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Lindsay is the designer behind The Joyful Jewelry Box, where she makes one-of-a-kind jewelry inspired by her namesake. After working in human resources and mental health, a series of life events led Lindsay to open her Etsy shop in early 2014. Lindsay's style is primarily bohemian and she strives to create joy with each piece that she makes.

Lindsay lives in Nipomo, CA with her husband, Brandon and their dog Trooper.

We are big fans of our friend Lindsay! She has been a She Percolates supporter from the beginning so it was super fun to get to chat with her! We could have chatted for H-O-U-R-S!

As we do every week we ask our guests what their definition of success is.  Every week Danielle and I nod our heads and silently scream "YES" as we hear each guests answer. This week was no different! Lindsay said:

"Success is about embracing my worth as a person aside from my profession, my achievements, and my failures!"

Ladies {and any gentlemen followers we might have}, this is such a great reminder! We cannot and should not base our success solely on our work! Your life is about so much more than the work you do!

Lindsay shares with us the her career path since high school. She talks about how she used to define success and feel valued.

"Success used to really depend on my professional identity only. How useful I felt in the office and to my co-workers."

Lindsay also shares how she always had a strong desire to go back to school to get her masters.  She went back to school to work in the mental health field, something she thought she really wanted to do.  She shares that after working in that field she realized it wasn't exactly what she wanted.

Lindsay opens up about how she felt a bit embarrassed and bit like a failure because she had made this big proclamation that she was going to go back to school and working in mental health was going to be her thing.

We dive deeper into Lindsay's history as she shares with us how her life was/is having lost her mother when she was only 13 months old. She talks about how this shaped and formed her from a young age.

She also shares with us how her family home was destroyed by a fire the day before her senior year of high school.  The few memories and mementos she had of her mother were lost and the the idea of being able to "go home" was no longer an option.

"Life can be really hard, but we can create joy and connections anyway. But we have to be intentional about it."