From an incredible background in retail management to being in the trenches of Hyperemesis Gravidarum. Too sick to shop, she wished her baby prep shopping list was all in the same place. And that was when Biglittlethings was born.
This is the story of Yanika Flynn. Creator of the brand Biglittlethings. Mother of Alia & Amara.
In this episode Yanika shares:
- How her impressive career in retail started with shadowing a visual merchandiser for work experience
- Working her way up in Kikki K seeing her managing stores in Singapore at the age of 19
- Falling pregnant and being struck with Hyperemesis Gravidarum
- Navigating retail work while suffering HG
- How preparing for her new baby lead her to the idea of creating Biglittlethings
- Her first beautiful unplanned home birth
- How she got to 6 months and hit postpartum depletion
- Investing in a brand designer, website designer and photographer from the beginning
- How Biglittlethings was one of the first of its kind and was the first to bring some beautiful baby brands to Australia
- How she ran Biglittlethings in nap times and at night packing orders till 2am
- When the pandemic sent online sales for Biglittlethings crazy!
- Moving her business from their family home to its very own space
- Fearing the loss of her business while being in the trenches of HG in her second pregnancy
- How she planned for postpartum the second time and had much more of a positive experience
- Bringing the all new Biglittlegifting to life recently!
- Being a co-host of her own podcast for HG awareness
- Chats about social media, creating original ideas and industry competition comparison
- Raising her children knowing their privilege
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