Listeners, welcome to our 50th episode with Samantha Flynn. Yes you heard that correctly this is our episode number 50!!! Thank you listeners for being a part of the milestone episode!!! Samantha Flynn grew up in Pennsylvania but since the age of eight she has always been interested and felt a pull to move to Chicago. After graduating from college …

Welcome to our 49th episode with Dr. Robyn Graham. Robyn grew up in a small town in Illinois. She knew from a young age that she wanted to have a high-powered career that focused on serving others. Throughout this conversation we will hear about all of the turns that Robyn’s career pivots have taken her. You are for sure going to want to hear Robyn…

On our 48th episode we have Emily Aborn. Emily was born and raised in New Hampshire and Maine. She, her husband, her dog Clyde live in NH today. She would consider her job to be her passion but when she pauses she enjoys curling up with a good book, last year she read 43 books. Emily has experience in several different fields such as working in res…

On our 47th episode we have guest Anton Adkins. I met Anton years ago through my college friend Liset. Anton is a proud Chicagoan from the west side. I loved this conversation with Anton as he walks us through his story all the twists and all the turns as hones in on what exactly his passions and the different ways he is living them out. You are fo…

On our 46th episode we have Bella Caetano. Bella is originally from a small town in the midwest of Brazil. In this episode she shares with her story going from owning a small shop to pursuing her dream of studying architecture and then daring to keep dreaming and going after her passion for designing quality jewelry. You are for sure going to want …

Welcome to our 45th episode with Katie Quesada. Katie is a California native. A fun fact about Katie is that she and her family got rid of 90% of their things and lived in an RV for several years. During this episode Katie will walk us through how she basically created her current job of being a speaker, storyteller and coach for individuals and co…

Happy New Year! Listen here for a quick January 2022 update. Beginning next Tuesday we will be resuming our regular podcast scheduling. See you all next Tuesday January 11 for our first episode of year THREE of the No Wrong Turns Pod.By Audrey Lee Hickman Hunter

Welcome to Episode 44th with my friend Amanda Tregellas. Amanda is a proud Wisconsinite and dog mom. We met through a summer mission trip we went on to Brasil and the Bahamas several years ago. During this episode Amanda will walk us through her story and how some of her passions stayed the same and some shifted. You are for sure going to want to h…

Listeners welcome to our 43nd Episode with Molly J Wilkinson. This conversation is a two part series, in our part one with Molly we heard her share with us about her pastry and baking passion beginning as a young child and how she began to pursue it more seriously. Today in part two Molly will share about what life was like for as a student at Le C…

Listeners welcome to our 42nd Episode with Molly J Wilkinson! Molly is a Pastry graduate of Le Cordon Bleu Paris offering pastry classes in Versailles and around France. Originally from Dallas, Texas, she moved to Paris in 2013 to follow her passion for baking and ended up staying! This conversation will be a two part series, in our part one with M…

Welcome to our 41st Episode with Ben K Hewitt! Today on the podcast Ben will share about the big pivot that happened for him in his junior year of high school that changed the direction of his life plans and passions. Ben is a recent graduate of Samford University and is currently working toward his MDiv in Preaching and Pastoral Ministry at Southe…

On our 40th Episode we have Jenny Thompson, CEO and Founder of SafetyPIN Technologies! Today Jenny will share with us her story on how she went from working for nonprofits to for profits, and then pivot in her life that began her next season of life which led her to create SafetyPIN. Jenny also shares a lot of information in regards to background c…

In Episode 39 we are hearing Part Two with Lauren Rome Marks of Romer Skincare. Last week we heard part one of Lauren’s story as she shared how she grew up and landed on a job on Wall Street for a decade, then how she began to pivot to clean beauty skincare. This episode is our part two where Lauren shares more about the planning, beginning phase a…

Welcome to our 38th episode with Lauren Rome Marks of Romer Skincare. There is so much to hear about from Lauren’s story that we have this guest’s story and passions on two episodes. This week we will hear part one of Lauren’s story as she shares how she grew up and landed on Wall Street, then how she began to pivot. Next episode will be part two w…

Welcome to Episode 37 with Aurora Lee the Minimalist Mama. This is our Part Two follow up from last week’s Part One episode. If you haven’t listened to Part One yet I would recommend hopping back to Episode 36 to give it a listen and then trying out Episode 37 - Part Two. I shared last week how I found our guest Aurora from her instagram @simplee.r…

Welcome to our 36th episode with Aurora Lee the Minimalist Mama. I learned about our guest Aurora from her instagram @simplee.rory. Like many of I have watched the famed Marie Condo netflix special and learned how to fold and condense my drawers. From that time I have been dabbling with and learning more about minimalism because I want to spend mor…

Welcome to Episode 35 with guest Meagan Woodard. Meagan is from a close knit family originally from North Carolina. Growing up she and one of her younger sisters enjoyed dance classes. As Meagan grew in her passion for dance she decided to pursue college and beyond. Once out of college Meagan pivoted in growing her passion for event planning and he…

Welcome to our 34th episode, part two with the musical trio of sisters Brittany, Miriah and Sierra of Harmony Roads. This is a two parter, so if you did not get a chance to listen to part one in episode 33 I would recommend pausing this episode and going back and listening to episode 33 before listening to this episode. In part one we heard the fir…

Episode 33 we have sisters Brittany, Miriah and Sierra of Harmony Roads. Brittany, Miriah and Sierra share the passion for creating music together through their band Harmony Roads. These sisters share about how they have always been dabbling in music and how it became a more formal passion along with how their lifes’ changing of seasons allowed the…

Reverend Emily Scatterday Holehan is our 32nd guest! When Emily was in middle school she knew that God was calling her to become a pastor. Emily shares about how she navigated deciding on her college and her majors as they would help propel her to her next step of living in the Dominican Republic to work with Young Life. Emily then shares her semin…

On episode 31 we have Alicia Antoine sharing her story & passions on the podcast. Alicia grew up knowing from the time she was in third grade that she loved the creative arts. Everything from singing, dancing, group performances, musical theater, fashion and even learning how to play the flute. Through Alicia’s story she will share how she lived ou…

Listeners welcome to our 30th episode, our first episode of 2021! On the podcast we have Kelsey Kemp. Kelsey is an eighth generation Texan. Growing up Kelsey practiced ballet. She took ballet so seriously that began a program where she trained in the morning and evening and began homeschooling in between times. Around the age of 16 Kelsey began a y…

On episode 29 we have on the podcast we have Ben Fanelli. Ben grew up in Canada, as a young boy he began chasing down his dream of joining the NHL, he sustained a very serious, life threatening brain injury that shifted his life dreams and pursuits. He shifted his focus from hockey to his new passion of creating Heroic Minds. Through this platform …

On the 28th podcast episode we have Taylor Rambo. Taylor is a wife, a mom, from all over the state of Texas and she loves potatoes in just about any form except for chips. When Taylor was growing up she credits basketball as being one of the most consistent parts of her life. Stemming from this she decided in 8th grade that she wanted to be a Stren…

Sarah is a retired podcaster, during this COVID season she has become a seamstress creating 70-100 masks and she is passionate about the local church and women’s ministries. Sarah grew up in Michigan. Growing up her family always had two dogs and a cat. She enjoyed trying out all of the sports and the sport that she thought she was the best at was …

Karen Kumar is our guest for episode 26! Karen shares her story with us about how she grew up all around the midwest, moving a lot and learning the art of being able to say goodbye and hello to new friends well. She shares about her passion for sports and how she thought and dreamed of going to the olympics when she was a young gymnast and then how…

On the 25th episode we have Michelle Bernard from Olive Branch Coaching and Consulting. If you are a regular listener of the No Wrong Turns pod I am sure that will recognize Michelle and her company from previous sponsor spots on the pod. Our last guest Kaila Yim from episode 24 introduced us! Michelle is from Minnesota, she loves to water ski and …

Kaila is our 24th guest on the No Wrong Turns Pod! She is from California and grew up being very close to her family, her cousins and grandparents. Once Kaila gave her life to Christ at age 14 during her freshman year she began spending most all of her free time at church. She loved being involved in youth group and volunteering to help wherever sh…

Eric Himes is our 23rd guest! In this episode Eric with share with us how he discovered his DIY skillset especially with his daughter Wendy, how he decided on his college major, he shares about a turning point for himself when he considered driving to New York with a tank of gas and $900 to his instead of going on a missions trip, Eric shares about…

Bethany Bayless is our 22nd guest! In this episode Bethany will be sharing with us about her experience as an MC and speaker, fellow podcaster (The Money Millhouse), personal finance, and entrepreneur. Bethany grew up in a military family living in various different places during her childhood years. Her original dream was to use her passion for sp…

Dr. Karen Hurula will be sharing with us about identity and cultural identities, pursuing higher education as an older than typical college student, the mental health field and what it was like for her to pursue her path to her clinical psychologist doctorate. You are not going to want to miss how Karen epitomizes the idea of our podcast No Wrong T…

Angela Blocker shares about how she discovered her passion of counseling beginning with her passion for missions which grew into her choosing her first college major of missionary aviation. Angela will share with us how she changed her college major to find a better major to encapsulate her passions to become a counselor in the mental health field.…

Hey Listeners! I am excited to share with you the Curate Curiosity podcast! Curate curiosity is a podcast built on the idea that strong community comes from exploring and experiencing life together. This episode describes the foundation of Curate Curiosity. Personally I will explain the purpose of this podcast, what type of content listeners can ex…

In this episode Sarah shares about how through much apprehension she developed a love for both travel and missions. Sarah also shares throughout the episode about how she grew her love for baking and the power of what happens when you share sweet treats with others. Throughout the chat Sarah walks us through her story moving all around from Florida…

In this episode Jackie shares about her overarching passion for music and how she persisted in finding and creating a career path that was built from her passion for music. Throughout our chat Jackie shares that at many turning points about how that is where life got interesting and how her life made several pivots or turns that led her to her care…

In this episode Lindsey shares about her childhood growing up in Chile, returning to the States as a high schooler, navigating and discerning what her true passions are and what major would fit her passions best. Then finding job opportunities in Chicago and beyond. And even making the big decision of going back to grad school to pursue a masters i…

On our 16th episode we have my friend David Loock! In this episode David will share his story about growing up in Cincinnati and his love for reading self-help books and being an icee man. David shares his story about how when he graduated he truly had no idea what he was going to for his future job and career. He had interests and hobbies that he …

Listeners welcome to our 15th episode with my dear friend Robyn Hubbard. On the episode Robyn will share her story about growing up in the same house all her life, loving all things St. Louis, yes this does include Imo’s provel cheese pizza and the Cardinals baseball team. Robyn shares how God helped to shape and change her college major as well as…

Welcome to episode fourteen! On our fourteenth episode we have Lynn Power on the No Wrong Turns Pod! Lynn is a longtime ad agency executive with a love for beauty. She's been fortunate to work on many iconic brands, including the Gillette Venus global marketing launch, Clinique global, L'Oreal Natural Match launch and St. Ives. She has done lots of…

Lucky number thirteenth! We have my friend Nate Edmondson as our guest! In this episode Nate will share his story about how throughout his life beginning early on in his school career he began uncovering his love for communication and public speaking. Through school speeches, homecoming speeches and sermon prep/delivery. Music Credits: Wholesome Mu…

Today on the podcast we have my friend Alex Escobar for episode number twelve. Alex shares his story about how he has loved art from a very young age, began college focusing on his passion of art, became a Christian, he then grew and developed a new passion of youth ministry, changed colleges and majors, and then became a youth pastor. During his t…

This is the eleventh episode! Our guest, Nate Irvine, will share his story about how he developed into his calling of serving and working in the church. Beginning when he became a Christ follower, to choosing what college he attended, deciding to go and study abroad, discovering God’s call on His life and then deciding what it would look like to fo…

Listeners this is our tenth episode with Shelby Thompson! Shelby will share her story with us on how she began college pursuing a career in dental hygiene and then how she made a 180 degree turn and changed majors and schools to become pursue the field of interior design. Podcast Editor - Sophia Bote Social Media Manager - Olivia Bote Music Credits…

On episode nine we have Matthew Boffey! Matt shares his story on how God revealed to him his pastoral passion and how he has pursued this passion through continued studies, internship and the publishing workplace. You are for sure going to want to lean in and not miss hearing about how Matt heard God’s pastoral call on his life and how Matt has dil…

For our eighth episode we have future doctor of education D’Andre Coats. In this episode D’Andre will share his story with us on he went from a born and bred Chicagoan to a southern California transplant with a 6 year stop over in the cornfields of Indiana. D’Andre will share with us his story of changing majors and shifting career paths to tell us…

On our seventh episode we have Dr. Izabel Olson. In this episode Izabel will first share with us her story and then how and through her story she developed her passions for both yoga and helping youth and women combat human trafficking through her organization, Salt & Light Coalition. Salt & Light Coalition is a grassroots movement that mobilizes i…

For our sixth episode we welcome Melissa King! Today on the episode I might sound a little tired and this because Melissa was Skyping in all the way from Albania, so it was about 7am for her and about 1am for me! Melissa will share about what lead her all the way to Albania in this episode and how her passion for communication and journalism change…

This is our FOURTH episode & we have on Macy Theriot. I met Macy when she and I were a part of a summer missions teams program. Yes, this is the same summer mission team that one of our previous guests, Chris Shay, was the director of at that time. Although Macy and I were not on the same team, we got to know each other through the training times b…

Lauren Lane is our Episode 3 guest! In this episode Lauren talks about her many passions that she is pursuing from creating Bible study content to managing an Air bnb. Lauren shares her story on how she, as an enneagram 7, howned into the passions that God has called her to. You are going to want to lean in and not miss hearing about how Lauren dev…

Episode 2: Chris Shay Today on the podcast we have Chris Shay who shares with us her story on how her passions led her from being a physical education teacher to a World Missions Director. You are not going to want to miss hearing about how Chris developed and found her passion for teaching young people. If you like our show and want to know more c…