She's Not Doing It for the Money — Jessica on The Joy Hustle and Redefining What "Hungry" Means | Mama's Got The Blooming Rose Paint & Create

Every episode of this podcast has featured a mama hungry for income. Growth. Freedom. More.Jessica is hungry for something else entirely.She is a 22-year registered nurse. She has spent two decades sitting with people during their worst moments — illness, loss, suffering. And two years ago she decided she wanted to be part of someone's HAPPIEST moments instead.So she launched Blooming Rose Paint and Create. A birthday party and craft-event business. Not to replace her nursing income. Not to scale to seven figures. Not to quit her day job.For joy.In this episode of The Money Hungry Mama Podcast, Brittany sits down with Jessica to talk about the version of mompreneurship almost nobody names — the one that isn't about the money at all. The one that is about JOY. About community. About being fully present in the version of yourself that gets to CREATE something instead of just survive it.And here is what stopped me cold when Jessica answered the "what does being a Money Hungry Mama mean to you" question:"To me it means chasing your dreams. Not necessarily wealth. I'm hungry for joy and happiness and fulfillment. Freedom as far as being with your kids more. And having that with your kids right beside you."Mama, if you have been feeling like a fraud in the mompreneur space because you don't want to build a seven-figure empire — this episode is your permission slip.You can be hungry for JOY. That counts.Plus: how Jessica started her whole business with a Canva flyer and 4 moms at a playground, the collaboration-over-competition mindset that has grown her network, the maternity leave comeback (three weeks postpartum with a stuffy party!) and what she wishes she had known, why her 8-year-old daughter is already in training to inherit the business, and the honest conversation about how HARD it is to come back after a leave when the algorithm has moved on without you.For every mama whose hustle is her happy place. This one is for you. 💛Find Jessica: @thebloomingrosepaintandcreate on Instagram