Hey Neighbor ATX Jeff Arnold/Miranda Dawn

Producer, Songwriter & Artist, Chris Hawkes shares his story in an audio journey of his genres and songs. Not only is Chris BFF with Jeff Arnold and husband to Miranda Dawn, he’s also the best kept secret member of our podcast team! (He drew our podcast art & helps produce audio of each episode.) Listen along as he shares stories from his youth, his journey of falling in love with ATX (& with Miranda Dawn) and his view on life from the look out point of the great pause of 2020.

Humanitarian photographer, natural wanderer and dad, Daniel C White has lived many lives …listen as he shares travel stories with Jeff, tales of growing up in Oklahoma and talks to us about learning to recover from compassion fatigue and how he’s refocused life around his family.  Daniel teaches us how to flip through the camera roll of life and process the sacred moments we find ourselves in. Check out his new photo book at www.sacredmomentsbook.com

Songwriter, Life Coach and Co-Host of this podcast- Miranda Dawn shares her story of growing up here in ATX and reveals lessons learned from the chapters of her life that include a few brave leaps of faith and learning to trust in the timing of her life. Listen in to hear some special treats including the FIRST song Miranda Dawn ever wrote (at the age of 8). She even writes an impromptu song for us and weaves themes from our past episodes into a song.

Best-selling author & Compassion Coach, Laura Jack is also known as the “Grief Goddess.” In this episode she shares a bit about her journey coming back home to her roots in Texas, what it took for her to finally slow down, and even what it’s like to be “work-wives” with Miranda Dawn. Listen along as Laura shares what she has learned from her young children, her world travels, and also why she believes you can’t NOT love someone when you actually get to know them. 

Austin Begnaud isn’t just the bearded guy next door, he’s also a business owner and seasoned tax pro, a self-proclaimed car guy, and he can be called on to help his neighbors at all hours. Spoiler alert: Austin from Austin is also married to Kristin Begnaud (from Episode 02.) Listen along in this episode as he shares stories of his beard etiquette secrets, the significance of NYE, how proud he feels of his wife and his daughter, and also what prompted a neighbor to gift him his ES 175 Gibson guitar

Erin Ivey "A songwriter of the first order" (as the Daily News called her) with a "rare and deeply affecting voice" (KUTX) joins us this week and charms us with LIVE performances of her brand new songs (we even got to sing along!). In this episode we talk with Erin about her perfect day in Austin, the joy of Tamales, and the making of her long-awaited new album Solace in the Wild.