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Season 5 Episode #24 Jessica Danel is coming from Bakersfield, Ca (inform, inspire, & transform)

You can find Jessica via her website jesssaying.net

About our guest: Jessica Danel is an animated, bold, and unapologetically honest storyteller, entrepreneur, and podcast host. As the creator of the Jess Saying podcast, she’s known for mixing heart, humor, and raw truth in ways that resonate with audiences from all walks of life.

Jessica built a million-dollar preschool business from her living room while raising three children, two of whom have special needs. Choosing to step away from it all to prioritize her family was a turning point that led to her memoir, Bucket List from a Redneck Girl. The book pulls no punches, chronicling her small-town upbringing, the chaos and beauty of motherhood, and the journey to reclaim her voice after life’s toughest hits.

Through her writing and her podcast, Jessica creates space for real conversations about family, marriage, identity, and starting over, offering stories that are messy, funny, heartfelt, and deeply relatable.

Jessica, thanks for having the courage to keep telling your story, for creating space for others to tell theirs and for being our guest on Life’s Essential Ingredients…welcome to the show!

TOTD – “Because sometimes the past deserves a second chance.”   Malcom Gladwell

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In this episode:

What was life like growing up?

What are your life’s essential ingredients?

Congrats on the book – Bucket List from a Redneck Girl…fighting, bullying…

Family – raising three children – two special needs…joys and challenges

Identity

Fresh Starts

Mindset

Growing through tragedy

Finding your voice

Transformational vs. Transactional stories/leadership/families/interactions

Last book or books you recommend?

Legacy