A Stress-Free Guide to Building Community Through Hospitality (Ft. Kayty Helgerson)

SHE with Jordan Lee Dooley

Jordan Lee Dooley

Health & Fitness

4.9 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Hospitality can be intimidating, especially when you always compare yourself to the friend who makes Pinterest-worthy appetizers and went to culinary school. If you’ve just about given up on opening your doors, then get ready to hear this candid conversation between Jordan and Kayty Helgerson from Gather Intentional Living. Kayty’s on a mission to equip and inspire the everyday host and debunk hospitality so that it’s no longer an unattainable, stress-inducing, high-pressure performance. Set aside what you think you know about hospitality and tune in to learn: What the real purpose of hospitality is How to make hosting less stressful and more fun Ways to use lighting, space, and music to set the mood for your event Advice for hosting with dietary restrictions Top tips to create a Pinterest-worthy charcuterie board How to host when you aren’t in your dream home To learn more about hospitality from Kayty, and to access other helpful resources and workshops, check out gatherintentionalliving.com.

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0:00.0	And I think it really comes back to that intentional thing.
0:03.1	One of my biggest recommendations for people is by those like really cute poofs at like
0:08.7	pottery barn or whatever, make creative places for people to sit, make stations, we teach that in
0:14.1	a lot of our classes. And ultimately, when we're worried about the way our space looks, the appearance
0:20.4	is really internalizing the truth that your your invitation can change someone's life.
0:25.2	You're listening to She, with Jordan Lee Dooley, a personal development podcast for the
0:34.3	everyday woman. Come invited, leave ignited. Here's your host, Jordan Lee Dooley.
0:41.2	Hey Katie, welcome to She. Okay, thanks for having me so fun. You are so welcome, so excited to
0:58.0	have you. I discovered your page a while back. It was like right before the holidays. I don't know
1:02.1	how I discovered it. I think someone may have tagged you or something, but I literally geeked out.
1:06.3	I was like, this is the coolest thing ever. And I've loved your stuff ever since. And so I would love
1:12.3	if you can share a little bit about what you do. Tell us your background, what you do, kind of what
1:16.0	led you to build a business and a brand for women centered around hospitality. Kind of what I
1:21.5	fully call even the last art of hospitality. Yeah, I love the way you said that. So yeah, I'm
1:27.2	Katie. My husband, Paul B. and I had co-owners of gather intentional living and everyday hospitality.
1:33.6	A really long name, but it encompasses everything well. Yeah, we're a business that does everything
1:38.4	we do to equip and inspire the everyday host. So our hope is to kind of like debon hospitality and
1:44.8	make the things that culture says are unattainable, attainable with the goal of yeah,
1:50.0	people feel uncomfortable opening their doors and selling their tables. Yeah, so our road here
1:56.8	has been in a very unlikely one. A lot of people think I was raised in a household that had a lot
2:01.6	of parties or maybe I was taught this from a young age, but it was actually the opposite
2:07.2	when my mom really wanted to. There was just a lot of brokenness in our house and
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