Episode 15: 2 Businesses and 2 Babies - Tricia Shyver Is Unstoppable
Tricia Shyver
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On July 7, 2019, Tricia Shyver lost her husband in a tragic car accident. In a matter of months, she went from being a stay-at-home-mama to owner of several businesses.
She had always dreamed of owning her own business, being her own boss, and having that flexibility to be with her kids. She opened Naturaleigh Baby Boutique and Toy Shoppe, a natural parenting shop and recently bought a cloth diaper company called Happy Heiny.
Tricia is focused on promoting eco-friendly, high quality baby products. She has managed her grief by finding purpose, finding the positives, and seeing the possibilities of a new life.
You can find out more about her baby boutique by visiting NaturaleighOBKY.com or going to Facebook on Naturaleigh Baby Boutique and Toy Shoppe.
TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE:
Tricia lost her husband Nate in a tragic car accident just 11 days after her cousin died in a car accident.
2. Tricia had an a-ha moment of “I CAN do this!” when she packed her 2 kids and did an 8 hour road trip by herself to visit a friend.
3. Tricia started dating the month after Nate died. She was in survival mode. She was finding comfort being with other men. She says the grief is not the worst part. The loneliness is the worst part. She was searching for comfort and connection with someone else.
4. Tricia talks about becoming a totally different person - not caring about what other people think. She lost empathy for other people’s sob stories.
5. She started her natural parenting company and called it “Naturaleigh after Nate and Leigh. She focuses on selling high quality, eco-friendly baby products.
6. She then bought a cloth diaper company called “Happy Heiny”.
7. In May this year, Tricia started doing EMDR sessions with her therapist. And it has been life-changing for her healing and for her thought process.
