How do you know when it’s time to make your next big career move? With International Women’s Day around the corner, we are excited to feature Avni Patel Thompson, Founder and CEO of Milo. Avni is building technology that directly supports the often overlooked emotional and logistical labor that falls on parents—especially women. Milo is an AI assistant designed to help families manage that invisible load more efficiently. In this episode, Avni shares her journey from studying chemistry to holding leadership roles at global brands like Adidas and Starbucks, to launching her own ventures. She discusses how she approaches career transitions, the importance of unpleasant experiences, and why she’s focused on making everyday life easier for parents. [01:26] Avni's University Days and Early Career [04:36] Non-Linear Career Paths [05:16] Pursuing Steep Learning Curves [11:51] Entrepreneurship and Safety Nets [15:22] Lived Experiences and Milo [19:55] Avni’s In Her Ellement Moment [20:03] Reflections Links: Avni Patel Thompson on LinkedIn Suchi Srinivasan on LinkedIn Kamila Rakhimova on LinkedIn Ipsos report on the future of parenting About In Her Ellement: In Her Ellement highlights the women and allies leading the charge in digital, business, and technology innovation. Through engaging conversations, the podcast explores their journeys—celebrating successes and acknowledging the balance between work and family. Most importantly, it asks: when was the moment you realized you hadn’t just arrived—you were truly in your element? About The Hosts: Suchi Srinivasan is an expert in AI and digital transformation. Originally from India, her career includes roles at trailblazing organizations like Bell Labs and Microsoft. In 2011, she co-founded the Cleanweb Hackathon, a global initiative driving IT-powered climate solutions with over 10,000 members across 25+ countries. She also advises Women in Cloud, aiming to create $1B in economic opportunities for women entrepreneurs by 2030. Kamila Rakhimova is a fintech leader whose journey took her from Tajikistan to the U.S., where she built a career on her own terms. Leveraging her English proficiency and international relations expertise, she discovered the power of microfinance and moved to the U.S., eventually leading Amazon's Alexa Fund to support underrepresented founders. Subscribe to In Her Ellement on your podcast app of choice to hear meaningful conversations with women in digital, business, and technology.…
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This is age appropriate theology specifically written for Pre-K kids that is fun and engaging while learning about Jesus. At the end, you will hear Sarah ask a line that is intentionally said at the end of every kids lesson at Cascade, "using your skill of curiosity, what are some questions you have from the story?" We hope this invites you to curi…
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This is age appropriate theology specifically written for Pre-K kids that is fun and engaging while learning about Jesus. At the end, you will hear Sarah ask a line that is intentionally said at the end of every kids lesson at Cascade, "using your skill of curiosity, what are some questions you have from the story?" We hope this invites you to curi…
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This is age appropriate theology specifically written for Pre-K kids that is fun and engaging while learning about Jesus. At the end, you will hear Sarah ask a line that is intentionally said at the end of every kids lesson at Cascade, "using your skill of curiosity, what are some questions you have from the story?" We hope this invites you to curi…
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This is age appropriate theology specifically written for Pre-K kids that is fun and engaging while learning about Jesus. At the end, you will hear Sarah ask a line that is intentionally said at the end of every kids lesson at Cascade, "using your skill of curiosity, what are some questions you have from the story?" We hope this invites you to curi…
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This is age appropriate theology specifically written for Pre-K kids that is fun and engaging while learning about Jesus. At the end, you will hear Sarah ask a line that is intentionally said at the end of every kids lesson at Cascade, "using your skill of curiosity, what are some questions you have from the story?" We hope this invites you to curi…
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Kurt Kroon talks through Nehemiah 2 and what we do with criticism. Do we internalize or reject it? What tools do you use to discern your areas of growth?โดย Cascade Church Portland
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Kurt Kroon introduces the book of Nehemiah and talks about rebuilding in deconstructed spaces and what we do with power and privilege.โดย Cascade Church Portland
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Kurt Kroon shares about pep rallies, Shamrock Runs and the ever present cycle of death and resurrection pulling us into the present.โดย Cascade Church Portland
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This Sunday we hear from Harriet Congdon, Andrew Chang and Kendra Wenzel on their experiences with polarization and what has been helpful and harmful in that process.โดย Cascade Church Portland
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Theological Polarization
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1:06:06Sarah Swartzendruber shares about a recent social media experience dealing with theology on her Parenting After Deconstruction Instagram page and how she processed it.โดย Cascade Church Portland
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Chelsea Gerlach shares some incredibly practical next steps for engaging in polarizing conversations. In this conversation Chelsea references Loretta Ross, and you can find her work hereโดย Cascade Church Portland
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Kurt Kroon shares on the story of Jonah about the tendencies we have to idealize and demonize folks as a means of feeling safe and God's movement to reconcile all people.โดย Cascade Church Portland
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Kurt Kroon shares about Paul, Colossians 2 and how Christ moves us to end gatekeeping.โดย Cascade Church Portland
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Leroy Barber joins us to share about the US's history of reparations and how the scriptures talk about making repairs.โดย Cascade Church Portland
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This Sunday Kurt Kroon interviews Alvin Hayes about the link he sees in the Civil Rights movement and Jesus Christ.โดย Cascade Church Portland
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Kurt Kroon looks at Luke 8 and the parable of the sower within the context of how we interpret parables today and some of the context around what Jesus in his context.โดย Cascade Church Portland
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Kurt Kroon discusses wisdom and how Jesus and John the Baptist are bringing this to us via radical inclusion through very different methods.โดย Cascade Church Portland
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On this Sunday Kurt Kroon shared about how Jesus negotiates the sacredness of who each person is and the potential of who we can become. This comes with a look at Luke 13:11-17 and the healing of a woman in the synagogue on the sabbath.โดย Cascade Church Portland
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Shelby Hanson leads us in a new message series that can give us fresh eyes on the parable structure and make unfamiliar what we've made familiar.โดย Cascade Church Portland
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On Sunday January 29th Kurt Kroon talked about different lenses for viewing the Scriptures and how taking experiences from non-dominant folks and interpreting them through a dominant worldview can fundamentally change the message.โดย Cascade Church Portland
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Chelsea Gerlach shares a message about the planet, our relationship with it and how we hear the voice of God to move towards the healing of the land and ourselves.โดย Cascade Church Portland
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Kurt Kroon takes a look at comparisons between the story of Jesus birth and the origin stories of Horus, Romulus and Remus, Alexander the Great, and Augustus Caesar. We 'll see what the similarities and differences tell us.โดย Cascade Church Portland
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Sarah Swartzendruber talks through the role of grief in Mary's song both as a look forward to the life of Jesus and a reflection after the death of Jesus.โดย Cascade Church Portland
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Kurt Kroon talks through Luke 1:46-55 and the impact of Power Dynamics.โดย Cascade Church Portland
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Kurt Kroon talks about how our interpretation of Ephesians 6:10-17 is impacted by living in the world's largest military country and how that compares to the military factors in Paul's day.โดย Cascade Church Portland
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Harriet Congdon discusses the history and harm created by Ephesians 5:21-6:9, while suggesting various lenses for liberative interpretation.โดย Cascade Church Portland
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Kurt Kroon talks through sexuality, language and greed and the ways those topics can be shared for shame/oppression or freedom/liberation.โดย Cascade Church Portland
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Kurt Kroon talks through the Paul's problematic "othering" language and how we can call one another forward to growth and liberation.โดย Cascade Church Portland
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Leroy Barber, Sarah Swartzendruber and Kurt Kroon discuss the inherent problems with Christian calls for unity in a post-election climate.โดย Cascade Church Portland
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Insil Kang closes our Acts series with an intersectional look at Paul and how that informs the good news of Jesus.โดย Cascade Church Portland
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A message from Pastor Sarah Swartzendruber on Acts 19 and the way money and the church interact.โดย Cascade Church Portland
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A message from Michelle Lang Raymond on Acts 17.โดย Cascade Church Portland
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A message from Leroy Barber on Lydia's table and the foundations of the church from Acts 16.โดย Cascade Church Portland
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Jason Fileta is with us to talk about Acts 13 and how people seeking after God can be led astray by letting their fear grab after power.โดย Cascade Church Portland
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Pastor Sunia Gibbs shares with us a look at Acts 10 and what we can learn about human tendency to call assimilation inclusion and its consequences.โดย Cascade Church Portland
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This week we take a look at Acts 3 and how history can connect us to ourselves and those around us.โดย Cascade Church Portland
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We take a look at Acts 2 and how American individualism shapes our view of church community.โดย Cascade Church Portland
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Here's an introduction to the book of Acts and why we're taking a look at it in this particular moment in history.โดย Cascade Church Portland
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Spiral Dynamics:: A Chat with Mike McHargue
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1:07:57Kurt has a chat with Mike McHargue about how Spiral Dynamics functions in our world today.โดย Cascade Church Portland
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This week we take the Spiral Dynamics model and look at what healthy and unhealthy relationships to all of the stages can look like.โดย Cascade Church Portland
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This week we go into Spiral Dynamics, which is an emergent cyclical theory of adult human development (I know!). Take a listen as we hope to add this system to our collective tool bags in the hopes of growing in compassion, empathy and communication with people around us.โดย Cascade Church Portland
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Dr. James Hawkins brings a fascinating perspective at the intersection of emotionally focused therapy and racism.โดย Cascade Church Portland
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One of the best sermons I have ever heard. Effortless weaving together of the Biblical narrative and what is happening in our world right now. Give it multiple listens to let it all soak in.โดย Cascade Church Portland
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in the previous message Krispin Mayfield shared on attachment theory and phew(!!) it was good. Getting curious about the tactics we employ to feel connected to the people closest to us and how they are doing the same thing can be a game changer. We can start making choices instead of just reacting when we tune in to the frequency of connecting to o…
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