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

Heyyyy besties! We've got a lot to gab about today, like our thoughts on extended breastfeeding (and our inability to relate), holiday party marathons, and the never-ending search for an available babysitter. We’re also talking about our newest opinions on business funnels and marketing. Come for the business tips; stay for the shameless secondhand Christmas chat, screen time confessions, and general blood boiling over Walmart red onion reviews (do people actually do this?! We have to know.). We’re so glad you’re here!

👯‍♀️ Today’s Banter Includes:

• The business funnel breakdown: social media, email, podcast, and selling authentically
• Our very real feelings about rage-bait breastfeeding content
• Why finding babysitters is a part-time job (and our Facebook group hacks)
• Holiday party season - how many Christmas parties is too many?
• Secondhand Christmas gift wins
• Hacks for holiday hosting (hello, kid charcuterie boards and notes from last year)
• The screen time widget, app limits, and our quest for less phone brain rot
• Millennial memory update: we have more waterbed info!

🔗 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
• Podcast: Raising Boys and Girls

Got thoughts on the episode, business funnel questions, or babysitter drama? DM us on Instagram! We love hearing from you, besties!

We are RISKING IT FOR THE BISCUIT today - recording while our kids are napping (or “pretending” to be sick). We’re chatting about how we’re keeping our businesses moving along. One of us is lazy-geniusing her podcast guest schedule, and the other has no self-control when there’s a brunch invite. 💁‍♀️ Plus, we’re diving deep on important life matters: are we supposed to be this tired? Why do men fall asleep faster than humanly possible, and what even happened to waterbeds?

👯‍♀️Today’s Banter Includes:

• Rebecca's “lazy genius” hack to book podcast guests on her schedule
• Why Lauren can’t get motivated to work, and tough-love time-blocking advice
• The wild evolution of sneaker trends
• The never-ending Halloween candy saga and how we’re managing Trick-or-Treat loot
• Our husbands’ superhuman sleep skills (and why our kids are trained to wake up Dad)
• The little luxuries we’re loving right now
• Millennial Memories: candy stand games, clap-on-clap-off technology, and whatever happened to WATERBEDS?!

🔗 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

Send us your millennial memories or just DM Lauren to tell her to get to work. And don’t forget to leave us a five-star review - our egos need it!

We're back with the second episode this month - look at us go! We’re chatting about all the things, from dreaming up our post online business career pivots to why adulting is overrated, especially when it comes to insurance and terrible returns. We’re recapping how our strengths (literally, our StrengthsFinder scores) are polar opposites and why it actually works in our favor. Plus, we talk Halloween plans and are making our argument for adult costumes.

Today’s Banter Includes:

• Our “what would we do after this?” dream jobs and very practical skills
• Insurance woes and why eye doctor appointments are a universal blood boiler
• Venting about Amazon returns
• Lauren’s evolution as a Halloween host
• Why adults should just commit to Halloween costumes
• Our unpopular opinion: It’s okay to be neutral on things (yes, even Taylor Swift)
• 30 second therapy on different capacities, friendship in marriage, and slowing down for what matters

If you loved this episode, leave us a five star review so more business besties can learn about the pod! Got something to gab about? DM us! We're always here for the banter.

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

It’s us again, besties! 💁‍♀️ After a casual fourteen-month hiatus, we're BACK with all the bestie business banter your earbuds can handle. From hormonal roller coasters and toddler chaos to revamping curriculums and going all in on new workout routines, we're catching up on ALL the things.

Today’s Banter Includes:

• The wild ride of cycle-day hormones
• Business updates (curriculum upgrades, website refreshes, memberships, and Facebook ads side hustles)
• Balancing work-from-home with limited childcare and celebrating small productivity victories
• Blood boilers: husbands snoring, tiny microphones, and why Thursdays = meltdowns
• Lifesavers: Spiderman costumes, scooter suitcases, LASIK surgery, sunless tanner, hydration drinks, and finally loving the rice cooker
• Our current journeys: perimenopause anxiety, allergy mysteries, revamping health habits, and becoming Burn Bootcamp regulars

Thanks for tuning in, besties! When will we be back? Who knows!! As always, we’d love your five-star reviews on Apple Podcasts or Spotify!

Links You Might Be Looking For:

• Rebecca's Instagram: @themomfluencer
• Lauren's Instagram: @counselorclique
• Rebecca's Amazon Storefront
• Lauren's Amazon Storefront
• Rebecca Joyner on Goodreads
• Lauren Tingle on Goodreads
• @drmaryclaire on Instagram (menopause education!)
• Rice cooker

Interested in rolling an ad for your business in our episodes? Send us an email at hello@bestiebusinessbanter.com and let’s chat!

It’s just us besties again today and we’re catching up on all the bestie chat, from potty training to uninvited trash rats and everything in between! We’re checking in on what’s going on in our businesses this summer before jumping into bestie banter. If you’re looking for new shows to binge or a hack for traveling with babies, we’ve got you covered!

Interested in rolling an ad for your business in our episodes? Send us an email to hello@bestiebusinessbanter.com and we can chat about it!

Today’s Banter Includes:

• Rebecca’s new house update
• Tackling potty training
• The struggle of postpartum hair loss
• What shows we’re loving right now
• Mom activities that should be considered Olympic sports
• The snack hack that’s saving our sanity
• What we’ve noticed by cutting out social media
• Why Lauren is loving the Trolls soundtrack
• What’s the big deal about dresses with pockets?
• The trash rat that’s triggering Rebecca
• Business Banter: How Lauren is working around her own schedule and a hiring update and how moving has impacted Rebecca’s goals this summer
• Bestie Banter: gotta gab about it, what’s saving our lives right now, little luxuries, unpopular opinions, & blood boilers

Links You Might Be Looking For:

• Rebecca's Instagram: @themomfluencer
• Lauren's Instagram: @counselorclique
• Rebecca's Amazon Storefront
• Lauren's Amazon Storefront
• Barefaced Tinted Protection SPF 50+