Meet your coach

Hi, I'm Meredith

When I was a kid – I was always a "creative." All I wanted to do was sing and do theatre and perform for anyone who would watch.  I would dive into books and be taken away on these amazing magical escapes.  The characters became my friends. To this day I LOVE television and movies for the same reason.  In college, I was a writer.  I definitely hated science. And to this day in the kitchen, I’d consider myself a chef - never a baker - because baking has too many rules to follow.  A chef is creative in the moment.

Are you seeing the pattern here?

Well, college ended and I had no idea what I wanted to do and I got swept up in taking a corporate job in – prepare yourself – INSURANCE.  I know.  I don’t even have words.

But that was the path.  And for years, because I’m absolutely driven and ambitious to a fault, I kept climbing that corporate ladder all the time wondering what the hell I was doing!  How could someone so rooted in creativity and the arts stay for so long in corporate life?

For 17 years, I worked for companies that partnered with small businesses.  I learned how to listen to them.  I learned about their hardships and I learned how to match what my company’s services or products could help them – what could ease the burden.  I was good at my job because I actually wanted to be the person that brought a solution to the table – and I did just that.  And yet still in the back of my mind, I felt like a creative sellout.

Enter that full-circle moment...

But almost a decade ago, I had one of those full-circle moments.  I was asked to take my sales knowledge and teach others to do what I do.  I became an instructional designer.  [That’s a fancy way of referring to people who build online learning courses, and sales materials, deliver in-person and virtual training sessions and create podcasts to implement learning solutions for employees.]

Now, this was creative, yall.  I loved it and I thrived in it – because I was melding the two sides of my heart now.  I was providing valuable solutions but I also got to be the person designing and creating an actual product at the end of the day that got used by others to better their skill sets.

This, my friends, is where I became a skilled podcaster.  I learned how to brainstorm content, understand the importance of formatting choices, and how to deliver professionalism and true connection over the airwaves at the same time. 

Then, outside of corporate life (as if I had any extra time) I began producing two podcasts with my two best friends for their passion projects.

So when I say I’m a podcaster and a small business ally and your biggest hype girl when you’ve never met me…This is why. 

I have this process down to a science. I have driven strong top-line results for a Fortune 200 company using podcasts.  I have also helped small business owners reach wider audiences with their mission and value.

I’m a proud graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill (Go Heels!) where I hated chemistry but loved literature and screenwriting. I currently live in Charlotte, NC with my husband, Marc, who is from England, and our little Boston Terrier, Charlotte, who definitely is the boss of the household.