She Builds Show

Episode #59: Welcome to the She Builds Show, I'm your host, Stefanie Olson and this week we are talking about how you do anything is how you do everything. What that means to me is if you want to achieve something in your life, it really starts with the small things and doing the small things well; cleaning stalls, making our beds neatly. You give intentional time to your kids, you drink the water that you know you need to, you do the workout that's going to make you feel better, you give intense focus for an hour to work on the plan and the goal that you've set for yourself. The pressure is off, and the thing you need to do is just right in front of you. So, take Instagram and Facebook off your phone. Heck, don't even park your phone in your bedroom, and tomorrow, get up and make your bed. Take a small step to day towards the person you want to be.

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Episode #58: Welcome to the She Builds Show, I'm your host, Stefanie Olson and this week we are sharing an oldie, but goodie! Please enjoy this replay with my special guest, Chase Carr. Chase is a designer, certified drafter and rendering artist located in Chico, California. She recently completed her Bachelors in Fine Arts in interior architecture and has a CAD and Drafting Technology degree. Chase works with local clients on remodels and help with professional space planning, material, finishes, and furniture selection.

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Episode 57: Welcome to the She Builds Show, I'm your host, Stefanie Olson. Today, I have an amazing guest, Gabriela Narvaez from Guild Properties. Gabby is a fully licensed general contractor, designer, and real estate developer. With her company Guild Properties, instead of completely demolishing aging homes, they transform what is already there into a modern space, both sustainably preserves the character of a house but also gives it a design-unique edge. Gabby strongly believe in giving new life to older homes that in turn provide unique and valuable living spaces. She specialize in kitchen, bathrooms and small space renovations, bringing into center focus the importance of good design and functionality.

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Episode 56: Welcome to the She Builds Show, I'm your host, Stefanie Olson. Today, I have an incredible guest, Morgan Kumpfmiller! Morgan is an award-winning general contractor, interior designer, and the owner of American Dreamers Renovations – a boutique home construction and renovation company serving Pittsburgh, PA and surrounding communities.

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Episode 55: Welcome to the She Builds Show, I'm your host, Stefanie Olson. Today, I want to talk to you about how vision meets discipline. To me, discipline is the ability to control your feelings and overcome your weaknesses, it is the ability to pursue what you think is right despite temptations to abandon it. People don't like discipline, they love instant gratification. People are used to getting what they want when they want it. People don't like having to consistently work hard every day, that's why so many people give up on their vision. Does that settle somewhere for you? Think back over your life and recall a time when you had a vision, an invention, a new way of thinking. You've committed to meditation, a new business idea. What happened to it? Where did it go? It went head to head with your discipline, didn't it? And, you gave in. You let go. You lost the fight. I can't tell you how many times in my life that this has happened to me. So, let's talk about how your vision can meet discipline.

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Episode 54: Welcome to the She Builds Show, I'm your host, Stefanie Olson. Today, I have an incredible guest, Mollie Elkman! Mollie is the owner of Group Two, a full-service marketing partner for home builders, and she is also the author of the best selling children's book, The House That She Built.

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Episode 53: Enjoy today's staff pick of a past episode - Welcome to the She Builds Show, I'm your host, Stefanie Olson. Today I want to talk about saying NO and saying YES. Women, at least most of them I know, are sensitive, caring, kind, and want to please. We want to make everyone happy and serve, and most of us have a hard time saying no, setting boundaries and keeping a healthy balance in our life. When you are scared to say no to something that you know will break you, wear you out, exhaust you, and then you still say yes. Isn't that crazy that we sacrifice ourselves for some perceived internal thought that we made up about someone else's thinking, we don't even know if those thoughts are true, and yet we make decisions around that thought, like their actual truth, actual fact. Why? Why do we do this? Why is saying no SO hard?

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Episode 52: Welcome to the She Builds Show, I'm your host, Stefanie Olson. Today, I want to talk share an encore of one of my most popular episodes about the DIYer, the do-it-yourself. The title of today's she build show episode is DIY or NOT. When you look at it, it kind of looks like to die or not, which may be fitting. I want to run through the steps of what it means to take on a simple, let's say, bathroom remodel, and if you want to do it yourself, and what that would encompass. Most homeowners stare at their ugly bathroom and they just dream, they dream about the sledge hammer going right into that ugly tile. You know what I mean? You just want to destroy it, you want to make it disappear. But, 90% of construction is planning, so I want to take you through the planning aspects that would need occur to do a bathroom remodel.

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Episode 51: Welcome to the She Builds Show, I'm your host, Stefanie Olson. I'm so excited to introduce you to today's guest, Tara Garner. Tara is the founder and creative eye behind Under Construction Photography, social media and marketing development in the construction industry.  Tara's focus is to highlight the incredible men and women working blue collar jobs all over the world and to bring appreciation and dignity to their trades. What makes Tara passionate about photographing the people of this profession stems from her family's history in the trade, spanning over five generations. 

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Episode 50: Welcome to the She Builds Show, I'm your host, Stefanie Olson. I am so glad that you're here and that you have taken the time out of your day to listen, it means so much to me. Today, I want to cover two of the most recent books that I've been reading, and I want to share my insights and recommendations, because I think you will really enjoy it. The first book is called Short-Term Rental, Long-Term Wealth: Your Guide to Analyzing, Buying, and Managing Vacation Properties by Avery Carl, CEO and Founder of The Short Term Shop. And the second book that I'm reading and beyond excited to implement is called, Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making by Mike Michalowicz.

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