She Builds Show

Episode #79: Welcome to the She Builds Show, I'm your host, Stefanie Olson and this week I'm thrilled to introduce you to a powerhouse woman, Julie Laughton. Julie has completed over 1,000 remodels and custom homes along the affluent coastal communities of Orange and LA County, Laguna Beach and Newport Beach as well as significant projects in Beverly Hills, Hollywood and Pasadena. Her most notable projects include the Mediterranean Style 1928 Wallace Neff home, featured in the movie Monster-in-Law and the English Tudor hilltop estate of Disney Imagineer Tony Baxter. Julie specializes in providing her clients a seamless one-stop shop Design Build service where all of their project needs are met in-house.

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Episode 78: Welcome to the She Builds Show, I'm your host, Stefanie Olson. I have come to realize that as a woman, being friends with another strong woman who lifts me up, is the most powerful thing I have ever experienced. And I want to raise a generation where we teach that, where we teach that the girl standing next to you is the most beautiful gift you can imagine. And you are to love her and care for her and be kind to her and lift her up.

This nonsense that happens between 5th grade and high school where girls are mean to other girls has to stop. It's time for your daughter to know that all of the girls around her are the secret to her success that befriending them, treating them with kindness, never looking them up and down like they are judging them, that needs to be gone from their repertoire. The only thing that should remain in their consciousness when another woman or a girl walks up is, dang, I can't wait to be her friend. She is incredible, smart, beautiful, lovely and powerful. Because I am done, and I need you to be done with it. As a mother of a daughter I need you to teach your daughter that strong women are incredible.

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Episode #77: Welcome to the She Builds Show, I'm your host, Stefanie Olson and this week I'm excited to introduce you to Chelsea Husum, the owner and operator of American GPR & Coring in Denver, CO. which provides core drilling and Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) services. Today we talk about how Chelsea got started, Women owned Construction businesses, inspiring young girls to look into the Construction Industry as a career, juggling work and family and ways that we maintain our sanity.

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Episode 76: Welcome to the She Builds Show, I'm your host, Stefanie Olson. Today I want to do an encore of an episode celebrating 'Women in Construction Week'. What a blessing it is to be a part of this today. With that in mind, I want to talk about your life and work as women and challenge you to move and step into the areas of life that maybe you're just falling short in. Let's talk about your morning routine. Is your morning stressful? Are you already behind the second you wake up? Is your snooze button and warm bed, winning the battle over your goals and dreams? Do you tell yourself you are not a morning person? The morning could be your chance to take back your life to start your day... I recently read the book the 5 AM Club by Robin Sharma, it is one of the most powerful books I have ever read in my entire life.

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Episode #75: Welcome to the She Builds Show, I'm your host, Stefanie Olson and this week I'm excited to speak to Sunita Ritesh! Sunita is an Interior Designer and Builder from the Dallas Fort worth area. She is on a mission to establish that a process oriented, trustworthy and committed contractor is not a myth and in fact a reality. She hopes to inspire more women to come into the construction industry and also encourage women who find it difficult to get back into the workforce after they take a break for their family.

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Episode #74: Welcome to the She Builds Show, I'm your host, Stefanie Olson and this week I'm excited to introduce you to Keller Hayes, the creator of Transportation & Construction GIRL. Transportation and Construction GIRL is a pioneering effort in the transportation and construction industry to fill a void in workforce and provide sustainable careers for young women.

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Episode #73: Welcome to the She Builds Show, I'm your host, Stefanie Olson. I am so incredibly grateful for a fresh new start in this new year! I took some incredible time off with my family and I really checked out, I realized how much I needed that. There was a lot going on in my life last year, and I sat down and reflected on what I wanted to change moving forward. In doing that, I was able to set a few goals for myself to live the life I want for myself and my family. I asked myself a few things like, what am I struggling with? What is not working, what do I need to do better? How do I need to grow? I invite you to consider what you want to achieve in this new year, keeping in mind that each goal you set should be relevant and meaningful to you, moving you closer toward where you want to be.

What's your 2023 Mantra?

Episode #72: Welcome to the She Builds Show, I'm your host, Stefanie Olson and this week I'm excited to introduce you to Morgan Dawson, owner and founder of Dawson Workwear. From her first day on the jobsite, Morgan experienced firsthand the limited options for functional yet flattering workwear. Just about everything on the shelves is designed for men, and the few women’s options are not tailored to the female body. This led Morgan down the path of creating workwear for working women, designed by a working woman herself.

Listen in as Morgan shares her journey into creating Dawson Workwear!

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Episode #71: Welcome to the She Builds Show, I'm your host, Stefanie Olson and this week I want to wish you the happiest and most merriest of Christmas I could possibly exude to you. I want to talk to you about a project I just finished. I haven't ever done a project like this where the people that I have, or had as clients, were my near and dear friends' parents. And it's always concerning to either hire family or friends as your employees or work with clients that are too close. I couldn't have said that it's gone any better than it possibly could. And, I've never been so emotionally involved in a project because, to me, this project meant more than just redoing a kitchen and redoing a house. It meant that family members got to grow up together.

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Episode 70: Welcome to the She Builds Show, I'm your host, Stefanie Olson. Today, I am so excited to introduce you to Christi Powell. Christi has 27 years in the Commercial & Residential Construction field, and is the WBE Lead, supporting US locations for 84 Lumber. Join us as we do something a little new for this podcast, a crossover interview where we interview each other.

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