With Her Two Hands

Kelly Gannon is a successful General Contractor and Carpenter from New England. In her own words - “Just grew up poor and learned I could make money using my hands!” She has over 20 years of experience and has turned that into a successful business of her own that she started 7 years ago, Kreate Construction. She achieved all of this as a young single mom of 2 boys. And yet she is as humble as they come. She is passionate about her work and describes herself as a “get sh*t done kinda girl”. But she is also a creative who sees art in everything, and it shows in her work and even in the photos on her social media. Be sure to tune in tonight to meet her anther all about her journey. Coming up in the trades 20 years ago was different than it is today and I’m sure she’ll have some great stories! Check out this week's guest here! http://www.instagram.com/Kreateconstruction https://www.kreateconstruction.com/ *** Join us LIVE on YouTube and Facebook every Wednesday for new episodes, and every Monday for a new archived episode! Or listen on your favorite podcast platform anytime!

Guest:  Emily Waeving - Mechanical Engineer from the UK
Emilie grew up in a car and motorcycle loving family, and knew early on that she wanted to work on motorcycles when she grew up.  After high school she landed a job at a Ducati dealership and became the first qualified female Ducati technician in the UK.  She worked at dealerships and independents shops for several years before leaving to pursue a long time dream of being a race mechanic.  She found a home working in the British Superbike championship.  In a desire to further her career, she decided that becoming an engineer would bring her closer to her goals.  She went to work at JCB and British heavy machinery manufacturer, which allowed her to do a degree apprenticeship program to be come a mechanical engineer.   She went to school 1 day a week, while developing diesel and testing engines on the other days.  She earned a first class honors degree and one several apprenticeship awards.    After many years doing that she had a brief  period developing motorcycle helmets before changing industries again to work in the defense industry, where she is now, developing the next generation of military land vehicles.
Emilie is also a STEM ambassador, speaker, blogger, and advocate for women in non traditional and STEM careers.  She’s driven, insightful and inspiring. This is definitely an episode you don’t want to miss!  
Follow this week's guest here: http://www.instagram.com/thefemaleengineerbloghttp://www.thefemaleengineerblog.com
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Guest:  Autumn Reine - Welder and Fabricator
In this week’s episode we meet the incredibly talented welder and fabricator Autumn Reine! Autumn has been a professional welder/fabricator for over 10 years. She has had some incredible opportunities from leading teams building water tanks for mines, to working sky high as an Ironworker, to building designs for Rolls Royce of England, and the U.S. Government, to welding for NASA and starting a metal art business.
And in all of her spare time she loves to have automotive welding projects going. Her most recent project was building her dream car, a 1974 260Z, which she then drove to Rocky Mountain Raceweek.
Im thrilled to be finally getting a chance to sit down with this inspiring woman, so be sure to tune in for an episode of With Her Two Hands you don’t want to miss!
You can check out tonight’s guest here:
YouTube ~ https//youtube.com/WrenchChill
Instagram ~ https://www.instagram.com/autumn_reine
This week’s episode brought to you by AAPEX 2023 - North America’s largest automotive aftermarket event.
You can register here: http://aapexshow.com/
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Guest:  Michelle Hands - Construction Engineer and Podcast Host
This week I’m honored to be joined by Michelle Hands, a construction engineer from the UK who is passionate about inspiring more women to forge their own path. She is the creator of the brand and podcast She Who Dares Wins, and if you’re not familiar with it you will definitely want to go check it out. Michelle originally dreamed of becoming a Hollywood actress, but learned that what drew her to that was ultimately her love of storytelling. The need to finance her own projects led her to take a job unexpectedly in construction. And she excelled, created a great career and life for herself in the industry. Years later she found a way to combine her passions by launching her podcast, now in its 4th season. She is quick witted, driven, charismatic and incredibly inspiring. I’m thrilled to have her on as a guest, and I know you’ll love meeting her as well!
So be sure to tune in for an episode of With Her Two Hands you don’t want to miss!
You can follow this week's guest on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube @shewhodareswins
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Guest:  Heather Holler - Motorsports Mechanic
This week I’ll be on location with our guest and we get to see her shop! Heather Holler has traveled all over the world creating the motorsports technician career of her dream, and she’s just getting started! Heather graduated from Universal technical Institute and started out working as a dealership technician for 6 years, but found motorsports calling her name. She got her start in Rally and Rallycross but her hard work, passion and skill led to opportunity after opportunity taking her to work with Subaru, DirtFish Motorsports, RTR and even Hyundai Motorsports for WRC in Germany! Since getting back to the states in late 2022, she participated in Dakar ’23 with X-Raid, ARA Rally with Element RallySport and several special events with RTR. Much or her time now is spent building a 1600 class buggy to race in the SCORE International series in 2024 and 2025 and she’s getting into doing some of the racing herself. Heather was a guest on this series when she was just getting to Germany, but the inter webs ate her episode and I haven’t been able to retrieve. Plus she’s done SO much since I had her on last, I thought we’d have her back on to catch up with all she’s up to!
This episode brought to you in part by AAPEX 2023 - link to register to join me in Vegas for America's Largest Automotive Aftermarket event!
https://www.aapexshow.com/
 
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Guest: Tausha Hamon - Ford Master Technician 
Tausha Hamon always felt called to working on cars. But when she was younger, the only way she saw that possible was to go into the paint and body side of the industry. But that left her unfulfilled and envious watching the guys down the hall being trained on engines and in mechanical work. She just didn’t see a path forward for that. She gave up on the dream for a time…. got married, started a family…. but the industry kept calling her. Ultimately she found her way to Universal Technical Institute where she studied general automotive technology and then received specialized training in both Ford and BMW.
Tausha found opportunity at a Ford dealership that gave her a chance to get her start and trained her as a light line and electrical technician. Since changing dealerships she leaned in to electrical and has since established herself as a top diagnostic tech with over a decade of experience with Ford. Family and faith are paramount for Tausha, along with a strong calling to do charity work, which was in fact one of the main drivers in her entry into the automotive industry. Her passion and dream is to use her automotive skills to help those in need.
Tune in and bring your questions, this is definitely an episode of With Her Two Hands you don’t want to miss!
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We hear often about how shop class has been disappearing from high schools across the country, but we don’t often hear about often incredible CTE high school programs that serve multiple high schools and are popping up around the country.
Tonight’s guest, Kaity Trubl, is a recent grad of one of these programs. @westmec serves the north west valley in Phoenix and offers career and trades training programs to be jealous of. She is not yet 20 years old, but her career is already on the fast track. From the moment she picked up a spray gun, she felt at home and knew this is what she wanted to do. She took first place in @skillsusa Arizona in both her junior and senior years, and was 7th and 8th in the nationals those two years. She has been working at Caliber Collision since graduating and is already on production based pay.
Kaity has also been helping extensively with the Iron Maven All Female Build, AND helping another one of the ladies do a restoration on her beetle at @girlganggarage. She’s driven, ambitious and not afraid of jumping in and pushing her own skill set. We’ll be chatting about her school program, skills USA, the transition to the work force, and so much more!
Grab a drink, and bring your questions, this is definitely an episode of With Her Two Hands you don’t want to miss!
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Mary-Anne Bowcott did not initially set out on a path to join the construction industry. But as she started to figure out what she wanted to do after school, she started exploring unconventional options and found herself drawn to the trades. While she initially struggled to find employment, she persevered and eventually found someone willing to give her a chance as a roofing laborer.
19 years later - she is proof of what you can accomplish when you set your mind to it. Mary-Anne is now a successful and award winning business owner of not 1 but 2 businesses, Westcom Plumbing and Gas, and Westcom Roofing and Sheetmetal. She is a roofer, a Red Seal journeyman Plumber, and a Class B gas fitter. And she is paving the way for young women seeking a career in the building trades.
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Guest:  Rachel James - Business Owner, Financial Advisor and former trades woman
Special Episode! We're talking about money!
In this episode, Bogi sits down with Rachel James - a former automotive technician who has shifted gears and dedicated her life to helping blue collar folks make the most of their money and changing the way we think and talk about money. She is a speaker, a coach, and the founder and owner of Torque Financial Group. As Rachel explains, "blue collar careers are the BEST in my opinion and you can make a wonderful living from the trades. Its time we make good use of the money we make."
We talk about her personal journey and experiences as a trades woman, and of course how she found her way to her passion of helping other trades people in the unique way that she does.  We talk about money mindset and the psychology behind financial discipline and growing your wealth. Whether you are an individual or a small business, Rachel drops of TON of great advice and tidbits of information that you can apply in your life today to start making a difference in your financial future. 
 
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Guest: Krystal Stone - Vintage Repair and Restoration Shop Owner/Operator
This week's guest grew up tinkering in the garage with her father on vintage snowmobiles in Maine, but despite a lifelong love of all things mechanical she didn’t want her hobby to become her full time job. So she became a Hairstylist instead. However the universe had other plans for her, and the hobby kept pulling at her to do more with it. While still cutting hair full time, Krystal spent all her free time working on her and her friends motorcycles, or helping out at a friends motorcycle shop. For 3 years she worked for a friend doing mobile Dynos at car shows all over the north east, but she struggled with imposter syndrome and was still nervous about going full time into the industry she so clearly loved and had a knack for. Years later she would finally take the plunge when she and her fiancé purchased a vintage specialized shop. She dove in head first, and hasn’t looked back since. Join Bogi and Krystal for a conversation about battling imposter syndrome, running a business, following your passions and going after your dreams in spite of fear! This is definitely an episode of With Her Two Hands you don’t want to miss!
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