The Jeanne Oliver Podcast

Podcast 027 | Turning Over the Mic with Kelly and Jeanne Oliver 3:00 “I found some friends but not the friends I was supposed to be meeting, and then in walks Kelly with a group of people, and I said, ‘Well, hello, welcome to my future husband.” 4:06 “We ended up talking the rest of the night, and we went on our first official date the next week…” 9:45 “What we’ve accomplished together all comes f...

Podcast 026, | The Good Daughters Club with Kathi Graves 2:41 “My father was a functioning alcoholic, and my brother just…left.” 3:21 “A few years later, we decided to move to Charlotte to start a business and my husband said we’re only going if Lucille [my mom] will go with us…” 5:21 “It was probably 3 or 4 years into that that we began to notice some things that indicated her cognitive abilities...

A design-loving, home-schooling, wellness entrepreneur who dove head first into creating her family's dream home and lived to tell about it. Her best days are a healthy balance of family, business and wellness.  IG: @lovevanessawarren    Jeanne Oliver Ten Tips To Take Back The Peace A free ebook if you are looking for some rest in your day-to-day like I was. Get your free resource Ten Tips HERE ....

Podcast 024 | The Vintage Round Top with Paige Hull 2:06     “I didn’t go to college, I was not formally trained in design, I have wrestled with ADD, and kind of am a border line control freak…”   4:44    “We took the scenic way home, down 237, through Round Top, and happened by this home that was for sale, and decided to go in…”   6:19    “We tried to buy that house.  We also learned, through the...

Podcast 023 | Creative Mojo with Tracy Verdugo 2:43 “I had the experience of having a younger brother who was what I thought at the time a naturally gifted artist. It wasn’t until years later that I realized he spent every minute of his spare time drawing.”   3:24 “When my husband and I were traveling in Mexico, I suddenly realized there were cultures in the world where art was an integral part of...

Alexis Garrett specializes in lifestyle design, be it residential new builds or teaching clients to entertain in their backyard. There is a fascination with function and livability over adornment and extravagance. Alexis creates spaces that are interspersed with found treasures, layered fabrics and unexpected whimsy (repurposed roller rink floors, vintage surfboards) all of her projects are create...

Podcast 021  | Get Your Business Seen with Tyler Horsley On this episode, Jeanne chats with Tyler Horsley, founder and CEO Nuclear Networking, a digital marketing agency that helps drive leads or sales to businesses.   2:25 “There are three portions of search engine optimization (SEO), the process of earning Google’s trust, and appearing as qualified in your space. One part is content…one part is...

Heather Bullard is a California based editorial prop stylist and creative director helping brands create breathtaking visuals for print and digital media.   heatherbullard.com instagram.com/heatherbullard   Jeanne Oliver Ten Tips To Take Back The Peace A free ebook if you are looking for some rest in your day-to-day like I was. Get your free resource Ten Tips HERE .   Become the artist you dream t...

Podcast 019 | Follow Your Gut with Wendy McWilliams On this episode, Jeanne chats with Wendy McWilliams, an abstract painter, teacher, and health coach whose work stops you in your tracks.   3:30 “I really was not artsy in any way I didn’t think, but I always had a creative energy about me…”   4:52 “I just picked up this little ‘Learn to Paint an Orchid’ book, and some cheap little brushes, and ac...

Podcast 018 | Don’t Doubt the Journey with Jennifer Little On this episode, Jeanne talks with Jennifer Little a trendsetter and stylist, and owner of HEYDAY, an online and brick-and-mortar store in Denver, Colorado and Fort Collins, Colorado and sister store Knapsack.   2:27 “I have always been a big believer that design principles translate into all areas of design.”   3:07 “I used to think ‘Gosh...

Podcast 017 | Memory Keeping with Ali Edwards On this episode, Jeanne interviews Ali Edwards, teacher, designer, author, and pioneer in the world of scrapbooking and memory keeping.”   2:11 “I started scrapbooking in 2002…and had no intention of this being a business.”   4:09 “When I went to college originally I actually went to study marine biology, because I was going to work with Killer Whales....

Podcast 016 | Creating Passive Income with Digital Products with Jen Wagner On this episode, Jeanne talks with Jen Wagner graphic artist and type designer who deeply believes that “sometimes the best solution for your stuck-ness…is to just make something.”   1:52 “I started creating fonts during a pretty severe freelance lull…”   2:46 “I had a very, very, very unhealthy perspective on my self wort...

Podcast 015 | The Farm Chicks with Serena Thompson On this episode, Jeanne interviews Serena Thompson, stay-at-home mom turned creator of nationally loved bucket-list event The Farm Chicks Vintage and Handmade Fair. 2:45 “We started in my neighbor’s barn…and it just exploded.” 4:53 “I did have vision of what it could be, what I dreamed of it being, and my only north star at that point was Emma Lee...

Podcast 014 | Creating a Visual and Verbal Identity with Goodvoice Group On this episode, Jeanne talks with Martin Drexler and Jeremy Reeves of Goodvoice Group. 6:26 “Our sort of core business metric is if we cry with our clients, we feel like we’ve like we’ve really nailed it.” 7:06 “100% of our clients come to us with a pretty shallow understanding of who they are. It’s not because they don’t kn...

Podcast 013 | Stencil Girl with Mary Beth Shaw On this episode, Jeanne talks with Mary Beth Shaw, artist, instructor, and entrepreneur who went from a career in the insurance industry to launching Stencil Girl Mixed Media Stencil Company.   1:41     “I did come from a career in the insurance business for about 18 years.  It was a big transition moving from insurance to art…different sides of my br...

Podcast 012 | Brave and True Girl with Lara Blair On this episode, Jeanne interviews Lara Blair, photographer and creator and leader of Brave and True girl empowerment workshops.   1:47     “I realized I just absolutely adore working with girls, it’s so much fun.  And I think it comes from my middle school experience.”   2:17     “I created a curriculum for these girls because I was recognizing a...

Podcast 011 | Building a Creative Business with Kasia Avery On this episode, Jeanne talks with Kasia Avery, online art teacher and founder of Everything Art with her husband, with whom she operates her creative business.   2:36    “We work together in different ways…we know it’s a good way to live, because we are compatible.  We understand each other very well…”   3:39    “Before we had our daught...

Podcast 010 | Leverage What Makes You Unique with Kristin Varela-Schild On this episode, Jeanne interviews Kristin Varela-Schild, entrepreneur and founder of Kristin’s Farm Stand, an online farmers’ market delivering food straight from farms to your home.   3:30    “I had this very vivid dream, that I was going to start a company writing car reviews specifically for women and moms.  And I woke up...

Podcast 009 | Thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail On this episode, Jeanne talks with Calvin and Patti Yarbough about their experience of thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail, and the way that adventure has shaped their lives.   2:20     “We were novices when it came to hiking, and so we found ourselves tripping and slipping quite often, and so Tripper and Slipper seemed like appropriate trail names.”  ...

Podcast 008,  Art As Affirmation with Stephanie Lee On this episode, Jeanne talks with Stephanie Lee, an artist, teacher, deep thinker, warm-welcomer, and friend based in southern Oregon.   4:16    “I’ve spent a lot of years believing that my presence as an artist was a lot more separate from who I am as a person than it is…”   5:08     “The reality is every aspect of life involves a certain persp...

Episode 7 | Shabby Chic with Rachel Ashwell On this episode, Jeanne is excited to talk to the creator of the iconic Shabby Chic brand, Rachel Ashwell.   1:30     “I was born out of a flea market family…my mother would repair and sell antique dolls. I learned her unique eye of wanting to restore these funny little creatures with real authenticity.”    3:38    “I don’t want to have a home where nobo...

On this episode, Jeanne interviews Bob Taylor, cofounder of Taylor Guitars, pioneer of groundbreaking changes to the process of crafting guitars, and passionate advocate of forest conservation. 2:06  “I took industrial arts classes from the seventh grade on, and in 11th grade I wanted a guitar and thought ‘Well, I’ll just make a guitar.’   7:08 “My business partners and I were 19 and 21, which is...

Episode 5: Restoration House with Kennesha Buycks On this episode, Jeanne talks with Kennesha Buycks, a friend and collaborator who Jeanne admires for her honest and raw journey. 2:35  “I was in a really dark season of my life, I’d experienced a lot of loss, and was dealing with a lot of grief.” 2:52 “When you feel like you are not going to come out of that season— #1. You will, and #2. Find somet...

Episode 4 | Publishing vs. Self-Publishing with Tonia Jenny On this episode, Jeanne interviews Tonia Jenny, editor and artist who helps creatives publish their own work. Jeanne and Tonia talk in depth about the pros and cons of different approaches to publishing. 1:25 “I feel like right now, if you are a writer, if you have creative ideas, if you want to put them out into the world, I think for th...

Episode Notes Episode 3 | When you get creatively stuck, with Kate Thompson On this episode, Jeanne talks with her friend and peer, Kate Thompson. Kate is a prolific artist, working in mixed media including fiber and fabric, and loves to think deeply about the creative process. 1:02 A little bit about Kate Thompson’s journey into art. 4:41 “I started painting on a regular basis, every single day I...