JCIP #349 - Jessica Nguyen

In episode 349 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked in with Jessica Nguyen. Jess is an entrepreneur and the Founder of Oh Tuesdays! Microbakery. Based in Bristol, Oh Tuesdays was launched in August 2025 after Jess sat in a café on her way home from work and had a very expensive cookie and thought she could create one just as delicious but at a much more competitive cost! We came across Jess through her interview with friend of the pod JD on his platform ‘What’s On Your Mind?’, where she spoke about her journey in creating the business and giving up a corporate job which wasn’t giving her fulfilment.In this episode we discuss her professional journey and how she created the idea of the bakery, balancing growing the business alongside a second job as a barista, social class and the importance of maintaining a healthy work-life balance.We discuss what she's learned along the way, the importance of taking yourself out your comfort zone and following your dreams, wherever it may lead. For Jess’s mental health journey, we discuss a breakdown she had in 2021, her experience of depression and being prescribed anti-depressants, specifically Sertraline, an SSRI, which she was on for a year and came off it two years ago at time of recording.We finish by discussing the importance of her friends in believing in her and the business, supporting it and giving her the belief that she can make it a success.As always, #itsokaytoventYou can find out more about Oh Tuesdays! here: https://ohtuesdays.sumupstore.com/.You can follow Oh Tuesdays on social media below: InstagramSupport Us:PatreonPayPalMerchandise