Ever had a kid open your gift and announce, “I hate this”? That moment started a company. 💜

Pam sits down with Julie Tylman, co-founder of Group Together, the platform that makes it easy to send group greeting cards and pool money for a group gift. She built it in Australia 12 years ago and is now growing it here in the US.

This conversation goes so much deeper than gift cards, though. Julie and Pam get real about pivoting when life knocks your plans sideways, hearing “no” over and over and staying in the game, finding your person, and why being seen is the gift that matters most.

In this episode, we cover:

• (00:52) Meet Julie and what Group Together actually does
• (01:31) From pharma sales to Columbia business school to Merrill Lynch, and how every job built on the last
• (03:42) The birthday party circuit and the “I hate this gift” moment that sparked the idea
• (07:28) Doing the research: why nobody had put all the pieces together yet
• (10:17) The COVID pivot: making the card free, and how that opened the door to the US
• (13:33) How it felt to take the leap, and how they lowered the risk of a big move
• (20:42) What she’d do differently: “measure twice, cut once”
• (24:41) Sitting across from investors who didn’t get it, and the husband who called his wife mid-pitch
• (28:02) The moments she questioned everything, and why a business partner is a blessing
• (31:09) Her #1 advice for anyone sitting on a dream: share it sooner
• (32:23) Pam on how Go-Getter Gals was born
• (37:44) How to find your people, at any age
• (41:12) What really matters when we celebrate each other
• (44:21) Celebrating your small wins, and celebrating others “just because”
• (47:54) How to connect with Julie Tilman
• (49:02) What legacy means to Julie

A few of our favorite moments:
“If you don’t try, you’ll never know.”
“If you’re not in the right room with the right people, they’re not gonna hear you.”
“It’s never too late. You can always find your people.”

Connect with Julie:

• Website: grouptogether.com
• Instagram & TikTok: @grouptogetherofficial
• LinkedIn: Julie Tylman

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What happens when you land the exact dream job you called out loud as a little girl... and then realize it's not where you're meant to stay? 💜

Hannah sits down with Ally Machate, founder of The Writer's Ally and a former acquiring editor at Simon & Schuster who has been in book publishing since 1999. She was the little girl stapling together construction-paper books and telling everyone she was a publisher, and she grew up to make it real.

But this conversation goes so much deeper than books. Ally and Hannah get real about chasing a childhood dream, walking away from it when your values shift, the fear of betting on yourself, imposter syndrome, and why a book that flops doesn't mean you're not good enough.

In this episode, we cover:

* (00:15) Meet Ally Machate of The Writer's Ally

* (01:34) Teaching herself to read at 3 and her construction-paper "publishing company"

* (04:10) What a mom can do to nurture her child's gifts early

* (06:36) Landing her dream job at Simon & Schuster straight out of college

* (10:38) Free books, Stephen King in the elevator, and a women-led industry

* (14:59) The manuscript that changed everything

* (21:33) From one "no" to deciding to leave

* (24:43) How to navigate the fear of leaving a secure job to start your own thing

* (30:02) Building The Writer's Ally

* (33:39) A good book vs. the right book

* (38:10) The very first step if you have a book in you

* (41:15) Imposter syndrome and "who am I to write this?"

* (45:27) What to do if your book already flopped

* (49:42) How to connect with Ally + her free resource

* (51:16) What legacy means to Ally

A few of our favorite moments:

"A great book is not enough."

"The book isn't the business. It's a tool."

"Every mega best-selling author in the world started out exactly where you are right now."

🎁 Ally's free resource: Don't Write the Wrong Book

https://offers.thewritersally.com/dont-write-the-wrong-book-podcasts/

Connect with Ally:

* Website: https://www.thewritersally.com

* Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/allymachate/

* Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/allysonemachate

* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allysonemachate

* YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thewritersally

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📸 Instagram: @go_gettergals

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Y’all, this one is going to make you laugh. On purpose. 💜

Pam sits down with Cathy Nesbitt, a 63-year-old self-described “woman of adventure” from just north of Toronto who spent 24 years selling worms by the pound for indoor composting. Yes, worms. In the house. She started that business at 39, met her husband of 38 years in driving school, and found laughter yoga the day after she almost gave up.

But this conversation goes so much deeper than laughter. Cathy and Pam get real about why we feel guilty for feeling joy, how we’ve gotten addicted to stress, what isolation has done to us since 2020, and how to make peace with the season you’re in.

In this episode, we cover:

• (00:15) Meet Cathy: 24 years in the worm business and why her business has been “her baby”
• (03:11) Why it’s never too late to start, and finding purpose in work that isn’t glamorous
• (05:01) The 2012 “worms in the house?!” moment that made her question everything, and how laughter found her the very next day
• (06:32) Twenty years as a secretary, people-pleasing, and the “five jobs” women were offered growing up in the ’60s
• (09:01) What changed when Cathy started laughing on purpose
• (11:38) Who took our laughter? Plato, Socrates, and why we think being serious is the only way to be taken seriously
• (16:40) The science: your “love drugs,” oxygen, and shifting from fight-or-flight to rest-and-digest
• (19:10) Are we addicted to stress? Creating conflict when life gets calm
• (22:03) How to laugh when nothing’s funny, and why it feels so weird at first
• (26:51) Connection, isolation, and why women are natural collaborators
• (32:12) The smallest first step: online laughter clubs and two-minute power poses
• (36:50) Being okay with where you are: human beings, not human doers
• (40:06) What legacy means to Cathy, and how to connect with her

A few of our favorite moments:
“We feel guilty experiencing joy.”
“We must laugh because there’s so many things going on.”
“We are human beings, not human doers.”

Connect with Cathy:

• Free weekly laughter club, Tuesdays at 9:30 AM Eastern: cathysclub.com
• Cathy’s Crawly Composters: cathyscomposters.com
• Facebook: facebook.com/CathysCrawlyComposters
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/cathynesbitt

Go-Getter Gals is a FREE women’s networking community built on Growth Through Connection — Personal, Business, and Networking.

Connect with Go-Getter Gals:
📘 Facebook: facebook.com/profile.php?id=61561190723548
📸 Instagram: @go_gettergals
🌐 Website: https://go-gettergals.com/
🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and anywhere else you tune in
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Ever feel like you've pivoted one too many times? 💜

Hannah sits down with Steffani Symons, a San Diego private chef who has built a career across fashion, furniture design, and food. She's the creative mind behind Shef Steff, and she'll be the first to admit she still has "wait, I'm a chef?" moments.

But this conversation goes so much deeper than career changes. Steffani and Hannah get real about turning doubt into fuel, being the new person in a small town, imposter syndrome, and finding the common thread that runs through every pivot.

In this episode, we cover:
* (00:15) Meet Steffani and today's theme: pivoting and finding what you're meant to do
* (01:04) Fashion school, styling for LA fashion week, and turning down the move to LA
* (03:24) From fashion to furniture: flipping pieces in the garage as a creative outlet
* (05:15) The LOVE bookshelf that took off and building a team of builders and shippers
* (07:44) Opening a brick-and-mortar store and the hard truth about being the new person in a small town
* (12:48) Pivoting into food and falling in love with the service industry
* (15:12) "You don't have what it takes": turning someone's doubt into fuel
* (17:19) Almost signing a restaurant lease on the day COVID hit
* (20:28) Why a business partner matters if you're opening a restaurant
* (22:36) From pop-ups and a commercial kitchen to becoming a private chef
* (27:19) Advice for anyone who wants to start a cooking business
* (29:22) What she's building now: Recipe Remix and Good News Is on the Menu
* (31:49) The common thread: creativity across every pivot
* (33:36) What legacy means to Steffani
* (34:40) Pivot shame, imposter syndrome, and leading with your heart
* (37:00) How to connect with Steffani Symons

A few of our favorite moments:

"It's not even about the why, it's about where is that leading you and where is your heart in it?"

"Just take one step at a time and just lead with your heart and you'll get to the right place."

"Just be your authentic self and just go out there and spread your gift."

Connect with Steffani:

* Instagram: @theshefsteff
* TikTok: Shef Steff
* YouTube: Shef Steff
* Good News Is on the Menu: TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram

Go-Getter Gals is a FREE women's networking community built on Growth Through Connection — Personal, Business, and Networking.

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📸 Instagram: @go_gettergals

🌐 Website: https://go-gettergals.com/

🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and anywhere else you tune in

📍 Join us in person in Dothan, AL. at Mural City Coffee on the 2nd Thursday of every month, 5:30 PM — always free!

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Today it's just Pam and Hannah again, and they're getting honest about the side of growth nobody posts about... the part where you miss who you used to be, even while you're becoming someone better.

Hannah opens up about the last few months of intentional transformation (a nighttime skincare routine, lifting weights and hitting the gym five to six days a week, cutting ten inches off her hair) and the surprising grief that's come with it: missing the version of herself who had more downtime, more doom-scrolling, more "funny fat friend" energy. Pam reframes it as the messy middle: that awkward, unglamorous stretch between who you were and who you're becoming. And the two talk through why growth takes something away before it gives something back.

In this episode, we cover:

• (00:14) Why today's conversation is about the choices behind growth, not just the desire for it
• (01:07) The "messy middle" — why becoming a new version of yourself isn't rainbows and butterflies
• (02:09) Why women cut their hair during major life transitions
• (04:03) Hannah's health transformation — nighttime routine, workouts, seven pounds down and a different kind of win
• (12:23) The deeper grief — missing not just rest, but an old identity
• (15:11) Sitting in the loss before you meet the person on the other side of it
• (17:29) Reframing this as "not a cautionary tale" — growth always takes away before it gives
• (21:45) What Pam and Hannah each love about themselves — and refuse to lose in the transformation
• (26:34) Closing challenge — what season of growth prepared you to become who you are now?

A few of our favorite moments:
"Growth always takes away before it gives."

"You haven't met the version of you that is on the other side of this."

"You don't have to go cold turkey away from who you are."

Go-Getter Gals is a FREE women's networking community built on Growth Through Connection — Personal, Business, and Networking.

Connect with Go-Getter Gals:
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📸 Instagram: @go_gettergals
🌐 Website: https://go-gettergals.com/
🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and anywhere else you tune in
📍 Join us in person in Dothan, AL. at Mural City Coffee on the 2nd Thursday of every month, 5:30 PM — always free!

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Grab your bestie, because this one is a love letter to her. 💜

Pam sits down with Jennifer Hobbs, a Nashville wedding chapel owner who spends her days surrounded by love stories and decided the friendship ones deserved a ceremony too. She's the creator of Bestimonies, a trademarked ceremony for best friends, and she's taking it on the road.

But this conversation goes so much deeper than a ceremony. Jennifer and Pam get real about finding your tribe after a move, being a hot mess in front of the women who love you anyway, holding your power in business without apologizing for it, and the legacy we leave for the women coming up behind us.

In this episode, we cover:

* (00:15) Meet Jennifer: wedding chapel owner and creator of Bestimonies
* (02:17) Why your best friend is part of your love story too
* (03:44) Buying a business later in life and inspiring other women to do the same
* (06:42) Why women lean on women in business
* (07:45) How Bestimonies was born, and why saying it out loud matters
* (12:43) We don't need friends to fix us. How to be the friend who sits in the mess
* (17:25) Finding your people after a move, plus a must-listen on vulnerability
* (19:40) Your tribe isn't coming to your house. Go find her
* (22:21) A mini Bestimony: the friends who showed up when it counted
* (33:49) Noticing when your friend is disappearing into herself
* (36:58) For the woman who feels like she has no one to call
* (40:43) The messy middle: staying kind while holding authority in business
* (48:30) How to connect with Jennifer and Bestimonies
* (51:25) What legacy means to Jennifer

A few of our favorite moments:

"I always say that the best friend is the one that got him to the altar."

"The tribe will not find you in your bedroom or in your living room, watching television."

"It leaves a path, it leaves a hope for another human that if I achieve it, so can you."

Connect with Jennifer:

Email: rhinestoneweddings@gmail.com

Website: www.rhinestoneweddingchapel.com

Instagram: Instagram.com/rhinestoneweddingchapel

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rhinestoneweddingchapel/

Go-Getter Gals is a FREE women's networking community built on Growth Through Connection — Personal, Business, and Networking.

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📸 Instagram: @go_gettergals

🌐 Website: https://go-gettergals.com/

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This episode isn't about the logistics of moving boxes, it's about what happens when you have to become someone new in a place you didn't choose. Pam opens up about her family's upcoming cross-country move with the military, and what it means to start over for the third time. First from Tennessee to Dothan, and now from Dothan to California. Pam and Hannah get real about starting over, grief, identity shifting with environment, and rebuilding community from scratch.

In this episode, we cover:

• (00:15) What "starting over" really means — and why this one isn't about a change of city
• (01:12) Why Hannah wanted to talk about this — watching Pam build everything from scratch once already
• (02:56) How different environments make you a different person
• (05:04) Redefining who you are in a new season of life
• (07:30) The grief of a decision you didn't fully choose — and why you have to let it hit you
• (14:29) Chasing the new horizon — finding the excitement inside the fear
• (19:39) What actually travels with you — your growth, your skills, your ability to build community again
• (24:38) Closing challenge — write down your superpowers, and go be the new girl somewhere
  

A few of our favorite moments:
"Growth is inevitable. What is going to happen is destined to happen. It's not gonna happen any other way."

"I became the woman I had always dreamed of being."

"You're not starting from zero, you're taking things with you."

Go-Getter Gals is a FREE women's networking community built on Growth Through Connection — Personal, Business, and Networking.

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📸 Instagram: @go_gettergals
🌐 Website: https://go-gettergals.com/
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Pam didn't want to go. Linda made her go anyway. And that one decision is the reason Go-Getter Gals exists at all. 💜

Pam sits down with Linda Conklin — the woman who dragged her to her very first women's networking event back in 2019, and one of the people Pam credits with shaping who she is today. Linda spent 30 years as a hairstylist before walking away from that identity entirely in 2010, and she's spent the years since figuring out who she is without it.

But this conversation goes so much deeper than a career change. Linda and Pam get real about growing up with a parent who couldn't show up emotionally, learning what real friendship actually looks like as an adult, embracing the broken parts of your story instead of grieving them, and building a legacy that outlasts you.

In this episode, we cover:

• (00:15) Meet Linda Conklin — the woman who dragged Pam to her very first networking event
• (01:27) Who Linda is and what makes her different: 30 years as a hairstylist, a hard identity reset in 2010, and learning to live for "an audience of one"
• (04:21) How Linda has changed from childhood to now — growing up with a mother with narcissistic personality disorder, a devastating loss at age five, and years spent walled off from friendship
• (10:17) Playing a part: how a self-described introvert built a 30-year career standing behind the styling chair
• (12:01) Linda's greatest support — her sister, and what it means to have "someone with skin on"
• (15:01) How Linda's definition of friendship has evolved — from built-in mom-friend circles to intentional, cross-generational "bonus daughter" relationships
• (20:56) A quiet joy: the gift Linda is secretly proud of — making people feel truly seen
• (22:48) The part of her story Linda is learning to embrace — her brokenness
• (24:23) What legacy means to Linda
• (25:41) Closing thoughts — and Linda's parting words: "find the Linda, or be the Linda"

A few of our favorite moments:

"I truly feel like I live my life for an audience of one."

"I am secretly proud that I have the talent of making other people feel seen, truly seen and truly valued."

"Either find the Linda or be the Linda. Be the Linda that speaks truth into the lives of others."

Go-Getter Gals is a FREE women's networking community built on Growth Through Connection — Personal, Business, and Networking.

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📸 Instagram: @go_gettergals

🌐 Website: https://go-gettergals.com/

🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and anywhere else you tune in

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