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Sincerely, Your Small Business[Encore] Yolonda Coles JonesWhat did you think of this episode? Click to text me feedback!This episode originally aired on Feb. 5, 2024. The show notes have been updated to reflect Yolonda's current offerings. Enjoy!Yolonda Coles Jones is a visionary coach, healing-centered facilitator, homeschooling mama, and community-rooted leader based in Charlottesville, VA. She leads two distinct yet deeply aligned entities—each with its own purpose, structure, and offerings.Through her LLC, Empowered People® Coaching & Consulting(→ www.YolondaJonesCreative.com), Yolonda supports high-impact individuals, families, and teams in reclaiming calm, clarity, and confidence. Her offerings include:• C...2025-07-0159 minSincerely, Your Small BusinessCarrie Cheatham of Snail MailWhat did you think of this episode? Click to text me feedback!Snail Mail is a brand specializing in hand painted stationery and products featuring Carrie's original artwork. The products she creates are rooted in the joys of our every day and bring a smile to many of the little moments throughout our lives.Snail Mail's stationery line is painted by hand on 100% recycled paper, making each one unique to the customer while also being good for the earth!Additionally, a portion of each card purchase is donated back to local organizations across...2025-06-1044 minSincerely, Your Small BusinessLauren Santana of Curated ConciergeWhat did you think of this episode? Click to text me feedback!Lauren is a UVA graduate and former elementary educator who spent 13 years teaching (in room 13) in Charlottesville before transitioning into roles as a private educator and a family assistant.She now runs Curated Concierge, a thriving personal concierge business that supports busy professionals and families by managing the details of life. Her goal? To help her clients feel supported, reduce their mental load, and give them the freedom to focus on what they love. From organizing homes to coordinating seasonal tasks, h...2025-05-1541 minSincerely, Your Small BusinessLune Wynyard of Intuitive Dry CuttingWhat did you think of this episode? Click to text me feedback!Lune Wynyard had already been cutting what they call "unwashed hair" for over a decade before founding 'Intuitive Dry Cutting' in 2016. Their teaching career began when they opened a dedicated salon in New York in 2017, and in 2018 Lune traveled to LA to teach their first workshop.With the onset of the pandemic in 2020, Lune's focus shifted to becoming a certified life coach and developing an online program for hair stylists, interrupted by the birth of their daughter and subsequent relocation to Charlottesville...2025-04-0747 minSincerely, Your Small Business[Encore] Kelly Cox of Share the DropWhat did you think of this episode? Click to text me feedback!Kelly Cox is a 500 RYT, registered prenatal yoga instructor, birth doula, and licensed clinical social worker. For the last 15 years, she has supported expectant and new mothers and it is through this work she became aware of the stress and depression that surround feeding infants. As a breast cancer survivor, she is committed to making sure all survivors have access to human milk for their babies.Listen in as Kelly shares more about this revolutionary app, her journey from being a pre- and po...2025-03-2444 minSincerely, Your Small BusinessMolly Braswell of SidecarWhat did you think of this episode? Click to text me feedback!Molly Braswell runs Sidecar: a team of folks interested in some work, but not full time work, who support small businesses and non-profits who need some help, but not full time help. It's a win-win!Molly lives in Lexington, Virginia with her husband and three small children where she is learning that a "normal week" is a hoax and she's committed to finding folks interesting and dynamic work that fits in with their real, actual, "never-normal" lives.Check out Sidecar here...2025-03-1250 minSincerely, Your Small BusinessKatie Sale of 139 GoodmanWhat did you think of this episode? Click to text me feedback!Katie Sale was born and raised in Virginia. Like many who attended the University of Virginia, she didn't leave after graduation, and instead, has made Charlottesville her home. With a robust career working in high-end service retail and hospitality, she's honed a keen eye for design while also understanding her clientele's needs and expectations. During the COVID-19 Pandemic, she decided to go back to school and earned a master's degree in Design Management from Savannah College of Art and Design. When not...2025-01-1344 minSincerely, Your Small BusinessMargaret Bolton Baudinet of College SolutionsWhat did you think of this episode? Click to text me feedback!Margaret Bolton Baudinet is the owner and Chief Executive Officer of College Solutions. Originally from Alabama, Margaret graduated from the University of Virginia with highest distinction with a degree in political and literary thought, finishing her academic tenure with research at Oxford University.Margaret holds five years of admission experience from the University of Virginia, specializing in legacy admissions. She's worked as an IEC for 10 years. Margaret has served on the selection committee for the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation as well as UVA's Jefferson S...2024-12-1650 minSincerely, Your Small Business[Encore] Daniel Perry of JAM according to DanielWhat did you think of this episode? Click to text me feedback!This episode originally aired in May of 2023.What does "resiliency" mean to you? Listen in as Daniel shares about what that word means to him, and what it can look like to forge your unique path of small business ownership.Daniel Perry was introduced to jam-making 20 years ago and never looked back. 15 years ago, a year out of college, he started a jam business. He bought a tent at K-Mart, borrowed a table, and set up a booth at the Farmers...2024-11-2657 minSincerely, Your Small BusinessRachel PenningtonWhat did you think of this episode? Click to text me feedback!Rachel Pennington is a great baker, a shitty capitalist, and a memoir/food writer. She owned The Pie Chest in Charlottesville, VA, a sanctuary of comfort, delicious food, and rest for the weary soul.Her culinary work has been featured in or mentioned on The Travel Channel, USA Today, the Boston Globe, Edible Blue Ridge, Southern Living, Our Local Commons, the Southern Foodways Alliance, the Edacious Podcast, and various local publications. Her buttermilk biscuit was featured at Flavored Nation as the state dish...2024-11-0440 minSincerely, Your Small Business[Encore] Chelsea Powers and Flannery Buchanan of Bluebird & Co.What did you think of this episode? Click to text me feedback!This episode originally aired on October 16, 2023.What do you do when you meet a friend who shares your same dreams, energy level, and passions? Why you start a business of course!Chelsea and Flannery met through the small business network of Crozet and immediately started hosting pop-up markets together to encourage and support a variety of female entrepreneurs in and around Crozet. What started as a small side hustle quickly became a dream for a shared retail space to house their...2024-10-2359 minSincerely, Your Small BusinessRachael Kesler PalmWhat did you think of this episode? Click to text me feedback!Rachael Kesler Palm is a queer woman, author, activist, creator, communications professional, and mother. Her passion lies in creating: creating change through her activism as a volunteer with Moms Demand Action; creating beautiful content through marketing communications work; and co-creating a fulfilling life with her 8-year-old daughter and fiancé Carolyn by her side.Rachael is a trainer with The Center for Nonprofit Excellence, and she teaches yoga at ACAC and Salute the Sun Yoga. She's spent most of my career supporting communications for m...2024-10-0753 minSincerely, Your Small Business[Encore] PK Ross of Splendora's GelatoWhat did you think of this episode? Click to text me feedback!This episode originally aired in January of 2023.Born in Manila, the tiniest bit strange and a lot dramatic, PK Ross was probably meant for a life of crime boss’ mistress. Just kidding. Not about the Manila part; she was definitely born there.Hers is a typical tale of an Asian immigrant child whose only proper destiny was doctor or lawyer. But as luck would have it, after completing a degree in Biology, with a focus on genetics, at UVA, she lost he...2024-04-241h 09Sincerely, Your Small BusinessTina Page of Palm + Petal CreativeWhat did you think of this episode? Click to text me feedback!Tina Page is the founder of Palm + Petal Creative, based out of Maui, Hawaii. Her line is inspired by the islands. Palm + Petal Creative creates sustainable apparel and coastal-themed home decor. You can find her products in boutiques and resorts throughout Hawaii or through her online shop. Tina and her husband are originally Virginia natives, but now Maui is a place they feel grateful to call home and raise their two children.Listen to this episode as Tina shares her experiences with: letting you...2024-04-0349 minSincerely, Your Small Business[Encore] Sarah Cramer Shields of Cramer PhotoWhat did you think of this episode? Click to text me feedback!Do you know anyone who gives off ALL the high energy and joy? How do you connect more with those joyful parts of yourself, and set boundaries around the things that don’t fill your cup? On this episode, I got to chat with Sarah about lessons that Covid has taught us, what it means to tap into what truly makes you happy as a parent and business owner, and how family values play a role in the amount of work we take on.2024-03-2245 minSincerely, Your Small BusinessTiffany Nguyen of Events by Phoenix CollectiveWhat did you think of this episode? Click to text me feedback!Tiffany Nguyen loves throwing parties and, more importantly, bringing people together. And now? She’s taken the plunge and launched her own business, doing what I absolutely love – creating memorable gatherings.As a mother of four wonderful kids and the wife of an entrepreneur, Tiffany is well acquainted with the demands of juggling multiple moving parts, multitasking, and (by the grace of God) managing to get dinner on the table… most nights. One of her favorite activities—apart from engaging in stimulating conversations over a g...2024-03-0450 minSincerely, Your Small Business[Encore] Chris(tina) Martin of bakernobakeryWhat did you think of this episode? Click to text me feedback!This encore episode was originally launched in October of 2022. Enjoy!Chris is a baker based in the Charlottesville area, doing pop-ups all over central Virginia. She’s inspired by Americana and diversity, using local ingredients and her knowledge from fine dining to execute menus that change weekly. She’s originally from The San Francisco Bay Area, and attended Johnson & Wales University for an AA in baking and pastry, and a BS in Food & Beverage Entrepreneurship. Listen in as Chris shares about her j...2024-02-1940 minSincerely, Your Small BusinessYolonda Coles Jones, The Calm and Thrive CoachWhat did you think of this episode? Click to text me feedback!Yolonda Coles Jones, also known as The Calm and Thrive Coach, is an internationalconscious relationship expert and empowered living coach. She helps reactive, drained,distracted and anxious people learn to be more at home, at peace and in unconditional Love with themselves and others so they can be more present in more of the moments that make up this one precious and beautiful life.Learn more about and connect with Yolonda Coles Jones below:Website: www.YolondaJonesCreative.com...2024-02-0559 minSincerely, Your Small Business[Encore] Emily Wool of Emily Ruth PrintsWhat did you think of this episode? Click to text me feedback!Emily Wool is a printmaker and surface designer, working out of her home studio in Crozet, VA. Her business Emily Ruth Prints strives to create beautiful and functional items inspired by nature and to honor Emily's core values of sustainability, transparency, and curiosity.Hear Emily share lessons she's learned as a small business owner, including embracing her identity as an artist, balancing between her passions and running a business, and staying genuine to who she is as a business owner.Follow...2024-01-151h 06Sincerely, Your Small BusinessDylan and Joan of Critter ButtsWhat did you think of this episode? Click to text me feedback!Critter Butts is the dream of queer, neurodivergent sweethearts Dylan & Joan. Since 2021, their work has been an ever-evolving representation of their spicy brains, their identity as transgender queers, the creatures they turn to for joy, and the humor that keeps them afloat in the midst of a crumbling culture.Listen to this episode as Joan and Dylan share their thoughts and experiences around:- being aware that you're neurodivergent and how that plays a role in the way you run your business2024-01-0152 minSincerely, Your Small BusinessElisabeth Edelman of Golden WordWhat did you think of this episode? Click to text me feedback!Listen to this episode as Elisabeth shares her thoughts on: deciding NOT to grow a business as fast as possible, and instead be stable (while still pushing the envelope); and our capacity to take larger risks when we take into account our "track records".Elisabeth’s boutique PR firm Golden Word specializes in its own special brand of PR, which they trademarked as: “talk like a human.” Pitching new business and editors with their signature mix of insightful strategy and real empathy, the all-wo...2023-12-1148 minSincerely, Your Small BusinessAllison Egidi of Sleep and Wellness CoachWhat did you think of this episode? Click to text me feedback!Allison Egidi is a certified pediatric sleep coach and founder of Sleep and Wellness Coach. Her primary area of focus is sleep for newborns through early elementary-age children. She offers 1:1 virtual consultations and online courses and workshops. She also provides parents with weekly educational content on her podcast, How Long 'Til Bedtime.Listen in as Allison talks about the humbling experience of parenting, what it's like to grow a team, and learn a series of questions to ask yourself each week that can...2023-11-2953 minSincerely, Your Small BusinessSusan Good of Latitude MassageWhat did you think of this episode? Click to text me feedback!Helping others is what sparks joy in Susan. Her experience as a Birth Doula in Honduras and Ireland led her to train in massage in 2017. After giving birth to her daughter in 2020, she holds a deep connection working with women in the prenatal and postpartum periods. Her favorite sessions are Thai massage and she’s beginning to incorporate more herbs into her practice!In 2021, she quit her full-time spa job and opened her business, Latitude Massage. What she thought would be a solo-preneur endeavor qu...2023-11-1357 minSincerely, Your Small BusinessCarolyn Leasure of Maypop Creative StudioWhat did you think of this episode? Click to text me feedback!Carolyn Leasure is who you turn to when you want to fill your business with ideal clients – and still have a life offline.With Maypop Creative Studio (formerly SmallBiz Sidekick), she provides web design, messaging, & integrations for solopreneurs, service providers, & coaches who think “tech” is a scary word. Carolyn lays the groundwork for the smoothest online experience ever for you and your clients, helping your biz grow with ease. She believes that your brand, design + tech should work for you—not drain th...2023-10-3051 minSincerely, Your Small BusinessChelsea Powers and Flannery Buchanan of Bluebird & Co.What did you think of this episode? Click to text me feedback!What do you do when you meet a friend who shares your same dreams, energy level, and passions? Why you start a business of course!Chelsea and Flannery met through the small business network of Crozet and immediately started hosting pop-up markets together to encourage and support a variety of female entrepreneurs in and around Crozet. What started as a small side hustle quickly became a dream for a shared retail space to house their two businesses, Bluebird Bookstop and Fancy & Nell. They...2023-10-1659 minSincerely, Your Small BusinessKatie Monson of Progress StudioWhat did you think of this episode? Click to text me feedback!Katie was born and raised in Orange County, California and in 2008, she moved to Sonoma County to pursue her bachelor's degree in Biology and found a passion for the health and wellness industry. By 2011, Katie became both an ACE certified Personal Trainer and Group Exercise Instructor and was managing both the Group Ex and Training Department at Sonoma State University.After moving to Charlottesville, Virginia in 2016, she decided to make her dream of creating her own studio a reality! Katie's training philosophy is...2023-10-021h 02Sincerely, Your Small BusinessDr. Tamara Wilkerson DiasWhat did you think of this episode? Click to text me feedback!Dr. Tamara Wilkerson Dias is an instructional designer, curriculum developer, and organizational leader with a background in learning and development across corporate, nonprofit, and K-12 educational spaces. She began her career in education, shifting into leadership development, professional coaching and consulting. Dr. Dias then transitioned to a grassroots nonprofit as CEO, focusing on the retention of educators.Her expertise and leadership garnered national recognition, and she was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2017. Each of these experiences required knowledge around shifting company...2023-09-1845 min
Designer's Oasis#48 | How to Lose the Social Media Overwhelm with Jessica NorbyInterior Designer's Business Blueprint Do you find yourself still on Instagram an hour and a half after you went on to post or engage with your followers? We all do! In today’s episode I catch up with Jessica Norby, a social media strategist on how to lose the social media overwhelm while still allowing social media to work for you and help attract the right clients to your business. Here’s a glance at the episode: [5:00] Jess shares how the strategy for service based business models differs f...2023-06-0159 minSincerely, Your Small BusinessHolly Kennedy and Ellen Jones of Mother Tree WellnessWhat did you think of this episode? Click to text me feedback!How often do you compare your old with your new self, and how are you showing up as your "whole self", whether it's for work or family? Listen to this episode as Holly and Ellen share about those things, as well as vulnerability with clients, what it's been like to give and receive support with your business partner, and journeying through money-mindset as female entrepreneurs.Holly Kennedy, LPC, PMH-C and Ellen Jones, M.Ed., PMH-C, are co-founders of Mother Tree Wellness - a...2023-05-2551 minSincerely, Your Small BusinessDaniel Perry of JAM according to DanielWhat did you think of this episode? Click to text me feedback!What does "resiliency" mean to you? Listen in as Daniel shares about what that word means to him, and what it can look like to forge your unique path of small business ownership.Daniel Perry was introduced to jam-making 20 years ago and never looked back. 15 years ago, a year out of college, he started a jam business. He bought a tent at K-Mart, borrowed a table, and set up a booth at the Farmers Market behind his Grandmother's Oldsmobile. He sold a handful...2023-05-0957 minSincerely, Your Small BusinessReverend Marc BostonWhat did you think of this episode? Click to text me feedback!Marc Boston is a children’s book author, and ordained minister. His stories emphasize the importance of diversity and inclusion and reflect on topics surrounding definitions of family values, and self-empowerment.Marc has published several picture books and was awarded grants from The Virginia Humanities, Charlottesville Area Community Foundation, and the Memory Project of the University of Virginia to author books for children and adults which increase diversity and inclusion to community processes and decision-making.He is published in several periodicals, is...2023-04-2446 minSincerely, Your Small BusinessAlex Theriault of Dogwood RefilleryWhat did you think of this episode? Click to text me feedback!Alex Theriault, owner of Dogwood Refillery, a “Conscious Market”, followed her passion for sustainability to shift her career from corporate finance to small business ownership. Alex’s approach to Dogwood Refillery is based on the triple bottom line: people, and planet before profit; her priority is to educate the community about sustainable habits and curate an eco-conscious product offering. From non-toxic home cleaning and personal care refills to easy swaps for every day, you can find most things you need at Dogwood Refillery which is in Cha...2023-04-1047 minSincerely, Your Small BusinessJen Siomacco of VVITCH DigitalWhat did you think of this episode? Click to text me feedback!Jen Siomacco (they/them) has been working in digital marketing, tech and user experience for more than 10 years. In 2020, Jen founded a small digital marketing agency in Charlottesville, VVITCH Digital, and since then they and their team of skilled creatives have helped more than 40 small businesses achieve their marketing goals. As a queer and disabled business owner themselves, Jen loves any opportunity to advocate for accessibility and inclusivity in their work.Listen in as Jen shares their experiences starting and growing a business--and...2023-03-2750 minSincerely, Your Small BusinessJessica Dang Norby...a reverse interviewWhat did you think of this episode? Click to text me feedback!Jessica Dang Norby (also known as your podcast host, Jess Norby) is a social media strategist who helps local small business owners go from feeling overwhelmed and annoyed on social media to more confident and at ease...and maybe even like they can actually have fun. Over the past 6 years, she has created and fine-tuned The Social to Selling Framework, a step-by-step guide to help business owners connect and build relationships in their communities, all in a simple and effective way....2023-03-1349 minSincerely, Your Small BusinessKelly Cox of Share the DropWhat did you think of this episode? Click to text me feedback!Kelly Cox is a 500 RYT, registered prenatal yoga instructor, birth doula, and licensed clinical social worker. For the last 15 years, she has supported expectant and new mothers and it is through this work she became aware of the stress and depression that surround feeding infants. As a breast cancer survivor, she is committed to making sure all survivors have access to human milk for their babies.Listen in as Kelly shares more about this revolutionary app, her journey from being a pre- and po...2023-02-2744 minSincerely, Your Small BusinessCarly Teigeler of Schematic Design Co.What did you think of this episode? Click to text me feedback!What does balancing "me time" with "work time" mean to you? Can scheduling social time outside of your business help with your creativity and energy?Listen in as Carly shares things that you might not think about when it comes to business ownership: what it's like to share space with a partner who occasionally works from home, learning how to balance alone time, socializing, and working hours, and remembering to be kinder to ourselves...because we are (and have been) more capable than...2023-02-1354 minSincerely, Your Small BusinessPK Ross of Splendora's GelatoWhat did you think of this episode? Click to text me feedback!Born in Manila, the tiniest bit strange and a lot dramatic, PK Ross was probably meant for a life of crime boss’ mistress. Just kidding. Not about the Manila part; she was definitely born there. Hers is a typical tale of an Asian immigrant child whose only proper destiny was doctor or lawyer. But as luck would have it, after completing a degree in Biology, with a focus on genetics, at UVA, she lost herself in the culinary world.One of he...2023-01-301h 09Sincerely, Your Small BusinessBunmi Adeeko Collins of StickyNote CreativeWhat did you think of this episode? Click to text me feedback!How important is boundary setting not just within your business, but in your household? At the end of the day, what do you wish the people around you to know about your journey as an entrepreneur?I had a deep conversation with Bunmi Adeeko Collins about all of the above, plus other things like what it's like to be the primary caretaker of your kids while running a business, pressures as women of color to find the "right" school for your...2023-01-1642 min