Have y’all ever been interviewed on a PODCAST before???
So…… about this time, three years ago…. I was still living on cloud nine after attending the first Wreath MAKERS Live event in Fort Worth TEXAS! Little did I know…. the friendships that blossomed that weekend would literally change my life!
I had NO idea where I was headed but I did feel like I was headed in the right direction!
Learning all the things, thinking I needed to do ALL the things at once… LOL my brain felt like it was going to bust!
The Journey to Being a Podcast Guest
I vividly remember standing in line…. for what I thought was “registration” for the Wreath Makers Live event. Until the gal in front of me said it was the line to meet Damon Oates and my insides started to shake.
Hahaha he certainly didn’t know me but I definitely knew him.
By this point…. I had watched him on his Facebook lives for about 10 months…. listened, learned, took actual notes, signed up for his coaching groups and really started to believe that I could chase my dreams (a few of them).
After meeting Damon…. I never EVER imagined that just three short years later he would have built an empire, inspired a crafting phenomenon across the world AND host a podcast….. AND would be inviting me to be a guest!
ME???
WHY??
I honestly couldn’t give you an answer. My business feels like a LOT of scatter brained moving parts just coexisting together with some hot glue! I can’t even find my words half the time!
What…. for real?
Hahaha YES… and the interview hits the podcast TODAY!!! (Thursday July, 30 2020)
Bottom left picture… Wreath Makers Live 2018… I think my crazy smile says it all! ️️
I’m super excited to be a part of this community….. y’all are super loving, endlessly supportive… so very powerful and I love y’all for all of it!!! ️️
I’m so grateful…… thankful….. and BEYOND blessed to be a part of ALL this!!!
Ahhhhh…… I’m nervous to hear the podcast y’all! When we (my Gram and I) owned the gyms back in the day… My Gram used to tell me all the time… “Act like you’ve been here before Melissa”! LOL she would say that to calm me down when I was the most excited!!!
But y’all…. a stinkin PODCAST!! With DAMON!!! ️
Listen to the Podcast Below
How fun is this! I’m just a mom… trying to make enough income to stay home and raise my babies!
Don’t forget to tune into the Makers Mean Business Podcast and listen to all their interviews!!! Lots of inspiring folks and tons of great tips!!! I’m always looking forward to the next episode!!!
Being a Maker means I get to be a MOM! I’m forever grateful!
Hi Mel so happy for your website. With all this pandemic it’s hard for moms and I would love to stay at home with my kids so I am learning the art of wreath making to open an online business to. I have 4 kids so it’s hard to work while your kids will be home learning but yet I still need to provide for them. You are such an inspiration!!!! Thank you
OMG this was the best podcast to date for me. Right at the end when you asked “any last words” and Coach Mel responded saying so many people don’t start because they can’t think of a name…I am that person!!! You all inspire me so much and I appreciate all you do! I loved this whole story…Thank you so much!!!
Mellie Mel, Hi!
I just finished listening to your podcast with Damon and I just wanted you to know how inspiring you are. We have some things in common, well maybe a lot of things except for age differences, I am soon to be 73, I am a grandmother, I live alone as my husband is in a nursing home suffering from alzheimers, and lastly I am a huge procrastinator. My husband and I were foster adoptive parents. Where my story differs from yours is we have two birth children and when our youngest daughter was 15 we became foster parents with no intention of adopting. My husband said we can do the fostering, there is a need and he knew because I had to have a hysterectomy that I still had the need in me to have little ones under my feet. 💖💖💖 The first child placed in our home was 3 1/2 and he was almost 7 when we were blessed with his adoption, the second placement was a newborn four days old, his adoption was finalized when he was 20 months. I have been crafting it seems like forever, I would make my Christmas ornaments, my grandmother taught me to crochet, I would make birthday cards, invitations, and then when we retired I found my love of wreath making. Friends would tell me to make and sell them and I am just now starting to believe that I can do this. Thank you for your story and I will see you soon on your next live at Sincerely Creative Mom.
Beverly Poynter
Mel, so very happy for your website, the podcast and all the other wonderful things going on in your life right now. You are an inspiration to me and I love watching and listening to you. Even though I’m old enough to be your MOM, You still inspire me to do what I need to do and to try new things. We too adopted a son, 16 years ago when he was 2. He will be 18 in December. It has not been an easy road. He came from a home where there was a lot of “stuff” going on and very little love and care for him. He adjusted to living with us very well, then his Dad passed away when he was 9. That started a whole long series of troubles for him and me. It has been a roller coaster ride, to say the least. Lots of hard days and nights, lots of tears and lots of prayer. I know God has reasons for everything that happens in our life. I often say ” This is not the life I chose, but it’s the life God gave me”. So its up to me how I choose to live it. It’s not always easy living as a widow, raising a child with mental problems and trying to build a business. But, I know that by God’s grace I will succeed in whatever I try to do. Thanks, Mel for being so open and honest with your followers/friends. Love ya! Judy Pilkington