Glow Up, Gyrl

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  Betting on Yourself: Building a Wellness Brand from Idea to Retail Shelf with Madison Vrbnjak 22.10.2026 54m

  What if the real test of your idea is whether people come back and ask for more? Madison Vrbnjak had one rule before launching JUSTYOU, her daily gut health and energy supplement. She wouldn’t launch until friends and family were texting her for more samples. That took a while. Madison spent six years building JUSTYOU alongside a marketing agency she co-founded, launched about a year and a half ago, and is now on her first retail shelf at Pop Up Grocer in New York City. Kyra talks with the Dallas-based founder and mom of two about what building a brand really looks like, and what kept her going when it got hard. In this episode: Why Madison waited to launch until friends asked for more samples Friends and family support you, but they aren’t your customers Why “do A and B to get to Z” rarely works on schedule Becoming a professional problem solver Why founders should know every part of their business “If you ever want to become patient, start your own business” Knowing when to pivot and when to keep going Finding your why, and why money alone won’t hold you Her red flag for overwhelm: “It’s all up to me” How her team landed JUSTYOU its first retail spot Monthly check-ins and the 10% everyone can improve on Whether you are sitting on an idea, a few years into building something, or leading a small team that’s carrying a lot, this conversation will meet you right where you are. Learn more: justyouco.com Follow JUSTYOU: @justyouco Stay connected to Glow Up, Gyrl: Website: glowupgyrl.com | Email: hello@glowupgyrl.com Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn: @glowupgyrl | Facebook: @glowupgyrlatl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  The Authority Shift: Stop Waiting to Be Chosen and Start Leading with Shirley Sutton 15.10.2026 42m

  What if the promotion you keep waiting for is waiting on you to act like you already have it? Shirley Sutton knows the feeling from the inside. She once watched a colleague mention her idea in passing, get the credit for it, and get promoted, while she stayed put as “the reliable one” who always got things done. Today Shirley is a leadership coach and People and Culture leader with years in talent, recruitment, and HR, and the creator of the Managers to Leaders program. Kyra sits down with her to talk about why so many women wait for permission to lead, and what changes when they stop. In this episode: The meeting where someone else got credit for Shirley’s idea Why being “the reliable one” can keep you right where you are Why waiting feels safe, and what it costs you Outsourcing your worth to someone else’s timeline What the Authority Shift actually means Why becoming a parent is the best analogy for stepping into authority The day Shirley asked “who normally does this?” and the answer was “you do” Reading the room and knowing when to take it offline Why you should apply for the role even if you might not get it The one small step to take if you feel invisible at work Inside the Managers to Leaders program Whether you are a manager eyeing your next role, already holding the title but not quite feeling it, or the person everyone counts on but nobody promotes, this conversation will meet you right where you are. Learn more: ascendly.online Follow Shirley: @ascendly_career_coach Stay connected to Glow Up, Gyrl: Website: glowupgyrl.com | Email: hello@glowupgyrl.com Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn: @glowupgyrl | Facebook: @glowupgyrlatl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Dress for Who You're Becoming: Style, Confidence, and Visibility Without a New Wardrobe with JenniLee 08.10.2026 47m

  What if the answer to "I have nothing to wear" is already hanging in your closet? This week on the Glow Up, Gyrl Podcast, Kyra sits down with JenniLee, a celebrity stylist and image consultant with more than 20 years of experience dressing stars like Greta Gerwig, Chris Pratt, Lauryn Hill, and Gloria Estefan. She started her career on movie sets, where she learned that clothes help tell a story. Today she helps ambitious women build wardrobes that reflect who they are and where they are going, through a philosophy she calls more styling, less shopping. In this episode: Why your closet stops reflecting you, and the three-month check-in that fixes it The department store homework where you try on the expensive version and buy nothing How the haul economy filled our closets and left us wearing a fraction of what we own The client with 50 white button-down shirts, and how to keep only the best The photo album in your closet for pieces you love but will never wear Dressing for the body you have today, and why jeans get an exception Why your body has its own weather, and the two-outfit rule for big days Why she does not believe in color analysis Size labels, gendered clothing, and why every woman needs a tailor Her free Style Archetype Quiz and the Spark Framework Her three takeaways, starting with stepping back from the mirror Whether you are pivoting into a new role, standing in front of a full closet with nothing to wear, or trying to refresh your style without spending much, this conversation will meet you right where you are. Learn more: jennileestylist.consulting Follow JenniLee: @jennileestylist Stay connected to Glow Up, Gyrl: Website: glowupgyrl.com | Email: hello@glowupgyrl.com Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn: @glowupgyrl | Facebook: @glowupgyrlatl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Life-Synced Success: AI, Ayurveda, and Building a Business Your Body Can Sustain with Arjita Sethi 01.10.2026 43m

  What if the business you are building is one your body cannot actually survive? This week on the Glow Up, Gyrl Podcast, Kyra sits down with Arjita Sethi, serial entrepreneur, physical therapist, certified yoga teacher, and Ayurveda practitioner working at the intersection of AI and wellbeing. She founded Shaanti, an AI-powered wellness platform now ranked fourth in AI wellness in the US, along with New Founders School and Build With AI Club. She sits on the advisory board of the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center and teaches entrepreneurship at San Francisco State. She started her first company at 16 in India, a vocational school that reached 100,000 people. Then came a venture-backed AI company in San Francisco, twenty-hour days, and by 2019, burnout so complete she says there was not a functional bone left in her body. COVID shut everything down, and she and her husband moved to three acres surrounded by redwoods in Northern California. They stayed two and a half years, and it changed what success meant to her. In this episode: Why AI is your first hire, not a magic trick What most people get wrong about training it, and why every input has a memory Whether using AI is cheating, and why your input is the part nobody can copy How burnout became a badge of honor, and what she saw in Silicon Valley that normalized it The forced pause in the redwoods that rebuilt her definition of success How AI made a six-month paid maternity leave possible, in a year that outperformed the one before What Ayurveda actually is, and why the same advice does not work for everyone Vata, pitta, and kapha, and why your body already knows what it needs The nervous system as a founder's real operating system, with Jensen Huang as the example The free thing she recommends over every product: sleep, water, and breath Her three takeaways, including the question she thinks everyone should be asking Whether you are running on empty and calling it ambition, curious about AI but sure you are behind, or quietly wondering whether the version of success you are chasing is even yours, this conversation will meet you right where you are. Learn more: findshanti.com Also from Arjita: newfoundersschool.com and buildwithaiclub.com Follow Arjita: @arjitasethi Stay connected to Glow Up, Gyrl: Website: glowupgyrl.com | Email: hello@glowupgyrl.com Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn: @glowupgyrl | Facebook: @glowupgyrlatl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  From Artist to CEO: Building a Seven-Figure Beauty Brand by Reinventing Yourself with Tanny Diep 24.09.2026 49m

  What if the career that finally fits is one you have not thought of yet? This week on the Glow Up, Gyrl Podcast, Kyra sits down with Tanny Diep, founder of Sway Brows, a permanent makeup academy and studio in Los Angeles. She is a master artist, educator, and beauty business coach who built a seven-figure brand. She is also 41, and she started this career at 35. Before any of it, she sold cell phones at AT&T through college, dropped out of business school, went back for fashion design, and spent nearly a decade in the fashion industry. She took a pay cut from forty dollars an hour to nine, bartended and served sushi to cover the gap, and worked her way from design assistant to nearly every role a small company has. Then she hit a wall. What got her out was a 200-hour yoga teacher training she only signed up for because a friend asked. She never taught yoga. She came out of it having put down a victim mentality she had been carrying, and that is the version of her who eventually looked at microblading and thought, maybe. In this episode: Leaving a stable sales career for a nine-dollar-an-hour internship, and why she did it anyway The yoga training that changed everything, and why it was never about yoga Her first model, which went so badly she nearly quit on the spot The eleventh client who made her understand what this work actually is Why the beauty industry she feared turned out to be nothing like she expected The back room of a hair salon, a hundred square foot studio, and what came next The month she made ten thousand dollars and assumed it was a fluke What the shift from artist to CEO actually required Why confidence comes from repetition, not from thinking about confidence The expensive experiments that did not work, and why she keeps trying anyway Her answer for anyone who thinks it is too late Whether you are eyeing an exit from something that no longer fits, talented at your craft and lost on the business side, or just wondering if starting over in your thirties or forties is allowed, this conversation will meet you right where you are. Learn more: swaybrows.com Follow Tanny: @swaybrows Stay connected to Glow Up, Gyrl: Website: glowupgyrl.com | Email: hello@glowupgyrl.com Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn: @glowupgyrl | Facebook: @glowupgyrlatl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Why Isn't Everyone Dancing? Reclaiming Instinct, Joy, and Your Own Humanity with Jo Kelly 17.09.2026 51m

  What if there is nothing about you that needs healing, and the problem is that you were never honored in the first place? This week on the Glow Up, Gyrl Podcast, Kyra sits down with Jo Kelly, an instinct and truth resetter who has spent close to thirty years helping people move back through their conditioning toward instinct, freedom, and their own humanity. She works with artists, creative leaders, and athletes, and she describes what she does simply: helping adults be kids again. Jo is also the director of the documentary Why Isn't Everyone Dancing? It started during her cancer treatment. She caught sight of herself in the mirror one morning, naked, about to shower, on her way to radiation, and dancing. She kept dancing. In the car with the windows down. Through the hospital corridor. In front of the radiation room door. When the nurses opened it, they told her they had watched the whole thing on camera, and she saw more joy on their faces than she had seen in weeks. In this episode: Why the pacifier is the first thing we hand a crying baby, and what that teaches How school trains children out of their own instincts Why the pressure to please falls harder on women Feelings are not to be fixed or healed, they are to be honored The tree with no branches, and what happens when a human gets the same treatment Being interested versus trying to be interesting Why cutting the weeds never works if the root stays Dancing through cancer treatment, and the instruction that became a documentary The strangers who joined her, and the ones who crossed the street Why twenty people end up hugging by the end of her first workshop day Presence instead of confidence, and why the difference matters Whether you have been performing rather than living, carrying feelings you were taught to swallow, or just curious what you were like before the world got hold of you, this conversation will meet you right where you are. Learn more: tobeornottoact.com Follow Jo: @tobeornottoact_jokelly Stay connected to Glow Up, Gyrl: Website: glowupgyrl.com | Email: hello@glowupgyrl.com Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn: @glowupgyrl | Facebook: @glowupgyrlatl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Strategic Networking: Building Relationships That Actually Open Doors with Dr. Elizabeth Fried 10.09.2026 48m

  What if the reason networking feels awful is that you have been doing the wrong thing first? This week on the Glow Up, Gyrl Podcast, Kyra sits down with Dr. Elizabeth Fried, executive coach, author, and founder of N. E. Fried and Associates, who has spent more than four decades with senior leaders, business owners, and professionals working on clarity, confidence, and executive presence. She is also 78, plays pickleball with a 33 year old partner, acts in commercials for active aging, and writes a children's fantasy series. Her book started with Navy SEALs. Elizabeth coaches for The Honor Foundation, which helps special operators move into the civilian workforce. She says many of them would rather go back into a firefight than walk into a room of strangers. Their program requires 50 cups of coffee with people they do not know, so she built them a protocol in the language they already spoke: mission, target, reconnaissance, plan. It worked, and it turned into Strategic Networking: A Practical Playbook. In this episode: Why the first step is not meeting people, it is knowing your objective The five situations in her book and why each one needs different questions Relationship capital instead of collecting business cards The AI prompts she wrote to research someone before you ever meet them Mirror neurons, oxytocin, and what actually happens when two people connect Why asking permission drops defenses, and the exact phrasing to use The No Wallflower Rule, and the mindset shift she gave her terrified niece How to gracefully exit a conversation and still get the contact How to join a group already talking without saying a word at first The handwritten note, the follow-up article, and why most people quit too early What she learned about influence after four decades of coaching Whether you are dreading a conference next month, rebuilding a network after a career change, or walking into rooms where you do not know a soul, this conversation will meet you right where you are. Learn more: executivecoachingfirms.com Follow Elizabeth: @nelizabethfried Stay connected to Glow Up, Gyrl: Website: glowupgyrl.com | Email: hello@glowupgyrl.com Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn: @glowupgyrl | Facebook: @glowupgyrlatl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Change Starts With Choice: Rebuilding Self-Trust and Moving Forward Without Certainty with Ev Foster 03.09.2026 32m

  What if you are not waiting for more information, and you already know exactly what you want to do? This week on the Glow Up, Gyrl Podcast, Kyra sits down with Ev Foster, author of Change Starts With Choice, intuitive psychology coach, and operating principal of Keller Williams Scotland. As Regional Champion for Scotland with WIEA, she mentors real estate agents building profitable, intentional businesses. She is a mum of four, splitting her time between Glasgow and Edinburgh. The book traces back to one year in her early twenties. Ev left an abusive relationship, lost her grandmother, and watched her father have a debilitating stroke at 58 that put him in a wheelchair. She was 24, and what stayed with her was that her parents had spent their whole marriage waiting for his retirement. Rainy day. Someday. We will be happy when. In this episode: Why people react before they breathe, and what leading through it taught her The moment capable women reach for one more opinion instead of trusting themselves Self-trust as a muscle, not a personality trait The conscious mind is five percent, and what the other ninety-five is holding Deep intuitive trust, the eyes-closed technique she walks clients through Shadows, and the schoolyard comment you forgot but your body did not The beach ball you have been holding underwater, and what comes back when you let go Why outgrowing your life feels worse than failing at it Not every room wants you to rise, and what that costs women who sense it Losing friends as you grow, and making peace with reasons and seasons Viktor Frankl, and the one freedom nobody can take from you The answer for the woman waiting to feel confident before she acts Whether you are sitting on a decision you already made, carrying something you pushed down years ago, or leading well on paper while second-guessing yourself in private, this conversation will meet you right where you are. Learn more: changestartswithchoice.com Follow Ev: @evfoster_choicecoach Stay connected to Glow Up, Gyrl: Website: glowupgyrl.com | Email: hello@glowupgyrl.com Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn: @glowupgyrl | Facebook: @glowupgyrlatl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  You Are Already a Leader: Confidence, Faith, and Showing Up as Who You Are Becoming with Sharonda Holland 27.08.2026 58m

  What if you have been waiting for a title to make you a leader, and everyone around you already sees you as one? This week on the Glow Up, Gyrl Podcast, Kyra sits down with Sharonda Holland, founder of Higher Ground Leaders and a hospitality leader with more than 15 years in the industry. Sharonda says the organization was born out of what she calls failure. There were seasons when nothing was going according to plan, and she was questioning whether she was even on the right path. What she found on the other side was that the encouraging she had been doing for emerging leaders in her community was not a side thing. It was the work. In this episode: Why Higher Ground carries that name, and what constantly climbing actually means Leading before the title, and why leadership is smaller and simpler than most people think The mold most of us picture when we hear the word leader, and how wrong it is Why women struggle with confidence, and the comparison trap social media keeps setting The brag folder that turns a bad day around What to do when you feel stuck, and why analysis paralysis keeps you frozen Pivoting is not failure, and how to spot burnout before it flattens you Active listening as a leadership trait nobody puts on the list Opportunity areas instead of weaknesses, and why the language matters How faith and surrender show up in the way Sharonda builds and leads Her three takeaways: do not be afraid to pivot, do not be afraid to fail, and keep climbing Whether you are waiting on a promotion that has not come, rebuilding after something did not work out, or leading a team without the title to match, this conversation will meet you right where you are. Learn more: highergroundleaders.com Follow Sharonda: @highergroundleaders Stay connected to Glow Up, Gyrl: Website: glowupgyrl.com | Email: hello@glowupgyrl.com Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn: @glowupgyrl | Facebook: @glowupgyrlatl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Excellence Without Exhaustion: Leading Fully Without Burning Out with Tian Philson 20.08.2026 57m

  What if the reason you are so tired has nothing to do with how much sleep you got and everything to do with a belief you have never actually examined? This week on the Glow Up, Gyrl Podcast, Kyra sits down with Tian Philson, leadership transformation and decision-making coach and the founder of LSF Wellness. Tian spent more than 20 years in corporate strategy before building a practice around one idea: help people go inward so they can go upward. She works with high-achieving women who are succeeding by every external measure and paying for it with their energy and their peace. Her partners include Kroger, Junior League Cincinnati, and 84.51°. In this episode: Why there was never one moment, just a lot of small ones she kept ignoring Crying on the drive to work at her first job out of college Coming home at night and no longer recognizing herself, even while she kept moving up The difference between exhaustion and burnout, and why rest only fixes one of them When it is time to stop coaching yourself and talk to a mental health professional The beliefs running below conscious awareness that keep you saying yes People pleasing, over-delivering, and the promotion where the goalposts keep moving The question Tian asks every client: how is that serving you now Why you are a leader even if you have never managed a single person The Moana and Spider-Man story that changed how she answers her husband Inside the VOICCE® framework and why the desired outcome comes first Letting a decision be good enough, and the fatigue that perfectionism creates Whether you are the dependable one everyone piles work onto, the person who says yes before you have even thought about it, or a woman who looks fine on paper and knows something is off, this conversation will meet you right where you are. Learn more: lsfwellness.com Follow LSF Wellness: @lsf.wellness Stay connected to Glow Up, Gyrl: Website: glowupgyrl.com | Email: hello@glowupgyrl.com Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn: @glowupgyrl | Facebook: @glowupgyrlatl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  The Sleep Recipe: Real Rest, Real Recovery, and the Glow Up You Get When You Finally Sleep Well with Dr. Tara Youngblood 13.08.2026 46m

  What if waking up at 3 a.m. every night has nothing to do with willpower and everything to do with two degrees? This week on the Glow Up, Gyrl Podcast, Kyra sits down with Dr. Tara Youngblood, sleep science educator, inventor, and founder of Geli. Tara holds more than 50 patents, co-founded ChiliSleep, and shared her "sleep recipe" approach in her TEDxCaryWomen talk. She came to this work the hard way. After losing her son Benjamin in 2008, she stopped sleeping almost entirely, and the grief and depression that followed sent her into more than 10,000 hours of research. In this episode: Losing her son, losing her sleep, and what she went looking for Why most sleep research was done on college-age men and left women out entirely The biggest sleep myth women believe about being "just a bad sleeper" Why your body has to drop two degrees to reach deep sleep, and what your mattress is doing about it The sleep switch, and why turning it off in the morning matters as much as turning it on at night Kyra gets candid about perimenopause and dreading bedtime What Tara wants women to ask their doctors about estrogen, progesterone, and testing A 30-second stress reset you can do in a bathroom stall Her honest take on memory foam, alcohol before bed, and the five tips flooding your feed The gratitude practice her son brought home from camp that the family still does every night Inside Geli and the science behind it Whether you are lying awake at 3 a.m., moving through a hormonal season nobody prepared you for, or running a company on four hours of sleep, this conversation will meet you right where you are. Learn more: gelisleep.com Follow Tara: @dr_youngblood Follow Geli: @gelisleep Stay connected to Glow Up, Gyrl: Website: glowupgyrl.com | Email: hello@glowupgyrl.com Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn: @glowupgyrl | Facebook: @glowupgyrlatl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Build Your Village: Motherhood, Postpartum Care, and the Power of Betting on Yourself with Kristin Smith 06.08.2026 37m

  What if the season everyone frames as overwhelming can actually be a joyous, supported one you plan for ahead of time? This week on the Glow Up, Gyrl Podcast, Kyra sits down with Kristin Smith, founder of Well Supported Family, a newborn care and postpartum support agency connecting families with experienced caregivers during the early stages of parenthood. After becoming a mother at just 19, Kristin trained as a birth and postpartum doula and built what would become Well Supported Family in 2015. Today the agency serves thousands of families a year across 14 states, and she also serves as Executive Director of the Newborn Care Specialist Association. In this episode: Becoming a mom at 19 and building a company from that experience with no business background The midwife path she trained for, and the pivot to postpartum care she never planned Why understanding your baby's cues means your baby fits into your life, not the other way around Postpartum support in the zero to six month window and why it matters so much Why asking for help is not a failure, told through Kristin's own recent adoption The insurance and employer benefits that are starting to cover postpartum care Helping the whole family adjust, including older siblings with big feelings How Well Supported Family's one-to-one matching process actually works What Kristin tells women who want to bet on themselves but feel the odds are stacked against them Whether you are preparing to welcome a baby, supporting someone who is, or building something of your own from the ground up, this conversation will meet you right where you are. Learn more: wellsupportedfamily.com Follow Kristin: @wellsupportedfamily Stay connected to Glow Up, Gyrl: Website: glowupgyrl.com | Email: hello@glowupgyrl.com Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn: @glowupgyrl | Facebook: @glowupgyrlatl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  The Consistency Code: Coming Back to Yourself Without Starting Over with Courtney Townley 30.07.2026 46m

  What if you have never actually needed to start over, because starting over was never the option in the first place? This week on the Glow Up, Gyrl Podcast, Kyra sits down with Courtney Townley, a women's self-leadership coach, host of the highly rated Grace & Grit podcast, and author of The Consistency Code. For the past 20 years, Courtney has been helping women take better care of themselves with more consistency and ease. She is a Level 2 Certified Nutrition Coach through Precision Nutrition, a certified strength coach with the National Strength & Conditioning Association, and a certified life coach through The Life Coach School. This conversation is warm, funny, and full of reframes that will change how you think about health, habits, and the stories you tell yourself when you fall off track. In this episode: Why devotion beats discipline, and what changes when you make the switch The reframe that stops the Monday restart cycle: you cannot start over, but you can always resume Health as a direction, not a destination, and why you are always one decision from rerouting The four self-leadership skills at the root of real consistency Why self-trust is the byproduct of keeping promises to yourself Deep health explained: integrity in your cells and integrity in your soul Proving your worth versus owning it, and how integrity pain shows up The stress bucket: reducing what is in it and fortifying it on purpose What perimenopause, menopause, and postpartum do to your reserves The campfire analogy that will change how quickly you get back on track All about The Consistency Code and the Grace & Grit podcast Whether you are in a season of falling off or just tired of the all-or-nothing cycle, this episode will meet you exactly where you are. Learn more: graceandgrit.com Follow Courtney: @gracegrit Stay connected to Glow Up, Gyrl: Website: glowupgyrl.com | Email: hello@glowupgyrl.com Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn: @glowupgyrl | Facebook: @glowupgyrlatl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Becoming Your Own Best Friend: Cultivating Real Connection and Friendship in Midlife with Cheryl Dillon 23.07.2026 42m

  What if the reason friendship feels harder in midlife has nothing to do with you, and everything to do with the fact that no one ever told you it would take intention? This week on the Glow Up, Gyrl Podcast, Kyra sits down with Cheryl Dillon, life coach, writer, speaker, and founder of Funderful Experiences, where she helps women create midlife chapters that are joyful, vibrant, and intentional. Cheryl is also the co-founder of Equitable Mediation Services, where she has spent nearly two decades coaching individuals through the emotional complexities of separation and divorce. This conversation is warm, wise, and full of the kind of practical guidance that makes deeper friendship feel possible again, starting with the friendship you have with yourself. In this episode: The delightful breakfast-table story behind the name Funderful Experiences Why making real friendships gets harder in midlife, even when you are surrounded by people The difference between casual socializing and environments where genuine friendship can grow Why one person going first with vulnerability gives everyone else permission What it means to be a friend to yourself, and why it is the prerequisite for real connection Small shifts for moving past small talk: better questions, real stories, genuine interest Why midlife is not a season of decline but the chapter you finally get to write yourself The one thing to do first if you are craving deeper friendships: stop waiting All about the Connected Hearts community and the online version coming soon Whether you are craving deeper friendships, navigating a big transition, or learning to show up as your whole self, this episode will meet you exactly where you are. Learn more: funderfulexperiences.com Join the Connected Hearts waiting list: funderfulexperiences.com (under Connected Hearts) Follow Cheryl: @funderful_experiences Stay connected to Glow Up, Gyrl: Website: glowupgyrl.com | Email: hello@glowupgyrl.com Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn: @glowupgyrl | Facebook: @glowupgyrlatl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Know Your Rights: Recognizing Workplace Harassment and Building a Safe Exit Plan with Brittany A. Stevens 16.07.2026 37m

  What do you do when something at work feels wrong, but you are not sure it rises to the level of harassment? This week on the Glow Up, Gyrl Podcast, Kyra sits down with Brittany A. Stevens, Partner at Phillips & Associates, PLLC, one of the nation's leading plaintiff-side employment law firms. Brittany represents women facing workplace sexual harassment, discrimination, and retaliation, particularly in power-imbalanced and high-pressure industries. Known for her compassionate, clear, and action-oriented approach, she helps women understand their rights, protect themselves, and regain control during some of the most vulnerable moments of their careers. This conversation is informative, empowering, and full of guidance every working woman deserves to have before she ever needs it. In this episode: The invisible warning signs of workplace harassment women often miss or dismiss Why "go along to get along" shows up in harassment cases and what the law says about it What consent really means when there is a power imbalance at work Why documenting everything is the essential first step to protecting yourself What actually happens when you complain to HR, and who HR really protects Pregnancy discrimination: the rights most women do not realize they already have Whether to disclose a pregnancy during a job search How an external complaint through a lawyer can put the power back in your hands Why coming forward protects not just you, but the women who come after you Whether you are navigating something right now, supporting someone who is, or simply want to know your rights before you need them, this episode is for you. Connect with Brittany: linkedin.com/in/brittany-stevens-alper Phillips & Associates: newyorkcitydiscriminationlawyer.com Stay connected to Glow Up, Gyrl: Website: glowupgyrl.com | Email: hello@glowupgyrl.com Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn: @glowupgyrl | Facebook: @glowupgyrlatl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Panic to Profit: Building a Life and a Business That Cannot Be Boxed In with Julia Hurley 09.07.2026 38m

  What does it look like to build a career across real estate, politics, life coaching, sports management, and media, and have it all make sense? This week on the Glow Up, Gyrl Podcast, Kyra sits down with Julia Hurley, dynamic entrepreneur, nationally recognized real estate broker, former elected official, author, and the founder of a sports management company helping athletes grow their brands. Julia has spent 14 years building a career that refuses to fit neatly into a box, and her latest book, Panic to Profit, is the playbook she created to help women do the same. This conversation is honest, direct, and full of the kind of no-nonsense wisdom that only comes from someone who has actually been in the arena. In this episode: How Julia beat an 18-year incumbent in his own backyard with no political experience Why everything she has built across industries feeds itself and how you can do the same The moment she went from real estate to coaching after realizing women need a life plan, not just a business plan Why 90% of the obstacles women face in business are emotional, not operational The women she finds most powerful to work with and why A breakdown of Panic to Profit and the sports-inspired framework inside Why women struggle to ask for things in business and what to do instead The hard truth about women gatekeeping each other and why it has to stop Whether you are building your first business or your fifth, this conversation is going to make you think differently about how everything you have done connects. Learn more: thejuliahurley.com Follow Julia: @thejuliahurley Stay connected to Glow Up, Gyrl: Website: glowupgyrl.com | Email: hello@glowupgyrl.com Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn: @glowupgyrl | Facebook: @glowupgyrlatl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  The Desire Reset: Reigniting Intimacy, Connection, and Self-Worth in Long-Term Relationships with Xanet Pailet 02.07.2026 38m

  What if low desire does not mean something is wrong with you, but actually means you have never been taught how desire really works? This week on the Glow Up, Gyrl Podcast, Kyra sits down with Xanet Pailet, sex and intimacy educator, coach, entrepreneur, and author. For over 15 years, Xanet has helped women and couples heal intimacy challenges, rebuild emotional connection, and reignite desire in long-term relationships. She is the founder of Passionate Intimacy Retreats in Asheville, North Carolina. This conversation is warm, honest, and full of real, usable tools for anyone in a long-term relationship who feels like intimacy has quietly slipped to the bottom of the to-do list. In this episode: Why desire naturally fades after the honeymoon phase, and why that is normal How body image and self-worth directly impact our ability to feel desire A powerful reframe for reconnecting with your body after weight changes or major life transitions How emotional safety in a relationship creates the foundation for physical intimacy The feeling wheel exercise for practicing honest, vulnerable communication The biggest myth about desire that women need to let go of Spontaneous desire vs. responsive desire and why understanding the difference changes everything A simple, low-risk first step for starting the conversation with your partner Whether you are in a long-term relationship, feeling disconnected, or just want better tools for intimacy and communication, this episode is going to give you real, practical takeaways. Take the free Intimacy Equation Quiz: howtoimprovemylovelife.com Learn more: passionateintimacyretreats.comFollow Xanet: @xanetpop Stay connected to Glow Up, Gyrl: Website: glowupgyrl.com | Email: hello@glowupgyrl.com Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn: @glowupgyrl | Facebook: @glowupgyrlatl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Mind, Body, Glow: Turning Negative Emotions into a Portal for Growth with Kym Coco 25.06.2026 50m

  What if the emotions you have been trying to push away are actually trying to show you something? This week on the Glow Up, Gyrl Podcast, Kyra sits down with Kym Coco, author, nature-loving yogi, and founder of Swagtail, where she teaches mind-body techniques for emotional resilience, focus, and peak performance. Kym holds a Master's Degree in Sports Kinesiology and two 500-hour Yoga Teacher Training Certifications, and her latest book, Miracle on the Mountainside, weaves together decades of experience helping people transform negative emotions into clarity, energy, and intentional living. This conversation reframes everything you thought you knew about difficult emotions, presence, and what it actually takes to move forward. In this episode: ✨ Why Kym calls them "growth emotions" instead of negative emotions ✨ How yoga and sports kinesiology come together in her mind-body approach ✨ The portal vs. prison concept and how to make the shift today ✨ Simple, effective techniques for moving between emotional states ✨ The power of curiosity and a beginner's mind when facing uncertainty ✨ Why getting stuck in the "why loop" can keep you from moving forward ✨ The remarkable true story behind her book, Miracle on the Mountainside ✨ Why presence is powerful, and messiness is clarifying Whether you are navigating a hard season or just want a simpler way to process what comes up day to day, this conversation will give you real tools you can use right away. Free 20-minute attention training video: swagtail.com/podcastbonus Learn more: swagtail.com Follow Kym: @swagtailyoga Stay connected to Glow Up, Gyrl: Website: glowupgyrl.com | Email: hello@glowupgyrl.com Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn: @glowupgyrl | Facebook: @glowupgyrlatl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Painting What You Want: Manifestation, Visualization, and Calling In the Life You're Meant For with Cameron Cohen 18.06.2026 49m

  What if your next level was not just something you could visualize, but something you could hang on your wall and see every single day? This week on the Glow Up, Gyrl Podcast, Kyra sits down with Cameron Cohen, Los Angeles-based artist and creator of the Manifestation Painting, a unique form of visual manifestation. Through a guided visualization process, Cameron maps out her clients' goals and intentions and translates them into custom paintings that hold the frequency of those intentions and serve as a daily reminder of the life they are calling in. She is also the artist behind the Love Mural exhibit, a series of hundreds of smaller paintings infused with the frequency of love being shared with people around the world. This conversation is equal parts science, art, and soul, and it will absolutely change how you think about manifestation. In this episode: What a Manifestation Painting actually is and how the entire process works The science behind why visual manifestation works: the Reticular Activating System explained Why vision boards stay hidden under guest beds and how art changes that The role of belief, emotion, and deserving in making manifestation actually work How Cameron discovered she could read paint patterns the way others read tea leaves Why COVID was a renaissance for Cameron and how it birthed her entire practice What it means to reinvent yourself at 50 and keep going anyway The Love Mural exhibit and the frequency of love being sent around the world Whether you have been trying to manifest for years or are just starting to get curious about the practice, this episode is going to give you a whole new framework for calling in the life you are meant for. Learn more and commission a painting: cameroncohenart.com Follow Cameron: @cameroncohenart Stay connected to Glow Up, Gyrl: Website: glowupgyrl.com | Email: hello@glowupgyrl.com Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn: @glowupgyrl | Facebook: @glowupgyrlatl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  Not Behind. Not Finished. Reframing Your Story with Compassion and Grace After 50 with Patrice C. Baker 11.06.2026 47m

  What if the hardest moments of your life were not setbacks at all, but treasures you have been carrying all along? This week on the Glow Up, Gyrl Podcast, Kyra sits down with Patrice C. Baker, inspirational speaker, author, and compassion coach for women over 50. Through authentic, relatable storytelling, Patrice helps women reframe their stories with self-awareness and self-compassion, move from surviving to thriving, and activate what she calls their unstoppable spirit. Patrice's message is simple and powerful: you are not behind, forgotten, or finished. You are carrying treasures. In this episode: Why women over 50 were raised to give compassion to everyone except themselves The "sandwich generation" and what it costs women to be the ones holding everything together How Patrice reframed a story of abandonment and grief that started at nine years old What it means to carry someone else's pain while disconnecting from your own Why the stories we tell ourselves almost always diminish us and how to change that The 7-Eleven candy bar moment that made Patrice realize she was eating her emotions How faith carried her through her son's diagnosis with schizoaffective disorder at 16 Why creating a system that works for you is one of the most powerful things you can do What it means to activate your genius and your unstoppable spirit Whether you are 50 and feeling like life is just getting started, or 30 and watching your mother carry more than she should, this conversation will meet you right where you are. Email Patrice: patrice@patricebaker.com Follow Patrice on Instagram: @patrice3powerhouse Stay connected to Glow Up, Gyrl: Website: glowupgyrl.com | Email: hello@glowupgyrl.com Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn: @glowupgyrl | Facebook: @glowupgyrlatl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices