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This week we talk with female entrepreneur Resa Barillas. Resa is owner of Eye Heart Creative, a community organizer and activist and a mom (just to name a few things). Resa shares her entrepreneurial journey that started when she was laid off from her job the day she came home from the hospital with her newborn son. We also talk balancing business and family, community activism, using process and structure to keep sane and the need for peers as a support network.

[Read more…] about Episode 15: Work Life Balance — An interview with solopreneur Resa Barillas

In this episode, we are joined by female entrepreneur and filmmaker Wendy Jo Carlton. Wendy Jo is owner of Juicy Planet Pictures, screenwriter and director of the LGBT web series, Easy Abby and 2012 lesbian romcom musical, Jamie and Jessie are Not Together. We talk about the culture dynamics of being a female business owner in a male dominated society, owning your own view of success and self-care.

[Read more…] about Episode 14: Dynamics of Being a Female Business Owner — An interview with filmmaker Wendy Jo Carlton

In this episode, Gretchen and Tera are joined by Grand Rapids, Michigan female entrepreneur Latesha Lipscomb. You can find Latesha at facebook.com/igotface, watch her regularly on WOTV4 for Women in Grand Rapids, or see her in action as the Social Media Jock at Magic 104.9. The three women entrepreneurs talk about taking on new projects, managing perfection when you are a “Jill of All Trades,” the importance of creating processes, and how daily written reflections can help with big changes in your life.

[Read more…] about Episode 13: Reflection and Affirmations — An interview with female entrepreneur Latesha Lipscomb

In this episode, Tera and Gretchen talk with entrepreneur Tami VandenBerg about staying connected with close friends, keeping up with productivity, and whether or not pace matters when diving into a new business. Hint: It does and it’s hard to slow down the momentum of something new and exciting.

[Read more…] about Episode 12: Networking — An interview with entrepreneur Tami VandenBerg

In this episode, Tera and Gretchen DeVault talk about finding your network in a new city, the importance of learning and support and the difference being authentic to yourself can make.

In this episode of Lean the F*ck Out, we talk with Maureen Isern, founder of Moped Productions. The three women talk about the struggle of taking work one day at a time, celebrating accomplishments, affirming progress, and making our businesses our priority.

[Read more…] about Episode 10: Affirmations and Priorities — An interview with entrepreneur Maureen Isern