S2E10: Hot Takes, Guilty Pleasures, and UnFILLtered Conversation with Rejuvalase MedSpa Owner, Maggie McIntryre

Welcome back to the second half of this conversation where Maggie is in the hot seat! Courtney Dorsey, owner of Premiere Athletics, is taking the lead and asking the questions we all want to know about Maggie McIntyre.

This is an honest, behind-the-scenes look at Maggie as a business owner during those early days, what it looked like to pay herself as a business owner, navigate growth, and balance reinvesting in her business. From money conversations to evolving into a more structured CEO mindset, this episode pulls back the curtain on the realities of entrepreneurship in a way that feels both relatable and refreshing.

Courtney also asks Maggie a series of rapid-fire questions, hot takes on the skincare and wellness industry, and even Maggie's guilty pleasures when it comes to what she spends her money on. Underneath the humor and girl talk is a deeper conversation of what it looks like to build a business rooted in integrity, community, and generosity. Maggie shares how success has allowed her to give back in meaningful ways, offering a powerful reminder that impact isn’t just about what you build, but how you show up for others in your community along the way.

Get ready for an entertaining episode and by the end of it, you may just get to know Maggie on a whole new level! 

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Transcript

SPEAKER_01 0:29

Hey guys, welcome back. This is Maggie McIntyre with The Talk Strop, and I'm here again today for part two of our episode with Courtney from Courtney Dorsey with Premier Athletics. She is one of my good friends, and she was our first guest for episode one. So we're back here today for part two. Sure, my outfit's the same, but let's just say this is part two.

SPEAKER_03 0:51

Mine's not.

SPEAKER_01 0:52

Yours has changed. Mine has changed. Courtney's new day. It is a new day, okay? We're everything, you know, everything's the same, but it's a new day. So let's drop in, guys. Courtney has got some questions for me, some burning questions, and we're gonna get them answered. Yeah, all right.

SPEAKER_03 1:09

Burning questions. We left off with um, as a business owner, when did you start paying yourself? How did you pay yourself with salary hourly based on you know, tell us all the juicy details about, you know, that it because it's kind of awkward for me, it's awkward, yes, as silly as it sounds to pay myself, right? So give us all the good juicy details.

SPEAKER_01 1:31

Should never be awkward when you're working your butt off.

SPEAKER_03 1:35

Maybe not awkward, maybe selfish.

SPEAKER_01 1:38

I don't know. You know what I think is that in your situation, you have you form a lot of friendships and and relationships with your clients. Yeah, because your business, and don't get me wrong, I work and build relationships with my clients too. But yours is an extended period of time. There's a lot of conversation, talking, education, and just personal things I think that get shared because you're coaching them. Yes, it's in group, but also like individually. It's very intimate, yeah. It is, and so I think that in that regard, it's like you feel bad taking money from a friend almost. But um, the thing is, is that what that's also like you know, uh you're you're still coaching them, you're still providing the service that they came in for. So first and foremost, you're their coach, you're their trainer, and um so, and that's what we we pay for is your service, your expertise, your attention, and the the programs you put together. And that's a lot of hard work. And because of that, you should be compensated for it. Because if you're not compensated for it, you couldn't have that business for us to attend to, right? Absolutely, yeah. So that's really all it is. We're we're paying for the service that we are receiving, and we're fine with it because we're doing it. So don't ever feel guilty for taking part of that. I would say that um I I started to what I never paid myself, or I shouldn't say I never initially, I would say for the first several years, I kind of took as needed to pay for bills and then to reinvest into the business to expand with either new equipment, to do a little bit more of a build-out, to repaint, to do those things. Yeah. Um, there was a lot being put back into the business, but uh I did take out four things that we needed at home. So um to help with bills, mortgage food. So I was I'm I'm very lucky that I was able to do that from the start, but it wasn't a set or standard uh a standard amount. Yeah. But of course it was taken out as like owner's pay. Um because we we formed as an LLC and then only in the last year we changed to an S-corp. So we really, which we should have done a long time ago. But um anyhow, uh it's so in this last year, my salary has been, I think, steadier, but I really just have sort of taken out and grown it as I've worked. So if I'm in there doing a service or services like I do, of course I'm gonna pay myself that salary plus the admin. Um when I was in nursing school, I paid myself a lot less because I wasn't doing any of the services. Yeah, and I had to pay more for people to be in there. So yeah, so I've always just kind of taken a portion and I wouldn't say it's a set amount. It's really I've I've really kind of catered to what the business needs and what the business can handle, in my opinion, if you will. Yeah. Um, but uh so I and I don't know that that's always the best way to do it. I think what we're doing now with it S-Corp, and I've got this like set salary, um, makes a lot more sense. Yeah, absolutely. But gosh, 20 years to get there, that's ridiculous. Yeah.

unknown 4:36

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 4:37

Well, thank you for sharing that's just really good insight, especially for those that are, you know, starting to create businesses, and there's so much that goes into it, like leasing fees, and you know, I'm a gym, so I just buy all the equipment, but there's still that monthly stuff that I pay for music, I pay for, you know, a an appointment system and all of those things. So it's all these little things you don't really think about until you're in the thick of it. I mean, even just like coming up with a name, right? Oh, yeah, even that, or maybe that trademarked, and then all the things. And um, so it's very interesting because now that I have employees and that I have trainers, I want to pay them the absolute most that I can and spare. And then I look back at myself and I'm like, well, I don't know.

SPEAKER_01 5:18

Yeah, you need to pay yourself. I would I would pay yourself at least what you can pay a trainer. Oh, yeah, absolutely. So yeah, at least pay yourself that for sure.

SPEAKER_03 5:25

It's been interesting and insightful to navigate that side of the business, right? So um, thank you for sharing. Like I said, so I have some as we kind of shift gears here. I have some random questions. Oh yeah, and they can be they can be quickfire answers, sure, or they could be things you want to dive a little bit deeper into. Okay. Okay, so I'm just gonna start kind of going through them and maybe we'll get like a little spicier as we go. Totally down for it. Here for it. Okay, so first question: if you could have a theme song for yourself, what would it be? Oh, damn. So it would play every time you walk into a room, what would it be?

SPEAKER_01 6:07

You know, uh I'm trying to think of the name. It's it's Taylor Swift. Okay. It's um new, old. It's new. It's from uh it's not the um, it's from the Father Figure? No, uh, although I do like Father Figure. I do like her most recent album, but this is from the um oh my gosh, the poets. What's the deal? Um, yes. Isn't this terrible? Like I'm not fancy fans. Yeah, we are. I can't remember the song. Oh my gosh, this is terrible.

SPEAKER_03 6:41

It's gonna come to you. We can come back to you. Yes, thank you.

SPEAKER_01 6:43

Yeah, we'll come back to this. This is yes, you know, my uh word retrieval is terrible for me.

SPEAKER_03 6:49

Just blame the paradigm. Yeah, that's what I'm I know.

SPEAKER_01 6:51

I'm like, word retrieval is terrible. Uh-huh.

SPEAKER_03 6:54

Oh, that's so funny. Okay, well, this kind of is afraid. Little old me. Yeah, but what's the damn song? Yeah, um, that is father figure. I'll be your father figure. That's another one. Yeah, that's what you're seeing right now.

SPEAKER_01 7:06

No, no, it's different. Um, who's afraid of little old me? That's the oh um, yep. I'm like mixing them, remixing them in my head right now. Probably because with your your music system blends things.

SPEAKER_03 7:17

Oh, it does, it does, it mixes everything.

SPEAKER_01 7:20

Yeah, so it's from the um tortured poets department, right?

SPEAKER_03 7:23

It's tortured poets department. I think that's what it is.

SPEAKER_01 7:26

I could be wrong.

SPEAKER_03 7:26

You're right.

SPEAKER_01 7:27

I'll correct, I'll correct it in a minute. Okay, perfect.

SPEAKER_03 7:29

All right, next question. If you had to pick, you can only pick one. Okay, only one. There's no, there's no okay Botox or filler. You can only pick one. Botox. Wow, that was quick. Okay, okay. Um, what is this? Should probably be easy because social media has all these. I at least for me, if this question were directed at fitness, I could tell you a million. But what is the worst skincare hack that you've heard of or seen on the internet? Is it the beef tallow on the face? Is it what's just something crazy? Maybe even if it has to do with Botox or any of the services, what is the craziest thing you've heard on the internet that you're like, oh my god, that is wrong?

SPEAKER_01 8:12

I think there's a lot of, I mean, there's just a ton of misinformation and a ton of things that people just just believe on TikTok, which just blows my mind. I was like, all you have to do is put on a white jacket and you're a doctor or a or a medical professional. Yeah, exactly. So it's just, yeah, it kind of blows my mind. But um I think that uh some of the things I what I'll tell you is this I think that um listening to someone on TikTok and questioning the validity of what uh uh provider that you're seeing is telling you is is silly. Okay. Um I don't think it's I I think questioning things is great, but I think that if you're just sort of taking it for face value on TikTok, that's silly. Um I also think that and this is what frustrates me is when people come in and they've heard something on TikTok or from a friend and they're like, well, this is what my friend gets.

unknown 9:01

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 9:01

You know, and it's like you're not your friend's face. You're not your friend's face. I mean, seriously, like just the difference alone and the length of someone's forehead can determine Botox, not to mention the size of the muscles. Sure. And their age, female, male, like they're just in the forehead alone. So, and then also their eyes. Are their eyes naturally heavy? If so, I'll probably go lighter so things don't get heavy here and make it even like you know, heavier, you know, create more of a heaviness. You know, it there's so many little nuances just in this one treatment area. So imagine a full face. So, and I would never treat somebody with more than they need. I mean, that's just unethical. It's a medication. And so when it's like, you know, why are you why is it that much? You know, why why are you recommending that much? And there's a bit of a question as to like, am I just doing that to try to do more? Yeah, that stinks because I'm like, this is I'm not trying to do that. Like that's this is a medication. We can't do that, like we we can't do that, we get in big trouble for that. Yeah. Um, but you know, that so that's the kind of thing that is kind of stinky, but I don't I don't get a whole lot of that.

SPEAKER_03 10:13

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 10:13

Um, thankfully.

SPEAKER_03 10:14

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 10:14

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 10:15

Yeah. Okay, if rejuvenates had a mascot, what would it be?

SPEAKER_01 10:18

Oh my gosh, that's such a good question. A mascot. Okay, like uh well, I mean, mascots could be they can be an animal. Exactly. I feel like it could be anything.

SPEAKER_03 10:32

Would it be a little Botox bottle with arms?

SPEAKER_01 10:34

So I would think like, yeah, I think it I I mean I picture like a little injecting like a little syringe with arms kind of dancing around. Uh you know, our our little motto is better together. Yeah. Um, not as just a team, but also in the medical spa, day spa side of things, and then uh service versus product, everything is sort of better together. Okay. Um, so yeah, maybe something with that. But yeah, I'm I'm thinking, gosh, like if we were an animal, what would it be? I know. I don't know. These are good questions, but man, no one wants to sit and listen to me pause. Yeah, um you'd be like, what do you think?

SPEAKER_03 11:12

Like when you come in, what do you think? Oh, well, when you set foot into rejuvelaise, it is the bougiest. Smell good, like it smells so good. Does my house smell like rejuvenes? Yeah, it smells really good. Like I was just gonna say that now. I don't know what is in this room. Um, but very good. Um yeah, you walk into rejuvile's and you just feel peaceful, and everyone is just like so beautiful and in their cute little scrubs and like hair nicely done, skin is flawless. It's just you're just like, oh, make me look like you. I came here to get the look.

SPEAKER_01 11:50

You I mean, we know what it's like working it from here, right? Yeah, of course we don't have you know that flawless skin, but we are it is I I do my staff does know, and it's I hold myself to the same standard, that make you know, that makeup is expected. It doesn't have to be a full face with like eyeshadow and all of that. But just like with hair, I mean, if you're going into a salon um and and your stylist has you know their hair is all grown out or hasn't, you know, looks dirty and you know, just unkempt, that's a terrible example for what you're doing. So we know that like an even skin tone is is healthy, that a little rosiness on the cheeks is is healthy and vibrant. That's what we see. A little gloss on the lips is hydration, and uh and those types of things are important, so that our staff needs to have that when they're at work too.

SPEAKER_03 12:39

Yeah, and it makes me want to care about my skincare because I'll I'll ask, well, what are you using? What are these products? and they're all just right there. And so it's really cool to ask about them, to get educated about them, the ones that they like or that they use are oh, I'm wearing this today, and then they show you. So I think it's just they practice what they preach.

SPEAKER_01 13:00

I will tell you that that is truly authentic. That yeah, I mean, that's part of them being at the spa is especially when they first start, is to, I mean, uh you know, Elva, like when she first started, you know, sampling some of the things we do, getting some sample products. And I'm sure, you know, that there are a few things here and there that staff uh kind of uh blends in with the other products that they have at Rejuvelays, you know, and that's fine. I mean our clients do too, I'm sure. Yeah, but um, but I can definitely speak to the fact that the products that I use are Rejuvelee's products, yeah. Uh that it's yeah, that I do our services, um and that our staff does too, and just you know, part of the benefit of of working there. Yeah, uh, and so definitely like we practice what we preach about that. I love that.

SPEAKER_03 13:44

And they're all just girls, girls. They just want to talk about skin and makeup, and I love it. Yeah, it's so fun. Yeah, so super fun. Okay, here's a hot take. Okay. What in the in the med spa skincare world, or maybe even a product that you inject or whatever, um, what do you think people are wasting their money on?

SPEAKER_01 14:08

I think microderm abrasion on its own, on its own, is a bit of a waste given all the options that are out there today.

SPEAKER_00 14:14

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 14:15

Um, I think it's we have we do have it. It's a nice add-on to another service, but on its own, it's not going to transform your skin. Sure. When it comes to, and I know this sounds terrible, but when it comes to your basic IV therapy, and we offer IV therapy, okay? I love it. I love it too. I I love it. And and we have like the Myers cocktail, the NAD, those things are fantastic. And all of them are good, but my thing is my point, I think, and telling you is that oh my gosh, I'm tripping over my words because I want to be careful. I like because I I love our IV therapy, yeah. But what's coming in for one IV bag, if it's just basic vitamins, it's fine if you want to do that, but understand that that the best benefit you're probably getting honestly is just the hydration. Sure. So I think that, and and I have no problem telling people that. You know, I mean, that's just the truth. Like, really, if it's just if we're just putting, you know, just like a little amino blend in there and you're just doing it once, you know, that's that's fine. That's not gonna hurt you, but you're all you're doing is getting like vitamins and water pretty much. Yeah, however, it goes straight to the system and it hydrates you immediately. You know, it goes, you there's no second pass, it's not you don't have to digest it. So there is absolutely benefit to that, but um, to understand that the that the IVs, so when people are talking about like these detox IVs and crap like that, I mean, I'm sorry, it is such a joke. Yeah, it's such a joke. Do not make it more than it is. I will say, I think the Myers definitely I can see um some great things with that, and definitely the net. That's no joke. That is no joke for energy, yeah. But the rest of them, um, they're fine. But is hydration. Don't go spending $300 on an IV claiming that it like is a detox. What your body is a detox.

SPEAKER_03 16:12

We have organs that are detoxing. Yeah, it's ridiculous. I can totally uh agree with you know the industry that I'm in. Peptides are huge right now. Peptides are, you know, have been around forever, but they're just hitting the TikTok really lately. And um, you know, my stance on them is they're great if you're at a level that you've taken your body as far as you can go. For the average person to be injecting themselves with peptides, not worth it in my opinion, right?

SPEAKER_01 16:40

Well, it's also just like with anything, I uh my understanding too with that is you know, peptides are like little little instructors and little directors, but they um they don't do the whole work for you. They don't do it. They don't do all the work, they're just like a little added, but also oftentimes they work together. And so typically just doing one isn't going to do anything, yeah, you know, or do very little.

SPEAKER_03 17:03

So it takes months of it. Usually to see results, it is months of doing it. And let's if you can't consistently, you know, count your macros you're getting in the gym, the peptide is not gonna make it. So that's not taking it.

SPEAKER_01 17:14

Well, there's GLPs, yeah. Yeah, GLPs are the same thing, and it takes a while.

SPEAKER_03 17:18

People think it's instant. But it's not the end-all be-all habits really do have to change. Yes. Um, okay. All right, so tell me some of your guilty pleasures when it comes to. If you guys don't know, Maggie's always dressed so cute. She has the cutest accessories, she's great at styling herself. Even her photo shoots for her staff are so great. What are some of your guilty yes? What are some of your guilty pleasure like spending? Like, what do you love like a $400 jean or like a $600 boot? Tell me what you would like to spend the money on. Okay. This is a girl talk. This is girl talk.

SPEAKER_01 17:57

Yes. I have blown money this year. I've blown it this year. I've now when I say that, I mean, we're not talking again. I'm not, I'm not like, oh, let me let me take some more money for myself. No! This is after everything's paid, nothing's, you know, I'm not using a credit card for it. I'm responsible with it. Um, but I don't know what's gotten into me this year. The money that I dropped on a couple pairs of shoes that I purchased this year. Give us the details. And a pair of pants. Let's hear it. I want to know shoes first. I spent $600 on a pair of shoes this year. Were they Lou Batons? What were they? They were not. Okay. Okay. What were they? I had no business spending that kind of money. The office of Angela. See if it comes up. Angela Scott? Yes. Shoes.

SPEAKER_03 18:46

Okay, let's see. All right, women's. The office.

SPEAKER_01 18:50

Uh, God, my word recall is just horrible. But I mean, I don't know. Maggie! I know. I'm looking at the website. It's so expensive. So hold on. Hold it up. Hold it up. It's the Office of Angela Scott. Okay. I believe that my my dear Jennifer Aniston is a fan. Oh. Oh, okay, yeah. And I ordered my what what is the shoe? What are they called? They're an Oxford, a Rust. An Ox heel. It's the Oxfords. Okay, let me see. So they're the Oxfords. And mine have a heel.

SPEAKER_03 19:22

For $600.

SPEAKER_01 19:27

I know. They're not those ones. Mine are all black and they've got a heel. Similar. Okay. Mine are all black and they've got a heel. I had no. I did. Well, I did. I got $50 off, you know? Hey. No, it's just, it's horrible. And I'm sure like, you know, my employees are probably listening, like, you bitch. You know, I but that's that I've never done that before. Okay. How do you have that? I've never was there like buyer's remorse or the shoe.

SPEAKER_03 19:56

I like the shoe. Can it be passed down to Colin in a few years when you are over it?

SPEAKER_01 20:02

Maybe. Okay.

SPEAKER_03 20:03

Okay.

SPEAKER_01 20:03

I do think I do think it's one of those shoes that will endure. I do have some things that stay for a really long time. They're a bit timeless because even if they're not totally in style or trend, they're not so trendy that they're gonna go out of style. Yeah. So I mean in Oxford's in Oxford, it's classic. Classic. So I and I do, I have stuff that I've held on to for 10 plus years. So that was the most expensive shoe I've ever purchased. Okay, tell me about the jeans. They were they weren't jeans, they were pants. Now I do I do buy nicer jeans. Yeah, yeah. I do buy nicer jeans. Uh but I did purchase a pair of pants.

SPEAKER_03 20:42

Well, let me tell you first. Okay. I sidebar. I thought that I was splurching. Because now we do all these chamber events and see new stuff and all this stuff. So I got a and actually it was for um your event. It was for the Tox Drop event that I bought these wide-leg Spanx pants for like $120. And I was like, oh my god. Oh, that's a lot. So that's a lot of things. So tell me about your pants now. I don't even know if I should. Ah, it's too late.

SPEAKER_01 21:13

Oh my god. I might I might piss some people off. Okay. Timeless. They're timeless. They're well made. I haven't worn them yet because I'm not even crazy about them.

SPEAKER_03 21:24

Oh no.

SPEAKER_01 21:25

Okay, so okay, so I'm gonna tell you about this. Tell me about them. This purchase was something that I regretted. I went to Blooming, I was a Bloomingdales. It was a Bloomingdales online. Okay. And I like I like a lot Victoria Beckham's style and her dresses and things like that. And when she first launched her uh her fashion, of course, we all know her as like Posh Spice, right? From Spice Girls, but she is now it it took a while because everyone's like, oh, she's like just you know screwing her. And playing around with the fashion design, but it actually like she's really proven herself apparently in that world.

SPEAKER_00 22:04

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 22:04

And you know, I mean, I'm not like all into who's walking down the runway. But what I will say is I do like her stuff. And when she first came out, I liked her things then. But her things then were much were priced much differently. However, she wasn't doing very well.

SPEAKER_03 22:19

Really?

SPEAKER_01 22:20

She wasn't she her priced lower. They were priced too low, it wasn't well managed, and they her her business was going down. Like they were having to dump a bunch of personal money into her fashion line when she started because it was not doing well. I did not know she had a fashion line. Fashion line and I think a makeup line as well. Okay. Yeah, I don't think you knew that she had either.

SPEAKER_03 22:41

Wow.

SPEAKER_01 22:41

So she so I really like her stuff. Okay. So then I'm wash watching the whole, you know, interview, whatever, the whole there was like the the uh documentary on her and uh and and David Beckham and going in, and it talks about her, it was one that talked about them together, and then she had another, there was another documentary on her, and I just thought it was really interesting. Yeah, they their backgrounds are interesting, you know, whatever. I just liked it. Um, and again, listening from the business point of view and seeing all the stuff that she did, and and you know, even though they're very well off, still, I mean, they were pouring in millions into her fashion line trying to keep it afloat, and she f found a buyer uh to kind of come into her business with her and turn things around. And so now she's doing much better, blah, blah, blah. You're defending your purchase really well. Keep going. Keep going. Really well. When people overexplain, you know that when they overexplain, no, they did something really not. Fine, okay. $850 later for a pair of pants. And you don't love them. I do not love them at all. Oh no. Um, because as you know, posh spice is a wafe. If you don't know that term from the 90s, it means very, very skinny. Oh, I've never heard that. Waf, yeah, it's very waf, like a wafer, like a thin wafer. So that was like the waf models, like Kate Moss models back in the day.

unknown 24:04

Oh.

SPEAKER_01 24:04

And posh spice is very waf. She's incredibly skinny. And her, what I didn't take into account was a lot of her models are very wafe thin, which sadly is making a return. It's gone away for a long time, but you're seeing more of it, which is terrible. No, we want strong, healthy, yes, we do. So I'm here to tell you that they're very well-made pants. I will wear them, but I don't love them on me.

SPEAKER_00 24:30

Okay, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 24:31

And when I got them, I tried them on, and because of the cost, I had no business purchasing those. Um, and because I didn't love them, I was going to return them. But I put them in a pile of other things and completely forgot and missed the friggin' window.

SPEAKER_03 24:49

Yeah. I missed the window.

SPEAKER_02 24:51

I think that that's how I find really good stuff at the thrift store is people like you that just were like, you do have it, and then you donate it, and I'm like, wow, I found brand new Victoria Beckham trousers. Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_01 25:03

I call them my Vicky Bex. They're my Vicky Becks, and my Victoria Beckham is my Vicky Bex. And I will own them for a minimum of 10 years. Yes. Just like those, the office of Angela Scott, you know, Oxford's. Yep. So yeah, so catch me looking stupid just so I can say I wore them.

SPEAKER_03 25:22

You gotta wear them on a date night or something.

SPEAKER_01 25:25

But you know, just to put it out there though, like I am wearing Amazon and you know, I I do I do shop cheap. Oh, yeah. I like to call it mixed economy because these are about $200. Yeah. And this was like $10.

SPEAKER_03 25:41

That's I love a good jean and a cheapy Target shirt. Yes. Or a good shoe. I'm a sneaker gal, so I'll spend my money on the show. Yes, shoes are expensive. Yeah. I'll spend my money on shoes, but don't catch me in an expensive top. It just probably won't happen.

SPEAKER_01 25:54

It's I just I don't know. I don't know. But you know, again, like my jeans, I'll keep for a long time.

SPEAKER_03 25:59

So yeah, I love that.

SPEAKER_01 26:02

So I have, yeah, I've I've really, really upped my spend on fashion this year, which I don't think is a great idea.

SPEAKER_03 26:10

But you know sometimes it happens.

SPEAKER_01 26:11

But staple pieces nonetheless. So staple pieces are great. Just admit it, you're horrified that I spent that money on a pair of pants.

SPEAKER_03 26:18

I would have a pair of pants made for my 5'11 body if we're that price. Probably less. Stitched by hand.

SPEAKER_01 26:26

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SPEAKER_03 27:43

Okay, we're back from our back from our break.

SPEAKER_01 27:46

Maybe we should like soften the flow of my spending by having a lot of things.

SPEAKER_03 27:49

That's what I'm doing right now. That's what I'm doing right now, Maggie. That's what I'm doing right now. Okay, so thank you for sharing.

SPEAKER_01 27:55

And bows to my employees and generosity with my employees. A lot of it, yes. I definitely put that first.

SPEAKER_03 28:02

Now that we've talked about your oopsies with your spending, I, you know, you have become well known for not only giving back your time to this community in various ways, being on panels, just being a mentor to the other women business owners, myself included. Um, financially, you give back a lot to this community. It's been really cool to witness the things that you personally have invited us to. I've seen you make contributions and raise those panels up and donate. And I just think it's as a business owner, so cool that you have made it that you are able to do that. And you're giving back to causes I don't even know all of them, but the ones that I've you know seen you be a part of are within our community. Your money is going directly back into our community. So, what do you think? I mean, I'm sure it's easy to do because it's just a no-brainer for you because you're so kind and empathetic and giving. But what do you how do you feel when you realize and step back that you're able to do that? Because you make big time contributions. Um, so what does it kind of feel like to you?

SPEAKER_01 29:13

I feel gratitude because it is a direct result of the community's trust in my businesses and in me and my staff, uh, my staff and I for my staff and me, uh, for the services that we provide and the um products that we provide, and uh and then my staff's performance, their ability to execute those services and create an experience that keeps our our clients happy and coming back and referring more people. Um so that's number one. I I can't do any of it without all of that. So it takes community to give me the opportunity to then turn around and give back to that same community. And I think it's just kind of a a it's a it's an organism really that we're we're just kind of like, you know, it's a it's we're sustaining ourselves in that way. Um I I can, you know, obviously can play around with a little money like I just talked about, but um I don't go and buy like, you know, I'm not buying boats and having like a bunch of different homes or anything like that because I have a nice quality of life in the community in which my businesses are there and in the community that supported myself and my children over the years. And when what I like to do is yes, we give to organizations, we help with the Fairy Godmother Project. Um we've helped with, of course, like American Heart Association and um uh SERV is another one. We've helped with Serve, um uh the Sly uh Sly Strong Foundation. Um so you know we've uh we've given to those to those places in different ways. But I really like to give to personal, and of course this is not an invitation, please, to come and ask for money because I have gotten those recently. Uh I will by choice when it is has been founded, when it is proven that this is a legit cause and a legit need. I really like to give to individuals and families who are in devastating situations. Um their hearts are absolutely broken, they don't know how they're going to get their next meal because of a terrible disease or the loss of a loved one. And that kind of desperation and that kind of desperation and that kind of what am I going to do next feeling is very, very scary. And especially when kids are involved, yeah, it just makes me so sad. Yeah. And I think how good would it feel for them to wake up tomorrow? Because a lot of my giving's done at nighttime. Um to wake up tomorrow with this and that account, and to know, oh my gosh, like I can pay my mortgage.

SPEAKER_00 32:07

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 32:08

And it makes me feel so good. Yeah. Because I know that it's gonna make them feel so good. Yeah, you know, yeah, and it's more personal. It's the money's not being divided up again, you know, amongst all of the all the board members, which you know, again, big charities have they have to have that. But this money goes directly to to these people that really, really need it. And um, you know, I love that. So I just I love that.

SPEAKER_03 32:34

One thing that um as a business owner, one of my dreams, not quite on this level, because can't compare myself to Shaquille O'Neal, but how he gives is I just I mean, I'm sure everyone's seen the videos of him buying kids bikes and just car, whatever it might be, yeah, kids' laptops in the Apple store because they came in every day and played on the MacBooks, right? Like, just to be able to give like that is so just special and it changes people's lives. It does, yeah. It changes people's lives. So I always, you know, the contributions that we've made into the community are small but mighty.

SPEAKER_01 33:10

But that's nothing that yeah, that's nothing that's where it starts and how it starts. And you know what? If you you don't have to be able to give like Shaquille O'Neal to make a difference, that's great that he can. But you know, too, sometimes I'll look at it and it's like if you take, and this is not to downplay his giving, but when you if you look at somebody's like these big time guys, when you look at their net worth and then look at what they give, if you were to do a ratio, like a comparison exactly, and I don't mean that in a crummy way, but truly, like that's where the perspective comes in. Yeah, and there's so much that you give, and you know, time again, time giving time is is huge, you know, volunteering at church, volunteering for your kids' schools, those are things that make a huge impact. I told you before, time is limited for me. So I will choose where to donate, and again, it it you know it all comes out to to the success. And and the other thing too is um, and you know, is if if you're coming to us uh, you know, and asking for donations, I'm always happy to help. But what I have decided is if you are not a part of the community helping us grow, i.e. you're not a client, you're not referring to people, you're not doing things, then with all due respect, I have plenty of clients that need our support or their kids' schools need our support. And those are the people that I'm gonna prioritize because they're giving, they're supporting us, you know.

SPEAKER_03 34:33

That's fair and support just in all ways, right? If it's talking about the business, if it's you know, all of those things. So I think that's totally fair to keep it in the community, right? Unless your heart feels pulled to something else. But yeah, definitely.

SPEAKER_01 34:47

Yeah, and certainly some of the cases I many of the cases I just told you about are people like I don't I don't care if they've come in or not.

SPEAKER_03 34:54

But when it comes to the the day-to-day sponsorships and things like that, yeah, that's gonna be from what well, and because in this area there is a lot of them, and we are in a strip mall, and you will just get people that walk in and ask for donations, and you're like, wait, what? Yeah, give me your money, and you're like, Well, tell me what do you need it for? Yeah, yeah. Absolutely, oh yeah, yeah. So yeah, I'm definitely all for giving back it to the community for sure.

SPEAKER_01 35:15

Yeah, this year, uh, with the the support of uh wonderful clientele that we truly, truly love and enjoy seeing, um, and a staff that works very hard, we were able to donate, I want to say it was over $30,000 in 2025. Yeah. Yes, I'm really, really proud of that. And I know it really um really helped. We've got a couple people that are suffering from stage four cancer that we donated to. Um, we have a mom that has uh she's got three kids, and after having her third child, has had a chronic issue with her um spinal fluid causing um so much vertigo that she can barely leave bed, and she's been to multiple specialists all over the country, and nothing's helped so far. So she's out of work, and then her husband can barely keep his hours because he's with the kids. So just you know, I've given to them a few times. Wow. So it's just and so these are just personal stories in our community, and it's been nice to help out. So yeah.

SPEAKER_03 36:12

Well, I love that.

SPEAKER_01 36:13

Thank you for sharing that with the well, I think we're gonna wrap it up. But yeah, there's uh, you know, we'll have to get back to some burning questions. Maybe I'll do some rapid fire another day. Yeah. So um, but I just want to say thanks for taking the time because you're here again today supporting us and supporting me. And um, I hope that any of you guys listening and or watching got some of your questions answered if you had any. Uh, and just want to say thanks again for loving us on this podcast that we've had so much fun and are having so much fun making, and for supporting our sponsors and and uh sister partner businesses, Rejuvilaise and Nova Laser Anesthetics training. So thank you guys so much. And thank all of you guys for dropping in today, Courtney for dropping by, and we will see you next time on the Top Strap.

SPEAKER_04 37:04

But up to the city.