Part 1 - Emilie’s Story of Living life to the Fullest

We’re so excited to have Ashley with us on WVN Chats today! This incredible Mom of 3 speaks candidly about the highs and lows of quarantine and shares the meaning behind her life-giving hashtag, #okatestmomever.

Coming from a high achieving, very successful woman, Ashley chats with us about how she has had to redefine what success looks like and how achieving feels different this season.

During this current reality that we’re all facing, it’s so important to be intentional about the voices we are letting into our world and homes. These are some of Ashley’s favorite voices in this season:

For the Kids:
Smash Boom Best: American Public Media
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/smash-boom-best/id1382789861

For you:
That Sounds Fun w Annie F. Downs
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/that-sounds-fun-with-annie-f-downs/id944925529

For the Love with Jen Hatmaker Podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/for-the-love-with-jen-hatmaker-podcast/id1258388821

Podcast Pray as you go
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podcast-pray-as-you-go/id1447749598

Today on WVN Chats, Grace joins us from Australia and chats about what life has looked like for her throughout the dramatic changes of this season. Before COVID-19, Grace had been living in the US for 3 years then had to catch a last minute flight to get home before border closures and restrictions.

Grace opens up about what it's been like to move back in with her parents, graduate her college program online and reach those emotional ‘tipping points’ that we’ve all experienced over the last few months. 

Change can be a SUPER uncomfortable experience but 
nothing good or better can come without change. Change launches us into the next season. 

“When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don’t throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer.” 

Corrie Ten Boom

It is such a privilege to have Alina join us today all the way from Japan! Alina grew up in Eastern Washington but has recently relocated to Japan to teach English. 

Alina shares inspiring insight into what it’s been like to live in a foreign country during this time and how she has found joy through appreciating ‘the little things’ in life. 

This season provokes a full spectrum of emotions and Alina shares how important it is for our mental health that we express these good, bad and ugly feelings as they come. 
You are not alone! We know that you will be encouraged and uplifted by this chat just as we are.

We are so excited to chat with Esther today and hear about her move to another state to help out a non profit organisation during this pandemic. Esther shares positive, hope giving insight into what it’s been like to leave everything that’s known, quarantine with another family and stay emotionally healthy during this time. 

Esther speaks candidly about establishing boundaries and becoming aware of what drains us and fills us throughout this season. 
After listening to this episode, we are sure that you’ll feel less alone and more surrounded as we all get through this together.

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Kailie joins us on WVN Chats to share about how her priorities and perspectives have shifted in the midst of canceled wedding plans and moving interstate during this worldwide pandemic.Kailie’s courage, flexibility and joy during this season is incredibly inspiring! We know you will be encouraged by this episode. 

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Brooke Warren was born and raised in Michigan where she is currently studying pre nursing and empowering people with food allergies through her phenomenal modified recipes published on her instagram @thesweetmitten. 
Food allergies are REAL and significantly impact how our bodies operate but cutting out our allergies doesn’t have to mean that our diet becomes boring or our food tastes bland. Brooke chats with us about amazing food substitutions and how to stay healthy during this unique time that we are all facing.

Lauren Mitchell is a Kentucky girl living in the Pacific Northwest. She is a respiratory therapist, fabulous Seattle Eastside photographer, and a joyful mom. She is currently working in a hospital in Seattle area in the midst of this Covid-19 epidemic.
She loves pausing to have joy in the life she is creating. We talk about how this is affecting our lives and the hope we see in the midst too. In this episode she shares her perspective on how she is handling this quarantine situation with her family & and with her work life.

Friends i know you will be inspired by her and her journey through this pandemic we are all experiencing together.

Together friends here at www.thewovenstory.com, thewovenstory on instagram and Facebook, we want to bring HOPE to everyone during this stay at home situation.

Courtney Watson is an amazing women in her 20’s, who is super social, enneagram 7, was away in Africa for 2 months, & who came back in the middle of the Covid-19 epidemic. Right when she was hoping to reconnect with family and friends, she found herself stuck at home. This episode shows how she is walking through not feeling alone, how she is occupying her time, how she is finding the beauty in this chapter of her life. She is finding joy in what she does have instead of the fear of the unknown. Hear how she has grace with herself even when she has an unproductive day. Friends i know you will be inspired by her and her journey through this pandemic we are all experiencing together.

Together friends here at the www.wovenstory.com we want to bring HOPE to everyone during this stay at home situation.

Thais Valdizan is a mother, and business women that lives in Lima, Peru with her teen daughter. She is living in a country wide lockdown situation with the Corona Virus pandemic. They also have strict curfews, certain times for people to go to the store, and dealing with unprecedented times.
You will hear from her how she finds hope in the midst of a challenging situation and how she incorporates positive things into her everyday life. Together friends here at www.thewovenstory.com we want to bring HOPE to everyone during this hard situation that we are all facing together.

Find us on instagram and FB @thewovenstory, and our website at www.thewovenstory.com, we would love as always to hear your feedback!

Annie is a co-founder with her sister Terrie and they founded the company, Olea & Fig @oleaandfig on Instagram. They help women from all over the world launch their business with support, marketing, & strategy, through one on one brand coaching, and cultivating community. I love what she shares in starting her business, “I WANTED TO MAKE A LIFE, NOT JUST A LIVING.” She shares about her experiences as a women entrepreneur, and a small business owner. She shares how you can use this time to do housekeeping within your business and transform your customer experience and taking things online. It was a pleasure to sit down with Annie and have a chat with her about how this coronavirus is affecting her life and how we can come out of this better on the other side. Together friends here at www.thewovenstory.com we want to bring HOPE to everyone during this hard situation. You can find us on instagram and FB at thewovenstory.