February 12, 2026 • 25 mins
We share how a rural retreat reshaped our mindset, business, and home life, and how human design and tapping gave us tools for calmer choices. The story moves from sisterhood and inner work to grain hauling, cattle chores, and parenting an 18-year-old with grace.
• retreat takeaways on community, clarity, and courage
• human design as a tool for roles and parenting
• tapping for stress release and focus
• building rural sisterhood online and in-person
• balancing inner work with farm work
• grain bag lessons and logistics wins
• cows home, hay grinding, and preparation
• parenting at 18, legal steps, and independence
• planning for fall without Henry on the farm
• weather needs and the Iowa Beef Expo
If you have any questions or anything that you would like for us to discuss, please get a hold of us at farmersgreatasset at gmail.com
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SPEAKER_01 (00:14):
The Farmer's Greatest Asset Podcast.
We believe the Farm's GreatestAsset is the Farmer.
Their knowledge, experience,mind, and health.
(00:37):
Welcome back to the podcast.
I'm Jesse.
SPEAKER_02 (00:40):
And I'm Dr.
Leah.
SPEAKER_01 (00:41):
Good morning, good afternoon, good evening.
SPEAKER_02 (00:44):
Where is that coming from?
SPEAKER_01 (00:47):
From whenever and wherever you're listening to,
thanks for coming back.
And Leah is back with us thisweek.
SPEAKER_02 (00:55):
Yes.
SPEAKER_01 (00:55):
Flew solo last episode.
So Leah is here.
Welcome back.
SPEAKER_02 (01:03):
Thanks, babe.
Last week I went to the RuralRising Retreat put on by Kylie
Epperson.
SPEAKER_00 (01:14):
That's such a hard word.
Rural.
Rural.
SPEAKER_02 (01:17):
Rural.
I first was introduced to Kylie,I don't know, a couple of years
ago, I would say, and startedfollowing her and just really
liked her messaging and herbrand and what she was doing.
And when the first Farm WivesClub came out, I really wanted
to go, but there was somethingwe had something pressing that
(01:39):
week weekend that I couldn't go.
When it came up again, I waslike, I think I signed up the
first day.
And Farm Wives Club was amazing.
It was, I felt like I was in aroom with my people.
You know, I'd been searching formy people for so long.
SPEAKER_01 (02:00):
We talked a little about it on the podcast a little
bit when you returned from that.
SPEAKER_02 (02:05):
Yeah.
And we were supposed to get backto all the stuff that I learned
and didn't get back to that.
Life got busy.
I mean, as soon as I got back,it was we were in the field.
We were in the harvest, and thatjust snowballs into all of the
energy.
SPEAKER_01 (02:22):
But into February.
SPEAKER_02 (02:23):
Yeah.
Right.
SPEAKER_01 (02:25):
Here we are.
SPEAKER_02 (02:27):
So as part of Farm Wives Club this year, she had on
Sunday like a half day businessfocused retreat.
And she brought in human designwork, which is she coaches human
design as well.
And I that is a very interestingtopic.
(02:48):
And just kind of tailoring yourbusiness and what you are
looking at.
SPEAKER_01 (02:53):
So since then you have really tried to do the
kids' human design and mine, andit is spot on.
SPEAKER_02 (03:04):
Fascinating.
SPEAKER_01 (03:05):
It is very fascinating.
It's all about personality andit has your traits, your right.
SPEAKER_02 (03:10):
Basically, you put in your date and time of birth
and where you were birthed orborn.
If you if you believe that yoursoul came here for a true
purpose and then it kind offorgets what it came to earth to
(03:31):
do when you're born, it's kindof like all the traumas that get
heaped up on it.
This is kind of a playbook orguide to what you were really
like your gifts that youreceived from God.
And it is definitely spot on.
(03:56):
Um it really has made me see whyI am being called to what I'm
starting right now in my lifeand in my business.
It also has made me more awareof how similar but yet different
you and I are in our thinkingand really in our education
(04:18):
styles.
SPEAKER_01 (04:20):
That's the way we buttheads a lot.
SPEAKER_02 (04:22):
Right.
Um, but it's also shown me how Ican better mother our children
and support who they are and whythey learn differently than I
do.
So it's really been eye-openingin that aspect.
So human design, it'sinteresting if you have if you
(04:44):
have interest in that, look intoyou know, Kylie's coaching or
just kind of look into things onyour own.
But it is, it's fascinating.
So back to the business edit.
So she talked a lot about humandesign and and I just loved the
day.
I loved being in the room.
I think there were 15 to 20 ofus there.
(05:06):
It was nice to be in the roomwith other women in rural
settings that had differentbusinesses, but just kind of
held the same ground as you.
So when Kylie sent out that shewas going an email that she was
(05:28):
going to be hosting the ruralrising retreat, I again I signed
up right away.
I was like, I I didn't, I signedup, I didn't even ask you about
it.
I was like, I'm totally going.
SPEAKER_01 (05:41):
Because I didn't even ask me, like, you act like
I would have said no.
SPEAKER_02 (05:46):
Well, it would no, no, not that you would have said
no, but but but it is aninvestment.
And like when you're spendingthat that money, I I feel it
appropriate to speak with yourspouse about it.
So, but I knew how important itwould be for me, and I knew you
would support me in it.
So I was like, yes, I amdefinitely doing this.
And it was amazing.
(06:08):
I would say the if I had to picktwo words, it was transformative
and community.
Just being in that room withthose women, like we all have
different businesses from likeseed seed sales to clothing
(06:31):
boutiques to implementdealerships, like and to a tour
company, like it was all veryvarying businesses, but but with
an ag rural background.
With a rural background.
There was, I think there was atleast one person there that had
no ag background.
(06:52):
But it really made me feel likeI had a sisterhood.
It was it was really wonderful.
Just being in the room withwomen who are really trying to
not only build a business, buttransform and build themselves
as well.
When you're around that energy,it really ignites a fire, not
(07:15):
only within you, but in all thatare surrounding the group.
It was an amazing experience.
And as part of the experience,she also um had Alicia with um
her company is called With JoyBrand Co.
Um, she is a coach as well, andshe does business branding, but
(07:39):
also brings in like the traumaand trauma healing along with
building your brand.
So as you are really lookinginto who you are and who you
want to be in your life and whoyou want to be in your business,
it will come back to all of thedark shadows within yourself
(07:59):
that you're hiding or hidingfrom, or that you don't want
other people to see.
SPEAKER_01 (08:06):
The stuff you don't want to see.
SPEAKER_02 (08:07):
Right.
Really.
So a lot of that was brought upfor me while I was there as
well.
I've been working on those sortsof things for years, but um,
there's always extra layers toshed.
So she was there and she didsome tapping with us, which I
have seen and learned a littlebit about online on Instagram,
(08:33):
but it was Explain a little bitwhat you what you mean when you
say tapping.
Basically, you just tap on yourbody using your body, like using
your hand.
You'll tap on your hand, tap onyour head, on your face.
Um, there are different pointswithin your body that can help
release the energy that is thatis caught up and stagnant within
(08:56):
you.
And she led exercises for us tokind of release the tension,
release what we wereexperiencing as you delve into
all that vulnerability withinthe group.
It was an amazing way to releasesome of that negative energy.
And I have been working onlately really trying to release
(09:21):
a lot of the tension, likewearing my shoulders as
earrings, um, tension withinwithin myself, like holding all
of that need to protect myselffor so many years, it was a good
way to release some of thatenergy as well.
Thank you, Alicia, and thankyou, Kylie.
(09:41):
So, some of the words that Ihave, because I was trying to
think of just very specificwords, again, transformative,
community, energetic,togetherness, unpacking,
(10:03):
complete, and love and joy.
It was really amazing to be inthat room and be there in times
of sadness and grief, and havesuch love and joy for the other
(10:28):
women in the room.
And I am so honored to have beenin that room with those women,
to share that retreat with Kylieand Alicia, and to be able to
hold space for all of theamazing, wonderful women that
(10:52):
were there.
It was amazing.
SPEAKER_01 (10:57):
The power of community.
SPEAKER_02 (11:01):
And there is so within your marriage, like there
is a very special bond thattakes place between a husband
and wife, and there is a sharingthat you can experience with
someone else.
But for women, and I don't knowabout men because I'm not a man,
(11:24):
but for women, there is a needfor a sisterhood and a community
within our hearts.
And as we grow through time,that community and those groups
can change, but that longing tobe in reverence with each other
(11:46):
is deeply spiritual and I thinkvery much needed for women.
I don't know how it is for men.
So again, Kylie, thank you somuch for the retreat.
It was love and joy.
SPEAKER_01 (12:03):
You come home from Farm Wives Club last fall, and
ever since you've been sayingfor a long time you've been
looking for a group of womenthat you could meet with for
coffee or just have goodconversation with, and not that
you and I don't have friends orgood friends, real friends, but
(12:27):
you have really made someconnections, good connections
and amazing friendships eversince.
SPEAKER_02 (12:33):
After Farm Wives Club, Emily Rushel, she started
a group called Evolve.
I joined that group.
It is also for rural womenbusiness owners, offering
support and some coaching tohelp build your brand, that sort
of thing.
And that has too been amazing.
(12:54):
It we meet every other week.
And um, she's taking a littlebreak right now because she's on
maternity leave.
A couple of the women fromEvolve also went to the rural
rising retreat.
Um, so we already knew eachother, and that friendship grew
a lot.
I love being in Evolve.
(13:15):
I have really grown myself andmy business through that as
well.
But there's something aboutbeing in a room together.
So Emily and I have met with umBrittany, the birth doula.
Um, she's also out there andshared a lot of stories and time
(13:36):
together.
And I go out for coffee withthem every other month or so,
and that has been amazing aswell.
SPEAKER_01 (13:44):
I think it sounds like the message today is just
good community, good energy,good vibes around you.
The energy from one person willexude to the next person and
just create good energy.
SPEAKER_02 (14:00):
And it's something you definitely can do online as
well.
SPEAKER_01 (14:04):
Right.
Your Evolve Group is just a Zoomcall.
SPEAKER_02 (14:07):
Right.
Right.
And it's wonderful to be able todo that and bounce off of each
other and have that energy umtogether as well.
But I love the in-person.
SPEAKER_01 (14:18):
It's just well, there's more power in in-person
stuff.
SPEAKER_02 (14:23):
The collective, you know, the that collective energy
that comes together when you canreach out and touch the person
next to you and just send themlove just through through the
room.
SPEAKER_01 (14:37):
So I don't think that's just a female thing.
Uh there's a differentconnection, sure, in a a room
full of women, but any groupwhen there's just good vibes,
good energy, good mojo, whateveryou want to call it, that it
just is you can just take on thethe the energy of the room and
(15:00):
it's infectious.
It you know, good things come.
SPEAKER_02 (15:07):
So after I went to Farm Wives Club, like when I
left there, I was so full ofenergy.
Like I it was I was so excitedand it was amazing, and it just
felt so good.
When I left Rural Rising, it wasit was there was a lot of
(15:27):
vulnerability and a lot ofemotion and mental like it was
mentally draining.
I was completely exhausted.
Um, but in in the best way,right?
So it was a lot of inner work aswell as support.
And thank you.
(15:48):
I have so much gratitude.
SPEAKER_01 (15:51):
You got home and then we went back south again
for Henry's birthday.
SPEAKER_02 (15:55):
The big number 18.
Like it's so crazy to think he's18.
SPEAKER_01 (16:02):
It's crazy to think we have an 18-year-old.
SPEAKER_02 (16:05):
And things I didn't think of.
Like, well, now that he's 18,like we need to have him sign a
power.
He needs to get us a power ofattorney, and he needs to
because in the eyes of theworld, I guess he's an adult
now.
SPEAKER_01 (16:18):
Yeah.
Because he's 18.
SPEAKER_02 (16:20):
Yes.
I didn't even think that, butsomething had come up on my
feed, like these are the thingsthat you should put into place
when your child turns 18.
Like HIPAA information, like heneeds to sign a release that his
people his doctor can talk to usabout things, that type of
thing.
SPEAKER_01 (16:39):
Like he's not our kid anymore.
SPEAKER_02 (16:42):
I know.
SPEAKER_01 (16:43):
Like I said, in the eyes of the world, he's an adult
now.
SPEAKER_02 (16:48):
But there's so much more growth that needs to
happen.
Right.
But it will in time.
Like he's already such a wiseyoung man.
He's an amazing young man.
Right.
But yeah, there's a lot ofgrowth, of course.
I feel like I'm just finallystepping into myself at 51.
SPEAKER_01 (17:10):
You and I are still growing, and we are not 18.
SPEAKER_02 (17:13):
No.
We thought we knew everythingthen, didn't we?
SPEAKER_01 (17:20):
I still do.
SPEAKER_02 (17:22):
You still think that?
SPEAKER_01 (17:23):
Yeah.
Oh shoot.
Most days.
Some days.
Anywho.
SPEAKER_02 (17:31):
Life can be humbling, can't it?
SPEAKER_01 (17:33):
It is, for sure.
SPEAKER_02 (17:35):
So we have been busy hauling grain.
SPEAKER_01 (17:39):
Picking up the grain bags.
Yeah.
That's actually going reallywell.
It's a piece of cake.
It's fast.
It's luckily it's dry.
Unfortunately, it's dry.
Um say that because it's reallydry out there.
Like it'll rain.
(18:00):
I mean, we always get rain inSoutheast Iowa.
But pulling the trucks in andout through the field, it's
going well and it loads fast.
So we've got a lot of grainhauled in the last five days.
So that's going well.
The whole grain baggingexperience has been a learning
(18:22):
experience.
A learning experience for sure.
It's a different way of handlinggrain, but man, it's in the
harvest, it sped up harvest andmade it easier because you don't
have to truck it.
Um and then picking it up isman, it's simple.
SPEAKER_02 (18:38):
It's also nice weather.
I think you know, if we hadfreezing rain and ice and it was
so cold out, like we're takingadvantage of the nice weather
we're having right now.
SPEAKER_01 (18:50):
Luckily, right, it's nice weather for our first
experience at all of this forsure.
Because that was always myconcern years ago.
I don't even remember when itwas, but we knew we had a big
crop on our hands and we didn'thave enough bin space, and we
knew town would be full, and Ithink that just happens year
after year now.
(19:11):
But uh, I come across the grainbags and I brought it up to dad
at that time, and we were bothconcerned about having to pick
it up in the winter or thespring because it could be
muddy, it could be icy, it couldbe drifted over, and so yes,
luckily it's been a piece ofcake this first go around.
(19:32):
One of those things you justdeal with it, you figure it out.
If it's muddy, you use a graincart or whatever.
I don't know.
Uh I've been really happy withhow that whole process has gone
for sure.
SPEAKER_02 (19:45):
Yeah, and just scooping the scooping at the end
isn't the fun part, but it's notthat much usually.
SPEAKER_01 (19:53):
Well, the way we ended up tucking the bag under
when we started it created thatcrease in the bag, so then we
can't get all the way to theend.
So we have to scoop a littleextra, which you have to scoop
some corn at the end or beans,whatever it is, at the very end.
But we all need a littleworkout, so what the heck?
(20:16):
You guys can shovel and I'll sitin the loader tractor.
unknown (20:18):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (20:21):
That's kind of how it went yesterday.
SPEAKER_01 (20:24):
Oh, I got out there and I scooped a little bit.
SPEAKER_02 (20:27):
I'm just picking on you, honey.
That's okay.
We need we need your body tolast.
I don't want to sit in thetractor and combine.
So you you just sit in thetractor and I can scoop a little
bit.
I'm fine with that at this pointin my life.
It's interesting talking aboutHenry turning 18 and roles on
(20:51):
the farm, and he has played sucha big role in our farming
operation, like thinking abouthe'll be here in the spring, but
in the fall, he's not planningon being here anymore.
And what are we in our operationgoing to do?
That is something that we willbe unpacking through the rest of
(21:11):
this year because we don't havethat answer.
SPEAKER_01 (21:14):
The kids have been homeschooled.
Henry's been my right-hand man.
Um, he's been the grain cart guyin the fall, and he's one of
them that I'll just say go jumpin the planter or whatever.
And so, yeah, things are gonnachange, but everything happens
(21:37):
for a reason.
So when he decides he's gonna gospread his wings, we'll figure
it out.
SPEAKER_02 (21:47):
Yeah, whatever that may be.
SPEAKER_01 (21:48):
Alright, it's one of those bittersweet moments,
right?
SPEAKER_02 (21:51):
It is.
SPEAKER_01 (21:51):
You know they got to, and you don't want them to,
but you also want them to choosethe farm.
SPEAKER_02 (21:57):
So well and We both want him to choose his life.
SPEAKER_01 (22:02):
That's what I mean.
I don't want to make him doanything other than what he
wants to do.
He needs to choose his his life.
So if he wants to farm, he needsto choose it.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (22:17):
What else is new on the farm this week, babe?
SPEAKER_01 (22:22):
Well, speaking of Henry, we so the cows have moved
home.
They're in the hoop barn.
He might have brought it up tome the other day that we're
getting low on hay, butyesterday he calls.
He's like, um we need to grindhay.
Um we're not going to haveenough to feed cows tomorrow.
It's like, well, the hay grinderguy can't just show up just on a
(22:45):
phone call, even though we knowhim personally.
And he's local.
Uh he still has his own scheduleto abide by.
So one of those lessons.
SPEAKER_02 (22:56):
It's about preparation.
Right.
Thinking it through.
SPEAKER_01 (23:01):
Time management.
Yeah.
Thinking ahead.
So because I have literallysaid, okay, those are your cows.
You deal with it.
You take care of them.
I'll be here to help.
But you can manage them.
So he's doing well with it.
(23:22):
So that's good.
SPEAKER_02 (23:24):
That's good.
He loves taking care of thecows.
SPEAKER_01 (23:27):
He does.
Getting ready to go to BeefExpo.
That'll be next week for us,Iowa Beef Expo.
It is usually the coldest showon earth.
But as of right now, the weatherlooks to be in the 50s.
So that'll be awesome.
SPEAKER_02 (23:45):
It'll be amazing.
SPEAKER_01 (23:47):
For the Iowa Beef Expo.
If anybody knows the Iowa BeefExpo, that is a cold one.
SPEAKER_02 (23:51):
I think it was 10 degrees last year when we were
there.
I I remember going.
I don't know if it was that bad,but we've been to I had like
three layers, four layers on.
SPEAKER_01 (24:01):
Oh, you're cold-blooded anyway.
SPEAKER_02 (24:03):
And I was yeah, we went into some friends' tents
and it was they had heaters, andso then I was like starting to
take all my layers off.
But um it'll be nice not havingto pack all of that.
Hopefully the weather will staytrue to what the outlook looks
like.
SPEAKER_01 (24:21):
As long as it doesn't rain, I'm I'm cool with
50.
SPEAKER_02 (24:25):
50's good.
SPEAKER_01 (24:26):
Yeah, if it rains, it'll be just be a mess, but it
is what it is.
SPEAKER_02 (24:31):
But we do need rain.
SPEAKER_01 (24:33):
We do need rain.
SPEAKER_02 (24:34):
We were talking about how dry it is.
SPEAKER_01 (24:35):
Here in Southeast Iowa, we need rain.
SPEAKER_02 (24:40):
It can rain here and not up there.
SPEAKER_01 (24:43):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (24:45):
Well, that being said, I'd like to thank you for
tuning in.
If you have any questions oranything that you would like for
us to discuss, uh please get ahold of us at farmersgreatasset
at gmail.com.
SPEAKER_01 (25:03):
If you want to be on the podcast or know somebody
that you would like to hear onthe podcast, let us know.
We're always looking for guests.
And remember, it's a good day.
SPEAKER_02 (25:14):
Have a great day.
Bye.
The Farmer's Greatest Asset Podcast.
We believe the Farm's GreatestAsset is the Farmer.
Their knowledge, experience,mind, and health.
(00:37):
Welcome back to the podcast.
I'm Jesse.
SPEAKER_02 (00:40):
And I'm Dr.
Leah.
SPEAKER_01 (00:41):
Good morning, good afternoon, good evening.
SPEAKER_02 (00:44):
Where is that coming from?
SPEAKER_01 (00:47):
From whenever and wherever you're listening to,
thanks for coming back.
And Leah is back with us thisweek.
SPEAKER_02 (00:55):
Yes.
SPEAKER_01 (00:55):
Flew solo last episode.
So Leah is here.
Welcome back.
SPEAKER_02 (01:03):
Thanks, babe.
Last week I went to the RuralRising Retreat put on by Kylie
Epperson.
SPEAKER_00 (01:14):
That's such a hard word.
Rural.
Rural.
SPEAKER_02 (01:17):
Rural.
I first was introduced to Kylie,I don't know, a couple of years
ago, I would say, and startedfollowing her and just really
liked her messaging and herbrand and what she was doing.
And when the first Farm WivesClub came out, I really wanted
to go, but there was somethingwe had something pressing that
(01:39):
week weekend that I couldn't go.
When it came up again, I waslike, I think I signed up the
first day.
And Farm Wives Club was amazing.
It was, I felt like I was in aroom with my people.
You know, I'd been searching formy people for so long.
SPEAKER_01 (02:00):
We talked a little about it on the podcast a little
bit when you returned from that.
SPEAKER_02 (02:05):
Yeah.
And we were supposed to get backto all the stuff that I learned
and didn't get back to that.
Life got busy.
I mean, as soon as I got back,it was we were in the field.
We were in the harvest, and thatjust snowballs into all of the
energy.
SPEAKER_01 (02:22):
But into February.
SPEAKER_02 (02:23):
Yeah.
Right.
SPEAKER_01 (02:25):
Here we are.
SPEAKER_02 (02:27):
So as part of Farm Wives Club this year, she had on
Sunday like a half day businessfocused retreat.
And she brought in human designwork, which is she coaches human
design as well.
And I that is a very interestingtopic.
(02:48):
And just kind of tailoring yourbusiness and what you are
looking at.
SPEAKER_01 (02:53):
So since then you have really tried to do the
kids' human design and mine, andit is spot on.
SPEAKER_02 (03:04):
Fascinating.
SPEAKER_01 (03:05):
It is very fascinating.
It's all about personality andit has your traits, your right.
SPEAKER_02 (03:10):
Basically, you put in your date and time of birth
and where you were birthed orborn.
If you if you believe that yoursoul came here for a true
purpose and then it kind offorgets what it came to earth to
(03:31):
do when you're born, it's kindof like all the traumas that get
heaped up on it.
This is kind of a playbook orguide to what you were really
like your gifts that youreceived from God.
And it is definitely spot on.
(03:56):
Um it really has made me see whyI am being called to what I'm
starting right now in my lifeand in my business.
It also has made me more awareof how similar but yet different
you and I are in our thinkingand really in our education
(04:18):
styles.
SPEAKER_01 (04:20):
That's the way we buttheads a lot.
SPEAKER_02 (04:22):
Right.
Um, but it's also shown me how Ican better mother our children
and support who they are and whythey learn differently than I
do.
So it's really been eye-openingin that aspect.
So human design, it'sinteresting if you have if you
(04:44):
have interest in that, look intoyou know, Kylie's coaching or
just kind of look into things onyour own.
But it is, it's fascinating.
So back to the business edit.
So she talked a lot about humandesign and and I just loved the
day.
I loved being in the room.
I think there were 15 to 20 ofus there.
(05:06):
It was nice to be in the roomwith other women in rural
settings that had differentbusinesses, but just kind of
held the same ground as you.
So when Kylie sent out that shewas going an email that she was
(05:28):
going to be hosting the ruralrising retreat, I again I signed
up right away.
I was like, I I didn't, I signedup, I didn't even ask you about
it.
I was like, I'm totally going.
SPEAKER_01 (05:41):
Because I didn't even ask me, like, you act like
I would have said no.
SPEAKER_02 (05:46):
Well, it would no, no, not that you would have said
no, but but but it is aninvestment.
And like when you're spendingthat that money, I I feel it
appropriate to speak with yourspouse about it.
So, but I knew how important itwould be for me, and I knew you
would support me in it.
So I was like, yes, I amdefinitely doing this.
And it was amazing.
(06:08):
I would say the if I had to picktwo words, it was transformative
and community.
Just being in that room withthose women, like we all have
different businesses from likeseed seed sales to clothing
(06:31):
boutiques to implementdealerships, like and to a tour
company, like it was all veryvarying businesses, but but with
an ag rural background.
With a rural background.
There was, I think there was atleast one person there that had
no ag background.
(06:52):
But it really made me feel likeI had a sisterhood.
It was it was really wonderful.
Just being in the room withwomen who are really trying to
not only build a business, buttransform and build themselves
as well.
When you're around that energy,it really ignites a fire, not
(07:15):
only within you, but in all thatare surrounding the group.
It was an amazing experience.
And as part of the experience,she also um had Alicia with um
her company is called With JoyBrand Co.
Um, she is a coach as well, andshe does business branding, but
(07:39):
also brings in like the traumaand trauma healing along with
building your brand.
So as you are really lookinginto who you are and who you
want to be in your life and whoyou want to be in your business,
it will come back to all of thedark shadows within yourself
(07:59):
that you're hiding or hidingfrom, or that you don't want
other people to see.
SPEAKER_01 (08:06):
The stuff you don't want to see.
SPEAKER_02 (08:07):
Right.
Really.
So a lot of that was brought upfor me while I was there as
well.
I've been working on those sortsof things for years, but um,
there's always extra layers toshed.
So she was there and she didsome tapping with us, which I
have seen and learned a littlebit about online on Instagram,
(08:33):
but it was Explain a little bitwhat you what you mean when you
say tapping.
Basically, you just tap on yourbody using your body, like using
your hand.
You'll tap on your hand, tap onyour head, on your face.
Um, there are different pointswithin your body that can help
release the energy that is thatis caught up and stagnant within
(08:56):
you.
And she led exercises for us tokind of release the tension,
release what we wereexperiencing as you delve into
all that vulnerability withinthe group.
It was an amazing way to releasesome of that negative energy.
And I have been working onlately really trying to release
(09:21):
a lot of the tension, likewearing my shoulders as
earrings, um, tension withinwithin myself, like holding all
of that need to protect myselffor so many years, it was a good
way to release some of thatenergy as well.
Thank you, Alicia, and thankyou, Kylie.
(09:41):
So, some of the words that Ihave, because I was trying to
think of just very specificwords, again, transformative,
community, energetic,togetherness, unpacking,
(10:03):
complete, and love and joy.
It was really amazing to be inthat room and be there in times
of sadness and grief, and havesuch love and joy for the other
(10:28):
women in the room.
And I am so honored to have beenin that room with those women,
to share that retreat with Kylieand Alicia, and to be able to
hold space for all of theamazing, wonderful women that
(10:52):
were there.
It was amazing.
SPEAKER_01 (10:57):
The power of community.
SPEAKER_02 (11:01):
And there is so within your marriage, like there
is a very special bond thattakes place between a husband
and wife, and there is a sharingthat you can experience with
someone else.
But for women, and I don't knowabout men because I'm not a man,
(11:24):
but for women, there is a needfor a sisterhood and a community
within our hearts.
And as we grow through time,that community and those groups
can change, but that longing tobe in reverence with each other
(11:46):
is deeply spiritual and I thinkvery much needed for women.
I don't know how it is for men.
So again, Kylie, thank you somuch for the retreat.
It was love and joy.
SPEAKER_01 (12:03):
You come home from Farm Wives Club last fall, and
ever since you've been sayingfor a long time you've been
looking for a group of womenthat you could meet with for
coffee or just have goodconversation with, and not that
you and I don't have friends orgood friends, real friends, but
(12:27):
you have really made someconnections, good connections
and amazing friendships eversince.
SPEAKER_02 (12:33):
After Farm Wives Club, Emily Rushel, she started
a group called Evolve.
I joined that group.
It is also for rural womenbusiness owners, offering
support and some coaching tohelp build your brand, that sort
of thing.
And that has too been amazing.
(12:54):
It we meet every other week.
And um, she's taking a littlebreak right now because she's on
maternity leave.
A couple of the women fromEvolve also went to the rural
rising retreat.
Um, so we already knew eachother, and that friendship grew
a lot.
I love being in Evolve.
(13:15):
I have really grown myself andmy business through that as
well.
But there's something aboutbeing in a room together.
So Emily and I have met with umBrittany, the birth doula.
Um, she's also out there andshared a lot of stories and time
(13:36):
together.
And I go out for coffee withthem every other month or so,
and that has been amazing aswell.
SPEAKER_01 (13:44):
I think it sounds like the message today is just
good community, good energy,good vibes around you.
The energy from one person willexude to the next person and
just create good energy.
SPEAKER_02 (14:00):
And it's something you definitely can do online as
well.
SPEAKER_01 (14:04):
Right.
Your Evolve Group is just a Zoomcall.
SPEAKER_02 (14:07):
Right.
Right.
And it's wonderful to be able todo that and bounce off of each
other and have that energy umtogether as well.
But I love the in-person.
SPEAKER_01 (14:18):
It's just well, there's more power in in-person
stuff.
SPEAKER_02 (14:23):
The collective, you know, the that collective energy
that comes together when you canreach out and touch the person
next to you and just send themlove just through through the
room.
SPEAKER_01 (14:37):
So I don't think that's just a female thing.
Uh there's a differentconnection, sure, in a a room
full of women, but any groupwhen there's just good vibes,
good energy, good mojo, whateveryou want to call it, that it
just is you can just take on thethe the energy of the room and
(15:00):
it's infectious.
It you know, good things come.
SPEAKER_02 (15:07):
So after I went to Farm Wives Club, like when I
left there, I was so full ofenergy.
Like I it was I was so excitedand it was amazing, and it just
felt so good.
When I left Rural Rising, it wasit was there was a lot of
(15:27):
vulnerability and a lot ofemotion and mental like it was
mentally draining.
I was completely exhausted.
Um, but in in the best way,right?
So it was a lot of inner work aswell as support.
And thank you.
(15:48):
I have so much gratitude.
SPEAKER_01 (15:51):
You got home and then we went back south again
for Henry's birthday.
SPEAKER_02 (15:55):
The big number 18.
Like it's so crazy to think he's18.
SPEAKER_01 (16:02):
It's crazy to think we have an 18-year-old.
SPEAKER_02 (16:05):
And things I didn't think of.
Like, well, now that he's 18,like we need to have him sign a
power.
He needs to get us a power ofattorney, and he needs to
because in the eyes of theworld, I guess he's an adult
now.
SPEAKER_01 (16:18):
Yeah.
Because he's 18.
SPEAKER_02 (16:20):
Yes.
I didn't even think that, butsomething had come up on my
feed, like these are the thingsthat you should put into place
when your child turns 18.
Like HIPAA information, like heneeds to sign a release that his
people his doctor can talk to usabout things, that type of
thing.
SPEAKER_01 (16:39):
Like he's not our kid anymore.
SPEAKER_02 (16:42):
I know.
SPEAKER_01 (16:43):
Like I said, in the eyes of the world, he's an adult
now.
SPEAKER_02 (16:48):
But there's so much more growth that needs to
happen.
Right.
But it will in time.
Like he's already such a wiseyoung man.
He's an amazing young man.
Right.
But yeah, there's a lot ofgrowth, of course.
I feel like I'm just finallystepping into myself at 51.
SPEAKER_01 (17:10):
You and I are still growing, and we are not 18.
SPEAKER_02 (17:13):
No.
We thought we knew everythingthen, didn't we?
SPEAKER_01 (17:20):
I still do.
SPEAKER_02 (17:22):
You still think that?
SPEAKER_01 (17:23):
Yeah.
Oh shoot.
Most days.
Some days.
Anywho.
SPEAKER_02 (17:31):
Life can be humbling, can't it?
SPEAKER_01 (17:33):
It is, for sure.
SPEAKER_02 (17:35):
So we have been busy hauling grain.
SPEAKER_01 (17:39):
Picking up the grain bags.
Yeah.
That's actually going reallywell.
It's a piece of cake.
It's fast.
It's luckily it's dry.
Unfortunately, it's dry.
Um say that because it's reallydry out there.
Like it'll rain.
(18:00):
I mean, we always get rain inSoutheast Iowa.
But pulling the trucks in andout through the field, it's
going well and it loads fast.
So we've got a lot of grainhauled in the last five days.
So that's going well.
The whole grain baggingexperience has been a learning
(18:22):
experience.
A learning experience for sure.
It's a different way of handlinggrain, but man, it's in the
harvest, it sped up harvest andmade it easier because you don't
have to truck it.
Um and then picking it up isman, it's simple.
SPEAKER_02 (18:38):
It's also nice weather.
I think you know, if we hadfreezing rain and ice and it was
so cold out, like we're takingadvantage of the nice weather
we're having right now.
SPEAKER_01 (18:50):
Luckily, right, it's nice weather for our first
experience at all of this forsure.
Because that was always myconcern years ago.
I don't even remember when itwas, but we knew we had a big
crop on our hands and we didn'thave enough bin space, and we
knew town would be full, and Ithink that just happens year
after year now.
(19:11):
But uh, I come across the grainbags and I brought it up to dad
at that time, and we were bothconcerned about having to pick
it up in the winter or thespring because it could be
muddy, it could be icy, it couldbe drifted over, and so yes,
luckily it's been a piece ofcake this first go around.
(19:32):
One of those things you justdeal with it, you figure it out.
If it's muddy, you use a graincart or whatever.
I don't know.
Uh I've been really happy withhow that whole process has gone
for sure.
SPEAKER_02 (19:45):
Yeah, and just scooping the scooping at the end
isn't the fun part, but it's notthat much usually.
SPEAKER_01 (19:53):
Well, the way we ended up tucking the bag under
when we started it created thatcrease in the bag, so then we
can't get all the way to theend.
So we have to scoop a littleextra, which you have to scoop
some corn at the end or beans,whatever it is, at the very end.
But we all need a littleworkout, so what the heck?
(20:16):
You guys can shovel and I'll sitin the loader tractor.
unknown (20:18):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (20:21):
That's kind of how it went yesterday.
SPEAKER_01 (20:24):
Oh, I got out there and I scooped a little bit.
SPEAKER_02 (20:27):
I'm just picking on you, honey.
That's okay.
We need we need your body tolast.
I don't want to sit in thetractor and combine.
So you you just sit in thetractor and I can scoop a little
bit.
I'm fine with that at this pointin my life.
It's interesting talking aboutHenry turning 18 and roles on
(20:51):
the farm, and he has played sucha big role in our farming
operation, like thinking abouthe'll be here in the spring, but
in the fall, he's not planningon being here anymore.
And what are we in our operationgoing to do?
That is something that we willbe unpacking through the rest of
(21:11):
this year because we don't havethat answer.
SPEAKER_01 (21:14):
The kids have been homeschooled.
Henry's been my right-hand man.
Um, he's been the grain cart guyin the fall, and he's one of
them that I'll just say go jumpin the planter or whatever.
And so, yeah, things are gonnachange, but everything happens
(21:37):
for a reason.
So when he decides he's gonna gospread his wings, we'll figure
it out.
SPEAKER_02 (21:47):
Yeah, whatever that may be.
SPEAKER_01 (21:48):
Alright, it's one of those bittersweet moments,
right?
SPEAKER_02 (21:51):
It is.
SPEAKER_01 (21:51):
You know they got to, and you don't want them to,
but you also want them to choosethe farm.
SPEAKER_02 (21:57):
So well and We both want him to choose his life.
SPEAKER_01 (22:02):
That's what I mean.
I don't want to make him doanything other than what he
wants to do.
He needs to choose his his life.
So if he wants to farm, he needsto choose it.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (22:17):
What else is new on the farm this week, babe?
SPEAKER_01 (22:22):
Well, speaking of Henry, we so the cows have moved
home.
They're in the hoop barn.
He might have brought it up tome the other day that we're
getting low on hay, butyesterday he calls.
He's like, um we need to grindhay.
Um we're not going to haveenough to feed cows tomorrow.
It's like, well, the hay grinderguy can't just show up just on a
(22:45):
phone call, even though we knowhim personally.
And he's local.
Uh he still has his own scheduleto abide by.
So one of those lessons.
SPEAKER_02 (22:56):
It's about preparation.
Right.
Thinking it through.
SPEAKER_01 (23:01):
Time management.
Yeah.
Thinking ahead.
So because I have literallysaid, okay, those are your cows.
You deal with it.
You take care of them.
I'll be here to help.
But you can manage them.
So he's doing well with it.
(23:22):
So that's good.
SPEAKER_02 (23:24):
That's good.
He loves taking care of thecows.
SPEAKER_01 (23:27):
He does.
Getting ready to go to BeefExpo.
That'll be next week for us,Iowa Beef Expo.
It is usually the coldest showon earth.
But as of right now, the weatherlooks to be in the 50s.
So that'll be awesome.
SPEAKER_02 (23:45):
It'll be amazing.
SPEAKER_01 (23:47):
For the Iowa Beef Expo.
If anybody knows the Iowa BeefExpo, that is a cold one.
SPEAKER_02 (23:51):
I think it was 10 degrees last year when we were
there.
I I remember going.
I don't know if it was that bad,but we've been to I had like
three layers, four layers on.
SPEAKER_01 (24:01):
Oh, you're cold-blooded anyway.
SPEAKER_02 (24:03):
And I was yeah, we went into some friends' tents
and it was they had heaters, andso then I was like starting to
take all my layers off.
But um it'll be nice not havingto pack all of that.
Hopefully the weather will staytrue to what the outlook looks
like.
SPEAKER_01 (24:21):
As long as it doesn't rain, I'm I'm cool with
50.
SPEAKER_02 (24:25):
50's good.
SPEAKER_01 (24:26):
Yeah, if it rains, it'll be just be a mess, but it
is what it is.
SPEAKER_02 (24:31):
But we do need rain.
SPEAKER_01 (24:33):
We do need rain.
SPEAKER_02 (24:34):
We were talking about how dry it is.
SPEAKER_01 (24:35):
Here in Southeast Iowa, we need rain.
SPEAKER_02 (24:40):
It can rain here and not up there.
SPEAKER_01 (24:43):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (24:45):
Well, that being said, I'd like to thank you for
tuning in.
If you have any questions oranything that you would like for
us to discuss, uh please get ahold of us at farmersgreatasset
at gmail.com.
SPEAKER_01 (25:03):
If you want to be on the podcast or know somebody
that you would like to hear onthe podcast, let us know.
We're always looking for guests.
And remember, it's a good day.
SPEAKER_02 (25:14):
Have a great day.
Bye.
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