275: Putting Your Value First with Heidi Lewis

The lessons from the pandemic continue to highlight the importance of self reflection and knowing your 'why'. The last couple of years have taught Heidi Lewis that she wanted to run a different kind of business. As the owner of Heidi and Hope Pet Services, she set about defining her boundaries and understanding what she didn't want to do anymore. She has focused on converting clients from overnight to drop-in services and hiring staff so she can have more breathing room in her life. Heidi shares how she's building relationships with local businesses and why she will always put her value first.

Topics on this episode:

• Recovering from the pandemic
• Learning to set boundaries
• Valuing yourself
• Partnering with local businesses
• What clients are looking for

Main take away: Know what you want so you know what you're working towards.

About our guest:

Throughout my childhood, the running joke was always, "Where's Heidi? She's probably with the dogs." In 4th grade, my family adopted our Welsh Corgi, Angel - the light of my life all the way into college. When she passed away, I was devastated. Luckily for me, 4 months later, we brought another Corgi into the family. I named her Hope, because she was doing exactly that, bringing hope to our family. Thus...Heidi & Hope Pet Services!

Growing up, my family and I would vacation in Naples, and I volunteered with the local animal shelter and received training with vaccinations, veterinary exams, blood draws, baths, cleaning, etc. After college, I worked as a veterinary assistant in a veterinary hospital and at the Humane Society in Columbus, where I was able to work for extended periods of time with abused and abandoned animals to prepare them for adoption. Here I learned the level of patience and love I have for working with shy pets.

My true passion came when I began pet sitting on the weekends. Pet sitting showed me the rewards of getting to work with animals one-on-one. I LOVE being the only one to care for people's pets and being relied upon to do so. I finally made the full-time move to Naples in 2016, where I feel lucky every day getting to live in the place that I vacationed all the time growing up. I immediately got into pet sitting upon my move and the rest is history!

Links:
[Previously on Episode 73](www.petsitterconfessional.com/episodes/073-heidi-and-hope-pet-services )

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