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In this episode, Gem Fletcher speaks to London-based photographer Steph Wilson. For Steph, The body is such a vast universe of paradoxes that will never get old. Traversing the space between fine art and fashion, Steph cherishes humour and joy, while exploring the possibilities of our bodies. She is interested in the edges; the awkward, uncomfortable, ugly, shameful and challenging and takes these elements to assert new modes of beauty and being. Shooting commercial, editorial and personal work, her expansive practice has manifested into work for Gucci, Versace, Nike, Dazed & Confused and Vogue Italia. Follow Steph @stephwilsonshoots & Gem @gemfletcher on Instagram. If you've enjoyed this episode, PLEASE leave us your feedback in the Apple Podcast store. Thank you for listening to The Messy Truth. We will be back very soon. For all requests, please email hello@gemfletcher.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Today I welcome back Steph Wilson, to discuss her most recent insights after experiencing a significant change in her business. Steph shares how having this understanding has been a stabilizing force under pressure and in the face of considerable change and transition. Circumstances that would have looked scary or caused tension in the past now look like opportunities for growth and transformation. Steph shares how listening to and relying on her deeper knowing has provided a way forward and allowed her to brave change with more grace. Steph Wilson is the CEO of SK Chase. A present and insightful leader, Steph has a deep care for people and a generous heart. With nearly 15 years of entrepreneurial experience, Steph naturally sees what’s next, and is rigorous in her approach making sure that things get done properly.
We deliver a doubleheader of star power on Episode 25 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Show, visiting with two of the more colorful characters of Q. Craig Verhage is known as “The BBQ Ninja” for his distinctive look of a bandana, sunglasses and a bushy black beard. Craig, is a member of the legendary Ubon’s BBQ team out of Yazoo City, Mississippi and he tells us about how it came about to cook with Ubons and his relationship with the late Gary “Poppie” Roark. We also talk to Craig about what it takes to catch an 11-foot alligator - then cook it. If you're in the Chicago area this weekend, you can catch Craig at the Windy City Smokeout. The second half of the show features Kansas City’s Joe Pearce, who is killing it on both the KCBS competition circuit and in the restaurant business under the SLAPS BBQ banner. Joe talks about what it’s like to be in a zone on the circuit, his days on BBQ Pitmasters and what is the perfect “rest” time for a brisket or pork butt. Make plans to tune in next week when Robby Royal of Rescue Smokers and Steph Wilson of The Slabs joins us. Until then #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm
Steph Wilson is the CEO of SK Chase. A present and insightful leader, Steph has a deep care for people and a generous heart. With nearly 15 years of entrepreneurial experience, Steph naturally sees what’s next, and is rigorous in her approach making sure that things get done properly. In today’s episode Steph walks us through one of the scariest moments in her business, when she and her partner thought they would have to fold the business and let go of everything...until she had one fresh thought that opened up the possibilities for a better option. That moment changed everything For Steph, business has been an act of self-realization and self-actualization that helped her understand that everything happens from the inside. She talks about how we don’t need to cling on for dear life because there is a metaphorical harness for all of us. There is always a safety net to catch us. This understanding literally saved her business and gave her a glimpse into who she really was. What she wants everyone to know is that all you need to do is let things come to you. It’s not on you to think about what’s next. If you just listen, what’s next will become clear to you in the moment. The only thing that is guaranteed she says is the resource that is inside of you!
In this episode, I introduce the Ankeny Podcast and what I hope to do with the episode. I highlight a number of local Ankeny Businesses, People, and Events. Here are some links from this week's episode https://ankeny18th.extremebodyshaping.com/ http://cafe-diem.com/ https://www.firefliesaglow.com/ https://www.iowachiroclinic.com/ https://www.weestees.com/ http://www.firetrucker.com/ Full Transcript: Hi, welcome to the Ankeny Podcast I'm Tony Guerra and Ankeny nonfiction author professor and triplet dad I'm bringing you the people places and events in Ankeny Iowa and you can find past episodes and links at Ankeny podcast.com welcome to the show Who am I I'm Tony I came here from Washington DC in Baltimore I met my wife who's from Ankeny and we lived in Iowa City for a year but I've lived in Ankeny for almost 10 years now and my daughters are about to turn seven so they're at that age that they can self entertain for a bit give me some time to do the podcast and and this summer I'm gonna be launching the Ankeny podcast which highlights the businesses people in places in Ankeny Iowa I've been podcasting for two years but I've started my own podcast last December that podcast the pharmacy leaders podcast it's about 15 to 25 thousand downloads a month and it's super niche it's just really for pharmacists and people interested in pharmacy but I found that I wasn't really talking to the people that were in my own town and that was a little bit disconcerting to me so I thought boy that'd be really cool to just start another podcast and but I know how to do it so I'm gonna start talking to the people in my neighborhood that really helped me out so I'll probably broadcast from cafe X that's right next to the trail point aquatic and Wellness Center it's about 50 yards from my office where I teach um I teach chemistry and pharmacology down d-mac in Ankeny and I also teach a chemistry and Newton in the fall in the spring but it was barrels last November where I kind of signed up again and and just kinda got back into it and the Farrell's though people that we know but we go back we're like this is where you meet your neighbors you're like oh my gosh where do you live you live right down the street and you don't realize that your neighbors because you know we're so busy and so much often we come home and we just go right in our garage so it just kind of dawned on me that maybe I think they'll start talking to other people and ice talked to Steph Wilson who's the owner of the Farrell's ankeny north and Farrell's Ankeny South and if you don't know Farrell's if you've ever seen people running down 18th Street between the come-and-go and northeast Elementary those are the members doing their 10 weeks and the first day or just before the first day then at five weeks into ten weeks you do a mile run and you'd be amazed the improvement is exponential but I'll be talking to Stephanie Wilson in a future episode who owns that and then dr. Aaron dr. Sean and dr. Vicky at the Iowa chiropractic clinic on 1st Street you know I want to thank them they keep me running I just I ran the Nashville half a month ago and then the Drake half last week but just kind of keeping me from getting too far off so that I can keep running anyone who's a runner knows that it's not if you're gonna get injured you do but certainly minimize it by going to those guys and then I met someone from ways teas who I was like oh my gosh so we need a Mart market to market shirts for our run coming up here in a couple weeks actually so eight of us from d-mac professors and people are working at rail point come together to run 75 miles from way I can't remember the starting point that's bad I've been there two times but we come down to downtown Des Moines but I really appreciate we's tees for helping us out there and it was really kind of serendipitous I I talked to Stephanie Wilson about coming on the show from Farrell's and then she's like oh you should come to this business group just talk to them for a little bit about podcasting and then I was like oh my gosh well we need t-shirts and we just need them and you know I think it was like two or three weeks and we need custom t-shirts for our team so it's just kind of cool that that connection happened but if you know somebody that details cars that's where I need some help both of our cars well I'll just leave it at we have three six year olds our cars could use some work but the best way to actually get in touch with me is on facebook at tony farm d1t oh and yph ARMD one or you can email me at a a gue RRA at DMACC DM acc edu I'll get an Ankeny podcast email address soon enough but those are good places to get in touch with me if you know somebody that is an entrepreneur that would like to come on the show I'd love to talk to them there's no cost to come on the show my revenue comes from the books I'm an author and I have seven books on Amazon so I usually have a little commercial about my pharmacology books or chemistry books whatever it is and that's how I support the show so I I'll just bring a microphone and laptop down I mean I'm in Northeast Ankeny so it's never more than a 10-minute drive to wherever you're at in terms of events this was what really prompted me to start the show because we went to the Ankeny 's authors fair and the only reason I seen that it was gonna happen was because I happened to go to Kuykendall and return a book and then I saw oh wow that's on Saturday it's two days away at the Pinnacle Club at Otter Creek and I my wife I think had to work that Saturday so I took my daughters down there and it was really cool because you'll hear our three six year olds coming in and there and I wasn't sure you know what authors were gonna have books we had but there were a number of kids that were I wanna say 12 and 14 two of them and my daughter's engaged with them bought books from them and they were just kind of really inspired to see that these authors were so young so Zoe Olsen I think she's 12 year old and she wrote Harry and Larry tale of two Canaries and puppy days and then Elijah Olsen the stick book family the stick family book he's 14 and we have those books in our house so but it's just cool that they're on Amazon too and and that you can buy the books and the thing about the podcast is that my pharmacy leaders podcast actually goes to a hundred countries or a hundred countries are listening to it so it's I think it's called glocal where you act globally but work locally so I've talked to a very successful business owner and I said wow you know but it must be really tough to get your items to these other countries and things like that and he's like no the the u.s. absolutely wants you sending things out it's getting things in that's tough so in terms of exporting you know maybe you think your market is here but you know for those for that group of young authors your reach could be global I mean it's there's kids everywhere in the world and the same thing with a number of the businesses in Ankeny while you know you serve us as that are in Ankeny that really the the opportunities are way out there I'm one of the best-selling books in the UK and also in Australia especially Australia because they're an island and they don't really get it's really expensive to get product there so a lot of times this print on demand that we have now makes it a lot easier to get items to them so again opportunities I think around the world in terms of business so just really really cool the the podcast is just a really really cool medium to kind of have it's kind of a cross between radio and talk show and then in terms of events I got to go to Drake Relays last night saw Ankeny Centennial Ankeny high compete in the four by one I didn't get to see too much else after that but again you know I'm so busy with the kids I kind of want to do this show just so I know when things are happening so you know we'll talk about Summerfest certainly when that's coming up in July I know fire trucker has a bunch of rides a lot of what I'll talk about probably is gonna have to do with riding and running as well and then of course the Ankeny optimist club has their Ankeny 5k that Sunday July 15th Prairie Ridge Aquatic Center so I want to make sure that I don't miss those events but also that I'm again connecting with people that are going to be at those events so this is just a little bit of an introduction what I'm hoping to do with the Ankeny podcast again please get in touch with me if you want to be on the show or if you have any comments or events that are coming up please let me know and I'll put it on there we're gonna start with at least a weekly podcast I usually probably gonna come out on Friday or the weekend just because that's usually when we kind of figuring out what we want to do and then we'll kind of go from there support for this episode comes from the audio book memorizing pharmacology a relaxed approach with over 9,000 sales in the United States United Kingdom and Australia it's the go-to resource to ease the Pharmacology challenge available on audible iTunes and amazon.com in print ebook and audiobook