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More Than Juice. This Is An Assignment.

Before The Juicy Jay Collection existed, I was already drawn to juicing.

Whenever I traveled out of town, one of my favorite things to do was find a local juice bar. There was something about walking in, seeing all the fresh options, and choosing something that made me feel good that brought me genuine joy.

But when I came home, that experience disappeared.

There wasn’t a juice bar within an hour of my community.

At the time, I didn’t realize that something as simple as noticing what was missing was preparing me for an assignment I hadn’t yet learned to recognize.

From the Bedside to a Bigger Question

I’ve spent 14 years as a Registered Nurse, caring for people through some of the most difficult moments of their lives.

Over the years, I began noticing a pattern that was difficult to ignore.

I watched people struggle with chronic health conditions while continuing many of the same everyday habits that weren’t supporting their wellness. Medications were added, but conversations about hydration, nutrition, movement, and sustainable lifestyle changes didn’t always translate into lasting action.

I educated. I encouraged. I tried to lead by example.

But I kept thinking:

What if we became intentional about our wellness before our health forced us to be?

I couldn’t shake that question.

Then, Something Small Changed Everything

Eventually, I started making fresh-pressed juice for myself.

I wasn’t trying to build a company. I was simply making a healthier choice for me.

Then a friend tried my juice and told me, “You should sell these.”

I thought it was a good idea—but I didn’t think much more about it.

Until one day, after a long 12-hour nursing shift, something in me said: Do it.

So I did.

I started sharing my juices with family and friends, and I began seeing wellness differently. Being intentional about what I consumed became part of caring for my mind, body, and soul.

And soon, other people were experiencing that same excitement.

Parents began telling me their children who wouldn’t normally reach for fruits and vegetables loved my juices. Customers told me how much they appreciated having a fresh option available in our community.

That’s when this became bigger than a bottle of juice.

I began to understand that perhaps God had given me another way to serve.

But I Didn’t Immediately Accept the Assignment

There were times I questioned whether this could really be part of my purpose.

I doubted myself. I underestimated what I was building. And at times, I even tried to reject the assignment altogether.

People around me saw possibilities that I couldn’t yet see in myself. Customers encouraged me. Friends and supporters spoke life into the business and told me how far they believed it could go.

Still, I wrestled with it.

But going back to the old way of thinking didn’t feel right anymore.

I knew too much.

I had seen too much.

And I couldn’t ignore the desire God had placed in me to help my community think differently about wellness.

I Made a Commitment

I decided that I wanted to use both sides of who I am—the nurse and the entrepreneur—to help educate, encourage, and make healthier options more accessible.

I wanted to be part of changing the conversation in communities where hypertension, diabetes, kidney disease, and other chronic conditions have affected generations of families.

Not by promising that a bottle of juice could fix everything.

But by reminding people that our everyday choices matter.

That drinking healthy drinks matters.

What we eat matters.

Movement matters.

Our mental and spiritual wellness matter.

And caring for ourselves today matters.

I made a commitment to encourage people to become active participants in their own wellness.

Then I Had to Learn the Lesson Myself

As The Juicy Jay Collection grew, something unexpected happened.

I became so busy building a wellness business that I stopped prioritizing my own wellness.

Within one year, I gained more than 30 pounds.

And yes—the irony hit me hard.

How could I encourage other people to care for themselves while I was neglecting myself?

There were moments when I wanted to throw in the towel completely.

Maybe I had gotten it wrong.

Maybe this wasn’t my assignment after all.

But people continued encouraging me to keep going.

So I prayed.

I asked God for clarity. I asked Him to align me with the right people and show me whether this was truly something I was supposed to continue.

And I made another commitment:

If I was going to encourage wellness, I needed to live it too.

The Comeback Became Part of the Mission

I put my feet back on the ground.

I started working out again.

I became more intentional about what I ate and drank.

I paid attention to what I allowed into my mind.

I started caring for my soul just as intentionally as I cared for my body.

And something clicked.

Wellness isn’t perfection. It’s stewardship.

It’s choosing, again and again, to care for the life and body God has entrusted to us.

My nursing experience, my personal wellness journey, my mistakes, my customers, my community, and my faith all began pointing me toward the same philosophy:

Wellness Before Intervention.

Today, The Juicy Jay Collection is about so much more than selling juice.

It’s about making wellness accessible, enjoyable, and intentional.

It’s about the child who may not eat a plate full of fruits and vegetables but gets excited when they see their favorite juice.

It’s about the person who decides to reach for a fresh-pressed drink instead of their usual choice.

It’s about education.

It’s about community.

It’s about taking small steps toward caring for the whole person—mind, body, and soul.

And what started with one nurse, one juicer, and one friend’s suggestion has grown beyond what I initially imagined.

Today, The Juicy Jay Collection ships fresh-pressed juices, wellness shots, and sea moss gel nationwide.

Sometimes I look at what God has allowed this little idea to become and simply think:

Wow.

I once traveled to other communities looking for the juice-bar experience I couldn’t find at home.

Eventually, I realized I wasn’t supposed to keep searching for it.

I was supposed to create it.

And here we are!