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11234 Mary Hawkins-11 22 24-Body Sculpting-Jon
Welcome to the Professional Podcast Network, where brilliance meets business, elevate your brand, and supercharge your revenue with inspiring insights and innovation. And welcome back to another episode from PPN, where we bring you talk with interesting business people from all walks of life. I'm your host, John Starr, and up next we are talking with Mary Hawkins. Mary is the owner of It's the Shape Body Sculpting Business in Hickory Hills, Illinois. Welcome, Mary, to the show. Hi. Thanks for having me. Thanks so much for being here. So, listen, the name, I guess, says it all. You've already got the attention of me and all our listeners. It's the shape that counts, right? So, tell us all about your body sculpting business and how you got started. It's the shape. It's not your size. It's your shape. If, um, body sculpting, we offer post-op services as well as non-invasive body sculpting and contouring. So, if you would like to get sculpted, we offer that. We offer post-op services for anybody that's already had a surgery or looking to get a surgery. We opened up about four years ago and basically we held women who believed that it was over, just believed that, you know, this is what I'm stuck with. This is how it's going to be. This is life. We help people get past that hump and help them to see that you don't have to undergo surgery just to fix those problems. That's a great story. And what sort of inspired you to get started? I mean, do you help mostly women or do you have men clients and, you know, what inspired you to want to help people, you know, with their body issues, I guess? All clients. I have all clients and what inspired me to help people was after I had my child in my 30s. So, I had my first child and it's what my body up. It tore me up. I mean, I just didn't see a way how this could happen to me. And I thought that, you know, I really did. I had a nice physique, a nice structure, my whole life, one child and being careless and my paying attention. And next thing you know, honey, I was from here to Texas. You said, "Girl, I'm not going to let this happen. I'm getting going." Right. And so, as it happened, I said, it has to be something out here that's available to me. And when I looked into it, anything, you know, other than a surgery like an alternate, this is what I found. And I did it on myself and it happened so nice, so fast, you know, effortless. I was like, you know what, I'm going to try to get into this because it's the good business. And that's why I started to explore it more. Are there particular, you said, you know, you help both men and women. Do you find that there are particular issues that people are coming to you with these days, you know, whether it's like the example you gave, you know, post-birth issues, even trauma, you know, a lot of people, you know, women have a lot of trouble dealing with the ravages of pregnancy like you were talking about. Or, I mean, I was going to, you know, any particular specialties or a lot of things that you tend to find in your clients? Yes. Rarely it is. It's a variant section. So it does become, or the lymph nodes where they need the lymphatic massage is just to help pass the liquids through and the inflammation. So sometimes it does help medical. And yes, I help men, women, double chin, specializing in the tummy tuck area. If you had a tummy tuck or a fupa, as people like to call it, or if you have just, okay, so if you're a male and you want to get married and you have those roles, push in the back of your tuxedo out. You just don't look the same anymore. I was going to say, how about the love handles, do you, do you do? Sure. And it's permanent removal. When I remove them, they're going to permanently be removed. It's not anything you can Google when you Google my services, such as ultrasonic cavitation or anything. You can get the facts on your own. It will definitely inform you. You definitely know that it works. And it's a new procedure. It was born about, I want to say, 15 years ago. It's not that old, you know, the combination of the lights with the ultrasonic cavitation is new. It's fairly new. It's like a baby in the industry, but it is blooming beyond anybody's expectations. That's great. And how can our listeners reach out to you? It sounds like you, you know, you really help a lot of people out there with these issues. So if anybody would like to get in touch with you for more help, more information, how can they reach you, Mary? Yes, I have a website, www.istashay.com. That's www.itz, t-h-a-s-h-a-p.com. And the same thing on Facebook or Instagram, I-t-v-t-h-a-s-h-h-s-h-h-a-p.com. Fantastic. Well, Mary, I really want to thank you for stopping by today. I enjoy talking with you, your informative, your funny pleasure to speak with. I hope you'll come back again and talk with us sometime. Oh, thank you. Can I tag my phone number ever time? Sure, go right ahead. Okay, 312-881-9104. I repeat, 312-881-9104. Thank you so much. All right, listeners, and you heard that. And Mary, thank you again and best of luck with your business going forward. Okay, thank you so much. All right, you take care now. Okay. Bye-bye. Bye. And to all our listeners, don't go away. We'll be right back after this short break. Welcome to the Professional Podcast Network, where brilliance meets business, elevate your brand, and supercharge your revenue with inspiring insights and innovation. (upbeat music)