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SpeakHER Sessions
Hosted by Kim Atwood, SpeakHER Sessions shares candid conversations with women who’ve learned to trust their voice and use it well—in leadership, in life, and in the moments that matter most. Real stories, practical wisdom, and confidence you can carry into your own world.
Episodes
12 episodes
What 11 Women Taught Me About Finding Your Voice | Season 1 Lessons Learned
What does it really take to find your voice — and what happens when it gets taken from you?In this special solo episode, SpeakHER Sessions host Kim Atwood reflects on the six most powerful lessons she learned from Season 1. Ten ep...
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Before I Had a Voice, I Had Two Sisters: Family, Birth Order, and the Relationships That Shape Who We Become | Shannon Henderson and Rebecca Wolfe
Before Kim Atwood had a podcast, a platform, or any of the clarity she talks about on this show, she had two sisters.To close out Season 1, Kim brings it all the way home by inviting Shannon Henderson and Rebecca Wolfe into...
Widowhood, Resilience, and Loving Again: A Life of Faithful Service After Loss | Jan Westmoreland-Sipes
Some voices are shaped by survival. Jan Sipes' was shaped by something quieter: 35 years of five-year-olds who still stop her in the grocery store to say hello, 10 summers at Camp Gravatt building something generational with her husband Mac, an...
From Domestic Violence Survivor to Breast Cancer Overcomer: Reclaiming Your Voice and Smashing Life | Breanna Pritchard
What does it look like to reclaim your voice after seasons of loss, fear, and survival, and then decide to live boldly on purpose?Breanna Pritchard grew up quiet and shy. She lost her dad to cancer at 13. She married young, and th...
My Daughter Had Pediatric Epilepsy and the Doctors Told Me to Accept It. I Didn't. | Samantha Butler
When Samantha Butler's daughter Griggs had her first seizure at one and a half years old, the hospital told her it was probably nothing. Samantha pushed anyway, because her mom had epilepsy, and something in her gut said this wasn't noth...
Grief, Faith, and Choosing to Stay Open: How Loss Shapes Your Voice | Lindsey Scoma
How do you keep showing up with hope, courage, and compassion when life has already taken so much?Lindsey Scoma was 15 years old when she lost her sister Amber suddenly. It was the kind of loss that makes a teenager want to close ...
From Addiction and a Near-Fatal DUI to Sobriety and Purpose: A Story of Redemption | Mallory Dolan
What happens when the life you're living looks nothing like the life you hoped for, and you're not even sure you deserve anything better?Mallory Dolan grew up without a faith foundation, chasing approval, and numbing pain with alcohol an...
Faith, Fertility, and Finding Your Voice in a Male-Dominated Career | Hope Andrews
What do you do when the waiting is happening in every area of your life at once?Hope Andrews knows that season. She waited on the right relationship. She waited on her education. She waited through fertility treatments that didn't...
Leading Without the Traditional Resume: One Woman's Path to Athletic Director | Billie Williams
What happens when you step into a leadership role you weren't supposed to have, in a room that wasn't built for you?Billie Williams didn't take a traditional path to becoming Athletic Director at Chapin High School, one of South C...
From Infertility and Loss to Adoption Advocate: How Waiting Seasons Shape Your Voice | Joy Henderson
What do you do when your body feels like it's failing you, the waiting won't end, and the family you're praying for feels further away than ever?Joy Henderson knows that season intimately. After years of infertility, multiple preg...
How Dance Builds Confidence: Leading the Next Generation with High Standards and Deep Care | Lauren Metts
What does it take to build confidence in a young woman — not just on stage, but in her life?Lauren Metts has been answering that question for decades. As the founder and creative director of The Dance Department in Irmo, South Car...