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
LINKS
- Scoliosis Workout
- Pilates Anytime
- Online Marketing Made Easy with Amy Porterfield
- Marie Forleo B-School
- Screw the 9-5
- Nikki Elledge Brown
UPDATES
- 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
First off, look, I know you’re busy and life feels crazy, but you. are. killin’ it out there! …even if it doesn’t feel that way all the time. (I get it.)
So let’s get down to business. Whether you’re building your business or business is booming—there’s always more to learn about being a CEO!