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The Swerve EffectAnnie Austen: "No seriously, I don't want kids."In this Episode, I sit down and chat with Annie Austen, Senior Recruiter by day: Lifestyle Blogger of 'The Austen Adventures' by night. On a topic that can sometimes seem to create the same anxiety as discussing politics, we talk about our choice to Not have kids and the puzzled 'I don't understand' faces we get when we say "Oh, no I don't want children." (insert GASP!)
We answer a lot of great listener questions about our reasons why, what our families think, are we afraid we'll change our minds, will we regret it, and how to not lose your sh...2019-12-1858 min
The Swerve EffectJenny Martin: "How an Eating Disorder, Heartbreak & the 9-5p led her to become a Poetry author"In this Episode I sat and chatted with Miss Jenny Martin. You may have heard her on 90.1 KKFI or seen her around Kansas City doing book readings to promote her new poetry book, Emotionally Bankrupt…a book in response to resignation, addiction, heartbreak and growth shared in the light of poetry.
It’s here where Jenny was vulnerable & brave enough to primarily talk about the addiction chapter of the book, where we get to learn about Jenny’s story, and that’s her story about living with and through her eating disorder and how she found self love again...2019-07-081h 22
The Swerve EffectMegh Knappenberger: "The Story Behind the Painting"In this Episode, I sat down and chatted with the Midwestern rooted Megh Knappenberger.
She once owned her own Design company, but after having her baby & experiencing a serious injury, things shifted. Having returned to work after her accident, she realized she wasn't happy there and needed to Swerve. That's when she made the decision to become a full-time Painter! Since then, she's worked hard to recover and is now a well known Kansas City fine art painter who's been featured in The Kansas City Star, ESPN Kansas City, The University Daily Kansan and seen on KC Live...2019-06-241h 03
The Swerve EffectKristen Rock Chouinard: "Pushed into a New Life Purpose"In this episode I sat to chat with Kristen Rock Chouinard. She's as real as it gets. Kristen is a Kansas City based SELF TAUGHT abstract artist. She runs a successful art business where she sells to both individuals and businesses, and you may have also seen her on the Better KC Morning Show on KCTV. However, she's not always been an artist and actually had to intention of becoming one. We talk about how life sometimes makes decisions to for you to push you to a new life purpose that better suits you in that phase of your life...2019-06-101h 09
The Swerve EffectSierra Winter - "Jewelry Designer: The 1st Challenging Year"In this Episode, I sit down with Sierra Winter, Designer and Owner of Sierra Winter Jewelry. She had the passion, the drive and all the signs telling her to start her own jewelry line...but right after quitting her 9-5 job as a jewelry designer for a company and taking the leap to start her own business, the challenges started rolling in one after another. The ones that make you question "Is this the right time? should I still do this?".
She talks about all the of family challenges she faced during the first year, how she p...2019-05-1343 min
The Swerve EffectMolly Buchanan - "All the Swerves: Adopting baby Jack"In Episode 07, I sat with Molly Buchanan and got to know a little more about the woman behind the blog, www.crowningglory.blog.
The stories in this podcast are all about peoples Swerves, and wow has she had to swerve around some major life roadblocks. Between fighting (and beating) uterine cancer, to then having to face two years of infertility, she is the epitome of what strength, hope and gratitude look like. Her journey ultimately led her and her husband Chad to the greatest gift of all…the adoption of baby Jack, short for Jack Attack obviously.
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The Swerve EffectKatie Trapani - "Irretrievable Breakdown: Divorce(d)"In Episode 06, I chat with Katie Trapani, the writer behind the Divorce(d) blog ‘Irretrievable Breakdown’ (best name ever, right??). Katie had always dreamt of getting married and when she finally did, she did it with the intention to commit to forever. Unfortunately, after six years of never feeling like a priority, being unable to express herself, and a lack of compromise from her spouse, she reached the point of an Irretrievable Breakdown. We talk about her ‘swerving’ off course of what she had always envisioned, her internal struggle of accepting when it was time to move on, realizing what she dese...2019-04-151h 10
The Swerve EffectCaroline Milton - "Biomedical Engineer Turns Health Coach"In this Episode, I sit and chat with Caroline Milton, Biomedical Engineer turned Health Coach and creator of 'The Transformation Table'. She was vulnerable, honest, inspiring, passionate...and kinda badass. Her personal story actually has two swerves…
Not only does her story help empower those wanting to swerve from one profession to the next, but she also shares a very vulnerable part of her life with us in where she was faced with the challenge of becoming healthy again after her experience with sexual assault & releasing herself from it being her identity, in hopes to offer comfort and supp...2019-04-081h 07
The Swerve EffectJeff Hargett - "Relationships: Married to a Swerver"On Episode 04, I talk with Jeff Hargett, Division Real Estate Manager for QuikTrip Corp....and my husband. We talk about his struggles and challenges in being in a relationship with...me... a day by day dreamer/idealist, and him being a Corporate 9-5 guy with a long term goals and a focus on retirement.
This is a discussion about how a 'Swerver' and a 'Non-Swerver' can coexist. We share our struggles, challenges and the arguments that we have had with being completely different people with different life views, different goals, and different ways that we are each ful...2019-03-1836 min
The Swerve EffectBrea Vokolek - When a Lawyer Turns Lifestyle BloggerIn Episode 03, I talk to Brea Vokolek about the Swerve she took to leave her 10 year career as a lawyer behind, in order to follow her creativity and passion by becoming a lifestyle blogger. Brea is a Kansas City native and the creator of OVERANALYZEDTHAT , a blog about Fashion, Design, Deals, Mom Stuff, and all things Kansas City. Listen to hear about the 'whisper' she first ignored, her ups and downs in shifting away from her profession, and the effects this has had on her life. PS. There's a twist... does it all comes full circle?
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The Swerve EffectNicole Leth - How 'S#x & Ice Cream' Clothing Became 'Soft Studios'In Episode 02, I talk to Nicole Leth, former owner of Sex & Ice Cream clothing store and current owner of Soft Studios in the KC Crossroads.
Nicole offers us tips along with what steps she took to get her first clothing store opened, Sex & Ice Cream, and how they worked for her. (Oh, and we also realized she’s kind of a bat when it comes to real estate shopping….well I realized this….).
With the surprisingly wild success she experienced with her store's opening, she went on to hire several employees and things were off and runn...2019-03-0345 min
The Swerve EffectWhat's The Swerve Effect?In this first Episode, I talk about what the heck this podcast is even about. What's The Swerve Effect?? You'll get a snippet of who I will be having conversations with and what we will be talking about. Get ready to hear a one on one conversation... with myself... to tell you a little bit about my story, my Swerve and what my mission and vision behind this podcast is.
You can find The Swerve Effect podcast online at www.theswerveeffect.com or on Instagram, Facebook @theswerveeffect
Logo cred: Mind + Matter @mindmatterkc - mi...2019-02-2417 min