Making the Most of Your Expertise with Jess Valant

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Jessica Valant is a pilates instructor and a physical therapist. She just sold her studios in Hawaii and is now focusing her time taking care of her little one AND running an online community and membership-based health program at HappyHourMama.com. I wanted to talk with her because she not only because I love the idea of an affordable health program (think workouts and food guides for the busy mom) and I love that she is a mom making it happen. She’s transitioning from Brick & Mortar business to Online all with a kid in tow.

My questions are endless but start with: What? How? Why?

Jess was great to talk with and I don’t doubt you’ll enjoy the conversation as much as I did. A few of the things that we talked about included:

Her first product
How she's taking advantage of traffic from YouTube
How she saw saw a missing element in the market and created it
What drove her to become entrepreneurial
The FUN first experience in setting her own schedule
How she’s transitioning her work from hands-on to online
How to stay true to yourself while also branching out
Her goals
Her Sunday To-Do List (LOVE!)
"White space" exercise
Her mentors
Amazing lessons learned about listening to oneself

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What did you want to be when you grew up?
- I saw the movie “Regarding Henry” when I was 14 years old and knew I wanted to be a physical therapist. Before that I wanted to be a rock star :)
What was your first job?
- First job - 14 years old - a hostess at Le Peep restaurant in Kansas City where I grew up.

What are your go-to books and apps?
- Books - “The Fire Starter Sessions” by Danielle LaPorte, “Break Out!” by Joel Osteen, “Carry On, Warrior” by Glennon Doyle Melton
- Apps - Word Swag, Pulsar, Bloglovin’, Mindbody (to find fitness classes!)

What are your favorite gifts to give??
- I always give massages to my husband that I actually do myself.
- I love giving girlfriends gift certificates for pedicures or something else to pamper themselves.
- For grandparents I send homemade cards my daughter makes,
- and at Christmas I always give homemade treats like cookies or spiced nuts