Red Thread: The Fire Within

Red Thread: The Fire Within

You are not behind. You are becoming. Red Thread: The Fire Within is a podcast for women navigating reinvention — quietly, courageously, and on their own timelines. Hosted by Katheryn (Meek) Dunn, a tech leader, mother of four, and woman rebuilding her life after a career-defining plot twist, this show explores what it means to rediscover yourself in the in-between seasons. Each episode blends personal storytelling, introspection, and bold motivation to help you reconnect with the thread that ties together who you were, who you are, and who you’re becoming. Here, we talk about: Reinvention in real time Quiet confidence and soft power Grief, identity, courage, and self-trust Letting go without falling apart Leadership, purpose, and meaningful impact Becoming the woman your younger self needed This is not a show about perfection. It’s a show about returning to yourself. If you’re ready to stop comparing your timeline to everyone else’s, if you're craving clarity, connection, and the courage to step into your next chapter — you're in the right place. Pull the thread. Your fire is waiting.

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February 19, 2026 13 mins

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What would it look like to build a life you don’t have to recover from? 

Not escape from.
Not numb yourself from.
Not survive until the next vacation. 

But a life that feels sustainable.
Aligned.
Livable. 

In this Season 1 finale of Red Thread: The Fire Within, we bring together everything we’ve explored — letting go, discernment, commitment, momentum without burnout, and identity after reinvention — and mov...

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Reinvention doesn’t end when the decisions are made.

It ends when you start living as the person you’ve become.

In this episode of Red Thread: The Fire Within, we move into one of the quietest — and most powerful — phases of change: identity after reinvention.

This is the space where growth becomes embodied.
Where boundaries stop being something you explain and start being something you live.
Where you release th...

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Momentum feels like success.
But it’s also where burnout often begins.

In this episode of Red Thread: The Fire Within, we talk about what happens after things start working — when opportunities grow, visibility increases, and forward motion starts asking for more than it gives back.

This conversation is especially for leaders, builders, and anyone creating something meaningful — a business, a brand, a new role, or a...

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Clarity is powerful.
Commitment is quieter. 

In this episode of Red Thread: The Fire Within, we move into what often comes after the decision, the part no one glamorizes: staying

This conversation is about the stretch where motivation fades, novelty wears off, and the real work of reinvention begins. It’s about why commitment matters more than inspiration, and how consistency — not intensity — is what actually cre...

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Letting go creates space.
Discernment decides what fills it.

In this episode of Red Thread: The Fire Within, we move beyond release and into the quieter, more deliberate work of choosing what stays.

I’m recording this episode just after running the Chevron Houston Marathon — an experience that became a living metaphor for discernment. Marathon training required saying no to things I wanted to do, not because they we...

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Letting go isn’t a single decision — it’s a process. 

In this episode of Red Thread: The Fire Within, I return to a promise I made earlier in the season: to talk honestly about what it means to release the roles, identities, relationships, and expectations that no longer fit who we’re becoming. 

This conversation is personal. 

I share how letting go showed up in my own life: from ending long-term relationships and knowin...

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This week’s episode wasn’t planned — and that’s the point. 

After my nephew Henry became critically ill and was hospitalized, everything else paused. What started as a routine virus escalated rapidly into a life-threatening infection that required emergency surgery, aggressive treatment, and constant vigilance. In the middle of that, I found myself living the very lessons this podcast is about: not through productivity...

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December 18, 2025 12 mins

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What happens when the life you’ve built suddenly no longer fits?
In this cinematic and deeply personal episode, Katheryn shares the quiet moment she realized she couldn’t return to the old version of herself and the courage it took to begin choosing a new story.

Through raw storytelling, emotional honesty, and gentle research-backed insight, she explores the fear of wanting more, the discomfort of the in-between, a...

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December 15, 2025 10 mins

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The Middle is the most overlooked part of every transformation, the space between the life you’ve outgrown and the life you’re building next. 

In this episode, Katheryn explores what it feels like to be in that in-between season where nothing is fully clear, but everything is quietly shifting. Through honest storytelling and grounded insight, she shares her own experience of navigating the uncertainty after a major car...

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December 7, 2025 11 mins

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Quiet confidence isn’t about being the loudest voice in the room — it’s about learning to hear your own voice again. 

In this episode, Katheryn shares what it feels like to rebuild your inner strength after years of being the fixer, the leader, the therapist friend, and the one everyone depends on. Through personal stories, honest reflection, and simple practices, she explores how to reconnect with your intuition and r...

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December 3, 2025 13 mins

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What happens when the life you planned… suddenly isn’t your life anymore? 

In this honest and grounding episode, Katheryn shares what it really feels like when the plan you’ve worked so hard to build begins to unravel, not all at once, but thread by thread. From the unexpected layoff that ended her 20-year career in Oil & Gas and IT to the loss of identity, control, and certainty, she explores the quiet collapse th...

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November 30, 2025 15 mins

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“You Are Not Behind”

You are not behind. You are becoming.

In this deeply personal first episode, host Katheryn Meek opens up about the unexpected layoff that put a pause to her 20-year career in Oil & Gas and IT — and the emotional unraveling that followed. As a mom of four boys, a wife, a leader in a male-dominated industry, a mentor, and the “therapist friend,” Katheryn shares the raw truth about grief, identity ...

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