How She Turned a Hobby Into a Business While Caregiving | Jenny Huynh, Wildflower Macarons, Ep. 10

About this episode

Jenny Huynh shares her journey of turning a baking hobby into a successful business while managing caregiving responsibilities.

You've got a hobby you can't stop doing. But between the caregiving, the family, the life that's already full, you're not sure there's room for it to become anything more — or if you're even allowed to find out. A gentle note before you listen: this episode includes Jenny's experience with postpartum depression and suicidal thoughts. If that's a tender topic for you, please take care with this one. Support resources are linked below. ABOUT THE GUEST: Jenny Huynh is the baker behind Wildflower Macarons, a home-based small business in Eden Prairie, Minnesota that she started in 2020 during a postpartum she didn't yet have a name for. Five years in, she's grown it from a kitchen hobby into a custom-order business known for intricate, hand-painted novelty macarons inspired by her Southeast Asian heritage — all while being the primary caregiver for her father-in-law and raising her own son. Her story is a real look at what it takes to grow a small business in midlife when life keeps adding to your plate, not subtracting from it. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: [00:02:20] How a birthday party started a business — with zero initial plan [00:05:33] What postpartum looked like for Jenny as a new…

People in this episode

Host: Molly Wipperfurth

Guest: Jenny Huynh

Topics covered

• hobby to business
• caregiving
• postpartum depression
• small business growth
• family dynamics

Keywords

• hobby
• business
• caregiving
• postpartum
• macarons
• small business
• family

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wildflower Macarons

Places: Eden Prairie, Minnesota

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