EPISODE 200 CELEBRATION with Special Guest: my husband, John‪!‬ Can I Laugh On Your Shoulder?

It’s Episode 200, and today’s guest is the one and only John Stillman, my husband! I knew for this episode I’d have to invite my special guest back to the show. His first appearance was Episode 100, and since my listeners loved it, I thought it was about time I brought him back for another interview! It’s hard to believe we are here at 200 episodes. It was a different time when I launched this show in the summer of 2016. I certainly didn’t think then about being at episode 200. We have some fun things planned including listener-submitted questions, a review of the top 10 episodes, and more!
4:31 – Kicking things off with the first user-submitted question which is actually a question that many of you asked: “What have things been like for us over the past few months?” We’re both self-employed. John has a financial advising business and media company and went from working in an office to working from home with me! During quarantine 2020, we’ve developed some habits and routines that John enjoys very much, especially getting Chipotle for lunch every Monday. We don’t know what we were doing on Saturdays before Covid-19, but we’ve finished a number of house projects that have been waiting for us to complete them and enjoyed leisurely prepared breakfasts and slow mornings. Since I’m working at home and home-schooling, implementing true rest on the weekends became important too, which led us to examine our Sabbath and really for the first time, intentionally carve out a time for rest on the weekends. John’s weeknight habits have changed too. He’s much less inclined to do any work on his laptop in the evenings, compared to when he was working all day in the office. He’s been more disciplined in keeping his workday confined to regular business hours because he’s already home all day. We both feel much more efficient, too. It’s been really nice to be home together. When John started returning to the office for half days, it was actually much harder than either of us thought it was going to be! The biggest adjustment for me has been recording podcasts at home. I usually go to the recording studio, but moving all of that into well, basically my closet, has been a big transition. 10:19 – User Submitted Questions, Let’s Dive into the Q&A! 10:40 – Question One: “What is your favorite quality about the other person?”
12:57 – Question Two: “John, you have edited nearly all of Molly’s podcasts episodes. Which one, or which ones have stood out to you. Do you have any particularly favorite interviews?”
14:12 – Question Three: “How do you build your business as a woman without losing your marriage?”
21:03 – We’re going to take a quick break from questions to recap the top 10 episodes of the first 200 of the Business With Purpose podcast! These are the most popular episodes based on the highest number of downloads + a few honorable mentions of my personal favorites:
21: 30, #10 –Episode 129: Chris Solt, Executive Director at Fair Trade Federation
21:47, #9 – Episode 149: Llenay Ferretti, Ten Thousand Villages & Bhava World Project
22:04, #8 – Episode 100: The 100th Episode Spectacular with Guest – My Husband!
22:22, #7 – Episode 110: How To Know If A Brand Is Ethical
22:41, #6 – Episode 139: Mark Choyt, Reflective Jewelry
24:04, #5 – Episode 136: Fair Trade Federation Conference Recap
24:26, #4 Episode 130: Solo Episode, So You Just Marie-Kondo’D Your Life? What to Do with All Those Things That Don’t Spark Joy
25:37, #3 Episode 137: Rebecca Smith, Better Life Bags
26:20, #2 Episode 135: Kat Eckles, Founder of Clean Juice
26:38, #1 Episode 71: Devan Kline & Morgan Kline, Founders of Burn Boot Camp
27:25, Honorable Mentions: These are some of my all-time favorites in no particular order:
27:36 Episode 165, Santiago, “Jimmy” Mellado, Compassion International President & CEO
28:03 – Episode 115, Antonio T. Smith Jr., From Living In A