A must-listen for entrepreneurs! Dave Heath is the co-founder of Bombas, soon to become your favorite socks too--because they’re insanely comfortable, but also for their social impact, donating one pair for every pair sold. He didn’t set out to sell socks, but everything changed the day he was scrolling Facebook and learned that socks were the number one requested item in homeless shelters. And a business was born. Dave Heath talks about... -His early entrepreneurial inspirations, from his dad’s...
Oct 30, 2019•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 68
Mastin Kipp is a functional life coach and trauma hacker that Oprah has referred to as the up-and-coming thought leader of the next generation of spiritual thinkers. All that pressure aside, he says the reason why we need to talk about trauma is because it’s blocking you from reaching your goals, whether for weight loss, relationships, finances or business. And trauma doesn’t just to the big stuff, like physical abuse or violence. It can trace back to childhood feelings of loneliness or feeling ...
Oct 23, 2019•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 67
It’s another Z&E special minisode! This is part two of our personal experiences with what we like to call a wellness wake-up call. This week it’s Zoë’s turn, and it just so happens she’s had some tummy troubles too, of a different sort. Two years ago she had her second baby, and that sweet little baby broke her mama in half. Zoe had severe diastasis recti, which can occur during pregnancy when the growing uterus puts pressure on the two bands of abdominal muscles that meet in the middle of ...
Oct 15, 2019•39 min•Ep. 66
We’re back with another Z&E special minisode! This week and next week we’re sharing our personal experiences with what we like to call a wellness wake-up call. You can be doing everything “right” and still not be focusing on the right things, and unfortunately sometimes you have to learn that the hard way. This week Erica tells the story of when her stomach exploded (yep, literally). After multiple doctors failed to diagnose a stomach ulcer, she wound up in emergency surgery in the nick of t...
Oct 09, 2019•37 min•Ep. 65
Today we’re talking to Andrew Shearer from Farmshelf. Not so fun fact--in the US, most of the food we eat is grown 1500 miles away. Farmshelf is reducing food miles and making it easy to grow fresh food all year round by building smart indoor farms for restaurants and hotels. Farmshelf is a plug and play product--it even includes cameras to track the plants’ growth and create time lapses for education and social media. As their business expands, Farmshelf is creating partnerships with schools an...
Oct 02, 2019•53 min•Ep. 64
Dr. Sonya Rhodes is a psychotherapist and author of four books including Cold Feet and The Alpha Woman Meets Her Match . (ahem, attention Santa!) She’s a relationship therapist who’s actually been married for… she didn’t want to say exactly but for a long time. In this episode she spills the beans on what makes a marriage work or not, and gets honest about the struggles in her own marriage (her husband originally thought she would be putting his clothes away and arranging the flowers). We love h...
Sep 25, 2019•59 min•Ep. 63
This week we’re back at FounderMade’s discovery show with a whole new batch of founders. We love getting a chance to hear their inspiring stories, but even more, we love our rapid fire Q&A’s as it always brings some fun facts and surprising stories to light. Today’s ep features founders from: Green Road Cannuka Higher Mind Intoxicating Beauty Final Straw Between them they make beauty items with cannabis, manuka honey, beer, sake, wine or spirits, pharmacist-formulated CBD products, adaptogen...
Sep 18, 2019•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 62
If nothing makes you happier than than an ice cream sandwich chasing a meatball, Michael Chernow is your patron saint of restaurateurs. In this episode we chat with our fellow nightlife industry veteran, whose long road to sobriety culminated in career success beyond his dreams. Michael rode the huge success of Meatball Shop on to his second project, Seamore’s, a sustainable seafood restaurant, all the while pursuing his passion for Thai boxing that goes well beyond skin deep (spoiler alert!), a...
Sep 11, 2019•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 61
Cynthia and Jamie are the co-founders of Stix, a company that makes the experience of buying and taking a pregnancy test a comfortable experience for women. Stix pregnancy tests are home-delivered in discreet packaging. No more running into your nosy neighbor at the drugstore or having the cashier all up in your business. Jamie and Cynthia talk about... How they started Stix after having terrible experiences buying pregnancy tests - Cynthia actually ran into her boyfriend’s mom! Pregnancy tests ...
Aug 28, 2019•43 min•Ep. 60
At the beginning of her career Bozoma Saint John turned down a job at Goldman Sachs and shortly afterwards found herself temping for Spike Lee. Since then she’s worked in C-level roles for the likes of Apple and Uber (being tasked with repairing their reputation after mistreatment of drivers and reports of sexual harassment surfaced) and is now Ch ief Marketing Officer at Endeavor . In this episode she joins us to talk about being a black woman in corporate America, the strange mixture of arroga...
Aug 21, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 59
Fighting stigma about sexual pleasure is all in a day’s work for Alex Fine, co-founder of DAME Products. She believes fully that a good vibrator can improve someone’s life, but first we need to address the shame that we associate with sexual pleasure, and all the other fun cultural hangups that are holding this conversation back. Alex talks about... Her early days in this biz--she started making sex toys at home and got her friends to try them out in front of her. She has good friends. How she a...
Aug 14, 2019•1 hr•Ep. 58
Today our guest is Dr. Ellen Vora, MD and Holistic Psychiatrist. We loved our previous chat with her about about anxiety and this time she’s back to speak about bipolar. Ellen says she is here to do something a little bit different than other psychiatrists, which is to help people who either want to manage mental illness holistically and never go on medication in the first place, or work with people that want to do the hard, slow work of getting off it. She shares innumerable tips in this episod...
Aug 07, 2019•53 min•Ep. 57
Today our guest is Nick Marsh from CHOPT Creative Salad Company. CHOPT is all about changing people's perception of what a salad can be, setting mouths on fire and resetting the nation’s palate. Tune in for this truly fascinating, colon-friendly conversation about the fast casual food landscape and how much salad in America has changed since CHOPT opened its first location in 2001. Nick Marsh talks about... What he puts in his salad The origins of CHOPT How to change people's perception of what ...
Jul 31, 2019•52 min•Ep. 56
Jennifer Sun is the founder of Sun For Soul, a brand rooted in Chinese medicine. She joins us to talk all about adaptogens and the amazing nut butters she has created to deliver powerful Chinese herbs in a delicious way. The inspiration for Sun For Soul comes from Jennifer’s dad, who’s been an acupuncturist and Chinese medicine doctor in New York for 35-plus years. Jennifer grew up drinking all different types of his herbal remedies and was inspired to make Chinese medicine more accessible by co...
Jul 24, 2019•58 min•Ep. 55
This week we have an absorbing and in-depth discussion about supplements with our friend and trusted functional medical practitioner Dr Zandra Palma. It can be so confusing wondering what supplements we need to take to boost energy and health, and which ones are pure marketing bullsh*t. And even the ones to avoid altogether! We think you’ll get a lot out of this week’s discussion. Dr Zandra Palma talks about... Busting supplement myths-- there is no one supplement prescription for everyone. Evol...
Jul 17, 2019•50 min•Ep. 54
Today we talk with special guest Dr Josh Axe. Not only is he a wealth of knowledge on nutrition and Chinese medicine, he’s also a regenerative farmer! He’s very easy to chat with and very happy to give us the benefit of his amazing knowledge. We loved talking to Dr Axe and we think you’ll get a great deal out of this episode as well. Plan to pause and take notes. Enjoy! Dr Axe talks about... The benefits of a Keto diet. Spoiler alert--here’s a guy who speaks up that Keto is not for everyone and ...
Jul 10, 2019•46 min•Ep. 53
In this episode, we talk to author, attorney, podcaster, speaker and generally cool chick Heather Hansen. In her book The Elegant Warrior , Heather highlights the importance of being your own advocate in health as well as in other areas of our lives. She discusses compassion and empathy but also the key role that trust plays in our wellbeing, specifically the kind of trust we place in our medical practitioners. This is big stuff. We loved chatting with Heather and think you’ll get a great deal o...
Jul 03, 2019•55 min•Ep. 52
We’re back in the booth with Dr Morrison, this time on the funky issue of mold and all its associated health risks--what causes it in homes and buildings, how it presents in the body, and the tests available to find out if you have it in your home and the treatments available. BUT not all molds are created equal! There’s plenty of room to enjoy the good kind (hint: beer and cheese) once you know the difference. Have a listen to the wise Dr Morrison. Dr Jeffrey Morrison talks about... Good vs bad...
Jun 26, 2019•54 min•Ep. 51
We are thrilled to have Alisa Vitti back on the pod, this time on the magical maddening world of menopause. Self-care makes a huge difference in navigating this journey, but the conversation often goes unaddressed. Alisa takes the time to shine a light on this most important — and often misunderstood — aspect of women’s health. We talk everything, from when menopause *actually* begins (spoiler alert), to taking care of yourself at every stage of the cycle, and Alisa’s brilliant philosophy that b...
Jun 19, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 50
This week we’re doing an encore presentation with chef, author and renowned speaker Seamus Mullen. We had a fascinating chat with Seamus but it was so long ago — and we thought his views were so relevant — that we thought it was time to reprise the interview. We know Seamus as an acclaimed author, speaker and one who has had his own health crises that left him at death’s door, before providing empowerment and a path to wellness for others through his work. Now he’s co-hosting the Goopfellas podc...
Jun 12, 2019•51 min•Ep. 49
So, we had a brush with failure in business. Now, know that we aren’t the only ones who have failed, but we’d like to think that we’re some of the few who actually talk about it. Today we’re on to share our business fails, reflect on life after Blueprint, and what we think of it all now as we look back. Ready to own up to your failures and see how far you’ve come? Listen up as we talk about... Failure not being the opposite of success, it’s a part of it Step one: Proof of concept is a big deal S...
Jun 05, 2019•35 min•Ep. 48
Today we are sitting down with Elly Truesdell, the CEO of Canopy Foods. Canopy Foods is providing infrastructure, production and expertise to power the next generation of unforgettable foods and enduring brands– they are the evolved co-packing company that your food business needs to know. And even if you’re not in the food biz, but just the business of eating food--take note! Elly has built her career from over 9 years at Whole Foods Market, and offers expertise in brand development, food trend...
May 29, 2019•56 min•Ep. 47
If you’re even remotely similar to us, then you also enjoy being taken out of the monotonous day to day grind, and traveling to far away places does just that for you. Anything the breaks the routine allows you to take a step back and appreciate it in a new way. Well, todays guests are doing just that– Pavia Rosati and Jeralyn Gerba, the founders of Fathom, are here to get out travel juices flowing. Pavia and Jeralyn have created a spektacular brand by offering travel tips, tricks, and wanderlus...
May 22, 2019•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 46
We’ve got a special mashup for you today because we’re featuring two interviews in one episode. That’s right; two episodes in one, two awesome founders, and two incredible companies that we know, love, and support. AdrinAdrina, Gem + Bolt co-founder (the company that fulfills all of our mezcal dreams) joins us in the first interview. Carly Stein, the founder of Beekeeper’s Naturals– AKA the woman who is keeping our colds at bay– joins us for part two of today’s double header. Though it may not s...
May 15, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 45
Don’t you just love to crack open a can of something refreshing on a nice spring day? Our guest today, Bill Creelman, made us fall back in love with sparkling water. He is the Founder and CEO of Spindrift… maybe you’ve heard of them? Spindrift is known for their “that’s it” slogan, because all that’s in their bubbly beverages are water and real fruit. We adore Bill and all that he creates, and talking to like minded entrepreneurs is always fun for us. In the conversation today, Bill shares what ...
May 08, 2019•59 min•Ep. 44
The excellent Dr. Ellen Vora is on the podcast today, and we’re big fans because yes, she’s really cool, but she’s also not down with the over-prescription of meds as treatment. Ellen believes that the power to heal lies within each of us. She’s not anti-medications, but she is all about trying other, more holistic approaches to healing first. Today we’re talking all things functional and holistic, with a special focus on everybody’s favorite, anxiety! Dr. Ellen Vora is a board-certified psychia...
May 01, 2019•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 43
It’s been 11 years since Tiger Woods has won the Masters, and our palms are sweaty over the idea of freestyle rock climbing, but our guest today, Keren Eldad is here to remind us that it’s all possible in the mastering of our mindset. Coach Keren is a trusted advisor to industry-leading executives and superstar entrepreneurs who are setting records at the top of their fields. In her coaching practice, Keren helps her clients make significant breakthroughs in the profitable growth of their busine...
Apr 24, 2019•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 42
In 2019, we vote that it’s time we start being more honest with ourselves about our understanding of the way money works, and how we can make it work for us. Nicole Lapin is on today’s episode, makin’ it happen. #sorrynotsorry This girl is a force; she’s an established * cough * New York Times Best-Selling * cough * author, writing books like Boss Bitch , that help women feel empowered, open, and honest about their finances. She has also created an online financial wellness education platform, T...
Apr 17, 2019•54 min•Ep. 41
Today we are talking to Acupuncturist and Chinese Medicine mastermind, Paul Kempisty. Paul is also a mind-reader and tongue-reader, and can tell you what you’re feeling without you saying a word. It’s kinda crazy, but we’re here for it in the name of wellness. Paul’s training and education have him versed in Chinese Medicine, Reiki, oncology, gynecology, acupuncture, and much more. He now runs a private practice in New York City where patients seek treatment of both common ailments, gynecology a...
Apr 10, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 40
We are talking to our speed dial doctor, Dr. Jeffrey Morrison, about his passion that should really be all of our passions: plastic. It’s ruining our lives and the planet, to be blunt. In our last episode with Dr. Morrison, he touched on the various environmental pollutants and heavy metals, but honestly, he barely scratched the surface. That’s right, he’s back! Sure, we all recycle and we know plastic is bad for the planet, but there’s more we need to know and do. Dr. Jeffrey Morrison is an awa...
Apr 03, 2019•57 min•Ep. 39
