Tune in to hear Kay and Keshia, two PK’s (Preacher’s Kids), discuss an elephant in the pew. Keshia Rice is a dating coach and two-time Emmy-nominated journalist. As a coach, Keshia helps successful, Christian women learn how to attract quality men without compromising their values, identity, or sanity. As the daughter, sister, and niece of preachers, Keshia understands what it’s like as a Christian woman to balance a conservative upbringing with modern hookup culture. And like many women in the corporate world, Keshia knows the challenges of being ambitious while maintaining your femininity. Keshia and her husband live in Atlanta, Georgia. When she’s not coaching or producing TV newscasts, Keshia loves to travel. She’s been to several states, and ten countries. Connect with her at keshiarice.com or on social media at instagram.com/keshiarice facebook.com/thekeshiarice and youtube.com/c/keshiarice Join MSE’s growing podcast community on social media Instagram and Facebook: @msepodcast. Visit bygracenp.com to listen there and purchase MSE Conversation Cards. You can also tune in through the free By Grace Not Perfection mobile app on Apple and Android devices. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/myse/support

In this episode, Tina Torres shares her story publicly for the first time. Whether you've experienced DV or not, it's so worth the listen. What would Tina tell the abuser who's listening? The victim who's listening? The children who might be listening? Tune in. Tina Torres is a Client Retention Expert. She’s been recognized as a top performing sales associate, awarded #1 in her region, and a top income producer, using her proven system for building strong customer relationships. Tina is the best selling author of The Gratitude Journal. She is the founder of the Connection to Client Blueprint - a proven follow up method to enhance relationships with clients and potential customers. Her mission is to show the world how implementing gratitude into your daily life can change your business. Tina is a morning TV show host, best selling author, and global speaker. She lives in Charlotte, NC where she is living an attitude of gratitude and showing the world how to build relationships that matter. Connect with Tina at www.thegratitudespecialist.com or on social media @thegratitudespecialist www.facebook.com/tinatorres912 @tinatorresbiz. Join MSE’s growing podcast community on social media Instagram and Facebook: @msepodcast. Visit bygracenp.com to listen there and purchase MSE Conversation Cards. You can also tune in through the free By Grace Not Perfection mobile app on Apple and Android devices. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/myse/support

Tune in to hear Kay and Scott discuss the life-threatening experience that led his family to look into essential oils and later start a business helping educate families and advocating for self-directed health care. Scott Manduck focuses on providing everyday people with the ultimate self-directed healthcare products to empower themselves and their family and people around the world. With his family's journey into the holistic health space many years ago, it naturally grew into something very special the family could work on together. Serving others and help supporting their journey has been something special for us and life changing. https://www.ScottManduck.com Facebook.com/ScottManduck Facebook.com/DoOilsTribe Facebook.com/EssentialVibesTech Instagram.com/EssentialVibes.ca Join MSE’s growing podcast community on social media Instagram and Facebook: @msepodcast. Visit bygracenp.com to listen there and purchase MSE Conversation Cards. You can also tune in through the free By Grace Not Perfection mobile app on Apple and Android devices. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/myse/support

Tune in to hear Kay and David discuss labels, leaving your 9-5 to be an entrepreneur, dyslexia, getting in your own way as a business owner, and more. David M. Somerfleck is an experienced Digital Marketing Specialist, a political campaign messaging consultant, an author whose writing has appeared in over fifty publications and four books, a former college Journalism professor, founder of three startups, court mediator, and digital marketing project manager with 20 years’ experience working for marketing and advertising agencies throughout North America. David’s semi-retired, enjoying life with is lovely wife, but still ready to help today’s committed business owner make the transition from being operational to establishing sustained profitability and self-reliance. David enjoys hiking, horseback riding, learning new languages, studying technology and business trends, and helping entrepreneurs reignite their passion for change. Links to connect with David: https://dms.blue https://www.linkedin.com/in/somerfleck/ https://www.quora.com/profile/David-Somerfleck https://www.facebook.com/dmsblue01/ https://www.pandora.com/station/play/697553670278589913 https://twitter.com/dmsblue01 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCypF0s-KPKzF_UFm92mGdaA Join MSE’s growing podcast community on social media Instagram and Facebook: @msepodcast. Visit bygracenp.com to listen there and purchase MSE Conversation Cards. You can also tune in through the free By Grace Not Perfection mobile app on Apple and Android devices. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/myse/support

At the age of 24, Jordan Barnes woke up next to a corpse, rifled through his dead friends’ pockets for any remaining heroin and went right back to using. Strung out and homeless during the supposed best years of his life, there was no clear way out of the Opioid Crisis ravaging the streets of Portland, Oregon. But though Jordan had long accepted his fate, his parents still held out hope, and would do everything in their power to get him the help he so desperately needed. After a harrowing journey that proves the life of an addict will always get worse, never better, Jordan found himself at the gates of Sand Island, Hawaii’s most notorious two-year inpatient treatment facility. He soon discovers that though his heart was in the right place, the hardest battle of his life was yet to come. One Hit Away is his arduous and unlikely true story of recovery, rehabilitation and redemption. Jordan Barnes is a grateful addict in recovery, and Sand Island Treatment Center is his home group. When he’s not sharing his experience, strength, and hope through writing, he enjoys bodysurfing and diving, as well as long walks on the beach while swinging his metal detector. Jordan resides in beautiful Kailua, HI. He has been sober from all mind and mood-altering substances since August 29th, 2011. One Hit Away is his debut memoir and it releases today! It can be purchased on Amazon. Visit jordanpbarnes.com for more and follow Jordan on social media @JordanPBarnes. Join MSE’s growing podcast community on social media Instagram and Facebook: @msepodcast. Visit bygracenp.com to listen there and purchase MSE Conversation Cards. You can also tune in through the free By Grace Not Perfection mobile app on Apple and Android devices. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/myse/support

Celebrating MSE's 1 Year Anniversary and NEW product with an exclusive interview hosted by Kay's husband, Andre. The video of this interview is available on MSE’s social media platforms! To MSE's listeners and supporters, thank you. I began MSE with the goal of raising awareness, addressing stigma, and starting the conversations we all need to have. Two seasons, nearly 100 episodes and guests later, we've done just that. I cannot let this day pass without expressing gratitude for the incredible guests I have had the pleasure of hosting thus far. You all have shown up with sincerity and courage, sharing stories that many of us would allow fear to talk us out of. It is with the MSE community in mind that I have created the "MSE Podcast Conversation Starters" Deck that are now available for order here: bygracenp.com/podcast --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/myse/support

In this episode, Kay and Kevin discuss Kevin’s experience growing up black in white. Accomplished writer and public speaker Kevin Hofmann has appeared across the United States sharing his experience and guiding parents, students and professionals through today’s multicultural landscape. His perspective and light-hearted yet contemplative view resonates with people of all cultures and is sought by many. Kevin has been interviewed by media including Nightline ABC and NPR and is quickly becoming a trusted voice on the topics of race and adoption. Kevin’s layered racial resume has led him to write Growing Up Black in White, a compelling memoir revealing his difficulties and joys growing up in a diverse family –particularly during a time and in a location where acceptance was tentative and emotions regarding race ran high and hot. Because his story also addresses the impact of race and culture in society, it serves as a catalyst for open discussions on diversity and inclusion as well as race and culture. Kevin has worked with several K-12 school districts, universities, and adoption agencies as a consultant in the area of cultural intelligence. Website- http://www.kevinhofmann.com Twitter- @Kevininclusion Snapchat: Kevinclusion Instagram: Kevinclusion Facebook - www.facebook.com/Kevin.Hofmann Join MSE’s growing podcast community on social media Instagram and Facebook: @msepodcast. Visit bygracenp.com to see more and you can also tune in through the free By Grace Not Perfection mobile app on Apple and Android devices. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/myse/support

In this episode Kay and Lee discuss the pitfalls in workplace culture, Lee’s reflections on parenting, his experience growing up as a young man in the “real” world. Lee Chambers has qualifications in Performance Nutrition, Environmental Psychology and Advanced Sleep Consultancy, and he delivers multi-discplinary workshops focused on improving performance and productivity through increasing employee wellbeing. This is an issue very close to his heart, as after losing the ability to walk in 2014 due to chronic illness, he has battled back to achieve a positive health outcome, and is now on the pathway to become medication free. He also presents the Health and Wellbeing show on Ribble FM Radio, and speaks in Educational establishments about his varied career path, health challenges and having a resilient mindset. Based in Preston in the North of the UK, Lee is currently working with business owners and employee teams to create culture change, wellbeing strategies and champions. He is a father of 2, coaches a disability football team, and enjoys eating good food with good friends. He is currently writing his first book, “How To Conquer Anything”, which will be released in November 2020. Join MSE’s growing podcast community on social media Instagram and Facebook: @msepodcast. Visit bygracenp.com to see more and you can also tune in through the free By Grace Not Perfection mobile app on Apple and Android devices. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/myse/support

In this episode, Kay and Amy discuss why midlife is such a wake-up call for so many women, stigmas associated with aging, relationships and family dynamics that shift as we age, and how to embrace midlife fearlessly. Amy Schmidt is a podcaster, author, public speaker, blogger and founder of the brand, Fearlessly Facing Fifty™. She launched her business and brand six months before turning 50. Her mission is to encourage women over forty to push fear aside and find that hidden treasure of confidence that may have been pushed aside for a while and not let this time of life allow them to lose their identity. Amy’s weekly podcasts arm listeners with insight and value, leave an imprint on each heart, and inspire action. Amy uses her personal storytelling and authentic self to empower women to take charge of their life in the middle, at a time when women can begin to feel invisible. Amy is married to her college sweetheart and has three children. Her work has been published in Grown and Flown, Scary Mommy, Today Parents, and many others. Her Instagram handle is: https://www.instagram.com/fearlessly.facing.fifty/. Facebook community: https://www.facebook.com/fearlesslyfacingfifty.net/. Followers can subscribe to her website, read her blog and find links to her podcast at https://fearlesslyfacingfifty.com/ Podcasts are available on Apple, Spotify and SoundCloud. Amy loves to connect with her followers and encourages emails to [email protected]. Join MSE’s growing podcast community on social media Instagram and Facebook: @msepodcast. Visit bygracenp.com to see more and you can also tune in through the free By Grace Not Perfection mobile app on Apple and Android devices. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/myse/support

In this episode, Kay and Cheryl discuss how Cheryl's journey to advocacy unfolded after being told as a young girl that the injustice she saw was not her problem to solve. Cheryl Hanson has had the opportunity to enjoy a career working professionally and volunteering in the non-profit sector. She has been blessed to serve with many organizations like African Leadership, Refugees Ministries, World Vision, Second Harvest Food Bank, Feeding America and various other organizations working with different communities of immigrants, homeless, gang members, and prisoners. While working within these communities through the years, she has grown to learn from, appreciate and develop a love for those from very different walks of life. She has seen in her work that we must NOT group people into large categories of race, faith groups, politics or orientation, but see them as individuals with their own unique stories. In these days of division and vitriolic language being thrown at each other, we must practice “Radical Compassion” towards each other. Cheryl has partnered with the international organization, Preemptive Love and has developed a program called “Gatherings” in Nashville where people from different cultures, races, faiths, politics are able to come together in an environment where everyone has a voice, a place to be heard and valued. The idea is to promote healing from all that is tearing us apart by listening to each others’ stories, understanding the struggles of the marginalized and minorities, and seeing one another through eyes of compassion. These connections foster empathy and compassion so that when we face the fears and anger in the world or disagree with our neighbors, our first choice will be understanding and Radical Compassion. Cheryl is married to Brian, a concert artist and mother of three wonderful, amazing children. Join MSE’s growing podcast community on social media Instagram and Facebook: @msepodcast. Visit bygracenp.com to see more and you can also tune in through the free By Grace Not Perfection mobile app on Apple and Android devices. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/myse/support