Today I am talking with Lauren Scrugg Kennedy. Lauren is a Blogger, author and wife to Jason Kennedy. This conversation could not be more perfect timing. When all of us are feeling a little down and nervous, Lauren’s powerful story of her finding healing in a tragic experience can make us all hopeful. We talk about marriage tips and how she and Jason strengthen their marriage even though sometimes they are in the public eye. Jason is a correspondent for E news and hosts his own show called In th...
Mar 25, 2020•1 hr 2 min
This week I talked with Joanna Waterfall, Founder of Yellow Co. a community of women creating meaningful work. She is the guru of helping others find community. So much so that she started a company based on others finding each other and their shared passions. Joanna and I talk about how we were all made for the community, how to find it, and why it matters. We discuss how hard it can be, how we can be a society that can be socially connected but lonely at the same time. She gives us advice on h...
Mar 18, 2020•47 min
Most of us know what’s important in our life, but does the time we spend on them reflect this? If you looked at how we lived our life, would people know what was really important to you? Would your life reflect your priorities? Today I have my friend Kyle Barger, founder of Make a Day, on the podcast. He started serving others out of the success of his company. Something that started as a small opportunity to love others has turned into a non-profit that serves the homeless in Ohio. Here are som...
Mar 11, 2020•56 min
I love talking about things that are inspiring to me, something that I am learning, something that was an AHA moment for me. And one of those things I am working on right now is being present in me. Not scrolling my phone when I am bored or lonely, or adding something to my day that doesn’t really need to be there because I can’t just be still. But I am focusing on just being present, noticing things around me; the beauty, the sounds, the gift of that moment. We live in a world where we are bomb...
Mar 04, 2020•23 min
Have you ever felt like you wanted to do something but didn’t feel qualified? Maybe you had a dream you wanted to go after but you didn’t feel like you were smart enough or had enough experience to succeed? Today we are talking to Kate Crocco, she is a licensed therapist+mindset and confidence coach and author of her new book “Thinking Like A Boss,” which you can now get on Amazon or anywhere books are provided. She is also is a mama to two little girls who keep her busy. I love picking her brai...
Feb 26, 2020•51 min
Today’s guest is Hoda Melki. Hoda is from Beirut, Lebanon and lives there with her husband. They both founded Heart for Lebanon which is a non-profit that provides help to refugees. The trip that forever changed my life is the one I took to Beirut. To see first hand the refugees’ story, to sit with them on their floor as they tell of atrocities, and to see Heart for Lebanon come alongside in their pain was amazing. Hoda grew up in a worn- torn country and tells about her experience. For those of...
Feb 19, 2020•1 hr 4 min
Today my guest is Mica May, founder and CEO of May Designs. You have seen her beautiful designs at Target. In this conversation we talk about finding our creativity in our own way, asking others for help in the areas we aren’t gifted in, and how to connect with others who are going through similar situations. Mica has a successful business that she started by solving a problem for herself and her friends. She also is a part of the “Lucky Few” parents who have a child with down syndrome. We talk ...
Feb 12, 2020•56 min
Today we are talking about all things GRIEF, specifically how do we walk with friends through grief. All of us will or have experienced grief in some way. It could be the loss of a loved one or friend, loss of a dream, relationship, future, family. People around us are grieving every day, and we all want to help them, but how do we enter their pain? Many times we don’t know what to do or what to say, so then we find ourselves saying and doing nothing at all. This year we have personally felt the...
Feb 05, 2020•24 min
Molly Stillman is the founder and creator of Still Being Molly, a life and style blog started in 2007, and the host of the Business with Purpose podcast. Her true passion lies in helping inspire women to know that they were created on purpose, with a purpose, and for a purpose. Molly has had the honor of collaborating with brands such as Stitch Fix, Target, Elegantees, The Root Collective, Sseko Designs, Noonday Collection, and more. She is honored to have been featured in such publications and ...
Jan 29, 2020•1 hr 1 min
Today’s guest is one of my favorite Brits. Steve Cockram and I are talking all about self awareness. Steve Cockram is an international speaker, author, and consultant to top-level executives and leaders around the world. He is a subject matter expert on personality and wiring, organizational leadership, emotional intelligence, and interpersonal communication. Steve is the co-founder of GiANT Worldwide, a global leadership consultancy. He is also co-author of the books 5 Gears and 5 Voices publis...
Jan 22, 2020•54 min
I met Christina at a boxing class, I was visiting NYC for my 40th birthday and per my normal tradition of taking a new fitness class, Christina happened to be my instructor. I fell in love with her energy and passion for teaching and encouraging her class. Afterwards we chatted about all things. I heard her story and knew she had to share it on our podcast. Christina has been a fitness model for Nike, Adidas. She has been featured in Shaun T’s Beach Body videos. She was a professional dancer and...
Jan 15, 2020•55 min
Many times we want to “fix” people. And many times we do this from a good place but what if we just met people exactly where they are without the agenda to fix them, but just to love them. Today’s guest teaches us to do just that. Growing up in rural Minnesota, Callie Himsl always longed to live for something bigger than herself. Her curiosity took her around the world, landing in Haiti where she met her husband. She has lived in Port-au-Prince for seven years and has had the opportunity to meet...
Jan 08, 2020•44 min
Today’s guest is the perfect guest to start the New Year with a bang, obviously we booked Jacki Carr for ALL the goals, intentions, and how to put it all into practice. Jacki is a goal coach, writer, motivational speaker, and the co-founder of Rock Your Bliss . As a leader in transformation, her coaching style includes real talk and true connection to your whole self honoring the successes and the many failures as well as the permission to be a beginner again and again….and again. She believes a...
Jan 01, 2020•50 min
Merry Christmas to all! Christmas is my very favorite time of year, it’s full of hope, promise, joy, beautiful trees, memorable gifts - all the sparkly things. But many times the holidays aren’t the most joyful season for everyone. Sometimes it can be full of loss, grief, brokenness. In this podcast we talk about some of the losses we have experienced this year and how joy and loss can co-exist. We talk about the hope of Christmas even though a painful season. We hope this podcast brings you pea...
Dec 25, 2019•13 min
Today’s guest is Natalie Silverstein. I met Natalie this year on a trip to NYC. Natalie has given her life to serve others and help other families do this, too. She is a mother of two and has walked the talk. Natalie gives us some tangible ways we can teach our kids to be generous and compassionate to others. She even wrote an entire GUIDE to help us in our own families. Her book is called Simple Acts: The Busy Family’s Guide to Giving Back. Her book was featured in HuffPost as the TOP 10 books ...
Dec 18, 2019•42 min
Have you ever wondered what it would feel like to meet Oprah Winfrey, or to work for her? Today’s guest is Christine Mulhearne who has worked for O, The Oprah Magazine for the past 13 years. She shares some incredible wisdom from the years she has been a part of O, The Oprah Magazine. This is one of the most interesting conversations. Christine is energetic and confident in who she is. She lives in NYC, but is a southern girl at heart. She is unapologetically herself and gives us some great advi...
Dec 11, 2019•49 min
It’s our first ever Gift Guide on the podcast. We are so excited for this episode because we have everything for ALL your Christmas gifts. Each company is featured because our family has not only been enriched by what they have created, but they are all companies that build on behalf of others and love others well, and you know that is what we are all about at be.love podcast. On the show today we feature 6 companies that offer gifts from beautiful home goods, leather goods and shoes, serving ki...
Dec 04, 2019•19 min
This week’s “be love quick tip,” is about gratefulness. We are rolling into Thanksgiving and many of us are reminded at this time to really focus on gratitude, but how do we carry that gratitude the entire year? How do we teach our kids to be grateful? How do we model this on a daily basis? Join us as we dive into these topics today! Don’t forget we have an apparel company www.bestrongstory.com and this weekend is our BIGGEST sale of the year. Shop all apparel for adults, kids, lunchbox notes, w...
Nov 27, 2019•13 min
Today’s guest is Cassandra Curtis. Cassandra Curtis, co-founder and chief innovation officer at Once Upon a Farm . Cassandra brings extensive knowledge of product development, childhood nutrition and parenting experience to her position at Once Upon a Farm. When Cassandra had her first child she could not find an organic, whole foods baby food to feed her child. Cassandra has a background in nutrition and health and was making her own baby food in her kitchen. She decided that even though she mi...
Nov 20, 2019•38 min
Today’s interview is a powerful one. There are not many times when I have no words, and this interview was one that was hard to find the words to say. Our guest today is author, Lora Jones. Lora Jones’s world shattered on Nov. 23, 2004, the night she survived but lost her husband and two children in a head-on collision. She secretly, desperately wished for death to claim her, too— how could she go on alone? —but a soft, faint voice sang to her in the midst of her deepest pain that night, the voi...
Nov 13, 2019•36 min
In this episode, Arielle Estoria shares one of her soulful spoken word poems, we talk about society’s image of a healthy body, her latest modelling gig for Kim Kardashian's new shareware line SKIMsand and what it means to love yourself well. You don’t want to miss the end when she speaks worth over us in spoken word, it gave me goosebumps and brought me to tears. I want every person to feel the truth of what she is speaking. Arielle’s motto “Words are not for the ears but for the soul” helps pie...
Nov 06, 2019•45 min
On today’s BE. LOVE QUICK TIP I talk about what that looks like, how you can start, and how loving others together can be one of the most memorable things you can do. Teaching our kids to love and serve at a young age, helps them keep these habits as they grow older and even have their own family. We would love to know your ideas and ways that you serve with your family. Tag us @bestrongstory on instagram or facebook or email us: info@bestrongstory.com And for those of you listening now, sign up...
Oct 30, 2019•6 min
Most all of us know someone who has been impacted by cancer. It is a disease that has no prejudices, and can affect the young, old, poor, rich, men, or women. Today I am talking with Barbells for Boobs founder Zionna Hansen about what it means to advocate for those you love who have cancer. Zionna started Barbells for Boobs out of a need to help her friend who had struggled with the healthcare system after she knew something was wrong, but couldn’t get a mammogram because of her age. She was lat...
Oct 23, 2019•48 min
You don’t want to miss my conversation with Chad Moses from the organization TO WRITE LOVE ON HER ARMS. TWLOHA is a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury, and suicide. It is one of the most powerful conversations about mental health I have ever had. We talk about depression, suicide, substance abuse and the power of sharing our struggles with another so we can get the help we need. Because NONE of us are me...
Oct 16, 2019•47 min
Hey ya’ll, every now and then we are going to be dropping little quick “ be love tips” on our podcast. Little shorts about loving others well. A 5-10 minute quick recording. It could be a story of someone we know that inspired us to act, something we did as a family that touched us, but just little “be love quick tips,” that might help all of us throughout the day. Simple things that may make us open our hearts and spread a little love in our busy days. Because I know I need a good reminder ever...
Oct 09, 2019•11 min
This week we have Liz Bohannan back on our podcast. She has become one of my favorites, you know those people you can just sit with over a cup of coffee for hours and it still not be enough time, that’s Liz. She is kind and passionate, and cares about others, AND she just wrote one of my favorite leadership books of the year called Beginner’s Pluck: Build Your Life of Purpose and Impact Now. I would give this book to any person who wants to be a part of change in this world. She made me think of...
Oct 02, 2019•41 min
Today’s guest is a kindred heart. He loves those that many people see as invisible. He spends a lot of time with the homeless and gives us tips to keep our eyes open to others who many just disregard. We talk about the years when someone gave him a chance when he was a young boy and in poverty himself. We talked about when he lived on the streets so he could truly understand those he was going to serve. Get ready for your hearts to be open. Terence believes EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE SEEN. Terence Les...
Sep 25, 2019•50 min
This week we have the hilarious Melissa Radke (comedian, author, viral video sensation, and star of the show Radkes on USA Network. I am so excited to share this interview. She is not only everyone’s immediate best friend because of her realness, but she teaches us about persevering when others have torn you down. Melissa grew up as a talented singer, but after multiple producers turned her down and told her awful things about her appearence, she fell into a depression. And then when she turned ...
Sep 18, 2019•49 min
Today’s podcast is a little different. Many of you asked if we would have someone interview us and tell our story, so we said, “Sure”. Today my friend Kari Sowers is interviewing me. We had such a fun interview, with some kids interrupting, snoring dogs and meowing kitty cats. We talked about how our company and podcast came about. How a little lunchbox note changed our families’ life, became our family mission, and inspired our company and podcast. We talk about my former jobs that had nothing ...
Sep 11, 2019•43 min
Today I talk with Megan Tamte who is the founder and Co-CEO of Evereve, a fashion brand she created because of a disastrous trip to the mall soon after having her baby. So she created a place for mothers to feel beautiful and special. Evereve’s tag line is “with heart,” we talk about how loving others is the most important part of their business. They hire people who love fashion but who love people more! We take leadership lessons and the “tiny behaviors” they teach their employees, and how we ...
Aug 07, 2019•45 min
