146: Navigating Life Through Times Of Uncertainty With Kristen Ley

The Clever Girls Know Podcast With Bola Sokunbi

Bola Sokunbi

Education, Self-improvement, Business, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 931 Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

As a result of COVID-19, many people are dealing with uncertainties around how life is changing, managing their finances, and worries about their careers and businesses. And so on this episode, I have a real conversation with Kristen Ley as to how she's navigating life through these uncertain times. This conversation will bring a sense of calm and inspire you to keep going and doing your best no matter what. Kristen is the founder, owner and creative director of Thimblepress®. Founded in a garage back in 2012, Thimblepress® is a design & lifestyle company aiming to create products that make people happy. Each product is designed by Kristen and filled with loads of love & color. Thimblepress® is sold in over 1500 retail shops internationally and her products are also available on Thimblepress.com. Thimblepress has worked and collaborated with Target, Hallmark, Moon & Lola, Glitter Guide, Throw Pillow, Speak Wines, June & January, Keds to name a few. Kristen also runs kristenley.com where she focuses her efforts on mentoring and creative consulting with individuals and brands. One of Kristen's biggest passions is encouraging other's to see their potential and chase after dreams. On this episode we discussed: 1. How Kristen is navigating her emotions and mental wellness in this season 2. The key changes she's made in her personal finances as a result of this uncertainty 3. How she is pivoting her business 4. The things she plans to do differently in life and in business when things hopefully get back to normal PLUS much more How to keep in touch with Kristen: - Via her websites at https://thimblepress.com and https://kristenley.com - Also, be sure to check out the amazing Thimblepress push pop confetti! https://www.instagram.com/p/Bg8l4peBMsr/ ❤ Access our FREE COURSES at clevergirlfinance.com/course-packages/ (All 30+ courses are free right now) ❤ Get the Clever Girl Finance book: clevergirlfinance.com/book ❤ Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/clevergirlfinance

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0:00.0	Hello everyone this is Bola Shocumbee I'm the founder and CEO of
0:04.3	Clever Girl Finance and welcome to the Clever Girls No Podcasts. So my guest on this
0:09.8	episode today is Kristen Lay and Kristen is such an amazing woman and business owner and
0:16.0	we had initially planned to do a podcast episode just talking about business
0:20.9	and growth and and and obviously things change with the pandemic
0:27.0	and instead we decided to do an episode on just how she's
0:31.0	navigating life and business through these times of uncertainty.
0:34.8	So this is an episode that is relevant to everyone, whether you own a business or not, and
0:39.6	I'll just tell you a little bit about Kristen.
0:41.9	So Kristen is the founder, owner, and
0:43.7	creative director of Thimble Press, which was founded in a garage back in 2012.
0:48.7	And Thimble Press is a design and lifestyle company that aims to create products that make people happy.
0:55.2	Each product is designed by Kristen and it's filled with loads of love and color and you'll see that on her
1:00.8	Instagram page. It is such a beautiful brand. Her brand is sold in over 1,500 retail shops internationally and her products are also available online at thimblepress.com. They have also worked with and collaborated with brands like Target, Hallmark,
1:16.9	Eclo, Calypso cards, Home Goods, TJX, Dillard's and other brands across the country.
1:23.6	Kristen also runs Kristen Lay.com,
1:26.6	where she focuses her efforts on mentoring
1:29.0	and creative consulting with individuals and brands.
1:32.3	And one of her biggest passions
1:33.8	is to encourage people to see their potential
1:36.6	and chase after their dreams.
1:38.6	And in her free time, she enjoys painting, traveling,
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