Billy's JP+ Podcast

Lauren Palmer on Her Family’s Journey with Childhood Cancer

Lauren Palmer is a powerful person who has focused her incredible strength on raising four children and walking with one of them, Jennings, through two bouts with leukemia. She and her husband, Joel, have walked hand-in-hand through long and very challenging seasons together. Recently, Lauren spoke from the main stage at The Juice Plus+ Conference in Anaheim, CA. Juice Plus+ is the title sponsor for the St. Jude Marathon Weekend and Lauren’s family has benefited from St. Jude during both of Jennings’ battles with cancer. In this episode, Lauren gives us additional details about her, their family, Jennings, their journey, and how they are doing now. She also offers encouragement for other moms walking through a hard season. If you would like to follow Lauren or connect with her, you can find her at @lgpalmer on Instagram.

Disclaimer: Juice Plus+ does not claim to cure or treat any specific disease or symptoms and makes no income promises regarding the business. 

Dr. Rachel Smartt on the Brutiful Journey

Dr. Rachel Smartt is a naturopathic doctor as well as a Presidential Marketing Director (75 Club) with The Juice Plus+ Company. Dr. Smartt’s journey is, as she describes it, “brutiful.” It has been both brutal and beautiful. As you listen to this conversation, you will be taking note after note. Dr. Smartt makes it clear that she doesn’t just happen to be better than most at what she does, she has worked hard to become one of the best at what she does. And key to her effort is that she is very strategic about equipping herself with the tools needed to succeed. Many people question, “If I am working so hard, why am I not experiencing more success?” Dr. Smartt helps us understand that effort alone will not get us where we want to go. We have to be willing to examine ourselves in order to identify where we need to improve and then we need to find or develop the tools that cause us to go from good to great. Ultimately, though, Dr. Smartt’s story and her advice are all about perseverance, staying positive through some of the most challenging seasons of life, and seeing the beauty even in the brutal so that everything can become your unique way to help others.

Disclaimer: Juice Plus+ does not claim to cure or treat any specific disease or symptoms and makes no income promises regarding the business. 

Stacey Whitmer on Looking Back and Looking Forward

Stacey Whitmer is our first-ever returning guest and the perfect one to celebrate our 50th episode! In this conversation, Stacey talks about what we have walked through as a company over the last two years and shares a bit about what her family has walked through personally, as well. She also talks about setting goals for 2022 and imagines what The JP+ Company will possibly look like 25 years from now. This conversation is one that a lot of people need to hear right now. Stacey challenges us to live for more and do it consistently. She also encourages us to look up, to take our eyes off ourselves, and to find that one conversation today that will enable us to live a life we love and a life we are proud of.

Disclaimer: Juice Plus+ does not claim to cure or treat any specific disease or symptoms and makes no income promises regarding the business. 

Jennifer Saval on the Choices That Make Us Rich

Jennifer Saval is a 75 Club Presidential Marketing Director with The Juice Plus+ Company. Jennifer has been awarded three Elton awards, including: 12 Club Rookie of the Year, 24 Club Member of the Year, and 39 Club Member of the Year. In this episode, Jennifer talks to us about the power of choices and the importance of the “why” behind those decisions. She teaches us that “why” leads to “what” and “when,” and that is the journey that has the potential to make us rich. Jennifer defines “rich” in a number of ways; an important one has to do with choosing to live despite all that life throws at us. We are able to do that when we are grounded in a healthy “why” and when we give higher value to our “why” than to what is happening around us and to us. This conversation will challenge you to rethink how you do your business, why you do your business, and the choices you make every day. You will learn to take power back from “no” and to believe that your “What if…?” dreams can come true. Among the choices that can make us rich, learning from Jennifer is certainly one of them.  

Disclaimer: Juice Plus+ does not claim to cure or treat any specific disease or symptoms and makes no income promises regarding the business. 

Victoria Van Duzee on Not Just Letting Life Happen to You

Victoria Van Duzee is the youngest National Marketing Director in the USA. In this episode, Victoria shares her incredible story of how God led her to knock on her neighbor’s door and that led to a life she never imagined she’d be living. Victoria’s story is about someone who does not just let life happen to her. She pursues relationships. She does not allow opportunities to be beyond her grasp. Importantly, she sees in her mind what she wants to accomplish and she goes after it. Along the way, she listens for God’s leading and she is very coachable, but she also embraces the fact that she has a role to play in the outcomes of her life. You will be inspired to hold onto your dreams, to take the extra step, and to do what others might not be willing to do in order to achieve what others might think is impossible. Don’t assume if it has not happened that it must not be meant for you. Believe in the vision and never give up!

Disclaimer: Juice Plus+ does not claim to cure or treat any specific disease or symptoms and makes no income promises regarding the business. 

Toni Branner on Being the Crazy Plant Lady

Toni Branner is a Presidential Marketing Director with The Juice Plus+ Company. Toni has held a number of other distinguished roles during her 40-year career as “The Crazy Plant Lady.” These include former professor in the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Physical Education, Exercise and Sports Science, as well as former director of the Faculty and Staff Wellness Center at UNC-Chapel Hill. Toni has been a popular corporate speaker for more than four decades and is the founder of Health Made Simple, LLC. She is also the author of six books. Toni is deeply passionate about the power of plants to prevent disease and to heal the human body. In this podcast, we cover a wide range of topics, from the subject of her next book (preparing for the storms of life) to building one of the largest JP+ teams in North America to the impact of plants on inflammation, the microbiome, and heart health. More than anything, you will come away inspired and encouraged to be what some might consider a little crazy. If it’s crazy to believe deeply in our mission and calling, then Toni is all that and more; and she invites us to live in the same way. We have a life-changing message that we should boldly (call it crazy if you want to) share with the world!

Disclaimer: Juice Plus+ does not claim to cure or treat any specific disease or symptoms and makes no income promises regarding the business. 

Michelle Barnett on Becoming More Than You Can Imagine

Michelle Barnett is a 39 Club Executive Marketing Director with The Juice Plus+ Company. She and her team have been nominated for 12 Club, 24 Club, and 39 Club Member of the Year awards. In this episode, Michelle tells her story about taking leaps of faith. If you listen to nothing else (and you should listen to the entire conversation!), make sure to listen to Michelle’s response to the last question. She tells us that we are meant for more than we can imagine, but it will likely require more than we can imagine to get there. Michelle has experienced challenges and she has made multiple decisions during her journey to do hard things, but every time she has grown through them to a higher place – in her business and in her personal growth. Michelle teaches us that going around or chasing the latest and greatest is likely not the path to abundant life. The key, as James wrote in chapter one verses two through four, is to have a mindset that sees the possibilities and the good in the challenges. And to understand that endurance builds a faith that will mature us into the leaders God desires for us to be.

Disclaimer: Juice Plus+ does not claim to cure or treat any specific disease or symptoms and makes no income promises regarding the business. 

Kim Douglas on Triumphing Over Our Triggers

Kim Douglas is a National Marketing Director with The Juice Plus+ Company. She is also a wife, a mom of four, a grandmother of four, a former university professor, and the founder and CEO of Write to Unite (www.write2unite.org). In this conversation, Kim talks to us about the higher and lower mindsets. We all encounter triggers every day; the choice is whether to process those triggers through the higher or lower mindset. That choice determines not only how we respond, but also what we value. Our priorities shift if we are living in the lower mindset of fight, flight, or freeze. In the higher mindset that is defined by clarity, faith, trust, peace, conviction of calling, and an others-focused motivation, our priorities remain what we could call “holy” even in the face of challenges and trials. The example of Nehemiah comes to mind. In chapter six verse three, Nehemiah responds to his triggers by saying, “I am doing a great work and will not come down. Why should I leave this [higher level of thinking and operating] to come down to [your lower level of thinking and operating]?” This is what Kim teaches us about in this incredible conversation.

Disclaimer: Juice Plus+ does not claim to cure or treat any specific disease or symptoms and makes no income promises regarding the business. 

Jamie Herb on the Superpower of Being Coachable

Jamie Herb is a new National Marketing Director with The Juice Plus+ Company. She is also a wife and a mother of four. Jamie’s journey is a great example of the power of being coachable. People do not typically think of the skills of listening, following, and trusting as attributes of a superhero, but in Jamie’s story we learn those are the key attributes to making a difference and enjoying an abundant life. The challenge for each of us is to listen for God’s calling for our lives, to follow those coaches that God sends our way, and to trust that if we stay consistent and do what we are coached to do then wonderful things will happen in and through us. A big thanks to Jamie for sharing her story and helping us see this!

Disclaimer: Juice Plus+ does not claim to cure or treat any specific disease or symptoms and makes no income promises regarding the business. 

Beverly Grandison on God Works All Things Together for Good

Beverly Grandison has been a partner with The Juice Plus+ Company for 16 years. She is a National Marketing Director and a winner of a 12 Club Rookie of the Year Elton Award. Prior to becoming a partner with JP+, Beverly served in the United States Army. Beverly has her master’s in professional counseling and is a LEAN certified health coach. Beverly is an expert at staying focused on what matters most. One key belief that has sustained and driven her is that God works all things together for good. Beverly says that every day is either good or better. Her 15-year journey to NMD had a number of challenges, but it culminated in a 12 Club Rookie of the Year award. Never quit. Stay grounded in the calling. And believe that God is good. These are Beverly’s messages to all entrepreneurs. 

Disclaimer: Juice Plus+ does not claim to cure or treat any specific disease or symptoms and makes no income promises regarding the business.