OV Boss Babes

Armed with nearly two decades of experience as early childhood educators and sports coaches, Connor Bell and Emily Prud'Homme had a vision to create fun, engaging, and high quality music and movement classes and soccer programs for babies, toddlers, & children in the Carleton Place area.

Speckled Frogs delivers fun and engaging parent & child experiences which encompass their three pillars of learning: social, physical, and cognitive with activities and programs that are strengthened through intentional play. They also recently launched their event and birthday party hosting packages and help YOU organize activities and event prep, coordinate catering and decorating, book space rentals and more.

Learn how the universe kept bringing these two babes together, the importance of interactive, intentional & independent play, and how their programs are designed to keep kids engaged and entertained!

Helping others keep their bodies healthy and thriving has always been a lifelong dream for Valerie Beaulieu, a certified athletic therapist, who's dream came true in the fall of 2013 when she opened ProActive Athletic Therapy, Lanark County's ✨ONLY✨ athletic therapy clinic in downtown Downtown Carleton Place.

Valerie and her team of athletic therapists and "first responders" specialize in the prevention, assessment and treatment of all orthopaedic sport related injuries, reconnecting you with motion and your ambition with results. And this babe and her team of experts are super passionate when it comes to helping and empowering people of all ages attain their optimal health goals in a safe safe and accelerated injury recovery while promoting confidence, movement and injury prevention.  

In this episode, we discuss:

👟 What is athletic therapy and how does it differentiate from physiotherapy?

🤕 What concussions are and why is there still a stigma around this "invisible injury?"

🤔 How to cultivate a healthy mindset and how this relates to athletic therapy

👏🏼 Life lessons of being a mom & implementing those lessons into her business

Kelly Middaugh is a Canadian curler from Victoria Harbour, ON who relocated to the Ottawa Valley to pursue her education at Algonquin College Pembroke Waterfront Campus and is a student currently taking the Outdoor Adventure Naturalist (ODAN) Program.

Kelly currently plays lead on Team Laurie St-Georges and recently represented Team Quebec at the Scottie Tournament of Hearts! For curling sports fans out there, you might also recognize her last name, as she is the eldest daughter of curling legends Wayne and Sherry Middaugh. But take a back seat mom and dad, because this boss babe is making waves in the sports world.

After settling in Pembroke, Kelly immediately joined the Pembroke Curling Club, encouraging her friends and classmates to test out their skills in this fun sport.

In this episode, Kelly talks about her experience growing up with "curling celebrity" parents, how she and her sister became immersed in the sport, and what inspired her to want to pursue the ODAN program right here in our beautiful community!

Initially starting out as a nurse in long term care homes and working multiple jobs as a retail manager and working at a spa was what pushed Carley Jameson Patterson's drive towards her career goals. But doing nails is what she enjoyed most and she knew she wanted to pursue her aesthetician career full time and become her own BOSS. 👏🏼

When Carley first opened the doors to Trending Nails Pembroke, it was just Carley and her mom, with Carley offering basic nail services and her mom handling reception and appointments but she has expanded to include a full fledged team of babes, an extensive list of beauty services, including sugaring and waxing, lash services, a brow bar, spray tanning and more!

This episode is eye-opening as we don't just talk about nails, beauty and self care. Instead, you'll find out...

💅🏼 How the beauty industry is changing and why "doing nails IS A CAREER" 👏🏼

❤️ Carley and her husband Jamie's dynamic relationship and why these two are such a #PowerCouple

👩🏻‍🍼 How this boss babe's breastfeeding journey has helped other mom's 🙏🏼🥺

For years, Tarwyn Lane has created customized and unique personalized products with your favourite design on them, including tumblers, mugs, wooden signs, charcuterie boards, door mats and so much more! You've seen her work around town , working with His & Her Grazing, Century 21 Aspire Realty, and Enterprise Renfrew County just to name a few.

We all know her biz as Tarwyn Lane Designs.... but she recognized her business was transforming and she was ready for a change. After going through the Enterprise Renfrew County's Starter Company Plus Program and being one of the successful recipients, she has invested fully in her business and has rebranded as Ottawa Valley Engraving!

If you want to hear some 👉🏼real talk👈🏼 about what it's like working behind the scenes, the entrepreneur #momguilt, and to hear a truly successful story of an #OttawaValley boss babe, tune into this episode to truly get inspired!

Hannah Lopes, a former ER nurse had decided to leave her career as a front line worker and focus on her two little girls at home...but the creative itch got to her and she started her own infant apparel company. After wholesaling her products at the local children's boutique in downtown Almonte, she started working there casually until the opportunity to co-own the business was presented to her and she knew she couldn't turn this opportunity.

Fast forward 4 years later, and Hannah has become the sole proprietor of Kentfield Kids and is learning the ropes of being her own boss, making decisions on her own terms, learning to say no to opportunities that don't align, turning off notifications on her social media to maintain that balance, and has created a welcoming space for mom's and parents-to-be at her boutique because #momshelpmoms.

Hey biz owners - you know it's that time of year again.... tax season (groan!) And we all know that running a business is a lot of work...and naturally, you want to keep as much of what you make as possible, get your taxes filed without any penalties or late fees, and PRAY that you don't get audited.

Laura Stevens from Valley Accounting & Tax is here to help! She and her business partner opened up their biz two years ago in Barry's Bay and have business and corporate clients across Ontario, Montreal and even Calgary, offering virtual appointments and safe and secure tax filing.

Laura's nuggets of financial wisdom will help you make make better financial decisions as she provides some ✨important✨ tax tips and deadline dates so you can feel confident and financially empowered.

You'll want to tune in because....

❌ Laura shares why she DOESN'T recommend incorporating if you're a small business

🌐 If you use Shopify, Etsy, Eventbrite, or another e-commerce website... you'll want to listen up!

🚗 You'll learn about mileage, expenses and how to save money in your biz!

💰You might have UNCASHED cheques from the CRA (which means more money for you!)

After Diane Bosse received the disheartening news that she had Crohn's disease, an inflammatory bowel disease, she discovered that healthy eating and natural products could help her deal with the condition. However, Diane realized that most grocery store products contained an abundance of man-made chemicals that only made her symptoms worse.

Diane already knew that she didn't want to be consuming these chemicals in her food, but once she did her research on the harmful effects that it has on a person's immune system, that's when she decided to take action, and developed a healthy eating lifestyle and then started exploring and experimenting with plant-based products, eventually leading her to creating her premium, expertly curated skin care line, The Scented Bohemian.

In this episode, we get down to business and talk about:

🌱 How Diane's health condition has affected her lifestyle and why she's an advocate for clean and healthy eating

🫧 How Diane's 100% safe, natural, chemical-free and gently scented skincare line can help your skin feel and look the best (with products for all kinds of skincare types)

🗣️ Why word of mouth (and a little help from vendor and craft markets) have been the best forms of advertising since the 1980's

🚫 Her scary story of how her social media account got hacked and how others can prevent themselves from it happening to them

In the 1920's, this well known building in Downtown Carleton Place started its legacy as a food store, selling everything from produce and eggs to canned goods and cleaning supplies. It closed in the 1960's as other businesses occupied the space, until it reopened in 1978. It has since has many different owners over the years but has faithfully remained a bulk and health food store.

Dena Comley, a former engineering consultant, acquired The Granary in 2008 and is working hard to create a vibrant, successful business that connects people while helping them on their own quest for good health and is your prime destination for a wide variety of organic, natural and health related products.

In this episode, we talked about:

👉🏼 How does a former engineering contractor come to owning a long time historic health & food store?!

🍎 What does ORGANIC and NON GMO really mean?

🥬 What exactly is a plant based diet...and why should we try it?

😮‍💨 How does Dena find balance in her life being a biz owner, mom, Municipal Councillor, etc.?

Social norms have popularized drinking as a form of self-care for exhausted parents. Motherhood is a stressful job, and it goes without saying that alcohol helps to take the edge off after a long week. The only problem is, it shouldn't be and its potentially harming our health. 

Hear how Sarah Kate's relationship with alcohol changed and what led her to want to live an alcohol-free lifestyle (because she is pro alcohol-free > sober). Sarah Kate started Some Good Clean Fun, an alcohol-free lifestyle platform for women who are sober and sober curious, along with some great non-alcoholic options that anyone can enjoy!

She has been featured on CTV News, Breakfast Television, Global TV, among other media outlets and podcasts and is changing the way women think about alcohol and sharing the best recipes for some booze free mocktails!