What started as a way to catalog her family’s recipes while she worked on her master’s degree in broadcast television, turned into an online destination visited by millions of people a month. Kelly Senyei is a professionally trained chef, TV and podcast host, cookbook author and entrepreneur behind Just a Taste. Her love of food and gathering in the kitchen started long before she went to culinary school with the influence of her grandmother and mom. With that love of food instilled in her from ...
May 19, 2021•37 min
From creating makeup colors in his apartment kitchen to running one of the biggest makeup brands in the world, Too Faced Co-Founder Jerrod Blandino’s vision for changing the beauty industry has never changed. He set out to disrupt the norm of formulaic colors and styles and introduce fun and excitement to the beauty industry, all while focusing on the mission to make this world a better place through how we feel about ourselves and in turn, how we interact with the world around us. Jerrod is pas...
May 12, 2021•36 min
After graduating with a degree in Communications, Shea McGee realized her heart wasn’t in media - it was in design. She made a huge leap and switched careers, with her own home remodel as her first design portfolio project. As she documented the results and started taking on clients in the Southern California area, Shea’s aesthetic started to catch attention and she became one of the first design influencers on Instagram. A few years into design, Shea finally convinced her husband Syd to join he...
May 05, 2021•37 min
What started out as a way to share some of her favorite recipes with friends and family, quickly turned into a saving grace for Carrian Cheney and her family. It wasn’t long after she launched her blog, Oh Sweet Basil, nearly 13 years ago, that her husband Cade was out of work and Carrian was facing one of the biggest physical, mental and spiritual challenges of her life during her second pregnancy. She spent months in the hospital - often alone, scared, and in pain, but she knew she was meant t...
Apr 28, 2021•45 min
She grew up on the basketball court, following her dad’s career as a college men’s basketball coach. She knew the game like the back of her hand. Still does. Learning from her dad as they watched his players, went on recruiting trips and just spent time together at the dinner table, were some of Lee Anne Pope’s fondest memories with her dad, Lynn Archibald. It was years of moving from state to state, years of wins, and years of losses that taught Lee Anne and her family what it really means to b...
Apr 21, 2021•55 min
If you head over to Perk Energy on Instagram and other social platforms, Rena Doman is the bright-eyed, energetic, friendly face you’ll likely see in the company’s Instagram stories, posts and reels. She’s one of the three co-founders of the company best known for their warm, “hug-in-a-mug,” energy pick-me-up. In just five short years, Rena has helped grow the Perk brand and the loyal Perk community. But what many people and loyal Perk followers don’t know about Rena is the journey she’s been on...
Apr 07, 2021•1 hr 8 min
What started out as a blog to share her New York newlywed adventures with family and friends, has since turned into a journey shared with millions of readers all over the world. For nearly 14 years, Naomi Davis has celebrated motherhood, family, travel, good food and life’s simple joys on her blog, Love Taza. Now, as the mother of 5 and after a huge move across the country, Naomi opens up even more about marriage, motherhood, friendship and family in her new book, “A Coat of Yellow Paint: Moving...
Mar 31, 2021•54 min
Mar 24, 2021•2 min
If you’re like me and listen to the podcast, How I Built This, you know many successful entrepreneurs start a business because they need to solve a problem they've encountered. It’s no different for today’s guest, Vanessa Quigley. As her youngest child was getting older, Vanessa realized she was struggling to keep up memory books, something she loved but found little time for. So, while her husband, Nate Quigley, was working on a start up of another nature, Vanessa went to him with a new idea - ...
Mar 17, 2021•53 min
You might know her as the fitness and transformation expert from ABC’s Extreme Weight Loss, but Heidi Powell is so much more than that. Heidi is a mother of four, an entrepreneur, a published author and an incredibly strong woman who believes in working up a sweat, working hard every day and finding joy in the journey. In today’s episode of Courtney, Beyond the Cake, Heidi opens up about years of battling eating disorders, what it was like working on a hit network primetime show, starting a comp...
Mar 10, 2021•55 min
Dan Davis is the founder, CEO, and creative mind behind Stiry, a video storytelling platform whose purpose is to help people discover their infinite potential through stories that move them. In fact, the tagline for Stiry is “stories that stir" - they’re meant to stir emotions that lead to positive action. Since starting Stiry in 2016, Dan has directed over 200 films around the world - from billion dollar CEO’s, to the number one rock band in the world, and to the everyday person that has an ins...
Mar 03, 2021•59 min
Elena Davis was born in Sardegna, Italy - home to her mother’s family and where she’s spent nearly every summer of her childhood and adulthood since moving to the states when she was seven years old. Italy is home, just as much as Salt Lake City is for Elena now. It’s where her roots planted and grew deep over years and years of returning to visit her “nonna” and “nonno.” It’s where she fell in love with cooking, baking and most of all, sharing food around tables of new acquaintances, old friend...
Feb 24, 2021•46 min
Kylie Childs is a 6th grade teacher who found her passion for teaching at an early age. Having now been part of the education system for several years, Kylie’s love for her students and teaching our youth has continued to grow, as have her concerns around the education system, and not just due to at-home learning during the pandemic. Kylie says, more and more, teachers and parents are at odds over the learning process and the students are the ones suffering. Bekah Brewer, is a self-proclaimed se...
Feb 17, 2021•39 min
Monica Packer is a self-proclaimed recovering perfectionist, who’s journey started when she was just a teenager battling the need to reach an ideal she had created in her mind about academics, spirituality, body image… you name it. After years of battling perfectionism, and developing eating disorders, Monica finally decided it was time to change and chose to focus on progress. That shift in perspective led Monica to start a blog, which quickly transformed into a popular podcast, About Progress....
Feb 10, 2021•37 min
Si Foster was born in Okinawa, Japan, where her parents met, married and started their family. It’s also where Si fell in love with food, thanks to her mother’s influence in the kitchen. But it wasn’t until Si was a newlywed and learned that if she wanted to eat good food, she was going to have to make it. She started teaching herself the ins and outs of the kitchen, created a food club with her friends, and eventually started a blog, “A Bountiful Kitchen,” in 2008. Since then, Si’s focus has be...
Feb 03, 2021•1 hr
Shayna Ferm and Tracey Tee, moms and creators of The Pump and Dump Show, are bringing you a new podcast: Band of Mothers. With no topic off limits, the Band of Mothers podcast explores women’s lifestyle subjects with honest, hilarious and entertaining conversations through the lens of being a mom in today’s world. This is a podcast for every mom, because every mom should have a Band of Mothers. Listen at http://wondery.fm/BOM_BeyondTheCake .
Feb 02, 2021•5 min
At an early age Jocelyn Delk Adams was in the kitchen with her grandmother learning the ins and outs of home cooked meals and decadent desserts made from scratch. While Jocelyn was devoted to dancing at the time, those visits to “big mama” Maggie’s house were always magical and the memories became a permanent fixture in Jocelyn’s heart - and are the reason baking eventually became her full-time passion and career. Jocelyn is the founder of Grandbaby Cakes, a brand inspired by big mama, which sha...
Jan 27, 2021•40 min
Fifteen years ago Karalynne Call found herself in a life-threatening battle with depression. After attempting to take her own life, Karalynne was desperate for help and healing. Help, she was able to find with doctors who tried their best to prescribe the right antidepressants with the right dosage for her needs, but it was the healing part that Karalynne felt was still out of her grasp - until she finally found a doctor who believed that what Karalynne was experiencing was something that could,...
Jan 20, 2021•47 min
Today on Courtney Beyond the Cake, I’m welcoming my friend and beauty guru, Courtney Anderson, CEO to five Spa Trouvé locations here in Utah. In 2011, Courtney discovered her passion for the beauty industry when she started working as a manager for a local spa. While Courtney was falling head over heals for her job, the company was unknowingly about to go out of business. But, by the time she found out about the companies financial woes, she had already fallen in love with the work and was deter...
Jan 13, 2021•55 min
Marcia Cornell, is the founder and CEO of My Mind’s Eye. Does that name ring a bell? You’ve likely heard me talk about this brand time and time again on Instagram. My Mind’s Eye is a paper crafting and party goods company that has become my go-to over the years for party decor for birthdays, holidays and photoshoots. After seeing a void in the scrapbooking marketplace, Marcia launched My Mind’s Eye in 1999 with a hand-illustrated line of coordinating paper crafting products. She quickly grew My ...
Jan 06, 2021•43 min
Brooke Romney is a writer, speaker, educator and connector. Her work has been published in The Washington Post, The Desert News, Scary Mommy, and many more publications read by millions. Brooke is also well-known for her blog and Instagram accounts, BrookeRomneyWrites.com, where she hosts Teen Talk Tuesday and writes avidly about motherhood, among many other topics. Brooke recently published her first book, “I Like Me Anyway: Embracing Imperfection, Connection, and Christ.” Having read this book...
Dec 16, 2020•45 min
Michelle Inkley is the mom of four boys, an organizer, wedding and event planner, DIY guru and lover of all things beautiful. When Michelle gave birth to her second son, Tanner who is now 25, she and her husband were surprised to learn that Tanner had Down Syndrome - something doctors missed in an earlier ultrasound. Feeling a bit blindsided by the news, and in an era before support groups and social media connections, Michelle found herself feeling lost in unfamiliar territory. In today’s episo...
Dec 09, 2020•43 min
After giving birth to twins, Jess Toolson started noticing a major change in her hormones and cycle. So much so, that she felt like a different person two weeks out of every month. With doctors giving her little answers or help, Jess felt desperate, knowing how she was feeling was not how she was supposed to feel. During this time, Jess found holistic health practitioner Cody Sanders, who had already created a natural herbal formula to help regulate hormones and decrease the symptoms of PMS. Wit...
Dec 02, 2020•1 hr 2 min
In 2016, Julie Sullivan-Loos returned home from working in Uganda, where she had been in charge of an employment training program for women overcoming poverty. Back in her hometown of Portland, Oregon, Julie wanted to continue her work and saw the need for a similar program right at home - but she needed a product. During Julie’s search for the right product to pair with her training program, she met Carolyn Cesario. In the years leading up to their friendship, Carolyn had been working hard in h...
Nov 25, 2020•37 min
Not too long ago I had a listener reach out and ask if I’d do an episode about navigating divorce. Her parents had just announced theirs, and this listener found herself lost in this new space. I promised her I would. I promised because there were so many times early in my parents’ divorce, and even now, 18 years later, when I wished I would have been able to hear someone else’s story, when I wanted to feel less alone, when I needed help better understanding and better navigating what was going ...
Nov 18, 2020•1 hr 1 min
Brooke Walker is the host and executive producer of “Studio 5 with Brooke Walker.” She is an Emmy award-winning journalist and a member of the KSL News Team, where she contributes as an anchor and reporter. Brooke is also one of the hosts of BYUTV’s “Family Rules,” which just started it’s second season. A homegrown Utah girl, Brooke is actively involved in her community and enjoys speaking to local groups and organizations. She works with a variety of charitable organizations including Operation...
Nov 11, 2020•40 min
Roxanne Bennett is the founder and CEO of Pinners Conference, a nationwide expo for creators and creatives to come together for teaching, learning, and connecting. It’s one of my favorite weekends of the year and today we get a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to put on an event like that. But what I think you’ll love even more in this episode is the insight and inspiration Roxanne lends to other women, mothers, and entrepreneurs about embracing life’s course corrections, how following yo...
Nov 04, 2020•41 min
In a world that seems to be increasingly divisive and volatile, I've been asking myself more and more: what can I do to make a positive impact? How can I increase unity? I know it may be far-fetched to think I can change the world as a whole, but what about the world around me, right here next to me each day? In today's episode, I'm talking with Steve Carlston, my dad and President of NBC Los Angeles, about the increase in divisiveness and defensiveness, and what we can do right now, in our home...
Oct 29, 2020•40 min
If someone you love is diagnosed with cancer you want them to get the best treatment from the best doctors. In 2013, patients in Michigan thought Farid Fata was that doctor. Between his prestigious education, years of experience and pleasant bedside manner, Fata was everything you could want in a doctor. But he was not who he appeared to be. From Wondery, this is the story of hundreds of patients in Michigan, a doctor, and a poisonous secret. Laura Beil, returns with a second season of the award...
Oct 27, 2020•5 min
Five years ago, Bre Lasley experienced most people’s worst nightmare when a stranger climbed through her bedroom window and attempted to murder her. For six minutes, Bre and her younger sister, Kayli, fought their attacker before Salt Lake City police officer Ben Hone arrived and shot the attacker, killing him instantly. Though she knew her attacker was dead, her sister and she were safe, Bre soon realized her fight was far from over. In the years since her attack, Bre has continued to fight the...
Oct 21, 2020•1 hr 23 min
