In this episode, Lori and Janelle speak with author and speaker Gaye Lindfors. With her love for God’s Word and the wit she’s known for, Gaye helps you connect the dots between God’s faithfulness and your everyday living. She led a human resource team that supported 11,000 airline employees, served as the Midwest Regional Director for Christian Women in Media, and is Past-President of the National Speakers Association/Minnesota chapter. As a speaker, author, and blogger, she is not afraid to poke fun at her own mishaps. She feeds your soul, refreshes your faith, and encourages your heart. Learn more about Gaye and her weekly notes of encouragement at GayeLindfors.com.

In this episode, we welcome two entrepreneurs from the same family -- Mom, Svetlana Khashchuk and daughter, 11-year-old Abigail Khashchuk. Svetlana is a licensed esthetician and owns her own salon in Florida. Abigail has a gift for jewelry design. Currently she crafts original earrings and sells them on her Facebook page "Abigail's Jewelry Box" and in her mom's salon.

Not only has creativity, the love for beauty, and an entrepreneurial spirit been passed down...but also a love for God and his plan for their lives. Hear more about what they do and how God leads them and blesses their efforts.

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Mandy Meehan is a Jesus follower, wife, mother, and Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner. Her own experience with chronic invisible illness caused her to leave the career path she intended to follow, and led her to her purpose —  to bring hope and healing to people with chronic fatigue, so that they can be all that God has created them to be. She currently is a practicing Functional Nutritionist, at Mandy Meehan Wellness, LLC, and is also a social media content creator.

This week, Janelle and Lori had the opportunity to catch up with Mandy and share her personal and professional journey with you.

Segment 1: Learn more about Mandy's origin story, her struggles with her health as well as how being a pastor's kid impacted her journey, both professionally and personally.

Segment 2:  As Mandy struggled through chronic illness, she decided to do something about it. While she walked through her health journey, she studied to become a Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner to help others. Find out how she knew it was the right path to take and how she cultivated her gifts to serve others - from the standpoints of both a practitioner and social media influencer.

Segment 3: Discover how Mandy works faith into her purpose and calling. And she gives encouragement to those who are starting out on their own journeys.

Segment 4: Lori and Janelle's takeaways from the show.

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Join Janelle and Lori in their conversation with Hospice nurse Michelle Massie.

Segment 1: Michelle shares her family's history in the mortuary sciences and how that shaped her future in Hospice care.

Segment 2: Even though Hospice care deals with the end of life, there are many things that can bring joy in this field. Michelle shares about her interactions with patients and families and what has changed her outlook on death.

Segment 3: Grab a box of tissues as Michelle reads the journal entry she wrote about one very special patient she cared for and how her perspective in dying dramatically changed Michelle's outlook on life. She also shares how she helps families cope as their love one passes on.

Segment 4: Michelle shares her "big dream" for families in Hospice care. Janelle and Lori discuss their takeaways from the show.

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About Michelle Massie:

Michelle Massie is a hospice registered nurse in Western, North Dakota. Michelle is also a life coach and loves to ask people the big questions. She feels honored to do both passions, working with the full circle of life. Michelle lives in Dickinson, with her husband of 23 years Jerry, and there 7 year old runt spaniel dog named Beatrice. Michelle has three adult kids, Brett, Lars, and Leanna. In her spare time Michelle enjoys good coffee visits with a friend, taking a traveling adventure trip, writing stories, and speaking about that full circle of life.  You can find more out about Michelle on her Facebook page, Toivoa (Hope) or emailing her at [email protected]

Join Janelle and Lori in their conversation with Tammy Ward, a 14-year beauty consultant with Mary Kay. 

Segment 1: Tammy shares her back story about readjusting her career after being diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder and how she became involved with Mary Kay.

Segment 2:  Working in the beauty industry -- especially Mary Kay -- has impacted Tammy's life in multiple ways. Not only was it flexible to work around her health concerns, but it was a tremendous ministry and a way to bless each woman she made over. She also talks about the impact of her faith as she grew her career.

Segment 3: Tammy openly shares about her son's drug addiction and how she had to "let go and let God" and show tough love so she wouldn't enable his dependency that could have killed him. She shares ways she coped as a mom and career woman as she walked through that season with her son...and the scriptures she held close to her heart.

Tammy had the opportunity to write her story in an anthology called, "20 Lives Ignited: How 20 Women Over 60 Created Success on Their Own Terms." Get your copy of the book to be inspired by Tammy's and all the stories it contains!

Segment 4: Janelle and Lori share their takeaways from the show. Please share your thoughts with us!

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About Tammy Ward:

Tammy S. Ward is an Entrepreneur, Author, Speaker, and Life Coach who operates with God as her CEO.  She’s an encourager and her positive attitude is contagious. A theme in her life has been overcoming, and each time the Lord carried her through only to make her stronger and deepen her trust and reliance on him, always equipping her for the next phase of the journey.

Tammy’s passionate about helping moms with children in addiction learn to navigate this difficult journey, find peace and to live while their child is lost, so they’re a pillar of strength when their child’s ready for a better life. She’s a wife, sister, friend, mentor, mom of two sons, and Gram to seven beautiful grandchildren. Tammy enjoys family time, reading, painting, learning, and reflecting God’s light wherever she goes.

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Facebook: Tammy S. Ward

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Janelle and Lori chat with author Shawanda Williams.

Shawanda is a speaker, author of 30-day devotional, Rest for the Soul, and podcast host of Refreshing The Soul. She is redefining what it means to rest in the modern world. Her writing and messages are inspired from reflections from her personal journey and devotional time spent with God. From battling divorce, insecurities, low self-esteem, and anxiety, she has discovered through her relationship with God rest for her soul. Her passion and purpose is to utilize her experiences and insight to help other souls heal and find rest!

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In this episode, Janelle and Lori talk with Lisa Burkhardt-Worley, former sportscaster for ESPN, HBO Sports, and the Madison Square Garden Network. She was a rising star as a female sportscaster in the 1980s and 90s--even with talks about anchoring ESPN's SportCenter.  That's when it all came crumbling down around her. Hear more of her incredible story of faith and obedience in her path to ministry.

About Lisa Burkhardt-Worley:

Lisa Burkhardt Worley is the founder of Pearls of Promise Ministries, a ministry designed to help women overcome past dysfunction through biblical truths. She is a ten-time award-winning author of ten books and a Bible study including her most recent award-winning book, The Root that Never Died: A Christian Woman’s Journey Back to Her Hebraic Heritage. Lisa, who has a heart for the fatherless because of her fatherless past, also wrote a book to help individuals with father wounds called The Only Father I Ever Knew: How a Fatherless Girl Finally Found True Love.

Lisa spent almost twenty years as an on-air television sportscaster both nationally and locally and is now the Executive Producer and Co-host of the Christian television and radio show, POP Talk, an evangelical and topical interview program seen on thirteen television platforms and heard on numerous radio platforms. She also recently produced a half-hour documentary on antisemitism, The Resurgence of Antisemitism in the United States: How Did We Get Here and How Do We Stop It?  The documentary has aired on numerous platforms, including GOD TV and was named a finalist for an International Christian Film Festival Award.

Lisa earned a Masters of Theological Studies degree from SMU Perkins School of Theology in 2008, and after a return to her Jewish roots in 2014, is currently working on her Doctor of Ministry degree in Messianic Jewish Studies at the King’s University. Lisa is also the Vice-President of Communications for international organization, the Christian Women in Media Association and serves at her church, Gateway, as an Equip teacher and also serves as a prayer leader in Jewish Ministries at Gateway.

Lisa has been married for 36 years to Jeff, has two grown sons, Kyle and Bret, a daughter-in-law, Bailey, a new grandson, William,  a spiritual daughter, Lara, and two godsons, Ethan and Isaac.

Maggie Horne, director of the Gannon University Small Business Development Center (SBDC), returned to Women of Grace in the Marketplace to talk about the balance of home and career.

Segment 1: Maggie re-introduces herself as well as talk about what an SBDC does to help future and current business owners.

Segment 2: Find out the trends for female business owners and the reasons as to why they decided to go out "on their own." 

Segment 3: Maggie discuss the biggest challenges women face as career women or business owners, and she shares encouragement and advice to women about finding "your balance." She also talks about a success story she was a part of recently.

Segment 4: Lori & Janelle share their takeaways from the show...and Maggie shares how to get in contact with her or an SBDC near you.

Join Janelle & Lori's fascinating conversation with author Laura Whitfield. Laura's life and faith journey has taken her to NYC to Miami to North Carolina as God used each "stop" for His purpose. Laura recently recently released her memoir, Untethered: Faith, Failure, and Finding Solid Ground.

Segment 1: Laura shares her back story and testimony--and inspiration for writing her memoir.

Segment 2: Laura's life journey has had many stops along the way...including modeling in both NYC and Miami! Hear how all that happened in what she calls a "fluke," and how life took her into the classroom.

Segment 3: Find out how Laura's faith works into her journey as a writer as well as encouragement for aspiring authors!

Segment 4: Takeaways from the show with Lori & Janelle.

About Laura Whitefield:

Laura grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina, the daughter of a journalist and a teacher. She has been an advertising copywriter, newspaper columnist, staff writer for an international relief agency, travel writer, blogger, teacher, communications director for several nonprofits, and personal assistant to a New York Times bestselling author.

Her coming-of-age memoir, Untethered: Faith, Failure, and Finding Solid Ground (She Writes Press) is now available from your favorite independent bookstore or wherever books are sold.

Laura is passionate about her faith, books, travel, nature (especially the beach), social justice, and her family. She lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, with her husband, Stephen.

This week, Janelle & Lori talk with Ashante Shepherd, owner of Star’s Glam Mobile Spa for kids, located in Florida.

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Segment 1: Ashante tells us about her background and how she came up with and cultivated the idea for the mobile spa parties for girls. She also discusses how she balances her roles as mom and wife with her responsibilities as an entrepreneur.

Segment 2: As a beauty consultant with a passion for manicures...Ahsante shares what inspired her to bless others through her mobile spa.

Segment 3: Listen for her encouragement for aspiring business owners and entrepreneurs.

Segment 4: Lori & Janelle share their takeaways from the show.

About Ashante Shepherd:

Islande "Ashante" Shepherd is the CEO of Star’s Glam Mobile Spa, a mobile spa business located in Central Florida.

She was born and raised in south Florida, a hard working mom of two. Ashante is very God fearing woman and puts God first in all she does. She loves to care for the needy and inspire others to do well and enjoy everyday life.

Find them on Instagram: @starsglammobilespa

https://starsglammobilespa.com/