What’s the secret to raising a family while running a business with God as your CEO? I am so excited to speak with Jamie Waddell, a devoted lover of God, prayer warrior, and dedicated mother & wife. Jamie is a special education teacher who has recently started a new business, The Ignited Learner, where her mission is to ignite the love of reading, one syllable at a time! We will explore what it looks like to balance a healthy marriage, awesome kids, and a blossoming business all while keeping God at the center of it. She’ll give us tips for staying intentional and joyful even during the hardest moments, as well as share applicable tools for empowering parents to get more involved in their kids’ education. How can you surrender to let faith guide you in building a business? What are the real challenges of managing it all? No matter how busy your lifestyle, this episode will give you what to need to keep your faith and your focus moving towards the future!

00:35 Introducing special education teacher and devoted mother, wife, and believer, Jamie Waddell!

02:35 What made you pursue a career as a special education teacher?

05:05 How do you stay focused and keep God at the center of a busy lifestyle?

08:10 How did you get customers?

12:45 The challenges of having a family and running a business.

14:40 What is your ‘why’?

16:20 How to execute your plans for the future.

18:20 What made you decide on private schooling?

21:55 How do you make budgeting for tuition work?

24:30 How do you keep your marriage alive?

27:35 How does your faith guide you in your new business?

30:00 Tips for living intentionally and creating good habits.

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0:13.8	We need to give ourselves some grace. We are moms or dads depending on who's listening and we do so much in a day. We need to give ourselves some grace and love ourselves and be proud of ourselves for how much that we do and we're not dropping the ball when we don't do something we're just didn't get through everything and that's okay because we're
0:17.8	not perfect and we need to give ourselves that and let it be okay.
0:25.0	Welcome to Crafted Entrepreneur, the podcast for investors and entrepreneurs looking to say on top of the latest trends and strategies
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1:22.0	Welcome back, crafted entrepreneurs. So today you have a special guest because she's an avid
1:26.0	listener of the podcast and she's also a friend in real life we met as hockey moms years ago when I first moved to Orange County.
1:37.1	And she was always so sweet to me, so I held her close.
1:40.6	So today we have Jamie Waddell.
1:42.0	She is a devoted lover of God. She's a prayer
1:44.9	warrior, a dedicated mother and wife, investor, entrepreneur, and a special
1:51.4	education teacher and she's really helped so many students along the way in their different
1:58.0	you know struggles you know when it comes to reading and learning and she's also been like a huge network marketer for a long time
2:06.3	she's been in a couple different endeavors and helped a lot of people on their health and
2:10.4	wellness journey so I'm really excited because when I was thinking about who do I want to like show up on the
2:16.6	podcast to add massive value to all of my listeners. Jamie was one of the first people that came to mind because she just started a new business and I'm so proud of her because she's doing it online reading assessments and creating tutoring programs so she could help people anywhere.
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