Transforming health into an approachable journey is more crucial than ever. Amy Upchurch of Pink Stork shares insights on simplifying wellness for women at all life stages, along with her personal story of overcoming health challenges.
• Amy's struggles with severe morning sickness during pregnancy
• The founding story of Pink Stork and its focus on women’s health
• Simplifying purchasing supplements
• Building community support for women through their customer support division
• Navigating the balance between business and motherhood
• Encouragement for mom's of children with special needs
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
There is something about health that seems so
complicated.
I mean it makes sense.
We scroll social media for allof two and a half minutes and we
see so many differenttechniques and approaches and
conversations and opinions and,goodness, it is so difficult to
know who to follow, where tostart or what works.
All of us are on differentstage when it comes to our
(00:22):
health.
There are some of us maybe inpostpartum, some of us maybe in
menopause, others goodness,there's a whole range in between
.
But one thing I know for surewe are all looking for someone
to just simplify the knowledgeand the approach for us.
That's where I was so drawn toour new friends at Pink Store.
Let me give you a little bit ofa backstory.
So when I was first pregnantwith Wesley, the first 19 weeks
(00:46):
actually 19 long weeks I wasincredibly sick.
It was totally debilitating.
I had to cancel all of my plansand I was looking for a company
.
I guess I didn't really knowthese terms at that point, but
what I was looking back, what Iwas doing was looking for a
company that got it a productthat really provided relief,
that knew what I was goingthrough, not just the kind of
(01:09):
general advice that the doctorsalways give because they weren't
working.
I first learned about PinkStork and Amy our guest today's
story and I thought, oh mygoodness, this is that company.
I wish that they were thereduring that season for me.
The more I learned about them,the more I fell in love with
them and I knew I had to haveAmy on the show because I know
(01:29):
that you guys, no matter whereyou're at in your health journey
, are going to love them too.
Well, I don't want to give toomuch of today's episode away,
but to start, here is a littlebit about Amy.
Amy Suzanne Upchurch is thefounder and CEO of Pink Stork, a
wellness brand dedicated toempowering women through
science-backed products and asupportive community.
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Her journey intoentrepreneurship was profoundly
influenced by her personalhealth challenges during
pregnancy, diagnosed with Ialways butcher this hypermesis,
the thing that Kate Middletonhad, that makes women really,
really sick when they'repregnant, that thing.
That's what she suffered, witha severe form of nausea and
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vomiting.
During her first threepregnancies, amy faced
significant physical andemotional hardships.
At one point, she was givenjust 24 hours to live due to a
life-threatening blood infectioncontracted during her first
pregnancy.
Determined to find a holisticapproach to her health.
Amy collaborated withhealthcare professionals,
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including her mother, aregistered nurse, to develop a
regimen of natural products.
This proactive approach led toa healthy and enjoyable fourth
pregnancy, a stark contrast toher earlier experiences.
Inspired by this transformation, amy founded Pink Stork in 2015
with the mission to providewomen with a natural and
effective wellness solution.
Under her leadership, pinkStork has expanded its product
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to include vitamins, supplements, gummies and teas that support
women through various lifestages, including PMS that
support women through variouslife stages, including PMS
fertility, pregnancy, menopauseand just overall well-being.
The company is proudlywomen-owned and operated, with
more than 80% of employees arefemale.
Amy's commitment to communityis evident in initiatives like
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Customer Obsession Division,which we will talk about and
highlight today, which focuseson creating a sense of belonging
and support for women theirfemale customers facing similar
health challenges.
Amy's story is a testament toresilience, faith and the
transformative power of naturalwellness solutions.
She continues to inspire andsupport women worldwide through
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her leadership at Pink Stork.
Well, guys, I have been takingPink Stork's supplements for a
few weeks now.
I am obsessed with them.
So many different parts of thebrand.
You could find my favorites inthe link in the show notes, but
I want to talk to you aboutanother way that I'm taking a
hold of my health.
I am still on my breastfeedingjourney, with Wesley kind of
coming to a close.
We are getting ready for a lotof air travel this coming spring
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flights and things like thatActually just flights, no other
form of air travel.
So, with all things considered,I am trying to get a hold of my
hydration.
It has been really challengingto me, actually postpartum.
That's something that peopledon't really talk about and it's
something that I know I need toget more intentional about.
(04:23):
That is where I've turned tothe help of electrolytes.
I feel like that kind of thatknowledge, this new knowledge of
real hydration, is finallycoming to the forefront, and I'm
so thankful because a lot oftimes plain water is not enough.
Now we've tried a few differentbrands or some that we like more
than others, and then we weresent these new packets, a new
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(06:11):
.
Hi, I'm Katie, a hospitalityeducator and the host of Making
Room by Gather podcast.
I am set to see our communitiesget back to the table through
hospitality, but it wasn'talways this way.
My husband and I moved toThailand, and through it I
experienced some loneliness, andwith it I was given a choice to
sit back and accept it, or todo something about it.
(06:33):
And for me, that meant twothings that I needed the healing
to learn how to accept aninvitation and the confidence to
know how to extend one.
Through this process, Ideveloped some of the richest
and deepest relationships toextend one.
Through this process, Ideveloped some of the richest
and deepest relationships of mylife.
Through Making Room by Gather,you will hear conversations from
myself and experts in the areasof food, design and
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relationships.
You see there are countlessthings trying to keep us from
the table.
But can I tell you something?
Take a seat because you areready, you are capable, you are
a good host, so excited to haveyou here.
I started my morning with PinkStork and was so excited about
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it.
I feel like every time I haveone of the bottles in my hand, I
notice a new detail ofintentionality that I am just so
excited about and so thrilledto be sharing you with our
audience.
If people are listening andmaybe scrolling through the show
notes before and they're likehuh, this conversation is
different.
It definitely is for us.
(07:36):
I want to start sharing moreconversations like this, just
because intentionality withhealth is so important to me and
I know it's important to a lotof other people too.
They just don't know where tostart, and this is a great
starting place.
So let's back up.
Let's start with your story.
What do you want people to knowabout?
Why you started this brand oryour road to this brand?
Speaker 2 (07:59):
Well, I guess I never thought of business.
I never thought of starting abusiness.
I really feel like it wassomething that God called me to
do after I went through my ownpersonal challenges and you know
, I think that for me I'm veryfortunate.
As to, one of the questions Ialways asked was like why me,
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why me, why is this happening tome?
And I know out there everyone'sgoing through something, and so
it's really easy to say likewhy me, why am I going through
this?
And I feel very blessed to beable to have gotten that answer.
And it wasn't about me at all.
It was about helping everyoneelse around me, and that's what
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Pink Stork does.
It's not about the products,it's not about anything that we
sell or the money.
It's about helping women thatare looking for answers and
going through something andmaybe asking them that question
why me?
We all have something to giveto this world and sometimes when
you're going through thosechallenges, it can be really
(09:09):
hard to figure out why, and sohopefully we you know at Pink
Store it can just be a part ofthe journey to helping them
understand, maybe, their why.
Speaker 1 (09:21):
Wow, wow.
Well, there's a lot ofdifferent parts of the brand,
different products, that I wantto talk about, but I think I
want to start off by making suremy listeners know I am not
capital N-O-T pregnant right now.
I need Colby and I have beentalking about this.
I need a solid girl's trip witha few good nights of sleep
(09:43):
before I consider it.
But during my pregnancy withWesley some of my followers
might remember this I was sosick, not functional, desperate
for answers.
I remember week 19,.
It took until things shiftedfor me and I felt more myself.
The rest of the pregnancy wasgreat.
(10:04):
I actually had a great thirdtrimester, but I had a really
difficult time finding optionsfor relief.
And one of the lines that I love, one of the product lines that
you guys carry or offer, is themorning sickness line, and
there's so many I don't know youcould talk more to this but so
many different forms that itcomes into, which just shows
(10:27):
that you know your audience,because sometimes I wanted
something gummy, sometimes Icouldn't stomach it, things like
that.
But I think people who havenever faced it don't know how
debilitating it is.
But I would love to hear fromyou like why was this line
especially so important and Iwant to share this because we
(10:48):
have a community of 80% women,and so the chances of someone
needing this is likely.
So talk to us about the morningsickness line, the research
behind it, and why you werepassionate about creating it.
Speaker 2 (10:59):
Yeah, so at Pinkstork , I mean, we started off, our
niche was morning sickness, andthat's actually really kind of
special to my heart because thatwas what I really suffered with
, something called hyperemesisgravidarum, which I just
explained to people is morningsickness on steroids.
So I understand what you'resaying going through week 19,.
You know just being really,really hard and hopefully
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turning the corner for you.
But you know we do everythingfrom PMS all the way up and
through menopause.
So as women, our bodiesexperience a lot of change and a
lot of hormonal changes, and sowe aren't looking to just put a
bandaid on the problem, whichis what kind of was happening to
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me with my first pregnancies.
I was just getting bandaidanswers and I really wanted to
address the root issue of myissues, of my complications and
what I was facing, and so that'sreally what we did.
We started off really lookingfor answers after I had been so
desperate.
(12:02):
I tried everything.
At one point I was given 24hours to live, I had contracted
blood infections.
I mean I was just really a hotmess when it came to being
pregnant and I know women gothrough all sorts of issues with
their bodies and differentcomplications, but morning
sickness is definitely the onethat I really struggled in and
(12:24):
what you know.
I'm sorry.
Speaker 1 (12:27):
You're fine.
Speaker 2 (12:29):
Is it ringing on your end?
Speaker 1 (12:30):
No no.
Speaker 2 (12:31):
Okay, sorry.
Speaker 1 (12:32):
No, you're good.
No, I get it, I appreciate it.
No, okay, sorry I was.
No, you're good.
No, I get.
Speaker 2 (12:35):
I appreciate it, Um, and so I guess let me turn that
off.
Sorry, I want to make surethey're fine, okay, so so for me
, you know, morning sickness wasreally my struggle and my
issues.
And, um, when I had kind ofthat 180 experience with my
(12:55):
fourth pregnancy, where I didn'thave to go to hospitals, I
wasn't on PICC lines and IVs andfeeding tubes, I was like I
really want to help other womenthat are struggling with their
bodies.
I know it just couldn't be justme that was facing this and I
didn't understand.
I was like why don't peopletalk about this more?
Why isn't there a brand outthere that people can trust that
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will help them?
And so that's what I started.
That's when I knew God was likeAmy, this is about you helping
so many other women, andPinkstork is just the vehicle in
which we can do that with.
So, to answer your question, yes, we do offer a lot of delivery
forms.
I think we're always thinkingabout our customer and putting
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her first.
She's the reason why we exist.
And so, you know, sometimeswith morning sickness you can't
handle a certain smell and thenthe next day it's fine.
Or you can't swallow a pill,but then the next day it's fine.
So having options for women, Ithink, is really important.
That way they can figure outwhat works best for them, and
what worked best yesterday mightnot be the answer for tomorrow,
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and we get that and weunderstand that.
So there's lots of options.
Speaker 1 (14:03):
Can you talk about, like, how the line actually
works, like the supplements work, so what is it helping to
alleviate for a womanexperiencing morning sickness?
Speaker 2 (14:13):
Just morning, sickness or other issues.
Speaker 1 (14:16):
Ah, take it whatever direction you want, actually.
Speaker 2 (14:18):
Yeah, okay.
So so for us, I think we take areally holistic approach with
with the body, and it's not justabout your physical body, it's
also about your spiritual body,your emotional body, you know,
because you can have a strongphysical body but mentally, you
know, be in a differentheadspace, and so we really like
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to address the whole body as awhole.
And so that's making sure youknow, that's checking in, like
what vitamins, you know, are youlacking?
What foods are you eating?
What are you putting on yourbody?
What are you paying attentionto?
Where does your mind go?
Where does your, what's yourspiritual life look like?
And so we really take a holisticapproach when it comes to your
(14:59):
body, and so we offer, you know,different, different products
to be able to do that.
So there's supplements for youknow, when you actually have
vitamin deficiencies or you feellike you're you know vitamin
deficiencies or you feel likeyou're, you know, for example,
iron deficient, magnesiumdeficient.
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You know hormonal imbalances.
But we also take a spiritualapproach and you know we're here
to.
We have a whole customerobsession team, which is really
cool.
In our company I've dedicated awhole team and basically this
team is just here to obsess overyou.
So if you need prayer, if youneed conversation, if you need
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community, they will help getyou connected into that.
Speaker 1 (15:46):
Wow, Can you actually talk about?
I wanted to dive into thatcustomer obsession team a little
bit more because I think that'sso unique and so I obviously
like focusing on intentionalliving in all areas of our life.
Right, I love when businessesvalue that as well, when they
value hospitality.
It's very rare.
It's very rare.
That's why Chick-fil-A has sucha huge success story, because
(16:10):
they value the customer, thingslike that.
So what does that look like foryou?
Can you talk about that alittle bit more?
Like so, when you I guess wecould start here when you
started the company, was it hardto create a division like that?
Like what model did you follow?
Speaker 2 (16:26):
Again, I did not have a business background so I
don't know if I was followingany model.
I was winging it and just Ithink from from that, you know
winging it, not knowing what Ididn't know, I knew I wanted to
help her.
So I mean, I remember when westarted on a we meaning my
husband started on a militarybase so when we would get like
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one order a night I would be soexcited.
We get a ding on our phone andyou know that meant I was all
things, I was customer service,I was packing, I was logistics,
and so I'm very hands-on andvery intentional about how we've
kind of transferred all thesedepartments into an actual
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structure of a company now and Inever let that personal
relationship with the customergo, because those first few
customers it still gives megoosebumps today.
But you know, there's this onewoman I think she had like 18
miscarriages.
It was wild.
And you know I just grew arelationship with her and I, I
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want, I want the, I wanted tobuild a community, especially
for me.
Um, that was so importantbecause I was moving all around
the country, my husband was inthe Marine Corps and so I was
really isolated and by myselfwhen I was going through all
these challenges, I, you know myfamily would come visit when
they could, but you know, everyyear or so I think we moved 15
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times in 10 years, and whenyou're going through health
challenges and living in ahospital by yourself, you can
get really down and out.
And so I really having acommunity, a brand that could be
that community where weconnected customers who are
maybe going through similarchallenges, was really important
to me, and so I just set up awhole division, and this
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division is called customerobsession, and they literally do
nothing but obsess over ourcustomers.
I don't.
I was like it can be.
If you need to talk on thephone to a person for 12 hours a
day, like you do it.
You know we'll.
We'll do special things, likeif there's celebrations or
challenges or miscarriages orcancer treatments, we'll send
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flowers.
We've sent teams of people togo to hospitals and just talk
with our customers, because Ithink to me that's just so
important.
That's why this company existsis to help women, and so if we
can't do that, then what are wedoing?
I mean, we want to haveexcellent products too, but
we're here to help women.
Speaker 1 (19:00):
So I didn't tell you I was going to go this direction
, but I'm sure there's peoplelistening that are either
business owners in HR startupsanything I commonly hear.
Oh, we can't focus on thatbecause resources are limited or
people are limited, funds arelimited.
Why would you say like whatwould your encouragement to them
be to create a department likethis?
Speaker 2 (19:23):
I heard that too.
When I started bringing onprofessionals that you know had
experience, they were like Amy,this is not scalable, we cannot
do this, like this is only goingto work till you know, we just
can't scale this department.
And so I would always push backand say, fine, like we'll do it
till we can't anymore.
And that's kind of my answer is, fine, we'll do it till we
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can't anymore.
And in my head I know I'm we'realways going to do it.
Like it's just kind of my answerto say, sure, like I get it,
you know the numbers they're,they're P&Ling it out and the
numbers say it doesn't line up.
But I would say if you don'tfocus on that, the numbers
aren't going to line up at all.
You have to keep your customerfirst.
(20:04):
You have to keep her.
I mean, for us it's the reasonwe exist.
So if she's not first, thenwe're doing something wrong.
If she's not first, then we'redoing something wrong.
So I guess, to answer yourquestion, I would say don't
overthink it.
If it's important to you andimportant to the business, just
make it happen.
Speaker 1 (20:26):
Yeah, dignity matters .
People don't experience dignityand intentionality and culture
in a lot of spaces and so ifthey could feel that in your
business, I feel like the buy-in, the return, like all of that
is it's going to show, it'sgoing to show and have like a
ripple effect of an impact.
Right, let's see.
Okay, so another thing that Iwanted to talk about that we
(20:50):
somehow breezed you know,breezed past in our conversation
so far is you're a mom of six.
You have six kids and Colby andI just have our first right now
and we're learning the balanceof building a brand and work and
all of these moving pieces.
What encouragement or insightdo you have to people who are
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wanting to learn how to balancegrowing, something like working
towards a dream and alsomotherhood?
Speaker 2 (21:21):
Right.
I would say, maybe take theword balance and throw it away.
I don't know if such thingexists.
That's just in my opinion,expectations are so important,
and so if you're expecting tohave balance in your life and be
a mother and have a businessand be a working mom like you're
, you're putting a lot ofpressure on yourself to to
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balance it all.
Um, I kind of like to think ofit as more like riding a wave,
like ebbs and flows, and sosometimes you know there's
there's maybe more time spentwith the kids, maybe sometimes
there's more time spent at work,but it ebbs and flows, and I
think setting yourself up forsuccess to be a little bit more
flexible is really important.
(22:04):
One of my favorite lines that amentor told me when I was
younger was you can have it all,just not at the same time.
And so I do think that thatexpectation setting for yourself
is really important, especiallywith like little young kids
that are so unexpected and younever know what's going to
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happen.
Tomorrow could be a sixth day.
You know.
You could walk into a meetingand have throw up all over.
You Like it, just it.
Just it happens.
It's life.
Speaker 1 (22:35):
What's the age range of your kids?
Speaker 2 (22:37):
So my youngest is one and my oldest is 14.
So one to 14.
Speaker 1 (22:42):
Oh my goodness, my friend.
Speaker 2 (22:44):
Yes, my youngest has Down syndrome too, so he's he's
special needs and, oh mygoodness, that was a whole
surprise in and of itself.
That was just like I alreadyfelt.
Like you know, I had five kids,I was running a business, I got
pregnant with a six and then Ifound out he had special needs.
I was like God, what are youteaching me here?
Like this is another challenge.
Speaker 1 (23:10):
I love him from a distance, just from your social
media.
He's such a ray of sunshine.
But what are?
I'm curious.
I'm sure there are peoplelistening, either that maybe
recently found out that theirchild is going to be special
needs or going through thatseason.
What have you learned so farthat you would want to pass to
someone else in a similar season?
Speaker 2 (23:32):
It's really, it's so much fun.
It's probably it's hard, Ithink, when you are just, you
know maybe you just found outand you don't know and I think
that that's fine, Like, letyourself feel those emotions of
loss and grief of what youthought was, but be prepared to
be blown away for for what'sgoing to come.
I mean, Maximilian ishysterical and he brings so much
(23:54):
joy not only to my husband andI but to the other siblings as
well.
He's just, he's the trip.
And so I would say, grieve whatyou lost, but come in like very
open-minded because you're,it's going to be the most
exciting adventure you neverknew you were going to be a part
of to be the most excitingadventure you never knew you
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were going to be a part of.
Speaker 1 (24:20):
Wow, wow, wow, wow.
I love the way that you wordedthat, so I'm curious.
I've been scrolling throughyour website a lot just because
I've loved the products that youguys sent me.
I'm loving learning about it.
I find that it's so unique theblends is that the right word?
Blends that you guys yeah,right Blends.
And I just feel like all of theblends are make the customer
feel so no, there's somethingfor every season, like no matter
(24:40):
who the customer is coming tothe website, there's something
for them.
Um, to what extent would yourecommend that people just buy
what looks good to them?
To what extent should theyconsult a nutritionist or a
doctor?
What do you?
How do you recommend peoplenavigate that?
Speaker 2 (24:54):
Well, I would say, kind of, start with the basics.
So maybe are you taking a dailyvitamin and a daily probiotic?
I would say, maybe, start withthose.
And then from there I would say, like, what issues are you
having?
So if you're, let's say, maybeyou're dealing with you're not
sleeping well, um, you can goand you can, you know, search
(25:18):
like sleep.
Um, maybe you're have lowenergy.
You can go and you can searchlike energy.
Um, maybe you need like iron orsomething like that.
So I would start with yourbasics being, you know, a multi
daily multivitamin and aprobiotic, and then look to
address, like, the differentelement or issue that you might
be experiencing and, um, maybethat's a good way to start.
Speaker 1 (25:40):
Okay, so we don't have to, so people don't have to
worry so much about like Idon't know.
They could order anything onthe website and on their own
Right and be fine.
Sorry, I think yeah, okay, yeah, no.
Speaker 2 (25:51):
Yeah, another great thing too is if you really don't
know.
I mean, this is why we have acustomer obsession team, so they
are more than happy to sendthem an email or jump on a phone
call and they can help directthem.
But for the most part, I wouldsay, start with your basic daily
vitamin.
Add a probiotic into it.
You know, if you're trying towork out there's, you know,
(26:20):
protein, so you could get like ayour protein supplement, maybe
skin texture.
You could get anything for, um,your hair, like there's.
It's pretty self-explanatory.
One of the things I wanted to dois keep it really simple.
That way people didn't have tothink so when it comes to, you
know, I don't know, for instance, keratin, this is keratin you
know for for hair.
So you know I don't know, forinstance, keratin, this is
keratin you know for for hair.
So you know, I don't wantpeople to have to like think
like, what is, what does this do?
Um, you know.
(26:45):
So the the products are namedpretty simply.
That way you can understandexactly what you're, what you're
dealing with.
Speaker 1 (26:47):
I think that was such a genius move on your part.
Yeah, cause I the way that youguys named everything.
I've said it a few times.
I'm just like, oh my goodness,this would be, this would be
perfect for me, or this would beperfect for my friend, or you
know, I've heard them talk aboutthis problem and yeah, it's so
like user-friendly, it's sopersonal yeah, that's a good
word User-friendly.
(27:10):
Oh, my goodness.
There are a thousand questionsthat I could ask you, but I know
that we could learn more aboutyou on your socials and on your
website.
Everything is designed sobeautifully, but where do you
want to?
Where do you want to sendpeople if they're like man?
I really want to give thisbrand.
Speaker 2 (27:26):
I would guess you know Amazon.
Who doesn't shop on Amazon?
It is so convenient.
So if you want to go and shopon Amazon and have it show up in
your doorstep, you know, maybewithin hours or minutes, um,
just type in Pinkstork and youcan find everything up there, um
, as well as Target, walmart, uh, our website and then just
local health food stores.
Speaker 1 (27:47):
Wow, I didn't realize that you guys were in Target.
That's congratulations.
Realized that you guys were intarget, that's congratulations.
Oh, thank you.
That's huge.
That's huge.
Um, but I would recommend guysI know Amazon is so convenient
Head on over to their website Ifyou're learning about them for
the first time, just becauseI've really appreciated seeing
all the collections together.
Um, I'll have a collectionlinked of the personal
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supplements that I'm takingright now, and maybe some on my
wishlist and the show notes aswell, along with a coupon code
that I think right.
Right, do we have a coupon code?
Okay?
Speaker 2 (28:19):
Yes, you do.
Speaker 1 (28:20):
Along with the coupon code that you guys can use when
you're placing your first order.
Well, we end each of ourconversations with the same
three questions, and I want tohear your answers to them as
well.
The first one is something thatyou have eaten recently and
loved.
Speaker 2 (28:36):
Ooh, yesterday my husband took me out to this
Irish pub that was owned by four.
That's owned by four, no fivesisters, so it's really cool.
Um, and they had this reallygood shepherd's pie.
Um, so that was really good,that was delicious.
Speaker 1 (28:53):
I haven't had shepherd's pie this year yet.
I like all those flavors.
Speaker 2 (28:57):
That's a good it was so good.
It was rainy and cold out, soit was a very good meal.
Speaker 1 (29:03):
It's the best time for it.
Um, something you have found tobe beautiful lately.
Speaker 2 (29:08):
Mm Something, oh geez .
Well, we live in Florida and soFebruary is one of those months
that teases the spring weather,almost summer weather, so we've
had a few gorgeous days.
I love the beach and thesunshine, so I would say just
the weather in February forFlorida has been pretty nice,
(29:28):
although I think we're getting acold snap this week, which is
again it's a tease.
February is a tease.
Speaker 1 (29:34):
I'm so jealous Every time I like interview someone
from a warm climate.
I'm like it's like a sheet ofice outside here.
It's just like not pretty.
It's like I'm such a Scroogewhen it comes to winter.
And last but not least,something you've discovered
lately that you think everyoneshould know about a Netflix show
(29:56):
.
Amazon purchase anything likethat.
Speaker 2 (29:59):
That's good, oh, okay .
So I don't know if everyoneshould know about this, but
maybe if you have a young littlekid I just got Maximilian, it's
this, it's called Oakley andit's this skateboard that has a
pole on it that you push like astroller and he can jump on and
off it when we're walking and heis obsessed with it right now.
(30:21):
So that's pretty cool, that'spretty fun.
Speaker 1 (30:24):
I have a very active one and a half year old.
Speaker 2 (30:26):
Oh, this would be perfect, yes.
Speaker 1 (30:28):
Amazing Instead of a stroller.
Speaker 2 (30:31):
He doesn't like to be like strapped in.
This just allows him he canjump on when he's tired.
Jump off when he wants to.
Awesome.
Speaker 1 (30:38):
I will link that in the show notes, because that
sounds great for people inseasons like ours.
Well, this was a super fun,short and sweet episode and I'm
so excited to send people yourway.
I'm sure this will not be thelast time we have you on the
show to talk about health andintentional living, but thank
you so much for sharing yourstory.
Speaker 2 (30:56):
Well, thank you for having me.
Speaker 1 (30:58):
Absolutely Well, guys , we will see you next week.
There is something about health that seems so
complicated.
I mean it makes sense.
We scroll social media for allof two and a half minutes and we
see so many differenttechniques and approaches and
conversations and opinions and,goodness, it is so difficult to
know who to follow, where tostart or what works.
All of us are on differentstage when it comes to our
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health.
There are some of us maybe inpostpartum, some of us maybe in
menopause, others goodness,there's a whole range in between
.
But one thing I know for surewe are all looking for someone
to just simplify the knowledgeand the approach for us.
That's where I was so drawn toour new friends at Pink Store.
Let me give you a little bit ofa backstory.
So when I was first pregnantwith Wesley, the first 19 weeks
(00:46):
actually 19 long weeks I wasincredibly sick.
It was totally debilitating.
I had to cancel all of my plansand I was looking for a company
.
I guess I didn't really knowthese terms at that point, but
what I was looking back, what Iwas doing was looking for a
company that got it a productthat really provided relief,
that knew what I was goingthrough, not just the kind of
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general advice that the doctorsalways give because they weren't
working.
I first learned about PinkStork and Amy our guest today's
story and I thought, oh mygoodness, this is that company.
I wish that they were thereduring that season for me.
The more I learned about them,the more I fell in love with
them and I knew I had to haveAmy on the show because I know
(01:29):
that you guys, no matter whereyou're at in your health journey
, are going to love them too.
Well, I don't want to give toomuch of today's episode away,
but to start, here is a littlebit about Amy.
Amy Suzanne Upchurch is thefounder and CEO of Pink Stork, a
wellness brand dedicated toempowering women through
science-backed products and asupportive community.
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Her journey intoentrepreneurship was profoundly
influenced by her personalhealth challenges during
pregnancy, diagnosed with Ialways butcher this hypermesis,
the thing that Kate Middletonhad, that makes women really,
really sick when they'repregnant, that thing.
That's what she suffered, witha severe form of nausea and
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vomiting.
During her first threepregnancies, amy faced
significant physical andemotional hardships.
At one point, she was givenjust 24 hours to live due to a
life-threatening blood infectioncontracted during her first
pregnancy.
Determined to find a holisticapproach to her health.
Amy collaborated withhealthcare professionals,
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including her mother, aregistered nurse, to develop a
regimen of natural products.
This proactive approach led toa healthy and enjoyable fourth
pregnancy, a stark contrast toher earlier experiences.
Inspired by this transformation, amy founded Pink Stork in 2015
with the mission to providewomen with a natural and
effective wellness solution.
Under her leadership, pinkStork has expanded its product
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to include vitamins, supplements, gummies and teas that support
women through various lifestages, including PMS that
support women through variouslife stages, including PMS
fertility, pregnancy, menopauseand just overall well-being.
The company is proudlywomen-owned and operated, with
more than 80% of employees arefemale.
Amy's commitment to communityis evident in initiatives like
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Customer Obsession Division,which we will talk about and
highlight today, which focuseson creating a sense of belonging
and support for women theirfemale customers facing similar
health challenges.
Amy's story is a testament toresilience, faith and the
transformative power of naturalwellness solutions.
She continues to inspire andsupport women worldwide through
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her leadership at Pink Stork.
Well, guys, I have been takingPink Stork's supplements for a
few weeks now.
I am obsessed with them.
So many different parts of thebrand.
You could find my favorites inthe link in the show notes, but
I want to talk to you aboutanother way that I'm taking a
hold of my health.
I am still on my breastfeedingjourney, with Wesley kind of
coming to a close.
We are getting ready for a lotof air travel this coming spring
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flights and things like thatActually just flights, no other
form of air travel.
So, with all things considered,I am trying to get a hold of my
hydration.
It has been really challengingto me, actually postpartum.
That's something that peopledon't really talk about and it's
something that I know I need toget more intentional about.
(04:23):
That is where I've turned tothe help of electrolytes.
I feel like that kind of thatknowledge, this new knowledge of
real hydration, is finallycoming to the forefront, and I'm
so thankful because a lot oftimes plain water is not enough.
Now we've tried a few differentbrands or some that we like more
than others, and then we weresent these new packets, a new
(04:44):
company that we are absolutelycrazy about, called N2 Water.
Their packets use five simpleingredients nothing nasty, not
tons of sugars and dyes, which Iknow so many people are aware
of these days, just five simpleingredients.
Ocean sourced minerals likecalcium, magnesium, sodium, all
natural, incredible flavors, theperfect amount of saltiness.
(05:08):
That is refreshing and, youcould feel, is just bringing
your body back to life.
Something that we love aboutthem, too, is colby always says
that the packets that we buy arealways clumped together.
They're always a pain in theneck to pour.
These pour so seamlessly andthey are so convenient.
I have been having quite a fewa day as I'm working out and
trying to replenish my body.
(05:29):
N2 is very passionate aboutempowering you with the tools
that you need to enhance yourwell-being, whether you are
working out or in abreastfeeding season, like me.
These are for you.
They are scientificallyformulated, great tasting
on-the-go hydration sticks, andthey want to get their product
in your hands to ensure that youreceive the vital nutrients
(05:51):
lost in today's processed worldcode.
Earlysips one wordE-A-R-L-Y-S-I-P-S for 20% off
your first purchase, or clickthe link in the show notes today
(06:11):
.
Hi, I'm Katie, a hospitalityeducator and the host of Making
Room by Gather podcast.
I am set to see our communitiesget back to the table through
hospitality, but it wasn'talways this way.
My husband and I moved toThailand, and through it I
experienced some loneliness, andwith it I was given a choice to
sit back and accept it, or todo something about it.
(06:33):
And for me, that meant twothings that I needed the healing
to learn how to accept aninvitation and the confidence to
know how to extend one.
Through this process, Ideveloped some of the richest
and deepest relationships toextend one.
Through this process, Ideveloped some of the richest
and deepest relationships of mylife.
Through Making Room by Gather,you will hear conversations from
myself and experts in the areasof food, design and
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relationships.
You see there are countlessthings trying to keep us from
the table.
But can I tell you something?
Take a seat because you areready, you are capable, you are
a good host, so excited to haveyou here.
I started my morning with PinkStork and was so excited about
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it.
I feel like every time I haveone of the bottles in my hand, I
notice a new detail ofintentionality that I am just so
excited about and so thrilledto be sharing you with our
audience.
If people are listening andmaybe scrolling through the show
notes before and they're likehuh, this conversation is
different.
It definitely is for us.
(07:36):
I want to start sharing moreconversations like this, just
because intentionality withhealth is so important to me and
I know it's important to a lotof other people too.
They just don't know where tostart, and this is a great
starting place.
So let's back up.
Let's start with your story.
What do you want people to knowabout?
Why you started this brand oryour road to this brand?
Speaker 2 (07:59):
Well, I guess I never thought of business.
I never thought of starting abusiness.
I really feel like it wassomething that God called me to
do after I went through my ownpersonal challenges and you know
, I think that for me I'm veryfortunate.
As to, one of the questions Ialways asked was like why me,
(08:21):
why me, why is this happening tome?
And I know out there everyone'sgoing through something, and so
it's really easy to say likewhy me, why am I going through
this?
And I feel very blessed to beable to have gotten that answer.
And it wasn't about me at all.
It was about helping everyoneelse around me, and that's what
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Pink Stork does.
It's not about the products,it's not about anything that we
sell or the money.
It's about helping women thatare looking for answers and
going through something andmaybe asking them that question
why me?
We all have something to giveto this world and sometimes when
you're going through thosechallenges, it can be really
(09:09):
hard to figure out why, and sohopefully we you know at Pink
Store it can just be a part ofthe journey to helping them
understand, maybe, their why.
Speaker 1 (09:21):
Wow, wow.
Well, there's a lot ofdifferent parts of the brand,
different products, that I wantto talk about, but I think I
want to start off by making suremy listeners know I am not
capital N-O-T pregnant right now.
I need Colby and I have beentalking about this.
I need a solid girl's trip witha few good nights of sleep
(09:43):
before I consider it.
But during my pregnancy withWesley some of my followers
might remember this I was sosick, not functional, desperate
for answers.
I remember week 19,.
It took until things shiftedfor me and I felt more myself.
The rest of the pregnancy wasgreat.
(10:04):
I actually had a great thirdtrimester, but I had a really
difficult time finding optionsfor relief.
And one of the lines that I love, one of the product lines that
you guys carry or offer, is themorning sickness line, and
there's so many I don't know youcould talk more to this but so
many different forms that itcomes into, which just shows
(10:27):
that you know your audience,because sometimes I wanted
something gummy, sometimes Icouldn't stomach it, things like
that.
But I think people who havenever faced it don't know how
debilitating it is.
But I would love to hear fromyou like why was this line
especially so important and Iwant to share this because we
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have a community of 80% women,and so the chances of someone
needing this is likely.
So talk to us about the morningsickness line, the research
behind it, and why you werepassionate about creating it.
Speaker 2 (10:59):
Yeah, so at Pinkstork , I mean, we started off, our
niche was morning sickness, andthat's actually really kind of
special to my heart because thatwas what I really suffered with
, something called hyperemesisgravidarum, which I just
explained to people is morningsickness on steroids.
So I understand what you'resaying going through week 19,.
You know just being really,really hard and hopefully
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turning the corner for you.
But you know we do everythingfrom PMS all the way up and
through menopause.
So as women, our bodiesexperience a lot of change and a
lot of hormonal changes, and sowe aren't looking to just put a
bandaid on the problem, whichis what kind of was happening to
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me with my first pregnancies.
I was just getting bandaidanswers and I really wanted to
address the root issue of myissues, of my complications and
what I was facing, and so that'sreally what we did.
We started off really lookingfor answers after I had been so
desperate.
(12:02):
I tried everything.
At one point I was given 24hours to live, I had contracted
blood infections.
I mean I was just really a hotmess when it came to being
pregnant and I know women gothrough all sorts of issues with
their bodies and differentcomplications, but morning
sickness is definitely the onethat I really struggled in and
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what you know.
I'm sorry.
Speaker 1 (12:27):
You're fine.
Speaker 2 (12:29):
Is it ringing on your end?
Speaker 1 (12:30):
No no.
Speaker 2 (12:31):
Okay, sorry.
Speaker 1 (12:32):
No, you're good.
No, I get it, I appreciate it.
No, okay, sorry I was.
No, you're good.
No, I get.
Speaker 2 (12:35):
I appreciate it, Um, and so I guess let me turn that
off.
Sorry, I want to make surethey're fine, okay, so so for me
, you know, morning sickness wasreally my struggle and my
issues.
And, um, when I had kind ofthat 180 experience with my
(12:55):
fourth pregnancy, where I didn'thave to go to hospitals, I
wasn't on PICC lines and IVs andfeeding tubes, I was like I
really want to help other womenthat are struggling with their
bodies.
I know it just couldn't be justme that was facing this and I
didn't understand.
I was like why don't peopletalk about this more?
Why isn't there a brand outthere that people can trust that
(13:16):
will help them?
And so that's what I started.
That's when I knew God was likeAmy, this is about you helping
so many other women, andPinkstork is just the vehicle in
which we can do that with.
So, to answer your question, yes, we do offer a lot of delivery
forms.
I think we're always thinkingabout our customer and putting
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her first.
She's the reason why we exist.
And so, you know, sometimeswith morning sickness you can't
handle a certain smell and thenthe next day it's fine.
Or you can't swallow a pill,but then the next day it's fine.
So having options for women, Ithink, is really important.
That way they can figure outwhat works best for them, and
what worked best yesterday mightnot be the answer for tomorrow,
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and we get that and weunderstand that.
So there's lots of options.
Speaker 1 (14:03):
Can you talk about, like, how the line actually
works, like the supplements work, so what is it helping to
alleviate for a womanexperiencing morning sickness?
Speaker 2 (14:13):
Just morning, sickness or other issues.
Speaker 1 (14:16):
Ah, take it whatever direction you want, actually.
Speaker 2 (14:18):
Yeah, okay.
So so for us, I think we take areally holistic approach with
with the body, and it's not justabout your physical body, it's
also about your spiritual body,your emotional body, you know,
because you can have a strongphysical body but mentally, you
know, be in a differentheadspace, and so we really like
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to address the whole body as awhole.
And so that's making sure youknow, that's checking in, like
what vitamins, you know, are youlacking?
What foods are you eating?
What are you putting on yourbody?
What are you paying attentionto?
Where does your mind go?
Where does your, what's yourspiritual life look like?
And so we really take a holisticapproach when it comes to your
(14:59):
body, and so we offer, you know,different, different products
to be able to do that.
So there's supplements for youknow, when you actually have
vitamin deficiencies or you feellike you're you know vitamin
deficiencies or you feel likeyou're, you know, for example,
iron deficient, magnesiumdeficient.
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You know hormonal imbalances.
But we also take a spiritualapproach and you know we're here
to.
We have a whole customerobsession team, which is really
cool.
In our company I've dedicated awhole team and basically this
team is just here to obsess overyou.
So if you need prayer, if youneed conversation, if you need
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community, they will help getyou connected into that.
Speaker 1 (15:46):
Wow, Can you actually talk about?
I wanted to dive into thatcustomer obsession team a little
bit more because I think that'sso unique and so I obviously
like focusing on intentionalliving in all areas of our life.
Right, I love when businessesvalue that as well, when they
value hospitality.
It's very rare.
It's very rare.
That's why Chick-fil-A has sucha huge success story, because
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they value the customer, thingslike that.
So what does that look like foryou?
Can you talk about that alittle bit more?
Like so, when you I guess wecould start here when you
started the company, was it hardto create a division like that?
Like what model did you follow?
Speaker 2 (16:26):
Again, I did not have a business background so I
don't know if I was followingany model.
I was winging it and just Ithink from from that, you know
winging it, not knowing what Ididn't know, I knew I wanted to
help her.
So I mean, I remember when westarted on a we meaning my
husband started on a militarybase so when we would get like
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one order a night I would be soexcited.
We get a ding on our phone andyou know that meant I was all
things, I was customer service,I was packing, I was logistics,
and so I'm very hands-on andvery intentional about how we've
kind of transferred all thesedepartments into an actual
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structure of a company now and Inever let that personal
relationship with the customergo, because those first few
customers it still gives megoosebumps today.
But you know, there's this onewoman I think she had like 18
miscarriages.
It was wild.
And you know I just grew arelationship with her and I, I
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want, I want the, I wanted tobuild a community, especially
for me.
Um, that was so importantbecause I was moving all around
the country, my husband was inthe Marine Corps and so I was
really isolated and by myselfwhen I was going through all
these challenges, I, you know myfamily would come visit when
they could, but you know, everyyear or so I think we moved 15
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times in 10 years, and whenyou're going through health
challenges and living in ahospital by yourself, you can
get really down and out.
And so I really having acommunity, a brand that could be
that community where weconnected customers who are
maybe going through similarchallenges, was really important
to me, and so I just set up awhole division, and this
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division is called customerobsession, and they literally do
nothing but obsess over ourcustomers.
I don't.
I was like it can be.
If you need to talk on thephone to a person for 12 hours a
day, like you do it.
You know we'll.
We'll do special things, likeif there's celebrations or
challenges or miscarriages orcancer treatments, we'll send
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flowers.
We've sent teams of people togo to hospitals and just talk
with our customers, because Ithink to me that's just so
important.
That's why this company existsis to help women, and so if we
can't do that, then what are wedoing?
I mean, we want to haveexcellent products too, but
we're here to help women.
Speaker 1 (19:00):
So I didn't tell you I was going to go this direction
, but I'm sure there's peoplelistening that are either
business owners in HR startupsanything I commonly hear.
Oh, we can't focus on thatbecause resources are limited or
people are limited, funds arelimited.
Why would you say like whatwould your encouragement to them
be to create a department likethis?
Speaker 2 (19:23):
I heard that too.
When I started bringing onprofessionals that you know had
experience, they were like Amy,this is not scalable, we cannot
do this, like this is only goingto work till you know, we just
can't scale this department.
And so I would always push backand say, fine, like we'll do it
till we can't anymore.
And that's kind of my answer is, fine, we'll do it till we
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can't anymore.
And in my head I know I'm we'realways going to do it.
Like it's just kind of my answerto say, sure, like I get it,
you know the numbers they're,they're P&Ling it out and the
numbers say it doesn't line up.
But I would say if you don'tfocus on that, the numbers
aren't going to line up at all.
You have to keep your customerfirst.
(20:04):
You have to keep her.
I mean, for us it's the reasonwe exist.
So if she's not first, thenwe're doing something wrong.
If she's not first, then we'redoing something wrong.
So I guess, to answer yourquestion, I would say don't
overthink it.
If it's important to you andimportant to the business, just
make it happen.
Speaker 1 (20:26):
Yeah, dignity matters .
People don't experience dignityand intentionality and culture
in a lot of spaces and so ifthey could feel that in your
business, I feel like the buy-in, the return, like all of that
is it's going to show, it'sgoing to show and have like a
ripple effect of an impact.
Right, let's see.
Okay, so another thing that Iwanted to talk about that we
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somehow breezed you know,breezed past in our conversation
so far is you're a mom of six.
You have six kids and Colby andI just have our first right now
and we're learning the balanceof building a brand and work and
all of these moving pieces.
What encouragement or insightdo you have to people who are
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wanting to learn how to balancegrowing, something like working
towards a dream and alsomotherhood?
Speaker 2 (21:21):
Right.
I would say, maybe take theword balance and throw it away.
I don't know if such thingexists.
That's just in my opinion,expectations are so important,
and so if you're expecting tohave balance in your life and be
a mother and have a businessand be a working mom like you're
, you're putting a lot ofpressure on yourself to to
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balance it all.
Um, I kind of like to think ofit as more like riding a wave,
like ebbs and flows, and sosometimes you know there's
there's maybe more time spentwith the kids, maybe sometimes
there's more time spent at work,but it ebbs and flows, and I
think setting yourself up forsuccess to be a little bit more
flexible is really important.
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One of my favorite lines that amentor told me when I was
younger was you can have it all,just not at the same time.
And so I do think that thatexpectation setting for yourself
is really important, especiallywith like little young kids
that are so unexpected and younever know what's going to
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happen.
Tomorrow could be a sixth day.
You know.
You could walk into a meetingand have throw up all over.
You Like it, just it.
Just it happens.
It's life.
Speaker 1 (22:35):
What's the age range of your kids?
Speaker 2 (22:37):
So my youngest is one and my oldest is 14.
So one to 14.
Speaker 1 (22:42):
Oh my goodness, my friend.
Speaker 2 (22:44):
Yes, my youngest has Down syndrome too, so he's he's
special needs and, oh mygoodness, that was a whole
surprise in and of itself.
That was just like I alreadyfelt.
Like you know, I had five kids,I was running a business, I got
pregnant with a six and then Ifound out he had special needs.
I was like God, what are youteaching me here?
Like this is another challenge.
Speaker 1 (23:10):
I love him from a distance, just from your social
media.
He's such a ray of sunshine.
But what are?
I'm curious.
I'm sure there are peoplelistening, either that maybe
recently found out that theirchild is going to be special
needs or going through thatseason.
What have you learned so farthat you would want to pass to
someone else in a similar season?
Speaker 2 (23:32):
It's really, it's so much fun.
It's probably it's hard, Ithink, when you are just, you
know maybe you just found outand you don't know and I think
that that's fine, Like, letyourself feel those emotions of
loss and grief of what youthought was, but be prepared to
be blown away for for what'sgoing to come.
I mean, Maximilian ishysterical and he brings so much
(23:54):
joy not only to my husband andI but to the other siblings as
well.
He's just, he's the trip.
And so I would say, grieve whatyou lost, but come in like very
open-minded because you're,it's going to be the most
exciting adventure you neverknew you were going to be a part
of to be the most excitingadventure you never knew you
(24:16):
were going to be a part of.
Speaker 1 (24:20):
Wow, wow, wow, wow.
I love the way that you wordedthat, so I'm curious.
I've been scrolling throughyour website a lot just because
I've loved the products that youguys sent me.
I'm loving learning about it.
I find that it's so unique theblends is that the right word?
Blends that you guys yeah,right Blends.
And I just feel like all of theblends are make the customer
feel so no, there's somethingfor every season, like no matter
(24:40):
who the customer is coming tothe website, there's something
for them.
Um, to what extent would yourecommend that people just buy
what looks good to them?
To what extent should theyconsult a nutritionist or a
doctor?
What do you?
How do you recommend peoplenavigate that?
Speaker 2 (24:54):
Well, I would say, kind of, start with the basics.
So maybe are you taking a dailyvitamin and a daily probiotic?
I would say, maybe, start withthose.
And then from there I would say, like, what issues are you
having?
So if you're, let's say, maybeyou're dealing with you're not
sleeping well, um, you can goand you can, you know, search
(25:18):
like sleep.
Um, maybe you're have lowenergy.
You can go and you can searchlike energy.
Um, maybe you need like iron orsomething like that.
So I would start with yourbasics being, you know, a multi
daily multivitamin and aprobiotic, and then look to
address, like, the differentelement or issue that you might
be experiencing and, um, maybethat's a good way to start.
Speaker 1 (25:40):
Okay, so we don't have to, so people don't have to
worry so much about like Idon't know.
They could order anything onthe website and on their own
Right and be fine.
Sorry, I think yeah, okay, yeah, no.
Speaker 2 (25:51):
Yeah, another great thing too is if you really don't
know.
I mean, this is why we have acustomer obsession team, so they
are more than happy to sendthem an email or jump on a phone
call and they can help directthem.
But for the most part, I wouldsay, start with your basic daily
vitamin.
Add a probiotic into it.
You know, if you're trying towork out there's, you know,
(26:20):
protein, so you could get like ayour protein supplement, maybe
skin texture.
You could get anything for, um,your hair, like there's.
It's pretty self-explanatory.
One of the things I wanted to dois keep it really simple.
That way people didn't have tothink so when it comes to, you
know, I don't know, for instance, keratin, this is keratin you
know for for hair.
So you know I don't know, forinstance, keratin, this is
keratin you know for for hair.
So you know, I don't wantpeople to have to like think
like, what is, what does this do?
Um, you know.
(26:45):
So the the products are namedpretty simply.
That way you can understandexactly what you're, what you're
dealing with.
Speaker 1 (26:47):
I think that was such a genius move on your part.
Yeah, cause I the way that youguys named everything.
I've said it a few times.
I'm just like, oh my goodness,this would be, this would be
perfect for me, or this would beperfect for my friend, or you
know, I've heard them talk aboutthis problem and yeah, it's so
like user-friendly, it's sopersonal yeah, that's a good
word User-friendly.
(27:10):
Oh, my goodness.
There are a thousand questionsthat I could ask you, but I know
that we could learn more aboutyou on your socials and on your
website.
Everything is designed sobeautifully, but where do you
want to?
Where do you want to sendpeople if they're like man?
I really want to give thisbrand.
Speaker 2 (27:26):
I would guess you know Amazon.
Who doesn't shop on Amazon?
It is so convenient.
So if you want to go and shopon Amazon and have it show up in
your doorstep, you know, maybewithin hours or minutes, um,
just type in Pinkstork and youcan find everything up there, um
, as well as Target, walmart, uh, our website and then just
local health food stores.
Speaker 1 (27:47):
Wow, I didn't realize that you guys were in Target.
That's congratulations.
Realized that you guys were intarget, that's congratulations.
Oh, thank you.
That's huge.
That's huge.
Um, but I would recommend guysI know Amazon is so convenient
Head on over to their website Ifyou're learning about them for
the first time, just becauseI've really appreciated seeing
all the collections together.
Um, I'll have a collectionlinked of the personal
(28:08):
supplements that I'm takingright now, and maybe some on my
wishlist and the show notes aswell, along with a coupon code
that I think right.
Right, do we have a coupon code?
Okay?
Speaker 2 (28:19):
Yes, you do.
Speaker 1 (28:20):
Along with the coupon code that you guys can use when
you're placing your first order.
Well, we end each of ourconversations with the same
three questions, and I want tohear your answers to them as
well.
The first one is something thatyou have eaten recently and
loved.
Speaker 2 (28:36):
Ooh, yesterday my husband took me out to this
Irish pub that was owned by four.
That's owned by four, no fivesisters, so it's really cool.
Um, and they had this reallygood shepherd's pie.
Um, so that was really good,that was delicious.
Speaker 1 (28:53):
I haven't had shepherd's pie this year yet.
I like all those flavors.
Speaker 2 (28:57):
That's a good it was so good.
It was rainy and cold out, soit was a very good meal.
Speaker 1 (29:03):
It's the best time for it.
Um, something you have found tobe beautiful lately.
Speaker 2 (29:08):
Mm Something, oh geez .
Well, we live in Florida and soFebruary is one of those months
that teases the spring weather,almost summer weather, so we've
had a few gorgeous days.
I love the beach and thesunshine, so I would say just
the weather in February forFlorida has been pretty nice,
(29:28):
although I think we're getting acold snap this week, which is
again it's a tease.
February is a tease.
Speaker 1 (29:34):
I'm so jealous Every time I like interview someone
from a warm climate.
I'm like it's like a sheet ofice outside here.
It's just like not pretty.
It's like I'm such a Scroogewhen it comes to winter.
And last but not least,something you've discovered
lately that you think everyoneshould know about a Netflix show
(29:56):
.
Amazon purchase anything likethat.
Speaker 2 (29:59):
That's good, oh, okay .
So I don't know if everyoneshould know about this, but
maybe if you have a young littlekid I just got Maximilian, it's
this, it's called Oakley andit's this skateboard that has a
pole on it that you push like astroller and he can jump on and
off it when we're walking and heis obsessed with it right now.
(30:21):
So that's pretty cool, that'spretty fun.
Speaker 1 (30:24):
I have a very active one and a half year old.
Speaker 2 (30:26):
Oh, this would be perfect, yes.
Speaker 1 (30:28):
Amazing Instead of a stroller.
Speaker 2 (30:31):
He doesn't like to be like strapped in.
This just allows him he canjump on when he's tired.
Jump off when he wants to.
Awesome.
Speaker 1 (30:38):
I will link that in the show notes, because that
sounds great for people inseasons like ours.
Well, this was a super fun,short and sweet episode and I'm
so excited to send people yourway.
I'm sure this will not be thelast time we have you on the
show to talk about health andintentional living, but thank
you so much for sharing yourstory.
Speaker 2 (30:56):
Well, thank you for having me.
Speaker 1 (30:58):
Absolutely Well, guys , we will see you next week.
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