For over two decades, Emmy & Peabody Award winning Journalist, Sarah Spain has made her mark as a sports reporter. She's spent over a dozen of those years at ESPN, working as a host, producer and writer. She's also a radio host and hosts her own podcast "Good Game with Sarah Spain" on iHeart. Today she's joining PRETTYSMART to share her journey from young athlete to award winning sports journalist. She shares: 

• Why it never occurred to her growing up that she could have a career in sports. 
• Why we need to do a better job talking to young girls about sports. 
• Her thoughts on the controversies surrounding sports and Trans athletes.
• What she's had to put up with as a female sports reporter and how it has shaped her opinion of men. 
• Why she chooses empathy over anger when it comes to trolls on the internet. 
• How the skills she developed growing up playing sports helped her in her career.
• Why she's not surprised that 94% of C Suite women at Fortune 500 companies were college athletes. . 
• Why she believes women playing sports is like giving the middle finger to the idea of women having one lane/only being allowed in certain spaces.
• Her thoughts on women's professional sports  and why it's taken so long for people to care more about them.

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Curious about open marriage or ethical non-monogamy? In this episode, Molly Roden Winter shares her candid journey. At 35, Molly was a happily married teacher in Brooklyn with two young sons. But one night, feeling suffocated, she walked into a neighborhood bar and found herself desiring another man. What followed transformed her life and marriage. Molly reveals:

• The path to ethical non-monogamy and how she sought more than casual connections.
• How opening her marriage strengthened her bond with her husband.
• The self-discovery journey that came with navigating multiple relationships.
• The evolution of their open marriage, what's worked, what hasn't, and how therapy played a role.
• The impact of her open marriage on her sons and family.
• Why she felt compelled to write a book about her experience.
• The importance of children seeing their mothers as whole, fulfilled individuals.

You can buy Molly's Book, "More: A Memoir of Open Marriage" Here

And follow her on Instagram here!

Books: A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle, Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy

In Danielle's first solo episode she dives into one of her favorite topics— conversation. She's spent 13 years and over 3,000 conversing professionally (and countless hours talking personally lol). Combining both her professional and personal experience she shares 10 tips on how to be a great conversationalist!    The quality of conversation in so many ways determines the quality of our lives— use these tips to have better conversations and thus, better quality of life! 

1. Carissa Schumacher is a renowned psychic medium, a full-body channel for Yeshua of Nazareth, empathic intuitive and sacred ceremony facilitator. Today she shares:

• How she discovered her intuitive gifts and why it took her a while to embrace it.

• How each of us can strengthen our own intuition and find our purpose.

• How she became a channel for Yeshua (Jesus) and what she's learned from him. 

• The differences between manifestations and revelations and why we should focus more on the latter.

• Why we've become a more ego focused society and ways we can all work to become less ego-centric

• Why forgiveness and empathy are important but why we must become more merciful and compassionate to see changes in the world

Fashion designer, influencer, podcaster and star of 'The Hills' and 'The City' Whitney Port is here today.

She shares:

• The biggest misconceptions about her from her time on 'The City'.
  
• What she would change about her reality show days if she could go back in time.
  
• Why shutting down her clothing line, Whitney Eve, was the hardest decision she's ever made.
  
• Why she feels like she always trying to prove that she is more than a girl who was on reality TV. 
  
• Why she almost wanted to give up on her podcast, With Whit, despite it being incredibly successful.
  
• How she is self-admittedly a quitter and how she is working to change that quality in herself. 
  
• The best business advice she got from her dad. 
  
• Her new clothing line and how she's dreamt of working in fashion since she was a kid. 
  

Tori Dunlap is a financial expert and founder & CEO of Her First 100k - an financial education company. She quit her corporate job at 25, after saving her first $100k to help empower others with their own money. Tori has helped over 3 million women make more, spend less, and feel financially confident! Today she breaks down how she did it and how you can build wealth and create financial stability and health. Danielle + Tori talk: 

• 3 things you need to start doing today to build wealth and get out of debt.
• What wealthy people do right (and what we can learn from them).
• Why time is more important than money when it comes to investing.
• Why you can't only focus on a savings and a budget. 
• Why you should demand an annual review
• Specific tips on how to negotiate at work. 
• What you need to know about the wage gap, the investment gap and the wealth gap.
• Why it's so important to get more money into women's hands and the barriers to entry women face in investing. 
• What to watch out for when it comes to Cryptocurrency.

Author, branding expert, graphic designer, and course creator Jamie Varon shares insights on living a life you sincerely love from her new book Radically Content.   

• How we are conditioned to feel as though we are falling behind in our own life (and why those 30 under 30 lists aren't helpful for anyone).
• Why reaching certain milestones won't bring you the happiness you think it will. 
• What it means to be radically content and tips on how to fell that.
• Why we need to stop and appreciate where we are and how far we've come more often.
• Why it's so important for women to tell themselves how to think and what to value in this culture
• What the red flags are to help us realize when we aren't going within. 
• How to accept that meeting a milestone will never bring you the happiness you are looking for. 
• The questions you really need to ask yourself when you get a promotion.
• Why her goal is to help others relieve themselves of the pressure we feel to constantly do and be more.
• Why we need to redefine what it means to settle. 
• Why we need to stop looking to our "gurus" to tell us things we intrinsically know. 

 

More than 40 million Americans suffer from anxiety in any given year. Psychiatrist Dr. Ellen Vora joins PRETTYSMART to share her functional medicine approach to anxiety and mental health. Psychiatrist Dr. Ellen Vora joins PRETTYSMART to share her functional medicine approach to anxiety and mental health. She shares:

• What lifestyle choices could be directly impacting your anxiety (and changes you can make easily.)
• Foods that could be contributing to your anxiety. 
• The difference between "True Anxiety and False Anxiety"
• Why conventional medicine tends to view anxiety as a "neck up" problem (and why that is a problem).
• Why anxiety is a whole-body condition and not just a brain condition.
• How to do a "False Mood Inventory" as a way to check in on your mental health. 
• External factors contributing to our anxiety 
• Two simple tips to reduce the impacts our phone has on your mental health.
• The power nature has to help our mental health and how you can tap into it even if you live in a big city.

 

Ellen Vora, MD attended Columbia University for medical school and received her BA in English from Yale University. She's a board-certified psychiatrist, acupuncturist, yoga teacher, and author of The Anatomy of Anxiety: Understanding and Overcoming the Body's Fear Response. 

 

Follow Dr. Ellen Vora: https://www.instagram.com/ellenvoramd/?hl=en Purchase Anatomy of Anxiety: https://tinyurl.com/2er3dby4

1. With a degree in psychology and a masters in counseling, Jo Davenport was working at a private practice for mental health before she quit her job and dived head first into creating the body-inclusive swimwear company LaPorte. She generously shares her knowledge, the challenges of starting a company and the lessons she learned. Today Jo opens up about: 
   

• How her terrible experience trying on a bathing suit led to launching a company
  
• What to consider when starting a business
  
• Why it was important to create an inclusive brand for every body
  
• How she would have spent money differently
  
• The TWO people EVERY entrepreneur should have in her corner 
  
• Why she's obsessed with feedback
  
• What challenges her company faced during COVID and how she pivoted
  
• Why she felt validated when named Forbes Next 1000 honoree
  
• Positivity and how to become more optimistic
  

As we watch a war in Ukraine unfold before our eyes, there is one woman who believes that while humans are responsible for all war we are also the only ones with the power to stop it. Dr. Samantha Nutt is the founder of Warchild USA, an organization that aims to help children in war torn communities taking a long term approach to breaking the cycle of poverty and violence. Dr. Nutt has worked in dozens of conflict zones and is a leading voice on current affairs, international aid and foreign policy. Dr. Nutt has worked with children and their families at the frontline of many of the world's major crises – from Iraq to Afghanistan, Somalia to the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Sierra Leone to Darfur, Sudan. Today she is here to share her experiences and help educate us on what we must know about when it comes to war and ways we can help stop the cycle of war around the world. 

She shares:

• Working in war zones and how it opened her up to the large scale problems of war. 
• Why we are all implicated in the suffering and abuse that civilians living in war experience every day (and what we can do to change that).
• How we are unknowingly complying with war - and even profiting from it. 
• How living through war affects the generations that come after.
• Why it's not enough to want to do the right thing (and things you CAN do to help war zones)
• The biggest lessons living through wars has taught her about life.
• The problem with only focusing on short-term needs when wars break out. 
• Why we can't forget about other areas of conflict in the world even if the media is only focusing on Ukraine. 
• Ways to help even if you don't have money to give. 

For more information on Dr. Nutt or ways to get involved with War Child please visit www.warchildusa.org or www.samanthanutt.com 

Talking to 3 influencers who found major internet fame during the pandemic. While different in what they share online, Corporate Natalie, Dom Roberts and Pinky Patel have one thing in common: Today they are each sharing how they went viral, what they learned from putting themselves out there, and how they look at their brands now. 

• How they went viral and what made them decide to start sharing on social in the first place
  
• Why it's not too late to join in on social and still grow a large audience
  
• Why they decided to keep their day jobs despite now making money from their socials. 
  
• The effects being on social can take on your mental health and why boundaries are important
  
• How they hope to inspire and what the term influence really means

Fran Hauser is a startup angel investor who has invested in over 25 female-founded companies. She started her career out in finance then switched to media, spending 15 years working at Time Inc, before becoming a full-time investor. She's a prime example of switching careers when a job no longer excites you. Now she's also a best-selling author and today she's sharing all her incredible wisdom, including:  

• What behaviors could be holding you back at your job 
• Why it's important to be vulnerable at work 
• The most powerful nonverbal communication tactic 
• What speech weakeners are... and why you should stop using them! 
• Why women have a hard time saying "no" 
• How to find clarity about the parts of your job that you love 
• How to design your career action plan 
• Why it's important to know your value 
• Why you need to reflect, reset and practice mindfulness 
• What ONE thing every entrepreneur should include in their pitch 
• Fran's *surprising* financial advice 

Order Fran's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Embrace-Work-Love-Your-Career/dp/1951412494/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=embrace%20the%20work%20love%20your%20career%20book&qid=1628253275&sr=8-5 Follow Fran on Social media: https://www.instagram.com/fran_hauser/

Co-founders Melissa Mash, Jessy Dover and Deepa Gandhi of the handbag line Dagne Dover have built a brand with a cult-like following and they're here today to share some of their insights, lessons and tips in entrepreneurship and working as a team. They share:

• How the three of them came together to start this line even though they didn't all know each other.
  
• Where the idea for Dagne Dover came from and their mission to create a much better bag.
  
• What they think is key to building a great team in business.
  
• Why they chose not to go the venture capital route.
  
• Their gripes with corporate America.
  
• The top myths about being an entrepreneur.
  
• Why it's important to them to treat their customers like friends.
  
• The rule of three and how it can help you focus.
  

Heidi Clements is a 63 year old writer, clothing enthusiast, storyteller. She's also the incredible and inspiring @WelcometoHeidi on Instagram where she doles out no nonsense, tell-it-like-it-is life advice to her half a million followers who are mostly in their 20s and 30s. Today she joins PRETTYSMART to share her story + some of the lessons she's learned in each decade. We discuss: 

• The impact she's made on younger women and especially when it comes to views on aging 
• How she was able to live without shame and always stay true to herself
• How she got over caring what others think of her 
• Working with toxic women in the workplace and what that taught her
• Why she feels her 60s are a filled with joy (and what lessons we can learn from her to embrace that feeling)
• What the breaking point was for her to get sober in her 30s
• Why she doesn't care about dating
• What she learned from losing her mother
• How she discovered her style in her 40s
• How she landed her dream job as a scripted writer in her 50s
• What she still struggles with today

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Stacy London is one of America's foremost style experts known for the TLC Show 'What Not To Wear.' She's also a 2x best selling author. She spent the last five years creating and pitching TV shows about women in their 40s - only to be told that her ideas weren't sexy. She was told nobody would watch them. Her lightbulb moment came as she started feeling the impact of perimenopause. She realized she wasn't prepared for it… because NOBODY talks about it. Now - Stacy is a CEO of a company called State of Menopause and is ready to talk aging, transitions, menopause and more. 

She shares:

• She's "not here to normalize the conversation" around aging and menopause - she's here to "optimize it."
  
• Getting fired at 30 and why she thinks everyone should get fired at one point in their career. 
  
• Why What Not To Wear resonated with people and how it became so much more than the physical makeover.
  
• How she healed her own insecurities by helping others work through theirs + why she never dyed her signature gray streak.
  
• Why it's so important to see people be transparent with their struggles.
  
• Why women age 40-65 are invisible in the media and why that needs to change. 
  
• Why she chose to stop dating men.
  
• The shame and stigma surrounding menopause.
  
• Why it's so important for her to change that stigma for the next generation.

Today we are speaking with of the most successful porn actresses of all time. With over a decade of experience in an industry that generates $12 billion dollars annually, Candice Horbacz. (whose film name is Eva Lovia) is here to answer any question you have ever had about porn or the adult film industry. We also have an in depth conversation about sex + relationships that I found mind and heart expanding.  

• How she first started in the porn industry and what her first day on set was like.
  
• The biggest lessons she's learned from working in adult entertainment..
  
• How her family and friends reacted when they first discovered she was doing porn (and how she's learned to let go of the stigma).
  
• The positive influence adult film has had on her life and her confidence.
  
• Navigating a relationship with her boyfriend (now husband) who did not work in the industry.
  
• How being a porn star has affected her sex life IRL.
  
• Sex on set (and if those orgasms are actually real!)
  
• Her thoughts on if porn is too male centered. 
  
• Why you shouldn't feel pressured to perform at the expense of your own pleasure. 
  
• How she's learned to let go of fear and what others think of her.
  

Reshma Saujani is a leading activist and the founder of Girls Who Code + the Marshall Plan for Moms. She has spent more than a decade building movements to fight for women and girls' economic empowerment, working to close the gender gap in the tech sector, and most recently advocating for policies to support moms impacted by the pandemic. Reshma is also the author of the international bestseller Brave, Not Perfect, and her influential TED talk, "Teach girls, bravery not perfection" has more than five million views globally. She's here today to talk about her newest book, Pay Up - The Future of Women and Work (Out March 15th) and she's sharing:

• The "big lie" of corporate feminism.
  
• How each generation of women has been sold a different "brand" and how that has harmed us. 
  
• Why there's no such thing as "Work/Life Balance" and why we need to throw out the term.
  
• The burnout and inequity harming America's working women today and what we need to do about it.
  
• Why paid family leave is a must for all parents regardless of job type or gender. 
  
• Why men also need to stand-up to corporate America and take family leave.
  
• Why paid family leave is also a racial justice issue.
  
• What her biggest failure taught her.
  

Buy Reshma's New Book Pay Up: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Pay-Up/Reshma-Saujani/9781982191573

Follow Reshma on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reshmasaujani/

Drag is an art form that has existed since ancient times and has recently rocketed to mainstream popularity. Drag is a gender-bending art form in which a person dresses in clothing and makeup meant to exaggerate a specific gender identity, usually of the opposite sex. In many ways, it's is about confidence and self expression; it's about unleashing the magic that makes you, you. What can EVERYONE learn from mapping into that? Bob the Drag Queen is here today opening all about life both in drag and out of it. Bob won the title of "America's Next Drag Superstar" on season 8 of "RuPaul's Drag Race," has had multiple acting roles for HBO, Netflix, Sony Tristar, MTV, and VH1 and now hosts HBO's first unscripted show, "We're Here."

• How we all can channel the authenticity and magic of drag in our own lives
  
• Bob's tips for being more confident and finding out how the rest of the world really sees you.
  
• How Drag celebrates all the things the world tells us is "bad"
  
• The difference between the real life and online drag communities
  
• Why it's always better to succeed out of inspiration vs. out of spite.
  
• How stopping the habit of being a people pleaser changed Bob's life.
  
• What Bob learned from RuPaul 
  
• Bob's #1 make-up tip and go-to lip colors
  

Connect with Bob The Drag Queen: https://www.instagram.com/bobthedragqueen/

Dr. Aliza Pressman is a Developmental Psychologist, child behaviorist, parent educator and mom of two herself. She also hosts the Raising Good Humans Podcast and has a large celebrity following who look to her for parenting guidance - Jennifer Garner, Julianna Margulies, Drew Barrymore, Jesse Williams, Cleo Wade to name a few, .Today she's here to share tips that will make you a better parent and a better communicator in all of your relationships. We discuss: 

• How to cultivate resilience and confidence (in children and in yourself) 
  
• What the difference in between REAL confidence and pseudo confidence. 
  
• Why your actions will be more important than any words of wisdom or lessons you try to teach to your child.
  
• The two questions you need to ask yourself when you're having a tough moment with your child (or in any relationship).
  
• Why you don't want to be a perfect parent. 
  
• What to say to a toddler when meeting them for the first time. 
  
• How to set healthy boundaries with social media. 
  
• Why the term "mom brain" is being used wrong! 
  
• Mom shaming and why it all stems from the patriarchy.
  

Former Bachelor and host of The Viall Files podcast, Nick Viall and his girlfriend, Natalie Joy are here opening up about their own relationship and sharing love, dating and relationship advice. They discuss: 

• Red flags when it comes to dating.
• Question Everything: Nick & Natalie answer questions from the brand new PRETTYSMART question deck. 
• Nick's thoughts on The Bachelor franchise and how it's changed. 
• The best way to approach a stranger you think is cute.
• Why you should really consider giving someone a second and third date. 
• Love languages and why they are so important to understand in a relationship.
• The unconventional way Nick and Natalie met (and how she found out he was a former Bachelor).

EXCLUSIVE purchase link for the QUESTION EVERYTHING Card Deck :https://tinyurl.com/QUESTIONEVERTHING

Former WNBA player and current WNBA team owner of The Dream, Renee Montgomery: 

• Making history as a 'first'
  
• How basketball changed the trajectory of her life.
  
• Why she left the WNBA in 2020
  
• What Kobe Bryant meant to the WNBA
  
• Why she thinks there is still such a discrepancy between equal pay in the WNBA & NBA and what needs to be done to close the gap.
  
• What people are missing by not watching the WNBA
  
• What it was like to become one of the youngest owners of a sports team
  
• Why it's important to her to be 'the YES' for others
  
• Working with family 
  
• How sports prepared her for business in more ways than she could have imagined
  

 

Producer, Model, Actress, Author, Podcast host of "Lipstick on the Rim," Lifestyle expert, mom (and of course hilarious TikTok/Reelz creator), Molly Sims is here! She is sharing so many amazing stories and inspiring life lessons including:

• How she got into modeling and why she quickly wanted to quit.
• Why she believes she suffers from body dysmorphia after years of working as a model and how that affects her now. 
• What it was really like to prepare for the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.
• Her thoughts on inclusivity in the modeling world.
• Why you should work for free sometimes (and how doing so changed her life)
• How to get unstuck in your life
• What she changed in her life to find her husband in her thirties 
• Why the person you marry will be different from the people you date
• Her must have beauty & skincare products 
• How you can create the life you want

Ginger Zee is the first ever female chief meteorologist at a major network. She reports the nation's weather for "Good Morning America" and is also the managing editor of the climate unit at ABC News (you've also seen her on Dancing with the Stars). She's chased her fair share of weather events through the years- hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and wildfires. But it was weathering a more personal storm that took her on a journey of self discovery. Ginger wrote openly about her mental health struggles in her first memoir 'Natural Disaster' revealing that after getting her dream job at ABC she checked herself into a mental health hospital. But Ginger says 'Natural Disaster' barely scratched the surface.  In her follow up memoir - 'A Little Closer to Home' Ginger is digging even deeper and telling us all about finding 'the calm after the storm.' We discuss:

• Why landing her dream job at Good Morning America pushed her to check into a mental health hospital.
  
• With all of the mental health struggles catalyzed by the pandemic- where does the mental health conversation need to go? How technology can help!
  
• How she thinks about the word 'NO' and people pleasing
  
• Processing trauma: "you can't delete trauma, you have to process it so that it does not cause stress for the rest of your life."
  
• Her simple reframe to really grasp the lifetime care for your mental health 
  
• Advice on looking for a therapist that feels like a good fit. 
  
• Getting rid of limiting beliefs, being multifaceted, and thinking outside of the box in your career
  
• How she decides where to put her energy + her tip on how you can examine where to put your energy
  
• Ginger's #1 Green swap for your home
  

When you have  too much to do, and more life to live… reclaim your Unicorn Space!  From the New York Times bestselling author of Fair Play and "the Marie Kondo of relationships" Eve Rodsky writes an inspirational guide for setting new personal goals, rediscovering your interests, cultivating creativity, and reclaiming your Unicorn Space. Today we talk about how to do that:

• People report something missing in their lives—that is, unless they create and prioritize time for activities that not only fill their calendars but also unleash their creativity.  Rodsky calls this vital time Unicorn Space—the active and open pursuit of creative self-expression in any form that makes you uniquely YOU. To help people embrace all the unlikely, surprising, and delightful places where their own Unicorn Space may be found, she speaks with trail blazers, thought leaders, academics, and countless real people who have discovered theirs everywhere—from activism to artistic endeavors to second careers.
• Rodsky reveals what researchers already know: Creativity is not optional. It's essential. Though most of us do need to remind ourselves how (and where) to find it. With her trademark mix of research based, how-to advice and big-picture inspirational thinking, Rodsky shows you a clear path to reclaim your permission to have fun, manifest your own Unicorn Space in an already too-busy life, and unleash your special gifts and undiscovered talents into the world.

  Follow Eve on Social Media:  Instagram Twitter Buy Eve's Book   Produced by Dear Media.

 

Minnesota native Brianna Brown Keen is an award-winning actress who has worked for over two decades in Hollywood with projects ranging from top grossing feature films, to Emmy-winning television shows, to indie projects she has produced. She is often recognized for her roles on Dynasty, Devious Maids, General Hospital & Homeland, Netflix's hit series Outer Banks. 

Brianna is the founder and CEO of the 501c3 non-profit organization The New Hollywood— dedicated to supporting socially conscious storytellers and changemakers thru grants, goals, and mentorship.  Brianna is the Chair Ambassador for the National Women's History Museum. She is also a public speaker on the topic, "Manifesting Your Mission", and she offers in-person and online workshops, retreats as well as small group accountability coaching using the method within her book, Manifesting Your Mission. 

Brianna has her own podcast, Manifesting Your Mission. Check it out here! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/manifesting-your-mission-with-brianna-brown-keen/id1680967142

What is the formula for a successful relationship? Eve Rodsky, author of the bestselling book "Fair Play" (Hello Sunshine x Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick), is here to share her revolutionary, real-world solution to communicating with your partner for increased happiness and satisfaction. Married, partnered, or single, this conversation is eye-opening, inspiring and full of take-aways for your present and future self. Eve shares:

• How her marriage almost ended over blueberries (and why it didn't end thanks to Fair Play and the system she created).
• Why over 30% of partnerships split over household + childcare duties and how we can change it.
• Why communication is the most important practice in your life.
• How to effectively communicate your boundaries 
• Why we need to treat our homes like an organization ("private lives are public issues")
• The systemic devaluing of women's time + how to reclaim it (and get rid of shame and guilt).
• Where have women been complicit in our own oppression?
• They key to couples effectively sharing responsibilities and the impact that has on happiness.
• Steps you can take in your relationship to be who you were meant to be 

Follow Eve on Social Media:    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everodsky/?hl=en Twitter:https://twitter.com/eve_rodsky?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor   Buy Eve's Book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/658397/find-your-unicorn-space-by-eve-rodsky/    Produced by Dear Media.

Two days before 2022— the new year. How can we celebrate + reflect?  And it came to me. I just want to say thank you.    When I started the podcast I always thought about using the initials of PRETTYSMART, P.S. because each episode feels like a love letter. Today is my love letter to you.    I think some years are questions, and some years  are answers. We've asked a lot of brilliant people questions this year and one of the big takeaways I've had is that while it is really important to be a seeker, the ANSWER always lies within you. Everything you need is inside of YOU. This podcast, our guests, this platform, and most of all, your messages have made me realize that. And so I want to thank you for giving me so much.   My wish for you this year is that you find both fulfillment and peace. In whatever relationship is causing you stress, in a work environment that feels frustrating, or even in your self work.    Fulfillment and peace are both fluid I think. They are never going to be things we can grab onto all of the time, but they are good north stars. So whichever kind of year this is for you- whether it's one of questions or one of answers, know that wherever you are right now is where you are meant to be.    As a thank you to you today's pod is a gratitude meditation to take us into the new year. Feel free to download it onto your phone to replay throughout the year.  And you know this wouldn't be PRETTYSMART if I didn't hit you with some facts. So we know now that gratitude literally changes our brain— It increases feelings of security and connectedness. It helps squeeze out negative feelings, and keeps the good ones aroundd longer…positive emotions tend to be like Teflon – they slide off us way too quickly. Gratitude lets us hang on to the positive for longer, and celebrate the good in our lives that we might otherwise move on too quickly from. It's shown to help reduce anxiety and depression. And most of all it FEELS GOOD.   And we are so today lucky because none other than Jessie De Low recorded our gratitude meditaiton. She is really amazing at what she does…people all over the world try to book sessions with Jessie and we have our own special session with her today. If you aren't familiar with Jessie's work yet, I am going to briefly introduce her. Jessie DeLow is a Certified Yoga Instructor, Art Therapist, Manifestation Coach, and Co-Founder of How You Glow,. Jessie provides life-enhancing, enriching, and enlightening experiences to clients across the globe. Her sessions blend her background in therapeutic healing with spirituality, positive psychology and neuroscience. Her goal? To inspire people to live the most vibrant life possible and step into alignment with their soul's true calling.   And with that— Thank you. 

Produced by Dear Media.

Angela Yee holds her own as a radio DJ, and the only female co-host on the syndicated radio morning show "The Breakfast Club." She had an unexpected launch into radio, but she's proven with her work ethic and hustle that she's a force - and voice - worth listening to.

Today Angela shares:

• How she landed her first radio show + the importance of a good work ethic
• What it's like for women working in the music industry
• Taking vacation days to propel your career forward
• Why she thinks your co-workers shouldn't be your friends 
• What she's learned from men in hip hop
• Getting the celebrity tea/ her revealing interview with August Alsina and Will + Jada Smith's reaction
• What interviewing celebrities such as Rick Ross, August Aslina, and Wale, have taught her about building authentic relationships rooted in trust
• The sacrifices she has made for her job
• Being an entrepreneur and her #1 financial tip

SOCIAL MEDIA:

Instagram: @angelayee Twitter: @angelayee Facebook: @teamyee

Produced by Dear Media. 

• What book prompted his run for President
• What surprised Yang the most about running for President
• What were President Biden, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren & Pete Buttegieg were like behind the scenes?
• Why he thinks our country is more divided than ever before
• Media's role in our country's division
• Why the two party system is failing us
• His new third party- the Forward Party and how it could change politics
• The machinery of American democracy is failing –Yang's bold new ideas to rewire our country for twenty-first-century problems 
• Is it possible/reasonable to stay optimistic? Yang's message to young people
• What he hopes his legacy to be.

Purchase his national bestselling book FORWARD, here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/667341/forward-by-andrew-yang/   Follow Andrew Yang on social media:    Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/andrewyang/?hl=en   Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndrewYang?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor   Learn more about Andrew Yang + the Forward Party: https://www.andrewyang.com/

1. Why do women feel flat despite eating well and working out the same way as their male colleagues? The answer lies in gender bias. Dr. Stacy Sims, PhD, a Female Athlete Performance Physiologist specializing in sex differences is widely recognized as a visionary across the sports performance industry and viral Ted Talk: Women are Not Small Men. 

• Dr. Stacy dispels myths about women's bodies we have been taught
• The best workouts/foods to eat for recovery for each phase of your cycle
• How COVID completely shifted women's health
• Trans men & women compete in sports against the other biological sex
• Marketing trick for women's products: What it means to 'Shrink It & Pink It' and what to beware of
• Women are not small men: Why women's health data is so under researched and so underfunded
• Why are girls in sports nearly 2x more likely to drop out in puberty?
• Will we see men + women play on the same professional sports teams?
• Stacy's favorite post workout meal + #1 tip to improve sleep 
• What is the real meaning of sport 

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Founder of the successful company Arrae + shot of the podcast Dream Bigger, Siffat Haider joins PRETTYSMART today. After having a horrible history with her own health for years, Siffat noticed a gap in the wellness industry and sought to create a supplement for women that was effective and beautifully packaged. That was the impetus for Arrae - natural supplements that offer women relief from bloat and anxiety. Using her wedding money to start the business, Siffat utilized instagram and influencers to get her product in front of consumers and was profitable in just three short months. And today she's here to tell us her journey from writer/blogger to wellness entrepreneur. Siffat opens up about:

• How to use Instagram + influencer marketing to get noticed
• Noticing a gap in the wellness industry
• Wanting to create a supplement that makes women feel their best
• Building trust with the consumer
• Great advice for entrepreneurs
• Using her own money to launch the company
• Being methodical about money
• On spending money on branding
• Her best negotiating tip
• The smartest decision she ever made

 

 

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Alexi Pappas is an Olympic runner and an award-winning actor and writer. Her memoir-in-essays, "Bravey," was one of my favorite books of the year. She opens up about chasing her wildest dreams, competing at + becoming a national record holder in the 2016 Rio Olympics. But it was what happened AFTER the Olympics that really shaped her. She had severe clinical depression hit, so badly she almost took her own life. With the help of a doctor who helped her see her mental pain the same way as her physical pain-- she has a whole new understanding of mental health and is sharing with us today: 

• How it was who she least expected who helped convince her to go for her Olympic dream. 
• Why you should embrace satellite mentors.
• The unsuspecting mental health battle she faced after her Olympic High
• How we need to reframe chasing our dreams and "enjoying the journey." 
• How we all need to learn to expect and prepare for "a dip" after reaching our goals.
• What she's learned about herself through running and through going for all of her big dreams.
• Good Pain Vs. Bad Pain and how to know the difference.
• What she wants her legacy to be.
• Losing her mother to suicide at a very young age + how her relationship with her mother fluctuates even though she's passed away. 

Produced by Dear Media.

What does it mean to be Man Enough? Today we are digging in with Justin Baldoni. You probably know Justin from his role as Rafael Solano on the massively popular series 'Jane the Virgin', or as a director of the acclaimed film Five Feet Apart. He is on a mission to 'undefine masculinity'— strip away unhealthy expectations and create more space for men (and everyone else) to fully be themselves. 

 

In his book Man Enough', which has evolved into a  podcast community, he shares stories of how society rarely provides space for men to be whole. Today Justin shares his own hurt and the learnings that have come from those experiences. We talk about: 

 

• How he realized he was "crowdsourcing" his personality.
  
• The key differences in male friendships vs. female ones and what needs to change in order for men to have stronger friendships with other men.
• The number one question we need to start asking men and boys.
  
• Why men need to learn to allow themselves to feel.
  
• Why bad feelings can be good.
  
• The Patriarchal Pyramid 
  
• The insecurities men face when it comes to their bodies.
  
• Why women need to be mindful of their own misogyny.
  
• How he knew his wife Emily was 'the one'.
  

 

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Marianna Hewitt is one of the OG influencers with over 1 million followers, was named WWD Beauty Inc's Influencer of the Year, and cofounder of the successful clean skincare brand Summer Fridays. Today she's here to give both some insight and inspiration. We talk about: 

• How she got her start in LA and what it finally took for her to go after her dreams.
• How she pivoted when she realized her dream of being a TV host wasn't actually what she wanted.
• What people don't understand about the work that goes into being an influencer.
• The start and launch of her brand Summer Fridays and what she learned from it.
• How it's okay to launch a brand even if there are already similar products in the marketplace.
• The "Why NOT me" mindset she's always had and how that has helped her succeed. 
• What being an influencer has taught her.
• How to use social media to build a successful brand 
• The importance of aesthetics and an Instagram-able brand
• The motto she lives by (Love this one!) 

Produced by Dear Media.

Lindsay Peoples Wagner was in her late twenties when she became the Editor in Chief of Teen Vogue, making her the youngest Editor-in-Chief in Conde Nast's History. Now she's the Editor-in-Chief of New York Magazine's Fashion Vertical, The Cut and co-founder of the Black in Fashion Council. Today she shares: 

• What it's like starting out in the fashion industry when you don't come from money and how she made it happen.
• Why it's her mission to open the door to the fashion industry + tell better and more diverse stories
• The gut decision that changed her career
• We discuss her viral article "What It's Really Like To Be Black + Work In Fashion" + the effects of having to dim your light.
• The 24 hour rule 
• What she wore for her interview with Anna Wintour before landing the job as EIC of Teen Vogue.
• What style advice she would give her younger self.
• The mentor you really need vs. the mentor you think you need.

Produced by Dear Media.

Alyssa Nobriga is a licensed Clinical Somatic Psychotherapist and lifecoach - today she's joining PRETTYSMART to share the keys to having healthy, powerful, vibrant and fulfilling relationships.

We discuss:

• The four levels of love (and what they mean for your relationships)
• Why we almost always attract a partner who triggers us.
• What to expect when you uplevel yourself even if your partner doesn't.
• Alyssa's number one hack for a healthy relationship. 
• The difference between being protective and being vulnerable in your relationship. 
• How to know if you're a tiger or a turtle in your relationship (and what that means!) 
• Why everyone is a mirror and how we can evolve once we really grasp that idea. 

Follow Alyssa here

Elise Loehnen is  the host of the podcast "Pulling a Thread" and helped turn "Goop" - Gwyneth Paltrow's wellness newsletter into a multi-million dollar company. Previously, she was at Condé Nast Traveler and the Deputy Editor of Lucky Magazine. She's ghost written 12 books (5 NYT bestsellers) including ones for Ellen Degeneres and Lauren Conrad . Elise is an intellectual giant- obsessed with words, culture, systems, how we fit into them + can transcend them. Today she shares a bit of her inspiring journey and what she's learned along the way. We discuss:

• How to know when to leave a job. 
• What you MUST ask yourself before accepting a new job.
• Why you need to be "in play" in order for the universe to work in your favor. 
• How Goop changed the game for the wellness industry and the major impact it's had on women.
• Her toughest moment working at Goop, and what it taught her about herself. 
• The struggle to have it all as a working mom (and the cultural shift that needs to happen)
• What ghostwriting 12 books (for celebrities like Ellen DeGeneres, Lea Michele and Lauren Conrad) finally inspired her to write a book of her own.

Produced by Dear Media.

As an FBI hostage negotiator, Chris Voss persuaded terrorists, bank robbers, and kidnappers to see things his way. Today he's talking us through his strategies to help us in everyday negotiations, whether you're seeking to improve your salary, the service you receive, or your relationships. Get stronger communication skills, game-changing insights into human nature, and more of what you want out of life. This episode is co-hosted by founder of Beyond the Interview, Nicole Behnam.

• How to negotiate for a raise
• 4 negotiation tactics you can use at work + in your relationships 
• Why the most aggressive person in the room ISN'T always the most successful.
• How to harness your voice in negotiation
• Why empathy is key when it comes to negotiation
• The surprising importance of getting someone to say 'no' before they say 'yes'.

Produced by Dear Media.

Shan Boodram is a certified sex educator dating coach and relationship expert with over 70 million views on YouTube and 500,000 followers on Instagram. She's passionate about helping others in their relationships and sex lives but she is also honest, fun and sincere in her approach. Today she's answering some of the sex questions women are too embarssed to ask! We talk about:

• What it might really mean if your sex life is boring.
• How to embrace your partner's unconventional fetishes even if they make you uncomfortable at first.
• Why women need to stop waiting to ask men out (and what you can do about it!)
• How to handle unpleasant smells down there.
• How getting in the mood is so different for everybody.
• How to synchronize your orgasms with your partner, the Orgasm gap and so many more orgasm questions.

Produced by Dear Media.

She's a business and beauty icon: Bobbi Brown is a makeup artist, author, entrepreneur and founder of Jones Road + the billion dollar global brand Bobbi Brown Cosmetics. She started her first line of makeup in 1991 at a time when bright and heavy-handed makeup was in. And while the makeup artists around her thought her natural colors would never sell, Bobbi completely disrupted the makeup industry. Four years later she sold her company for about $100 million dollars to Estee Lauder. About to celebrate it's one year anniversary, Bobbi's new clean makeup line Jones Road has blown up online and across stories. Today she shares her journey and some of the lessons she's learned along the way, including:

• How she first got into makeup by creating her own major in college.
• How an unconventional approach helped get her in the makeup door in NYC.
• How she created her brand Bobbi Brown Cosmetics with10 lipsticks and sold them out of her house.
• How she got into Bergdorf Goodman's, got a book deal and became a regular on the today show all because of how she likes to talk to strangers.
• What she believes is the true key to confidence
• Why she was inspired to become a certified holistic health coach
• How she decided to sell her company 4 years after she started it and the only regret she has from that decision.
• The most valuable business opportunity that didn't pay her a dime
• Her beauty philosophy 

Produced by Dear Media.

Maria Shriver is a journalist and former First Lady of California, and now the founder of Mosh a mission-driven brain health brand. After watching her father suffer from Alzheimer's disease she dedicated herself to Alzheimer's advocacy, founding the organization Women's Alzheimer's Movement, funding research, and bringing awareness to brain health. Today she shares:

• Why Alzheimer's disease is bankrupting our country (and why young people should care). 
• Alzheimer's disproportionately effects women (2/3)
• • New findings in Alzheimer's and brain research.
• Why we need to care about our brain health even in our twenties and thirties.
• Why she and her son Patrick Schwarzenegger decided to team up to create MOSH - a protein bar made for your brain.
• How she and Oprah Winfrey became fast friends when they both started working at the same TV station in their twenties. 
• Why she doesn't fear failure and why you shouldn't either.
• Why Walter Cronkite told her "all the best people get fired".
• • What to look for in a life partner.
• Why it's so important to write your own story.

Produced by Dear Media.

Psychotherapist and grief advocate Megan Devine is here to help us all understand and navigate grief better. Will I ever feel normal again? What do I say to someone who is grieving? How can I best support my loved ones in grief? Is there something I should avoid saying? Is what I'm experiencing normal?  There are so many questions when it comes to grief,  whether you're experiencing it yourself or trying to show up for a loved one who is in it. Megan and I discuss:

• Megan's personal story of grief with sudden loss of her husband and how it changed her view of grief and her work.
• How best to show up for someone who is grieving.
• The number one thing we need to remember when trying to support someone in grief.
• What grief hijacking is and why you should avoid it at all costs.
• Why we need to change the narrative surrounding grief and the expectations we place on those who are experiencing it.
• Things that happen while in grief that are totally normal even if you might feel like you're going crazy. 
• How grief changes you and if you will ever feel "normal" again.

Produced by Dear Media.

Kelly LeVeque is a holistic nutritionist, celebrity health coach (Jessica Alba, Jennifer Garner, Molly Sims, Chelsea Handler to name a few), and the best-selling author of Body Love and Body Love Every Day. Through a deep desire to help her clients optimize their health, she quit her corporate job in cancer genetics and created Be Well By Kelly from the ground up. Now a hugely successful company with her own line of protein powder, online courses, a podcast, and bestselling books, her success didn't happen overnight. Kelly and her husband sacrificed, lost, persevered, and invested in themselves, rebuilt time and again. Today, we talk about:

• What it means to Kelly to be the breadwinner of her family.
• The one person that changed the future of and leveled up her business. 
• The moment she realized how to make more money and her advice to women who are making the same mistake she did.
• What Jessica Alba is really like and how the support from her celebrity clients changed the game for her career.
• How she took her job from side hustle to full-time 
• Her biggest financial failure, the importance of an "Oh Sh*t" fund and how she rebuilt after an investment gone wrong.
• How she is learning to hold boundaries in order to show up best as a mom, in her marriage and at work
• Investing in herself instead of in furniture. 
• Almost not going back to school to become a nutritionist and why it's never too late to go after what you want.
• Why she finds Instagram to be alienating, especially in the wellness space.

Produced by Dear Media.

Boundaries are the single most important determinant in the health of ALL of our relationships. And yet so many of us struggle with them. We find ourselves frustrated, resentful, and/or unable to express our needs. Nedra Glover Tawaab is here to end the struggle. She is an author, licensed therapist and relationship expert. Nedra's book 'Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself' is a New York Times best-seller. You might also know her from Instagram where she has 1.1 Million Instagram followers and gives out bite-sized pieces of advice, life lessons, and affirmations. Nedra shares:

• How to successfully express our needs, say "no," and be assertive without offending others.
• Signs to look for that you aren't holding boundaries.  Simple-yet-powerful ways to establish healthy boundaries with family, friends and coworkers.
• Why people may push back when you set a boundary and how you can respond.
• The power of learning how to say no to things you just don't want to do. 
• Why it's actually mean to say yes when what you really want to say is no.  
• How to avoid burnout at work by setting boundaries with your co-workers.
• The importance of listening to + trusting ourselves in order to set better boundaries with the people in our lives.
• How to set boundaries on social media so you won't be so miserable every time you scroll. 
• How to set boundaries with family members.
• 3 questions you can ask yourself when setting boundaries.

Produced by Dear Media.

At 33 years old, Jessica Zweig had to ask her parents for $200 to pay her phone bill. Only a few months earlier she was living her "Sex in the City" life in Chicago, running a high-profile women's lifestyle magazine. While her business looked successful from the outside; inside it was a financial mess. After an emotional breakdown, Jessica walked away from the brand - and the public persona- she built and learned the key to success is when your outside life aligns with who you are on the inside. Now, as a personal branding expert (financially and emotionally successful) she helps others identify their personal brand through her agency, SimplyBe and is the author of "Be: A No-Bullsh*t Guide to Increasing Your Self Worth and Net Worth By Simply Being Yourself" Today she's giving a personal branding masterclass, sharing how we can discover our authentic selves and successfully communicate our message to the world. She shares:

• What true authenticity is and how we can identify it in ourselves
• The four key components to finding and growing your brand
• Why she chose to invest in herself when she was broke
• The generosity economy and why not sharing our "best stuff" actually hurts us
• The difference between oversharing and being vulnerable on social media
• The biggest lesson she learned from Tony Hunter, former CEO of the Chicago Tribune
• How your ego can get in the way of finding true success, personally and professionally (and how it did for her) 

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Founder and CEO of Rizos Curls, Julissa Prado built a curly hair empire with grit, sacrifice, passion and hustle. She shares how she built the multi-million dollar business with products now in Target and Ulta from her own kitchen. What started as a personal mission to reclaim her natural hair, turned into a beauty brand with a cult following of nearly 300k followers on instagram and community events that sell out in each city she visits. She says "learning to love my hair was the first step to learning to love myself. And I just feel so honored to play some kind of small role in that journey for other women." Julissa shares how she engages and builds that community and how listening to consumers is what's helped her brand become so wildly successful. She is full of life, positivity and of course, amazing hair tips!

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Erica Malbon is the visionary co-founder behind the esteemed lifestyle brand Malbon Golf and the luxurious spa and wellness boutique, The Now. With an innate talent for identifying untapped opportunities and trusting her instincts, Erica has consistently achieved success in her entrepreneurial endeavors.

Today she shares:

• How her diverse upbringing was shaped by growing up abroad
• Navigating a relationship with a partner 13 years older
• Her unexpected journey into motherhood at the age of 20
• Balancing motherhood and entrepreneurship
• How an Instagram account led to her golf lifestyle brand
• Building a brand that has attracted celebrities like Justin Bieber and Travis Scott
• Revolutionizing golf culture with a modern, inclusive, and fashion-forward brand
• Her predictions for the future of women in golf
• Working with her husband and the pride she has for her family business
• The importance of trusting your instincts

Follow Erica on Instagram @EricaMalbon

Need Advice? YouTuber, producer, host, (and my friend and former coworker at Clevver)  is someone I often turn to and today she is here for you-- answering your questions from Instagram on friendships, relationships, how to handle toxic people (her answer isn't what you might think!), if pulling a J.Lo + Ben is a good idea and more.  She shares her perfect solve to fix any bad mood in minutes and gives really great advice on how to find gratitude and balance in this new WFH world we are living in. I'm so excited to share some of her gifts with you and I hope you gravitate toward her tender heart + honesty + sage wisdom as much as I did.

Produced by Dear Media.

Elena Hansen, CEO & Founder of SWIM SOCIAL is the woman behind so many of your favorite high profile social media accounts. SWIM clients have included: Selena Gomez's Revival Tour, LL Cool J, Jay Ellis, Phoebe Robinson, Alfred Coffee just to name a few. We talk all about how she bootstrapped her company starting with her first client who she took from 1,000 to 140,000 followers and has grown to be a wildly successful, sought after company by major celebrities, brands, movies, world tours and more. Elena shares her 6 tips for growing your social media and other social strategies to help grow successfully and authentically. Social media can be overwhelming, but Elena cuts through the noise with her sincere approach- rooted in community, creative, and storytelling. She shares her tips for negotiating, what she thinks is most important when creating a pitch deck, the smartest decision she ever made in business and what she's learned about herself along the way. 

Produced by Dear Media.

54% of women say they would rather be hit by a car than considered fat. How can we strike the balance of realistically caring how we look, and not having to care about how we look? Danielle + Dr. Renee Engeln, award winning psychology professor at Northwestern University and the author of Beauty Sick break down society's fixation with PRETTY.  Engeln reveals how the cultural obsession with women's appearance is an epidemic that harms women's ability to get ahead and to live happy, meaningful lives. She offers the possibility of practical solutions that help girls and women overcome negative attitudes and embrace their whole selves, transform their lives, claim the futures they deserve, and, ultimately, change their world. This is the author and book that inspired the PRETTYSMART podcast! 

Produced by Dear Media.