Elizabeth Chambers has been through… a lot in the past few years. But the founder and CEO of BIRD Bakery isn’t letting her ex-husband or the headlines define her. She’s focused on expanding her business (which now has four locations) and helping her family heal. This week, we spoke to Elizabeth about how she’s found professional and personal stability.
In this episode, shares:
Why she started BIRD Bakery
How she’s set boundaries in her professional and personal life
What’s helped her on her healing journey
Her outlook on parenting
How she’s learned to sort through advice
On Rebuilding
Elizabeth: I think divorce is terrible for anyone and I wouldn't wish it upon anyone no matter how you label it…. In my particular, in everyone's particular case, like, there is trauma and potential trauma involved and you just can't, you can't avoid it, you can't deny that. Like, divorce is trauma. It's how you handle that. And so, for me, I've just become really obsessed with doing the work for myself and doing the work for my kids and the future work that they might
need or not need, and protecting them. And so with that was also throwing myself into work and becoming even more aware of our plans. What's our two year plan? What's our five year plan? What's our 10 year plan? And I think when you have instability in your private life, it's a very natural instinct to find stability for your future. And I did that and stability and healing became the priority in both my personal life, for me in particular, for my children, and then for the company as well.
On The Worst Advice She’s Received
Elizabeth: The worst piece of advice that I've ever gotten is To listen to people who have been doing this longer than you have. And I'm not saying not to listen. I'm saying consider the source.
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