Honey, How Was Your Day?

Have you ever wanted to more intimately get to know the hosts of this podcast? Join Honi and Kat and not one other human for the season finale of Honey, How Was Your Day? We talk the difficulties of post-grad life, dog breeds, and our lives outside of work. 

This week Honi and Kat talk with David Rothstein and Alex Johnstone of Salmonberry Goods. If you've ever thought about starting a business with your best bud, or perfecting the art of the onion cookie, or you just want to hear what motivates small business owners with a passion for ethical eating then this is the episode for you. Salmonberry Goods believes in buying from Northwest farmers who honor the land; creating fun, delish and beautiful food; and inspiring joy and excitement to lessen agricultural impact on the climate, increase biodiversity, and promote equality amongst humans.

Ever wondered what it's like to start a business with your husband? Find out this week when Honi and Kat talk to Holly of Simply Staged.Native to Phoenix with a detour through Los Angeles, Holly started her career as a wedding coordinator and was inspired to stage homes through her own home buying experience. Simply Staged began when Holly and her husband moved back to the desert and has been a scrappy husband and wife team for the past three years. They love that they get the opportunity to help people be more confident in one of life’s biggest decisions by creating spaces that people can feel at home in. Check out Holly's website and Instagram - you won't regret it.

Life can be a winding journey, but what if everything you've done, and everything you are doing, is leading you to exactly where you should be? Throw in a heavy dose of fun and a cup of creativity and you've got the recipe for Haley's journey as a branding professional. Haley is a marketing and branding expert living and working in Seattle, WA. In her day job, she works at Starbucks corporate, running around telling marketing stories and building strategies for the Starbucks Rewards program. She moonlights as a skincare aficionado, amateur website builder and branding consultant with her new endeavors, S*n Sk*n and Nieman Consult. When she’s not working or spending time with the people she loves, she’s planning her next outfit, drinking wine, going for a run, walking her dog or avidly reading library books. Follow along with her projects at haleynieman.com, sinskincare.co or on instagram at @s.i.n_s.k.i.n. 

Ever wonder how you go from engineer to personal trainer? Find out this week when Kat and Honi talk to Alexandria! Check her out on Instagram: @alexandriajeanfit.In her own words..."I'm a Certified Personal Trainer with Fitness Nutrition and Corrective Exercise specializations based in Lansing, MI. I graduated from Michigan State University in 2014 with an Engineering degree and pursued my certification in personal training a year after that. I specialize in resistance training and HIIT for both muscle strengthening and weight loss. While circuit training is my favorite type of exercise, I work to live and promote a lifestyle full of MOVEMENT of any kind. All movement counts!"

This week Kat and Honi talk to Honi's old mentor and boss Tim Hanken, who has built a career as a supply chain leader at Costco, Starbucks, and Macy's over the past 15 years. Don't be fooled - Tim isn't your average company leader, and we love him for that. He shows us the importance of being unapologetically ourselves at work and blowing off some steam with BB guns in the meantime.

This week Kat and Honi talk with the inspiring lady behind Haley Drew This, Haley Weaver! Haley Weaver is a DC-based illustrator and writer. She specializes in digital art and is known for her webcomics centered around anxiety + mental health, relationships, and selfhood.

What happens when you quit your job as a corporate tax attorney to open a winery? Find out this week when Kat and Honi talk to Dave Specter, owner of Bells Up Winery. After several years of making wine in his Cincinnati basement—and upon the insistence of his wife Sara—Bells Up winemaker and owner Dave left a successful and lucrative career as a corporate tax attorney (that made him stressed, sick and miserable) to learn how to make wine as a pro. Also on his resume, 20+ years as a French Horn player, an MBA, a certificate in enology from Washington State University, and a masochistic passion for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (GO TOM-PA BAY! FIRE THOSE CANNONS!). At Bells Up, Dave manages all winemaking activities, vineyard maintenance and development, and tractor driving. He loves nothing more than to share his wines in private tasting experiences with Bells Up guests.If you find yourself in the Willamette Valley, do yourself a favor and visit Bells Up Winery (also check them out on Instagram). You won't regret it.

This week join Kat and Honi for a chat with Allie Dykstra! Allie is an up-and-coming portrait photographer based in Seattle, WA. Having an affinity towards the arts all of her life, Allie has been playing the game of balance between her two passions: business and creativity. She picked up her first camera at 16 years old in high school film class, still vividly remembering and cherishing the days of photo shooting with friends, then manually processing her own prints in the darkroom. She ultimately chose to study business in college, later landing an exciting corporate job opportunity, and picked up her entire life in Michigan to move out to the West Coast. She has since fallen in love with the Pacific Northwest, feeling most at peace in the outdoors. Photography had always just been her creative outlet, until one day in 2020 when she decided to follow her life-long dream of launching her business, Alexandrae Photo. We find Allie coming up on the year mark of making her dreams a reality. She now specializes in Intimate Weddings, Boudoir, and Editorial photography in the Seattle area and beyond. Check out Allie at @alexandrae.photo on Instagram and at alexandraephoto.com!

This week Honi and Kat chat with Dani the Explorer! They explore life after college, getting fired from your first job, and trying out van life. They discuss life's simple pleasures - like brownies, not having to use a shovel to go the bathroom and fighting Russian hackers. Dani Rodriguez, otherwise known as Dani The Explorer, is probably out galavanting somewhere new with her camera. She’s a full-time content creator with an audience reaching 300k monthly. And now she coaches creators on how to become full-time influencers too! Check Dani out at dani_the_explorer on Instagram, https://dani-the-explorer.com/ and on her Podcast Clout Check!

Honi and Kat chat with sister of the podcast Eva Breitenbach on meditation and mental health, overcoming fears of taking the next step in your career, and the importance of finding work that aligns with your values.Eva is a product manager at Ten Percent Happier, a startup that makes a guided meditation app and podcast. Before working at Ten Percent Happier, she was the founder of a mental health startup, an analyst at Google, and (briefly) a consultant at Bain. She loves long hikes, good books, and figuring out the names of the birds in her neighborhood.

Chatting with Kristie Pryor is like catching up with your best friend over coffee. Join Kat and Honi as they talk with Kristie about chocolate puddles, putting yourself out there as an introvert, and finding the courage to pursue your passions.Home-baker and self proclaimed pie for breakfast enthusiast - Kristie Pryor is the girl behind the baking blog The Sweet & Simple Kitchen! A self-taught and light hearted baker from Vancouver, her only hope is that her simple recipes will inspire people to have fun in the kitchen, and bake the world a little bit more of a sweeter place - pun intended. IG: @thesweetandsimplekitchenWebsite: http://thesweetandsimplekitchen.com/

Honi and Kat sit down with one of their favorite local Seattle business owners, Alessandra Hisako Gordon, owner of artisanal jam and bread business Ayako & Family. They talk about the importance of relationship building, creating a culture centered on taking care of each other, and how simple comfort food can bring people together.Alessandra Hisako Gordon is a second generation Japanese and queer food maker and the owner and operator of artisanal jam and bread business Ayako & Family in Seattle, WA. The company, Ayako & Family, founded by her mother in 2010, partners with Organic Japanese farm Mair Farm-Taki  in Yakima, WA, specializing in proprietary plum varieties. Ayako & Family products can be found at the farmers markets in Seattle, online, and at select specialty grocers across the US. 

This week we are talking to Heather Finn about the competitive and ever-changing media industry, the future of journalism, and how to speak to your audience through memes and TikTok.Currently, Heather works as the social media editor on the Studio team at The Knot Worldwide. To translate that: She works for what’s essentially a mini ad agency within the company, where she creates branded posts and social ads for advertisers who purchase placements on the social platforms for The Knot, WeddingWire, The Bump, and How They Asked.  She started this job remotely in March 2020, and prior to that was the content strategy editor at Good Housekeeping, where she ran the brand’s social platforms and did a bit of writing for the site.

This week Honi and Kat talk to Gracie Larcher, a 1st grade teacher, about adventures in the classroom, including the idea that we can all be the DJ.A bit about Gracie in her own words: "My name is Gracie Larcher and I am in my 4th year of teaching 1st-grade in Kansas City, Missouri. I have my master's in English Language Learners and my classroom is made up of students who are all learning English as a second language."

Kat and Honi chat with Angelee Andorfer-Lopez about trusting our intuition, setting boundaries, and the universal right to happiness and self-care.After building a successful early career in Supply Chain Management, Angelee realized she was living her life on autopilot. She had the career success yet was completely burnt out, anxious, and unfulfilled. After experiencing a period of serious depression, she decided to begin therapy. This was life changing for her, as she had put it off for so many years due to the stigma that often exists in the Latinx and other communities of color. Therapy was the catalyst for her self-healing journey. It led Angelee to dive deep into practicing gratitude, yoga, and meditation and helped her find her way back to her authentic self. In 2020 Angelee felt her community was deeply hurting, so she took the leap and created Manifest House, a space she felt was missing in the broader wellness industry. Creating Manifest House has been a dream come true, and she feels lucky to share this space of healing with those who need it. Connect with her on Instagram at @manifesthouse_ and www.manifesthouse.com.

Today we're talking to Brian Thurber, whose honesty, humility, and wisdom has reminded us that it's never too late to figure out what's next! Brian manages an eco wine brand called Proud Pour, which gives back to 22 environmental nonprofits across the U.S. At no point was this part of any plan. The 20 years since college has mostly been a lot of testing things out, with sometimes fun results.

Join Honi and Kat for a casual chat about what the heck this podcast is and the legendary Blake Lively vs. Shia LaBeouf debate!