Glow Up, Gyrl

Glow Up, Gyrl

Get ready to embark on an uplifting journey with host Kyra Mitchell Lewis as she introduces you to inspiring guests, shares empowering stories, and provides practical tips and information. Glow Up, Gyrl is more than just a podcast - it's a supportive community where women can come together to learn, share, and connect. Join us as we help you find and live purpose-filled lives, uncovering your ultimate GLOW-UP!

Episodes

Strategic Networking: Building Relationships That Actually Open Doors with Dr. Elizabeth Fried

September 10, 2026 • 48 mins
What if the reason networking feels awful is that you have been doing the wrong thing first? This week on the Glow Up, Gyrl Podcast, Kyra sits down with Dr. Elizabeth Fried, executive coach, author, and founder of N. E. Fried and Associates, who has spent more than four decades with senior leaders, business owners, and professionals working on clarity, confidence, and executive presence. She is also 78, plays pickleball with a 33 ...
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Change Starts With Choice: Rebuilding Self-Trust and Moving Forward Without Certainty with Ev Foster

September 3, 2026 • 32 mins
What if you are not waiting for more information, and you already know exactly what you want to do? This week on the Glow Up, Gyrl Podcast, Kyra sits down with Ev Foster, author of Change Starts With Choice, intuitive psychology coach, and operating principal of Keller Williams Scotland. As Regional Champion for Scotland with WIEA, she mentors real estate agents building profitable, intentional businesses. She is a mum of four, sp...
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You Are Already a Leader: Confidence, Faith, and Showing Up as Who You Are Becoming with Sharonda Holland

August 27, 2026 • 58 mins
What if you have been waiting for a title to make you a leader, and everyone around you already sees you as one? This week on the Glow Up, Gyrl Podcast, Kyra sits down with Sharonda Holland, founder of Higher Ground Leaders and a hospitality leader with more than 15 years in the industry. Sharonda says the organization was born out of what she calls failure. There were seasons when nothing was going according to plan, and she was ...
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Excellence Without Exhaustion: Leading Fully Without Burning Out with Tian Philson

August 20, 2026 • 57 mins
What if the reason you are so tired has nothing to do with how much sleep you got and everything to do with a belief you have never actually examined? This week on the Glow Up, Gyrl Podcast, Kyra sits down with Tian Philson, leadership transformation and decision-making coach and the founder of LSF Wellness. Tian spent more than 20 years in corporate strategy before building a practice around one idea: help people go inward so the...
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The Sleep Recipe: Real Rest, Real Recovery, and the Glow Up You Get When You Finally Sleep Well with Dr. Tara Youngblood

August 13, 2026 • 46 mins
What if waking up at 3 a.m. every night has nothing to do with willpower and everything to do with two degrees? This week on the Glow Up, Gyrl Podcast, Kyra sits down with Dr. Tara Youngblood, sleep science educator, inventor, and founder of Geli. Tara holds more than 50 patents, co-founded ChiliSleep, and shared her "sleep recipe" approach in her TEDxCaryWomen talk. She came to this work the hard way. After losing her son Benjami...
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Build Your Village: Motherhood, Postpartum Care, and the Power of Betting on Yourself with Kristin Smith

August 6, 2026 • 37 mins
What if the season everyone frames as overwhelming can actually be a joyous, supported one you plan for ahead of time? This week on the Glow Up, Gyrl Podcast, Kyra sits down with Kristin Smith, founder of Well Supported Family, a newborn care and postpartum support agency connecting families with experienced caregivers during the early stages of parenthood. After becoming a mother at just 19, Kristin trained as a birth and postpa...
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The Consistency Code: Coming Back to Yourself Without Starting Over with Courtney Townley

July 30, 2026 • 46 mins
What if you have never actually needed to start over, because starting over was never the option in the first place? This week on the Glow Up, Gyrl Podcast, Kyra sits down with Courtney Townley, a women's self-leadership coach, host of the highly rated Grace & Grit podcast, and author of The Consistency Code. For the past 20 years, Courtney has been helping women take better care of themselves with more consistency and ease. S...
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Becoming Your Own Best Friend: Cultivating Real Connection and Friendship in Midlife with Cheryl Dillon

July 23, 2026 • 42 mins
What if the reason friendship feels harder in midlife has nothing to do with you, and everything to do with the fact that no one ever told you it would take intention? This week on the Glow Up, Gyrl Podcast, Kyra sits down with Cheryl Dillon, life coach, writer, speaker, and founder of Funderful Experiences, where she helps women create midlife chapters that are joyful, vibrant, and intentional. Cheryl is also the co-founder of Eq...
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Know Your Rights: Recognizing Workplace Harassment and Building a Safe Exit Plan with Brittany A. Stevens

July 16, 2026 • 37 mins
What do you do when something at work feels wrong, but you are not sure it rises to the level of harassment? This week on the Glow Up, Gyrl Podcast, Kyra sits down with Brittany A. Stevens, Partner at Phillips & Associates, PLLC, one of the nation's leading plaintiff-side employment law firms. Brittany represents women facing workplace sexual harassment, discrimination, and retaliation, particularly in power-imbalanced and hig...
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Panic to Profit: Building a Life and a Business That Cannot Be Boxed In with Julia Hurley

July 9, 2026 • 38 mins
What does it look like to build a career across real estate, politics, life coaching, sports management, and media, and have it all make sense? This week on the Glow Up, Gyrl Podcast, Kyra sits down with Julia Hurley, dynamic entrepreneur, nationally recognized real estate broker, former elected official, author, and the founder of a sports management company helping athletes grow their brands. Julia has spent 14 years building a ...
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The Desire Reset: Reigniting Intimacy, Connection, and Self-Worth in Long-Term Relationships with Xanet Pailet

July 2, 2026 • 38 mins
What if low desire does not mean something is wrong with you, but actually means you have never been taught how desire really works? This week on the Glow Up, Gyrl Podcast, Kyra sits down with Xanet Pailet, sex and intimacy educator, coach, entrepreneur, and author. For over 15 years, Xanet has helped women and couples heal intimacy challenges, rebuild emotional connection, and reignite desire in long-term relationships. She is th...
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Mind, Body, Glow: Turning Negative Emotions into a Portal for Growth with Kym Coco

June 25, 2026 • 50 mins
What if the emotions you have been trying to push away are actually trying to show you something? This week on the Glow Up, Gyrl Podcast, Kyra sits down with Kym Coco, author, nature-loving yogi, and founder of Swagtail, where she teaches mind-body techniques for emotional resilience, focus, and peak performance. Kym holds a Master's Degree in Sports Kinesiology and two 500-hour Yoga Teacher Training Certifications, and her latest...
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Painting What You Want: Manifestation, Visualization, and Calling In the Life You're Meant For with Cameron Cohen

June 18, 2026 • 49 mins
What if your next level was not just something you could visualize, but something you could hang on your wall and see every single day? This week on the Glow Up, Gyrl Podcast, Kyra sits down with Cameron Cohen, Los Angeles-based artist and creator of the Manifestation Painting, a unique form of visual manifestation. Through a guided visualization process, Cameron maps out her clients' goals and intentions and translates them into ...
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Not Behind. Not Finished. Reframing Your Story with Compassion and Grace After 50 with Patrice C. Baker

June 11, 2026 • 47 mins
What if the hardest moments of your life were not setbacks at all, but treasures you have been carrying all along? This week on the Glow Up, Gyrl Podcast, Kyra sits down with Patrice C. Baker, inspirational speaker, author, and compassion coach for women over 50. Through authentic, relatable storytelling, Patrice helps women reframe their stories with self-awareness and self-compassion, move from surviving to thriving, and activat...
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The Great Reset: Turning Life's Biggest Transitions into Your Greatest Growth with Anisha Jennings

June 4, 2026 • 34 mins
What does it take to leave everything familiar behind and start completely over in a new country at 28? This week on the Glow Up, Gyrl Podcast, Kyra sits down with Anisha Jennings, systems administrator, entrepreneur, conference speaker, and founder of Jennings Tech Corner and The Founders Back Office. Anisha moved from India to the US for her second master's degree, navigating cultural pressure, financial sacrifice, and the unkno...
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Reset, Rebuild, Rise: Caregiving, Founding, and Redefining Success with Lindsay Friedman

May 28, 2026 • 34 mins
What happens when the woman who spent years caring for others suddenly becomes the one who needs care? This week on the Glow Up, Gyrl Podcast, Kyra sits down with Lindsay Friedman, four-time founder, lifelong multigenerational caregiver, and CEO of CareBloom and LTCareNav. Lindsay's journey into the caregiving space began as a professional working in memory care, hospice, and assisted living. But when her grandmother needed care, ...
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Podcasting as Passive Networking: Building Business Freedom with Nicole Grinnell

May 21, 2026 • 30 mins
What if you could build real business relationships, generate content, and grow your visibility in as little as 30 minutes a week, without spending a dime on ads? This week on the Glow Up, Gyrl Podcast, Kyra sits down with Nicole Grinnell, two-time business owner and founder of Mic'd Up Booking, a company born from Nicole's own experience using podcast guesting as a strategic tool. Nicole has spent years helping entrepreneurs, aut...
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The Invisible Labor of Being a Good Daughter with Dr. Allison Alford

May 14, 2026 • 46 mins
Have you ever felt like no matter how much you do for your family, it's never enough? What if that exhaustion is not in your head, it's in the work nobody has ever given a name to? In the Season 7 premiere of the Glow Up, Gyrl Podcast, Kyra sits down with Dr. Allison Alford, communication scholar, speaker, and clinical associate professor at Baylor University, and author of Good Daughtering: The Work You've Always Done, the Credit...
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From Clutter to Confidence: Rebuilding Your Life Through Boundaries, Systems, and Self-Trust with Alison Kero

May 7, 2026 • 38 mins
What if the clutter in your home is not just a mess, but a mirror? This week on the Glow Up, Gyrl Podcast, Kyra sits down with Alison Kero, professional organizer, online coach, and co-author of a bestselling book. Since 2004, Alison has been helping individuals, families, and groups transform their homes and lives through simple, sustainable organizing systems. And this conversation goes so much deeper than tidying up. Alison br...
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Writing as Healing: Mental Health, Creativity, and Self-Reflection with Vicky Martin

April 30, 2026 • 52 mins
What if the thing that kept you together all those years was a pen and a notebook? This week on the Glow Up, Gyrl Podcast, Kyra sits down with Vicky Martin, licensed mental health therapist, author, and CEO of Oak Hills Behavioral Health Solutions. Vicky has been using writing as a tool for healing since she was a child, and her debut book, Portraits, is a raw, deeply personal poetry collection that spans over 20 years of her life...
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