Breakfast Epiphanies Podcast
Breakfast Epiphanies is a podcast hosted by Jenny Mathews and Emily Buckley that follows up on families featured in the print issue of Cache Valley Family Magazine and features local guests who are experts in their fields, who will share epiphanies on family life and raising kids, education, health, culture, business, philanthropy, and more. Do you know someone with an interesting story or perspective? Email us at podcast@cachevalleyfamilymagazine.com.
Episode 40 | Dr. David Schramm
Jenny Mathews Contributing Writer Professor David Schramm, or “Dr. Dave” as he is more well known, loves to study and present on the topics of happy marriages and families. In our previous interview (episode 4), we discussed how it becomes more complicated to create a...
Episode 39 | Isabel Jones & Emily Schenk
Jenny Mathews Contributing Writer Cache Valley’s dynamic real estate duo, Isabel and Eric Jones enjoy forming relationships and walking their clients through the process of seeing their real estate dreams come true in Cache Valley every day. Their team has...
Episode 38 | Jackie Palmer & Kendra Jorgensen
Jenny Mathews Contributing Writer Jackie Palmer and Kendra Jorgensen agree that every child deserves a loving home. They also understand that sometimes the foster and adoptive families who supply those homes need help providing resources for their children....
Episode 37 | Kylee & Chad Champlin
Jenny Mathews Contributing Writer When Chad and Kylee Champlin took a chance and purchased the small clothing boutique Kylee worked at in college, they never dreamed of the growth and success they have seen in just a few short years. From the beginning they...
Episode 36 | Talesha Carter
Jenny Mathews Contributing Writer Her background with grief, trauma, anxiety, and depression has helped Talesha Carter become uniquely qualified to do what she does everyday. As an emotional healer, Talesha is passionate about applying what she has learned to...
Episode 35: Jake Neeley
Jenny Mathews Contributing Writer Jake Neeley began as one of 15 employees at Malouf five years ago and now is one of over 450 and is a representative of their “On Watch” program designed to educate the public on how to recognize the signs of child sex trafficking and...
Episode 34: Esterlee Molyneux
Jenny Mathews Contributing Writer The moment Esterlee Molyneux walked through the doors of The Family Place 24 years ago she knew she was home. She began as a volunteer and now is the organization’s executive director. “The Family Place is for families!” Esterlee...
Episode 33: Margaret Gittins
Jenny Mathews Contributing Writer Margaret Gittins is a Cache Valley native who loves her family and being able to brighten someone’s day with her talent for baking. Her catering and event planning business, Smackerel, evolved as she discovered this love of baking and...
Episode 32: Shari & Jonathan Badger
Jenny Mathews Contributing Writer Shari and Jonathan Badger are a mother and son team doing their best to carry on the late Lee Badger’s (Shari’s husband and Jonathan’s father) ideals of clean, friendly stores, great customer service, and giving back. They were...

Episode 31: Becky Erickson
Jenny Mathews Contributing Writer Becky Erickson is a wife, mother of three, ballet instructor, and the reigning Mrs. Cache Valley. Her desire to serve the community and to share her passion for advocating healthy body image drove her desire to compete for the...

Episode 30: McKenzie Rockwood
Jenny Mathews Contributing Writer After working with hospital patients who weren’t always thrilled to change their eating habits, Registered Dietician, McKenzie Rockwood decided she wanted to facilitate a way for her clients to more easily achieve a healthier diet....

Episode 29: Megan Ostler
Jenny Mathews, contributing writer Our very first repeat guest, Megan Ostler, follows up on last year’s interview giving our listeners a summary of the results of the ifit blog team’s “Diets Busted” challenge where she and the others tested the Whole 30, soup cleanse,...

Episode 28: Katie Bradley
Jenny Mathews, contributing writer Katie Bradley has a unique story about how she got into the home organization business. After the deaths of her parents and having to sort through the many items they left behind, she decided this was something she could offer to...

Episode 27: Emily & Jenny
In this special edition of Breakfast Epiphanies, co-hosts Emily Buckley and Jenny Mathews get personal about their favorite time of year: Christmastime, and what the holiday season means to them. They share their best, worst, favorites, and least favorites in several...

Episode 26: Four Seasons Theatre Company
For Kody Rash, his wife, Kim, and two brothers, Jon and Danny, and Four Seasons Theater Company board member Annalyse Chidester, theater isn’t just an experience: it’s everything! Their passion for the arts in our community is palpable. “Theater provides... community...

Episode 25: Brett Murdock
Jenny Mathews, Contributing Writer Local Chiropractor, Brett Murdock of Murdock Family Chiropractic, opens up about his path to learn more about healing from the inside through chiropractic care and what his experiences in training taught him about himself and the...

Episode 24: Little Lambs
Jenny Mathews, Contributing Writer Little Lambs Foundation For Kids is a local non-profit that focuses on providing essentials and comfort items for children placed in foster care here in Cache Valley and throughout Utah and southern Idaho. Ted Chalfant and his wife...

Episode 23: Erin and TJ Davis
Jenny Mathews, contributing writer Erin and TJ Davis are the brains, heart, and fire behind Pickleville Playhouse- the local theater company with its iconic Bear Lake venue. Pickleville is famous for bringing families together to laugh, cry, hiss, boo and cheer for...

Episode 22: 100 Cache Valley Women Who Care
Jenny Mathews, contributing writer Emily Gehring and Brianne Whittaker are two moms who helped to create 100 Cache Valley Women Who Care, a local group of women who gather once a quarter, and, through their combined efforts, donate thousands of dollars to local...

Episode 21: Sthira Sukha Sisters, Amy Davis and Shelley Dawson
Jenny Mathews, contributing writer The Sthira Sukha Sisters are Amy Davis and Shelley Dawson, two friends and local fitness instructors who, about a year ago, decided to share their favorite yoga and meditation principles on Instagram. Little did they know that they...