The Growing Pains Podcast

Sean and Kay Bowser are the current owners of Nash Taps, LLC; a mobile beverage catering company that uses classic vehicles to create "one-of-a-kind" experiences to its clients and their guests.

Nearing the end of a 20-year military career, the two saw an opportunity to provide an incredibly unique service to their Nashville community and decided to take the entrepreneurial plunge in late 2019; officially launching the company in the Spring of 2020. Despite major setbacks due to the pandemic, Nash Taps has been proud to serve over 500 clients and events in the last years. Primarily geared towards private events, Nash Taps is perfectly suited for weddings, corporate functions, birthdays, golf outings, backyard barbeques, and everything in between.

Along with their budding business, Sean and Kay are also parents to four children: Amara (12), Deklan (8), Thatcher (6), and Lion (4). They love soccer, wrestling, baseball, hanging with "Mom and Dad" and pouring as many Strawberry Lemonades as they can from their parents' trucks!

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Find them on social media:

IG: @nash.taps
FB: @nashvilletaptruck
TT: @nash.taps

Paul and Miranda Fair are co-founders of StoriePress, a writing agency dedicated to helping authors share their expertise with their audiences. They specialize in finding the intersection of creative storytelling and analytical frameworks to communicate author ideas to audiences clearly, and in a digestible – and often entertaining – format. Paul is a ghostwriter, co-author, and editor who has worked on over 40 titles with Big Five publishing houses and independent presses such as Scribe Media and ForbesBooks. Titles range from Better Great Than Never by Olympic-gold medalist Lindsay Dare Shoop to the Wall Street Journal bestseller Buy Back Your Time by serial entrepreneur and SaaS Academy founder Dan Martell. Miranda is an MBA with expertise in consulting and innovation. Working primarily in prescriptive non-fiction, they’ve worked with economists and financial experts, co-founders, serial entrepreneurs, billionaires, doctors, and even a White House staffer and a spy. They also co-host the How To Fairytale podcast, where, through analysis of classical fairy tales and interviews with ordinary people living extraordinary lives, they break down the “magic” of happily ever after into practical steps you can take to go after your own dreams. Fun fact: Paul and Miranda used to be performers in shows and parades at Walt Disney World. That's where they met, honed their storytelling skills, and learned to captivate audiences.

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Find them on all socials at @howtofairytale & @paulrandallfair

Check out their website: https://www.paulrandallfair.com/

Growing a business with your spouse? Tune in all summer long for interviews with parents who are growing businesses and growing families. We will bring you episodes from memorial day to labor day with parents who are going through all the things-- managing teams, bustling households and so much more. Hope you enjoy!

Sarah Marie Bilger is a mom of 2, a wife, a mechanical engineer, and owner of Entering Motherhood. After navigating an unplanned cesarean with her first she became certified as a postpartum nutritional coach and a certified VBAC doula. She later went on to have a successful unmedicated VBAC herself and now specializes in cesarean recovery and VBAC preparation, focusing on aspects of mindful healing, holistic nutrition, and generational impact reflection. She loves encouraging mamas to heal and feel empowered as they become the mothers they wish to be while still maintaining their own individual identity along the way.

Lane Clark is a social worker turned CEO's best friend and right-hand-woman to leaders and their teams.

Lane uses her professional training as an MSW, 8 years of experience supporting business owners, and her intuitive powers to increase the bandwidth of her clients. She creates a dedicated time (and space) for all of them to relax their shoulders and unburden their minds. Lane provides high-level support so CEOs and high-performing professionals are free to spend their time serving and leading.

When not at her desk, find Lane traveling, out in the woods with her two unschooled children, or reading with a cup of hot Earl Grey.

James Schramko is an online business mentor from Noosa Australia. He currently owns and runs two online business coaching communities. In his 14 years as a business coach, he has helped over 3,551+ of his students create and maintain six, seven and eight-figure businesses.

Before he built his coaching businesses, James was a General Manager at Mercedes-Benz. He made a six-figure income but was stressed by the demands of his job, wanting the time and financial freedom he could see their top-level clients enjoying. Putting in many hours on the internet after work, he eventually made enough to quit Mercedes-Benz and go into online business full-time.

Since then, James has grown his coaching communities into multi-million dollar businesses that fund a lifestyle he loves. Running his businesses with an input of just 15 hours a week, he finds ample time to surf, spend time with family and friends, watch movies and travel. The keys to such idyllic living are what he shares inside his two paid communities at JamesSchramko.com

James' runs a paid community of entrepreneurs, 78.5 percent of who make more than $100k per year. With the community resources and with personal coaching from James, members gain proven, leveraged ways of running their businesses that increase their earnings and free up their time, vastly improving their ability to enjoy life.

In his results driven coaching group, already successful online marketers grow faster. They have that potential for further growth that James identifies and they build on that. Members of this select group report multi-million dollar gains within short periods of working with James.

Lauren is a marketing agency owner, real estate investor, podcast host, a wife and a mom. She was a business owner prior to starting her family, and attributes much of the "success at home" and associated strive-for-balance to rigorous business building over the years. With over 10 years of industry experience, she helps brands increase their revenue and share of voice through innovative and sustainable strategies. At her core, Lauren is a problem solver and loves to help people build the lives and businesses they truly want.

Jodi Anderson is on a mission to move women forward faster – to accelerate their business impact, purpose, and profits in a way that feels in alignment with who they are and the communities they support.

Jodi is a lead generation expert and business coach with more than 20 years of experience in digital marketing.

She’s scaled startups and Fortune 50 companies alike, managing $5M marketing budgets, building global teams, and has now leveraged those secrets with a few adjustments to help coaching businesses grow and accelerate their lead generation.

Six years ago, after having her son Jaxon, she decided to leave her corporate career and has since founded two companies – the Badass Marketing Moms Agency, and Yes You Can Coaching and Events.

During that time she also added another little human to the mix, Chase, enjoying a 5-month maternity leave as a business owner.

With a passion to be a champion for women, she has focused both of her companies on supporting female entrepreneurs with high-performance marketing strategies and management services.

Jodi currently lives in Southern California with her two young boys, building forts and going on nature walks in search of the perfect sticks.

Tiffany Jones is the CoFounder and CEO of The Kenza Collective where they empower parent entrepreneurs who are searching for a better way to integrate their career goals with parenthood.

Through their podcast, The Kenza Pod, one-on-one mentoring, and an online community of like-minded parents, Tiffany and Beth are passionate about providing their community with the resources, education, and support that will help them create a life and a living on their own terms. 

Tiffany is also a Contract Co-CEO of a multi 7-figure software company where she leads a global team of remote employees and contractors. 

She has more than 15 years of experience in project management, strategic business development, proposal writing, marketing, and managing clients and teams. Tiffany has a deep understanding of what it takes to build a business while also staying true to her desire to be a calm, present Mom, wife, and human. She is passionate about helping other parent-entrepreneurs navigate the tricky waters of working for themselves while raising a family. 

You can follow along on Instagram @kenzacollective and connect directly with Tiffany on Kenza’s free Slack channel by going to kenzacollective.com/slack. 

Tiffany was born and raised in Northern California, and currently lives in Oceanside, CA with her husband, three-year-old, dog, and two cats.

https://www.kenzacollective.com/tiffany

Meredith Ebenhoeh is a CPA and Founder & COO of Accountfully. Meredith's influence at Accountfully is felt through excellent client service and a happy workforce. Internally, she oversees the heart of the company - its people. Externally, she advises clients of all sizes and industries on high-level strategy; helping them increase efficiency and implement best practices that support growth and improve performance. Meredith is also a dedicated mother to three young children - 5 year old twins and a 10 month old baby.

Learn more about Meredith and the solutions she provides at: https://www.accountfully.com/

Melissa is a 35-year-old, southern California native, currently living in Mobile, Alabama. For the past 7 years, she’s been helping online entrepreneurs and small businesses market themselves online with paid and organic traffic.

She owns Litchfield Media Co, a digital marketing company that helps small businesses and entrepreneurs skyrocket their impact and revenue with paid traffic. Melissa also manages two rental properties and a new custom clothing apparel brand for babies and toddlers. She lives with her husband, who serves in the US Coast Guard, and her five-year-old daughter, Madeline.

MORE ABOUT MELISSA:
Likes to have dance parties with her daughter in the living room.
Likes to think she’s a professional chef. She loves a good home-cooked meal.
Believes in decompressing and relaxing away from home. #vacay
Could spend hours on Instagram, even if it wasn't for business.
Always in workout clothes but if there's an excuse to go out she will dress up!
Can't start her morning without coffee and the Today Show.
Loves a good podcast for growth and development.
Could spend hours roaming the aisles at Target by herself.
A huge supporter of your goals, even if you’ve only just met on the internet. Focused on building a business that supports the lifestyle she wants.

Find more on Melissa and her team: https://litchfieldmedia.org/

Nicole Hall is a registered nurse, birth coach, keynote speaker, and mother of three. She helps raise awareness of the rare and deadly birth complication of an amniotic fluid embolism (AFE).

She had three kids before thirty years old and has been with her husband for 16 years and married for 8 years. They have two beautiful girls and one handsome boy. All H names! Harper, Hadley, and Haxton.

She loves working with women to improve their birthing experience as well as working with hospitals to reduce their mother mortality rate. You can find her at Before You Push.

From wealth management broker to a successful fashion and lifestyle blogger, Venessa Kaufman saw the need for pursuing fashion with a heart. With a role in motherhood grounding her and giving insight into the struggles that women face trying to find their individuality in both their family and a career, Venessa has become an authentic voice and the visionary that created The F Word, a social media platform that gives creators the opportunity to grow as individual businesses, and gives users empowered content consumption.

Where to find me:

@wetheclassy

What Venessa is working on :)

@thefwordapp

TheFWord.app

Christy Burch is an event producer who specializes in high-ticket, enrollment, and luxury mastermind events for her entrepreneur clientele. She started her company, Your Branded Event, in 2016 driven by her passion for creating unique brand experiences for her clients. However, Christy is most passionate about her role as mom to her three teenage sons and would trade a flight to Paris for a front-row seat at her son's football game any day of the week.

Born and raised in coastal Mississippi, Molly Martin discovered her love of food when she was gifted a cookbook on her 13th birthday, and promptly prepared a four-course meal for her family. Martin moved to Tennessee to attend college at Sewanee and began working in hospitality at the university coffee shop. She then migrated to Nashville after graduation to pursue music, and her creative energy and love of people drew her back into hospitality. She worked front of house for four years before moving back of house, and she’s been in the kitchen ever since.

As a culinarian in Nashville, Martin has worked with some of the most well-regarded chefs in the industry – Tandy Wilson, Vivek Surti, Lisa Donovan, and Laura Wilson. Martin also spent one month in London staging and learning from famed chef and cookbook author Yotam Ottolenghi. Her experience further includes operations management with Nashville-based restaurant group Strategic Hospitality, as well as launching the opening culinary programs at Salt + Vine and Bar Luca.

Martin started Juniper Green in 2017 after she realized how much she enjoyed being a part of the big moments in people’s lives. As Nashville’s dining scene and palate grew more diverse, she believed her style of cooking and presentation would add something unique and contemporary to the landscape. Juniper Green draws inspiration from local ingredients and global flavors to create dynamic, high-quality food to accompany all of life’s important moments, whether it’s a wedding, a birthday celebration, or a regular Tuesday night around the dinner table with family.

@junipergreenkitchen
www.junipergreen.kitchen

Hi and welcome to Growing Pains! I’m your host, Alyson Caffrey. I’m the founder of Master Maternity Leave and Operations Agency. I’m an operator by trade, strategic coach, and fractional COO to several multi-seven and eight-figure businesses. Ultimately, I help business owners create a business that is independent of them so that they can have a work-life balance all while achieving their professional goals. On our show, we’re going to explore the balance between running a growing business alongside a growing household. I sit down with mompreneurs keeping all the balls in the air and still have time to keep the plants watered. We’ll discuss entering into mompreneur territory, taking maternity leave, running high-functioning teams, answering emails in the carpool line and so much more. I’m thrilled you’re here with me. See you soon!

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