This week's episode is with Chris Roth, Founder and CEO of Highline Wellness - a premium direct to consumer CBD company that offers natural, effective and broad spectrum CBD. Prior to starting Highline, Chris was an Equity Research Sales Director covering e-commerce, internet, consumer and the cannabis space. After attending a Cannabis conference in LA about a year before anyone in NY knew what CBD was he could not get the idea of starting a CBD brand out of his head. As soon as he got back he put pen to paper and decided to quit his stable high paying job on wall street. Not only did he quit before his employer gave him his yearly bonus which is unheard of in the finance industry, he also asked him to invest. His boss ended up giving him his blessing and ended up being his first investor and the rest is history. On today's episode we talk about the details of how Chris went about making his transition from working in finance to starting Highline, why building your confidence is one of the most important attributes when starting a company, having conviction and intent with what you put out in the world, how influencer marketing is the driving force for Highline and paying attention to your natural skill sets and figuring out how to apply them to creating something you believe in. Also, if you want to try Highline products, Chris is offering 30% off to all Active Ingredient listeners with code CHRIS30 at checkout. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Michelle Cordeiro Grant is the Founder and CEO of Lively,  a community and brand that inspires women to live passionately, purposefully and confidently through experiences and products including bras, bralettes, undies, swimwear, loungewear, fragrance and active bras. Michelle launched Lively 2016 and has amassed and cultivated a network of 100,000+ ambassadors, opened four stores, and coined the term “Leisurée,” a whole new category blurring the aesthetic lines of lingerie, active, swim, and loungewear focusing on the best elements of high style and ultimate comfort. She grew the business from its concept stage to $105M acquisition in just a few years, beating the odds of female-founded companies and has not only been able to maintain her business throughout the pandemic but has been able to thrive with record breaking sales due to her leadership.On today’s episode we get into Michelle’s career journey and at what point she decided to make switches throughout her career, why it’s important to let go of what you thought you wanted and pay attention to what actually genuinely excites you and what doesn’t, at what point she had the idea of creating Lively and why she decided to take an intermediate step and work for a startup before taking her first steps in building her own company, tactical ways to build and foster a community and why her team is her biggest driving force. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is with Ara Katz and Dr. Azza Gadir, two powerhouse women behind Seed, an innovative consumer health company focused on the microbiome which is the collection of trillions of microorganisms which are mostly bacteria, that live in and on the human body. Seed’s daily symbiotic pill combines the best of probiotics and prebiotics developed for systemic benefits such as digestive health, skin health, gut barrier integrity, heart health, micronutrient synthesis and gut immune function. Ara Katz, is the co-founder and Co-CEO of Seed. Prior to starting Seed, she Co-Founded and served as CMO of Spring, a mobile commerce marketplace and was also on the Founding Team of social commerce company, BeachMint. Ara’s breastfeeding experience led her to the microbiome and inspired a personal mission to explore the importance of microbes and how they can impact the health of our bodies, our children and our planet. Dr. Azza Gadir is the director of research and development at Seed. She completed her postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School where her published research was focused on the immunological mechanisms that underlie the role of the gut microbiome in conferring protection to diseases early in life. On today’s episode we get into both of their career journeys and what led them to devoting their life to unearthing the microbiome and all of its intricacies, they explain what the microbiome is exactly, what constitutes a probiotic and the dangers of brands marketing anything as a probiotic, how academia and scientific research gets lost in translation to the consumer, what advice they’d give to someone who is trying to find their passion, their love of problem solving and really taking a step back to identify how you want to spend your time and who you want to spend your time with. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lily Galef is the Co-Founder and Chief Brand Officer of Hilma, a brand that recently launched that is reimagining our medicine cabinets with natural remedies, that are all backed by science. Think natural and homeopathic alternatives to Advil for example. Prior to starting Hilma, Lily built her career as a creative brand marketer and strategist managing content and partnerships at some really impressive companies like Vogue, Vox and Refinery29. At a certain point in her career, she felt she had to take a step back and really ask herself if the jobs she was going for were for the sake of having a "cool job" or if they were really fulfilling her deeper needs and goals and eventually got comfortable with the fact that having the glamorous job for the sake of having a glamorous job was not cutting it for her. She also had come across a major pain point which was that the health and wellness space was offering alternatives to every area of our life except for our medicine cabinets, which is arguably one of the most important areas we should be paying attention to. She and her co-founders took that insight and ran with it and after two years of research, assembling a world-class team of scientists, and kicking off three clinical studies, they were ready to launch Hilma not too long ago and have already gotten a ton of buzz in the wellness space. She walks us through how her past jobs have helped set her up for success in leading Hilma in all things brand strategy, the first steps she and her co-founders took to test to see if the concept of Hilma was viable, how they test for efficacy and why being grounded in science has been their biggest differentiator, how the over the counter aisles and supplement aisles are starting to overlap, why spending time alone opens you up to a lot of growth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alisa Vitti is a functional nutrition and women's hormone expert, the founder of modern hormone health care company FLO Living, bestselling author of WomanCode and In the FLO, and creator of the MyFLO app, the #1 paid period app on iTunes. She has spent the past 20 years studying, researching, personally applying, and globally teaching how to stop hormonal chaos and get into hormonal flow. She is a true pioneer in the world of female biohacking, demystifying every single symptom we face and has come up with solutions for all women who are currently struggling with hormonal issues - which btw it’s reported that 50% of us are dealing with it. Her reputation most definitely precedes her. She has been featured in Dr. Oz, The New York Times, TED, Women’s Health, Forbes, Refinery29 and so many others. In today’s episode we get into Alisa’s personal hormonal journey having suffered from PCOS and having dealt with debilitating symptoms from the age of 12-22, how she healed herself from her own hormonal breakdown and how that experience led her to devote her life to empowering women to live in harmony with their hormones. We talk about how women have historically been left out of clinical research when it comes to health and fitness and how that has affected us, how women can be living an optimal life - or life ‘in the flow’ - as she likes to call it by simply eating, exercising and working in a way that supports the four phases of our cycles vs. against them, what our infradian rhythm is and how it differs from our circadian rhythms, and listening intently to our intuition. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dan Freed is the founder of Formula, the world’s first personalized and completely customizable nootropics company. For those of you who don't know, nootropics are nutrient compounds shown to enhance mental performance in areas such as motivation, creativity, mood, memory, focus, and cognitive processing. FORMULA has amassed the largest dataset on the efficacy of nootropics to date. Dan dropped out of high school at 16 and says that ever since he can remember he has always struggled with procrastination, staying focused and staying motivated. After dropping out of high school, he went from making sandwiches at Subway to working his way up the culinary industry ladder and ultimately landed at a Michelin star restaurant in France where he first started dabbling with biohacking. He later completely pivoted tracks and with the help of nootropics, decided to go back to school and now has two master's degrees, one from INSEAD and one from Yale, without a college or even high school diploma. After witnessing his success story, his friends started organically asking Dan to create nootropic formulas for them and he started seeing crazy successes in their lives - his friends were acing their MCATs, getting promoted, and doing amazing at work. More and more people asked for it to the point that he eventually decided to start Formula and the rest is history. Formula has amassed an organic following from very influential names in wellness such as Dr. Mark Hyman and Vanessa Fitzgerald. It is worth noting that Formula only uses ingredients that are classified by the FDA as generally recognized as safe or have passed through phase 3 clinical trials but nootropics as a category are not a regulated substance so please do your own research before trying. Also worth noting is that nootropics work best when combined with exercise, proper nutrition, and meditation. On today's episode we get into Dan's career journey and how he got into biohacking, why traditional schooling is not for everyone, what nootropics are and the importance of customizing your dose to your personal brain chemistry, the difference between nootropics and Adderall, navigating an unregulated industry, building trust with consumers and lastly, finding your unique rhythm and way of learning to ultimately build your dream life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alana Kessler, is a registered dietician, yoga instructor, and founder of the holistic lifestyle program, Be Well. Alana has dedicated her practice in helping others learn how to nourish themselves, create balance, and understand their true nature through nutrition, yoga, and inner wellness. Alana developed IBS as an early teen and started to experience high levels of anxiety. By high school, she developed an eating disorder that she carried with her for 15 years. After feeling she was living a double life for far too long, she decided to heal herself and these early health struggles inspired her to pursue a masters in Clinical Nutrition, spend years studying yoga and Ayurveda, and open a yoga studio. Her current practice focuses on Eastern and Western nutrition, Functional and Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda, mindfulness, Interpersonal Psycho-Spiritual Healing and life coaching modalities. On today’s episode we get into Alana’s career journey, her history with an eating disorder, her goal of helping people with their relationship with themselves and their relationship with food, the physical manifestation of being disconnected to your inner self, and producing from a place of abundance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sarah Paiji Yoo is the founder Blueland a new, eco-friendly and sustainable consumer products brand that is reinventing conventional household and personal care products to shift the way consumers think about and choose their everyday necessities. Her mission is to drastically reduce the need for single-use plastic through innovative, biodegradable and thoughtfully designed cleaning products that will eliminate the need for 100 billion single-use plastic bottles in the US.   Sarah is no stranger to the start up life. Before Blueland, she was a Founding Partner at LAUNCH, which created cult-favorite brands like M.Gemi, Rockets of Awesome and then went on to become the CEO and Co-founder of Snapette, the largest mobile platform for local fashion shopping that was extremely ahead of its time that she eventually sold to PriceGrabber in 2013. After having sold Snapette, Sarah attended Harvard University for her MBA from 2010 to 2012 and ultimately decided to drop out of Harvard to start Blueland and the rest is history. Even though Blueland just launched, it is already being praised by Fortune, Fast Company, CNN, Refinery29, Business Insider, and countless other outlets as the new eco-friendly company to watch. On today’s episode we get into Sarah’s career journey and how she knew when it was time to leave her previous ventures, her decision to go to business school and also her decision to drop out, how she came up with the concept for Blueland and what it was like to launch a first-of-its-kind, we talk about her experience being on Shark Tank and landing a deal with Kevin O'Leary, how Covid-19 has impacted the business, the intersection of sustainability and racism, and why it is so important to be radically honest with yourself on your values and priorities before making any career decisions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jen Batchelor is the founder of Kin Euphorics, a new category of nightlife beverage crafted for conscious connection. The herbal tonic contains euphoria-inducing adaptogens - which are herbs that help the body adapt to stress, nootropics - a compound that helps enhance cognition, and botancis - plants that balance flavor and function. Jen has been a trail blazer in an unchartered market and is viewed as one of the leaders of the sober curious movement. Kin has been featured in the New York Times, Vogue, Inc, Forbes, and countless other publications. On today’s episode we get into Jen’s career background, the history of alcohol consumption and its original intention, why serving others is the ultimate goal and why getting to know yourself is the first step when it comes to identifying your purpose and going after it. For anyone who is interested in trying, Kin Euphorics is offering a 10% discount to try with code NUDE10. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is with sustainable stylist, consultant and expert, Cassandra Dittmer. After witnessing first-hand the increasingly negative impacts the fashion industry has had not only on our environment, but also on its own labor force, Cassandra has made it her mission to align her business practices with her values by leading with transparency, inclusion and community around the work she takes on. She has dedicated her career to immersing herself in eco-conscious practices, products and brands that challenge the way sustainability is defined and has vowed to always consider three key factors when working with any brand/client: the environment, the economics and the ethics. Most recently, Cassandra has been styling Melinda Gates on the Moment of Lift tour and has worked with several high profile clients like Laura Dern, Bebe Rexha, Dwayne Johnson, Bradley Cooper, and Donald Glover among several others throughout her career. On today’s episode we talk about the status of the styling industry as a whole during this pandemic and what her pivot into e-styling has looked like, we get into her career trajectory from working for mega stylist Ilaria Urbanit to starting her own styling business and how she landed the role of a lifetime styling Melinda Gates for The Moment of Lift book tour, on the process of building a portfolio and why building a solid and clear foundation is the most important step in building your own business. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Patty Weill is my beautiful cousin (!!!) and a clinical psychologist that specializes in relationships with the self, romantic relationships and conscious parenting. Her practice offers one-on-one therapy sessions as well as group coaching on topics like personal transformation, relationship with your children and partners, communication skills and emotional intelligence. Her current active ingredient is to help people elevate their consciousness so that they can raise their children to be more connected to the self. On today’s podcast we talk about viewing our emotions as information, on how to be an observer of our thoughts, on the concept of parenting ourselves and taking responsibility for ourselves, on how living our active ingredient is our birthright and steps we can take to really get to know ourselves better. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ariel Okin is the founder of her eponymous firm, Ariel Okin Interiors, a full service interior design firm based in New York City that specializes in luxury residential and unique commercial properties. Ariel’s portfolio ranges from traditional to contemporary, with a focus on elegant, livable spaces. Texture, pattern, clean lines, and a mix of bespoke and antique items are hallmarks of her aesthetic, and she believes every home should reflect its owner’s personality. Ariel has been featured and profiled in Elle Decor, Domino, House Beautiful, Architectural Digest, Vogue, The Wall Street Journal, and New York Magazine, among others, and has designed notable spaces for celebrities like Lena Dunham, Audrey Gelman and Sara Foster as well as for brands like Goop and Maisonette. On today’s episode we talk about how the pandemic has affected her interior design business and how she and the team have pivoted to digital packages, we get into her path to discovering her love interior design, what small tweaks we can make to our homes to make them even cozier during quarantine, we talk about the importance of building your portfolio even if that means doing jobs for less pay or no pay, and why learning what you don’t like to do is just as or more important than learning what you do like to do. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today’s episode is with Amy Sturgis, fashion consultant and founder of ready to wear brand, Cinta the Label. Amy is a true fashion expert in every sense of the word. She not only consults for some of the most cult-followed fashion brands, she has also taken her expertise and started her own line, Cinta the Label that was inspired by her summers in Spain with her grandfather. She has a global perspective on the fashion scene with a background working in Dubai, London, New York and LA. She has worked in house on PR and Business Development with notable brands such as Pop and Suki, All Things Mochi and current clients include House of Sunny, Paper London, Yolke London, ROOP and beyond. In 2019 Amy launched her own label, Cinta The Label which focuses on creating mindful prints and pairing them with trend driven silhouettes, while simultaneously continuing to grow her consulting business.I really wanted to have Amy on the podcast because she truly has her finger on the pulse when it comes to telling a fashion brand story in ways that resonate, and uses her expertise to not only lift up her clients’ but also to tell her personal brand story. She also just gives such amazing and genuine vibes and you can tell she takes so much pride in everything she does and puts out there which i absolutely love. On today’s episode we get into Amy’s unconventional career path and why she decided to not finish university and realized that she learned better on the job, we talk about how she has pivoted to a heavy digital strategy amid the pandemic and how fashion brands could use this time to really connect to their consumer and we talk about mindful fashion and how meditation has completely changed her life and perspective in business. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today’s episode is with model and wellness advocate, Rachel Serrano also known as @racheloveee on Instagram. Rachel is a signed fashion model with agencies all over the US + Europe and has worked with incredible top tier brands and designers. She has been modeling for the last 13 years, and has grown a cult like following on IG where she covers all things beauty, health and wellness with the goal of guiding women to be their absolute best selves. On today’s episode we talk about the reality about being a model and the unpredictability that comes with it, how she manages to stay healthy when her lifestyle is to be "on-call" 24/7, how she copes with the fact that her body and appearance is her job, how to stay organized and focus on controlling what is in our control, and given the global circumstances we do get into how the coronavirus has affected her financially and how she is approaching it day by day. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is with returning guest, Liz Tran. As a refresher, Liz is the founder of RESET which up until now has been a physical space in New York that bridges the connection between personal and professional growth where she combines the best of modern, executive career coaching with ancient practices like sound meditation, breath-work, and astrology. Before starting Reset, Liz was a venture capitalist and worked with brands that we all know and love like Instagram, Glossier and Warby parker. Liz has had to completely pivot her business due to the coronavirus pandemic and has done so with such grace and trust in the universe. She has a physical space in New York -specifically in Nolita which is one of the most expensive areas in the city- that she had to close and her main form of revenue was doing off-site in-person executive training sessions which were also put to a complete halt. Not only has she remained calm and patient throughout all of this, she has adapted quickly and has reframed her mindset in a way that is expanding reset in ways she never thought possible and is optimistic about what this will mean for us all. On today's episode we are getting specific on how the world is coping with grief, making sure we are giving ourselves time to process, we get into Maslow's hierarchy of needs and how there is an opportunity for all of us to ensure our foundation is solid, how smart brands are reacting in this time of crisis and showing compassion and empathy, how to use this time to think about what your priorities are and if the life you were leading before this pandemic aligns with those priorities and for those listening who have lost jobs or are currently in uncertain or unstable industries, we get into best practices of how to best approach your internal search first. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ashli Stockton is the founder and CEO of Sunday Forever, a lifestyle brand based in New York. Ashli describes Sunday Forever as your good vibes one-stop shop where she offers a curated selection of things to evoke that Sunday morning relaxation feeling from kimono style robes to candles, sage and lighter sets, crystals and bracelets - it is literally everything I’ve ever dreamed of. The idea for Sunday Forever came to Ashli while she was working at Victoria’s Secret for over a decade where she felt a chronic feeling of the Sunday scaries - for those of you who don’t know the Sunday scaries is, it’s when you get major anxiety on Sunday nights for the week ahead but she explains that she was feeling this every single day and had anxiety about even just getting to the office. One day, Ashli decided to take the leap of faith and invested her savings of $25k to create Sunday Forever and has never taken a dollar from outside investments since. Since the launch Ashli and Sunday Forever have been featured in Forbes, Domino, Popsugar, Well + Good, Refinery29, Allure and so many others. On today’s episode we talk about the confusing feeling of having a “dream job” but still feeling entirely unhappy and unfulfilled, feeling fearful of leaving a stable paycheck and fancy title but also knowing that all the money in the world won’t fill the gap of a job that’s not filling your soul, saying what you want out loud as the first step in making it happen, doing SOMETHING to better yourself to feel less stuck and discover what excites you and consistently feeding your mind and soul. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Karin is a Senior Contributor for Forbes where she regularly features female founders that deeply inspire her. Her criteria is that anyone she features must have impact and integrity. She has also been published in Teen Vogue, Condé Nast Traveler, Create & Cultivate and Coveteur. Karin is fueled by female empowerment and self-expression, and her regular Forbes column has earned the reputation as a platform for interviews of game-changing female founders and impactful career advice with women that range from the likes of Kim Kardashian West to Hilary Kerr to Cleo Wade and so many other incredibly inspiring women. As the mother of two young girls, her goal is to show her daughters that anything is possible and that women are multifaceted. On today's episode, we touch on her career journey and how she landed her first editorial job, how to break into the editorial space, a step by step guide on how to pitch a story, and most importantly.. the power of voice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sara Panton is the co-founder and CEO of Vitruvi, a premium essential oils company that she started with her brother I am entirely obsessed with. Sara’s interest in scent deepened when she learned about its effect on the limbic system, which is our brain’s emotional centre, in a neurology course while she was studying to get a degree in Global Health with plans to become a doctor. This discovery, layered with her love of culture and natural medicine, sparked a deeper passion for the science of scent, and its potential to help in her busy days. She saw this as an opportunity to make a larger impact than seeing patients 1 on 1 and chose to spread her knowledge of the benefits of scent association by way of Vitruvi where she is delivering essential oils to the masses. On today's episode we talk about the power of scent association and how the brain loves familiarity and patterns, how essential oils can help get your mind in the right space for whatever task is at hand, the importance of checking in with your ego and really asking yourself why you are doing certain things, making sure that whatever story you're telling yourself is still serving you and the power of daily rituals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aliza’s career exploded while she was the SVP of global communications at Donna Karan International where she created and built the voice of the award-winning social personality DKNY PR GIRL which was kept anonymous for years before revealing she was the sassy voice behind the tweets. She organically built a multi-platform community of over 1.5mm followers for DKNY, and was one of - if not the first - marketers to humanize a brand and give it an honest and trusted voice. Thanks to the attention the twitter account received, she landed a book deal and authored  the best-selling book, LEAVE YOUR MARK that has been translated into Spanish, Chinese, and Russian and is ranked #5 in Book Authority's "Best Career Development Books of All Time." Let me just say that I read Leave Your Mark right out of college and it was the first-ever career advice book I had ever read and she was one of my very first career role models so you can imagine that this is a very crazy full circle moment for me to be interviewing her on Active Ingredient. Like I honestly can’t believe it. Anyway, Leave Your Mark continues to live on and is now the title of her recently launched podcast, Leave Your Mark the podcast where she brews fresh career advice weekly with some of her most successful and dynamic friends. Aliza has received many accolades but to name a few she has been featured on the cover of The New York Times Style section in the article “Who Will Be America’s Next Top Mentor?” She is a TEDx speaker, a five-time Fashion 2.0 award winner, and been named one of Time's "Six Women Who Rule the Fashion World” and New York DAily News’ list of “Top 50 Most Powerful Women in New York,” On this episode we talk about her incredible career journey from editorial to public relations to authoring a book, consulting and launching a podcast, we talk about how public relations has drastically changed with the rise of social media and the decline of print, how podcasts are the new media real estate to pay attention to, we talk about the power and importance of humanizing a brand and of course we get into the power of connection and creating meaningful relationships. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dana Pollack is the CEO & Founder of Dana's Bakery, the first gluten free & kosher D2C online bakery specializing in creative macaron flavors (like Everything Bagel and Chocolate-Covered Strawberry) and viral desserts (like Rainbow Black & White Cookies and Mookies™). After a 10 year career in editorial photography, Dana had a literal "AHA" moment while working for a top-tier publication and decided that is not what she wanted to do for the rest of her life. She put pen to paper and wrote down what her favorite hobbies were and baking was one of them. She then decided to enroll in culinary school and built Dana's Bakery, one of the first direct to consumer online baked goods companies. On today's episode we talk about Dana's photography career, what steps she took to make her bakery dream come true, why she decided to go direct to consumer, how social media has played a huge role for her and what it was about baking that she knew would have longevity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cyndi is the founder and CEO of Chillhouse, which is a destination for modern self-care. Chillhouse was born when Cyndi and her husband, Adam, were looking to get massages one day and there were two options - to either get a ridiculously expensive massage and break the bank or get a massage at a questionable establishment where the ambiance was less than exciting - and they realized there was a huge gap in the market and a demand for what would soon become Chillhouse. Chillhouse, which currently has two locations in NY, offers new-age spa offerings like facials, massages, nail and pedicure services alongside a wellness cafe.On today’s episode we talk about what Cyndi was like as a kid, how she dropped out of college, we get into her background in hospitality and her first businesses and side jobs, what it’s like to go into business with your husband or partner and how they establish boundaries, how she leveraged her first blog to network and connect with people who have now been integral to the success of Chillhouse, and what her hope is with the next phase of Chillhouse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chelsea Leyland rose to it-girl status by DJing some of the most covetable fashion and art events and has traveled the world playing for Chanel, Vogue, the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, and many other impressive events. But at some point along the way, she felt as though she was quote un quote "living the dream" but felt entirely unfulfilled. Something most people didn't know during her rise to fame was that not only was she was coping with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, which she has been battling since her early teenage years, but she has also been coping with her older sister, Tamsin's, very severe epileptic journey as well. For the last two years, she has been treating her epilepsy with CBD after weaning herself off of all pharmaceutical drugs and through this experience she has become a leading advocate for the de-stigmatization of both epilepsy and medicinal cannabis, fighting on behalf of her sister and patients everywhere for fair access to safe cannabis medicine. On today's episode we talk about having to really dig deep to the root of why it is we do certain things, we talk about how during her DJ years she felt as though she was wearing a mask and wasn't fully aligned with her purpose, we get into her introduction to cannabis, how she went from hiding her condition to now co-producing and featuring in the documentary "Separating The Strains" which explores the medicinal cannabis industry and the world of epilepsy and other neurodegenerative diseases and ultimately we get into how she defines success these days. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's episode is with Nichole Powell, the founder and CEO of Kinfield, a personal care brand rooted in the joy of being outdoors that is pioneering non-toxic solutions for recreation, nature and every day use. Kinfield recently launched with a trio of products—Golden Hour (a DEET-free mosquito repellent), Sunday Spray (a cooling after-sun aloe mist), and the Waterbalm (moisturizing balm for the face and body). Inspiration for Kinfield struck in the summer of 2017 when Nichole was packing for a camping trip to (yo-semetie) and saw a need for clean, effective, modern products to use in the outdoors—which led her to leave her role as Head of Business Development at Modern Citizen in early 2018 to build Kinfield full time, and launched the brand in June 2019.On today’s episode we talk about her deep love of traveling and of the outdoors, the power of community, why she chose to file her company as a b-corp and what that process was like, the importance always remembering what you’re solving for, and her mission is to encourage people connect with each other as often as possible in the outdoors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rachel Liverman is the co-founder and CEO of GLOWBAR, a new skincare concept disrupting the spa industry with no-fluff 30-minute, customized and solution-oriented treatments at $65. As a third-generation esthetician, Rachel struggled to find an effective, accessible and trustworthy source for consistent facial treatments administered by expertly trained estheticians. She channelled her multigenerational knowledge in skincare into creating a solution and she decided to work with the first accredited esthetics school in the country (founded by her grandmother and now owned by her mother), The Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics, to research consumer and esthetician challenges before officially launching GLOWBAR in June 2019. On today’s episode we talk about Rachel’s career journey and how she worked up the ranks in the beauty industry for 10 years working with brands like Birchbox, BeautyBlender and Stila before taking the leap to start Glowbar, we talk about her first steps in building Glowbar, she explains why she decided to go the co-founder route, and of course we get into her best beauty tips and SPOILER ALERT, less is more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is with sisters Hedieh and Hasti Asadi, the founders of DEODOC, the first-ever intimates product line founded & formulated by female doctors. Hedieh and Hasti passionately created DeoDoc as a way to not only bring to market quality intimates products but also to break taboos, clear away confusion and EDUCATE. They partnered with Doctor Gunvor Ekman-Ordeber, M.D., Ph.D, professor of OBGYN who has been practicing for over 50 years and has seen it ALL to formulate all DeoDoc products since launch in order to create the safest and most effective intimate skin care formula on the market. On today's episode we get into the details of the female anatomy and all the misconceptions we have about intimate products, the hurdles they have faced starting a brand in a male-dominated industry, why they decided to not accept money from male investors in order for women to have full control of the final product, and their hope for women everywhere. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.