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Be a Light | a conversation with Mollie Beck · The Wholehearted Enneagram Podcast

• 0:03
  SPEAKER_01: My name's Rami C and I'm sick.
• 0:07
  SPEAKER_03: Are you excited about Christmas?
• 0:10
  SPEAKER_03: Yes.
• 0:12
  SPEAKER_03: Do you know what we celebrate a Christmas?
• 0:15
  SPEAKER_03: We celebrate Jesus.
• 0:18
  SPEAKER_03: If you could go to Jesus' birthday party, what do you think you would give him?
• 0:23
  SPEAKER_01: Maybe I would give him a crown.
• 0:28
  SPEAKER_01: Um I would like to give him his uh oh that does Jesus have a chamber?
• 0:39
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, my name is Jodie and I'm Tiny.
• 0:44
  SPEAKER_03: How old are you?
• 0:46
  SPEAKER_03: I'm five.
• 0:48
  SPEAKER_03: Are you excited about Christmas?
• 0:52
  SPEAKER_03: What is your favorite part about Christmas?
• 0:55
  SPEAKER_03: I'm going to look around the house.
• 0:58
  SPEAKER_03: Do you know we're celebrating Jesus' birthday at Christmas?
• 1:02
  SPEAKER_03: So what do you think you would like to get Jesus for his birthday?
• 1:08
  SPEAKER_03: His dad?
• 1:10
  SPEAKER_03: So Jesus could be together with his dad for his birthday?
• 1:14
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah.
• 1:16
  SPEAKER_03: What gift are you hoping to get for Christmas?
• 1:20
  SPEAKER_00: A sky trip from a helicopter, but it has saves animals.
• 1:27
  SPEAKER_00: It saves animals.
• 1:29
  SPEAKER_00: That's pretty awesome.
• 1:35
  SPEAKER_02: Aren't these sweet voices just priceless?
• 1:38
  SPEAKER_02: I'm loving how they remind us the real reason for this season as we continue our holiday season podcast.
• 1:46
  SPEAKER_02: And today, Molly Beck of Continue Good is here to join the conversation.
• 1:51
  SPEAKER_02: Molly and I both attend Radiant Church, but it was at a photo shoot with our favorite photographer, Christine Lau, shout out to her, where we got to know each other a little better.
• 2:01
  SPEAKER_02: And when you meet Molly, you're struck with the fact that she radiates Christ's love and kindness.
• 2:06
  SPEAKER_02: In our first conversation, she not only mentioned how she really enjoyed this podcast, but then she gave me one of her new handmade soy candles that she was getting ready to launch.
• 2:16
  SPEAKER_02: You'll notice it makes its way into my social feed often, as well as the pumpkin souffle scent that I've enjoyed all through the fall.
• 2:24
  SPEAKER_02: It didn't even take me a second before I knew it would be a joy to have her on this podcast and share a small portion of Continue Good Story and why you'll want to take care of all your teacher and friend gifts with her hand-poured soy Woodwick candles.
• 2:40
  SPEAKER_02: I'm not exaggerating when I say that they are the best candles I've ever had.
• 2:45
  SPEAKER_02: And during this conversation, you will hear a special announcement about a one-of-a-kind candle that I got to help create.
• 2:54
  SPEAKER_02: And actually, there's nine of them.
• 2:57
  SPEAKER_02: So today, as this conversation goes live, so does the EnneagramCandle.com.
• 3:03
  SPEAKER_02: These candles are some of the most personalized out there with unique colors, fragrance, the essence of each type, and even continue good ways for each Enneagram type.
• 3:15
  SPEAKER_02: You're gonna love this conversation.
• 3:17
  SPEAKER_02: And if you didn't know, Molly also allowed me to record our 30-minute Enneagram coaching session.
• 3:22
  SPEAKER_02: So if you were interested in trying out a coaching session, now you can get a sample of what to expect.
• 3:28
  SPEAKER_02: I'll put all the links in the show notes.
• 3:30
  SPEAKER_02: And you'll want to stay tuned to the very end because I have a special code for you to get an amazing discount on any candle, including the new Enneagram ones, this holiday season.
• 3:43
  SPEAKER_02: And by the way, if you're new to the Enneagram and you need to know the best place to begin, head on over to easyeneagram.com where you can find my Enneagram Quick Start Guide and my one-page summary, which gives you an overview of all nine Enneagram types.
• 3:58
  SPEAKER_02: This might be a perfect way to follow along on the conversation.
• 4:02
  SPEAKER_02: And if you missed it last year, I've re-released my Simply Wholehearted Enneagram gift giving guide just in time to help you shop for your loved ones.
• 4:10
  SPEAKER_02: It's not your typical gift guide.
• 4:12
  SPEAKER_02: It's not just a bunch of Amazon links for all the good stuff that are available to you, but it's more about why they want what they want.
• 4:22
  SPEAKER_02: We're gonna have a whole episode coming up dedicated to this concept, which I can't wait to share with you.
• 4:28
  SPEAKER_02: But in the meantime, you can get your copy at the link in the show notes.
• 4:32
  SPEAKER_02: Also, you can get both my Easy Enneagram 101 and 201 workshops that are now available.
• 4:38
  SPEAKER_02: These lifetime access online videos make a perfect gift for your loved ones who are newer to the Enneagram, or for those who are still determining their dominant Enneagram type.
• 4:49
  SPEAKER_02: And remember, the fun Christmas music you are hearing in the background is from our favorite music artist, Christy Knuckles.
• 4:56
  SPEAKER_02: Download the Thrill of Hope or the Thrill of Hope Renewed and keep it on repeat in the background this holiday season.
• 5:03
  SPEAKER_02: Now here's my conversation with Molly Beck.
• 5:18
  SPEAKER_02: That's very good.
• 5:19
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, yeah.
• 5:20
  SPEAKER_02: It's yeah, the mountains and me.
• 5:22
  SPEAKER_04: We just just have a good old time.
• 5:24
  SPEAKER_04: We do, I love it.
• 5:25
  SPEAKER_04: I agree, yeah.
• 5:26
  SPEAKER_02: My soul is like most alive, I feel like yeah, so I kind of am I think about you making your candles and I go, oh yeah, this would be really fitting, and maybe that's why I'm drawn to them even.
• 5:38
  SPEAKER_02: Is I think, oh, like a cozy cabin in Colorado in the mountains of Colorado.
• 5:43
  SPEAKER_02: I can see you making candles and all that sort of stuff.
• 5:45
  SPEAKER_02: So it's so fun.
• 5:46
  SPEAKER_04: True, yeah, yeah.
• 5:48
  SPEAKER_04: It's kind of that way, but just in the woods, yeah.
• 5:52
  SPEAKER_02: Of Kansas.
• 5:53
  SPEAKER_04: Of Kansas, yes.
• 5:54
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah, we love our space.
• 5:56
  SPEAKER_04: We we are really thankful.
• 5:58
  SPEAKER_04: There's like a river that runs behind it, and actually we actually got married um on the other side of the river.
• 6:03
  SPEAKER_04: So I got it.
• 6:05
  SPEAKER_04: It's beautiful.
• 6:05
  SPEAKER_04: Our wedding spot is like 500 feet or so from our house.
• 6:11
  SPEAKER_04: So we can look at it every day.
• 6:13
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah, we can look at it.
• 6:15
  SPEAKER_04: Yes, especially in winter when things are yeah, you can see through the woods.
• 6:20
  SPEAKER_04: But oh beautiful, that is so funny.
• 6:23
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah, we're really really thankful for it.
• 6:25
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, okay.
• 6:26
  SPEAKER_02: So, what birthed this candle idea and this business and continue good?
• 6:31
  SPEAKER_02: There's so many facets to it, and I want to highlight each of it.
• 6:35
  SPEAKER_02: But for you, was there that moment that you know, some for some people it's an aha moment, for some it's a brokenhearted moment.
• 6:43
  SPEAKER_04: Right.
• 6:43
  SPEAKER_02: What launched this idea of starting this business?
• 6:47
  SPEAKER_04: Okay, great question.
• 6:50
  SPEAKER_04: So, to answer this well, I feel like I need to go back a little bit.
• 6:54
  SPEAKER_04: Um, I went to school in Colorado, I played tennis there and I was in the design degree, and that's really where that's really where this um continue good grew in my heart.
• 7:07
  SPEAKER_04: Um but this really only because of Christ like drawing me near is why um why continue good is here today.
• 7:18
  SPEAKER_04: Um so my freshman year of college, um Jesus just brought me close to him through my teammates and roommates and just breaking down a bunch of walls.
• 7:30
  SPEAKER_02: Um was it like FCA or anything like that?
• 7:33
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah, actually, yes, no FCA slash athletes in action.
• 7:37
  SPEAKER_02: So that's so cool to hear.
• 7:40
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah, yeah, um, so yeah, FCA is has a big place in my heart.
• 7:45
  SPEAKER_04: But um, anyways, yeah, it was just a year of him breaking down my walls, and then the end of my freshman year, I accepted Jesus into my heart, and it was a yeah pivotal moment.
• 7:58
  SPEAKER_04: Pivotal moment, yeah, the rest is history.
• 8:00
  SPEAKER_04: But that's okay, no, it was a very big change, and um he just set in me a new perspective and new eyes to see.
• 8:10
  SPEAKER_04: And um, I had been a Christian before and had like believed in God, but didn't know what it meant to have a true relationship with him and follow him and live my life for him.
• 8:21
  SPEAKER_04: There is, yeah, yeah.
• 8:23
  SPEAKER_04: Holy Spirit is good.
• 8:24
  SPEAKER_04: Um yeah, so it wasn't necessarily a brokenhearted moment, but it was this new light inside me that I really just had to spread.
• 8:35
  SPEAKER_04: And um so Matthew 5.16 says, Let your light so shine before others that they may see your good deeds and glorify your father in heaven.
• 8:46
  SPEAKER_02: And that's so good.
• 8:47
  SPEAKER_02: I'm like so excited.
• 8:51
  SPEAKER_02: This is beautiful.
• 8:52
  SPEAKER_02: No, I love it, I love it, I love it so much.
• 8:54
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah, and that that verse along with Romans 2.4, it's paraphrased, but um, it's the kindness of Christ that leads us to repentance.
• 9:05
  SPEAKER_04: Um, those two verses were really pivotal in my first years as a believer, and then just with molding and shaping continue good.
• 9:14
  SPEAKER_04: And um, I just wanted to create something that could bring light and hope into people's lives and um yeah, just get encourage people to love others, and um I think that God works a lot through other people.
• 9:32
  SPEAKER_04: That's that was my story.
• 9:34
  SPEAKER_02: Um absolutely yeah, and I'm not not saying his hands and feet though.
• 9:39
  SPEAKER_04: Yes, yes, for sure.
• 9:41
  SPEAKER_04: So not saying specifically that to love people um just as a project to get them to be Christians, you know.
• 9:48
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, that's good, right?
• 9:49
  SPEAKER_04: So we don't want to encourage that, but like he does use people, and if he uses continue good to bring people to Christ, that would be a dream.
• 9:59
  SPEAKER_04: Yes, yes, um, but I did one company that just encourages people to love others simply to love them um out of the love Christ has for us, and um there's just so much loneliness and depression and anxiety um all around us, and so I think especially in our culture of loneliness, that um we need it now more than ever, this love spread.
• 10:23
  SPEAKER_02: So yeah, absolutely.
• 10:25
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah, and then the brokenhearted um God started breaking my heart about a year and a half ago um on something that I didn't think would be a part of Continue Good, but the um issue of sex trafficking and um yeah, so those enslaved and trafficking, um, he just really started breaking my heart over that issue.
• 10:47
  SPEAKER_04: And um, Calvin, my sweet husband, actually he had a very like vivid dream about um people being sold and like they were taken into a van and he couldn't do anything to stop them.
• 11:02
  SPEAKER_04: Um and kind of in that moment we were just like we are ordinary people, but we we want to try to make a difference at least in any way we can.
• 11:14
  SPEAKER_04: And so even if it's like baby steps, so we donate 10% now to fight human trafficking.
• 11:19
  SPEAKER_02: Um fantastic.
• 11:21
  SPEAKER_02: Well, is there a specific organization you would love to kind of give a shout out to?
• 11:25
  SPEAKER_04: Sure, yes.
• 11:26
  SPEAKER_04: Uh so we donate to the Exodus Road, it's actually based in Colorado Springs.
• 11:30
  SPEAKER_04: Yes, so starred by Matt and Laura Parker.
• 11:34
  SPEAKER_02: Fantastic.
• 11:34
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah, yeah.
• 11:35
  SPEAKER_04: Have you heard of them?
• 11:36
  SPEAKER_02: I have.
• 11:37
  SPEAKER_02: Okay, gotcha.
• 11:37
  SPEAKER_02: They're so good.
• 11:38
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 11:39
  SPEAKER_02: I'm like, oh, I should maybe have them on the podcast.
• 11:41
  SPEAKER_04: Oh yes, that'd be great.
• 11:43
  SPEAKER_04: They have an amazing story.
• 11:44
  SPEAKER_04: So, um, yeah.
• 11:47
  SPEAKER_04: So, anyways, uh that is what God has like broken my heart over, and um, it's a tough issue because we don't see it very much, you know.
• 11:55
  SPEAKER_02: But I'm just it's just this, I mean, we hear about it, but we sort of dismiss it because it's not in front of us all the time.
• 12:03
  SPEAKER_02: And when we live in the middle of suburbia, it feels so far away from us, and yet it's happening all around us.
• 12:11
  SPEAKER_02: We just don't see it, it's really d well disguised and covered.
• 12:16
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah, it really is, and it's astonishing the numbers with like 10 to 30 million people are enslaved.
• 12:22
  SPEAKER_04: Um more than ever, like in ever in our human history.
• 12:27
  SPEAKER_04: So yeah, and but I'm I'm thankful that God has like opened my eyes to it, and I hope that my eyes keep being open more.
• 12:35
  SPEAKER_02: Well, yeah, and then this is a beautiful connection of your desire for success in this business and starting this company plays into the desire to help, not just to bring light and in dark places, but to bring a tangible, you know, results and freedom to people who are being enslaved.
• 12:58
  SPEAKER_02: So yeah, that's really awesome.
• 12:59
  SPEAKER_02: I love it.
• 13:00
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, what a powerful thing.
• 13:02
  SPEAKER_02: Okay, so how do you go from okay, I want to do all these things and this Matthew verse to candles?
• 13:10
  SPEAKER_04: Right, yeah, the candles, okay.
• 13:12
  SPEAKER_04: There is some backstory too.
• 13:15
  SPEAKER_04: So actually, I launched Continue Good um a year after I graduated college.
• 13:21
  SPEAKER_04: Um my husband and I moved to LA our first year, and I was preparing to launch there, which was awesome.
• 13:28
  SPEAKER_04: Um, and then I came back to Kansas City.
• 13:32
  SPEAKER_04: We moved back to Kansas City um in 2017 and launched.
• 13:36
  SPEAKER_04: I actually started as an online retail boutique.
• 13:39
  SPEAKER_04: So all clothing, um, lots of positive messages, but pretty much like through um a year and a half of it going well and then having some harder seasons, um, and we just have had a lot of life happen with um it within the last year and a half.
• 13:58
  SPEAKER_04: So pretty much um about six months ago, Calvin approached me.
• 14:03
  SPEAKER_04: He was really sweet and put uh this presentation together.
• 14:08
  SPEAKER_04: I like organized my life by PowerPoint.
• 14:11
  SPEAKER_04: So he had sweet.
• 14:13
  SPEAKER_04: So he had a PowerPoint slide and just was like, what if we transition to handmade, all handmade things?
• 14:22
  SPEAKER_04: So we're starting with candles, um, all natural soy candles, and what's neat is that candles is actually my original idea for continue good.
• 14:31
  SPEAKER_04: No kidding.
• 14:32
  SPEAKER_04: So it's gonna be called Be Light, and now this is our Be Light candle collection.
• 14:37
  SPEAKER_04: So yeah, yeah, so fun.
• 14:39
  SPEAKER_04: I'm loving having um yeah, just a handmade item, and we hope for this to just be the start, and we want to get into a lot more handmade products.
• 14:50
  SPEAKER_02: Um, so and so it was the idea to take kind of you've been doing a lot of different things, maybe spreading yourself a little bit thin, and then focus in on the one item.
• 15:02
  SPEAKER_02: That's right.
• 15:03
  SPEAKER_04: Yes, yes.
• 15:03
  SPEAKER_04: I've learned it's okay to pivot.
• 15:06
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah, the like I feel like culture tells you that's not okay, but it is it is okay.
• 15:12
  SPEAKER_02: It is.
• 15:12
  SPEAKER_02: Um I'm raising my hand too.
• 15:14
  SPEAKER_02: Oh, I did not see Enneagram in my future.
• 15:17
  SPEAKER_02: Much less coach, of course, creator on such topic.
• 15:21
  SPEAKER_04: I'm thankful that it's first thing.
• 15:23
  SPEAKER_02: Me too, me too.
• 15:25
  SPEAKER_02: But pivot is the word, yes.
• 15:27
  SPEAKER_04: Pivot.
• 15:28
  SPEAKER_04: Um, and yeah, I just really enjoy focusing on it, and it was, it was I was stretched then with um dealing with all the different clothing and and just being able to focus on one product is that you can make yourself, yes, exactly.
• 15:45
  SPEAKER_02: So, did you have like this family secret recipe?
• 15:48
  SPEAKER_02: Did you just look online and try a couple of things?
• 15:51
  SPEAKER_02: I want to know how to make a candle.
• 15:53
  SPEAKER_04: Right.
• 15:53
  SPEAKER_04: Oh, it's so fun.
• 15:55
  SPEAKER_04: We should put a tutorial up on our website.
• 15:57
  SPEAKER_02: Oh, you need to do that, and I actually want to come and be a part of that.
• 16:02
  SPEAKER_02: I actually had thought about that originally.
• 16:04
  SPEAKER_02: I'm like, I would really love this to be a like go and see how it's done and be a part of it.
• 16:09
  SPEAKER_02: But yeah, for the sake of time, it'll happen though.
• 16:12
  SPEAKER_02: I want to come see.
• 16:13
  SPEAKER_04: I love it.
• 16:14
  SPEAKER_04: Um, yes, I'd been making candles for a couple years as a hobby, actually.
• 16:20
  SPEAKER_02: So fun.
• 16:21
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah, my sister-in-law, who um is also an Enneagram type three, she she uh has made them and she's extremely artsy, and so she taught us how.
• 16:33
  SPEAKER_04: And yeah, I've just been making them for fun with friends and such.
• 16:37
  SPEAKER_04: Um, but yeah, when Calvin presented me that this new uh switch, we just really got serious about it and made the investments in like a huge wax melter.
• 16:50
  SPEAKER_02: Yes, I felt all the candle equipment and um yeah, the glass jars, the labels, the packaging, all the things and it would be if you're gonna pivot, you gotta be really clear how you're gonna pivot because it does take investment.
• 17:03
  SPEAKER_04: Right, right, yes.
• 17:05
  SPEAKER_04: And we definitely um what I like so much about the candles is it's a lot easier for us to spread our message about being a light.
• 17:13
  SPEAKER_04: Um like the front label says be a light, but really what's unique is the back label, all each label has um a little way to spread kindness.
• 17:21
  SPEAKER_02: So yes, mine says leave a goodie for the mailman.
• 17:25
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah, yes, yes, yeah, which is so great.
• 17:28
  SPEAKER_04: I like that one.
• 17:29
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah, we had uh we had a customer have her daughter and her daughter's friend get some gum and run it out to the uh mailman.
• 17:38
  SPEAKER_04: It was really cute.
• 17:40
  SPEAKER_02: That is so cute.
• 17:41
  SPEAKER_02: Love it.
• 17:42
  SPEAKER_04: But um, yeah, so it just makes our message a lot more tangible having it on the physical product.
• 17:48
  SPEAKER_02: Um and people are looking at it all the time.
• 17:51
  SPEAKER_04: Correct, yeah.
• 17:52
  SPEAKER_02: Yep, yeah, it's like seared in your brain, right?
• 17:54
  SPEAKER_02: Sometimes when you're just meditating or relaxing, you light the candle and you're just there looking at it, and yeah, you can't help but read it.
• 18:01
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah, right, right.
• 18:03
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah, and we hope for more kingdom strategies with that too, and we'll see what that looks like.
• 18:09
  SPEAKER_02: Love it, but love it.
• 18:11
  SPEAKER_02: I know we've we've chatted on the side about some fun kingdom strategies as relating to the Enneagram and candles potentially or other things.
• 18:18
  SPEAKER_02: So I'm with you.
• 18:20
  SPEAKER_02: Like, I love the strategy, I love dreaming.
• 18:22
  SPEAKER_02: It'll be so fun to see where the Lord takes it, and it's good stuff.
• 18:27
  SPEAKER_02: Now, we you like were so kind and you wanted you were interested in Enneagram coaching, and I had this crazy idea.
• 18:35
  SPEAKER_02: Like, why don't we record it?
• 18:37
  SPEAKER_02: And so you're kind of the sample of what it looks like for a 30-minute session with me, and I I'm so grateful.
• 18:43
  SPEAKER_02: Thank you again for that.
• 18:45
  SPEAKER_02: So we I know a little bit about your Enneagram type, and I thought, you know, our part each part of our conversation, we kind of drag the Enneagram one way or another, even if someone doesn't really know because it's just fun, it's part of you know, it's part of what we do.
• 18:59
  SPEAKER_02: So for you and your understanding, you are a type three, yes, a type three.
• 19:05
  SPEAKER_02: I think this is really fun because I feel like I'm sitting across from someone similar to me.
• 19:13
  SPEAKER_02: Obviously, we are both entrepreneurs and we both have you know big vision and dreams and similar personality types.
• 19:21
  SPEAKER_02: And I'd love to know from your perspective what it's looked like to understand being Enneagram 3 as it relates to being a business owner and even the dream of where the Lord might take your business.
• 19:33
  SPEAKER_04: Right.
• 19:34
  SPEAKER_04: Great question.
• 19:35
  SPEAKER_04: Um so as an Enneagram type three, the doer, the achiever, um, like most things, there's good and bad to it.
• 19:43
  SPEAKER_04: Right.
• 19:43
  SPEAKER_02: Um the light side and the dark side, I like to call it to be you know, be a little Star Wars.
• 19:48
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 19:48
  SPEAKER_04: I love it.
• 19:50
  SPEAKER_04: Yes.
• 19:51
  SPEAKER_04: Um, but yeah, the good is that I I have recently admitted to myself I think I'm a workaholic in some in some ways, and I can get that way.
• 20:02
  SPEAKER_02: Um because you love it probably.
• 20:04
  SPEAKER_04: Because I do, I love it, yeah.
• 20:06
  SPEAKER_04: And um, yeah, I want and it's really helped having Calvin come on board because I have more drive to get things done too.
• 20:14
  SPEAKER_04: But yeah, absolutely.
• 20:16
  SPEAKER_04: But yeah, it's so that that can be good because I can take on a lot in my schedule and um most of the times get a lot done.
• 20:25
  SPEAKER_04: So um that's a good part of you know, being a type three as a business owner, and then um also the uh the drive for excellence.
• 20:37
  SPEAKER_04: Um I'm sure you know as a type three that's just um yeah, it's in your DNA.
• 20:43
  SPEAKER_04: Yes.
• 20:44
  SPEAKER_04: Um, but then I think what's been most beneficial with owning a brand is um the my value on visually aesthetically visually pleasing aesthetics.
• 20:58
  SPEAKER_04: Um I just I like trying to make things beautiful and yeah, I mean and you've done an amazing job.
• 21:05
  SPEAKER_04: Oh, thank you.
• 21:07
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, it's gorgeous.
• 21:08
  SPEAKER_02: You've got you know the Instagram feed is beautiful, the candles, the way things coordinate.
• 21:12
  SPEAKER_02: It's so good.
• 21:13
  SPEAKER_02: No, I love it.
• 21:15
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah, my friend Katie tells me the quote, um, I'm going to make everything beautiful and it's time.
• 21:21
  SPEAKER_04: And I just think that's a cute little quote.
• 21:23
  SPEAKER_04: But um, yeah, I uh some I mean, sometimes it's viewed as like shallow, the type of three, like the aesthetics.
• 21:34
  SPEAKER_04: Um, but yeah, I'm thankful for that because I'm able to yeah, just really try to give an inviting vibe and calming, natural look to everything.
• 21:45
  SPEAKER_04: So yeah.
• 21:46
  SPEAKER_02: Um and how do you differentiate excellence and perfectionism?
• 21:51
  SPEAKER_02: Because I know sometimes even if we're talking about um and some people if they listen to that sample, they they know that we were kind of distinguishing.
• 22:00
  SPEAKER_02: Between a one, a nine, and a three.
• 22:03
  SPEAKER_02: There is some confusion between ones and threes.
• 22:07
  SPEAKER_02: And there's a subtype of the three that looks a lot similar to a one.
• 22:13
  SPEAKER_02: So for you, what does that look like that drive for excellence compared to drive for perfection?
• 22:20
  SPEAKER_04: Hmm.
• 22:21
  SPEAKER_04: Um I think about cleaning my house.
• 22:27
  SPEAKER_02: Yes.
• 22:28
  SPEAKER_04: Do tell me.
• 22:29
  SPEAKER_04: That's just what pops in my head right now.
• 22:32
  SPEAKER_04: Um whereas, you know, like I'm not I'm not the best cleaner with like, you know, scrubbing out the shower, the detail.
• 22:40
  SPEAKER_04: The shower.
• 22:41
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah.
• 22:42
  SPEAKER_04: Oh gosh.
• 22:43
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah.
• 22:45
  SPEAKER_02: Thorn to my side.
• 22:46
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah.
• 22:46
  SPEAKER_04: I don't see like all the tiny little things that need to get to.
• 22:51
  SPEAKER_04: I see them from like when we're at a pop-up shop and you know, like making the booth look nice.
• 22:58
  SPEAKER_04: Um, but I think like what while cleaning the house, I'll put like the dirty laundry in the closet, which is right, right.
• 23:06
  SPEAKER_04: You know, so I don't think I guess for me it's like um perfectionism is going deeper into um deeper into things and then like maybe appearance and surface level excellence can be a bit more like just wanting it to look good but not dealing with like the deep yes, yeah, the organization or things like that.
• 23:30
  SPEAKER_02: So yeah.
• 23:31
  SPEAKER_02: I see a lot where the like the ones in my life who are close enough to tell me to slow down and do a better job in the excellence department and go, you know, like beneath the surface, that sort of thing.
• 23:46
  SPEAKER_02: Yes.
• 23:46
  SPEAKER_02: Um, and to even stay with something a little bit longer, whereas I would want to move on because I I have I see the next thing in my mind.
• 23:53
  SPEAKER_02: Oh yeah, see how excellent it can be good.
• 23:56
  SPEAKER_04: Yes, yeah, for sure.
• 23:58
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah, I have been like convicted lately to take like you know, things that the Lord has shown me and dwell more time on it, but I because I am tempted to be like, wow, that's so good and helpful, but then move on to the next thing.
• 24:12
  SPEAKER_04: So there's so much that you can still seek, you know, and learn from the things he's given you.
• 24:18
  SPEAKER_02: So yeah, totally that's a good one.
• 24:20
  SPEAKER_02: I love it.
• 24:20
  SPEAKER_02: So I'm curious.
• 24:21
  SPEAKER_02: Anything else that you would throw in there that understanding your type?
• 24:25
  SPEAKER_02: Right.
• 24:26
  SPEAKER_04: Um, okay.
• 24:28
  SPEAKER_04: I work with my husband, so there's been um and do you know what type he is or is does he know?
• 24:34
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 24:35
  SPEAKER_04: Okay.
• 24:35
  SPEAKER_04: It's it's pretty obvious.
• 24:36
  SPEAKER_04: He's an Enneagram type seven.
• 24:38
  SPEAKER_02: Okay, okay, but uh yeah.
• 24:40
  SPEAKER_04: I am really, really thankful to be working with him.
• 24:43
  SPEAKER_04: It's like, you know, who else would you prefer to work with?
• 24:46
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah.
• 24:47
  SPEAKER_02: And how cute, even cuter that he did this like presentation for you, PowerPoint presentation.
• 24:54
  SPEAKER_02: I still can't get over that because that's so great.
• 24:59
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah, he he really nailed it.
• 25:02
  SPEAKER_02: Well done, Calvin.
• 25:03
  SPEAKER_02: Well done.
• 25:04
  SPEAKER_04: Yes.
• 25:05
  SPEAKER_04: Um, but yeah, I do like I normally to get things done, kind of like put my head down and really focus, and I'm not great at multitasking, and um he just like makes it so much more fun, you know.
• 25:19
  SPEAKER_04: He brings all the zing and pep of a seven and lots of energy and passion and so many ideas.
• 25:25
  SPEAKER_04: Um I bet.
• 25:26
  SPEAKER_04: I bet so it's been we've gotten a lot more done now that he's on board and um and as focused as you.
• 25:33
  SPEAKER_02: I mean, I gotta applaud him for being the one to say, listen, babe, we need to focus on the one thing, and this is what we need to focus on.
• 25:41
  SPEAKER_02: That's really good.
• 25:42
  SPEAKER_02: That's hard for a seven, right?
• 25:43
  SPEAKER_02: It's hard for three, too, but maybe even more for a seven.
• 25:47
  SPEAKER_04: I know, yeah.
• 25:48
  SPEAKER_04: We have like a little file where we write down ideas because it's so good to have them, but they're gonna come all the time.
• 25:57
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah.
• 25:58
  SPEAKER_04: So yeah, and I think though, um, as Ennegram type three, having him come on board definitely like it's gonna be a transition.
• 26:06
  SPEAKER_04: Um when you I'd been, you know, do like managing this business for a year and a half or so.
• 26:13
  SPEAKER_04: Um, and so when he came on board, Calvin is really good at being honest.
• 26:18
  SPEAKER_02: I'm gonna do it.
• 26:19
  SPEAKER_04: And uh it just like with marriage it calls out, you know, the the your weaknesses more and just the areas that you um weren't like there were definitely areas of the business that I wasn't keeping up with well.
• 26:33
  SPEAKER_04: Um, so yeah, I think as a type three, it's hard to see your flaws sometimes, or it's just hard to have really drawn out.
• 26:42
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah, so that was a transition, but I'm thankful because things are a lot more in order now.
• 26:49
  SPEAKER_02: That's so great.
• 26:50
  SPEAKER_02: I love it.
• 26:50
  SPEAKER_02: Oh, it's great to have some sort of partner in business and just that person, whether it's the sounding board or I know for me recently bringing Peyton, who those who've you know contacted me for different stuff, she's very much involved in the conversation, and she has been such a godsend, and she is she's great, she's a two-wing one and really helpful in keeping me a little bit more ordered and getting processes in, and I'm not nearly as scattered as I was, it's really, really good.
• 27:22
  SPEAKER_02: Well, it's so fun.
• 27:23
  SPEAKER_02: I really wanted to have you on because we kind of had a meet cute.
• 27:27
  SPEAKER_02: We go to the same church, and you know, and we've talked because the podcast and your mother-in-law, and and the Enneagram, and a bunch of different stuff, but Christine Lau did our photos, and we rented a fun space in Midtown, and I can't even remember the name of Crossroads Studio, I think.
• 27:45
  SPEAKER_02: That's right, yeah.
• 27:46
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, so I'm there doing stuff, and you come in with your candles, and we even use the candles and some of the photo shoot, which is super great, yeah, absolutely.
• 27:55
  SPEAKER_02: And I don't know, it was just this neat providential meeting, I think, and launched a bunch of different conversation, but I thought it would be fun to talk about product for as in light of the holidays, in light of Christmas and Thanksgiving, and I mean, you always want a candle for me.
• 28:13
  SPEAKER_02: I can't think of uh, you know, um Sally Clarkson, bless her heart, she's you know, teaches us young women about stewarding our home well and creating a wonderful environment, and candles are a big deal, and so I liked candles before, but I think there was something about her teaching that gave me permission to always have a candle that I could light, and that can change the the atmosphere of the room, right?
• 28:41
  SPEAKER_04: The ambiance, yeah.
• 28:43
  SPEAKER_02: The ambiance, the the spirit, the peacefulness.
• 28:46
  SPEAKER_02: Yes, um, there's a like even a reverence that a candle adds.
• 28:53
  SPEAKER_02: So, anyway, all of that to say, we always want a candle.
• 28:56
  SPEAKER_02: I think it's necessary, and I light mine often, but the holidays are especially a great time for candles for all the different reasons, gifts again to add to the atmosphere.
• 29:08
  SPEAKER_02: So tell us what you've got for the holidays, and maybe even you know, you could back up a little bit and tell us a little bit more about your product.
• 29:15
  SPEAKER_02: We'll have pictures and things like that.
• 29:17
  SPEAKER_02: But you have tons of great pictures so people can see what they're getting.
• 29:21
  SPEAKER_02: But yeah, tell me, tell me more.
• 29:22
  SPEAKER_02: What do you got?
• 29:23
  SPEAKER_04: Okay, great.
• 29:24
  SPEAKER_04: So we have um we have all natural soy wax candles, so just a little update on the case.
• 29:32
  SPEAKER_02: And what is what's the biggest importance?
• 29:34
  SPEAKER_02: Because I've known that that is what we should use.
• 29:37
  SPEAKER_02: I don't want to drink soy, but I want soy in my candles.
• 29:40
  SPEAKER_02: Exactly.
• 29:41
  SPEAKER_02: Yes, so tell me a little bit right why.
• 29:43
  SPEAKER_04: So a lot of candles use paraffin wax, which um there's been studies that burning the paraffin wax um in homes can actually lead to cancer.
• 29:54
  SPEAKER_02: So whoa, yeah, we don't want that.
• 29:56
  SPEAKER_04: Exactly, yeah.
• 29:57
  SPEAKER_02: So give me soy.
• 29:59
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah, yeah.
• 29:59
  SPEAKER_04: So we use all natural soy wax, and luckily a lot of or a good amount of companies are like starting to switch.
• 30:06
  SPEAKER_04: Switch that way.
• 30:07
  SPEAKER_04: Um the paraffin just like burns prettier, so yeah, and it's probably longer lasting, cheaper, yeah, that sort of thing.
• 30:16
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah, but so we don't want any toxins or paraffins um in your home.
• 30:21
  SPEAKER_04: So uh we use all natural soy wax, we use a woodwick, which we really like.
• 30:27
  SPEAKER_04: Exactly, it's super fuzzy.
• 30:29
  SPEAKER_04: Yes, yes, you just have to like trim them every now and then.
• 30:32
  SPEAKER_04: So um, yeah, and then we use safe scents as well.
• 30:37
  SPEAKER_02: So our candles have about an 80-hour burn time, and I've been surprised how my I mean it's not huge and it's lasting a long time, which is thrilling, I think.
• 30:47
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah, yeah, for sure.
• 30:49
  SPEAKER_04: Um the soy wax like helps it burn slower along with the wood wick.
• 30:53
  SPEAKER_04: So okay.
• 30:54
  SPEAKER_02: I didn't know what the secret was because I was like, this is great, yeah.
• 30:58
  SPEAKER_04: I love it.
• 30:59
  SPEAKER_04: Um, so, anyways, we have I will say our bestseller is the classic that is a great holiday one.
• 31:06
  SPEAKER_04: We actually sell it year-round because we love it so much.
• 31:09
  SPEAKER_02: And what's in the classic?
• 31:10
  SPEAKER_04: It's a Fraser fur smell, yeah.
• 31:12
  SPEAKER_04: And then give it to me all day long.
• 31:14
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah, my favorite.
• 31:15
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah.
• 31:16
  SPEAKER_04: Yes.
• 31:16
  SPEAKER_04: And uh with a little undertone of sandalwood.
• 31:19
  SPEAKER_02: Oh yes, so good.
• 31:21
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah, yeah.
• 31:22
  SPEAKER_04: And then so we released like our fall three pack.
• 31:25
  SPEAKER_04: Um we had three candles for that one, and then we're going to be releasing a uh holiday three-pack as well.
• 31:33
  SPEAKER_04: So yeah, we'll have all sorts of can you give us a low down what's in those packs?
• 31:38
  SPEAKER_02: Because I'm just kind of curious about the different scents.
• 31:40
  SPEAKER_02: And I'm trying to remember the one I have.
• 31:42
  SPEAKER_02: It's a mixture.
• 31:44
  SPEAKER_04: The welcome home.
• 31:45
  SPEAKER_04: Welcome home, yes.
• 31:45
  SPEAKER_04: Yes.
• 31:46
  SPEAKER_04: We we have three that we sell all year round.
• 31:48
  SPEAKER_04: Okay.
• 31:48
  SPEAKER_04: Um, one is like a fresh bouquet, more of a floral, okay, soothing smell.
• 31:53
  SPEAKER_04: The welcome home is what you have.
• 31:54
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, and that's been perfect.
• 31:56
  SPEAKER_02: I especially because I got it in like the summertime, and you know, like you just want something clean but not linen.
• 32:03
  SPEAKER_04: Right, yeah, yeah, totally.
• 32:04
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah, fresh like a homey vanilla, yes, a little bit of fig, a little sweetness.
• 32:10
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, yeah.
• 32:11
  SPEAKER_04: So we like that one.
• 32:13
  SPEAKER_04: Um, but our three-pack for the holidays will include one that is our merry candle and pretty much Christmas in a candle.
• 32:23
  SPEAKER_04: So um your Christmas tree smell and just you know the cozy vibes you get the night before Christmas.
• 32:30
  SPEAKER_02: So fun.
• 32:31
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah, we've got our merry one, and um, it's fun.
• 32:35
  SPEAKER_04: I get to design the labels, so I've been having a lot of fun doing that.
• 32:38
  SPEAKER_02: Oh, that would be fun, I bet.
• 32:40
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah, and then um we will have a holly berry one, so we're like a winter berry.
• 32:47
  SPEAKER_04: Okay.
• 32:48
  SPEAKER_04: Is it like some cranberry essence or um yes, yeah, a little bit cranberry, okay, uh, just all sorts of a little more fruity, but okay, yeah.
• 32:58
  SPEAKER_04: We and we're finalizing a couple more of the details.
• 33:01
  SPEAKER_04: So we test out our candles, test out the scents and batches.
• 33:05
  SPEAKER_02: I bet.
• 33:05
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah, yeah.
• 33:06
  SPEAKER_02: Like not a bad job.
• 33:07
  SPEAKER_04: Let's just keep burning the candles.
• 33:10
  SPEAKER_04: Exactly, yeah.
• 33:11
  SPEAKER_04: The third one is uh peppermint and peppermint and uh kind of like a magic Christmas one.
• 33:18
  SPEAKER_02: So kind of snowy.
• 33:20
  SPEAKER_02: Yes, yes, yes.
• 33:21
  SPEAKER_02: Oh, that's fun.
• 33:22
  SPEAKER_02: So maybe even your winter one that goes beyond the holidays.
• 33:26
  SPEAKER_02: Not that I have any qualms about burning holiday candles into January and February.
• 33:30
  SPEAKER_04: Exactly.
• 33:31
  SPEAKER_02: Yes.
• 33:32
  SPEAKER_02: Keeps you hungry though, too.
• 33:33
  SPEAKER_04: I know.
• 33:34
  SPEAKER_02: We keep baking cranberry bread.
• 33:36
  SPEAKER_02: Yes.
• 33:36
  SPEAKER_04: Oh my gosh, yes.
• 33:37
  SPEAKER_04: We made a pumpkin souffle one for fall, and that one was just like a pumpkin pie right out of the oven.
• 33:43
  SPEAKER_04: So there you go.
• 33:44
  SPEAKER_02: That's awesome.
• 33:45
  SPEAKER_04: Um, and then we actually Amy had had the idea to do Ennegram candles.
• 33:50
  SPEAKER_04: Yes.
• 33:51
  SPEAKER_04: So we are gonna do that.
• 33:53
  SPEAKER_04: Love it.
• 33:54
  SPEAKER_04: Love it.
• 33:54
  SPEAKER_04: We are really excited about that, and really fun.
• 33:57
  SPEAKER_04: We'll have them in about a month.
• 33:58
  SPEAKER_04: What will be fun is the back of, so say for Ennegram type 7, probably more of a bright colored, yellow one, and then the back of them will have a little way to continue good based on your Enneagram type.
• 34:12
  SPEAKER_04: So love it.
• 34:13
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah, brilliant.
• 34:14
  SPEAKER_02: I think it's so good.
• 34:15
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, those are one of the many ideas that we're like, oh my gosh, we could capture the essence of the types and yes, love it.
• 34:22
  SPEAKER_02: So fun.
• 34:22
  SPEAKER_02: That is so, so good.
• 34:24
  SPEAKER_02: Now, do you have any like tips for us as far as giving these gifts, continue good, um, things like that, just as we kind of finish up our conversation.
• 34:34
  SPEAKER_02: And I know all my friends are gonna want to check out your Instagram feed and your store, your online store, and get some gifts for themselves and for others.
• 34:42
  SPEAKER_04: Oh, thank you.
• 34:43
  SPEAKER_04: Yes, I can three different ideas to spread kindness.
• 34:47
  SPEAKER_04: So um, yeah, one of the ideas would be to um invite a new friend on a walk and enjoy the changing seasons.
• 34:55
  SPEAKER_04: We just like to encourage building relationships and getting off our phones and like spreading love and taking time for each other.
• 35:04
  SPEAKER_04: Um, a second one with the weather changing to um bring a homeless person some coffee or donate warm clothes to a homeless shelter.
• 35:13
  SPEAKER_04: So that's another idea.
• 35:15
  SPEAKER_04: And then the last idea I'll leave.
• 35:17
  SPEAKER_04: I like this one um to write kind positive notes and call out something good um about the person you're writing notes for and leave them around the house.
• 35:27
  SPEAKER_04: So leaving it around the home for your husband or a roommate or a child, etc.
• 35:34
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, post-tent notes go a long way.
• 35:36
  SPEAKER_02: Yes, yes.
• 35:37
  SPEAKER_04: Call out the good, call call out, you know, the beauty you see in them.
• 35:41
  SPEAKER_02: So I love it.
• 35:42
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, this has been so good, Molly.
• 35:44
  SPEAKER_02: I really love hearing the whole story, and I'm excited to share this with others, and I'm excited for these Aneagram candles too.
• 35:51
  SPEAKER_02: Obviously, the holiday can can never get enough of that, but that'll be super fun.
• 35:56
  SPEAKER_02: That's great.
• 35:56
  SPEAKER_02: Thank you, so thank you.
• 35:59
  SPEAKER_04: Yes, thank you so much.
• 36:02
  SPEAKER_02: Well, this is one of those conversations where I wish we had had more time.
• 36:06
  SPEAKER_02: Don't you want to hear more?
• 36:08
  SPEAKER_02: I hope that Molly might let me talk her into being a guest again, and I am very excited for all that is ahead for Continue Good.
• 36:16
  SPEAKER_02: In the meantime, let your fingers do the shopping and head on over to my link in the show notes where you can get yourself all of those friend, hostess, teacher, and just in-case gifts all at once.
• 36:30
  SPEAKER_02: Also, use the code SIMPLY, all in caps, for$5 off your order any of their candles.
• 36:37
  SPEAKER_02: Even the new Enneagram candle line.
• 36:40
  SPEAKER_02: Such a great deal.
• 36:41
  SPEAKER_02: You might even want to keep one for yourself to light during your morning Bible reading and prayer practice.
• 36:47
  SPEAKER_02: Truly, that is one of my favorite things to do.
• 36:50
  SPEAKER_02: And hey, if you haven't yet joined Simply Whole Heart on Instagram, then hop on over to join the Enneagram conversation and be inspired to live your best wholehearted life.
• 37:00
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• 37:06
  SPEAKER_02: This helps others know that they're welcome here and what to expect in our conversation.
• 37:11
  SPEAKER_02: Next Monday's episode, we will continue our Avon season of celebration with an episode dedicated to gift giving in the Enneagram.
• 37:20
  SPEAKER_02: Oh friends, this is going to be so much fun.
• 37:23
  SPEAKER_02: I can't wait to share it with you all.
• 37:25
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• 37:33
  SPEAKER_02: Until next week, let's continue to invite others to join us as we pursue perspective, purpose, and plans for a simply wholehearted life.
• 37:51
  SPEAKER_01: My name is Apple and I'm six years old.
• 37:55
  SPEAKER_03: Are you excited about Christmas?
• 37:58
  SPEAKER_01: Mm-hmm.
• 38:00
  SPEAKER_03: What's your favorite thing about Christmas?
• 38:02
  SPEAKER_03: Dinosaurs.
• 38:04
  SPEAKER_03: Dinosaurs?
• 38:05
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 38:07
  SPEAKER_01: Because I don't didn't learn anything about that.
• 38:13
  SPEAKER_01: Do you know whose birthday we're celebrating at Christmas time?
• 38:18
  SPEAKER_00: Jesus.
• 38:19
  SPEAKER_03: That's right, Jesus' birthday.
• 38:21
  SPEAKER_00: But but Jesus is born in Christmas.
• 38:25
  SPEAKER_03: That's right.
• 38:26
  SPEAKER_03: So if you could celebrate Jesus' birthday party, what would you give him?
• 38:32
  SPEAKER_01: I'll give him all his love.
• 38:36
  SPEAKER_01: Oh the gracefulness.