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Heart + SoleHope For The Community with Laura BullockIn today's episode, Kathryn interviews Laura Bullock, the Executive Director of Vigilant Hope. They discuss the organization's mission to empower the North and South Side community of Wilmington through grassroots initiatives and relational support. Laura shares insights on Christian Community Development, the importance of listening to community needs, and the impact of proximity in effective community work. They also reflect on their recent trip to Chicago, where they learned from the Lawndale Community Church and the significance of language and making people feel seen. The conversation emphasizes the power of community, mutual support, and the importance of taking small, actionable...2025-07-3036 minHeart + SoleBIP is BACK with Melody WisemanIn this episode, Kathryn and Melody are back together to discuss all the latest happenings in reality TV; including Love Island USA, Real Housewives of Miami, and Bachelor in Paradise. Melody shares her thoughts on the LIUSA finale, we gab about the new addition to Miami Housewives, AND we talk about how pumped we are that BIP is back and production is wayyyy better! 00:00 Welcome and Authenticity in Podcasting03:07 Hormonal Health and Personal Well-being05:51 Reality TV: Love Island Insights09:06 Cultural Dynamics in Relationships11:52 Dating Culture and Relationship Dynamics15:08 The Valley and Reality TV C...2025-07-1654 minHeart + SoleFear Is Not Your Friend with Mary MarantzIn this engaging conversation, Kathryn speaks with Mary Marantz, author of 'Underestimated', about her journey from growing up in a single wide trailer in West Virginia to attending Yale Law School and ultimately choosing a career in photography, podcasting, speaking, and writing. Mary shares her insights on overcoming fear, the importance of accountability, and the power of gratitude. She emphasizes that fear is a boring liar that keeps us from pursuing our dreams and encourages listeners to take action, even when scared. The discussion highlights the significance of recognizing the voice of fear and the impact of storytelling in empowering...2025-07-0956 minHeart + SoleYou're Not Too Late with Rebecca GeorgeIn this engaging conversation, Kathryn Benko and Rebecca George explore themes of faith, identity, and the challenges of waiting in life. Rebecca shares her journey as a pastor's wife, her experiences of longing, and the message behind her book 'You're Not Too Late.' The discussion emphasizes the importance of community, vulnerability, and turning to scripture for encouragement during times of waiting. Listeners are reminded that they are not alone in their struggles and that God is always at work in their lives.Follow me on Instagram:Kathryn @kathryn_benkoHeart + Sole @heartandsolepodcastSole Fitness...2025-07-0239 minHeart + SoleTHROWBACK NOV 2022: Step Into Your CallingRe-sharing another Throwback episode from November of 2022! Enjoy!What did you need in your biggest seasons of desperation? Step into that! God can use your story to be someone else's survival guide. No matter how "big" or how "small," that time is NOW to step into our callings!Follow Me on Instagram:Kathryn @kathryn_benkoHeart + Sole @heartandsolepodcastSole Fitness @sole_fitness2025-06-1106 minHeart + SoleCatch Up with Melody WisemanThe girlies are back for a good ol' fashioned catch up session! Melody shares about her travels to Germany, her hubby's new passion project, and what shows she is currently watching! Follow me on Instagram:Kathryn @kathryn_benkoHeart + Sole @heartandsolepodcastSole Fitness @sole_fitnessSubscribe to our new YouTube Channel and WATCH all episodes of Season 6 and 7!Sign up for the Sole Online Training App!Use coupon code 'SOLE20' for 20% off your first month!!Follow Melody on Instagram: @melodywisemanFollow Mikey on Instagram: @mikeywiseman2025-05-2834 minHeart + SoleSurviving with Summer LambertMy girl, Summer Lambert, is BACK!! We talk all about her incredible pregnancy news and what that has looked like, our obsession with Survivor, and how we are surviving life right now!Follow me on Instagram:Kathryn @kathryn_benkoHeart + Sole @heartandsolepodcastSole Fitness @sole_fitnessFollow Summer on Instagram: @summerlambertphotoSubscribe to our new YouTube Channel and WATCH all episodes!2025-05-2142 minHeart + SoleGet To Know Your Mother with Jennifer GriffithJennifer Griffith, author of the deeply moving memoir Both Sides of Then: Finding Love After Abandonment and the host of the popular podcast About Your Mother, which explores the complex dynamics of motherhood, family, and generational trauma. Jennifer's unique perspective comes from her own experience growing up with a mother whose past shaped their relationship in ways she couldn’t fully understand. Through Jennifer's exploration of her mother’s life, she reflects on how trauma can echo through generations, influencing how we relate to ourselves and our families. I really enjoyed our conversation about how everyone's story m...2025-05-1439 minHeart + SoleRunning The Race of Adoption with Betsy ArmstrongBetsy Armstrong, whose memoir, The Mother of All Decisions: A Memoir of Mother Loss, Legacy and Adopting Kids in Midlife, is a story of resilience, hope, and defying the odds. Betsy’s journey began with losing her mother, home, and family at a young age. After years of avoiding the question of legacy, her mother’s death at 46 made her confront what truly mattered. Overcoming grief, Betsy transformed her life, running marathons and quitting a corporate job to live with purpose. Then, at nearly 47, she decided to become a mother through adoption, facing a failed adoption, a Rus...2025-05-0748 minHeart + SoleDumpster Fire 🤝 Jesus with Stefanie RobackMy dear friend, Stefanie Roback, is a mom, business owner, therapist, and incredibly authentic friend! Today, we chat all about authenticity in business, how life often feel like a dumpster fire, how Jesus grounds us, and how motherhood and business coexist! Follow me on Instagram:Kathryn @kathryn_benkoHeart + Sole @heartandsolepodcastSole Fitness @sole_fitnessFollow Stefanie on Instagram: @_stefroFollow Allora Rise on Instagram: @allorariseCheck out her website HERE!Subscribe to our new YouTube Channel and WATCH all episodes!2025-04-3043 minHeart + SoleGrief Is Not Linear with Krista St. GermainKrista St. Germain is a Post-Traumatic Growth and grief expert and host of the popular Widowed Moms Podcast, Krista has been able to take from her own experience and help thousands of widows navigate their lives after loss and not only survive, but thrive. Today, we chat about how grief is not linear, that the 5 stages are a myth, and how your brain is rewired through tragedy.Follow me on Instagram:Kathryn @kathryn_benkoHeart + Sole @heartandsolepodcastSole Fitness @sole_fitnessFollow Krista on Instagram: @lifecoachkristaCheck out her website HERE!Liste...2025-04-2336 minHeart + SoleAn Untroubled Heart with Kara StoutKara Stout is a writer, wife, new adoptive mom living in Los Angeles, California., and now a published Author! Her new devotional, An Untroubled Heart: Calming Anxiety and Finding God’s Peace, serves as a gentle reminder that God’s comfort is always within reach. This inspiring 30-day devotional invites readers to begin each morning in God’s presence and end each day in his calming embrace, providing a rhythm of peace for anxious hearts. Today, we chat about how she has experienced God's peace through her grief and through her waiting. I know you will be encouraged through her story tod...2025-04-1641 minHeart + SoleYapping with Chelsea HollisThe OG co-hosts are back together for a good ol' fashioned yap sesh! Chelsea Hollis reunites with Kathryn today to talk about the most random things (in true chels and kat fashion). We chat about cancel culture, coveting homes, what we would spend our money on if we were rich, how moms can truly juggle it all, and more! Follow Us on Instagram:Kathryn @kathryn_benkoHeart + Sole @heartandsolepodcastSole Fitness @sole_fitnessChelsea @chelseaallegraChelsea's NEW PODCAST @fullhandsfullheartpodSubscribe to our new YouTube Channel and WATCH all e...2025-04-0249 minHeart + SoleBachelor Finale with Melody WisemanMelody Wiseman is here to help Kathryn recap the finale of this season of The Bachelor! Follow me on Instagram:Kathryn @kathryn_benkoHeart + Sole @heartandsolepodcastSole Fitness @sole_fitnessSubscribe to our new YouTube Channel and WATCH all episodes of Season 6 and 7!Sign up for the Sole Online Training App!Use coupon code 'SOLE20' for 20% off your first month!!Follow Melody on Instagram: @melodywiseman2025-03-2632 minHeart + SoleThrowback: Set Apart with Macy ColeWelcome to our Throwback series! On the week's when life is too chaotic to record, I am going to be re-releasing some of my favorite past episodes. Today's throwback is back from Season 5 when Macy Cole joined Kathryn to kick off the beginning of 2023! The old description: As promised, your favorite honorary co-host is back: the one and only, Macy Cole! In true Macy & Kathryn fashion, we dive deeper into what God is teaching us, our words for this new year, what it looks like to be set apart, and how we are going to st...2025-03-1948 minHeart + SoleLoving + LearningIt's time for another catch-up episdoe with Kathryn, where she shares things she is loving and learning right now! Everything from her new favorite shows and products to how God is telling her to slow down and rest in His presence. Hope you enjoy this little girly chat! Follow me on Instagram:Kathryn @kathryn_benkoHeart + Sole @heartandsolepodcastSole Fitness @sole_fitnessSubscribe to our new YouTube Channel and WATCH all episodes of Season 6 & 7!Get 25% off the Magic Mind gummies here: https://magicmind.com/HEARTGMY...2025-03-1236 minHeart + SoleRejection is Redirection with Tabitha PanarisoTabitha Panariso is a trauma-informed and licensed professional therapist, and now and author who guides readers through the life and death of Jesus asa path through the pain of rejection, compassionately offering strength and healing in her new book Loyal In His Love: An Invitation to Be Held by Jesus When Others Let Go!She joins me today to chat all about how our mind, body, and soul, work together to find healing through both therapy and our faith. We also dive into the topics of trauma and rejection, and what it looks like to wrestle though that...2025-03-0533 minHeart + SoleBachelor + Love Is Blind + Traitors with Melody WisemanThe reality TV gurus are back and ready to dish all of their thoughts on this season of The Bachelor, Love Is Blind, and Traitors!Follow me on Instagram:Kathryn @kathryn_benkoHeart + Sole @heartandsolepodcastSole Fitness @sole_fitnessSubscribe to our new YouTube Channel and WATCH all episodes of Season 6 and 7!Sign up for the Sole Online Training App!Use coupon code 'SOLE20' for 20% off your first month!!Follow Melody on Instagram: @melodywiseman2025-02-261h 01Heart + SoleYear to Thrive, Not Strive with Sara LeonardMy girl, Sara Leonard, is back on the pod! We chat about our words for the year, what it looks like to stop striving, how to be authentic, body image thoughts, and random things in between!Follow me on Instagram:Kathryn @kathryn_benkoHeart + Sole @heartandsolepodcastSole Fitness @sole_fitnessSubscribe to our new YouTube Channel and WATCH all episodes!Follow Sara on Instagram: @sara.i.leonardFollow Sara on TikTok: @sara.i.leonardSign up for the Sole Online Training App!Use coupon code 'SOLE20...2025-02-1936 minHeart + SoleReclaim Your Health with Jillian GreavesJillian Greaves (MPH, RD, LDN) is a Functional Medicine Dietitian, Women's Health Specialist, podcast co-host, and founder of the highest-rated dietitian and functional nutrition business in Boston. She joins me on the podcast today to chat about her history with having to dig deeper into finding answers for her health issues. She shares important insight into our hormones, our fertility, and how our nutrition (or lack thereof) is affecting us! Follow me on Instagram:Kathryn @kathryn_benkoHeart + Sole @heartandsolepodcastSole Fitness @sole_fitnessFollow Jillian on Instagram: @jilliangreavesrdVisit her website HERE...2025-02-1230 minHeart + SoleThrowback: Self Love, Relationships, & Things We've Learned Along The WayWelcome to our Throwback series! On the week's when life is too chaotic to record, I am going to be re-releasing some of my favorite past episodes. Today's throwback is back from Season 1 when Chelsea and Kathryn co-hosted the podcast! The old description: In the spirit of Valentine's Day, we themed this week's episode around LOVE + RELATIONSHIPS! We chatted (for a long time in true girl-talk fashion) about how important it is to have self love before being successful in any relationship, what some of our past romantic relationships were like, what we learned from pa...2025-02-051h 12Heart + SoleLoving, Learning, Praying, & FastingLet's chat about new things I am learning so far in 2025, things I am loving, and things I am currently fasting from! **AUDIO ONLY TODAY**Follow me on Instagram:Kathryn @kathryn_benkoHeart + Sole @heartandsolepodcastSole Fitness @sole_fitnessSubscribe to our new YouTube Channel and WATCH all episodes of Season 6!Sign up for the Sole Online Training App!Use coupon code 'SOLE20' for 20% off your first month!!Get 45% off the Magic Mind bundle with with my link: https://magicmind.com/HEARTP...2025-01-2932 minHeart + SoleNew Year, Same Anxiety 🙃Let's talk about anxiety 🙃 Here to share a little update about something I have been struggling with in the new year! Hoping it makes you feel less alone.**AUDIO ONLY TODAY**Follow me on Instagram:Kathryn @kathryn_benkoHeart + Sole @heartandsolepodcastSole Fitness @sole_fitnessSubscribe to our new YouTube Channel and WATCH all episodes of Season 6!Sign up for the Sole Online Training App!Use coupon code 'SOLE20' for 20% off your first month!!2025-01-1521 minHeart + SoleWe Stand With Ryan feat. Melody WisemanWelcome to SEASON SEVEN of Heart + Sole! This season is going to be real conversations I would have with my girlfriends, whether that's gabbing about pop culture, digging deeper into our faith, sharing our struggles, or encouragement. You will get it all right here!Our first episode of Season 7 features a fan favorite - Melody Wiseman! Melody and I jump into all of the Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni drama that unfolded during the holidays, our thoughts on The Golden Globes, and my personal sadness about the Paige DeSorbo and Craig Conover break up 😔 Enjoy!!Follow me...2025-01-0841 minHeart + Sole2024 Wrapped + Superlatives 🎁It's the end of the 2024 era 🎉 Kathryn wraps up 2024 by sharing some fun stats on the podcast, her biggest life lesson, and some fun Sole Superlatives for the year! Heart + Sole will be BACK for Season 7 on Wednesday, January 8th!**AUDIO ONLY TODAY**Follow me on Instagram:Kathryn @kathryn_benkoHeart + Sole @heartandsolepodcastSole Fitness @sole_fitnessSubscribe to our new YouTube Channel and WATCH all episodes of Season 6!Try MagicMind and get 20% off for one-time purchases and subscriptions: https://magicmind.com/HEARTPOD20With my c...2024-12-1127 minHeart + SoleGiving ThanksIt's just me today! Taking some time in today's short episode to encourage y'all to root yourself in your true identity during this holiday season, and also sharing things in my life that I am thankful for (including you) to hopefully encourage you to reflect and do the same!Happy Thanksgiving! **AUDIO ONLY TODAY**Follow me on Instagram:Kathryn @kathryn_benkoHeart + Sole @heartandsolepodcastSole Fitness @sole_fitnessSubscribe to our new YouTube Channel and WATCH all episodes of Season 6!Get Magic Mind at 50% off with the B...2024-11-2716 minHeart + SoleBody Image Inside Out with Whitney OttoWhitney Otto is a World Champion athlete, co-host of the Untrained podcast, and executive coach who just released a book called BODY IMAGE INSIDE OUT: A Revolutionary Approach to Body Image Healing with Deb Schachter, LICSW! Together, they have pioneered a unique approach that transforms how we understand and engage with our negative body image. Their “inside out” approach invites us to start to build a better relationship with our critical thoughts, what they call “couples therapy for you and your body image.” I thoroughly enjoyed my conversation with Whitney, and she even challe...2024-11-2038 minHeart + SoleCatching Up with Kayla PaladinoTune in today for just a good ol' fashion life catch up between two friends! Kayla Paladino is back to chat about motherhood, holiday plans, our gripes with social media, and more!Follow me on Instagram:Kathryn @kathryn_benkoHeart + Sole @heartandsolepodcastSole Fitness @sole_fitnessSubscribe to our new YouTube Channel and WATCH all episodes of Season 6!Follow Kayla on Instagram: @kmpaladinoTry MagicMind and get 20% off for one-time purchases and subscriptions: https://magicmind.com/HEARTPOD20With my code HEARTPOD20Sign...2024-11-1330 minHeart + SoleJason Kelce Scandal + Love is Blind + Golden Bach with Melody WisemanYour girl, Melody, is back to catch up on all things pop culture and reality TV! Tune in to hear our takes on the Jason Kelce scandal, Golden Bachelorette final 3, all the Love is Blind couples, and our fav real housewives!Follow me on Instagram:Kathryn @kathryn_benkoHeart + Sole @heartandsolepodcastSole Fitness @sole_fitnessSubscibe to our new YouTube Channel and WATCH all episodes of Season 6!Sign up for the Sole Online Training App!Use coupon code 'SOLE20' for 20% off your first month!!Follow Melody on...2024-11-0659 minHeart + SoleLove Has A Story with Quina AragonQuina Aragon brings the heat with some truth in today's episode 🔥 Spoken word artist, Quina Aragon, uses Scripture, her story, and personal poetry of love and trauma to reveal the greatest of all love stories in her new book Love Has a Story: 100 Meditations on the Enduring Love of God!Her gift of speaking, knowledge of Scripture, and wisdom of perspective come to light in this conversation where we discuss topics like: trauma, grief, God's grace, and His promises. I know you will be encouraged by this conversation! Follow me on Instagram:Kathryn @kathryn_benko...2024-10-3053 minHeart + SoleMom Guilt Vent SeshIt's time for a good ol' fashion venting session! Today, I unpack all of the mom guilt lies I have been feeling, vent about how the past few weeks have felt hard, and share some things I'm loving & learning right now!**AUDIO ONLY TODAY**Follow me on Instagram:Kathryn @kathryn_benkoHeart + Sole @heartandsolepodcastSole Fitness @sole_fitnessSubscribe to our new YouTube Channel and WATCH all episodes of Season 6!Try MagicMind and get 20% off for one-time purchases and subscriptions: https://magicmind.com/HEARTPOD20With my co...2024-10-2324 minHeart + SoleCancer Sucks with Sarah ScottSarah Scott is a mom, wife, business owner, and she was diagnosed with breast cancer this year. She opens up about her journey, how she has been processing everything, her treatment plan, and her new perspective on life. I was so inspired by this conversation, and I know that you will be too!Follow me on Instagram:Kathryn @kathryn_benkoHeart + Sole @heartandsolepodcastSole Fitness @sole_fitnessSubscribe to our new YouTube Channel and WATCH all episodes of Season 6!Follow Sarah on Instagram: @sarahscottdesigns_Try MagicMind and get 20% off...2024-10-1659 minHeart + SoleOverrated + Underrated with Kayla PaladinoKayla Paladino is back to jib jab on life lately, parenting annoyances, her recent big purchase, and we share the most underrated and overrated restaurants in Wilmington!Follow me on Instagram:Kathryn @kathryn_benkoHeart + Sole @heartandsolepodcastSole Fitness @sole_fitnessSubscribe to our new YouTube Channel and WATCH all episodes of Season 6!Follow Kayla on Instagram: @kmpaladinoTry MagicMind and get 20% off for one-time purchases and subscriptions: https://magicmind.com/HEARTPOD20With my code HEARTPOD20Sign up for the Sole O...2024-10-0937 minHeart + SoleGolden Bachelorette + RHOSLC with Melody WisemanMelody is back from her world travels to talk about really important topics... Golden Bachelorette & Real Housewives of Salt Lake City! We also share our thoughts on the horrible finale of Jenn's Bachelorette season... Yikes!Follow me on Instagram:Kathryn @kathryn_benkoHeart + Sole @heartandsolepodcastSole Fitness @sole_fitnessSubscibe to our new YouTube Channel and WATCH all episodes of Season 6!Sign up for the Sole Online Training App!Use coupon code 'SOLE20' for 20% off your first month!!Follow Melody on Instagram: @melodywiseman2024-10-0246 min