Mediary: Under the Influence

In this episode, Britt Thorson, the editor of KOMO's Seattle Refined and business owner of BB Creative Consulting, chats all things media, content, and running a successful lifestyle publication. Britt and Susan go down memory lane of how Susan first became a freelance writer for Seattle Refined and Jake talks about not underselling your value as a business owner.

In this episode, we chat with the founder of Chipmonkey Wine, a personalized wine service that sends you a bottle based off of everything from "sorry your boss sucks" to "congrats on your promotion," and my personal favorite, "sorry your baby won't let you sleep."
Kanchan Schindlauer, Jake and Susan discuss the process of turning your passion into a career, the struggles of the every day grind, and celebrating the little wins along the way.

Music Producer and artist, Jake Crocker joins this episode as we talk about opportunities that have steered life directions. What is opportunity and how do we make sure to not miss out when it presents itself? Hear stories of how Jake Crocker took opportunity in his own hands and how he first got into the music industry.

Jake and Susan discuss pressure; what pressure and expectation we put on ourselves and what is put there by others. This episode dives into how we each handle and use pressure in our every day lives and how to identify when it's helpful or not.

Everybody has setbacks. In this episode, Jake and Susan discuss identifying what setbacks are and how to use them to reach your big picture goals as opposed to getting discouraged by them.