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Get to know Foxe:

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Get to know Heena:

Heena Chopra grew up in New Delhi, India, where her Maaji whipped up delicious, traditional foods. Their kitchen was a gathering place for family and friends. It was also Heena’s culinary training ground. Her Maaji showed how to prepare delicious foods with skill and deep love, right down to picking cilantro leaves and blending the family’s masala chai.

Heena has spent the past 14 years in St. Louis working in the food industry and keeping her own family’s kitchen well-stocked. She loves sharing the Indian food that she grew up with. She is grateful for all the support she has received so far and is excited to bring Maaji’s Street Kitchen to the people of St. Louis!

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This week we are interviewing Jessica Phillips owner of The Exercise Coach - Town & Country Personal Training.

Get to know Jessica:

I am a St. Louis native graduated with a degree of Marketing and Visual Merchandising at a University in Colorado. Worked in the family business for 8 years and decided it was not my passion or calling. My dad and I found The Exercise Coach and brought it to St. Louis in 2014. Ever wonder what it is like to wake up every morning and be excited to go to work. That is what The Exercise Coach does for me every day. To be able to help someone’s quality of life is what sets my soul on fire and that is why I do what I do. I am a wife to an amazing man that I have been with for 11 years but first dated in 7th grade. I am a mom to outgoing little boy who is 5 years old. Every day is a blessing that we cannot count on. If you are not doing what you love everyday change it like I did. What can you do to today that can make you stronger tomorrow?

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This week we are interviewing Amy Narishkin owner of Empowering Partners, LLC.

Get to know Dr. Amy:

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Get to know Lauren

30 years old, wife of bear (married in '16, together 12 yrs), mom of cam,(who's 9💖) Avid homeschooler and mom-preneur to the max!

Holds Associates in interior design and fresh out of college started the Journey of Thomas Lauren collection, the handcrafted home decor company myself, my father, and my family started from fence in the backyard to currently operating a workshop and 2 retail locations! Along with sitting on The Advisory board for 0 to 100, a networking platform and book series to be launched later this year,

Love's free time to be spent with family and the puppers, always out there, always ready & always authentic!

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This week we are interviewing Melissa Ann Dierker of Complete Harmony STL.

Get to know Melissa:

I have been working with kids who have experienced trauma, have mental health needs, anxiety, and special needs for over 10 years. My background is in social work where I started out by working for the state of Missouri with kids in the foster care system. I then worked with families waiting to adopt kids from the foster care system. After I had my twins I left the state and worked for a non for profit running their support groups, summer camps, conducting intakes, writing home studies, and doing in home visits all for kids in foster care, who had been adopted, and biological families. Working in the field of trauma and foster/adoption is something that has always been important to me, since I used to be one of those kids myself.

After attending Yoga Teacher Training I realized that I needed to start my own business supporting kids and families by providing movement based services, through yoga. I absolutely love what I do, and the kids and families I encounter! I truly enjoy supporting kids where they are, and seeing how they navigate the world.

My desire is to provide a safe space for kids and families to connect to themselves and the world around them. I enjoy finding new and creative ways to empower kids to find a sense of safety, calm, and self awareness.

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This week (Tuesday, 1/22/19) we are interviewing Diane Carson of Promo Xpertz LLC

Get to know Diane:

With over 40 years’ experience in PR and marketing strategy, Diane has had to keep up with changes in the marketing and promotional product fields.

From her position as Pro Consul at the British Consulate General in St Louis, arranging personal appearances and media interviews for personalities such as Prince Charles and Lord Snowden, to Special Events Director for a major department store, (and sometimes filling in for frosty the snowman at Breakfast with Santa if necessary!); and her twenty plus years as owner of a marketing company, Diane has enjoyed every minute of her career, helping small businesses and entrepreneurs to grow in good times and in bad.

Diane is a Certified Marketing Consultant. Companies hire her to move their marketing forward and use her expertise to get them to the next level and to collaborate and develop creative marketing programs that put, and keep, their name in front of their current and prospective customers.

As a solopreneur, Diane has had to wear many hats and she has had to juggle family obligations with career choices. She is the proud mother of one son, Alex, who owns his own small business, Everything Design, located in Chesterfield, and grandmother of two grandchildren, three-year-old Lucas and five-year-old Emma.

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This week we are interviewing K Auter Sonderegger of Made You Look Design and Marketing and Taste of St. Louis

Get to know K:

I enjoy combining my design and marketing expertise with my love of cultivating relationships. Because we have a small team at Made You Look!, we are able to eliminate the disconnect between designer and client of larger agencies – which leads to a more efficient process and a result-driven outcome. From brand strategies – to print and digital marketing solutions – to websites that work, Made You Look! focuses beyond the next project to building client relationships.

The Taste of St. Louis, now in it’s 15th year, brings together the many flavors of our region – not just in the culinary world, but in the community as well. As the Event's co-director, I connect chefs, restaurateurs, business owners, musicians, artists and corporate leaders to our patrons and participants within the event platform of food, fun and comradery.

Through my entrepreneurial adventures over the past 17 years, I strive to (and love to) connect good people who do good – to like minded good people. I belong to one of the most awarded networking chapters in the region – BNI, Masters of Referrals – where we pride ourselves in making connections that last.

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This week we are interviewing Jennie Bellinger of Level Up Coaching, LLC

Get to know Jennie:

Jennie started her adult life as a middle school science teacher, became a stay at home mom and started a direct sales business and became internationally recognized at her company within two years. She realized that she absolutely loved helping people promote to reach their goals,whether they were on her team or not. She pursued coaching certification and has built a coaching and speaking business to help direct sales professionals grow into their goals.

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We are interviewing Sheena Mancini founder of Smile Often Events

Get to know Sheena:

Sheena Mancini is an experienced Event Coordinator, Planner, and Stylist. Driven by family and doing good in the world, she takes pride in providing the best tips and advise possible. As a business owner, her goals include providing unique services, growing, educating and giving back to the community. Sheena has worked in the Events industry for 11 years, gaining experience through culinary, photography, volunteering and other careers paths that surround the events industry making her well educated and inspired for her field of experience.

Check out her websitewww.smileoftenevents.com or say hi on Facebook or Instagram @smileoftenevents.