Episode Twenty Two: Building A Community-Centered Business (with Mary Jacobs of Vitality Fitness/Mary’s Rack)

This week, Kaylene and Anna learn about brick and mortars. Listen in as they discuss their themes of the year, the importance of pacing yourself, and also talk to Mary Jacobs about how she’s curated multiple businesses driven by community needs & values.

Mary Jacobs is a New Orleans native and self-proclaimed hustler. She and her partner opened their gym Vitality Community Fitness in 2016 and focus heavily on building a space where their clients and employees feel at home and safe. In 2020, Mary opened her newest business Mary’s Rack, a secondhand styling service where she works one-on-one with clients to help them find and build their looks with sustainable fashion. Her queer identity and politics inform all of the work she does. She is currently in the process of releasing her own irreverent arts and culture podcast called Planet Nola.

Episode Twenty Two Show Notes

Tarot Card of the Week: Ten of Wands from the Fyodor Pavlov Tarot

Bro Book Review: Women With Money by Jean Chatzky