Reclaiming Your Hue: A Podcast for Women Rediscovering Themselves in Motherhood & Entrepreneurship

Kelly Kirk
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Motherhood and entrepreneurship are powerful journeys—but they can also leave women feeling drained, unseen, or lost. Like flamingos who fade while nurturing their young, women often put everyone else first and lose their own hue. Reclaiming Your Hue is about the moment when women remember their brilliance, reclaim their vibrancy, and step into who they were always meant to be. Hosted by Kelly Kirk, this podcast shares faith-led encouragement, inspiring guest stories, and practical strategies for harmonizing life, family, and business. Why Listen / What You’ll Gain Inspiring stories of women who found themselves again after seasons of loss or overwhelm Practical tips for building businesses without sacrificing your sense of self Honest conversations about the challenges and beauty of motherhood + entrepreneurship Encouragement rooted in faith while welcoming diverse women’s voices Listen In For: mompreneur journeys · reclaiming identity · harmonizing life & work · authentic entrepreneurship stories 

  1. 2d ago

    Ep. 111 with Zoraida Márquez | Owner, Zoraida's Kitchen

    From Culture Shock To Chef Nothing tests your identity like moving to a new country with a baby and realizing even the chicken tastes different. We sit down with Zoraida, a Venezuelan chef, mom, and the founder of Zoraida’s Kitchen, to talk about culture shock in Minnesota, how the kitchen became her safe place, and why “breaking bread” is more than a saying. If you care about family dinner, healthier weekly meals, and food that feels like home, this conversation lands with heart. Zoraida shares the real path behind her private chef and catering work in Edina and the Twin Cities: starting in business school, making a brave pivot to culinary school, supporting herself through major life change, and learning the messy middle of entrepreneurship. We get practical about what it takes to run a service business end to end: menu planning, shopping, staffing, rentals, client expectations, pricing, and the constant pull to say yes to everything. Then the story expands. During COVID, she launches a second company, Ministry of Clean, alongside her mom, creating jobs and a safe environment for immigrant women. We also talk self-care that actually holds up under pressure: yoga, therapy, walking, sleep, boundaries, and the mindset shift that turns fear into forward motion. If you’ve been waiting to feel ready, let this be the nudge. Subscribe, share this with a mom building something, and leave a review with the biggest takeaway you’re bringing to your own table. Connect with Zoraida: Zoraida's Kitchen  IG: @zoraidaskitchen Website: https://zoraidaskitchen.com/ Ministry of Clean  Website: http://www.ministryofcleanmn.com Contact the Host, Kelly Kirk: Email: info.ryh7@gmail.comGet Connected/Follow: The Hue Drop Newsletter: Subscribe HereIG: @ryh_pod & @thekelly.tanke.kirkFacebook: Reclaiming Your Hue Facebook PageCAKES Affiliate Link: KELLYKIRKCredits: Editor: Joseph KirkMusic: Kristofer Tanke  Thanks for listening & cheers to Reclaiming Your Hue!

  2. Jul 21

    Ep. 110 with Maggie Hilpisch | Human Design Strategist

    What If Your Energy Blueprint Is Correct You can love your kids, love your work, and still feel like you’re failing at both when you’re running on fumes. That’s why this conversation with Maggie Hilpisch hit so hard for me. We talk about the messy middle: sleep deprivation, postpartum anxiety, the identity “death and rebirth” of motherhood, and what happens when self-worth is the one thing you never learned how to build before you became responsible for everyone else. Maggie shares how discovering human design during early motherhood and the COVID era gave her language for what she’d felt her whole life, especially around energy, decision-making, and the pressure to keep up. We break down what human design is in plain English, why it can be such a powerful self-awareness tool, and how it becomes a surprisingly practical communication framework for relationships, parenting, leadership, and workplace culture. If you’re a mom entrepreneur navigating burnout, people-pleasing, or constant comparison, you’ll hear yourself in this. We also dig into what it looks like to build a real business around this work, from integrating human design into a real estate brokerage culture to stepping onto a national conference stage with six weeks’ notice, to developing retainer clients and team sessions. Along the way, Maggie gets honest about the inner critic, boundaries, asking for help, and the kind of friendships that call you higher. You’ll leave with concrete mindset shifts, a few tools you can try right away, and a reminder that action breeds confidence. If this resonates, subscribe, rate and review, and share it with a mom who’s building something big. What part of Maggie’s story do you want to talk about next? Resources Mentioned: The Comfort Crisis - Embracing Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self Connect with Maggie: Website: Maggie Hilpisch IG: @maggiehilpisch Contact the Host, Kelly Kirk: Email: info.ryh7@gmail.comGet Connected/Follow: The Hue Drop Newsletter: Subscribe HereIG: @ryh_pod & @thekelly.tanke.kirkFacebook: Reclaiming Your Hue Facebook PageCAKES Affiliate Link: KELLYKIRKCredits: Editor: Joseph KirkMusic: Kristofer Tanke  Thanks for listening & cheers to Reclaiming Your Hue!

  3. Jul 14

    Ep. 109 with Niki DeConcini | Co-Founder, Female Founders TC

    Grief To Purpose Three pregnancy losses. A stage four ovarian cancer diagnosis. A pandemic shutdown. Then a miracle pregnancy that ends with Niki becoming a new mom while her own mother enters hospice. If you’ve ever felt your life split into before and after, this conversation will feel familiar in the deepest way. Niki DeConcini joins us with a story about grief, faith, and rebuilding when your body, your plans, and your sense of safety all change at once. We talk about what motherhood means long before a baby arrives, and why miscarriage grief can be both invisible and identity-shaping. Niki shares the reality of postpartum while caregiving, the loneliness of being the “strong one,” and how trauma shows up in the nervous system. We also dig into holistic wellness and integrative healing, not as a cure-all, but as a way to reclaim agency, support quality of life, and come back to yourself when everything feels raw. From there, Niki takes us into the entrepreneurship journey: leaving a stable marketing career she loved, building a fast-growing agency that looked successful on paper, then realizing her body and spirit were paying the price. She explains how inner work, subconscious reprogramming, NLP, and learning to trust intuition helped her pivot toward true alignment. That pivot becomes Female Founders Twin Cities, a Minnesota community for women entrepreneurs focused on building businesses from the inside out, with real connection instead of performative networking. If you’re navigating grief, caregiver burnout, a fertility journey, or a business pivot, press play and stay with us to the end. Subscribe, share this with a friend who needs hope, and leave a review with the moment that hit you most. Connect with Niki: Website: Female Founders TC IG: @femalefounderstwincities  &  @nikideconcini  Contact the Host, Kelly Kirk: Email: info.ryh7@gmail.comGet Connected/Follow: The Hue Drop Newsletter: Subscribe HereIG: @ryh_pod & @thekelly.tanke.kirkFacebook: Reclaiming Your Hue Facebook PageCAKES Affiliate Link: KELLYKIRKCredits: Editor: Joseph KirkMusic: Kristofer Tanke  Thanks for listening & cheers to Reclaiming Your Hue!

  4. Jul 7

    Ep. 108 with Bree Johnson | CEO & Founder, Executive Unschool

    Healing Work Wounds Your job can break your heart without ever breaking a law, and that gap is where so many professional women get stuck. We sit down with Bree, an attorney turned founder of Executive Unschool and host of the podcast How Good Can It Get, to name what so many people feel but rarely say out loud: workplace harm leaves real wounds, and your nervous system doesn’t forget them just because you switched companies. We unpack the legal career reality behind the prestige, including the associate grind, billable-hour pressure, partnership goalposts, and the golden handcuffs of student debt and status. Bree shares how motherhood, entrepreneurship, and major career pivots reshaped her view of ambition, identity, and what it means to be “successful” when you also want to be present at home. Then we get actionable with healing and work recovery. Bree walks us through her “work wounds” framework (burnout, bullying, bad behavior, betrayal), why betrayal can be the hardest to unwind, and how separating worth from work creates space for faith, joy, and better boundaries. We also talk nervous system regulation, micro recoveries throughout the day, breathwork for scattered minds, and designing seasonality into your year so you can create, recover, and show up with more clarity.  If you’re craving a career that loves you back, hit play, share this with a friend who needs a reset, and subscribe so you don’t miss what’s next. If you enjoy the conversation, leave a review and tell us: what would “enough” look like in your life right now? Resources Mentioned: How Good Can It Get PodcastConnect with Bree: Website: Executive UnschoolIG: @executiveunschool & @breejohnsonofficialLinkedIn: Bree JohnsonContact the Host, Kelly Kirk: Email: info.ryh7@gmail.comGet Connected/Follow: The Hue Drop Newsletter: Subscribe HereIG: @ryh_pod & @thekelly.tanke.kirkFacebook: Reclaiming Your Hue Facebook PageCAKES Affiliate Link: KELLYKIRKCredits: Editor: Joseph KirkMusic: Kristofer Tanke  Thanks for listening & cheers to Reclaiming Your Hue!

  5. Jun 30

    Ep. 107 with Morgan Kraut | Founder, MK Aesthetics

    What If Burnout Is A Boundary Problem She built a clinic while pregnant, skipped maternity leave, and still had to figure out how to lead a team without burning out. Morgan Kraut, RN, founder of MK Aesthetics in Minnetonka, joins me to share the unfiltered story behind the “overnight success” so many people think they’re seeing on social media.  We start with the roots: nursing in the hospital, finding confidence and stage presence through fitness, and learning intrapreneurship inside commission-based roles where you either network or you stay invisible. Morgan opens up about healing self-worth wounds, why aesthetics felt aligned with her purpose, and how a painful partnership exit became the closed door that pushed her into building a brick and mortar business with deeper values and clearer direction.  From there, we get practical about leadership and scaling. We talk hiring decisions based on energy and capacity, how to delegate when clients are used to “the founder,” and why culture and customer service become everything when you grow to a team. Morgan also shares what it’s really like to work with your spouse, including defining lanes, protecting the marriage, and building a vision you’re both looking toward.  We wrap with the mindset tools that keep you moving through the valley: faith as an anchor, “turn your don’ts into do’s,” learning to create whitespace, and simple self-care like stillness, breathwork, and better self-talk. If you’re a woman entrepreneur, mompreneur, or founder trying to grow without losing your peace, this one will meet you right where you are. Subscribe, share with a friend who needs encouragement, and leave a quick rating and review. Connect with Morgan: Website: MK Aesthetics IG: @m.k.aesthetics & @morgankraut.rn Contact the Host, Kelly Kirk: Email: info.ryh7@gmail.comGet Connected/Follow: The Hue Drop Newsletter: Subscribe HereIG: @ryh_pod & @thekelly.tanke.kirkFacebook: Reclaiming Your Hue Facebook PageCAKES Affiliate Link: KELLYKIRKCredits: Editor: Joseph KirkMusic: Kristofer Tanke  Thanks for listening & cheers to Reclaiming Your Hue!

  6. Jun 23

    Ep. 106 with Holly LaBoda | Founder/CEO - Formula L

    You Can Do Anything But You Cannot Do Everything If your company’s revenue depends on one heroic leader, one star rep, or a handful of “can’t lose” accounts, you do not have a growth strategy. You have a fragile setup that will crack the moment the market shifts or life gets real. Holly Laboda joins us to talk about building a sales operating system that creates consistent results without constant babysitting, and why “system-led growth” beats “hero-led growth” every time. We trace Holly’s path from global experiences with Emirates Airlines to corporate leadership at CH Robinson, then into entrepreneurship with Luminaries Consulting and her next chapter as the founder of Formula L. Along the way, she opens up about the reality of launching a business while going through IVF, the isolation of miscarriage, and what it takes to keep moving when your personal life and professional life collide. The honesty here is paired with practical insight: you can do anything, but you cannot do everything, so you have to decide what matters and build the systems to protect it. We also get tactical on what great sales leadership looks like on the ground: strategic rapport building rooted in real curiosity, having tough conversations without pulling punches, and “eating the frog” before it grows teeth. Holly shares how she thinks about pricing, value-based offers, ethical boundaries, and why confidence is often the only thing standing between a founder and the number they actually need to charge. If you lead sales, run a services business, or you are a mom building something from scratch, this one will give you language, structure, and permission to stop being the linchpin. Subscribe for more conversations like this, share it with a friend who needs steadier growth, and leave a review with your biggest takeaway. Connect with Holly: Website: Formula L LinkedIn: Holly LaBoda Contact the Host, Kelly Kirk: Email: info.ryh7@gmail.comGet Connected/Follow: The Hue Drop Newsletter: Subscribe HereIG: @ryh_pod & @thekelly.tanke.kirkFacebook: Reclaiming Your Hue Facebook PageCAKES Affiliate Link: KELLYKIRKCredits: Editor: Joseph KirkMusic: Kristofer Tanke  Thanks for listening & cheers to Reclaiming Your Hue!

  7. Jun 16

    EP. 105 with Paula S. | Owner, Princess Paula Consulting

    Be The Ferrari And Build A Life That Fits Some conversations start as fun and end up telling the truth you didn’t know you needed. Kelly sits down with Paula, a professional speaker, AI trainer, MC, podcaster, and the woman behind “Be The Ferrari,” a keynote built around identity, confidence, and the freedom of realizing you are not for everyone. Along the way, you’ll also hear how a simple yes turned into an unexpectedly joyful side life as Mrs Claus, booked out a year in advance, because real entrepreneurship is often stranger and better than the plan. We go deeper into what happens when motherhood comes first and life forces a pivot: divorce, blended family dynamics, adoption, and the long tentacles conflict can leave behind. Paula shares what she’s navigating now, including estrangement, and how she keeps moving forward with prayer, counseling, and community.  Content note: the conversation includes suicidal ideation and the impact suicide has on the people left behind, plus the practical tools that help when isolation and shame get loud. On the business side, we talk organic networking, building a trusted referral network, spotting marketing “shoulds,” and pricing yourself like you mean it, especially for women entrepreneurs who have been trained to ask for less. If you’re a mompreneur craving alignment, a faith driven business owner searching for purpose, or a speaker ready to claim your value, this one brings both heart and strategy. Subscribe for more conversations that help you reclaim your hue, share this with a friend who needs it, and leave a quick rating and review so more women can find the show. Connect with Paula: Website: Princess Paula Consulting LinkedIn: Paula Skoviera IG: @princess_paula_consulting Tiktok: PrincessPaulaConsulting Contact the Host, Kelly Kirk: Email: info.ryh7@gmail.comGet Connected/Follow: The Hue Drop Newsletter: Subscribe HereIG: @ryh_pod & @thekelly.tanke.kirkFacebook: Reclaiming Your Hue Facebook PageCAKES Affiliate Link: KELLYKIRKCredits: Editor: Joseph KirkMusic: Kristofer Tanke  Thanks for listening & cheers to Reclaiming Your Hue!

  8. Jun 9

    Ep. 104 with Christi Cossette | CEO, Cossette Transformation Coaching

    Fulfilled And Limitless A bright blazer turns into a big conversation about identity, ambition, motherhood, and what success is supposed to feel like. I sit down with Christy Cassette, a corporate finance transformation leader and executive coach, and we get honest about the hidden weight so many women carry: leading at work while also managing the mental load at home, often without the support men routinely receive. If you’re wrestling with burnout, confidence, or that quiet feeling that you’ve outgrown your current season, this one will land. We talk about designing a values-driven life instead of living by someone else’s definition of success, plus the practical systems that make “balance” possible: hiring help, planning content a month ahead, setting boundaries, and treating career moves like a mutual fit rather than a permission slip you’re begging for. Christy also shares how prayer and discernment shape her decisions, why rejection can be redirection, and what it looks like to keep walking toward a calling before you know exactly how it will unfold. Then the conversation goes deeper. Christy opens up about learning in utero that her son has Down syndrome, the intense pressure she faced to abort, and how her family’s story rewired her views on purpose, performance, and what a “fulfilled life” actually means. Expect candid stories, mindset shifts you can apply today, and encouragement that doesn’t sugarcoat the hard parts. If this resonated, subscribe, share it with a friend who needs a lift, and leave a review so more women can find these conversations. Connect with Christi: Contact the Host, Kelly Kirk: Email: info.ryh7@gmail.comGet Connected/Follow: The Hue Drop Newsletter: Subscribe HereIG: @ryh_pod & @thekelly.tanke.kirkFacebook: Reclaiming Your Hue Facebook PageCAKES Affiliate Link: KELLYKIRKCredits: Editor: Joseph KirkMusic: Kristofer Tanke  Thanks for listening & cheers to Reclaiming Your Hue!

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Motherhood and entrepreneurship are powerful journeys—but they can also leave women feeling drained, unseen, or lost. Like flamingos who fade while nurturing their young, women often put everyone else first and lose their own hue. Reclaiming Your Hue is about the moment when women remember their brilliance, reclaim their vibrancy, and step into who they were always meant to be. Hosted by Kelly Kirk, this podcast shares faith-led encouragement, inspiring guest stories, and practical strategies for harmonizing life, family, and business. Why Listen / What You’ll Gain Inspiring stories of women who found themselves again after seasons of loss or overwhelm Practical tips for building businesses without sacrificing your sense of self Honest conversations about the challenges and beauty of motherhood + entrepreneurship Encouragement rooted in faith while welcoming diverse women’s voices Listen In For: mompreneur journeys · reclaiming identity · harmonizing life & work · authentic entrepreneurship stories 

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