We're rolling into the new year with a whole lotta business talk and bestie banter, including some blood boilers that need to get off our chests...per usual. We’re digging into our business highs and lows, how we’re prioritizing family and choosing to slow down, dreaming of slow and steady growth, and sharing all the things saving our lives in this season. Grab your latte (can we expense those? Katherine, help!) and buckle up because we have a lot to chat about!

Today's Banter Includes:

1. Business revenue, growth stats, and end-of-year reflections
2. Making the choice to slow down (New year, new rhythm energy!)
3. Autocorrect fails, unlimited PTO, and Costco chaos
4. Dawn Power Wash, shower bombs, and Cara Cara oranges
5. Cutting down on screen time and falling asleep while reading
6. Oura Ring stress graphs and why fight-or-flight peaks at 2:15 pm
7. Claw clip confusion and a Storyworth update/warning
8. Micro hobbies & slowing down with one line a day journals

Links You Might Be Looking For:

1. Instagram: @bestiebusinessbanter
2. Our website
3. Rebecca's Instagram: @themomfluencer
4. Lauren's Instagram: @counselorclique
5. Rebecca's Amazon Storefront
6. Lauren's Amazon Storefront

Alright ya'll, we finally have a guest episode for you! We wrangled our calendars and welcomed Anna Grace Willimon to BBB - a country girl from South Carolina with a big family and even bigger dreams. We’re talking all things farm life, building a business with your husband (and four kids in tow!), and navigating the wild balance of being a mom and entrepreneur. Come for the behind-the-scenes scoop on Willimon Family Farms. Stay for the bestie banter on Grinch Day drama, existential bedtime questions, and a shared deep love of hot honey.

👯‍♀️ Today’s Banter Includes:

1. The story behind Willimon Family Farms and starting a business as a busy mom of four
2. How farming makes (or doesn't make...) money and why the five-year plan is real
3. Homeschooling, chasing dreams, and the art of operating at 40%
4. 30 Second Therapy: having mom friends in seasons ahead of you & our thoughts on children being born perfect
5. Little Luxuries: air fryers and solo Trader Joe’s trips 🙏🏻

🔗 Links You Might Be Looking For:

1. BBB Instagram: @bestiebusinessbanter
2. Anna Grace's Instagram: @willimonfamilyfarms
3. Rebecca's Instagram: @its.not.rocket.science
4. Lauren's Instagram: @counselorclique
5. Rebecca's Amazon Storefront
6. Lauren's Amazon Storefront

🎅 Disclaimer: There is Santa and Elf talk in this episode!

The Christmas countdown is on, and we're catching up on ALL the things, like how to muster up motivation when your business battery is dead, why our stockings are the only thing Santa fills, and the annual debate of “will we ever stop buying Christmas gifts for adults?”. We chat about what it’s like running a business as a mom, especially during the holidays, thrifting Christmas presents, and making fun the secret sauce to getting things done. We laughed, we ranted, and we maybe shed a sentimental tear (Lauren definitely did)!

👯‍♀️ Today’s Banter Includes:

• How to find motivation in your business again (or make peace with not having any)
• Our tricks for making the boring parts of work actually fun
• Should we treat ourselves as a reward… or to get started?
• End of year money & goal planning with the ultimate “financial barn” date night
• Blood Boilers: AI customer service and group texts no one wants to be in
• 30-Second Therapy: Why “it is what it is, but it’s not what it will be” is our new mom motto
• Little Luxuries: past us serving future us, Christmas sheets, candles, and more
• Gotta Gab About: Christmas traditions we love, including thrifting gifts and stuffing our own stockings

🔗 Links You Might Be Looking For:

• Rebecca's Instagram: @its.not.rocket.science
• Lauren's Instagram: @counselorclique
• Rebecca's Amazon Storefront
• Lauren's Amazon Storefront
• Penderwicks Book Series
• Teleties Hair Clip
• Kindle Cover
• Ice Roller
• Makeup Remover Washcloths
• Advent Book for Kids