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Uncharted Journey
by Cathy McKnight
Life is an adventure filled with great stories. This podcast captures and shares the adventures of amazing women, their careers, their success, and the secrets they learned along the way.
Episodes
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Episode 84 – Leslie Greenwood, Community Connector
Leslie Greenwood is a true force in the realm of community building and engagement. As the founder of Chief Evangelist Consulting and cofounder of Wednesday Women, she is known for her ability to craft innovative strategies for both formal and informal communities while bypassing the constraints…
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Episode 83 - Ina Hadshiew, Serendipity Embracer
Dr. Ina Hadsciew is a seasoned dermatologist with an impressive career spanning over 30 years. Dr. Hadsciew's journey is anything but ordinary—she almost became a professional swimmer, but a pivotal conversation with her father led her to pursue medicine instead. Growing up in West Germany after...
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Episode 82 - Meryl Evans, Accessibility Champion
Meryl Evans was born profoundly deaf, but that has never slowed her down or stopped her from making an impact as a renowned speaker, trainer, author, and accessibility consultant. A true champion of accessibility and inclusion, she is helping push progress in accessibility in education…
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Episode 81 – Kate Ertmann, Logic Driven Communicator
Kate Ertmann effortlessly moves between the worlds of business, math, and community service. Her expertise in Organizational Design is all about finding the sweet spot between humans and financials, helping companies and their teams thrive in the fast-paced 21st-century workplace. Kate’s...
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Episode 80 – Nicki Traikos, Curious Creative Entrepreneur
Nicki Traikos is an inspiring, creative entrepreneur who has pursued her dreams and made a positive impact along the way. From a young age, Nicki had a deep desire to create beauty through art, but she allowed self-doubt and intimidation to hold her back. Everything changed when she turned 40....
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Episode 79 – Mehda Wilson, Empowering Financier
As the Group Chief Executive Officer at MicroLoan Foundation, Medha Wilson has dedicated her career to alleviating poverty and creating sustainable change for underserved communities. Under her leadership, the foundation's assets have quadrupled in just five years, and the number of active…
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Episode 78 – Karrie Sanderson, Adventurous Leader
Karrie Sanderson is the dynamic and accomplished founder and CMO at K.E.S. Consulting. With a wealth of experience in growth marketing, brand leadership and strategy, creative studio management, and strategic consulting, she is a powerhouse leader who knows how to drive success. Her desire to be…
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E77 - Jessie Shipman, Transformative Teacher
Jessie Shipman has established herself as a pioneer at the intersection of education and technology, paving the way for a brighter future. As the CEO and founder of Fluincy, Jessie Shipman has blended her teaching and technological skills and fostered an environment where her team can make daily...
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Episode 76 - Soundarya Balasubramani, Curious Maverick
Soundarya Balasubramani (aka Pooja) is not yet 30 but has already achieved so much. Since quitting that gig, an ex-product manager with Salesforce, she has added 2x author, creator of the online community unshackled.club, and founder to her list of accomplishments. She is a rare combination of...
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Episode 75 – Beth Torrie, Strategic Advisor
Beth Torrie has an impressive 20+ years of experience in IT as an expert in industry analyst relations, marketing strategy, and media communications. She has fearlessly supported and driven AR programs for start-ups, midmarket, and large companies, delivering against aggressive goals, ensuring…
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Episode 74 – Melissa Moody, Positive Amplifier
Melissa Moody is a full-stack marketing executive and entrepreneur extraordinaire. With an unwavering passion for user-first products and a remarkable talent for creating clarity amidst chaos, she is the go-to for best practices on finding focus and going big. At the helm as General Manager for...
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Episode 73 – Nikki Carvalho, Barrier-breaking Leader
Nikki Carvalho's ascent to the presidency of State Window Corporation is a testament to her exceptional leadership qualities and unwavering dedication. As President, she not only holds the title but also leads by example, setting a high standard for excellence and encouraging her team to reach...
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Episode 72 – Janna Kimel, Empowering Empath
Janna Kimel knows how to unlock potential at the intersection of UX Research, design, and accessibility. For more than 15 years, she has been a driving force in the world of UX Research, design, and accessibility. With an unwavering commitment to championing inclusive design and research, she has...
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Episode 71 – Tamsen Webster, Story Builder
Tamsen Webster is part strategist, part storyteller, part English-to-English translator, and with an overlay of enthusiastic positivity. Take all those things to varying degrees depending on the day and tasks at hand, and there is no wonder her clients and followers learn and embrace the council…
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Episode 70 – Cindy Gallop, Status Quo Challenger
Cindy Gallop is a woman to be reckoned with. With a background in brand-building, marketing, and advertising, she’s been a trailblazer since 1998, when she started up the US office of ad agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty in New York. Since then, she's only gotten more badass, earning accolades like...
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Episode 69 – Liz Robinson, Change Generator
Liz Robinson is someone who truly knows how to build teams, capacity, and community. With deep roots in communications for financial services, she has led impactful efforts like the one to expand the national conversation about how we value and pay for college, at institutions like Sallie Mae and...
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Episode 68 – Lizz Bacon, Heartset Problem Solver
Lizz Bacon is an innovative problem-solver. A few years after graduating Stanford with a bachelor's degree in literature, she had the epiphany that she was a designer and pursued a master's degree in the discipline. And for the 25 years since, she has been practicing at the forefront of the…
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Episode 67 – Danielle Barnes, Voice Amplifier
Danielle Barnes is the CEO of Women Talk Design, where she’s on a mission to amplify the voices of women and nonbinary individuals. She’s trained hundreds of wanna-be speakers on the power of storytelling and how to become more confident public speakers. Knowing that helping to create great...
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Episode 66 – Andrea Nordgren, Compassion-centred Creative
Andrea Nordgren an extraordinary Colorado-based commercial, branded content, and film director. Her journey in storytelling began with her nomadic childhood, which cultivated her into a highly agile creator with an insatiable curiosity about human behavior. She possesses a life-long wanderlust…
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Episode 65 - Margot Bloomstein, Trust Builder
Margot Bloomstein is a true powerhouse in the content strategy industry. With her notable publications, including "Trustworthy: How the Smartest Brands Beat Cynicism and Bridge the Trust Gap" and "Content Strategy at Work: Real-World Stories to Strengthen Every Interactive Project," Margot has...
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Episode 64 – Ann Rockley, Thriviving Revitalization Coach
Ann Rockley is as resilient as she is innovative and tenacious. Conquering both the professional world and a chronic illness simultaneously for more than three decades, she has defied the odds while leaving an indelible mark as an internationally recognized expert in content strategy and content...
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Episode 63 – Tara King, Passionate Experience Advocate
Tara King is a force to reckon with. With her palpable passion for life and deep kindness that she extends to all she meets, it’s no wonder she has a zest for transforming the way customers – internal and external – experience brands. As the Director of Customer Experience at Gibraltar Building...
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Episode 62 – Amanda Todorovich, Unstoppable Visionary Leader
Amanda Todorovich is a communications and marketing powerhouse in the healthcare industry with more than 20 years of storytelling experience. As the Senior Director, Health Content, at the Cleveland Clinic, she leads one of the most successful content marketing teams in the country. Her...
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Episode 61 – Ann Handley, Kindness-driven Marketer
We are kicking off 2024 with content and marketing industry royalty. Ann Handley is a writer, a digital marketing pioneer, and a doubling-crowned Wall Street Journal best-selling author. A sought-after speaker, she is as memorable as she is inspiring, empowering audiences around the world to…
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2023 Uncharted - Wrap Up & Playlist
As 2023 takes its final bow, I can't help but be filled with gratitude for every one of you who has become a part of the Uncharted Journeys community. It has been an incredible first 60 episodes filled with inspiring stories, thought-provoking discussions, and beautiful moments of connection....
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Episode 60 – Nicole Ferry, Mental Health Champion
In a world where mental health is often overlooked, Nicole Ferry stands out as a force of empowerment. She’s had a drive to serve for as long as she can remember, Nicole recently shifted her service dedication from law enforcement to mental wellness. With a mission to raise awareness about…
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Episode 59 – Anne-Phyfe Palmer, Awareness Creator and Low-key Famous
Anne-Phyfe Palmer grew up in New Orleans, and later moved to and settled in Seattle. It was there that she founded 8 Limbs Yoga Centers in 1996 to provide an inclusive and welcoming home for yoga practitioners. For 23 years she helped others find a deeper, inner connection with themselves, as…
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Episode 58 – Theresa Regli, Success Enabler
Theresa Regli has more than 30 years’ experience in the digital technology industry, and is possibly THE most noted global expert in Digital Asset & Media Management (DAM). She advises clients on the DAM marketplace, data orchestration, creative operations, content supply chain, and Martech stack...
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Episode 57 – Jessica Hickey, Operations Mastermind
Jessica Hickey is a woman of many talents - Operations Mastermind, Author, Speaker, Coach, Author, and Sailor. Her professional life has been as varied as it has been interesting. From mixology to administrative to project management, an engineering degree, and the chance to learn all about how…
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Episode 56 – Sylvia Baffour, Caring Coach
Sylvia Baffour is an Emotional Intelligence Coach, Professional Speaker and Trainer who was recently ranked by HubSpot among the Top 15 female motivational speakers ahead Oprah Winfrey and Mel Robbins!! A world traveler, she has visited more than 38 countries, lived in eight and speaks five...
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Episode 55 – Lisa Welchman, Web Chaos Wrangler
Lisa Welchman loves the web and all that it offers. And because of this love and the vision of the online venue’s potential to generate good – she has made it her mission to create a safer and more compassionate web through her consulting, writing, and speaking. As a leader in the digital...
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Episode 54 – Patty Radford Henderson, Tenacious Innovator
Patty Radford Henderson has a passion for helping marketers see what is possible. As a senior marketing strategist, former agency owner, and start-up founder she has spent her career helping brands create customer-centric content marketing programs. She’s worked with Aveda, Thomson Reuters…
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Episode 53 – Jenny Magic, Change Avenger
Jenny Magic is just an all-around amazing and kind individual. Pair this with her 20 years of marketing transformation experience she guides management and team performance practices on positive methods to navigate and conquer change. One of her clients dubbed her a "marketing therapist" years…
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Episode 52 – Allison Abraham, Fierce Advocate
Allison Abraham has carved her success from a committed and deep work ethic. By taking a visionary’s point of view on just about everything and making sure those around her are supported, seen, and allowed to shine, she has set an example of what success can be. Previously as a leader of…
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Episode 51 - Liz Bachman, Planet Crusader
Liz Bachman is a woman of the world, living in 16 different states in two countries before her 25th birthday. This mobility instilled in her a love of adventure, travel, and a delight of new experiences. Her career journey has been equally diverse, beginning in banking, recruiting, and...
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Episode 50 - Andrea Belk Olson, Strategic Differentiator
Andrea Belk Olson began her career building a tech startup from $10k in seed monies to a multi-million-dollar organization in only eight years. She went onto serve as the first female corporate executive at multiple global companies, and an I-CORPS certified instructor with the University of…
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Episode 49 – Kate Billing, Leadership Pragmatist
Kate Billing has been obsessed with what it is to be human and how to be and do it better since she was 10 years old. She’s treated herself and her life as an ongoing experiment since her 20s in a way that now has an official title ‘Biohacker’…and has found it to be SO much more than just the…
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Episode 48 – Jill Jago, Committed Communicator
Jill Jago is the Chief Sustainability Officer at Vermouth, a premium, sustainable beauty company that aims to create a line of fully compostable beauty products made from natural ingredients and packaged using absolutely no plastics. She doesn’t believe in perfection and is a language fanatic – a...
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Episode 47 – Danielle Paige, Culture Maven
Danielle Paige spends her days as the chief marketing and growth officer at Nixon Peabody, an AM Law 100 firm. As a key leader, she focuses on brand strategy, digital business transformation, as well as client engagement and growth. A brand builder, storyteller, devoted client partner,...
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Episode 46 - Laura Parr, Conscious Mindset Mentor
Laura Parr is a trained business coach and mindset mentor. She has a background in business consulting with one of the largest consulting firms in London. Before pivoting to follow her passion for helping with her coaching practice she started, scaled, and sold her property business. Her pivot…
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Episode 45 - Nancy Harhut, Persuasive Optimist
Nancy Harhut is a highly strategic and results-oriented internationally recognized Creative Director. Known for depth of knowledge and practice in using decision science to prompt customer action and loyalty, she and her teams have won over 200 awards for marketing effectiveness. Growing up, she...
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Episode 44 - Dr. Amy D'Aprix, Empathy Enabling Go-Getter
Dr. Amy D'Aprix is a renowned expert in her field who is affectionately known as Dr. Amy. With advanced degrees in Social Work, she serves as the Chief Empathy Officer and Life Transitions Expert at Life Transitions. Her mission? Assisting clients in navigating the challenges of aging and...
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Episode 43 – Mary Quist-Newins, Financial Education Evangelist
Mary Quist-Newins is a driven financial industry founder, practitioner, instructor, researcher, author, coach, leader, and mom and grandmother. Her wall is crowded with degrees and certifications - she is Certified Financial Planner, and has not one, but two master’s degrees in business and…
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Episode 42 - Cynthia Nelson, Empowering Entrepreneur
Cynthia Nelson is a visionary entrepreneur with 25+ years of start-up and corporate experience building lifestyle and content platforms with world-class brands including Amazon/Audible, Walmart , Kraft, Sony Music, American Airlines, Disney, and numerous other media outlets. From early days as in...
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Episode 41 - Jess Tyson, Queen of Calm
Jess Tyson is a hard-working and detail-obsessed founder, author, podcast host, and speaker. She spends her days as the proud Director of Calm at Don't Panic Management, the first virtual assistant agency to embody a people-first approach to virtual assistant success. Since 2011, she's been…
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Episode 40 - Jay Trestain, Experience Unicorn
Jay Trestain is a self-professed unicorn - technologist, strategist, mentor/career coach, volunteer, and massive advocate for women and girls in STEM; she also has some of the best hair going in the industry. Jay loves talking to people about how the lines between technology and human experience...
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Episode 39 - Cathy McPhillips, Fortuitous Marketer
Cathy McPhillips is the Chief Growth Officer at the Marketing Artificial Intelligence Institute. Based in Cleveland, Ohio, Cathy is a Buckeye through and through. Growing up in Lakewood, Ohio, she attended Ohio University to study journalism. While at OU, she worked at The Post, the school...
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Episode 38 – Lisa Bragg, Self-Promotion Advocate
Lisa Bragg takes her name more literally than most. Her book Bragging Rights: How to Talk about Your Work Using Purposeful Self-Promotion officially hits the literal and virtual shelves on May 11th. It is a must-read for anyone looking to improve their self-advocacy skills. Lisa is also a…
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Episode 37 - Zontee Hou, Purposefully Practical Strategist
Zontee Hou brings a unique blend of strategic, academic, and practical thinking to all she does. With more than 15 years of marketing industry experience garnered from the likes of IMF, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, Allstate Insurance, and Indiana University, she KNOWS marketing.…
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Episode 36 - Jess Moore Matthews, Unbought and Unbossed Leader
Jess Moore Matthews is a force to be reckoned with as the founder and Chief Good Troublemaker at Backbone Digital Leaders - an agency conceived by unbought and unbossed black women. Her digital marketing and organizing expertise started with a tweet during former President Obama’s address to her...
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Life is an adventure filled with great stories. This podcast captures and shares the adventures of amazing women, their careers, their success, and the secrets they learned along the way.
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Cathy McKnight
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