{"id":7557,"date":"2022-08-19T19:24:13","date_gmt":"2022-08-20T00:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=7557"},"modified":"2022-08-26T07:29:36","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T12:29:36","slug":"%ef%bf%bcthe-blind-grind-is-live-serena-olsen-and-lisamaria-martinez-aka-the-sassy-bloggers-tell-all-confidence-coaching-starts-with-quiche-secret-ice-cream-adventures-and-murderous-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=7557","title":{"rendered":"The Blind Grind is Live! Serena Olsen and Lisamaria Martinez, AKA Two Sassy Blind Bloggers, Tell All! 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She has worked in the non-profits surrounding the Blindness World and decided to set out on her coaching career. As a mother of three, Lisamaria finds time to share her experiences and join her long time friend Serena Olsen for a good time on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheBlindGrind\">The Blind Grind<\/a>, a Facebook Live show every Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Serena Olsen shares her passions and culinary skills on her blog,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ItStartsWithhttps:\/\/itstartswithquiche.com\/\">It Starts with Quiche<\/a>, with recipes and learn about her Sweep the Fridge Quiche and her murderous cats. Yes, the Quiche and Cats are separate stories, promise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find Serena Olsen on Twitter&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blind_broad\">@Blind_Broad<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ItStartsWithQuiche\">It Starts with Quiche<\/a>&nbsp;on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/ChbZNXuuzRv\/?igshid=YTgzYjQ4ZTY%3D\">Serena on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her <a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/21d91ec76a2b\/find-blind-broad\">Clubhouse profile and email sign-up<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find Lisamaria Martinez on Twitter&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bayareablindmom\">@BayAreaBlindMom<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her Blog at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bayareablindmom.com\/\">Bay Area Blind Mom<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can check out the 2 Sassy Blind Bloggers on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheBlindGrind\">Facebook Live at The Blind Grind<\/a>&nbsp;every Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"contact-your-state-services\"><strong>Contact Your State Services<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you reside in Minnesota, and you would like to know more about Transition Services from State Services contact Pre-ETS Program and Transition Services Manager Sheila Koenig by&nbsp;<a>email<\/a>&nbsp;or contact her via phone at 651-539-2361.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"contact\"><strong>Contact:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can follow us on Twitter&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br>On the web at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/\">www.BlindAbilities.com<\/a><br>Send us an&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:info@BlindAbilities.com?subject=Podcast\">email<\/a>&nbsp;and give us a call at 612-367-6093, we would love to hear from you!<br><br>Get the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/blind-abilities\/id1085849859?l=es&amp;mt=8\">Free Blind Abilities App&nbsp;on the App Store<\/a>and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.blindabilities.android.blind&amp;hl=en_US\">Google Play Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Give us a call and leave us some feedback at 612-367-6093 we would love to hear from you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/607027582712671\/\">Blind Abilities Community<\/a>&nbsp;on Facebook, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BlindAbilities\/\">Blind Abilities Page<\/a>, and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/jobinsightsgroup\">Career Resources for the Blind and Visually Impaired<\/a>&nbsp;group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8083\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7557-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/BlindGrind.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/BlindGrind.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/BlindGrind.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/BlindGrind.mp3 Full Transcript Podcast Summary: The Sassy Bloggers, @BlindBroad and @BayAreaBlindMom, joined Jeff Thompson in the Blind Abilities Studio for an awesome half hour of laughs, divulgence, awareness and what they do living the life they want. Lisamaria Martinez is a Confidence Coach with a focus on women in the workplace, moms and even those [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17,255,493,514],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bapresents","category-cooking","category-household","category-transcribed"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rcRg-1XT","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7767,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=7767","url_meta":{"origin":7557,"position":0},"title":"A Thank You and a Story about Perspective, A Childhood Perspective &#8211; Cherish Yours.","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"December 23, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Podcast Summary: Greetings from Blind Abilities, Thank you all for listening and thank you to all the wonderful hosts on the Blind Abilities Network. 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