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. 114 with Brenda Iris | Founder, Mindful Styling

    Mindful Style, Real Confidence A teen pregnancy, an international move, immigration limbo, and a mental health breaking point are not the kind of milestones people put on a business plan, but they shaped Brenda Iris into the image consultant she is today. We talk through the real story behind Mindful Styling: what it takes to rebuild your sense of self when shame, scarcity, and survival have been running the show for years. Brenda shares what it was like to grow up between Mexico and the United States, learn English, and later face an immigration process that required her to leave the country for far longer than promised. We also unpack how “trust the process” becomes more than a slogan when your family is separated, paperwork gets lost, and your future feels out of your hands. Her perspective brings needed clarity to the human side of immigration, identity, and resilience. From there, the conversation turns to mental health, faith, and the turning point she calls her dark night of the soul. We get into therapy, prayer and meditation, and the moment she started asking a new question: who am I besides being a mom? That question becomes the spark for her personal styling work with high-achieving women, business owners, and leaders who look successful on paper but still feel stuck when they get dressed. If you’ve ever dressed to hide, tried to keep up with the Joneses, or felt imposter syndrome creep in, Brenda offers practical, grounding tools: dress for the woman you’re becoming, stop defaulting to “comfort” that drains your confidence, and use clothing as a strategy to amplify your presence. Listen, share this with a friend who needs a reset, and subscribe and leave a review so more women can find these stories. Resources: Wishes Fulfilled: Mastering the Art of Manifesting by Dr. Wayne W. DyerEverything is Figureoutable by Maria ForleoConnect with Brenda: IG: @mindfulstylingWebsite: Mindful StylingEmail: brenda@mindful-styling.comContact 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. Aug 11

    Ep. 113 with Mary Younggren | Owner, Advent Talent Agency

    Faith-Fueled Entrepreneurship She left an abusive, alcohol-fueled marriage with twin boys in tow, rebuilt her career from the ground up, and eventually grew into the owner of a boutique recruiting and staffing firm that can run without her. Mary joins us for a deeply human conversation about what it actually takes to survive big life transitions while still building a business with integrity, warmth, and staying power. If you’re navigating motherhood, entrepreneurship, or both, her story hits with honesty and calm authority. We talk about faith as a real-world leadership tool, not a slogan. Mary shares how Al-Anon shaped her understanding of codependency, boundaries, and the daily choice to shift from worry to prayer. We also get specific about leadership and delegation, including the mindset that finally let her step away for weeks: building a team with trust, clarity, and decision-making power, then practicing a true disconnect. Then we go somewhere unexpected and beautiful: Mary’s Camino de Santiago pilgrimage. Walking mile after mile becomes a mirror for purpose, self-talk, and slowing down, lessons she brings straight back into how she leads Advent Talent Group and how she thinks about work-life blend instead of chasing “balance.” Along the way, we touch the Enneagram, DISC, resilience through the recession and COVID-19, and why community groups matter for women business owners. If you enjoy this conversation, subscribe, share it with a friend who needs a steadier next step, and leave a quick review so more people can find stories like Mary’s. Resources: WPO: Women President's OrganizationNAWBO: National Association Women Business OwnersRotary of MinnesotaAllied ExecutivesBruno PressConnect with Mary: LinkedIn: Mary Younggren & Advent Talent GroupWebsite: Advent Talent GroupContact 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. Aug 4

    Ep. 112 with Lindsey Spitzer | Owner, Grow Strong Pilates Studio

    From Chronic Pain To Grow Strong Pilates Your body has been trying to tell you something, and you do not need to “push through” forever. We sit down with Lindsey, a registered nurse, lifelong caregiver, and the founder of Grow Strong Pilates, to talk about what happens when motherhood makes health non-negotiable and chronic pain forces you to get serious about root causes. Her story starts with post-baby symptoms and neck pain that linger for years, then turns into a surprising answer: Pilates becomes the practice that helps her feel better in her body and quieter in her mind.  We unpack what “integrated health” really looks like beyond quick fixes, from core strength and mobility to posture cues you can use while driving, gardening, or unloading the dryer. Lindsey also shares how her environmental horticulture background shapes the studio experience itself: a boutique Pilates space designed to feel healing, welcoming, and grounded, with small class sizes and real modifications based on the body in front of her. If you have ever wondered how to find a Pilates instructor you can trust, we get into certification, continuing education, and why not all Pilates teaching is created equal.  The conversation goes deeper into identity and entrepreneurship too. Lindsey speaks candidly about body confidence in the wellness space, building systems that protect family time, and why her goal is not necessarily to quit nursing but to grow a community of like-minded instructors. Faith, risk, and service show up in practical ways, including how she supports caregivers who need one hour a week to breathe. If you are navigating postpartum recovery, chronic pain, holistic wellness, or the tug-of-war between calling and capacity, you will walk away with language, tools, and permission to advocate for yourself.  Subscribe for more stories like this, share the episode with a friend who needs a stronger body and a softer landing, and leave a review so more women can find the show. What part of your health needs your attention next? Connect with Lindsey: IG: @growstrongpilates Facebook: Grow Strong Pilates Studio Website: Grow Strong Pilates Studio 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 28

    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!

  5. 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!

  6. 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!

  7. 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!

  8. 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!

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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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