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. 5d ago

    Ep. 120 with Megan Tamte | Co-Founder, Evereve

    From A Dressing Room Breakdown To A 100 Store Retail Brand ***Interview was pre-recorded in front of a live audience*** A difficult dressing-room experience became the spark for what would eventually grow into Evereve. Megan Tamte, co-founder and co-CEO, joins us to share how feeling unseen in that moment helped shape a bigger vision: creating a place where women—especially moms navigating changing seasons of life—could feel understood, supported, and confident in what they wear. But this conversation has a story of its own. Long before Megan sat down with us, Kelly sent a handwritten note marked with a butterfly stamp—an intentional invitation to a dream guest. What followed is a conversation about trusting the ideas that won’t leave you alone, building through motherhood, and having the courage to keep pursuing what feels possible. We dig into the long road between inspiration and execution: the seven-year gap between the idea and opening the first store, the sacrifices that made it possible, and the very real tension of building a business while raising young kids. Megan gets specific about what helped her move forward, including turning off nighttime TV to write the dream, learning to say no without guilt, and partnering with her husband in a way that plays to both of their strengths. You’ll also hear behind-the-scenes lessons from scaling retail: the name change from Hot Mama to Evereve, why leaders need to get back on the selling floor, and how customer experience gets rebuilt by listening in the dressing room. Megan shares the HEART core values, her “balcony approach” for handling feedback without letting it become identity, and how faith shapes her leadership, routines, and self-care. If you’re a woman entrepreneur, a working mom, or someone “nibbling on the edges” of a big idea, this conversation brings both heart and practical strategy.  Subscribe for more stories like this, share the episode with a friend who needs it, and leave a review with your biggest takeaway. Shop & Support: Evereve Careers: Careers with Heart at Evereve 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. Sep 22

    Ep. 119 with Brooke & Lauren | Founders, The Skin Sisters, Edina

    How Two Dermatology PAs Built Skin Sisters Through Community TikTok can make skincare feel like a full-time job, and somehow your bathroom turns into a graveyard of half-used serums. Brooke and Lauren, the sisters behind The Skin Sisters, join me to share what actually works when you want clear, medically grounded guidance without the hype. They’re both dermatology physician assistants, and they bring a rare mix of deep clinical training and real-world practicality for busy moms, dads, teens, and anyone trying to build a routine they can stick to. We talk about how Skin Sisters started in 2016 from constant “what should I buy?” texts, then took a sharp turn during the COVID-19 shutdowns when elective medicine paused and layoffs hit. That uncertain season became the catalyst for a new kind of practice, one where they can slow down, spend real time with patients, and focus heavily on cosmetic dermatology and aesthetic services like Botox, Dysport, Sculptra, chemical peels, and personalized skincare plans. We also dig into the questions so many families are asking right now: What’s age appropriate skincare for preteens and teens? How do you protect the skin barrier? How do you stop layering random acids because a video told you to? If you want a simple “roadmap” approach to skincare, plus an honest conversation about motherhood, mental load, and building a business with your sister, this one will land. Subscribe, share with a friend who’s overwhelmed by skincare, and leave a review with your biggest skincare question. Connect with The Skin Sisters: IG: @theskinsisters Website: The Skin Sisters Office Address: 7373 France Ave So. Suite 602, Edina, MN 55435 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. Sep 15

    Ep. 118 w. Brittany Gieske | Founder, Balanced with Brittany

    Reclaiming Your Health After Baby Two Your doctor says your labs look “normal,” but you’re exhausted, foggy, irritable, and stuck in a body that doesn’t feel like yours. That disconnect is where so many moms quietly live, and it’s exactly where Brittany’s story begins. Brittany (Balanced by Brittany) joins us to share how her second postpartum season brought crushing fatigue, brain fog, anxiety, and stubborn weight that wouldn’t budge, even with a health and fitness background. After getting dismissed with the usual “you’re just postpartum,” she found functional lab testing, started getting real answers, and made a bold decision to go back to school for functional medicine while raising two little kids and still working in software sales. We talk about the mindset shift that happens when you stop accepting a “new normal” and start advocating for your health, your hormones, and your future. We also get very real about the entrepreneurship side: building a business while mothering, setting boundaries at home, investing in mentorship, and the scary leap of leaving a secure corporate job. Brittany shares what it looked like to pivot her niche into metabolic weight loss, hire before she felt ready, and scale a team, all while staying grounded in faith and the long-game identity change that comes from doing the work. We round out the conversation with a nuanced take on GLP-1 medications like Ozempic, why quick fixes can miss root causes, and how looking at metabolism, insulin, cortisol, leptin, inflammation, minerals, and personalized nutrition can support sustainable fat loss and real energy. If this resonates, subscribe, share with a friend who needs hope, and leave a review so more women can find these conversations. Connect/Support Brittany: IG: @balancedbybrittanyComplimentary Weight Loss AuditPlease welcome Brittany to The Flamboyance! 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. Sep 8

    Ep. 117 with Hetal Gatecha | Co-Owner, Reflections Dental Studio

    Authenticity First Someone tells you it’s impossible, and your whole body wants to prove them wrong. That’s the energy Hetal Gatecha brings to this conversation, and it starts long before business. She shares her fertility journey with raw honesty: years of trying, multiple IUI and IVF rounds, doctors telling her she couldn’t conceive naturally, and the grief that hits when hope feels expensive. Then comes the twist that still gives me chills, a final stressful month, a moment of prayer, and a natural pregnancy that changes everything.  From there, we widen the lens to what it means to rebuild your life as an immigrant in North America. We talk culture shock, visas, the undervalued reality of being a stay-at-home mom, and how the modern lack of “village” support can leave women carrying too much alone. Hetal also explains the role of extended family and multigenerational living, plus how marriage traditions have shifted across generations, both in the United States and in India.  On the entrepreneurship side, Hetal takes us behind the scenes of opening a dental practice with her husband, learning marketing and operations from the ground up, and eventually creating a new model: a dental studio and spa that puts patient comfort and genuine care back at the center. We also get practical about dental insurance, including why “out of network” doesn’t always mean what people assume, how to understand your benefits, and when paying a little more can buy you time, trust, and a better experience.  If you’re balancing motherhood and entrepreneurship, building a family business, or trying to figure out whether grit has turned into stubbornness, this one will hit home. Subscribe, share with a friend who needs it, and leave a review to help more women find these stories. Connect with Hetal: IG - Hetal: @hetalgatechaIG - Reflections: @reflectionsdentalstudio & @reflectionsdentalcareLinkedIn: Hetal GatechaWebsite: Reflections Dental StudioContact 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. Sep 1

    Ep. 116 with Emily Deutschman | Owner, Puffin Nest Travel Co.

    You Can Close A Business And Still Win Closing a business can feel like failure even when it’s the bravest move you make. We sit down with Emily, former educator turned entrepreneur, to talk about what it really looks like to build something from scratch, carry motherhood alongside it, and then decide to let it go when the cost gets too high. Her path runs from launching Curly Girl Boutique during pregnancy, to riding the chaos of COVID pivots, to opening a brick-and-mortar storefront and learning the hard truth of staffing, overhead, and being needed everywhere at once. Emily also shares the parts people usually keep private: struggling to get pregnant with her second child, experiencing multiple miscarriages, and navigating a much harder pregnancy at 42 while trying to keep a physical retail business running. We talk grief, anger, relief, and the identity shift that comes with sunsetting a “baby business,” plus why getting help from a coach can remove emotion from big decisions and protect your finances. Then the story turns into reinvention. Emily channels a lifelong love of travel into Puffin Nest Travel Co, explaining what a travel advisor does, how relationship-based trip planning beats 50 open browser tabs, and why host agencies matter in the travel industry the way brokerages matter in real estate. If you’re searching for entrepreneurship advice, business pivot stories, work-life balance for moms, or how to build a service business with flexibility, you’ll leave with practical insight and a deep exhale. Subscribe for more conversations like this, share this with a friend who’s in a pivot, and leave a review so more listeners can find us. How to find/support Emily: Instagram: @puffin_nest_travel_co Website: Puffin Nest Travel Co.LinkedIn: Emily Deutschman Connect with our Diamond Anniversary Sponsors: Sproute CreativeAries PaintingKPT CollaborativeAdvent Talent GroupSharon Bloodworth 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. Aug 25

    Ep. 115 with Leah Braun | Award winning author

    The Price Of Independence You can feel the moment when a “career story” turns into a truth story. Leah Braun starts with coffee, tea, and kombucha, then walks us straight into the engine that’s powered her life: agency. She built her first business at 17, not because it was trendy, but because she wanted ownership of her time, her body, and her decisions. That same drive shows up again and again, whether she’s leading inside an organization, running a yoga studio, or working as a writer, editor, ghostwriter, and book coach.  We talk candidly about motherhood and entrepreneurship, including the practical realities of being a single mom, the emotional math of flexibility, and how kids actually learn work ethic, boundaries, and money. Leah shares what it’s like to watch her daughter grow a small business while living on a family farm, and how her son’s first job as a caddy teaches confidence and independence in real time.  Then we get into the pivots that changed everything. A quantum healing session pushes Leah to stop writing a surface-level fitness book and start writing about trauma recovery, embodied intimacy, and healing. She explains what it takes to publish and promote a book, why the author always carries more of the marketing than people expect, and the one reader moment that made every hard day worth it. We also dig into service-based pricing, profitability without guilt, and what happens when AI disrupts the marketing landscape and forces a new chapter.  If you’re building a business, rewriting your story, or just trying to do the next right thing, this conversation will meet you where you are. Subscribe, share this with a friend who needs it, and leave a review with the biggest pivot you’re navigating right now. Resources: Sex on Fire: Finding Embodied Intimacy After Trauma by Leah BraunGive Yourself a Raise-The mindset and math you need to make your first million by Erin HaagConnect with Leah: Email: leahrsbraun@gmail.comText: 615-887-1257Connect with our Diamond Anniversary Sponsors: Sproute CreativeAries PaintingKPT CollaborativeAdvent Talent GroupSharon Bloodworth 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. Aug 18

    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.comConnect with our Gold Sponsors: Moxie Wealth MangamentElevate Results ConsultingKim PerryOak+Arrow HomesMN Christian Chamber of CommerceRadatzWalshConnect with our Diamond Anniversary Sponsors: Sproute CreativeAries PaintingKPT CollaborativeAdvent Talent GroupSharon Bloodworth 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. 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!

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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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