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Join me, Jason LaChance host of the @KnockinDoorzDown certified addiction recovery coach, and mental health advocate for my sit down with special guest Celeste Yvonne. Sober mom advocate Celeste Yvonne is a writer and certified recovery coach (IAPRC) with over 20 years of experience as a communications professional in corporate America. Her essays on parenting, the mental load of motherhood, mommy wine culture, and sobriety resonate with mothers everywhere and have been featured in the Washington Post, Good Morning America, Today Show, and Refinery 29, among others. She is also a contributing writer to the Wall Street Journal and Publishers Weekly bestseller So God Made a Mother. Over five years sober and a founding host of the Sober Mom Squad, Celeste advocates for mothers who struggle with addiction and mental health. She is a recipient of the Windfelt Inspire Award by the Dry Society Social Club, as well as the 2x winner of Red Tricycle's Spoke Challenge for best writing. She lives in Reno, Nevada, with her husband and two children. We discuss the following and more. Intro 00:00 What are 3 things you're grateful for? 02:30 Secrets are powerful in a family of addiction 09:20 Fulfillment isn't external 29:30 It was important for me to write about my recovery 37:00 What's the best and worst advice you ever received? 43:40 This is Celeste Yvonne Knockin' Doorz Down. For more on Celeste Yvonne: https://www.celesteyvonne.com/ Please subscribe and share and to get the YouTube visit https://www.KDDPodcast.com for more Celebrities, everyday folks, and expert conversations on turning your greatest adversities into your most significant advantages. Get your copy of Carlos Vieira's Autobiography Knockin' Doorz Down. Hardcover, Paperback & Audio Book https://linktr.ee/kddbook For the KDD Inspired t-shirts brought to you by 51FIFTY. https://www.kddmediacompany.com/shop For more information on Carlos Vieira's autobiography Knockin' Doorz Down, the Carlos Vieira Foundation, the Race 2B Drug-Free, Race to End the Stigma, and Race For Autism programs visit: https://www.carlosvieirafoundation.org/ #wedorecover #growth #changeyourlife Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Recent data from the nonpartisan health advocacy group March of Dimes reveals a concerning trend—a 4 percent decline in hospitals with labor and delivery services between 2019 and 2020. This decline, coupled with insufficient support, leaves many new mothers feeling isolated and struggling with mental health symptoms. Renowned sober mom advocate, writer, and certified recovery coach Celeste Yvonne experienced this insufficient support personally, recounting the dismissive response she received from her OB when voicing concerns about postpartum depression. Faced with limited options—enroll in a psych ward or let it work itself out—Celeste found herself without the support she desperately needed during a vulnerable time. In this episode Celeste sheds light on the pervasive Mommy Wine Culture, discussing how it distracts society from addressing the real issue—providing proper support for mothers in need. She explores the dangerous normalization of using alcohol as a coping mechanism for the challenges of motherhood. From Struggle to Sobriety: Discover Celeste Yvonne's powerful journey from postpartum depression to sobriety. She unveils the reasons behind keeping her sobriety a secret for a year and the challenges she faced during this transformative period. Seeking Support: Celeste discusses the importance of reevaluating how we support mothers at work and at home, sharing insights on creating a community that understands the struggles of sobriety and provides tools and resources for those looking to quit drinking. Sober Mom Squad: Learn about the online community Celeste co-hosts, the Sober Mom Squad. Uncover the valuable resources and tools it offers for mothers navigating sobriety and seeking a supportive community. Celeste Yvonne's story is not just one of overcoming personal challenges but also a call to action for a fundamental shift in how we approach maternal healthcare and support. Join us for a thought-provoking conversation that challenges societal norms and advocates for a more compassionate and understanding approach to motherhood. CELESTE YVONNE Sober mom advocate Celeste Yvonne is a writer and certified recovery coach (IAPRC) with over 20 years of experience as a communications professional in corporate America. Her essays on parenting, the mental load of motherhood, mommy wine culture, and sobriety resonates with mothers everywhere and has been featured in the Washington Post, Good Morning America, Today Show, and Refinery 29, among others. She is also a contributing writer to the Wall Street Journal and Publishers Weekly bestseller So God Made a Mother. Over five years sober and a founding host of the Sober Mom Squad, Celeste advocates for mothers who struggle with addiction and mental health. She is a recipient of the Windfelt Inspire Award by the Dry Society Social Club, as well as 2x winner of Red Tricycle's Spoke Challenge for best writing. She lives in Reno, Nevada, with her husband and two children. Connect with Celeste Yvonne: Official site: www.celesteyvonne.com Facebook: @theultimatemomchallenge Instagram: @theultimatemomchallenge
Sober mom advocate Celeste Yvonne is a writer and certified recovery coach (IAPRC) with over twenty years of experience as a communications professional in corporate America. Her essays on parenting, the mental load of motherhood, mommy wine culture, and sobriety resonates with mothers everywhere and has been featured in the "Washington Post", "Good Morning America," "Today Show," and "Refinery 29," among others. She is also a contributing writer to the "Wall Street Journal" and "Publishers Weekly" bestseller "So God Made a Mother." Over five years sober and a founding host of the Sober Mom Squad, Celeste advocates for mothers who struggle with addiction and mental health. She is a recipient of the Windfelt Inspire Award by the Dry Society Social Club, as well as 2x winner of Red Tricycle's Spoke Challenge for best writing. She lives in Reno, Nevada, with her husband and two children. Celeste's info: Website: https://www.celesteyvonne.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theultimatemomchallenge/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theultimatemomchallenge/ Please click the button to subscribe so you don't miss any episodes and leave a review if your favorite podcast app has that ability. Thank you! Visit http://drlaurabrayton.com/podcasts/ for show notes and available downloads. © 2014 - 2023 Dr. Laura Brayton
Sober mom advocate Celeste Yvonne is a writer and certified recovery coach (IAPRC) with over 20 years of experience as a communications professional in corporate America. Her essays on parenting, the mental load of motherhood, mommy wine culture, and sobriety resonates with mothers everywhere and has been featured in the Washington Post, Good Morning America, Today Show, and Refinery 29, among others. She is also a contributing writer to the Wall Street Journal and Publishers Weekly bestseller So God Made a Mother. Over five years sober and a founding host of the Sober Mom Squad, Celeste advocates for mothers who struggle with addiction and mental health. She is a recipient of the Windfelt Inspire Award by the Dry Society Social Club, as well as 2x winner of Red Tricycle's Spoke Challenge for best writing. She lives in Reno, Nevada, with her husband and two children. Her new book It's Not About The Wine: The Loaded Truth Behind Mommy Wine Culture comes out Sept. 12. https://www.instagram.com/theultimatemomchallenge https://www.facebook.com/theultimatemomchallenge
In this episode:Celeste's recovery journeyAddiction as a spectrumEating disorder recoveryEmotional sobrietyThe bigger issue with "Mommy Wine Culture"Solutions for overwhelmed mothersThe true impact of alcoholPractical tips for getting soberSober mom advocate Celeste Yvonne is a writer and certified recovery coach (IAPRC) with over 20 years of experience as a communications professional in corporate America. Her essays on parenting, the mental load of motherhood, mommy wine culture, and sobriety resonate with mothers everywhere and have been featured in the Washington Post, Good Morning America, Today Show, and Refinery 29, among others. She is also a contributing writer to the Wall Street Journal and Publishers Weekly bestseller So God Made a Mother. Over five years sober and a founding host of the Sober Mom Squad, Celeste advocates for mothers who struggle with addiction and mental health. She is a recipient of the Windfelt Inspire Award by the Dry Society Social Club, as well as 2x winner of Red Tricycle's Spoke Challenge for best writing. She lives in Reno, Nevada, with her husband and two children.Website: https://www.celesteyvonne.com/Instagram @theultimatemomchallengeOrder Celeste's New Book:It's Not About the Wine: The Loaded Truth Behind Mommy Wine Culture__To join the Sun & Moon Community Membership: https://sunandmoonsoberliving.com/membership/Follow on IG @sunandmoon.soberliving__Disclaimer: The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment
Flor Bromley is a bilingual songstress originally from Peru. She is signed with 8 Pound Gorilla Records and has released three family albums. Her work has been praised by The Recording Academy, Red Tricycle, Broadway Workd, Parents Latina, Rockmommy, and The Toybook, among others. Her songs have been featured and played on the top 13 of Kids Place Live Sirius XM. In 2022 her album, Fiesta Global, was named an official selection of Notable Works for Children by the American Library Association. She is a NAPPA 2022 Award winner and a USA songwriting competition finalist. For more info please visit florbromleymusic.com.
On today's podcast I'll be talking to Ashley Brown. Ashley has read hundreds of books, taken multiple courses, and tried dozens of techniques to overcome the challenges she's faced and feel happier in her daily life. She is excited to offer “Joy Jumpstart” happiness consultations to share what she's learned with others to help them create happier, more fulfilling lives. Ashley has shared her quest to find joy in both the everyday and the extraordinary on her blog JoyDetectives.com. She is also author of the multiple-award-winning guide A Beautiful Morning: How a Morning Ritual Can Feed Your Soul and Transform Your Life. Her writing has also appeared in Yoga Journal, Thrive Global, The Daily Positive, The Red Tricycle, The Eden Magazine, and the anthology Song of Ourself: Voices in Unison. And this year she is offering Joy Jumpstart Happiness Consultations as an extra camp! Welcome to the podcast, Ashley Brown! Websites: https://www.joydetectives.com/ (JoyDetectives) , https://abeautifulmorningbook.com/ (A Beautiful Morning) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joydetectiveashleybrown/ (@JoyDetectiveAshleyBrown) Lucky Star Extra: Joy Jumpstart Happiness Consultations *********************************************************************************** Lucky Star is a women's art and whole living sleepaway camp that takes place each fall in the Texas hill country. This is no art retreat in a hotel conference room…and no, we're not camping in tents… we're actually “glamping” in climate controlled cabins that are built into the hillside overlooking the Guadalupe River, and we're eating gourmet, chef-prepared food in a dining hall like we're at Hogwarts! We're fully immersed in creative workshops like jewelry making, astrology, mixed media collage, apothecary, abstract painting, writing, sewing, yoga, welding, pottery, and we've even had classes on raising alpacas and tomahawk throwing! No dishes, no laundry, no driving kids, and no deadlines or demanding bosses. Just a solid five days to be YOU because we believe in the importance of discovering/reigniting the authentic part of you that makes you feel ALIVE and we know that CREATIVITY can be a powerful catalyst for growth, healing, self-care, connection, and just the spark you need to thrive. When we're not at camp learning, laughing, making, and singing by the campfire, we're a thriving creative community of supportive women known as the Lucky Star Galaxy and we'd love for you to join us! For dates and more information about our upcoming camps, visit our website at https://my.captivate.fm/www.luckystarartcamp.com (www.luckystarartcamp.com). Upcoming Camps— Lucky Star Art Camp - November 2-6, 2022 Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/luckystarartcamp/ (@luckystarartcamp) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/luckystarartcamp (@Lucky Star) Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1104922463040763 (Lucky Star Galaxy)
Superpowers School Podcast - Productivity Future Of Work, Motivation, Entrepreneurs, Agile, Creative
For the full show notes and transcription checkout: https://www.superpowers.school/ Watch episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/paddydhanda?sub_confirmation=1 ★ BUY ME KO-FI ★ If you enjoy the podcast, then you can donate a small amount here as a token of your appreciation: https://ko-fi.com/paddydhanda Contact Paddy at: pardeep_dhanda (at) hotmail.com Yvette Jain helps individuals to believe in themselves, their abilities, and self-worth and to bring forth their inner confidence. Her philosophy: be true to yourself, do your best, and have fun! As a teacher, coach, and entrepreneur, Yvette empowers clients in their physical and personal evolution through the practice of yoga, handstands, and meditation. She is the founder and creator of the fitness program, HANDSTAND CONFIDENTLY, where she believes that one can achieve great things when one applies discipline, focus, and courage in their actions. She has been teaching for over 10 years for various yoga studios and gyms in NYC and, in recent years, online. She's worked with a number of corporate clients, including the NBA. She's taught for SELF Magazine Workout in Central Park a number of times and has been featured in Mantra Magazine, Origins Magazine, and Ashtanga Daily. She contributes to blogs including MindBodyGreen, Red Tricycle, and K-Deer. Yvette gives back and supports causes, especially for women, children, and minorities. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/superpowers-school/message
Superpowers School Podcast - Productivity Future Of Work, Motivation, Entrepreneurs, Agile, Creative
For the full show notes and transcription checkout: https://www.superpowers.school/ Watch episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/paddydhanda?sub_confirmation=1 ★ BUY ME KO-FI ★ If you enjoy the podcast, then you can donate a small amount here as a token of your appreciation: https://ko-fi.com/paddydhanda Contact Paddy at: pardeep_dhanda (at) hotmail.com Yvette Jain helps individuals to believe in themselves, their abilities, and self-worth and to bring forth their inner confidence. Her philosophy: be true to yourself, do your best, and have fun! As a teacher, coach, and entrepreneur, Yvette empowers clients in their physical and personal evolution through the practice of yoga, handstands, and meditation. She is the founder and creator of the fitness program, HANDSTAND CONFIDENTLY, where she believes that one can achieve great things when one applies discipline, focus, and courage in their actions. She has been teaching for over 10 years for various yoga studios and gyms in NYC and, in recent years, online. She's worked with a number of corporate clients, including the NBA. She's taught for SELF Magazine Workout in Central Park a number of times and has been featured in Mantra Magazine, Origins Magazine, and Ashtanga Daily. She contributes to blogs including MindBodyGreen, Red Tricycle, and K-Deer. Yvette gives back and supports causes, especially for women, children, and minorities. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/superpowers-school/message
This week on #MomGoals we talk about turning a fun creative outlet into a profitable business, with Mommy Blogger and Judaism Expert, Ariel Stein of Ariel Loves. Ariel chats with us about becoming an accidental influencer after taking a career pause to have kids. She shares how she her niche as a Jewish & Lifestyle Mommy Blogger, which led her to create her brand of activity books for the Jewish holidays, Jewish Family Magic. Listen to hear how this mama is teaching the world about Jewish culture in a fun way, especially during a time when antisemitism is on the rise, and especially if you want to get inspired on turning a hobby into a business.GUEST BIO:Ariel is the founder of the motherhood blog ‘Ariel Loves,' where she shares her motherhood journey, Jewish living, home decor, and travel as well as Jewish Family Magic, an online platform that supports parents with resources to bring Judaism to life in their homes. Ariel has cultivated her devoted Instagram community through keeping it real and taking her followers behind the scenes of daily life as a Brooklyn mama to two energetic daughters.Ariel's work has been featured on Red Tricycle, The Bump, Mindr, Ellie Parents, and Kosher.com. As a digital content creator, Ariel has worked with many brands including Toms, The Honest Company, Lowe's Home Improvement, Aveeno, Evenflo Baby, Dyson, and Hey Mama Co. Ariel lives in Brooklyn, NY with her husband and two young daughters.TIMESTAMPS:0:54 - Ariel Stein's various business12:25 - Ariel speaking out16:34 - Connecting with authentic brands22:35 - Hands-free productivity 30:21 - Jewish Family Magic--LINKS:Find Ariel:https://www.arielloves.com/https://www.jewishfamilymagic.com/https://www.instagram.com/ariel.loves/https://www.instagram.com/jewishfamilymagic/Find Liz:https://thenewyorkstylist.com/https://instagram.com/thenewyorkstylistFind Amanda:https://www.amandamintz.com/https://www.instagram.com/amandamintz/Follow #MomGoals The Podcast:https://www.instagram.com/momgoalsthepodcast/Rate, Review, & Subscribe to the Podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mom-goals/id1600991937
Dr. Kim Van Dusen, LMFT, RPT is a mom of two and the CEO/Owner/Founder of The Parentologist, a Southern California based family and lifestyle brand about everything parenting with a therapeutic twist! She has a Master's in Television Broadcasting and Marital and Family Therapy as well as her Doctorate in Psychology. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, a Registered Play Therapist, University Professor, Public Conference Speaker, Blogger, and currently works part-time in private practice and also for a clinic that serves families that have children on the Autism Spectrum. She is a writing contributor for many publications including TODAY Parenting and Red Tricycle, an official LEGOLAND blogger and Disney Content Creator, a regular on CBS 8 morning local news, and a two-time breast cancer survivor. She is currently in the process of writing her first book and hosting her own podcast @theparentologistpodcast!Support the show
Craig Zingerline, Co-Founder and CEO at Growth University joins Ryan and Robert on Exploring Product to break down why some startups fail, why others find success, and the importance of product-market fit.Craig Zingerline is a 6-time founder who has helped dozens of companies scale their growth. Prior to Growth University, Craig was the Chief Product Officer at Sandboxx, Head of Growth at Upside Travel, CEO of Votion, Head of Growth at Red Tricycle, and VP at New Signature.Show NotesContinue the conversation on Twitter -@ExploringPrdct@rdkhatch@candidrobert@craigzingerline
“The power of theatre to transform and shock potential is so huge.” Nina Meehan Theatre has long been perceived to be a powerful tool that spurs conversations as well an avenue in which societal matters can be explored and understood. Nina Meehan has been in the arts space for quite a while and says that theatre helps people to view the world differently and deepens their self-awareness. Nina Meehan is an award-winning director, playwright and producer, and a dedicated arts educator, with expertise in youth development and non-profit management. Her work focuses on nurturing innovation in children and connecting people in our increasingly digital world. Nina's award-winning theatrical work for young people as CEO of Bay Area Children's Theatre has reached more than 1 million kids and adults and has toured nationally and internationally. Some of Nina's most recent credits include: the adaptation of Chelsea Clinton's book, "She Persisted," Grace Lin's "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon," and the New York Times bestselling "Goodnight Goodnight Construction Site" series. She has received the Alumna of the Year Award from Head-Royce School in (2020), the Diablo Valley Innovation Award (2020), the Theatre Bay Area Award Best Director and Best New Musical (Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site, 2018). She was an invited speaker at Visioni in Bologna, Italy, and an invited speak at a conference hosted by the National Endowment for the Arts. Nina also serves as Board President for TYA/USA and was named as one of Red Tricycle's “Moms Who Rock.” She holds a BS in theatre from Northwestern University and a Master's of Nonprofit Administration from the University of San Francisco. She is also a certified yoga instructor. Her work has been spotlighted in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, American Theatre Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Barron's, Red Tricycle, ABC News, NBC News, and CBS News. Nina is our guest today and, in this episode, she will talk about the transformative power of theatre to both children and adults. Listen in! Social Media www.facebook.com/ninameehan https://www.instagram.com/nmeehan/ instagram.com/bactheatre https://www.instagram.com/bactheatre https://www.facebook.com/bakctheatre I am the founder of Bay Area children's theatre which me and my friends started 18 years ago and we have produced enough shows to reach literally a million people. [2:58] The part that I think is the most exciting for me is the growth from where we started to now having professional adult actors for family and student audiences and also working with young people. [3:35] The growth of the organization has truly been because of the demand from the community. [4:07] What I have learned over those years as a theatre creator is that art and creativity bring all the soft skills into our world. [4:26] Kids in a lot of ways are far more willing to take that risk of getting up there on stage than adults. [6:40] The power of what it looks like to see a kid stand up and own their art, reflects self-confidence and independence which are skills that children need. [7:35] We did online theatre during the pandemic and interestingly, the same transformative moments were experienced, where participants owned and took charge of their performances. [7:52] The power of theatre to transform and shock potential is so hug [8:10] What I've seen with the adults that we engage with that is interesting, is the conversation that their children's performances initiate afterwards. [8:15] As adults we are often putting limitations on ourselves with the excuse that we are not artists yet maybe we are. [12:27] I have loved working with kids for 18 years and it's been so beautiful seeing adults try to take the step to be creative. [12:55] The more that we can open that potential and that opportunity to redefine what it is to be a creative in our current modern world the more we can be creative and express ourselves. [13:50] We are programmed to be creative beings and that comes in lots of different shapes and forms. [16:26] Encouraging the people around us is important because that is our power, considering so much of being creative is about just allowing ourselves the permission to do it. [18:22] The more that we can say how we feel and appreciate art, the more we can have moments where we can value the creativity in the people around us. [18:52] Commercial break. [20:25] In terms of giving back to your community, I think it is so important to look around and see who in your community is doing work that is inspiring the next generation to become creative leaders. [22:43] We all want empathetic humans taking over from us in the next generation. [ We are all working on a shoestring but there is a whole world of non-profit organizations out there that would love to have support in different ways. [23:45] The other part of it is really looking into your own being and finding your own creative moments that brings you joy, and bring that into your adult world. [24:23] For entrepreneurs, for those who run businesses, board service for non-profit organizations is an insanely huge and powerful gift you can give back to your community. [26:23] The way non-profit sector is set up, we cannot function without a dedicated arm that is our board of directors. [26:44] Find time today to try creative play and just see what happens. [28:31] …………………..….. TopDog Learning Group, LLC is a leadership, change management, and diversity and inclusion consulting firm based in Orlando, FL, USA but with “TopDoggers” (aka consultants) throughout North America and beyond. 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Karlee Vincent is a working mom who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and two girls. Her essays have appeared in The Red Tricycle, Scary Mommy and TODAY's Parenting Team. She has been interviewed for articles published on CNN, Ms. Magazine and has recently appeared on the Tamron Hall Show. Karlee is currently working on a book to help breastfeeding mothers return to work feeling empowered. You can join her at: www.travelingmilktruck.com, on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.
Creativity Conversations' guest today is Nina Meehan, episode 53.Nina Meehan is the CEO and Founder of the Bay Area Children's Theatre (BACT) in San Francisco, CA. BACT celebrates the power of imagination and provides children with the tools to become creative thinkers: imagination, storytelling, collaboration, self expression and critical analysis/feedback. In addition to her work with BACT, Nina is also an award-winning director, playwright and producer and a dedicated arts educator, with expertise in youth development and nonprofit management. Her work focuses on nurturing innovation in children and connecting people in our increasingly digital world. Nina's award-winning theatrical work as CEO of BACT has reached more than one million kids and adults and has toured nationally and internationally. Some of her most recent credits include: the adaptation of Chelsea Clinton's book, She Persisted; Grace Lin's Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, and the New York Times bestselling Goodnight Construction Site series. But wait, there's more! Nina has received the Alumna of the Year Award from Head-Royce School (2020); the Diablo Valley Innovation Award (2020); the Theatre Bay Area Award for Best Director and Best New Musical (Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site (2018); was an invited speaker at Visioni in Bologna, Italy, and an invited speak at a conference hosted by the National Endowment for the Arts. Nina also serves as Board President for TYA/USA and was named as one of Red Tricycle's Moms Who Rock. Nina's work has been spotlighted in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, American Theatre Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Barron's, Red Tricycle, ABC News, NBC News and CBS News. To find out more about Nina's work and BACT, email nina@bactheatre.org. -Creativity Conversations explores the nature of our infinite creative potential. You need to know this! You are creative, too, even if you don't yet consider yourself to be. Creativity is as simple as being open and curious, creating interesting things, solving problems, finding solutions and being in the “flow”. It's essence is always and everywhere the same. - Nina Lockwood is a transformative coach, author, speaker and artist who helps people discover who they really are, what they really want and how to go for it. - #ninalockwood #ninameehan #creativityconversations #creativity #possibility #connection #imagination #storytelling #selfexpression #dreambig #brighterfuture #inspiration #collaboration #EpisodeDropped #PodCreator #PodHelp #PodernFamily
Megan Harper is a work-from-home mom of 3 kids who recently launched a marketing agency after a successful career in marketing and product growth. Before kids she was a trained sommelier and worked at some of the top restaurants in NYC. After her son was born she left the restaurant world to work in start-ups and make her name for herself running her funny Instagram account, @girlgonechild_ (formerly @girlgonechildinnyc) which showcases the life of an ex-party girl turned young mom navigating her life in NYC being a working mom and trying to have it all. During the Pandemic Megan relocated her family to Charlotte, NC where she was working-from-home as the Head of Product Growth for Tinybeans and Red Tricycle in between homeschooling, running after a toddler and breastfeeding. After being laid off from her job only a month later, her post on adding her pandemic parenting experience to her resume went viral and led her on the path to launching her own marketing agency so she could work with many companies, not just one. In true Mommy's on a Call fashion, this episode is filled with kids screaming, husbands walking in, and nursing babies, which is a perfect snapshot of what real work-from-home during a pandemic mom life looked like. Megan and I had a real honest, unfiltered, and unapologetic conversation about the struggles of motherhood and managing a career. Follow Megan at: IG: @girlgonechild_ ----- Come join me in my sandbox of life and in this podcast to explore, play and discover something new every single week. Subscribe and tune in weekly because I know you've yelled "Mommy's on a Call" at least once in the last week!!! For show notes, visit www.MommysonaCall.com Stephanie's Website IG: @MommysonaCall // @StephanieUchima
In the latest episode of the Empowerography Podcast, my guest is Cynthia Kane. Cynthia Kane helps people enhance their lives and relationships by teaching them how to speak to themselves, others, and their environment in a kind, honest, and helpful way. She has taught over 50,000 people how to change the way they communicate through her bestselling books (How to Communicate Like a Buddhist, Talk to Yourself Like a Buddhist, How to Meditate Like a Buddhist), DailyOM Courses (How to Communicate Like a Buddhist and Turn Off the Enemy in Your Mind), and the Intentional Communication Training Program. She is a certified meditation and mindfulness instructor, certified breathing coach, and the founder of the Kane Intentional Communication Institute, LLC. She has written for national and international publications including Spirituality & Health Magazine, Self Magazine, Thrive Global, Authority Magazine, Red Tricycle, VegNews, Pregnancy Magazine, The Jerusalem Post, The Washington Post, Woman's Day, BBC Travel, Refinery29, Mind Body Green, Elephant Journal and Bustle. In this episode we discuss writing, personal loss, Bhuddism, communication, authenticity, rejection, meditation and mindfullness. Website - https://www.cynthiakane.com IG - https://www.instagram.com/cykane1 FB - https://www.facebook.com/cynthia-blair-kane-182914353596 Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-8tJU4FS6bWaeR8iA_e0fA "We help high achieving women experience more peace" - 00:01:55 "The way that we talk to ourselves dictates how we live in the world" - 00:26:00 "A lot of people think that the point of meditation is to stop thinking" - 00:37:48 Empowerography would like to offer you a discount code to one of our exclusive partners, Quartz & Canary Jewelry & Wellness Co. Please use CODE EMPOWER15 to receive 15% off upon check out at www.quartzandcanary.com. Quartz & Canary is truly the place, where spirituality meets style.
In the latest episode of the Empowerography Podcast, my guest is Cynthia Kane. Cynthia Kane helps people enhance their lives and relationships by teaching them how to speak to themselves, others, and their environment in a kind, honest, and helpful way. She has taught over 50,000 people how to change the way they communicate through her bestselling books (How to Communicate Like a Buddhist, Talk to Yourself Like a Buddhist, How to Meditate Like a Buddhist), DailyOM Courses (How to Communicate Like a Buddhist and Turn Off the Enemy in Your Mind), and the Intentional Communication Training Program. She is a certified meditation and mindfulness instructor, certified breathing coach, and the founder of the Kane Intentional Communication Institute, LLC. She has written for national and international publications including Spirituality & Health Magazine, Self Magazine, Thrive Global, Authority Magazine, Red Tricycle, VegNews, Pregnancy Magazine, The Jerusalem Post, The Washington Post, Woman's Day, BBC Travel, Refinery29, Mind Body Green, Elephant Journal and Bustle. In this episode we discuss writing, personal loss, Bhuddism, communication, authenticity, rejection, meditation and mindfullness. Website - https://www.cynthiakane.com IG - https://www.instagram.com/cykane1 FB - https://www.facebook.com/cynthia-blair-kane-182914353596 Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-8tJU4FS6bWaeR8iA_e0fA "We help high achieving women experience more peace" - 00:01:55 "The way that we talk to ourselves dictates how we live in the world" - 00:26:00 "A lot of people think that the point of meditation is to stop thinking" - 00:37:48 Empowerography would like to offer you a discount code to one of our exclusive partners, Quartz & Canary Jewelry & Wellness Co. Please use CODE EMPOWER15 to receive 15% off upon check out at www.quartzandcanary.com. Quartz & Canary is truly the place, where spirituality meets style.
Child Psychiatrist Dr. Zabina “Zee” Bhasin, MD, is a diversity and inclusion, expert and entrepreneur. Her work educates families and schools fostering future generations of truly global citizens. Based on the belief that cultural differences unite us rather than divide us, Dr. Zee creates engaging resources that make understanding diversity and inclusion simple for anyone.As a first-generation American Zabina grew up surrounded by diversity and launched In KidZ, culture-focused toys and products to give families everywhere access to the world's varied and rich traditions. As a mom of two and a physician Dr. Zee's goal to make inclusion the normal and a daily part of family life.As a speaker, CEO of culture-focused toys and products, In KidZ, and children's book author she has been featured on ABC's Good Morning America, Red Tricycle, PopSugar, RAISE Parenting and Thrive Global. A mom of two herself, Dr. Zee lives by her own mother's motto that, “We are more similar than we are different. Our differences make us unique, but they do not separate us.”www.inkidzco.comSocial media @inkidzco@zabina_bhasin_mdContact Oliviaemail - olivia@oliviatmcook.comSocial - https://linktr.ee/Oliviatmcook
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Welcome to the Soul Centered CEO Show featuring special guest Erin Kreitz Shirey! Erin Kreitz Shirey is an award-winning Personal Trainer, Inspirator Coach, Motivational Speaker and Athlete. Red Tricycle named her Mom on a Mission in Health, while Alameda & Portland Magazines awarded her the Best Personal Trainer. Featured in Shape, Parents, Competitor and Men's Health and Fitness among others. A panelist for ESPN, she has been interviewed by NBC, ABC, Disney, FOX and the Fitness Editor for the nationally syndicated Better TV show. Often found training with her husband Jack for her next Ironman 70.3, hiking with her three dynamic daughters in their adventure city of Boise, Erin is an outside gal who loves to laugh until she cries. Through experiencing all three of her daughters’ medical challenges, the Shireys took on the phrase Dream Life and turned their entire life around. Recently moved to Boise, both parents working from home, hours scheduled around kids schedules, they live fit, travel, adventure to Kona, HI, as often as possible! Erin is a sought-after Motivational Speaker, Business Mentor and Inspirator Coach. She loves empowering women to take care of themselves, goal up in life’s adventures, training from the inside out so they can be energized to take care of those they love. It is her families mission to empower everyone to live like their own Inspirator. Connect with Erin via her Facebook community Inspirator Life, the Inspirator Academy, Inspirator Fitness & Empowerment Adventure Retreats or via private coaching or corporate speaking. Learn more at ErinKreitzShirey.com & InspiratorLife.com FB- @erinkreitzshirey IG- @erinkreitzshirey & @inspirator_life inspirator@erinkreitzshirey.com Business Mentor| Inspirator Coach | Personal Trainer | Motivational Speaker BS Kinesiology, ACE, TRX, Fit to Deliver, Real Ryder, Tabata Boot Camp, Mat Pilates, Sports Nutrition erinkreitzshirey.com | inspirator@erinkreitzshirey.com | 503.703.1269 Inspirator TM - An Inspiration and Motivator in one. - Emerson Shirey, Age 5 Join Erin on this Incredible Inspirator Coaching Program, you can check and register here: https://www.erinkreitzshirey.com/?fbclid=IwAR33j_M_DumaaZgdBLm2hFO8S0BNi55k8V8bOBitrjtDj0BmqeCnFwhQbiU For more information and invitation into the Soul Centered CEO Collective: https://soulsparkleliving.com/soul-centered-ceo-collective-1/?aff=11
This week Bree is talking with Dr. Kim Van Dusen “Dr. Kim” is a mom of two young children and the CEO/Founder/Owner of The Parentologist w/Dr.Kim, a Southern California based family and lifestyle brand about everything parenting with a therapeutic twist. She has a Master’s in Broadcast Journalism and Marital & Family Therapy as well as her Doctorate of Psychology. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, a Registered Play Therapist, University Professor, Public Speaker, Blogger, and currently works part-time with families that have children on the Autism Spectrum. She is a writing contributor for Red Tricycle and the TODAY Parenting Team, a regular on CBS 8 morning local news, and a Disney content creator. She is currently in the process of writing her first book and hosting her own podcast! Bree and Dr. Kim are talking all about how to teach your children a growth mindset. Even if you don't have children, this episode has great tips for teaching yourself a growth mindset as well!To learn more about Dr. Kim, check out her website http://theparentologist.com/ or follow her on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/theparentologist/Learn more about Bree and her programs at www.bodybybree.com or follow her on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bodybybreefitness/
This week on the Economics For Business Podcast we were gifted the opportunity of reviewing and assessing a completed entrepreneurial journey, courtesy of Jacqui Boland, founder, CEO and now alumna of Red Tricycle, following the acquisition of the company by the corporate owner of tinybeans, a family photo sharing and journaling app. Red Tricycle is a brand — "a lifestyle brand that fuels the parenting universe with daily inspiration for family fun." In the "Economics For Business Value Proposition Template," the Red Tricycle proposition would be: FOR: Fun Moms WHO: Search for and utilize ideas for family activities for parents and children to enjoy together. VALUE PROMISE: A unique daily source of ideas and inspiration for family fun VALUE RATIONALE: Every day, Red Tricycle finds and presents all the best local and in-home family fun opportunities and makes them easy for Moms to research, evaluate and act. BENEFIT > COST: In one daily web visit, Moms have easy access to a unique curation of new ideas and inspirations, simply formatted, and requiring a minimum of their precious time. Jacqui was generous in helping us map her entrepreneurial journey to the stages of the Economics For Business GPS. Key Takeaways And Actionable Insights. Imagination The pre-design phase in which entrepreneurs develop the imaginary construct of their business idea. Jacqui was a new mom in a new and unfamiliar city. She wanted to identify all the opportunities for fun with her family. She became an avid online searcher. A few conversations with some other moms revealed that many moms are searchers — with intensity and determination and a commitment to find and evaluate all the relevant information in their field of search. The idea of an online one-stop location for information about local family-friendly fun activities was born. A useful tool for the Imagination phase of entrepreneurship is "Entrepreneurial Empathy": Mises.org/E4B_113_PDF3 Design The phase where a validated imagination is transformed into a more formal business model. Jacqui capitalized on her existing knowledge field. She knew magazine publishing and the power of content, and how to source it. She knew the advertising revenue model for magazines. She was able to design a crisp business model of content creation, content presentation, consumer engagement, and attractiveness for local and eventually national advertisers. One of the tools in the Design tool set is the "Means-Ends Chain," helping entrepreneurs to align their business design with customer values: Mises.org/E4E_01_PDF. Assembly The phase in which design is operationalized by selecting and combining assets: people, technology, content, operating processes. Assembly for Red Tricycle began with people: content producers, editors, salespeople. Jacqui found investors, initially angel investors, then angel groups, and, later in the business's evolution, institutional venture capital. In turn investors and investor groups like 500 Startups were very useful in providing connections and recommendations for technology and software resources. Comparisons between different operating models that the investor groups were able to provide were useful guidance in making resource selections. Consult our "Austrian Capital Theory" tool for capital assembly of resources: Mises.org/E4E_19_PDF. Marketing The phase in which the designed and assembled entrepreneurial offering is presented to the market for consumer consideration. Red Tricycle adopted a city market-by-market rollout strategy, starting in Seattle, proceeding to San Francisco, then systematically adding more cities. The killer app for market introduction was “Mom Word Of Mouth”. Moms have friends in other cities, and travel between cities, and are excited to share family fun ideas with others. The best sharers were subscribers to the Red Tricycle newsletter, so the brand worked hard to build up a subscriber list. Red Tricycle KPIs were traffic, subscribers, and revenue. As a result of a system of creating and testing content, Red Tricycle could seed new markets with say 20 or 30 stories that drove good SEO traffic. And then the job was to convert that traffic to subscribers to the newsletter. Building brand uniqueness is fundamental for the Marketing Phase. Use our "Brand Uniqueness Blueprint": Mises.org/E4E_30_PDF. Customer Experience The phase of the value learning process in which customers try the offering, experience its benefits, and assess the subjective value. Red Tricycle designed a very specific customer experience, which Jacqui described as: "Quick, get an idea and inspiration to spend time with your kids, and then go offline and do it, and then come back two days later and do it over and over again." The model was distinctive in not asking for too much time (“the infinite scroll”). Red Tricycle helped Moms focus on the lighter side of parenting and having fun with their kids. Social media came into play as an aggregator of subjective value anecdotes. Moms would share a picture of themselves at the zoo and use Red Tricycle's recommended hashtag, "Best weekend ever." And not just everyday moms, but even celebrity moms, like Randi Zuckerberg, Pink, Ivanka Trump, sharing that they found a great idea for a campsite or a restaurant. These were subjective value data points. Facilitate great customer experiences with our VUCA tool: Mises.org/E4E_41_PDF. Management and Growth The phase where the business model is scaled and the marketing and customer experience reach is expanded, with continuous innovation accelerating growth. The major growth pivots for Red Tricycle were the transition from local to national advertisers, and hiring and assembling and empowering the new team members best suited to lead the way in the new business environment that this entailed. The goal for the management and growth phase was to roll out multiple local markets, and build a strong foundation of local advertising revenue until Red Tricycle had enough scale to interest national advertisers. The transition was a 5 year process. As Jacqui described it: "We put a plan in place and then we adjusted and adjusted and adjusted." A core element of the transition management is hiring. Skilled national advertiser salespeople are expensive, and sometimes it might take a year of that salary before a new salesperson can close a big national deal. There's a lot of foundational work that needs to be done. Scaling the business was a delicate process. A fully staffed company would have a sales team across the U.S. in every market, but if you can't afford that, you have to stretch and think, "Can this person sell local and national? Could this person cover Chicago, and L.A.?" And then once you start to get a little bit bigger, and you can hire an L.A. staff, what happens to that Chicago rep?" It's a constant adjustment. How does growth feel? “You're always looking for the next milestone. And you have about a minute after you hit a goal or a milestone to celebrate, and then you run into the next quarter and you have another goal that's even higher. So it's a constant stretch.” "Upsizing a Customer Need" is a useful tool for the Management and Growth Phase: Mises.org/E4E_47_PDF2. Disposition When the entrepreneur decides to sell the business, merge it into a larger business and relinquish the founder / owner role, or to turn it over to the next generation. Selling a business is just as much a marketing task as establishing it and growing it. And that means seeing the business through the eyes of an acquirer — empathic diagnosis of their needs, their preferences, their goals and desires, their constraints. Jacqui had made the economic calculation that the best path forward was not to raise additional venture capital for continued high growth, but to demonstrate solid and sustainable profitability and look for either a strategic partner or an acquisition partner. She didn't use a banker (whose process she compared to a dating app) but conducted her own search for a firm that would recognize a complementary asset that could be a marketing engine for them. She found a partner in an adjacent field (family photo sharing) that was strong in technology and would benefit from Red Tricycle's content creation and sales expertise. The deal was made quite quickly. Additional Resources Map of Jacqui Boland's Entrepreneurial Journey (PDF): Mises.org/E4B_113_PDF1 eGPS Handbook (PDF): Mises.org/E4B_113_PDF2
This week on the Economics For Business Podcast we were gifted the opportunity of reviewing and assessing a completed entrepreneurial journey, courtesy of Jacqui Boland, founder, CEO and now alumna of Red Tricycle, following the acquisition of the company by the corporate owner of tinybeans, a family photo sharing and journaling app. Red Tricycle is a brand — "a lifestyle brand that fuels the parenting universe with daily inspiration for family fun." In the "Economics For Business Value Proposition Template," the Red Tricycle proposition would be: FOR: Fun Moms WHO: Search for and utilize ideas for family activities for parents and children to enjoy together. VALUE PROMISE: A unique daily source of ideas and inspiration for family fun VALUE RATIONALE: Every day, Red Tricycle finds and presents all the best local and in-home family fun opportunities and makes them easy for Moms to research, evaluate and act. BENEFIT > COST: In one daily web visit, Moms have easy access to a unique curation of new ideas and inspirations, simply formatted, and requiring a minimum of their precious time. Jacqui was generous in helping us map her entrepreneurial journey to the stages of the Economics For Business GPS. Key Takeaways And Actionable Insights. Imagination The pre-design phase in which entrepreneurs develop the imaginary construct of their business idea. Jacqui was a new mom in a new and unfamiliar city. She wanted to identify all the opportunities for fun with her family. She became an avid online searcher. A few conversations with some other moms revealed that many moms are searchers — with intensity and determination and a commitment to find and evaluate all the relevant information in their field of search. The idea of an online one-stop location for information about local family-friendly fun activities was born. A useful tool for the Imagination phase of entrepreneurship is "Entrepreneurial Empathy": Mises.org/E4B_113_PDF3 Design The phase where a validated imagination is transformed into a more formal business model. Jacqui capitalized on her existing knowledge field. She knew magazine publishing and the power of content, and how to source it. She knew the advertising revenue model for magazines. She was able to design a crisp business model of content creation, content presentation, consumer engagement, and attractiveness for local and eventually national advertisers. One of the tools in the Design tool set is the "Means-Ends Chain," helping entrepreneurs to align their business design with customer values: Mises.org/E4E_01_PDF. Assembly The phase in which design is operationalized by selecting and combining assets: people, technology, content, operating processes. Assembly for Red Tricycle began with people: content producers, editors, salespeople. Jacqui found investors, initially angel investors, then angel groups, and, later in the business's evolution, institutional venture capital. In turn investors and investor groups like 500 Startups were very useful in providing connections and recommendations for technology and software resources. Comparisons between different operating models that the investor groups were able to provide were useful guidance in making resource selections. Consult our "Austrian Capital Theory" tool for capital assembly of resources: Mises.org/E4E_19_PDF. Marketing The phase in which the designed and assembled entrepreneurial offering is presented to the market for consumer consideration. Red Tricycle adopted a city market-by-market rollout strategy, starting in Seattle, proceeding to San Francisco, then systematically adding more cities. The killer app for market introduction was “Mom Word Of Mouth”. Moms have friends in other cities, and travel between cities, and are excited to share family fun ideas with others. The best sharers were subscribers to the Red Tricycle newsletter, so the brand worked hard to build up a subscriber list. Red Tricycle KPIs were traffic, subscribers, and revenue. As a result of a system of creating and testing content, Red Tricycle could seed new markets with say 20 or 30 stories that drove good SEO traffic. And then the job was to convert that traffic to subscribers to the newsletter. Building brand uniqueness is fundamental for the Marketing Phase. Use our "Brand Uniqueness Blueprint": Mises.org/E4E_30_PDF. Customer Experience The phase of the value learning process in which customers try the offering, experience its benefits, and assess the subjective value. Red Tricycle designed a very specific customer experience, which Jacqui described as: "Quick, get an idea and inspiration to spend time with your kids, and then go offline and do it, and then come back two days later and do it over and over again." The model was distinctive in not asking for too much time (“the infinite scroll”). Red Tricycle helped Moms focus on the lighter side of parenting and having fun with their kids. Social media came into play as an aggregator of subjective value anecdotes. Moms would share a picture of themselves at the zoo and use Red Tricycle's recommended hashtag, "Best weekend ever." And not just everyday moms, but even celebrity moms, like Randi Zuckerberg, Pink, Ivanka Trump, sharing that they found a great idea for a campsite or a restaurant. These were subjective value data points. Facilitate great customer experiences with our VUCA tool: Mises.org/E4E_41_PDF. Management and Growth The phase where the business model is scaled and the marketing and customer experience reach is expanded, with continuous innovation accelerating growth. The major growth pivots for Red Tricycle were the transition from local to national advertisers, and hiring and assembling and empowering the new team members best suited to lead the way in the new business environment that this entailed. The goal for the management and growth phase was to roll out multiple local markets, and build a strong foundation of local advertising revenue until Red Tricycle had enough scale to interest national advertisers. The transition was a 5 year process. As Jacqui described it: "We put a plan in place and then we adjusted and adjusted and adjusted." A core element of the transition management is hiring. Skilled national advertiser salespeople are expensive, and sometimes it might take a year of that salary before a new salesperson can close a big national deal. There's a lot of foundational work that needs to be done. Scaling the business was a delicate process. A fully staffed company would have a sales team across the U.S. in every market, but if you can't afford that, you have to stretch and think, "Can this person sell local and national? Could this person cover Chicago, and L.A.?" And then once you start to get a little bit bigger, and you can hire an L.A. staff, what happens to that Chicago rep?" It's a constant adjustment. How does growth feel? “You're always looking for the next milestone. And you have about a minute after you hit a goal or a milestone to celebrate, and then you run into the next quarter and you have another goal that's even higher. So it's a constant stretch.” "Upsizing a Customer Need" is a useful tool for the Management and Growth Phase: Mises.org/E4E_47_PDF2. Disposition When the entrepreneur decides to sell the business, merge it into a larger business and relinquish the founder / owner role, or to turn it over to the next generation. Selling a business is just as much a marketing task as establishing it and growing it. And that means seeing the business through the eyes of an acquirer — empathic diagnosis of their needs, their preferences, their goals and desires, their constraints. Jacqui had made the economic calculation that the best path forward was not to raise additional venture capital for continued high growth, but to demonstrate solid and sustainable profitability and look for either a strategic partner or an acquisition partner. She didn't use a banker (whose process she compared to a dating app) but conducted her own search for a firm that would recognize a complementary asset that could be a marketing engine for them. She found a partner in an adjacent field (family photo sharing) that was strong in technology and would benefit from Red Tricycle's content creation and sales expertise. The deal was made quite quickly. Additional Resources Map of Jacqui Boland's Entrepreneurial Journey (PDF): Mises.org/E4B_113_PDF1 eGPS Handbook (PDF): Mises.org/E4B_113_PDF2
This week on the Economics For Business Podcast we were gifted the opportunity of reviewing and assessing a completed entrepreneurial journey, courtesy of Jacqui Boland, founder, CEO and now alumna of Red Tricycle, following the acquisition of the company by the corporate owner of tinybeans, a family photo sharing and journaling app. Red Tricycle is a brand — "a lifestyle brand that fuels the parenting universe with daily inspiration for family fun." In the "Economics For Business Value Proposition Template," the Red Tricycle proposition would be: FOR: Fun Moms WHO: Search for and utilize ideas for family activities for parents and children to enjoy together. VALUE PROMISE: A unique daily source of ideas and inspiration for family fun VALUE RATIONALE: Every day, Red Tricycle finds and presents all the best local and in-home family fun opportunities and makes them easy for Moms to research, evaluate and act. BENEFIT > COST: In one daily web visit, Moms have easy access to a unique curation of new ideas and inspirations, simply formatted, and requiring a minimum of their precious time. Jacqui was generous in helping us map her entrepreneurial journey to the stages of the Economics For Business GPS. Key Takeaways And Actionable Insights. Imagination The pre-design phase in which entrepreneurs develop the imaginary construct of their business idea. Jacqui was a new mom in a new and unfamiliar city. She wanted to identify all the opportunities for fun with her family. She became an avid online searcher. A few conversations with some other moms revealed that many moms are searchers — with intensity and determination and a commitment to find and evaluate all the relevant information in their field of search. The idea of an online one-stop location for information about local family-friendly fun activities was born. A useful tool for the Imagination phase of entrepreneurship is "Entrepreneurial Empathy": Mises.org/E4B_113_PDF3 Design The phase where a validated imagination is transformed into a more formal business model. Jacqui capitalized on her existing knowledge field. She knew magazine publishing and the power of content, and how to source it. She knew the advertising revenue model for magazines. She was able to design a crisp business model of content creation, content presentation, consumer engagement, and attractiveness for local and eventually national advertisers. One of the tools in the Design tool set is the "Means-Ends Chain," helping entrepreneurs to align their business design with customer values: Mises.org/E4E_01_PDF. Assembly The phase in which design is operationalized by selecting and combining assets: people, technology, content, operating processes. Assembly for Red Tricycle began with people: content producers, editors, salespeople. Jacqui found investors, initially angel investors, then angel groups, and, later in the business's evolution, institutional venture capital. In turn investors and investor groups like 500 Startups were very useful in providing connections and recommendations for technology and software resources. Comparisons between different operating models that the investor groups were able to provide were useful guidance in making resource selections. Consult our "Austrian Capital Theory" tool for capital assembly of resources: Mises.org/E4E_19_PDF. Marketing The phase in which the designed and assembled entrepreneurial offering is presented to the market for consumer consideration. Red Tricycle adopted a city market-by-market rollout strategy, starting in Seattle, proceeding to San Francisco, then systematically adding more cities. The killer app for market introduction was “Mom Word Of Mouth”. Moms have friends in other cities, and travel between cities, and are excited to share family fun ideas with others. The best sharers were subscribers to the Red Tricycle newsletter, so the brand worked hard to build up a subscriber list. Red Tricycle KPIs were traffic, subscribers, and revenue. As a result of a system of creating and testing content, Red Tricycle could seed new markets with say 20 or 30 stories that drove good SEO traffic. And then the job was to convert that traffic to subscribers to the newsletter. Building brand uniqueness is fundamental for the Marketing Phase. Use our "Brand Uniqueness Blueprint": Mises.org/E4E_30_PDF. Customer Experience The phase of the value learning process in which customers try the offering, experience its benefits, and assess the subjective value. Red Tricycle designed a very specific customer experience, which Jacqui described as: "Quick, get an idea and inspiration to spend time with your kids, and then go offline and do it, and then come back two days later and do it over and over again." The model was distinctive in not asking for too much time (“the infinite scroll”). Red Tricycle helped Moms focus on the lighter side of parenting and having fun with their kids. Social media came into play as an aggregator of subjective value anecdotes. Moms would share a picture of themselves at the zoo and use Red Tricycle's recommended hashtag, "Best weekend ever." And not just everyday moms, but even celebrity moms, like Randi Zuckerberg, Pink, Ivanka Trump, sharing that they found a great idea for a campsite or a restaurant. These were subjective value data points. Facilitate great customer experiences with our VUCA tool: Mises.org/E4E_41_PDF. Management and Growth The phase where the business model is scaled and the marketing and customer experience reach is expanded, with continuous innovation accelerating growth. The major growth pivots for Red Tricycle were the transition from local to national advertisers, and hiring and assembling and empowering the new team members best suited to lead the way in the new business environment that this entailed. The goal for the management and growth phase was to roll out multiple local markets, and build a strong foundation of local advertising revenue until Red Tricycle had enough scale to interest national advertisers. The transition was a 5 year process. As Jacqui described it: "We put a plan in place and then we adjusted and adjusted and adjusted." A core element of the transition management is hiring. Skilled national advertiser salespeople are expensive, and sometimes it might take a year of that salary before a new salesperson can close a big national deal. There's a lot of foundational work that needs to be done. Scaling the business was a delicate process. A fully staffed company would have a sales team across the U.S. in every market, but if you can't afford that, you have to stretch and think, "Can this person sell local and national? Could this person cover Chicago, and L.A.?" And then once you start to get a little bit bigger, and you can hire an L.A. staff, what happens to that Chicago rep?" It's a constant adjustment. How does growth feel? “You're always looking for the next milestone. And you have about a minute after you hit a goal or a milestone to celebrate, and then you run into the next quarter and you have another goal that's even higher. So it's a constant stretch.” "Upsizing a Customer Need" is a useful tool for the Management and Growth Phase: Mises.org/E4E_47_PDF2. Disposition When the entrepreneur decides to sell the business, merge it into a larger business and relinquish the founder / owner role, or to turn it over to the next generation. Selling a business is just as much a marketing task as establishing it and growing it. And that means seeing the business through the eyes of an acquirer — empathic diagnosis of their needs, their preferences, their goals and desires, their constraints. Jacqui had made the economic calculation that the best path forward was not to raise additional venture capital for continued high growth, but to demonstrate solid and sustainable profitability and look for either a strategic partner or an acquisition partner. She didn't use a banker (whose process she compared to a dating app) but conducted her own search for a firm that would recognize a complementary asset that could be a marketing engine for them. She found a partner in an adjacent field (family photo sharing) that was strong in technology and would benefit from Red Tricycle's content creation and sales expertise. The deal was made quite quickly. Additional Resources Map of Jacqui Boland's Entrepreneurial Journey (PDF): Mises.org/E4B_113_PDF1 eGPS Handbook (PDF): Mises.org/E4B_113_PDF2
Garnering four Latin GRAMMY nominations, two wins, six EMMY Nominations and one win for their work on the EMMY award winning PBS show “Lishy Lou and Lucky Too” - husband and wife duo Lucky Diaz and Alisha Gaddis; The Lucky Band (formally known as Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band) has solidified their place in children's music. Named ‘THE face of kindie music' by the Washington Post, ‘SUPERSTARS' by Red Tricycle, ‘The Rolling Stones of Kids Music' by the Style Network, and PEOPLE Magazine called their album “The #1 in COOLEST kids music!”They create indie music sounds that are rooted in their whimsical child-friendly imaginations. Billboard Magazine calls The Lucky Band a Children's Music Artists You Should Know. Live at 5 is an Anchor Eighty Four Media original. Hosted by Skeez Nava and Produced by Cody Jones. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/liveatfive/message
Craig Zingerline is a 6-time founder with 4 successful exits and he has helped dozens of companies scale their growth. He is currently the Chief Product Officer of Sandboxx—past roles include Head of Growth at Upside Travel, CEO of Votion, Head of Growth at Red Tricycle, and VP at New Signature. Craig built Growth University to help other professionals learn the growth strategies and tactics needed to scale their companies and to create a structured and organized way for people to get started with growth. In this episode, I got to speak to him about what growth actually is and how it differs from digital marketing, how marketing in military tech provides its own unique challenges, the skills needed to be great at product management, and more! You can connect with Craig on LinkedIn and Twitter. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kennysoto/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kennysoto/support
I have a guest this week, Mary Kate Brown. We talk briefly about our writing journeys and she shares her best advice for those just starting out in this journey. She also has offered a generous one-on-one coaching call FOR FREE for you to explore your next steps as a writer. Book in a call: https://calendly.com/marykatebrown09/hope-writer-meeting Get the FREE beautiful 'Start Writing, Celebrate Progress' guide filled with articles to help, info about hope*writers and all the details about this January launch (affiliate link if you sign up): https://jokoepke--hopewriters.thrivecart.com/guide-download/ Strong, Brave, & Beautiful Book: https://www.amazon.com/Strong-Brave-Beautiful-Emily-Allen/dp/108790238X/ Find out more about Mary Kate: After overcoming numerous health challenges due to autoimmunity, Mary Kate is passionate about helping others find healing and wholeness. She leads an online group teaching the basics of an anti-inflammatory diet, and inspires others to incorporate simple, nourishing, real-food recipes in their own homes. Mary Kate and her husband Brian are high-school sweethearts who recently left their lifelong home in the Chicago suburbs for a rural property in Western Michigan. Together they homeschool their three daughters, and are making plans for turning their new property into a small-scale homestead. She is a contributor for the Kindred Mom Blog & Podcast, and she works on the growth team at hope*writers helping to champion the words of other writers. She writes online at www.marykateb.com, her work has been featured on The Mighty and Red Tricycle, and you can catch up with her on Instagram @mary.kate.brown --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jo-koepke/message
Before you take off...Want to see future episode highlights? You can add me on Linkedin here.Episode Description:Admin and operational side of things in a start-up are almost never talked about. But of course, it's nowhere near as thrilling as all these stories in TechCrunch. Big founders, big exit. Good looking pay check. The realty is that these CEOs got really good at operational efficiency at scale.They got a great team in place. It's not about building a fancy feature.It's about building the right content strategy and onboarding process, drip campaigns/followups. Not glamour, no publicity. And all of it takes time. Even hiring one great person, takes a while. Once you raise that money you are in the weeds and you are doing the work. And you better enjoy doing it day in and day out.Key talking points: Operational and admin side of running a business Main reasons why companies burn through cash and go out of business (what not to do) At what point founders should be raising money How to put together a comprehensive game plan after you have raised cash About Craig:Craig Zingerline is a 6 time founder (4 exits) who has helped dozens of companies scale their growth. He is the Founder of Growth University & Growth Minded, Chief Product Officer @ Sandboxx and was previously Head of Growth at Upside Travel, CEO of Votion, Head of Growth at Red Tricycle, and VP at New Signature.Craig's motivation is to help other professionals learn the growth strategies and tactics needed to scale their companies, and to create a structured and organized way for people to get started with growth, which he practices through Growth University.
Josephine Atluri’s overarching passion is to help others overcome adversity and find joy via her meditation classes, infertility workshops, and her podcast, Responding to Life: Living Reflectively Through a Journey of Health, Fertility and Parenthood. As a meditation teacher, she guides people towards a calmer existence despite the chaos that may surround them. Her group and individual meditation sessions teach simple and practical coping mechanisms for stress, anxiety and loss to help improve the balance of mind, body and spirit for those with health and fertility struggles and other life challenges. She have taught all around Los Angeles at Unplug Meditation, Equinox, Cedars Sinai, City National Bank, Hey Mama and with numerous other clients. She regularly contributes content for Motherly, Red Tricycle, The IVF Warrior, and The Fertility Circle. Today we’re chatting about: How to meditate. When the best time to meditate is. Meditation during a pandemic. Meditation for your kids overall calm. Connect with Josephine: Website: https://www.jatluri.com/ Email: jo@jatluri.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSwu7XQNYOe2ARMzc9oBaDw/featured?view_as=subscriber https://www.instagram.com/josephineratluri/ Get a copy of Jen’s book, “Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda: A Divorce Coach’s Guide to Staying Married” here. Join the Facebook Group and leave a question for a future episode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/doingdivorcerightpodcast This season of Doing Divorce Right is sponsored by FAYR (https://www.fayr.com/) and Soberlink (https://www.soberlink.com/)! Check out these great parenting tools!
melissa@blendedfamilypodcast.com www.blendedfamilypodcast.com Josephine Atluri’s passion is to help others overcome adversity and find joy via her meditation classes, infertility workshops, and her podcast, Responding to Life: Living Reflectively Through a Journey of Health, Fertility and Parenthood. As a meditation teacher, she guides people towards a calmer existence despite the chaos that may surround them. Her group and individual meditation sessions teach simple and practical coping mechanisms for stress, anxiety and loss to help improve the balance of mind, body and spirit for those with health and fertility struggles and other life challenges. Josephine has taught all around Los Angeles at Unplug Meditation, Equinox, Cedars Sinai, City National Bank, Hey Mama and with numerous other clients. She regularly contributes content for Motherly, Red Tricycle, The IVF Warrior, and The Fertility Circle. In this interview we discuss Her personal story Stress and how can we move through it with more ease Triggers, how can we avoid being triggered and how can we manage those around us Meditation for the whole family Fertility and mindfulness Her podcast, Responding to Life Tips for a calmer life And much more! Connect with Josephine Website Instagram YouTube Connect with me Join the Private Facebook Group Connect with me on Facebook Connect with me on Twitter Connect with me on Instagram Send questions or feedback to melissa@blendedfamilypodcast.com Send me a voicemail at Speakpipe Visit the website at www.blendedfamilypodcast.com Sign up for my monthly newsletter Listen and Rate/Review on Itunes Schedule an interview, coaching session, or financial review here Take my money quiz here to see how financially literate you are! Affiliates Fayr The BEST co parenting app! To receive a special discount, use promo code Blended! Nacho Kids Program To receive a special discount, use promo code BFP 90 Day Reset Program The Conscious Parenting Revolution To receive a 10% discount, use promo code BLENDED10 Living the Good Life Naturally To receive discount, use promo code BLENDED
Psychology Today describes resilience as: “that ineffable quality that allows some people to be knocked down by life and come back stronger than ever. Rather than letting failure overcome them and drain their resolve, they find a way to rise from the ashes.”Whether it is bouncing back from trauma, tragedies, health problems, or stress, it takes a special kind of person to remain positive and optimistic when your journey encounters endless hardship and pain.Today’s guest, Josephine, is one of those special people with the gift of mental fortitude.In this episode, Josephine Atluri, a meditation expert and host of the Responding to Life podcast, opens up about her difficult journey of becoming a mom to five using IVF, surrogacy, and international adoption. She shares how her challenging circumstances propelled her forward and ultimately led her to a place of peace.Josephine also shares some stress-reduction techniques moms can use to keep a calmer and happier home and ways to boost your self-esteem. Josephine is offering all Mom After Hours listeners 50% off any upcoming workshop or meditation session by using the promo code WARRIOR on her website, www.jatluri.comConnect with Josephine at: Website: www.jatluri.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/josephineratluri/Podcast: https://www.instagram.com/respondingtolifepodcast/Bio: Through her unique journey to becoming a mom of five, Josephine Atluri weathered many ups and downs with IVF, international adoption, and surrogacy. Channeling her experience to find calm and courage and focus on perseverance, she now helps others navigate life’s curveballs through group and individual online meditation training and her podcast, Responding to Life. Josephine teaches weekly classes at Unplug in Santa Monica, CA, where she trained under the renowned guru davdji, former COO of the Deepak Chopra Center. She also does group meditation training for staff of prestigious entities like Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. She is a regular content contributor to Motherly, Red Tricycle, The IVF Warrior, and The Fertility Circle.***Connect with Mom After Hours on Instagram! You’ll get a dose of humor, motivation, and love all in one spot. ***Thank you so much for listening to Mom After Hours! If you learned something new from this episode, please consider dropping us a rating or review on Apple.***Ask questions or share episode ideas by emailing hello@momafterhours.com. We love audio feedback, too, so record your voice via voice memo in your smartphone and send it on over!
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People try this every day. They make something at home and sell it online. But what needs to happen to turn that simple idea into a multimillion dollar business? What is that X Factor that makes one person success while another simply washes out? For Jamie Cross from MIG Living the XFactor wasn't money or a great network. In this episode we explore how and why she built her business from the kitchen table, through farmers markets and into one of the fastest growing companies in America. About Jamie Jaime Cross is a wife, mother of four small boys (with a fifth on the way) & an eight figure entrepreneur. She founded her organic skincare company, MIG Living, after seeing a business plan in a dream ten years ago. In 2019, Jaime also started The HER Effect® as a global movement to mobilize & empower women towards action & vision for impact, giving them all that is necessary to be successful in their families, businesses and in life. Jaime’s been featured on top morning shows on NBC, FOX, ABC and CBS stations, as well as Life & Style Magazine, Forbes, USA Today, Red Tricycle, and more. (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkhcc6rfcnaKF3vZGRDkCGQ?sub_confirmation=1) Visit the show website at (http://www.amplifyme.fm) Follow on Instagram and Twitter (http://instagram.com/bobgentle) Join the Amplify Insiders Facebook Community : (http://www.amplifyme.me/insiders) Please take a second to rate this show in iTunes. ❤ It will mean a lot to me.
Jaime Cross, founder of MIG Living is a trailblazer in the "clean beauty" movement. She took MIG Living, her all-natural beauty company, from local farmer's markets to an 8-Figure online business in just 10 years. She also empowers women with her online "The Her Effect" Community (more than 50,000 members) where she educates women on the woes of the American beauty industry, and how they can make healthier decisions regarding their beauty & skincare routines. She's been featured on top morning shows on NBC, CBS, Life & Style Magazine, USA Today, Red Tricycle, and she has been a featured speaker at ClickFunnels' Funnel Hacking Live.Don't forget to rate, review, subscribe, and tell a friend who will be inspired. Visit KateHancock.com for more info on guests and future episodes.
Are you lacking a morning ritual or routine? Has it been a while since you have spent time in nature? Do you struggle with control issues? If you said YES to any of these questions, this week's episode is for you! Friends, I had so much fun talking with my friend about her own morning rituals, the power of being in nature, and a new thing she is doing to help her take control of her need to over-control with four simple words: release, allow, accept and trust.I just know you are going to enjoy this week's interview with author Ashley Ellington Brown as we chat about the Joy, Goodness, and Growth that she is seeing in this season. Check it out and then let me know what you loved most about this interview. What did you learn? And make sure you are following our Facebook page: The Well-Tended Life and Subscribe today to our Podcast and YouTube channels by the same name so you don't miss an episode. Like/Follow/Friend her at: @abeautifulmorning on Facebook and Go BUY HER BOOK AT: abeautifulmorningbook.com Guest Bio: Ashley Ellington Brown is author of the multiple-award-winning guide A Beautiful Morning: How a Morning Ritual Can Feed Your Soul and Transform Your Life. Ashley's own morning ritual inspired her to write the book in order to share this powerful tool with others. A freelance writer for more than 20 years, Ashley also writes the blog “Joy Detectives” about her quest to find joy in both the everyday and the extraordinary. Her writing has appeared in Yoga Journal, Thrive Global, The Daily Positive, The Red Tricycle, The Eden Magazine, and the anthology Song of Ourselves.
Hi Loves! In this episode, I had the honor of interviewing, Erin Kreitz Shirey. Erin is an award-winning Personal Trainer, Inspirator Coach, Motivational Speaker and Athlete. Red Tricycle named her Mom on a Mission in Health, while Alameda & Portland Magazines awarded her the Best Personal Trainer. Featured in Shape, Parents, Competitor and Men's Health and Fitness among others. A panelist for ESPN, she has been interviewed by NBC, ABC, Disney, FOX and the Fitness Editor for the nationally syndicated Better TV show. Often found training with her husband Jack for her next Ironman 70.3, hiking with her three dynamic daughters in their adventure city of Boise, Erin is an outside gal who loves to laugh until she cries. Through experiencing all three of her daughters’ medical challenges, the Shireys took on the phrase Dream Life and turned their entire life around. Relocated to Boise, both parents working from home, hours scheduled around kids schedules, they live fit, travel, adventure to Kona, HI, as often as possible! Erin is a sought-after Motivational Speaker, Business Mentor and Inspirator Coach. She loves empowering women to take care of themselves, goal up in life’s adventures, training from the inside out so they can be energized to take care of those they love. It is her families mission to empower everyone to live like their own Inspirator. Thus, she created Inspirator Coaching Certifications, to help create the business and life opportunity for others. Connect with Erin via her Facebook community Inspirator Life, the Inspirator Academy, Inspirator Fitness & Empowerment Adventure Retreats or via private coaching or corporate speaking. In today's episode Erin is going to share how to stop putting your dreams on hold and start living life to the absolute fullest. This episode will help you ignite the fire and passion within your soul and help you become your own inspirator; living each day with intentional inspiration and fulfillment. All my love and blessings!!! Gabriella Danielle Other Important Links: Erin's Website: www.erinkreitzshirey.com Erin's email: inspirator@erinkreitzshirey.com ----more---- Ascend with Ease Activation Package: https://www.soulgetters.com/ascend-with-ease Follow me on Instagram: www.instagram.com/soulgetters Learn more about me: www.soulgetters.com Join the Ambitious Soul-Getters Facebook Group: Ambitious Soul-Getters
In this episode, I’m joined by Jennifer Tyler Lee. Jennifer is an award-winning author, game creator, self-trained home cook, and healthy eating advocate. In her newest book is called Half the Sugar, All the Love. Jennifer and I connected on Instagram as we both help people with sugar addiction. But as you’ll hear in this episode, we have different approaches. I coach people through the 21-Day Sugar Detox where they learn how to stop eating sugar to change their palette (and mindset) so they no longer crave sweet things. Jennifer shares delicious low-sugar recipes to show that reducing added sugar doesn’t mean completely giving up the foods you love. She shows you how to sweeten foods, both savory and sweet, naturally with fruits and vegetables instead of added sugar. Jennifer’s easy, healthy recipes have also been spotlighted by Jessica Alba, Jamie Oliver, Michael Pollan, Oprah, Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn Kids, Whole Foods, Parents Magazine, and US Weekly, among many others. She is a featured contributor at Red Tricycle and shares her recipes each week on her blog, www.52newfoods.com. READ THE SHOW NOTES: http://www.livefablife.com/113 ASK A QUESTION: http://www.livefablife.com/podcast
Hi loves! Welcome to Ep. 27 of Soul-Getters Podcast In this episode I had the honor of interviewing the amazing, Erin Kreitz Shirey! Erin Kreitz Shirey is an award-winning Personal Trainer, Inspirator Coach, Motivational Speaker and Athlete. Red Tricycle named her Mom on a Mission in Health, while Alameda & Portland Magazines awarded her the Best Personal Trainer. Featured in Shape, Parents, Competitor and Men's Health and Fitness among others. A panelist for ESPN, she has been interviewed by NBC, ABC, Disney, FOX and the Fitness Editor for the nationally syndicated Better TV show. Often found training with her husband Jack for her next Ironman 70.3, hiking with her three dynamic daughters in their adventure city of Boise, Erin is an outside gal who loves to laugh until she cries. Through experiencing all three of her daughters’ medical challenges, the Shireys took on the phrase Dream Life and turned their entire life around. Recently moved to Boise, both parents working from home, hours scheduled around kids schedules, they live fit, travel, adventure to Hawaii as often as possible! Erin is a sought-after Motivational Speaker, Business Mentor and Inspirator Coach. She loves empowering women to take care of themselves, goal up in life’s adventures, training from the inside out so they can be energized to take care of those they love. It is her families mission to empower everyone to live like their own Inspirator. Today, Erin will be sharing her journey, as well as so many other tips, all around finding the fun in life and staying positive! You will learn more about what it means to be an INSPIRATOR, as well as how to balance life with kids! This episode will motivate you to find the fun in life again and realize that everything is happening FOR YOU, not to you! All my love and blessings!!! Gabriella Danielle Other Important Links: Connect with Erin via her Facebook community Empowered Inspirator Life, the Inspirator Academy, Inspirator Fitness & Empowerment Adventure Retreats or via private coaching or corporate speaking. Learn more at http://www.erinkreitzshirey.com/ and www.InspiratorLife.com FB- @erinkreitzshirey IG- @erinkreitzshirey & @inspirator_life Email: inspirator@erinkreitzshirey.com ----more---- Follow me on Instagram: www.instagram.com/soulgetters Learn more about me: www.soulgetters.com Join the Ambitious Soul-Getters Facebook Group: Ambitious Soul-Getters
Have you ever had to go on a business trip while you were still breastfeeding? In this episode, I'm talking with Kate Torgersen, Founder of Milk Stork all about how to make business travel while breastfeeding and pumping easier. We talk about what lead to Kate founding her company to better support working moms as well as what companies can do to better support parents and caretakers. Finally, if you're interested in talking to your company about benefits like Milk Stork, Kate provides some guidance on the best way to do so. Highlights: Kate's background and the event that lead to her founding Milk Stork How she came up with Milk Stork and how it works Tips for smoother travel while pumping How we can normalize breastfeeding and the need to pump at work Why it's important for companies to support breastfeeding moms Other ways companies could better support parents or caretakers of all kinds Kate's thoughts about what she'd like the future to look like for working moms and parents The best way to approach your company to provide benefits like Milk Stork Today’s Guest: Kate Torgersen is founder and CEO of Milk Stork®, the first breast milk shipping service for business traveling, breastfeeding moms. Launched in August 2015, Milk Stork provides working moms with everything they need to ship or tote their “liquid gold” home to their babies. For progressive, family-friendly companies, Milk Stork provides an in-demand employee benefit that helps attract, retain and supports working mothers. As a full time, working mom of three kids, Kate was committed to breastfeeding all of her children for the recommended 12 months despite the many challenges of pumping at work. In 2014, when faced with a four-day business trip, she struggled to get her breast milk home to her eight month-old twins. After returning from her trip with two gallons of breast milk and eight pounds of melting ice, she was determined to create a solution. Within a year, she launched Milk Stork, effectively lightening the load—both physically and emotionally—for countless hardworking, business traveling, breastfeeding moms across the U.S. Fueled by grassroots word-of-mouth among moms, Milk Stork quickly became in-demand, employee benefit with many of the country’s leading companies and firms. Kate’s mom-led innovation and entrepreneurship have been chronicled in publications such as the Harvard Business Review, New York Magazine, Lifehacker, Fortune and Travel + Leisure. In 2016, Kate was named one of Red Tricycle’s “Power Moms of the Food World” and, in 2015, Business Insider named Milk Stork, one of the “19 Coolest Companies in San Francisco”. While launching Milk Stork, Kate was senior executive communications manager at Clif Bar & Company. From 2000 to 2007, she served as the company’s national field marketing manager. Prior to joining Clif Bar, Kate chased her wanderlust to the Sierra Nevada Mountains where she worked as an archaeologist and wild land firefighter for the U.S. Forest Service. In the winter, she was a professional ski instructor at Squaw Valley–Alpine Meadows ski resort. Kate holds a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley and she earned her MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. When she isn’t working, playing with her kids or picking up Hotwheels, she is running or pursuing her quest for eight hours of uninterrupted sleep. Resources: She Reaches Mastermind www.milkstork.com Milk Stork on Facebook Milk Stork on Instagram Milk Stork on Twitter Milk Stork on LinkedinWhitepaper for businesses
Sophia DeSantis is the author of Veggies Don’t Bite, a food blog featuring plant-based and mostly gluten and refined-sugar free recipes targeted to all types of eaters. Sophia is a former elementary school teacher turned food magician. She lives in sunny southern California where she referees three beautiful boys, one husband and an old, sweet cat. Sophia's super power is using whole food ingredients to create plant-based recipes that will change the way the world views healthy food. From comfort food classics to veggie-filled meals, with the occasional sweet indulgence, she creates a place where all types of eaters unite. Sophia has been featured on many websites including Buzzfeed, Huffington Post, Women’s Health and Red Tricycle to name a few. She has also contributed guest posts to a variety of other sites and print magazines, including Parent’s Magazine. Her first cookbook, Vegan Burgers and Burritos, was released in November 2017. Through Veggies Don't Bite, Sophia hopes to reach anybody interested in making a positive health change in their life. Her motto is: eat, play, relax, repeat.
Girl Talking today with guest host Vanessa Benton aka Miss V while Shana is exploring her way through Italy. Miss V, a dancer, choreographer, teacher and all around wise woman who spreads love with her every move shares about her background and how she got into dance and how it helped her with her self esteem. Theresa and Miss V are joined by special guests, Mariel Fiori and Hillary Harvey. Mariel Fiori is a journalist, translator, educator and an entrepreneur. She co-founded and is the managing editor of the Bard-sponsored La Voz, cultura y noticias hispanas del Valle de Hudson. Since 2004 the award- winning La Voz is the only Spanish language magazine serving the 140,000 Latinos living in the Mid-Hudson Valley and Catskill mountains. She co-hosts the weekly radio show La Voz at Radio Kingston. Hillary Harvey is the host of the weekly civic issues program The Source with Hillary Harvey. Each Friday, she interviews people about their work, and takes Deep Dives into the issues with guests who are in the know. Through regular segments like the City Meetings Report, Feminist News, and What Else Happened, she offers a wrap up of the week's hyper local news and politics to inform your civic engagement. Hillary Harvey is also a writer and photographer whose work has been published in Oprah Magazine, Real Simple, Hudson Valley Magazine, Upstater, Ulster Publishing, and Red Tricycle. The four of us discussed various issues such as how and why they do journalism, being a woman in a male dominated industry, race and the women's movement, self care and the value and the future of #metoo. These women are rich with experience, wisdom and passion for their work and their communities. Hillary is hosting a "What's Next for #MeToo: a panel of the future of organizing" in Kingston on March 24th. Check it out! Theresa and Miss V close out the show talking about LOVE. Today's show was engineered by Nate Brogan of Radio Kingston, www.radiokingston.org. We heard music from Shana Falana, http://www.shanafalana.com/, and audio from the film, RBG, https://www.rbgmovie.com Feel free to email us, say hello: she@iwantwhatshehas.org, Leave us a voicemail telling us who have you want and why: (845)481-3429 ** Please: SUBSCRIBE to our pod and leave a REVIEW wherever you are listening, it helps other users FIND US :) Follow Us: INSTAGRAM * https://www.instagram.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcast/ FACEBOOK * https://www.facebook.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcast TWITTER * https://twitter.com/wantwhatshehas ITUNES | SPOTIFY | STITCHER ITUNES: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/i-want-what-she-has/id1451648361?mt=2 SPOTIFY:https://open.spotify.com/show/77pmJwS2q9vTywz7Uhiyff?si=G2eYCjLjT3KltgdfA6XXCA STITCHER: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/she-wants/i-want-what-she-has?refid=stpr'
In 2009, she married her husband and they tried to have a baby. They could not due to various factors. In 2012, she went through the intense process of IVF and got pregnant with twins – a boy and a girl – brought to us by science, hope, and love. Those babies are now 6 years old and in kindergarten in Chicago Public Schools. Katy is 45 years old and doing her best to keep up and enjoy as many of these normal everyday moments as possible and then write about them to share with all of you. Katy is a helper, writer and full-time working mom living in Chicago. She has blogged for a thousand years. I found her when her blog was “I Want A Dumpster Baby” and just immediately fell in love with her wit and her style and her honesty about what being in recovery was like. Her work has been published through Chicago Now as “I Got a Dumpster Family”, and has had work published through Red Tricycle and Twiniversity.
There’s never been a more challenging time to be a working mom. As a professional, a wife, and a mother of two, Dr. Raquel Muller knows first hand how self-criticism, comparisons, and unrealistic expectations fueled by the “supermom” myth can cause moms to experience a disproportionate amount of stress, overwhelm, and guilt. After struggling with these issues herself, she used the skills she has learned as a psychologist, a mother, and a business owner to become a more patient, effective, and loving mother. Dr. Raquel now uses these same techniques to empower moms and teach them ways to relieve the pressure while still being great moms, maintaining happy marriages, and becoming happier, more fulfilled women in the process. Dr. Raquel Muller is originally from Panama City, Panama and came to the U.S. almost 30 years ago. She completed two Master’s degrees and earned her doctorate in Family Psychology in 2004 from Seton Hall University. She worked as a licensed psychologist for over 12 years across three states. She has now transitioned from the therapy realm to being a coach and speaker, inspiring and supporting mothers to be the best moms they can be by developing themselves as human beings. Dr. Raquel believes that happy, confident moms provide a great role model to their kids of how to create a successful and fulfilling life. In addition to speaking to local groups of moms, Dr. Raquel has been featured on the The Emerging Pearl TV show, the Chicks Connect Radio podcast, and the Red Tricycle online magazine. She also offers inspirational and educational content in her Facebook Fan page, Joyful Imperfection Counseling, as well as her Facebook group “Recovering Supermoms,” and she writes a blog dedicated to moms. In her spare time Dr. Raquel enjoys spending time with her girlfriends, reading, watching TV, traveling, cooking, being the designated kitchen taste tester when her husband cooks, and spending time with her family. Learn more about Dr. Raquel Muller at www.JoyfulImperfectionCounseling.com or keep in touch with her and visit her FB.com/JoyfulImperfectionCounseling page. Follow Founder + Host Kareen Mills on IG, Twitter, FB, LinkedIn @KareenMills and her podcast IG @BeingMotherhustler Listen on iTunes, Spotify or YouTube here https://linktr.ee/kareenmills --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beingmotherhustler/support
With 80 artisanal recipes that are perfect for trading (or gifting), advice on packaging, sample labels, and strategies for success, readers will be fully prepared for their food swapping. And if their community doesn’t yet have an organized event, FOOD SWAP will guide them through the process of creating one. After reading this book, swapping enthusiasts will have all the information they need to ensure they have a great time and go home with the best haul. But there’s more to it than scoring some peanut butter buckeyes and strawberry jam: participants also gain friendship, community, a sense of pride in their creations, and renewed culinary inspiration. FOOD SWAP IS filled with practical advice on topics like: •what is food swapping•the benefit of food swaps•the ideal number of participants•the importance of following local regulations•getting the word out•finding a location•and basic guidelines to ensure success About the author: EMILY PASTER is the creator of the popular website West of the Loop, which was named a Top Mommy Blog by Time Out Chicago Kids and a “Family Food Blog to Savor” by Red Tricycle. She is the co-founder of the Chicago Food Swap, teaches canning classes in the Chicago area, and writes on food and entertaining for Chicago Parent magazine.
With 80 artisanal recipes that are perfect for trading (or gifting), advice on packaging, sample labels, and strategies for success, readers will be fully prepared for their food swapping. And if their community doesn’t yet have an organized event, FOOD SWAP will guide them through the process of creating one. After reading this book, swapping enthusiasts will have all the information they need to ensure they have a great time and go home with the best haul. But there’s more to it than scoring some peanut butter buckeyes and strawberry jam: participants also gain friendship, community, a sense of pride in their creations, and renewed culinary inspiration. FOOD SWAP IS filled with practical advice on topics like: •what is food swapping•the benefit of food swaps•the ideal number of participants•the importance of following local regulations•getting the word out•finding a location•and basic guidelines to ensure success About the author: EMILY PASTER is the creator of the popular website West of the Loop, which was named a Top Mommy Blog by Time Out Chicago Kids and a “Family Food Blog to Savor” by Red Tricycle. She is the co-founder of the Chicago Food Swap, teaches canning classes in the Chicago area, and writes on food and entertaining for Chicago Parent magazine.
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