If you're in need of some inspiration, this is your episode! We're chatting with Christina Dick, Founder of the Public Relations Agency: Tiramisu for Breakfast and Adjunct Professor of Advertising at VCU. Christina's positive energy and plethora of #truthbombs will make you feel like you can tackle everything on your to-do list.

This conversation is full of magic like the power of being underestimated and sliding in under the radar, the frustrations of feeling limited within a role and the freedom and creativity that emerges when creating your own rules in your own business, framing all experiences as opportunities to learn and grow, and highlighting the positives of social media. Christina shares her biggest fears jumping into entrepreneurship and the gifts and surprises that have come from being her own boss. 

We learn why it's important to "obsess over your customers and not your competitors", that "everyone you meet knows something you don't", and that "you can always lose something you have, but you can never lose something you are". Christina shares her down to earth approach on business and encourages us to consider our intention behind every action and interaction. Tune in now!

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Website: www.tiramisuforbreakfast.com

Social Media: @tiramisuforbreakfastagency

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This week we're inspired to consider what we can do better in our businesses as we speak with Maria Pahuja, Founder of Vayas Consulting. Maria is an Operations Consultant with impressive experience creating organization out of start up chaos.

While operational management may not be the first priority on an entrepreneurs to-dos, we hear how it is essential for one's profitability, efficiency, and long term goals. Maria defines operational excellence, while reminding us that done is always better than perfect. Rather than becoming overwhelmed with strategy, we learn how to simplify, hold ourselves accountable, over communicate, and create a process we can stick with. 

Additionally, we get the behind the scenes intel of what it was like to work for big name magazines as Maria sheds some light on her days in Public Relations in NYC pre-operations and we hear how it's so much easier to run a business than to be a Mom. We get real about our purpose, felt pressures, and figuring out how to make choices that are best for ourselves. Tune in now!

FIND MARIA:

Website: www.vayas.co

Social Media: @vayasconsulting

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Email: [email protected]

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When is it that we take inventory of our lives and decide how we're living? There's no better time than now as we speak with Theodora Miller, who has reclaimed her passion as an Abstract Artist after two decades successfully navigating the financial services world.

This week we dive into conversation about designing the life we want to live and not putting our desires on hold because of X or for Y amount of time. Theodora invites us into her quest to examine her purpose, explore her creativity, implement mindfulness exercises, and own her position as an artist. We discuss the pressures to materialistically "succeed" in our society and the inevitable soul sacrifices we sometimes make to achieve external goals, while we acknowledge various seasons of life and assess how to give time back to ourselves.

Listen as Theodora urges us to embrace our imperfections, make time for the things we love and have the courage to follow our passions, because: why not?! We remember that life is a series of choices and we are empowered to examine what we truly want.

FIND THEODORA:

Website: www.theodoramiller.com

Instagram: @theodoramillerfineart

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In this day and age of public systems failing those served, we are fortunate enough to hear from a woman who is creating more light in the medical world. This week we hear from Dr. Janet West, a Richmond, VA pediatrician and the founder of RVA Baby. RVA Baby is a comprehensive holistic newborn care practice designed to support families after they welcome a new baby into their family.

Having practiced military medicine, worked as a hospitalist, and achieved an MBA with ambitions to run various hospitals, Dr. West speaks to her WHY as to create her own business. We learn it is not only patients frustrated with the current medical system, but most bottom-line run medical offices cheat practitioners out of practicing medicine in the ways that they'd hoped. Rather than leaving the field, Dr. West tells us she thought about what it was about medicine that she loved and pondered how she could make healthcare delivery more family friendly; thus, creating RVA Baby.

Dr. West walks us through her process to set up her business design, while normalizing newborn challenges for mamas and families. In addition to discussing rates, affordability, self-worth, and defining success, we also learn what holistic care can look like, how natural remedies can solve problems, and what the benefits are of having a pediatrician come to you in your first few months of postpartum. We are both inspired and educated by our conversation with Dr. West and are hopeful more medical doctors will create opportunities to make their practices more patient-friendly!

FIND DR. JANET WEST:

Website: www.myrvababy.com

Instagram: @myrvababy

Facebook: @rvababy

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Website: www.nexttuesdaypodcast.com

Social Media: @nexttuespodcast

Email: [email protected]

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Another week, another woman. We are joined this week by the inspirational Ali Greenberg, Founder of The Broad and Brand Strategist. Within a year, Ali envisioned and launched the Richmond, VA workspace and social club for womxn and gender minorities creating community, diverse conversation, and connections with the goal to be exclusively inclusive.

Ali is transparent regarding her experience as a solo business founder and invites us into her thoughtful journey to create collaboratively with and for her community. This episode is as packed with business gems as it is with context for the necessity of creating space and opportunities for womxn and minorities. Ali shares her personal experience managing risk emotionally, when to outsource, how to create and sustain momentum when building a business, and the process that quickly transforms an idea into reality; while, simultaneously introducing us to the history of women's spaces and the current climate of Richmond's Art District where The Broad is located. 

Ali pushes us to acknowledge the importance of becoming comfortable with the uncomfortable conversations regarding race, segregation, and gender disparities to move the city and its economy forward. We consider the difference between being progressive versus being inclusive with regard to the distinction between "RVA" and "Richmond". We discuss how we might create communities without becoming "charismatic cult leaders", and so much more! Tune in now to learn more about Ali's change driving entrepreneurial tactics and what's ahead for The Broad and Richmond, VA.

FIND ALI + THE BROAD:

Website: www.wethebroad.com

Social Media: @wethebroad

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Website: www.nexttuesdaypodcast.com

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Email: [email protected]

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This week we welcome Katie Painter, doula, childbirth educator, and prenatal fitness guru to debunk all things birth-related. Katie shares her personal and business transformation from being a non-stop fitness professional to embracing motherhood and transitioning her business to empower women to honor their bodies pre, during and post-pregnancy. 

In this episode, we learn that birth does not have to be scary (especially if we stay away from the black hole that is the internet). We learn what a doula is and how they are for anyone who wants one regardless of their birth preferences. Katie informs us on the difference between pain and suffering and reframes the way in which we view pain.

On the biz side, Katie shares what it's like to make childbirth education and doula-ing her business, why passion is essential in her field of work, and how to establish and maintain personal and professional boundaries. This is a woman who is here to lift you up and who shares she's made a "conscious decision to NOT be another person telling you you're not good enough." Tune in now!

FIND KATIE:

Website: www.katiepainterfitness.com

Social Media: @katiepainterfit

Facebook: Katie Painter Fitness

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Website: www.nexttuesdaypodcast.com

Social Media: @nexttuespodcast

Email: [email protected]

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We're back for the fall and off to a running start - literally. This week, we're chatting with the women of Tread Happy, a boutique fitness studio utilizing the treadmill with locations in Charlottesville and Richmond, VA and Charlotte, NC this October '18. Claire and Sara have developed six treadmill inspired classes driven by music and the high-vibe motivation of a coach leading the class. 

In this info packed hour we talk entrepreneurship from turning an idea into an enterprise, renovating old buildings, defying expectations, building your team, bootstrapping your biz, creating community, and how to empower your people. Claire and Sara, both educators, discuss how to cultivate leadership and how their educator backgrounds have influenced and supported their ability to develop and implement their business model.

Want to know how to have fun on the #dreadmill? Curious what runners really talk about? Ready to to be appalled by people's assumptions? Press play now and tune in to hear Claire and Sara's energetic and inspiring journey creating Tread Happy!

FIND TREAD HAPPY:

Website: www.treadhappy.com

Social Media: @treadhappy

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Email: [email protected]

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Remember when you looked forward to a summer break?! Care + Suz are rewinding the clock to those days and taking the summer "off" to record more inspiring lady bosses to share with you this fall. 

Care + Suz share with you how their 2018s are going in biz and life and what they're working on personally and professionally. Hear about Care's most recent trip to Hawaii, Suz's half-baked podcast secret, a recap of the past season and what's to come!

Want to be interviewed/sponsor an episode or the fall season/join our team?! Reach out: [email protected]

Enjoy each and every Tuesday until we catch you in the fall!

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Have you ever stopped to wonder what's beyond the question mark? Kelli Lemon, The Social Connector of RVA, explains to us how she's currently building her business, The Urban Hang Suite, that stemmed from a talk she gave addressing the topic of mystery. She explains to us how she literally spoke her dream into the world and has watched it manifest in recent months.

Kelli, who is the host of the awesome podcast Coffee w/Strangers, a regular voice on Kiss FM, a pop-up party co-host, the owner of the soon-to-be day lounge Urban Hang Suite, and Richmonder extraordinaire talks to us about all things life, career, brand, mental health, community, and how she's learned to be involved with only things she loves. She lets us in on some Coffee with Strangers secrets and explains how it all got going and how it's altered her path. If you know of Kelli, did you know that her career started at Virginia Commonwealth University and she stumbled upon radio? She shares her journey of how she's arrived where she is today.

We also learn what it's like to be both your brand and the person behind the brand, as Kelli explains she's two different people. We're honored to speak with the person behind the brand and find out what Kelli's favorite thing is about Richmond, her greatest hope for her city, and what she wants for her future. Tune in!

FIND KELLI:

Social Media: @likethefruit

Coffee w/Strangers: @rvastranger

Website: http://coffeewithstrangersrva.com/

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Are you a fit in the box kind of person or an outside of the box kind of person? This week we talk about finding our authentic selves and allowing children to be who they are with Candy Beers-Kim, owner of Attuned Parenting.

Candy has dedicated her career to supporting the parent-child relationship and focuses on how parents and children can become the best team together.  Having attended graduate school to help people find their authentic voice, Candy shares her belief and knowledge that children have a better chance of becoming who they are meant to be in the world when they have self-aware parents and parents who are curious about what their child's behaviors are communicating.  And, we hear how Candy's appreciation for the parent-child dynamic has shifted through the years from teaching pre-school, working in acute psych, starting a business, and becoming a parent herself.

This episode is packed with self-reflection for those with and without kids. We take a look at how we grew up and how we can still aspire to be the most authentic version of ourselves today in life and in business, while Candy shares tips and tricks for those of us looking to nourish our children's development. 

FIND CANDY:

Website: www.candybeers-kim.com

Instagram: @attunedparenting_candybeerskim

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