June 2022 – Turmeric & Tequila

June 28, 2022June 28, 2022

144. Dear Entrepreneurs, You Can Do It!

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”
– Peter Drucker

There is no better time than right now to start a business! You don’t need to quit your day job to chase the dream, have a bunch of money to start, or even a hard 5-year plan! I know, this is not what you have heard in the past, but it’s a different ball game these days. You can start at any age, with very little, if you know the right steps. I am excited to welcome Sabina and Casey to the T&T mic! They are the co-founders of Byte Bars and they chose to jump into entrepreneurship right out of the gates of college! Sabina and Casey share their journey thus far- the how, the why, and the end game! This is a great conversation if you are looking to start your own thing, whatever it may be. There is of course a place for funding, a formal plan, and the right marketing, but the main pieces that drive the ship and keep it moving are the passion for the cause and the team along the way (strategic partners are always a plus too)! Start small and use all the things at your immediate fingertips, including social media, friends, and family! Thanks Sabina and Casey, can’t wait to see how the company and the cause grows!!

This one is a video, so be sure to check us out on You Tube!

Highlights:

Entrepreneurs, young entrepreneurship. Chasing a dream and taking a risk. Advice for startups and the power of relationships. Transparency in business. Competitive on and off the field. Leaning into the authentic brand. Doing what you love and loving what you do. Listening, learning, and evolving.

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144. Dear Entrepreneurs, You Can Do It!

Byte Bars:

Casey and Sabina, the co-founders of Byte Bars, moved to Colorado to build a healthier lifestyle. The cousin duo couldn’t find a satisfying snack that could keep up. So, they made Byte Bars. Fuel small enough to throw in your pocket, powerful enough to get you up the mountains, and raw enough to get you through the powder. Byte Bars were built for badass people just like Casey and Sabina, who approach life with the work-hard-play-hard mentality.

Byte Bars are delicious AF (and Fun!) energy bars made with vegan, RAW, + Non-GMO ingredients like Organic Dates, MCT Oil, and Monk Fruit. Each bar is pre-portioned into two Bytes for shareable, easy snacking. Byte Bars are crafted with purposeful healthy ingredients to power your day. Casey and Sabina, the female superheroes behind the brand, are striving to create a more sustainable world one Byte at a time. Byte Bars fuel a healthy life.

Links to News Articles:

https://www.westword.com/restaurants/byte-bars-13883533

https://kdvr.com/news/local-female-entrepreneurs-expanding-their-byte-bars/

https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2022/03/31/byte-bars-denver-startup-grocery-energy-bars.html

Available at:

https://bytebars.com

-Whole Foods Market

-Erewhon

-Leevers Locavore

-Marczyk Fine Foods

-Soon to be King Soopers!

Online:

-Snackmagic

-Faire

-Urban Outfitters

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Connect with T&T:

IG: @TurmericTequila

Facebook: @TurmericAndTequila

Website: www.TurmericAndTequila.com

Host: Kristen Olson

IG: @Madonnashero

Tik Tok: @Madonnashero

Website: www.KOAlliance.com

June 22, 2022

143. The History of Tequila

“Save Water. Drink Tequila.”
-Everyone

Tequila! I am excited to welcome tequila expert, Mike Morlales, to the T&T mic! Mike Morales it a Master Catador (taster) and co-managing partner of Tequila Aficionado Media and TequilaAficionado.com. He is an Amazon bestselling author of several books including his latest, The Consumer Catador Course: A comprehensive course for Tequila Lovers from field-to-glass and so much more. Mike is basically the tequila go-to guy! We talk about the tequila industry, famous brands, tequila history and how true tequila might go extinct!? Mike shares his knowledge on how to read a bottle so you know what you are getting and pro tip: expensive doesn’t = good! We cover a lot, but will certainly have Mike back to further educate us on all this fine nectar of the gods:) This is the podcast you want to listen to if you want to drop tequila knowledge bombs at the bar/family dinner table… Cheers!

This one is a video, so be sure to check us out on You Tube!

Highlights:

The history of Tequila! Women in the tequila business. How to read a tequila bottle. Blended vs pure tequila. Where does tequila come from and how is it sourced and produced. The tequila community, events, and enthusiasts! Why real tequila is being ruined for margins via marketing. That special secret ingredient. Magic and passion.

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The History of Tequila with Mike Morales

Highlights:

Facing adversity and building resilience. Not knowing the path, but trusting in it. Breakdown, breakthrough, believing. Marketing, branding, and video. Trail blazing and the hard days. Single mom’s, society, and disrupting stereotypes.

Mike Morales:

Mike Morales is our Master Catador and heads up the Tequila Aficionado Tasting Team (TJs), annual judging of the Tequila Aficionado Brands of Promise Awards, and is the face of Tequila Aficionado on the tasting/review show, Sipping Off the Cuff.

When he’s not filming episodes of Sipping Off the Cuff or consulting for agave spirit brands, Mike is actively mentoring students of the Tequila Aficionado Consumer Catador Course.

Contact Mike at Mike.TequilaAficionado@gmail.com

@timberelk

@tequilaaficionado

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Connect with T&T:

IG: @TurmericTequila

Facebook: @TurmericAndTequila

Website: www.TurmericAndTequila.com

Host: Kristen Olson

IG: @Madonnashero

Tik Tok: @Madonnashero

Website: www.KOAlliance.com

June 14, 2022June 14, 2022

142. Dear Single Mothers

“Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient.”
― Steve Maraboli

All my single mother’s, this one’s for you!

I am pumped to welcome Vicki Severson to the T&T mic! Vicki was a teen mom who turned tragedy into triumph and took on the world to create her own path. This path has been an eclectic one- Vicki’s experience runs from banking, being an EMT, journalists, a model, a sports radio personality, a paranormal investigator, and a tornado chaser- but most importantly, a mom. Vicki is now a successful business owner of Buckshot Productions with a mission of hiring all single moms. Vick’s states, “I want to show all of these women who don’t see their worth, that you can build from a pile of ash. You can have nothing and make something beautiful and successful when you believe there are no limits.” This is an awesome and inspirational conversation for ANYONE facing adversity, Vicki is here to tell you and prove to you that you are resilient and capable, just keep the faith and keep showing up- just like she did. Let’s go!!

This one is a video, so be sure to check us out on You Tube!

Highlights:

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142. Dear Single Moms with Vicki Severson

Highlights:

Vicki Severson:

Founder of Buckshot Media, Vicki Severson, has walked the low roads and risen to success and now she’s on a mission to help other women reach their wildest dreams.

Vicki was a teen mom. Her daughter’s father left her on her knees in the driveway of her childhood home one night when she was 17. She was 8 months pregnant and watched him drive away, leaving her to raise her daughter, Kimberly by herself.

“I remember standing in the welfare line. I was 17, wearing an oversized dress from Goodwill. I wouldn’t look anyone in the eye but I could feel them staring at me. Judging me. Hating me,” she recalls.

“The day I took Kimberly home from the hospital at two days old, I watched happy families taking their babies home in minivans, to white picket fences. I started to pity myself, to feel unworthy, but then I looked down at my new baby girl and I promised her in that moment, that I would never let us be a pity case. We would defy the odds and show the world that a teen mom and her child can be just as successful as anyone else, and we were.”

Having no choice but to drop out of high school, she earned her GED and went straight into working full-time as a bank teller for Wells Fargo at 18. While her friends were at Prom, she was working 12-hour days and teaching herself the ins and outs of banking. She worked her way up in banking, and became a Branch Manager, managing 14 bank employees by the age of 22. The journey of trailing blazing from there with a move to rural Brush, CO and working in journalism, tornado chasing, and investigating the paranormal!

These days, Vicki produces a reality show for the Sportsmans Channel which she films with her boyfriend and business partner, Mark Leffingwell. The duo works with names such as Duck Dynasty and Black Rifle Coffee collaborating on social media and television episodes.

Vicki’s goal is to hire a team of single moms to run her company Buckshot Media in order to show them their worth and capabilities and give them the foundation to chase their dreams.

Vicki is also a survivor of domestic violence and is writing a course to help women escape abusive relationships and rebuild their lives from scratch as she has on multiple occasions.

@therealvivkiseverson

www.vivkiseverson.com

Buckshot Media:

Helping brands connect with audience with emotional and disruption marketing.

FB @buckshotmediacolorado

Instagram: @buckshotmedia

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Connect with T&T:

IG: @TurmericTequila

Facebook: @TurmericAndTequila

Website: www.TurmericAndTequila.com

Host: Kristen Olson

IG: @Madonnashero

Tik Tok: @Madonnashero

Website: www.KOAlliance.com

June 7, 2022

141. Single AND Happy?!

“Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.”
-Immanuel Kant

It is hard to believe that society’s prescription for true happiness, “go to school, graduate, find a job, get married, have kids, retire” impacts the mindset as we get older- even when we know better. The lifelong exposure and deep (intention or unintentional) grip to these ideologies are strong. From day one we are bombarded with messages on how you should live and what should make you happy…

The problem is that most people aren’t happy. A study by NORC at the University of Chicago finds that just 14% of American adults say they’re very happy (2020, NBC News).

Marriage (or a committed relationship) is a MAJOR step in that happiness prescription- where it’s no longer just about ourselves and our journey. SO, I am excited to welcome Dr. Peter McGraw to the T&T mic to unpack this conversation around that pivot point going from single to married and how maybe not everyone wants to pivot that way and in turn, deeply impacts our happiness as we know it.

Dr. McGraw is an expert in the interdisciplinary fields of judgment, emotion, and choice with a Ph.D. in quantitative psychology from The Ohio State University. You have recently seen him on the Today Show with Maria Schriver as well as a guest on The Joe Rogan Show and a contributor to major publications such as The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. McGraw is a fellow podcaster, his show, The Solo Life, is a single person’s guide to a remarkable life.

McGraw states, “More and more people are becoming aware that marriage is an overprescribed path to a good life. An observation reflected in rapidly changing demographics. One-hundred and twenty-eight million American adults are unmarried, and 25% of Millennials are projected to never marry.”

Marriage is a wonderful thing IF that is authentically what you want. This is an awesome conversation about challenging status quo and getting to the roots of what actually makes us happy and further normalizing the idea of a solo life! If you feel like the weird one, always know you are not the only one haha… there is a whole community out there waiting for ya!

This one is a video, so be sure to check us out on You Tube!

Highlights:

Butt cracks!? Opportunity and vision. Kid Rock IRL. Podcasting and tequila. Letting the universe align you with the right team. Overcoming a challenge, learning new things, and personal evolution. Balance, parenthood, leadership, influencers, and my 600-pound life. When the goal changes and you’re thankful it did. Success, failure, and surrendering control. BOUNDARIES.

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141. Single AND Happy?! with Dr. Peter McGraw

Highlights:

The solo life. Read the stats if you don’t believe us. Challenging status quo. Core values, self-care, and getting to actually know yourself. Maybe your ideal is somewhere in-between. Love. Faith. Following your heart. Communication and expectations. Nurture vs. nature. A new wave of happy.

Peter McGraw:

McGraw is an expert in the interdisciplinary fields of judgment, emotion, and choice. His research has answered questions, such as “How do feelings affect the ways people spend money?,” “Can people feel happy and sad at the same time?,” and, “Why does the TSA suck?”

His work has appeared in Management Science, Psychological Science, Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.

McGraw received a B.A. in psychology and M.Ed. in educational psychology from Rutgers University and an M.S. and Ph.D. in quantitative psychology from The Ohio State University. His post-doctoral training was conducted at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School, where he was mentored by Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman.