Lia Garvin is the bestselling author of Unstuck, TEDx speaker, host of the top podcast Managing Made Simple. Lia is also a consultant with experience leading team operations across Google, Microsoft, Apple, and Bank of America. As the Founder of The Workplace Reframe business consulting firm, Lia uses the lens of “disruption without destruction” to equip innovative organizations of any size and industry with the tools to cultivate inclusive, motivated, high-performing teams resulting in higher r...
Sep 13, 2023•59 min•Season 1Ep. 76
Zee Clarke, author of Black People Breathe, has spent over 20 years leading teams at Fortune 500 companies and tech startups in Silicon Valley. After experiencing several challenges in the workplace, from microaggressions from colleagues to disparate treatment around salary and promotions, she pursued extensive mindfulness training in India to help her manage these challenges. As the Founder of Reclaiming Flow LLC, Clarke leverages her toolkit of meditation, breathwork, and yoga to teach others ...
Sep 06, 2023•49 min•Season 1Ep. 75
Michele Canon is a certified personal trainer, fitness nutritionist and behavioral change specialist. She is the owner of Michele Canon Fitness & Nutrition. Additionally, Michele is the creator of the Strong not Skinny 5-Day Metabolic Reset and the MCFIT Midlife Academy, and has her own line of delicious whey protein powders. Canon is a 48-year-old single mom to an 18-year-old son and a four-year-old golden retriever. She has made a living coaching women from all stages of life to become the...
Aug 30, 2023•45 min•Season 1Ep. 74
Monica Molenaar is a serial entrepreneur and an advocate for frank talk and common sense solutions around women’s health and wellness. At the age of 40, Monica tested positive for the BRCA gene and elected to remove her ovaries prophylactically to reduce her risk of breast and ovarian cancers, thereby ending her natural production of estrogen and sending her into surgical menopause overnight. This began a multi-year journey trying to make sense of all the misinformation and lack of clarity aroun...
Aug 23, 2023•59 min•Season 1Ep. 73
Kaye Popofsky Kramer is an experienced founder, entrepreneur, and senior executive with a proven track record of delivering mission-critical results and a passion for growing organizations and generating business opportunities. Kaye is a certified career coach with a history of working in the non-profit organization management industry, in strategic partnerships, and as a business advisor. She is skilled in management, leadership, strategic planning, business development, and coaching. She is a ...
Aug 16, 2023•40 min•Season 1Ep. 72
Stacey Lindsay is a journalist and writer who has spent her career interviewing global thought leaders. She is the consulting senior editor and editorial director of various digital publications—two of note: Liberty Road and Maria Shriver’s Sunday Paper. Stacey has ghostwritten two books and is writing the first under her name, which The Open Field, an imprint of Penguin Random House, will publish. She was a longtime editor at goop, where she was instrumental in building new editorial franchises...
Aug 09, 2023•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 71
Amy Tan is a hand-lettering enthusiast turned Founder of Amy Tangerine, a brand committed to providing creatives with the tools and space to see the bright, shiny side of life. Whether you follow her on IG, watch her on YouTube, or read her book Craft A Life You Love, it’s clear that Amy is on a mission to impact the world with her positive message. In this podcast, Amy shares how she went from stylist to fashion designer to product designer and even teacher. We loved sitting down with the sunny...
Aug 02, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 70
Marley is the Founder and CEO of The Party Goddess!, a nationally acclaimed full-service event planning and catering company. In this episode, Marley opens up about how hitting rock bottom allowed her to imagine what her next venture could be--a full-service catering and event planning company that accomplishes fabulous, quirky, and memorable events. Armed with the successes and failures from her last venture, she sought out a way to differentiate herself in a saturated event planning industry. ...
Jul 26, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Carmen Ruiz de Huidobro is the Founder of ESPAÑOLITA, a platform that highlights all things great about Spanish culture and artisans. Whether it's ESPAÑOLITA’s curated trips to Majorca, her Spanish inspired dinners or sharing products and stories of native artisans, Carmen is committed to making sure you fall in love with her home country. In this episode, Carmen shares how her entrepreneurial journey was birthed out of passion. Her Spanish heritage has been a source of inspiration. From being a...
Jul 19, 2023•38 min
Gina Pell and Amy Parker are the Chief Content and Chief Executive Officers of THE WHAT. list, a weekly newsletter and community, connecting women to WHAT matters to them. In this episode, Amy and Gina share how they are business partners who “can’t quit each other!” With 18 years and three ventures, they have weathered the entrepreneurial storm together. After navigating the dot com boom, the 2008 recession, running a lifestyle website, and the dramatic changes in online advertising, Gina and A...
Jul 12, 2023•48 min
In this special episode, Nada celebrates the launch of LIBERTY’s Editorial Journal by interviewing female founders Clare Vivier of Clare V., and Emily Current and Meritt Elliott of THE GREAT. In this panel discussion, Clare shares how she identified a gap in the handbag market when she was looking for a stylish laptop case. Her made in LA designs launched a lifestyle brand known for its classic style and quality as much as its playful French sensibility. We know you’ll enjoy Clare’s down-to-eart...
Jul 06, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Shannon McKinstrie, the founder of Boutique Social, is a social media strategist for business owners who want meaningful results through organic + proven social media strategies. She is a wife, mom, Target junkie, oat milk latte fanatic, cheap wine connoisseur, and co-founder of The Social Squad Society. In this episode, Nada sits down with Shannon to discuss all things Instagram. Shannon highlights the differences between feeds, reels, and stories and how to create result-worthy content specifi...
Jun 28, 2023•51 min
Sophia Demirtas is the Haitian-born designer of the womenswear label Fanm Mon. The line of made-to-order dresses and knitwear is produced in Fanm Mon's atelier in Fethiye, Turkey, and celebrates the bounty of nature through a vibrant color palette and hand-stitched embroidery. Sophia moved to New York City from Haiti as a young woman, where she earned a Masters in Social Work and spent several years serving as the director of a homeless shelter in Manhattan. She always used fashion as a form of ...
Jun 21, 2023•45 min
Julie of @thefiftyist is a silver-haired, pro-age content creator and writer who is having an absolute blast on social media at 56. After working in education for many years, Julie left her position for more creative endeavors and found herself battling a second breast cancer (after 20 years) diagnosis. After being derailed for almost two years, she emerged from that period with a sense of gratitude and drive to have more fun while stacking the health odds in her favor by eating and living as he...
Jun 14, 2023•1 hr 5 min
Una Battaglia has always been passionate about skincare and loves helping others maintain healthy glowing skin. She earned her Master's degree in Physical Therapy and has an extensive understanding of the lymphatic system due to her training. Una took some time off from her profession to raise her four children, but she always aspired to return to healthcare, specifically in Aesthetic Medicine. During the pandemic, Una saw the opportunity to return to school and get her license. In 2022 she open...
Jun 07, 2023•50 min
Lindsay Pinchuk is an award-winning entrepreneur, consultant, community builder, connector, storyteller, expert marketer, social media maven, spokesperson, on-air expert, small business champion, and Mom. With a $500 investment and a baby on the way, she left her job as a magazine publishing executive. She founded her first company, which she grew to reach 3MM users per month and generate seven figures in revenue year over year. She turned a profit in year one and, less than a decade later, led ...
May 31, 2023•45 min
JJ Elliott is an advertising copywriter with a degree in English from UCLA. She lost her mother to suicide as a teenager and spent over two years volunteering on the suicide hotlines in LA. One of the reasons she wanted to write this book is because she finds herself increasingly frustrated by the way suicide is treated in print and on-screen, as a mystery to be solved rather than a multi-layered, complex mental health situation that can rarely be boiled down to one specific "reason." A native...
May 24, 2023•53 min
Nancy Gillespie has been a high school counselor for 14 years. She is pursuing her Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision from The Ohio State University and has created an ASCA (American School Counseling Association) model program, all while working full time. Her research interests include adolescent mental health and wellness, suicide prevention in schools, the effects of technology on the adolescent brain, and the COVID disruptions to k-12 education. Nancy has been married to her colle...
May 17, 2023•52 min
Heidi Rauch is a seasoned entrepreneur passionate about building women's lifestyle brands, product sourcing, supply chain management, and digital strategy. Heidi founded Belabumbum, a women's maternity apparel company that provided market access to female-owned and operated manufacturers in Central and South America. In early 2019 Belabumbum was acquired by Adore Me as its first sister brand. The acquisition launched Adore Me's entre into the maternity category for a growing customer base. Curre...
May 10, 2023•39 min
Amy Porterfield is an ex-corporate girl, author, online marketing expert, and the host of the top-ranked podcast Online Marketing Made Easy. Starting an online business so genuinely, drastically, and beautifully changed her life that she became obsessed with shouting how she built an 8-figure business with 50,000+ students, 49 million+ podcast downloads, and a 32-hour workweek from the freakin’ mountaintops. But the leap from overworked corporate yes-girl to leading a team of 20+ and helping tho...
May 03, 2023•54 min
Rose-Marie Swift is a prominent makeup artist working with some of the most prestigious models, actors, photographers, and magazines in today's fashion and beauty world. Her work has been featured in Vogue (French, Italian, American, Japan, China), W, Harper's Bazaar, I.D., Self Service, V, Allure, Glamour, and Interview, as well as in ads for Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Louis Vuitton, Thierry Mugler, and Victoria's Secret. She has painted some of the most famous faces in the world, from Gisele ...
Apr 26, 2023•47 min
Leigh Oshirak is a Global Brand Consultant with over 30 years of experience building some of America’s most beloved brands. Seven years ago, she launched her own consulting business and has been working with Female-founded companies. Prior to that, she was the Senior Vice President of Marketing and Digital Content at Williams-Sonoma Inc. and the Director of Marketing for Joe Boxer. She started her career in Los Angeles in 1990 in the film industry, working for major film studios, including Sony ...
Apr 19, 2023•56 min
As a mom of three living in New York City, Ramy Brook Sharp started her eponymous line after searching for the perfect sexy date night top to pair with her jeans. Through Ramy’s signature use of silk fabrics, lively colors, and sophisticated silhouettes, the collection is meant to be a day-to-night solution in a woman’s wardrobe. Ramy Brook is now sold in more than 250 boutiques nationwide, including the Ramy Brook flagship store on Madison Avenue, Southampton, and ramybrook.com. The brand can a...
Apr 12, 2023•51 min
Melinda Moore is an award-winning entrepreneur with 15+ years of evaluation and investment success with a keen understanding of product-market fit, consumer insight, operations, and performance marketing. Moore’s founder-driven approach has been the basis of all her investments, from pre-revenue startups to multi-million dollar companies. She has a diverse investment background and has deployed over $200 million in working capital, equity crowdfunding, and traditional venture capital. Melinda is...
Apr 05, 2023•52 min
TooD is a beauty brand born out of Sharareh Siadat’s journey of reclaiming her beauty narrative. After years of being bullied over having a unibrow, she spent decades trying to hide and conform to a society she believed she did not fit into. After having her third daughter, Sharareh decided to grow her unibrow back. She wanted to show her daughters how to regain their power. She not only changed her attitude toward herself, but she also decided to celebrate her uniqueness. At the intersection of...
Mar 29, 2023•50 min
Eat Your Flowers started out of Loria Stern's tiny kitchen located on a 1890's built Montecito, California estate. In 2016, while renting one of the cottages on the property, Loria began experimenting with the edible bounty that grew freely on the grounds. Loria studied medicinal and edible plants all through her years of culinary training. She didn’t attend culinary school, instead, she received her professional training by working long hours in dozens of kitchens and bakeries. Loria’s vibrant ...
Mar 22, 2023•45 min
Dr. Regina Y. Baker is an associate professor of surgery in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California. She has faculty appointments at Keck Hospital of USC, Keck Verdugo Hills Hospital, Huntington Memorial Hospital, and LAC USC Hospital. Dr. Baker's clinical interests include breast reconstruction, cosmetic breast surgery, adolescent breast surgery, body contouring, complex reconstructive surgery, gender-affirming surge...
Mar 15, 2023•55 min
Ai Kubo is a health coach who helps busy humans struggling with weight, fatigue, stress, and sleep to find a more balanced and sustainable lifestyle without feeling deprived or miserable. As a full-time researcher and a mother of two teens, she knows how difficult it is to create healthy habits. With 20 years of experience teaching mindfulness, Ai has created a unique method that is approachable, transformative, and sustainable. Barely speaking English, Ai moved to the US from Japan in 1996 to p...
Mar 08, 2023•46 min
Sharon Brown began her timeless ethical clothing brand Lotte.99 in 2017. The name is inspired by her daughter and muse, Char-lotte, born in 1999. Sharon's small batch collections incorporate unique fabrics, shell buttons, and trims, and her designs use the highest quality, often up-cycled silks, cottons, and linens sourced from around the globe. In this episode, Nada sits down with Sharon to discuss how Lotte.99 has transformed since its inception. Sharon shares the never-ending series of challe...
Mar 01, 2023•52 min
Katie Morford is a food writer and registered dietitian with a master’s degree in clinical nutrition. When her kids came along, they didn’t care about those credentials, only that their noses got wiped and their bananas mashed just right. Katie put her work life on hold, worrying she’d lose touch with her craft. It turns out the opposite happened. Being a mom fueled a passion for helping families raise healthy kids through sound feeding habits, delicious recipes, and lots of patience. In additio...
Feb 22, 2023•43 min
