Call it Good

Molly Huffman is a writer, mom and wife who shares her journey of loss, grief, pain, peace and joy in an honest and heartwarming way, encouraging people in all walks of life with her faith and perspective. She is the author of The Moon is Round: A True Story of Extraordinary Loss, Grief, and the Fight for Faith. On this episode, we talk about her journey of grief and the ways she has claimed joy and peace. Molly shares about her faith, and as with all episodes of Call it Good, you don't have to share her faith to extract good nuggets of wisdom or takeaways. For me, one of my main takeaways was how to help someone in your life who is walking through his/her own pain or grief.

Connect with Molly: mollyhuffman.com The Moon is Round Book: https://www.amazon.com/Moon-Round-Story-Extraordinary-Grief/dp/B089D34VT6

Connect with Ali: aliwren.com instagram.com/alisonwren

Morgan Harper Nichols is a writer, artist, and musician who makes her work around people and their stories. In 2017, Morgan started a project where she invites people to submit their stories to her website. From there, she creates art inspired by what they send her, and then, sends them the art, for free. Nearly everything Morgan creates and shares today is from this project, and she always keeps the names and stories anonymous. The fruit of this project is shared daily around social media, in publications, on murals, and more. Morgan lives in California with her husband, Patrick, and their new son, Jacob, who was born on May 30.

I'm pretty sure you've seen her beautiful art and read her moving words before. She was so wonderful to talk to, and I felt so honored that she spent some of her busy time to be on Call it Good.

On this episode, Morgan and I talk about her creative process, letting go of self-doubt, her family, and so much more.

Connect with Morgan:

morganharpernichols.com

@morganharpernichols on Instagram

Connect with Ali:

patreon.com/aliwren

@alisonwren on Instagram

@alisonwren on Twitter

Facebook Page

AliWren.com

Madison Hedlund is a coach and self-worth mentor dedicated to helping women reclaim their self trust, personal power, and come alive in their truth. It's a messy, beautiful line of life-changing work and she wouldn't have it any other way.

Madison and I met through our mutual friend Alexis Teichmiller. You might remember my conversation with Alexis from episode 10 on Call it Good.

On this episode, Madison and I talk about stopping the people-pleasing cycle, setting loving boundaries, and embodying our own power.

SHOW NOTES

Connect with Madison:

madisonhedlund.co

@madisonhedlund on Instagram

Boundaries101 e-course (closes on 12/4)

Come Alive Journal Guide

Connect with Ali:

@alisonwren on Instagram

@alisonwren on Twitter

Facebook Page

AliWren.com

Rachel Klein is the founder of Revival Food Co. Founded in 2014, Revival Food Co. almond butter is filled with nutrient-dense superfoods, sustainably sourced almonds, and lots of handmade hustle. Rachel lives in Indianapolis with her husband, David, and their two sons: Jonathan and Benjamin. On this episode, we talk about how she got started with Revival Food Co., identity, and what health and wholeness mean to her.

SHOW NOTES

Connect with Rachel:

Revival Food Co.

@revivalfoodco on Instagram

@rachel.klein_ on Instagram

Connect with Ali:

@alisonwren on Instagram

@alisonwren on Twitter

Facebook Page

AliWren.com

Abbie G Meyer is a 20-something writer and cat mom, married to her pilot husband Cal, and a newly minted Colorado resident. She believes that we are all designed to live abundantly, find fullness in community, and unashamedly press into our creativity.

On this episode, we talk about building community as an adult, navigating friendship, the beauty of the here and now, and seeing gifts in the ordinary.

SHOW NOTES

Purposeful Relationships: How to find genuine friendships

Purposeful Relationships: How to keep genuine friendships

Sermon: How to develop friends

A Manifesto for Authentic Friendship - Ali's ebook

Connect with Abbie:

Abbiegmeyer.com

@abbiegmeyer on Instagram

Abbie G Meyer on Facebook

Connect with Ali:

@alisonwren on Instagram

@alisonwren on Twitter

Facebook Page

AliWren.com

Rachel Gilliam is a digital marketer who shares her story of life, love, and loss online and in real life. She founded fmnst.co–an advertising and marketing company that empowers boss babes and fempreneurs with branding and digital marketing consulting.

On this episode, we talk about her story of health and healing, her marriage and the loss of her husband, Joe, and social media–the good and the not so good side.

SHOW NOTES

Connect with Rachel:

@rachelsymonegilliam on Instagram

@fmnst.co on Instagram

Connect with Ali:

@alisonwren on Instagram

@alisonwren on Twitter

Facebook Page

AliWren.com

Nora Schlesinger is a baker, food photographer, content creator, and the face behind A Clean Bake–a website of gluten-free and paleo treats and recipes for everyone to enjoy. (She has the best grain-free chocolate chip cookie recipe, in my opinion.)

Nora lives in Chicago with her husband and their toddler son. In her spare time, she loves to test new recipes for her blog, collaborate with brands, and work on freelance recipe development and photography projects.

On this episode, Nora and I chat about her food and health journey, what it's like to be a food blogger, social media, motherhood, the working mom balance, and prioritizing what really matters in life after a season of overwhelm and perfectionism.

SHOW NOTES

Ali's favorite grain-free chocolate chip cookie recipe

Nora's health and food journey

Finding Balance After a Tumultuous 4th Year of Blogging

Connect with Nora:

acleanbake.com

@nora_acleanbake on Instagram

@acleanbake on Twitter

Facebook

Email: [email protected]

Connect with Ali:

@alisonwren on Instagram

@alisonwren on Twitter

Facebook Page

AliWren.com

Mary Graham is a writer who shares about her life–the raw, embarrassing, funny, hopeful, and real stuff. She is also the co-host of the Not Terrible podcast–a weekly show for the hopeless optimist in all of us. Mary lives in Indianapolis, Indiana, with her husband Chris, two daughters Elliott and Harper, and their rescue dog, Blue. She has a Bachelor's degree in secondary English education and a Master's in curriculum and instruction. She taught middle school and high school English for thirteen years and is taking the school year off to pursue a full time writing and creating career.

On this episode, we talk about her unfiltered writing style, being an introvert, navigating fear and joy, and choosing forgiveness and peace.

SHOW NOTES

Quiet by Susan Cain

Introverts in the Church

Typology Podcast

The Enneagram Journey Podcast

Slime Videos on Instagram

31 Days of the Enneagram on Ali's Blog

Connect with Mary:

TrustyChucks.com

Not Terrible Podcast

@themarygraham on Instagram

@themarygraham on Twitter

Connect with Ali:

@alisonwren on Instagram

@alisonwren on Twitter

Facebook Page

AliWren.com

Alexis Teichmiller is a creator at heart with a love for adventure, frequent flyer miles, and trying new food. She believes in side hustles, which is why she has two! Alexis hosts The Laptop Lifestyle podcast, and has built a strong community of laptop lifestylers hungry for motivation and honest conversations. Alexis is also a content creator for hospitality brands. She thrives on vulnerability, connection, and authenticity. When she's not traveling, Alexis lives in Nashville drinking overpriced coffee and eating at trendy hipster restaurants.

On this episode, we talk about Nashville, living a laptop lifestyle, and chasing your dreams.

SHOW NOTES

A Manifesto for Authentic Friendship

Larz Mae

#HalfTheStory

The Five Minute Journal

So You Want to Talk About Race

Connect with Alexis

The Laptop Lifestyle

@alexisteichmiller on Instagram

Alexisteichmiller.com

Connect with Ali:

@alisonwren on Instagram

@alisonwren on Twitter

Facebook Page

AliWren.com

Simi Botic is a coach, author, and speaker who is on a mission to help others embrace their beautifully imperfect lives–food, body, and beyond. She lives in Columbus, Ohio with her husband Tim, and their son Osh.

On this episode we talk about intuitive eating, ditching perfectionism, and comparison.

SHOW NOTES

SimiBotic.com

Letting Go of Leo

Beautifully Imperfect Facebook Group

Intuitive Eating

Connect with Simi:

Facebook

Instagram

Connect with Ali:

@alisonwren on Instagram

@alisonwren on Twitter

Facebook Page

AliWren.com