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Moments That Define Us
by Iryna Barnett
"Moments That Define Us" podcast explore the defining moments that shape who we are. Through a mix of heartfelt interviews, engaging storytelling, and thought-provoking discussions, "Moments That Define Us" explores a wide range of topics such as triumph over adversity, overcoming challenges, self-discovery, and finding purpose in life. Each story is unique, yet universally relatable, highlighting the common thread of human experience that connects us all. By showcasing the resilience, courage, and resilience of individuals from diverse backgrounds, this podcast aims to inspire listeners to embrace their own defining moments and find the silver linings in their own lives. Whether you're seeking personal growth, connection, or simply a captivating narrative, "Moments That Define Us" promises to be a must-listen podcast that reminds us all of the indomitable human spirit and the power of self-discovery. Follow us on social media @momentsthatdefineus or reach out via
Episodes
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"Building a Better Future: Tech, Inclusion, and What Comes Next"
In this episode, we sit down with a software engineer and one of the participants of a documentary called "Building Better Future for Us", Demaceo Vincent Howard. He shares the journey behind the documentary , what it was like working in the tech industry during the uncertainty of a global...
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Stories We Tell Ourselves About Money, featuring Meera Shireen Meyer
Todya's epoiside is about money, but not just how to make money but how to help build better, healhier, happier world, planet, community with money we have. Today's guest is certified financial planer and money guru, Meera Shireem Meyer, whos mission is to help women build wealth , feel good…
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Does Everything Really Happen for a Reason?
In this solo episode, host Iryna gets personal — sharing the life events that led her to pause the podcast to care for her family and prioritize her own well-being. She opens up about a major project she's been working on, gives a sneak peek at what's coming in Season 7, and reflects on why...
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Ethical AI , featuring CEO of SkillSaige Sayre Blake
We are back with an incredible conversation with Sayre Blake, Technical Founder and CEO of SkillSaige — an AI-powered soft skills training platform. With over a decade of experience in the tech industry, Sayre is now building a women-led, Boulder-based app dedicated to soft skill development,...
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The importance of rest with Ali Duncan
In this episode , Iryna sits down with Ali Duncan who is the founder, creator, and visionary of Urban Sanctuary, the only black owned studio in Denver and in Colorado. This conversation is full of defining moments, from Ali's upbringing in Fort Collins, Colorado to opening a yoga studio in a...
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Why We Need More Women Entrepreneurs
This mini episode is all about women's empowerment, conection and why we need more women entrepreneurs. Our host Iryna was part of an amazing event , Bloom and Brilliance, the event by women and for women. In this episode she talks about some of her takeaways from the event, why it is extremly...
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"You Have to Work Hard for What You Want", featuring Otisa Eads
The guest on the podcast today is Otisa Eads, the founder and owner of Otisa Eads,LLC https://www.otisaeads.com/about. Otisa has quite a story. Born is a very small town in Kentucky, she always dream of bigger things. She shared a big defining moment that happened after college that i think a lot...
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What Is Beauty, featuring makeup artist Kim Davis
Today's episode is all about beauty, confidence and uplifting women. We talk beauty that comes from within, how to achieve confidence and why it is so important to support and uplift other women. The guest on today's episode is Kim Davis. She is a makeup artist with over 20 years of experience in...
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Black Swan Event, featuring author Helen Hynson Vettori
How you ever heard of a black swan event? Do you know what a black swan event is? A black swan is a catastrophic incident or event that no one could have foreseen or imagined because of its unprecedented impact. On today episode we have an international author Helen Hynson Vettori. What a…
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"All About Love" , featuring China Borjas
"Self-love is the foundation of our loving practice. Without it our other efforts to love fail. Giving ourselves love we provide our inner being with the opportunity to have the unconditional love we may have always longed to received from someone else" , this beautiful passage is from the book…
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How ayahuasca changed my life, featuring clinical hypnotherapist & author Lani Gonzales
Our guest on the podcast today is Lani Gonzales. She is a clinical hypnotherapist, author, and keynote speaker . Lani shared many defining moments , some that include childhood trauma, rape, sexual abuse and story of family member who committed suicide. This episode is heavy and enlightened all…
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"Empathy is my storytelling superpower", featuring novelist Leigh Shalloway
Welcome to season 6!!! Our first guest is a novelist, Leigh Shalloway. She wrote an incredible book called "Journey back to you". In today's episode Leigh shared her experience with mental health, being diagnosed with clinical depression at 30 , and how that deepen he writing. She opened up about...
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These Are The Lessons I've Learned
In this final episode our host Iryna is doing a recap of season 5 (the season of women) and of 2025 all together. She is talking about lessons she's learned from her guests in season 5, lessons she learned so far by doing her podcast , why it is important to stay consistent and what is is proud…
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Sharing Our Stories Has The Power To Heal, featuring Wafa Saeed
Today's conversation is the one for the soul. It will feel your heart with so much hope & love. Iryna sat down with Wafa Saeed, a brilliant woman, an immigrant an avid reader, humanitarian and a proud member of the Sudanese community. Iryna & Wafa talked about their stories about coming to…
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"Giving Birth And Becoming A Mother Changed My Life", featuring the founder of She Birth Bravely, Suzzie Vehrs
It was such an honor to have Suzzie Vehrs, the founder and owner of She Births Bravely on our podcast. She is a certified doula, based in Seattle Washington, who has been part of almost 300 births. Suzzie also provides childbirth education and and abundance of resources on pre and post birth.…
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"Redefining success after postpartum depression", featuring Eman Abdur-Rahman
Today's episode is a special one. Iryna is talking to Eman Abdur-Rahman, who is a mom and entrepreneur. Eman had quite a journey when it comes to motherhood. With her first child she had a very difficult birth followed by severe postpartum depression and in the midst of going through postpartum...
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Defining moments of motherhood
Today's episode is all about motherhood. Iryna opened up about her journey, her pregnancies, breastfeeding and why being a working mom makes her a better mom, why showing her kids there are different options out there is very important for her. Do you want to be a stay-at-home mom or go back to...
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"Gun control, gun prevention and what happens after thoughts and prayers" with Angel Shabazz
Today's conversation is about a mom , who lost her son to a gun violence, and how through grief and with a help of a very strong community she created a foundation to keep her son legacy alive. Angel Shabazz is the founder of The DJ Armstrong Foundation. The mission of the Foundation is twofold…
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"Allied Education" with Rachel Schopp
Today's episode is dedicated to all the teachers and educators everywhere. Teachers are there to help us raise our children and create defining moments that are fundamental in our children's lives. Our guest today is Rachel Schopp, former classroom teacher with over a decade of experience and...
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Therapist's corner, featuring licensed therapist China Borjas
On today's episode we have a licensed therapist China Borjas, she is the Founder of Ubuntu Wellness LLC - https://www.ubuntuwellness.me/ Therapist corner is a new segment on Moments That Define Us Podcast and you can write in your questions for our therapist to [email protected].…
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Breaking barriers, featuring the CEO of Helios Worldwide, Yuki Bi
On today's episode Iryna had a great conversation with the CEO of Helios Worldwide, Yuki Bi. They spoke about leadership , specifically women leaders and how even in 2025 , even in industries that are targeting women as their primary customers, there are not enough women in the decision making...
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"I've reinvented myself a few times", featuring Celeste Moore, a certified Image Consultant, celebrity stylist, and keynote speaker
In today's episode Iryna had one of the most honest, open and vulnerable conversation with the a certified Image Consultant, celebrity stylist, and keynote speaker, Celeste Moore. Celeste shared some of the hardest moments that happened in her life to shape her to be the woman she is today. She...
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Finding your soul's calling with Ber-Henda Williams
In today's episode Iryna is in conversation with a Keynote Speaker and Feminine Leadership and Soul Coach , Ber-Henda Williams. She is a resident of Detroit and woman with many gifts and so much wisdom. Ber-Henda offered a very valuable lesson to our listens on how to find your your true calling…
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Good Immigrant
Welcome back to Moments That Define Us Podcast. This is the first episode of season 5. Our host Iryna is talking about what's happening in the county today when it comes to immigration, what it means to be an immigrant, and why its extremely important to treat everyone with kindness. She raised a...
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Heart-led human, featuring Lisa Conway
In today episode Iryna is joined by Lisa Conway. She is a beautiful human, a heart-led human who opened up in such a vulnerable and authentic way. Today Lisa is a mom, wife, business owner of a hair salon called Vantage Salon in Arvada, CO, community member and so much more. Life hasn't always…
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"Second Chance" , featuring the CEO & co-founder of Rebel Nell, Amy Peterson
A few weeks ago, Iryna had a chance to have a wonderful conversation with the CEO and co-founder of a Detroit based social enterprise Rebel Nell, Amy Paterson. Rebel Nell is a women owned and mission driven jewelry company. Not only each piece of their jewelry has a unique story but they use...
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Digital tool or digital addiction?
Today is another solo episode. In recent weeks Iryna finished reading The Anxious Generation book by Jonathan Haidt and watched 2020 documentary " The Social Dilemma", two amazing and very informative pieces of work. In this episode Iryna discusses her take on the documentary an the book, growing...
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Solo Episode - Advice on relationships and marriage
Today's episode was recorded on April 27, which is Iryna and her husband's 11th wedding anniversary. This is a short solo episode where Iryna talks about her life as a mom, wife, friend and gives unsolicited life advice to anyone out there who needs it on marriage and relationships. She tells the...
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"You need to find calm in the noise", featuring author and culture critic Jo Davis
In today's episode Iryna is joined by an amazing woman, author, film and culture critic Jonita Davis. In this episode we only scratched the surface of the amazing life this creative woman has lived. We talked about her writing process and should you stay in "one lane " as a creative, why it is...
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"We All Deserve Better", featuring the founder of GraceFull Home, EmilyJane Zahreddine
In today episode Iryna is joined by the founder of GraceFull Home, a Denver based furniture bank, EmilyJane Zahreddine. EmilyJane is a powerhouse, who saw a problem in her community and decided to create a solution. She launched her non profit in 2024 and already helped over 200 people in Denver...
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Beautiful Story Of An Empowered Woman, featuring Emily Mara
In today's episode Iryna is joined by Emily Mara, who is a personal trainer, accountability coach and the founder and owner of EMpower by Emily Mara https://www.empowerbyem.com/. This conversation is extra special for many reasons. One of the reasons is in this episode Emily and Iryna talked…
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Easy Equity, featuring Michael Sykes
Michael Sykes is the founder of the organization called Equitable Solutions and the director of culture, equity and leadership for Denver Public Schools. This conversation was deep, meaningful, vulnerable and we talked about variety of topics. Michael was open enough to talk about his life in a...
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Small Acts of Kindness with Karen Olson
I had a pleasure of having a wonderful conversation with Karen Olson, the founder of national non profit organization call Family Promise. Karen joined me on the podcast to talk about her book "Mean For More" . In her book Karen captured her incredible journey from a single act of kindness to a...
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"Sometimes you have to shatter in order to rebuild yourself" featuring fashion designer Michael Sullivan
In today's episode Iryna is joined by an incredible fashion designer Michael Sullivan. Michael went all the way back to his childhood and talked about little Michael, his hopes and dreams for the future and how he is living that dream right now. Michael's grandfather was a big inspiration for him...
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Break Free from Perfectionism and See Your Business Grow- discussion panel on the Outlier's Edge Podcast
Bella and Iryna were invited to be part of the discussion panel on the Outlier's Edge Podcast. We discussed what it means to be an entrepreneur, obstacles we had to overcome to get to the place we are today and why failure is necessary and perfection is the killer of all joy. Visit...
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New Year, New Exciting Opportunities
Welcome to Season #4!!!!!! In the first episode of season 4, Iryna and Bella sat down for a beautiful conversation. They talked about why Bella has been MIA from the podcast, the loss she experienced last year that give her clarity on how to move forward and what's in store for the podcast this...
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"I was aways proud of who I am", featuring the founder and host of Blacadian Podcast Denise Izso
In today's episode Iryna is joined by Denise Izso, the founder and host of Blacadian podcast. Through social media , Iryna and Denise became listeners of each other's podcast and finally decided to sit down for a conversation on Moments That Define Us Podcast. Denise was born and raised in Canada...
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"We All Can Make a Change", featuring Sara Finesilver
We all spend money on a daily basis but do we really know what the organizations we support stand for? Who make those critical decisions for the company? Do they really represent community they serve and who they have on their board of directors and why that is so important to know for us as...
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Iryna's BIG 40
Todays episode is a special one! Bella sat down with Iryna to talk to her about turning 40. They covered topics from aging and beauty to becoming more mature and caring less about what other people think of you. Bella took Iryna on a journey though her life, from looking back to her 20 and 30 to...
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The Dark Goddess- featuring Assetou Xango
In today episode we are joined by an incredible human Assetou Xango. They are a poet, an author , a coach and so much more.. In this conversation we discussed variety of topics from election and the state of our country today to creativity , writing and how being creative can be beautiful but…
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"My addiction was love"- featuring Tennisia Littleton-Broberg.
Our guest today is Tennisia Littleton-Broberg. Tennisia is a survivor of many things but she is warrior. She love unconditionally and her family is everything to her. She opened her heart and soul on this episode and shared some of her defining moments. Tennisia has been surrounded by very…
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Where Do I Belong
Do you ever feel like you don't belong? Are you trying to find your place in the world? The topic of today's episode is belonging. Its a sole episode without guests and without Bella, where Iryna is opening up about belonging as an immigrant living in the US. She tells a lot of stories from her...
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THE DEBATE
This week's episode is all about THE DEBATE! Bella & Iryna sprinkled this conversation with humor and laughter . They talked about a few quotes that resonated with them the most and what they agreed and disagreed with both candidates (oh should I say one candidate.......????). The conversation...
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Behind the mic with Bella and Iryna: Perfection, its not that great
WELCOME TO SEASON 3!!!!!! We are starting season 3 with our Behind the Mic series. Today Iryna and Bella opening up about pressures we have in our society to be perfect in everything we do. To have kids or not to have kids, to get married or not get married? Am I a good mother? Do I have enough...
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Takeover of "Moments That Define Us Podcast" by Two Sexiest Men Alive
This is the last episode of season 2. Its called takeover of moments that define us podcast. Takeover happened when Roy (Iryna's husband) and Spencer (Bella's boyfriend) decided to be hosts for one episode and ask us, very deep and meaningful questions about the "why" behind the podcast and our...
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I AM A SURVIVOR, Kiah Peterson story, part 2
In today's episode we continue the conversation with the survivor of domestic violence and sexual abuse, Kiah Peterson. This is part two. If you want to understand the whole story, listen to part one that was released last week. Kiah shared with us what happened to her after police showed up and...
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"We dated for a year and never had a fight"- Kiah Peterson story, part 1
This is a part one of two parts story of an incredible woman name Kiah Peterson , who survived domestic violence, sexual abuse , racial discrimination in the justice system , homeless and so much more. She shared her story in greater details in hopes to help other survivors. The name of the…
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Behind the Mic with Bella & Iryna: Self-Care
This is a new edition of Behind the Mic with Bella & Iryna, where our fabulous hosts talked about self care. In this lighthearted episode Iryna and Bella give unprofessional advice to the listeners on how to take care of yourself on a very little budget or completely free. They talk about things...
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Making home buying possible , featuring real estate agent Jessica Argo
In today's episode we are talking about real estate and the process of buying a home but doing it in the right way We sat down with the amazing real estate agent Jessica Argo who spoke about her passion for real estate, especially helping first time home buyers and women own their first home. She...
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We Are All Connected, featuring the CEO of Judi's House Micki Burns, part 2
This is part two of two part episode with the CEO of Judi's House Micki Burns. We continued talking about grief and bereavement. Micki talked about recourses Judi's House provides to families when explaining death to children. She emphasized how important it is to use correct language so kids can...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
"Moments That Define Us" podcast explore the defining moments that shape who we are.
Through a mix of heartfelt interviews, engaging storytelling, and thought-provoking discussions, "Moments That Define Us" explores a wide range of topics such as triumph over adversity, overcoming challenges, self-discovery, and finding purpose in life. Each story is unique, yet universally relatable, highlighting the common thread of human experience that connects us all.
By showcasing the resilience, courage, and resilience of individuals from diverse backgrounds, this podcast aims to inspire listeners to embrace their own defining moments and find the silver linings in their own lives. Whether you're seeking personal growth, connection, or simply a captivating narrative, "Moments That Define Us" promises to be a must-listen podcast that reminds us all of the indomitable human spirit and the power of self-discovery.
Follow us on social media @momentsthatdefineus or reach out via
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Iryna Barnett
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