If you are an entrepreneur, consultant, or business owner who identifies as womxn, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, neurodivergent, disabled, or any other historically excluded identity, Now & Center is a space created for you. Join us to learn from a diverse and inclusive community of entrepreneurs who have a wealth of experience, are willing to tell it like it really is, and are rewriting the rules for business to center humans, social change, and standing in our authenticity and power. In each episode, you ...
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Imposter Syndrome, Holistic Leadership, and the “Ta da!” with Sydney Jackson-Clockston, Founder of Citrine Unlimited LLC.
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Episode Description: Karen talks to Sydney Jackson-Clockston, Founder of Citrine Unlimited LLC., about breaking out of boxes, leading with values, and pivoting by using our superpowers in new ways. Sydney shares her thoughts on holistic leadership, the importance of play, and imposter syndrome. They have a coaching conversation around dealing with …
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Invisible Intersectional Identities & Taking Up Space with Chrysta Bairre, Founder of She Goes High
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Episode Description: Join Karen as she talks with Chrysta Bairre, Founder of She Goes High, about being introverted and neurodivergent, and the toll of masking. Chrysta shares how she’s intentionally building a community that encourages being more of who we truly are and practicing taking up space. They have a conversation about managing the impact…
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Vulnerability, Community Support, and “Getting Back to Joy” with Jennice Chewlin, Founder of Chewlin Group
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Episode Description: Join Karen in a vulnerable conversation with Jennice Chewlin, Founder of Chewlin Group, about imposter syndrome, moving beyond perfectionism, and getting back to joy. They discuss the value in having the time and space to both try things out and take space to tune into inner knowing, the role of community in feeling supported, …
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Creating & Breaking Rules, Focus, & Scaling with Alisha Harris, Founder of Original Account Strategies
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Episode Description: Join Karen as she talks with Alisha Harris, Founder of Original Account Strategies, about the iterative nature of her professional career, finding clarity of focus, and the benefits and challenges of being a black woman business owner. She shares her strategy of using a design brief to test out ideas by designing rules and then…
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Justice, Joy, & “Courageous Commitment Over Comfort” with Jillian “Mama J” Love, Founder of Mama J Love Consulting LLC
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Episode Description: Join Karen as she talks with Jillian “Mama J” Love, Founder of Mama J Love Consulting LLC, as she shares about co-designing for justice and joy, dismantling business as usual, and authentically embodying our values. They discuss the importance of internal work as well as taking action, “courageous commitment over comfort,” and …
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Embodiment, Values, and Going Slow to Go Fast with Sarah Rimmel, Founder of Slow Integration Coaching
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Episode Description: Karen talks with Sarah Rimmel, Founder of Slow Integration Coaching, about the value of going slow to go fast; the power of healing, repair, and play; and operating in alignment with our values. Sarah discusses the entrepreneurial journey and the process of integrating growth, as well as personal and collective embodiment of tr…
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Cultural Appreciation, Focus, & Business Development with Nadia Ali, Founder of Idea Labs
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Episode Description: Karen talks with Nadi Ali, Founder of Idea Labs, about the importance of action in diversity, equity, and inclusion work. Nadia shares about her experiences of living in places with a lot of diversity and inclusion, seeing and experiencing inequities, and her thoughts on cultural appreciation versus cultural appropriation. They…
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Healing Workplaces, Creating Space for Joy, & Community with Dr. Tara Jae, Founder of YouthSeen and Co-Founder of Black Pride Colorado
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Episode Description: Join Karen as she talks with Dr. Tara Jae, Founder of YouthSeen and Co-founder of Black Pride Colorado, about inclusive community and creating a healing workplace. They discuss intentionally creating time and space for joy and to shut down, the loneliness of leadership, and how to be with the dichotomy of “being a mess” and “ha…
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Being Mixed-race, Balancing Family, & Capitalism with Sara Blanchard, Co-founder of Dear White Women
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Episode Description: Karen talks with Sara Blanchard, Co-founder of the Dear White Women podcast, about their experiences being people who identify as mixed-race and the unique perspective this gives them. They discuss the tension of scaling a business while prioritizing family, the ability of many youth to more easily move beyond our current socie…
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Thought Leadership Branding, the Growth Journey, & Burnout with Tania Bhattacharyya, Founder of Lumos Marketing
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Episode Description: Karen talks with Tania Bhattacharyya, Founder of Lumos Marketing, about thought leadership branding and how to use your values and mission to create a sustainable stream of people who want to support and work with you, including leaning into the discomfort and taking a stand. Karen and Tania discuss overcoming “systemic limitin…
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Spite, Inclusive Workplaces, and Personal Branding with Jessi Burg, Founder of Outgrow Your Garage
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Episode Description: Karen talks with Jessi Burg, Founder of Outgrow Your Garage, about doing things out of spite, using what we’re good at to solve problems, and the harms of the “just work harder” narrative. They discuss Jessi’s mission to create truly inclusive workplaces, including all stakeholders and moving beyond demographic considerations, …
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We Give a Sh!t with Cora Lee Poole, Founder and Creative Visionary of Undestructable
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Episode Description: ** Q4 2022- Check out the links below for information on their fundraising campaign, We Give a Sh!t Karen talks with Cora Lee Poole, Founder and Creative Visionary of Undestructable, about running a business focused on the triple bottom line, creating holistic wellness and comprehensive safety, and the entitlement present in th…
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“What is Enough?” and Being a “Community-Made Woman” with Jenn Uhen, Founder of The Pledgettes
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Episode Description: Join Karen as she talks to Jenn Uhen, Founder of The Pledgettes, about building wealth without being extractive, avoiding an either/or lens around money, and what is enough. They discuss toxic messages for women in business, nonprofit or for-profit status, and communities as a business model. They have a coaching conversation c…
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Sustainability, Inclusive Community, and Power with Becky Migas, Founder of Women in Sustainability
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Episode Description: Karen talks with Becky Migas, Founder of Women in Sustainability, about the interconnectedness of the environmental and health care crises, and the impacts of racism and sexism on both issues. They discuss the value of community, the high level of burnout in those doing environmental work, and the power of taking space and time…
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Scarcity, “Success”, and the Effects of Parenthood on Entrepreneurship with Sara Flores, Founder of In Growth Lies Beauty
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Episode Description: Join Karen as she talks with Sara Flores, Founder of In Growth Lies Beauty, about the challenges of starting and running a health coaching business, including imposter syndrome, scarcity mindset, and the effects of capitalism on defining success. They also discuss the impacts of parenthood and “first trimester shenanigans” on e…
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Healing, Integration, & Doing it All Wrong with Carin Huebner, Founder of Carin Huebner, HEAL + GO PUBLIC
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Episode Description: Karen talks with Carin Huebner, Founder of Carin Huebner, HEAL + GO PUBLIC, about the correlation between her work helping others heal and go public, and her own healing journey where she’s learning it’s ok to show up as an integrated, whole person. She shares the impacts of being conditioned and indoctrinated as a woman, parti…
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Intuition, Ritual, & Alignment with Priestess Shananda "D", Founder of The Divinity of Ananda Intuitive Consulting & Temple Crimson Lotus
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Episode Description: Karen talks with Priestess Shananda, Founder of The Divinity of Ananda Intuitive Consulting and Temple Crimson Lotus, about internal and external temples, tapping into intuition, and using rituals as access to our inner knowing and a way to create boundaries for self-care. They discuss the impacts of a system not set up for wom…
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Culture Influencing, Values, and Scaling with Deneisha Thompson, Founder of 4 Impact Consulting
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Episode Description: Karen talks with Deneisha Thompson, Founder of 4 Impact Consulting, about the importance and impacts of culture shifting work, living your values in an embodied way, and awareness in organizations. Deneisha shares thoughts on how we need to do more with more, and the effects being a queer black daughter of immigrants who grew u…
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Triple Bottom Line, Radical Collaboration, & Dismantling Systems of Oppression with Anna Burrell, Co-founder of Twiggs & Co., 2023 Denver Mayoral Candidate
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Episode Description: Karen talks with Anna Burrell, Co-founder of Twiggs & Co. and 2023 Denver Mayoral Candidate, about the triple bottom line, sourcing solutions to community challenges from within the community, and using her campaign as an opportunity to “call in” folx. They discuss the importance of dismantling internalized oppressive beliefs a…
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Ritual Practices, Social Networks, and Cultivating Know, Like, & Trust with Claire Jones, Founder of Liminal Clarity
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Episode Description: Karen chats with Claire Jones, founder of Liminal Clarity, about the power of ritual practices and the value of social networks when starting a business. They discuss cultivating know, like, and trust to build a community, the impacts of being a woman in business, and the value of a “hell no” in business. Claire shares her musi…
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Embracing Conflict, Investing in Human-Centered Business, and Maintaining Motivation with Rowen Thomas, Founder of Rowen’s Consulting, LLC
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Episode Description: Karen talks with Rowen Thomas, Founder of Rowen’s Consulting, LLC, about the value of conflict for learning and growing and the need to get more comfortable with conflict. They discuss the commercialization of justice movements, worker-owned cooperatives, and entering entrepreneurship without access to resources. They wrap up w…
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Reciprocal Relationships, Asking for Help, and Evolution Design with Michelle Fox, Founder of The Bridge Studio
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Episode Description: Karen and Michelle Fox, Founder of The Bridge Studio, discuss the ins and outs of running an unconventional business as a creative social entrepreneur, including building reciprocal relationships, asking for help, and when to bring in her convictions with her clients. Michelle also shares about Evolution Design, her value-cente…
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Creating Safe Brave Spaces & Permission to be Liberated with Lauren L.A. Zwicky, Founder of Hair by L.A. Zwicky and Scorpio Palace
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Episode Description: Karen talks with Lauren L.A. Zwicky, Founder of Hair by L.A. Zwicky and Owner/Operator of Scorpio Palace, about being a multi-hyphenate creative and business owner, including bringing all of the things together and balancing creativity and process with being a longtime perfectionist. They discuss redefining failure, finding ali…
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Empathy and Humanism, Effects of Being a Brown Woman, and Scaling with Dr. Bre Gentile, Founder of Dr. G’s Lab
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Episode Description: Karen talks with Dr. Bre Gentile, Founder of Dr. G’s Lab, about the messiness of starting a business and the evolution of a limitless business. They discuss how to bring more empathy and humanism into how we run our businesses, and the effects of having “so much of what women do… pathologized.” Lastly, they explore scaling and …
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Anti-Oppression Healing, Discernment, and Asking for Help with Leanne Alaman, Founder of Embodied Contribution Consulting
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Episode Description: Karen talks with Leanne Alaman, Founder of Embodied Contribution Consulting, about anti-oppression healing as paradigm-shifting equity work, as well as the power of using discernment in business. They discuss the impacts of internalized oppression and paternalism as an entrepreneur, and the importance of community and asking fo…
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Belonging, Mutual Support, and Trust with Teju Ravilochan, Founder of GatherFor
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Episode Description: Karen hears from Teju Ravilochan, Founder of GatherFor, on how those closest to a problem are the ones with their own solutions. He shares several lessons he’s learned through GatherFor, including the relationship between poverty and exclusion, the power of mutual support, and how to heal the wounds that tell us that we can’t t…
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Being a White Female Millennial Business Owner, Reinventing Oneself, and Worthiness with Kayla Wright, Director of Marketing, Kite + Dart Group
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Episode Description: Karen talks with her business partner, Kayla Wright, Director of Marketing at Kite + Dart Group. Kayla shares the trials and tribulations of being a millennial woman business owner, as well as the process of losing what she had been working on her whole life and needing to reinvent herself. They discuss bringing in emotions and…
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Systems, Balance, & the Challenges of Culturally Responsive Healthcare with Sarita Parikh, Founder of Mind, Body & Play Therapies, LLC
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Episode Synopsis: Karen talks with Sarita Parikh, Founder of Mind, Body & Play Therapies, about how to create systems for your business that embrace working with who you truly are, as well as how important balance is as a business owner. They discuss the impacts, both positive and negative, of being an Indian-American running a business in the heal…
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Innovative Branding, Perfectionism, and “Big, Crazy Ideas” with Diana Merkel, Founder of PS.Design
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Episode Synopsis: Karen talks with Diana Merkel, Founder of PS.Design, about the iterative nature of business, the challenges of communicating new and innovative business practices and offerings, and the power of storytelling and alignment for branding. They also discuss ways to lean into perfectionism and going after big, crazy ideas. Links: Sched…
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The Intersection of Education & Entertainment, Stage Fright, and Juneteenth Music Festival with Erica Wright, Founder, Community Rooted
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Episode Description: In this episode, Karen talks with Erica Wright, Founder of Community Rooted, about the empowerment of owning her own company and the freedom of not being in predominantly white spaces. They dive into the intersection of education and entertainment, and how it can be used to create social impact, as well as the realities of stag…
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Activism, Education, and Entrepreneurship with Karen Bartlett, Host, Now & Center Podcast; Partner, Kite + Dart Group
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In this episode, the tables are turned, and Karen shares her story behind her journey to Kite + Dart Group and the difference she’s making at the company. She discusses the thread of activism through her professional career, how her unique journey landed her here, and how it all weaves together to be an expression of entrepreneurial activism. She a…
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Shifting Power, Regenerative Recovery, & Scaling with Julianna Nelson, Founder of Phillinnova
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Episode Description: Join Karen as she talks with co-conspirator Julianna Nelson, Founder, CEO, and Strategy Specialist at Phillinnova. Karen and Julianna discuss the importance of bringing an equity and social justice lens to our work in both the for-profit and nonprofit sectors, as well as contributions from the regenerative leadership space. The…
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Effects of White Supremacy Culture on BIPOC Women/Femmes, Perfectionism, & the Power of Intuition and Authenticity with Jenny Medrano, Founder of Jenny Medrano Coaching
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Episode Description: Karen discusses with Jenny Medrano, Founder of Jenny Medrano Coaching, the effects of white supremacy culture on BIPOC women and femmes in terms of professionalism and defining what success is. They discuss the influence of perfectionism when starting a new business, the importance of listening to intuition and being authentic …
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Empathy, Authenticity, and Imposter Syndrome with Syah B., Founder of Syah B. Consulting
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Episode Description: Karen discusses the nuances of DEI work with Syah B., Founder of Syah B. Consulting, including the need to do deep work, internal versus external work, and the importance of empathy and authenticity. They dive into the challenges of having an entrepreneurial mindset, accountability, and imposter syndrome as an entrepreneur. Las…
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Immigrant Youth Leadership, Starting an Organization with Multiple Marginalized Identities, & Creating Community in a Virtual World with Tania Chairez, Founder of Convivir Colorado
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Episode Description: Join Karen as she talks with Tania Chairez, founder of Convivir Colorado, a leadership program for immigrant, refugee, and first generation youth that helps them channel their leadership through the lens of their migrant journey, so they can strengthen their sense of self and continue practicing agency as they make a positive i…
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Trailer: Podcast Premiers Tuesday, May 17!
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Hello, and welcome to Now & Center: Entrepreneurial Voices from the Margin. I’m your host, Karen Bartlett, and I’d love to share with you the inspiration for Now & Center. We know that the predominant voices in the business world have been privileged, white, cis-het male voices. These voices have created a business culture rooted in transactionalis…
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