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Morning Cup of Brand Spark

Gina Dunn | OG Solutions

Morning Cup of Brand Spark is your espresso-shot of resonance — now poured slower. In Season 2: The Mirror Conversations, brand strategist Gina Dunn sits down with founders, creators, and leaders over coffee to talk about the truths that burned them into who they are. No scripts. Just fifteen minutes of clarity and real talk about voice, visibility, and becoming seen. ☕ New episodes every Friday (sometimes more!). 🎧 Short enough for your coffee break. Deep enough to change your week. Want to be

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Ep 101 — The Invisible Ceiling — Andrew Hinkelman on...

Morning Cup of Brand Spark ·

2026/01/30

In this Mirror Conversation, Gina Dunn speaks with former CTO turned executive coach Andrew Hinkelman about burnout, boundaries, and the hidden emotional costs of being the smartest person in the room. This episode explores what happens when high performers stop fixing everything and start leading like humans.Burnout doesn’t usually arrive as a breakdown. It shows up quietly — as exhaustion, apathy, and the slow erosion of self‑awareness.In this episode of Morning Cup of Brand Spark, Gina Dunn sits

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00:29:04

Ep 100 From Collapse to Clarity — Beth McDonough on...

Morning Cup of Brand Spark ·

2026/01/23

A public fall. A private reckoning. And the long road back to self-respect.In this Episode 100 of Morning Cup of Brand Spark, Gina Dunn sits down with investigative journalist, author, and speaker Beth McDonough to explore what happens when a public identity collapses — and what it truly takes to rebuild a life you don’t need to escape from.Beth McDonough spent three decades telling other people’s stories as a crime reporter in major U.S. newsrooms. Then she became the story.After two DUIs, public

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Ep 99 Confidence Is Built the Slow Way — Kira Hartley...

Morning Cup of Brand Spark ·

2026/01/16

Confidence isn’t something you wake up with one day.In this episode of Morning Cup of Brand Spark, Gina Dunn sits down with Kira Hartley Klinger to explore how confidence is built slowly — through survival, repetition, and deciding you’re done shrinking.For most of her life, Kira Hartley Klinger carried a deep fear of judgment — the kind that shows up physically, emotionally, and quietly. And yet, through single parenthood, entrepreneurship, auctions, rejection, and showing up anyway, something

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00:26:49

Ep 98 Reclaiming Your Power — Camilla Calberg on...

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2026/01/09

What happens when success looks good on the outside… but costs you on the insideCamilla Calberg spent decades leading high-stakes transformations inside global corporations — outwardly successful, trusted, and accomplished. But beneath the surface, something was quietly eroding.In this Mirror Conversation, Camilla shares the moment she asked herself a life-changing question: “Why do I keep giving my power away to people who don’t care about me?”Together, Gina and Camilla talk through:The moment

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00:16:51

Ep 97 From Trauma to Triumph — Victoria Pelletier on...

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2026/01/02

Victoria Pelletier went from severe childhood trauma to global executive leadership. In this Mirror Conversation, she shares how resilience is built, shaped, and chosen.How do you rebuild a life that began in survival?In this deeply human conversation, Victoria Pelletier — Global VP at Kyndryl, award-winning executive, and bestselling author — shares her journey from severe trauma to self-defined triumph.Born into extreme adversity and shaped by resilience long before her corporate career began,

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Ep 96 The Joy Molecule: Unlearning Success and...

Morning Cup of Brand Spark ·

2025/12/26

What if joy isn’t something you earn, but something you remember? Larry Kesslin shares how a life-changing trip to Africa dismantled his definition of success and led him back to inner peace, purpose, and conscious connection.In this episode of Morning Cup of Brand Spark, Gina sits down with entrepreneur, author, and Chief Connector of Five Dots, Larry Kesslin, for a deep reflection on success, identity, and joy.Larry shares the moment that changed everything — a month in Africa in 2012 where he

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00:30:57

Ep 95 Rock Bottom, Digital Boundaries & Reclaiming...

Morning Cup of Brand Spark ·

2025/12/19

Kelsey Green hit physical, mental, and emotional rock bottom. In this Mirror Conversation, she shares how digital boundaries, community, and tiny steps rebuilt her life.What happens when your life becomes completely untenable (physically, mentally, emotionally) and you finally hit the wall you’ve been sprinting toward for years?In this raw and generous Mirror Conversation, community strategist and facilitator Kelsey L. Green shares the story of her rock bottom: burnout, a toxic relationship, health

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00:21:20

Ep 94 Rewrite Your Past, Rewire Your Future — The...

Morning Cup of Brand Spark ·

2025/12/12

Can you rewrite your past? Merit Kahn says yes, with comedy. A raw and hilarious conversation about reinvention, identity, and reframing your story.What if the most painful parts of your life became the funniest and most freeing?This week, Gina sits down with playwright, performer, and keynote speaker Merit Kahn, creator of the one-woman show Optimistic Personality Disorder — a comedic rollercoaster about divorce, narcissists, motherhood, reinvention, and every chaotic plot twist life throws at

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Ep 93 Leading with Clarity — The Mirror Moment That...

Morning Cup of Brand Spark ·

2025/12/05

What do you do when life falls apart at the worst possible moment?At eight months pregnant, Lauren Cockerell was unexpectedly laid off, and instead of crumbling, she rebuilt her entire career, leadership philosophy, and relationship with visibility.In this raw, human conversation, Gina and Lauren explore:The mirror moment that launched Kwedar & Co.Building a people-first company after toxic workplacesVisibility myths women need to stop believingThe PR shifts happening in the age of AIBoundaries,

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Ep 92 The Quiet Exit — Susan Braakman on the Courage...

Morning Cup of Brand Spark ·

2025/11/28

15 minutes | Leadership | Listening | IntegrityWhat happens when you stop being heard and start truly listening?In this episode, Susan Braakman, founder of Listen Consulting, joins Gina Dunn to talk about the moment she walked away from a workplace that no longer reflected her values, and how that choice sparked a life built on empathy and integrity.When your voice disappears, sometimes it’s the universe asking you to listen.In this reflective Morning Cup of Brand Spark conversation, Susan Braakman,

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00:19:19

Ep 91 The Martial Art of Being Seen — Sara Deacon on...

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2025/11/21

15 minutes | Confidence | Presence | FlowWhat if confidence wasn’t about being loud — but about being aligned?In this Morning Cup of Brand Spark conversation, Sara Deacon, martial artist, emcee, and author of Welcome to the Stage, joins Gina Dunn to talk about the discipline of confidence and the art of energy.They explore:How martial arts teaches presence through repetition and awarenessThe energy exchange between a stage and its audienceWhy real confidence feels grounded, not performedHow to show

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00:18:44

Ep 90 The Offgassing Phase — Shelley McIntyre on Life...

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2025/11/14

15 minutes | Reinvention | Identity | ClarityWhat happens when the title stops fitting and you realize success was never your own reflection?In this episode, Shelley McIntyre, founder of Burn the Map Coaching, joins Gina Dunn to talk about leaving corporate life, rediscovering identity, and the quiet rebellion of midlife reinvention.After decades in corporate strategy and tech, Shelley McIntyre realized her success story wasn’t hers anymore.Her mirror moment came with the cracks in a mask she’d worn

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Ep 89 The Counterpart — Sabine Hutchison on...

Morning Cup of Brand Spark ·

2025/11/07

15 minutes | Leadership | Collaboration | ClarityWhat happens when “doing it all” stops working?In this conversation, Sabine Hutchison and Gina Dunn talk about partnership, delegation, and the power of finding your person — the one who helps you see what you can’t alone.Sabine Hutchison, co-CEO of Seuss+, author of Beyond the Ladder, and founder of The Ripple Network, joins Gina Dunn for a conversation about what it really takes to build something meaningful — with others.They talk about the myth of

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Ep 88 The Woods We Carry — Patrick Williams on Art,...

Morning Cup of Brand Spark ·

2025/10/31

15 minutes | Creativity | Reflection | ArtWhat happens when your childhood refuge disappears, and creativity becomes your way home?In this reflective Morning Cup of Brand Spark conversation, Patrick Williams joins Gina Dunn to talk about loss, memory, and the moment creativity becomes remembrance.When artist and educator Patrick Williams was ten, bulldozers destroyed the woods behind his childhood home, his sanctuary of imagination and solitude.That loss became the start of his lifelong creative

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Ep 87 The Brand After the Breakdown — T. Christian...

Morning Cup of Brand Spark ·

2025/10/24

15 minutes | Branding | Creativity | ReflectionWhat happens when your work defines you, until your body makes you stop?In this conversation, T. Christian Helms and Gina Dunn talk about illness, creativity, and rebuilding meaning in both branding and life.After years designing for brands like Jack Daniel’s, Hershey, and Austin Beerworks, T. Christian Helms was forced to confront the ultimate rebrand — his own.When illness took him out of the game, he learned that creativity isn’t control, it’s

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Ep86 Reclaim Your Words — Natalie De Groot on AI,...

Morning Cup of Brand Spark ·

2025/10/17

15 min | Creativity | AI | AuthenticitySeason 2 of Morning Cup of Brand Spark — The Mirror Season — begins here.When AI starts speaking your language, do you lose it—or take it back?In this raw opener to Mirror Season, Gina Dunn and Natalie de Groot talk about buzzword burnout, the fear of losing your voice to algorithms, and the power of reclaiming the words that still mean something.In this first Mirror Conversation, Gina Dunn sits down with creative technologist and AI artist Natalie De Groot,

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Ep 85 — The Mirror Conversations Begin: Season 2 of...

Morning Cup of Brand Spark ·

2025/10/11

The Morning Cup is back - slower, deeper, truer. ☕In this short prelude to Season 2 of Morning Cup of Brand Spark, host Gina Dunn shares what’s changing and what’s staying lit.This season, the daily sparks evolve into Mirror Conversations. These are 15-minute coffee chats with founders, creatives, and leaders about the truths they had to burn for before they could really be seen.No scripts. Just voice, visibility, and vulnerability - one cup of coffee at a time.🔹 New Episodes: Every other Friday🔹

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Episode 84: Say the Sentence That Starts the Spiral

Morning Cup of Brand Spark ·

2025/07/22

Most founders wait too long to say the sentence that actually starts the spiral.This isn’t about storytelling. It’s about anchoring. And today’s Brand Spark will help you find the line that holds your whole message in miniature.

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Episode 83: The Brand Arc That Actually Resonates

Morning Cup of Brand Spark ·

2025/07/21

Forget the hero’s journey. The best brand arcs don’t follow a myth. They follow truth.Today we enter Week 2 of Echoflare and look at the three-phase arc that actually creates resonance. It’s not linear. It’s alive. And your clarity begins at the middle.Start your arc recalibration here: https://ogsolutions.nl/brand-glow-up-audit/

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Episode 82: The Sound of Your Brand When You’re Not...

Morning Cup of Brand Spark ·

2025/07/20

It’s not what you post. It’s what echoes.Today we close out Week 1 of Echoflare with a quiet but potent reflection: what does your brand sound like when you’re not there to speak it?The blog is live: https://ogsolutions.nl/why-being-seen-isnt-enough/Start your brand clarity journey: https://ogsolutions.nl/brand-glow-up-audit/

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