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Stephanie Calhoun

Stephanie Calhoun

Owner and Head Instructor of The Meditative Groomer Academy in Wisconsin; award-winning pet grooming educator and neurodivergent-friendly grooming specialist.

Aug 11, 2026

17:47
Yeah.
17:47
So they get the, like, the concepts of it, but then, like, how do we actually integrate it so that it's a normal part of our rhythms? I'll give a small example.
17:55
So in my family, just in my s- little family, we've done, my husband and I have done values before our children were born, actually.
18:02
But it's like my kids don't care that my values are integrity, humor.
18:06
You know what I mean? They don't care, but they care if we talk about it all the time, if we use real examples from school, or if we d- we infuse it throughout the day so that our kids will know by the time they're 18, these are our four family values, right? And so it sounds like for you guys, this is, like, the routines that you guys go through are how we embed it into the culture, 'cause it can't just be, like, something we say once and then, like, leave it for later.
18:26
It's something that you have to do continually in the rhythms-

6 MINS LATER

24:34
Yeah
24:34
... benefits? All of the things.
1:58
So Stephanie, how did it come about that you were so lucky to go to Korea paid?
2:06
Um, so it...
2:08
So long story, but, um, basically the Korean Kennel Club has been doing, um, these international competitions for a long time where they are trying to invite, um, people from other countries.
2:23
They have judges from other countries and... come and, um, they do it twice a year where it's international.
2:30
Um, and they were having a really hard time, uh, just getting the word out here.
2:38
Um, they...
2:41
Things work very differently there, so it's hard for them, like even with social media and stuff, to, to get the information out.

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35:06
So what, what in the world made you wanna start a school? I also wanted to start a school, and I ended up starting a podcast instead.

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