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Listen this week as I talk about the synchronicity (or is it serendipity?) coming at me this week inviting me to let go of perfectionism. 

Here are the links I mention: 

Laurie Wagner and Wild Writing 

Panadanza Dance Company 

Delaware House 

Sherrill Knezel of Meaningful Marks

Alesia Miller of SoulBrew Kombucha and her SHOW THIS WEEKEND

Shelly Roder - Tuesday Morning Meditations, sign up HERE to join us!

Creative Mornings (register for next week's event)

And of course, BUY ME A COFFEE linked here, if you want to ** LITERALLY THIS TIME** buy some coffee for me and the other Cream City Guests from Seasons 1-7. 

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Another week, another inspiring Milwaukee woman. 

Death and taxes - the two certainties of life, right? So why is it so hard for us to talk about it? It’s not for this week’s guest. Shantell Riley is the owner and founder of Dignity With Departure, where she works with clients to navigate end of life decisions, details, and stages from a holistic viewpoint. Shantell also runs the monthly Death Cafe MKE, a safe space for facilitated conversation around death and dying (and also LIVING!). Listen as we talk about how important it is to bring death out into the open, to appreciate the gift that it gives us, and to prepare for its coming. (yes, even if you don’t think it’s anywhere near your time). 

Locals and Links we love! 

Website: https://dignitywithdeparture.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dignitywithdeparture/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dignitywithdeparture/

Death Cafe MKE: https://www.facebook.com/deathcafemke/

The Zen Dragonfly

Essentially Empowered

If you loved this show, you’ll definitely want to listen to this episode with Miranda Malone. Find it HERE or wherever you get your podcasts. 

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Links I mention this week in the Friday Digest! 

Harper Marten this week's guest on creativity!

Also a new, as yet unreleased podcast, "Calm It Down, Kids!" (let me know what you think, would you listen?!)

Molly Caro May on attention

And tune in next week for another incredible Milwaukee woman, living her dream in the Cream City! 

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Another week, another inspiring Milwaukee woman. 

This week on the podcast, another encouraging lesson on what it means to be creative. At any age. This week’s guest, Harper Marten, owner and founder of The Arts of Aging, works in memory care and assisted living facilities all around Milwaukee offering the opportunity and the permission for their residents to call themselves artists through hands-on classes and workshops. Listen as we talk about process art, creativity, and how our society might just be better off with more of these social prescriptions that foster community and engagement. And find out how you can connect to her offerings no matter where you live! 

Locals and Links we love! 

Website: https://theartsofaging.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theartsofaging

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/theartsofaging/

If you loved this show, you’ll definitely want to listen to this episode with Anne Basting where we talked about creative care for our friends and family living with dementia. Find it HERE or wherever you get your podcasts. 

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Links I mention this week in the Friday Digest! 

Poem: At Albany Bulb with Elaine by Alison Luterman

Andrea Scher and her book, Wonder Seeker 

Dasha Kelly Hamilton (coming soon to the pod!) 

Shelly Roder's Loving Kindness Meditation 

And tune in next week for another incredible Milwaukee woman, living her dream in the Cream City! 

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Another week, another inspiring Milwaukee woman. 

The topic of this week’s conversation may be triggering to some, but death is the one thing we all have in common, we’ll all get there one day, and we will all lose the people that we love. Today’s guest is an expert in grief and loss. Miranda Malone, owner of New Moon Therapies and the Milwaukee Motherless Collective knows the pain of grief all too well, having lost her own mother at the wee age of five months. Too young to remember anything about her own mother, she has spent her career helping other women who have also experienced this specific kind of loss. Listen as we talk about the important work she is doing with women in this city to collectively grieve and process mother loss. 

Locals and Links we love! 

Website: https://www.newmoontherapyllc.com/

Facebook (private group): https://www.facebook.com/groups/1388599778705031/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/milwaukeemotherlesscollective/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themotherlosstherapist/

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Links I mention this week in the Friday Digest! 

Where I'm From by George Ella Lyon

VOTE VOTE VOTE 

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Another week, another inspiring Milwaukee woman. 

Today on the podcast, I am excited to introduce my dear friend Nell and the story behind her departure from Milwaukee's culinary scene where she was (and still is) revered as a friend, mentor, connector, go-getter and all around STAR. But in 2019, she made the decision to pivot out of the food industry and into a new life. 

So far this season, I've talked to women who have pivoted INTO something - and we've focused on where they ended up. But I wanted to bring on a woman who could speak to us about pivoting OUT of something as well. (though where she pivots is equally as interesting, and we DO talk about that, too). It's equally as brave to decide to leave a career, especially if (and when) you're at the pinnacle of your place in the industry, like Nell. 

Nell was also my collaborator on the Wilcuma Dinner for the Hanan Refugees Relief Group last week. You can find out more about the dinner on the segment on TMJ4 here!

Locals and Links: 

Want to work with Nell, here is her web page at Shorewest Realtors

Want to check out her cookbook on Ramen, here it is at Boswell

If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to check out the episode with Lori Fredrich, Food Writer for OnMilwaukee.com HERE, or wherever you get your podcasts! 

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Links I mention this week in the Friday Digest! 

Love the pod? Buy me a coffee! (pretty please!) 

Persisters (I made it to a meeting last week! You can too!) 

Listen to their episode from last week! (the PERSISTers)

Hanan Refugees Relief Group - donate today! 

Bojana Zurić Martinez - her episode from last season! (a refugee story)

Chefs from the Wilcuma Dinner (support their restaurants, they support community!): 

• Gregory León from Amilinda 
• Dana Spandet from Flour Girl & Flame 
• Justin Aprahamian from Sanford
• Mary Kastman from Purslane
• Jennifer Grundy from Seven Swans Crêperie 
• Gil Petrovic from Buckley's
• and Nell Benton** from Shorewest

** Listen NEXT week for Nell on the podcast! 

Threshold Choirs! 

National Diorama Month

EVENT: 2025 Diorama-Rama at Amorphic Beer

Street Life Communities

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Another week, another inspiring Milwaukee woman. 

Join me as I talk with Stephanie Ciatti, founder of Babbling Babes, a local organization determined to be more than ‘just another moms group’ for women who are more than ‘just mom.’ Community, connection and FUN are all on tap at these local meetup groups. And ALL moms are welcome in these judgement-free spaces where they can show up and share their whole, authentic selves. Listen as we talk about why these spaces are needed and the story behind how she created this from her own need when her children were young. 

Locals and Links we love! 

Website: https://www.babblingbabes.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/babblingbabes

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mkebabblingbabes/

If you loved this show, you’ll definitely want to listen to this episode with Meagan Johnson of Milwaukee Diaper Mission and how they TOO are helping new moms around the city! Find it HERE or wherever you get your podcasts. 

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