Essays + Narratives

Summary and Guest Bio: In the seventh episode of the She is Kindred Podcast, Britt and Alex Cox talk about navigating chronic illness in everyday life, parenthood, and holding onto hope through it all.  Alex Cox is a reader, teacher, and writer balancing life with autoimmune diseases while carving out spaces for creativity. She lives […]

SUMMARY AND GUEST BIO: In the sixth episode of the She is Kindred Podcast, Britt and Emily Lawson discuss navigating neurodiverse parenting and how parenting looks different than we may have imagined.  Our guest today, Emily Lawson, is from Central Iowa, where she was born and raised. Emily and her husband have twins who are […]

SUMMARY AND GUEST BIO: It’s Month 2 of the She Is Kindred podcast and we are opening up our next series–Living in the Tension: Holding Space for Grief and Hope. Britt sits down with her long-time, sister-friend of over 20 years, Andrea Malarkey, who braved one of the toughest challenges anyone can face: cancer. Andrea […]

TRIGGER WARNING: mention of stillborn/infant death SUMMARY AND GUEST BIO: In the fourth episode of the She is Kindred Podcast, Britt chats with three of her closest friends, Erica Pitchers, Elysia King, and Eva Robinson. Together, they have been through both joyful and tumultuous seasons of life and have found ways to love well in […]

In the third episode of the She is Kindred Podcast, Britt and Alexandra (Alex) Wright, the She Is Kindred Community Coordinator, dive into what it looks like when friendships change over time and how we can still move forward with grace even when we’re they’re over. They chat about things that aren’t always discussed when it comes to forging thriving communities. Britt and Alex share how we can learn to live with our eyes wide open. Through their discussion on friendship and community, we can acknowledge that people carry their own stories with them, and as their stories intertwine with ours, we forge new narratives together to learn and grow and change.

SUMMARY AND GUEST BIO: In the second episode of the She is Kindred Podcast, host Britt chats with a trio of best friends; Blythe Bergstrom, Libby Ryan, and Loranna Pyles. The women have known each other since college when Loranna and Blythe got matched as roommates, then added Libby into their friendship after a memorable […]