Jake Thompson is back with Big Girl Pants Podcast to talk about his new book Compete Every Day. This is a performance-based, empowering book with the seven key choices that leaders make to enhance their focus and increase their levels of success. Jake Thompson is a professional speaker and the Chief Encouragement Officer at Compete Every Day, a brand he started in 2011 by first selling t-shirts out of the trunk of his car. Jake works with organizations and individuals around the country, teachin...
Jul 19, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join Kimberly and April as they discuss the road map to career happiness, whether you are just starting your career or trying to launch a new career mid-life, this episode is for you. We hope you join us! Carol Maloney-Scott is the founder and CEO of Career Happiness Map Coaching, a practice dedicated to helping professional women who feel stuck in the wrong career create a path to a happier and more fulfilling work life. Carol is also the author of the Smart Chick’s Guide to Career Happiness, a...
Jul 17, 2020•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! It's been two years (4th of July, 2018) since we first launched BGP Podcast. It's been our pride and joy, our therapy, education, and so much more. Thanks to the listeners who've hung in there with us all this time. We love you!
Jul 04, 2020•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join us as we spend an hour with the FABULOUS Stacey and Sasha of Franki Ray. If you haven't seen these luxury bags, the time is now. They are gorgeous, leather, handcrafted unique conversation starters that every professional wanting to make a statement must carry. Check them out at www.frankiray.com and of course - right here on Big Girl Pants Podcast! " WE ARE NOT JUST WOMEN — WE ARE LIONS FIERCE, COURAGEOUS, AND CONFIDENT!" - Stacey & Sasha of Franki Ray Our beautiful frie...
Jun 28, 2020•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join April and Kimberly as they speak with Shemora Roberson in response to the civil unrest in our communities following the murder of George Floyd. We discuss the important issue of racism and where we go from here. Change starts with great conversations. Change starts when tolerance ends. Help us stand with our friends in the black community! #blacklivesmatter
Jun 09, 2020•1 hr 21 min•Ep 86•Transcript available on Metacast READ THIS BOOK! And listen to this podcast (of course). Jake Thompson nails it with his 7 key choices competitors make in life to WIN. I (Kimberly) read it in a day and bought a copy for my entire team. #competeeveryday What if the key to reaching your full potential wasn't about what talents you were born with, but something more? In this brand new book, author Jake Thompson shares the seven key choices Competitors make every day to win their career & life. About Compete Every Day: Com...
Jun 03, 2020•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast April and Kim discuss how selling has changed during COVID-19, the COVID 20, working remotely, and more.
May 25, 2020•57 min•Ep 84•Transcript available on Metacast Join Kimberly and April as they talk about what's in our beauty and household products. Do you even know? Check out this episode. Jana Madson - BIO Hi. 👋 I'm Jana Madsen. Did you know that in the United States, 1 in 2 women and 1 in 3 men will develop cancer in their lifetime? Scary, right?!? I'm the ONE in "1 in 2 women." At age 36, I was diagnosed with breast cancer, and 6 months later, thyroid cancer. Talk about a 1-2 punch! 🥊With no family history and no DNA anomal...
May 12, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join Kimberly and April as they talk to Christiana Yebra, CEO of Vouch App - a dating app where you can have your friends and family "vouch" for you! Christiana Yebra is the CEO of Vouch, a Dallas-grown dating app and owner of Currently Events, a photo booth technology company. After graduating from the University of North Texas with a degree in biology, she helped to launch and sell Texas’ first on-demand urgent care app. Christiana would go on to join a California-based med tech star...
May 09, 2020•2 hr 30 min•Transcript available on Metacast April and Kim meet TJ and Gabbie Abounader, fitness gurus, and gym owners in the Virgin Islands. They did what many of us dream of; leave the city and start a business on a remote island in the Caribbean. They did it and life is good. This is their story. Abounader Fitness is the premier training facility located on the East End of Saint Thomas, US Virgin Islands. Whether you are visiting on vacation or reside on the island, we offer the highest quality environment to achieve any of your fitness...
Apr 29, 2020•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast April and Kim talk about our new normal and our predictions for what's to come. We discuss healthy eating and the impact on our immune system, the debate on opening the economy, and so much more. Hope you join us!
Apr 24, 2020•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Our conversation was cut short last week, hope you're ready for Part 2.
Apr 14, 2020•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast April and Kim interview Dallas Yoga Girl, Amanda Shapiro. Amanda's story of moving from her family's small hometown of Bloomington, IN to the Dallas metroplex at 18 to build a life of her own is inspirational and heartwarming. We hope you'll join us. ***Apologies for the abrupt cutoff at the end of the episode. Zoom cut us off, please join us for Episode 78 - Part 2.
Apr 08, 2020•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast Mar 30, 2020•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast ***Disclaimer*** This episode was recorded before self-isolation, before travel bans, and the majority of the hoarding began. We are now taking the situation seriously and doing our part. April & Kim discuss how COVID-19 has impacted their work and home lives and how to stay positive and sane during this time. We wish all our listeners a safe & healthy experience as we navigate through these unprecedented times. Want to share your experience? We'd love to hear from you. biggirpantsp...
Mar 21, 2020•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast Please join us for a candid and insightful conversation with the entrepreneur Bri Crow! It is Bri Crow’s mission to be a catalyst of growth, confidence, and connection across local businesses, entrepreneurs and go-getters in the communities in which she serves. As a multi-passionate professional and creative, her parent company Bri Crow & Co. has grown into two complementary B2B businesses with a new project on the horizon, while also running her community organization, Women’s Technology Co...
Feb 29, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Lindsey Hutson - personal blogger, culinary artist, mother, wife, and full-time Marketing Coordinator joins Big Girl Pants podcast. Calling all Gilmore Girls lovers - If you love Julia and Julia (movie about Julia Childs and her super fan), you'll LOVE Lindsey Hutson's blog - The Gourmet Gilmore. She is committing to cooking and blogging about every recipe that airs on the Gilmore Girls in order that they air. Not a Gilmore Girls fan, it's all good. We cover many topics around the...
Feb 15, 2020•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode 73 is LIVE! I can't wait for everyone to meet the beautiful Kali O'Campo , founder of Lymi Coffee - Love you, mean it. Kali's story: "My pursuit of fulfillment began back in college in 2009 when I realized how much I enjoyed GIVING and SHARING to make people feel a sense of great meaning in each moment. My love for coffee had grown over the years and my entrepreneurial spirit had been contemplating how I was going to bring MEANING to people as a business. Coffee is a ...
Feb 11, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join April and the official Photographer for Big Girl Pants - Adolfo Avalos Adolfo is a former firefighter turn creative when he started with a small organization called Tacos and Tunes. He also enjoys BJJ, Power-lifting and an amalgam of other hobbies! A super fun, lax episode!
Feb 05, 2020•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join Kimberly and April for episode 71 with The Candid Millenial - Mary Robb! Mary Robb is a Dallas-based female entrepreneur who recently launched her dream business, Social Practice, a social media marketing company who serves small to medium-sized businesses. She is passionate about helping business owners grow an engaged social media following while providing flexible job opportunities for local creatives. Aside from running her company, she shares her life and her best advice on her blog Th...
Jan 23, 2020•52 min•Ep 71•Transcript available on Metacast EPISODE 70! Join Kimberly and April as they recap their year, breakdown what they did and didn't achieve and what they would like to do better in 2020. Thank you as always for listening!
Jan 16, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Please join Kimberly and April as they speak with an amazing human that is Tomasz Kwiatkowski! Tomasz Kwiatkowski is a financial services sales executive, podcaster and a philanthropist. He was born and raised in Poland and moved to the U.S. as a first-generation immigrant in 2006 at the age of 19 by himself to pursue a better quality of life. He is an energetic, seven-feet tall leader and a self-starter whose passion lies at the intersection of people, sales and technology. Tomasz possesses a r...
Jan 03, 2020•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast Join Kimberly and April as they have an inspiring and informative conversation with Valerie Rocio of Lumos Creative! Valerie is an entrepreneur who at the age of 23 left her role in Corporate America to start her own business! To quote her website- lumoscreative.com Valerie is: A vegan, half-Mexican, puppy loving, taco craving, fast talking, Aries. Valerie Rocio started Lumos Creative in September 2018 with a mission to provide small and woman-owned businesses with quality content to give them a...
Dec 11, 2019•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast Happy Wednesday! Episode 67 is one for the history books! Dr. Joshua Ferrell D.C. of NorTex Spine and Joint has been the preferred Chiropractor for April's extended family and friends for over 19 years. Mid-episode we discovered that he was also Kimberly's Chiropractor at one time! Josh has an amazing story. Join us as we discuss health, scoliosis, spine manipulations and why wellness is so much more than physical.
Dec 03, 2019•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join Kimberly and April with guest John Broze as they discuss April's most recent dating/friend experience! In this episode we discuss the joy that is online dating, meeting a lot of new people and what to do when you realize that it isn't working out romantically. But, what do you do if you still want to be friends with that person? Stay tuned, you will NOT want to miss this episode!
Nov 27, 2019•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Please join Kimberly and April along with guest Amine Bentahar (Uh-meen Bent-uh-har) the Chief Operating/Chief Digital Officer for Advantix Digital! He is not only an inspiring individual, but a transplant from Morocco and speaks four languages! Amine has over 10 years of Digital Marketing and eCommerce experience working for some of the largest organizations worldwide. Companies like Microsoft, Hilton and The Apparel Group paved the path for him to really make an impact in his industry. He is a...
Nov 21, 2019•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast Please join us for Episode 64 with Jessica Dawson! With over 10 years of experience, Jessica Dawson is a savvy marketer with expertise in driving business goals through digital channels. While she was born in Connecticut to Australian and Bostonian parents, Jessica grew up in Texas. She went to Texas Christian University where she studied Marketing and Entrepreneurial Management. While at TCU, she got an internship at a digital marketing agency in the Fort Worth Stockyards and her marketing care...
Nov 09, 2019•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast Alicia Wilson is a podcaster, single mother of one, full-time Analyst and proud African American women. Alicia's authentic expression of life growing up as a black women in America is raw and beautiful. Join us as we discuss the truth (or myth) around white privilege, depression, and so much more.
Nov 09, 2019•53 min•Ep 63•Transcript available on Metacast Guy Golan, PhD is a life coach who specials in empowering his SUPER BUSY clients from such highly demanding fields as medicine, tech, finance and law. He also specializes in coaching the spouses of such professionals who are often the unsung heroes of their spouses highly demanding careers. Guy Golan (PhD University of Florida), Graduate degree (New York University). Published more than 45 peer reviewed journal articles in the field of media and social psychology. His research was cited nearly 4...
Oct 31, 2019•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Cortney Baker is an award-winning entrepreneur, host of the podcast Women in Business: Inspirational Stories of Women Entrepreneurs with Dr. Cortney, TEDx speaker, and a nationally recognized authority on women’s leadership. She has been featured on FOX News, Forbes, iHeart Radio, and Huffington Post, among other publications. As a leadership expert, mentor and business coach to female entrepreneurs and mother of three, she is passionate about inspiring and empowering women to close the gend...
Oct 23, 2019•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast 
