In this episode I welcome my first guest, Youmie Jean Francois.

Youmie Jean Francois is a transformational speaker, a brand strategist, a money trauma expert, a private pilot, an author, and the proud Founder/CEO of Flex-N-Fly, The Flex Bags, and The Flex-N-Fly Foundation.

Throughout her career, she's dedicated herself to enhancing the well-being of travelers and helping small business owners scale. She speaks 4 languages fluently and splits her time between New York and Colombia.

Flex-N-Fly, her award-winning travel and wellness company, has become a beacon of innovation. They bring wellness studios to airports. Providing stretching, yoga, and relaxation classes to airports, aiming to ease the stress that often accompanies modern travel. They've been featured in Forbes, Travel & Leisure, TripAdvisor, BlackEnterprise, Macy's, Belk, Flying Solo, and More. Youmie's best-selling poetry book, The Sacrifice: When Transition Looks Like Chaos, is available now.

Timestamps:

01:14 Youmie's intro

02:58 Recent trip to Mexico

04:49 Why and how Flex-n-Fly began

07:41 What was needed to start a travel business

10:21 Scaling and starting multiple businesses

11:19 Starting the Flex-n-Fly foundation

17:44 Who Youmie's non-profit serves

20:26 The Flex-n-Fly Foundation's goal for 2025

22:48 Representation of women as pilots and travelers

24:27 Why Youmie's non-profit exists

26:46 An important business lesson

28:07 Business finances

33:36 Having a team and growing Flex-n-Fly

39:12 Detachment in life and business

43:40 Living in alignment

48:25 Worthiness

50:48 Setting boundaries and being tested

51:56 Youmie's most transformative travel experience

54:54 Traveling as a Haitian woman

56:48 A beautiful message about being yourself

58:35 Friendship breakups

01:02:30 Communicating needs

01:03:50 Wrapping up and where to find and connect with Youmie

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Resources:

The Law of Detachment

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• Learn more about Youmie here

• Join the Flex-n-Fly Travel Challenge

•Donate to the Flex-n-Fly Foundation

•Youmie on LinkedIn

•Tune into Youmie's LinkedIn Live in Your Power Series

•Subscribe to Flex-n-Fly

•Find Youmie on Threads

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Work with Sequoia

• Mexico
• Japan

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