When exploring a business idea she thought had potential, Emily Bell McCormick found herself asking, “If no one else is doing this, why not me?” Knowing failure was possible but that learning and growth were guaranteed, Emily jumped on the idea and founded the successful clothing company, Shabby Apple. On this week’s episode, Emily discusses lessons learned from starting her business, growing her family through birth and adoption, and later founding The Policy Project, a nonprofit public policy group. Emily shares openly about her journey navigating motherhood and her own needs and interests, as well as discussing how she was shaped by growing up in a home with a terminally ill mother. Throughout the interview, Emily affirms her strong testimony of Jesus Christ and of our Heavenly Parents’ loving involvement in the details of our lives.
“I knew my future rested squarely upon my own shoulders. If I wanted to do something… (it) was going to be on me to do (it).”
“If no one else is doing it, why not me?”
-Emily Bell McCormick
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