Your host Mary Katherine Stahl is excited to introduce today's guest, Sarah Sawall, the owner of Qontevo - a brand known for creating meal prep bags that are both functional and fashionable. 

She's full of passion when it comes to helping busy women lead a healthy and fit lifestyle. She understands the challenges that come with balancing work, family, and personal time, and she is here to share her insights and experiences.

• 01:10 - Your host, Mary Katherine Stahl, introduces today's guest, Sarah Sawall, the owner and operator of Qontevo.
• 02:12 - Mary Katherine and Sarah recalls where they met.
• 03:22 - Sarah talks about Qontevo, how it came about, and its market.
• 10:12 - Sarah shares how she started her business while taking care of herself and her family and how she manages it all currently. 
• 11:00 - Sarah shares her future plans for the business. 
• 14:00 - Mary Katherine says that many of the listeners are into e-commerce and asks Sarah what she finds the hardest part in starting an online business and how she sets her business apart. 
• 17:40 - Sarah explains that she has a connection with women and wants to help them, and that's why that's her business focus. 
• 19:10 - Sarah talks about how she has to remind herself not to mind people who can't see the vision that she has.  
• 21:12 - Mary Katherine shares her own e-commerce story. 
• 24:40 - Sarah shares some of her ways to connect with women she wants to network with and how she started to create a community for like-minded women.
• 33:14 - Mary Katherine shares that she used to be focused on thinking that the people she fills her time with should be located near her until she met others from different places who also go through the same experience as hers. 
• 34:40 - Sarah agrees with Mary Katherine and says that creating connections with other people doesn't need to be local.
• 37:58 - Sarah shares that she also struggled with posting on social media.
• 40:03 - Sarah talks about H.O.P.E., which stands for Help One Person Every day, when posting on social media.
• 44:09 - Sarah shares what Beyond The Scale means to her. 
• 47:20 - Follow Sarah Sawall and Qontevo on Instagram @sarahsawall and @qontevo

"I've had to put myself out there with the idea that I want to create a community of women trying to better themselves." - Sarah Sawall