Sharing Passion and Purpose

Episode 255Recorded live over lunch at The Vault in Tulsa, in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. My guest is Jenny Guthrie, the founder of Glow Medical, and she came ready to talk about building a business, walking through a cancer diagnosis, and what her faith looked like when it was under severe strain.Jenny went from ICU nurse to nurse practitioner to a startup med spa where paychecks bounced and the clinic was evicted, and in a dark parking lot she vowed never again. That vow became Glow, started with five thousand dollars of her own money and built debt-free. Then she fired a long-time employee in October and found a lump in November. She walks us through the diagnosis, the surgeries, the months of recurring infections, the faith fatigue of never knowing when it would end, and the two verses, Hebrews 4:16 and Mark 9:24, that taught her about a God who runs to the battle.Lessons for every business owner: why thinking small derails a dream, how to handle betrayal and set boundaries, why a storehouse of money and people lets a company survive a crisis, why faith and doubt can live in the same heart, and why you will either take care of yourself now or be forced to later.Today's sponsor: World Travel Service (worldtraveltoday.com).Join our free online community: skool.com/sharingpassionandpurposeChapters:0:00 Coming up0:38 Sharing Passion and Purpose0:55 Live at The Vault: Nancy introduces Jenny Guthrie3:47 From ICU nurse to nurse practitioner6:15 The startup med spa: bounced paychecks and buying her own Botox11:27 What am I doing here? Never again16:02 If the enemy cannot derail you, he will make you small19:22 The ant and the grasshopper: why a storehouse matters22:46 Every business owner has had a betrayal28:42 Fired in October, a lump in November29:00 A word from our sponsor32:56 Cancer is a symptom: my body was screaming34:38 Take care of yourself now, or be forced to later35:07 The January 3rd phone call41:11 Faith fatigue: how much do you want me to confess?43:54 Faith and doubt in a tug of war46:56 Hebrews 4:16 in the Greek: God runs to the battle50:41 Mark 9:24: I believe, help my unbelief53:43 Questions from the room56:28 Next up: Cultivating Creativity at Pinspiration, November 1057:41 Living with passion and growing with purpose57:50 Sharing Passion and Purpose outroABOUT NANCYNancy Moore is the host of Sharing Passion and Purpose, a weekly podcast offering career and creative inspiration to help you build a purpose-filled life. Pursuing a career with passion, tapping into your creative potential, and building on your best resource: yourself.ABOUT JENNY GUTHRIEJenny Guthrie, APRN-CNP, is the founder and owner of Glow Medical, a medical aesthetics and wellness practice in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She started her career as an ICU nurse, became a nurse practitioner in 2002 and spent seven years in family practice before moving into medical aesthetics. After working for two med spas that did not survive, she started Glow on the side with five thousand dollars of her own money and built it debt-free into one of Oklahoma's leading medical spas. In this episode she shares her breast cancer diagnosis, the surgeries and recurring infections that followed, and the faith that carried her through it. Jenny is a mom of two boys. She was previously a guest on Episode 115.Website: https://glowmedicaltulsa.comCONNECT & GO DEEPERJoin Nancy's free community: https://www.skool.com/sharingpassionandpurposePodcast website: https://sharingpassionandpurpose.comWork with Nancy: https://nancymoore.co

Episode 254Nobody loves talking about insurance. Today's guest does. Evie Blair is the President and Founder of Synergy Benefit Advisors, and she is also this podcast's sponsor, so I wanted you to meet the person behind the name and hear why her clients get what she calls the white glove treatment.Evie set a goal at 20 to run her own agency and opened her doors at 30, and she built it on fast answers (be the Chick-fil-A of whatever you do) and turning over every stone to find the best deal without giving up coverage, because a lot of employers are overpaying for benefits. We talk about the benefits you may not know exist, like pet insurance and the emergency savings account, who she works with (one employee with an LLC up to about 500, from Tulsa and Jackson Hole, Wyoming), why a no-cost second opinion matters in a year of 28 to 60 percent rate increases, and when a new business owner should call. Then Evie shares Insure Oklahoma, the state program that can pay 60 percent of a qualifying employee's health premium. Rapid fire ends on what following your passion means to her.Find Synergy Benefit Advisors at tulsasynergy.com and on Instagram at @synergybenefitadvisors.Today's sponsor: Synergy Benefit Advisors (tulsasynergy.com).Join our free online community: skool.com/sharingpassionandpurposeChapters:0:00 Coming up0:36 Sharing Passion and Purpose0:54 Welcome: meet Evie Blair1:45 A ten-year goal: opening the agency at 303:48 What Synergy Benefit Advisors does: the white glove treatment5:00 Most employers are overpaying for benefits8:55 The benefits you did not know existed: pet insurance10:19 The emergency savings account13:05 Who Synergy works with: one employee to 50014:04 A word from our sponsor15:14 The no-cost consultation: get a second opinion16:17 Rate increases of 28 to 60 percent: start shopping early17:41 When should a new business owner call?19:16 Insure Oklahoma: the program every Oklahoma employer should know23:23 Rapid fire24:39 What does following your passion mean to you?26:01 A question from the last guest: solve one world problem27:45 Sharing Passion and Purpose outroABOUT NANCYNancy Moore is the host of Sharing Passion and Purpose, a weekly podcast offering career and creative inspiration to help you build a purpose-filled life. Pursuing a career with passion, tapping into your creative potential, and building on your best resource: yourself.ABOUT EVIE BLAIREvie Blair is the President and Founder of Synergy Benefit Advisors, an employee benefits agency with offices in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Jackson Hole, Wyoming. She has worked in the benefits industry since 1998, on both the carrier and the advisory side. At 20 she set a ten-year goal to open her own agency, and at 30 she did, building it around fast, hands-on service for employers of every size, from a one-person LLC to companies of about 500. Synergy handles health, dental, vision, life and disability coverage, voluntary benefits like pet insurance and emergency savings accounts, benefits technology for onboarding and off-boarding, and the Insure Oklahoma subsidy program, and offers employers a no-cost consultation. Evie is married with two children.Website: https://tulsasynergy.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/synergybenefitadvisors/CONNECT & GO DEEPERJoin Nancy's free community: https://www.skool.com/sharingpassionandpurposePodcast website: https://sharingpassionandpurpose.comWork with Nancy: https://nancymoore.co

Episode 253What happens when you take a love for wine and pair it with a much bigger purpose? Tyler and Kelly Mullman were my neighbors in Tulsa, and today they own Cana Ranch Wines, a nonprofit winery built around meaningful work for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.A friend asked Tyler what he knew about running a nonprofit or making wine. Not much. So he enrolled in the UC Davis online winemaking program, and they volunteered at Belong Kitchen in Houston to learn how a nonprofit runs. We talk about the name, the first vintage (a 2024 Napa Valley Cabernet, 165 cases), how every $200 donation returns a bottle and funds their two partner programs, the Houston release party on November 13, and the vision of a Napa vineyard with a job for adults with disabilities at every level. Tyler's advice: you are smarter than you think you are. Keep trying, keep figuring it out.Find Cana Ranch Wines at canaranch.org (Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn: canaranchwines).Today's sponsor: Synergy Benefit Advisors (tulsasynergy.com).Join our free online community: skool.com/sharingpassionandpurposeChapters:0:00 Coming up0:36 Sharing Passion and Purpose0:54 Welcome: meet Tyler and Kelly Mullman3:08 The question they asked during COVID4:40 Why open a winery?6:06 What do you know about running a nonprofit or making wine?7:04 Volunteering at Belong Kitchen to learn how a nonprofit runs9:12 Parents, adult children, and a massive unmet need12:48 What is in the name Cana Ranch15:34 A word from our sponsor16:44 Where the business is today: the first vintage19:15 How community has carried them21:37 The easy part is making the wine. The hard part is selling it22:05 How to get involved: a bottle for every $200 donation24:45 The pie in the sky: a Napa vineyard that employs adults with IDD27:27 Rapid fire32:16 A question from the last guest: solve one problem forever34:54 It can be scary. Start small. You are smarter than you think36:16 Sharing Passion and Purpose outroABOUT NANCYNancy Moore is the host of Sharing Passion and Purpose, a weekly podcast offering career and creative inspiration to help you build a purpose-filled life. Pursuing a career with passion, tapping into your creative potential, and building on your best resource: yourself.ABOUT TYLER & KELLY MULLMANTyler and Kelly Mullman are the founders of Cana Ranch Wines, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit winery built to make great wine and do good: their 2024 Napa Valley Cabernet funds jobs and job training for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, on the way to a Napa vineyard and winery of their own. Tyler learned winemaking through the UC Davis online program; Kelly is a physician assistant. They live in Houston with their three children.Website: https://www.canaranch.orgInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/canaranchwines/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CanaRanchWines/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cana-ranch-wines/CONNECT & GO DEEPERJoin Nancy's free community: https://www.skool.com/sharingpassionandpurposePodcast website: https://sharingpassionandpurpose.comWork with Nancy: https://nancymoore.co

Episode 252Destiny Green is the executive director of the Williams Route 66 Marathon and the historic Tulsa Run, and her path there started in IT. Today she shares how she grew from the race founder's right hand into leading it all, and why this job lets her have a small part in helping people do things they never thought they could do. She has seen engagements at the finish line and has even married couples at the start line.We talk about how truly anyone can take part: walk a mile, walk a 5K, volunteer (it takes about 1,200 volunteers to make race weekend happen), or just get up off the couch and call a girlfriend for a walk after dinner. And I loved hearing about Kicks for Kids, the program that coaches and mentors elementary kids in Title I schools, teaching nutrition, confidence, and life lessons, where every kid who shows up earns a race entry, a medal, and a brand-new pair of running shoes. Some of them have never had a new pair of shoes before. It started with 4 schools and is in 18 now.Connect with Destiny and the races at route66marathon.com and tulsarun.com, and follow her new adventure with her best friend Megan on Instagram at Girls Behind the Bib. The TTCU Tulsa Run is Saturday, October 31, and the Williams Route 66 Marathon is November 21 and 22.Today's sponsor: Synergy Benefit Advisors (tulsasynergy.com).Join our free online community: skool.com/sharingpassionandpurposeChapters:0:00 Coming up0:45 Sharing Passion and Purpose1:02 Meet Destiny Green1:32 From IT to running the show3:01 49 years of the Tulsa Run3:35 The Route 66 centennial5:33 Something for everyone: walk, run, volunteer7:28 Couch to one mile: just get up9:56 A word from Synergy Benefit Advisors11:08 Kicks for Kids13:23 "Some of these kids have never had new shoes"14:26 Coaching: "you just have to show up"16:13 Her own running + the directors' run17:23 Married couples at the start line18:13 The running community that carries you20:12 Rapid fire21:01 "I Can Do It With a Broken Heart"21:46 Know your resources25:21 Girls Behind the Bib + finding the races26:31 Until next timeABOUT NANCYNancy Moore is the host of Sharing Passion and Purpose, a weekly podcast offering career and creative inspiration to help you build a purpose-filled life. Pursuing a career with passion, tapping into your creative potential, and building on your best resource: yourself.ABOUT DESTINY GREENDestiny Green is the executive director of the Williams Route 66 Marathon and the Tulsa Run, Tulsa's most iconic road races. She grew into the role from a career in IT, working alongside the race's founder, and has led the organization for the better part of a decade. In 2019 she launched Kicks for Kids, a running, mentorship, and nutrition program in Tulsa-area Title I elementary schools where every participating child earns a race entry and a brand-new pair of running shoes, now in 18 schools.Website: https://www.route66marathon.comTulsa Run: https://www.tulsarun.comCONNECT & GO DEEPERJoin Nancy's free community: https://www.skool.com/sharingpassionandpurposePodcast website: https://sharingpassionandpurpose.comWork with Nancy: https://nancymoore.co

Episode 251Susan McMurray spent 30 years in a classroom pouring into other people. This past summer she made something of her own: Kindred & Bloom, a magazine-style devotional for women with contributor articles in the front and a five-week devotional in the back, built to be an excuse to gather.We talk about the magazine she loved that stopped publishing, how the first issue's theme, Abide, came out of a class at her church, the women she asked to write for it, and Create and Connect, the fifth week where you put the reading down and make something with your hands.Susan names the thing under all of it: she read that over half of Americans feel unseen. Then she asks about the empty closet. If there is an empty closet in the house, we fill it with crud, and our schedules work the same way. The fix is margin, on purpose. And she is honest about starting: it was scary to take on something that was just hers, she got up at one in the morning to work on it, and her best advice is one line. Do not despise small beginnings.Meet Susan in person: she and Michelle Bruns of Pinspiration join Nancy for a live podcast in Tulsa on November 10, 6:30 to 8:30 pm, craft and magazine included. Tickets at nancymoore.co/events.The magazine: kindredandbloom.co (Kindred & Bloom Co. on Instagram and Facebook).Today's sponsor: Synergy Benefit Advisors (tulsasynergy.com).Join our free online community: skool.com/sharingpassionandpurposeChapters:0:00 Coming up0:36 Sharing Passion and Purpose0:53 Welcome: meet Susan McMurray1:45 The magazine she loved that stopped publishing2:56 One step further: a five-week devotional in the back3:51 Create and Connect: doing something with your hands5:20 How the theme Abide came to be7:32 Family, hospitality, and community in every season8:27 Permission to slow down9:31 Is it surreal to have published a magazine?9:47 Finding your drivers: writing, beautifying, connecting11:07 Volume one: four issues, four seasons12:46 November 10 in Tulsa: a live podcast for two14:48 Where to find Kindred and Bloom15:53 A keepsake worth gifting16:20 Over half of Americans feel unseen16:38 The empty closet theory, and making margin18:08 A word from our sponsor19:27 Trusting an idea God puts in your heart21:00 Up at 1am, working on the magazine22:54 Rapid fire23:31 A theme song for this season24:21 Best advice: do not despise small beginnings25:12 One book every entrepreneur should read26:38 A dream not pursued yet: Kindred and Bloom retreats28:09 What following your passion means28:56 A question from the last guest: which season are you?29:59 Thank you, and the inner circle30:43 Until next time31:10 Sharing Passion and Purpose outroABOUT NANCYNancy Moore is the host of Sharing Passion and Purpose, a weekly podcast offering career and creative inspiration to help you build a purpose-filled life. Pursuing a career with passion, tapping into your creative potential, and building on your best resource: yourself.ABOUT SUSAN MCMURRAYSusan McMurray is the founder and publisher of Kindred & Bloom Co., a seasonal magazine-style devotional for women whose first issue, Abide, pairs contributor articles with a five-week devotional made for gathering with a few friends. She has taught communication at Oral Roberts University for 30 years and built the magazine over one summer off from teaching.CONNECT & GO DEEPERJoin Nancy's free community: https://www.skool.com/sharingpassionandpurposePodcast website: https://sharingpassionandpurpose.comWork with Nancy: https://nancymoore.co