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Cory Ames and his wife, Annie, founded Grow Ensemble with a mission to make sustainable business and living the norm. In this episode of the Defy Convention Podcast, we talked to Cory about what it means to use business as a force for good, what can happen when our work aligns with our values, and how […]
The post Episode 07: Values Alignment, Business for Good, and Work-Life Balance with Cory Ames appeared first on LimeRed.
Having founded Chicago’s first feminist sex shop in 2001, Early to Bed, Searah Deysach has made it her mission to defy the convention around sex and dismantle the anxiety, misinformation, and shame around sexual health, pleasure, and interest. Knowing that many people were uncomfortable in “traditional” adult stores, her vision from day one has been […]
The post Episode 08: Sex Education & Feminist Sex Shops with Searah Deysach appeared first on LimeRed.
Meghan French Dunbar’s purpose is to help business leaders build a life they love. After co-founding and leading Conscious Company Media, the US’s premier source of information on conscious business—as well as founding the World-Changing Women’s Summit, the largest conference in the country for purpose-driven womxn—Meghan has become an expert on what it takes to align our […]
The post Episode 06: Purpose-Driven Womxn & Boundaries in Business with Meghan French Dunbar appeared first on LimeRed.
For Executive Director of the Chicago Cultural Alliance Peter Vega, the value of the arts is not in a piece of work that someone has deemed worth a million dollars; it is in using material culture to educate people about the past and shape the future for the better. In this episode of the Defy […]
The post Episode 05: Cultural Arts as Therapy & Walking the Talk with Peter Vega appeared first on LimeRed.
Karen Hawkins founded Rebellious Magazine for Women with a mission to give opportunities to those whose points-of-view differed from the conventional straight-white-male lens through which mainstream media is shared. In this episode of the Defy Convention podcast, we speak to Karen about what it means to be a disruptor in today’s white-male-dominated media industry, how […]
The post Episode 04: Journalism through the Black, Lesbian, Feminist Lens with Karen Hawkins appeared first on LimeRed.
For 51 years, Free Street has been creating original, joyful, and thought-provoking theater by, for, about, with, and in Chicago’s diverse communities. In this episode of the Defy Convention Podcast, we speak with Executive Director of Free Street Theater, Karla Estela, about the power of authentic and inclusive storytelling in amplifying social justice, how she […]
The post Episode 03: “Strong” Leadership, Social Justice Theater, and Unplugging with Free Street’s Karla Estela appeared first on LimeRed.
Whether she’s disrupting Hollywood as Producer and Co-Founder of Serqet Productions and Media or reshaping the business landscape as Partner at Relationships Matter Now, entrepreneur, author, and TEDx speaker Denise Barreto wakes up every day to ensure that America lives up to her promise—to everyone. On this episode of the Defy Convention Podcast, we speak […]
The post Episode 02: Disrupting Hollywood & Living Our Values with Denise Barreto appeared first on LimeRed.
What does it mean to live our truth? For our debut episode of the Defy Convention Podcast, we spoke with Lisa Arie, Co-Founder and CEO of award-winning experiential discovery center Vista Caballo. For Lisa, transformation begins with understanding how we are wired and learning to trade false narratives for innate wisdom so that we can […]
The post Episode 01: Intuitive Leaderships & Embracing the Edge with Lisa Arie appeared first on LimeRed.









