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Kelly Mosser is an Aligned Success Coach and Consultant based in New York City. She supports big-hearted entrepreneurs in optimizing their businesses and doing their inner work so they can explode their impact and income while staying in radical energetic alignment. Kelly is also the host of the Top 10 podcast: “The Aligned Success Show.” Learn more about Kelly. Learn more about The Passionistas Project. Full Transcript The Passionistas: Hi, and welcome to the Passionistas Project Podcast, where we talk with women who are following their passions to inspire you to do the same. We're Amy and Nancy Harrington and today we're talking with Kelly Mosser, an aligned success coach and consultant based in New York city who supports big hearted entrepreneurs in optimizing their businesses and doing their inner work so they can explode their impact and income while staying in-radical, energetic, alignment. Kelly is the host of the top 10 podcast, The Aligned Success Show. So please welcome to the show, Kelly Mosser. Kelly: Thank you so much for having me. I'm so honored to be here. You two are just both so inspiring and I'm just already lit up talking to you. So, thank you. Passionistas: Kelly, what's the one thing that you're most passionate about? Kelly: I am the most passionate about helping people do the inner work. Like you mentioned in my bio just now that I think is the key to so many things. And I think it's something that we aren't taught growing up. And I think a lot of us kind of realize it a little bit later on in life and if we had known 10 years, 20 years earlier, not to say things would turn out differently, but maybe we would've had a few fewer hiccups along the way. Maybe we would've had the opportunity to make decisions that were more in alignment with who we truly are and who we truly wanna be. I think there's just so much pressure from the outside and from our parents and our friends and the people we went to high school with and society, TV, magazines, whatever Instagram now. It's wild and I think that there's a real loss of intimacy with self, and that's really what I'm so passionate about doing, cuz I think that really is the foundational building block that everything else gets built on top of. And so that's what I'm the most passionate about in the whole world. Passionistas: So speaking of parents and friends and high school and all that stuff, what was your childhood like? And were you already building these kind of blocks when you were growing up? Kelly: That's a really great question. My childhood was very unique. My father tragically was murdered. Sorry for, trigger warning, was murdered when I was 16 months old in my family home with my whole family home. And that obviously is a really formative experience to have as a young kid. So I actually grew up with a lot of grief around. I grew up with people who were obviously very, you know, very sad, very angry, still, very loving and I'm so in awe by every single member of my family, but there was a lot of grief around and there was a lot of fear because if this can happen in our home, what's gonna happen outside. So I was a very fearful child and I actually didn't know, but I grew. Basically from 16 months old, when that event happened until I was about 21, I had PTSD and I did not know it. So I was operating with a very dysregulated, nervous system, but I adapted to it because it was, it was kind of like, does a fish even realize there's swimming in water? It's just, it's all, you know, kind of thing. I didn't realize there was a more optimal way for me to be living. I didn't realize that other people weren't terrified of everything. I didn't realize that other people weren't anxious 24 hours a day, seven days a week. So that, was obviously a huge event in my life that required years and years of healing from, and it still is really fresh and raw sometimes. But that I would say was the catalyst for understanding how my brain works. Because when I got diagnosed with PTSD, I obviously didn't wanna live in a state of over stimulated, over tax nervous system forever. So I said, I have to figure. How to heal and I didn't choose what happened to my family, but what happens next is up to me. So that's kind of my, my healing story. I fell in love with meditation through my PTSD diagnosis, because I was told that that was something that could help me. And it was really not helpful for a long time. It was, it actually made things, kind of quite a bit worse. And I think that is why people start and stop a lot with meditation. We start when we feel okay. And then as soon as things start to bubble up that feel sticky and icky, we say, you know what, I'm just gonna put this away and I'm gonna turn on Netflix instead because that's less icky to sit with. It's much more comfortable to sit and watch “Bridgerton” than it is to sit with trauma of 20 years. So that's what led me to meditation, which led me to all of, kind of the inner work that I do now. And the coaching that I do now is really based on intimacy with self nervous system regulation, inner peace. So that's kind of how, how all of this came to be. I do want people to know that that it's possible. Like it's not going to be an easy journey, no matter. Happens to you. And I'm, I'm very much against this idea of like comparing traumas. I think every, every traumatic event is awful. And I think that there is, there's always a step forward for you. There's always, a next step you can take, there's always support available to you. So that is a big part of my message as well. Like you can make it through anything, even though I wish you didn't have to I wish that nobody ever had to go through, you know, those terrible, challenging things, but we do it's life. It's kind of just the nature of what happens here on this planet earth. But yeah, we can always move forward. Passionistas: Was there an event that made you finally decide to figure out how to, how to move past this? Kelly: Definitely. So I grew up in suburban New Jersey, which is, you know, a relatively quiet place. All my siblings were much older, so I had a lot of quiet time, you know, growing up and I liked being alone. I was, I'm a little bit of an introvert, so I always felt like I had my space. And then I moved to New York city after college. And I started working in the corporate world in a very sort of demanding stressful. Maybe a little bit toxic environment. And I was just, I, my anxiety was through the roof. It was just one day I felt like I can't even function, I'm just barely getting through the day. I'm just hanging on by a thread and I have to do something about this because New York city, as it is, is overwhelming the noises that people I'm also very sensitive to energies and sounds like, I think that's all just a product of having such a heightened nervous system my whole life. That I felt very much like a shell of a human being, living in New York, working in this job. And I realized that I was not gonna do very well if this is the life that I continued to live. So that really was the turning point for me. Passionistas: You took a little detour. You said you were in the corporate world, but you went to Georgetown to study and got a bachelor's degree in foreign service. So tell us about that choice and why you wanted to do that and why eventually you didn't. Kelly: Oh, another great question. Wow. You, you all just understand all my, all my juicies questions. I did go to Georgetown. I was really in love with travel and places and people and the world. And so I wanted to study foreign service because I wanted to be a journalist. I thought that was going to be, I'm a huge fan of writing. I love communication and so that felt like the thing that I wanted to do. And then I actually got an internship in a newsroom my senior year and I was like, what am I thinking? This is the worst place for someone with a heightened, nervous system or the history of PTSD. It's like every day in here is another traumatic event. So that didn't work out. But I'm one of those people who I get to say, I really just loved everything that I learned in college. It was amazing and so much fun. So even though my degree doesn't apply to anything that I do now, or really have ever done, except that we did have to learn an entire map of the entire world countries, cities, rivers, lakes, currencies. So that feels like some, some interesting once in a while, I'll have a good jeopardy moment. But other than that, it's a little bit useless, but I had so much fun learning and it, it showed me that, and now I'm continuing my learning journey in a totally different direction, but it just let me be okay with. Learning for the sake of loving the subject and loving the topic and not because I had to go on to, so I let myself just let go of the news dream. It was the worst possible thing. I also think it's interesting. It just proves that your brain wants what it knows and I, because all I had known was like, stress and that's what I was so programmed to thrive inside of that, that's I just chose the most stressful thing I could even fathom. So I'm very glad that I did not choose to pursue that path cuz I don't think I would've. I don't think I would've handled it, but I did get into the business world. I, my first job out of college was for a major retailer working in the buying office and I had a really good time there and just life, you know, it's amazing. You just never know where you're gonna end up. You just never know. You just can't predict it. So you make the best choice that's available to you at the time and say when the next right choice is available, I guess I'll choose that. Passionistas: So you went on this personal journey of exploration. How did you decide to make that a business and to help others? Kelly: It really started as just a passion as my Passionista. It was just a hobby. I was really passionate about helping people who were in kind of similar situations or who were on some sort of healing journey. Um, just supporting them through coaching or whatever it was. And I had. I started to kind of build this just side hustle, air quotes, um, because it was fun. And I had a pretty demanding job at a startup in New York, in the wellness space. And I really loved that, but there's also sometimes this moment where you're doing something that you love and you say, I think there's something that I would love even a little bit more than what I'm doing right now. And I think it's letting a big part of my journey has been letting myself follow those little nudges, even when things are good. Definitely when things are bad. Definitely. I follow I've learned to follow my nudges when things are bad, but even when things are pretty good, I'm like, I wonder if this could be even just a little bit better. So I started building my coaching business on the side and then I realized, wait, I actually have this. Working in strategy and operations the whole time I was in my other roles in my other career. And I realized that I also had that really, I had a lot of skills in that area, too. I had a really strong brain for strategy and operations and I thought maybe I could just combine these two things. Wouldn't that be kind of cool. So I didn't actually go full-time in my business until my mom got very sick in 2020. She's totally fine now thank goodness. But I had to quit my job. I had to move in with her full-time and be her full-time caregiver for about six months. And after that, I was like, well, this is my opportunity to really take a chance on myself and see if I have the chops to do this full-time and create a full-time income and business off of this thing that previously has just been a little side dream. And I'm so glad that I took the chance. Passionistas: Talk a little bit about how you combine spirit science and strategy to give your clients a 360 degree approach to their healing and success. Kelly: Hmm. For me, the spiritual work is kind of the foundational work for everything. And I think about spirituality in a very grounded way. For me, it really just is what is your relationship with yourself? Who are you when your fancy job title gets taken away? Who are you when your Gucci bag gets stolen? Whatever it is like, who are you at the core essence of who you are underneath, even your thoughts and your emotions, the ways that you identify in the world, the roles and responsibilities that you have. Who, what are your values? How do you show up for yourself? How do, what do you think of yourself? So that kind of spiritual element, I think, is so important for anybody. I mean anybody, but especially people who are on a path of entrepreneurship or who are stepping into some sort of leadership role, cuz life's gonna knock you down and you're gonna have not, hopefully not macro failures, but you're gonna have a lot of tiny little failures along the way. And if you don't know who you are and what you stand for those little things that shouldn't be big, things can turn into really big things. So that's kind of where the spiritual work comes in. The strategy piece. I find that, when I'm coaching people, I find a lot of times that the things that they need help with, they think they need help with mindset. They think they need help with, you know, resilience and really a lot of reason, a lot of the time, the reason that they're coming up against so many experiences where they need to be resilient, where they need to really connect with themselves is because they're following a strategy. That's not actually aligned for them. They saw it on Instagram. They bought it in a course and decided, this is my thing. That's this is my ticket to everything I've ever wanted. And when you start with a strategy, that's not actually quite right for you. You need a lot of coaching because it's really hard to get yourself aligned with something that is just not meant for you. So that's where the strategy piece comes in. I find that people need a lot less. Ongoing coaching and mindset work and resilience work and confidence work. When the strategy that they're following is perfectly tailored to their strengths, their values, their goals. And I don't think that there's any strategy that doesn't work. I think absolutely any strategy can be successful for you. As long as it's aligned for you. If it's not aligned, could be the best strategy in the world, it's not gonna work. So those are how those two things kind of go together. Alignment is a word I use a lot, you have to feel aligned and alignment is something that you can actually feel. I'm sure you, we've all had that experience of maybe showing up to a job that we know now wasn't aligned for us, but it's a physical feeling. Your body communicates with you when something's not in alignment. And when something is in alignment feels really good and there's a lot less resistance and things come more easily to you. So it's my goal to get people on that path. That maybe they don't even realize is possible for them. And then to support them in implementing and executing everything that goes along with that, because of course there will still be little moments of resistance and fear is a big thing that comes up a lot. And knowing that the path that I think people really need to follow is the one that is most aligned for them. There's still gonna be challenges along the way. I fell in love with the brain, so I studying about the brain to help myself heal from PTSD was so important. It was like, if I'm someone who, if you tell me to meditate, I'm gonna say no, unless you tell me why on a mechanical level, how is this helping me on a biological physiological level? How is this helping? Then, Now I'm now I'm interested. I have a, I have a lot of Virgo in my chart, so I like need to understand things. Otherwise I can't, I have no interest. So I really got passionate about understanding the brain better and I've taken a few courses now about the brain, um, and I'm going to continue to study neuroscience because I'm just so fascinated by it. And I think it's a really important piece that a lot of people don't understand, but it's such a valuable to understand why your brain does what it does. Why it gets emotionally triggered or activated when certain things happen and how you can coach yourself through those moments of big fear or big self doubt, I think is just so valuable. So those are my, my three pillars that I'm obsessed with. And I think in order to really create whatever kind of success you want, whatever aligned success means for you, cuz it's gonna mean something different to every single one of us. Being able to understand yourself on those levels and have a strategy that is totally aligned for you are just kind of non-negotiables. So that's why I cover those three pillar. 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This unique gathering of intersectional storytellers and panelists harnesses, the power of our rich community of passionate thought leaders and activists to pose solutions to the problems plaguing women and non-binary people today. Tickets are on sale at the PassionistasProject.com. Be sure to register before this special discount rate ends. We'd like to thank our sponsors, Melanie Childer's Master Coach, Graceful Revolution, The Ossa Collective, Teas Drops, Aaron's Coffee Corner, Flourishing Over Fifty, Espanola Real Estate Team, Mermaid's Garden, Sarah Fins Coaching, Tara McCann Wellness, Espera Public Affairs and Trizcom Public Relations. Now here's more of our interview with Kelly. Passionistas: Are there some tips that you have for people that are hearing this and wanna kind of start on this journey that, that are a foundation to get started? Kelly: Absolutely. I think starting to become aware of how your body feels at different moments throughout your week, even throughout your day. So important. I find that the kind of key dynamic that I ask people to look for. Is, does this make me feel expansive and at ease, or is there some sort of contraction going on here? And if you pay a close enough attention, your body is always giving you those cues. Even if you turn on the TV and there's a show on that, you don't like, there's some part of your body that probably feels constricted or cold or tense. So just start to pay attention to how your body's feeling moment to moment throughout your day. Uh, an exercise that I love to direct people to is to actually pull up your calendar from last week. So these are now we're working with memories rather than real live real time situations, which can be a little bit easier to tune into the body for. Go back to last week and go day by day review all of the things that were on your calendar, all of your appointments, fill in how you spent your time after work. What did you do in the morning and go back and actually tune in and notice how your body feels thinking about the memory of that thing. And sometimes it's really helpful to go, oh, I'm thinking about this meeting that I had with this client and my body feels like I would not wanna do this again. If I had to do it again in an hour, I wouldn't wanna do it. There's a message there for you and then, you know, that's your opportunity to do some journaling on it, dig into it, ask yourself what about this didn't feel so aligned for me and you'll start to learn about, oh, it's because I actually don't really love connecting with people one on one I'd much rather connect in a group. This person, this particular challenge that we were working with, I feel very, I don't really feel confident in actually helping people with that kind of challenge. And it brings up a lot of stuff for me. When I think about having to do that, I don't think we stop and think a lot about, those small details to even just optimize what we already love doing. And sometimes, you know, people are in jobs that they really don't love doing and their whole week feels like a one giant contraction, one giant constriction. That's a great sign to, you know, start thinking about maybe making a change and even for people who love what they do, 99% of the time, what's feeling contracted that 1% of the time let's figure out what that is. Let's, you know, see if there's an opportunity for you to get even to a place of even greater alignment, even more ease and fulfillment. So those are, that's just a really simple, practical exercise. And I'm a huge fan of just taking time to sit in silence with yourself every day. It doesn't have to be a fancy meditation. Doesn't have to be a guided meditation. You don't have to empty your mind of thoughts. You just have to sit with yourself with no distractions and see what comes up and that's it. It can just be so simple because I think we are all moving so fast and things come up that we don't fully have the time sometimes to process, or we don't give ourselves the time to process. And then that just gets stored somewhere. So if you can just give all those things, the opportunity to come up and come out, as often as you can, it's not gonna feel as uncomfortable after a little while it takes a little practice, but the discomfort is good. Passionistas: So we were introduced to you at a recent MobCon mini event from Mob Nation and you gave an amazing speech about the history of money and how it relates to your self-worth. And we just thought that that was such a great speech and really mind opening. So could you just like give us a little mini condensed version of that and tell us just the basic philosophy behind what you were saying there. Kelly: Absolutely. So I struggled a lot with this concept of money. When I was starting my own business, I always felt like I was charging too much, even when I was charging $20 for a session, which that was the case at one point. It always felt like money was this very charged conversation and I realized that it's because my self-worth was so deeply connected to my concept, my understanding of money. So I decided to look into the history of money. I was like, why does this thing have such a hold over me? I'm sure it has a hold over other people too, I'm sure, you know, money is the driver of so many decisions that we make. And as I was researching the history of money, it kind of hit me that money is a manmade invention. It's a human construct. Some guy decided, you know what I think we need some sort of money system because the barter system is no longer working at scale, so we need some kind of money system. And for me to just realize that money is a manmade invention and it's not, I think sometimes we, especially if you are familiar with spiritual conversations about money or if you're in sort of tapped into the spiritual community on social media. There's a lot of conversation around money in a way that almost makes it sound like money is like love from the divine or money is confirmation that you are a good person or that you're doing something right. Which is so different to, I know how a lot of older kind of religious dogma talks about money in the complete opposite way. So it's kind of like we're ping, ponging back and forth between money is either the worst thing in the world, or it's the best thing in the world. And, but either way, it's directly tied to this, your morality to who you are as a person. And that just wasn't working for me, so to be able to kind of step out of that conversation and realize that money is just a man-made construct that's moving through a man-made system and humans are imperfect. Humans are imperfect. How could I not be worthy of something that has no inherent value of its own, money does not have in any inherent value. It's only valuable because as a collective, maybe it's not green is valuable and therefore I'm going to put stock in it and work in exchange for it and buy things with it. But money like the actual paper. Has no inherent value. And we used to humans used to trade seashells and cattle and tobacco as commodities, like in exchange of money. And I was just thinking to myself, would I feel this stressed out about money? If it was cattle that we were talking about? No, I wouldn't. So why do I allow it to be such a stressful thing for me now? So, kind of just stepping out of that deep enmesh between my self-worth and money. And just saying money is just a system. It's just a thing that exists made by humans perpetuated by humans. It could not exist tomorrow, but we'd all still be here. How could my self-worth be wrapped up in something like that? And it allowed me to just have a much more kind of experimental relationship with money. It allowed me to really drain the emotion out of my experience out of my relationship with money. And then I felt much more comfortable with it. I just, you know, I decided that my self-worth is constant. No matter how much money I make one month to the next, as entrepreneurs, we're like so focused on monthly revenue and it it's so exhausting and I just don't think that's how it needs to be. So if anyone is listening to this and they're, I'd invite you to think about how emotional is your relationship to money. If it is an emotional thing for you, can you think of it more as just this manmade thing that was invented out of necessity? Your self-worth has nothing to do with it, if money stopped existing tomorrow, you would still be infinitely worthy because you're a human being. How could you not be worthy of something that has again, no inherent value of its own. It's just green paper floating around. So hopefully that, you know, can help somebody who has an emotionally charged relationship with money to just, just experiment thinking about it that way and see if it works for you. If it doesn't by all means, let it go. But it really helped me, especially as someone who's like, this is my job now to make my own money. I don't get a, a paycheck from an employer anymore. So yeah, it's. Been a really interesting reframe for me. Passionistas: So what advice would you have for a woman who like you was trying to figure out how to price their product or service and they just don't know how to do it. Kelly: I think that people put a lot of stock into getting it right the first time. There's a lot of pride around, I want to put something out there and I want it to sell the first time, the way I want it to. And what I would recommend is just, you have to remember that the laws of supply and demand are real. And while you are worth your value as a human being is infinite, what you might be offering to someone is actually subject to the laws of supply and demand. So until you know what the demand for your, good or service is you don't really know how to price it. And I, someone just, someone said this to me once when I was agonizing over, I think it was a, like some kind of coaching package that I was offering. I was like, should it be this number or this number? And they were like, it's a hundred dollars different. How do you, you don't know? You just have to try one. And I was like, oh, I just have to try one and see if this is the price that resonates with the person that I, want to work with who I can help, but I think we, we make it about us. We make our prices about us and we say, we talk about knowing our worth, your worth is infinite. There it is not subject to laws of supply and demand. Your there's no price you could put on anything that you do that would accurately encompass how worthy you are. But I think when we are enmeshed with our pricing and our self-worth and know your worth, and what's my. all of that becomes very murky and muddy. So my advice is find a price that seems to be appropriate. Make sure it feels good in your body when you're talking about it. It takes a little practice sometimes to get used to saying, this is what my price is, but just practice. It just takes practice and then bring it to the marketplace. Just the same way that any company like Coca-Cola brings a new product to the marketplace. They don't know how it's gonna sell. You have to see, you have to experiment. A big, big thing that I stress with my clients is to have a mindset of experimentation. I always like to say, be the chief scientist, treat your business like a science experiment and not a soap opera, because if you treat it like a soap opera, every little decision that you make is going to have an impact on your self-worth and it's gonna bring you down. So how can you just be more of like an inventor, like a scientist who just says, I'm gonna try this. And I'm really curious to see what happens here. That's all you can do. And if you know, you sell out, then maybe your price is too low. If you don't sell any, maybe your price is a little too high. Again, it has nothing to do with you. It has to do with how much, how well people know you, how well you're communicating the value of what you do. There's so many different layers that go into it that I just hate to see people get so caught up in pricing when I would love to. And I think it makes them slow down and take too much time and they think too much about it. And it leads to a lot of self-doubt where my advice is, just get out there with a price and see what happens. And if it's not the right price, you can change it. That's the beauty of having your own business. it's, it's it really is so much more is within your control than you realize. Passionistas: So how can people work with you? Kelly: A few different ways. So I do offer that kind of deep dive strategy consulting for people who are like, I, my business just feels like a mess and I just want it to feel easier and simpler. So I do offer that kind of strategy consulting service for service based businesses. I do have someone on my team who is a retail expert, so she supports retail businesses and product-based businesses with their strategy. And then I also offer kind of ongoing support from a coaching perspective. So that's implementing your strategy. That's what to do when you come up against resistance. That's what to do when an unexpected curve ball gets thrown your way. So there is kind of that those two different pieces and lots of people do choose just one or the other. And a lot of people do choose both. I also have an amazing free membership that used to not be free. And it is just as of last month free and I'm so happy to offer it for free called my tigers eye community, which is like the ultimate one stop shop for inner work. So it's guided meditations, it's amazing live and on-demand workshops led by experts, not just me daily journal prompts. It's, it's just a really good place to start if you're like, I'm curious about inner work, but it feels overwhelming and YouTube is so scary and I'm not gonna spend time searching for things on there. It's a totally free resource, no strings attached free forever. Passionistas: Speaking of doing multiple things, what inspired you to start your podcast? Kelly: I felt very, so I've been a big Instagram girl for the last four years or so. And I started to feel very, like, not so great on Instagram sometimes. Like I could, I only had people's attention for like five seconds and I couldn't fully express what I wanted to say. I'm verbose, as you can tell from this chat, I won't learn from this conversation. I don't shut up. And I feel like I had more to say, and I wanted to provide a deeper level of value for people without them having to pay me anything. Because I feel like Instagram is just a little bit, I don't know. It's just like, it's like the, the bargain version. It's just a little bit cheap sometimes you can only get so much across, but I think there's something so magical, magical about being with people when they're on their dog walks and like being with people when they're commuting to pick up their kids. Like that is so exciting to me and I think that you can just create a better relationship with [00:31:00] people and you can give them more. And so that was why I'm so excited about the podcast world. And I, I love it so far. It feels so fun. Passionistas: So describe your show for people. Kelly: Sure. So my show is called the aligned success show and it is a show that helps entrepreneurs master the magical alchemy between spirituality, neuroscience, and strategy. So we talk about all those different things. Sometimes we talk about all three in one episode, sometimes we go, this episode's really focused on the spiritual. This episode's really focused on the brain. This episode is really focused on strategy and I've had a lot of people tell me that I'm not an entrepreneur, but I really like this podcast anyway. So the strategy piece, is definitely more general. I would say that it applies to more people than just entrepreneurs. There's a lot of good value in there about just finding more alignment in your life, learning how to coach yourself through different kinds of challenges. So, yeah, so it's definitely super valuable for entrepreneurs, but valuable for people who are not entrepreneurs as well.[00:32:00] Passionistas: What's your dream for women? Kelly: Oh my gosh. My dream for women is that we all wake up in a world that where we all get to live lives, that we actually chose for ourselves and we didn't choose them because our parents told us we had to, or because our partners think that we should, or that society told us that we needed to. That would be my dream to just live in a world full of women who really had chosen what their life looks like. Passionistas: Thanks for listening to the Passionistas Project Podcast and our interview with Kelly Mosser. To learn how to work with her and join the Tigers Eye Community, vVisit KellyMosser.com. Please visit the PassionistasProject.com to learn more about our podcast and subscription box filled with products made by women owned businesses and female artisans to inspire you to follow your Passions. 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About Aria: Aria Leighty founded The MOB Nation™ in 2012 as a networking group. Aria found traditional networking opportunities inaccessible to Mom-Owned Businesses and wanted to create a space of true connection. After years of working with hundreds of Mom-Owned Businesses, Aria realized there was so much more than “MOBS” needed to thrive in life and business. In 2016, Aria brought on a team of Directors to expand and become a hub for all things Mom-Owned Businesses. The MOB Nation™ is now the leading resource for Mom-Owned Businesses providing marketing, networking, education, and a unique community not found anywhere else. The MOB Nation™ has been recognized with several awards and nominations including: Score Small Business Champion OEN Game Changer Award, EYMA International Mum-Owned Business of the Year, IFund WOC Entrepreneur Award American Express Small Biz Champion Award. The MOB Nation™ hosts weekly Virtual events, quarterly mini-conferences, and an annual two-day conference, “MOBCON". Where To Find Aria: The MOB Nation: The MOB Nation Instagram: The MOB Nation
Submit your question to MOBcast RadioLearn more about the MOB Nation Join the MOB Attend a Virtual Meetup Sign up for the MOB email list and stay in the loop! ******About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences.******About the hostsAria Leighty - MOB Nation founder and CEOAria founded the MOB in 2012 in an effort to create a community and support group for fellow moms balancing their own businesses. She loves coffee, sunshine, glitter, and shoes. When she is not working, she loves spending time with her daughter, Keilani.Aria is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.www.arialeighty.comConnect with Aria - www.instagram.com/arialeighty****Gwen Montoya - MOB Nation COOGwen is a marketing strategist, speaker, and podcaster with a passion for working with small businesses. She is a single parent of two, a happy geek, voracious reader, and escapes to the beach whenever she can.www.gwenmontoya.comConnect with Gwen - www.instagram.com/gmontoyapdxGwen's podcast - Adventures in Marketing ****Mori Holt - MOB Nation VP of MembershipMori lives in Vancouver with her husband and their 3 young children.Connect with Mori - https://www.instagram.com/msmori46/
Aria Leighty is the founder of MOB Nation, a networking group she founded in 2012. After finding networking opportunities inaccessible to mom owned business, Aria wanted to create a space of true connection. After years of working with hundreds of mom-owned businesses, Aria realized there was so much more that MOBs needed to thrive in life and business. In addition to The MOB Nation, Aria is a thought leader, trailblazer, and business mentor. For almost a decade, she's combined her diverse experience, creative ideas, wide range of connections, and unique perspectives to help women on the edge of change up-level in their businesses and lives. Learn more about The Mob Nation. Learn more about The Passionistas Project. FULL TRANSCRIPT: Passionistas: Hi, and welcome to The Passionistas Project Podcast, where we talk with women who are following their passions to inspire you to do the same. We're Amy and Nancy Harrington, and this is our 100th episode of the podcast. We want to take a moment to thank all of the women who have shared their stories and to all of you for tuning in and listening. We hope you've been as inspired by all of these Passionistas, as we have been. We've picked someone very special to be our hundredth guest: MOB Nation founder, Aria Leighty. We were introduced to her by two other women who have been guests on the podcast. Stacy Newman-Weldon, the founder of Adventure Wednesdays and Dr. Melissa Bird, the founder of Natural Born Rebel and the new Heart of the Warrior Program. Not only is Aria today's guest, but we're currently collaborating with her and her incredible community, The MOB Nation, on this quarter's Passionistas Project Pack. As usual, our subscription box is filled with women owned products. But thanks to the MOB, for this installment, they're all from Mom Owned businesses. Aria founded the networking group The MOB Nation in 2012. After finding traditional networking opportunities inaccessible to mom owned businesses, she wanted to create a space of true connection. After years of working with hundreds of mom-owned businesses, Aria realized there were so much more that MOBs needed to thrive in life and business. In addition to building The MOB Nation, Aria is a thought leader, trailblazer and business mentor. For almost a decade, she's combined her diverse experience, creative ideas, wide range of connections, and unique perspective to help women on the edge of change up-level in their businesses and lives. So please welcome to the show, Aria Leighty. Aria: I love that. Thank you for that intro. Passionistas: We're so excited to have you here. We love Mob Nation. We're huge fans. So Aria, what's the one thing you're most passionate about? Aria: Really getting money into the hands of women and mom owned businesses. I think that that is like the overlying like concept in all of my businesses. All of the things that I do is the intent of redistributing the wealth into really good hearted women and allowing us to tap into that feminine energy of money. Passionistas: And why is that so important to you and what personal experiences have you had that made those things a priority for you? Aria: Well, I have just personally witnessed that it really does change the world. Like when we can redistribute the wealth, it has been proven that when women have more control of the money, they go and they spend it locally. They make more investments, they do more things. They have all the spending power in their family, so they can decide how to use that money to, like I said, change the world, whether it's, you know, outsource and their business to create more jobs, whether it is tipping better, women tip better. Also, you know, it just has more of that cycle of change in the world when women are earning it and spending it. Passionistas: So let's take a step back. Where did you grow up? What was your childhood like? And did your childhood have an influence on these things that you're doing today? Aria: I grew up... I split my time, my whole life has been split between Honolulu, Hawaii, Portland, Oregon, and San Diego, California. My dad was in the Navy. He met my native Hawaiian mother. It was kind of one of those cliche sailor meets a Hawaiian and so we moved around a lot. It's funny that you ask this because I was just asked this. And I said that my childhood was actually very lonely and I spent most of it very alone. And I was like, so I don't think it really had an impact on me. And then I was like, okay, well, duh, it did because I went out and built these massive communities so that people didn't have to do it alone. Passionistas: So let's jump ahead to MOB Nation. What were you doing prior to that? And what led you to create this amazing community? Aria: I had just opened my first brick and mortar location of a kid's art studio called Art a la Carte. I was in Portland, Oregon at the time. And so I was a single mom, single young mom. And my daughter was starting kindergarten and I decided to open a business and I knew that I was absolutely nuts. And I got to this point where I was like, what have I done. This is crazy. And so I started to go out and went to build my business, went to build my network. And I just didn't feel like networking was successful. I couldn't find my people. And I always joke that I was like, I've got to find at least one more. There's gotta be one more mom that was crazy enough to also start a business and balance that with motherhood. And then, you know, thousands of members later, here we are. Passionistas: So what were you experiencing as a mom owned business owner that was unique to what other business owners go through? Aria: I mean, it literally wasn't accessible, like it just wasn't. During times of the day, I felt like I had to take my mom hat off and kind of run a mask when walking into those rooms. At the time, I mean, this was a decade ago. It really felt like traditional networking was kind of like... like the boys club and it was very masculine energy. It was very competitive. There wasn't a lot of like collaboration. Even if there were female centered, women centered circles, it still felt like we were modeling that masculine behavior of competing with each other and one-upping each other. And some of the other traditional networking things... like you can never miss a meeting or you'll get kicked out .And it's, you know, if my daughter has a play or, you know, she's not feeling good, that's coming first before anything else. So that was really what made me start to realize that moms needed so much more than just what was being offered at the time. Passionistas: So how did you go from finding that one other mother, who had started a business, to building this community of thousands of women? What was the process? Aria: Well, first we just started meeting. I mean, it started with a Facebook post, like, "Hey, anybody know anyone else that's doing this?" And we had the first little quote unquote meetup around my dining table. I think there was like six moms, who a couple of them are still members today. Then we started going into a couple of different coffee shops and then people would just hear. Like, you know, word of mouth spread really quickly because it was like, this is unlike anything that I've ever seen. You know, moms are actually collaborating, they're purchasing from each other. It's just, it's a completely different dynamic and energy and the referrals aren't forced. It's a very organic connection. When I brought my kids and they were coloring, you know, during the whole thing. So when we started like really making structured meetups, it was very intentional how I've created them to make sure that everybody walks in feeling seen, everybody leaves feeling heard. Like they made a new friend. Like they got a new connection. Like they had an opportunity to share their pitch and their big ask. And then again on a national level... that just... it went crazy. People were talking on Facebook. Like I joined this group where I went to this event and I saw, you know, my sales doubled within a week. Or, you know, I've never felt this level of community before. And so people started calling and emailing saying, "bring this to Phoenix, bring this to San Diego, bring this, you know, over here to Florida." And so we really just began expanding from there. I had no intention at the time. And Gwen, our COO, was like, "As soon as you asked me to be a part of this, I knew that this was going to grow on a national level." But I really thought it was just going to be community-based. And I'm still shocked all the time when I talk to somebody from across the world now, and they've heard of The MOB Nation. Passionistas: So talk about that process of expanding from being a local community, to taking it online and expanding throughout the country. How did you go about that? Aria: Pre COVID times, we began with bringing on different leadership in the different cities. So the people that would say, "oh, we would love to have this in San Diego." It's like, if you want to lead it and you want to learn the secrets behind it, and you want to create the meet ups in the way that we have created them, and you want to duplicate in that in your area, then come onto our leadership team. And I would travel out there, help train them, help run their first event. So prior to COVID, we were doing 30 in-person events per month across the nation. So there were several nights that would have, you know, one in Bend, Oregon and one in Texas and one in Honolulu. And it was really awesome to know that all of those were happening at the same time with these incredible leaders. Then COVID happened. And it actually was a blessing for us because taking it to the online model... I don't want to say blessing, but you get what I'm saying. It did impact it in a positive way. We were able to make it a lot more accessible and expand the virtual meetups that we were doing to offering those 12 times per month. And so people were able to come and, you know, have that experience. We were luckily able to duplicate that experience that we have and the structure that we have on Zoom. And people that are from small towns that don't get access to that community, people that have online businesses, where they can really benefit from sales from anywhere, they're able to hop on, get that experience, make those connections. Passionistas: I mean, I think one of the most impressive things is this micro economy that you have fostered. So talk about that, and especially during COVID, the benefits that that has had for your members. Aria: That is the thing I'm the most proud of too, is the micro economy. We like, we love to say, "there's a MOB for that." And so that's really what we stand by. We encourage our members to support MOB first. And again, we take that same idea that when moms have more money in their pockets, we can change the world. We can make a difference, we create more jobs. And so being able to cultivate that culture within the group, getting them thinking all the time, what big box purchases can I switch over to mom owned and get this economy going. And we saw, like during COVID, when all of these businesses were shutting down, our members were still seeing the same amount of success, if not more, because now there's so many more people saying, "go support mom owned. It's more important than ever." And even the really, you know, successful businesses were purchasing gift cards from stores, they knew that they would probably never go to because it's in a completely different state just to make sure that those stores were able to remain open on the underside of this. Passionistas: Tell us a little bit about your core team. Cause we know you mentioned Gwen, like you have some women that are kind of the nexus of this organization with you. So can you talk about how you brought them together and the roles that some of them play? Aria: Yes, my people! So I had the MOB and I was running it for about five years... four years before taking it to the next level with the alliance and the paid membership version of the MOB, the up-level next step. And I knew before launching that that I really needed to have a team that was going to be able to support that feeling that I wanted to do. To be able to love on the community. To be able to bring in their zone of genius so I can focus on mine's zone of genius. Because I fully believe in outsourcing and bringing on team, whenever you can. So I actually asked a group of four women. They came into my glittery painted art studio and we sat at this trashed, painted table. We have a picture of it. It's really funny. I was like, I have this idea. I think it's going to really blow up. I think it's going to change the way that networking in business is done. I want you to be a part of it. Gwen... I don't even think I had actually met her in person yet, but she was one of those women around the table. But she was just always showing up in the MOB group and providing so much value, had so much insight. You couldn't help, but just be drawn to her energy. And I was like, this person loves this community the way that I do, and they, you know, are generous and give the way that I want to give as a leader. And Gwen has stuck with me through this entire time. Mori was actually a chapter leader. And people would come in saying, you know, "I was so nervous to go to this Vancouver/Washington event. And Mori made me feel so good. And gave me a hug." Like I was hearing stories every week. Like" Mori made me feel this," "Mori, you know, gave me the best hug." "Or she held my baby so I could, you know, eat a meal." And I was like, I need this to be duplicated so that every member that we have nationwide can feel this level of love. And so I was like, you need to be the VP of membership, but you need to spread this joy throughout the nation. And she has. And still, every week, it's like, "Do you know how cool Mori and Gwen are?" I'm like, yes, thank you. But that's all anybody wants to tell me is like how great those two are. Passionistas: You're listening to the hundredth episode of The Passionistas Project Podcast and our interview with Aria Leighty. To work with her as a coach and business mentor, visit arialeighty.com to join her alliance of women owned businesses visit themobnation.com. If you're enjoying this interview and would like to help us continue creating inspiring content, please consider becoming a patron by visiting thepassionistasproject.com/podcast and clicking on the patron button. Even $5 a month can help us continue our mission of inspiring women to follow their passions. Now here's more of our interview with Aria. So you mentioned the paid level. Can you talk about the tiers and how women can be a part of MOB Nation? Aria: Yeah. So if you identify as a mother and you have any size business, then we welcome you in. There is a show up level, which means that you're going to show up in then directory. So that's a great first start. If you are just wanting to get that marketing, that visibility, The MOB Nation directory, which is theresamomforthat.com, is the largest mom owned business directory in the nation. So you're going to get that visibility. You're going to get seen. Again, you're going to get our members who wanted to support mom owned first, going there and to look, to see who they can support. If you're really ready to dive in to the community and attend the meetups and, you know, get really invested, then the go up-level is for you. So you can attend all the meetups. You also have coffee chats and pitch practice and goal-setting calls. Our alliance community are really the ones that are super invested. So you know that you're going to be networking and in a private community called MOB Social. Networking with those people that really have the MOB culture on lock. We get a lot of different amazing discounts and opportunities for our members. We partner with amazing people like The Passionistas Project, where we get our alliance members, you know, featured. So there's so many opportunities. The directors team is always looking for more ways to highlight these members and to get them seen and to get more money into their hands. And our glow up members are members that have been a part of our community and are really the outstanding members, like look to these members to see how to have success in this community. And so they apply after a certain amount of time and get their directory listings featured on the website and a lot more benefits. Passionistas: And even if you're not a member of The MOB, you can sponsor a meetup. Right? Tell everybody about that, cause we did that and it was an amazing opportunity. Aria: Yeah, anyone that is really, like aligns with our community culture and wants to get their business or offering in front of our group of amazing members, they can sponsor a meetup. They can sponsor a MOBCON Mini, and be able to hop on virtually to tell our group, and then we share it in our social media platforms. And we take it very seriously, who we partner with and work with because our members have built trust with us. And they know that we only bring them the best of the best, like The Passionistas Project. And so they are, you know, so excited to support these different organizations back that partner with us. Passionistas: What have you learned about yourself from all the work you've done with MOB Nation? Aria: What haven't I learned about myself. I saw a thing that said, if you really want to see where you need to heal, like own a business. That's going to teach you everything that you need to know. So, I mean, it's just completely changed the trajectory of my life, and how I show up, how I connect with people. I think allowing people in and allowing myself to receive community and friendships has been a big blessing for me. And I think I've learned everything about money mindset through working with mom owned businesses and seeing the different stories that we all carry about ourselves that, you know, men just aren't really carrying around about themselves. So, yeah, I've learned all of my important lessons through this project and this mission. Passionistas: Every year, you have a big convention called MOBCON and then a couple of MOBCON Minis. So tell us about those and tell us the plan for the big MOBCON. Aria: So we are having it in person. Yes. Haven't had that since 2019. It's in San Diego, California, the last weekend in September. And it's really the most amazing time where all of our members on a national level have a chance to be in the same room, feed off of each other's energy, learn from incredible speakers. We have a lot of different networking and connection opportunities. And really our intent is to fill your cups personally and professionally. So you're going to walk away with new tools. You're going to walk away with a new, like fire lit under you with new connections, new friends. And you're also just going to have this belief in yourself and walk away that even though you poured all of time, you're still somehow going to walk away feeling like rejuvenated and rested and cared for and loved on. So it's an incredible experience. I think like I cried for like a week after the one in 2019 because it was just... there were so many breakthroughs and so many hugs. And these people are so close and they've never met in person. You know, they've been talking for years across the world and they finally get to sit next to each other and hug and, you know, share a hotel room together. And they're just, they're so stoked. Passionistas: Besides all of this amazing work you're doing with MOB Nation, you also have a very successful coaching and consulting business. Tell us about that and how you work with your clients. Aria: Yeah, so that kind of formed organically. I realized that I was a consultant without even really charging for it or giving it a name. I've just been constantly mentoring different businesses throughout my decade of working with mom owned businesses. So I love to work with creative entrepreneurs and really I help them step into their power. I help them create collaborations, help them step out and show up into the world as the expert and the leader in their industry. Help them really discover and tap into their zone of genius and then stay there so that they can make money from that space. It's something that I really love to do. My favorite thing right now is my new program "Show Up to Go Up." And that's a six week program for those really ambitious, audacious women that are ready to build that power network and to build their name on a national level, get press mentions, all of that fun stuff. And we work through everything from mindset to literally how to network intentionally. And already the women that have gone through that program, like, they are getting more bookings. They are being featured on podcasts. They are making more money within just a few weeks. So it really is a program that I'm really, really proud of. Passionistas: And how can women work with you? How do they sign up for these programs? Aria: They can go to arialeighty.com. I'm actually completely full for one-on-one clients until after MOBCON, which is insane. So the best way to work with me right now is to join that Show Up to Go Up program. I have one launching right now, and then there'll be one late summer/early fall that we'll be launching the next cohort. Passionistas: Do you find that there are limiting beliefs that women tend to have that are holding them back when it comes to business? Aria: Definitely that everything has to be hard. Like that they have to hustle and that everything has to be hard work. That it can't be easy. You know, things around the worth of their value. When we are tapped into that zone of genius because it does come so naturally and easily to us, moms are always like, "well, is it allowed to be this fun? Is it allowed to be this easy? You know, aren't I supposed to work hard and lose sleep and..." No, absolutely not. And then the money, because so many women and so many moms they're doing heart's work, right? Like Passionistas Project is heart's work. You love it. You want to be changing the world. And so a lot of people think that if I'm changing the world, I can't be making a lot of money from it. Which you're allowed to do both. And you'll actually change the world even more if you are making a lot more money. Even just from the people watching you. Like, if we can all be, you know, breaking those limiting beliefs and those stories and those stereotypes down, it gives permission to all the women watching us to also go after what they want and to make a lot of money as well. Passionistas: You talk about tapping into the feminine energy of money. So explain what you mean by that. Aria: So tapping into the feminine energy of money. We have these stories around money that it's like, again, you have to work really hard. You have to sacrifice time with your family in order to, you know, make money. Money is the root of all evil. We've seen a lot of masculine examples of men having money and not doing amazing things with it. But money is a tool. So it's only going to amplify whatever you are, whoever you are. Right? And so when we have control of it, we're doing better things with it. So when I am talking to clients and having them tap into the feminine energy of money, I really have them think "what kind of difference can you make?" Like make an impact list of how you would be spending this money. And that often helps women because they're not looking at it anymore as this toxic thing or this greedy thing. Now they're really seeing it as like, I can be more giving and generous and compassionate. I can make better choices for my family. I can set my kids up to not have to, you know, work so hard and to be able to enjoy their lives. They think of the few things. They write it down and it's like the few obvious things. Okay. I can create some jobs or whatever. But then when they really get into it, it's like, "Oh, I can buy all of my groceries or all of my produce from organic farmers who are not, you know, destroying the earth and who are now taking that money back and being able to contribute to their family." And all of a sudden we're really realizing what an impact we're going to have on the world when we are thinking of it as a positive tool, rather than this greedy thing that we shouldn't have. Passionistas: When you look back at your journey, is there like a moment where things just looked really dark, but they ended up being the catalyst for something really positive? Aria: I think every couple of months I have times where it looks... I gotta be honest. I mean, I just, I don't like to talk about things until I'm on the other side of them or until it's like, you know, a long ways back. But I just went through something where I really honestly thought, back in November, that I was going to just have to shut everything down. I made an investment that looked like it was going to bring the MOB forward. It wasn't everything that was promised. And so it just really looked like, wow, this is not... this is the end. Like I can't keep going financially or emotionally, or, you know, I just don't have it in me physically. So, I mean, four months ago that happened. And before that it was MOBCON 2019. Everything that could have gone wrong, did go wrong. I mean everything. My card got declined checking into the hotel. And I was like, oh my gosh, like we are at our last penny to make this, you know, crazy thing happen. And it all worked out. We had so many members join because of that. We had so many amazing opportunities open. So yeah. But I would say every year, there's one major thing that I'm like, "okay, this is it." Passionistas: What advice would you give to a mother who wants to start her own business? Aria: Don't do it alone. Definitely, I mean, join us for a meetup. Join us in the community so that we can support you. You don't have to start... it's kind of like getting a head start, right? Because you have all of these moms championing you throughout the process and helping you with resources and, you know, getting you there quicker. And I think also, just starting with whatever you have. It doesn't have to be perfect. I think a lot of people want to wait until they're this, or they've accomplished this, or they read this book. But show up now with what you have and evolve in front of your audience. Like I sold out masterminds and sold out clients with Google forms before I even had a website, you know? So you can do it with whatever you have and the world is desperate for what you want to be bringing to life. There's people out there desperate for it. So go start showing up now. Passionistas: Thanks for listening to our hundredth episode and interview with Aria Leighty. To work with her as a coach and business mentor, visit arialeighty.com. To join her alliance of women owned businesses visit themobnation.com. Please visit thepassionistasproject.com to learn more about our podcast and subscription box, filled with products made by women owned businesses and female artisans to inspire you to follow your passion. And remember, this quarters box is a collaboration with The MOB Nation and features products from mom owned businesses. It's the perfect Mother's Day gift for the mother in your life, or a treat for yourself. Get a free mystery box with a one-year subscription using the code SPRINGGOODIES. And be sure to subscribe to The Passionistas Project Podcast so you don't miss any of our upcoming, inspiring guests. Until next time, stay well and stay passionate.
Submit your question to MOBcast RadioLearn more about the MOB Nation Join the MOB Attend a Virtual Meetup Sign up for the MOB email list and stay in the loop! ******About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences.******About the hostsAria Leighty - MOB Nation founder and CEOAria founded the MOB in 2012 in an effort to create a community and support group for fellow moms balancing their own businesses. She loves coffee, sunshine, glitter, and shoes. When she is not working, she loves spending time with her daughter, Keilani.Aria is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.www.arialeighty.comConnect with Aria - www.instagram.com/arialeighty****Gwen Montoya - MOB Nation COOGwen is a marketing strategist, speaker, and podcaster with a passion for working with small businesses. She is a single parent of two, a happy geek, voracious reader, and escapes to the beach whenever she can.www.gwenmontoya.comConnect with Gwen - www.instagram.com/gmontoyapdxGwen's podcast - Adventures in Marketing ****Mori Holt - MOB Nation VP of MembershipMori lives in Vancouver with her husband and their 3 young children.Connect with Mori - https://www.instagram.com/msmori46/
Submit your question to MOBcast RadioLearn more about the MOB Nation Join the MOB Attend a Virtual Meetup Sign up for the MOB email list and stay in the loop! Slow down blog post can be found here - https://www.gwenmontoya.com/blog/is-it-time-to-slow-down ******About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences.******About the hostGwen Montoya - MOB Nation COOGwen is a marketing strategist, speaker, and podcaster with a passion for working with small businesses. She is a single parent of two, a happy geek, voracious reader, and escapes to the beach whenever she can.www.gwenmontoya.comConnect with Gwen - www.instagram.com/gmontoyapdxGwen's podcast - Adventures in Marketing
Submit your question to MOBcast RadioLearn more about the MOB Nation Join the MOB Attend a Virtual Meetup Sign up for the MOB email list and stay in the loop! ******About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences.******About the hostsAria Leighty - MOB Nation founder and CEOAria founded the MOB in 2012 in an effort to create a community and support group for fellow moms balancing their own businesses. She loves coffee, sunshine, glitter, and shoes. When she is not working, she loves spending time with her daughter, Keilani.Aria is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.www.arialeighty.comConnect with Aria - www.instagram.com/arialeighty****Gwen Montoya - MOB Nation COOGwen is a marketing strategist, speaker, and podcaster with a passion for working with small businesses. She is a single parent of two, a happy geek, voracious reader, and escapes to the beach whenever she can.www.gwenmontoya.comConnect with Gwen - www.instagram.com/gmontoyapdxGwen's podcast - Adventures in Marketing ****Mori Holt - MOB Nation VP of MembershipMori lives in Vancouver with her husband and their 3 young children.Mori is the host of the upcoming The Real on Relationships podcast.Connect with Mori - https://www.instagram.com/msmori46/
Submit your question to MOBcast RadioLearn more about the MOB Nation Join the MOB Attend a Virtual Meetup Sign up for the MOB email list and stay in the loop! ******About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences.******About the hostsAria Leighty - MOB Nation founder and CEOAria founded the MOB in 2012 in an effort to create a community and support group for fellow moms balancing their own businesses. She loves coffee, sunshine, glitter, and shoes. When she is not working, she loves spending time with her daughter, Keilani.Aria is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.www.arialeighty.comConnect with Aria - www.instagram.com/arialeighty****Gwen Montoya - MOB Nation COOGwen is a marketing strategist, speaker, and podcaster with a passion for working with small businesses. She is a single parent of two, a happy geek, voracious reader, and escapes to the beach whenever she can.www.gwenmontoya.comConnect with Gwen - www.instagram.com/gmontoyapdxGwen's podcast - Adventures in Marketing ****Mori Holt - MOB Nation VP of MembershipMori lives in Vancouver with her husband and their 3 young children.Mori is the host of the upcoming The Real on Relationships podcast.Connect with Mori - https://www.instagram.com/msmori46/
About the hostAria Leighty - MOB Nation founder and CEOAria founded the MOB in 2012 in an effort to create a community and support group for fellow moms balancing their own businesses. She loves coffee, sunshine, glitter, and shoes. When she is not working, she loves spending time with her daughter, Keilani.Aria is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.www.arialeighty.com Learn more about the MOB Nation Join the MOB Attend a Virtual Meetup Sign up for the MOB email list and stay in the loop! Submit your question to MOBcast Radio******About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences.
Learn more about the MOB Nation Join the MOB Attend a Virtual Meetup Sign up for the MOB email list and stay in the loop! ******About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences..About the hostsAria Leighty - MOB Nation founder and CEOAria founded the MOB in 2012 in an effort to create a community and support group for fellow moms balancing their own businesses. She loves coffee, sunshine, glitter, and shoes. When she is not working, she loves spending time with her daughter, Keilani.Aria is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.www.arialeighty.comConnect with Aria - www.instagram.com/arialeighty****Gwen Montoya - MOB Nation COOGwen is a marketing strategist, speaker, and podcaster with a passion for working with small businesses. She is a single parent of two, a happy geek, voracious reader, and escapes to the beach whenever she can.www.gwenmontoya.comConnect with Gwen - www.instagram.com/gmontoyapdxGwen's podcast - Adventures in Marketing ****Mori Holt - MOB Nation VP of MembershipMori lives in Vancouver with her husband and their 3 young children.Mori is the host of the upcoming The Real on Relationships podcast.Connect with Mori - https://www.instagram.com/msmori46/
Mentioned in this episode:Wondergrade app for kids - learn more hereLearn more about the MOB Nation Join the MOB Attend a Virtual Meetup Sign up for the MOB email list and stay in the loop! ******About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences..About the hostsAria Leighty - MOB Nation founder and CEOAria founded the MOB in 2012 in an effort to create a community and support group for fellow moms balancing their own businesses. She loves coffee, sunshine, glitter, and shoes. When she is not working, she loves spending time with her daughter, Keilani.Aria is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.www.arialeighty.comConnect with Aria - www.instagram.com/arialeighty****Gwen Montoya - MOB Nation COOGwen is a marketing strategist, speaker, and podcaster with a passion for working with small businesses. She is a single parent of two, a happy geek, voracious reader, and escapes to the beach whenever she can.www.gwenmontoya.comConnect with Gwen - www.instagram.com/gmontoyapdxGwen's podcast - Adventures in Marketing ****Mori Holt - MOB Nation VP of MembershipMori lives in Vancouver with her husband and their 3 young children.Mori is the host of the upcoming The Real on Relationships podcast.Connect with Mori - https://www.instagram.com/msmori46/
Learn more about the MOB Nation Join the MOB Attend a Virtual Meetup Sign up for the MOB email list and stay in the loop! ******About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences..About the hostsAria Leighty - MOB Nation founder and CEOAria founded the MOB in 2012 in an effort to create a community and support group for fellow moms balancing their own businesses. She loves coffee, sunshine, glitter, and shoes. When she is not working, she loves spending time with her daughter, Keilani.Aria is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.www.arialeighty.comConnect with Aria - www.instagram.com/arialeighty****Gwen Montoya - MOB Nation COOGwen is a marketing strategist, speaker, and podcaster with a passion for working with small businesses. She is a single parent of two, a happy geek, voracious reader, and escapes to the beach whenever she can.www.gwenmontoya.comConnect with Gwen - www.instagram.com/gmontoyapdxGwen's podcast - Adventures in Marketing ****Mori Holt - MOB Nation VP of MembershipMori lives in Vancouver with her husband and their 3 young children.Mori is the host of the upcoming The Real on Relationships podcast.Connect with Mori - https://www.instagram.com/msmori46/
Learn more about the MOB Nation Join the MOB Attend a Virtual Meetup Sign up for the MOB email list and stay in the loop! ******About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences..About the hostsAria Leighty - MOB Nation founder and CEOAria founded the MOB in 2012 in an effort to create a community and support group for fellow moms balancing their own businesses. She loves coffee, sunshine, glitter, and shoes. When she is not working, she loves spending time with her daughter, Keilani.Aria is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.www.arialeighty.comConnect with Aria - www.instagram.com/arialeighty****Gwen Montoya - MOB Nation COOGwen is a marketing strategist, speaker, and podcaster with a passion for working with small businesses. She is a single parent of two, a happy geek, voracious reader, and escapes to the beach whenever she can.www.gwenmontoya.comConnect with Gwen - www.instagram.com/gmontoyapdxGwen's podcast - Adventures in Marketing ****Mori Holt - MOB Nation VP of MembershipMori lives in Vancouver with her husband and their 3 young children.Mori is the host of the upcoming The Real on Relationships podcast.Connect with Mori - https://www.instagram.com/msmori46/
Learn more about the MOB Nation Join the MOB Attend a Virtual Meetup Sign up for the MOB email list and stay in the loop! ******About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences..About the hostsAria Leighty - MOB Nation founder and CEOAria founded the MOB in 2012 in an effort to create a community and support group for fellow moms balancing their own businesses. She loves coffee, sunshine, glitter, and shoes. When she is not working, she loves spending time with her daughter, Keilani.Aria is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.www.arialeighty.comConnect with Aria - www.instagram.com/arialeighty****Gwen Montoya - MOB Nation COOGwen is a marketing strategist, speaker, and podcaster with a passion for working with small businesses. She is a single parent of two, a happy geek, voracious reader, and escapes to the beach whenever she can.www.gwenmontoya.comConnect with Gwen - www.instagram.com/gmontoyapdxGwen's podcast - Adventures in Marketing ****Mori Holt - MOB Nation VP of MembershipMori lives in Vancouver with her husband and their 3 young children.Mori is the host of the upcoming The Real on Relationships podcast.Connect with Mori - https://www.instagram.com/msmori46/
Learn more about the MOB Nation Join the MOB Attend a Virtual Meetup Sign up for the MOB email list and stay in the loop! ******About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences..About the hostsAria Leighty - MOB Nation founder and CEOAria founded the MOB in 2012 in an effort to create a community and support group for fellow moms balancing their own businesses. She loves coffee, sunshine, glitter, and shoes. When she is not working, she loves spending time with her daughter, Keilani.Aria is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.www.arialeighty.comConnect with Aria - www.instagram.com/arialeighty****Gwen Montoya - MOB Nation COOGwen is a marketing strategist, speaker, and podcaster with a passion for working with small businesses. She is a single parent of two, a happy geek, voracious reader, and escapes to the beach whenever she can.www.gwenmontoya.comConnect with Gwen - www.instagram.com/gmontoyapdxGwen's podcast - Adventures in Marketing ****Mori Holt - MOB Nation VP of MembershipMori lives in Vancouver with her husband and their 3 young children.Mori is the host of the upcoming The Real on Relationships podcast.Connect with Mori - https://www.instagram.com/msmori46/
This episode is sponsored by Karina's Noonday World Changers.Noonday isn't a typical jewelry company. To make a difference in some of the world's most vulnerable communities, Noonday partner's with Artisan Businesses to build a flourishing world through fair trade, empowering them to grow sustainably and to create dignified jobs for people who need them. Learn more.Check out the MOB Holiday Gift Guide here. In this episode Aria, Gwen, and Mori mentioned specific gifts - here's where you can find them!Gwen mentioned:Mermaid Scale fingerless gloves from Sarsey SeamsSoup Cozy's from Heather's TreasuresMoon Calendar from Lea K Tawd Artist Aria mentioned:F-Bomb wine glasses from Fancy ThatNarwhal from Willowsong CreativeCandles from Light and GlowTower Garden from Jamie BishoffMori mentioned:Customized table decorations from Purple Girl Creative Learn more about the MOB Nation Join the MOB Attend a Virtual Meetup Sign up for the MOB email list and stay in the loop! ******About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences..About the hostsAria Leighty - MOB Nation founder and CEOAria founded the MOB in 2012 in an effort to create a community and support group for fellow moms balancing their own businesses. She loves coffee, sunshine, glitter, and shoes. When she is not working, she loves spending time with her daughter, Keilani.Aria is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.www.arialeighty.comConnect with Aria - www.instagram.com/arialeighty****Gwen Montoya - MOB Nation COOGwen is a marketing strategist, speaker, and podcaster with a passion for working with small businesses. She is a single parent of two, a happy geek, voracious reader, and escapes to the beach whenever she can.www.gwenmontoya.comConnect with Gwen - www.instagram.com/gmontoyapdxGwen's podcast - Adventures in Marketing ****Mori Holt - MOB Nation VP of MembershipMori lives in Vancouver with her husband and their 3 young children.Mori is the host of the upcoming The Real on Relationships podcast.Connect with Mori - https://www.instagram.com/msmori46/
About the hostAria Leighty - MOB Nation founder and CEOAria founded the MOB in 2012 in an effort to create a community and support group for fellow moms balancing their own businesses. She loves coffee, sunshine, glitter, and shoes. When she is not working, she loves spending time with her daughter, Keilani.Aria is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.www.arialeighty.com Learn more about the MOB Nation Join the MOB - Enrollment re-opens October 2021Attend a Virtual Meetup Sign up for the MOB email list and stay in the loop! ******About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences.
Join the MOB Attend a Virtual Meetup Sign up for the MOB email list and stay in the loop! ******About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences..About the hostsAria Leighty - MOB Nation founder and CEOAria founded the MOB in 2012 in an effort to create a community and support group for fellow moms balancing their own businesses. She loves coffee, sunshine, glitter, and shoes. When she is not working, she loves spending time with her daughter, Keilani.Aria is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.www.arialeighty.comConnect with Aria - www.instagram.com/arialeighty****Gwen Montoya - MOB Nation COOGwen is a marketing strategist, speaker, and podcaster with a passion for working with small businesses. She is a single parent of two, a happy geek, voracious reader, and escapes to the beach whenever she can.www.gwenmontoya.comConnect with Gwen - www.instagram.com/gmontoyapdxGwen's podcast - Adventures in Marketing ****Mori Holt - MOB Nation VP of MembershipMori lives in Vancouver with her husband and their 3 young children.Mori is the host of the upcoming The Real on Relationships podcast.Connect with Mori - https://www.instagram.com/msmori46/
This episode is sponsored by Healistic Reserve - Lunar Bath Rituals for Holistic Healing of the Body, Mind, & SpiritLunar Bath Rituals are for everyone. Immerse yourself in a spiritual nontoxic bath experience, including a bath Bomb, scrub, body butter, essential oil roller, relevant crystal, affirmation card, ritual outline, and reiki-infused guided meditation. For more information, visit healisticreserve.com*******Learn more about the MOB Nation Join the MOB Attend a Virtual Meetup Sign up for the MOB email list and stay in the loop! ******About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences..About the hostsAria Leighty - MOB Nation founder and CEOAria founded the MOB in 2012 in an effort to create a community and support group for fellow moms balancing their own businesses. She loves coffee, sunshine, glitter, and shoes. When she is not working, she loves spending time with her daughter, Keilani.Aria is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.www.arialeighty.comConnect with Aria - www.instagram.com/arialeighty****Gwen Montoya - MOB Nation COOGwen is a marketing strategist, speaker, and podcaster with a passion for working with small businesses. She is a single parent of two, a happy geek, voracious reader, and escapes to the beach whenever she can.www.gwenmontoya.comConnect with Gwen - www.instagram.com/gmontoyapdxGwen's podcast - Adventures in Marketing ****Mori Holt - MOB Nation VP of MembershipMori lives in Vancouver with her husband and their 3 young children.Mori is the host of the upcoming The Real on Relationships podcast.Connect with Mori - https://www.instagram.com/msmori46/
Listen to Gwen's podcast episode about how to promote your business without using social mediaLearn more about the MOB Nation Join the MOB Attend a Virtual Meetup Sign up for the MOB email list and stay in the loop! ******About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences..About the hostsAria Leighty - MOB Nation founder and CEOAria founded the MOB in 2012 in an effort to create a community and support group for fellow moms balancing their own businesses. She loves coffee, sunshine, glitter, and shoes. When she is not working, she loves spending time with her daughter, Keilani.Aria is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.www.arialeighty.comConnect with Aria - www.instagram.com/arialeighty****Gwen Montoya - MOB Nation COOGwen is a marketing strategist, speaker, and podcaster with a passion for working with small businesses. She is a single parent of two, a happy geek, voracious reader, and escapes to the beach whenever she can.www.gwenmontoya.comConnect with Gwen - www.instagram.com/gmontoyapdxGwen's podcast - Adventures in Marketing ****Mori Holt - MOB Nation VP of MembershipMori lives in Vancouver with her husband and their 3 young children.Mori is the host of the upcoming The Real on Relationships podcast.Connect with Mori - https://www.instagram.com/msmori46/
About the hostAria Leighty - MOB Nation founder and CEOAria founded the MOB in 2012 in an effort to create a community and support group for fellow moms balancing their own businesses. She loves coffee, sunshine, glitter, and shoes. When she is not working, she loves spending time with her daughter, Keilani.Aria is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.www.arialeighty.com Learn more about the MOB Nation Join the MOB - Enrollment re-opens October 2021Attend a Virtual Meetup Sign up for the MOB email list and stay in the loop! ******About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences.
This episode is sponsored by Aubrey Martin of Martin Family Real Estate - Go Home Happy! Connect with Aubrey on Instagram here.Learn more about the MOB Nation Join the MOB - Enrollment re-opens October 2021Attend a Virtual Meetup Sign up for the MOB email list and stay in the loop! ******About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences..About the hostsAria Leighty - MOB Nation founder and CEOAria founded the MOB in 2012 in an effort to create a community and support group for fellow moms balancing their own businesses. She loves coffee, sunshine, glitter, and shoes. When she is not working, she loves spending time with her daughter, Keilani.Aria is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.www.arialeighty.comConnect with Aria - www.instagram.com/arialeighty****Gwen Montoya - MOB Nation COOGwen is a marketing strategist, speaker, and podcaster with a passion for working with small businesses. She is a single parent of two, a happy geek, voracious reader, and escapes to the beach whenever she can.www.gwenmontoya.comConnect with Gwen - www.instagram.com/gmontoyapdxGwen's podcast - Adventures in Marketing ****Mori Holt - MOB Nation VP of MembershipMori lives in Vancouver with her husband and their 3 young children.Mori is the host of the upcoming The Real on Relationships podcast.Connect with Mori - https://www.instagram.com/msmori46/
This episode is sponsored by AstroArtistry - join the ComMOONity to elevate your life, find your purpose, and reconnect with the moon's magic! Join hereLearn more about the MOB Nation Join the MOB - Enrollment re-opens October 2021Attend a Virtual Meetup Sign up for the MOB email list and stay in the loop! ******About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences..About the hostsAria Leighty - MOB Nation founder and CEOAria founded the MOB in 2012 in an effort to create a community and support group for fellow moms balancing their own businesses. She loves coffee, sunshine, glitter, and shoes. When she is not working, she loves spending time with her daughter, Keilani.Aria is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.www.arialeighty.comConnect with Aria - www.instagram.com/arialeighty****Gwen Montoya - MOB Nation COOGwen is a marketing strategist, speaker, and podcaster with a passion for working with small businesses. She is a single parent of two, a happy geek, voracious reader, and escapes to the beach whenever she can.www.gwenmontoya.comConnect with Gwen - www.instagram.com/gmontoyapdxGwen's podcast - Adventures in Marketing ****Mori Holt - MOB Nation VP of MembershipMori lives in Vancouver with her husband and their 3 young children.Mori is the host of the upcoming The Real on Relationships podcast.Connect with Mori - https://www.instagram.com/msmori46/
This episode is sponsored by Run Empowered - Discover confidence, fun and longevity as you run through your 40s, 50s, and beyond. We build runners for life.Watch the announcement video here (link will open in Instagram)Learn more about the MOB Nation Join the MOB - Enrollment re-opens October 2021Attend a Virtual Meetup Sign up for the MOB email list and stay in the loop! ******About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences..About the hostsAria Leighty - MOB Nation founder and CEOAria founded the MOB in 2012 in an effort to create a community and support group for fellow moms balancing their own businesses. Aria loves coffee, sunshine, glitter, and shoes. When she is not working, she loves spending time with her daughter, Keilani.Aria is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.www.arialeighty.comConnect with Aria - www.instagram.com/arialeighty****Gwen Montoya - MOB Nation COOGwen is a marketing strategist, speaker, and podcaster with a passion for working with small businesses.Gwen is a single parent of two, a happy geek, voracious reader, and escapes to the beach whenever she can.www.gwenmontoya.comConnect with Gwen - www.instagram.com/gmontoyapdxGwen's podcast - Adventures in Marketing ****Mori Holt - MOB Nation VP of MembershipMori lives in Vancouver with her husband and their 3 young children.Mori is the host of the upcoming The Real on Relationships podcast.Connect with Mori - https://www.instagram.com/msmori46/
Learn more about the MOB Nation at www.themobnation.comOr email Mori directly at mori@themobnation.comJoin the MOB - www.themobnation.com/joinAttend a Meetup - www.eventbrite.com/o/virtual-meetups-20106574649About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences..About the host:Mori Holt - MOB Nation VP of MembershipMori lives in Vancouver with her husband and their 3 young children.Connect with Mori - https://www.instagram.com/msmori46/
Learn more about the MOB Nation at www.themobnation.comJoin the MOB - www.themobnation.com/joinAttend a Meetup - www.eventbrite.com/o/virtual-meetups-20106574649About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences..About the hostsAria Leighty - MOB Nation founder and CEOAria founded the MOB in 2012 in an effort to create a community and support group for fellow moms balancing their own businesses. Aria loves coffee, sunshine, glitter, and shoes. When she is not working, she loves spending time with her daughter, Keilani.Aria is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.www.arialeighty.comConnect with Aria - www.instagram.com/arialeightyGwen Montoya - MOB Nation COOGwen is a marketing strategist, speaker, and podcaster with a passion for working with small businesses.Gwen is a single parent of two, a happy geek, voracious reader, and escapes to the beach whenever she can.www.gwenmontoya.comConnect with Gwen - www.instagram.com/gmontoyapdxGwen's podcast - Adventures in Marketing Mori Holt - MOB Nation VP of MembershipMori lives in Vancouver with her husband and their 3 young children.Connect with Mori - https://www.instagram.com/msmori46/
Learn more about the MOB Nation at www.themobnation.comJoin the MOB - www.themobnation.com/joinAttend a Meetup - www.eventbrite.com/o/virtual-meetups-20106574649About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences..About the hostsAria Leighty - MOB Nation founder and CEOAria founded the MOB in 2012 in an effort to create a community and support group for fellow moms balancing their own businesses. Aria loves coffee, sunshine, glitter, and shoes. When she is not working, she loves spending time with her daughter, Keilani.Aria is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.www.arialeighty.comConnect with Aria - www.instagram.com/arialeightyGwen Montoya - MOB Nation COOGwen is a marketing strategist, speaker, and podcaster with a passion for working with small businesses.Gwen is a single parent of two, a happy geek, voracious reader, and escapes to the beach whenever she can.www.gwenmontoya.comConnect with Gwen - www.instagram.com/gmontoyapdxGwen's podcast - Adventures in Marketing Mori Holt - MOB Nation VP of MembershipMori lives in Vancouver with her husband and their 3 young children.Connect with Mori - https://www.instagram.com/msmori46/
Gwen's "What We Learn from Failure" podcastGwen's You Are Going to Fail blog post****Learn more about the MOB Nation at www.themobnation.comJoin the MOB - www.themobnation.com/joinAttend a Meetup - www.eventbrite.com/o/virtual-meetups-20106574649About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences..About the hostsAria Leighty - MOB Nation founder and CEOAria founded the MOB in 2012 in an effort to create a community and support group for fellow moms balancing their own businesses. Aria loves coffee, sunshine, glitter, and shoes. When she is not working, she loves spending time with her daughter, Keilani.Aria is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.www.arialeighty.comConnect with Aria - www.instagram.com/arialeightyGwen Montoya - MOB Nation COOGwen is a marketing strategist, speaker, and podcaster with a passion for working with small businesses.Gwen is a single parent of two, a happy geek, voracious reader, and escapes to the beach whenever she can.www.gwenmontoya.comConnect with Gwen - www.instagram.com/gmontoyapdxGwen's podcast - Adventures in Marketing Mori Holt - MOB Nation VP of MembershipMori lives in Vancouver with her husband and their 3 young children.Connect with Mori - https://www.instagram.com/msmori46/
Learn more about the MOB Nation at www.themobnation.comOr email Mori directly at mori@themobnation.com Join the MOB - www.themobnation.com/joinAttend a Meetup - www.eventbrite.com/o/virtual-meetups-20106574649About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences..About the host:Mori Holt - MOB Nation VP of MembershipMori lives in Vancouver with her husband and their 3 young children.Connect with Mori - https://www.instagram.com/msmori46/
Learn more about the MOB Nation at www.themobnation.comJoin the MOB - www.themobnation.com/joinAttend a Meetup - www.eventbrite.com/o/virtual-meetups-20106574649About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences..About the hostsAria Leighty - MOB Nation founder and CEOAria founded the MOB in 2012 in an effort to create a community and support group for fellow moms balancing their own businesses. Aria loves coffee, sunshine, glitter, and shoes. When she is not working, she loves spending time with her daughter, Keilani.Aria is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.www.arialeighty.comConnect with Aria - www.instagram.com/arialeightyGwen Montoya - MOB Nation COOGwen is a marketing strategist, speaker, and podcaster with a passion for working with small businesses.Gwen is a single parent of two, a happy geek, voracious reader, and escapes to the beach whenever she can.www.gwenmontoya.comConnect with Gwen - www.instagram.com/gmontoyapdxGwen's podcast - Adventures in Marketing Mori Holt - MOB Nation VP of MembershipMori lives in Vancouver with her husband and their 3 young children.Connect with Mori - https://www.instagram.com/msmori46/
What does giving and receiving support really look like? In the episode Aria, Mori, and Gwen share what real support, boundaries, and acceptance look like. Learn more about the MOB Nation at www.themobnation.comJoin the MOB - www.themobnation.com/joinAttend a Meetup - www.eventbrite.com/o/virtual-meetups-20106574649About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences..About the hostsAria Leighty - MOB Nation founder and CEOAria founded the MOB in 2012 in an effort to create a community and support group for fellow moms balancing their own businesses. Aria loves coffee, sunshine, glitter, and shoes. When she is not working, she loves spending time with her daughter, Keilani.Aria is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.www.arialeighty.comConnect with Aria - www.instagram.com/arialeightyGwen Montoya - MOB Nation COOGwen is a marketing strategist, speaker, and podcaster with a passion for working with small businesses.Gwen is a single parent of two, a happy geek, voracious reader, and escapes to the beach whenever she can.www.gwenmontoya.comConnect with Gwen - www.instagram.com/gmontoyapdxGwen's podcast - Adventures in Marketing Mori Holt - MOB Nation VP of MembershipMori lives in Vancouver with her husband and their 3 young children.Connect with Mori - https://www.instagram.com/msmori46/
In this episode, Aria interviews Vlad Bahtjak, founder of Inadot. Inadot is a platform that focuses on connection and community without the distractions. Learn more about Inadot hereFollow Inadot on Instagram at @inadot_appLearn more about the MOB Nation at www.themobnation.comJoin the MOB - www.themobnation.com/joinAttend a Meetup - www.eventbrite.com/o/virtual-meetups-20106574649About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences..About the host:Aria Leighty - MOB Nation founder and CEOAria founded the MOB in 2012 in an effort to create a community and support group for fellow moms balancing their own businesses. Aria loves coffee, sunshine, glitter, and shoes. When she is not working, she loves spending time with her daughter, Keilani.Aria is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.www.arialeighty.comConnect with Aria - www.instagram.com/arialeighty
In this episode Gwen asks Mori and Aria about their experiences in direct sales. Mori and Aria share tips and ideas for getting the most out of being part of a direct sales company.Aria's favorite products -Mary Kay makeup Color Street nail stripsArbonne body scrubsGwen's favorite products - Pure Haven lemon sugar scrubEpicure meal helpersStella & Dot jewelry Mori's favorite products -Noonday jewelryBeautyCounter face wipesIsagenix collagen elixirNorwex View all MOB Alliance direct sales listingsLearn more about the MOB Nation at www.themobnation.comJoin the MOB - www.themobnation.com/joinAttend a Meetup - www.eventbrite.com/o/virtual-meetups-20106574649About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences..About the hostsAria Leighty - MOB Nation founder and CEOAria founded the MOB in 2012 in an effort to create a community and support group for fellow moms balancing their own businesses. Aria loves coffee, sunshine, glitter, and shoes. When she is not working, she loves spending time with her daughter, Keilani.Aria is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.www.arialeighty.comConnect with Aria - www.instagram.com/arialeightyGwen Montoya - MOB Nation COOGwen is a marketing strategist, speaker, and podcaster with a passion for working with small businesses.Gwen is a single parent of two, a happy geek, voracious reader, and escapes to the beach whenever she can.www.gwenmontoya.comConnect with Gwen - www.instagram.com/gmontoyapdxGwen's podcast - Adventures in Marketing Mori Holt - MOB Nation VP of MembershipMori lives in Vancouver with her husband and their 3 young children.Connect with Mori - https://www.instagram.com/msmori46/
In this episode, Aria interviews Liv Chapman, co-founder & COO Inner Glow Circle, the only all women, all virtual accredited coaching certification program.Learn more about Inner Glow Circle here Access the free Inner Glow Circle trainings Liv mentioned during the podcast hereFollow Inner Glow Circle on Instagram at @innerglowcircle and @thelivchapmanLearn more about the MOB Nation at www.themobnation.comJoin the MOB - www.themobnation.com/joinAttend a Meetup - www.eventbrite.com/o/virtual-meetups-20106574649About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences..About the host:Aria Leighty - MOB Nation founder and CEOAria founded the MOB in 2012 in an effort to create a community and support group for fellow moms balancing their own businesses. Aria loves coffee, sunshine, glitter, and shoes. When she is not working, she loves spending time with her daughter, Keilani.Aria is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.www.arialeighty.comConnect with Aria - www.instagram.com/arialeighty
In this episode, we talk about how to rediscover your spark and get excited about your business again.Learn more about the MOB Nation at www.themobnation.comJoin the MOB - www.themobnation.com/joinAttend a Meetup - www.eventbrite.com/o/virtual-meetups-20106574649About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences..About the hostsAria Leighty - MOB Nation founder and CEOAria founded the MOB in 2012 in an effort to create a community and support group for fellow moms balancing their own businesses. Aria loves coffee, sunshine, glitter, and shoes. When she is not working, she loves spending time with her daughter, Keilani.Aria is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.www.arialeighty.comConnect with Aria - www.instagram.com/arialeightyGwen Montoya - MOB Nation COOGwen is a marketing strategist, speaker, and podcaster with a passion for working with small businesses.Gwen is a single parent of two, a happy geek, voracious reader, and escapes to the beach whenever she can.www.gwenmontoya.comConnect with Gwen - www.instagram.com/gmontoyapdxGwen's podcast - Adventures in Marketing Mori Holt - MOB Nation VP of MembershipMori lives in Vancouver with her husband and their 3 young children.Connect with Mori - https://www.instagram.com/msmori46/
In this episode, Aria and Gwen answer questions about social media and how to do it in a way that won't make you hyperventilate!Learn more about the MOB Nation at www.themobnation.comJoin the MOB - www.themobnation.com/joinAttend a Meetup - www.eventbrite.com/o/virtual-meetups-20106574649About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences..About the hostsAria Leighty - MOB Nation founder and CEOAria founded the MOB in 2012 in an effort to create a community and support group for fellow moms balancing their own businesses. Aria loves coffee, sunshine, glitter, and shoes. When she is not working, she loves spending time with her daughter, Keilani.Aria is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.www.arialeighty.comConnect with Aria - www.instagram.com/arialeightyGwen Montoya - MOB Nation COOGwen is a marketing strategist, speaker, and podcaster with a passion for working with small businesses.Gwen is a single parent of two, a happy geek, voracious reader, and escapes to the beach whenever she can.www.gwenmontoya.comConnect with Gwen - www.instagram.com/gmontoyapdxGwen's podcast - Adventures in Marketing Mori Holt - MOB Nation VP of MembershipMori lives in Vancouver with her husband and their 3 young children.Connect with Mori - https://www.instagram.com/msmori46/
Join Aria, Gwen, and Mori as they talk about what mom business owners need and why stereotypes of mom business owners are so frustrating. We know MOBs need more than just bath bombs and coffee, but if you're looking for those - shop the MOB directory and support mom business owners building their businesses! www.theresamobforthat.com Learn more about the MOB Nation at www.themobnation.comJoin the MOB - www.themobnation.com/joinAttend a Meetup - www.eventbrite.com/o/virtual-meetups-20106574649About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences..About the hostsAria Leighty - MOB Nation founder and CEOAria founded the MOB in 2012 in an effort to create a community and support group for fellow moms balancing their own businesses. Aria loves coffee, sunshine, glitter, and shoes. When she is not working, she loves spending time with her daughter, Keilani.Aria is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.www.arialeighty.comConnect with Aria - www.instagram.com/arialeightyGwen Montoya - MOB Nation COOGwen is a marketing strategist, speaker, and podcaster with a passion for working with small businesses.Gwen is a single parent of two, a happy geek, voracious reader, and escapes to the beach whenever she can.www.gwenmontoya.comConnect with Gwen - www.instagram.com/gmontoyapdxGwen's podcast - Adventures in Marketing Mori Holt - MOB Nation VP of MembershipMori lives in Vancouver with her husband and their 3 young children.Connect with Mori - https://www.instagram.com/msmori46/
Join Aria, Gwen, and Mori as they talk about juggling motherhood and business and owning imperfect perfection. During this episode Gwen and Aria shared two great books you don't want to miss!Love More: 50+ Ways to Build Joy Into Childhood by Shannon LoucksConnect with Courage: Practical Ways to Release Fear and Find Joy in the Places Your Children Take YouLearn more about the MOB Nation at www.themobnation.comJoin the MOB - www.themobnation.com/joinAttend a Meetup - www.eventbrite.com/o/virtual-meetups-20106574649About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences..About the hostsAria Leighty - MOB Nation founder and CEOAria founded the MOB in 2012 in an effort to create a community and support group for fellow moms balancing their own businesses. Aria loves coffee, sunshine, glitter, and shoes. When she is not working, she loves spending time with her daughter, Keilani.Aria is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.www.arialeighty.comConnect with Aria - www.instagram.com/arialeightyGwen Montoya - MOB Nation COOGwen is a marketing strategist, speaker, and podcaster with a passion for working with small businesses.Gwen is a single parent of two, a happy geek, voracious reader, and escapes to the beach whenever she can.www.gwenmontoya.comConnect with Gwen - www.instagram.com/gmontoyapdxGwen's podcast - Adventures in Marketing Mori Holt - MOB Nation VP of MembershipMori lives in Vancouver with her husband and their 3 young children.Connect with Mori - https://www.instagram.com/msmori46/
It has been a wild ride since the MOB Alliance was launched in 2016! Learn more about the MOB Nation at www.themobnation.comJoin the MOB - www.themobnation.com/joinAttend a Meetup - www.eventbrite.com/o/virtual-meetups-20106574649About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences..About the hostsAria Leighty - MOB Nation founder and CEOAria founded the MOB in 2012 in an effort to create a community and support group for fellow moms balancing their own businesses. Aria loves coffee, sunshine, glitter, and shoes. When she is not working, she loves spending time with her daughter, Keilani.Aria is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.www.arialeighty.comConnect with Aria - www.instagram.com/arialeightyGwen Montoya - MOB Nation COOGwen is a marketing strategist, speaker, and podcaster with a passion for working with small businesses.Gwen is a single parent of two, a happy geek, voracious reader, and escapes to the beach whenever she can.www.gwenmontoya.comConnect with Gwen - www.instagram.com/gmontoyapdxGwen's podcast - Adventures in Marketing Mori Holt - MOB Nation VP of MembershipMori lives in Vancouver with her husband and their 3 young children.Connect with Mori - https://www.instagram.com/msmori46/
Join Aria, Gwen, and Mori as they share apps and tools to help mom business owners!Learn more about the MOB Nation at www.themobnation.comJoin the MOB - www.themobnation.com/joinAttend a Meetup - www.eventbrite.com/o/virtual-meetups-20106574649About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences..About the hostsAria Leighty - MOB Nation founder and CEOAria founded the MOB in 2012 in an effort to create a community and support group for fellow moms balancing their own businesses. Aria loves coffee, sunshine, glitter, and shoes. When she is not working, she loves spending time with her daughter, Keilani.Aria is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.www.arialeighty.comConnect with Aria - www.instagram.com/arialeightyGwen Montoya - MOB Nation COOGwen is a marketing strategist, speaker, and podcaster with a passion for working with small businesses.Gwen is a single parent of two, a happy geek, voracious reader, and escapes to the beach whenever she can.www.gwenmontoya.comConnect with Gwen - www.instagram.com/gmontoyapdxGwen's podcast - Adventures in Marketing Mori Holt - MOB Nation VP of MembershipMori lives in Vancouver with her husband and their 3 young children.Connect with Mori - https://www.instagram.com/msmori46/
Join Aria, Gwen, and Mori as they share networking horror stories and discuss the value of relationship-centered networking.Gwen's Networking Tips podcast can be found here.Learn more about the MOB Nation at www.themobnation.comJoin the MOB - www.themobnation.com/joinAttend a Meetup - www.eventbrite.com/o/virtual-meetups-20106574649About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences..About the hostsAria Leighty - MOB Nation founder and CEOAria founded the MOB in 2012 in an effort to create a community and support group for fellow moms balancing their own businesses. Aria loves coffee, sunshine, glitter, and shoes. When she is not working, she loves spending time with her daughter, Keilani.Aria is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.www.arialeighty.comConnect with Aria - www.instagram.com/arialeightyGwen Montoya - MOB Nation COOGwen is a marketing strategist, speaker, and podcaster with a passion for working with small businesses.Gwen is a single parent of two, a happy geek, voracious reader, and escapes to the beach whenever she can.www.gwenmontoya.comConnect with Gwen - www.instagram.com/gmontoyapdxGwen's podcast - Adventures in Marketing Mori Holt - MOB Nation VP of MembershipMori lives in Vancouver with her husband and their 3 young children.Connect with Mori - https://www.instagram.com/msmori46/
Join Aria, Gwen, and Mori as they share networking horror stories and discuss the value of relationship-centered networking.Gwen's Networking Tips podcast can be found here.Learn more about the MOB Nation at www.themobnation.comJoin the MOB - www.themobnation.com/joinAttend a Meetup - www.eventbrite.com/o/virtual-meetups-20106574649About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences..About the hostsAria Leighty - MOB Nation founder and CEOAria founded the MOB in 2012 in an effort to create a community and support group for fellow moms balancing their own businesses. Aria loves coffee, sunshine, glitter, and shoes. When she is not working, she loves spending time with her daughter, Keilani.Aria is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.www.arialeighty.comConnect with Aria - www.instagram.com/arialeightyGwen Montoya - MOB Nation COOGwen is a marketing strategist, speaker, and podcaster with a passion for working with small businesses.Gwen is a single parent of two, a happy geek, voracious reader, and escapes to the beach whenever she can.www.gwenmontoya.comConnect with Gwen - www.instagram.com/gmontoyapdxGwen's podcast - Adventures in Marketing Mori Holt - MOB Nation VP of MembershipMori lives in Vancouver with her husband and their 3 young children.Connect with Mori - https://www.instagram.com/msmori46/
Join Aria, Gwen, and Mori as they share why money matters and the impact changing your money story has on your business. A huge thank you to our MOBCON Mini: Money Matters sponsor, Kristen David, founder of Upleveling Your Business. You can purchase her book here.Aria's Money & Mindset Couse can be found here.Connect with Colleen Salchow (she helps you talk to your kids about money) here.Gwen's podcast episode - Why Asking "What Would You Pay for This" is a Terrible IdeaGwen's blog post about pricing can be found here.Learn more about the MOB Nation at www.themobnation.comJoin the MOB - www.themobnation.com/joinAttend a Meetup - www.eventbrite.com/o/virtual-meetups-20106574649About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences..About the hostsAria Leighty - MOB Nation founder and CEOAria founded the MOB in 2012 in an effort to create a community and support group for fellow moms balancing their own businesses. Aria loves coffee, sunshine, glitter, and shoes. When she is not working, she loves spending time with her daughter, Keilani.Aria is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.www.arialeighty.comConnect with Aria - www.instagram.com/arialeightyGwen Montoya - MOB Nation COOGwen is a marketing strategist, speaker, and podcaster with a passion for working with small businesses.Gwen is a single parent of two, a happy geek, voracious reader, and escapes to the beach whenever she can.www.gwenmontoya.comConnect with Gwen - www.instagram.com/gmontoyapdxGwen's podcast - Adventures in Marketing Mori Holt - MOB Nation VP of MembershipMori lives in Vancouver with her husband and their 3 young children.Connect with Mori - https://www.instagram.com/msmori46/
Join Aria, Gwen, and Mori as they talk about the MOB's commitment to building relationships over sharing sales pitches and the impact that has helping businesses grow.Aria shares an amazing testimonial from MOB member Annemarie Ketterman, owner of Whimsy Burrow Children's Resale Boutique.Learn more about the MOB Nation at www.themobnation.comJoin the MOB - www.themobnation.com/joinAttend a Meetup - www.eventbrite.com/o/virtual-meetups-20106574649About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences..About the hostsAria Leighty - MOB Nation founder and CEOAria founded the MOB in 2012 in an effort to create a community and support group for fellow moms balancing their own businesses. Aria loves coffee, sunshine, glitter, and shoes. When she is not working, she loves spending time with her daughter, Keilani.Aria is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.www.arialeighty.comConnect with Aria - www.instagram.com/arialeightyGwen Montoya - MOB Nation COOGwen is a marketing strategist, speaker, and podcaster with a passion for working with small businesses.Gwen is a single parent of two, a happy geek, voracious reader, and escapes to the beach whenever she can.www.gwenmontoya.comConnect with Gwen - www.instagram.com/gmontoyapdxGwen's podcast - Adventures in Marketing Mori Holt - MOB Nation VP of MembershipMori lives in Vancouver with her husband and their 3 young children.Connect with Mori - https://www.instagram.com/msmori46/
In this episode Aria, Gwen, and Mori discuss the myth of balance and how the expectation of balance is unrealistic.We shout out the power of hiring a virtual assistant in this episode - you can find a virtual assistant to help you on the MOB Nation directory.A huge thank you to our sponsor for this episode, Kristen David, founder of Upleveling Your Business. Learn more about how Kristen and her team can help you scale your business at the link! https://www.uplevelingyourbusiness.com/ Learn more about the MOB Nation at www.themobnation.comJoin the MOB - www.themobnation.com/joinAttend a Meetup - www.eventbrite.com/o/virtual-meetups-20106574649About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences..About the hostsAria Leighty - MOB Nation founder and CEOAria founded the MOB in 2012 in an effort to create a community and support group for fellow moms balancing their own businesses. Aria loves coffee, sunshine, glitter, and shoes. When she is not working, she loves spending time with her daughter, Keilani.Aria is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.www.arialeighty.comConnect with Aria - www.instagram.com/arialeightyGwen Montoya - MOB Nation COOGwen is a marketing strategist, speaker, and podcaster with a passion for working with small businesses.Gwen is a single parent of two, a happy geek, voracious reader, and escapes to the beach whenever she can.www.gwenmontoya.comConnect with Gwen - www.instagram.com/gmontoyapdxGwen's podcast - Adventures in Marketing Mori Holt - VP of MembershipMori lives in Vancouver with her husband and their 3 young children.Connect with Mori - https://www.instagram.com/msmori46/
In this episode Aria, Gwen, and Mori discuss how important it is for mom business owners to flip the script in their lives and the impact it can have.Learn more about the MOB Nation at www.themobnation.comJoin the MOB - www.themobnation.com/joinAttend a Meetup - www.eventbrite.com/o/virtual-meetups-20106574649About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences..About the hostsAria Leighty - MOB Nation founder and CEOAria founded the MOB in 2012 in an effort to create a community and support group for fellow moms balancing their own businesses. Aria loves coffee, sunshine, glitter, and shoes. When she is not working, she loves spending time with her daughter, Keilani.Aria is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.www.arialeighty.comConnect with Aria - www.instagram.com/arialeightyGwen Montoya - MOB Nation COOGwen is a marketing strategist, speaker, and podcaster with a passion for working with small businesses.Gwen is a single parent of two, a happy geek, voracious reader, and escapes to the beach whenever she can.www.gwenmontoya.comConnect with Gwen - www.instagram.com/gmontoyapdxGwen's podcast - Adventures in Marketing Mori Holt - VP of MembershipMori lives in Vancouver with her husband and their 3 young children.Connect with Mori - https://www.instagram.com/msmori46/
In this episode Aria, Gwen, and Mori chat about the challenges of being a mom business owner, the value of community, and talk about how the MOB micro economy is changing women's lives.Learn more about the MOB Nation at www.themobnation.comJoin the MOB - www.themobnation.com/joinAttend a Meetup - www.eventbrite.com/o/virtual-meetups-20106574649About the MOB NationThe MOB Nation was created to give mom-owned businesses increased visibility and opportunities to learn from each other, network, share information, and get support from other women who juggle owning a business and being a mom.The MOB has won several awards including a 2016 SCORE Small Business Championship, a 2018 nomination from Oregon Entrepreneurial Network as a Game Changer, a 2018 American Express Small Business Champion award, and 2020 Mum-Owned Business of the Year from EYMA.The MOB holds 8-10 virtual Meetups each month as well as MOBCON, the national conference for mom business owners, and MOBCON Mini quarterly conferences..About the hostsAria Leighty - MOB Nation founder and CEOAria founded the MOB in 2012 in an effort to create a community and support group for fellow moms balancing their own businesses. Aria loves coffee, sunshine, glitter, and shoes. When she is not working, she loves spending time with her daughter, Keilani.Aria is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.www.arialeighty.comConnect with Aria - www.instagram.com/arialeightyGwen Montoya - MOB Nation COOGwen is a marketing strategist, speaker, and podcaster with a passion for working with small businesses.Gwen is a single parent of two, a happy geek, voracious reader, and escapes to the beach whenever she can.www.gwenmontoya.comConnect with Gwen - www.instagram.com/gmontoyapdxGwen's podcast - Adventures in Marketing Mori Holt - VP of MembershipMori lives in Vancouver with her husband and their 3 young children.Connect with Mori - https://www.instagram.com/msmori46/
If you're feeling overwhelmed with social media, tired of algorithms, and wondering if it is possible to still grow your business without social media, this is the episode you're looking for!In this episode I talk about MOB networking - see upcoming meetups here.I also talk about MOBCON (happening September 27th & 28th). Learn more about MOBCON here and use THIS LINK to get $10 off your ticket. Tickets are $149 for general admission and $99 for MOBAlliance members. This conference has over 20 breakout session speakers, networking, a Marco Polo channel for connecting with speakers and other attendees before and after the event - so if you're looking to grow your business - this conference is a great investment.The companion Pinterest board for this episode can be found here.And, finally, a shoutout to Emily Jones of Free Spirit Coaching for the inspiration to create this episode. Emily is a trauma-informed life coach and you can learn more about her here.Have questions or a topic you'd like to me talk about on the podcast? Email me! gwen@gwenmontoya.comJoin my membership group here - www.gwenmontoya.com/membershipSign up for my email list here.
Runnin Wild, Lost Control! On tonight’s first episode of Nightcap’s “Summer Lovin” series we put on our heels and start up the band with Billy Wilder’s Some Like It Hot. We wanna be loved by you, almost as much as we love Bourbon, jazz bands, and Shell Oil. So, get, ready to cross-dress and maybe even snag a millionaire or two? Did they even have boats in the 1920s? Anything is possible in this sultry, sizzling, summer farce. Anyone got any Vermouth? We want another cup of coffee. Tonight, on the Marquee: Summer Lovin with the Camp, Comedy Classic Some Like It Hot. Jesus Loves it…Two Thumbs Up. RIP Whiskey and the Mozzarella Family. Makeup So Bad the Film Had to be in Black and White. Clown Car Train Trek. The Return of Cherry Pie Man? Motorboats: A History. 1 Million $$$ for the Milk Fund. Old Fashioned Misogyny and Hearing Aides. Best of Both Worlds…Nobody’s Perfect. #FinallyCulturedSansTransformers “Some Like It…Hoth: A Star Wars Parody.” “Is That an Owl? – MGM’s New Mascot.” “He’s Spacey….Not That One!” “BEINSTALK!” MobCon with Bonnie and Clive Art Provided By: John Cafiero @bonehaver420 Music: "Riviera Jazz" Provided By: Crazy G
Let’s chat morning rituals for Glitter Mindset mastery! What are you doing to set your day up for success? Challenge yourself to adopt some of these rituals, and tag me in your photos! @glittermindset Mentions- Support on Patreon- patreon.com/glittermindset Learn more about MOBCON- mobcon.co Smart Coffee- elevacity.com/elevatedjoe Podcast producer- oneclicklindsey.com
Let’s chat morning rituals for Glitter Mindset mastery! What are you doing to set your day up for success? Challenge yourself to adopt some of these rituals, and tag me in your photos! @glittermindset Mentions- Support on Patreon- patreon.com/glittermindset Learn more about MOBCON- mobcon.co Smart Coffee- elevacity.com/elevatedjoe Podcast producer- oneclicklindsey.com
Babes, we need to talk about doing whatever it takes to protect your creative energy. Check out MOBCON 2019. September 29th & 30th. Use code glittermindset to save $75! Podcast producer- Oneclicklindsey.com
Babes, we need to talk about doing whatever it takes to protect your creative energy. Check out MOBCON 2019. September 29th & 30th. Use code glittermindset to save $75! Podcast producer- Oneclicklindsey.com
"It's important to me, in my lifetime to encourage and empower the people around me." - Ahna Hendrix Ahna Hendrix - CEO of ARCH Digital Agency Ahna is the CEO of ARCH Digital Agency, a full service social media marketing agency comprised of well-known industry specialists. ARCH launched in October 2014, became a go-to social media agency for tech, entertainment, and retail brands, and was named the 33rd most influential social media brand in its first year. In 2015, Ahna grew her skill set to encompass live streaming capabilities for clients and worked with multiple brands to livestream events, including the a recent collaboration with MentorMate at MobCon in Minneapolis, MN.Before ARCH, Ahna managed social media accounts with a variety of clients - from a neurofeedback doctors to fine art nonprofits to tech startups in Silicon Valley under ahnahendrix.com. She graduated from UNC Chapel Hill at the School of Journalism & Mass Communication with a degree in MultiMedia Journalism. Her experience led to designing campaigns for MTV, Eva Longoria, Wolfgang Puck, National Geographic, De Beers, and many more. Her private life is consumed with yoga, finding reasons to get outside, traveling to new places, geeking out with tech, salsa dancing, spending time with family & friends, and being a food and wine snob. She's known for her big smile and loud laughter, and greatly enjoys verbal battles. Connect With Ahna: Website | ARCH Digital Agency | Facebook | @AhnaHendrix Subscribe to the Outlier Newsletter: Click Here If you enjoy Outlier On Air, please Subscribe & Review on iTunes or Stitcher Brought to you by: OUTLIER ENTREPRENEURS CLOSED FACEBOOK GROUP Request Invite
Ryan Pena (@iRyanPena) is Social Media Manager at MentorMate and MobCon. He previously served as Senior Social Media Specialist at Capella University. He's an experienced speaker who leverages his work experience to share actionable items at conferences like Social Media Strategies Summit. His experience in social media and mobile lends to a great conversation around such topics - but his personal story/personality is what has allowed me to grow a professional and personal friendship. with him. This Week on Why I Social, Ryan and I discuss: Building A Social Media program from scratch Employee Advocacy Working in Higher Education The definition of "mobile" The Why I Social podcast is brought to you by Zoomph. Zoomph transforms digital marketing with real-time streaming analytics. Our platform provides you with an end-to-end solution to ignite your content, your marketing and your business from start to finish. Exclusive to Why I Social, receive 20% off all annual plans with the promo code WhyISocial20. Want to learn more about Zoomph? Check out their analytics page: http://bit.ly/WhySocialAnalytics Share with #WhyISocial Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher Radio or Soundcloud Follow at @WhyISocial.