Welcome back to another episode of Drop and Give Me 20! Our friends Katy Stevick and Nadia Anac are joining us to talk about staying motivated and goal planning.

Katy Stevick is a financial advisor at Align Financial Planning and the owner of the MacPherson House. Katy was the 2018 Armed Forces Insurance Military Spouse of the Year for Fort Bragg.

Armed with a law degree, a background in business entrepreneurship, and a thorough understanding of the real estate market, Nadia uses the most up-to-date tools and proven, timeless methods to help her clients navigate through the buying, selling, or investing process.

Highlights:

• [01:40] Guest introductions – we go wayyy back
• [07:06] Things we developed in 2020 that we want to carry in 2021
• [14:10] On their business finances
• [17:14] Staying motivated in a constantly changing industry
• [24:50] Advice to those who are starting their business

Quote:

• [18:13] “My job is to figure out what it is they want to do and how do we get them there. But I can’t really do it for them.” - Nadia Anac

Links:

Book

Atomic Habits by James Clear 

Katy Stevick

• Katy on Instagram
• Katy on LinkedIn
• The MacPherson House

Nadia Anac

• Nadia Knows Real Estate Facebook Page
• Nadia on LinkedIn
• Nadia Anac Website

Claire Yanta-O’Mahoney

• Fleur de Lis Fitness
• Claire Yanta-O’Mahoney on Instagram
• Email Address: claire@fdlfitness.com

Germono Advertising Company on Youtube

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Welcome back to another episode of Drop and Give Me 20! Today’s episode features Michaela Rosales and Melissa St. Clair.

Michaela Rosales is a transitional life coach and the founder of Honest Talk International. She shares her experiences as military entrepreneur who is passionate about connecting, relating and encouraging women to grow in confidence.

Melissa St. Clair is a military spouse and the Chief Worker Bee at Paper Chaser, providing online office support for a variety of small businesses as a Virtual Assistant (VA). She strives to help entrepreneurs grow their businesses by taking over their tedious tasks and increasing their productivity.

Highlights:

• [02:10] Introductions
• [03:58] 2020 and Michaela and Melissa's businesses
• [09:11] Biggest struggles for them and their clients
• [12:20] Advice they would give to someone in the military who is thinking of starting a business
• [17:00] Setting the foundation at the beginning of how you can find the moments of self-care
• [23:04] The loneliness of entrepreneurship and ways to overcome it

Quote:

• [09:34] "You have to remind yourself that you can't do it all, all the time," - Michaela

Links:

Michaela Rosales

• Honest Talk International
• Michaela on Instagram
• Email Address: michaela@honesttalkinternational.com

Melissa St. Clair

• Melissa on LinkedIn
• Paper Chaser
• Paper Chaser on Twitter
• Paper Chaser on Facebook

Claire Yanta-O’Mahoney

• Fleur de Lis Fitness
• Claire Yanta-O’Mahoney on Instagram
• Email Address: claire@fdlfitness.com

Germono Advertising Company on Youtube

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Welcome back to another episode of Drop and Give Me 20! Today’s episode features two guests who have very lateral educational backgrounds!

Sally Ann Zoll is the CEO of United Through Reading. Sally serves as the chief guardian and spokesperson for the organization’s vision and mission, builds and sustains relationships with stakeholders and partners, and leads programs, finances, and internal team. Sally is an army spouse of more than 30 years and her son, an army reservist, has served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Zoie Hoffman is a passionate educator, air force wife, and the owner of Hoffman Tutoring Group. She helps students in grades K-8 get the personalized online tutoring they need by connecting them with qualified educators. These educators are able to meet your child's specific learning needs by planning instruction and learning activities.

Highlights:

• [02:00] Introductions
• [04:55] How 2020 has been for Zoie and Sally
• [06:42] The status of United Through Reading during this pandemic
• [10:00] On Sally being worried and taking care of her team
• [11:36] How Zoie is doing and how the pandemic has affected her organization
• [12:15] Zoie on being a new mom of twins
• [14:40] Advice the guests would give to someone who is thinking about starting a business or to someone leading an organization
• [17:25] Importance of patience
• [20:18] On disconnecting

Quote:

• [17:25] "Patience is what I tell my team is like water in a rock. It drips, drips, drips and all of a sudden you see it made an impact." -Sally

Links:

Zoie Hoffman

• Hoffman Tutoring Group
• Hoffman Tutoring Group on Facebook
• Zoie on Instagram

Sally Ann Zoll

• United Through Reading
• United Through Reading on Facebook

Claire Yanta-O’Mahoney

• Fleur de Lis Fitness
• Claire Yanta-O’Mahoney on Instagram

Welcome back to another episode of Drop and Give Me 20! We have two very special guests in this episode, Lauren Hope and Rachel Brenke.

Lauren Hope is the owner of owner, designer, and artisan behind Hope Design, Ltd ®. As a military spouse herself, she carefully hand crafts unique, military jewelry and accessories to honor our country's service veterans and heroes. Lauren also founded the ShopMilitary Movement. #ShopMilitary is a national movement to support military spouse and veteran entrepreneurs.

Rachel Brenke is a master business coach and lawyer for photographers and online entrepreneurs (bloggers, speakers, etc.) operating the brands TheLawTog®, bloglegally, and fitlegally. She is the founder of the Business Bites podcast. She is also a mother of five, wife to an Army veteran, a practicing lawyer, an author, a cancer survivor, and a Team USA athlete.

Highlights:

• [01:43] What to expect from the round table discussion with these military entrepreneurs
• [02:44] How they are doing
• [03:04] On being an entrepreneur and a parent
• [03:34] How as military business owner you are in constant unplanned motion
• [04:45] Reconnecting as a family through the pandemic
• [05:15] Learning that emotions are temporary
• [06:00] People wanting to start businesses in relationship to the pandemic
• [11:10] A better trajectory by simplifying and focusing
• [13:40] Their advice on new military spouses who want to start their business
• [20:04] Be careful who you work with
• [20:30] Information that new military entrepreneurs should be aware of
• [30:08] Just because they wear a uniform, does not mean they are a good person.

Quote:

• [11:22] "...Having the space to be vulnerable and surrounding yourself with the people and even within your own mind. Identifying "I have these emotions. It's temporary either I am frustrated or I am excited" and getting back to really the core of what's important. It sounds so cliche but my word for the year has been "appreciation". I've really learned appreciation but to get to that, I have to simplify the process." - Rachel Brenke

Links:

Lauren Hope

• Hope Design Ltd.
• Shop Military

Rachel Brenke

• Rache Brenke's website

Claire Yanta-O’Mahoney

• Fleur de Lis Fitness
• Claire Yanta-O’Mahoney on Instagram

Welcome back to another episode of Drop and Give Me 20! Trish Alegre-Smith and Adam Bird are our first guests for this new season.

Trish Alegre-Smith is featured as a Standout Air Force Veteran and Spouse in Military Officer Magazine in 2018 and a featured entrepreneur on Hiring America TV in 2019.

She is a professional headshot, branding, and event photographer in the Washington, D.C. Metro Area. She teams with other photographers, videographers, and stylists to customize each photography session for her clients and their specific needs.

Adam Bird is an Army veteran and the founder of Heroes Media Group and co-founder of several other projects.

Heroes Media Group (HMG) is a digital media, branding, and publishing platform committed to providing a voice for community heroes and those who support them. HMG is dedicated to providing education, entertainment, and empowerment to active duty service members, veterans, firefighters, first responders, law enforcement, educators, medical professionals, and the clergy.

Highlights:

• [00:55] Introductions
• [01:50] This season's concept
• [03:30] Changes on Trish's business
• [04:19] COVID-19 impacts
• [06:20] Adam on making pivots and transitions in business and how the military prepared him for it
• [09:45] How both Adam and Trish are really doing with their businesses as military entrepreneurs
• [17:50] Advice to new veterans who are thinking of starting a business
• [23:20] Experiencing the impostor syndrome

Quote:

• [22:59] "There are some things in life better permanent. Yes, but there are many things that aren't." - Claire

Links:

Adam Bird

• Heroes Media Group
• Adam on LinkedIn
• Adam on Facebook
• Adam on Instagram

Trish Alegre-Smith

• Trish on Twitter
• Trish on Instagram
• Photography by Trish Alegre-Smith

Claire Yanta-O’Mahoney

• Fleur de Lis Fitness
• Claire Yanta-O’Mahoney on Instagram

Join us for another season of Drop and Give Me 20! In this season, Lindsey will be joined by her co-host, Claire Yanta-O’Mahoney, founder of Fleur de Lis Fitness. Both are military entrepreneurs and can’t wait to share the experiences of other military entrepreneurs with listeners.

In this introductory episode, we have a round table discussion focusing on how people are REALLY doing. We talk about how people practice self-care, how their businesses affect their lives, and more.

Highlights:

• [01:19] Introducing Claire Yanta-O’Mahoney
• [02:10] Claire and Lindsey’s history
• [03:22] About Fleur de Lis Fitness
• [04:35] How COVID-19 is affecting their businesses
• [05:08] Connecting with other people
• [07:00] Their concept for season 5 of Drop and Give Me 20
• [08:20] On mental health and mental awareness
• [12:15] What drives us to do the things we love
• [16:30] What is a perfect day for them

Quote:

• [05:45] "Staying connected and listening to things that are uplifting, hearing people's stories and learning from them is something that I always find important. I think more than ever, now we are looking for the stories, for the inspiration and the beautiful way humans connect and because that is what we are meant to do."

Links:

Zoom
Claire Yanta-O’Mahoney on Instagram
Drop and Give me 20 Facebook Group 

In the Drop and Give Me 20 season finale, Lindsey Germono and Bobbie Anne Williams walk listeners through the steps on running a podcast!

In part 1, Lindsey discusses the steps leading up to the recording.  Then Bobbie Anne Williams, our Marketing Assistant, shares her steps in communicating the podcast out.

Highlights:

• [01:15] Things to think about before starting a podcast
• [02:20] Steps in recording a podcast
• [02:32] Finding a guest
• [04:20] Recording and editing
• [05:40] Publishing
• [07:00] Marketing
• [07:17] Distributing to all social media channels
• [08:09] Making sure to tag guests on every platforms
• [08:30] Partnering the podcast themes with the marketing themes
• [08:50] Repurposing the podcast episodes

Quote:

• [02:32] "The very first step is to find a guest. I have toyed with a couple different formats, a couple different themes over the course of the years and I think that that's a great thing to do as well. I was very nervous about changing the format in season 2 but every single seasons, I've done them a little bit different."

Links:

Zoom
Google Forms
WordPress
Libsyn

Profile:

Drop and Give Me 20 Facebook Group
Germono Advertising Company Facebook Page
Germono Advertising Company on Instagram
Germono Advertising Company on Twitter
Germono Advertising Company on LinkedIn
Drop and Give Me 20 Podcast on LinkedIn
Germono Advertising Company Youtube Channel
Drop and Give Me 20 on Spotify

In this episode of Drop and Give Me 20 Season 4, Lindsey interviews Amanda Huffman. Amanda is a veteran, author, and speaker. She is also the creator of Airman to Mom and the host of Women of the Military Podcast.

Amanda served in the Air Force for six years as a civil engineer and was deployed to Afghanistan as part of a provincial reconstruction team. She traded in her combat boots for a diaper bag and stayed at home with her two boys.

Women of the Military podcast started out of the idea that women want to tell their military stories. And while there are podcasts that focus on military stories, she felt there was a missing piece as most people don’t know what it’s like to be a woman in the military.

Amanda interviews women who have served in the military or are currently serving in the military. She also shares certain aspects of her military experience as an Air Force officer, military spouse, veteran, and mom.

Highlights:

• [01:34] How Amanda transitioned from blogging to podcasting
• [02:10] What her blog and podcast are all about
• [02:35] Women of the military story
• [03:38] Categorizing her topics by different themes
• [04:58] One of the many challenges she faced after transitioning from active duty to military spouse
• [06:58] Opportunities that came her way because of podcasting
• [08:25] How Amanda approached a major television station with her story
• [09:47] Amanda's process for podcasting
• [17:20] Amanda's advice to those who want to try podcasting

Quote:

• [09:09] "What's the worst that will happen though? They'll say NO or they don't respond? It just takes a little bit of your time and so I just try and look at it that way."

Links:

Squadcast
Calendly
Anchor.fm

Profile:

Women of the Military Podcast
Airman to Mom
Amanda on Instagram
Amanda on Twitter
Amanda on Facebook
Amanda on LinkedIn
Women of the Military: A Compilation of Stories from American Women Service Members by Amanda Huffman

In this episode of Drop and Give Me 20 Season 4, Lindsey interviews Pam Chavez. She is a military spouse and a certified holistic nutrition consultant.

Pam Chavez is an award-winning Certified Holistic Nutritionist who helps military spouses lose weight and uncover their deeper purpose. Her signature, down to earth approach teaches them how to prioritize themselves, discover their own personal mission, and break through the loneliness that can accompany military life.

She is the founder of Health On the Homefront, an online media and publications site which aims to help military spouses learn how to prioritize themselves, discover their own personal missions, and break through the loneliness of military life.

Highlights:

• [1:39] Who Pam Chavez is
• [2:30] How she started her business
• [3:45] The gap she bridged in South Korea
• [5:08] How she brought a group of military spouses together
• [5:20] The impacts of a healthy diet
• [8:03] On the concept of quality over quantity
• [9:33] Her target audience or clientele
• [9:59] The social media applications she uses for her business
• [12:21] How she treats business competition

Quote:

• [6:24] "I jut wanna empower them step up and take their health as a priority as well because I know how easy it is to just put everybody else first because the lifestyle demands us to do that.”

Links:

Military Spouse Success Facebook group
Health on the Homefront
Pam on Instagram
Pam on Pinterest

In this episode of Drop and Give Me 20 Season 4, Lindsey interviews Raymond "The Marine Rapper" Lott. He is a U.S. Marine Corps combat veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Raymond's music has been featured in different music platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, Range 15 Movie Soundtrack, VET TV, and the Oscar Mike TV series on the Go90 network.

He also has 10 years experience in public affairs, marketing and advertising, community relations, entertainment business, and social media. In this episode, Raymond talks about how that experience led him towards influencer marketing and how to be authentic as an influencer.

Ninja Punch Music, founded by TMR, is an online media platform that promotes projects created by military veteran recording artists of all music genres from around the world.

Highlights:

• [02:10] Who Raymond "The Marine Rapper" is
• [03:00] On realizing the power of social media
• [03:33] How Raymond started going viral
• [05:14] Raymond started to make rap videos and decided to enroll in a music school
• [06:52] The authenticity of his music and how people start to gravitate towards it
• [08:15] Applied for Bunker Labs and started to have a business-mindset
• [09:27] On influencer marketing
• [10:35] Difference between real versus fake influencers
• [13:00] On the validity built by different relationships
• [14:41] Finding who you are in the business community
• [15:42] Sharing your authentic self

Quote:

• [23:43] "If you live your passion and you go for it, all the followers, all the influence, all the connections in the community and all the smiles will come."

Links:

Raymond Lott on LinkedIn
The Marine Rapper on Facebook
The Marine Rapper on Twitter
The Marine Rapper on YouTube
The Marine Rapper on Instagram
Ninja Punch Music

Gems Collins is a business strategist, entrepreneur, and military spouse. Her husband is an American service member. Gems is originally from the UK but moved to the US when she became a military spouse.

Gems helps military spouses discover their purpose and create their own businesses. In this episode, Lindsey and Gems talked about authenticity and entrepreneurship. Gems also shared her experiences dealing with authenticity in entrepreneurship, finding one's why, and many more.

Highlights:

• [01:32] Who Gems Collins is and what her business is all about
• [02:32] How she started her business of helping other people
• [04:42] Her thoughts on authenticity and entrepreneurship
• [05:35] Gem's past experience struggling with authenticity and entrepreneurship
• [08:33] What authenticity means
• [09:06] On focusing more on the message that you are giving people and how you want to help them
• [11:02] Difference between being relatable and trying to change who you are
• [12:02] On finding your tribe
• [15:12] Learning how to cut out the noise
• [18:30] Finding and understanding your WHY

Quote:

• [08:35] "Authenticity to me is showing and being your true self without any concern or repercussion for what other people see than us. So, it is being comfortable in knowing who you are and sharing that with people regardless of how you think they may think about it."

Links:

Gems on Instagram
Gems on Facebook
Gems on LinkedIn
Gems Collins website 

In this episode of Drop and Give Me 20 Season 4, Lindsey interviews Katelyn Tinsley of Homefront Room Revival.

Katelyn Tinsley is an Air Force veteran and the founder of Homefront Room Revival. This nonprofit was created to help enhance the military life cycle by creating home comfort. Katelyn is also a military spouse at Seymour Johnson AFB. She was awarded the AFI Air Force Spouse of the Year in 2019.

Homefront Room Revival is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with a mission to provide military families with creative outlets to improve resiliency and enrich the military life cycle. In this episode, Katelyn talks about the purpose and mission of their organization and how they built a community of volunteers.

Highlights:

• [02:27] Katelyn's background and how she started her organization
• [04:05] Dec’ the Deployment Program
• [06:55] Importance of having a presence on base
• [09:30] Building a community of volunteers and showing appreciation
• [12:20] The reason she created the organization
• [13:00] How Katelyn got key leadership spouses to support her

Quote:

• [11:20] “ . . . it’s the sisterhood, the brotherhood, and camaraderie that comes out of the studio and out of the collaboration of the projects . . . ”

Links:

Homefront Room Revival
Homefront Room Revival on Facebook 
Homefront Room Revival on Instagram
Email Address: kate@homefrontroomrevival.org

In this episode of Drop and Give Me 20 Season 4, Lindsey interviews Lacey Langford of The Military Money Show.

Lacey Langford is a U.S. Air Force veteran, military spouse, financial coach, speaker, and writer. Lacey is an accredited financial counselor with over 15 years of experience in financial planning, counseling, and coaching.

Lacey is also the military money expert and the founder of LaceyLangford.com, a personal finance blog specializing in the unique world of the U.S. military. She is the creator and host of “The Military Money Show,” a podcast dedicated to helping the military community with personal finance.

In this episode, Lacey shared how her interest and passion for personal finance developed, how she got frustrated and felt like she has lost her identity, and how she saves time and plans ahead.

Highlights:

• [02:24] Why Lacey started her business
• [03:13] On feeling like losing her own identity as a military spouse
• [04:49] On figuring out her business and learning to blog and podcast
• [05:53] The importance of saving time and planning ahead
• [09:00] The process of setting goals
• [18:35] On creating strategic partnerships

Quote:

• [07: 35] "To get it in your budget, you need to get in their budget."

Link:

Airtable

Profile:

Lacey's website
Military Money Show by Lacey Langford
Lacey on Twitter 

In this episode of Drop and Give Me 20 Season 4, Lindsey interviews Becky Hoy of Brave Crate.

Becky Hoy is an Army spouse and the founder of Brave Crate. She believes that deployment is one of the best things that has ever happened for the growth of her marriage and her own personal development. Brave Crate is a deployment care package for military spouses.

In this episode, Becky shared the top 3 apps that has helped her run and organize her business. She also shares how others can use the apps effectively.

Highlights:

• [03:44] Creating systems and being efficient and productive
• [04:21] How she got the idea for Brave Crate
• [05:30] What the packages contain
• [07:15] Apps that can help you run your business and stay organized
• [08:00] On Asana, a project management and task scheduling app
• [10:44] On RescueTime, a time management software that helps you figure out where you are spending time on the Internet
• [13:11] On Toggl, a productivity tool and simple time tracker with powerful reports
• [15:10] On Planoly, an app that can help users manage, plan, and schedule Instagram posts from their computers and mobile phones
• [18:00] Platforms that provide analytics
• [20:52] On Tiktok, a social media app that lets you watch, create, and share videos

Quote:

• [08:50] "And I think the real gold in Asana, Trello, or any of the project management tool really is being able to pseudo-automate your tasks."

Links:

Asana
Trello
RescueTime
Toggl
Planoly
Stories edit
Coschedule
Later
Hootsuite
Facebook for Creators 
Canva
Tiktok

Profile:

Brave Crates
Brave Crate on Facebook
Brave Crate on Instagram

Drop and Give Me 20 is in it's 4th season!

Today, I am very excited to be joined by Adam Bird. Adam is an Army veteran of 9 years and now an entrepreneur. He started his company, Heroes Media Group, about 4 years ago.

Heroes Media Group (HMG) is a digital media, branding and publishing platform committed to providing a voice for our community heroes and those who support them. HMG is dedicated to providing education, entertainment, and empowerment to active duty service members, veterans, firefighters, first responders, law enforcement, educators, medical professionals, and the clergy.

Highlights:

• [02:54] On starting podcasting and making a book
• [04:45] On meeting new people at events
• [05:37] On feeling reserved and being in the army
• [08:59] Tips to those people who might be introverted
• [14:05] Veteran community versus the military spouse community on entrepreneurship
• [18:35] On not being afraid to ask for help
• [19:20] On worrying about the business and not worrying about other things
• [22:00] Determining people who should be in your network
• [26:29] On growing your business through LinkedIn

Quote:

• [05:13] "When you go to an event, step out of your box and get to know as many people as you possibly can. It's not always what you know but who you know.”

Links:

Heroes Media Group
LinkedIn
Adam on LinkedIn
Adam on Facebook
Adam on Instagram