1 Girl Revolution
224 episodes - English - Latest episode: 23 days ago - ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsThe 1 Girl Revolution Podcast highlights the stories of everyday women and girls who are changing the world through their lives.
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170: Bringing Women Together to Make a Worldwide Impact
March 15, 2023 12:01 - 46 minutes - 64.3 MBWendy Steele is a dedicated philanthropist, passionate entrepreneur, inspiring speaker, author, and founder of Impact100Global. Wendy joins The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast to share her life story, her inspiring work with Impact100Global, and the worldwide impact that Impact100's community of women are making together. From a very young age, Wendy’s family instilled the importance of giving back and striving to be the difference she wanted to see in the world. Throughout her life, Wendy has f...
169: Special Episode - In Honor of International Women's Day
March 08, 2023 14:46 - 46 minutes - 64.3 MBToday we're sharing a very special, NEW episode of The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast - in honor of International Women's Day. International Women’s Day started in Germany in 1910 by Clara Zetkin - as a way to recognize and honor the brave, bold and meaningful contributions of women in the past and present. At 1 Girl Revolution, we believe that every woman has the power to change the world and today is a day to celebrate, inspire, and empower women around the world! Today, we're honoring Intern...
168: The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast Returns
March 01, 2023 18:39 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MBThe 1 Girl Revolution Podcast is back with a new episode and an inspiring new season! This new episode features 1 Girl Revolution founder and host of The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast, Kate Milligan, who shares details of what's been going on in her life over the past few months, what's been going on with 1 Girl Revolution, what 1 Girl Revolution is working on, and all of the exciting things to come in 2023 and beyond. Kate also talks about Women's History Month and the women who have inspired h...
167: Combating Domestic Abuse and Violence Against Women
December 22, 2022 15:41 - 1 hour - 85 MBJan Langbein, CEO of Genesis Women’s Shelter & Support, joins The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast to share her inspiring story, how she became aware of the epidemic of domestic violence, and what she is doing - and what we can all do - to bring an end to violence against women in our world. Genesis Women’s Shelter & Support provides safety, shelter and support for women and children who have experienced domestic violence, and works to raise awareness regarding its cause, prevalence and impact. ...
166: Professional Soccer Player Who Fled Afghanistan Is Now Empowering Women Around the World
December 15, 2022 18:16 - 53 minutes - 73.2 MBKawser Amine is the founder and CEO of Women in Solidarity for Peace and Leadership (WSPL), a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, CA that is dedicated to advocating for and amplifying the voices of women and girls around the world. Kawser was born and raised in Kabul, Afghanistan, and is a former member of the female Afghan national soccer team. Kawser holds a Bachelor's degree in General Management and specialization in International Relations. Kawser broke through many barrie...
165: Raising Up Indigenous Voices and Building Community Through Creativity and Art
December 10, 2022 14:11 - 55 minutes - 76.9 MBFawn Sampson is Minnesota born and raised, a citizen of the Leech Lake Nation, and a resident of Grand Rapids, MN. Fawn currently works for the University of Minnesota Extension in the Center for Community Vitality as an Extension Educator. Fawn joins The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast to share what it was like growing up on a Reservation, her experiences as an Indigenous woman in America today, and how she’s building community and empowering Indigenous peoples through education and art. Fawn...
164: Horse Adventures for Children with Cancer and Other Life-Threatening Illnesses
December 02, 2022 16:37 - 1 hour - 69.6 MBMolly Reeser, founder of Camp Casey, joins The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast to share her story, the story of a little girl named Casey that changed the trajectory of Molly’s life, and the incredible work Molly and Camp Casey is doing to provide horse adventures and programming to children with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. While attending Michigan State University, Molly was working at a horse barn and met a little girl named Casey Foote. Casey was battling cancer and would co...
163: Providing At-Risk Kids With Positive Alternatives to Gangs, Drugs, Truancy, Violence, and Incarceration
November 22, 2022 13:20 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBDiane Latiker, founder of Kids Off The Block, joins The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast this week to talk about her inspiring story and her incredible work to help inner city kids. Kids Off The Block started in 2003, when Diane simply opened her home to youth in her community to help them steer away from the negative influences they saw daily. Kids Off The Block works with at-risk low income youth and young adults, between the ages of 12-24 years old, and provides them with positive alternatives t...
162: This Doctor’s Patient Inspired An Organization Dedicated to Supporting Cancer Patients and Their Families
November 04, 2022 13:46 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MBDr. Pamela Benitez, a surgeon and co-founder of the Shades of Pink Foundation, joins The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast to share her inspiring life story, how she decided to get into medicine and become a surgeon, how she’s helping people every single day, and how one conversation with a patient led to the Shades of Pink Foundation. The Shades of Pink Foundation was founded in 2005 and has worked with hundreds of breast cancer patients and their families and has helped alleviate the financial ...
161: Giving Hope and Scarves to Cancer Patients
October 28, 2022 15:41 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBHope Scarves is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting people with cancer through scarves, stories, community, and research. Hope Scarves was founded by Lara McGregor, who unfortunately passed away in January 2022 - but her legacy lives on through her family, friends, and the work of Hope Scarves. Anna Laura Edwards, Executive Director of Hope Scarves, joins The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast to share her own life story, Lara’s story, how Hope Scarves came to be, and to talk about the ...
160: A Cancer Survivor Who Uses Her Many Personal Experiences With Cancer to Help Others
October 21, 2022 13:00 - 50 minutes - 45.8 MBKimberly Willis is a cancer survivor, a mother, a pastor’s wife, and she’s the founder of Survivor’s Corner and 49Rose. Kimberly joins The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast to share her own life experiences with cancer - from her parents both dying of cancer, her shocking diagnosis with stage 3 breast cancer, and her husband’s journey with cancer; she talks about how she found purpose in her pain; how she’s come through the most difficult moments in life; and how she decided to start Survivors Corne...
159: House Cleaning for Cancer Patients
October 13, 2022 13:48 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBDebbie Sardone is owner of Buckets & Bows Maid Service and numerous other successful businesses and she is the founder of Cleaning for a Reason, a non-profit organization that provides professional house cleaning services to cancer patients. Debbie joins The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast to share her inspiring life story, how she founded Cleaning for a Reason and the incredible work they do, and so much more. Debbie had the idea to start Cleaning for a Reason after a life-changing conversa...
158: A Girl Like Me - Helping Teenage Girls and Young Moms
October 06, 2022 11:48 - 38 minutes - 34.9 MBTyra Moore is the founder of A Girl Like Me, a nonprofit organization that supports and mentors at-risk, low income teenage girls and young moms. Tyra herself was a teen mom and founded the organization to help other girls like her. Tyra joins The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast to share her inspiring story and the incredible work of A Girl Like Me. Tyra found out she was pregnant at the age of 14 and kept it a secret until a few days before she actually gave birth, when she finally told her mom...
157: A Frugal Event Blogger Started a Revolution of Helping People
September 21, 2022 19:20 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBErica Owens is an entrepreneur, a blogger, a mom, and a philanthropist in the city of Detroit, Michigan. Erica started Frugal OnThe Fly as an event blog that would highlight and give access to free (or affordable) events and experiences throughout the city. Erica started the blog because she and her family had enjoyed so many free and affordable experiences throughout the city and she thought why not share what she knew with others, so they could enjoy these same experiences. And as the p...
156: Kidnapped by a Serial Killer at 15, She Escaped and Became an Advocate for Others
August 04, 2022 12:05 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MBKara Robinson Chamberlain was kidnapped by a serial killer at the age of 15, while standing in her friend’s front yard. She was held captive and assaulted for 18 hours, but then Kara made a courageous escape while her captor was asleep. Kara had memorized numerous things about her captor and the apartment that she was held captive in and was able to lead law enforcement straight to her captor. He committed suicide when police caught up to him, but the information that Kara provided - led pol...
155: Surviving Childhood Abuse and Trauma, Working in Law Enforcement, and Empowering Other Survivors to Find Hope and Healing
July 23, 2022 13:20 - 57 minutes - 52.2 MBShannon Miller-Cox is a survivor, former law enforcement officer, and founder and Executive Director of Journey of Hope, Shannon joins the 1 Girl Revolution podcast to share her own incredible story of survival and how she founder her voice and her purpose, and to talk about the amazing work she does with Journey of Hope to help other survivors. Journey of Hope is a nonprofit that supports and empowers previously harmed women and girls. Journey of Hope works with woman and girls experienc...
154: A Survivor of Sexual Assault Who Now Stands With and Empowers Other Survivors
July 13, 2022 16:40 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBTrinea Gonczar, survivor, advocate, and Director of Development at Avalon Healing Center, joins The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast to share her incredible story. Trinea is a former gymnast and a survivor of the disgraced doctor Larry Nassar. Trinea spoke during the Larry Nassar case and her victim impact statement went global within hours after she spoke. After that, Trinea explored options for other survivors in the Nassar case and began to realize that even in such a public spotlight, unfortuna...
153: Finding Your Purpose And Success Because Of What You've Lived Through
June 24, 2022 13:52 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBRhonda Sciortino is a survivor, successful business woman, author, speaker, and founder of the Successful Survivors Foundation. Rhonda joins the 1 Girl Revolution Podcast this week to share her inspiring life story and how she turned her survivor story into a story of success and purpose - and now how she’s helping other survivors find their purpose. Rhonda was abandoned as a very young child and became a ward of the court until she emancipated at the age of 16. Except for a brief time wi...
152: The Healing Power of Community After Sexual Trauma and Childhood Abuse
June 15, 2022 18:36 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MBHalli Faulkner, survivor of sexual abuse and trauma and founder of Porchlight Wellness, joins The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast this week to share her story of finding healing and how she’s now helping others find healing after trauma as well. Halli is a survivor of childhood sexual assault and has memories of abuse beginning when she was three years old. Although she was able to compartmentalize this trauma and create a career for herself as a successful attorney, she knew deep down that the...
Episode 152: The Healing Power of Community After Sexual Trauma and Childhood Abuse
June 15, 2022 18:36 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MBHalli Faulkner, survivor of sexual abuse and trauma and founder of Porchlight Wellness, joins The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast this week to share her story of finding healing and how she’s now helping others find healing after trauma as well. Halli is a survivor of childhood sexual assault and has memories of abuse beginning when she was three years old. Although she was able to compartmentalize this trauma and create a career for herself as a successful attorney, she knew deep down that the...
151: A Wedding, Life, and Lots of 1 Girl Revolution News
June 10, 2022 18:43 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MBIt's been a bit quiet here on the podcast for the past few weeks because our girl, Kate Bryan, got married! Kate takes the microphone this week to talk about her wedding, taking a much needed break and running away to Costa Rica, and tons of 1 Girl Revolution news. Over the past month, 1 Girl Revolution was featured on the cover of SEEN Magazine, The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast hit 150 episodes, and 1 Girl Revolution released its second short documentary, "In Tandem", which is now available on...
150: "In Tandem" with Caitlin Cullen
May 06, 2022 19:18 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBCaitlin Cullen is a chef, world-changer, and founder of The Tandem in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Caitlin now serves as the food center director at Kinship Community Food Center, but prior to that Caitlin dedicated numerous years of her life to The Tandem and the community in Lindsay Heights, Milwaukee. The Tandem is a restaurant, but they do more than just serve food. Located in a neighborhood that was once a thriving community and a stop on the Underground Railroad, is now a struggling commun...
149: Empowering Girls Through Health and Wellness
April 29, 2022 15:09 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBTrinita Ervin Patton, founder of Ladybug for Girls, joins The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast to share her inspiring life story, how she became interested in health and wellness, the story that led her to do something to support little girls and found Ladybug for Girls, and she talks about the great work that Ladybug for Girls is doing to empower girls through health, wellness, community, and education. You don’t want to miss this great episode! In this episode, you’ll hear: Trinita’s inspiring...
148: Melissa & Doug Toys, Mental Wellness, and Unlocking Your Full Potential
April 21, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBMelissa Bernstein, co-founder of Melissa & Doug toy company and LifeLifes, joins the 1 Girl Revolution Podcast this week to share her inspiring life story and to talk about her incredible work with Melissa & Doug and LifeLines Melissa is an entrepreneur, creative, author, wife and mother of 6 children. Melissa is the co-founder of the wildly successful toy company Melissa & Doug, through which Melissa has spent the last 30 years helping children discover themselves, their passions, and the...
147: A Wholistic Approach to Maternal and Infant Health and Wellness
April 14, 2022 13:00 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MBKymaletha Brown, founder of The Great Divine Center and the Goddess Great Maternal Infant Health Program, joins the 1 Girl Revolution Podcast to share her life story, how she got interested in maternal and infant health and wellness, and to talk about the incredible work she’s doing through The Great Divine Center and Goddess Great. The Great Divine Center is the first black-owned women’s wellness center in Detroit, and it’s a one-stop-shop for clinical mental health counseling, dance, yog...
146: She Immigrated from Iran, Served as a Nurse During the AIDS Epidemic, Now She’s Helping Others with Mental Wellness
April 08, 2022 23:14 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MBDr. Ladan Eshkevari, Program Director and Associate Professor at Georgetown University and lead clinician at Avesta Ketamine and Wellness, joins The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast to share her fascinating life story and to discuss her innovative work to help others with mental and physical wellness. Dr. Eshkevari is an expert in the areas of anesthesia, pain management, and alternative medicine, specializing in central and peripheral mechanisms of pain and stress responses. Ladan was born in Ira...
145: A Beautiful Love Story Turned Into Helping Homeless Veterans
March 31, 2022 20:44 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBStacia McDonough, founder of Independence for Veterans, joins The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast to share her inspiring life story, her beautiful love story, and the incredible work she does to help veterans in need through her nonprofit organization, Independence for Veterans. Stacia shares her life story and the beautiful story of how she met and fell in love with her late-husband, John. John was a decorated and enlisted Vietnam veteran who sacrificed everything for his country and the Amer...
144: Carving Out Courage, Alopecia, and American Ninja Warrior Junior
March 25, 2022 01:00 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBMolly Steffl of American Ninja Warrior Junior and founder of Carve Out Courage joins The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast to share her inspiring life story, her wisdom about life and courage, and the incredible work she’s doing through Carve Out Courage. Carve Out Courage is dedicated to empowering kids across the country and encouraging courage and resilience. Molly was born with a cleft lip and palate - and the gene for alopecia. Molly had all of her hair growing up, but once she got to school...
143: Supporting Breast Cancer Patients, Survivors of Larry Nassar, and Other World-Changing Women
March 18, 2022 00:21 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBMary Pat Rosen Meyers is president of the Shades of Pink Foundation, she’s an attorney representing some of the survivors of Larry Nassar, she’s a photographer, and she’s one of the founding board members of Impact100 of Oakland County. Mary Pat has dedicated her life to serving others, helping those who are going through breast cancer treatments, and fighting for justice. Mary Pat joins The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast to share her life story, she tells how she decided to become a lawyer, a...
142: Grief, Life, Love, Foster Care, and Building Community Through Neighbors
March 10, 2022 19:40 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MBHannah Gregory, Program Director of The Neighbors Project, joins The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast to share her powerful life story and to talk about the phenomenal work she’s doing with The Neighbors Project. The Neighbors Project Is a community program designed to connect Neighbors who care with families and individuals who need support. The Neighbors Project sparked out of Hannah and her husband’s (Josh) foster care journey and their journey through life. Through their own life together th...
141: Fostering Children and Bringing People and Families Together
March 03, 2022 18:26 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBHope Forti, founder of Families Together, joins The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast this week to share her inspiring story and to talk about her incredible work with Families Together. Families Together (formerly Foster Together) connects families who feel isolated with volunteer “Neighbors” who work to support them and help them not feel so alone. Neighbors deliver meals, groceries, or care packages to one specific family for six months and build a friendship through encouraging notes and phone c...
140: Losing a Baby, CrossFit, and Supporting Other Women Through Child Loss
February 25, 2022 00:54 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBThe amazing Autumn Spence joins The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast to share her inspiring life story, how she got into Crossfit and fitness, how fitness and health have helped Autumn on her journey through life, the story of Autumn’s son Aidan that she lost at 20 weeks, how Autumn’s helping other women through child loss, and so much more. In this episode, you’ll hear: Autumn’s inspiring life story; The story of how Autumn lost her son Aidan at 20 weeks; Autumn’s journey with Crossfit and ...
139: Surviving Childhood Abuse and Becoming a Guardian Angel to Detroit's Kids
February 17, 2022 14:30 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBJacQuetta Brown, founder of Detroit Guardian Angels, joins The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast to share her powerful life story and to talk about the work of her phenomenal organization, Detroit Guardian Angels. JacQuetta is a survivor of childhood abuse and trauma, which she talks about in this episode - but she also shares the inspiring story of how she found her power to overcome it all and how she decided to start her life-changing organization. In this episode, you’ll hear: JacQuetta’s li...
138: A Huddle with Two of Our Favorite 1 Girl Revolution's
February 09, 2022 20:25 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MBThe incredible Brooke Baldwin, formerly of CNN and author of the book “Huddle”, is back on The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast for a very special episode. This time, instead of Kate interviewing Brooke, we turn the tables and Brooke interviews Kate about her life, her career, and 1 Girl Revolution. They talk about Kate’s upbringing and struggles she has overcome throughout her life, they talk about how 1 Girl Revolution came to be and the three years of the podcast and documentaries, and what is t...
137: The 1 Girl Revolution Mama
December 31, 2021 17:37 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBThis week’s episode of The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast features Mary Cullen Bryan - Kate's mom, the original 1 Girl Revolution. This is the last episode of 2021 and we thought it was fitting to end the year with wisdom, thoughts, and stories from the woman who started it all -- Kate's mom. In this episode, you’ll hear: Mary's life story; A little about Kate's life and the Cullen-Bryan family life; Stories from Mary's life, career, and motherhood; Wisdom from Mary on how to deal wit...
136: Learning How to Huddle and Empowering Women Through Your Life and Work
December 17, 2021 14:54 - 55 minutes - 50.5 MBThis week’s episode of The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast features Brooke Baldwin – storyteller, journalist, former CNN television show host, and author of “Huddle.” Brooke joins The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast to share her own inspiring life story, her journey as a journalist and television show host, she talks about her recent book “Huddle”, how she’s empowering other women through her life and work, and so much more! In this episode, you’ll hear: - Brooke’s inspiring life story; - The sto...
135: Revealing the Facts, Women’s Risk Needs Assessment, and Working to Make an Impact with Women + Incarceration
December 10, 2021 14:38 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MBThis week’s episode of The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast features Dr. Emily Salisbury, Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of Utah, Director of Utah Criminal Justice Center, co-creator of Women’s Risk Needs Assessment (WRNA) system, and expert on women + incarceration. Dr. Salisbury shares her own life story, how she got into academia, how she became interested in women + incarceration, she talks about her research and findings, and so much more. In this episode, you’ll hear:...
134: Special Episode - Ms. Queen Motivational from "The Girl Inside"
December 03, 2021 14:49 - 37 minutes - 34 MBThis week’s special episode of The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast features Ms. Queen Motivational of the Emmy-Nominated short documentary “The Girl Inside.” Ms. Lee Lee, Queen Motivational joins The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast to share more about her life story, she shares her experience with incarceration, and what she’s doing now. She also shares her experience filming “The Girl Inside” and Kate and Ms. Lee Lee share some behind-the-scenes stories, and so much more! Watch "The Girl Inside" here...
133: Restoring the Lives of Women and Girls Impacted by Incarceration
November 29, 2021 18:01 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBThis week’s episode of The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast features Syrita Steib, founder of Operation Restoration. Syrita served nearly 10 years in prison and founded Operation Restoration to eradicate the roadblocks she faced when returning to society after incarceration. Operation Restoration supports women and girls impacted by incarceration and helps them recognize their full potential, restore their lives, and discover new possibilities. Operation Restoration focuses on advocacy, educatio...
132: Formerly Incarcerated Woman Who is Empowering Others Through Housing, Jobs, and Opportunities
November 19, 2021 17:18 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBThis week’s episode of The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast features Carolyn Presnell, Program Director of 1426 and WELD Seattle. Carolyn herself was incarcerated over 30 different times throughout her life, but finally got out the last time -- and decided to reclaim her life and set out to help others getting out of jail and prison. Carolyn started with an opportunity at WELD Seattle as Program Manager for Weld’s transitional women’s housing program and now she is program director of a new WELD...
131: Walking with People on Death Row - Sister Helen
October 29, 2021 12:33 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBThis week’s episode of the 1 Girl Revolution Podcast features Sister Helen Prejean, founder of the Ministry Against the Death Penalty, advocate, and author of “Dead Man Walking.” Sister Helen may be best known for her bestselling book that was turned into the Oscar Award winning film, “Dead Man Walking”, but Sister Helen is so much more. Sister Helen has dedicated her entire life to being a vocal advocate for the incarcerated population and particularly for those on death row. The Ministry A...
130: Working with Incarcerated Women and the Power of the Word "If”
October 23, 2021 11:33 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBThis week’s episode of the 1 Girl Revolution Podcast features Detective Kim Bogucki, co-founder of The If Project. Kim was on the 1 Girl Revolution Podcast in 2019 and it was such an inspiring, informative, and powerful episode, that we wanted to revisit her original episode for our series on incarceration + women. We also did an update interview with Kim in this episode to hear how things have been going over the past two years, what The If Project has been up to, and what they’re working o...
129: Breaking the Cycle By Supporting the Children of Incarceration
October 15, 2021 01:46 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MBThis week’s episode of the 1 Girl Revolution Podcast features Sherelle Hogan, founder of the Pure Heart Foundation. Sherelle has a tragic, beautiful, and powerful life story to share. Both of Sherelle’s parents were incarcerated when she was young and while they were incarcerated, she was abused. Then shortly after her father got out, he died when she was just 10 years old. The first years of Sherelle’s life were filled with heartache, pain, and suffering, but as she tells in this episode, w...
128: Formerly Incarcerated and Now She’s Supporting Other Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Their Children
October 08, 2021 22:37 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBThis week’s episode of the 1 Girl Revolution Podcast features Vanessa Garrett, Reentry and Reunification Program Manager of Motherhood Beyond Bars. You recently heard about Motherhood Beyond Bars from the Executive Director of MBB, Amy Ard (Episode 126 of the 1 Girl Revolution Podcast), but Vanessa brings another perspective as a formerly incarcerated woman on the importance of their work and the experiences of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women. Vanessa brings experience, passio...
127: Rebuilding A New Way of Life for Women and Children After Prison
October 01, 2021 01:20 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBThis week’s episode of The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast features Susan Burton, founder of A New Way of Life Reentry Project. A New Way of Life Reentry Project provides housing, case management, pro bono legal services, advocacy and leadership development for women (and their children) rebuilding their lives after prison. Susan was incarcerated six times herself, so she knows the struggles and tribulations that women (and their families) face coming out of incarceration. Women are the fastest gr...
126: Providing Incarcerated Mothers and Their Children with Care, Support, and Love
September 23, 2021 22:46 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBThis week’s episode of The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast features Amy Ard, doula extraordinaire and Executive Director of Motherhood Beyond Bars. Motherhood Beyond Bars provides support for incarcerated mothers and their infants born to and works to build community between them and reunify families. The work that Motherhood Beyond Bars is doing is so unique and critical in the world today. Women are the fastest growing population within jail and prison, and many of those women show up to jail an...
125: Finding Sanctuary After Trafficking and Addiction and Helping Other Women Find Healing and Purpose
September 16, 2021 16:04 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBThis week’s episode of The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast features Holly Christine Hayes, founder of The Sanctuary Project. Holly was rescued out of a life of addiction, trafficking, and trauma 20 years ago and founded The Sanctuary Project to help others by employing and empowering women who have also survived lives of trafficking, violence and addiction. The Sanctuary Project is a jewelry company that provides a safe space for survivors to grow in practical skills, unleash their creativity, emb...
124: How to Get Through Hard Times and Empowering Women in Guatemala
September 09, 2021 18:25 - 43 minutes - 39.5 MBThis week’s episode of The 1 Girl Revolution Podcast features Kimberly Letona - success coach, NLP practitioner, MBA, world traveler, wife and mama. Kimberly has an inspiring life story and so much wisdom to share about life, overcoming hardships, empowering women, supporting your female friends, and so much more. In this episode, you’ll hear: Kimberly’s life story; How she got into coaching and how she’s empowering women through her work; Advice for how to overcome hardships, traum...
123: Making Teddy Bears for the Loved Ones of Fallen Police Officers
September 03, 2021 02:42 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MBThis week’s episode of the 1 Girl Revolution Podcast features Megan O’Grady, founder of Blue LIne Bears. Blue Line Bears is a non-profit organization that makes teddy bears out of the uniforms of fallen police officers and delivers a handmade teddy bear to their children and loved ones to commemorate the life and service of the fallen police officer. In this episode, you’ll hear: - Megan’s inspiring story; - What it was like growing up as the daughter of a police officer; - How Blue...
122: Overcoming Childhood Trauma and Becoming an Empowered Woman Dedicated to Helping Others
August 27, 2021 22:20 - 47 minutes - 43.2 MBThis week’s episode of the 1 Girl Revolution Podcast features Raelynn Batdorff - survivor, Crossfit queen, mama, and entrepreneur. Raelynn has an incredible story of surviving childhood abuse and trauma, and becoming a phenomenal woman who is dedicated to helping others. In this episode, you’ll hear: - Raelynn’s powerful life story; - Why she's dedicated to helping others; - Crossfit; - Her entrepreneurial ventures including Mommy Necklaces; - Her daughter's journey with alopecia; ...