Finding Your Wellness with Colleen Wachob
Episode description
If you’re one of the millions of people seeking a healthier lifestyle, you’ve probably come across the website mindbodygreen. Co-Founder and Co-CEO Colleen Wachob launched mindbodygreen with her husband Jason in 2009, taking inspiration from their own wellness journeys to build one of the most popular health and wellness websites with millions of dedicated viewers. In this interview, we discuss Colleen’s personal health journey, the early years of mindbodygreen after it was first launched, and how Colleen and Jason have expanded the brand to include a podcast, health coaching program, online fitness classes, an online vitamin and supplement shop, and now an upcoming book.
Don’t miss this episode where we talk about:
- Growing up with entrepreneur parents, college, and her career before mindbodygreen
- Colleen’s experience overcoming a nearly life-threatening pulmonary embolism during the early years of mindbodygreen, her recovery process, and how she moved forward
- Her transition from working in the corporate world to being a full-time entrepreneur, and what the conversation surrounding the topic of wellness was like before the advent of wellness and fitness influencers
- How Colleen and her husband were able to stay on the same page and work together throughout the conception, launch, and expansion of their company
- Her upcoming book The Joy of Wellbeing, and what she wished she knew at the start of her health journey
Find Colleen Wachob:
https://www.mindbodygreen.com
IG: @colleenwachob
Twitter: @ColleenWachob
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Recorded at The Newsstand Studios at Rockefeller Center.
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