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The Couragemakers Podcast | Encouragement, Inspiration & Rebel Rousing for Mission Driven Doers, Makers & Shakers |

Meg Kissack | The Rebel Rousers: Creativity, Inspiration & Dreamchasingtherebelrousers.com
Couragemakers is a weekly podcast for creative and passionate,mission-driven doers, makers and world-shakers designed to inspire and encourage fellow couragemakers, and spark a movement of women who are choosing themselves. Building the life you want and putting stuff in the world takes a boatload of courage, but you don’t have to do it alone. Every Monday, unconventional couragemakers all over the world share their stories, their advice and their dreams as we have honest conversations about everyday courage, living a wholehearted life and dream chasing. We’ve figured out what we don’t want in life, now we’re figuring out what we do want. And we talk about the things that make us feel on fire as well as the monsters that hide under our beds. Couragemakers is brought to you by Meg Kissack of That Hummingbird Life. Because everything changes when you believe you matter. Let’s shake things up together. Warning: contains courage, vulnerability and a desire to leave the world a brighter place than how we found it.
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Episodes

040 Saving The World One Doodle At a Time with Jenipher Lyn

Happy Monday Couragemakers! I am so excited to share with you this week’s episode of Couragemakers! For this week’s episode, I’m speaking to the wonderful Jenipher Lyn. Jenipher a self-taught artist who is on a mission to save the world one doodle at a time. She who believes the more genuine encouragement in the world, the better and her goal in life is to inspire as many girls and women that they are not alone. Jenipher can be found drawing and eating cupcakes in the middle of Florida with husb...

Dec 05, 201652 minEp. 41

039 Creativity, Self Care & Mental Health with Sarah Steckler

Happy Monday Couragemakers! I am so excited to share with you this week’s episode of Couragemakers! For this week’s episode, I sat down and had a good natter with Sarah Steckler. Sarah is a Creative Self-Love Coach who helps women take control of their lives by taking care of themselves. As a writer, journal lover, and creatively obsessed sticker collector, she loves to spend her free time wandering through nature and forest bathing, cuddling up with her English Bulldog, and planning her next Ne...

Nov 28, 201651 minEp. 40

038 Making the World a Brighter Place with Mary England

I am so excited to share with you this week’s episode of Couragemakers. I think it’s fair to say that sometimes the world feels like a bit of a shitshow, especially now and I think this episode is a great beacon of hope. For this week’s episode, I had the absolute joy of speaking to Mary England, self-described merriment maker and founder of Uncustomary. Mary's passion is to make other people happy and teach them how to love and accept themselves. After struggling with mental illness for twenty ...

Nov 21, 20161 hr 4 minEp. 39

037: Creativity, Seeking and Leaps of Faith with Sarah Smith

Happy Monday! I'm so happy to be back this week with another episode of Couragemakers. For those of you wondering why there wasn't an episode last week, I have just returned to the UK from my 3 month US road trip and my Granddad is seriously ill in hospital. ​​But the podcast is back this week and isn't going anywhere, I can assure you! ​​Now I'm back, I'm going to be recording 2017's episodes and working on special episodes, and new Couragemakers will be back to normal with new episodes every M...

Nov 14, 201653 minEp. 38

036 Self Care for Changemakers with Christy Tending

Hi there and welcome to episode 36 of Couragemakers! This week I’m speaking to Christy Tennery-Spalding. Christy is a self-care mentor, healer, and climate justice activist. She supports people who want to change the world develop amazing self-care practices so they can do their work more effectively and with more joy. Christy lives in Oakland, California with her husband and their feral cats, Dorothy and Harriet. During this episode, Christy shares her journey of activism, working in the nonpro...

Oct 31, 20161 hrEp. 37

036 Owning Your Story & Writing Your Adventure with Anung Vilay

Hello welcome to episode 35 of Couragemakers! This week I’m speaking with Anung Vilay and I seriously can’t wait to share this episode with you. Anung is owner, photographer and designer of Courageous Creativity:the place for extroverts and homebodies to own their life and write their adventure. She lives in Minneapolis and is married with one fur baby and works part time at a book-store. In this episode, we really get stuck into intersection between creativity and courage and how they play a hu...

Oct 24, 201655 minEp. 36

034 Believing You Are Enough with Sanah Jivani

Hi there and welcome to episode 34 of Couragemakers! This week I had the joy of speaking to Sanah Jivani. Sanah is a honors college student and the founder of a non-profit organization called The Love Your Natural Self Foundation, which focuses on empowering individuals through events, movements and hands-on sessions. She started this organization after losing all of her hair to Alopecia in the seventh grade and struggling with wigs, bullying and low self-worth. Now, her non-profit organization ...

Oct 17, 201656 minEp. 35

033 Owning Your Creativity & Passions with Christina Blok

Hi there and welcome to episode 33 of Couragemakers! This week, I’m chatting with Christina Blok. Christina is the CEO & Creative Director of Muse Monthly, a subscription box for books and tea. She a 20-something year old lover of everything nerdy, including Doctor Who, Harry Potter, and Marvel. In addition to running Muse Monthly, she is also a freelance social media strategist and writer. In this episode, Christina shares how she moved from working at a job which made her physically ill, t...

Oct 03, 201651 minEp. 34

032 Living with Intention with Amy Smalarz

Hi there and welcome to episode 32 of Couragemakers! This week, I’m chatting with Amy Smalarz. I met Amy through her podcast Living Intentionally with Amy Smalarz and she is a joy to spend time with. Amy is a mom, wife, business owner and teacher and lives just outside of Boston. She is the creator of the proprietary framework Communicate To Be Heard™ as she believes that each of us has a voice that deserves to be heard. Amy works with clients to helps them to discover and define their voice or ...

Sep 26, 201656 minEp. 33

031 Taking Your Mask Off and Healing Yourself with Diana Malerba

Hi there and welcome to episode 31 of The Couragemakers Podcast! Today I'm sharing my interview with Diana Malerba and I've been excited for a long time to share our conversation. Diana is a certified Confidence Coach living in Switzerland. She helps women to go from self doubt to self confidence and fulfilment. She is a magnet for all things self confidence, courage and resilience. When she is not coaching, she is an advocate for women empowerment, gender equality and cupcakes. In this episode,...

Sep 19, 20161 hr 2 minEp. 32

030 Developing Your Intuition & Everyday Courage with Diana Chaplin

Hello there! And welcome to episode 30 of Couragemakers! This week I'm talking to Diana Chaplin. Diana is a freelance copywriter, content strategist, and brand developer for mission-driven creatives. She's also a nature-lover, mother of two, and writer at heart. Following her intuition has given her a joyful life and career, and she loves helping others do the same. During our conversation, Diana shares her journey of deciding at a young age that she wanted to be an independent woman and how tha...

Sep 12, 20161 hr 6 minEp. 31

029 Creating A Life You Love with Kayli Schattner

Hello there and welcome to episode 29 of Couragemakers! This week I'm chatting with Kayli Schattner. Kayli is an Online Marketing + Content Strategist for creative entrepreneurs living in Phoenix, Arizona with her Corgi pup, Stabler. She encourages women to #OwnIt + life a life they love. When she's not blogging for her lifestyle site, Kayli Wanders, you can probably find her at happy hour with her girlfriends, doing yoga in the sunshine or cuddled-up with a good book and a glass of Rosé. During...

Sep 05, 201649 minEp. 30

028 Making a Difference & Getting Vulnerable with Kate Evans

Hi there and welcome to episode 28 of Couragemakers. This week I’m talking with Kate Evans. Kate describers herself as an overly excitable creative introvert with a peanut butter problem. She works as a Communications Manager for a self advocacy organisation for adults who have a learning disability and she’s passionate about empowering people to live their best lives - whether that's her friends, readers of her personal blog, or the people she works with. Making things and writing keep Kate san...

Aug 22, 201652 minEp. 29

027 Radical Responsibility & Dream Chasing with Sarah Starrs

Hi there and welcome to episode 27 of Couragemakers. This week, I had the joy of speaking to Sarah Starrs. Sarah is a writer, podcast host of The Girl Gang Conversations , and virtual assistant. She believes that our thoughts, choices, and actions create our lives, so she's dedicated herself to making choices, thinking thoughts, and taking actions that feel good. She recently closed down her coaching practice because it wasn't feeling good anymore. In her work as a Virtual Assistant Sarah helps ...

Aug 15, 201645 minEp. 28

026 From Personal Struggles to a Global Mission with Jessica Villa

Hello there and welcome to episode 26 of Couragemakers! For this week's episode, I chatted to Superbands founder Jessica Villa. Jess started Superbands, a non profit Superbands, with the mission of raise global awareness on mental illness in today's youth and empower those struggling through music. When she isn't working on Superbands, Jessica enjoys going to concerts, binge-watching various Netflix series, traveling, and snuggling with her (adorable!) puppy, Jax. In this episode, Jessica talks ...

Aug 08, 201641 minEp. 27

025 Doing It Your Own Way with Meghan Maydel

Hello and welcome to episode 25 of Couragemakers! This week I'm talking with Meghan Maydel. Meghan is a brand + biz strategist who helps creative badasses who've decided they're ready to stop playing small to get real with their biz, craft a brand + biz that doesn't suck, and grow a tribe of fans who can't get enough. When she isn’t typing away at her laptop you can find her co-hosting her podcast, Blazing Creative, with her awesome co-host Steph Schertz, planning her next Halloween craft, and/o...

Aug 01, 201659 minEp. 26

024 Inventing Your Own Reality with Victoria Klein

Hi there and welcome to episode 24 of Couragemakers! This week I'm talking to Victoria Klein, aka VK and I'm so excited to share this episode! VK is a former Virtual Assistant-turned-Online Business Manager + Burnout Busting Mentor for entrepreneurs who are ready to take their online business up 3 notches while also sleeping 8 hours a night. And when she’s not getting her ambitious clients out of their inboxes, you can find her indulging in adult coloring books, in-depth conversations, + dark ch...

Jul 25, 20161 hr 4 minEp. 25

023 Living Without Regrets with Angela J. Ford

Hello and welcome to episode 23 of Couragemakers! Today I'm speaking to the wonderful Angela Ford. Angela is a Digital Marketing Strategist, passionate about helping multi-passionate creatives spend more time doing work they love. She also is a fantasy author, entertaining young and old alike with fantasy adventures and non-stop action. In this episode we really dive into how Angela wanted to do something fun and meaningful with her life and her desire to make a difference. She shares her journe...

Jul 18, 201654 minEp. 24

022 Being a Creative Introvert with Cat Rose

Hi there and welcome to episode 22 of Couragemakers! This week I'm chatting to the lovely Cat Rose. I met Cat over Twitter and got the chance to catch up with her over a coffee in London a couple of months ago and I'm so excited to share this episode. Cat is on a mission to help other creatives get over their fears of self-promotion and get their work seen and shared. She is a coach and founded the League of Creative Introverts: a safe community for creatives to share their work openly, learn fr...

Jul 11, 201651 minEp. 23

021 Creativity, Integrity & Pity Parties with Maria Gil Ulldemolins

Hello and welcome to episode 21! This week I had the absolutely privilege of sitting down with Spanish artist Maria Gil Ulldemolins who lives and works in Brussels. Maria's creative practice is a very process-oriented and heavily influenced by her experiences with meditation. Her work explores the themes of embracing mistakes, letting go, flow, compassion, control, variations and time. In this episode we really dive into Maria's journey of studying the visual arts in Swaziland at a young age to ...

Jul 04, 20161 hr 9 minEp. 22

020 Being a Self Love Junkie with Jennifer Seale

Hi there and welcome to episode 20 of Couragemakers! This week, I'm talking with the lovely Jennifer Seale. Jen is a certified Holistic Health Practitioner (health and wellness coach), licensed Spiritual Practitioner, blogger, truth-seeker, and lover of life. She guides those who want to love themselves, heal their relationship between food and body, and live their best life possible! She shares a passion of overall wellness through holistic health, food, creativity, mindfulness, spirituality, a...

Jun 27, 201644 minEp. 21

019 Self Reflection & Being Unapologetic with Maria Northcott

Hi there and welcome to episode 19 of Couragemakers! Today I'm talking with Maria Northcott. Maria is native New Englander, former schoolteacher, sought-after wedding officiant and creator of community.Maria thrives on building relationships and making connections and in 2015, she quit her full-time job to free her heart and soul to do exactly that During our conversation, Maria shares her journey into the world of creative business, her world beliefs including why she doesn't believe in competi...

Jun 20, 20161 hr 6 minEp. 20

018 Self Care & Rule Breaking with Amanda Sewell

Hello there and welcome to episode 18 of Couragemakers! This week I'm speaking to Amanda Sewell. Amanda is a wellness junkie, coach and rule breaker. She believes that everything in life comes down to radical self responsibility. During the interview Amanda shares her own journey of self care, how tough experiences have built her resilience and her practical advice for women who really struggle with self doubt. In this episode, we really challenge this notion that self care is selfish, talk real...

Jun 13, 201642 minEp. 19

017 Taking A Chance On Yourself with Krista Rae

Hello and welcome to episode 17 of Couragemakers! This week I'm talking to the lovely Krista Rae. Krista is a blog strategist and WordPress developer who helps female creatives craft strategic blogs to elevate their business and conversions. In this episode, Krista shares how how she went from starting a craft blog and having a side hustle to being able to quit her job and focus on her business full time , She also shares how she found a supportive community online, and also the not so glamorous...

Jun 06, 201641 minEp. 18

016 Sustaining Your Passions & Putting Your Life Online with Michelle Anneliese

Hi there and welcome to episode 16 of Couragemakers! This week I'm talking to Michelle Anneliese. Michelle is a writer, speaker, geek, mental health advocate, and self confessed overachiever. She's also a multi-passionate content creator and has dreams of owning her own media production company. During our conversation we really dive into some great discussions about passions and how to sustain them, starting projects to get us through hard times and how to refill your creative cup. Michelle sha...

May 30, 201642 minEp. 17

015 Carving Your Own Path with Suzanne Hoare

About Suzanne Suzanne (who likes it when people call her Suz) is a recovering lawyer and the founder and chief creative copywriter of PepperJar, the place where small business owners and entrepreneurs go to escape the 'epidemic of generic' and stand out online with personality-infused words. As much as she loves her work, she loves play too, and can often be found enjoying any of the following: snuggling on the sofa, wandering by the sea, thinking up witty tweets, sweating on the netball court, ...

May 23, 201654 minEp. 16

014 Choosing Joy with Ashten Giardine

Hello and welcome to episode 14 of Couragemakers! For this week's episode, I had the absolute joy of talking to Ashten Giardine. Ashten is the founder of Just Go Left : a lifestyle blog and a love letter to living her best life. She founded Just Go Left, not just because she not-so-secretly wants to be Oprah, but because she believes through the ups and downs of life we are given the choice to "go left" when things don't go right and I'm so excited to share that journey with you today. In this e...

May 16, 201654 minEp. 15

013 Self Validation & Emotional Constipation with Jenny Ambrose

Hi there and welcome to episode 13 of Couragemakers! Producing this podcast and interviewing amazing women all over the world has already been such a great experience for me, and this episode is really special. It's not often you get the privilege to interview one of your best friends. This week I'm talking to the wonderful and hilarious Jenny Ambrose. Jenny is a creative director, anthropologist, writer, business owner, encouragement coach - along with many other things - and also the mother of...

May 09, 20161 hr 11 minEp. 14

012 Leaning into Discomfort with Jennifer Sterling

Hello and welcome to episode 12 of Couragemakers, I’m so happy you’re here. I got SO much out of listening to today’s episode back when editing it and I know you’re going to love this one. For this week’s episode, I talked to the lovely Jennifer Sterling. Jennifer Sterling is an Emotional Eating Coach. She helps women stop eating their feelings and release the physical, mental and emotional weight that’s keeping them from feeling their absolute best. This is a really juicy conversation and we re...

May 02, 201644 minEp. 13

011 Going Against The Grain with Mei Leong

Hello and welcome to episode 11 of Couragemakers! I’m so excited this week to share my conversation with the hilarious Mei Leong. Mei is a writer, artist and entrepreneur living in Lancaster in the UK, and is the woman behind Wonderfully Mei Designs. In this episode, Mei shares how leaving a career in teaching allowed her to tap into her creativity and how going against the grain helped her to value herself a lot more. We talk a lot about listening to your gut instinct, keeping inspired and how ...

Apr 25, 201637 minEp. 12
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