Best Kathryn Thompson Podcasts (2025)

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How energy healers can market without losing their soul with Jayne 1:07:55

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In this illuminating conversation with Jayne, a sovereign Reiki reclamation mentor, we explore the profound disconnect many intuitive practitioners feel when trying to market their transformational work in today's digital landscape. Jayne shares her journey of dismantling what no longer serves her, and reveals how conventional marketing tactics lef…

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Ep 7: A World of Difference: Global Women in Procurement feat. Sara Grongstad and Julia Jokinen 32:48

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Every conversation about equality or opportunity has to happen with full awareness of the larger social or cultural context. Different people, in different places around the world, at different places in their lives want very different things. We should never assume, for instance, that work-life balance or the idea of being ‘family-friendly’ carry …

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Copy that converts for practitioners who are Selling the Invisible® 24:56

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Building off last week's client story, this episode dives into the practical differences between marketing skills versus experiences and why most online marketing advice doesn't work for energy healers, Reiki practitioners, and transformational workers. I break down the fundamental shift from describing what you do to helping people feel what their…

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Why Selling Experiences Requires Different Marketing Than Teaching Skills 38:01

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In this powerful episode, I delve into the critical distinction between selling an experience versus teaching a skill or knowledge-based product and why traditional marketing approaches often fail for experience-based businesses. This insight is especially valuable if you're an energy healer, or someone who provides transformative experiences rathe…

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Beyond the Guru Era: The Shift to Authentic Business and Creative Expression 35:37

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Are you sensing a shift in the online business world? In this episode, I share profound insights about the direction business is headed, particularly in the coaching, consulting, and knowledge-based industries. This isn't about tactical predictions like "Instagram is launching a new feature." Instead, I'm revealing deeper shifts in what people valu…

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Ep 6: Are you TPRM curious? feat. Saima Sabir and Arnaud Malardé 26:07

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Third party risk management (TPRM) is an essential - and strategic - effort for financial services companies, but that doesn’t mean everyone in the organization views it in the same way. For procurement, TPRM equals risk, but for the company as a whole, it is just one form of exposure that must be addressed opportunistically. In this episode of the…

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Releasing the ROI Mindset and Letting Creative Play Lead the Way For Your Business Strategy 35:14

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Are you feeling stuck between your authentic creative expression and the pressure to monetize everything in your business? In this episode, I explore the internal blocks that arise when our intuition calls us to create freely, but our business-trained minds demand immediate ROI. I share my personal struggle with allowing myself to simply create wit…

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Your Marketing Resistance is the Gateway to Authentic Expression Not An Obstacle to Overcome 49:51

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Do you feel like you're constantly forcing yourself through marketing formulas that don't reflect who you truly are? That resistance you're feeling isn't something to push through, it's actually pointing you toward your authentic voice. In this episode, I reveal how one client's frustration with conventional marketing rules became her pathway to di…

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Ep 5: Building Procurement Careers with Meaning feat. Lauren Feery and Kathryn Thompson 33:12

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Procurement leaders are notorious for finding varied paths into the function, often bringing with them a depth and breadth of experience that the teams they join benefit from. Just as important as the knowledge they gather are the people they meet along the way - mentors and trailblazers who inspire them and open doors ahead of them, clearing a pat…

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Lisa Gennetian On The Landscape Of Direct Cash Aid Programs 35:18

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Many countries use direct cash aid programs as an integral part of their social safety net. In the United States, there have been few national efforts, but more and more guaranteed income programs are being implemented at state, county, and local levels. In this episode, Dr. Lisa Gennetian draws on her co-authored paper, “Unconditional Cash Transfe…

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Finding Your Authentic Business Path Through Astrology, Human Design, and Gene Keys 46:02

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In this episode, I dive deep into how I've used astrology, human design, and gene keys to understand my resistance to traditional marketing approaches and to gain clarity on my next business evolution. If you're feeling stuck in the "void state" - unsure about your next move, outgrowing your offers, or experiencing resistance to what you think you …

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Beyond Polarizing Content: Authentic Marketing That Unites Rather Than Divides 39:00

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Ever caught yourself writing marketing content that subtly puts down other approaches to make yours shine brighter? That nagging feeling you get afterward might be trying to tell you something important. In this thought-provoking episode, I reveal why the "put a stake in the ground" marketing advice we've all been taught might actually be keeping u…

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Ep 4: How to Become a Procurement 'Prepper' ft Ted Nordquist 17:24

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Procurement organizations are no strangers to change, but, over the past few years, the rate and scale of that change have both increased in a way that even veterans of the profession might not have expected. The impact of this change has clearly registered with procurement leaders, many of whom are now working hard to prepare their teams for futur…

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How Embracing Random Interests Unlocked My Next Business Evolution 41:12

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Conventional advice or wisdom can sometimes limit our field of possibility if we don’t get curious about WHY certain things keep popping into our awareness. In this episode, I share my personal journey of transformation and how following seemingly unrelated interests led to unexpected clarity in my business. I explore the counterintuitive nature of…

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Intentional Growth: Why All Attention Isn't Created Equal in Business 43:42

2M ago43:42

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Ever feel like popular business strategies just don't fit you? In this episode, I reveal why all attention and visibility isn't measured equally in business. Through real-world examples—like an artist with 200,000 followers but no financial stability, and comparing my brick-and-mortar wine business success with just 700 email subscribers to the cha…

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Ep 3: Spicing Up Procurement with New Ideas ft Paul Derogee 24:13

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Procurement has changed considerably over time, from the associated skills and formal professionalism to the available platforms and sources of information. With that change has come more opportunities to collaborate with suppliers, impact the performance of the company as a whole, and incentives for the next generation of professionals to enter th…

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Express Your True Nature: Building a Business That Honors Your Authentic Design 28:23

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Ever feel like popular business strategies just don't fit you? In this episode, I reveal insights from my "Aligned Business Evolution Sessions" where I use human design, astrology, and intuition to help entrepreneurs build businesses true to their nature. Through client stories—like a creative who discovered her discovered her resistance to standar…

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The Power of Co-Creating with the Universe Instead of Forcing Solutions through Mental Effort with Katie Hunt 1:11:07

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Tired of hustling hard with little to show for it? In this inspiring episode, Katie Hunt returns to share her remarkable journey from business burnout to finding a path that feels effortlessly aligned. Katie reveals how letting go of her previous niche and following her intuition led to creating a love attraction coaching business that's bringing i…

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Ep 2: A New Era in Corporate Compliance ft Nicole Sherwin #LoveProcurement 34:13

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As compliance shifts from an internal process-related concept to one associated with external expectations and regulations, procurement’s role continues to grow. Understanding what is at stake, the up and down-side benefits, as well as the why driving the company’s investment are all critical to success. In this episode of the #LoveProcurement podc…

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How Driven Business Owners Thrive without Sacrificing Their Time, Freedom, or Joy with Dana Earhart 38:12

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Ever wonder how some entrepreneurs manage to build thriving businesses while maintaining a rich personal life? In this episode, Dana Earhart reveals the surprising truth about scaling your business without sacrificing your sanity. From corporate workaholic to successful entrepreneur and present parent, Dana's journey challenges everything we though…

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Magnetic Over Megaphone: Reimagining Influence and How We Get Seen and Heard in Business 41:25

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Ever feel like all the marketing "rules" just don't fit your style? You're not alone. In this episode, I'm diving deep into something that's been on my mind lately - the whole idea of influence and how we show up in business. Building on some amazing conversations from recent episodes about client success stories, I'm sharing my raw thoughts about …

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Ep 1: Feel the magic! Procurement meets at Ivalua NOW 2025 ft Aurelie Lucas & Aurelie Teyssier 32:49

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World class events go beyond people, place, and time. If they are planned for and hosted with purpose, they can take on a culture or ‘vibe’ of their own. The more unique and cohesive the event experience is, the more impactful and lasting it will be in the minds of attendees - as well as those who help to run the event. In this episode of the #Love…

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Trusting Your Pivot: When Your Next Business Move Feels Too Simple 32:06

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This episode builds on last week's popular discussion about a client success story where counterintuitive business advice led to transformative results. After receiving extensive listener feedback, this follow-up speaks directly to entrepreneurs feeling called to pivot or refine their business offerings but hesitating because their new direction fe…

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IRP Book Talk: Robert Courtney Smith on “Dreams Achieved and Denied: Mexican Intergenerational Mobility” 37:53

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There are many factors that influence whether Mexican immigrants to the United States are able to achieve upward mobility. In his new book, “Dreams Achieved and Denied: Mexican Intergenerational Mobility,” Robert Courtney Smith shares research conducted over twenty years and involving nearly one hundred children of Mexican immigrants in New York Ci…

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Why Doing Less Created Better Results Than 'Doing All The Right Things' 29:50

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After years of seeing entrepreneurs struggle with "doing all the right things" without getting results, I'm sharing a powerful client transformation story that illustrates why alignment matters more than hustle. As someone who has helped countless business owners break free from rigid marketing formulas and cookie-cutter strategies, I've witnessed …

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Ep 26: Stimulating an Appetite for Digital Change ft Sam Bowyer 32:11

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How well an organization - or a procurement team - knows itself plays a huge role in how successful they are able to be in any change effort, systems implementations included. Knowing what the objectives of the project are and having a plan to stay focused on them until they are achieved is both absolutely critical and also a lot harder than it sou…

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From Zero to $106K in 5 Months: The Success Behind the Dollars 26:16

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It’s easy to flash fast-cash promises that don’t actually reveal the success and often failure beyond the dollars. So I want to pull back the curtain to share the invisible factors that contributed to my success. And I’m the success behind the dollars and the unseen factors that I needed to overcome to attract what I wanted. BY THE TIME YOU FINISH …

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The Critical Connection Between How You Value Your Time and Your Ability to Create Real Business Sustainability 32:03

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Breaking free from the suffocating grip of hustle culture was a revelation for me, and it's a journey I invite you to explore together in this episode. As someone who transitioned from the rigid confines of corporate life to the boundless world of entrepreneurship, I understand how liberating yet daunting this shift can be. Often resulting in stayi…

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Ep 25: Selling Procurement for a Living ft Thomas Germer 33:31

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Expectations drive what procurement is able to deliver. Whether that means the business’s expectations, supplier expectations, or procurement’s own expectations, what they think they can achieve, and how they think they should spend their time, drives outcomes - for better or worse. While that may sound limiting, if procurement can change their exp…

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Molly Costanzo on Improving the Economic Well-being for Households with Children with Disabilities 21:27

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Between 5% and 20% of children in the United States live with a disability. The definition and measurement of disability are constantly changing. Therefore, people with disabilities have been inadequately represented and understudied in research. In this episode, Molly Costanzo shares her research on the economic well-being for households with chil…

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How I Channeled My Most Profitable Creative Ideas (& Why Following the Nudges Led to Effortless Success but What Often Gets in Our Way) 30:04

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I was selling my little heart out and I was exhausted because it wasn’t working. While I was in and out of sleep one night, the idea for Spellbound dropped in like I hadn’t experienced in the last 12 months. There was a potency and certainty to it that I knew I needed to pursue it. When this happens, I always create really memorable experiences and…

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How I Approach Crafting Offers for Consulting Projects in Corporations and Businesses 32:15

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How does one navigate the intricate world of crafting offers and project bidding in consulting? With a bold claim that cold pitching is inefficient, I invite you to explore the nuanced art of targeting corporate opportunities with precision. Drawing from my extensive experience in management consulting and online business, this episode unveils the …

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Ep 24: Variety is the Spice of Procurement ft Amanda Christian 28:21

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Procurement is a diverse profession. Every category presents procurement with unique opportunities and challenges, ensuring that no two days are ever the same. This variety is one of the features that procurement professionals love most about the field. But, when procurement works in government contracting, a whole new set of rules, expectations, a…

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Super Simple Exercise for Coming Up with Killer Content Ideas that Reflect Your Unique Perspective 48:17

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Finding your voice in the crowded world of business can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack. I've been there, stumbling through broad messages that fell flat until I discovered the magic of crafting specific, heart-aligned communication. This episode is a simple exercise I take my clients through to get more specific with our content so …

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Positioning An Offer That Sells Itself: The Illogical Positioning I Used that Doesn’t Meet Industry Standards 25:37

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When I received the download for Spellbound I resisted it because it wasn’t scalable (or so I thought). I also didn’t want to follow the industry when it came to pricing my offer even though everyone told me I should price it way higher than I did. And I’m sharing the illogical positioning I created that didn’t meet industry standards. BY THE TIME …

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Ep 23: Procurement is For Everyone ft Adele Bleakley #LoveProcurement 23:55

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The categories procurement manages are as varied as the stakeholders they work with and the suppliers they buy from. But that does not mean learnings from one category, or industry even, can’t be transferred from one to another. In fact, when the objective is value creation, this may be the very advantage that allows procurement to succeed. In this…

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From Daily Posts to Predictable Sales: A FB Ads Success Story 29:05

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I often found myself saying “there has to be an easier way” when I was relying on referrals and social media to attract clients. And the biggest thing I struggled with on my journey was not following my own inner guidance. But how I’ve gone on to debunk a lot of what we were told we need to do to be successful, which has resulted in me attracting m…

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The Pros and Cons to Growing an Email List 28:03

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To grow an email list or not? It’s a question an audience member had, so I’m sharing the pros and cons for you so you can decide for yourself if you want to start one or not. BY THE TIME YOU FINISH LISTENING TO THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL DISCOVER: Why having an email list allows you to communicate more directly with your audience. How I grew my email lis…

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Kathryn Thompson on Quality of Care for Pregnant Black Medicaid Enrollees 26:52

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There are many ways to assess the quality of care that pregnant people receive pre- and post-partum, as well as during delivery itself. Dr. Kathryn Thompson shares her findings on how the care that pregnant Black Medicaid enrollees receive compares to their more affluent white peers, and the policy and practice opportunities for addressing the soci…

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How 2024 is Leading Me to Shift How I Run My Business in 2025 47:54

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Getting comfortable with the ever evolving nature of business has made navigating it easier, but it doesn’t eliminate the discomfort, uncertainty, and fear. BY THE TIME YOU FINISH LISTENING TO THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL DISCOVER: Why letting go of a good thing is hard, but why holding onto it is a lot harder and when we change our relationship with fear …

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Ep 22: The Epic Supplier Management Maturity Journey ft Florent Connac 27:18

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Procurement’s value comes from many different sources, but supplier relationships are a nearly inexhaustible source of potential. Over the last few years, procurement has made significant investments - and substantial progress - in their ability to build relationships with key suppliers as well as to improve the supplier experience overall. In this…

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How Easily Your Message Flows When You’re Aligned with it with Katie Hunt 31:33

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It’s often hard to come up with what to say and how to say it when we’re forcing a message or we’re trying to fit our unique voice into a structure that isn’t us. So I’m excited for you to hear Katie’s story from pushing hard to convey her message to finally finding the words with ease. BY THE TIME YOU FINISH LISTENING TO THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL DISCO…

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Building My Dream Team: Who I Hired & How They Support My Growth 17:21

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I honestly never thought I could build a dream team because I struggled for a few years to do it. But I’m sharing how I’ve done it, who I hired and why. BY THE TIME YOU FINISH LISTENING TO THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL DISCOVER: Why I wasn’t attracting the right team members and how that resulted in me letting them go. How I identified the roles and support…

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Ep 21: Race to Maturity: Generative AI v. Mankind feat Pascal Bensoussan #LoveProcurement 37:44

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Generative AI, and the models that underpin it, are maturing at a rapid pace. Even procurement, a function that has always been a proving ground for emerging digital capabilities, is scrambling to keep up. In this time of growth, procurement has the chance to stretch their use of technology and also to uncover current mindsets about innovation and …

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Prioritizing Quality Over Quantity: Building a Meaningful Business on Your Own Terms 25:37

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In this episode, Kathryn shares a powerful revelation that has been mirrored back to her by people who have recently entered her world. She discusses the growing desire among entrepreneurs to cultivate a business that prioritizes the quality of relationships over the quantity of followers or email subscribers. BY THE TIME YOU FINISH LISTENING TO TO…

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Colleen Heflin on SNAP and Reauthorization of the Farm Bill 20:46

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The federal Farm Bill expired at the end of September 2024 and was not reauthorized. Funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has been extended through a Continuing Resolution, but that is a stopgap measure. For this episode, Dr. Colleen Heflin joins us to discuss the recent policy brief that she co-authored with Camille Bar…

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Mastering the Art of Soul-Deep Messaging: How to Move Hearts and Inspire Action 32:01

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In this powerful episode, Kathryn Thompson takes a deep dive into the art of crafting messaging that truly connects with your audience on a profound level. She shares insights on how to move beyond surface-level messaging and tap into the beliefs, experiences, and values of your ideal clients. BY THE TIME YOU FINISH LISTENING TO TODAY’s EPISODE, YO…

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Ep 20: Empowering Procurement in Times of Change feat Mathew Schulz #LoveProcurement 27:40

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Many procurement conversations are focused on tech, but the work of procurement is innately human - even the digital parts. As procurement systems become bridges to the business, procurement professionals have the opportunity to cross them and forge strategic, more meaningful relationships with entirely new parts of the business. In this episode of…

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The Anti-Pitch Copywriting Framework that Bypasses Customer Resistance Forever 51:45

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In this episode, we dive into a game-changing framework for creating potent messaging that moves hearts and minds. Kathryn Thompson shares her Human Consciousness Spiral, a tool that helps you connect with your audience on a profound level by addressing their experiences, beliefs, values, and identity. BY THE TIME YOU FINISH LISTENING TO TODAY’s EP…

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Busting Out of the Marketing Box of Conformity to Build a System that Works for Her with Becky Brett 35:26

7M ago35:26

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What do you do when you've produced thousands of events for over a million people in your career... but can't seem to gain traction marketing yourself on social media? That's the fascinating situation my client Becky found herself in. As a holistic executive coach for mission-driven leaders, she's helped countless clients navigate massive business …