Erin Hatzikostas interviews Amy Lacey, Founder and Chief Innovation Officer of Cali'flour Foods, about how she turned her Lupus diagnosis into a $20M+ business. They talk about everything from healthy eating, healthy living, entrepreneurship, and family. Amy discusses her difficult upbringing, and how it shaped her into who she is today. She also talks about her diagnosis with Lupus and how it inspired her to start a health coaching business, which led her to taking her homemade cauliflower crusted pizza from her kitchen to farmers' markets to grocery freezers everywhere. Amy talks about the health + entrepreneurial twists and turns her life has taken and provides insights on how to be a successful businesswoman, without losing track of what's important in your life. To follow Cali'flour Foods and to learn more about Amy, check out the links below: Instagram: @heyamylacey Facebook: Amy Lacey Company: Book: Califlour Kitchen Learn more about Erin's In-Person Growthshop, "Your Richest Life": If you like jammin' with us on the podcast, b sure to join us for more fun and inspiration! Here are some options... Check out the b BRILLIANT career coaching program @   b Cause Podcast Facebook group @ We share even more crazy stuff here (you probably thought that was impossible).  Take our simple, fun and insightful "What Kind of Dog Are You At Work?" by going to  We have so much fun stuff going on...we wouldn't want you to miss out - join the authenticity movement and our community by adding your email just about anywhere @  Check out our blog for more of our no-BS career advice @ We have fun and inspiring t-shirts @ DISCLAIMER: This episode is not explicit, though contains mild swearing that may be unsuitable for younger audiences.  Tweetable Comments: "There's a power in meeting new people - the mutual opportunity to authentically develop and support each other, and inspire each other." "Junk food was therapy for me, and even as a little girl I remember that." "I had always worked, because if I wanted anything I had to work for it." "I bought clothes from the off-season in New Zealand, sold them in the U.S, and in the first month I made $4000." "One day I became very sick, and my whole world as I knew it turned upside down." "Within about 6-8 months I started getting really healthy. I was off the medication, and so I wanted to be a health coach." "The whole purpose was to gain my health and my life back, but I started to get sick again because my business was consuming everything." "I was lying in bed, with these conditions that I've been teaching and coaching people how NOT to get, and I just thought 'How did I get here?'" "What's the choice? To lay in bed with no life, and not be there for the people you love?" "If you look at our county vs other countries, we are in really bad shape." "I'm diagnosed with non-alcoholic liver disease. I realized it was the stress." "I was back to where I was ten years ago, so I decided to make some changes." "I put my ego aside, I hired a CEO so I could take a step back and focus on my health and be innovative." "You can have it all, you just have to define what 'all' is." "There are so many solutions to a problem." "Make your customers the hero. Don't make it about your product or your services, make it about your customers using your product." "We get letters, almost daily, from people telling us how we've affected their lives." "You can always reinvent yourself." "If you pay it forward it always comes back to you."