The Fabric of Life

Author and entrepreneur Kira Hartley Klinger joins Christian Hurst for a wide-ranging conversation about reinvention, resilience, and learning to recognize value in the things other people overlook.

Kira shares the unexpected path that took her from online resale and entrepreneurship into writing, public speaking, and television development, along with the experiences that shaped the way she thinks about work, creativity, and independence.

They also talk about family, financial freedom, building a life outside traditional expectations, and the persistence it takes to keep evolving when the next chapter looks nothing like the one before it.

You can find Kira and her shop, DodOddity, on Etsy at etsy.com/shop/DodOddity.

Lightspeed Chatter with Kira Hartley Klinger by Christian Hurst

The Fabric of Life

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"I like older fabric."

"It's a very sensory thing."

"I was pushed out of an airplane."

"I think storytellers are people watchers by nature."

Kira Hartley Klinger

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