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Hannah Awonuga - Founder & CEO of Illume Executive Consulting, an award-winning cultural transformation and inclusion consultant - shares her testimony, strength, and faith including growing up in a dual religion home; finding Jesus when she was homeless at fifteen; the cultural divide within her family; how her family difficulties inform her own parenting; turning back to the Church for safety; the surprising offer for her first job; how someone seeing her beyond her roughness changed her life; her rise at Barclays from cashier to Global Director; the importance of seeing the person for the person; knowing “who you are and whose you are”; reflecting the communities we serve; the commerciality of inclusion; Employee Resource Groups (ERG); being scared and excited for the unknown of what’s next; landing a publishing deal in the midst of heartache and grief; shedding titles and positions to walk in God’s calling; how music has helped her through the seasons; “The Illusion of Inclusion”; and so much more!

https://www.hannahawonuga.com/

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Emily Kile - Founder & CEO of Workzbe - shares her beauty from ashes story including growing up going to a Baptist church; losing her virginity at 13; pregnant out of wedlock/in the south/ teaching Bible study; the impact of Psalms 51; how her shame interfered with God’s love; an emergency C-section; learning to love yourself; starting her own company; looking for God in the valleys; how God keeps giving her chapters for her books; “Bitter to Better”; her “stupid tax”; having aphantasia; what gratitude does in the body; movement/marriage/silence; be a human being rather than a human always working; WISE; being HOT; and so much more!

https://www.workzbe.com/

https://www.yournerdyfriend.com

Bitter to Better book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FZDXMWR5?tag=&linkCode=osi&th=1&psc=1

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Judith Tutin - Irish-born/Cornwall-based Visual Artist & Teacher - shares her faith and her gift including growing up in a Catholic family in Ireland; how having a strong faith instilled in her allowed her to withstand Catholic scandal; how her older brothers, and spending time alone in Rome, brought her back to her faith; her parents faith example and influence on her; the meditation of praying the rosary; her passion for drawing and art as a young child; how music compliments her art and our mutual admiration for The Smiths and Morrissey; how the decaying buildings in Rome links to nature; how overthinking art can get in the way of enjoying art; an appreciation for Rothko; a vocational compromise with her parents that led to teaching art; how she decides what to put on the canvas; how her painting affects her faith; the importance of beautiful churches; if she could own one piece of art in the world, what would it be and why; and so much more!

(There are a couple very brief spots in the conversation when they audio crackles)

https://www.judithtutinart.com/

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Robert Bagley III - CEO, RB3 Solutions; #1 Bestselling Author & Audiobook Producer; Speaker; Coach - shares his journey and faith including enjoying the party life of drinking and drugs; a life-changing trip to Niagara-on-the-Lake in Ontario, Canada; getting ordained after moving to San Francisco; a Holy Spirit prompting regarding “The Book of Enoch” - and the audiobook that followed; re-digging the wells of revival; the restrainer; the importance of martyrs and the spreading of the Message; Book of Revelation and today; entrepreneurial spirit and side hustles; bringing someone to Christ in a work truck; being “one Church”; being in the world but not of the world; and much more!

https://robertbagley3rd.com/

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Pamela Swint - Operations Manager for a large healthcare company - inspires with her testimony and faith at work including hearing the Holy Spirit for the first time at five years old; excepting Christ at 12 years old; loving Bible stories from her Dad; God having her “in a cage”; marrying as a result of disobedience; being “married” to the Lord in a season of singleness; a job at a hospital that fulfilled prophecy; the danger of “itchy ears”; being a workaholic; going through the process and pruning; her faith in action at her hospital job; hearing God’s voice so clearly; when God interrupts her watching Andy Griffith; a powerful story of obedience in the workplace; how she demonstrates her faith at her company; pouring out from a full pitcher; God using her obedience and heart to impact people she’s never met; and so much more!

Pamela’s book, ““Holy Spirit Inspirations: Quality time with God”

https://www.amazon.com/Holy-Spirit-Inspirations-Quality-Spending/dp/1639617469

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Preston Poore - President/Founder of Preston Poore & Assoc.; Former Coca-Cola Executive; Speaker; Author - inspires us with his faith and works including taking his rebellious spirit to a youth group night; deciding to follow Jesus in 8th grade; experiencing severe bullying; taking on the role of the bully in a “my way or the highway” mentality; the life-changing impact of a year-end review conversation; working with an executive coach to uncover “triggers”; commission-based challenges; becoming a redemptive influence in the workplace; a move to Hershey, PA (the sweetest place on Earth) to work at Hershey Foods; the importance of a spouse’s discernment; his time with the Coca-Cola Company; his new book "How is Greater Than What"; colleague engagement surveys; what followers want from their leaders; having a daily appointment with God; how he avoids being managed by “the tyranny of the urgent”; a declaration of identity in the morning; a humorous warning to listeners who drink Dr. Pepper; and so much more!

https://prestonpoore.com/

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Kerri Pomarolli - comedian, actor, and author based in Los Angeles - takes us on a funny and inspirational journey including going to Dutch Christian Reform School in Detroit as a Catholic; a new church experience in California at 22; getting equipped spiritually through the age of 30; how theater kids are born for that life; working at Hershey Park; being a strong B+ Catholic; raising teenagers in today’s culture; Hollywood acting auditions and roles including being painted blue; the pivot to stand-up comedy; ministering to people after the show; Christian McDonald’s; how comedians are “twisted”; comedians/musicians off stage versus on stage; meeting her stand-up inspiration; trauma turns into good comedy; doing stand up WITH her ex-husband; and much more!

https://www.kerripom.com/

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Mo Isom Aiken - Missionary/Speaker/Author/Former LSU Soccer Goalie - continues our inspiring conversation in including how God built her and her platform for His glory; the celebrity Christian issue; stewarding what God has given you; what it means to “know” Jesus; the mission field of the marketplace; ways to bring your faith to the workplace including being “eyes open/ears open”; asking God for the blueprint; praying without ceasing; the Holy Spirit as the Matan; the financial Kingdom impact Christians can have in their marketplace role; a powerful, inspiring parting message; and so much more!

https://moisom.com/

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