S2E7 - Welcome to Be Life Changers – https://linktr.ee/kathycoatesevents

Sharing Local Love… stories of purpose, impact, and growth in business and life.

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Taylor Jezik fell out of a third-story window at 14 and spent her first year of high school in a wheelchair. Today she runs Charlie Hayes, TJ Events, and Aria Anneliese, and co-owns Hometown Olathe Family Farm. She sits down with host Kathy Coates Newman to talk motherhood, raising entrepreneurial kids, choosing collaboration over competition, and why supporting local isn't just good business, it's how you build a legacy.

→ Visit Hometown Olathe Family Farm: 1100 South Woodland Street, Olathe, KS

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 The Fall That Changed Her Life

00:13 Meet Taylor Jezik: Mom, Florist, Serial Entrepreneur

03:46 Her First Business (Started While Pregnant) + How They Met

08:17 Community Over Competition & Mentoring New Coordinators

09:34 Inside Hometown Olathe Family Farm

16:36 Raising Entrepreneurial Kids (The Lawn-Mowing Lesson)

20:14 Pivoting, Rebranding & Shifting Gears for Family

23:38 Bringing the Kids Into Content & Why Authenticity Wins

24:59 What's Changing in the Event World

28:55 Rapid Fire Round

34:37 The One Thing Nobody Knew About Her

35:45 Where to Find Taylor & the Farm

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Follow Our Guest, Taylor Jezik: https://instagram.com/tay.brooke.21

Hometown Olathe Family Farm: https://instagram.com/hometown.olathe.family.farm

1100 South Woodland Street, Olathe, KS

Charlie Hayes: https://www.instagram.com/smudge.witch

TJ Events: https://www.instagram.com/eventplanning.taylorjezik

Aria Anneliese (wedding flowers): https://www.instagram.com/ahriaannelise

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S2E6 - Welcome to Be Life Changers – https://linktr.ee/kathycoatesevents

Sharing Local Love… stories of purpose, impact, and growth in business and life.

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Welcome back to Be Life Changers with your host, Kathy Coates! In today's inspiring episode, we sit down with Priscilla, the founder of The Wellness Shop for Dogs and the newly voted Best Dog Groomer of 2026 in Olathe, Kansas.

Priscilla’s story is the ultimate example of finding your true purpose when you least expect it. She shares her incredible journey from working as a microbiologist and grooming celebrity dogs in the Hamptons, to moving back home and launching a booming business out of her garage during the 2020 pandemic. What started as a single Facebook post offering dog grooming services turned into 500 messages overnight!

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S2E5 - Welcome to Be Life Changers – https://linktr.ee/kathycoatesevents

Sharing Local Love… stories of purpose, impact, and growth in business and life.

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After a surprise party celebrating my birthday and 10 years in business, I sat down and got a little emotional. It wasn't the decorations that hit me; it was the realization of how many relationships, struggles, prayers, and pivots were connected to this incredible journey.

If you are an entrepreneur, creator, dreamer, overwhelmed mom, or a small business owner trying to figure out life while figuring out business, this episode of Be Life Changers is for you. We are talking about the real, behind-the-scenes reality of building a business, before everything looks perfect. From failing events and online criticism to navigating burnout and redefining what success actually means, I am sharing the biggest lessons from the last decade.

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