Today's guest is Trina Bird, a self taught baker who owns Bird Food Baking Company. Her brick and mortar store is located at Lighthouse Local in Bedford, NH. She offers everything from donuts and pop-tarts to cakes and other extravagant pastries. In this episode, we talk about the growth of her company, how she comes up with new ideas for pastry flavors, and reminds us why we should just say YES when presented with the opportunity to do so!

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 www.instagram.com/birdfoodbakingco

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Creator & Host: Meg Staples

Editor & Producer: Tiffany Begin-Stearns

Amanda is an integrated spiritual life therapist and energy worker who integrates her knowledge of the body, mind and Soul to make healing accessible for all. She has been practicing a variety of healing modalities over the past two decades and works directly with her clients to support them to heal. When she is not working with clients or running workshops you can find her spending time with her husband and three kids or in her garden!

Find Amanda on Instagram at @amandabryantherapy

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Creator & Host: Meg Staples

Editor & Producer: Tiffany Begin-Stearns

Today's guest is Leah Bellemore, owner of Vine 32 Wine & Graze Bar in Bedford, NH. Vine 32 is the only self-serve wine bar in the state of New Hampshire. In this episode we talk about how the pandemic sparked this new business venture for Leah, how she came up with the name Vine 32, and how her love for interior decorating shaped the cozy, nostalgic place to enjoy your new favorite glass of wine! 

Find Vine 32:

Instagram: www.instagram.com/vinethirtytwo

Facebook: www.facebook.com/vinethirtytwowww.vinethirtytwo.com 

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Creator & Host: Meg Staples 

Editor & Producer: Tiffany Begin-Stearns 

Jessica Leff is the owner of Parker Mountain Comfort Wraps - a sustainable, eco friendly business based in New Hampshire. Jess is a mom to three boys and has strived to create a business with her husband, where they can bring more calm, deeper breaths and all things feel good to their lives.

You can find Jessica at @pmcomfortwraps or pmcomfortwraps.com

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Creator & Host: Meg Staples 

Editor & Producer: Tiffany Begin-Stearns 

Stephanie is an Advocate and Lobbyist for the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and partnering global agencies. She is a ultra distance trail/mountain runner who lives with and fights through Lupus, an autoimmune disease that turns the body against itself, and is a human working hard on believing that she’s worthy of the good things and people in her life. 

Stephanie is considering a side career as a professional hype woman, believes that all children deserve a safe childhood, and would not exist without peanut butter.

You can find Stephanie at @stephanie.elizabeth.lives

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Creator & Host: Meg Staples 

Editor & Producer: Tiffany Begin-Stearns 

Meet Cassie Stephens!

Cassie Stephens is a former art teacher and self published book author from Nashville, Tennessee. Cassie has a huge following on social media - she has shared all of her amazing lesson plans for other art teachers for years, but also shares all of the incredible outfits she sews for herself, her thrift store finds, and her fabulous dance moves! Cassie talks to me about not waiting for the right moment to follow your dreams and why you should always take a daily dose of Vitamin C (Creativity)!

Find Cassie on Instagram at @cassie_stephenz

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Creator & Host: Meg Staples 

Editor & Producer: Tiffany Begin-Stearns 

Meet Stephanie Shirley!

Stephanie is a former retail manager turned jewelry artist from Las Vegas, Nevada! In this episode, she talks to us about overcoming the negative moments in her life to turn them into something positive, and how she hopes to always spread joy with her creations! Stephanie believes we should always celebrate both our dark and our light, and all of her earring designs are evident of that! Find Stephanie on Instagram at @goodmorningsbystephanie

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Creator & Host: Meg Staples

Editor & Producer: Tiffany Begin-Stearns

Today's guest is Alyssa Hamel!

Alyssa is a therapist and the owner of Oh Happy Day Candle Company. She’s a mom who loves chocolate and is always willing to try something new at least once!

Today we talk about how what we put out into the world leaves a ripple effect & how we always have the power to heal ourselves.

You can find Alyssa at @ohhappydaycc on Instagram. 

On this episode of Extraordinary Women, is Alex Picard!

Alex is an audiobook narrator, an actress, a mom, and a college professor (she might have also missed her calling as a professional stand up comedian). Today she shares with us her journey of over 20 years of acting, her life as a runner, and how balance is just not a real thing.

Find Alex on Instagram @it_sounds_like_alex or at www.alexpicard.com

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Launch day is here!!!

The best way to kick things off is to hear from Meg herself. She talks about her own journey, what makes her an extraordinary woman, and what inspired her to create this podcast (spoilers: it's all of YOU)!

Know someone who'd be a great fit for the show? Email [email protected] or find the podcast on Instagram @extraordinarywomenpodcast.