Bestie Business Banter

We’re back! This episode is mostly just bestie banter, because we haven’t been doing much business…but we had plenty to chat about! We talk about our low-lift biz summer schedules and what we did instead. We get into chore and snack systems that saved our sanity, birthday traditions, end-of-summer resets, unplugging from social media, new hobbies, family travel dreams, and all the little things that made this summer sweeter. Basically, it’s a big ol’ summer debrief with your business besties, complete with car detailing, helium tanks, sweaty melons, and the eternal question: how many things can you possibly squeeze into one summer? 😂

👯‍♀️ Today's Banter Includes:

• Business Banter: A low-lift launch, podcast maintenance, and embracing limited work hours
• The dangerous combination of “nothing but time” and TJ Maxx
• Girl bossing too close to the sun: saying yes to ALL the things when capacity starts coming back
• Kids birthdays and the surprisingly important helium tank
• How tech boundaries are a game changer
• Summer lifesavers: simple repeat meals, chore checklists, and snack systems
• Summer reflections: past family trips and future travel dreams

🔗 Links You Might Be Looking For:

• Instagram: @bestiebusinessbanter
• Rebecca's Instagram: @its.not.rocket.science
• Lauren's Instagram: @counselorclique
• Rebecca's Amazon Storefront
• Lauren's Amazon Storefront

Ready or not, summer is coming! We don't know about you, but we've got a lot to prepare for. After a very important chat on facial massage, we're getting into business banter by sharing our summer child care plans...because at least a little bit of work will have to happen even when the pool is calling. Then, we cover all kinds of bestie topics from husbands following us around the house, to our chiropractor obsession, to Lauren's healthy journey update. And if you were as attached to the Space Mission of 2026 (Artemis II) as Lauren was/is, you're going to especially love today's Gotta Gab About segment. Houston, we've got a case of the giggles. 🤣 You've been warned!

👯‍♀️ Today's Banter Includes:

• Two words: facial massage
• Business Banter: Our summer childcare strategies & how we’re trying to make work fit around pool days and mom-friend time
• Blood boilers: husbands “helping” in the kitchen, and lost library books
• 30-second therapy: the ultimate marriage hack
• Lifesavers: chiropractors, laundry solutions, and training kids to be great humans
• Little luxuries: crisp new glasses, the perfect iced latte, and more
• Lauren’s leaky gut journey, food allergies, and seeing a woo-woo doctor
• Gotta Gab About: cooking, SPACE, and prepping the house for summer

🔗 Links You Might Be Looking For:

• Chore charts Rebecca mentioned
• Want to get your face snatched like Rebecca? @helenleland on IG!
• Instagram: @bestiebusinessbanter
• Rebecca's Instagram: its.not.rocket.science
• Lauren's Instagram: @counselorclique
• Rebecca's Amazon Storefront
• Lauren's Amazon Storefront

Is it possible to build a business that actually fits YOU, not just what the Internet says is right? This week, we’re finding out with our real-life and internet bestie Keali Scheider, who might just be the most multi-passionate entrepreneur we know! From speech pathology to virtual assistant, online coach, and Disney content creator, Keali takes us behind the scenes of all her ventures and shares the way she’s grown a business on her own terms. We chat about creative energy, setting boundaries online, and how comfort and chaos can coexist. Plus, there's plenty of bestie banter about inconsiderate parking lot offenders, Target’s tragic fashion choices, and a period product that might just change your life!

👯‍♀️ Today's Banter Includes:

• Keali's business journey and why she refuses to fit in a box
• Building a Disney Instagram empire 👸🏻
• Balancing mom life and work, and why sometimes it’s just about getting through the next minute
• Social media burnout, algorithm woes, and how we really decide what platform to show up on
• Customer service lessons from Disney (and why Keali would never be a true “Disney adult”… or would she?)
• Bestie Banter: Steve Job moments, blood boilers, 30-second therapy, and gotta-gab about

🔗 Links You Might Be Looking For:

• Keali’s Instagram: @kealiscastle
• Services Inquiry (Coaching/Consultation Requests) Form
• Moms Night Out Event
• ShopMy Creator Referral Link
• Our website
• Instagram: @bestiebusinessbanter
• Rebecca's Instagram: its.not.rocket.science
• Lauren's Instagram: @counselorclique
• Rebecca's Amazon Storefront
• Lauren's Amazon Storefront

Wow, do we have a lot to catch up on! Rebecca's back from her Disney adventure (and still detoxing from the magic and the chicken tenders), and Lauren is breaking down exactly how much she’s worked this year (it’s even less than we thought). We’re chatting about business rhythms, homeownership dilemmas, all the drama that comes with having a sock-eating dog 🙄, and Disney reflections.

👯‍♀️ Today's Banter Includes:

1. Real-life work hours confession, and does revenue match the time invested?
2. Little luxuries: hairdressers who can read the room, family shows we all love, and the sublime experience of sitting poolside OFF DUTY
3. House talk: Is it normal wear & tear, kids being absolute savages, or just bad builders?
4. The never-ending sock-eating dog saga
5. Gabbin’ about measuring, mood boards (or not), and a Disney debrief

🔗 Links You Might Be Looking For:

1. Rebecca's (FREE!!) Disney planner
2. Our website
3. Instagram: @bestiebusinessbanter
4. Rebecca's Instagram: its.not.rocket.science
5. Lauren's Instagram: @counselorclique
6. Rebecca's Amazon Storefront
7. Lauren's Amazon Storefront

We survived the month of January, and I think we can all agree that's something to celebrate! Balancing work, family, and a relentless stream of sick days and snow days is no joke. That's why we're kicking off this episode by talking about how we share the household load with our husbands, and what we're outsourcing just to survive. Then, we're venting about our latest blood boilers, like annoying trips to Verizon and losing our favorite things. And we're calming it down with a reminder to embrace whatever season you're in - and a great story of a failed lash lift!

👯‍♀️ Today’s Banter Includes:

How we’re sharing the load at home (and what we outsource first!)

Why we’re okay being “just okay” at some things this year

Why Verizon’s business model is making our blood boil

Lauren’s uncomfortable eyelash lift experience

30-second therapies and little luxuries that are getting us through the day

🔗 Links You Might Be Looking For:

1. Our website
2. Instagram: @bestiebusinessbanter
3. Rebecca's Instagram: its.not.rocket.science
4. Lauren's Instagram: @counselorclique
5. Rebecca's Amazon Storefront
6. Lauren's Amazon Storefront

Are there any besties out there getting ready to start their own business?! In today's episode, we're each sharing our top three things we want you to know if you're new to entrepreneurial life. Then, we get into bestie banter, including blood boilers, lifesavers, little luxuries...and a friendly roast of all things Texas! If you have a new business idea, come say hi on Instagram and let us cheer you on!

👯‍♀️ Today’s Banter Includes:

1. Business beginnings: motivation, humility, and why “everything is figureoutable”
2. Kid medicine and kid clothing - why is keeping up so hard?!
3. Social media lingo and behavior that makes us cringe (looking at you, TikTok “tap taps”)
4. Hard parenting resets: snacks, choices, and boundaries galore
5. The simple keepsake system to save your sanity
6. Millie Moon diapers & a current fave show to watch with your spouse
7. What we’re (not) choosing to be great at this year

🔗 Links You Might Be Looking For:

1. Our website
2. Instagram: @bestiebusinessbanter
3. Name decal and labels
4. Paper organizer for my kids to use
5. Keepsake box
6. File folders
7. Original reel that the keepsake box idea came from
8. Rebecca's Instagram: its.not.rocket.science
9. Lauren's Instagram: @counselorclique
10. Rebecca's Amazon Storefront
11. Lauren's Amazon Storefront

We're rolling into the new year with a whole lotta business talk and bestie banter, including some blood boilers that need to get off our chests...per usual. We’re digging into our business highs and lows, how we’re prioritizing family and choosing to slow down, dreaming of slow and steady growth, and sharing all the things saving our lives in this season. Grab your latte (can we expense those? Katherine, help!) and buckle up because we have a lot to chat about!

Today's Banter Includes:

1. Business revenue, growth stats, and end-of-year reflections
2. Making the choice to slow down (New year, new rhythm energy!)
3. Autocorrect fails, unlimited PTO, and Costco chaos
4. Dawn Power Wash, shower bombs, and Cara Cara oranges
5. Cutting down on screen time and falling asleep while reading
6. Oura Ring stress graphs and why fight-or-flight peaks at 2:15 pm
7. Claw clip confusion and a Storyworth update/warning
8. Micro hobbies & slowing down with one line a day journals

Links You Might Be Looking For:

1. Instagram: @bestiebusinessbanter
2. Our website
3. Rebecca's Instagram: @themomfluencer
4. Lauren's Instagram: @counselorclique
5. Rebecca's Amazon Storefront
6. Lauren's Amazon Storefront

Alright ya'll, we finally have a guest episode for you! We wrangled our calendars and welcomed Anna Grace Willimon to BBB - a country girl from South Carolina with a big family and even bigger dreams. We’re talking all things farm life, building a business with your husband (and four kids in tow!), and navigating the wild balance of being a mom and entrepreneur. Come for the behind-the-scenes scoop on Willimon Family Farms. Stay for the bestie banter on Grinch Day drama, existential bedtime questions, and a shared deep love of hot honey.

👯‍♀️ Today’s Banter Includes:

1. The story behind Willimon Family Farms and starting a business as a busy mom of four
2. How farming makes (or doesn't make...) money and why the five-year plan is real
3. Homeschooling, chasing dreams, and the art of operating at 40%
4. 30 Second Therapy: having mom friends in seasons ahead of you & our thoughts on children being born perfect
5. Little Luxuries: air fryers and solo Trader Joe’s trips 🙏🏻

🔗 Links You Might Be Looking For:

1. BBB Instagram: @bestiebusinessbanter
2. Anna Grace's Instagram: @willimonfamilyfarms
3. Rebecca's Instagram: @its.not.rocket.science
4. Lauren's Instagram: @counselorclique
5. Rebecca's Amazon Storefront
6. Lauren's Amazon Storefront

🎅 Disclaimer: There is Santa and Elf talk in this episode!

The Christmas countdown is on, and we're catching up on ALL the things, like how to muster up motivation when your business battery is dead, why our stockings are the only thing Santa fills, and the annual debate of “will we ever stop buying Christmas gifts for adults?”. We chat about what it’s like running a business as a mom, especially during the holidays, thrifting Christmas presents, and making fun the secret sauce to getting things done. We laughed, we ranted, and we maybe shed a sentimental tear (Lauren definitely did)!

👯‍♀️ Today’s Banter Includes:

• How to find motivation in your business again (or make peace with not having any)
• Our tricks for making the boring parts of work actually fun
• Should we treat ourselves as a reward… or to get started?
• End of year money & goal planning with the ultimate “financial barn” date night
• Blood Boilers: AI customer service and group texts no one wants to be in
• 30-Second Therapy: Why “it is what it is, but it’s not what it will be” is our new mom motto
• Little Luxuries: past us serving future us, Christmas sheets, candles, and more
• Gotta Gab About: Christmas traditions we love, including thrifting gifts and stuffing our own stockings

🔗 Links You Might Be Looking For:

• Rebecca's Instagram: @its.not.rocket.science
• Lauren's Instagram: @counselorclique
• Rebecca's Amazon Storefront
• Lauren's Amazon Storefront
• Penderwicks Book Series
• Teleties Hair Clip
• Kindle Cover
• Ice Roller
• Makeup Remover Washcloths
• Advent Book for Kids 

Heyyyy besties! We've got a lot to gab about today, like our thoughts on extended breastfeeding (and our inability to relate), holiday party marathons, and the never-ending search for an available babysitter. We’re also talking about our newest opinions on business funnels and marketing. Come for the business tips; stay for the shameless secondhand Christmas chat, screen time confessions, and general blood boiling over Walmart red onion reviews (do people actually do this?! We have to know.). We’re so glad you’re here!

👯‍♀️ Today’s Banter Includes:

• The business funnel breakdown: social media, email, podcast, and selling authentically
• Our very real feelings about rage-bait breastfeeding content
• Why finding babysitters is a part-time job (and our Facebook group hacks)
• Holiday party season - how many Christmas parties is too many?
• Secondhand Christmas gift wins
• Hacks for holiday hosting (hello, kid charcuterie boards and notes from last year)
• The screen time widget, app limits, and our quest for less phone brain rot
• Millennial memory update: we have more waterbed info!

🔗 Links You Might Be Looking For:

• Rebecca's Instagram: @its.not.rocket.science
• Lauren's Instagram: @counselorclique
• Rebecca's Amazon Storefront
• Lauren's Amazon Storefront
• Podcast: Raising Boys and Girls

Got thoughts on the episode, business funnel questions, or babysitter drama? DM us on Instagram! We love hearing from you, besties!