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This week on the say YES to yourself! podcast Wendy has an honest conversation about entrepreneurship with Christine Santos. Christine is an online Business Mentor who has been mentoring Wendy for the last couple of years, together journeying through the successes and challenges. 

Christine shares how sometimes the best laid plans are not what the universe has in store for you and making the scary decisions are the ones that get you closer to your desires.  

Sit back and listen to this conversation between two amazing women sharing stories and the behind the scenes of their businesses.  You'll hear how it all started by saying YES and how it continues through taking action and having support. 

In their conversation you'll hear the true respect these women have for each other and their clients and how it's these types of relationships that are so important to entrepreneurship.   

After listening to this episode you'll be so excited and inspired to take your next step towards your dreams.

Wendy and Christine welcome you to join the conversation by reaching out to them on social media. They'd love to hear about your YES.

Get to Know Christine

Christine is a business mentor working with her clients to grow their own online businesses. She is an expert in positive mindset and growth strategist. She has 30 years of corporate experience serving in upper management working with physicians developing medical software. She has coached hundreds of team members and managed countless projects. She's a leader, mentor, speaker, certified life coach, international bestseller author of the book Authentic, podcast creator, and online course creator. She is passionate about helping small business owners make an impact in the world. She provides unprecedented support through putting you first, auditing your business, developing a project plan and supporting you through all the details. She created her business, Christine Santos, LLC; providing proven and time-tested solutions and services to build, grow, and expand your business. She is the host of the Wonder Boldly Podcast, creator of the Harness Your Morning Program, responsible for creating space for small business owners to own their mornings and focus on themselves first so they can face their days with a positive and resilient mindset. She is married with one child and believes you create your reality through your mindset. She is living proof of growing up at the poverty level, moving from apartment to apartment to keep costs of living down, racking up over $100,000 in debt to making 6 figures, owning two homes, and having 0 debt. She is living proof of what you can achieve with a positive mindset and the right support system.

Connect with Christine 

Instagram: @christinebsantos
Facebook: Christine_Santos_Coach
LinkedIn: Christine Santos

Podcast: Wonder Boldly

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Say YES to joining Wendy for one of our upcoming experiences

• PWH On the Road in Woodstock, Vermont 
• Entertaining with Ease LIVE: Holiday Edition (December)

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Instagram: @phineaswrighthouse

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/phineaswrighthouse

Website: https://www.phineaswrighthouse.com/ 

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Instagram: @wendy.harrop
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Website: Phineas Wright House
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Interested in being a guest on the show?
Send your pitch to [email protected]

Podcast Production By Shannon Warner of Resonant Collective
Want to start your own podcast? Let's chat!

If this episode resonated, follow Say YES to Yourself! and leave a  5-star review. It helps more women in midlife discover the tools, stories, and community that make saying YES not only possible, but powerful.

Fan Mail: Tell Wendy how you're saying yes to yourself!

This week on the say YES to yourself! podcast Wendy talks with the delightful Sylvie Mazerolle, the photographer from the recent PWH On the Road trip to the Charente Maritime for the Cookbook project. 

They talk about the intentionality of seizing the opportunities, and asking yourself ‘what do I really want now?’ Sylvie shares her desire to capture life through her visual media, and to showcase what she calls a ‘Slice of Life.’ Seeing those moments that are precious and delicious and saying YES to them. 

Wendy and Sylvie also talk about the ripple effects of our decisions and how they can be a gift for us but also to others. They also talk about how when we grab those moments that are there for us magic happens!

Get to Know Sylvie

Sylvie is a professional photographer with over 15 years experience as a visual artist. Eight of those years were spent as a professional makeup artist in Toronto’s film and fashion industry. Now based in Dieppe New-Brunswick Canada, you can find her behind the lens creating beautiful images for others to enjoy. In her photography, she focuses on using natural light as much as possible and trusting in not just what she sees, but how she sees it. She uses both her past experience in color theory and storytelling as well as her intuition. The results are rich, elegant images that evoke emotions. In addition to traveling, portraits, and food photography, she mentors others on how to unlock their own creativity. “ Photographs are the only thing capable of freezing the passing of time in today's fast-paced world. It’s a way to slow down and be present. When I am photographing just for me, it’s a form of self care and art therapy. It can be very meditative. There is beauty everywhere. Slow down and take a moment to appreciate it, taste it, and get to know it. Enjoy a Slice Of Life.”

Connect with Sylvie

Website: https://sylviemazerolle.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sylvie.mazerolle/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sylviemazerolleimages
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/197061891582603

Work with Sylvie
Sylvie is offering her Mentoring sessions in January of the new year. It will soon be available on the website. In the meantime feel free to sign up for her newsletter, or follow her on IG and in my FB group at "Unfolding your creativity"

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Say YES to joining Wendy for one of our upcoming experiences

• PWH On the Road in Woodstock, Vermont 
• Entertaining with Ease LIVE: Holiday Edition (December)

Connect with Wendy
Instagram: @phineaswrighthouse
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/phineaswrighthouse
Website: https://www.phineaswrighthouse.com/ 

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Connect with Wendy:

Linkedin
Instagram: @wendy.harrop
Facebook: Phineas Wright House

Website: Phineas Wright House
PWH Farm Stays
PWH Curated Experience and Travel

Interested in being a guest on the show?
Send your pitch to [email protected]

Podcast Production By Shannon Warner of Resonant Collective
Want to start your own podcast? Let's chat!

If this episode resonated, follow Say YES to Yourself! and leave a  5-star review. It helps more women in midlife discover the tools, stories, and community that make saying YES not only possible, but powerful.

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This week on the say YES to yourself! podcast Wendy talks with her mom, Sally Hall.  Its Thanksgiving week and its the perfect time to share this fun, touching, genuine and heart-warming conversation between Mother and Daughter.

Wendy and Sally talk about the loss of her husband,  Wendy's dad, and how they both navigated this loss.  They also talk about how they both find ways in every season of life to say YES to themselves.  

Sally shares the many pivotal moments when she said YES to herself including service in the Navy, marrying her husband, raising four children, saying yes to Jesus, and saying yes to embracing the difficult season of being a widow.  

Get to Know Sally
Sally Hall is Wendy's mom, and a total Queen, navigating hardships and modelling how to show up for yourself in good times and hard. 

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Say YES to joining Wendy for one of our upcoming experiences

• PWH On the Road in Woodstock, Vermont 
• Entertaining with Ease LIVE: Holiday Edition (December)

Connect with Wendy
Instagram: @phineaswrighthouse
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/phineaswrighthouse
Website: https://www.phineaswrighthouse.com/ 

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Connect with Wendy:

Linkedin
Instagram: @wendy.harrop
Facebook: Phineas Wright House

Website: Phineas Wright House
PWH Farm Stays
PWH Curated Experience and Travel

Interested in being a guest on the show?
Send your pitch to [email protected]

Podcast Production By Shannon Warner of Resonant Collective
Want to start your own podcast? Let's chat!

If this episode resonated, follow Say YES to Yourself! and leave a  5-star review. It helps more women in midlife discover the tools, stories, and community that make saying YES not only possible, but powerful.

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This week on the say YES to yourself! podcast Wendy talks with KB (Kristina Brummer) the show's producer.  They talk about how they have spent the last few years working together to embrace all the ideas and possibilities that have come through and to Wendy.  They also celebrate the nearly 1 year anniversary of this podcast adventure!

Wendy and KB talk about their shared experience of being adoptive mothers and the gift that each of their daughters are. Kristina also shares how she has chosen to say YES to herself in some very big ways over the past year and half.  First with making the shift from employee to entrepreneur, to creating an agency and building a team and then to moving her family to another province (she’s Canadian) to put down roots in a home of their own in a new community.

Get to Know Kristina
Kristina Brummer is the Founder and CEO of The Spectacular Middle, a heart-centred, full-service virtual support agency. She and her team act as a strategic partner for their clients; customising support to meet them where they are at in their business journey. 

Kristina is passionate about supporting other women in business. She has built a team full of capable and inspiring women, and she has played an essential role in helping other female-owned companies build, manage and grow their business by striking a critical balance between listening to their visions and providing technical know-how. 

She is a middle child, a published author and a frequent podcast guest, and is currently developing a course for others who wish to follow in the path of moving from traditional employment to entrepreneurship.

Kristina now lives in a charming small town in Central Alberta, Canada. Her mission is to help other heart-centred entrepreneurs actualize their business dreams, stepping into living a full heart-centred life and embracing the messy, and spectacular middle.

Connect with Kristina
Instagram: @thespectacularmiddle
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064364991954
Website: https://www.thespectacularmiddle.com/

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Say YES to joining Wendy for one of our upcoming experiences

• PWH On the Road in Woodstock, Vermont 
• Entertaining with Ease LIVE: Holiday Edition (December)

Connect with Wendy
Instagram: @phineaswrighthouse
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/phineaswrighthouse
Website: https://www.phineaswrighthouse.com/ 

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Connect with Wendy:

Linkedin
Instagram: @wendy.harrop
Facebook: Phineas Wright House

Website: Phineas Wright House
PWH Farm Stays
PWH Curated Experience and Travel

Interested in being a guest on the show?
Send your pitch to [email protected]

Podcast Production By Shannon Warner of Resonant Collective
Want to start your own podcast? Let's chat!

If this episode resonated, follow Say YES to Yourself! and leave a  5-star review. It helps more women in midlife discover the tools, stories, and community that make saying YES not only possible, but powerful.

Fan Mail: Tell Wendy how you're saying yes to yourself!

This week on the say YES to yourself! podcast Wendy talks with the inspiring Andrea Walsh.  They talk about their intense first meeting and their shared desire to create space for women to find growth and empowerment. 

Wendy and Andrea talk about showing up in service to others while also honoring yourself through that service. Andrea shares how the retreats she coordinates are done with the intent of providing space for women to recharge and figure out their next step.  Each woman is empowered to embrace each opportunity that arises and to have the tools to pivot when needed. The key messages are: 

• be your authentic self 
• take time to be present in the moment or season you are in
• be open and in a place of gratitude

Get to Know Andrea
Andrea Walsh is an entrepreneur, community connector, wife, mom of 3 boys, sports fanatic and people lover based in Philadelphia, PA. Starting her professional career as an 8th grade language arts teacher, basketball and lacrosse coach, she learned how to connect with humans, get over a fear of public speaking and lead a variety of teams. Andrea has spent the last 8 years coaching hundreds of women to build businesses and created a vibrant team of passionate non-toxic lifestyle entrepreneurs. Extending from her vibrant pure haven community and business, Andrea serves mompreneurs by creating adventures to learn more about themselves, gain confidence, and live their purposes. Andrea's mission is to help 1 million women to discover purpose, fun, and fulfillment in their lives to be the best mothers, friends, spouses, business leaders, and community movers & shakers.

Andrea’s business Empower One creates experiences for women to discover (or rediscover) confidence, fun, and purpose through momventure retreats. Her next weekend retreat is the weekend of April 29th, 2023 in Gatlinburg, TN. 

Connect with Andrea
LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/andrea_bossmomof3
Instagram: @andrea_bossmomof3
Facebook: Andrea MacIver Walsh https://www.facebook.com/andrea.m.walsh.7
TikTok: @boss_momof3

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Say YES to joining Wendy for one of our upcoming experiences

• PWH On the Road in Woodstock, Vermont 
• Entertaining with Ease LIVE: Holiday Edition (December)

Connect with Wendy
Instagram: @phineaswrighthouse
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/phineaswrighthouse
Website: https://www.phineaswrighthouse.com/ 

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Connect with Wendy:

Linkedin
Instagram: @wendy.harrop
Facebook: Phineas Wright House

Website: Phineas Wright House
PWH Farm Stays
PWH Curated Experience and Travel

Interested in being a guest on the show?
Send your pitch to [email protected]

Podcast Production By Shannon Warner of Resonant Collective
Want to start your own podcast? Let's chat!

If this episode resonated, follow Say YES to Yourself! and leave a  5-star review. It helps more women in midlife discover the tools, stories, and community that make saying YES not only possible, but powerful.

Fan Mail: Tell Wendy how you're saying yes to yourself!

This week on the say YES to yourself! podcast Wendy has the pleasure of a second conversation with the lovely Stacy Cordova and this time they are talking all about Human Design.

'Human Design is a life changing tool that guides you in discovering your gifts and using them to your fullest potential. It is your Soul’s Roadmap to help  align you to your purpose.'

Stacy uses Human Design as one of the modalities for soul care and in this conversation she shares a reading for Wendy of her Human Design chart.  They talk through Wendy's chart and discuss ways that this tool can help you realign and create practices to support your true self. 

Listen to their first conversation here: Stacy Cordova on saying YES to Tuning into Your Soul Care

Get to Know Stacy

Stacy is a veteran Special Education teacher in the public school system. Experiencing burn out led her to seek the tools to help me extinguish it. In her 25+ years of working with and teaching students with special needs, she came to terms that her own needs were not being met. Her daily practice of Soul-Care has been life changing and led her down a path of exploring and healing.

If you are interested in learning about your Human Design you can find your chart on her website www.soulcarecommune.com. She does Human Design Soul Map Readings to help you dive deeper into your design. You can reach Stacy by email at [email protected] if you are interested in learning about soul care retreats to deepen your soul care practices. And you can always find her on instagram where she shares what she is doing, reading, learning, traveling too.

Connect with Stacy

Instagram: @soulcarecommune
Website:  www.soulcarecommune.com   
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6TtAgKU9efMJRKJ-vYL27A

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Say YES to joining Wendy for one of our upcoming experiences

• PWH On the Road in Woodstock, Vermont 
• Entertaining with Ease LIVE: Holiday Edition (December)

Connect with Wendy
Instagram: @phineaswrighthouse
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/phineaswrighthouse
Website: https://www.phineaswrighthouse.com/ 

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Connect with Wendy:

Linkedin
Instagram: @wendy.harrop
Facebook: Phineas Wright House

Website: Phineas Wright House
PWH Farm Stays
PWH Curated Experience and Travel

Interested in being a guest on the show?
Send your pitch to [email protected]

Podcast Production By Shannon Warner of Resonant Collective
Want to start your own podcast? Let's chat!

If this episode resonated, follow Say YES to Yourself! and leave a  5-star review. It helps more women in midlife discover the tools, stories, and community that make saying YES not only possible, but powerful.

Fan Mail: Tell Wendy how you're saying yes to yourself!

This week on the say YES to yourself! podcast Wendy talks with her friend Susan Hays of Our French Oasis.

Wendy and Susan talk about conquering fears by taking them head on and always saying YES to adventure.  They also talk about how our inner critic can work tirelessly to put up roadblocks to us moving beyond our limits to create a new narrative for ourselves.

And... of course they talk about their love of France!

Get to Know Susan
Married with five children, Susan has lived in France for over two decades. In her words, 'I suppose you could say I've had a very exciting life'. She's lived in three different continents, been a horse-race jockey over steeplechase fences, taken her private pilot's licence and she holds a world record in big game fishing. Everything is possible if you believe in yourself.

Eight years ago after a vast amount of hard work, they opened their guest cottage to their first paying visitors and have loved everyone they've met and every second of welcoming people there. It was a natural progression to extend their business and today she runs Our French Lifestyle. Along with greeting their guests and ensuring they have a comfortable and luxurious stay, they now help a great many people find their own dream properties there. Whether it is as a vacation home or a permanent move, they help source the perfect house which suits their needs. Susan also buys and sells Antique and vintage French lifestyle accessories, ensuring that people who cannot visit this country can at least have a little Frenchness in their homes.

"Life is always busy, it's a big adventure and I never know quite what each day will bring, but it is never dull and I wouldn't change a thing." ~ Susan

Connect with Susan

Instagram: @ourfrenchoasis
Website:  https://ourfrenchlifestyle.com/
Email: [email protected]

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Say YES to joining Wendy for one of our upcoming experiences

• PWH On the Road in Woodstock, Vermont 
• Entertaining with Ease LIVE: Fall Edition (November)
• Entertaining with Ease LIVE: Holiday Edition (December)

Connect with Wendy
Instagram: @phineaswrighthouse
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/phineaswrighthouse
Website: https://www.phineaswrighthouse.com/ 

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Connect with Wendy:

Linkedin
Instagram: @wendy.harrop
Facebook: Phineas Wright House

Website: Phineas Wright House
PWH Farm Stays
PWH Curated Experience and Travel

Interested in being a guest on the show?
Send your pitch to [email protected]

Podcast Production By Shannon Warner of Resonant Collective
Want to start your own podcast? Let's chat!

If this episode resonated, follow Say YES to Yourself! and leave a  5-star review. It helps more women in midlife discover the tools, stories, and community that make saying YES not only possible, but powerful.

Fan Mail: Tell Wendy how you're saying yes to yourself!

This week on the say YES to yourself! podcast Wendy talks with lovely Stacy Cordova.

Wendy and Stacy about the journey of discovery as you learn what you need and how to define your unique ‘soul care’. When you follow the breadcrumbs and listen to your intuition the path to what you truly need will reveal itself.  Stacy shares how she has spent time getting quiet so that she can find her path.  Prayer, meditation and getting in touch with her spiritual nature has allowed her to tune into her voice and allow the messages to come through.

They also talk about the old programming of giving and giving at your own detriment, and changing that narrative to one that celebrates giving from a full cup.

Stacy also shares about her upcoming book which documents her Aunt’s story of forced sterilization and the dark times that surrounded those experiences.  She talks about the generational trauma surrounding this history, and how healing through sharing these stories is not easy but is integral to true soul care and to being a disruptor for things that need to change.

Get to Know Stacy

Stacy is a veteran Special Education teacher in the public school system. Experiencing burn out led her to seek the tools to help me extinguish it. In her 25+ years of working with and teaching students with special needs, she came to terms that her own needs were not being met. Her daily practice of Soul-Care has been life changing and led her down a path of exploring and healing.

If you are interested in learning about your Human Design you can find your chart on her website www.soulcarecommune.com. She does Human Design Soul Map Readings to help you dive deeper into your design. You can reach Stacy by email at [email protected] if you are interested in learning about soul care retreats to deepen your soul care practices. And you can always find her on instagram where she shares what she is doing, reading, learning, traveling too.

Connect with Stacy

Instagram: @soulcarecommune
Website:  www.soulcarecommune.com   
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6TtAgKU9efMJRKJ-vYL27A

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Say YES to joining Wendy for one of our upcoming experiences

• PWH On the Road in Woodstock, Vermont 
• Entertaining with Ease LIVE: Fall Edition (November)
• Entertaining with Ease LIVE: Holiday Edition (December)

Connect with Wendy
Instagram: @phineaswrighthouse
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/phineaswrighthouse
Website: https://www.phineaswrighthouse.com/ 

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Connect with Wendy:

Linkedin
Instagram: @wendy.harrop
Facebook: Phineas Wright House

Website: Phineas Wright House
PWH Farm Stays
PWH Curated Experience and Travel

Interested in being a guest on the show?
Send your pitch to [email protected]

Podcast Production By Shannon Warner of Resonant Collective
Want to start your own podcast? Let's chat!

If this episode resonated, follow Say YES to Yourself! and leave a  5-star review. It helps more women in midlife discover the tools, stories, and community that make saying YES not only possible, but powerful.

Fan Mail: Tell Wendy how you're saying yes to yourself!

Hello friends! This week on the say YES to yourself! podcast Wendy talks with her dear friend Jen Liss, a fellow lover of saying YES to herself and choosing to do what delights her!

Jen and Wendy talked about their shared love of choosing joy and embracing their belief that you own your experience. Jen has been continuing her evolution of growth as she has restarted her podcast, refreshing the focus and the name.  She said YES to herself and to investing in learning to support her quantum leap, and how along the way she discovered more about herself. She found the confidence to show up as her full self, and to being untethered!

They also discuss how what is meant for you will meet you when you are ready and your part is to be open and receive it. And, they share their love of Beecher's Mac n' Cheese!

How you can expand your joy: 

• Pick an object up and think about a moment of pure joy for you.  
• Attach that memory to the object and feel that memory
• 5 times a day for the next two weeks, pick up that object and feel that joy. Your body memorizes the feeling of joy.     

Get to Know Jen

Jen Liss is a coach for those who are ready to untether from the crap that’s holding them back and claim their own power. Known for her silliness, contagious enthusiasm and engaging storytelling, Jen enjoys finding levity in the mundane. But she is serious about one thing: inspiring people to take action on their dreams. As the host of the podcast Untethered with Jen Liss, she interviews people who’ve moved along their own successful journeys, so others can learn to do the same.

Connect with Jen

Instagram: @untetheredjen
Podcast: Untethered with Jen Liss

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Say YES to joining Wendy for one of our upcoming experiences

• PWH On the Road in Woodstock, Vermont 
• Entertaining with Ease LIVE: Fall Edition (November)
• Entertaining with Ease LIVE: Holiday Edition (December)

Connect with Wendy

Instagram: @phineaswrighthouse

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/phineaswrighthouse 

Website: https://www.phineaswrighthouse.com/ 

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Connect with Wendy:

Linkedin
Instagram: @wendy.harrop
Facebook: Phineas Wright House

Website: Phineas Wright House
PWH Farm Stays
PWH Curated Experience and Travel

Interested in being a guest on the show?
Send your pitch to [email protected]

Podcast Production By Shannon Warner of Resonant Collective
Want to start your own podcast? Let's chat!

If this episode resonated, follow Say YES to Yourself! and leave a  5-star review. It helps more women in midlife discover the tools, stories, and community that make saying YES not only possible, but powerful.

Fan Mail: Tell Wendy how you're saying yes to yourself!

Hello friends!  This week on the say YES to your yourself! podcast Wendy talks with Kathy Wright one of the first women to say YES to joining her in France with Phineas Wright House On the Road.  She is a dynamic, Australian woman who delights in saying the word gorgeous, sees joy in all the moments, and on the regular practices saying YES to the things that nurture her soul and feel right to her.

They talked about how we can become resentful when we are keeping everything held back, and doing all the things for everything and everyone outside of ourselves. And how when instead, we say YES to ourselves we are filling our cup and actually multiplying the joy that we can then give to others. 

Kathy and Wendy both also shared how they have found beautiful new friendships that  started with a virtual connection and have grown into deep, rich relationships full of joy!

Get to Know Kathy

Kathy Wright, Gorgeous Grandma Kathy is an amazing, Australian woman living in the Southern Highlands near Sydney Australian with her partner of 19 years and their two fur babies.  She works part time as a sign language interpreter providing access to the general community and for the deaf community.  She is passionate about sign language and interprets in American, French and Italian.  Kathy is the parent of two adult deaf children and the blessed Grandma to two gorgeous grand-daughters and her partner has two beautiful daughters and three gorgeous grand-daughters. Kathy seeks and embraces joy, and is passionate about all things French, fashion, food, language, style and culture.

Connect with Kathy

Instagram: @gorgeous_grandma_kathy

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Connect with Wendy

Instagram: @phineaswrighthouse

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/phineaswrighthouse 

Website: https://www.phineaswrighthouse.com/ 

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Connect with Wendy:

Linkedin
Instagram: @wendy.harrop
Facebook: Phineas Wright House

Website: Phineas Wright House
PWH Farm Stays
PWH Curated Experience and Travel

Interested in being a guest on the show?
Send your pitch to [email protected]

Podcast Production By Shannon Warner of Resonant Collective
Want to start your own podcast? Let's chat!

If this episode resonated, follow Say YES to Yourself! and leave a  5-star review. It helps more women in midlife discover the tools, stories, and community that make saying YES not only possible, but powerful.