The Illuminate Podcast

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The Illuminate Podcast episodes

December 25, 2019 Episode 18: Christy Turlington Burns, Every Mother Counts
Christy Turlington Burns, founder of “Every Mother Counts” joined host Lindsey Hein on her podcast “I’ll Have Another with Lindsey Hein” and we couldn’t think of a better cross over episode for The Illuminate Podcast!
I was so honored to sit down with her at the Every Mother Counts office in NYC to hear all about the work being done to support women and provide the opportunity for safe maternal healthcare around the World.
“Every Mother Counts envisions a World where all women have the opportunity to enter motherhood and not only survive, but thrive. Christy is the founder of the organization which she began after having her own childbirth related complications. Christy directed and produced the documentary feature film, No Woman, No Cry to highlight the challenges women face throughout pregnancy and childbirth around the world.
Under Christy’s leadership, Every Mother Counts has invested nearly $15
million in programs in Africa, Latin America, South Asia and the United States focused
on making pregnancy and childbirth safe for every mother, everywhere.
Before founding Every Mother Counts, Christy received international acclaim as a model
representing the world’s biggest fashion and beauty brands. She was the Founder of
Nuala, a yoga lifestyle brand in partnership with Puma, co-founder of Sundari, a skincare
based on the principals of Ayurveda, and author of the bestselling book, Living Yoga:
Creating a Life Practice.
Christy has been featured on thousands of magazine covers, was one of Time’s 100 Most
Influential People, and Glamour Magazine’s 2013 Woman of the Year. In March 2016,
EMC was recognized as one of Fast Company magazine’s Top 10 Most Innovative Not-
For-Profit Companies.
Christy graduated Cum Laude from NYU’s Gallatin School of Independent Studies and
studied Public Health at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. She
has served on the Harvard Medical School Global Health Council, the Harvard School of
Public Health Board of Dean’s Advisors and the advisory Board of New York
University, Nursing School. Christy lives in New York City with her husband filmaker, Edward Burns and their two children.”
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51 min
December 18, 2019 Episode 17: Lindy Johnson with America’s Kids Belong
Episode 17: Lindy Johnson with America’s Kids Belong⁠
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This week we are talking to Lindy Johnson. She is a licensed therapist and trauma care trainer for America’s Kids Belong.
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AKB mobilizes government, faith-based, business and creative leaders around the goal of permanency and belonging for every child. Combining grassroots and “grasstops” methods, America’s Kids Belong runs innovative initiatives in states to help ensure that every child is in a loving home by: recruiting more foster and adoptive families, engaging wrap-around support for at-risk, foster and adoptive families along the way, and helping youth who have aged out without a family reach their full potential.⁠
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I really enjoyed learning from Lindy during our conversation. We talked about trauma and attachment within the foster care lens. We also talked about some of the initiatives that AKB is involved in! Hearing about these brought so much emotion up for me. Vulnerable children are waiting for families as we speak and the work that AKB does to bring these children permanency is so very needed.⁠
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I know that this week isn’t a light hearted easy listen. This week will challenge you. BUT I know that this week will educate you and encourage you to speak out for the vulnerable around you. ⁠
Hosted by Emily Reddington
Show Notes
Lindy Johnson on Instagram
America’s Kids Belong
I Belong Project⁠
Dream Makers Project
This episode is sponsored by LOLA.
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57 min
December 11, 2019 Episode 16: Becca Stevens; Love Heals
Becca Stevens is an author, speaker, priest, social entrepreneur, and mom of three boys. After experiencing the death of her father and subsequent child abuse when she was 5, Becca opened a residential community, which offers women survivors of trafficking, prostitution, and addiction the time, space home and community they need to heal. She founded Thistle Farms, which is a social enterprise employing women survivors. Thistle Farms is also a great place if you are looking for some Christmas gift ideas!
Becca Stevens’ is a leader in the movement for women’s freedom. She was also a CNN Hero in 2016. Becca’s message and work teach about how love and community have the power to heal and that there is hope for everyone.
This episode is hosted by: Kristin Srour
Show Notes:
Follow Becca:
Website: Becca Stevens
Instagram: @beccastevens
Follow Thistle Farms:
Website: Thistle Farms
Instagram: @thistlefarms
Snake Oil: The Art of Healing and Truth-Telling by Becca Stevens
Love Heals by Becca Stevens
Marcus Hummon
Song: Love Heals with Alison Krauss and Levi Hummon
Follow the Illuminate Podcast:
Illuminate on Instagram
www.theilluminatepodcast.com
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45 min
December 04, 2019 Episode 15: Wendy Snyder; Positive Parenting
Wendy Snyder is a Positive Parenting Teacher & Family Coach, helping families parent with great purpose and intention by creating healthy, respectful & cooperative relationships. She is a Certified Parent Educator of Redirecting Children’s Behavior (RCB) and an advocate for families.
A mother to two vibrant children, Wendy has been dedicated to the application of Positive Parenting in her home since 2009. Wendy discovered the work of Positive Parenting when she was challenged and overwhelmed with the many trials of parenthood early in her motherhood experience. The endless opportunities for practice, failure, learning and growth have created a deep fluency for Wendy in the language and curriculum of Redirecting Children’s Behavior.
Through her company Fresh Start Family, Wendy offers in-person and online seminars, coaching, classes & memberships to give parents the support and tools they need to raise their children with firmness, kindness, strong limits, compassion and empathy. Her delicate balance of encouragement, empowerment, and coaching inspires parents to take action and be the change they wish to see in their families, homes and communities.
Hosted by: Lindsey Hein
Show Notes:
Fresh Start Families
Follow Wendy:
Wendy on Instagram
Wendy on Facebook
The Fresh Start Family Podcast
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1 hr 2 min
November 27, 2019 Episode 14: Robyn Nohling; Honoring Your Body with Intuitive Eating
Robyn Nohling is a non-diet Dietician and Nurse Practitioner. She is passionate about helping women find peace with food, accept their natural body size and heal from hormonal issues and period problems. Robyn and I talked a lot about intuitive eating, what that means for your body and what it doesn’t. We talked about hormones and what can affect them; how our everyday life stress is powerful and also how you can start to heal your hormones gently and with peace.
Robyn shares with such thoughtfulness and acceptance on the podcast. She truly has such a passion for women’s health. Her knowledge is deep and wide and she has created a platform where she helps as many people as possible find answers to their questions about intuitive eating, healing their cycle and creating peace with food.
Hosted by Emily Reddington
Find Robyn at:
Instagram: @thereallife_rd
www.thereallife-rd.com
www.reallifewomenshealth.com
Show Notes
No Period Now What: A Guide to Regaining Your Cycles and Improving Fertility
Taking Charge of Your Fertility

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42 min
November 25, 2019 Supper Club: Episode 2
Bonus Episode!
We all got together to chat about life, our thoughts on our episodes, and what’s to come. Super casual and maybe a bit of rambling, but we love being together! Our hope for these episodes is that you get to know us a little better.
Let us know what you think!

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45 min
November 20, 2019 Episode 13: Mica May; Embracing What Life Has Planned
Today’s guest started a business, now a national lifestyle brand, found in Target and is one of Oprah’s Favorite things by creating something for herself! But it’s not an easy as this sounds, getting her business off the ground took, hustle, community and a problem solving attitude. Mica May of May Designs talks about how how her love for design and paper became a national brand and her journey to getting there. She offers great advice for entrepreneurs.
The second part of today’s episode, Mica talks about her amazing son, Jackson, who was born with Down Syndrome. She talks about the grieving process and how special he is to their family. You’ll also learn about the story of the #theluckyfew. Mica provides a powerful perspective for loved ones of someone with special needs.
Mica’s approach to life is that every day is a gift and that she is ready for whatever life has planned, will leave you uplifted and strong. There are so many life lessons in today’s episode. I hope you enjoy my conversation with Mica!
Show Notes:
Host – Kristin Srour
Jessica Honegger
Far From the Tree by Andrew Solomon
Peanut Butter Falcon
#theluckyfew
@themodernproper: Oat Scone Recipe
Follow Mica and May Designs!
Mica May
May Designs
Follow the Illuminate Podcast:
Illuminate on Instagram
www.theilluminatepodcast.com
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1 hr 5 min
November 13, 2019 Episode 12: Jordan Lee Dooley; Leaning into your Purpose
Jordan Lee Dooley joins us for the podcast today! Jordan is a national best selling author, podcaster, keynote speaker, social media expert, multi-passionate strategist and founder of the Own it Academy. She is passionate about helping women find their purpose and live a life they love.
We were fortunate to meet Jordan at the Edge X Mentoring conference and get to know her a little more after she got off the stage talking confidently to thousands of people in attendance. Jordan has a message that encourages you to lean into your purpose and reminded me of the importance of not just going through the motions. She also opens up about marriage counseling and how that’s helped her relationship with her husband and how they run their business together as a team.
Show Notes:
Co-Hosts: Lindsey Hein and Emily Reddington
Edge X Mentoring Conference
Jordan’s Website
Jordan on Instagram
Jordan on Twitter
Jordan on Facebook
The Illuminate Podcast on Instagram
The Illuminate Podcast on Twitter
The Illuminate Podcast on Facebook
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45 min
November 06, 2019 Episode 11: Kristen Newton; Friendship
Episode 11: Kristen Newton
Friendship is an essential piece of how we were made to live with others and experience love and joy. But have you ever found yourself stuck in a pattern that you know is unhealthy in a friendship? Or have you been blindsided by a friend and felt incredibly hurt? Friendship can be painful and hard but friend is one the my most cherished roles. This week we are talking to Kristen “KB” Newton. KB has a passion for community, friendship, and strengthening our connections with those around us. She is a speaker, vlogger, coach, entrepreneur, wife and mother. She has created a platform called Heart Convos to help encourage millennial women navigate unhealthy friendships so they feel equipped to make, maintain and mend friendships intentionally.
Community is something that we are really passionate about here at Illuminate. KB shares her experience, expertise and passions so that we all can learn how to grow closer to others, by taking her tools and using them to become more comfortable with showing our true selves to others and allowing our friends to walk deeper into our stories and our lives. Creating and maintaining friendships is hard and brave work, but KB is here to help!
Show Notes
Host: Emily Reddington
Where to find KB:
Instagram
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
Talking with Strangers By Malcolm Gladwell
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58 min
October 30, 2019 Episode 10: Avery Bang; Bridges to Prosperity
Episode 10: Avery Bang
Imagine that to get to school or the local health clinic you have to cross a river. And in order to cross that river, you have to risk your life to get there. Or imagine there was a way for you to cross the river for half the year, during the dry season, but in the rainy season, you can’t cross the river at all. This is the case for more than 1 billion people in the world. Is this a problem that could be solved in this lifetime? This week’s guest on the Illuminate Podcast, Avery Bang, thinks it is.
Avery is the President and CEO of Bridges to Prosperity. Avery is a soccer player from Iowa, turned engineer, with a vision to change the world. In this conversion you will hear about Avery’s incredible vision and work. We talk about what balance looks like for her, reflect on being born into the lives we were, and Avery’s creative penchant, which has included multiple house flips!
Bridges to Prosperity works with isolated communities to create access to essential health care, education and economic opportunities by building footbridges over impassable rivers. They have reached more than 1 million people through their work – literally changing lives and improving quality of life. This episode dives into this work and what the organization is doing under Avery’s leadership.
If you want to feel encouraged, inspired and learn something new, this episode is for you! Enjoy my conversation with Avery!
Show Notes:
Host: Kristin Srour
Krista Tippett On Being
Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
Avery’s TED Talk!
Follow Avery Bang
Avery on Twitter
Avery on Instagram
Follow Bridges to Prosperity
Bridges to Prosperity on Instagram
Bridges to Prospective on Twitter
Follow the Illuminate Podcast:
Illuminate on Instagram
Illuminate on Facebook

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45 min