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Active Ingredient Podcast

Sophie Weillwww.spreaker.com

Welcome to the Active Ingredient Podcast, your destination for all things inner exploration, growth, connection, and curiosity. I'm your host, Sophie Weill, and I am a deeply curious human who believes that every single person on earth has their own unique and beautiful core essence, which is what I call your ingredient.


And our job here is to uncover what that is and choose to activate it every single day. Howard Thurman said it best. "Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive. Because what the world needs is more people who have come alive." So let's do that.

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Episodes

Problem solving, probiotics and thinking about how you want to spend your time with Ara Katz and Dr. Azza Gadir

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. Ar...

Aug 10, 20201 hr 15 min

The importance of alone time, why the "cool" job is not always the right job and disrupting legacy brands with Lily Galef

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 ...

Aug 03, 202049 min

Hormonal health, leading with intuition and how to live in your flow with The Cycle Syncing Method with Alisa Vitti

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 ...

Jul 27, 20201 hr 9 min

Traditional schooling is not for everyone and a lesson on nootropics with Dan Freed

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 procras...

Jul 20, 20201 hr

Self worth, nutrition and producing from a place of abundance with Alana Kessler

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 ...

Jul 13, 202049 min

Sarah Paiji Yoo on being deliberate with who you are surrounded by, taking calculated risk & disrupting for the greater good

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 t...

Jul 07, 202052 min

Jen Batchelor on the sober curious movement, mindful nightlife, and euphorics

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...

Jun 29, 202056 min

Sustainable stylist Cassandra Dittmer on a values-first approach to styling and building a solid and clear foundation for your business

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...

May 26, 202046 min

Psychologist Patty Weill on parenting ourselves, viewing our emotions as information, and why living our active ingredient is our birthright

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 ...

May 12, 20201 hr 10 min

Ariel Okin: On her love of interior design, creating a dream life, and the importance of learning what you don't like to do

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...

Apr 20, 20201 hr

Amy Sturgis on intelligently pivoting your brand strategy amid covid-19, mindful fashion and the impact meditation has had on her business

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 wor...

Apr 14, 20201 hr 18 min

@racheloveee: On managing unpredictability, focusing on what is in our control and the reality of a career in modeling

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 abou...

Apr 06, 202051 min

Liz Tran: On coping with grief, pivoting her business, reassessing priorities and using this as an opportunity for introspection

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....

Mar 30, 202055 min

Ashli Stockton: on leaving a stable job to pursue a dream life, eliminating the Sunday scaries and heavily leaning on Google

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 f...

Mar 16, 202049 min

Karin Eldor: on the power of voice, how to properly pitch your story, and how to create opportunity wherever you live

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...

Mar 02, 20201 hr 6 min

Sara Panton: On checking in with your ego, the power of scent association and essential oils, and seeking the discomfort of the unknown

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 s...

Feb 24, 202056 min

Marketing powerhouse, Aliza Licht, on her career journey, how to approach the new media landscape, and how to leave your mark

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 ...

Feb 17, 202052 min

28. On completely pivoting career paths, building the first online bakery, and why paying attention to your hobbies is key

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 ...

Feb 10, 202044 min

27. The queen of chill, Cyndi Ramirez, on how she created a new category for self-care and not subscribing to traditional business models

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...

Feb 03, 20201 hr 1 min

26. Chelsea Leyland on removing your mask and living your truth, being of service and the healing power of medical cannabis

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 b...

Jan 27, 202048 min

25. On the importance of spending quality time in the outdoors, tuning into nature and building community

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...

Jan 21, 20201 hr 12 min

24. Founder of Glowbar on learning how to listen to your gut, the importance of asking for help, and why less is more when it comes to skincare

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 accredi...

Jan 13, 202056 min

23. On building a business in a taboo industry, empowering women with knowledge about their bodies & why it's important to clean your vulva

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 produc...

Jan 06, 202052 min
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