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S2 Episode #08: Kellee Stall

Kellee Stall is the founder and Artistic Director of Inhabit Theater Company. Since 2009, Inhabit has been creating and performing immersive theater. Plays are written with an actor’s and musician’s talent in mind then performed in sight-specific locations. In her spare time, Kellee creates art from found objects. Her recent piece, Covenant, can be seen at New City Gallery Through January, then at Myers Park United Methodist Church in February 2020. 

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S2 Episode #04: Melissa Camara Wilkins

Melissa Camara Wilkins. She is the author of Permission Granted: Be Who You Were Made to Be and Let Go of the Rest, an award-winning blogger and host of an online community that explores what it means to be who you were made to be and let go of the rest. She and her husband have six children and live in Southern California.

Listen as Melissa shares how our lives would change if we gave ourselves permission to be the person we really are - permission to do the things we really want to do.

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S2 Episode #03: Meshali Mitchell

Meshali Mitchell (AKA “The wallpaper lady” around here) is a portrait artist, lover of people, and a storyteller. The quality of her work stands alone, known by its immersion in heart and soul. In an unforeseen step of faith, the combination of a deep love for Christ, a heart for restoration, and an eye for creativity led her to purchase an 1886 Farmhouse in May of 2018. During this time, she began to document the restorative process, noticing how closely it paralleled her personal story of restoration--room by room, piece by piece.

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Episode #52- One Year Anniversary with The Collected Team

IT'S OUR BIRTHDAY!!! This is our 52nd week of episodes and the end of Season One!!! Tia, Jes, and Mikala are sharing an update on what God's been doing in each of their lives over the last year since they began the show. Some of what they'll share will be updates on what's happened since they were interviewed. Check out Episode #12 for Tia's interview, #17 for Jes', and #21 for Mikala's. 

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Episode #51- Mike Metcalf

Mike is a NASCAR athlete and coach, as well as the Co-founder of DECK Leadership. The Charlotte native and former football student-athlete graduated with honors from Appalachian State University. He first entered the world of motorsports in 2006 as a member of a NASCAR Pit Crew. Mike quickly climbed the ranks and started coaching pit crews in addition to competing in 2012. Presently, he is one of the head coaches for the Chip Ganassi Racing pit crew and fuel man for the No. 42 team. 

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Episode #50- Michaela Beel

Michaela is an interior designer offering in-home full-service interior design services for those in West Michigan. For those who aren’t local to Michigan, she also offers 2-hour design consultations where she can help you answer any design dilemmas, find solutions for certain spaces, and can even create inspiration boards so you can execute the design plan on your own. She is also the co-founder of The Bloom Workshop, a company that serves as a resource for blogging, business, social media, photography, and design. As you’ll hear in this week’s episode, she has a heart for serving her clients and attendees with excellence!

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Episode #48- Lori Kawulok

Lori is known for her work with organizations as an executive leader in branding, marketing & organic growth through creating and communicating their story to the ideal consumer. She works with leaders and teams, improving morale through personal empowerment, leadership and sales and service training. Lori is an expert in Culture Shift by helping companies find their value and unique brand story.

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Episode #47- Brian Dixon

Brian is passionate about helping authors, speakers, and aspiring messengers create a sustainable business through growing their platform, and creating compelling online courses. He is the co-founder of hope*writers, a membership site of over 2,000 working writers. Brian has a doctoral degree from the University of San Diego. He and his wife Julie live in Charlotte, NC with their three young children. His new book, Start With Your People, available is available wherever books are sold!

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Episode #46- Shamyra Parker

Shamyra is mama bear to two amazing boys, Ascher and Asa. She is a Charlotte native, with a mission to not only inspire but to also be a catalyst for transformation and emotional freedom. She is an inspirational speaker, educator, and author whose passion in life is serving women and girls by imparting tools, education, and guidance to spark mindset shifts that are vital to fully walking in the authorship of their one and only unwritten lives.

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Episode #43-Niki Hardy

We are thrilled to have Niki Hardy back on the show just in time for the launch of her first book!!! She is a Brit in the USA, a rectal (yes, rectal) cancer survivor, pastor’s wife, tea drinker and teller of terrible jokes. As a speaker and the author of Breathe Again: How to Live Well When Life Falls Apart (Revell, Aug, 2019) she’s all about meeting us when life’s not fair and embracing the reality that with God, life doesn’t have to be pain-free to be full. 

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Episode #42- Gene Krcelic

Gene Krcelic is an accomplished author, speaker, entrepreneur and leader. Gene’s journey has been as diverse as it is long. Before joining the Premier Foundation in 2009, Gene created and served as CEO for OMG, a multi-faceted sponsorship, music, sports, and event management firm with offices in the Southeast and California. Listen to our interview to hear more about his incredible story!

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Episode #41- Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters

Demi-Leigh is determined, compassionate, and #UNBREAKABLE. She was crowned Miss South Africa and then Miss Universe in 2017. During that time she received self-defense training that allowed her to escape when she was carjacked and almost kidnapped that same year. Demi then went on to deliver the same training to women around the world through the #UNBREAKABLE movement. In our interview, Demi shares her story and gets real about times of transition, grieving with hope, and the responsibility of leveraging her platform.

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Episode #40- Will + Andrea McGinniss

You may know bass guitarist Will McGinniss from the two-time Grammy Award-winning Christian rock band, Audio Adrenaline. He and his wife Andrea have leveraged their positioning to come alongside the people of Haiti through two incredible organizations: Hands and Feet Project and Haiti Made. Listen as they get super real about the joys and struggles of non-profit life, orphan care, sustainably serving and living in a developing country like Haiti, and more!

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