Katie and Heather co-wrote an article for Grower Talks August 2025 all about batching your emails ahead of spring. …
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Open & Awkward – Season 2 Episode 23: HIRE THE EXPERT
Open & Awkward: Shop Talk with Katie & Amanda Season 2 Episode 23: HIRE THE EXPERT People Buy What They Understand What’s this podcast about? Katie shares her upcoming plans for a Chicago trip to visit clients. She and Amanda brainstorm about art classes they could co-host at …
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Open & Awkward – Season 2 Episode 22: SLUG PARTY
Open & Awkward: Shop Talk with Katie & Amanda Season 2 Episode 22: SLUG PARTY Grouch on the Couch What’s this podcast about? This week, Katie and Amanda discuss their love of the Marco Polo app and scheming ways businesses could use it too. Katie’s hand-painted cards just …
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Open & Awkward – Season 2 Episode 21: FINAL ANSWER
Open & Awkward: Shop Talk with Katie & Amanda Season 2 Episode 21: FINAL ANSWER Go Away What’s this podcast about? Katie is considering a simple but symbolic change: swapping her Facebook cover photo from a picture of her family to one of her art supplies. Amanda reflects on …
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Open & Awkward – Season 2 Episode 20: SOFT LIFE
Open & Awkward: Shop Talk with Katie & Amanda Season 2 Episode 20: SOFT LIFE So many other things just listen to it What’s this podcast about? Katie shares her experience at a local "pick and paint" event at a cut flower farm, where customers picked their blooms and she painted …
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We Need To Talk About Helen
"You absolutely MUST visit Helen," the person on zoom said to me. "Where is Helen? WHAT is Helen?" I asked. "It's in Georgia," they said. "I've never seen anything like it." Question: WAS THIS YOU? On zoom with me? Can you please write back and tell me because I talked to …
Open & Awkward – Season 2 Episode 19: One Woman Collective
Open & Awkward: Shop Talk with Katie & Amanda Season 2 Episode 19: One Woman Collective Stop, Collaborate and Listen What’s this podcast about? Amanda is excited to get some help from an acquaintance starting an HR/operations consulting business. It’s coming at the perfect …
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Open & Awkward – Season 2 Episode 18: NEVER AGAIN
Open & Awkward: Shop Talk with Katie & Amanda Season 2 Episode 18: NEVER AGAIN Every Kind of Tired What’s this podcast about? Katie shares the emotional weight of the past year and the recent loss of her father. A comforting message from Ben, “you don’t ever have to deal with …
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Open & Awkward – Season 2 Episode 17: BRING THE GONG
Open & Awkward: Shop Talk with Katie & Amanda Season 2 Episode 17: BRING THE GONG Eventually We Get to the Point What’s this podcast about? Amanda is making dunce caps for Cultivate to stop people from calling their businesses small. The second gong has also …
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This will come as no surprise
On December 23, 2024 my family went to St. Elmo's steakhouse in downtown Indianapolis for dinner. Mom, Dad, Joe (my husband), me, Emily (my sister), Nathan (my brother-in-law), and Elzer, my niece. I could not help but think of it is a kind of "last supper" because I knew we …
