The Fun with Friends Podcast

In this week's episode, Allie is joined by Karina Zimmerman of Honeypress.  Allie and Karina discuss the challenges of starting a business, the inspiration behind Honeypress,  and how Karina's stationery boutique represents who she is.
 
Honeypress is a Filipina-owned stationery boutique based in Clayton, North Carolina, curates specialty paper goods, party supplies, and novelty gifts. We also specialize in unique, high-quality Japanese stationery products.
 
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Career and Fulfillment Coach Annie Petsche joins Allie in this week's episode. Annie and Allie discuss what it means to be multi-passionate and the steps you can take to design a career that fuels and fulfills you.
 
About Annie Petsche:
Annie Petsche is a career and fulfillment coach whose mission is to help you design a career that fuels and fulfills you. She is an unconventional, reflective, and creative thinker with a deep well of consulting and coaching experience and takes a human-centered approach to your success.

Annie helps clients redefine what "work" means to them, how to show up as the best version of themselves, how to crystallize what they'd rather be doing in their career, and helps them clear the clutter that is preventing them from leveling up. 

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Superstar podcast guest Geneva of Unwrap Your Map is back again!

Our first Travel Snacks with Geneva takes a look at how to plan and budget for traveling abroad. We discuss tips and tricks for planning, ways you can cut back on expenses, and how you should determine what to budget for.

 About Geneva and Unwrap Your Map:
Geneva is an avid traveler who has been wandering the world for the last six years, searching for adventure.

She's lived in 7 U.S. States and six countries on four continents and has been to 45 countries. She loves venturing to new places, exploring new languages, food, and cultures. 

It's easy to get wrapped up in the rat race and put our dreams and goals to the side, but we all know how that usually ends. 

With the trend of transformative travel on the rise, it's no secret that great things can come from seeking new experiences, exploring new places, and making new friends. Travel can help you experience personal and professional growth through trips of all sizes, be it a two-week vacation or a gap year abroad. 

Travel Coaching with UYM aims to help you achieve your travel goals and have better, more meaningful travel experiences. This way, you can focus on living life and not just working for the weekend. (www.unwrapyourmap.com)

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Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Creative Hailey Shafir joins Allie in this week's episode. Hailey and Allie discuss imposter syndrome, the five (5) scenarios for how it can present, and how to manage it.
 
About Hailey Shafir:
Hailey Shafir is a licensed mental health counselor, addiction specialist, and clinical supervisor (LCMHCS, LCAS, CCS) with over a decade of experience in the field. Currently, she spends most of her time as a mental health/addiction content writer, providing online training for therapists through her company Therapy Cred, and counseling and clinical supervision through Keep Counsel. She is also the developer of Plan-it Therapy cards (a resource for counselors) and recently launched IndyWind. Through her IndyWind Etsy store, she sells handmade resin art, orgonite, reversible wrap skirts, and fairy garden terrariums designed to act as 3d vision boards to help people manifest their goals and dreams for their life, career, and relationships.

Relevant Articles on Imposter Syndrome, Shame, and How to Overcome it:

• https://www.choosingtherapy.com/shame/
• https://www.choosingtherapy.com/impostor-syndrome/
• https://mindflowergroup.com/social-media/f/improving-self-esteem-confidence
• https://aspiregroupnc.com/getting-your-inner-critic-to-work-for-you-instead-of-against-you/

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Author Wendy Zuccarello joins Allie in this week's episode. Wendy and Allie discuss how to stay motivated as a writer, the pros and cons of self-publishing and traditional publishing, and how to make time for writing.
 
About Wendy Zuccarello:
Wendy lives in central New Jersey with her husband, two kids, three dogs, and multiple other pets.  Wendy spends most of her time with her nose buried in a book.  When she's not reading, she's either writing, spending time with her two teenagers and husband, wrangling her three dogs, or working.

Wendy is currently in graduate school, working on her MFA - working hard to become the best writer she can be.

She loves baseball (go Yankees!), photography, movies, and anything romance-related.

She enjoys all things Disney, Marvel, Star Wars, or Jurassic World related.

Writing is a passion that she discovered later in life, but she does it simply for the enjoyment of telling her stories.

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• Amazon Author's Page

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Welcome back to the Fun with Friends Podcast!

We are kicking off Season 3 with Chief Zen Officer of Above Yoga Retreats, Anna!

Anna shares her journey from a corporate planner and event manager to starting her own Yoga Retreat business and some of the challenges and rewards.

 About Anna and Above Yoga:
Anna feels guided to hold sacred space for others to find personal growth, transformation, and community through wellness travel. A dozen years in the corporate world coordinating large-scale events and high-end hospitality paved the path for her to guide others through carefully curated journeys with an eye for the details that count (which is all of them). She strives to make your retreat experience seamless, unique, and memorable. She has completed more than 600 training + education hours in Yoga, Mindfulness, and Healing, including an advanced RYT 500 designation from the Yoga Alliance. She also completed her MBA with a focus on International Business.

Above Yoga are a yoga and travel experience. Their goal is to make all guests feel welcomed and included in every aspect of a retreat while also committing to an extremely high level of client service. They assist with booking flights, extensions for your trips, provide packing recommendations, and information on the cultural norms of destinations.
(www.aboveyoga.com)

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Allie is joined by creativity and writing coach Nina Hart of Writing from the Top of Your Head in this week's episode. Nina and Allie discuss what creativity is, how to overcome your creative blocks, and move forward in our creativity.
 
About Nina Hart:
Nina Hart is a writer, performer, and creativity coach trained in the Kaizen-Muse method. She is also a certified Gateless Method writing teacher – "a method of teaching the art and craft of writing using creative brain science, ancient non-dual teachings, and highly-effective craft tools…allowing writers to access the creative genius inside." Her first collection of surreal short fiction called "Somewhere in a Town You Never Knew Existed Somewhere" was selected as a Short Stories (Adult Fiction) category finalist in Foreword Reviews' prestigious 2014 IndieFab Book of the Year Awards. She is the founder of a unique method of teaching writing called "Writing from the Top of your Head," which combines group Creativity Coaching with creative writing. Her workshops have also been inspired by the work of Paulo Freire and his philosophy of education for liberation and the work of Brene Brown. Nina was an original member of the experimental dance troupe Contraband, in San Francisco and, playing a purple electric bass has recorded and performed with numerous bands. (writingfromthetopofyourhead.com)

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In this week's episode, Allie is joined by Nicole Tuxbury of Love Live Hustle. Nicole shares tips on starting your online business, including advice on being neurodivergent, defining what success means to you, and finding the right clients.
 
About Nicole Tuxbury and Love Live Hustle:
Nicole is an SEO specialist, author, and co-founder of a bootstrapped e-commerce business. When she's not researching and writing blog posts, she is helping entrepreneurs optimize their websites and create content that their ideal clients can find!

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• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/love_live_hustle/
• Website: https://lovelivehustle.com/
• Facebook Chill Entrepreneur SEO Spot: https://www.facebook.com/groups/887537621717108

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In this week's episode, Allie is joined by Alex Lisi of Luna Viola.  Alex shares her creative journey from finding her passion for resin, painting, and records early in high school to a master's in Art Therapy.  They also discuss how markets, especially summer ones, can be rough and why resin is unique!
 
About Luna Viola and Founder Alex Lisi:
Alex Lisi is a Raleigh artist selling handmade resin items such as barrettes, keychains, and lapel pins. They also make buttons and hand-painted records!

Alex is gearing up for Halloween and the holiday season! Be sure to visit her shop and check out her social media to learn more about what she does and all of the fantastic things she makes!

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• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lunaviolashop/
• Website: https://www.lunaviolashop.com
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LunaViolaShop
• Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/LunaViolaShop

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In this week's episode, Allie is joined by Leah Jackson of Puka Puka Creative.  Leah shares her creative journey from DJ to starting her own innovative production company during the pandemic. They also discuss how important storytelling is in branding and marketing, and Leah turns the tables on Allie and becomes the interviewer!!
 
About Puka Puka Creative and Founder Leah Jackson
Leah previously worked with start-ups, media, lifestyle, and tech companies before founding Puka Puka Creative, a creative audio studio that produces podcasts for brands.⁣ Puka Puka Creative produces podcasts with end-to-end audio production, show development, growth strategy, and more.

Leah expresses her artistry through DJing and producing music under the moniker Ms.Jackson through house, global, and club music.⁣
 
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