The Rainy Day Collective Podcast

Welcome back to another inspiring episode of the Rainy Day Collective Podcast, fellow dreamers and change-makers! This week, we delve deep with Brusha, whose journey of self-discovery and empowerment teaches us the immeasurable value of community support, self-love, and resilience. We perfectly captured the essence of what it means to nurture one's growth, highlighting the pivotal role of stepping up as a community. Brusha's evolution from someone seeking acceptance to a beacon of hope and strength for others is a testament to the transformation that's possible when we channel our struggles into fuel for our aspirations. Buckle up as we explore these heartfelt stories, reminding us all that with compassion, courage, and a little push from those who believe in us, we too can thrive against all odds. Tune in, get inspired, and remember to nurture the seeds of potential within you. Join us on The Rainy Day Collective– where every story matters and every dream counts. Links: Labyrinth Made Goods (IG) Grit and Grace by Angela Devlen #CommunitySupport #PersonalGrowth #ArtHeals #PodcastLife #InspirationalStories #Empowerment --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rainydaycollective/support

Our guest today is Olivia Rhodes! Olivia Rhodes is from New England, currently located inMassachusetts. An avid Anglophile, she is married to an Englishman(who would probably interject here from the next room that he'shalf-English, half-German) and they have two bairns, M & R.She has her MA in European History from Royal Holloway, University ofLondon, and her BA in History & International Studies from RogerWilliams University.A life-long writer and reader of fiction, fantasy, magical realism,and historical fiction, Olivia has always had what her teachersreferred to as an "overactive imagination."She spent the majority of her teen and young adult years roleplayingwith close friends online, inspired by countless magical worlds andworld history. She is currently working on her debut novel- the firstin a trilogy." Olivia is sharing about her childhood dancing as a Ballerina. As an adult she's come full circle and gone back to Ballet, realizing it's once again a dream she has. I LOVE her story!!!! Important Links: Olivia's Instagram Olivia's Author Facebook page ⁠Mae Wagner website⁠ Mae Wagner ⁠Love Note Sign Up⁠ ⁠Umbrella Patreon Community ⁠ #chasingdreams #dreamersanddoers #ballet #ballerina #author #podcastsforwomen --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rainydaycollective/support

My guest today is self-love coach Jenny Drake. Taking her own struggles and life lessons, she utilizes the beauty and wisdom she's gained to empower others! During our beautiful conversation, Jenny shared about the concept of self-rescuing, and how we could not live without self-connection! Important Links: Jenny Drake website Jenny Drake Instagram Mae Wagner website⁠ Mae Wagner ⁠Love Note Sign Up⁠ ⁠Umbrella Patreon Community ⁠ #selflove #lifecoach #podcastsforwomen #divorce #dreamersanddoers --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rainydaycollective/support

Our guest today is Arika Cooknell, a bookworm, world traveler, incredible cookier, and owner of Tree City Cookie in Boise Idaho. It was a pleasure to chat with Arika and hear about the journey she pursued to get where she is today. Absolutely inspiring, beautiful, and relatable! Important Links: Arika's Amazing Cookie Instagram Tree City Cookie Website Painted Ladies Pastry Instagram The Cookie Virtuoso Instagram ⁠Mae Wagner website⁠ Mae Wagner ⁠Love Note Sign Up⁠ ⁠Umbrella Patreon Community ⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rainydaycollective/support

No stranger to the show, our very own Veronica is here! While she's been both a team member and a guest, were you aware that Veronica has a passion called Amazing Incredible Me (A.I.M.) Where she offers so much support to women? In today's episode, she's sharing more about that journey! Important Links: A.I.M. Veronica's Instagram ⁠Mae Wagner website⁠ Mae Wagner ⁠Love Note Sign Up⁠ ⁠Umbrella Patreon Community ⁠ #podcastsforwomen #amazingincredibleme #affirmingwomen #dreamersanddoers --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rainydaycollective/support

My guest today is professional bestie Leah Blake. Leah refers to herself as THE Leah Blake and why shouldn't she?!?! Just like any best friend should, Leah is the voice of loving support reminding us we are all worthy of the THE! Leah is the owner of Hope and Honey Boutique in Litchfield, Connecticut, which is a giving-boutique in that the majority of its proceeds go back into the community, as well as aiding in rescue and raising awareness of Human Trafficking. Leah is a ray of inspiring light! Important Links: Hope and Honey Website Hope and Honey Instagram Leah's instagram Mae Wagner website⁠ Mae Wagner ⁠Love Note Sign Up⁠ ⁠Umbrella Patreon Community ⁠ #litchfieldconnecticut #womenownedbusiness #dreamersanddoers #inspiringwomen #humantraffickingawareness #womenowned --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rainydaycollective/support

My guest today is author Tia Levings, a champion of women and healing while she sheds a light on Christian Fundamentalist abuses... PLUS she's in the real-time process of learning how it feels to chase one's dreams! Important Links: Tia's vast resource list Tia's Instagram OWLS Heal: Religious Trauma Support Group ⁠Mae Wagner website⁠ Mae Wagner ⁠Love Note Sign Up⁠ ⁠Umbrella Patreon Community ⁠ #christianfundamentalism #deconstruction #womensupportingwomen #dreamersanddoers --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rainydaycollective/support

This week's guest is Nicole Jenkins, co-founder of Ladies and the Trap, and member of Unega Mountain Dog Rescue. Nicole was one of the first confirmed guests when Misty decided to do a series on Dreamers. Once a special needs school teacher, Nicole has faithfully remained tuned in to herself, and when something no longer served her, she's followed that intuitive calling along an incredible journey. Today, living many dog lovers' dreams, Nicole spends her days rescuing dogs. Through her business Ladies and the Trap, where they rescue lost pets, and working full time with Unega Mountain Dog Rescue, where they rescue, rehabilitate, and home Great Pyrenees and Akbash working dogs. Not only does Nicole impart some serious wisdom regarding following our dreams, and reflecting back on how intuitive choices truly do bring us full circle in alignment, but she enlightens us on what it means for a dog to be considered a working dog, and how sad the lives of most of these dogs are before Unega finds them. If you love dogs like we do, and are looking for a deeply needed and worthy cause to contribute to, we hope you'll consider Unega Mountain Dog Rescue. Important links: Unega Mountain Dog Rescue Website Unega Mountain Dog Rescue Instagram Unega Mountain Dog Rescue Donate Ladies and the Trap Facebook #dogrescue #workingdogs #idaho #dreamersanddoers #dreamers --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rainydaycollective/support

"There's a privilege in following a dream." ~ Emily Brandt My guest today is indie folk-pop artist Ivy Eld, from Ashville North Carolina. Ivy's music dances in the land of paradox. Her voice is simultaneously angelic and rawly human. Ivy longs for her music to be an oasis of healing and beauty–a call to deeper respect and compassion for ourselves and for humanity. She considers her music to be another facet of how she shows up in the world in authentic and passionate service–as a singer-songwriter, a therapist, a mom, a partner, an advocate, a friend, a human. She hopes her thoughtful, earthy, poetic songs will inspire others to look inside–light, shadows, and all–and come home to their deeply worthy selves. Talking with Ivy is as enlightening as it is grounding. Her support of Indigenous artists and the authentic way in which she walks the both/and path are just the tip of the many reasons why Ivy is an artist and woman to support and follow... Important Links: Ivy Eld Website Ivy Eld Instagram Album on Spotify Fair Play by Eve Rodsky Find Your Unicorn Space by Eve Rodsky Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey Mae Wagner website⁠ Mae Wagner ⁠Love Note Sign Up⁠ ⁠Umbrella Patreon Community ⁠ #indieartist #artistssupportingBIPOCartists #deconstruction #unlearning #relearning #liberation #folkpop --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rainydaycollective/support

We're five weeks into the new season, life is happening, the sun is shining and we're here to talk about it! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rainydaycollective/support

"Forget what their standard is for you–what's your standard?" My guest today is Jillian Smith, creator of J. Loretta a minority and woman-owned cosmetic brand. Jillian started the company to create inclusive makeup shades for all skin colors and textures without compromising health. She named the company J. Loretta after her mother as her mother is her rock and her reason for accepting and loving herself in her skin. Important links: J. Lorreta J. Lorreta Instagram Jillian's YouTube Channel Mae Wagner website⁠ Mae Wagner ⁠Love Note Sign Up⁠ ⁠Umbrella Patreon Community ⁠ #cleancosmetics #makeup #skincare #beautiful #inclusive #dreamersanddoers --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rainydaycollective/support

Katie Allen is NO stranger to the show! Our Collective Community adores her! Katie Allen is a stylist who, a few years ago, had to pivot when she lost her job in corporate America. What followed was a real-time lesson via her podcast in reconnecting with who she was as a woman. Today, Katie is a stylist using her "Feelings First" styling methodology to connect women back to their bodies and lives by reawakening their signature style. Katie believes that our clothes allow us to choose a feeling and manifest whatever we want–whether that's more fun, more connection, or more abundance. "When women feel confident in their clothes they live optimistically, have deeper self-respect, and attract more opportunities." Important Links: Katie's Website Katie's Instagram Just Styled Podcast Style Squad (Katie's Community) Mae Wagner website⁠ Mae Wagner ⁠Love Note Sign Up⁠ ⁠Umbrella Patreon Community ⁠ #womensupportingwomen #style #stylist #clothes #personalgrowth #dreamersanddoers --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rainydaycollective/support

This week's guest on the Rainy Day Collective Podcast is entrepreneur Erin Carpenter. One-third of a trio, consisting of herself, her husband Jonathon, and their Golden Retriever Skipper, Erin left the world of 9-5 work to follow their dreams of transforming space often overlooked into something beautiful. When the couple decided to document the renovation of a laundromat, their journey went viral! At the heart of their adventures, the Carpenters transform spaces that welcome others, hold space for community, and add more beauty to the world around us. Important links: Erin's instagram Erin's TikTok Their feature on Upworthy #thelaundromat #chasingbeauty #renovation #dreamersanddoers --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rainydaycollective/support

This week's guest is Cady McClain! Cady McClain is a history making three-time Emmy© Award winning actress. She is the first woman to have won three Emmys© for three different characters on three different television shows: All My Children (Best Juvenile, 1991), As the World Turns (Best Supporting, 2004), and Days of Our Lives (Best Guest Performer, 2021). Her feature directorial debut, Seeing is Believing: Women Direct (featuring Lesli Linka Glatter, Sarah Gavron, and Naima Ramos Chapman, among others) won Best Documentary Pro Action at the Artemis Women in Action Film Festival, the Audience Award at the SOHO Film Festival, a Jury Prize at the Newport Beach Film Festival, and Best Documentary at the Ridgewood Guild International Film Festival. The film is now distributed on PBS and the educational online platform, Kanopy. She was honored to be awarded the International Matrix Award for her work related to supporting the female voice in film and television by the Association of Women in Communications. An Ambassador for Kids in the Spotlight (a foster youth filmmaking program) she is also the Artistic Director for Axial Theatre in Westchester, NY. She teaches acting at Michael Howard Studios in NYC. Cady opens up a bit about her journey and what it has looked like to follow her dreams–sharing about the recent loss of her best friend Rhonda. Cady gives us a beautiful conversation that is sure to inspire us all. Important Links: Cady McClain website Cady McClain Instagram Cady McClain Twitter Kanopy --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rainydaycollective/support

Just a quick little "hello" as we slip in to season six of the Rainy Day Collective Podcast! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rainydaycollective/support

Author Julie Navickas is here to share about her new book I loved you Yesterday! Julie and Misty are book-release twins, releasing just one day apart! This is just a fun chat about those two journeys, with a healthy dash of Orlando Bloom thrown in!  Important Links:  Julie's book I Loved You Yesterday Misty's book Girls, Assassins, & Other Bad Ideas . . . #author #romance #memoir #bookrelease #authorjourney --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rainydaycollective/support

Our guest in this episode is Sarah Weeger, or “Weegs” as her friends call her. Sarah is a wife, a full-time mom to their 4-year-old daughter, Hudson, and the owner of Hey Weegs, a greeting company. She founded Hey Weegs a few years ago after becoming a mom, and finding herself diagnosed with postpartum depression and anxiety. As part of her healing, and as the former graphic designer she was, Sarah began creating the cards that she had wished she received during those times: cards that address the hard things people might be going through – without the unsolicited advice or trite cliches, trying to fix it. Today, Sarah has created nearly 100 designs – ranging from what she calls “Cards for Sucky Situations”, cards for moms (her sweet spot), and just plain funny, go-to cards for things like birthdays. Important Links:  Hey Weegs Website Instagram Send the Damn Card Community #womensupportingwomen #shopsmall #dreamersanddoers #creativeentrepreneur #greetingcards --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rainydaycollective/support

On the show, this week, our guest is Ronna Detrick. Ronna’s career has spanned human resources, higher education, non-profits, the federal government, leadership development, and entrepreneurship. She holds a BA in Business and Communication and a Master's degree focused on feminist theology. She has been a senior executive with two different organizations, offered multiple keynotes, trained thousands of people, and even given a TEDx talk on Eve. She founded her own business 13 years ago where she writes, speaks, and coaches - focusing on powerful women, their stories, and their capacity to change the world. Buckle up and get ready for a fascinating conversation with a brilliant woman!  Important Links:  Ronna's Website Ronna's Instagram #exvangelical #theology #feminism #podcastsforwomen #inspiringwomen --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rainydaycollective/support

Alisa and Mel, of the Unboxing the Tarot Podcast, are here. Along with dispelling misconceptions about tarot, they each share their spiritual journeys. We talk about the power of music, how to be gentle with our emotions, and why it is IMPERATIVE that we flat out brag about ourselves.  Important Links:  Unboxing the Tarot Instagram Unboxing the Tarot Podcast --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rainydaycollective/support

This week's guest is Angie Litvinoff, a life-changing highly experienced guide, mentor, soul coach, modern-day medicine woman, artist, and rights of passage facilitator.  Wherever life has you, these days, this is an episode we all need. Sitting down to talk with Angie was incredible! What a beautiful light and energy she is!  Important links:  Angie's Instagram  Angie's links #holisticliving #holisticmedicine #reiki #medicinewoman #energywork #inspiringwomen --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rainydaycollective/support