Becca Stevens, Founder of Thistle Farms
The Going Scared Podcast with Jessica Honegger
Jessica Honegger
5.0 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 January 2019
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Following the death of her father and subsequent child abuse when she was five, Becca Stevens dedicated herself to creating a loving community for survivors. In 1997 she opened Thistle Farms.
Thistle Farms is a women's residence that provides free housing, medical care, therapy and education. In addition, the Global Market of Thistle Farms helps employ more than 1,800 women worldwide.
This week, Jessica and Becca have an honest, funny, and inspiring conversation about what it looks like to restart your life and turn tragedy into healing.
Show Notes
- Head to Jessica Honegger's website for info on her book, her Courage Quiz, and more!
- More information on Becca's writing, speaking, and Thistle Farms.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, it's Jessica Honeker, founder of the socially conscious fashion brand |
| 0:08.7 | Nune Day Collection, and this is the Going Scared Podcast, |
| 0:12.9 | where we cover all things social impact |
| 0:15.0 | entrepreneurship encourage. |
| 0:16.6 | I'm laughing because our guest today |
| 0:19.2 | is Becca Stevens in our entire interview. |
| 0:21.2 | She thought the podcast was called Going Sacred and I think she was really |
| 0:25.3 | confused why we weren't talking about spirituality and sacred things. |
| 0:29.2 | So you're going to love this conversation. |
| 0:32.8 | Becca is such a kindred spirit. |
| 0:35.0 | She is the founder and president of Thistle Farms. |
| 0:38.6 | Thistle Farms provides handcrafted natural bath, |
| 0:41.2 | body home products made by women survivors. |
| 0:44.0 | And they do three things. |
| 0:45.0 | They have a residential program. |
| 0:47.0 | They're based in Nashville, Tennessee, |
| 0:49.0 | that provides housing, food, health care, therapy, and education |
| 0:52.0 | without charging residents. |
| 0:53.6 | And residents and graduates of their residential program |
| 0:56.8 | are employed in one of their social enterprises. |
| 0:59.9 | And if you have not discovered their products yet, |
| 1:02.3 | you've got to go head on over to Thistle Farms |
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