You're listening to The Lively Show, episode 33.

Welcome to the Lively Show.

I'm your host Jess Lively,

and this blogcast is designed to uplift, inspire,

and add a little extra intention to your everyday.

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Thank you so much for being with me today and I have to say I kind of feel like it's a special day because we're talking with Joy Cho of Oh Joy.

For those of you who may not know Joy, Joy is a very well-known graphic designer, blogger,

and business owner that has designed for a variety of freelance projects and even has

their own line in Target, like Kate Arrens from the last

episode last week. In today's episode we're talking with Joy about blogging and

Business because when I ask people for the weeks leading up to this interview what I should talk to Joy about

unequivocally they always ask me to ask her questions about blogging and business.

Since she's actually written books on these subjects it's no surprise and today I'm trying to

share with you some new insights you may not have heard from Joy through her books or through

interviews in the past but also help you get to know Joy the person behind the brand even better as well.

In this episode we'll talk about why Joy chose to take her contributors off of her blog

and write from her own point of view instead.

We'll talk about her experience with gestational diabetes with her second pregnancy

and what this has taught her in her own personal life so far. The biggest pieces of

advice that Joya gives for creatives and new bloggers and we'll talk about the hard

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