Active Ingredient Podcast: Recent Episodes
Sophie Weill
Active Ingredient is a weekly podcast hosted by Sophie Weill where she takes a deep dive into why people do what they do and what it is that drives them. The podcast is a mix of both business stories and soul searching covering people across the board with fancy titles like editors in chiefs, founders and ceos, to under the radar activists who are changing the world one person at a time. The goal is to get to the bottom of how these incredible people discovered their passion, channel their talent consistently and ultimately, how their Active Ingredient is making the world a better place.
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This week's episode is short and bittersweet. I'm taking a little hiatus to reimagine how I want this show to feel in this new phase of my life and exactly how I want to show up / create meaningful and impactful conversations.
If you want to stay connected I'm around on my IG at @sophieiweill and you can always shoot an email over at sophie@nudenationrelations.com
Sending you so much love and I will see you soon!
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This week's interview is with the incredible Maria Marlowe also known as the Acne Nutritionist who is a certified holistic nutritionist and founder of my now go-to probiotic called Glow Biome. Her skin nourishing recipes and insights have been featured in the New York Times, Vogue and so many other outlets. I am just such a fan of Maria's, what she does and creates and how she educates in such a thoughtful way on a topic that most of us (including me) have felt very helpless on.
In this episode we're getting into where acne is coming from, what our skin is trying to tell us/how we can listen to the inner communication going on, the connection between our gut health and our skin health, the pros/cons of medication and most importantly we get into the mindset shifts that we can all gently work towards to move from a place of being at war or at battle with our skin to a more loving, nurturing and patient place to ultimately listen and then act on what we hear.
GIVEAWAY - if this episode resonates with you, post the episode to your stories on Instagram tagging me (@sophieiweill) and Maria (@mariamarlow) and we will be selecting 3 listeners to receive Glow Biome which is the best probiotic for acne prone skin on the market that I have been taking for the past few months.
Link to Maria's IG: https://www.instagram.com/mariamarlowe/
Link to Glow Biome: https://www.kumaglow.co/products/glow-biome
Link to Maria's 3 day plan: https://mariamarlowe.com/clear-skin-plan/
Link to Sophie's IG: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
Link to Active Ingredient YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZKo8SEpPpcGXCsf_F-Uo2Q
Link to Active Ingredient's IG: https://www.instagram.com/activeingredient/
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Today's solo is about taking the next best step towards where you want to go. So often when we're starting to get clear on where we want to be, the overwhelm sets in and paralyzes us to the point of not taking steps so I wanted to put together a little solo talking about the importance of self regulating, taking a breath and committing to the tiniest of steps.
Link to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZKo8SEpPpcGXCsf_F-Uo2Q
Link to Active Ingredient's IG: https://www.instagram.com/activeingredient/
Link to Sophie's IG: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
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4 examples of people who have chosen to prioritize their creativity/child-like self at different ages/stages.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZKo8SEpPpcGXCsf_F-Uo2Q
Sophie's IG: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
Active Ingredient's IG: https://www.instagram.com/activeingredient/
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This week's episode is not about our presidents but instead it's about how we can start owning being our own presidents of our lives/decisions. Today's episode is a short reminder that we get to make executive decisions, big and small, every single day and vote with our dollars/attention on the kind of world we want to see.
Link to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZKo8SEpPpcGXCsf_F-Uo2Q
Link to Active Ingredient's IG: https://www.instagram.com/activeingredient/
Link to Sophie's IG: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
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Solo episode on Howard Thurman's incredibly important quote and what makes you come alive. His quote and overall philosophy is truly the backbone of what I'm up to on this show and I just want to continue to bring that to the forefront as much as I possibly can. Hope you enjoy and if you did, it would be so helpful if you could give the show a 5 star rating wherever you listen!
Active Ingredient YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZKo8SEpPpcGXCsf_F-Uo2Q
Sophie's IG: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
Active Ingredient's IG: https://www.instagram.com/activeingredient/
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This week's topic is about something that I've been thinking about for over 3 years and that is about the concept of shadow careers - what they are, why we do them and how to start choosing to step into what you ACTUALLY want to be doing vs. a "safer" periphery career. I also get into this week's tennis lesson that reminded me the importance of keeping your eye on the ball and only on the ball!
Please take 2 seconds to give the show 5 stars right here wherever you listen! Click on the show and then quickly give it a 5 star - it helps the show a ton and keeps me going to know that it's resonating with you :)
Link to YouTube where you'll find video podcasts + 5 minute reset movement videos by Sophie: https://www.youtube.com/@sophieiweill
Link to Sophie's IG: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
Link to Active Ingredient's IG: https://www.instagram.com/activeingredient/
Link to Steven Pressfield on Tim Ferris: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/501-steven-pressfield-on-artists-journey-wisdom-little/id863897795?i=1000510784746
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Helloo! Welcome back to the pod - today we have a general Q&A where I'm answering questions you all submitted that all happened to be work/brand building related. I'm getting into how to find and actually go about putting yourself out there for aligned opportunities, what to prioritize when it comes to your PR strategy and my founder story of how I started my PR agency, Nude Nation (spoiler alert: by winging it lol).
If this is a format you're into, I'm down to keep doing them! Feel free to submit questions via DM on my IG @sophieiweill or email at sophie@nudenationrelations.com
Link to YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@sophieiweill
Link to Sophie's IG: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
Link to AI's IG: https://www.instagram.com/activeingredient/
Link to Nude Nation: https://www.nudenationrelations.com/
Link to Piano Piano: https://pianopianohome.com/
Link to Mayfair House: https://www.mayfairhousemiami.com/
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This week's episode is about the very real fact that there are no coincidences and that if you've recently lost a job, a client, someone in your life, etc. you are making space to bring in something that is more aligned to this version of you. If you stay open enough to see/receive them, the synchronicities/"coincidences" are all around and they're happening for you. If there's one thing I've learned to trust is that when you let go of something that is no longer yours, a) it never was and b) you're making space for what is.
Link to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@sophieiweill
Link to connect with Sophie: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
Active Ingredient IG: https://www.instagram.com/activeingredient/
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This week's episode is the first interview of 2024 and one I'm really proud of/ think will leave you with so many insights, learnings and takeaways from both a personal and professional growth standpoint. We have Nancy Twine, an incredibly intuitive human and the founder of Briogeo, one of the leading global clean haircare brands on the market today.
To connect with Nancy: https://www.instagram.com/nancytwine/
Nancy's Website: https://nancytwine.com/
To connect with Sophie: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
Active Ingrdient's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/activeingredient/
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Let me tell you something....there is nothing like being stopped in your tracks by a book you're reading and that is exactly what happened to me while reading James Clear's Atomic Habits. In this solo I'm getting into the concept of the 1 degree difference that I swear is something I'm going to try to keep in mind all year round. It's a strong reminder for us all to KEEP GOING. That's the name of the game. Love you!!
Link to Miami event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/yoga-coffee-hangout-tickets-790341411437?aff=oddtdtcreator
Link to Video Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZKo8SEpPpcGXCsf_F-Uo2Q
Link to Sophie's IG: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
Link to Active Ingredient's IG: https://www.instagram.com/activeingredient/
Link to Atomic Habits: https://www.amazon.com/Atomic-Habits-Proven-Build-Break/dp/0735211299
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Happy happy New Year!! We did it fam it's officially 2024 which I am personally so excited to be stepping into some new energy. This week's solo is about my personal word of the year, COMMIT, which honestly can be applicable to anyone's 2024 intentions. Sending you so much love today, this year and always! xx Sophie
Link to full video solo: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZKo8SEpPpcGXCsf_F-Uo2Q
Link to YouTube 7 Minute Reset video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEDhbRH8MyQ
Link to Sophie's IG: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
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Cannot believe this is the last episode of 2023!! Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart for listening to the show and for continuing to choose the things that make you come alive. Sending you so much love!!!
This episode: 2023 recap, moving through resistance when it gets smarter/louder, 2024 intentions and more!
Link to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZKo8SEpPpcGXCsf_F-Uo2Q
Link to IG: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
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This week's episode is with Kayleigh Christina (Certified Holistic Nutritionist) and Danielle Gronich(Licensed Clinical Aesthetician also known as The Acne Guru™ on Instagram) and Kayleigh and Danielleare the co-founders ofCLEARSTEM- the skincare brand that actually works and is making serious waves all over our feeds.
In this episode we're getting into both of their back stories, the importance of bringing a human approach to your marketing and storytelling in brand building and we of course get into all things acne education / insights.
GIVEAWAY For a chance to win a bundle of CLEARSTEM products:
- Follow @activeingredient and @clearstemskincare
- Rate/review the podcast on either Spotify or Apple Podcasts (bonus points to do both)
- Send a screenshot of your review via DM to @activeingredient
Link to Sophie's IG: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
Link to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZKo8SEpPpcGXCsf_F-Uo2Q
Link to CLEARSTEM's IG: https://www.instagram.com/clearstemskincare/
Link to Almost 30 Episode we referenced in the beginning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNHo3DgTDEg
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This week's solo is all about discomfort and slowly growing our tolerance to it.
Link to Sophie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
Link to Sophie's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sophieiweill
Link to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZKo8SEpPpcGXCsf_F-Uo2Q
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Solo on checking in with yourself and how you showed up this year before thinking of 2024 intentions/goal setting and giving yourself the gift of seeing yourself for showing up the way that you did this year.
- Link to Sophie's IG: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
- Link to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZKo8SEpPpcGXCsf_F-Uo2Q
- Link to Sophie's PR Agency, Nude Nation: https://www.nudenationrelations.com/
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This week's episode is about my Roman empire aka Human Design. We have Human Design expert and affiliate PR pro, Kaila O'Connor, on the show where she is walking us through what human design is, what the 5 human design energy types are, tangible takeaways of each type and of course we get into her own self discovery journey of unlearning and becoming her most authentic self.
Link to get your human design chart (I swear I don't work for them lol): https://www.myhumandesign.com/get-your-chart/
Link to my solo on Human Design: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5XJ2HepPpQvAQ3b7rMaz2S?si=b27386f2c40c4eaf
Link to episode on Affiliate PR: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4kpoIm2TsqfXhdyJrWPuMM?si=d0d1e40e5ae54c43
Feel free to reach out!
Sophie's IG: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
Kaila's IG: https://www.instagram.com/kaila__oconnor/
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My right hand on all things PR/Brand Building, Megan Maguire, is back on the show for the third time and this time we're talking all things brand building - what worked in 2023, the evolution of PR, observations from the year, the importance of leaning in to seasons, editing your life/brand and then get into what we're excited to bring in to 2024 as well as some predictions.
If you want to learn more about Megan's backstory, here is her first episode on AI: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4STVfMby2JI3Cf3x05smFP?si=f312938c4f87445c
Sarah Madaus episode we reference: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4kpoIm2TsqfXhdyJrWPuMM?si=5ac48fd0f9404e1a
Link to Nude Nation (PR/brand building agency): https://www.nudenationrelations.com/
Link to Sophie's IG: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
Link to Sophie's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sophieiweill
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This week's solo is inspired by my most recent trip to Tenerife where I was reminded about the power of choosing to bloom wherever it is that you're planted. If you've been considering moving jobs, cities, changing your circumstances, this solo is a good reminder that you're in full choice to bloom currently.
Link to Sophie's IG: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
Link to Sophie's Agency, Nude Nation: https://www.nudenationrelations.com/
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Rachel Liverman, founder of Glowbar, is back on the show for the 3rd time (!!! aka love her) and a lot has happened since her last episode in 2020 - she's opened multiple Glowbar locations, grown her team, went to Hoffman, married her bestie and so much more!
In this episode we're getting into:
- What it's like launching, building and growing a business while being single and not having a safety net
- The role discipline has played in the growth of Glowbar
- Hyper focusing on local community
- How believable affirmations have helped her
- Things she's had to unlearn and relearn
- How she manifested her now husband
- How she's prioritizing herself and no longer self abandoning in order to show up fully
Sophie's IG: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
Sophie's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZKo8SEpPpcGXCsf_F-Uo2Q
Rachel's IG: https://www.instagram.com/rachelista/
Glowbar's Website:https://glowbar.com/
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Solo episode on reflecting back on the intention you set out for 2023 where I go over:
- Revisiting intentions for this year and doing an inventory check of where you're at
- Thinking of what you are ready to let go of
- Where can you see yourself and validate what you've done so far and give yourself the recognition you deserve
- 2 things that you haven't yet done that you can either do or start putting in motion before the year ends that are still in alignment with you?
- The 2 things I'm focusing on for the next 2 months
Link to Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
Link to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZKo8SEpPpcGXCsf_F-Uo2Q
Link to TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sophieiweill
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This week's solo is inspired by a conversation I had with an incredible female entrepreneur where I'm getting into imposter syndrome, where to focus your attention, planting seeds and continuing to explore other vehicles.
Link to Piano Piano: https://pianopianohome.com/
Link to Sophie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
Link to Sophie's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZKo8SEpPpcGXCsf_F-Uo2Q
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This week's solo is a shorty but hopefully a goodie. We are all collectively going through a very turbulent time that feels so dark which is why I felt called to do a solo specifically on identifying the tools that serve you and leaning on them all the time, but especially in times like these. Sending you so much love!
Link to YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZKo8SEpPpcGXCsf_F-Uo2Q
Link to Sophie's IG: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
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Building your dream life by implementing microchanges and following your joy/curiosity with Amanda Baudier
This week's episode is very Active Ingredient-y in that we talk all about going after the thing you genuinely want in life, how to stay focused and not fall into the "next shiny thing" distractions, following your curiosity and your joy and allowing microchanges to be the thing that carries you through to the next version of you. The guest of this week's show is the amazing Amanda Baudier who is an extremely credentialed and intentional business/executive coach that guides her clients through the lens of spirituality. She began her career in hospitality working for TAO Group where she later became partner and then moved on to be on executive teams to grow Sakara Life and then Melissa Wood Health before taking the leap to start her own executive coaching program, Full Plate Full Cup.
Piano Piano discount code ACTIVE for 15% off your order: https://pianopianohome.com/
If this episode was valuable, would LOVE if you could give it 5 stars wherever you listen!
Link to Sophie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
Link to Active Ingredient/Sophie's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZKo8SEpPpcGXCsf_F-Uo2Q
Link to Amanda's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amandabaudier/
Link to Full Plate Full Cup Website: https://www.fullplatefullcup.com/
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This week's solo is about the power of just showing up, continuously checking in to make sure that what you are doing in the world is aligned with what you genuinely want and knowing when it's time to keep going and when it's time to let go.
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This weeks episode is with Cameron Rogers who is such a breath of fresh air - she's a content creator, podcast host of Freckled Foodie and Friends and mom.
In this week's episode we get into what it's really like to be a content creator/building a career on the internet, navigating comparison, pivoting out of the "safe" job to go after the thing your heart is calling you to do, coming in and out of being excited about what you're doing, boundaries, letting go of alcohol and so much more.
If you loved this episode it would be soo helpful for you to rate the show on Apple or Spotify wherever it is that you're listening because it genuinely helps grow the show so much.
Link to Cameron's IG
Link to Cameron's Pod
Link to Sophie's IG
Link to Active Ingredient's IG
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This week's episode is one I am truly so proud of and can honestly say is up there in my favorite episodes released to date. We have Sadaf Siddiqi on the show who is a psychotherapist, creator (I highly recommend the follow by the way) and founder of Being, a digital mental health brand and private practice. In this week's episode we are discussing so many topics that are very top of mind/soul for me like how our relationships evolve when we are committed to personal growth and development, how to grow our tolerance for discomfort, how to allow two conflicting emotions to exist at the same time, understanding the process of self soothing and tangible steps to build your self trust muscle.
If you enjoyed this episode/found it to be valuable, I would really appreciate you giving the show 5 stars wherever you listen (especially on Apple Podcasts or Spotify) as it genuinely helps the show grow and get in front of people who could benefit from these convos. Also, if you have a friend or family member who you think would love - feel free to share it with them too <3
Links to resources discussed:
Feelings Wheel
Psychology Today
Link to Sadaf's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/your.being/
Link to Sadaf's Website: https://www.sadafsiddiqi.com/
Link to Sophie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
Link to Active Ingredient's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/activeingredient/
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This episode is a deep dive on exactly how I think about brand building in an intentional and aligned way. I'm going over 6 steps to brand building and I do get pretty niche here so it might be good to get a paper and pen for this one to actually write down the answers that come up for you in each of the steps. If you're reading this I want you to know that your brand/product/service (if created from a true/aligned place of course) absolutely deserves to be seen and heard and the world needs to hear it!
LINK to 1:1 Strategy Sessions with me: https://www.nudenationrelations.com/strategy-sessions
LINK to Piano Piano: https://pianopianohome.com/
LINK to Fiome - Use code ACTIVE for 15% off your order: https://fiome.co/
LINK to Sophie's IG: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
LINK to Active Ingredient's IG: https://www.instagram.com/activeingredient/
NYC Sleep Doctor, Dr. Janet Kennedy, is here to share all insights surrounding sleep. In this episode we get into the role sleep plays in our day to day function, performance anxiety and perfectionism when it comes to sleeping well, how we can support our bodies when it comes to getting the best nights rest we can while also TRUSTING OUR BODIES that they know what they are doing, what role our hormones play when it comes to sleep and of course i ask specific niche questions that I just had to know. Dr. Janet Kennedy is a clinical psychologist dedicated to treating sleep problems in adults and young children based in NY and has shared her learnings and insights from practicing for over 15 years in the New York Times, Good Morning America and Fast Company among several other reputable outlets.
Link to NYC Sleep Doctor: https://nycsleepdoctor.com/
Link to Sophie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/?hl=en
Link to Sophie's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sophieiweill
Link to Sophie's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZKo8SEpPpcGXCsf_F-Uo2Q
In this episode with Brooklyn-based writer turned Librarian, Sarah Madaus explores career pivots, the actual process of transitioning out of an industry and the steps she is currently taking, affiliate PR, the current state of media and integrity in journalism.
Sarah's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarah_madaus/?hl=en
Sophie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/?hl=en
Active Ingredient Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/activeingredient/?hl=en
If you enjoyed this episode, I'd really appreciate you taking a second to give the show 5 stars wherever you listen as it really helps the show grow <3
Minaa B, mental health educator, social worker and now author dives into all things perfectionism, redefining healing, our human need to connect, regulating our nervous system, outgrowing rituals, building our self trust muscle.
Link to book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0593539354?tag=randohouseinc2681-20
Link to Minaa's IG: https://www.instagram.com/minaa_b/
Link to Active Ingredient's IG: https://www.instagram.com/activeingredient/
Link to Sophie's IG: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
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This week's episode is with Vanessa Cornell, who is the founder of Nushu, a community healing destination with online offerings, as well as in person gatherings in New York, as well as retreats. This whole platform was born out of Vanessa's own personal disconnection from herself after a lifetime of being a high achiever.
This was such an incredible conversation and I feel like a lot of her story resonated with my own. Those who could fall under the perfectionist or recovering perfectionist camp or have struggled with people pleasing will feel very seen and validated by Vanessa's work. In this episode, we get into the concept of having the capacity to hold two contradicting truths at the same time, unlearning perfectionism, the power of community and being witnessed, the gratitude trap and what that is, the privilege of being able to do the work and the responsibility that comes with it, and having patience with the process while allowing our bodies time to catch up with our minds. This was such an impactful conversation that I hope resonates with our community as much as it did with me.
Code for Behrhaus is ACTIVE for 15% off - https://behrhaus.com/
First Heatwise class FREE if you use code ACTIVE at checkout - https://www.heatwise-studio.com/
Resources:
Nushu Group website - https://nushu.com/
Nushi community events - https://linktr.ee/nushu
Vanessa's Instagram: @vanessacornell
Sophie's Instagram: @sophieiweill
Follow us on Instagram: @ActiveIngredient
•Connect with the community on Geneva: HERE
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This week's episode is with Gabriel Sher, who is the Director of Acupuncture at my go-to acupuncture spot on NY called ORA.Gabriel is an expert in acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine, a board-certified acupuncturist and herbalist and has been practicing for over 20 years, treating pain, stress, anxiety and issues related to fertility and pregnancy. Gabriel began his journey working in western medicine when he realized that there was a big part missing in preventative care and actually looking at/treating the root cause of ailments. I am personally obsessed with acupuncture as someone who has been a massage girl her whole life. I find that it really opens me up in so many ways.
In this episode we get into all things acupuncture, what it is/what exactly is happening in a session, who it's for, what to expect long term and of course we get into how Gabriel found this calling and some of the learnings in 20 years of seeing patients.
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
•How acupuncture feels (4:11, 24:20)
•What to expect when getting acupuncture (8:19)
•Principles of Chinese Medicine (10:35)
•What the most common reasons for getting acupuncture are (13:32)
•How often should you go to see results (19:15)
•How long the treatment lasts (21:27)
•What the tongue can teach you about your health (27:10)
•How to prep optimally for a session (28:08)
•How to look for an acupuncture practitioner (34:30)
•Gabriel's journey to acupuncture from a Western medicine practice (36:17)
Code for Behrhaus is ACTIVE for 15% off - https://behrhaus.com/
Code for Ghia is GHIAxACTIVEINGREDIENT for 15% off - https://drinkghia.com/
Resources:
ORA Space - https://oraspace.com/
Gabriel's Private Practice - https://www.acupuncture.nyc/
Sophie's Instagram: @sophieiweill
Follow us on Instagram: @ActiveIngredient
•Connect with the community on Geneva: HERE
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Today I am joined again by my right hand at Nude Nation, Megan Maguire, to talk all things intentional branding and PR, as well as answer some of the most common questions we get about the space. This is the first of what will be a recurring feature and if you haven’t checked out her first episode on AI, linking below!
In This Episode You Will Learn:
- Nude Nation’s mission and objectives (4:38)
- Advice for someone new to the PR space, building their personal brand, or launching a product to figure out if this vehicle is right for them (6:30)
- How to pull inspiration from different areas with comparing your success (18:56)
- Some things someone can do to work on themselves before and during launching a brand to set them up for success (25:18)
- How success is measured in PR (40:05)
- How to leverage influencer and social media marketing to a brand’s advantage (43:59)
- How to tell your story in multiple different channels on multiple outlets without it being repetitive (49:31)
- Some of the brands that excite Megan in the space right now (54:23)
Link to Megan's first AI episode here
Megan's Instagram: @meggmaguiree
Link to Nude Nation's website: https://www.nudenationrelations.com/
Nude Nation's Instagram: @nudenation
Sophie's Instagram: @sophieiweill
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This week's episode I reflect on my recent takeaways from travel and why it's so important to remember to slow down and enjoy the moments during my first real period of time off from work.
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
•Letting go and taking time off to avoid true burnout (2:00)
•What Piano Piano stands for and the inspiration that derived from slowing down and being present (3:02)
•How our taxi driver in Granada reminded us of the meaning of true happiness (5:16)
•Piano Piano second collection updates (7:03)
•The power of creating our own reality (9:20)
•The importance of being present and giving yourself time to disconnect from work and the noise of life (11:00)
•Feeling good about saying "no" and empowerment in your comfort zone (12:40)
•Travel tips and practices that supported me throughout my trip (16:26)
Resources:
Sophie's Instagram: @sophieiweill
Follow us on Instagram: @ActiveIngredient
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This week I am joined by Scout Sobel, founder and CEO of Scout’s Agency, author, and co-host of the popular podcast Okay Sis. Scout’s Agency launched in February of 2019 and pioneered the concept of podcast touring with their formula for booking female entrepreneurs as guests on podcasts. This came after Scout recognized the power of podcasting as a long-form, intimate medium and marketing tool for founders to tell their stories and expand their businesses from her own experience hosting.
Scout also opens up about her bipolar diagnosis and how she has navigated through her early mental health struggles to now living in abundance and creating the life she always wanted. I am so grateful to her for her honesty and vulnerability throughout this empowering conversation, and I hope you too find valuable lessons in the wisdom provided through the lens of her experience. We go deep in this episode and discuss her mental health journey, her personal transformation progress and process, starting a successful business, marketing tips for podcasters, and how podcasting is an effective tool to grow your business.
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- How Scout recognized her introversion from a young age and how it shows up for her in adulthood (5:00)
- Scout’s mental health journey from a young age when she first sought help through her diagnosis, treatment, and eventual healing (9:37)
- Why ensuring your support network uses empowering language is as important as finding the right treatment for you (16:11)
- The healing benefits of support groups (19:14)
- How to trust yourself and be your own advocate (22:41)
- Living in alignment with your truest self while navigating emotional challenges on your personal growth path (25:40)
- Leveraging the podcast space to create an agency and marketing network for clients across industries (32:41)
- How to measure client success in an ever-evolving podcast space and what the most successful clients have in common (36:56)
- How to provide unique value on a podcast tour while staying true to yourself and the direction the podcast industry is heading (41:58)
Scout's Instagram: @scoutsobel
Link to Scout's Agency's Website: https://www.scoutsagency.com/
Sign up for The Podcast Tour Academy: https://join.podcasttouracademy.com/signup/
Okay Sis Podcast
Sophie's Instagram: @sophieiweill
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This week's episode features a very special guest - Megan Maguire, my right hand for all things Nude Nation and beyond. Megan and I first met years ago when she was introduced as my boyfriend's sister, but since then our relationship has grown so much and she is truly one of the wisest and kindest people I know. Watching her personal growth over the years has been such a privilege, as has working together side by side to build Nude Nation and seeing her passion for the work that we do. Megan has such a keen eye for brand strategy and I'm constantly learning from her and the ideas she brings to the table - I feel so grateful for our working partnership and our connection built on a foundation of trust and love.
In this episode, we get into how Megan transitioned from fashion to PR and what led her to work with me at Nude Nation, how therapy helped her push through a difficult period of anxiety and burnout, lessons learned while navigating your twenties in a new city, pushing yourself outside your comfort zone, imposter syndrome, PR strategy, brand building, how brands can stand out in an ever-evolving space, and so much more. This conversation felt so organic and truly is a reflection of the nature of our relationship - please enjoy Megan's first (but certainly not last) sit down with me on the show.
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- How Megan shifted industries from fashion to PR when her current path no longer served her (6:56)
- Identifying your individual zone of genius and pushing past imposter syndrome (10:57)
- How therapy helped reignite Megan's sense of purpose after burnout (15:59)
- Balancing family, personal, and working relationships (18:35)
- Shifting your mindset to push past anxiety and establishing your identity outside of work (21:10)
- Moving to a new city and trying new things outside of your comfort zone (26:26)
- Building confidence while finding your identity (30:59)
- The evolution of media and how potential new clients can stand out (33:32)
- The "less is more" approach to strategic growth (35:31)
Megan's Instagram: @meggmaguiree
Link to Nude Nation's website: https://www.nudenationrelations.com/
Nude Nation's Instagram: @nudenation
Sophie's Instagram: @sophieiweill
Follow us on Instagram: @ActiveIngredient
Connect with the community on Geneva: HERE
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This week we are welcoming back Julianne Fraser for her second appearance on the show. Julianne founded Dialogue as a digital brand marketing consultancy back in 2017 with a goal to amplify the stories of creative brands through influential voices. Her growing client roster has worked with brands like Seed, RE/Done, Ghia, Sakara Life, Brooklinen, and many more. Julianne's commitment to fostering meaningful relationships, creative and impactful campaigns for her clients, and developing authentic dialogues between brands and consumers has set her apart in the space and I'm so excited share this followup with you after our first convo back in 2021 - be sure to check that episode out as well if you haven't already.
We get into the state of influencer marketing, how to effectively measure success for influencer campaigns, the power of working with a business coach, dismantling your limiting beliefs, trusting your team, and the importance of taking time offline to nurture your curiosity and creativity. Whether you are working in digital or brand marketing, an influencer, entrepreneur/founder, or simply are curious to know more from a consumer perspective, there is something tangible here for everyone. As Julianne reminds us, we all have influence in all the different areas of our lives and can apply these principals to better understand our own impact.
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- The decision to work with a business coach and how it helped Julianne surpass her goals and dismantle limiting beliefs (7:17)
- The importance of transparency and feedback even when it's uncomfortable (11:09)
- The power of intuition (16:21)
- Embracing client challenges while also prioritizing trust in relationships (18:35)
- How influencer marketing has evolved into its current state and a breakdown of the different categories of influence (21:50)
- Brand partnership timelines and how to quantify success with four touchpoints (28:54)
- How prioritizing life offline for Julianne and her team benefits their performance at work (33:00)
- How to hire an effective team in order to focus on what fuels you (40:40)
Listen to Julianne's first episode on AI HERE
Link to Julianne's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/juliannefraser/
Link to Dialogue New York's Website: https://www.dialoguenyc.com/
Sophie's Instagram: @sophieiweill
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In this week's episode, to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the podcast, I share a little backstory of the show, my relationship with podcasting before becoming a podcaster, and what inspired me to create Active Ingredient.
You'll also hear four lessons I've learned throughout these four years, the show's transformations that reflect my inner change and evolution, the importance of recognizing and listening to our own voice, and much more.
Sophie's Instagram: @sophieiweill
Follow us on Instagram: @ActiveIngredient
- Connect with the community on Geneva: HERE
This week's episode is with the one and only Lauren Roxburgh also known as Lo Rox - who people refer to as the body whisperer- she is a globally known bodyworker, fascia expert and movement educator whose healing techniques and thought leadership have been sought after by everyone from pro athletes like Lebron James to celebrities like Gwyneth Paltrow and her mission is to help us all tune in to the whispers of the body now so that we don't have to hear the screams later.
In this week's episode we get into all things fascia/the fascial system - what it is/what it does for us and why it has emerged as one of the most important and least understood systems of the body capturing the attention of the medical, wellness, scientific and mental health fields. we also get into all things body intelligence and how to silence the noise around us to actually listen to our body cues, ways we can proactively release stagnant energy in our body and make way for clear bodily communication, bodywork we can seek from healers and ways we can do bodywork on ourselves and so much more.
Sophie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
Lauren's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/loroxburgh/
Aligned Life Studio: https://alignedlifestudio.com/
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This week we have Jasmine Garnsworthy back on the pod for round 2. Jasmine is the founder of Female Founder World, the fastest growing community, podcast and media resource for women in business today that I have referenced several times on this podcast. In this episode we talk about limiting beliefs she had to let go of in order to step into this role as founder and thought leader and tangible tools as to how she did that, we get into our views on the media landscape, getting comfortable starting wherever you’re at and the main pain points female founders are facing today.
Some Questions I Ask:
- How can someone know the difference between something that is simply not working versus when it's time to go for the next milestone? (19:43)
- What is something that you're noticing is the most significant pain point for founders today? (36:53)
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- How Jasmine let go of limiting beliefs that no longer served her (13:23)
- How she came to the decision to shut down her previous business (19:53)
- What is Female Founder World? (34:13)
- Jasmine's thoughts on founders being the face of brands (39:53)
- What works and what doesn't in media today? (43:43)
Visit Female Founder World's website
FFW Geneva Group Chat
Follow Jasmine on Instagram or TikTok
Or connect with her on LinkedIn
Sophie's Instagram: @sophieiweill
Follow us on Instagram: @ActiveIngredient
- Connect with the community on Geneva: HERE
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This week's episode is about what I consider the antidote to almost every mental ailment: connection. I'm sharing five tangible tools that I always always rely on.
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- A few AI updates (2:10)
- This week's letting go and letting in (5:00)
- As humans, we are wired for connection (7:40)
- Why you should keep an eye out for the quick fix trap (10:20)
- Accept feeling disconnected is part of being human (13:00)
- Move your body, expel energy (15:10)
- Writing to let it out (18:30)
- Nature is healing (21:20)
Resources:
Sage + Sound Website
Sophie's Instagram: @sophieiweill
Follow us on Instagram: @ActiveIngredient
- Connect with the community on Geneva: HERE
This week's episode is all about PR and brand building. Once a month, I'll be sharing an episode on all things brand building and will answer any questions you have!
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- A bit about how I got into PR and why I started the Active Ingredient podcast (4:20)
- Life grows externally in proportion to how stable it is inward (7:00)
- PR is a long game (9:00)
- What is PR at its core? (10:45)
- How to create a compelling pitch (14:00)
- How to know a founder or a brand is ready to invest in PR (17:40)
- How to get into PR and brand building (23:40)
Sophie's Instagram: @sophieiweill
Follow us on Instagram: @ActiveIngredient
- Connect with the community on Geneva: HERE
- Affiliate Marketing For Publicists
This week, I'm joined by Larissa May, a digital wellness activist and pioneer in the digital well-being space who works tirelessly with giants like Pinterest and Maybelline to create a healthier digital future.
HalfTheStory, the non-profit she created, worried about the role social media plays in the lives of young people, turned into a global movement that shapes laws and education programs oriented to kids and their relationship with phones, social media, and technology.
In this episode, you'll hear about Larissa's social media addiction, identity crisis, and suicidal thoughts that shaped the birth of "HalfTheStory. Larissa also shares many handy tips to regulate, modify, and improve our relationship with social media and phone usage.
We also talk about digital flourishing: the positive connection with social media and tech that boosts social, emotional, and physical health, how to get in touch with our active ingredient, and much more.
Some Questions I Ask:
- I'm very curious, what were you like as a kid? (9:27)
- Do you think there will be addiction centers for social media addiction? (32:15)
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- About Larissa's background story and the birth of #HalfTheStory (13:28)
- What is Digital Well-being (20:26)
- The tremendous benefits of Light Phones and greyscale (25:16)
- The opposite of addiction is community and connection (35:15)
- How to become better at self-validation (39:01)
Resources Mentioned:
- Light Phone
Visit Larissa's website
Connect with her on Instagram
Follow her on Twitter
Follow us on Instagram: @ActiveIngredient
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Sophie's Instagram: @sophieiweill
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Today, I'm joined by the amazingly talented Hilary Sheinbaum, journalist, content creator, and author of The Dry Challenge, a judgment-free guide on how to "lose the booze" and completely change your relationship with alcohol.
She has contributed to national, regional, and online publications like The New York Times, USA TODAY, Marie Claire, Travel + Leisure, New York Magazine, ELLE.com, and Forbes.com, to name a few. She also had multiple participations as a Lifestyle and Entertainment specialist in Fox & Friends, Inside Edition, The Insider, CBS, NBC, and PIX11.
Throughout our conversation, Hilary talked about what attracted her to journalism, her experiences writing about cocktails and nightlife, and what changed her views on alcohol consumption. We also explore how choosing not to drink can affect personal and, in some cases, professional relationships, how bars and restaurants deal with non-alcoholic options in their menus, the benefits of being consistent in staying sober, and more.
Some Questions I Ask:
- I'm curious, what were you like as a kid? What qualities little Hillary had? (4:41)
- What did you learn in that month, your first dry January? (14:16)
- What can people expect from your book, and who's it for? (35:46)
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- Hilary talks about how frustrating it can be looking for non-alcoholic options at bars and restaurants (10:42)
- Those who choose not to drink usually hear ridiculous questions (16:38)
- Hilary's advice for those who feel like doing a dry month and are worried about losing a friend or social connections (22:20)
- The average adult spends nearly two years of their life hungover (36:23)
Visit Hilary's website
Connect with her on Instagram
Get her book, The Dry Challenge
Follow us on Instagram: @ActiveIngredient
Connect with the community on Geneva: HERE
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This week's episode is about what I believe is a missing element in the PR and Marketing conversation: the inner work creators should go through to create authentic and relatable pieces of content that are really easy to resonate with.
We delve into using self-validation as starting point and guide for the content we put out there, how to feel comfortable choosing delayed gratification, the #1 question you should ask yourself before creating content, and I share a tangible way to teach your brain to rely more on self-validation than on external validation.
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- It is possible to tell when a creator is really bought into the idea they are trying to sell (1:52)
- External growth depends on your inner world (4:14)
- The #1 question to ask yourself before putting anything out there (6:25)
- The A, B, C of getting more press (10:01)
- How to train your brain to be more self-validation oriented (14:11)
- A piece of advice for content creators (17:23)
Sophie's Instagram: @sophieiweill
Follow us on Instagram: @ActiveIngredient
Connect with the community on Geneva: HERE
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This week's episode is with Janet Isabelli. We are talking about the challenge of running multiple businesses and excelling at them while maintaining a connection with our core essence.
Janet is an Executive and Communications Strategist, the Founder of ISABELLI PARTNERS, a Certified Yoga Instructor, and a Licensed Real Estate Agent.
Throughout our conversation, we explore Janet's upbringing, the massive role music played in her life, the moments she felt disconnected from her true essence, and the gigantic ego check she went through that helped her change her life. We also discuss how to distinguish how much is enough in business, how to let go of shame, where PR is heading, how we define excellence, and much more.
Some Questions I Ask:
- What were you like as a kid? What was your essence? (1:36)
- Throughout your life, have you ever lost connection with your core essence? (9:51)
- How do you actually let go of shame? (37:41)
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- How performing can connect people beyond consciousness (5:23)
- About Janet's brutal disconnection from her true essence (14:40)
- Janet's first steps into personal growth and a harmonious life: nurturing her body and soul (21:03)
- The excuses the ego finds to keep us unorganized (24:21)
- About how yoga showed Janet the path back to herself (31:13)
- The things Janet had to unlearn to nurture a growth mindset (45:24)
Connect with Janet on Instagram
Visit Janet's website
Follow us on Instagram: @ActiveIngredient
Connect with the community on Geneva: HERE
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This week's episode is all about Human Design, what it is, how it could be useful and how I've applied it to my own life. Human Design is a part science, part spiritual system of personality analysis and self-discovery that combines aspects of astrology, the I Ching, Kabbalah, and quantum physics.
Resources:
My Human Design Chart: https://www.myhumandesign.com/get-your-chart/
My Human Design Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/human-design/id1637626050
Jenna Zoé Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jennazoe/
Sophie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
Active Ingredient Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/activeingredient/
Solo episode on the importance of consistency and if it's more important to put out quality work vs. just putting out a consistent quantity. I'm curious about your thoughts! On this episode I go over my current struggle with consistency, human design, my inconsistent nature and trying to figure out how I want to operate within the framework.
Human Design Chart Site: https://www.myhumandesign.com/get-your-chart/
Human Design Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/human-design/id1637626050
Sophie's IG: @sophieiweill
Sophie's TikTok: @sophieiweill
This week's solo episode is about answering the calling from within and, regardless of how uncomfortable it might feel, doing the things we feel the itch to do. We discuss the most common resistance points, the importance of staying in the game, the questions you should ask yourself to help you know you are making the right choices, and more.
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- The difference between a chaotic and a chronic calling (2:38)
- No one is born an expert (5:45)
- A bit about my first steps in and learning new tools (7:43)
- When things call you from the right place, it is easier to follow them (11:42)
- Take the first step, journal about it, dig deep, and trust the voice that is calling you (15:13)
Sophie's Instagram: @sophieiweill
Follow us on Instagram: @ActiveIngredient
Connect with the community on Geneva: HERE
This week's episode is with Kira Jones and we're talking all about how to build your dream life, how to break into the wellness space, how to get a handle on your finances and let go of limiting labels. Kira is a wellness entrepreneur, creator, and founder of Cacti Wellness, an online Wellness Platform centered around what she has coined as Productive Wellness. On her platform she has content that ranges from 20 minute Workouts, breathwork and meditations to productivity tools like how to set smart goals, how to reverse engineer your goals, how to step into financial wellness, social media app must haves and so much more. On this episode we’re talking about working through our relationships to social media, how she worked through her anxiety and depression, not holding on to labels, creating a career in wellness, building your dream life that is personal to YOU and so much more. If you enjoyed this episode, I would really appreciate it if you could give the show a 5 star rating wherever you listen - it will help us grow to the next level!
Some Questions I Ask:
- How did you start to separate yourself from the mental health issues you were struggling with? (13:38)
- What would you say to someone eager to create social media content but doesn't know where to start? (28:46)
- What is something you sure know that you wish everyone knew? (39:05)
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- Kira's thoughts on labeling mental health issues (7:55)
- The tools Kira used to avoid giving space to negative thoughts (12:49)
- About Kira's relationship with social media and how she balances her time creating and consuming content (25:04)
- The difference between pulling and pushing, and the importance of pivoting in life (35:51)
Connect with Sophie on Instagram
Connect with Kira on Instagram
Visit Cacti's website
Join Cacti's community on Geneva
Follow us on Instagram: @ActiveIngredient
Connect with the community on Geneva: HERE
Resources mentioned:
- Expanded by To Be Magnetic podcast
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This week's solo is all about the practice of journaling and what it does for you. We talk about the power of journaling, common fears, helpful journal prompts, how to get started journaling, and how to effectively develop the daily habit of writing.
Moleskine Journal
Sophie's Instagram: @sophieiweill
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On this week's solo I'm sharing five questions I use to check in with myself before doing anything outside my comfort zone. Take what resonates and leave what doesn't!
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- I see you, and I'm doing it anyway (3:42)
- Why checking in with joy essential (8:33)
- See the world through the lens of your values (9:35)
- Two people I always check in with before doing anything (11:11)
- Is the process worth it? Would you learn something from it? (13:38)
- If no one else cared, would you do it anyway? (14:55)
Sophie's Instagram: @sophieiweill
Follow us on Instagram: @ActiveIngredient
Connect with the community on Geneva: HERE
This week’s episode is a part 2 with licensed marriage and family therapist, career clarity coach and a yoga teacher, Charlotte Haigh, on all things therapy - what it is, what to expect from it, common questions and hesitations, how to find the right therapist, the role that labels play on how we operate, body wisdom and so much more.
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You can listen to the first part of my interview with Charlotte HERE.
Some Questions I Ask:
- Based on your experience, what can people expect from therapy sessions? How long until they might feel some significant change in their lives? (1:07)
- What is shadow work in therapy? What is your shadow, and how do you work with it in your sessions? (12:56)
- What would you say to someone curious about therapy and don't know what kind of therapist they should look for? (14:13)
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- Healing is not a linear process (2:38)
- The scary, dark thoughts are just trying to help you come home (7:25)
- How to find the right therapist (14:20)
- There is nothing harder than living in fear, carrying heavy backpacks of guilt, shame, and not-worthiness (20:27)
- Charlotte's advice for the seekers (28:49)
Resources:
- Charlotte Haigh website
- Book: Mark Wolynn - It Didn't Start With You: How inherited family trauma shapes who we are and how to end the cycle
Connect with Charlotte:
Sophie's Instagram: @sophieiweill
Active Ingredient's Instagram: @ActiveIngredient
Connect with the community on Geneva: HERE
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This week’s episode is a deep dive on a topic I am very passionate about which is all about: therapy. Therapy has been one of the tools in my life that has truly helped me get to the core of so many things that were holding me back before. If done with the right person and the right techniques, I believe it is an indispensable tool that can completely change the trajectory of your life for the better.
With that said, the guest of the show this week is Charlotte Haigh, an incredibly kind and wise human who happens to be both a licensed marriage and family therapist, career clarity coach and a yoga teacher. In this first part of the two-part series interview, we talk about all things therapy, intergenerational trauma, tools to regulate the nervous system, how to identify anxiety, what is trauma (spoiler alert: we all have trauma) and she also shares a lot of her own journey going from working in communications to finding her way to her calling as a therapist.
Mental health resources:
Psychology Today
Better Help
Some Questions I Ask:
- What were you like as a kid? (10:33)
- What is therapy, what can we expect from it, and what is trauma? (16:04)
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- Therapy is a place to come home to yourself through exploration (18:24)
- The dark and the light within us can coexist (19:33)
- Intergenerational trauma and the events from our childhood that stick with us and leave a mark (23:04)
- We are all mirrors (28:12)
- Tips and tools to regulate the nervous system (35:57)
- How to realize we are clouded by anxiety (38:53)
Resources:
- Charlotte Haigh website
- Book: Mark Wolynn - It Didn't Start With You: How inherited family trauma shapes who we are and how to end the cycle
Connect with Charlotte:
Follow us on Instagram: @sophieiweill @ActiveIngredient
Connect with the community on Geneva: HERE
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Join us for the first-ever Active Ingredient event in Miami on Sunday, January 22nd! Link to sign up is here.
Today, for our first interview of 2023, I decided to bring back the incredible Miami-based yoga instructor Mimi Ghandour.
On her first time on the show, we learned about Mimi's upbringing story and how she used yoga to turn the poison of an abusive marriage into her own medicine and channel it into the light she shares with everyone on a daily basis. Today, we delve into all things yoga. What is yoga, what can you expect from practicing it constantly, and how can you apply its principles to your life, or what Mimi calls "yoga off the mat."
You can listen to Mimi's first appearance on Active Ingredient here.
Join the Active Ingredient Geneva community here
Some Questions I Ask:
- How did you start becoming so real and raw? (14:04)
- When someone walks into your studio, what can they expect from practicing yoga with you? (21:48)
- What do you feel you had to unlearn and relearn in a resourceful way for you? (37:34)
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- What makes people who step into the mat different from anybody else (19:14)
- When new levels of wellness become your new baseline (27:31)
- You cannot force yourself to be happy all the time (39:12)
- If you don't learn from your mistakes, they'll keep showing up until you learn them (45:46)
- The power of surrounding yourself with the right people (53:42)
Connect with Sophie on Instagram
Connect with Mimi on Instagram
Follow us on Instagram: @ActiveIngredient
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The Active Ingredient podcast is a destination for all things growth hosted by Sophie Weill. Sophie is a deeply curious human on her own journey of coming home to herself. She is the host and creator of Active Ingredient, a seasoned brand builder, and founder of intentional tableware brand, Piano Piano. Sophie's mission with the podcast is to remind us all that we all have our own unique ingredient within us at our core beneath all the layers of conditioning and programming and that in order to live truly aligned and fulfilled lives, our job is to uncover and activate that ingredient. On this podcast you can expect a mix of interviews with people who have chosen to live in their Active Ingredient, experts that can speak to how to come home to yourself through different modalities and solo episodes where Sophie will be covering specific topics that are ringing true for her and the AI community.
Follow us on Instagram: @ActiveIngredient
Connect with the community on Geneva: HERE
I can't believe this is the last Active Ingredient episode of the year!! Thank you so much for being here and for supporting the show - I am beyond excited for what is to come.
In today's solo I'm talking about the importance of letting go in order to let in, building our trust muscle and the energy I want to bring into the new year.
This episode is brought to you by Seed - my go to probiotic that I take every single day. If you want to try it out, use code ACTIVE for 15% off your first month's subscription of the DS-01™ Daily Synbiotic or go to
seed.com/ACTIVE
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- This podcast is a destination for growth (6:25)
- Everything is a mirror (8:40)
- Why we must learn to let go lovingly (11:06)
- Why it feels so hard to trust ourselves (13:48)
- What is your body telling you when you feel the urge to numb yourself (18:12)
Let's connect!
- Active Ingredient Instagram
- Sophie Weill Instagram
- Join the Active Ingredient Geneva Community
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This week, I'm joined by a true unicorn in the business world, Jaclyn Johnson. Jaclyn built and sold a B2B and a self-funded B2C business; she's been an angel investor, runs a venture-backed consumer business, and has become an investor.
Since the last time she visited us, she sold Create & Cultivate, launched her venture funding company, New Money Ventures, and her perfectly portioned wine company, Maie.
In this episode, Jaclyn shares her unique view on PR, marketing, and best advice to deal with the upper limit problem. We delve into her extraordinary journey in business, from nourishing, growing, and then selling Create & Cultivate to the leap of faith of starting New Money Ventures.
Plus, she talks about how Maie was born, how she dealt with the need to move into her next version and the identity shifts she experienced, where she sees PR and marketing heading, and more.
Some Questions I Ask:
- What do you do to step into every new version of yourself? (10:24)
- How do you create stickiness within your new brand, Maie? (22:57)
- How has your identity shifted? (25:22)
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- A bit about the new hats Jaclyn is wearing nowadays (5:11)
- How to create bullet-proof confidence (13:07)
- Jaclyn's technique to identify good ideas and execute them (24:03)
- How coaching has helped Jaclyn step into a new mentality (29:53)
- PR new landscape. How to be more strategic with partnerships (37:10)
Resources:
- Maie website
- New Money Ventures website
- Create & Cultivate website
- WorkParty Podcast
- Listen to Jaclyn's first appearance on Active Ingredient
Connect with Jaclyn:
Let's connect!
- Active Ingredient Instagram
- Sophie Weill Instagram
- Join the Active Ingredient Geneva Community
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This week, I'm joined by a true unicorn in the business world, Jaclyn Johnson. Jaclyn built and sold a B2B and a self-funded B2C business; she's been an angel investor, runs a venture-backed consumer business, and has become an investor.
Since the last time she visited us, she sold Create & Cultivate, launched her venture funding company, New Money Ventures, and her perfectly portioned wine company, Maie.
In this episode, Jaclyn shares her unique view on PR, marketing, and best advice to deal with the upper limit problem. We delve into her extraordinary journey in business, from nourishing, growing, and then selling Create & Cultivate to the leap of faith of starting New Money Ventures.
Plus, she talks about how Maie was born, how she dealt with the need to move into her next version and the identity shifts she experienced, where she sees PR and marketing heading, and more.
Some Questions I Ask:
- What do you do to step into every new version of yourself? (10:24)
- How do you create stickiness within your new brand, Maie? (22:57)
- How has your identity shifted? (25:22)
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- A bit about the new hats Jaclyn is wearing nowadays (5:11)
- How to create bullet-proof confidence (13:07)
- Jaclyn's technique to identify good ideas and execute them (24:03)
- How coaching has helped Jaclyn step into a new mentality (29:53)
- PR new landscape. How to be more strategic with partnerships (37:10)
Resources:
- Maie website
- New Money Ventures website
- Create & Cultivate website
- WorkParty Podcast
- Listen to Jaclyn's first appearance on Active Ingredient
Connect with Jaclyn:
Let's connect!
- Active Ingredient Instagram
- Sophie Weill Instagram
- Join the Active Ingredient Geneva Community
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This we have Monique Meneses who is the founder of this amazing and recently launched bodycare brand that currently offers bodywashes and body serums and is truly disrupting the space called iota that is rooted in protecting and nourishing our skin microbiome. In case you’re wondering what the skin microbiome is - think of it like a collection of ecosystems that are the home to trillions of microorganisms essential for not only skin but our overall comprehensive health.
Monique has spent her entire career working in the beauty space and has done everything from working in beauty editorial to helping grow brands like Peach & Lily and Gisou. In this episode we get into the health scare that started her skin microbiome journey, her whole reason for creating this product, the importance of protecting and nourishing your skin and why your overall skin should be considered just as you consider healthy food choices or clean face products.
Iota is giving all Active Ingredient listeners 15% off your first order with code ACTIVE at checkout!
Some Questions I Ask:
- How did you land in New York? How did you know you wanted to move here? (8:28)
- I'm curious about your take on beauty as it pertains to making changes in the world. And what you witnessed in these 10 years of being in beauty (13:03)
- What did you find in your research on what the average person puts on their body? (21:38)
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- Monique's editorial career (10:13)
- About Monique's fertility journey (16:42)
- Why taking care of the skin microbiome is so important (20:47)
- The difference between pro, pre, and post-biotics (34:09)
- What every entrepreneur should bring to the table when joining an industry (39:38)
Resources:
- iota website
Connect with Monique:
Let's connect!
- Active Ingredient Instagram
- Sophie Weill Instagram
- Join the Active Ingredient Geneva Community
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This week's episode is with Mari Llewellyn and Greg LaVecchia. Mari is a content creator on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok, she is the creator of the Slay App which is a digital workout program and is also the co-founder of Bloom - a supplement company with mental health in mind - that she launched with her husband, Greg.
At 250 pounds, Mari hit rock bottom, both mentally and physically. She decided to take ownership of her health and with the help of Greg she was able to lose 90 pounds and finally find self love. Fitness helped Mari evolve into her highest self and she was inspired to help other women do the same. During her journey, she struggled to find health supplements with high quality ingredients that tasted delicious and also didn't trigger her anxiety. Enter Bloom: approachable and delicious health supplements designed to fuel your fitness journey and give your body the nutrients it needs to bloom.
In this episode we talk about what it's like to transform within a relationship, why school isn't for everyone, building a business together from the ground up, not waiting for when things "fall into place" and instead operating from that place now.
My new company!
Piano Piano: Tableware company on a mission to encourage us to slow down and come alive ☕️🍋
https://pianopianohome.com/
The Skinny Confidential Episode with Mari Llewellyn: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-mari-llewellyn-lost-90-pounds-transformed-her-life/id1093028505?i=1000557587888
Some Questions I Ask:
- How were you as kids? (3:07)
- Both of you said you didn't thrive in school. What has that journey been, and how did that affect your entrepreneurial journey? (17:06)
- Have you ever felt that you haven't been on the same level at some point in your journey? (32:45)
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- There are two people you need to make proud. The 7 years old, and the 70 years old version of you (7:08)
- How can we tell if we are listening to the right inner voice (12:08)
- What is the best way to create a team of intrapreneurs (20:48)
- About Mari's transformation (22:50)
- How Bloom Nutrition started (34:54)
Resources:
- Bloom Nutrition website
Follow Mari and Greg on Instagram:
- Mari
- Greg
Let's connect!
- Active Ingredient Instagram
- Sophie Weill Instagram
- Join the Active Ingredient Geneva Community
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Today, in definitely one of my career highlights, I interviewed one of my favorite authors of all time Gay Hendricks!!!! I went to his house in Ojai and we had the most amazing conversation in his living room about the fear of being seen, the upper limit problem, his 500 years life plan, and the healing power of love.
The author of The Big Leap, Conscious Loving, and Zone of Genius, also shared the story of his own enlightenment, the moment he connected with his essence: the unprogrammed part of himself.
Plus, Gay shared his thoughts on the education system, the power of identifying the things that scare us, his own zone of genius, and so much more.
Some Questions I Ask:
- Talk to me about this enlightenment moment you had at 24. What happened? (13:15)
- What is a tangible next step for someone who is now in a place where they can identify the thing holding them back? What's the next step? (31:43)
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- Human beings have the power to reinvent themselves (11:34)
- Gay's perspective on the upper limit problem (26:15)
- Blame is the cocaine of relationships (35:42)
- How can we differentiate the kinds of fear we feel (42:19)
- Why are we so afraid of being seen (45:13)
- What is wrong with our education system (53:03)
- The best inbox in the world (58:28)
- Love is the only power that can embrace its opposite (65:33)
Resources:
- Hendricks Institute website
- Gay Hendricks books
Connect with Gay:
Let's connect!
- Active Ingredient Instagram
- Sophie Weill Instagram
- Join the Active Ingredient Geneva Community
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Kim Johnson visits us to talk about all things community, her trajectory and evolution in the space, the changes she witnessed in the last ten years in the industry, and where she sees community heading.
She is the Head of Community at Geneva and one of the OGs of community building. Kim started as an editorial intern at Into The Gloss, tasted marketing and advertising for a while, and discovered her passion for community building at Glossier.
In this episode, Kim explains how being painfully shy as a kid served her to develop her career many years later, entities' and creators' roles in community building, and why she believes not every brand needs a community.
Plus, Kim dissects Geneva; what is it, who is it for, how to use it, which communities are the most successful in the platform, and so much more.
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Some Questions I Ask:
- How were you as a child, and what personality traits from that time do you think you still have? (4:12)
- Let's take a step back. What is community? (14:47)
- What makes a Geneva community successful? (26:54)
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- The perks of being a quiet introvert (4:44)
- Some people live for the deal. How Kim got clear on what she didn't want to work with (7:34)
- The future is almost here. Community building and content creators (15:29)
- Slow and steady, and watering it over time. The secrets of community building (21:35)
- What is Geneva? (25:03)
- The paradox of being lonely and afraid of human interaction at the same time (36:45)
Connect with Kim:
Let's connect!
- Active Ingredient Instagram
- Sophie Weill Instagram
- Join the Active Ingredient Geneva Community
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I had such a blast recording this episode with husband and wife duo Siff and Nish who are also the founders of Arrae, a wellness brand dedicated to creating 100% natural supplements to help women sleep better, eliminate bloat, be more relaxed and calm, and improve their digestion.
We learn about how they met, what made them decide to use their wedding money to create a startup, and how challenging it was for them to start a business as a couple. They also share their biggest fears as entrepreneurs, their view on investing in team growth, and how making the right hires can turn into a total paradigm change.
Plus, we discuss burnout, how to notice it and avoid it from reaching unhealthy levels, what makes them feel alive in their professional and personal lives, self-care routines, and so much more.
Let's connect!
- Active Ingredient Instagram
- Sophie Weill Instagram
- Join the Active Ingredient Geneva Community
Some Questions I Ask:
- How did you guys meet? (7:24)
- Do you guys proactively have boundaries or check-ins as a couple to avoid talking all the time about Arrae? (16:58)
- What are some of the red flags for burnout? (22:41)
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- How Siff and Nish decided to start a company together (11:44)
- An idea, a firm conviction, a creator, and an engineer (13:34)
- Why is it so difficult and scary to level up in your business (22:56)
- Marketing and advertising are necessary, but the product is the business (36:26)
- How influencer marketing helped Arrae (43:21)
- Where should someone who feels stuck and wants to live in alignment (48:44)
Resources:
- Arrae website
- Arrae Instagram
- Arrae Facebook
Connect with Siff:
Connect with Nish:
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Today's episode is all about stories. Why you should share yours, what kind of impact you can create, and the transformational power of getting acquainted with your story as part of your wholeness.
We explore some of the many reasons why every story must be told and heard, regardless of the teller's platform or audience. We dive into the inspirational example from Jenna Kutcher's book, "How are you, really?" and why I firmly believe the universe rewards sharing tools, resources, and learnings from past experiences.
Let's connect!
- Join the Geneva Community and be an Active Ingredient in the conversation
- Active Ingredient Instagram
- Sophie Weill Instagram
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- How vulnerable and authentic is the story you are telling? (8:19)
- Why the size of the platform doesn't really matter (9:26)
- You have no idea who you can touch with your story (13:33)
- If you tell your story, you'll realize you are not alone (17:22)
- Your message is important; get acquainted with it (22:13)
Resources:
- Female Founder World podcast
- Book - Jenna Kutcher - How Are You, Really?: Living Your Truth One Answer at a Time
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Never stop playing. Leading with a curious mind with Piera Gelardi
Piera Gelardi is one of the most creative and colorful spirits I have ever met. She is a natural storyteller, a multi-awarded entrepreneur, creative director, advisor, speaker, and mother, passionate about awakening creativity in everyone around her.
In this episode, Piera invites us to explore how leadership looks when we add compassion, creativity, and generosity to it. We learn several ways to talk to and defeat our inner critic, the essential need to incorporate play into our adult lives, and how she managed to knit kindness and generosity into negotiations.
Some Questions I Ask:
- When you are about to get on stage to do public speaking, and your inner critic's voice gets really loud, what's that inner dialogue like? (16:23)
- Have you always been a natural storyteller? (25:45)
- What tools can we give the audience to deal with those days when they feel stuck or need a break? (39:26)
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- How public speaking turns into something different when we speak about things that are alive in us (11:08)
- About Piera's unique leadership style and how to lead through curiosity and generosity (18:27)
- How compassion can be a great tool to lead groups (23:32)
- What made Piera change her vision about what a negotiation should look like (32:49)
- Love notes to self. Piera shares some of the tools she uses to check in with herself (40:25)
- Creativity is more physical than we think (44:01)
Resources:
- Piera Gelardi website
- Wild Things World
Connect with Piera:
- TikTok
Let's connect!
- Active Ingredient Instagram
- Sophie Weill Instagram
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Reach out! Here is the Geneva link to be able to connect with all of you/for you to connect with each other: https://links.geneva.com/invite/01310273-f2e1-4b68-a0f6-7245135a19c4
15% off Otherworld pancakes (aka my fav pancakes ever) when you use code ACTIVE at checkout: https://eatotherworld.com/
Thea Hughes is a Brooklyn-based strength trainer whose method (Max Effort Training) is rooted in making women feel as confident in their bodies as they do in their ideas and to be able to thrive at the gym without her.
In this episode, we get into Thea's journey in the marketing and advertising world and her leap of faith into the wellness/fitness industry. We get into all things strength training, misconceptions, what to know/understand and how it differentiates from other forms of movement.
Some Questions I Ask:
- Was fitness always something that was a massive part of your identity or just something that you were really passionate about? (7:04)
- You're a trained dancer. What was it about that calling? And then what got you to dedicate yourself full time to becoming a wellness coach? (19:18)
- What exactly is strength training? Why is it important for women? Why is it essential for our muscles and our bones as we age? (24:22)
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- About what was little Thea like as a kid (7:13)
- The biggest thing you should pay attention to if you are looking to find a community (14:31)
- What's the right way to show up for your community (22:25)
- What does a strength training session look like (26:33)
- Simple yet effective tips to start taking control over your body (37:13)
- Thea shares advice for those who feel that they fell off the wagon in their fitness journey (40:42)
Resources:
- Max Effort website
Connect with Thea:
Let's connect!
- Active Ingredient Instagram
- Sophie Weill Instagram
- Geneva
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Link to Geneva chat for us to be able to actually talk to each other! https://links.geneva.com/invite/01310273-f2e1-4b68-a0f6-7245135a19c4
Today's episode feels like a reintroduction of myself and the buildup of the podcast's new foundations. I share details of my professional life as the Founder and CEO of my brand building PR agency Nude Nation and the desire to mesh this podcast and Nude Nation since both are personal and professional growth destinations.
You'll learn more about Nude Nation's mission and goals, how they are intimately linked and aligned with what I'm building with Active Ingredient, and the importance of seeing and recognizing ourselves as whole beings.
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- Why it made total sense to integrate everything that I do (1:54)
- About what Nude Nation is, its mission, and goals (4:37)
- The intention behind blending Nude Nation and Active Ingredient (6:28)
- We all have something burning inside of us (8:23)
- Why it is crucial to see ourselves as whole beings (11:18)
Let's connect!
- Active Ingredient Instagram
- Sophie Weill Instagram
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This week's episode is about the dark side of wellness. I explore the guilt in wellness and why we go to the extreme of not feeling enough just by failing to meditate one day, drinking alcohol, or eating out of our meal plan. Today's episode is an invitation to reflect on why we do this to ourselves, to reevaluate our relationship with the things that are supposed to make us feel good, and do the exact opposite, and how to deal with them.
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- About the dark side of wellness and how harmful it is, the lack of balance in our lives (5:01)
- What can we do with the guilt in wellness (5:35)
- The need to take a break and avoid being so zoomed in on our wellness routines (8:51)
- There is no need to blow up an entire day for failing to tackle ONE thing from our to-do list (13:00)
- The importance of paying attention to how we speak to ourselves, especially when we fail (14:36)
Let's connect!
- Active Ingredient Instagram
- Sophie Weill Instagram
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Today's episode is about three books that have had a massive impact on my life. These books helped me find peace, meaning, and most importantly, a direction in my journey, and I feel they are a must-read for anyone interested in personal development and growth.
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- How "The Big Leap" from Gay Hendricks helped me understand my self-sabotaging conduct (3:12)
- Why it feels so uncomfortable to reach new heights (4:52)
- Louise Hay and one of the most influential books I've ever read (8:01)
- About how we see and what is the best way to deal with those people who trigger us (10:59)
- The intimate link between religion, guilt, and shame and how it affected me throughout my life (14:11)
- The third book on the list. Perhaps the most controversial and impacting of them all (15:13)
Resources:
- Reset with Liz Tran podcast
- active sunrise yoga with Sophie at happie space
- Book: Gay Hendricks - The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level
- Book: Louise Hay - You Can Heal Your Life
- Book: Meggan Waterson - Mary Magdalene Revealed: The First Apostle, Her Feminist Gospel & the Christianity We Haven't Tried Yet
Let's connect!
- Active Ingredient Instagram
- Sophie Weill Instagram
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This week's solo is all about the importance of spending time alone with yourself. For the majority of my life, spending time alone was something I just simply did not do. I didn't like it, didn't think I needed it and was scared of what would come up. In this episode I get into how it's been one of the most important tools in my life and learning to not feel guilty when I need to ask for alone time.
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In today's episode, I'm interviewing one of my best friends, and literally one of the best in the PR/brand building space, Ian Edwards.
In this episode, we get into all things PR world/our past, manifesting, emotional intelligence, imposter syndrome, when is the right time to pivot and so much more.
Some Questions I Ask:
- I want to know what little Ian was like (11:06)
- What questions were you asking yourself when you felt you had reached the peak of your career while working for IMG? (26:22)
- How do you organize yourself to manage so many projects simultaneously? (29:33)
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- Ian remembers the good old days when he used to be Sophie's boss (6:43)
- Ian shares his thoughts on emotional intelligence (15:15)
- Ian describes the thinking process that made him want to "climb other mountains" after reaching a peak in his career (19:12)
- Ian talks about how the pandemic helped lots of people incubate really creative ideas (21:31)
- Ian talks about the intimate relationship between imposter syndrome and successful careers (27:01)
- Ian shares his thoughts on the PR world (28:06)
- Ian shares the most significant takeaways he got from his experiences in Sicily (38:01)
Resources:
- TENUTA Market website
- Book: Gay Hendricks - The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level
Connect with Ian:
Let's connect!
- Active Ingredient Instagram
- Sophie Weill Instagram
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This week's episode is about being discerning about where we spend or mind share. Every day, millions of companies are fighting for our attention. If we're not careful we'll fall prey to really smart advertising, influencers, mindless scrolling, sales, new launches it's just so much. That is why it's so hard to focus on something and focusing is what actually moves the needle in anything in life.
In this episode, we highlight the importance of focusing on the things WE care for, the parts of our business or personal development we want to see grow and evolve. We recognize the need for this proactive work of staying focused, how to commit to it, and the benefits we can get from this practice.
In addition, I share a simple yet powerful exercise that showcases the power of our attention and gives us a clue of how to use it to build what we desire and attract more of what we want into our lives.
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- A quick update on the show's evolution and a statement on new sponsors (2:41)
- How actively focusing on my business' needs helped me get more clients (10:38)
- An exercise to hone in on the power of our focus (14:10)
- An example of how our mind creates more of what is in alignment with our attention (15:46)
Resources:
- Reset with Liz Tran podcast
- Active Sunrise Yoga with Sophie at happie space
Let's connect!
- Active Ingredient Instagram
- Sophie Weill Instagram
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Clayton Olson joins us today to talk about the relationships we build with others and ourselves and how to navigate personal growth within them.
Clayton is an International Relationship Coach, Author, and Facilitator, with over 15 years of experience enhancing and optimizing human behavior and social dynamics.
Throughout our conversation, we delve into the evolution of Clayton's relationship with himself, which led to developing his coaching career. We explore the effects of growing up in chaotic environments, how it defines our relating style, and how that makes us feel under safe, non-chaotic circumstances.
We analyze the role of triggers in relationships and what they mean in terms of growth. We also touch on the difference between making a sober decision to walk away from a relationship and doing it because we felt triggered.
Clayton also gifted us with golden nuggets on enhancing our relationship with ourselves, and he shared some practical yet powerful tools to do it.
Some Questions I Ask:
How did you land in the relationship space? (2:33)
When your dad passed away, you said that the chaos stopped, everything got still, and you didn't like what you saw. What was coming up for you in that stillness? (6:59)
In relationships, there are so many triggers that clearly are growth opportunities. Still, how do you know the distinction between a relationship to stay in and grow and a relationship not set for growth? (18:16)
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
Clayton shares about his journey and the discoveries he made about himself and his identity (5:11)
Clayton explains how growing up in chaotic environments affects how we create and behave in our relationships (9:03)
What is the best way to react to the pit in the stomach we feel when we find ourselves out of our comfort zone in a relationship (11:28)
Clayton describes how the meta-architecture of our relationships works (16:13)
Clayton talks about getting good at dancing in conflict with our partners (22:23)
Clayton talks about the importance of learning to be at peace with things instead of trying to solve them (33:21)
Resources:
Clayton Olson Coaching website
Book: Michael Singer - The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
Book: Shanti Christo Foundation - Way of Mastery
Connect with Clayton:
YouTube
Let's connect!
Active Ingredient Instagram
Sophie Weill Instagram
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Before doing something, we tend to pay more attention and get worried about what could go wrong; in most cases, those things are one, totally irrelevant, and two, created by fear.
Although fear's reasons to show up are to protect ourselves, the power of deciding whether doing something might be dangerous or not is ours.
In this episode, we talk about doing the things we want, especially if they are far away from our comfort zone. We explore the reasons why we doubt ourselves before trying something new, unravel the reasons why fear shows up, and we learn how to take the steering wheel of our decisions.
I also share the mantra I tell myself and think about before trying something new and what we can learn from the wonderful feeling of doing something we said we would do.
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- About how perfectionism has paralyzed me countless times in the past (2:40)
- How I felt after doing something new, teaching my first yoga class (5:07)
- Why we shouldn't let fear decide whether we are doing something or not (8:09)
- We must focus on ourselves. No one cares about what we are doing (10:11)
- We are floating on a rock into nothingness. Just do the thing (12:09)
- About the piece of resting the head on the pillow knowing that we did it (16:41)
Resources:
- active sunrise yoga with Sophie at happie space
Let's connect!
- Active Ingredient Instagram
- Sophie Weill Instagram
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The last couple of days have been overwhelming I'm not going to lie; I was surprised by an overwhelming feeling bigger and stronger than my habits, structures, and the systems I have in place to deal with such emotions.
But again, the universe showed up in the form of a mind-blowing book, "The Untethered Soul" by Michael Singer, which taught me exactly what I needed to learn about our thoughts and our relationship with them.
In this episode, I share some of the lessons I got from the book and how they helped me accept, witness, and let pass through me the overwhelm I've been feeling lately, without clinging to either positive or negative thoughts and just trusting the process.
What You'll Learn In This Episode:
- Relying on our motivation to cope with things is not always the best choice (2:43)
- Why Michael Singer's book showed up at the right time in my life (7:06)
- Trust the process. Solutions will come forward (9:19)
- Allowing the time for our emotions to be there and go through us (12:31)
Resources:
- Book: Michael Singer, Peter Kerkrot - The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
- Oprah's Super Soul - Michael Singer: Free Yourself from Negative Thoughts
Let's connect!
- Active Ingredient Instagram
- Sophie Weill Instagram
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Today's episode guest is my amazing business coach Ben Easter. He revisits us to talk about the zone of genius, what it is, how finding our own will help us thrive in our lives and our businesses, and what we can do to stay as much as we can in it.
Our conversation revolves around the importance of honing our craft in our zone of genius, the practical ways we can use to discover our zone of genius, and the differences between the zone of excellence and the zone of genius.
Ben also highlights the importance of connecting what we are good at and what we love to do with something financially compensated by the world. We discuss the importance of considering the zone of genius concept when hiring and enrolling people on our teams, how to identify our and other people's abilities, and why we feel less "productive" when performing zone of genius tasks that feel easy to us.
Some Questions I Ask:
- Can you explain what the zone of genius is? (7:03)
- How can we get to the point where we remain in our zone of genius and don't get distracted by other activities in our business? (13:11)
- What are your thoughts on the business model that instills in employees to know every part of the business? (20:14)
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- What it means to operate in our zone of genius (8:42)
- How does our "original setup" affect how we connect with our zone
- Why do we end up blocking others from operating in their zone of genius when we work out of ours (16:03)
- Getting paid to learn is a brilliant model in the world (26:59)
- The differences between the zone of genius and the zone of excellence (34:36)
- Why is it that when we do "easy tasks" in our zone of genius, we feel we weren't productive, and how to change that mentality (38:25)
Resources:
- Lucid Shift Coaching website
- Lucid Shift Coaching Facebook
- Lucid Shift Coaching YouTube channel
- Book: Gay Hendricks - The Big Leap
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The guest of this week's episode is Samantha Jade who is the founder of the BySJ method and app, SoulCycle instructor, mom and overall massive inspiration to me and so many others.
On this week's episode we get into Sam's journey in the fitness world, the injury that forced her to slow down and re-evaluate every part of her life, why she chooses to share her struggles publicly and the importance of not attaching your identity to your work - even when your brand is you.
Some Questions I Ask:
- What were you as a child, and which one, of those qualities do you still have? (6:34)
- How long did it take you to come from that guttural place of stopping caring for certain things and focusing on yourself to start attracting the right things into your life? (24:25)
- How did you build your personal brand based on authenticity, and how can anyone listening do the same? (27:04)
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- About Samantha's experiences as a therapist and the lessons she got from that experience (11:25)
- Falling in love with SoulCycle (14:18)
- A question that didn't age well (17:41)
- The universe's intervention in Samantha's life (33:29)
- The benefits of removing emotions and detaching ourselves from our jobs (41:16)
Resources:
- BY SJ website
- BY SJ App
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This week's episode is with Angelo Grinceri who is an amazing trainer and founder of a recently launched fitness studio in NYC called Happie Space that offers regenerative strength training, breathwork and sound meditation.
On this week's episode we get into Angelo's journey and commitment to staying true to himself even when it meant letting go of everything that he thought he wanted, we talk about planting seeds, nurturing relationships, remaining hopeful and open to opportunity no matter the current circumstance and living between feeling the extreme levels of excitement and doubt that come with starting something new.
Some Questions I Ask:
- What are the traits you had as a kid that are still part of your personality today? (2:31)
- Why do you think fun and the joyful part of life are not a priority nowadays? (3:48)
- What did you learn from the experience of having lost everything, coming back to your parents' home, and then exploring the world? (11:24)
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- The difference between the success as a byproduct of joy vs. the things done "by the book" (4:33)
- About Angelo's journey into the wellness and nutrition industry (6:45)
- The most important thing in our world and the only thing we can rely on at the end of the day (11:38)
- Learning to trust and enjoy long processes (17:07)
- You gotta show up and do the thing, even if you are scared of it (23:23)
Resources:
- Happie website
- Happie TV
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This week's episode is with branding wiz and truly one of the most empathetic leaders I personally know Madison Utendahl. Madison is the Founder & Chief Creative Officer of Utendahl Creative: the all-female, Black-owned, full-service branding, and design agency behind brands like Simon Huck's Judy, Halsey's About Face, and Lena Dunham's Good Thing Going Productions, among several other industry-disrupting brands. Prior to starting her own branding firm, she was previously at Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Refinery 29's 29Rooms, and Museum of Ice Cream. She's not only a force in branding, she is also actively paving the way for the future of work beginning by protecting creative talent from burnout at all costs - she recently launched an anti-burnout campaign and instituted 5 weeks of mandatory office closures throughout the year at her agency
On this episode, we get into the journey of realizing self-worth, detaching your identity from what you produce, having grace with yourself, and focusing on impact and kindness above all else.
Some Questions I Ask:
What were you like as a child, and do you feel like those qualities are in your personality today? (3:05)
Why do you think people struggle so much with changes, whether at work or in their personal lives? (5:04)
Where do you think the lack of worthiness almost all of us feel comes from? (11:48)
What do you think is the balance between feeling enough and content and striving? (22:23)
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
What is the underline reason why we stop ourselves from changing (8:36)
Where did social glorification of anxiety take Madison (12:03)
The difference between acknowledging people and what they're doing (13:52)
The opposite of scarcity isn't abundance (20:43)
Why do we tend to feel out of place when we are enjoying ourselves (27:13)
Success, approval, and recognition are transient (32:41)
Resources:
Book: Brené Brown - Daring Greatly
Book: Elizabeth Gilbert - Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
Book: Alex Soojung-Kim Pang - Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less
Book: Héctor García, Francesc Miralles - Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
Connect with Madison:
website
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Although feeling a pit in the stomach is as human as any feeling can be, the more we sit with it, the more prolonged its adverse effects will be. So, my invitation is for you to try these techniques and see if they serve you well.
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- We must learn to recognize when we are in the presence of a pit (3:10)
- Movement is life. We must shake that feeling out of our bodies (4:08)
- Breathing is underrated. Connecting our breathing with movement is perhaps one of the most powerful resources we have (7:19)
- No one will read our journal. We must lose the fear of journaling and embrace such a powerful technique to reconnect with ourselves (11:04)
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The guest of the show this week is Melanie Masarin, the founder of Ghia, which is an insanely delicious non-alcoholic beverage inspired by the Mediterranean and Melanie's grandmother. Melanie is truly a force in the branding world. Prior to launching Ghia, she worked at Dig Inn (now called Dig), American Eagle, and was the head of retail and offline experiences at Glossier and also consulted for a bit before starting Ghia. Melanie and Ghia, among a few other non-alcoholic brands, are really pioneering the non-alcoholic movement and are working on making it easier for those who want to still enjoy, be social, live a full and vibrant life, and don't necessarily want to drink. In this episode we get into Melanie's relationship with alcohol and why her stomach issues were a big part of the reason she stopped drinking, her career journey, and how all of her past and interests led her to fuse them all together with Ghia, her vision for the non-alcoholic space and why a life with less or no alcohol is a life of PRESENCE.
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Some Questions I Ask:
- What was little Melanie like as a child? (1:53)
- How did you decide to transition from Goldman Sachs into the world of branding? (12:42)
- Why is it that the person who doesn't drink alcohol at a party is the outcast? (21:42)
- What is the thing that you feel that makes you feel the most alive? (39:10)
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- Melanie talks about the relationship with her grandmother (6:29)
- One of the first things Melanie noticed about American food (11:16)
- About Melanie's role as Creative Director (14:01)
- We've been conditioned to think that alcohol is the life of the parties (22:01)
- Melanie talks about how is her life now that she operates at 100% of her possibilities since she stopped consuming alcohol (33:36)
Resources:
- Ghia website
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Trigger Warning: This episode has brief mentions of drug consumption and suicide.
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This week's episode is with Michael Chernow, a Serial Entrepreneur, Restauranteur, Podcast Host and expert in the world of wellness, fitness and nutrition. Most recently, Michael founded and launched Kreatures of Habit, an in your-face lifestyle and wellness brand reimagining how you establish healthy habits in your life.
We talk about Michael's past, his drug and alcohol addiction which almost killed him in his 20s, what made him decide to stay sober, the power of gratitude/presence and how habits (which started with overnight oats) saved his life.
Some Questions I Ask:
- What was little Michael like? (2:05)
- Did you ever channel your love for people in a way that served during that "going through hell and back" part of your life? (7:13)
- How do you strike a balance between being so grateful and content with where you are and striving for the next thing? (29:01)
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- Michael talks about his innate entrepreneurial spirit (2:09)
- About Michael's tough childhood and what led him to unravel his superhuman talent, connecting with people (4:49)
- Michael talks about his decision of staying sober (13:15)
- The power of morning routines and the benefits of starting our days with a solid foundation (17:07)
- Michael found passion in fitness (25:05)
- The whole point of life is happiness and love (33:30)
Resources:
- Kreatures of Habit website
- Kreatures of Habit Instagram
- Kreatures of Habit Facebook
- Kreatures of Habit Twitter
- The Kreatures of Habit podcast
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"You can turn your poison into your purpose." This was one of the many teachings from my yoga teacher training. On March 25th, 2012 I went through what I would consider the hardest day of my anxiety journey (I will never ever forget it). It was the day the poison was the most potent. That day and that experience is what started my yoga journey - I started going to ease the anxiety, to heal myself. On March 25th 2022, exactly 10 years later to the day, I became a yoga instructor. Not a day before, not a day after. The Universe does not stutter. This is your reminder that you can transform your poison (no matter how big or how small) into your purpose.
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- You can turn your pain and your poison into your power (2:49)
- Everyone's rock bottom is different (4:59)
- How we can help others once we get to the other side (14:09)
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Our guest of the show this week is Yasmine Cheyenne and if you don't follow her already please do yourself a favor and follow immediately. Yasmine is a self-healing educator, author, speaker, and mental wellness advocate who helps people learn how to cultivate daily practices to build healthy, joyful lives. She has an online community of over 150K followers, is the host of The Sugar Jar Podcast, recently launched the Sugar Jar App AND is writing a book.
On this episode we get into the path from being in the air force to working in the mental health space, why the path to personal growth starts with understanding boundaries and how to implement, stepping out of codependency, and shifting from overgiving to making sure you give yourself first, taking full ownership of choices and why asking people what they need can transform relationships and being on alert for the word SHOULD.
Some Questions I Ask:
- What was Yasmine like as a kid? (1:52)
- Did you have an idea when you were little of what you wanted to be doing? How did you end up in the Air Force? (4:39)
- What was your biggest learning from your time in the Air Force? (8:22)
- Can you give us an overview of The Sugar Jar®? How did you come up with the idea of it? (13:48)
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- About the training in the military that changed Yasmine's life (7:38)
- Why Yasmine decided to start her life coaching training (10:47)
- How to recognize we need a lid in our sugar jar (16:08)
- The importance of recognizing that we must check in with ourselves first (17:23)
- Bonnie & Clyde vibes. Yasmine shares her thoughts on sacrifice and relationships (22:53)
Resources:
- Yasmine Cheyenne website
- The Sugar Jar® Community App
- The Sugar Jar® podcast
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This week's short solo episode is all about the importance of paying attention to your bodily cues to let you know if something is in alignment or when it's not
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- Our body is constantly sending us cues of how it feels about the situations we put ourselves in (2:47)
- Your body loves you; you should listen to what it is trying to tell you (4:53)
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- Sophie Weill Instagram
Feeling inadequate, not included, or purposeless usually makes us ask why we are like this or make the choices we make. The problem with asking "why" is an endless path. We'll discover we react in a certain way because we were conditioned to, and then we'll ask why those who conditioned us did it, which will lead to answering another why, and then another, and another.
Instead, we should look at what is not serving us and think of how we could do those things differently.
Today, Ewa Josefsson joins us to shed her inspiring and calming energy, to talk about her own self-discovery journey, and how she allowed her imagination to draw the guidelines of her life. Ewa is a Certified Hypnotherapist Practitioner, Yoga and Meditation Teacher, and Loving Mom.
We delve into Ewa's childhood, her challenging upbringing feeling that something was wrong with her, and the life-changing journalism internship in New York that changed her life. We talk about the power of our imagination, the limiting beliefs we grow up hardwired with, our constant search for safety and pleasure and its consequences, and the pendulum swinging we all go through when we try to change our lives. We also talk about hypnosis, how hypnotherapy works, and the programming of our subconscious minds.
Some Questions I Ask:
- You have a very soothing, calm energy. Where does that come from? (5:52)
- Do you remember what you were like as a child? (10:30)
- Do you feel that therapy is not necessary for personal growth? (17:40)
- I want to hear from you; what is hypnosis? (37:01)
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- About the doors, poetry and writing opened for Ewa (11:53)
- Asking ourselves why is the worst question we can ask ourselves (16:01)
- Safety and pleasure: the two motivators of our subconscious mind (18:43)
- The first time Ewa experienced oneness and how that event changed her life (26:30)
- How to deal with the negativity bias away (35:35)
- What is a trance, and how to take someone into a trance (40:42)
- Why it is possible to love and accept ourselves and still want to change things in our lives (44:44)
Resources:
- Ewa Josefsson website
- Book an appointment with Ewa
Connect with Ewa:
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Since this thousand miles journey started almost three years ago, I've never stopped learning. The show's concept changed in its essence, and the answer I thought I was looking for evolved. I discovered that the element that pushes us out of bed every morning is active because it is an active search for our truth and also because it is actively working on itself.
Today, we explore the 10 most impactful takeaways I've learned throughout my podcasting experience. We talk about the life-changing skills the show's guests helped me discover, the answers we built together, and how they contributed to resignifying what active ingredient represents. We talk about the power of active listening, the multiple benefits of consistency, silence, gratitude practice, how I discovered that the breadcrumbs are the journey, and more.
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- The two reasons why I started this podcast (2:37)
- The answers are within you (7:23)
- The multiple benefits of active listening (10:27)
- The mindset-changing power of practicing gratitude (19:35)
- No one is born being an expert in anything (30:39)
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This week’s episode is with my beautiful Yoga teacher Mimi Ghandour. Mimi is a Miami based yoga instructor and creator of MimiYoga.com her online platform where she shares her workouts and live streams classes daily.
On today's show we talk about Mimi's life pre-yoga - not a lot of people know this but she actually discovered yoga at the age of 30 and had an extremely successful business back in Saudi Arabia where she is from, how yoga saved her, how she found an authentic community after moving to a new country, what yoga is and how it nourishes and enhances every single part of your life on and off the mat.
Some Questions I Ask:
- What were you like as a kid? (4:01)
- What has been the biggest learning through that part of your life, being in an abusive marriage? (10:06)
- What would you say to someone in the same situation you used to be, living an unfulfilling life? (16:10)
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- About how Mimi found out who she was (6:02)
- The creation of Munch Bakery and the search for a distraction from the pain (13:14)
- From Saudi Arabia to Miami overnight. The beginning of Mimi's new life journey (18:16)
- How taking a teaching training class changed Mimi's reality and created a life-changing career (26:11)
- Finding healing through service (28:03)
- It is never too late to find out who we are and who we are supposed to be (37:48)
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Being an accepted member of a group, also known as belongingness, is a human emotional need. It is also considered a significant source of motivation and one of Maslow's five human needs. However, when the necessity of acceptance intersects with the fear of suffering rejection, it can severely affect our growth and evolution.
In this episode, we talk about what I feel is one of the cornerstones of growth: releasing what others think about us. We explore the "Rebecca Minkoff mindset," how powerful it is to remove our ego from the equation and go after our dreams, and why we shouldn't fear getting a thousand noes before reaching the first yes. We analyze how the need to be accepted impacts our actions, gets in the way between us and our goals and affects our personal and professional growth.
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- The only way to grow is releasing what other people think of us (3:48)
- Nine hundred ninety-nine noes before one yes. How to remove our ego from the equation (6:03)
- The power of going after what is bigger than us (7:10)
- People will talk anyway, so why bother? (8:41)
- About the obvious choice. Leaving what others think of us behind is liberating (10:01)
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I've realized that consistency is the most potent fuel we can use to propel our self-discovery and personal growth journey. Some time ago, I started asking myself a couple of questions before starting my day, basically to ensure my actions would feel in alignment with my true self.
Throughout the years, I refined that practice into asking myself the three questions that turned into my North Star in my quest of living a fulfilling life.
Today, we delve into the three questions I ask myself to help me set my day, make sure I'm heading in the right direction, and that I stay close to what feels fully aligned with me. We also talk about attracting abundance from practicing gratitude, the power of stacking habits, being grateful and excited for everything that happens in our lives, and how focusing on nourishing our bodies can be used as a motivator.
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- The beauty of seeing life unfold through consistency (3:01)
- The power of being granular when going through the list of what we are grateful for (3:33)
- Abundance is attracted by gratitude, not by scarcity (7:53)
- What are the things that make us feel alive today? Why it is crucial to start our day by answering this question (8:53)
- Why it is essential to pay attention to how we nourish our bodies (10:54)
Resources:
- Solo episode on my relationship with food and tuning into what nourishes you
- Solo episode on GRATITUDE and cultivating a daily gratitude practice
- Book: James Clear - Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
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After a severe head injury that compromised the parts of the brain responsible for processing language and social interactions, Ben Easter found himself in a tough spot. Like every other human, he strived for connection and belonging, which the consequences of his accident were clearly making more difficult.
Ben devoted his entire being to achieve a fast recovery, and within 6 months, he was already on his feet and, (according to him), fully recovered. But he wasn't; he still had issues processing language, understanding what people would say to him, and the worst part of it, he wasn't aware of these issues; his grandma pointed them out to him. The following months were dark for Ben; he contemplated suicide, he felt isolated, broken, and unworthy.
His studying abilities weren't affected, though, so he started reading about neuroplasticity and learning how to stimulate the brain to "fix itself," he studied and learned about social dynamics. Ben realized social skills were precisely that, skills, and with practice, he would eventually redevelop them, which he did.
Ben Easter, is a Transformational Life Coach and the CEO and Head Coach of Lucid Shift Coaching. He has two Bachelor of Arts degrees from Florida State University. He also has a Master of Science degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine and Chinese Herbology from Colorado School of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
In this episode, we had a fantastic conversation about connection, the need for being noticed, and the importance of belonging. Ben shared his transformational journey, from being a bully to a Relationship Coach. We delve into how crucial it is to face our fears, be comfortable with failure, trust ourselves, and why it is impossible to find peace until we double down our efforts on what we love and think of financial success as a consequence of following our passions.
Some Questions I Ask:
What was Ben Easter like as a kid? (5:53)
I can relate to that feeling of wanting to be seen. Where do you think that stems from for you? (10:38)
I would like to hear about your accident and what happened with your head (15:46)
You said the unlock is finding something that you can get paid for the skills you already have. That doesn't mean the job has to pay you 6, 7, 8 figures. What do you mean by that? (30:58)
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
About Ben's longing for attention and connection since he was a kid (6:28)
Ben's first big breakthrough about who he was and who he wanted to be (9:03)
Ben's second awakening and the start of an entirely new journey (15:51)
Facing our fears. The escalator and the coffee exercise (23:36)
Spend time in reflection before you craft a goal (35:03)
About how to master our insides (43:43)
Resources:
Lucid Shift Coaching website
Lucid Shift Coaching Facebook
Lucid Shift Coaching YouTube channel
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The constant bombarding of edited images of unattainable beauty standards has multiple effects. They set the expectations of what beautiful and desirable bodies look like, especially for women. They push millions of people into absurd and unhealthy diets, and, most importantly, they reinforce the idea that we don't know what's good for us. They mine our intuition, and we develop a limiting belief: we will only succeed with external guidance.
In this episode, we go through a sensitive topic that has taken a big part in my life, proper nourishment. Today's discussion is about what we decide to put into our bodies and why. We delve into the pressure women are set under to look in a certain way and its devastating effects on their mental and physical health, confidence, and instincts.
I share my experiences with the diets I've tried (literally all of them), and what made me realize that path was only taking me away from my intuition and disconnecting me from the needs of my higher self.
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- About not remembering a time in my life when I wasn't thinking or worried about my weight (4:17)
- Getting away from the narrative that suggests we don't know what is good for us (6:32)
- How to learn to differentiate what serves our body and what doesn't (10:28)
- About the industries that benefit by reinforcing the idea that we need external guidance to achieve our health-related goals (14:26)
- Nourishment is healing. We need proper nourishment to create space and make communication with our higher self easier (21:49)
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We are so used to being constantly entertained that boredom has become almost a bad word or an ancient sensation virtually no one remembers how it felt. We exist in a world where silence is a rarity. We live surrounded by noise, and our society, as a collective, has decided that it is entirely normal to do everything while we consume content.
Today, in this solo episode, I take a moment to talk about silence, my relationship with it, how it helped me, and the growth and evolution I've experienced through it. I explore how I've discovered in silence the most potent tool to get in touch with my higher self, communicate with it, and co-create my life in a way that feels in full alignment with my true self.
Throughout this episode, I share my experiences and results of sitting in silence with my thoughts. I also dive into what I started doing in silence, like going to sleep, running, or even eating, how hard it was (and still is!), and the positive outcomes I harvested from that discomfort.
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- About what sitting in silence has done for me and how potent it is to generate true change in our lives (4:03)
- Why sitting in silence has become one of the hardest things to do in the world we live in (8:05)
- The difference between decisions made from comparison or ego, and decisions made from being sitting in silence (11:23)
- About my sleeping habits, and what impact silence has had on the quality of my sleep (13:39)
- Eating in silence. One of the most challenging yet most beneficial habits I've acquired (20:19)
- About focusing on the function, not the form, and the perfect type of meditation for us (26:28)
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When she was 19 years old, Jenni Kayne already knew she wanted to be a designer and have a lifestyle brand. Growing up in a house that was the center of the neighborhood, constantly receiving guests, and perfectly arranged by her mother's exquisite style certainly helped. Still, Jenni's creativity, love for details, innate taste for fashion, and hands-on and gritty personality were already pulling the strings of her destiny.
Fast forward some years, Jenni turned her name into an all-encompassing lifestyle brand, followed by and inspiring hundreds of thousands of people around the world.
Jenni Kayne is an American designer, entrepreneur, author, and mother. Her business stretches across fashion, home design, and entertainment, with several retail locations, an e-commerce site, and a lifestyle blog, Rip & Tan.
In this episode, Jenni shared the details of how she became the queen of lifestyle. We talked about her parents' influence on her decisions and how supportive they were along the way, especially during the first years. We delve into her brand's mission and vision and how she built her personal brand using authenticity and a culture aligned with who she is as pillars.
Jenni shared how she handles being in touch with everything without micromanaging, how crucial it is to build a good team, learn to trust them, and follow our instincts. We also talk about how amazing it was for her to see her company grow, accompanying her growth as a woman, how she keeps herself grounded and sane, where she seeks inspiration, and much more.
Some Questions I Ask:
- What were you like as a kid? What was Little Jenni like? (4:41)
- What was your vision when you started your business? (9:31)
- Do you remember a specific moment when the brand took a serious turn? (14:33)
- When you're inspired, what's the next step? How do you go from being struck by inspiration to execution? (24:47)
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- About Jenni's father tremendous support when she started her entrepreneurial journey (9:21)
- The crucial role of authenticity, and why avoiding micromanaging is vital (13:40)
- About how having an incredibly diverse business helps Jenni to remain fresh, active, and creative (18:13)
- How important it is to find the right people, make a great team, and learn to trust them (27:33)
Resources:
- Jenni Kayne website
- Book: Jenni Kayne - Pacific Natural: Simple Seasonal Entertaining
Connect with Jenni:
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I know for me when I first heard of boundaries I thought it meant putting up a wall, closing people off, and being hard to work with or unreasonable when in actuality, it is more about building bridges and getting to a place where everyone’s needs are being met. When working with someone, we are dealing with two different sets of expectations; setting boundaries then becomes more about being flexible enough to make those expectations met than building a barrier between us.
Today’s guest is Karlee Fain, Celebrity Business and Boundary Coach who is both incredibly powerful and one of the most present people I have ever met. She is an Author, Speaker, Founder of The Boundary Academy, and host of the Messy And Magnificent Podcast. Since she was a little child, Karlee had a deep sense of compassion and an urge to make people feel safe.
In this episode, we get into pretty much all of the topics that speak to my soul like getting quiet enough to really listen to your true self, being led by your intuition, and what boundaries are, why we need them, and how to implement them in a way that benefits all. We also talk about how to check with ourselves after we level up, be with ourselves at all times during our growth journey, and how important it is to be flexible sometimes and do the things that make us feel alive.
Karlee also shared some advice to improve confidence, the idea of collective wisdom that runs under The Boundary Academy, the power of seeking connection instead of hiding, and much more.
Some Questions I Ask:
What were you like as a kid? (11:56)
Why did you feel the need to protect your family, siblings, and other people? (13:23)
How do you catch someone when they haven't gotten to that point where they externally feel they need to slow down? (19:18)
What do you say to someone that's in an early boundary phase? (30:38)
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
About the power of curiosity and where it can take us (10:32)
The fantastic feeling of being community-made, and the opportunities it offers (17:33)
The invitation to be called back home to ourselves (22:29)
The woman and the river (30:40)
Leveling up can be lonely (38:47)
We've learned to be different, to be liked, and to ignore what we feel (1:01:19)
Resources:
Karlee Fain website
The Messy And Magnificent Podcast
The Nap Ministry Instagram
Book: Gay Hendricks - The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level
Connect with Karlee:
Let's connect!
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Today's solo episode is all about how I am reframing resolutions for myself, what the overarching theme/intention I've set for the year is and paying attention to what works for you and what does not work for you.
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It has been waaaayy too long! Solo episode on podcast update, gratitude, half marathon completion (!!!) and how I really felt about finishing.
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Solo episode on identifying what makes you come alive, being present, and prioritizing your joy
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Link to Science of Success episode I reference in the intro: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dr-bren%C3%A9-brown-the-cant-miss-interview-on-shame-self/id1059509178?i=1000442932177
This week's episode is with Candice Kaye who is truly one of, if not the most talented textile designers in the space today. She's the creator of the wallpaper at some of the buzziest restaurants and cafes like Maman, Sel Rose, Planta and Planta Queen, and works with some incredible brands like CB2, Bacardi and Nike to name a few.
On this episode we get into the importance of protecting your childlike energy, the correlation between your personal growth and the growth of your business/career, giving yourself the space to be silent, following your intuition and the biggest unlock for growth is getting out of your own way.
Link to Candice's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_candicekaye_/
Link to Candice's Website: https://www.candicekayedesign.com/
Link to Sophie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
Link to Active Ingredient's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/activeingredient/
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I'm half way through the half-marathon training plan and wanted to do a solo episode on what I've learned so far.
- you are stronger than you think
- prep, recovery, nutrition and sleep are all just as, if not more, important than the run itself
- have a fun activity/thing to look forward to post-run
- listen to your body and its cues
- respect the process - you have untapped capacity
I run with the Nike Run Club app (free) - Coach Bennett
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This week's episode is with Ashley Wray who is a the founder and CEO of Mala Collective, a company that works with artisans in Asia to create products supporting a mindfulness and meditation practices like meditation cushions, mala beads and crystal kits and she is also a mindfulness coach that helps her clients connect to their purpose, potential and highest self.
On this episode we get into all things meditation, what to expect from meditation, the benefits and her best advice for those looking to start, we get into Ashley's trajectory from being an award-winning journalist covering murder trials to starting Mala and what the journey has taught her and get into the practice of tapping into your intuition and the importance of trusting yourself
GIVEAWAY We are giving away a Mala Collective meditation cushion - all you have to do to enter is follow @activeingredient on Instagram, rate and review the podcast on apple podcasts and send a screenshot of your review via DM to the ActiveIngredient account.
Link to Active Ingredient Instaram: https://www.instagram.com/activeingredient/
Link to Sophie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
Link to Ashley Wray's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashley__wray/
Link to Mala Collective Website: https://www.malacollective.com/
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Half-marathon check in, Me and Universe list, understanding what is in your control and how executing against that will layer up to ultimate goals
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Julianne Fraser launched Dialogue in 2017 with a mission to connect thoughtful brands with creatives to develop meaningful dialogues that truly resonate with consumers, and works with clients like Brooklinen, Shiseido, Seed, and Sakara Life. Dialogue supports various elements of clients’ marketing efforts, from social media strategy and content to influencer relations, affiliate marketing, partnerships, and event ideation + execution.
On this episode we get into the wild road of influencer marketing from 2013 to today and how it’s evolved, the importance of getting offline in order to create thoughtfully and how she does it, creating a life that is in alignment with your own needs, managing and scaling a global team, her experience working with a business coach for 1 year and why a recent non work related program changed her life and her business.
Link to Julianne's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/juliannefraser/
Link to Dialogue New York's Website: https://www.dialoguenyc.com/
Link to Sophie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
Link to Active Ingredient's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/activeingredient/
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I decided to commit to running a half marathon and on this solo I explain my journey with running, why I committed to the half marathon and the importance of getting clear on your why with anything.
Link to Nike Run Club: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nike-run-club/id387771637
Link to the training plan I'm doing: https://www.runnersworld.com/uk/training/half-marathon/a25887045/beginner-half-marathon-training-schedule/
Link to Sophie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
Link to Active Ingredient's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/activeingredient/
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This week we have Rett and Tayler Carraway, the husband and wife duo behind Happy Medium, a modern art supply brand for casual artists. Tayler comes from a background in Merchandising and Rett from Investment Banking. In this episode they walk us through how they got to Happy Medium after several attempts at starting different businesses together, the feeling of returning home to your most authentic self, continuously growing individually and as a couple and why their mission is to give adults the permission to be casual artists.
Link to Happy Medium's Website: https://happy-medium.co/
Link to September 9th's Happy Medium event: https://happy-medium.co/events
Link to Happy Medium's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gethappymedium/?hl=en
Link to Active Ingredient's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/activeingredient/?hl=en
Link to Sophie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/?hl=en
Link to Toastmasters we referenced: https://www.nytoastmasters.org/
Link to the Artist's Way Book Tayler references: https://www.amazon.com/Artists-Way-Spiritual-Higher-Creativity/dp/1585421472
Link to the Newsletter Rett references: Farnam Street https://fs.blog/start/
List of Rett's Favorite Books in no particular order:Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Be Here Now
How to Win Friends and Influence People
Think and Grow Rich
Atomic Habits
Checklist Manifesto
Mindset by Carol Dweck
The Art of Learning
7 Habits of Highly Effective People
The Effective Executive
100 Blocks a Day + Your Life In Weeks (from the blog Wait But Why - lots of other amazing content there)
The Art of Worldly Wisdom
Time Management Magic
Principles
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
The Power of Full Engagement
Tao Te Ching
Zen Mind Beginners Mind
The Four Agreements
Thinking Fast and Slow
The Power of Now
Fooled By Randomness
Mastery
The Psychedelic Explorers Guide
The Attention Revolution
The New Psycho-Cybernetics
The Last Lecture
Regrets of the Dying
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This week's solo episode is all about my current feelings about social media, my addiction to being on social media and why I've decided to take a big step back from it all.
Dr. Mona Vand episode I reference: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/digital-detoxing-creating-conscious-content-why-money/id1466712918?i=1000512067621
Messy & Magnificent episode I reference (she talks about this specifically at minute 3:50): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/building-sturdy-roots-to-rise-how-we-champion-authenticity/id1485752795?i=1000532134541
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This week's episode is with the incredible Jackie Atiken who is a radiant human, dancer and fitness instructor. Jackie Aitken is currently a Radio City Rockette, and was previously Principal & Soloist dancer at the Moulin Rouge in Paris. She has been teaching in the fitness world for the last decade and her method, Pilates with Jackie, focuses deeply on technique and alignment for a better range of movement and strength for longevity in life.
On this episode we get into her journey coming to the states from Paris and previously Australia, what it's really like to be a professional dancer/what that looks like on the day to day, being open to trying new things and being willing to be a beginner at anything, and the one thing that really made a huge impact on me was her perspective about performing for herself.
Link to Jackie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jackieaitken/
Link to Sophie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
Link to Active Ingredient's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/activeingredient/
Link to Pilates by Jackie: https://www.thetalenthack.com/me/jackie-aitken/on-demand?ltclid=78c66fc9-bb00-4460-8d14-b1e3999f7f0f
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Solo episode on the importance of taking TRUE vacation time off and fully unplugging, the fears that come with setting an OOO when you're a founder, takeaways from the trip and why it's necessary for everyone especially if you're in a creative field.
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GIVEAWAY we will be giving away 2 bundles of home goods from GIR to 2 Active Ingredient listeners. TO ENTER: Give the podcast 5 stars and a review on Apple Podcast, take a screenshot of it and send to @activeingredient.
Suze Dowling is the Co-Founder and president of Pattern Brands which is a family of direct to consumer brands disrupting the home space including Equal Parts, Open Spaces and GIR.
On this episode we get into the power of networking, always stepping into the role above you even if you don't have the title yet, knowing when it's time to branch out on something new, saying goodbye to an old identity and of course we go in on all things home!
Sophie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
Active Ingredient's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/activeingredient/
Pattern Brands: https://www.instagram.com/patternbrands/
Suze Dowling's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suzedowling/
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Solo episode on 30 learnings from my 30 years of life! I just turned 30 and decided to do a podcast episode on the things that I have truly learned throughout my life that serve me and are worth sharing with you guys. Hope you enjoy and please give the pod 5 starts on Apple Podcasts!
Link to Sophie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
Link to Active Ingredient Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/activeingredient/
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This week’s episode is with Mark Groves and Aaron Albert, the co-founders of the Mine’d App which is an emotional wellbeing app that lets people discover and interact with mental health professionals via live and on-demand expert-led video and audio series that address a wide range of topics including everything from recovering from infidelity, pandemic reemergence, understanding codependency, boundaries and so much more. The app launched Sept of 2020 and already have 50,000 users and continue to grow. Both Mark, who some of you might know from his amazing Instagram @createthelove, and Aaron discovered their passion for helping people after having both gone through devastating breakups and came together to help people navigate very human emotions in a non intimidating and community-heavy way.
On this episode we get into both Mark and Aaron’s backgrounds and each of their career 180s, we get into the role identity plays when it comes to career and how to let go of it, unlearning societal beliefs, how they got to creating Mine’d, how relationships affect every aspect of life, and pursuing our authentic self expression.
Link to Mine’d App: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mine-d-self-help-motivation/id1493129501
Link to Sophie’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
Link to Active Ingredient’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/activeingredient/
Link to Mark Groves’ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/createthelove/
Link to Aaron Albert’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asalbert/
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On this solo I'm getting into my recent burn out situation, doing too much too soon post-pandemic, stretching yourself in a systematic way and the concept of enoughness.
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This week's episode is with Amy Koberling who is a dermatology physician associate at Baumann Cosmetic in Miami who I am actually seeing right now to help me with my acne and she is also an amazing content creator @the_skinthusiast.
On today's episode we get into Amy's career trajectory from first thinking she wanted to go to law school, to switching to pre-med and then deciding to go the physician associate route instead and why, we talk about all things hormonal acne, how she started The Skinthusiast as an outlet while she was working in the ICU and how to grow a following while working a full time job, and all of her incredible tips for personal growth.
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It's the 2 year anniversary of the podcast and I'm getting into why I started it in the first place, biggest learnings, my own Active Ingredient journey, best tangible next steps on figuring out your most authentic self and some episodes that really impacted me.
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This week we have Raul Jimenez, a Miami based SoulCycle instructor and recently now also a trainer at Kamps fit. Prior to his career in the fitness industry, Raul was actually on track to become a professional clarinetist and we get into his whole journey on parting ways with an old dream and pursuing something that felt more in line with his current interests
We talk about always choosing to be honest with yourself, identifying the difference between resistance and truly knowing you have had enough, the importance of staying curious and questioning the status quo, understanding that our interests and active ingredients evolve as we evolve, making time for silence to nurture the relationship with yourself to really understand what your gut is trying to tell you, always going back to the why behind anything you are doing in life and reframing the question of who you want to be in 5 years to how do you want to FEEL in this life.
Link to Sophie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
Link to Active Ingredient's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/activeingredient/
Link to Raul's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisisrara/
Link to book we referenced: https://www.amazon.com/Start-Why-Leaders-Inspire-Everyone/dp/1591846447
Link to TED Talk we referenced: https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action?language=en
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This episode is with Julie Jeffries who is the creator of the Not Your Mammas Veggies nutrition course. Julie’s story is a story about strength, resilience, advocating for yourself and for always aiming to understand the root cause of what is going on. After two life changing diagnoses and doing a ton of research, Julie changed her diet to a whole food plant based diet to see if it would help her cases and essentially she healed and supported herself through the way she ate. On this episode, we get into julie’s background, the two diagnosis that changed her life and how she started learning about whole food plant based eating, the importance of constantly learning and always staying curious throughout life, her advice for people looking to start a new career path at a later stage of life and course get into overnight oats and tips and tricks we can all implement into our lives immediately.
Find Julie’s Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/notyourmommasvegetables/
Find Julie’s Website here: https://nymv.org/
Find Sophie’s Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
Find Active Ingredient’s Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/activeingredient/
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This week's episode is on my personal mental health journey and the tools that I still lean on today.
Link to Melissa Wood Health meditation that helped me start meditating: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIypDkhCnAI
Breathing tool that works wonders for me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GViVk4RVJYE
Link to Wim Hof breathwork: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tybOi4hjZFQ
Link to Sophie's account: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
Link to Active Ingredient's account: https://www.instagram.com/activeingredient/
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This week’s episode is with Shauna Faulisi, who is an incredible celebrity wellness chef, nutrition coach and the founder of the Soul Wellness Method.
On this episode we talk about how Shauna accidentally fell into a career in food/how she became a private chef for a celebrity A lister, how following her curiosity in wellness led her to finding her passion, the 6 pillars of wellness, the correlation between having a handle on your finances and feeling generally healthy and confident, paying attention to what you’re consuming physically and mentally, making wellness accessible and how networking has enabled her to do what she loves .
Link to article we referenced: https://www.blog.jetsweatfitness.com/blog-2-1/a-path-to-body-acceptance-your-six-pillar-guide
Link to Shauna’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shaunafaulisi/?hl=en
Link to Sophie’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/?hl=en
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I got an apartment in Miami and am now officially splitting time between New York and Miami. This solo episode is on what has and hasn't worked for me throughout this transition. Would love to hear from you if you've moved or have tips as well!
Sophie's Instagram: @sophieiweill
Active Ingredient Instagram: @activeingredient
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This week’s episode is with Radha Agrawal, who is a social entrepreneur, community builder, author, founder of Daybreaker, and also the co-founder of THINX. This conversation is all about the importance of having a community you feel like you truly belong to, how to cultivate meaningful relationships, make friends as an adult, how to take inventory of yourself/what you are attracting and why belonging is a key to happiness and longevity.
Radha's Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/love.radha/
Radha's book here: https://www.amazon.com/Belong-People-Create-Community-Connected/dp/1523502053
Sophie's Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
Active Ingredient's Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/activeingredient/
Link we referenced in the show here: https://dose.daybreaker.com/
Not sponsored but if interested, use code ACTIVATEJOY for 50% off your first month of DOSE
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On this solo episode I'm talking about how I am being discerning when it comes to how I'm filling my plate in a post pandemic world. I get into big learnings during this time, what is going to be non negotiable and how I plan to reintegrate now that things are slowly opening back up in the hopes that you too will take inventory of this past year and choose what you actually truly want to bring back on your plate.
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This episode is with Dr. Mona Vand, a pharmacist and content creator who is always serving such interesting and thoughtful content when it comes to wellness/nutrition and does it in such an easy to digest way.
On this episode we go through Mona's journey from being a full time pharmacist to now being a full time content creator and how her path was not linear at all, we discuss the importance of money not being your biggest motivator, why she took a 2 month long digital detox to reconnect with herself and step outside of the content creating rat race and what her key learnings were during that time, how she's creating conscious content today and why you absolutely cannot rely on anyone else to make your life interesting.
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Dr. Matt Devoe is a leading chiropractor in NY and founder of Empire City Chiropractic.
In this episode we get into Matt’s journey and how he paved his own path in the chiropractic field, his unconventional and extremely thoughtful approach to patient treatment, his thoughts on scaling when you yourself are the talent, how therapy has played a huge role in his life, why he never focuses on the destination, finding fulfillment in the balance between hustle and gratitude and we get into detail on things we could be doing at home to help our backs out, what type of mattresses we should be sleeping on and what our computer setup should look like if you are working from home.
Link to Dr. Matt Devoe’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matthewdevoe/
Link to Dr. Matt Devoe’s website: https://www.empirecitychiropractic.com/
Link to Sophie’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
Link to Active Ingredient’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/activeingredient/
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This solo episode is all on the importance of cultivating a gratitude practice to rewire our brains in order to find the best in every day/moment. This has been an absolute game changer for me and I have been working on it for over three years. In this episode I'll walk you through exactly how I do it, where I do it and how it's changed the way I view things. I also go down memory lane and pick out a few examples from past entries over the past three years.
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This week’s episode is with Sasha Plavsic, the founder of ILIA Beauty, the best selling clean beauty brand on the market today.
Before ILIA, Sasha had a career in branding where she worked both at an agency as well as in house at brands like Saje and Urban Decay. At the age of 30, she couldn’t shake the feeling of being unfulfilled and decided to quit her job, leave the long term relationship she was in and essentially move back in with her parents to give herself time to breathe, regroup and reconnect with herself and her roots. She launched ILIA back in 2011 and completely self funded the brand for the first 8 years of the business.
On this episode we get into Sasha’s journey on how she got to where she is today, we talk about her evolution in business having started two businesses prior to ILIA and what it was about this idea that stuck, having the strength to let go of things and people that no longer serve you, tuning in and listening to your inner voice, not giving into societal pressures, finding your own personal groove and how her own Active Ingredient has evolved throughout the years.
Find ILIA here: https://iliabeauty.com/
Find Sasha Plavsic’s Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/sashaplavsic/
Find Sophie’s Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
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This week's solo episode is all about rejection and perseverance. I'm bringing back one of the most impactful takeaways we've had on the show that was from the episode with Rebecca Minkoff. She shared with us how in the early days of building her brand it was a ton of legwork to get people to take her line and was rejected constantly. Instead of getting emotional she figured out what the math equation would be to get her line into three stores and realized it took 1000 asks in order for that to happen. Moving forward she just saw it as an equation and knew that it would take 1000 asks to be in 3 stores which helped remove the emotion from rejection. Thought this was so valuable and wanted to bring it back!
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Alyssa Greenberg is a freelance photographer based in NYC with a focus in lifestyle, fashion and portraiture and has worked with some of the biggest names in brands and entertainment. Back in 2015, after having gone swimming in a lake with her friends, Alyssa's right eye unknowingly became infected with Acanthamoeba Keratitis, a parasite, that resulted in 2 cornea transplants and ultimately completely lost her vision in her right eye which is the eye she used to shoot with. While she says that she wouldn't wish what happened to her on her worst enemy, she is actually grateful it happened to her because it entirely shifted her perspective and view of life for the better. This life changing hurdle only reinforced her deep love of photography and she decided to adapt and persevere. She trained her left eye to be her "shooting eye" and says that losing her vision has actually driven her to become an even better photographer.
On this episode we discuss her background into how she got into photography in the first place, she walks us through her whole process of having lost her vision and how she coped, what she learned about people and how they deal with pain, and her biggest learnings from going through it, we talk about the importance of being truly grateful (specifically for your health), why your passion doesn't necessarily need to be your carer, finding the small things to actually be the biggest victories and getting comfortable with adapting no matter the circumstance.
Find Alyssa's personal Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/smallgirlnolens/
Find Alyssa's photography Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/smallgirlbiglens/
Find Alyssa's website here: http://www.alyssagreenbergphotography.com/
Find Sophie's Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
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This week's Active Takeaways episode is my first-ever solo episode and I'm highlighting on one of my favorite takeaways from a past guest that has really changed my life for the better. The takeaway for this episode is to create space in your life to be silent and still with yourself in order to really start listening to your own inner guidance. I know it sounds "woo woo" and I was resistant to it for so long but since I've been actively practicing this, it has made a massive impact on my life for the better. On this episode I go through different areas in my life I have been able to find the silence and create space in the hopes that it can help you find the clarity in your life as well.
Feel free to reach out to me via DM on IG here: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill
Episode referenced was with Mayssa Chehata, founder of Behave that was released on November 30, 2020.
Sending you so much love!
xx
Sophie
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This week's episode is with Kristina Rodulfo who is the Beauty Director at Women's Health where she oversees beauty coverage across print and digital and is an expert in product testing, identifying trends, and exploring the intersections of beauty, wellness, and culture. Prior to Women's Health, she held roles at ELLE.com, Popsugar and InStyle.
In this episode we get into her career in media and how she got there, creating clear boundaries, going after what you want, the new media landscape, learning how to say no, and giving yourself time to just be. We also get into Kristina's view on beauty being a vehicle for both storytelling and gaining confidence and how she uses her voice in the media to empower marginalized communities.
Find Kristina's Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/kristinarodulfo
Find Active Ingredient's Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/activeingredient
Find Sophie's Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/
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Jaclyn Johnson is a successful entrepreneur and founder of Create & Cultivate, an online platform and conference for women looking to create & cultivate the career of their dreams, host the Work Party podcast, a best selling author, and angel investor. Jaclyn launched and sold her first company by the time she was 29 and launched Create & Cultivate, her second company, after recognizing a gap in conversations, resources, events and community for female millennial entrepreneurs and small business owners. Cut to today Create & Cultivate is a cult favorite brand hosting hundreds of conferences each year, a community of 1 million plus women, a line at Target, a top business podcast and more. On this episode we get into Jaclyn's career journey and the many lessons she's learned throughout, how she sold her first business, how her role has changed as the business has expanded, her approach to hiring, going where the momentum is, the power of literally JUST STARTING even if you don't have any resources, connections or skills in what you're interested in doing and having the mentality that if someone else could do it, you could do it too.
Find Jaclyn's Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/jaclynrjohnson/
Find Create & Cultivate's website here: https://www.createcultivate.com/
Find the Work Party podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/workparty/id1404548949
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Siffat Haider is the Co-founder of Arrae, a natural supplement brand that offers bloat and anxiety relief capsules, and also the host of The Dream Bigger Podcast.
On today’s episode we get into how the throughline throughout her career has always been to help women and show them that they can optimize their wellbeing and reach their business goals, how her own health journey led her to experiment with natural remedies to heal her own issues which ultimately led her to start Arrae, the connection between anxiety and bloating, the practice of manifestation and future-you journaling, working through self-limiting beliefs and believing that if your heart is in the right place, you can accomplish what you set your mind to.
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Resources we discussed:
The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
Spirit Hacking by Shaman Durek
The 10X Rule by Grant Cardone
The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer
Gabby Berinstein
Abraham Hicks
Esther Perel
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Today’s episode is with Indré Rockeffeller who is the co-founder of Paravel, an industry-leading sustainable travel lifestyle brand. Before launching Paravel, Indré had a very interesting career - she started out being Anna Wintour’s first assistant at Vogue and then went on to work at several impressive companies like Moda Operandi and Delpozo.
On this episode we get into Indré’s love of ballet at an early age and how it led her to a career in the fashion industry, how one trip entirely changed her perspective which led her to make sustainability the #1 priority for her brand, how she pivoted during Covid-19 amid the travel bans, why an MBA is not necessary to launch a successful business, how identifying her mission changed her as a leader, why a narrow scope is liberating, and lastly we get into why the key to success is simply the willingness to figure things out as you go.
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This week’s episode is with Mayssa Chehata, the founder of Behave, a better for you candy company that just launched a few months ago with sweet and sour gummies that are low sugar, low net carb, chef-created and an elevated taste that has already been covered in Fast Company, Forbes and Business Insider.
On today’s episode, we get into Mayssa’s previous career journey having held brand partnership and business development roles at the NFL, Uber, Daily Harvest, and SoulCycle; we get into the details of how she found the right factory, partnered with a celebrity chef, fundraised, launched and everything in between, we get into the transformational personal work she had done on herself before starting Behave, the importance of being able to sit in silence with your own thoughts and how much clarity comes from that, and why putting one foot in front of the other with blinders on is the only way to make significant progress.
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Farryn Weiner is an award-winning brand architect and founder of Farrynheight, a new-age brand marketing agency and she is also the host of the Farrynheight podcast. Prior to building Farrynheight, she was the Vice President of Marketing and Brand Innovation at sweetgreen, before that she was the Senior Global Director of Digital, Social and Creative Communications at Michael Kors Worldwide where she oversaw integrated editorial, digital and social media strategy and has held several previous impressive titles.
On today’s episode we get into Farryn’s career journey and how all of her previous roles led her to starting Farrynheight, the intersection of life and work and how building a brand is really similar to building a life, finding the courage to always follow what you’re in alignment with and letting go of things that aren't even if that disappoints people, living in the pursuit of clarity and lastly, we get into the importance of creating a filter of what matters most to you and how this will ultimately help you take decisive next steps.
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Bee Shapiro is the longtime New York Times beauty columnist and also the founder of Ellis Brooklyn, a clean luxury fragrance brand that she launched in 2015. Bee found out she was pregnant with her first baby, Ellis, at the height of the clean beauty movement and she began looking for alternative fragrances that felt both luxurious and also safe and clean for her while pregnant and she simply couldn't find it on the market which led her to create it herself in her home in Brooklyn. In today’s episode we get into her background and why she originally decided to go to law school for stability, the whole process of her leaving law to start from scratch and build a network from the bottom up, how she transitioned to journalism and her road from covering the fashion industry to beauty, why this idea stood out to her more than every other business idea she’d previously had, her approach to marketing fragrance/what actually resonates and why accountability is an essential part of sticking to something, getting it off the ground and ultimately executing.
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Find Bee’s New York Times work here: https://www.nytimes.com/by/bee-shapiro
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Danielle Duboise is the co-founder of Sakara Life, a 100% plant-based and organic ready to eat meal delivery service company but more than that Sakara is a full on lifestyle. The company has been featured in major publications such as Oprah, Vogue, the New York Times and too many to name here.
On today’s episode we get into Danielle’s personal body image journey, how healing herself led her to create Sakara with the intention of healing others, she walks us through how she let go of her original career goal of becoming a doctor, the philosophy that food is medicine, we distinguish the difference between a mission and a passion and why mission-based companies are the ones who will ultimately have longevity and survive the pandemic, we get into the importance of not glorifying entrepreneurship and lastly her recommendation to focus on healing yourself if you are feeling lost about finding your active ingredient.
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Today's episode is with Rachel Liverman the founder of Glowbar, a no fluff facial spa that offers 30 minute customizable facials at $65 dollars. This is Rachel's second time on the podcast and I invited her back because she, like the most of us, has REALLY been tested when it comes to her business. Glowbar had only been open for 9 months before having to shut down due to the pandemic. Her business was entirely closed for 6 months since facials were deemed "phase-less" in New York and still found a way to pivot quickly, work on the foundation of her business and just last week she opened her second location now that facials are finally allowed in NY again and I just knew I had to have her on to talk about resilience and what this experience has taught her.
On this episode I'm talking to her about the rollercoaster that was these 6 months, how she continued to stay so positive, the biggest learnings she's taken during this time, how she rallied her community to get Governor Cuomo's attention when he was ignoring the spa industry as a whole and of course, I ask her if her active ingredient has changed at all since the last time we spoke.
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Link to Rachel's first Active Ingredient episode here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/founder-glowbar-on-learning-how-to-listen-to-your-gut/id1466712918?i=1000462344353
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Mimi Ausland is the founder of Free the Ocean, a website that gives anyone anywhere the opportunity to have a daily impact on the issue of plastic pollution. The way it works is by simply going to FreetheOcean.com and answering the daily trivia question. Just by doing that you fund the removal of 1 piece of plastic from the ocean and coastlines. Free the Ocean works with Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii, and together they have helped remove over 8.5 million pieces of plastic! They now have 30k+ unique daily visitors and people playing from over 160 countries.
Mimi actually started her first passion project at age 12 with a very similar model to Free the Ocean but her mission at the time was to feed animals so she started a website called FreeKibble.com that went viral and was featured on Ellen, Oprah and the Today Show. She then went on to college where she thought she wanted to pursue psychology but instead was confronted with the harsh reality of what our oceans are facing and decided to change paths and create Free the Ocean with the goal of not only cleaning up our oceans but really to work towards a hopeful future.
On today’s episode we talk about Mimi’s journey, she walks us through how she identified her need of creating and giving back, her first steps into creating Free the People, she gives us so many great insights into what is happening with our oceans and easy takeaways that we can all implement into our daily lives to reduce plastic consumption and why paying attention to what moves you is the best indicator in figuring out your Active Ingredient.
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Dianna is a master marketer and the founder of Crown Affair, a modern beauty brand on a mission to make haircare an everyday ritual. Before starting Crown Affair, she had an extremely impressive career in marketing and partnerships working in-house at some of the most covetable companies including Into The Gloss, Spring, and Away. She eventually launched her first business, Levitate, a brand strategy and marketing consulting company where she worked with some of the top direct-to-consumer brands including, Harry’s/Flamingo, Outdoor Voices, Yumi, Buck Mason, The Wing, and more.
After running her agency 2 years, she decided she was ready to transition from building other people’s brands to finally launching her own and she launched Crown Affair, a direct to consumer hair care brand with the goal of helping people feel their best with their natural hair. On this episode we talk about Dianna’s many career transitions, how she fell into starting a consulting agency, at what point she realized she was ready to build her own brand and fold her agency, why a business coach was extremely valuable in helping her identify her active ingredient, the importance of maintaining relationships with past co-workers, fundraising, and why rituals are so important in setting the tone for our lives.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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