Audacity Rising

Carrie and Taryn sit down via Zoom with two female leaders from Perry Central Schools to discuss being leaders in education. We discuss how being female shapes women in leadership, but still, we do our best work in collaboration with the entire team including our male counterparts. A focal takeaway of the episode: How can we keep seeking to understand at the forefront of our leadership?

Carrie and Taryn are back! Although this episode was recorded in December 2019 prior to the Covid and quarantining, this discussion of our 6 emotional needs is more relevant than ever. The ladies of AR dig into the 6 needs, what they mean, and how the needs relate to them. Listen in to discover more about your own emotional needs and how to better fulfill that portion of your life!

Carrie and Taryn brought Angela Costley Harris back to Audacity Rising! Her wisdom, experience and advice have such incredible impact. All three of the women are going through, or are preparing for, life transitions. In this episode, the conversation surrounds transitional time periods in life and how to move through them.

Carrie and Taryn took a pause on creating episodes for Audacity Rising as their lives blossomed other projects. But: they are back and ready to share what they've encountered along the way. In this episode, the ladies of AR share what has transpired over the course of Audacity Rising's beginning, and more specifically, these last few months.

Kristen and Stephanie realized that they could make a difference in young girls' lives by bringing them great products to inspire strength in of them. They created Strong Selfie which is a subscription box for girls: teens, tweens and their moms. Their goal is to infuse confidence in girls at a younger age and help moms of girls to support them as well. Working out of the basement and at various practices, these audacious women fill their buckets (and boxes for young girls). Enjoy their hardworking and admirable story!

Erika Huckstep is brave, strong and forgiving. She is a mom, wife and daughter. Erika’s father was an alcoholic, but in reality, he was so much more to her than this disease. He was a family man, protective, funny and had a huge heart. Sharing this painful story would be incomplete if Erika did not share those pieces of father as well. The choice to share this story was born out of knowing the pain, isolation, and loneliness this type of experience can create. She uses these lessons to open a conversation and community for women (and men) anywhere to feel less alone and begin moving through this type of journey.

The Color Story Studio is a place that helps small business owners’ creative visions come to life in their spaces. Sheena Birt created this company after working in multiple creative, but more corporate, positions. She has the incredible ability to truly understand people which allows her to take a seemingly crazy vision board and bring it to reality. Her leap into business ownership taught Sheena a lot, and in turn, she uses this to inspire all of you in this episode. We discuss some of the things you really need to do before venturing out on your own and the lessons that can be learned through this.

Jolene Shrock is a mom, a wife, a noonday ambassador, a founder of a non-profit, and a survivor of a hijacked plane. If all of this isn’t enough, Jolene struggled with infertility after always dreaming of being a mama and living the American dream. As a faithful woman, it was hard for Jolene to wrap her mind around this struggle that she was given. Eventually, she realized that adoption was her path and with that, came giving back to women and babies around the world. Living through fear and taking on things even when they scare her became something that Jolene lives by. She shares this advice along with other insight in episode 50. Listen as she shares her story full of heartbreak, happiness, and fulfillment.

On this episode of Audacity Rising, Carrie and Taryn bring you Dr. Michelle Mazur. Dr. Mazur is the CEO of Communication Rebel and the creator of the 3 Word Rebellion which is a unique messaging framework. She had different careers with academia, speaking events and market research but realized that those things weren’t really her jam. After seeing a pattern in her different avenues of branding, she realized that she needed to help people out by framing their messages via the 3 Word Rebellion. Not a business owner? No worries! The 3 Word Rebellion can create your personal mantra for change.

Stacey McCreery is the Founder and President of ROI Search Group and she joins us on episode 48. Realizing that Indiana needed to bring in more talent and knowing that she was the woman for the job, Stacey decided launch her own unique executive recruitment company. Her specific approach to this business and launching a business, in general, will inspire you to act on that idea you've been protecting.