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Be the Dream

Karaleigh Garrisonwww.karaleighgarrison.com
Be the Dream is your guide to authentically sharing your voice and stepping into the life you’ve always wanted. Whether through music, speaking, or creative expression, this podcast helps you own your unique sound and make an impact. As a Lighthouse for aspiring vocalists, Karaleigh Garrison illuminates the path to fearless self-expression, helping you tap into your most vivacious voice. Through powerful interviews and expert insights, you’ll gain the confidence to be heard, be seen, and Be the Dream.
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Episodes

2 Things You Need to Make and Keep Time Boundaries- Minisode

Welcome to this Minisode all about time boundaries! -Learn the two things you need to know to honor your time as sacred -Learn tools to help make busy days more manageable -Learn about how to be “healthy selfish” Snippet of Sunshine (daily quote): http://subscribepage.io/lQQXCe Coaching: https://karaleighgarrison.com/coaching/ Custom Songs: https://karaleighgarrison.com/custom-songs/ FB Group: https://m.facebook.com/groups/3330587117231829/?ref=share&mibextid=S66gvF...

Nov 03, 202313 minEp. 84

It’s Time To Do What Lights You Up!

Seeking Sunshine 2.0 is finally here! Learn the origin story behind this rebranding and what lead to this new direction for the show. Karaleigh talks about her journey as a podcaster trying to niche down and grow the Seeking Sunshine podcast, her deep dive into the realization that she didn’t want to be an autism mom, and how creativity and passion helped her to step into her full power as a passion coach helping moms to do what lights them up. Favorite takeaways: 1. The more that I was patient,...

Nov 01, 202356 minEp. 83

Big Announcement!

Big announcement: I’m giving away a Custom Song in honor of the re-launch of the Seeking Sunshine podcast happening Wednesday, November 1st! To enter, all you need to do is Subscribe to the podcast, Rate and leave a review, take a screenshot of your review and share it to social media and tag me in your post! You can tag me on Instagram @karaleigh.garrison or on Facebook @ Karaleigh Garrison. To find out more about Custom Songs, visit https://karaleighgarrison.com/custom-songs/

Oct 27, 20236 min

Unexpected Joy with Vicki Paris Goodman

Join Karaleigh in an interview with the loving Vicki Paris Goodman. Vicki Paris Goodman is the author of To Sam, With Love — A Surviving Spouse’s Story of Inspired Grief. After the love of her life, her husband Sam, died of cancer in 2019, instead of despair she was flooded with optimism. She knew the story could help others and wrote the book with that goal. She is a retired mechanical engineer, a semi-professional violinist, and a singer. She served a Long Beach, California, area newspaper as ...

Oct 24, 20231 hr 10 minEp. 82

Do What Lights You Up Trailer

The Seeking Sunshine podcast is being rebranded! Seeking Sunshine: Do What Lights You Up will officially launch on Wednesday, November 1st, on the two year anniversary of the launch of the Seeking Sunshine podcast. Celebrate with us with giveaways on social media on Instagram @karaleigh.garrison. This new version of Seeking Sunshine will focus on helping passionate, creative moms find and do what lights them up, because we are all better humans when we let our lights shine. Find clarity around y...

Oct 18, 20232 min

The Relationship Between Business and Marriage with Chris Mahan

Join Karaleigh in an interview with the wonderful Chris Mahan. Chris is passionate about assisting small business owners employ the strategies and tactics that will ensure their business is successful and profitable. Having experienced first hand the devastating effects financial adversity can have on an individual, his desire is to remove the underlying cause of financial difficulties (which is typically a lack of money) so other business owners don't suffer as he once did. Chris sees himself a...

Oct 17, 20231 hr 9 minEp. 81

3 Ways to Make Your Own Sunshine: A Live Keynote Concert

If you missed the Live event on October 7th, 2023, don’t worry, you can listen here! This is Seeking Sunshine: A Keynote Concert, Learn 3 Ways We Can Make Our Own Sunshine. Favorite takeaways: 1. It wasn’t the ball gown that saved Cinderella, it was her tenacity and courage. When everything in her life was falling apart, quite literally at the seams, it took her finding sunshine and pulling it out of thin air with her fairy godmother. But her fairy godmother couldn’t make her walk into that cast...

Oct 10, 20231 hr 12 minEp. 80

How to Find Meaning and Move Forward with Devorah Kur

Join Karaleigh in an interview with the insightful and resilient Devorah Kur. Devorah works as an SEP (trauma therapist), Reflexologist, a clinical Logotherapist (meaning oriented) and Bereavement counselor. In her wellness clinic she also incorporates Mental Imagery which uses the mind to help us heal. She is passionate about helping people through their illnesses, challenges, and struggles in life and work to empower them to the wellbeing of their mind, body, and soul. Her forte is to help peo...

Oct 03, 20231 hr 11 minEp. 79

How Integrity Fuels Your Soul with Kute Blackson

Join Karaleigh in an interview with the incredible Kute Blackson. Kute is a transformational speaker and national best-selling author of You.Are.The.One. and his new book, The Magic of Surrender, published by Penguin Random House. He has been recognized as the “Mindfulness guru that billionaires go to for advice” by Inc Magazine and has been featured on the Larry King Now Show, Dr. Drew, NPR, Fox and Friends, Mind Body Green, and many more. With everything going on in the world, there’s never be...

Sep 26, 20231 hr 16 minEp. 78

The Power of Being Still with Kristina Pierce

Join Karaleigh in an interview with the remarkable Kristina Pierce. Kristina has over 20 years of Marketing experience, leading her to start working in Facebook ads in 2014. She’s handled over 7 figures in ad spend working with brands like Gabby Bernstein, Michael Hyatt, Pete Vargas, just to name a few. Referred to as the "Ads Assassin," her love of ad strategy, creation, and optimization make her a force to reckon with, but she thrives on the data necessary to succeed in a digital world. Kristi...

Sep 19, 20231 hr 1 minEp. 76

On Healing and Redemption with Elaine Mingus

Join Karaleigh in an interview with the truly inspiring Elaine Mingus. After experiencing sexual abuse at the hands of a church youth pastor, Elaine quickly spiraled into a deep depression that lead her to use coping mechanisms such as bulimia, alcohol, and drugs. It wasn't until one day when she walked into a church, did she have a deep revelation that all her answers were not found anywhere in this world. She's recovered from all her many habits and addictions to go on to have 7 children that ...

Sep 12, 20231 hr 13 minEp. 75

Rant on Authenticity and Belonging

This is a raw and real impromptu rant with Karaleigh as she discusses authenticity, belonging, business, and the struggles of being an ambitious autism mom. Find more from Karaleigh at her website, karaleighgarrison.com.

Sep 08, 202342 minEp. 74

How to Find the Strength You Didn’t Know You Had with Dee Treadwell

Join Karaleigh in an interview with the incredibly resilient Dee Treadwell. *Trigger warning- this story is a rollercoaster that includes trauma and abuse of quite the variety, but I promise you it’s worth listening to for the miracles and strength Dee shows and experiences. Dee is CEO and founder of Divine Nexus as an Intuitive Resilience Coach specializing in grief and trauma. With over 25 years of experience, she uses her education, expertise and abilities to help you rebuild your life with c...

Sep 05, 20231 hr 14 minEp. 73

Seeking Sunshine Trailer

Welcome to the Seeking Sunshine podcast! -Seeking Sunshine (song by Karaleigh Garrison) was released as part of the Seeking Sunshine album on 5/23/23. It is currently available to stream on all major platforms. Purchase the album here: https://karaleighgarrison.bandcamp.com/album/seeking-sunshine -Contact the Seeking Sunshine Podcast by email at seekingsunshinepodcast@gmail.com

Sep 04, 20234 min

How to Find Your Personal Power and Advocate for Yourself with Kendria Johnson

Join Karaleigh in an interview with the absolutely unstoppable Kendria Johnson. Kendria is an author, teacher, coach, and superhuman who has overcome the unthinkable- including having a child at 14, years of burnout as a teacher that even led to hospitalization, and moving across the world. She learned how to be her own advocate and now teaches other teachers and administrators to do the same. Favorite takeaways: 1. The truth of the matter is people will treat you the way you allow them to. If y...

Aug 29, 20231 hr 8 minEp. 72

You Are Good Enough- Minisode

Welcome to the Seeking Sunshine podcast to anyone who may be new- this is a great chance to get to know Karaleigh in a spontaneous minisode (that is perhaps not quite so mini) where she introduces herself and talks about what “seeking sunshine” is all about. Favorite takeaway: “There’s an interesting duality that comes with growth: you have to equally know that you are incredible as you are, you’re amazing just as you are right now, you’re so worthy. But also: you need to grow. You need to conti...

Aug 24, 202332 minEp. 71

How to be Happy Starting Today with Treena Chabot

Join Karaleigh in an interview with the "Happiness Quarterback" Treena Chabot. Treena did what she thought she was supposed to do in life, but it didn’t feel the way it was supposed to feel. A career, kids, house, and spouse were not enough to make her happy. In her darkest hours, she decided not to end her life, even though she felt stuck and empty. Almost by accident, Treena realized it was up to her to change her future and give herself what was missing. She had to turn inward and reconnect t...

Aug 22, 20231 hr 3 minEp. 70

Your Power Is In Your Perspective

Join Karaleigh for a solo episode where she talks about finding her power in a life that often feels overwhelming, chaotic, and powerless. Favorite takeaways: 1. When you’re super resistant to an idea, it tends to stick with you, because when you’re super resistant to something there’s usually a reason. 2. I have always been a really strong person. I am strong willed, I am determined, and I had a really big problem with just sitting back and accepting that I was a powerless victim in my own life...

Aug 15, 202359 minEp. 69

Finding Your Bliss with Janet White

Join Karaleigh in an interview with the joyous Janet White. Janet is a registered nurse, certified positive psychology coach and author who has spent decades in healthcare administration, coaching, mentoring and leading teams. Her self-development journey led her to realize that her favorite part of her healthcare roles was the ability to build relationships, coach and mentor people. She loves sharing her passion for living a happy, healthy alcohol-free lifestyle. Her story includes a long term ...

Aug 08, 202356 minEp. 68

An Unapologetically Authentic Look into Motherhood and Mental Illness with Emerson Monroe

Join Karaleigh in an interview with the unapologetically authentic Emerson Monroe. Emerson is a wife and mother of two who has bipolar disorder, PTSD, anxiety, and childhood traumas. On her podcast “Perfect, Psycho, Insane” she goes deep into real life and discusses love, marriage, motherhood, mental illness, light and dark, and whatever is coming up for her on that particular day. It’s an audio journal of sorts that she hopes will show people that they are not alone. Favorite takeaways: 1. If y...

Aug 01, 20231 hr 1 minEp. 67

Good Things Are Gonna Come with Jasmine Rice

Join Karaleigh in an interview with the unstoppable Jasmine Rice. Jasmine is a transformational coach, NLP practitioner, and author of the book “Create Your Own Life Recipe After Divorce.” Her life flipped upside down when she went through a divorce after 14 years of marriage and lost her job all within a couple weeks of each other, but she found it was the catalyst to finding herself and now she uses what she learned during that transformational time of her life to help others along their own p...

Jul 25, 202350 minEp. 66

How to Move From Worrier to Warrior with Martin Salama

Join Karaleigh in an interview with the unstoppable Martin Salama. Martin Salama is known as the Architect of The Warriors L.I.F.E. Code. He specializes in helping people frustrated in their life quickly shift their mindset to UNCOVER their greatness so they can live their true potential and enjoy LIFE! The key to his success is, he’s mastered the ability to Live Incredibly Full Everyday! Which he turned into the acronym L.I.F.E. and created the Warriors L.I.F.E. Code coaching program. Favorite ...

Jul 18, 202354 minEp. 65

How A Conversation Can Change A Life with Julie McLean

*Trigger warning: suicide* Join Karaleigh in an interview with the inspiring Julie McLean. Julie says, “As a speaker and mental health advocate, I have done things I never thought possible. This came to fruition in 2021 when I was on the TEDxOcala stage talking about my mental health and mental illness. From there, I was certified as a coach to help others find ways to positively impact their mental health, and speak to groups on how to end the stigma of mental illness. Ending the stigma of ment...

Jul 11, 202356 minEp. 64

The Power of Faith and Grace: God’s Precious Gift, with Colleen Keefe Faul

Join Karaleigh in an absolutely inspired interview with Colleen Keefe Faul. Colleen is the author of “God's Precious Gift: A Special Needs Child.” At 6 months old, Colleen’s daughter, Grace, was diagnosed with Infantile Spasms and Tuberous Sclerosis Complex. Her daughter’s diagnosis pulled Colleen deeper into her faith, where she found consolation in the form of creativity. She was inspired to write a faith-based children's book for the special needs community that was as much for the parents as...

Jul 04, 20231 hr 22 minEp. 63

Shining a Light on Hidden Disabilities with Shannon Weatherly

Join Karaleigh in an interview with the incredible Shannon Weatherly. Shannon is a former therapist with a twisting and winding career which has landed her in the pharma industry. The road to where she is today has been paved with a great deal of hard work and also some hard times. Shannon experienced an amazing and unexpected career, a layoff which stole her confidence, a rebuild, and then massive burnout. In 2021, she was diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder that still presents her with...

Jun 27, 20231 hr 4 minEp. 62

How to Have a Rock Solid Mindset with Bonnie Hardie

Join Karaleigh in an interview with the remarkable Bonnie Hardie. Bonnie Hardie is a Mindset/Life/Gratitude Coach based in Central Florida. She Empowers MidLife Women to say "Bon Voyage" to The Shackles in their Mind so that they can live their best life. She is the creator of the unique program: "Vision For Your Life," where she combines a Wheel of Life and Vision Board - Color Coding the Wheel of Life. She has had 60+ people from 10+ countries go thru her "5x5 Formula To A Rock Solid Day" prog...

Jun 20, 202359 minEp. 61

Belief in Yourself is its Own Magic with Carry Michael Howell

Join Karaleigh in an interview with the fascinating Carry Michael Howell. Carry survived childhood trauma, was a homeless veteran, and during Covid began helping others help themselves with resiliency and motivation through a small coaching business with his partner Marie. His efforts are pointed at breaking down stereotypes of toxic masculinity and narcissism and helping men uncage the goddess within as they balance their emotional energy and frequency. Favorite takeaways: 1. Life happens for u...

Jun 13, 20231 hr 10 minEp. 60

How To Heal Yourself By Reconnecting With Your Body with Alicia Ingruber

Join Karaleigh in an interview with the amazing Alicia Ingruber. Alicia is a Women's Empowerment Coach, International Yoga Teacher and Embodiment Facilitator dedicated to helping women connect to their bodies and find their worth from within. She believes that you can create the life that you want, and your body is your most incredible, untapped resource. It is through your body that you can experience more joy, heal past hurts, build authentic confidence and receive valuable guidance. Alicia is...

Jun 06, 202358 minEp. 59

Finding My Purpose In Coaching with Tina Saad

Join Karaleigh in an interview with the beautiful Tina Saad, mother of two beautiful children Zainab & Abdulrahman. She is an empowerment coach, entrepreneur and motivational speaker. Favorite takeaways: 1. At the end of the day you decide what voice are you gonna let in and what decision you are gonna make. 2. Each one of us has a unique story- don’t compare yourself to somebody else. 3. The transformation did not happen until I started to do what I love to do. 4. When you want something, y...

May 30, 202357 minEp. 58
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