It's a health episode today! We're talking with Jessica Salinas, Holistic Nutritionist, all about the importance of not giving into diet culture, eating real, whole foods, & loving yourself where you're at on this journey. Jessica talks about her journey through becoming a holistic nutritionist, why she decided on this journey, & towards the end we go into more of her story as to why she chose this path. She expresses her heart for wanting to help women build a beautiful relationship with food & themselves. It's a good one!

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Hey y'all! I thought it would be a quick one, but longer than I thought! Anyways, we're talking about when things don't go as planned & the future of this podcast today. I felt the 2 went alog together well because a lot has happened over the past few weeks, & this podcast is now not going as planned BUT we're making good changes for everyone! I tell a story that shifted our entire lives as a family, one that was really hard at the time but looking back I saw go through every step. Then, we're going to talk about the future of this podcast.

Thank you for your continuous support & I hope you enjoy this episode!

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Today we have a special one for you. We're talking about the story of Emily Ford, better known as @sheturnswood on Instagram. Emily & I connected through Instagram & once I saw what she could do with her hands & how she approached herself online I knew I had to bring her on. Emily is such an amazing soul that loves others & doesn'y view others as competition, but as assets. She wants to teach the world about the one thing she fell in love with: Woodturning. She talks about her journey to becomig a woodturner, how she went through divorce, became a widow, & faced some hard times & how woodturning gave her purpose as a wife & mother. Tune in to be inspired by Emily as much as I was!

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I must say I don't think I stopped crying this entire podcast. Abbey is a friend of mine, & although I knew part of her story I did not know the whole thing. Abbey's story tells of a mother who has been through some of the most heartbreaking trials of life when bringing her children earthside. From being ecstatic about twins to having a very premature delivery, to devastatingly losing a child & trying to do everything you can to keep the other one alive at the same time. Abbey also tells a story from the perspective of having a special needs child & getting a diagnoses of her child that no parent thinks would be apart of their journey. When I hear her story I hear a woman who has been broken in ways I could not imagine, but of a woman of resilience to do anything & everything to give her children life & give them the best life possible. Her story tells of perseverance, strength, heartbreak, courage, & so much more & I encourage you to listen in.

Grab the tissues & hug your babies! This one is one for the books.

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I had to do a part 2 to this topic because I wanted to touch more on the emotional portion of our journeys: the things that people have done to us in our past.
This topic is really heavy for me, as I believe it is for anyone, & we cover some really dark parts of my life that I believe others can relate to. I want you to know after everything you have been through & whatever others have done to you, that does not define your future. Listen in to be encouraged to move forward from some things that could be holding you back.

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Felesha's story shares of truly resilience & trust in the Lord even through the darkest times that life throws at us. Today, Felesha shares her road to her miracle baby, how Say Grace blog helped her through these times, & how God through it all showed His grace. Felesha encourages us to persevere & never give up, even when the odds are against you. Tune into to feel her light & the love she gives to everyone around her!

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WE'RE BACK! Thank you all for allowing me to take time off last week, I appreciate it!
This week we are diving into not letting our past define our future. I believe in so many ways we let our past, whether it's things we have done or couldn't accomplish or failures, define if we can do big things in our future. Our past will keep us from making decisions that could change our life because of fear of what may happen again. But what we don't realize it's not changing the past or wishing things would've worked out, it's about something so much more within ourselves. Listen in to find out what that is!

 Listening back, I felt there was so many more things I wanted to talk about on the podcast, so I am going to do a part 2 next week. Sometimes I get scared to talk about the trauma in life, but truly I think we all have faced some & I want to cover that more in depth next week. STAY TUNED!

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A minor cicumstance with daycare ended up being a blessing in disguise for this mother. Kayla goes into her story of how she was a full-time teacher that planned to retire as one in the future, but with a sudden change in day care she ended up being home with her kids for what she thought would only be a year. During that year of being a SAHM, Kayla wanted to tap into her creative side & share with others what she was making in the kitchen everyday. From there, Kayla went on to create meal plan ebooks for busy moms just like herself & share her wholesome recipes with those who follow her.
Today, Kayla is still creating these lovely recipes & has so much more in store happening soon! Listen in to hear Kayla's story & how you too can tap into your creative side to create a life you love to wake up & do everyday.

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We all face it, right? We all have had someone or many people throughout our lives state their opinions of what we should or shouldn't do, attacking who we are or what we do, & for some reason even though we know their words are not true they still sting. Been there, especially more recently. Today we're diving in on how the opinions of others don't define you as a person & unfortuneately, are most of the time a reflection of how they feel about themselves. I hope you leave here today knowing how truly valuable you are, no matter what others may say to you or about you.

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What was once just a little project to help her daughters eczema turned into now a full-time business selling to others, Gabriella tells us all about her soap company Down Home Soap Co. In this episode we talk about how her business started, how her business has solely been based off of local purchasing & social media, & where the meaning of the name came from. We get into the highs & lows of owning a business & how you don't have to constantly be consistent online to sell.
Gabriella also inspires us to look within ourselves for creativity instead of others to really bring to life who we are within what we're doing.

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