188 | Providing Comfort for Grief and Loss Through Products with Janine Kwoh, Kwohtations

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hey friends! It’s no secret that grief is hard. It comes with so many unexpected feelings and emotions. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">My guest in this episode, Janine Kwoh, the owner and artist behind Kwohtations is no stranger to grief.  Her own loss is what inspired her to create a product line to comfort people dealing with the pain of losing a loved one.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, we chat about her business and how she took it from a hobby to side hustle to her full-time gig. She also shares her experiences running her business as a one-woman show.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Janine and I chat about her process (she actually letterpress prints each card on an antique printing press and hand paints them all). She even shares her advice for other entrepreneurs and how lack of knowledge can sometimes be a benefit as a business owner! </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">ON TODAY’S EPISODE:</span></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">What her mission means to her and how it came about</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How Janine uses her life experiences as the anchor for her products</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The response she’s gotten from her product line</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">What identity means to her</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Her transitions from hobby to side hustle to full time in her business</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why you have to work on your mindset constantly as a business owner</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Her production