Episodes
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Sept. 7, 2026
Heartbreak of Pet Loss
In this heartfelt episode of the Button Up Podcast, Polly shares the unexpected grief of losing her beloved Sheltie and how God used that season to deepen compassion, healing, and emotional understanding. If you’ve ever struggled with pet loss, hidden grief, or the confusing waves of mourning, this story will remind you that the Lord truly is near to the brokenhearted. This episode offers faith‑based encouragement, emotional resilience tools, and gentle guidance for anyone navigating loss — whe...
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Aug. 31, 2026
Episode 8 - Rebuilding Identity After Loss
After losing both parents within two years, Polly opens up about the quiet identity shift that follows deep grief. This episode explores how loss reshapes us, how God restores what feels broken, and how to gently rebuild who you are in this new season. A steady, faith‑anchored message for anyone learning to stand again after heartbreak.
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Aug. 24, 2026
Episode 7 - What My Mother Saw At The End
Polly recounts the sacred final moments with her mother, including the powerful words she spoke and the glimpse of Heaven she seemed to witness. This episode brings reassurance to anyone grieving a loved one, reminding listeners that faith becomes sight and that God holds every homecoming moment with tenderness.
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Aug. 17, 2026
Episode 6 - When Home Doesn't Feel Like Home
A gentle, honest look at how grief can change the way familiar places feel — especially after losing a parent. Polly shares her experience of walking into her childhood home after her dad passed and realizing it no longer felt like home, even with her mom still there. This episode offers comfort, clarity, and a reminder that God rebuilds our sense of “home” from the inside out.
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Aug. 3, 2026
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In this powerful episode of Button Up with Polly, we dig into the tension women often feel when healing begins to change how we show up, especially around the people who raised us. Polly shares her Southern roots, the patterns she inherited, and the truth God revealed: growth isn’t betrayal. Healing doesn’t mean leaving your people behind. With Ruth 1:16 as our anchor, this episode speaks directly to women navigating trauma recovery, leadership, family dynamics, and the guilt that comes with bec...
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July 20, 2026
Episode_4_He_Knew_Before_I_Did
In this episode, Polly shares from her own experience as a single mother navigating a financially difficult season and uncovers a powerful truth: God's provision was already in motion before she even realized she was in need. Grounded in Jeremiah 29:11, this episode is an invitation to trust the foreknowledge of a God who doesn't scramble. If you've been wondering whether God sees your situation, this episode is for you.
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July 14, 2026
Episode_2_You_Were_Never_Too_Much
Download Correction You were never too much. Don't believe the lie you've heard and grown to trust over the years. God created you for greatness. He created you in his likeness, believe and follow His guidance.
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July 13, 2026
Episode_2_You_Were_Never_Too_Much
Don't believe the lie you've grown up hearing that you were too much. This lie has taken you into adulthood believing and making you shrink down. God doesn't make mistakes and he created you wonderfully as you are.
July 3, 2026
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A new season, a new story. God has called me to help women who have suffered through trauma and grief and rise in leadership and find their purpose through faith-led guidance. Today I’m sharing my personal experience dealing with the internal grief struggles of learning when my daddy was diagnosed with cancer.
April 1, 2024
Internal Organization Practices
This podcast is a brief discussion on the importance of having solid internal organizational practices in place, so that you can deliver consistency with your clients.
March 18, 2024
Hire Fast and Fire Faster
The podcast show today is a conversation about how to run successful daily huddles with your team, while assuring you have the correct team. It's an encouragement to hire those who are better than you and fire those who are not performing quickly, so your team will be more successful.
Feb. 26, 2024
The Impact Employee Theft Is Having On Business Profits
The impact employee theft is having on business profits. Employee theft is often unrecognized until the profits of the company have lowered so significantly that an audit is required.
Feb. 19, 2024
Five Steps A Business Owner Should Implement To Identify Productivity Killers Impacting Profitability
Let’s review a few methods to identifying productivity killers every business should utilize to determine if you have inefficiencies negatively impacting your profit growth. They are as follows: listen to employee feedback, perform observations on processes, implement software for evaluation, assess business technology needs and evaluate KPIs.
Jan. 22, 2024
Planning and Implementing A Successful Business Year
Successful Business Years don't just happen, they must be planned out. Today's episode is a discussion on the thought process and things you should be thinking about in the planning process and then encouragement to implement your business goal plans, so you may achieve success.
Jan. 15, 2024
Collecting Payment For The Services You Provide
This podcast is a discussion covering the challenges businesses face when they allow other businesses to charge for the services they provide, rather than collecting for those services upfront. We'll dive into alternative options to avoid the crisis of an out of control accounts receivable balance.
Jan. 8, 2024
Why Is Performing A Cost Analysis Important?
During our podcast today, we will be discussing a couple reasons why performing a cost analysis is important. Given my manufacturing engineering background, I think more in those terms sometimes where others forget about the need for performing a cost analysis. It's a critical point on impacting the profit growth potential or making a bad financial decision within your business.
Dec. 18, 2023
Monitoring Your Business Against Internal Fraud
Today's podcast is a conversation discussing the risk of not paying attention to the potential consequences of someone performing internal fraud against your business.
Dec. 4, 2023
Three Common Mistakes Frequently Made By New Sales Professionals
This podcast is covering the benefits of ensuring you have the correct sales professional within your organization. We'll review the top three common mistakes frequently made by new sales professionals. The first being talking too much, the second being showing up and spewing all your knowledge and the third being never asking for the sale.
Nov. 27, 2023
Reflecting On Being Thankful And What Legacy We Leave Behind
Today's podcast is a discussion on being thankful and the legacy we leave behind. I'm going to have an open conversation about a personal experience and the loss of my uncle. I'll share with you the experience of a memorial service I attended with my uncle's passing at the John 3:16 Ministries in Batesville Arkansas. I'll also talk about the legacy my Uncle left behind and the wonderful mission work that John 3:16 is performing.
Nov. 20, 2023
Twelve Steps A Business Should Focus On To Achieve Sustainable Growth
This podcast is a review of twelve steps every business should focus on if they are to achieve sustainable growth. We'll cover everything from establishing clear goals or objectives, market research, customer focus, strong team and efficient processes, financial management, innovation and adaptability, marketing and branding, data-driven decision making, risk management, regular performance reviews, scalable infrastructure, and continuous improvement.
Nov. 13, 2023
What Risks Should Be Considered Prior To Entering Into Debt For Your Business
Today's podcast I'm sharing my grandson's voice as an introduction to our discussion. Today we'll be reviewing the risks businesses need to consider when contemplating taking on debt.
Nov. 6, 2023
Three Methods To Improve Customer Retention
This podcast is providing an outline and in depth details on steps to take for three methods to improve customer retention.
Oct. 30, 2023
Five Steps To Avoiding Common Mistakes
This podcast is a guide of five steps to avoiding common business mistakes which limit profitability. These are the 5 most common steps I believe we should avoid in our business endeavors, if we want to continue our progression of positive revenue growth. Inside this podcast we identify the five common mistakes to avoid, discuss why they should be avoided and the steps business owners should take to prevent making these mistakes.
Oct. 23, 2023
Finding The Hidden Revenue Stream Within Your Business
Today's podcast is a review on finding the hidden revenue stream within your business.