Welcome to our latest episode, where we're going to share the story of our love and how we came together. 

Join us as we talk about the process of calling Justin in, the early days of our relationship, our long-distance dating experience and how we navigated grief and built a business together. 

We'll also share the story of our mutual proposal and why we decided to have a long engagement. 

Stay tuned for Part 2 in our next episode where we'll talk about our wedding story.

In this episode: 

• Rachael gets into her process around calling Justin in after a two-year period of dating unavailable men

• Rachael’s decision to delete the dating apps off her phone

• The impact of Rachael’s grandma’s passing two weeks before meeting Justin

• How we met for the first time at a show

• The magnetic attraction that occurred between us when we first met

• How Justin just felt different than the other guys Rachael was dating

• Stories from the early days of our relationship

• Justin’s perspective on the early days of the relationship

• When we made the decision to be boyfriend and girlfriend

• When Rachael said “I”m falling in love with you.” & Justin’s response.

• The period of our long-distance relationship & the experiences out doing field research together

• When Justin first said, “I love you.”

• Falling deeper in love at Basscoast music festival, and becoming partners in life.

• Moving in together

• The period of time after Lin passed, and the deepening of our relationship through the grief

• The period of time when we started building our business together & stepping into the entrepreneurial path

• Justin navigating the end of his Master’s degree and going to Mexico for his Fungi conference

• When Rachael joined him in Merida, Mexico

• Our mutual proposal in a Mayan shop in Merida, and the story of our engagement rings

• Our decision to have a long engagement

• The full circle story of us coming together and the connection between how Justin and Rachael’s Grandfather had the same energy

• Stay tuned for our wedding story in Part 2 in the next episode.

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