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For Dr. Wendy Slinkard, change had to come before she hit the ground. Giving up alcohol served as a powerful catalyst for change that she didn't know her life was missing.
Today, Wendy sits down with host Jessie Browning to talk about taking control. She shares her experience recognizing the role alcohol played in her life and how she knew it was time to let it go for good. Hear her story of transitioning from chiropractic doctor to stay-at-home mom as she shares her passion for health and the platform she's creating for women like her.
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Wendy Slinkard Jewelry Consultant
For Dr. Wendy Slinkard, change had to come before she hit the ground. Giving up alcohol served as a powerful catalyst for change that she didn't know her life was missing.
Today, Wendy sits down with host Jessie Browning to talk about taking control. She shares her experience recognizing the role alcohol played in her life and how she knew it was time to let it go for good. Hear her story of transitioning from chiropractic doctor to stay-at-home mom as she shares her passion for health and the platform she's creating for women like her.
Connect with Lajoie Society:
Lajoie Society is Prickly & Blooming; please rate, review, and subscribe.
Lajoie Society on Instagram
Lajoie Society on Facebook
Lajoie Society on Twitter
Lajoie Society Website
Learn more about Wendy Slinkard:
Wendy Slinkard on Instagram
Wendy Slinkard Jewelry Consultant
Jessie and her husband Daniel are small business owners. For the last 13 years they have worked through 4 pregnancies, put in late nights, lots of weekends, and many countless sacrifices to keep their laundromat and coffee shop open for people for 363 days a year. Their mission is to help customers have a great day by starting off with good coffee.
The COVID - 19 pandemic has forced them stay on top of directives and keep pivoting. They made changes to reduce the spread of the disease by creating online menu and payment options and door collection but for the greater good they had to close one of their shops.
When a business closes so does its income but the expenses are still there, they couldn’t leave out their employees in times of crisis. Daniel’s habit of being prepared for the worse was an asset in times like this. His preparedness helped him to secure a loan and works things out quickly so that they had the money to pay overheads for 2.5 months. With the help of the PPP loan, they were able to re-open their closed location.
Also, they are parents of 4 children and with the lockdown came a new challenge of taking care of their kids and also working on their other businesses that can run irrespective of outside situations.
Listen in as their share how they saved their business and how they are managing their work-life balance when the whole family is staying home.
Episode Timeline:
[01:20] Intro
[02:04] New Merch!!
[03:55] Podcast schedule
[05:40] Meet Jessie’s Husband Daniel
[08:03] The start of our business life
[11:00] How COVID - 19 came into our lives
[14:43] Transitioning things to stop COVID infections(the new normal)
[19:43] Taking care of our employees
[24:50] Stopping the bleeding
[26:47] How did we know what to do? There is nobody to call.
[29:32] 13 years no break
[31:16] Rewards of an entrepreneur? Making the world a better place
[33:45] Navigating out of the financial panic storm (PPP loan)
[40:55] Importance of doing things the right way
[44:00] Managing work and kids
[51:50] Running the family like a company
[55:30] Mother’s role in maintaining mental health
[57:27] Working as a Family
[01:03:00] Isolation in entrepreneurship
[01:07:46] Outro
Standout Quotes:
I wanna know where did you learn this? Who told you how to do this? How did we know what to do?- Jessie Browning [26:47]
We are at a point where we had our business open for the last 13 years, I still remember being pregnant and walking into work, opening the back window and throwing out and then washing my hands, wiping my face and flipping the sign to Open! and then unlocking the door and I remember having our children in there and I remember you working late at nights and constant sacrifices - Jessie Browning [30:04]
All of them are dealing with their own loss of normal, difficult routines and emotions for them to understand for them- Daniell Browning [47:30]
I see dudes are drinking beer at the end of the day cause they are tired from a long day of work, I do have a glass of beer at the end of my work but I personally like to use that as my excuse of not doing the work to help the family is because I had that time and I am very cautious of that I am aware and at a personal level when I hear something like.. Oh, yea my wife is struggling with the homeschooling, it upsets me. No its not just your wife’s job - Daniel Browning [58:40]
Resources Mentioned:
The blog post about shutting down the Marfa Shop - We have Endured
We have started a merch store!!!
We now have stickers, Hats and T-shirts you can check them out here.Currently offering free shipping on everything except the stickers
Trent Shelton - website
Connect with Lajoie Society:
Lajoie Society is Prickly & Blooming; please rate, review, and subscribe.
Lajoie Society on Instagram
Lajoie Society on Facebook
Lajoie Society on Twitter
Lajoie Society Website
Jessie and her husband Daniel are small business owners. For the last 13 years they have worked through 4 pregnancies, put in late nights, lots of weekends, and many countless sacrifices to keep their laundromat and coffee shop open for people for 363 days a year. Their mission is to help customers have a great day by starting off with good coffee.
The COVID - 19 pandemic has forced them stay on top of directives and keep pivoting. They made changes to reduce the spread of the disease by creating online menu and payment options and door collection but for the greater good they had to close one of their shops.
When a business closes so does its income but the expenses are still there, they couldn't leave out their employees in times of crisis. Daniel's habit of being prepared for the worse was an asset in times like this. His preparedness helped him to secure a loan and works things out quickly so that they had the money to pay overheads for 2.5 months. With the help of the PPP loan, they were able to re-open their closed location.
Also, they are parents of 4 children and with the lockdown came a new challenge of taking care of their kids and also working on their other businesses that can run irrespective of outside situations.
Listen in as their share how they saved their business and how they are managing their work-life balance when the whole family is staying home.
Episode Timeline:
[01:20] Intro
[02:04] New Merch!!
[03:55] Podcast schedule
[05:40] Meet Jessie's Husband Daniel
[08:03] The start of our business life
[11:00] How COVID - 19 came into our lives
[14:43] Transitioning things to stop COVID infections(the new normal)
[19:43] Taking care of our employees
[24:50] Stopping the bleeding
[26:47] How did we know what to do? There is nobody to call.
[29:32] 13 years no break
[31:16] Rewards of an entrepreneur? Making the world a better place
[33:45] Navigating out of the financial panic storm (PPP loan)
[40:55] Importance of doing things the right way
[44:00] Managing work and kids
[51:50] Running the family like a company
[55:30] Mother's role in maintaining mental health
[57:27] Working as a Family
[01:03:00] Isolation in entrepreneurship
[01:07:46] Outro
Standout Quotes:
I wanna know where did you learn this? Who told you how to do this? How did we know what to do?- Jessie Browning [26:47]
We are at a point where we had our business open for the last 13 years, I still remember being pregnant and walking into work, opening the back window and throwing out and then washing my hands, wiping my face and flipping the sign to Open! and then unlocking the door and I remember having our children in there and I remember you working late at nights and constant sacrifices - Jessie Browning [30:04]
All of them are dealing with their own loss of normal, difficult routines and emotions for them to understand for them- Daniell Browning [47:30]
I see dudes are drinking beer at the end of the day cause they are tired from a long day of work, I do have a glass of beer at the end of my work but I personally like to use that as my excuse of not doing the work to help the family is because I had that time and I am very cautious of that I am aware and at a personal level when I hear something like.. Oh, yea my wife is struggling with the homeschooling, it upsets me. No its not just your wife's job - Daniel Browning [58:40]
Resources Mentioned:
The blog post about shutting down the Marfa Shop - We have Endured
We have started a merch store!!!
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Thriving in your role as a step-mom can be a real challenge even for the best of us. For Jennie Herm, hitting a wall in her attempts to help raise her two young stepsons set her off on a journey to the kind of breakthrough most stepmoms dream of.
Living and working off of a 1200 acre cotton farm in Texas with her husband and two stepchildren, Jennie followed conventional wisdom and poured herself into treating her two bonus kids the same way she had treated her daughter— like her own. However, she quickly learned that conventional wisdom isn't one size fits all.
Listen in as she shares her journey to defining her own role. Hear about how she’s developed a relationship with the mother of her stepchildren and how stepping back helped her embrace who she was meant to be.
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Learn more about Jennie Herm & All Red Farms:
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Thriving in your role as a step-mom can be a real challenge even for the best of us. For Jennie Herm, hitting a wall in her attempts to help raise her two young stepsons set her off on a journey to the kind of breakthrough most stepmoms dream of.
Living and working off of a 1200 acre cotton farm in Texas with her husband and two stepchildren, Jennie followed conventional wisdom and poured herself into treating her two bonus kids the same way she had treated her daughter— like her own. However, she quickly learned that conventional wisdom isn't one size fits all.
Listen in as she shares her journey to defining her own role. Hear about how she's developed a relationship with the mother of her stepchildren and how stepping back helped her embrace who she was meant to be.
Connect with Lajoie Society:
Lajoie Society is Prickly & Blooming; please rate, review, and subscribe.
Lajoie Society on Instagram
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Lajoie Society on Twitter
Lajoie Society Website
Learn more about Jennie Herm & All Red Farms:
Allred Farms
Jennie Herm on Instagram
Allred Farms on Facebook
When Lynna Foster came out as gay to her husband, family, and friends at the age of 45, she was on the tail end of a journey to reclaim her identity.
Today, living in her truth, she joins Jessie to talk digging deep, welcoming vulnerability and becoming Lynna. Hear how she took apart her identity to uncover her gifts, passions, and purpose as a healer and guide. She shares the vision and mission behind her business, Return to Your Wild, a company she’s founded to help other women to tap into their own authenticity.
Listen in to hear about her experience, growth, and lessons learned. And find out how breaking down all that she knew, allowed her to become more than she ever imagined.
Connect with Lajoie Society:
Lajoie Society is Prickly & Blooming; please rate, review, and subscribe.
Lajoie Society on Instagram
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Lajoie Society Website
Learn more about Lynna Foster:
Return To Your Wild
Lynna Foster on Facebook
When Lynna Foster came out as gay to her husband, family, and friends at the age of 45, she was on the tail end of a journey to reclaim her identity.
Today, living in her truth, she joins Jessie to talk digging deep, welcoming vulnerability and becoming Lynna. Hear how she took apart her identity to uncover her gifts, passions, and purpose as a healer and guide. She shares the vision and mission behind her business, Return to Your Wild, a company she's founded to help other women to tap into their own authenticity.
Listen in to hear about her experience, growth, and lessons learned. And find out how breaking down all that she knew, allowed her to become more than she ever imagined.
Connect with Lajoie Society:
Lajoie Society is Prickly & Blooming; please rate, review, and subscribe.
Lajoie Society on Instagram
Lajoie Society on Facebook
Lajoie Society on Twitter
Lajoie Society Website
Learn more about Lynna Foster:
Return To Your Wild
Lynna Foster on Facebook
Coping through a global pandemic can feel a little less unsettling when you start to realize, we’re all in this together.
Callie Wylie of The Nutrition Rookie Podcast and Prickly and Blooming host Jessie Browning, dive into an honest conversation about what life has been like since COVID-19 took hold. They share what they’re doing to stay sane and how they’re adjusting to a new normal. They talk about everything from the pressures to be hyper productive to how tasks like grocery shopping have shifted their perspectives. Hear why taking what they need and getting rid of what you don't is more important now than ever.
Connect with Lajoie Society:
Lajoie Society is Prickly & Blooming; please rate, review, and subscribe.
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Lajoie Society Website
Learn more about Callie Wylie:
The Nutrition Rookie Website
Callie Wylie
Callie Wylie on Instagram
Callie Wylie on Facebook
Coping through a global pandemic can feel a little less unsettling when you start to realize, we're all in this together.
Callie Wylie of The Nutrition Rookie Podcast and Prickly and Blooming host Jessie Browning, dive into an honest conversation about what life has been like since COVID-19 took hold. They share what they're doing to stay sane and how they're adjusting to a new normal. They talk about everything from the pressures to be hyper productive to how tasks like grocery shopping have shifted their perspectives. Hear why taking what they need and getting rid of what you don't is more important now than ever.
Connect with Lajoie Society:
Lajoie Society is Prickly & Blooming; please rate, review, and subscribe.
Lajoie Society on Instagram
Lajoie Society on Facebook
Lajoie Society on Twitter
Lajoie Society Website
Learn more about Callie Wylie:
The Nutrition Rookie Website
Callie Wylie
Callie Wylie on Instagram
Callie Wylie on Facebook
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