Hey everyone it's Jessica Honeger founder and co-Coe of Noonday Collection.

Thank you so much for joining me today on my first ever podcast going scared. I'm all about

going scared and I'm going scared a little bit today because I've never done this

before so thank you so much for tuning in when I was a little kid I grew up on

Oprah and I always dreamed of getting to be an Oprah who gets to interview people

and dive deep into their lives.

And so thanks for letting my Oprah dreams come true.

There is little more that I take pleasure in

than taking someone by the hand when they're afraid and walking them

through that fear to become more fearless and more courageous and that is what

this podcast is all about.

I promise you every single episode you are going to leave with a little bit more courage

and with a little bit more of a desire to get out of your comfort zone and you are

going to want to go make the impact on the world that you were created to make

that you were created to make that you were meant to make. So for our very first

episode who is someone who I have seen is an absolute world changer is my very first artisan partner.

Her name is Jalia Matovu.

Jalia began her business in Uganda seven years ago

and it has now exploded.

She oversees a thriving workshop.

And I joke with her that if Inc magazine had named

the best place to work in Uganda,

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