In this episode of Built This Way, Patricia Muellen sits down with entrepreneur and reconstruction company owner of Great Lakes Home Design LLC, Carisa Mendyk for a raw conversation about burnout, resilience, entrepreneurship, difficult customers, mental health, healing, and personal reinvention.
Patricia Muelle and Carisa Mendyk talked about the versions of themselve people still remember versus the women they've become.
The mistakes. The lessons. The stories that are funny now but weren't funny at the time.
They talked business, relationships, being underestimated, healing, growth, and why sometimes people struggle to let go of who you used to be.
This one felt less like an interview and more like two women having a real conversation about life.
Carisa Mendyk co-owner of Great Lakes Home Design talks about being in a male dominated industry and shares the unbelievable story behind her nickname being a “Golf Ball Bandit,” including how she became involved in a nationwide golf ball retrieval operation that eventually led to arrests, national headlines, and Golf Digest articles. What could have become a shame-filled chapter instead became part of the journey that shaped her entrepreneurial mindset and personal growth. Change is a good thing and ao is your past!
The conversation also dives into:
This episode is funny, emotional, relatable, and deeply inspiring for anyone navigating entrepreneurship, reinvention, or learning to own every chapter of their story.