FXBG Neighbors Podcast
Fredericksburg Neighbors Podcast
Episodes
210 episodes
EP #210 Breaking The Overwork Cycle With Serenity Therapy Services
You can have a full calendar, a solid career, and a life that looks great from the outside and still feel anxious, numb, or trapped. That’s where this conversation with Maria Smith, LPC, founder of Serenity Therapy Services, gets real. We talk ...
EP #209 From Bookkeeping To Strategy With A Fractional CFO
Your business can’t run on vibes forever, especially when cash flow gets tight, expenses creep up, and you’re making big decisions without clear reports. We’re joined by Katelyn Duron from DuroSec, a management accounting, bookkeeping, and frac...
EP #208 Turning Schoolwork Into Community Change
Schoolwork shouldn’t disappear into a folder. It should matter to real people. That’s the idea behind my conversation with Louis Bon-Ami, executive director of Hope Spring International, an education nonprofit using community-engaged research a...
EP #207 Intentful Nutrition For Athletes And Eating Disorder Recovery
If you’ve ever trained hard, tried to “eat healthy,” and still felt exhausted, injured, moody, or stuck, this conversation will hit home. We talk with Brooke Czarnecki, registered dietitian and founder of Intentful Nutrition, about what real fu...
EP #206 The Healing Station’s Mission To Make Mental Health Care Affordable
Mental health support can feel impossible to find when you’re uninsured, overwhelmed, or just not sure where to start. We talk with Denise Willis from The Healing Station, a Fredericksburg-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit mental health organization bu...
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EP #205 From Third Grade Stories To A Published Novelist
You can feel it when someone has been writing forever, not because it sounds polished, but because it sounds true. We’re joined by Fredericksburg local author Marisa Recker, who started writing stories as a kid, drafted her first novel in high ...
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EP #204 Champions Sportsplex Builds Better Athletes And Better Kids In Stafford And Fredericksburg
A kid gets cut from teams, works anyway, and one day becomes the person who refuses to let other kids be overlooked. That’s the story Israel Hidalgo brings to the Fredericksburg Neighbors Podcast and it’s also the mission behind Champions Sport...
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EP #203 Hands-Only CPR Training For Real Emergencies
Your chances in a cardiac emergency can hinge on what a bystander does in the first minute, not on what happens after the ambulance arrives. That’s why we brought on Lance Lopez from Rocky Mountain Resuscitation, a medical training company that...
EP #202 A Parent Roadmap For K-12 And Beyond
Most parents are doing their best, and still feel like the school system speaks in deadlines and acronyms. We sit down with Cherice Taylor, the voice behind the Time Matters Podcast, to make the K-12 journey feel understandable again and to hel...
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EP #201 How Yet Stand Helps People Notice What They Feel
Stress doesn’t usually announce itself. It shows up as irritability, shutdown, overwhelm, and that quiet feeling of “something’s off” you can’t name. We’re joined by Elaine Crocker, founder of Yet Stand Inc, a Fredericksburg VA nonprofit built ...
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EP #200 Comfort Keepers Fredericksburg And The Care Families Need
Waiting for a “something happened” moment is how a lot of families stumble into home care, and it’s usually the most stressful way to do it. I’m joined by Amber Cisneros, local owner of Comfort Keepers Fredericksburg, to unpack what non-medical...
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EP #199 What Happens When A Backyard Trail Becomes A Public Treasure
A forgotten railroad can become a community’s front porch, and the Dahlgren Railroad Heritage Trail is a perfect example. I’m joined by Laurie Schlemm, president of the trail, to tell the story of a 16-mile corridor in King George County, Virgi...
EP #198 The Pink Flower Project Keeps Students Stocked And Shame Free
A lot of community problems sound abstract until you picture a student standing in a school hallway, needing period products right now. That’s the gap The Pink Flower Project is closing across the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania area, and our c...
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EP #197 Inside An Inclusive Portrait Studio Built For Confidence
You can tell a lot about a community by how it helps people feel seen and today’s conversation is all about that. We’re joined by Seydi from Empower and Sparkle Studios, a Fredericksburg photography studio built around empowerment portrai...
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EP #196 Piano Tuning Basics That Actually Matter
That piano in your living room is not just furniture, it is a precision instrument that reacts to every season, every HVAC cycle, and every humid Virginia week. We talk with Tanner from Commonwealth Piano Services about what a working piano tec...
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EP #195 How Gardening Gays Farm Built A Seven Day Farm Store Near Fredericksburg
A seven-day farm store that feels like a farmers market sounds like a dream until you remember the reality: someone has to grow the food, raise the animals, stock the shelves, and keep showing up when it’s raining, snowing, or just plain exhaus...
EP #194 Turning Grief Into Suicide Prevention Support In Fredericksburg
A foundation can start as an idea, but it becomes real when someone is willing to tell the hardest story out loud. We’re joined by Saresa Taylor, a retired Army veteran and the founder of The Forsythe Foundation Reboot With Juju, created after ...
EP #193 What Would Change If You Treated Home Buying Like A High-Stakes Case
Most people think real estate is a few showings and some paperwork, until the first surprise hits. We’re sitting down with Lisa Wright Holmes, primarily a seniors and probate realtor, specialize in the needs of 55+ and probate (loss of family m...
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EP #192 How Pilates My Way Builds Strength Without Mirrors
You’ve probably heard Pilates is “easy” or “just for women” and if that’s what’s kept you away, we need to clear the air. I’m joined by Dr. Kimberly Brown-Mason, founder of Pilates My Way, a boutique Reformer Pilates studio in Fredericksburg, V...
EP #191 How Burg Charcuterie Built Grazing Tables And A Wine Lounge In Fredericksburg
A fancy charcuterie board doesn’t look like a life-changing decision until it is. We’re joined by Jen Peyton, the founder of Burg Charcuterie, to trace the real story behind one of the most recognizable charcuterie catering brands in Fredericks...
EP #189 A Hairstylist Built Black Fredericksburg Radio To Keep The Community Connected
Fredericksburg has a lot going on, but too many of the best events and community stories are hidden behind scattered social posts and word of mouth. We wanted to know what it looks like when someone decides to fix that problem for good, so we s...
EP #188 Estate Planning Without The Scare
Probate, taxes, trusts, wills, guardianship, medical decisions: estate planning gets confusing fast, and social media makes it worse. We bring it back to reality with attorney Woodley Fenelus from Whetzel Fenelus Wealth Counsel, who breaks down...
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EP #187 A Veteran-Owned Archery Combat Game For Parties
Laser tag energy meets real strategy, real movement, and real laughs, except you’re holding a bow and firing soft-tip arrows. I’m joined by Marlon and Adrianne Heron, the veteran-owned, family-owned founders of Hit N Run Archery Games, to...
EP #186 How A Fredericksburg Foundation Strengthens Police Academy Training
Most of us want safe neighborhoods and fair policing, but we rarely ask a basic question: how do our local officers and public safety professionals actually get trained, and who pays for that training? We sit down with Mike Harvey and Tom Stale...
EP #185 From Fredericksburg Graphic Design To A Smarter Job Search App
Job searches get messy fast: tabs everywhere, email alerts piling up, and no clean way to remember which resume you sent to which role. We sit down with Brett Bearce of Brettrospective to talk about a solution he built for himself: Jobodex, a j...
