Share Your Rise
Share Your Rise Podcast is a platform dedicated to sharing real stories of strength, resilience, and transformation. Each episode features authentic conversations with individuals who have faced challenges, embraced growth, and discovered empowerment along the way. Our goal is simple: to create a space where voices are lifted, experiences are shared, and listeners find inspiration to rise in their own lives. From personal journeys of healing and self-discovery to stories of community, leadership, and purpose, these conversations remind us that we are never alone—and that rising together makes us stronger. Tune in, reflect, and be inspired to share your own rise.
Rising Reflection
Core Values Creativity and Work Ethic
In this Rising Reflection, Katie and Bree look back on their conversation with Cheryl O'Hern of Spin Markket + Digital — sharing how Cheryl's Midwestern work ethic, incredible team, and unwavering support helped them launch their business from the ground up in just six weeks.
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Spin Markket + Digital
Spinning Strategy into Scale
From idea to digital dominance, Spin Markket + Digital shares how they transformed creative marketing into measurable growth. In this episode, they reveal how bold branding, data-driven strategy, and fearless innovation helped them rise in a fast-moving digital world — proving that momentum is created, not accidental.
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Cutting Edge Success
Sharpen the Vision: Where Precision Meets Power
Cutting Edge Success dives into the mindset and systems that helped them carve out their niche. They discuss how discipline, clarity, and commitment to excellence built a brand that doesn’t just compete — it leads. A masterclass in refining your craft and rising above the noise.
Rising Reflection
Scissors Success and the Spirit to DREAM BIG
In this Rising Reflection, Katie and Bree celebrate Kimberly Baeth — inventor of the grand opening scissors and founder of Cutting Edge Success — a business dedicated to mentoring entrepreneurs. Kimberly's fearless spirit and genuine warmth have made her one of the most inspiring mentors on their journey.
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Audible Farm
Cultivating Sound: Growing Influence Through Audio
Audible Farm shares how they planted seeds in the audio industry and grew a thriving platform rooted in storytelling and strategy. This episode explores building community through sound, staying authentic in production, and scaling creatively in a saturated market.
Rising Reflection
Failing Forward and Why Making Your Bed Changes Everything
Katie and Bree debrief their conversation with Peter Stockdale — podcaster, musician, and self-taught Renaissance man from Iowa. They unpack his "failing forward" philosophy, the power of doing the small mundane things, and why getting the basics done is the secret to mental freedom. Peter is the founder of Audible Farm Podcast.
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Chapter 2
From Beauty School to Business Empire
How a self-described "manipulative and devious" kid from Beaverdale became a Des Moines salon owner, hair replacement pioneer, and father of five — including a son with Down syndrome who changed everything.
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The Story of Beauty
Style with a Story: Fashioning a Purpose-Driven Brand
In Part 1, Dawn shares her inspiring journey from a difficult childhood — growing up with a single mom, moving constantly, and learning early to be self-sufficient — to graduating high school at 17, attending beauty school against everyone's advice, and juggling multiple jobs to survive. She opens up about escaping an abusive relationship with the help of the man who would become her husband, Dan, and how losing their first salon in the 2008 recession only fueled her determination to rebuild.
The Story of Beauty 2
Style with a Story: Fashioning a Purpose-Driven Brand
In Part 2, Dawn Fry of Allegory Salon continues her incredible story — from the back room of a cousin's crumbling salon to building a full-blown empire. She opens up about naming her salon "Fried Hair" out of pure rebellion, buying Bombshell Betties, and finally launching Allegory — the brand she always envisioned. Plus, she shares how she and her husband Dan pushed through their son Judah's health diagnosis, Dan's heart attack just six weeks later, and COVID, all without losing sight of the dream.
If you've ever felt like you were one step forward and two steps back — this one's for you.
Why Being Consistent and Building Community Matters
Show Up and Fuel Up with Nicole of FXB Grimes
Nicole, owner of FXB Grimes, joins Share Your Rise to share her journey from a disciplined farm upbringing to building a thriving fitness community. She discusses leadership, the gym's accountability-driven 10-week challenge, and what inspired her to become a certified health coach — closing with advice for anyone ready to take their first step toward a healthier life.
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Emily Rose Therapy
Healing Out Loud and Building a Practice with Heart
Therapist and birth doula Emily Rose joins hosts Bree and Katie to share her journey from a strict, high-control religious upbringing through years of quiet deconstruction, to rebuilding her life at 40 — divorce, single parenthood, grad school, and starting a therapy practice from scratch. A candid conversation about faith, courage, and reinvention.
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Sandeen Photography
Through the Lens: Capturing the Climb
Photographer Ted "Teddy" Sandeen joins Katie and Bree to share how he turned a farm-boy upbringing and a scrappy side hustle into a thriving senior and sports photography business. He opens up about loss, resilience, and the mantra that keeps him grounded: "Make room for your gift so it can make room for you."
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AAA Roofing
Raising the Roof: Building Success from the Top Down
AAA Roofing talks about building trust in an industry where reputation is everything. They share how quality craftsmanship, integrity, and strong leadership created sustainable growth — proving that the strongest businesses are built on solid foundations.
