What if your most valuable asset isn’t your title, your resume, or even your income… but your relationships?

In this episode, Bunny connects with Jordan Hoffner, C-Suit level executive, to talk about all things networking, leadership, mental health in the workplace, and what happens after 50 when the traditional career path stops feeling secure.

Jordan brings decades of C-suite experience to a conversation that feels surprisingly personal. They talk about why transactional networking fails, why your network and your net worth are deeply connected, and how real opportunity rarely comes from cold job applications.

The conversation moves into psychological safety at work, empathy in leadership, and why mental health can’t just be a corporate training checkbox.

They also explore the financial and identity crisis many professionals face over 50. If we live to 85 but stop working at 65, what then? Jordan reframes this stage as becoming the CEO of your own life portfolio.

Timestamps

00:00 Yes, and! Introduction

00:30 Why networking still matters in 2024

02:27 Transactional vs relational networking

05:11 Rebuilding your network the right way

09:46 Mental health and psychological safety at work

13:12 Leadership evolution and leading with empathy

14:35 The financial and identity crisis after 50

16:24 Becoming the CEO of your own life portfolio

18:27 Money, happiness, and the illusion of the “number”

20:42 What if it doesn’t take trauma to wake up?

22:39 Fulfillment: private equity or walking the earth?

24:42 Relationships as mergers and acquisitions

30:15 Why The Bear is required viewing for entrepreneurs

36:58 Jordan’s definition of a Yes, And lifestyle

Connect with Bunny Young:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bunnysumneryoung/

Website: https://www.abetterplaceconsulting.com/

Instagram: @thebunnyyoung

Connect with Jordan Hoffner

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-hoffner/

This episode is equal parts entrepreneurship, motherhood, marriage, and courage.

Bunny chats with Sarah DeLeon to talk about what it actually looks like to stop waiting for the “right time” and start building the life you’ve been talking about for years.

Sarah shares her journey from commuting hours a day in corporate retail to finally launching her own company in 2022, after a decade of saying she would “one day.” The peculiarity is that the turning point wasn’t just burnout. It was her daughter asking why she hadn’t done it yet.

Together they explore:

• Leaving the safety of a steady paycheck

• Being the primary breadwinner and carrying that pressure

• Raising daughters who see entrepreneurship as normal

• The delicate balance between CEO energy and wife energy

• Building a business rooted in sustainability and purpose

• Why manifesting is not magic, it’s clarity plus action

They also talk about thriving versus surviving, celebrating wins out loud, asking for help, and sharing the dream before it feels fully formed.

If you’ve been waiting for a sign to start, this might be it.

Timestamps

00:00 Yes, and! Introduction00:30 Meet Sarah and the teenage-morning reality

02:22 What our kids think we actually do

04:00 Commute burnout and the breaking point

09:21 The birthday decision to finally start

12:18 Launching a sustainable retail company

16:19 “Your tone changes when you talk about your company”

19:09 Raising daughters who see entrepreneurship as normal

25:42 Manifesting vs actually doing the work

28:28 Sharing the dream out loud

30:18 Vibrating out the wrong energy

35:25 Surviving vs thriving

38:50 Funding, fear, and investor courage

41:16 Celebrating wins and building relationship currency

42:06 Why sharing your dream matters

Connect with your host, Bunny Young:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bunnysumneryoung/

Website: https://www.abetterplaceconsulting.com/

Instagram: @thebunnyyoung

What does it actually take to build a business when your life moves every two years?

In this episode of the Yes, And! Podcast, our host Bunny Young interviews Kate Fosson, co-founder of Brand Pollinators, to talk about what it really looks like to create a company as a military spouse, and why playing small is not the assignment.

This is not a conversation about “cute side hustles.” It’s about building real businesses. It’s about navigating skepticism, imposter syndrome, and the assumptions that come with being a woman, a military spouse, and in many cases, the breadwinner.

Bunny shares openly about the risk of entrepreneurship in a military family, the frustration of being underestimated, and the layered skepticism that shows up when you don’t fit into a traditional box.

Kate opens up about starting her business out of necessity during military moves, building a remote career long before it was trendy, and making a purposeful decision to define success not only by revenue, but by freedom.

Together they talk about:

• The hidden risks and realities of entrepreneurship in military communities

• Why collaboration is non-negotiable for business growth

• The skepticism female breadwinners face

• The pressure to justify “non-traditional” businesses

• Redefining wealth beyond a paycheck

• Building a business that supports your life, not replaces it

If you’re a military spouse, an entrepreneur, a woman building something unconventional, or someone who has ever been told your business is “just a passion project,” this episode will hit home.

Because yes, you can move overseas.

Yes, you can raise babies.

Yes, you can build something meaningful.

And yes, you can do it without shrinking yourself.

Timestamps

00:00 Yes, and! Introduction

00:30 Welcome and Kate’s unexpected journey into entrepreneurship

03:30 Building a career that aligns with your values

05:40 The real risk of starting a business as a military spouse

08:57 Why collaboration is essential for entrepreneurs

11:19 How your environment shapes your definition of success

15:57 The MLM trap in military spouse communities

17:03 Being a military spouse, entrepreneur, and the breadwinner

22:05 The skepticism self-employed women face

23:19 Choosing freedom over pure income

24:16 How Kate defines success beyond dollars

29:56 What a Yes, And lifestyle really means

31:32 Moving overseas while keeping the business alive

Connect with Bunny Young:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bunnysumneryoung/

Website: https://www.abetterplaceconsulting.com/

Instagram: @thebunnyyoung

Connect with Kate Fosson:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katefosson/

Website: https://brandpollinators.com/