First podcast of the summer!  This week, Katherine and Rachel sat down and chatted with Jen Ruckel. Jen shares her families non-traditional gender roles, as Jen works full time and her husband is the primary care-giver to their two sons. She shares how it is to be a woman in leadership and how important it is to lead with empathy.  We have a great chat about how important sponsorship is within companies to help make sure all people have the ability to be considered for roles they could be successful in. Have a listen!

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Happy May everyone!  This episode, Katherine and Rachel get to chat with Elaine Cook. She heads Equity in Lighting, so we deep dive into the great things they are doing (if thats too much industry speak, skip ahead about 10 minutes). We chat about the pandemic, differences between Canada and the US, learn about Elaine's service dog Poppy and chat about how there is still a lot of work to be done with women supporting other women.  It was a great conversation, we hope you enjoy!

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Avi Mor joins the Whelmed Pod this week!  We chat about Passover, kids, house renovations, hear about his first date with his wife.  We hope you enjoy getting to know Avi a bit!  We certainly did!  

Where Avi Works: https://www.morlights.com/

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Lisa Reed joins us as our guest this week, and we could not be more excited!  She shares with us her journey of crafting a life and company that allows for balance and great design.  How RBLD is studying ways to make the work week look like they want it too and embracing taking breaks.  Lisa also shares her own Podcast "Lighting Matters" which started the same week as the Whelmed Podcast.  Have a listen, your ears will thank you!

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Things Mentioned:
What color is your brain? 

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Its our 20th episode folks!!  This week we have artist and fellow lighting designer, Addie Smith joining the Whelmed Podcast!  Katherine and Rachel talk to Addie about her starting her own company, Addie shares her experience dealing with a stalker and points out how hard these situations are for even the most prepared people.  Enjoy!!

Where Addie Works: https://studioadelia.com/

Things Mentioned: 
How to Know a Person by David Brooks: https://amzn.to/4i4xSqC

Resources:
https://www.thehotline.org/resources/stalking-safety-planning/
https://www.justice.gov/ovw/stalking
https://www.cdc.gov/intimate-partner-violence/about/about-stalking.html
https://www.stalkingawareness.org/about-sparc/
https://ovc.ojp.gov/topics/stalking

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Happy Spring Equinox!  This week's episode we have our Canadian friend, Paul Boken joining us.  We chat about kids and family structure, hear all about Paul's entrepreneurial spirit and his semi-dangerous adventurous side.  We enjoyed chatting and getting to know Paul better, we hope you do as well!

Where Paul works: https://www.gosourcery.com/

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This week, Katherine and Rachel are excited to share a delightful chat with their friend and colleague Blythe von Reckers!  Blythe shares her experiences as a single woman, navigating work, home and family and how she's setting her own expectations on life.  She shares how great life is after 40 and how she's putting herself first and blazing her own unique trail.

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Things Mentioned:
Funny Story by Emily Henry
The Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Yellowstone
NPR Pop Culture Happy hour
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

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Makenna Karhoff joins the Whelmed Pod today!  Katherine and Rachel enjoyed chatting with her and learning about her journey of recovery.  She shares excitement in the challenge of her new job, fostering friendships that support her life goals and her vision boards!  Enjoy!

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Things Mentioned:
Life without Ed
Everything I know about Love

Trigger warning: mentions of drug use and addiction.

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This week, our friend Nicole Slaughter joins the pod!  We're grateful to chat with her and hear her struggles and resilience in dealing with sleep issues; we chat about how engineering companies were set up during the age of solo income households and ponder how this might have positive change with households shifting to two incomes, and Nicole shares the joy she finds in parenting and her mountain biking hobby!  We hope you enjoy!

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Things Mentioned:
Sandra Dalton Smith - Rest

The Art Hub for Kids

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Chris Slaughter is this weeks guest on the podcast! We chat about parenting, all the things Chris does to stay healthy and enjoy life, Chris shares what inspires him and he asks Katherine and Rachel some good questions.  We hope you enjoy!

Where Chris works: https://www.parspec.io/

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