Podcast: EP 76 The Kindness Effect with Jill Donovan

Podcast: EP 76 The Kindness Effect with Jill Donovan

by | Feb 17, 2022 | Podcast, Success

When you know you have a purpose that you aren’t living yet, keep going.

 

I love a great entrepreneurial story and when I met the founder of Rustic Cuff and read her book, I knew I had to share it with you. If you have been searching for your true purpose, that spark of joy, Jill’s story is going to inspire you to keep going.

Jill Donovan was born in Baltimore, Maryland; was raised in Pensacola, Florida; and graduated from Oral Roberts University, in Tulsa, Oklahoma where she met her husband, Terry. She went on to get her law degree from the University of Tulsa and was a practicing attorney and adjunct law professor at TU law school when Rustic Cuff was born.

She taught herself how to make cuffs and gifted them to friends and family. Today, Rustic Cuff jewelry is sold in more than 250 stores across the country. The brand has been featured on many national TV shows including Good Morning America, The Today Show, E! News and The View. When not working, Donovan enjoys spending time with her daughter’s, Ireland 13, and Peanut, 9.

This conversation is an incredible reminder that your path is unique to you and it will lead you exactly where you are meant to go, no matter the time or route it takes.

“Kindness is its own language. Study it until you’re fluent.”

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Show notes:

  • The multi-year journey it took for Jill to get on the Oprah show (12:05)
  • The rock bottom moment that inspired the start of her company (17:00)
  • How the ripple effect of kindness works (25:15)
  • Why the amount of money you give doesn’t matter (42:05)

 

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Podcast: EP 71 The Morning Walk with Libby DeLana

Podcast: EP 71 The Morning Walk with Libby DeLana

by | Nov 30, 2021 | Podcast, Self Care

Imagine taking a walk every day for 10 years.

 

That’s exactly what my new friend Libby has done for the past decade. She is an incredible creative director by profession, but she has recently written a book about what she has learned from getting outside to walk every day.

Libby Park DeLana is an award-winning executive creative director, designer/art director by trade, who has spent her 30+ year career in the ad world. She was the Director of Design at MullenLowe for 15 years, then went on to co-found the agency Mechanica. Libby’s work has been featured in The One Show Awards, CannesLions, and in publications including D&AD, Fast Company, Ageist, Graphis, and Communication Arts. She has been profiled by the BBC Radio 4 series The Chain and several podcasts.

Libby is committed to purpose-driven organizations. She is currently on the Board of Directors for BlinkNow and The Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center, and she is an advisor to It’s August. An advocate for female leadership, an aspiring pilot, avid fly fisherwoman, fan of a strong cup of tea and mum to two tall, smart, kind men.

She started walking in 2011 and hasn’t missed a day since; as a result, she has walked the circumference of the earth.

This conversation is a beautiful reminder of how we can radically transform our lives through the simplest habits and what happens when we practice staying grounded.

“Staying grounded adds magic to any day.”

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Show notes:

  • Why Libby started going for daily walks 10 years ago (3:30)
  • The power of ritual in our lives (6:20)
  • How to avoid decision fatigue (10:10)
  • The connection between resistance and love (16:10)
  • The power of being grounded (23:55)
  • The difference between looking and seeing (26:47)

 

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