR on benefits improvement programs within the organization. Outside of Clorox, she started a website called Pandemic Working Parent to develop resources to help parents thrive in the workplace.     Brooke joins Kristen Hall, COO of Mother Honestly, to share her journey with finding and building employee resource groups, returning to work during a pandemic, and resources available to parents struggling during the time of COVID. Continue to follow Brooke and Pandemic Working Parent .    The Mother Honestly Podcast is brought to you in partnership with Pacira and Lincoln Fleet.         

Katica Roy is a gender economist and the CEO and founder of Pipeline, an award-winning SaaS company that leverages artificial intelligence to identify and drive economic gains through gender equity. Pipeline launched the first gender equity app on Salesforce's AppExchange.  The Pipeline platform was named one of TIME Magazine’s Best Inventions of 2019 and Fast Company’s 2020 World’s Most Innovative Companies. In 2020, Katica was named the 2020 Colorado Entrepreneur of the Year.   Katica joins Kristen Hall, COO of Mother Honestly, to share how her background and her experience shaped her drive to help close the gender equity gap. Best framed as not only a social issue, but a huge economic opportunity, Katica highlights what can be done to help both men and women address gender equity. Be sure to follow Katica and her work on social media @KaticaRoy and by visiting Pipeline and her official website.    The Mother Honestly Podcast is brought to you in partnership with Pacira and Lincoln Fleet.         

Lorraine Alston is the Field Sales Operations and Fleet Manager at Lincoln Motor Company.  In this role, she is responsible for Lincoln field sales and dealer communications, field training and management of Lincoln fleet sales.   Lorraine joins Kristen Hall, COO of Mother Honestly, to share her knowledge on her career and experience with Lincoln, and her guidance for women aspiring to reach leadership roles and further their careers. Lorraine shares great insight into the benefits available within the Lincoln Motor Company lineup of vehicles that fit individual and business requirements, especially fleet vehicles needs. To find out more about Lincoln’s fleet of vehicles, and how these well-appointed Lincoln products can help your business meet its fleet vehicle needs, visit Lincoln.com/fleet and follow @lincoln on social media.   The Mother Honestly Podcast is brought to you in partnership with Pacira and Lincoln Fleet.   

Tabitha Salomon is the CEO and Co-founder of Dash Camp, an outrageously fun, live, and interactive virtual social program for children ages 6-11 years old. Hailed by parents and Fast Company as the ‘virtual experiences done right,’ Tabitha has built a team of all-star teachers with online teaching expertise, including Broadway performers,  PBS STEM Star, and Alvin Ailey dancer.    Tabitha joins Kristen Hall, COO of Mother Honestly, to discuss how important interactive experiences for kids are during the pandemic to help provide social opportunities in the safety of their homes. Parents are struggling to find ways to keep children engaged via enriching outlets while they manage work and household responsibilities. This remains a parent, employer, and kid problem when it comes to tackling the child care crisis.  Dash Camp offers a variety of programming and is launching virtual holiday parties soon for the upcoming season. Be sure to check out their website here and follow them @dashcamp_offical      The Mother Honestly Podcast is sponsored by Pacira BioSciences and Lincoln Motor Company.   

After spending over 3 years away from her husband who lived in the United States, Iwona Ordon left her job at Google in Europe to follow her heart and moved to the U.S. in search of a career path filled with passion and purpose." She felt strongly that whatever she did next, she wanted it to matter. While awaiting a work visa and with a little inspiration from her family and friends, Iwona realized that the  baby clothes industry could use a little TLC. With her passion for sustainability and Nordic design, she decided to translate that into baby clothing. After a year of research and interviews with parents and rounds of prototype testing to perfect the design, TØY was born. TØY, inspired by Scandanavian style in connection with Iwona's Norwegian upbringing, offers a minimalistic design to parents who are searching for aesthetically clean-looking as well as clean-manufactured clothing. A newborn’s skin is 30% thinner than adults, which is why all of TØY’s clothes are designed and manufactured with a baby’s safety and sensitivities in mind, making her brand truly an organic and sustainable option for parents who have both their child’s wellness and the planet in mind.      Iwona joins Kristen Hall, CEO of Mother Honestly, to discuss how she created TØY, her passion for creating a sustainable brand, and her desire for parents to outfit their babies in the safest fabric. Learn how  TØY is helping bring kindness to those in need this November and more about the brand by visiting  TØY and @toeybabyclothes .     The Mother Honestly Podcast is sponsored by Pacira and Lincoln Motor Company. 

Lauren Decker is a Co-Founder of The Co-Co.  Prior to joining this start-up team, Lauren led marketing and communications initiatives in the for-profit and non-profit sectors.  She is committed to connecting people and building momentum for mission-driven brands. A graduate of Georgetown University, Lauren started her career in marketing roles at Atlantic Media Company, Time Inc., and Kraft Foods.  After earning her MBA from Columbia Business School, Lauren transitioned to the philanthropic sector serving as Director of Strategic Partnerships at Cristo Rey in East Harlem and then Head of Community Investment for Barclays' Americas region.  Lauren joined the founding team of The Co-Co while building a new network local to NJ as an independent non-profit consultant.  She serves as a Board Member for Summit Downtown Inc. and an Advisory Board member for EcoSpaces Education in Newark.  She lives in Summit with her husband and two children.       Lauren joins Kristen Hall, COO of Mother Honestly, to discuss how the Co-Co originated when a group of women joined together to create a place to support women at all stages of life and career. Lauren offers insight into how the Co-Co has adapted virtual programs to support co-working and co-learning locally and nationally. Be sure to visit https://www.theco-co.com/ and at @thecoconj. 

Meet Pastry Chef Kristen Farmer Hall of The Essential and Bandit Patisserie. Kristen was able to sit down and talk about her path from having a small bakery to opening a full scale restaurant, and now is starting to combine the two! Check out their new combined location in Pepper Place soon!Follow our podcast: @localisbetterpodcast and check out www.pepperplacemarket.com for a full list of vendors at this week's market!Music from https://filmmusic.io"Feelin Good" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Missy Narula is the Founder and CEO of Exhale Parent and Founder of the newly launched Diapertainment. Missy launched Exhale Parent during her third maternity leave to help others learn from her experiences and to create a place for all the legal and financial information new parents need. Missy recently launched Diapertainment October 2020 which makes diaper changing less painful. It is a clear phone holder that simply screws into the wall aside the changing table and will entertain your baby while keeping both of your hands free to safely get the job done. Prior to these ventures, Missy spent 8+ years at TPG Capital, initially serving as Chief of Staff to the Head of the Global Ops Group. Missy holds a B.A. from Yale and an MBA from Harvard Business School as a Baker Scholar.   Missy joins Kristen Hall, COO of Mother Honestly, to discuss launching and sustaining these ventures while raising her family.  Missy shares her own experience with understanding maternity leave and how she is focused on changing the policies around maternity leave. She also shares her path to product creation and encourages others to take that dive. Be sure to check out @exhale.parent, @diapertainment and visit https://diapertainment.com to learn more.

Fred Johnson is the President & CFO of Team Select Home Care which is focused on shining a spotlight on the high-risk population of medically fragile children and their families. Fred has over  20+ years of global Fortune 500 experience across multiple industries, specializing in Finance, Strategy, Operations, Data Analytics, and substantial M&A exposure. Fred completed an undergraduate degree in Accounting from the University of  Wisconsin – Madison, an MBA from Cleveland State, and an Advanced Certificate in Data Analytics from Cornell. Fred and his team want to educate the public and lawmakers that if they approve the CNA program for their state then parents/families of medically fragile children can become their children's caregivers instead of constantly missing work and losing wages to care for their family.    Fred joins Kristen Hall, COO of Mother Honestly, to bring awareness to the growing challenges facing medically fragile children and their families. He provides an eye opening overview of the current environment and how his company is bringing awareness to this topic and fighting for change. Follow their work by visiting https://teamselecthh.com/ and their recent expansion into https://theunforgottenfamilies.com/  and on IG @theunforgottenfamiles to learn more about how to advocate for change.   The Mother Honestly Podcast is proudly sponsored by Motor City Woman Studios.

Stephanie LeBlanc-Godfrey is the Global Head of Inclusion Programs for Women of Color at Google and the founder of Parenting Backwards. Stephanie has a deep passion for investing in the growth and success of women by intentionally building community in areas they don't naturally occur.  That same passion serves as the cornerstone to the founding of Parenting Backwards. PB creates spaces and experiences for parents to bring the same level of intentionality to their parenting skills as they do in their own personal and professional development. She now serves as an advisor to multiple women-led leadership development organizations and is a board member of Per Scholas, a workforce development non-profit. She's a mom of three, wife to one and supporter of all.   Stephanie joins Kristen Hall, COO of Mother Honestly, to dive deep into the intersections of diversity and inclusion at work and at home. She shares her work with Parenting Backwards and her pillars of parenting. Finally, Stephanie discusses her current leave of absence to support her children during this unprecedented pandemic time and how she is helping normalize taking leave when you need it. Follow Stephanie on IG @iamSLG, on her website at https://www.iamslg.com, and @parentingbackwards.   The Mother Honestly Podcast is proudly sponsored by Motor City Woman Studios.

Brett Galley is the Director of Special Events and owner of Hollywood POP.  With her unique blend of theatrical and artistic background, Brett has satisfied the demand for full-service event design, planning, name talent booking & production in the Greenwich CT & tri-state area. She then shared her talents Nationally & Internationally. She and her team have produced events and concerts with or for American Express, Diana Ross, Katy Perry, Tony Bennett, Bon Jovi, Lionel Richie, Smash Mouth, Obama, The New York Yankees and the Museum of Modern Art. Before joining the family business, Brett was the Entertainment Director at New York City's iconic eatery Tavern on the Green. She heads an all-female team of very talented and unique event design specialists &  talent booking producers that bring the same flair and creativity to Hollywood Pop Gallery that she does.    Brett joins Kristen Hall, COO of Mother Honestly, to discuss how she is helping people continue to celebrate life's special moments. Brett also discusses how the event industry is pivoting and innovating to respond to the challenges of having events during the COVID19 time and offers ideas on making upcoming events special for parents and kid friendly events. Check out www.hollywoodpop.com to learn more. Follow @hollywoodpopgallery and @hollywoodpopkids.   The Mother Honestly Podcast is proudly sponsored by Motor City Woman Studios.  

Dirk Doebler is the founder and CEO of Parento, the first provider for paid parental leave. Parento is the go-to resource for employers to support their working parents. Previously, as CFO/COO of a consumer goods startup, Dirk discovered most companies too often misunderstand the financial impact of employees having children, contributing to the current lack of investment in paid parental leave. Dirk helps both Finance and HR to understand, and extract, the value of effectively supporting new and working parents. Dirk joins Kristen Hall, COO of Mother Honestly, to discuss how Parento is working with companies to offer an insurance-based approach to offer paid parental leave and teaching companies how to better support their employees as professionals and as parents. Parento goes one step further to also provide support and coaching to all parents. Visit https://www.parentoleave.com/ to learn more.   The Mother Honestly Podcast is proudly sponsored by Motor City Woman Studios.

Sara Mauskopf is the CEO and Co-founder of Winnie, a marketplace for daycare and preschool helping over 7M parents across the United States. Sara has a background in consumer technology and product management, having worked at Postmates, Twitter, YouTube, and Google. She graduated with a Computer Science and Engineering degree from MIT. She’s also a mom of 3 young children.   Sarah joins Kristen Hall, COO of Mother Honestly, to discuss the current state of childcare in the US. Parents who relied on public schools for childcare are now looking at their childcare options for elementary age children in a space traditionally reserved for ages 0 to 4. Sarah shares the work her team is doing to help support childcare providers and working parents and the community they are building together. Learn more about what options are available to you to help with childcare by visiting https://winnie.com/ and @winnie   The Mother Honestly Podcast is proudly sponsored by Motor City Woman Studios.

Dr. Mark Mayfield is a brilliant licensed professional counselor (LPC), a Board-Certified Counselor, and Founder and CEO of Mayfield Counseling Centers. Dr. Mayfield knows firsthand the pain and devastation of mental health disorders and has committed his life’s work to raising awareness and improving the state of mental health care today. Dr. Mayfield has more than 14 years of professional counseling experience in clinical, judicial, and faith-based counseling settings across a wide range of patient demographics. Dr Mayfield has professional experience in treating and addressing anxiety, depression and PTSD, substance abuse, domestic violence, self-injury and suicide. Dr. Mayfield recently launched his book, titled "HELP! My Teen is Self-Injuring: A Crisis Manual for Parents” which addresses his own suicide survival story, self-injury, and how to help your child who might be going through this. Dr. Mayfield joins Kristen Hall, COO of Mother Honestly, to discuss maternal mental health and the mental health of our families. Dr. Mayfield shares his experience from working with families and provides valuable feedback that we can incorporate now to improve mental health and resiliency in ourselves and our children.  He also encourages parents to have the difficult discussions related to mental health, emotions, and suicide in age appropriate snippets. Be sure to follow him on @thedrmayfield and visit his website https://drmayfield.com/ for more of his work.  The Mother Honestly Podcast is proudly sponsored by Motor City Woman Studios. 

Lauren McGoodwin founded Career Contessa in 2013 after experiencing a gap in career development resources for women who might be job searching, soul searching, leading and managing, or trying to find new ways to advance within their careers. Formerly, Lauren was a University Recruiter for Hulu focused on hiring, employer branding, and program management. Lauren has a Bachelors in Education from the University of Oregon and a Masters in Communication Management from the University of Southern California where she wrote her thesis on millennials and career resources. When not Contessa-ing, you can find Lauren walking so she meets her 10,000 steps/day goal in Redondo Beach, CA where she lives with her husband. She recently released her first book, Power Moves: How Women Can Pivot, Reboot, and Build a Career of Purpose.  Lauren joins Kristen Hall to discuss how Career Contessa was born and how it goes beyond helping women find their next role. Lauren and her team utilize their platform to engage readers throughout their careers by providing expert advice, interviews, vibes, one on one mentoring, online skills based courses, and resources, and a curated job board. Follow Lauren on Instagram @careercontessa and check out all of their great resources at  https://www.careercontessa.com    The Mother Honestly Podcast is proudly sponsored by Motor City Woman Studios. 

Iris McAlpin is a certified trauma coach and NARM® Practitioner specializing in self-sabotage, eating disorder recovery and complex trauma. After struggling with severe bulimia, C-PTSD and depression for over a decade, Iris became determined to understand what was truly at the root of her symptoms. It turned out the answer was trauma. She now spends her life helping others overcome similar struggles through trauma-informed education and coaching, in both group and private settings. Iris is also passionate about eradicating the stigma associated with mental illness, and uses social media to openly share her story. Her intention is to show that no one is alone, recovery is worth the hard work, and support the global movement toward awareness, acceptance and support for everyone affected by psychological disorders. You can follow her on Instagram and Twitter, or find more information at irismcalpin.com.    Iris joins Kristen Hall, COO of Mother Honestly, to discuss how we can recognize trauma from our childhood that is affecting us adults. Given that we are going through a global trauma together with COVID19 and a pandemic, Iris offers insight into how we can cope in our current environments. Follow Iris on Instagram @IrisMcAlpin and learn more about her work and courses by visiting https://www.irismcalpin.com/    The Mother Honestly Podcast is proudly sponsored by Motor City Woman Studios. 

Since earning her undergraduate and MBA degrees from Harvard, Samantha Ettus has become the best-selling author of five books, a renowned speaker, and the host of a nationally-syndicated call-in radio show. She writes a popular work/life newsletter and penned a Washington Post Op-Ed that landed in the top 10 Op-Eds in 2017. Sam is the co-founder of the Los Angeles Women’s Collective, aimed at supporting women to run for office nationally and win and serves on the advisory board of the Forbes School of Business and Technology. Sam founded Park Place Payments in 2018 as a way to create flexible career opportunities and disrupt the $8B payments and credit card processing industry, supporting both women and communities at once.   Sam joins Kristen Hall, COO of Mother Honestly, to discuss how women can take control of their financial independence, especially those women struggling to re-enter the workforce. Sam is a powerhouse speaker and shares her experience launching Park Place Payments and how she is shaking up the payment processing industry. Follow Sam's journey IG @samanthaettus and visiting https://www.parkplacepayments.com/   The Mother Honestly Podcast is proudly sponsored by Motor City Woman Studios. 

Angela Buccellato started her career as a Recruiter, hiring for automotive, IT, manufacturing, defense, and other industries around the world. When working with clients, the overwhelming theme was job seekers did not know how to write a resume, how to use LinkedIn, or how to transition careers. After a beautiful two week vacation to Italy, Angela returned home to find herself unemployed. It was the catalyst she needed to launch her own business helping individuals and from there, the Resume Rescue was born. Not only has she taken the knowledge obtained from recruiting for such large enterprise companies, but she has worked with hiring managers and knows what it takes to get noticed. Angela specializes in working with all types of individuals including transitioning military veterans, parents returning to work, international students, and more.   Angela joins Kristen Hall, COO of Mother Honestly, to help educate women on the best way to revamp their resume, how to handle job searching during a pandemic, and taking a leap of faith on your next endeavor. Angela and the Resume Rescue are dedicated to helping men and women revamp their resumes to be successful and land their next role confidently. Follow @theresumerescue on IG and reach out to Angela to consult on your resume by visiting https://www.the-resume-rescue.com/ .    The Mother Honestly Podcast is proudly sponsored by Motor City Woman Studios. 

Mary Heffernan and her husband, Brian, left behind the busy life they'd built in Silicon Valley to become cattle ranchers with their four young daughters—all named Mary. Together they own and operate Five Marys Farms, an 1,800-acre ranch in the mountains of Northern California where they live, work, and raise all-natural beef, pork, and lamb. Mary and Brian sell and ship directly from the farm to families all over the US. They share their meats with local customers and visitors from far and wide at their popular restaurant and bar, Five Marys Burgerhouse. Five Marys was awarded Best Farm in America by Paleo magazine and has been featured in Oprah magazine, Real Simple, Sunset, and other national publications. Mary has a fiercely loyal following on social media and hosts popular summer farm dinners and weekend retreats at the ranch. She and Brian believe in raising meat naturally and that great cooking starts with well-raised ingredients.   Mary joins Kristen Hall, COO of Mother Honestly, to discuss the importance of sourcing great meat and how that shaped the creation of Five Marys Farms. Mary's entrepreneurial spirit is visible in all that she does with the launch of her cookbook Ranch Raised Cookbook, mentor at Small Business from Scratch, and the newly launching M5 Ranch School. Be sure to check out their fine quality meats, cookbook, ranch school and more at  http://www.fivemarysfarms.com/ and follow @fivemarysfarms on IG. The Mother Honestly Podcast is proudly sponsored by Motor City Woman Studios. 

Margaret M. Quinlan (Ph.D.) is an associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies and core faculty in the interdisciplinary Health Psychology Ph.D. Program at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She explores how communication creates, resists, and transforms knowledge about bodies. She critiques power structures in order to empower individuals who are marginalized inside and outside of healthcare systems. She authored approximately 40 journal articles and 17 book chapters and co-produced three documentaries in a regional Emmy Award–winning series. She co-authored with Bethany L. Johnson, You’re Doing it Wrong! Mothering, Media and Medical Expertise (Rutgers).   Dr. Quinlan joins Kristen Hall, COO of Mother Honestly, to discuss her work on examining the narratives surrounding motherhood and women's health historically and how these narratives continue and expand today within social media. Follow Dr. Quinlan and her research partner Bethany L. Johnson on IG @ohnsonquinlanresearch and on their website https://johnsonquinlanresearch.com to get your copy of their ebook.  The Mother Honestly Podcast is proudly sponsored by Motor City Woman Studios. 

Katherine Winter-Sellery is the CEO of the Conscious Parenting Revolution and creator of the Guidance Approach to Parenting along with two colleagues, a program that applies conflict-resolution skills to communicating more effectively with children and adults. Through her workshops, books, and her three TEDx talks, she has taught thousands of parents (and educators, social workers, medical professionals, and anyone else needing to converse with 5-year-olds or 17-year-olds, or even 85 year olds!) in a half dozen countries and cultures to minimize misunderstandings and melt-downs, and communicate with more collaboration, cooperation, and consideration. Katherine joins Kristen Hall, COO of Mother Honestly, to discuss her parenting approach, how parents, especially moms, can find a way to respond to the current "COVID Pressure Cooker", and develop strong tools to undo some of the learned patterns of our own childhoods and experiences. Download Katherine's free ebook on essential strategies you need to communicate with your children by heading over to her website https://www.consciousparentingrevolution.com/ and follow her on @katherinewintersellery    

Eve Rodsky is working to change society one marriage at a time with a new 21st century solution to an age-old problem: women shouldering the brunt of childrearing and domestic life responsibilities regardless of whether they work outside the home.In her New York Times bestselling book Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live), she uses her Harvard Law School training and years of organizational management experience to create a gamified life-management system to help couples rebalance all of the work it takes to run a home and allow them to reimagine their relationship, time and purpose. Eve was born and raised by a single mom in New York City and now lives in Los Angeles with her husband Seth and their three children.    Eve joins Kristen Hall, COO of Mother Honestly, to tackle how we often approach communication in our marriage from the wrong direction. Learn how you can adapt solutions into your relationships to improve all facets of our lives. You don't want to miss this episode!    The Mother Honestly Podcast is proudly sponsored by Motor City Woman Studios. 

Caroline Hadfield is a powerful force in the personal care and beauty markets, and the founding President of clean baby skincare brand Pipette. She is an entrepreneurial executive with a detailed understanding of the skincare and beauty markets on a global level. Throughout her career, Hadfield has demonstrated her ability to identify opportunities in the market and deliver the highest quality results based on consumer demand. This ability led her to recognize the need for a clean, safe and nontoxic personal care brand for the most vulnerable skin – baby’s. She currently resides in San Francisco with her husband and two daughters. Caroline Hadfield joins Kristen Hall, COO of Mother Honestly, to discuss her work in the clean beauty industry and her experience integrating a career and motherhood. Caroline dives deep into the history of clean beauty, what consumers need to know, and how Pipette is addressing unmet needs in the baby and mom personal care market. The Mother Honestly Podcast is proudly sponsored by Motor City Woman Studios. 

Christy, Chief Parent Officer at Colugo, is joined by Kristen Hall, COO at MotherHonestly, an ecosystem that propels women forward in motherhood, work and life. Those who know and love MotherHonestly may not realize that Kristen and its founder, Blessing Adesiyan, have separate full-time corporate jobs and consider MotherHonestly their passion project or side hustle. Kristen shares how they have continued to innovate and grow MotherHonestly during COVID. She offers great tips for anyone who wants to increase their focus and get stuff done. And, Kristen speaks about the importance of giving yourself grace as a parent and shares an unexpected benefit of screentime.  Mentioned in this episode: The importance of knowing your strengths, Mary Poppins, fresh flowers and face masks. Share your thoughts or submit a question by heading to Colugo’s Instagram or emailing Christy at cpo@hicolugo.com.  Today We Tried is brought to you by Colugo, a baby-gear start-up for a new generation of parents.  Learn more about our story here.  Follow Colugo on Instagram at @hicolugo and Christy at @christy_and_co.

Andrea Calvaneso is a graduate of Oakland University and spent eight years in Automotive Marketing. She most recently served as a Marketing Manager for a large automotive dealership group in metro Detroit. Today, Andrea works as a stay at home mom to her three children and manages the household affairs with her husband.     Andrea joins Kristen Hall, COO of Mother Honestly, to share her story of losing her benefits right before her first pregnancy, returning to work for an employer who made little accommodations for breastfeeding, and how that shaped her decision to leave the workforce during her next pregnancy. Pregnancy should not be an existing condition. Mothers returning to work should not be shamed for having to breastfeed their child and require adequate support to be able to pump at their workplace. Andrea's story reminds all of us that we still have great strides to make in supporting new moms in the workplace. 

A lifelong swimmer, Jenny McCuiston is the proud co-owner of the flagship Goldfish Swim School in Birmingham, MI, and Goldfish Swim School Franchising, LLC. Recognizing a strong demand for quality swim lessons, Jenny sought out to create a child-focused facility to help kids become more confident and safer in and around the water. As a two-time Olympic Trials Qualifier with a degree in early childhood development and family studies, Jenny serves as the company’s visionary, as well as the thought leader in designing and executing the brand’s proprietary Science of SwimPlay® Curriculum, which focuses on teaching swim and safety skills while building character through guided play. She has served as the Curriculum Director and continues to hold the position of Goldfish Swim School’s thought leader today. As a mother of four, basic education surrounding water safety is an aspect that empowers and motivates her to continue to expand the franchise.   Jenny joins Kristen Hall, COO of Mother Honestly, to discuss how critical swim and open water safety is for kids and adults. Drowning is the #1 Cause of injury-related death for children ages 1-4, 2nd for kids ages 5-14 according to the Center for Disease Control & Prevention. Jenny and Kristen dive into the Goldfish Swim School model, how the company has pivoted during COVID19, and how Jenny involves her kids in the business. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, swim lessons can significantly decrease the risk of drowning for children as young as 1. Learn more about Goldfish Swim School by visiting https://www.goldfishswimschool.com/ and @goldfishswimschool   The Mother Honestly Podcast is proudly sponsored by Motor City Woman Studios.

Jennifer Jackson has been involved with Hungry Howie’s Pizza since age 10 and officially started as a Hungry Howie’s employee in 1998 as Fundraising Coordinator. In 2000, she was promoted to Director of Marketing and in 2005, Jennifer was named Director of Marketing & Franchise Development. After taking a brief hiatus to work in various other marketing and franchise positions, Jennifer returned to Hungry Howie’s in 2012 as Director of Franchise Development, restructuring the department and qualification process.Today, powerhouse woman Jennifer is Vice President of Development and has helped the company open nearly 550 locations in 21 states! The concept has emerged as a major player within the pizza marketplace, consistently ranking in the top 10 of the nation’s largest pizza franchises.   Jennifer joins Kristen Hall, COO to discuss her career, why moms should consider the franchise model, and how she navigated her career as a single mom. For moms considering partnering with Hungry Howie's, reach out to Jennifer directly for a 15 minute introduction session by emailing Jennifer at jjackson@hungryhowies.com and following Hungry Howie's @hungryhowies.    The Mother Honestly Podcast is proudly sponsored by Motor City Woman Studios 

Tovah Haim, founder and CEO of Bodily. She is on a mission to guide women and their support systems through the transitional journey of birth recovery and breastfeeding, and to remove the taboo from talking about the very RAW and REAL experience that women go through with birth recovery. In addition to content, Bodily introduced a collection of modern, research-driven and style conscious products (via curated kits, bundles and duos) that were developed to provide women with aid from vaginal and c-section recovery to breastfeeding and nipple care.  Tovah joins Kristen Hall, COO of Mother Honestly, to discuss how Bodily was founded and how we can normalize and prepare women better for birth recovery. Listen as she shares her experiences and those of many other women about the lack of preparedness when it comes to birth recovery and women's health.    Be sure to check out the options available to support women's health by visiting https://itsbodily.com/ and following Bodily on IG @itsbodily   The Mother Honestly Podcast is proudly sponsored by Motor City Woman Studios. 

Julie Moskal is the owner and lead creator behind The Purple Beet, who found the challenges to eat real, wholesome food in a convenient fashion to be extremely challenging after her first child. As a Chiropractor and extremely passionate health lover, and alongside her husband (who is also a Chiropractor), they set out to create what she found to be the void in their routine: Nutritious food, conveniently prepared, with delicious taste. Through many trials and conscious combinations of ingredients, they created a line of ready-to-blend smoothie packs. As a current family of 4 with one baby on the way, they rely heavily on the convenience of these products on a daily basis to fuel the entire family, whether for breakfast, post-workout, or easy meal on-the-go. The Purple Beet products ship frozen throughout the midwest and to select states on the East Coast with more products and expanded shipping coming soon!   Julie joins Kristen Hall, COO of Mother Honestly, to talk about launching their smoothie packs side hustle that has grown exponentially since they first started while also growing their family. Follow Julie and the Purple Beet by visiting their website https://www.thepurplebeet.com/ and on Instagram @thepurplebeet

Christy MacGregor is Chief Parent Officer and General Counsel at Colugo, a baby-gear brand that has been touted as the "Warby Parker of Strollers." Christy leverages her legal background and experience as a mother to lead market research and to create events and content in support of Colugo’s mission to give parents the confidence they need to take on the adventure of parenthood.   Christy began her career in marketing before heading to law school.  After graduating at the top of her class from Georgetown University Law Center and a circuit court clerkship, she joined Hogan Lovells, LLP as a litigator. Christy lives in Philadelphia with her husband, Colugo founder Ted Iobst, and their three children.   Christy joins Kristen Hall, COO of Mother Honestly, to discuss the Colugo community andhow they support new parents on all levels. Colugo shows how going beyond being a consumer brand can create something special.  Follow along with Christy on IG @christy_and_co and visit Colugo at https://hicolugo.com/products/compact-stroller    The Mother Honestly Podcast is sponsored by Motor City Woman Studios. 

Featured in The New York Times, Christine Michel Carter is the #1 global voice for working moms. Called “the mom of mom influencers,” "the exec inspiring millennial moms," and "the voice of millennial moms", Christine clarifies misconceptions about working mom consumers for brands and serves as an amplifier of their personal truths. From delivering consumer insights and brand marketing content to helping HR and diversity teams attract and retain these hardworking professionals, Christine works with advertising agencies, research firms and companies to ensure they’re at the forefront of the minds of female consumers.       Because of her digital presence and work with mom influencers, Christine has supported Senator Kamala Harris, the Department of Labor and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on maternal and child care related issues. The creator of Mompreneur and Me, Christine has introduced the first national free mommy and me professional development networking event that has garnered the attention of Adweek and Entrepreneur as well as global brands like McDonald’s and Tessemae’s.  Christine joins Kristen Hall, COO of Mother Honestly, on the podcast to discuss her new book, MOM AF, a sister book to her first book, Can Mommy Go to Work?, which is a bestselling children’s book. They discuss more about parenting and parenting during COVID19. Be sure to pick up your own copies of MOM AF and Can Mommy Go to Work? As well as following Christine @cmichelcarter and on her website https://christinemichelcarter.com/  The Mother Honestly Podcast is sponsored by Motor City Woman Studios. 

Diana Spalding is Digital Education Editor at Motherly, a certified nurse-midwife, pediatric nurse, mother of three, and she wrote The Motherly Guide to Becoming Mama. She has a BA in anthropology from Emory University and both a BS in nursing and a master’s degree in midwifery from New York University. In addition to caring for thousands of pregnant women, Diana has worked in pediatric oncology, and has served in several professorial and advisory roles in higher education settings. Diana joins Kristen Hall, COO of Mother Honestly, on the podcast to discuss their new book, The Motherly Guide to Becoming Mama, An inclusive, holistic, evidence-based guide for pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum journey—created for modern moms by the experts at the Motherly online community. Diana and Krisen discuss how the pregnancy story may have changed with the pandemic experience, but expecting mothers can still have a beautiful birth story.  Be sure to pick up your copy of the book on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or Target and follow @Mother.ly The Mother Honestly Podcast is sponsored by Motor City Woman Studios. 

Jennifer Petriglieri is an Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour at INSEAD, and the author of Couples That Work, a forthcoming book on how dual-career couples can thrive in love and in work. Her award-winning research and teaching focus on identity, leadership, and career development. She is particularly interested in how people’s close relationships shape who they become professionally and personally, and how moments of uncertainty and crisis make us who we are. She currently resides in France with her family.  Dr. Petriglieri joins Kristen Hall, COO of Mother Honestly, on the podcast to discuss her book, Couples That Work as well as the changing dynamics affecting couples and their families. She has recently began a free series called "Couples That Work @ Home: The Survivor Series" which can be found on her website: https://www.jpetriglieri.com/ and also shared on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jpetriglieri/  The Mother Honestly Podcast is sponsored by Motor City Woman Studios. 

Adrianne Wright is the Founder and CEO of Rosie. Her portfolio includes She Should Run, the Time’s Up Campaign, ParentChild+, Colugo, Air Liquide, Change.org, Get Schooled, and Everytown for Gun Safety. She is also the Co-Founder of I Will Not Be Quiet, a community group that creates a sacred space for women to learn about the political and social issues that impact their lives. Prior to Rosie, Adrianne began her career at Viacom, promoting the launch of The Hills and the MTV Video Music Awards to international audiences. She went on to build and scale communications programs at a number of start-ups, from car2go and Venmo to WorkMarket.  Adrianne joins Kristen Hall, COO of Mother Honestly, to discuss her experience being let go from her corporate job while on maternity leave and how she navigated the legal experience with a newborn. She shares how this experience shaped her creation of Rosie and the resources available to women going through their own tough challenges. Learn more about Adrianne Wright and Rosie by visiting https://think-rosie.com/  following @think.rosie  The Mother Honestly podcast is sponsored by Motor City Woman.  

Dr. Ashley Solomon is a licensed clinical psychologist and the founder of Galia Collaborative, an organization dedicated to elevating the impact of purpose-driven women through mental wellness. Her work focuses on creating resources for women's mental health to amplify their power and do their best work in the world. She personally specializes in working with individuals struggling with body image, eating concerns, and anxiety and developing spaces for healing and growth.  On this week’s episode of the Mother Honestly Podcast, Dr. Ashley Solomon joins Kristen Hall, COO of Mother Honestly, to discuss how women can navigate their own mental wellness based on her years as a clinical psychologist. They drive into understanding how to support personal growth at home and at work and impactful ways to support emotional growth in children. Learn more about Dr. Ashley Solomon and Galia Collective by visiting https://galiacollaborative.com/ and following @galiacollaborative.  The Mother Honestly podcast is sponsored by Motor City Woman.  

With a background in advertising and public relations, years as a copywriter in the online space, six years as a video content creator, and a ready-to-work outgoing personality, Leah Kwapis founded Leah Tackles Social. Together with her team, Leah helps companies and small businesses not only improve their social media presence but maximize the results from it. Leah Tackles Social was founded in a quaint town inNorthern Michigan (not exactly where you’d expect to find an online socialmedia strategist, but that's part of the magic) where she still resides and canbe found, coffee in-hand and laptop open, helping clients establish theirsocial media presence. Leah and her husband worked as side-hustling entrepreneurs cramming their passion projects in after the kids went to bed or on the weekend. Eventually both of them transitioned from side-hustlers to full-time, work-at-home entrepreneurs. Working for yourself is a gigantic blessing, but it isn’t without challenges. Leah and her husband both found ourselves feeling like we were always working, resentful, guilty, and burnt out at the end of the day. Then, Leah discovered the power of boundary setting. The more she talked to fellow entrepreneurs at all stages of their businesses and passion projects, the more she realized that boundary setting was a common thing that every single entrepreneur struggles with and needs. Leah created an online course, ‘Boundary Setting For Entrepreneurs’, to help improve your quality of life, ditch the guilt, make more money, and thrive as an entrepreneur. On this week’s episode of the Mother Honestly Podcast, Leah Kwapis joins Kristen Hall, COO of Mother Honestly, to discuss the importance of boundary setting and how to balance dual careers as entrepreneurs. Leah joined the Mother Honestly team as the Social Engagement Director and opens up about social media management that can work for anyone. Learn more about Leah Kwapis by visiting https://www.leahtacklessocial.com/ and following her @leahtackles  The Mother Honestly podcast is sponsored by Motor City Woman.

Episode 62 - This week we're joined by The Essential and Bandit co-owner and pastry chef Kristen Hall for part two of our conversation. We hear in depth about the journey from space to space and business to business and all the obstacles along the way, like the tale of two staircases. Go eat at both of those restaurants and make your tum tum happy. Thanks!

Maggie Gough, founder and CEO of Realize Wellbeing, has dedicated her life to helping create workplaces that exude energy and innovation through their vibrant, thriving people. Throughout her rich career in the corporate wellness industry, she has become known as a maverick, a champion, a revolutionist, and even a ninja (if you want a good story just ask her about that one).  She has become a nationally recognized leader, a published author, a dynamic speaker, and a fierce advocate for businesses and the people who work there. Maggie is dedicated to empowering and emboldening fellow wellness warriors, who through compassion, connection, and vulnerability, will change the landscape of work culture as we know it.   Maggie Gough, Founder and CEO of Realize Wellbeing, joins Kristen Hall, on the Mother Honestly Podcast to dive into what is happening in the workplace wellness landscape. Listen as Maggie touches on areas of our wellbeing that are often underscored and how we, individually and with our employers, can make impactful tweaks on how we approach wellness.     The Mother Honestly podcast is sponsored by Motor City Woman.

Episode 61 - This week pastry chef Kristen Hall joins us. She is the co-owner of The Essential and Bandit. Both restaurants are a dreamboat so run, bike, drive over there right away. We talk to Kristen all about her long journey to finding her full self and the things she lost, gained, and learned along the way. Tune in next week for part 2 where we dive in even deeper with Kristen. Thanks for listening and have a great week!

Sarah Peck is reinventing work and parenthood as the Founder and Executive Director of Startup Pregnant. She created Startup Pregnant as a space to ask questions and share stories about motherhood, business, and entrepreneurship. She reminds us that there is no one picture of motherhood, or fatherhood, or becoming a parent. With her first pregnancy, Sarah was working at a tech startup full time. She found not a lot of people talking openly about how tough pregnancy and motherhood was. With her second pregnancy, she took those experiences and set out to create a space to talk about the realities of working parents. When she is not running Startup Pregnant, she is a married mom to two young boys. She also is an author, start up advisor, and certified yoga teacher still based in New York City.    Sarah Peck joins Kristen Hall, COO of Mother Honestly, on the podcast to help moms take stock of where they are in motherhood, and how to figure out where they are going. Check out Sarah and Startup Pregnant where you can find great resources, podcasts, and more for expecting parents, business owners and founders, and people interested in the intersection of life, work, and parenting.    www.startuppregnant.com @startuppregnant www.sarahkpeck.com; @sarahkpeck   The Mother Honestly podcast is sponsored by Motor City Woman.

Animals have souls and when we learn to take the time to work with these powerful beings - they change us for the better. Join me in this life changing story about a horse that starts with devastation and turns into something beautiful! More from Kristen at www.sunshineknoll.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/becca-grabinski/support

Join Kristen Hall and I diving into questioning the negative thoughts we have about others, energy work, perceptions, sending energy to others, connection with animals and more! Learn more about Kristen at www.sunshineknoll.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/becca-grabinski/support

Kristen Hall Geisler joins me on today's episode for Women in Tabletop Gaming Month. Kristen talks to me about 2nd edition Dungeons & Dragons, Shadowrun and more. We talk about her experiences and advice for getting involved in tabletop gaming. You can find Kristen at: https://twitter.com/kristenhg You can visit http://womenintabletopgaming.com/ for more information, additional blog posts, featured partner content, discounts from online stores and more.

Peace at the Holiday Table—and Cookies, Too!Kristen is an unconventional attorney in that she mediates amicable resolutions. That's right. The goal is to walk away not only with a decision, but also with a sense of peace about the outcome. For Kristen and her clients, it's not about winning.Because of Kristen's unique expertise in achieving harmony, I thought it would be interesting to hear from her about how to stay feeling good while together at the table.Kristen shares a wonderful holiday story of her own, plus a cookie recipe well worth the listen. Peace and cookies? Nirvana. So take a breath, find your calm center, and receive the gift of Kristen's insights during this short episode of The Delicious Story. Happy New Year, and may there be wonderous (and delicious) stories in your 2018!Butter Cookies ala Kristen:Mix thoroughly 1 cup of soft butter, ½ cup sugar, 1 egg, and 2 tsp vanilla. Sift together 3 cups of flour, ½ tsp baking powder. Mix with butter mixture and chill dough for 2 hours. Roll dough thing and cut into desired shapes. Bake in 400 oven until delicately brown, around 5-7 minutes.Decorative Icing:1 cup of confectioner's sugar, ¼ tsp salt, ½ tsp vanilla, and slowly add cream until desired consistency. Add food coloring if desired.Hall Mediation & Lawhttp://www.hallmediationandlaw.com/ 

Kristen Hall-Geisler is a freelance automotive journalist and book editor living in Portland, Oregon. She's honed her research and interviewing skills for the New York Times, TechCrunch, How Stuff Works, Popular Science, US News & World Report, Sports Car Market, and many more. There are few things she likes better than falling down the rabbit hole of research and emerging with a book or article that others find useful and—she hopes—entertaining while still being based on solid sources. She is the author of the recently published monograph Lightning in a Throttle: Three Early Electric Vehicle Victories.