049: Kristen Shuler, Dual Professional
She Percolates with Jen Hatzung & Danielle Spurge
English - August 05, 2015 07:00 - 40 minutes - 32.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 130 ratingsPersonal Journals Society & Culture Business Careers authentic coffeedate coffeetalk etsyshopowner handmadeshopowner happiness inspiring motherhood perfection smallbusinessowner Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Kristen got her start as an Etsy seller in 2010 and transitioned to teaching embroidery and hosting embroidery social gatherings in 2014.
Kristen, also known as Hey Paul, hosts a variety of handmade events in unique and unexpected locations. The events are designed to be inspiring, informative, and entertaining for all people.
Kristen is a self-taught embroidery artist and teacher. Kristen calls herself a dual professional. By day, she works as a Medical Social Worker at a non-profit, specializing in global pediatrics.
We had a great time chatting with Kristen. She was been a huge She Percolates support and VIP {very important percolator} from the beginning! We are so grateful for all her support!
As we do every week we jump right in and ask Kristen to tell us what success means to her. She jokes that her answer sounds a bit like a bad fortune cookie. We promise it isn't! ;)
"I shouldn't expect to have the whole world when I don't have the whole world to give."
Maybe at first this does sound a bit like a fortune cookie gone bad, but Kristen does a great job of explaining what she means.
Kristen also shares how that she really tries to prioritize her time and knows sometimes she needs to step back from things as to not spread her self too thin. She recently took a few months to focus on her new job and let her side hustle take a back seat for a while.
"I only have so much to give and I would rather invest that energy in a part of my life where it makes the most impact...I can't have it. I can't have the whole world when I don't have the whole world to give."
Kristen also talks a bit about the recent loss of her brother. She shares how that affected her perspective on her family, her work and her life in general. This helped her to ask herself what the end game was for her business. She quickly realized it wasn't about making a ton of money because she loves her day job an has that to fall back on.
We love the passion Kristen has for helping others, both in her day job and her personal business.