Cream City Dreams || A Milwaukee Podcast
A podcast celebrating Milwaukee women who are not afraid to dream BIG. Or maybe they are, but they dive in anyway. Women who are following their instincts, making mistakes and trying again, and honoring their resilience. Ultimately these are women making Milwaukee a better place for everyone through their leadership, their hard work and their radical generosity.
In this podcast, you'll hear what it takes to live into a dream with answers to questions like: Should I start before I'm ready? Who do I need around me in order to begin? Should I say YES? What if I fail? What does success look like?
The guests on Cream City Dreams show us that a dreamy life is possible with one small step after the next. Something we ALL can do.
What's YOUR Cream City Dream?
If you've got a suggestion for a Milwaukee women for Cream City Dreams, email Meagan at meagan@creamcitydreams.com
Episodes
156 episodes
Cream City Digest on FOMO ... what FOMO?
Today, more reflections on life off the socials. I thought I'd have FOMO, but turns out, if a tree falls, I don't hear it! What do I hear instead? Listen today to find out. I'd love to hear how you are doing if you are following alo...
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Season 8
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Episode 155
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10:00
Dancing toward JOY with Karlies Kelley of Panadanza Dance Company
If you can walk you can dance. So says today's guest, Karlies Kelley, founder of Pandanza Dance Company! Yes, we're talking about dance today, but lest you think this isn't for you because you wouldn't ordinarily call yourself a dan...
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Season 8
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Episode 154
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49:54
Cream City Digest on what life is like without the social media (so far!)
Today, a short and sweet reflection on how it's going 6 days into the social media detox. Are you following along? Are you experiencing the joy (or maybe the pain?) of giving up screens? In this episode, I reflect on how it's been going for me,...
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Season 8
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Episode 153
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13:04
Pizza, Pride and the PERFECT start to this season of JOY with Dana Spandet
Another season begins and I'm excited to introduce so many MORE incredible Milwaukee women! Like today's guest, Dana Spandet, owner of Flour Girl & Flame Pizza, Everyone's Ice Cream, and Everyone's Table. She is a true Milwaukee...
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Season 8
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Episode 152
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43:45
Cream City Digest on DETOX fears and FOMOs (and JOY)
Be sure to listen to the end to get a glimpse into the summer season of JOY and a look at the lineup of incredibly JOYFUL Milwaukee women I'll have on the pod. AND a few last minute reflections on this June detox / screen free hiatu...
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Season 7
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Episode 151
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11:28
Practical advice for a (screen-free) detox with Thekla Brumder Ross
Welcome to the last week of the mini-season on our attention and where we put it (and where we give it away). I am back with Thekla Brumder Ross, clinical Psychologist and addiction specialist and today there are three things Thekla said in par...
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Season 7
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Episode 150
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42:06
Cream City Digest on IRL attention (and an invitation or TWO for subscribers!)
This week a quick reflection on the importance of IN REAL LIFE gatherings. Social media, sch-mocial media ... I'm starting to call it 'isolation media' these days - and much preferring the real life gatherings, walks, talks, and eve...
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Season 7
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Episode 149
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11:01
Feeds, FOMO, forgiveness & freedom: meeting our screen time habits with compassion
Are we avoiding something when we reach for our phones? Boredom? Anxiety? Frustration? Hunger? Sadness? And what happens when we pay attention to those feelings, and let ourselves FEEL them. Phew. That's the juicy part that I'm talk...
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Season 7
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Episode 148
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32:08
Cream City Digest on nerves and noticings around a social media detox
This week I'm musing on what I'm noticing as this "in-between season" on attention reaches the half way mark. If you've enjoyed hearing the conversation with Thekla Brumder Ross on Wednesdays, this is the chance to hear me reflect on what I'm d...
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Season 7
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Episode 147
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12:41
This is your brain on screens with Thekla Brumder Ross
This week, Thekla Brumder Ross is back and we’re diving into the science of what’s happening to our brains on screens. Primitive instincts and impulses, dopamine roller coasters, cravings, reinforcement loops, withdrawals, time warps … ...
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Season 7
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Episode 146
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32:03
Cream City Digest on noticing where we put our attention
The Cream City Digest is back, this time with some reflections on attention and noticing where mine goes. Maybe you'll join me this month and take a peek at your own attention! Links from this week! Women's Entrepreneurs...
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Season 7
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Episode 145
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12:51
Navigating our screen time balance with Thekla Brumder Ross
If you've found yourself struggling with the amount of time you hand over to your screen ... If you've found yourself promising just five more minutes, then I'll put my phone down ... If you've found yourself at once frustrated with and c...
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Season 7
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Episode 144
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33:11
Cream City Digest on ALL the incredible women of Season 7 (plus a peek at what's coming in May)
It's been a season! Boy howdy, has it been an incredible look at the women of Milwaukee who have made major life pivots and come through shining! On today's Cream City Digest, I recap the season, plus give a look at what's coming in...
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Season 7
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Episode 143
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13:26
When drilling down into grief makes space for healing with Tonda Thompson
Another week, another inspiring Milwaukee woman. Closing out Season 7 with another Milwaukee woman who knows a few things (or ten) about this season’s theme: pivoting. Tonda Thompson has been SO many things. A basketball s...
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Season 7
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Episode 142
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59:09
Cream City Digest on the Gathering of the Guests and the permission to be BIG!
If you've been following along, you know yesterday was the Gathering of the Guests and 20 of Cream City Dreams' previous guests got together to share coffee, conversation and connections! This week on the Digest, hear how it went, plus an invit...
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Season 7
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Episode 141
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8:54
Celebrating Women's Entrepreneurship Week 2025 with Sarah Haas
Another week, another inspiring Milwaukee woman. It's back! Women's Entrepreneurship week 2025 runs from May 5-9 and you aren't going to want to miss a single session if you can help it! Today I'm talking with Sarah Haas, org...
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Season 7
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Episode 140
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35:49
Cream City Digest on imagination and attention (and some summer JOY)
Links I mention this week in the Friday Digest!This week's episode with Dasha Kelly HamiltonA Line Meant - r...
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Season 7
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Episode 139
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9:53
When the creatives will save us (yet again!) with Dasha Kelly Hamilton
Another week, another inspiring Milwaukee woman. She’s back! Dasha Kelly Hamilton is back with me on the show today talking about creativity, humanity, and how to live in alignment with each other. We also chat about where sh...
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Season 7
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Episode 138
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56:10
Cream City Digest on letting go of perfection and just DOING the thing!
Listen this week as I talk about the synchronicity (or is it serendipity?) coming at me this week inviting me to let go of perfectionism. Here are the links I mention:
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Season 7
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Episode 137
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14:34
When death invites curiosity and inspires purpose with Shantell Riley
Another week, another inspiring Milwaukee woman. Death and taxes - the two certainties of life, right? So why is it so hard for us to talk about it? It’s not for this week’s guest. Shantell Riley is the owner and founder o...
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Season 7
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Episode 136
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1:09:26
Cream City Digest on the creativity of children (and what we can all learn from them)
Links I mention this week in the Friday Digest! Harper Marten this week's guest on creativity!Also a new, as yet unreleased podcast, "Calm It Down, Kids!" (le...
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Season 7
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Episode 135
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11:03
When it's never too late to call yourself a creative with Harper Marten
Another week, another inspiring Milwaukee woman. This week on the podcast, another encouraging lesson on what it means to be creative. At any age. This week’s guest, Harper Marten, owner and founder ...
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Season 7
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Episode 134
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57:46
Cream City Digest with a poem you NEED to hear!
Links I mention this week in the Friday Digest! Poem: At Albany Bulb with Elaine by Alison LutermanAndrea Scher
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Season 7
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Episode 133
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7:12
When grief ignites a superpower with Miranda Malone
Another week, another inspiring Milwaukee woman. The topic of this week’s conversation may be triggering to some, but death is the one thing we all have in common, we’ll all get there one day, and we will all lose the peop...
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Season 7
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Episode 132
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45:15
