Boldly Grounded with Kylie Epperson is a podcast that perfectly balances depth with delight, where transformative conversations come with a side of genuine laughter and real-life adventures. As a quick-witted farm wife and entrepreneur, Kylie brings her magnetic personality and refreshing humor to discussions about self-directed growth and authentic living for rural women.
Through conversations that range from deeply introspective to wildly entertaining, she creates a space where personal development doesn't have to be precious or perfect. Each episode weaves together self-awareness and belly laughs, bold moves and honest mishaps, proving that becoming your most magnetic self can (and should) be an adventure worth talking about.
The show features monthly 'Shop Talk' episodes with her husband Jordan, where their natural chemistry and candid banter bring agricultural life into the mix. Whether she's sharing hilarious farm life stories, diving into powerful growth conversations, or keeping it real about the messy middle of transformation, Kylie's approach is refreshingly unfiltered and endearingly authentic.
Join Kylie as she builds a community where rural women are empowered to write their own stories, trust their inner compass, and find joy in the journey. Boldly Grounded is where personal sovereignty meets playful spirit - because who says profound growth can't come with a good laugh
Faith Pierson on Women in Agronomy, Intuition in Business, and Changing Agriculture from the Ground Up
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Kylie Epperson interviews Faith Pierson, a seed seller and agronomy consultant farming in northeast Illinois with her husband and in-laws, about her path from seventh-generation dairy-farm roots in Wisconsin and college basketball to building a consulting business now working in five states. Faith shares why she started her own seed business to add service and value beyond the product, and discusses women in leadership within a historically male-dominated field, emphasizing intuition, relationship skills, and detail-oriented support. She reflects on early entrepreneurship challenges—high-achiever pressure, difficulty delegating, and losing a major customer before Christmas—while describing how setbacks created new opportunities. Faith explains her "crunchy agronomist" approach: using soil and farm-specific data to reduce unnecessary inputs, lower financial risk, and help farms stay viable, with a broader goal of strengthening rural prosperity.
00:00 Welcome to Boldly Grounded
00:41 Meet Faith Pearson
03:01 Farm Life and Illinois Move
04:52 Growing Up Dairy Farm
07:03 Basketball to Agriculture
09:16 Starting in Seed Sales
11:36 Women in Leadership
15:48 Entrepreneurship Challenges
18:23 Delegation And Growth
18:47 Losing A Major Client
20:29 Faith Through Setbacks
22:29 Identity Shifts And Alignment
23:56 Women Leading Agriculture
26:46 Rural Rising Community
28:15 What's Next For Faith
29:29 Crunchy Agronomist Approach
34:53 Changing Agriculture Vision
37:08 Where To Find Faith
39:09 Closing
28 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT
What Planting Season Teaches You About Marriage: Alignment, Communication, Support, and Grace
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Kylie Epperson, a fourth-generation Midwestern farm wife and entrepreneur, shares how planting season pressures reveal real marriage dynamics in her 12-year marriage while raising three kids and juggling busy schedules. She explains that couples don't need equal effort but aligned expectations as seasonal demands shift who carries more at work or at home. She emphasizes that clear, respectful communication matters most when exhausted, helping partners respond rather than react. Kylie notes that support may look practical—handling responsibilities without adding pressure—rather than long talks or date nights. She encourages giving each other (and yourself) extra grace, remembering love remains even when both are running on low energy, and that hard seasons pass and can strengthen connection if both partners stay open, aligned, and present.
00:00 Farm Wives Club Invite
01:23 Podcast Intro
02:12 Planting Season Life
04:34 Marriage Under Pressure
08:01 Aligned Not Equal
11:19 Communication When Tired
15:11 Support Looks Different
17:05 Grace And Perspective
22:47 Hard Seasons Pass
25:02 Stay Present Closing
23 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT
Shop Talk: Raising Kids, Chasing Turkeys, and Building Something Beautiful
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Kylie Epperson hosts her husband Jordan for a candid catch-up during mid-April planting season, sharing how rain paused fieldwork and how pumping hog manure helps as a cheaper fertilizer option. They talk about their 10-year-old son suddenly becoming passionate about hunting and fishing, including a youth-season turkey success and a supply run to Bass Pro, plus Jordan's memorable past turkey hunt where he forgot his calls but still tagged a bird. The conversation shifts to gratitude for involved, local grandparents and how farming can offer kids the option to return to the family business if they choose, emphasizing the need for intentional couple communication amid busy family life. They also mention delays in moving to the farm, Jordan's growing construction work, and Kylie potentially helping more hands-on—possibly running a second planter. Kylie closes by inviting listeners to Farm Wives Club, highlighting a new venue near Boonville with outdoor space and a farm setting, and directs people to kylieepperson.com for tickets.
00:00 Welcome to Boldly Grounded
00:40 Catching Up in April
01:16 Planting Pause and Manure
02:53 Rhett's Turkey Season
03:34 Kylie's Hunting Husband Joke
06:07 Jordan's Kubota Turkey Story
09:48 Grandparents and Growing Up
11:54 Talking About the Future
13:30 Still Not Moved In Yet
15:49 Kylie Helps on the Farm
19:28 Farm Wives Club Tickets
22:22 Event Details and Wrap Up
Inside a recent episode
Faith Pierson on Women in Agronomy, Intuition in Business, and Changing Agriculture from the Ground Up
Published 5 May 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] One plus one is not equaling two. It's not equaling three. Anymore. And the financial burden that's on a rural family is it's a lot. And my dad has adapted a lot of the things that we've done over the last three or four years. My dad is 68 years old and he's having more fun farming now than he ever has. It's just a lot less stress. Farming stressful enough like we have to deal with the weather. We have to deal with the markets and we control neither of them. And so I wanted to help my customers make better decisions about their input dollars knowing more about their farm and not what what some aggregate data set tells you to do. […]
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