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Non-Profit Crafting School Founder | 20 May 31, 2018

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Jo Ellis started a nonprofit crafting school in her town called Make Do, where she and others in the community use the unassuming power of different crafting skills like sewing, quilting, felting, and painting to make a difference in their community.

Jo first saw overseas how teaching something like sewing could change the attitude, perspective, and even future of young women, so when she returned home, she wanted to impart that same simple power in her small town.

She's learning a lot about what it's like to blend the running of a non-profit with holding on to her original love of crafting, and making time to wear her many hats well.

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MakeDo
MakeDo on Facebook & Instagram
Tsh on Twitter & Instagram
Women's Work on Twitter
A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeline L'Engle
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Artist & Author | 19 May 24, 2018

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Amber Rae began her work in marketing, but then took a giant leap of faith and moved into work as an artist, which for her, also took a major move across the country for a clean do-over. She ended up doing some pretty cool installations across New York City, and eventually, took her experience and encouraging voice and put it to use encouraging others to take risks with their own work and art.

The title of her book says it all about her approach.

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Amber on Twitter & Instagram
Amber's website & book, Choose Wonder Over Worry
Tsh on Twitter & Instagram
Women's Work on Twitter
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Presentation Creator | 18 May 17, 2018

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What's a presentation creator, right? Well, Sandra Johnson has been in this industry a long time now, enough to where she used to call herself a power point creator, but now she works in all sorts of mediums. Basically, she helps presenters make good presentations. Anyone who needs help giving a compelling talk, she's your gal. And because she's been doing this for awhile, she knows what makes a presentation that WORKS. She loves what she does, and she has a lot to say about how we sell our ideas, our work, and even ourselves to the world. This is a useful skill in any line of work, so what she does applies to so many of us.

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Florist | 17 May 10, 2018

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Callie Salmon has been in the wedding industry for a few years now, but she just started her business less than a year ago at the time of our conversation. So this one's a fun, slightly different episode because I'm talking with her about the early stuff she's learning as a wedding florist — how to run her business as a young solopreneur, the lessons she's learning about finance, marketing, time management, and learning her trade.

It's a good reminder on what it's like to start something new, when you love your idea and what you're starting to do, but when it's just so much work at the beginning to make it happen. Her hard work is admirable.

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Callie Salmon on Instagram
The Sacred Search, by Gary Thomas
Tsh on Twitter & Instagram
Women's Work on Twitter & Instagram

Science Jewelry Designer | 16 May 03, 2018

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Maile Urbancic saw a gap in both the jewelry and STEM fields, and wanted to intersect the two. So, she founded Boutique Academia when she was pregnant with her third child (she actually did her business taxes during labor!).

She loves both science and art, so creating this somewhat unorthodox jewelry has given her a creative outlet for giving women like her a way to express their love for things like anatomy, engineering, astronomy, tech, and more. She's learning a lot about being her own boss and growing a business while working from home.

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Boutique Academia
Boutique Academia on Instagram and Twitter
Fighting Stereotype Threat With Jewelry, Maile's piece on Medium
Shoe Dog, by Phil Knight
Tsh on Twitter & Instagram
Women's Work on Twitter & Instagram

PR Firm President | 15 Apr 26, 2018

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Heather Whaling started the PR company she's currently president of, called Geben Communication, a PR firm where she oversees a small team of people that handles multiple clients. She's currently passionate about helping other small businesses roll out comprehensive paid parental leave programs similar to the one she started at her company, which is called Geben Loves Families. Her workplace program offers 10 weeks of 100% paid leave to new moms and dads whether they give birth or adopt, in addition to a two-week transition period once they return to work — and she believes other small businesses can and should do the same.

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Geben Communication
Heather's blog
Rewrite the Rules
Heather on Instagram and Twitter
What I Know For Sure, by Oprah Winfrey
Tsh on Twitter & Instagram
Women's Work on Twitter & Instagram

Chef | 14 Apr 19, 2018

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Tanorria Askew is a personal chef and runs a business called Tanorria's Table, where people can hire her for both everyday meals and special occasions. Her cooking roots originate from the south, and Tanorria's had fun putting a modern spin on American Comfort Food — she recently placed 4th on Master Chef! She's passionate about good food, gathering people around the table to have good conversations, and enjoying life through it all. Her can-do attitude is contagious.

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Tanorria's Table
Treats By Tanorria
Tanorria on Instagram and Twitter
Masterchef Season 7
Tsh on Twitter & Instagram
Women's Work on Twitter & Instagram
Of Mess and Moxie, by Jen Hatmaker
Disunity in Christ, by Christena Cleveland

Landscape Architect | 13 Apr 12, 2018

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Bethany Rydmark is an eighth-generation Oregonian and a small business owner, raising her young kids and helping shape the places people live with their families. She's passionate about care for the natural environment and leaning into its natural cycles of cycles of growth, beauty, respite, and renewal. She's also the founder of something called the PDX Food Swap, a pretty fantastic idea!

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Bethany's business website
Her blog
Bethany on Instagram and Twitter
PDX Food Swap
Tsh on Twitter & Instagram
Women's Work on Twitter & Instagram
The Invention of Nature, by Andrea Wulf
How to Survive a Shipwreck, by Jonathan Martin

Mental Health Therapist | 12 Apr 05, 2018

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Kirstin Yates is a therapist working at a local community clinic, doing work that's so valuable and necessary to our communities, but largely goes unnoticed and unappreciated. I've personally benefited so much from the therapists in my life, so I'm grateful for the work Kirstin does in her local space, and I'm honored to share her story so we can all benefit. There's many, many people like her all around us — they deserve our many thanks.

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Kirstin's blog
Kirstin on Instagram
Tsh on Twitter & Instagram
Women's Work on Twitter & Instagram
How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind, by Dana K. White
Decluttering at the Speed of Life, by Dana K. White

Book Cover Designer | 11 Mar 29, 2018

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Connie Gabbert is a book cover designer, and you may have heard me talk about her before—this is because she's not only a personal friend of mine, but she also designed the covers of my last two books, At Home in the World and Notes From a Blue Bike (and I'm so impressed with her work that if I have it my way, I'm going to ask for her to design all my book covers for the rest of my career). Connie is supremely talented, her portfolio keeps growing with new and brilliant takes on book cover design, and she never ceases to surprise me.

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Connie's amazing portfolio
Connie on Instagram
Tsh on Twitter & Instagram
Women's Work on Twitter & Instagram
My books (the latest two of which Connie designed)
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