What would you do with your life if given 12 months to live? The answer may surprise you. This week we are privileged to hear from Ja'nai Frederick, the founder of B SIDE Collective, who began her print magazine initiative to begin her "B" side of life. 

We learn about Ja'nai's 8 year career as an optometrist, her military experience, and how she dove into the print magazine biz. Having never dreamed of becoming an entrepreneur as a child, we learn what prodded her investigation of her own optometry practice and why she began the B SIDE Collective after asking herself the questions: "What am I meant to do? What's my purpose? What am I doing? And, What can I do?"

Ja'nai sheds light on her learnings since beginning the B SIDE Collective and teaches us about the infinity cycle she utilizes when assessing the development of future publications and events. We also delve into the deeper realms, such as how a cancer diagnosis can change your outlook on life and the impact of stress on our health and well-being. AND, we learn some wild facts about our human eye balls. Tune in now!

FIND JA'NAI:

Website: www.bsidecollective.com

Instagram: @bsidecollectiverva

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What makes self-employment the most fulfilling? Doing work that lights you up with clients you love! This week Shelly Rose, a natural foods chef and nutritionist who owns Pure Roots Nutrition, shares how she honed in on her niche via the process of elimination, while also enlightening our brains on the holistic picture of nutrition.

This episode is packed with helpful information like what makes our food inflammatory or anti-inflammatory, how to translate nutrition to our children, and how to make food less stressful.  Specifically, Shelly identifies the benefits of unrefined coconut oil, assesses the healthiest butters to use, and helps us to quickly understand the benefits of fats and risks of sugar. 

Wherever you are with your nutrition, Shelly inspires us to get back to natural foods and teaches us that being in nature is a big part of the healing picture. Shelly also reminds us that we can create a business we love and do work we enjoy.

FIND SHELLY:

Website:www.purerootsnutrition.com

Instagram: @purerootsnutrition

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What did your high school self love to do that your adult self has forgotten in exchange for a more practical existence? When Vanessa began to consider getting back to work after having 5 children, she recalled her love for photography and got to work making it her gig. Vanessa is the founder of two brands: Story Book Imaging – a lifestyle photography brand and Intimate Chapters – boudoir photography.

Vanessa shows us how we can create and persevere in our business despite international and cross-country moves, family transitions, health hurdles, and mental health challenges. We delve into the necessity of assembling our support team to make the dream work and allowing ourselves to prioritize our self care when our tendency may be to put others first. We also get real about social anxiety and how we can overcome.

Care loves Vanessa because we talk about the importance and reality of the contract – THE LAW, while Suz loves the stories related to who seeks boudoir photography – especially one related to a breast cancer survivor. We both love Vanessa because she photographically sponsors this podcast! Listen now!

FIND VANESSA:

Websites: www.sotrybkimaging // www.intimatechapters.com

Instagram: @storybookimaging // @intimatechapters

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to invent your own job? This week, we hear how Meghan Ely did just that and how she started the global wedding PR company, OFD consulting. Meghan, the self-proclaimed "crazy cat lady," royal wedding enthusiast, and educator, shares how she manifested her success and how she thinks "big picture" to make her dreams reality.

Meghan takes us on her journey from turning down a full-time position at Nike to partake in a year of service with AmeriCorps, to entering the hospitality industry and starting her own business after leaving a "dream position" having to file for hostile work environment.  Meghan gets real about the impact of stress on physical health, how plans have a way of changing, and how she learned to lean on our support system.

Practically, Meghan shares how SEO has benefitted her company and scaled her growth, why everyone needs an advisor, and the importance of delegating tasks to a team of experts. We talk about the power of a business plan and we learn the value of people. This is an episode you don't want to miss - plus, don't you want to find out what OFD stands for? Tune in now!

FIND MEGHAN:

Website: www.ofdconsulting.com

Instagram Biz: @ofdconsulting | Instagram Personal: @meghanely

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FIND SCORE (Support your business)

Website: www.score.org

This week we delve into the journey of life as both a human being and an entrepreneur, honoring the call of the heart and trusting we'll land on our feet.  We couldn't be more thrilled to share this conversation with Melody Short, a Richmond native and co-owner of the Artisan Cafe, as well as the self-proclaimed first Air B&B, OWN television star, small biz mentor + guru, and most recently the Director of Brand Development at Akwaaba Bed and Breakfast Inns.

Melody's journey is exciting and empowering. We learn how she lands in the music industry working with major bands from Bob Dylan to John Mayer and utilizes her innate connecting and learned marketing skills to move up the SONY corporate ladder, to taking a leap of faith and opening her own Brooklyn B&B. We learn the value of building and maintaining relationships and we listen as Melody explains the importance of community from childhood up to present day. We are inspired as she speaks to her mentors as individuals who declare what they want to accomplish and make it happen. Melody is such a person who inspires us to dream big and trust we have what it takes.

This episode is packed with gems from founding a business to fill a void in Richmond's thriving art movement to be more inclusive of women and people of color, to intentionally incorporating independent artisans in our wardrobes, considering boundaries and balance, and asserting the importance of personal growth and the deep spiritual work. We get into the whys the hows and the universal support system. And, if you weren't already intrigued, did you know at one time Melody was being recruited to work for Solange and Beyonce's father?! Don't wait another minute, listen now!

FIND MELODY:

Facebook: Melody Joy Short

Instagram: @melody_short

Email: [email protected]

Artisan Cafe FB: https://www.facebook.com/ARTisanCafeVA/

Artisan Cafe Instagram: @artisancafeva

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You don't know what's possible until you begin to ask questions. This week, Heather Ormond of Riot and Revel explains to us how she created her full-time merry making gig to work only with clients and on projects that she's excited about after spending 12 years in the agency world. 

Heather discusses how she changed her lens from feeling like self-employment was unattainable to, now, wondering why more people don't go out and start their own thing. She shares her inspirations, creativity, and passion for celebrating all of the major life happenings - especially, creating custom paper goods for couples.

In this episode we are reminded that we don't know what we can accomplish if we don't take the first step, in addition to recognizing that our degrees are not our end goals and our careers can evolve as we focus on our true passions. We learn who are ideal client is and is not and the difference between working with clients who excite us versus working with anyone who increase our bank account. Tune in now!

FIND HEATHER:

Website: www.riotandrevel.com

Instagram: @riot.and.revel

Facebook: riot.and.revel.paper

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How do we make our world a more compassionate place? This week Becky Crump, the founder of a national monthly do-gooder community Mindful Mornings and the founder of Well Work, sheds her light on how we can harness our individual power to collectively change the world. 

We learn how to be intentional with our time, while also considering the various seasons of life. We define "do-gooder" and we contemplate how to save the world. This episode is packed with the wisdom to enhance our personal development as well as the practicality to make shit happen in our businesses and communities. 

How can you make your working relationships stronger? What kind of clients facilitate your best work? And, what are wonder women's super powers? Tune in and find out!

FIND BECKY:

Mindful Mornings: www.mindfulmornings.org

Social Media: @mindfulmornings

Well Work: www.wellworkcode.com

Social Media: @wellwork

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When we think about private investigations, Care jumps to My Favorite Murder, while Suz imagines sitting in a parked car stalking persons of interest. This week, April Smith founder of Commonwealth Investigative Solutions shares with us the real life experience of being a private investigator.

April laughs that while some children dream of becoming an actor or a teacher, she knew at 5 she wanted to become a homicide detective – and she did it! April shares how one becomes a private investigator and how this field is often the last hope to assemble the missing pieces that have fallen through the cracks to solve an open (or sometimes closed) case. April also shares why we might hire a private investigator and how we initiate the process, in addition to describing the types of cases she takes on.

Throughout this episode, April sheds light on how she finds balance between the personal and professional in a high pressure business. We learn how she protects herself and her family and why she chose to become an entrepreneur rather than work for another firm. You’ll want to tune in to hear the fascinating stories of the job and how your use of social media may be exposing you more than you think!

FIND APRIL:

Check out Facebook: Commonwealth Investigative Solutions

Or google: April Smith and/or Commonwealth Investigative Solutions while their website is under construction. 

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Have you ever had a moment where everything you thought you are and wanted in your life no longer feels right? Like you’re moving down the tracks and suddenly the train jumps onto another track and route that you didn’t purchase a ticket for?

This week we talk with Christa Marshall about the transitional period for women after childbirth. Christa, a clinical psychologist and the founder of Marshall Psychological Services, explains to us her humbling journey from single woman to motherhood, and her inner and outer grapplings that led to leaving a career she loved at the VA to establishing a private practice to create lifestyle flexibility.  While continuing to provide services to veterans, Christa has opened up her practice to include clients experiencing perinatal mood and anxiety disorders as well as women facing fertility issues and difficulty getting pregnant. Christa realized there was a need after her own experience navigating the medical system surrounding pregnancy and postpartum.

For all of you Mamas, soon to be Mamas, and one-day Mamas – YOU WANT TO LISTEN IN. Christa enlightens us with her knowledge normalizing the postpartum experience and the emotional experiences that are often swept under the rug. We talk support, flexibility, fluids, labor, life, and institutional systems. Women are sold a bill that we can have it all, and we talk about the reality of the 24/7 to make it all work. Christa is raw and real in her story and empowering to those of us who need someone to validate our experiences and remind us that we’re OK, whether we’re in the stage of motherhood or navigating a transitional period; struggling with anxiety and/or depression or feeling frustrated with where we are.

FIND CHRISTA >> we would!

Website: www.christamarshall.com

FB/ Twitter: @christamarshall

Know someone that needs postpartum support today? http://www.postpartumva.org/

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What happens when “good enough” isn’t going to work anymore? We go there with Sandi Cauley, the Founder and HBIC of TURN RVA a dance and fitness boutique in the heart of Richmond, VA. Sandi, an Emmy award winning news producer in a previous life lets us in on what it feels like to be spinning plates and how she’s learned to fill her tank to create a life she not only loves, but one where she is fully present.

We kick off season 2 considering what it means to live our best lives, allowing our definition to ebb and flow with each season of life.  We ask ourselves questions like, can our happy place – like a kickass dance class for Sandi - become our primary means to provide stability financially? Also, do we look at the various plates that we’re spinning and components of life we’re outsourcing like who’s picking up our kids, cleaning the house, where our food is coming from… And when we do, then what?  We talk about the space between the potential for and the launch of a business and what saying “YES” to making the dream a reality looks like.  While Sandi’s insight to her journey allows us to stop and think, she also shares the practical steps she took to successfully build her biz in Scott’s Addition before it became the place to be in Richmond.

FIND SANDI & TURN RVA:

Website: www.turnrva.com | Instagram: @turnrva

Address: 3105 West Moore St. Richmond, VA

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