Inspiration Rising

Bailey T. Hurley is a writer and speaker who invites women to creatively build rooted community in their corner of the world. With a life-long heart for hospitality, Bailey offers simple friendship habits to help us build meaningful, lasting relationships.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• How Bailey defines friendship.
• Ways to make new friends by saying what you truly want.
• The challenge of becoming friends with another couple.
• The difference between building friendships and being part of a community.

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Connect with Bailey:

• www.BaileyTHurley.com
• Friendship Journaling Prompts
• Facebook
• Instagram
• Pinterest

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• Ready to rise? www.insporising.com

Blythe Hill is the CEO and Founder of the Dressember Foundation, an anti-trafficking nonprofit organization that engages women and men in the fight to end modern-day slavery. Through their annual campaign, thousands of people across six continents commit to wearing dresses or bow ties for the month of December as a way to bring awareness and raise funding for anti-trafficking work. In six years, Dressember advocates have raised $7.5MM USD. Dressember has received press attention from the likes of Forbes, Glamour, InStyle, Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, the TODAY Show, Relevant, among others. Originally hailing from Seattle, Blythe now lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their dog, Friday. She loves a good red wine, a good cheese and, clearly, a good pun.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• How Blythe started Dressember as a style challenge...and then connected a cause.
• Why human trafficking isn't just a problem overseas.
• Why human trafficking captured Blythe's heart.
• The growing pains that Blythe experienced as a volunteer and then a part-time CEO.
• How Dressember collaborates to design, market, and sell their own dresses.
• How you can get involved in Dressember's efforts to end human trafficking.

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Connect with Dressember:

• 2nd Annual ‘You Can Do Anything in a Dress or Tie’ 5k Run
• Dressember
• Facebook
• Instagram
• Twitter
• Pinterest

Connect with Blythe Hill:

• How a Dress Can Change the World - Tedx Talk
• Facebook
• Instagram
• Twitter
• Pinterest

In Plain Sight Resources:

• In Plain Sight: Stories of Hope and Freedom (documentary) produced/directed by David Trotter
• In Plain Sight: 31 Day Devotional & Small Group Study Guide by Stacia Freeman and David Trotter
• Start Something to End Trafficking: A Practical Guide to Help You Start a Project, Event, Campaign, or Organization by David Trotter
• Heroes of Hope: Intimate Conversations with Six Abolitionists and the Sex Trafficking Survivors They Serve by David Trotter

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• Ready to rise? www.insporising.com

Desirae Endres is a work from home mom and podcaster. Her passion for the message of minimalism and living intentionally started as she jumped into the journey with her husband just over a year ago and got rid of 3/4 of their belongings and downsized into a much smaller home. She soon found the peace and life change that comes from decluttering and having less possessions and wanted to share that message and share her story, so out of that came the Minimalish podcast- a podcast encouraging women and moms to find more time and more joy through having less stuff cluttering up their homes and through slower, intentional living.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• What life was like for Desirae prior to learning about minimalism.
• How Desirae keeps a clutter-free home (even with a busy toddler).
• How to handle grandparents who want to fill your home with toys.
• The first steps toward decluttering your home (and life).
• What to do if your partner isn’t interested in minimalism.

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Connect with Desirae:

• www.DesiraeEndres.com
• Minimalish Podcast
• Facebook
• Instagram
• YouTube

Don’t Miss A Single Episode:

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• Ready to rise? www.insporising.com

Welcome to the Inspiration Rising podcast! My name is David Trotter, and we're here to inspire you to rise up in your life, love, and leadership.

Create beautiful, engaging social media in 5 minutes a day - www.RiseUpCreatives.com

Don’t Miss A Single Episode:

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• Ready to rise? www.insporising.com

Sara Wilson is the founder of SW Projects, a content consultancy that crafts platform-first content strategies and unique creative ideas that help build social-first communities for brands and digital publishers. SW Projects has advised on digital content, influencer and innovation strategy for Bumble, WeWork, the New York Times, Bustle, National Geographic, Playboy, Ouai Haircare, GoldieBlox, and others.

For nearly five years, Sara ran lifestyle partnerships at Facebook and Instagram, where she developed relationships with many of the most influential food, fashion, home, health, wellness and travel publishers and personalities in the world by helping them grow their brands on the platforms, and built Instagram's game-changing fashion vertical, essentially creating the playbook for how to "win" a vertical on a social platform.

Before that, she was a journalist and editor. She ran several sections at the Huffington Post—where she pioneered concepts of social-first storytelling at scale—and wrote for multiple publications including The Economist, Los Angeles magazine, People and The Independent (UK). 

Because Sara has deep experience on both sides of the equation—journalist and platform—she knows how to help both brands and publishers deliver killer content optimized for the ever-changing ecosystem of today ’s content consumer.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• How Sara knows when it’s the right time to make a career move.
• How to create a position that doesn’t even exist yet.
• The power of G&T to take your career to the next level
• Whether or not to focus on building your personal brand while working for someone else.
• Why brands need to function like publishers, and publishers need to function like brands.

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Connect with Sara:

• www.SWProjects.co
• The Short of It (past issues)
• Facebook
• Instagram - Sara Wilson
• Instagram - SW Projects
• Twitter

Don’t Miss A Single Episode:

• Subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, or Google Music.
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• Ready to rise? www.insporising.com

Damien Lorton is the co-founder of One More Productions along with Nicole Cassesso. Since 2004, they have mounted and produced over 50 different musical productions, plays, and special events together at The Gem Theatre in Orange County, California. They have helped raise over $250,000 for other non-profit organizations in Orange County including the Speech and Language Development Center of Buena Park, The Garden Grove Rotary, The Soroptimist Club and many others. Damien is proud to be a part of a theater that not only produces quality musical theater, but also gives a home to actors to study and learn about their craft, preparing them for the next step in their careers. Since co-founding OMP he has been instrumental in helping more than 25 actors go into professional ventures such as equity performances, national tours, New York City, cruise ships, industrial performances, as well as major colleges and career arts development programs across the United States and Europe.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• How being a child performer impacted Damien's life.
• The role of Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA) in his development.
• How One More Productions was started as well as the role of The Gem Theater.
• How to help your child get involved with musical theatre and what to avoid in the process.

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Connect with Damien Lorton:

• www.OneMoreProductions.com
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Instagram

Don't Miss A Single Episode:

• Subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, or Google Music.
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• Ready to rise? www.insporising.com

Hilary Johnson is on a mission to help women entrepreneurs develop powerful, profitable, and sustainable businesses. As a serial entrepreneur herself, she recognized the need firsthand for true community, support, and education. This led her to create Hatch Tribe, an organization devoted to cultivating and connecting women entrepreneurs across the world.

She is the host of the “Art of Doing Podcast” and author of “A Girls Guide to Surviving the Startup with Your Mind, Body, and Soul Intact”, an encouraging read that imparts road-tested wisdom for tackling the inner and outer work of being the boss.

When she’s not working you’ll find her traveling the world with a single carry-on bag. Her favorite quote & mantra is “Live Loud. Eat Well. Travel Often”.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• How you know if you’re ready to start your own business.
• What Hilary wished she would have done differently at the start of her first business.
• The most common hurdles that new entrepreneurs face.
• Why a willingness to endure pain is needed in order to reach your goals.

 Create beautiful, engaging social media in 5 minutes a day - www.RiseUpCreatives.com

Connect with Hilary Johnson:

• Hatch Tribe
• Hatch Tribe Members Circle
• The Art of Doing podcast
• A Girls Guide to Surviving the Startup: With Your Mind, Body, and Soul Intact by Hilary Johnson
• Facebook
• Instagram
• Twitter
• YouTube
• LinkedIn

Don’t Miss A Single Episode:

• Subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, or Google Music.
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• Ready to rise? www.insporising.com

Welcome to the Inspiration Rising podcast! My name is David Trotter, and we're here to inspire you to rise up in your life, love, and leadership.

My question for you today is...are you satisfied with your life? When I ask myself that question, I can hear all sorts of voices in my head!

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Don't Miss A Single Episode:

• Subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, or Google Music.
• Leave a quick review on any of the podcast apps to tell people what you think about the show.
• Take a screenshot of the podcast and post it on Instagram or Instagram Stories. Tag us @insporising. We’ll repost and give you a shoutout!
• Ready to rise? www.insporising.com

Alison Lumbatis is the creator/editor of the blog, Get Your Pretty On, which she started as an accountability partner to chronicle her personal style journey out of the yoga pants mom rut. Over the years, it has evolved into a space for women worldwide to get style and beauty inspiration, gain confidence, and live prettier lives.

Alison has created the first of its kind online capsule wardrobe membership program called Style Challenges. Since rolling out the program in 2014, over 25,000 women in 20 countries have participated. She is a personal stylist and former actress and print model with both creative and technical backgrounds and was also a network engineer for several years before leaving corporate America to pursue creative endeavors.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• Why you should care about the clothes you wear.
• How Alison got out of the yoga pants mom rut.
• How a capsule wardrobe can make your life so much easier.
• What basic items are worth investing more money in.
• How to keep up with seasonal trends without spending a fortune.

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Connect with Alison Lumbatis:

• Free Capsule Wardrobe - offer Alison mentioned!
• GetYourPrettyOn.com
• Facebook
• Facebook Group
• Instagram
• Pinterest
• LikeToKnowIt

Don't Miss A Single Episode:

• Subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, or Google Music.
• Leave a quick review on any of the podcast apps to tell people what you think about the show.
• Take a screenshot of the podcast and post it on Instagram or Instagram Stories. Tag us @insporising. We’ll repost and give you a shoutout!
• Ready to rise? www.insporising.com

Spencer Hurtt is a four-time competitor on American Ninja Warrior. If you’re not familiar with the show, it’s an insane obstacle course where competitors try to make it to the end and hit a buzzer without falling off.

If I heard that he was on the show four times, I would be envisioning a 20-something who spends their entire week in the gym. In fact, Spencer is 41 years old, an he’s the president of Container Supply Company. Plus, he’s married with four children. I love this fact, because it tells me that I can learn from his ability to manage a lot of things in his life while staying super fit.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• How Spencer combines family time with creative workouts.
• What it takes to persevere in the face of extreme obstacles.
• A little something he calls “state of emergency” training.

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Connect with Spencer Hurtt:

• Facebook
• Instagram
• YouTube
• Container Supply Company

Don’t Miss A Single Episode:

• Subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, or Google Music.
• Leave a quick review on any of the podcast apps to tell people what you think about the show.
• Take a screenshot of the podcast and post it on Instagram or Instagram Stories. Tag us @insporising. We’ll repost and give you a shoutout!