The Canna Mom Show

Marketing and Female Leadership in Cannabis with Josefine Nowitz

Josefine Nowitz is the co-founder and managing partner of Cannabis Creative Group, a marketing agency for the cannabis community. Josefine is a strategic and creative leader immersed in cannabis culture and commerce, in addition to being a speaker, blogger, and social media commentator. She is committed to helping clients build their brand, connect with consumers and expand their market share. Josefine’s areas of expertise include brand identity, web design and development, digital marketing and print packaging design. Cannabis Creative Group’s clients include cultivators, dispensaries, service providers, CBD extractors, distributors and podcasts!Josefine has roots in The Canna Mom Show’s hometown, Boston Massachusetts, but now calls Seattle, Washington her home. Josefine, Joyce and Amie share their insights into the power of women in the emerging cannabis industry, and how important it is to create an “experience” in successful marketing campaigns. And of course, Amie shares her favorite thing, The Healing Rose located in beautiful Newburyport, Massachusetts.Topics Discussed:Josefine’s Covid Update [4:20]Seth Worby and Champ Internet Solutions [7:00]President Obama! Not A Cannabis Connection [11:35]Massachusetts Cannabis Compared to Other States [14:14]Denmark [17:50]Marketing and Social Justice [18:45]Cannabis Advancement Series [19:30]NCIA Marketing Committee [19:55]Facebook and Cannabis [20:45]FDA Regulations and CBD [22:00]4000 New CBD Companies in 2019! [22:20]Never Buy Your CBD At A Gas Station [22:45]Women Leadership in Cannabis Industry [23:45]Cannabis Is An American Industry [25:00]Advocating To Open Adult Use in MA [25:55]Cool Cannabis Clients [26:50]Rev ClinicGarden RemediesBlue Forest FarmsWisdom EssentialsSanctuary MedicinalsResonateCBDCannabis Future [29:00]Packaging! [29:25]Cannabis “Experiences” [30:30]Importance of Experiences in Marketing [31:00]MyJane Products [33:30]Amie’s Favorite Thing: The Healing Rose [34:30]Covid Quarantine Family [37:25]Favorite Ways to Consume [38:40]Words of Wisdom [39:20]Low Expectations Key to Joyce’s Happiness [40:03]Connect with CCG [40:35]The Canna Mom Show wants to thank:Josh Lamkin for writing and performing TCMS theme music Kelly Dolan of Retail Results Inc Lori Lennon of Thinkubator Media Kim Kramer of McLane Middleton Cannabis Creative GroupPod617, The Boston Podcast Network

Amy Larson Explains Why Compliance Is The Sexiest Word in Cannabis

Amy Larson, VP of Marketing & PR at Simplifya, speaks with Joyce and Amie from her home in Colorado. Amy’s work in cannabis tourism was a good learning experience that helped her see the necessity of professionalism in the emerging cannabis industry. Amy is the first person Joyce ever heard claim that professional cannabis years are like dog years!During Amy’s tenure at an integrated marketing agency, she chose to invest her time in learning about the cannabis industry. She had an “ah ha” moment when she attended a panel of NFL players who spoke of the inequity of pushing opiates but banning cannabis.This led Amy on a path to join Simplifya in 2016. She is a member of the National Cannabis Industry Association’s Marketing & Advertising Committee, and in 2018 was named one of the “Ten Influential Women to Meet.” And you are about to! Topics Discussed:Introduction [1:22]Football, Cannabis and Amy’s Ah Ha Moment [5:26]Covid and Cannabis and Israel [6:15]Law Enforcement and Legal Cannabis [6:44] Twelve-Year Old Boys [7:42]Tourism and Cannabis [9:17]More To Colorado Than Cannabis [11:55]The Amazing Wanda James [12:28]Caroline’s Cannabis [15:00]Ellen Rosenfeld of CommCann [17:40]Cannabis Legalization Can Lead Us Out of Pandemic [18:20]Marketing Agency and Cannabis [19:00]Cannabis A Unique Professional Opportunity [20:20]Home Baked (book) by Alia Volz [22:30]The Rules Are Changing! [23:26]Cannabis Regulated Like Plutonium [24:00]Packaging!!! [24:42]Compliance Regulation Database Simplifya [26:30]Compliance Is The Sexiest Word In Cannabis [30:40]Cannabis Business Is Very Different From Hemp/CBD [32:36]Hemp [32:55]#aBongForMom Winner! [33:46]Cannabis News [34:14]High Times NewsCooked with Cannabis on NetflixBong Appetit Cannabis In Amy’s Home [37:10]Cannabis and Kids [38:00]The Canna Mom Show wants to thank:Josh Lamkin for writing and performing TCMS theme music Kelly Dolan of Retail Results Inc Lori Lennon of Thinkubator Media Kim Kramer of McLane Middleton Cannabis Creative GroupPod617, The Boston Podcast Network

Cannabis, Cancer and IP Law with Attorney Sheila Gibson

Sheila Gibson is an Intellectual Property attorney who is a pioneer in the virtual paperless world. So she’s already pretty cool! But just to make her story a little more interesting, she shares with The Canna Mom Show why she asked a convicted felon to set up her cannabis law practice last year. She is now home with her teenagers (13 & 15) and is trying to enjoy this chaotic moment in history as a pause. The ladies are talking cannabis law, cancer and cannabis, and why Sheila Gibson couldn’t be prouder of her daughter’s decision to write her 8th grade paper on the importance of medical marijuana.Topics Discussed:Guest Intro [1:38]Covid-19 Check-In [2:30]Aura IP Law [3:41]Naming The Law Firm and Choosing Colors [4:20]Patent Attorney Personalities [6:30]Sophie Ryan and CannaKids [11:00]Weed The People Documentary [13:20]California Canna Law Section of Bar Association [15:30]Trademarks [16:45]Connecting With Her “Why” [18:00]#TeamAquarius Like The Misunderstood Plant [18:30]The Bar Exam! [19:00]Nichole West the Infamous White Collar Cannabis Criminal [22:51]“What’s Stopping You?” [26:45]Building a Web Site with Nichole West [29:00]Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights [30:15]USPTO ‘s Process Like Learning A Foreign Language [30:50]Biotech and Cannabis [32:20]Her Daughter’s 8th Grade Paper on Medical Marijuana [32:55]#ABongForMom [37:00]The Angry Toddlers [40:40]Amie’s Favorite Thing: It’s Just A Plant, Children’s Book [41:15]Hemp and Cannabis Saving the Planet [45:40]Treating Cannabis Like Wine, Appellation of Origin [46:15] The Canna Mom Show wants to thank:Josh Lamkin for writing and perfoming TCMS theme music Kelly Dolan of Retail Results Inc Lori Lennon of Thinkubator Media Kim Kramer of McLane Middleton Cannabis Creative GroupPod617, The Boston Podcast Network

Jessica Bates of Moon Mother Hemp, Co...Recognizing, Honoring and Caring for the Cannabis Plant

A few months ago, before life as we knew it stopped, Moon Mother Hemp sent The Canna Mom Show a few samples of their full spectrum, certified organic CBD products and Joyce loves them! The face serum and topicals are both silky and smell great and are “Joyce’s Favorite Thing” on this week’s show. Today’s guest is Jessica Bates, founder of Moon Mother Hemp from Louisville, Colorado. She has been in and out of the cannabis and hemp industry for most of her adult life, and has been a practicing herbalist since she was twenty-six. Jessica developed her first line of products using medical and therapeutic herbs, but when her clients started asking she put CBD into her herbal products she reluctantly agreed, despite her family connections to cannabis. Then in 2018 Jessica encouraged her cannabis growing husband to invest in hemp farming and her CBD product line, Moon Mother Hemp, was launched. Now her beauty products are sold in Urban Outfitters, Organic Markets and through her on-line store for Moon Mother Hemp located in Boulder, Colorado. The ladies catch up and talk about mothering in the age of COVID-19, hemp farming and the future of cannabis after the pandemic.Topics Discussed:COVID-19 Check-In [2:30]Amie’s Travels From Brooklyn to Boston [4:20]Jessica’s Personal Story and Working With Her Partner [5:00]Developing Her Products [10:15]Showing Up To Hard Situations in A Calm Way [11:30]Healing Her Community [12:30]Moon Mother Hemp, Co. Begins! [13:00]Dosing [13:15]Granny Medicine and Medical Autonomy [13:40]Beautiful Packaging and Amazing Product [15:30]Farmers Markets Near Boulder [16:15]Working and Living with Family [17:12]Boulder, Colorado [17:55]First Retail CBD Store and Expansion [18:22]What Makes Moon Mother Hemp Special? [18:58]Herbalist Formulation + CBD = Magic! [19:55]More CBD Magic [21:30]Never Buy Your CBD At A Gas Station!! [22:13]Creating A Legacy For Our Children [23:00]CBD Dream Bombs! [26:00]Importance of Connecting with The Plant [27:00]The Living Plant [28:43]Cannabis and Hemp Farming [29:40]Hemp Differentiation Why .3??? [30:00]Hemp Seeds and Zones [32:00]The Future [35:00]#aBongForMom Campaign [38:37]Joyce’s Favorite Thing: Moon Mother Hemp! [42:05]Red Rocks in Colorado [43:53]Importance of Connections During Pause [44:22]The Era of The Caregiving [45:20]Music by Josh LamkinA Product of Pod617: The Boston Podcast Network

Kristin Adams on Cannabis and Cosmetics

Joyce reached out to Kristin Adams after seeing a post regarding her magazine story on cannabis beauty products on a professional women in cannabis Facebook group, which happened to occur – serendipitously- just 24 hours after a good friend recommended Joyce check out the media company Naturx, the magazine group Kristin is writing the beauty story for! Small world.Kristin’s cannabis story begins after she created and sold her own beauty product line, After Glow Cosmetics, a new level of all natural cosmetic. Kristin’s goal for her cosmetic company was focused on educating women about what we are putting in our bodies because she wants us all to be consciousness and aware of the impact we can have in choosing better products for ourselves and the world.Kristin has lived in many places around the country and the world, but presently calls North Carolina her home. Her professional focus now is to work with beauty businesses that can benefit from her hard earned wisdom. Kristin wants to help other beauty entrepreneurs with product development by consulting one on one with their brands. Her goal for each client and contact is to set them up for success, and has just created an on-line course on how to run a successful beauty product business. We are happy to welcome to The Canna Mom Show Kristin Adams of Satori Minds consultants.Topics Discussed:Deep Breath [1:20]Guest Introduction [1:44]School Expectations in the Time of Corona [4:20]Kristin’s Cannabis Story [6:10]After Glow Cosmetics [6:54]Leadership [8:04]Niche Markets and CBD Cosmetics [10:15]CBD Association (tag) [11:35]Status of Cannabis NC [12:55]Regulated Industry Without Boundaries [13:36]Rules About Labeling Cannabis and Cosmetics [14:00]Sephora and CBD Rules [16:27]Opportunity For New Cosmetic Brands [17:15]Industry Ready to Help Economy [17:50]HELLO Toothpaste [18:26]Innovations and Small Businesses Solving Unique Problems [20:00]Innovation and Branding [21:44]Aromatherapy and Plant Terpenes [22:00]Terpenes Are Essential Oils [23:30]Naturx: Beauty Products and Better Living Through Cannabis [25:25]NYTimes Magazine Cannabis Story [26:42]Cannabis and Consumer Products and Women’s Health [27:40]My Body My Self Book [29:00]So Many Molecules! CBG [30:05]#aBongForMom Campaign [30:43]Amie’s Favorite Thing [34:12]Liberty Dispensary [35;13]Covid-19 Consultation [37:50]Connect with Kristin [38:60]Linked-In KristinHow to Run A Profitable Cosmetic Business [39:40]Status of North Carolina Hemp [40:20]Hemp vs. Tobacco [40:55]Josh Lamkin Music

Heightened Aromatherapy with Liz Kost of Fog & Tree

Liz Kost of Fog & Tree was introduced to The Canna Mom Show by her sister Catherine who discovered The Canna Mom Show and thought her sister would make a great guest. And she was right.Liz Kost has been working in the California cannabis industry since 2015 when she ran a design studio for multiple cannabis companies, many of them family run with women leading the way. She is now starting up her own cannabis business with her husband. Liz’s business is called Fog & Tree and they create all-natural, experiential products infused with beneficial cannabis essential oils. Cannabis plants, unlike the essential oils of other flora, have over 140 unique terpenes that vary with strains, which makes cannabis essential oils perfect for creating experiences that heighten the aromatherapy experience. And since Liz started as a cannabis packaging designer, her products not only smell great, they look beautiful too. Liz Kost is a proud cannabis entrepreneur who was selected from over three hundred applicants to be one of only ten finalist enrolled in an Canopy Boulder Accelerator Program for cannabis ancillary and CBD business. And, she was supposed to appear on the Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch show this spring.On today’s show we are talking terpenes, raising capital (as a woman), California cannabis and canna friendly mommy groups, and how Covid 19 is impacting the cannabis industry.Topics Discussed:Liz Kost Introduction [1:30]Corona Virus Check-In [3:20]Check-In with Dave Yas of Pod617 [4:20]Liz’s Canna Business Story [4:40]From Alcohol to Cannabis [6:00]The Importance of Resilience [6:45]Mommy Playgroups: Alcohol vs. Cannabis [6:55]Cannabis and CBD Business Complications [10:00]CA vs. MA Municipalities and Cannabis [11:00]Cannabis is Essential [11:55]But What About the Banking? [12:21]Rebuilding America with Cannabis [12:40]Cannabis Businesses Don’t Qualify For Disaster Loans [13:20]Patrick Ria and Canopy Boulder [14:00]What Makes Fog & Tree Special [15:30]Funny Discussion About Cannabis Scents [16:50]Terpines Explained [17:20]Broad Spectrum Aromatherapy [17:52]Experiential Scents, Hiking in the Red Woods [18:20]Feminized Release Mother’s Day [18:30]A California Road Trip Hair Mask [18:55]Magical Terpines [19:00]The Future of Fog & Tree [20:30]Direct To Consumer Marketing and Building Our Tribes [21:12]A Catholic Priest, A Jewish Rabbi and A Muslim Cleric [22:07]What Will We All Reconsider? [22:20]How To Use A Beard Mask [23:20]Fundraising Questions, Contact Liz [23:40]Fog & Tree in Humbolt County [24:29]#ABongForMom Campaign [24:50]Back with Liz [28:20]The Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch [28:40]Cannabis Corona News [31:12]CommCan [32:40]Casually Baked Podcast and The Importance of Breathing [35:00]Music by Josh Lamkin

Canadian Canna Mom Amie Reiman of My Hip Life

When Joyce just started The Canna Mom Show in the Summer of 2019, Amie Reiman of My Hip Life was one of her very first guests. Joyce is happy to have Amie Reiman back, and on this episode she introduces this Canadian Canna Mom Amie to our American Canna Mom Amie, and they get along great. On today’s episode Joyce and Amie catch up on her life in Niagara Falls and Amie shares her insights into the Canadian cannabis and CBD markets.Amie R. developed Hip Lives, a website sharing her insights into the evolving cannabis industry, after she discovered the healing properties of this misunderstood plant. She is also the parent of a child who medicates with CBD and knows how parenting and cannabis intersect when a sick child uses CBD instead of pharmaceuticals, and the strength it takes to face the shaming and stigma that still sticks to cannabis and motherhood. Joyce and the Amies talk about parenting, advocacy, the state of the Canadian cannabis market on this episode of The Canna Mom Show.Music by Josh LamkinTopics Discussed:Always About The Children [2:45]Fragile X Syndrome [3:30]Anxiety [4:20]Healing in Plants: Health in Progress: Hike in Parenting [6:00]Shubie Cannabis Oil 20:1 [7:25]Schools and Mothers and CBD [8:35]How She Knew It Was Working [11:40]Close But Not Too Close [13:40]CBD Is Like A Vitamin [14:44]Hip Lives [14:55]Canadian Cannabis [16:20]Regulated CBD in Canada [17:12]Stoked And Soaked [17:39]Canadian Stores [18:36]Flying with Cannabis [20:00]Canadian Edibles [20:38]Cannabis Years Are Like Dog Years [21:15]Pot-Lucks and Canna Collaborations [23:10]Mental Health and Entrepreneurs [25:00]#ABongForMom Campaign [25:50]Joyce’s Favorite Thing: Moon Mother Hemp [29:20]Cannabis And The Coronavirus [31:00]Cannabis Is Essential [34:40]Amie’s Instagram [35:45]

Kathy Blume of Heady Vermont and the Women in Cannabis Summit

Kathy Blume joins The Canna Mom Show from her small town in Vermont and shares her personal cannabis story of pain and healing. She has a colorful background in theater and environmental activism, and holds the radical idea that a sex strike could stop climate change and toured her one woman show explaining that radical idea. Never one to shy away from a daunting challenges, from climate change to cannabis legalization, Kathy talks about her work with Heady Vermont, a community and digital platform dedicated to growing cannabis culture and policy reform, and why working in this happy, hopeful and restorative business is well suited for skills in communicating about controversial topics in a non-controversial ways. The ladies also talk about the upcoming Women In Cannabis Summit in Burlington, Vermont now happening virtually on Saturday, April 11, and Amie shares her favorite thing.Topics Discussed:Check-In [1:20]Guest Introduction [2:50]Heady Vermont and Kathy’s Canna Story [4:20]Sitting and Healing with Cannabis [6:50]No Cannabis Shame [8:28]Vermont Cannabis Status [10:00]Heady Vermont Hemp CBD Market [10:30]Cannabis Jobs For Everyone [11:45]Wedding Connections [12:45]Best Interview Ever [12:55]Prohibition Is A Racist Issue [14:30]Women In Cannabis Summit [15:50]Women of Weed [16:26]Saturday April 11 Virtual Event [17:35]Main Street Landing and Performance Center [17:50]Skinny Pancake [18:30]Amie’s Wedding on The Boat House [18:40]Summit On-Line Speakers [19:38]Cannabis Is An Essential Business [22:42]Mama Earth, Daughter Cannabis and The Holy Ghost of Healing [23:50]Finding The Best Strain for Stress [25:40]Women In Cannabis Summit [27:00] Program [27:45]Holy Fucking Shit Moments [28:20]Climate Giving Us A Time-Out [29:10]#ABongForMom Campaign [31:00]Music With Kathy and Julie Winn Band [34:28]The Angry Toddlers Band [35:25]Cannabis and Performance Anxiety [37:10]Amie’s Favorite Thing: Cannastyle Joint Holder [37:35]Shop Cannastyle [39:10]Contact Kathy@HeadyVermont.com [40:50]Music by Josh Lamkin

Holistic Healing and the Transformative Powers of Cannabis

Julie Ann Mejia visited over 100 dispensaries across the country on her journey to heal herself with medical marijuana. Julie Ann Mejia’s personal cannabis story began as so many do, with the inability of traditional medical institutions to heal her pain. At the age of 27 she was seriously injured in a work situation which resulted in years of medications and the development of an autoimmune disorder. Julie’s first experience with cannabis as medicine was on a trip to Colorado with her brother and mom where her relief was almost immediate. Then in 2015 she became one of the first patients in Massachusetts to receive her medical marijuana card. Once her own body began to heal she set out on a mission to help others, and in 2017 headed out to Oregon to learn everything she could about the cannabis industry from cultivation to production. Upon her return to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts she went to work educating, advocating and healing. Please welcome to TCMS, Julie Ann Mejia or Holistic Hemp Solutions.TOPICS DISCUSSED:Welcome Julie [2:15]RSD (Reflexive Sympathetic Dystrophy) [3:20]Nerve Medications Bad [4:20]Trip to Colorado [5:30]Importance of Training Budtenders [8:00]Medical Card Story [10:00]Transition into Holistic World [13:45]Desperation, Isolation and Rejection [13:58]Getting to Oregon [16:33]Wanting to Heal People [16:45]Starting Over [18:45]Importance of Learning From Bottom Up [19:10]Right to Grow Policy Work [19:39]West Coast Lifestyle [20:22]Moving Back East [22:45]NORML [23:00]Jayne and Leah New Partners [23:19]420Twenty20 [24:05]13Folds [25:08]EE Applicants [26:00]Roxbury, Massachusetts [26:21]Cannabis Compliant Housing [27:40]The New JCC (Jewish Cannabis Connection) [28:44]Cancer and Cannabis [29:00]Clinical Cannabis Studies [31:31]Molding Industry Toward Personalization [32:15]Dispensary Opening In Holyoke [33:00]#ABongForMom Promotion [33:31]Cannabis News [37:00]Toilet Paper and Cannabis, Both Essential [38:12]Pothead Etiquette In Corona Era, Don’t Share Joints! [38:52]3D Printing Hemp Tips [39:25]My Bud Vase [40:16]Smoking and Covid19 [40:45]THC Beverages [41:35]Mother Nature’s Best Oil [41:45]420 Festivals [42:12]A World Built For Introverts [42:42]Holistic Hemp Solutions Facebook [43:50]Josh Lamkin Instagram

The Canna Nana

Joyce’s mom, Debby Gerber, joined us in the studio to watch the show be recorded then, without much notice, she became the guest. Joyce and her mom discuss everything from her brother’s attempts to grow pot as a teenager to how important it is to stop equating cannabis with heroin. Debby isn’t really a believer, but she’s proud of Joyce for teaching her about cannabis and who knows, may become a regular guest.Topics Discussed:Intro To The Canna Nana, Debby Gerber [1:40]Family B-B-Q’s and Pot Plants [2:40]She’s Taking A Break [4:20]Men Smoking Pipes [5:20]Just Topicals, Thank You [6:40]The Endocannabinoid System [7:11]Alcohol [9:20]Stop Talking! Kids and Cannabis [9:50]Cultivation Centers and Cannabis Business [11:15]Frustrating Cannabis Packaging [13:15]CommCan Dispensary [15:11]Cannabis Law [15:40]Andrew Gerber [16:32]Pod617 Plug [17:10]Emily Rios Show Link [18:40]Marjorie Clapprood [19:45]Rachael Rollins Suffolk County DA [20:80]Elizabeth Warren [20:12]Joe Biden [20:22]Cannabis NOT Heroine [20:40]Ellen Rosenfeld Show [24:15]Pure Oasis on Blue Hill Avenue [27:05]Building Cannabis Community [30:02]Personalized Shopping Experience [30:41]Garden Remedies [32:04]How Moms Talk With Kids About Cannabis [32:55]Brendan! [34:20]Still Plenty to Rebel Against [34:40]#ABongForMom [35:40]Cannabis News [39:15]Social Equity and Empowerment [40:00]Coronavirus and Cannabis [41:30]Joe Biden and Cannabis Policy [43:00]Importance of Collaboration [45:40]Wholesale Prices Rising in Illinois [46:00]Holyoke Cannabis [47:14]Jennifer Whetzel Women in Cannabis Study [47:34]Music by Josh Lamkin