Elizabeth Swindell
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Warm career stories from women building boldly.
Empowerment with Elizabeth centers relaxed, encouraging conversations with women across fashion, law, nonprofit work, dance, cheerleading, and local business. The show favors origin stories, practical career advice, and the unglamorous work behind visible success.
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Empowerment with Elizabeth is a warm interview series built around women telling the full story behind their work. The Texas Tuesday run gives the show a strong regional spine. Dallas, Lubbock, Prosper, Houston, Frisco, Austin, College Station, San Antonio, and South Louisiana all show up as places where careers and identities take shape. The format is direct. The interviewer opens a lane, then lets the guest walk through childhood, training, setbacks, family, career pivots, and the advice they earned the hard way. Some conversations are about business. Becky Morris talks through retail experience, fashion shows, boutique ownership, and the reality that fashion work is not always glamorous. Raheela Ahsan traces an untraditional legal path through unemployment, LinkedIn clients, startups, fundraising, and building her own practice. Abbey Hagan turns dating frustration into a Dallas singles community after noticing how little people spoke to each other on a Dallas trail. Other episodes lean toward service and public life. Brittany Hebert Franklin connects pageant experience, fundraising skill, and Sky High for Kids' work supporting children facing cancer. Audra Opperman frames The Scout Guide Lubbock through motherhood, local belonging, and the pull of coming back home. Lynn Winter brings a heavier legal origin story, connecting childhood exposure to the justice system with her decision to become a lawyer. Performance is another recurring current. Shelly Bramhall describes a life that started in dance class as a toddler and never really stopped. Parker talks about dance, rookie-year Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader life, and the pull of the arts from childhood. Across these conversations, the show is less interested in tidy success speeches than in how people actually got there. It values persistence, preparation, community, and the willingness to keep showing up before the title or recognition arrives. The pace is steady. The language is plainspoken. The appeal comes from hearing capable women connect public achievements with the private work, doubts, accidents, and decisions that made those achievements possible.
Made for: Best for listeners who like encouraging interviews with women in business, law, fashion, nonprofit work, dance, cheerleading, and Texas community life. It especially suits younger women looking for practical examples of ambition, pivots, service, and persistence.
What sets it apart: The show gives guests unusually wide room to explain the backstory, not just the headline. Its Texas Tuesday episodes connect professional cheer, local entrepreneurship, legal careers, pageant-adjacent service work, and family life into one approachable career map.
Hi y’all! My name is Elizabeth Swindell! Throughout my undergrad years and In high school, I had the opportunity to be around many influential women. Through this podcast, I hope to enlighten younger girls and women to let them know what is possible and what they are capable of and provide them with examples of women who are SLAYing the game in a variety of fields! My goal is to cover a different topic, career, or organization each week by inviting different women on who have influenced me positively and who I think others can benefit from listening to! St...
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Career histories become practical studies in execution, self-positioning, fundraising, and building organizations under Elizabeth Swindell's patient questioning.
Elizabeth Swindell treats a career story as a chain of decisions: how someone entered a field, handled a setback, built credibility, and turned experience into useful advice.
Elizabeth turns impressive resumes into the career detours you actually want to hear about.
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A grounded founder story about turning setbacks into a law firm.
Raheela Ahsan’s path comes across as plainspoken and earned. After SMU Law and the COVID shake-up, she moved from Dallas attorney work into her own firm, building a practice around startups, fundraising, and venture capital while working across Dallas, Austin, and New York.
A warm founder story tying pageant roots, fundraising, and children's cancer work.
Brittany Hebert Franklin comes across as the steady center of the episode. Her South Louisiana farm upbringing, pageant background, and habit of turning community energy into action all connect cleanly to the work behind Sky High for Kids.
A clear look at the work behind a ballroom career.
The episode follows Anna Tremenskaya through a long, steady dance career, from childhood training to 11 seasons on the show, and into the roles she holds now as a studio owner, business owner in Hermosa Beach, California, a mom, and a professional adjudicator.
A grounded pageant interview about grief, service, and learning to stand in her own story.
This episode follows a Miss Kansas Volunteer titleholder from a Nebraska upbringing to preparation for Miss Volunteer America, and it lands best when it moves past pageant polish into the experiences that shaped her.
A warm pageant interview that finds its best lane in practical prep and lived-in confidence.
Empowerment with Elizabeth follows Sophia Sargent, a Bedford, New Hampshire title holder whose route to Miss Volunteer America runs through broadcasting, radio, modeling, and a pageant career she began at 24.
Student sports talk from Charger territory.
Sophia Wooten, the 81st Miss Georgia from Peachtree City, describes a pageant journey that began at 15 with the Miss University of Georgia pageant.
Becky Morris shares her journey from working at Saks Fifth Avenue to co-founding Lily Claire Boutique in Texas, discussing her passion for fashion and career experiences.
Raheela Ahsan, founder of Ahsan Law Firm in Dallas, describes building a startup-focused legal practice after graduating from SMU Law in 2021 into a collapsed commercial job market.
Brittany Franklin, founder of Sky High for Kids, shares her journey from a Louisiana pageant queen to leading a nonprofit.
This episode features an interview with Audra Opperman, editor and owner of The Scout Guide Lubbock, discussing her personal background, family life, and connection to the Lubbock community.
This episode features an interview with Abbey Hagan, founder of Deity, a Dallas-based singles community group, discussing her journey from corporate retail to entrepreneurship and the inspiration behind creating the community.
This episode features an interview with corporate attorney Lynn Winter, who shares her personal journey into law school and the legal profession, including how her father's criminal case involving conspiracy to murder her family introduced her to the legal system at a young age.
This episode features an interview with Shelly Bramhall, a DCC choreographer, discussing her lifelong dance journey from starting at age two and a half to her classical training in ballet, tap, and jazz.
Elizabeth interviews Parker Kilpatrick, a rookie Dallas Cowboys cheerleader, about her dance background, journey to cheerleading, and passion for the arts.
Tahiti Moorea Seymour, Miss Universe Cayman Islands 2025, discusses her advocacy for food security awareness, particularly for small islands like the Cayman Islands, sharing her background and motivations.
Bria Murphy discusses her background as a psychology student and Miss Salina contestant, focusing on her community service initiative 'Do More, Be More' which helps people use their personal strengths to create positive change.
Arian Orlando, former Forever Miss Texas, shares her life story from growing up in Texas to her career in music education, interior design, and real estate, and her personal journey including marriage, divorce, and family.
Anna starts at the very beginning.
Elizabeth interviews Miss Nebraska USA about her journey in pageantry and empowerment.
Elizabeth interviews Abby Goosey, Miss Alaska Volunteer 2026, about her pageant journey and preparation for Miss Volunteer America.
Elizabeth interviews Tatum, a state title holder, about her journey in pageantry, focusing on service, talent, and empowerment.
Elizabeth interviews Kiki, a pageant title holder, about her journey in pageantry and preparation for Miss Volunteer America.
Elizabeth interviews Cameron, Miss Nevada Teen USA, about her journey in pageantry and how it has empowered her.
Elizabeth welcomes Sophia Sargent for a warm, easy conversation about pageants, broadcasting, and what it feels like to step into a public role later than most.
Elizabeth interviews Sydney, a newly crowned Miss Colorado USA, about her pageant journey and advocacy work with Clean Trails.
Elena starts a long way from the stage.
Elizabeth interviews Macy, a Miss Wyoming Teen Volunteer title holder, about her journey in pageantry and preparation for Miss Teen Volunteer America.
Elizabeth interviews Mishaya about her journey in pageantry and how it helped her find confidence and purpose.
Elizabeth interviews Nicole Taylor, Miss Illinois Volunteer 2026, about her pageant journey and how she overcame stereotypes to become a role model.
Elizabeth interviews Allison LaForest, a state title holder and model, about her pageant journey and career.
Elizabeth interviews Miss Connecticut Volunteer about her pageant journey and the importance of volunteerism.
Elizabeth interviews Mary, a Miss Alabama Volunteer titleholder, about her journey in pageantry and her college life.
Elizabeth interviews Miss New Mexico USA 2025 Dominique about her pageant journey, career in tech, and platform for small business digital literacy.
Elizabeth interviews Olivia, a state title holder, about her journey in pageantry and her work in disability advocacy.
Elizabeth interviews Emma, a Miss Minnesota title holder, about her pageant journey and preparation for Miss America.
Elizabeth interviews Miss Maryland's Teen Kinsley Potts about her pageant journey, talent, and personal growth.
Elizabeth interviews Anisha, a Miss Wisconsin state title holder, about her pageant journey starting at age nine and her fashion business.
Elizabeth interviews Kennedy, a Miss Virginia Volunteer title holder, about her pageant journey, businesses, and serve initiative, aiming to inspire young women.
Elizabeth interviews Jordan Bristol, the current Miss Utah, about her background, career in marketing, and journey into pageantry as she prepares for Miss America.
Elizabeth interviews Kelsey, a board-certified physician assistant and Miss Alaska USA title holder, about her journey in pageantry and her platform 'Craft Your Beauty'.
Elizabeth interviews Miss South Carolina Teen Volunteer 2026 Maddie Porter about her journey in pageantry, her serve initiative, and preparation for nationals.