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Highly FavoredEp 25: Life Update Co-Hosted with Ashtin PankratzSummary
In this engaging podcast episode, Kimberly Chatto and Ashton Pankratz explore the themes of friendship, women's ministry, prayer, and personal growth through the lens of their experiences. They discuss the importance of supportive friendships, the impact of women's ministry in fostering community, and the power of prayer in their lives. Additionally, they share insights from Kimberly's pageant experiences, highlighting the emotional challenges and triumphs that come with competition. The conversation emphasizes the significance of building connections, celebrating each other's successes, and navigating life's challenges together. In this engaging conversation, Kimberly Chatto and Ashtin Pankratz delve into...
2025-06-181h 48Highly FavoredEp 24: Finding Freedom with Crystal AndersonRe-released episode! Crystal is a dear friend of Kim's and while working together, Kim came to realize that Crystal is also a Christian. Through their friendship Kim realized how incredibly powerful Crystal's testimony is and could be to so many. The Highly Favored Team is so incredibly excited to have her on today's episode. Crystal discusses many challenging topics such as abuse and overcoming incredible adversity. Her resiliency will inspire you and she also shares about strength found in communities such as Christian-based organizations like Celebrate Recovery.
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2025-06-091h 13Highly FavoredEp 24: Finding Freedom with Crystal AndersonCrystal is a dear friend of Kim's and while working together, Kim came to realize Crystal was also a Christian. Through their friendship Kim realized how incredibly powerful Crystal's testimony is and could be to so many. The Highly Favored Team is so incredibly excited to have her on today's episode. Crystal discusses many challenging topics such as abuse and overcoming incredible adversity. Her resiliency will inspire you and she also shares about strength found in communities such as the Christian-based organization, Celebrate Recovery.
2025-04-091h 13Highly FavoredEp 23: From Frozen to Forward with Mrs. Spanish Fork, Ashlee StrattonAs we wrap up the pageant series, we are excited to welcome Ashlee Stratton, Mrs. Spanish Fork, with this episode releasing the day before the Mrs. Utah America/n and Miss Utah for America Strong pageant. Ashlee's platform, "Frozen to Forward," discusses actionable steps to reaching your goals and it is the perfect head space leading into the pageant.
2025-04-0950 minHighly FavoredEp 24: Finding Freedom with Crystal AndersonCrystal is a dear friend of Kim's and while working together, Kim came to realize that Crystal was also a Christian. Through their friendship Kim realized how incredibly powerful Crystal's testimony is and could be to so many. The Highly Favored Team is so incredibly excited to have her on today's episode. Crystal discusses many challenging topics such as abuse and overcoming incredible adversity. Her resiliency will inspire you and she also shares about strength found in communities such as the Christian-based organization, Celebrate Recovery.
2025-04-0800 minHighly FavoredEp 23: From Frozen to Forward with Mrs. Spanish Fork, Ashlee StrattonAs we wrap up the pageant series, we are excited to welcome Ashlee Stratton, Mrs. Spanish Fork, with this episode releasing the day before the Mrs. Utah America/n and Miss Utah for America Strong pageant. Ashlee's platform, "Frozen to Forward," discusses actionable steps to reaching your goals and it is the perfect head space leading into the pageant.
2025-03-2700 minHighly FavoredEp 22: Power Women Stand Tall and Shine Together with Mrs. Vineyard, Aubin PalmerToday's episode is dual hosted by Kim and Mrs. Vineyard, Aubin Palmer. As both women prepare to compete is the Mrs. Utah America/n and Miss Utah for America Strong pageants, they discuss empowerment and standing tall together as they overcome insecurities and grow as they go after their goals.
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Power Women120. Resilience in Transition With Kimberly ChattoIn this episode of the Power Women podcast, hosts Aubin Palmer and Kimberly Chatto engage in a deep conversation about empowerment, personal growth, and their own unique journeys. They explore themes of resilience, the importance of community, and the process of reclaiming one's identity after significant life changes. Both women share their experiences and insights on setting goals, navigating challenges, and the supportive sisterhood found within the pageant community. They emphasizes the power of decision-making and the importance of aligning one's life with personal values and aspirations.
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Sharing stories helps others realize they are not al...
2025-03-241h 15Highly FavoredEp 21: Inspiring Others to Overcome Abuse with Mrs. Herriman, Michelle JonesMichelle Jones, Mrs. Herriman, shares her pageant experience as she competes in the 2025 Mrs. Utah America and Mrs. Utah American pageant. She has a passion in advocacy against child abuse and believes in using her voice to inspire others to overcome their abuse. "Be Brave, This is not your ending...it's theirs. Yours has yet to come!"
2025-03-201h 03Highly FavoredEp 20: You are Worth Living for with Mrs. Maple Mountain, Portia BlanchardToday's episode highlights one of the amazing women competing in the 2025 Mrs. Utah America and Mrs. Utah American pageant, Portia Blanchard. As Mrs. Maple Mountain, her platform, You are Worth Living For, shares the same title as her internationally-selling book as she advocates for making the most of your life and seeing yourself in the best light. As a mother of seven, Portia also shares the experience of going through a pageant through the perspective of her children.
2025-03-1958 minHighly FavoredEp. 19: Strength Found in Sisterhood and Advocacy with Mrs. Utah America, Chelsi RasmussenCan you believe that the 2025 Mrs. Utah America, Mrs. Utah American, and Miss Utah for America Strong Pageant is in 11 Days? I am thrilled to interview Mrs. Utah America, Chelsi Rasmussen, as we dive into advocacy work, her pageant experience, the influence being a title holder and Queen has on her daughters, and the sisterhood found in pageantry.
2025-03-1851 minHighly FavoredEp 18: Mold and the Brain, Neurodivergence, and Costco with Ashtin PankratzAfter a two week break, we are excited to welcome Ashtin Pankratz to the podcast! Ashtin is a military spouse, Christian, and shares with the Highly Favored listeners her experiences with neurodivergence and getting diagnosed as an adult. She also promotes healthcare advocacy with a diagnosis of mold exposure with her brain and her journey through symptom treatment. Plus fun hyper fixations like the amazingness that is Costco.
2025-03-111h 42Highly FavoredEp 17: Hearts, Heroes, and Homeschooling with Vanessa JonesVanessa is a military spouse and Christian mother who started homeschooling her children as a calling from God. With humor and humility, Vanessa shares her experiences - the good, the challenges, and the misconceptions that accompany homeschooling. Vanessa is a great friend of the show host's and one of the top reasons Kim brought her on the wad not only is Vanessa hilarious and so personable, but the Jones family taught her so much about homeschooling and really opened her perspective on it. Even if you're not a Christian, this episode will share a lot on deciding to homeschool.
2025-02-181h 26Highly FavoredEp 16: Dance with a Purpose with Miss Nebo Valley, Jaimee BeardJoin us as we interview the lovely and talented Miss Nebo Valley, Jaimee Beard, as she shares her platform, Dance with a Purpose. Jaimee has an absolute heart of gold and through this journey saw a need within the dance communities of California following the destruction created by the wildfires. Through her efforts, she raised awareness for the need of donated dance supplies and collected them throughout the state of Utah to bring to Los Angeles. Jaimee shares the impact of her faith and the importance of dance in her life and lives of her students as she makes...
2025-02-141h 17Highly FavoredEp 15: Celebrating Neurodiversity with Mrs. Oak Hills, Charlotte ShoresWe are so excite to have Charlotte on the podcast to speak on her immense pageant experience, being an adoption advocate, her career as a professional chef, and her platform of celebrating neurodiversity. As someone who also dabbles in "neurospiciness," our host Kim Chatto loved the discussions from this interview and how we can better advocate for one another.
2025-02-131h 00Highly FavoredEp 14: Build it Beautiful with Mrs. Utah County, Clarissa ThomasEpisode 14 features Mrs. Utah County, Clarissa Thomas with her platform, Build it Beautiful. She is strong, bold, and committed to helping women build their best lives as leaders. She presents everyday tools for everyday leaders for everyday life. We had the best conversations as she shared her unconventional pageant journey and how beneficial the experience in competing in pageants can be. Our favorite takeaway is being empowered to break down the thing you've built or to continue building.
2025-02-1255 minHighly FavoredEp 13: Bold, Confident, and Unapologetic with Miss Bountiful, Kimberly WirfsEpisode 13 with Miss Bountiful, Kimberly Wirfs, covers her platform of being prepared for the unexpected. She has developed an emergency preparedness binder so that you are ready regardless of what life throws at you. Her bubbly personality and fun demeanor make this episode a blast to listen to and we know you will enjoy everything she has to share. We cover everything from being a military spouse, the passing of her husband and becoming a widow, owning her own business, and even dating as a single mom.
2025-02-111h 19Highly FavoredEp 12: Living Imperfectly with Great Delight with Mrs. Daybreak, Amanda McCombsEpisode 12 continues the pageant series featuring Mrs. Daybreak, Amanda McCombs. We cover so much in this episode and many of the topics are heavy such as single parenthood, societal expectations, faith and religion, stalking, losing a loved one, grief, and recovering from live-changing illnesses. Despite this, Amanda is so incredibly resilient, fun, and such a light.
2025-02-101h 16Highly FavoredEp 11: Being a Single Mom from Afar, Co-Parenting, and the Healing Power of National ParksEpisode 11 was recorded after a longgg day of driving after doing a custody swap of my kids back to their dad after Christmas break. If you saw my National Parks video, it’s like a mini documentary of the complex emotions you run through over a seven hour drive back home without the two people who mean the most to you in this earthly life. If you ever wanted to gain some perspective on what that is like and how hard it is - this is the episode. The only way to get past it is to go through it...
2025-02-0429 minHighly FavoredEp 10: Healing, Self-Reflection, and Perspective with Mrs. Mountain Ridge, Ashley ButlerAshley Butler, Mrs. Mountain Ridge, discusses how experiences with abuse became the motivating factors to be a chain-breaker and to change her perspective on life. Going through therapy helped to become the foundational premise for her platform and to inspire others. Ashley is also our first guest on the podcast who is a member of the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS) and we navigate conversations on faith and different backgrounds, which was such a fun opportunity being new to the state of Utah.
2025-01-3055 minHighly FavoredEp 9: A Loving Kindness through Grief and Loss with Mrs. Rocky Mountain, Abbey Magee.Abbey's platform and ministry, Not Yet My Daughter, provides Biblically-based hope for those experiencing infertility, miscarriage and baby loss. Through her platform, and as she competes in the Mrs. Utah America and Mrs. Utah American pageant system, she has created and distributed "Hesed" kits that are self-care kits for women who are navigating challenging experiences. We also dive into her Christian walk as a Masters of Divinity student We're thrilled to have Abbey on the podcast to share her resiliency story and bring hope to others in our celebration of Faith.
2025-01-2959 minHighly FavoredEp 8: When Stories are Meant to be Told with Mrs. Wasatch Front, Kaylyn LippertKaylyn is a southern girl through-and-through, hailing from Alabama and now has several Utah pageants under her belt. We think you are going to love her charming self in Episode 8. As a military spouse, Christian, and nurse her platform, Reclaimed, is an opportunity for her to share how to navigate intimate conversations with the goal of strengthening relationships. #WarEagle
2025-01-281h 22Highly FavoredEp 7: Being a 30-Something Single Mom in a Beauty PageantEpisode 7 kicks off the special pageant series leading up to Miss Utah for America Strong, Mrs. Utah America, and Mrs. Utah American 2025 with podcast host Kim Chatto sharing about why she is doing a pageant as a 35-year-old single mom. Kim dives into insecurities, showing up confident, moving into a new community and calling it home after serving in the military, and the beauty of competing for yourself, surrounded by incredible women.
Special Note from Kim: I give shout-outs to Punchy Blonde, Fiiz, Hydrojug, Liz Tomforde's "Mile High," The Lovebound Library Bookstore, and all of my amazing...
2025-01-2741 minHighly FavoredEp 6 (Part 2): Navigating the Military with Emily BarielleWe are back with Part 2 where Emily continues to share from her military experiences, but this time under the lens of navigating service as a woman, approaching mental health resources, community, rising above toxic leadership, and taking care of yourself. We leave you with the message that you deserve to be here!
2025-01-2259 minHighly FavoredEp 6 (Part 1): Learned Leadership as an Air Force Officer with Emily BariellePart 1 - Emily Barielle reflects on her experiences serving in the military as an Air Force Officer. Emily brings up how she navigated starting her career as a nuclear combat crew commander and then transitioned to maintenance. She also shares on the leaders who greatly impacted her and her leadership style through lessons learned, especially through the 2014 missiles investigation. Stay tuned for Part 2 where we discuss experiences serving in the military as women.
2025-01-211h 13Highly FavoredEp 5: Faith and Divorce in a Small Town with Katy LindseyAs ones who wrestle with Faith in real ways as we actively navigate pursuing a relationship with Christ, Katy shares her journey as a Christian going through a divorce in a small town. She is a force of nature and an incredible representation of faith during unexpected trials. Episode 5 dives into the importance of that foundation of faith, and not on a reliance on ourselves.
2025-01-141h 11Highly FavoredEp 4: Love and War - Interview with the Ex-BoyfriendRelationships can impact how we think, respond to other people, grow, heal, and they have the capabilities of leaving a lifelong impression. If you could talk to an ex who had a tremendous impact on your life, good or bad, what would you say? If you've listened to the start of the podcast, you may be familiar with my two "main character" relationships that came out of Korea. One was chaotic and the other was super healthy. Well listeners, we're here to get vulnerable so bringing the chaotic relationship onto the pod. Excited to welcome my ex-boyfriend, Sean, to...
2025-01-071h 13Highly FavoredEp 3: Cat Fights, Situationships, and Understanding Your Worth with Stacey YunWomen-dominated corporate and professional environments are incredibly inspiring to career-driven individuals but today the Highly Favored Podcast also talks about their unique challenges and the accompanying professional stressors, all while navigating personal goals like trying to find the love of your life. The Highly Favored Podcast is thrilled to welcome Stacey Yun, an incredibly driven South Korean professional and Kim Chatto's best-friend, to today's episode to talk all things about work dynamics in highly competitive, women-dominated career fields and the joys of navigating dating and its every confusing terminology, all while trying to meet personal and professional goals in...
2024-12-311h 35Highly FavoredEp 2: That Christian Cake and my Problem with Bare MinimumPodcast host Kim Chatto has a major issue with surface-level rhetoric when fed to Christians. She dives into how "bare minimum" is not the fruit-of-the-spirit and what diving into a deep, personally connected relationship with God should be like. We're seeking that Bread of Life, not just cake for spontaneous consumption...and Kim loves cake so there's that.
2024-12-2541 minHighly FavoredChristmas Eve Bonus Episode: Nuclear War, Bikini Bottom, and GodzillaIn a special Christmas Eve Bonus Episode, podcast host Kim Chatto welcomes her son William as the first guest and biggest supporter. As an 8-year-old military brat, William shares his experiences but also his extensive interest in geopolitics with nuclear capabilities (yes, you heard that correctly), his knowledge of Godzilla, and how he believes nuclear testing created Sponge Bob Squarepants lore.
2024-12-2537 minHighly FavoredEp 1: My 35th Birthday and Gaslighting Myself on Dating AppsJoin podcast host, Kim Chatto, as she reflects on her dating journey as a single woman in her 30s, the Stockdale Paradox with balancing realism and optimism, her running an hour late for a date because she had to buy meat, and leaning into her faith through difficult times.
2024-12-1845 minHighly FavoredHighly Favored 2024 TrailerOpening trailer for Season 1: Pray not Prey of the Highly Favored Podcast
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S.O.S. (Stories of Service) - Ordinary people who do extraordinary workWhen the student becomes the teacher | Karen Naumann and Kimberly Chatto - S.O.S. podcast #75Send us a textToday’s episode shows what happens when two people meet while serving together overseas, and a beautiful friendship develops. We will touch upon friendships among women, government contracting, serving overseas, and preparing for a successful transition from the military. You won’t want to miss it! Karen Naumann, APR, PMP is a multifaceted, seasoned communications practitioner with more than 25 years of communication experience. She is a communications educator, executive, professor, and author. Capt. Kimberly (Kim) Chatto is the director of public affairs for U.S. Special Operations-Korea.
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