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In this sweet Mother's Day episode, Elizabeth sits down with her biggest supporter and Purely's #1 customer, Together, they reminisce about the early days of Purely Elizabeth, mixing muffin mix in Red Solo cups around the dining room table, hand-labeling bags late into the night, and chasing down grocery store buyers to get their product on shelves. Elizabeth's mom shares how she became a “sales legend” without any formal sales background, why she believed in the brand from the very beginning, and the lessons she learned from her father that shaped her approach to parenting and life. She also gives some great momma advice on raising confident daughters, navigating teenage years, and reminds us that yes, you may see her straightening out Purely Elizabeth boxes on the shelves at a grocery store near you. Episodes Here Say Hi To Elizabeth and Purely Elizabeth: Website | InstagramMentioned: Painterland YogurtTo Kill a Mockingbird Mark Hyman Canyon Ranch 

In this episode Dr. Jill Carnahan sits down with Carol Allen. Carol offers valuable insights for anyone looking to enhance their love life, whether by understanding energy dynamics, embracing vulnerability, or exploring new avenues for finding love. Carol's expertise provides listeners with practical advice and inspiring stories to help navigate the complexities of modern relationships. Key Points: ✅ Balancing Masculine and Feminine Energy: ✨The importance of understanding and balancing masculine and feminine energies in personal and professional life. ✨ How women can become more embodied in their feminine energy, especially those who are work-driven ✅ The Role of Vulnerability: ✨Discussing the power of vulnerability in relationships and the courage it takes to express one's true feelings ✅ Impact of the Pandemic on Relationships: ✨The pandemic's effect on personal relationships, highlighting the increase in invalidation and division among people ✅ Astrology and Relationships: ✨Insights into how Vedic astrology can be used to assess compatibility and guide relationship decisions ✅ Maintaining Relationship Health: ✨Tips for keeping love alive in long-term relationships, emphasizing the importance of prioritizing the relationship over personal needs ✅ The Importance of Validation: ✨How invalidation can lead to the breakdown of relationships and the necessity of validating each other's feelings ✅ Finding Love Later in Life: ✨Encouraging stories of women finding love through unconventional means, such as internet dating, and the importance of being open to new possibilities Key Takeaways:

In this episode of Marketing Espresso, I'm thrilled to welcome back Suzanne Reilley, an acclaimed business coach, marketing strategist, and copy advisor specialising in professional service businesses and online course creators.We're diving deep into the significance of streamlining the user journey and how using your customers, and conducting customer research can elevate your marketing! Suzanne shares invaluable tips, including leveraging Amazon reviews for nuanced customer insights, and emphasizes the importance of aligning your messaging with your audience's desires. Tune in to discover actionable strategies for connecting authentically with your audience and ensuring your marketing resonates at every touchpoint.Suzanne Reilley is a business coach, marketing strategist, and copy advisor for professional service businesses and online course creators who are passionate about helping others.She's worked individually with hundreds of repeat clients and her work has been featured in VoyageLA, ShoutOutLA, CanvasRebel, GoSolo, Best Life Online, The Washington Post, and DailyCandy.Connect with Suzanne:WebsiteLinkedinDOWNLOAD MY CONTENT PLANNER - https://becchappell.com.au/content-planner/Instagram @bec_chappellLinkedIn – Bec Chappell If you're ready to work together, I'm ready to work with you and your team.How to work with me:1. Marketing foundations and strategy consultation 2. Marketing Coaching/ Whispering for you a marketing leader or your team who you want to develop into marketing leaders3. Book me as a speaker or advisor for your organisation4. Get me on your podcastThis podcast has been produced and edited by Snappystreet Creative

In this episode of the Women on the Move Podcast Alison Moore, who excelled in media and technology leadership, discusses her journey to becoming CEO of Comic Relief US. She joins Women on the Move host, Sam Saperstein, to share how her passion for the creative arts led to a varied career. Alison has championed innovative ways to engage audiences and amplify social impact, and she remains committed to community empowerment.   After earning a political science degree, Alison nearly pursued a career on Capitol Hill but chose a job at Turner Broadcasting in Atlanta instead. This decision launched her "media journey," with roles at HBO, DailyCandy, NBCUniversal, and as Chief Business Officer at Condé Nast, overseeing brands like Glamour and Allure. She later joined SoundCloud, driven by her love for creativity.   Despite the varied roles, Alison sees a common thread: a desire to support creativity and connect the dots in business operations. While initially hesitant about joining the non-profit sector, she saw how her creativity could be leveraged to support the mission of creating a world free from poverty through activations such as Red Nose Day. Comic Relief US leverages entertainment and joy to inspire change, using humor and levity to engage people in meaningful ways.   Disclaimer: The speakers' opinions belong to them and may differ from opinions of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and its affiliates. Views presented on this podcast are those of the speakers; they are as of November 12th, 2024 and they may not materialize.

Increase LTV by Knowing Your Customers Better is covered in this podio, along with the following subjects: - Enhances customer satisfaction - Build long-lasting connections for your brand - Create a more engaging and relevant customer experience *************************************** Knowing your customers better is key to increasing their lifetime value and fostering strong relationships. By understanding their preferences, behaviors, and needs, you can tailor your products or services to meet their expectations more effectively. By investing in understanding your customers better, you can not only increase their lifetime value but also build long-lasting connections that drive loyalty and advocacy for your brand. I'll be talking with Suzanne Reilley on how to Increase LTV by Knowing Your Customers Better. Suzanne Reilley is a business coach, marketing strategist, and copy advisor for professional service businesses and online course creators who are passionate about helping others. She's worked individually with hundreds of repeat clients and her work has been featured in VoyageLA, ShoutoutLA, CanvasRebel, GoSolo, Best Life Online, The Washington Post, and DailyCandy.

Lifecycle marketing is one of those core bits of marketing that has definitely been forgotten about with the rise of digital & social media marketing and all the things that have come along with it.However understanding lifecycle marketing for your business, and where in the cycle your customers are sitting is a game changer.It's refreshing to sit with another marketing strategist and talk about all of the things that businesses miss when it comes to marketing!Suzanne shares expert insights on simplifying marketing strategies and the often unseen effort that goes on behind the scenes of successful marketing campaigns. Enjoy this episode as we give advice on deep listening to your customers, maintaining consistency, addressing client needs, and navigating the realities of entrepreneurship and the importance of authenticity and dedication as keys to achieving meaningful results in business.Suzanne Reilley is a business coach, marketing strategist, and copy advisor for professional service businesses and online course creators who are passionate about helping others.She's worked individually with hundreds of repeat clients and her work has been featured in VoyageLA, ShoutOutLA, CanvasRebel, GoSolo, Best Life Online, The Washington Post, and DailyCandy.Connect with Suzanne:Website: https://www.suzannereilley.com/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzannereilley/DOWNLOAD MY CONTENT PLANNER - https://becchappell.com.au/content-planner/Instagram @bec_chappellLinkedIn – Bec Chappell If you're ready to work together, I'm ready to work with you and your team.How to work with me:1. Marketing foundations and strategy consultation 2. Marketing Coaching/ Whispering for you a marketing leader or your team who you want to develop into marketing leaders3. Book me as a speaker or advisor for your organisation4. Get me on your podcastThis podcast has been produced and edited by Snappystreet Creative

LONG Weekend Recap and Listener Questions:Q: “If gaining 1 lb of muscle is more difficult than losing 1 lb of fat, how does body recomposition without losing weight work? (Aka, when we hear in a fat loss phase that we shouldn't worry if the scale isn't moving, it's because your body is recomping)”?Q: “Ok, stupid question, but I eat a candy bar daily. It's my vice. I don't drink, eat fast food, chips, pizza, etc. I get in 110 grams of protein/day, calories are about 1800. I'm not overweight at all. I'd definitely like to put on muscle – it's painfully slow, so I'm wondering if this is hindering my progress?”Q: “Will not weighing my fruit make me overshoot in maintenance?”Q: “Would you adjust calories down in winter if steps decrease from like 15,000 to 10,000?”Q: “Key factors in determining when to do a full deload/no lifts for a week give or take?”Q: “I've been focusing on strictly strength training for the last 10 weeks. I definitely have way more muscle definition but if I want to lose more body fat, should I add in more cardio to my workouts?”Q: “Trying to lose a bit of fat. In a conservative calorie deficit (still eating 2000+ calories a day) and finding I am waking up at night hungry. Am I in too much of a deficit?”Q: "I no longer want to grow my legs, just maintain. How should my lifts change? Thanks"Follow me on Substack: Alicia's SubstackFollow me on Instagram: @aliciamayconnorsApply to work with me: 1-1 Health Coaching applicationSend me an email!: info@wellnesswithalicia.com

Do you feel stuck? Do you feel unmotivated? Do you feel like no matter how hard you try you cannot change? If so, this episode is for you. Today I am chatting with the QUEEN of CHANGE and  REINVENTION herself - Rebecca Kordecki. Rebecca, celebrity life coach and motivational speaker, is 60 years old and has reinvented herself countless times over her lifetime and again recently at 60. Proving there are no barriers when it comes to change. We chat through 3 specific tools that have helped her reinvent her mind, body and life. These are the same 3 tools she uses on her clients to help them transform. One of these is a morning routine (link below). Rebecca's been featured on The Today Show, EXTRA, TruTV,Hollywoodlife.com, Daily Candy.com and in Vogue Magazine, Men's Health, The New York Times, InStyle, Fitness, TimeOut NY and many others.  Rebecca was recently named one of the “Women toWatch” by Strong Fitness Magazine. Rebecca Kordecki is committed to helping her clients have happier andhealthier minds, bodies and spirits! Connect with Rebecca:IG @rebeccakordeckiwww.thebreath.zonewww.rebeccakordecki.comMorning Routine: https://bit.ly/4bePSMO Please remember to rate and follow the podcast so you never miss an episode of She's Leveling Up! Be sure to check out our social channels for more powerful insights on how to level up! instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonenlovell/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@simonenlovell Website: https://www.simonelovell.com

Today on our episode #379 of All in the Industry®, Shari Bayer is on-location in NYC with Max Natmessnig and Marco Prins, the newly appointed executive chefs at world renowned restaurant, Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare, in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood. Max and Marco previously worked together at Chef's Table earlier in their careers, and now bring their deep culinary experience and expertise from working in Michelin-starred restaurants around the world. Raised in Austria, Max most recently led the two-Michelin-starred restaurant Alois in Munich, where he was also named one of Germany's 50 Best Chefs, and prior worked at award winning restaurants like Rote Wand and Steirereck in Austria, The Nomad in New York, and L'Auberge de l'Ile in France. Originally from Holland, Marco previously served as executive chef at Ukiyo in New York, which was awarded a Michelin-star under his tenure and multiple 3-Michelin-star restaurants in Europe, including Parkheuvel and Oud Sluis in the Netherlands and Zilte in Belgium. Today's show also features Shari's PR tip to be adaptable; Industry News on the 2024 restaurant selections for The MICHELIN Guide Great Britain and Ireland; and Shari's Solo Dining experience at Ember at the We-Ko-Pa Casino Resort in Arizona, led by chef Richard Pelz, who is one of Shari's former Bayer PR clients from over 15 years ago with his restaurant Goblin Market in NYC. ** Check out Shari's new book, Chefwise: Life Lessons from Leading Chefs Around the World (Phaidon, Spring 2023), available wherever books are sold! #chefwisebook**Listen at Heritage Radio Network; subscribe/rate/review our show at iTunes, Stitcher or Spotify. Follow us @allindustry. Thanks for being a part of All in the Industry®. Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support All in the Industry by becoming a member!All in the Industry is Powered by Simplecast.

I think the responsibility that goes with hosting this show really hit me as I listened to the incredibly vulnerable story shared with compassion, wisdom and grace by Jac.  This is a woman who lived through my secret worst fear, and turned it into a beautiful approach to life.  I will say that this episode can be hugely triggering for mothers, so please listen with absolute care for yourself.  I think it's really easy to get stuck on her social achievements.  After all, her career spans multiple industries, including at companies such as LearnVest, DailyCandy, The New York Times and Armani Exchange, as well as numerous consulting clients. As a highly sought-after thought leader, she has spoken at ShopTalk, Advertising Week, The New York Travel Festival, and Northside Innovation events, appeared on Fox Business News, and has been featured in publications including Inc, Forbes, Huffington Post, and Entrepreneur.  Yet, when she sits down in front of you, woman to woman, and allows herself to be seen, to be heard, to be felt, you understand the uselessness of social pedestals when truly what women such as Jac desire more than anything, is happiness for themselves and others. In this episode, we delve into a deep conversation around creating a life that is meaningful to us. Some of what we discussed: ► Discovering the power of what is important to me ► When failing to have a child is your first real ‘failure' in life ► Gaining fearlessness ► The thrill and fear of being pregnant during lockdown ► When the worst has happened If anything comes up that you would like to chat about in private, please do so either with  Elle at unapologeticinitiative@gmail.com Or  Jac at jac@honeybeesgroup.co I would love to hear your approach to living a meaningful life.  Let me know in the comments. Connect with Jac White : jac@honeybeesgroup.co www.honeybeesgroup.co LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacwhite/  Jac White Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/iamjacwhite/ Honeybees Group Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/honeybeesgroup/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elle-nagy/message

Tricia Han, the head of MyFitnesesPal speaks with Spencer about her journey from being a Product Manager to becoming a CEO in this episode of Office Hours. MyFitnessPal is a leading health and wellness tech brand, whose popular mobile app allows users to track their daily food intake. Tricia talks about the differences of working in East Coast tech vs West Coast tech, heading a start-up through a change management process, and the importance of representation in the tech space. Tricia also shares some suprising data points logged from L.A. users of the app.  Prior to MyFitnessPal, Tricia was the Chief Product Officer of Care.com, a U.S. marketplace connecting families and caregivers, CEO of Daily Burn, a fitness tech brand, and Chief Product Officer at Dotdash, all operating businesses of IAC. Her professional experience also includes leading product management teams at a variety of technology companies and start-ups including WebMD, DailyCandy, and Vindigo. Han earned her Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University.

Welcome to HEALTH POWER (FORMERLY NATURALLY SAVVY) Lisa is joined by Mandy Ingber, The New York Times best-selling author of Yogalosophy: 28 Days to the Ultimate Mind-Body Makeover and creator of the yoga-hybrid DVD YOGALOSOPHY to talk about her book, Yogalosophy for Inner Strength: 12 Weeks to Heal Your Heart and Embrace Joy.  This is a very candid and personal interview.  Mandy opens up about her own heartache relating to experiences growing up in her family and in romantic relationships. Mandy is a celebrity fitness and wellness expert. Her twenty years of teaching experience have attracted such clients as Jennifer Aniston, Kate Beckinsale, Helen Hunt, Ricki Lake, Jennifer Lawrence, Jennifer Meyer, and Brooke Shields.Mandy's class has been awarded “Best of LA” in Daily Candy, LA Weekly, and Los Angeles Magazine. Ingber is a keynote speaker and an event headliner for such events as the Boston Red Sox Foundation's FenwaYoga, Peoplemagazine's A-List Workout, SELF Magazine's Workout in the Park, and more. She has been a spokesperson for companies such as Silk Soymilk and a contributing fitness and wellness advisor on multiple platforms, including Health, POPSUGAR, SELF magazine, Shape, USA Today, Women's Health, and Yahoo! Mandy is a fitness blogger for E! Online and www.People.com and is featured regularly in the following publications: Elle, Glamour, Harper's Bazaar, InStyle, Los Angeles Magazine, O, The Oprah Magazine, People, SELF, Us Weekly, Vanity Fair, Vogue, and more. Television appearances include Access Hollywood, E! News, Fox Extra, Good Day L.A., Good Morning America, the Chelsea Lately show, and the TODAY show, among others. Ingber is also on the advisory committee for the Cancer Prevention Clinic at the Margie Petersen Breast Center at Providence Saint John's Health Center. Prior to her career in fitness, Ingber performed on Broadway in the original company of Brighton Beach Memoirs, played Annie Tortelli on the all-time-favorite series Cheers, and is forever remembered for her famous rap in the cult classic Teen Witch.Mandy Ingber teaches workshops at the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies and at independent yoga studios. Follow her on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and You Tube.  BOOK DESCRIPTION:  Yogalosophy for Inner Strength: 12 Weeks to Heal Your Heart and Embrace Joy."Heartbreak is a universal experience, and self-compassion is vital to healing. In this moment of truth lies the opportunity to find action-oriented ways to love yourself.”Building on the concepts in her New York Times bestselling book Yogalosophy, Mandy Ingber, fitness and wellness instructor to the stars, now gives us Yogalosophy for Inner Strength—a revolutionary and inspiring self-care program to uplift and strengthen the alignment of mind, body, heart, and spirit during times of adversity like loss, transition, grief, or heartbreak. Yogalosophy for Inner Strength is a twelve-week wellness program, which includes five exercise routines for strength, happiness, and cardiovascular health, as well as meditations, recipes, playlists, and rituals designed to support the healing of the heart and build lasting resilience. In Yogalosophy for Inner Strength, Ingber incorporates anecdotes from her personal journey through loss and trying times, and stories from experts within her inner circle of friends. Whether you're experiencing crisis or simply feeling adrift, Yogalosophy for Inner Strength will help guide and carry you through your transition by providin

“Interesting work keeps your mind nimble and curious..” Just one of the incredible bits of wisdom from Alison Moore. As an accomplished executive in media and tech, her constant curiosity and drive for learning has shaped her career and leadership style in many ways. After top leadership roles at Condé Nast, Daily Candy, NBC Universal and HBO, Alison made the leap to the non-profit sector as CEO of Comic Relief US, best known for their Red Nose campaign culminating with Red Nose Day on May 26, helping raise life-changing funds to ensure a healthy future for all children. Comic Relief US's Red Nose Day campaign has raised $275 million since 2015, positively impacting 30 million children — and now, you can get your very own Red Nose at your nearest Walgreens! Or, head to RedNoseDay.org to lend your support, and help make a difference by donating today. #NosesOn. Guest Bio Alison Moore CEO Comic Relief US Alison Moore joined Comic Relief US in 2019 with extensive and diverse experience across the media and tech sectors. Alison came to Comic Relief US to grow the engagement, scale, and impact of its important mission: driving positive change through entertainment. Through her leadership, Comic Relief US is creating new content campaigns and launching innovative social impact-led funds, providing more platforms for brands, organizations and communities to make a greater impact together. The funds raised will support nonprofits, community-led partners and their programs to tackle the consequences and root causes of intergenerational poverty. Since 2015, Comic Relief US has partnered closely with Walgreens, NBC, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on its year-round Red Nose Day campaign to end child poverty. In the past 7 years Red Nose Day has raised over $275 million and positively impacted over 30 million children in the U.S. and around the world. Alison was previously the Chief Business Officer, Beauty Collection at Condé Nast, overseeing the Glamour and Allure brands. Prior to Condé Nast, Alison was Chief Revenue Officer at SoundCloud, and held multiple executive level positions at NBC Universal, DailyCandy and HBO. Alison is on the Board of Directors for TRACE, the top global media & digital platform for Afro-Urban cultures & youth empowerment and is on the Board of Directors for Downtown Music Holdings, a global company that owns, manages, and develops businesses with a vision for a more equitable and innovative music ecosystem. Alison is an Advisor to several early stage digital start-ups, and is a member of Chief, the network of senior women leaders. Links To learn more about Lead With Your Brand system, please visit: LeadWithyYourBrand.com To book Jayzen for a speaking engagement or workshop at your company, visit: JayzenPatria.com

Mandy Ingber, is a celebrity fitness, yoga and wellness expert. Her twenty-five years of teaching experience have attracted such clients as Jennifer Aniston, Kate Beckinsale, Helen Hunt, Ricki Lake, Jennifer Lawrence, and Brooke Shields. Mandy's classes have been awarded “Best of LA” in Daily Candy, LA Weekly, and Los Angeles Magazine. She is The New York Times best-selling author of Yogalosophy: 28 Days to the Ultimate Mind-Body Makeover and  Yogalosophy For Inner Strength: 12 Weeks to Heal Your Heart and Embrace Joy . She has been a contributing fitness and wellness advisor on multiple platforms, including Health, POPSUGAR, SELF magazine, Shape, USA Today, Women's Health, and Yahoo! Mandy was a fitness blogger for E! Online and www.People.com and is featured regularly in the following publications: Elle, Glamour, Harper's Bazaar, InStyle, Los Angeles Magazine, O, The Oprah Magazine, People, SELF, Us Weekly, Vanity Fair, Vogue, and more. Television appearances include Access Hollywood, E! News, Fox Extra, Good Day L.A., Good Morning America, the TODAY show, among others. Ingber is also on the advisory committee for the Cancer Prevention Clinic at the Margie Petersen Breast Center at Providence Saint John's Health Center. Prior to her career in fitness, Ingber performed on Broadway in the original company of Brighton Beach Memoirs, played Annie Tortelli on the all-time-favorite series Cheers, and is forever remembered for her famous rap in the cult classic Teen Witch. Mandy Ingber teaches workshops at the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies and at independent yoga studios. She is an astrologer and is currently offering private council through readings and consultations online, as well as astrology classes at The Den Meditation Center. Her mission statement is “Integrate all facets of myself in order to inspire self-love." First Leaf: Join today and get 6 bottles of wine for $29.95 and free shipping! Go to www.Tryfirstleaf.com/INMYHEART Audible: Audible editors have curated a range of titles featuring experts in a wide range of self-care and self-development categories. Go to www.audible.com/wellbeing Stitch Fix: Go to www.stitchfix.com/INMYHEART for 25% off when you keep everything in your Kids Fix. Feals: Go to www.Feals.com/INMYHEART and get 50% off your first order with free shipping. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

There are seasons of love. There are reasons you have dry spells and times of abundance in love. Carol Allen is a happily married Vedic astrologer and relationship coach whose mission is to empower women to enjoy truly “out of this world” love lives. Her methods are a unique marriage of East and West, combining her training in the astrology of India with cutting-edge, real-world relationship research. Carol's been featured on E!, Bridezillas, EXTRA, Dr. Drew's Lifechangers and in Chicken Soup For The Soul, Woman's World, and Daily Candy, and is the author of Love Is In The Stars – The Wise Woman's Astrological Guide To Men. She is regularly heard by hundreds of thousands of people on major relationship summits, podcasts, radio shows, and her popular astrology articles can often be found on the home page of YourTango.com, or through her Love Is In The Stars newsletter.  So don't wait on fate - discover the awesome power you have to attract, enhance, and sustain a great love, and make the most of your romantic destiny with Carol's free newsletter and catalog of books, personalized astrology reports, and relationship programs, here: www.loveisinthestars.com. Grab the 5-Astrological Archetypes of Relationships E-book AND Shazam- Spiritual Tricks & Tips to Ramp up Your Love Life HERE Want to stop going on sucky dates? Grab your MIDLIFE LOVE GUIDE TO SUCCESSFUL DATING and learn how you can call in Mr. Right, right now!  If you'd like some one-to-one coaching with Junie, grab your complimentary 30-minute Love Breakthrough Session today so she can support you on your love path. And don't forget to subscribe to Midlife Love Out Loud so that you don't miss a single episode. While you're at it, won't you take a moment to write a short review and rate our show? It would be greatly appreciated! To learn more about our previous guests, listen to past episodes, and get to know your host, go to www.CoachJunieMoon.com and don't forget to join the FIND FABULOUS LOVE AFTER 40 group on Facebook here. 

Parenting With Impact with Elaine Taylor-Klaus and Diane Dempster  Episode 035 Parenting With Humility: A Mom's Journey with Barb Wade Barb Wade, M.A., offers life-transforming coaching and speaking for high-achievers to release the patterns, fears, and obstacles that have been keeping them settling for LESS than what they truly want MOST. Barb helps her clients define success based on their authentic values and priorities – not external “shoulds” and expectations – creating extraordinary real-world victories while developing unyielding self-love and self-advocacy in the process. Barb speaks frequently at conferences and on industry panels, has been featured on ABC, NBC, CBS News, Thrive Global, Daily Candy, WomenGive, and was the official on-air Life Coach for the Fine Living Channel 8 years. Listen to this relatable Parenting With Impact episode with Barb Wade talks about the universal challenge of parental emotion when raising complex kids.  Here is what to expect on this week's show: The importance of not taking your child's behavior personally; it isn't about you Knowing the power of education and support for your child's specific needs Finding meaningful ways to engage with your kid to build your relationship  Links Mentioned: https://barbwade.com/ Connect with Barb: Facebook facebook.com/coachbarbwade @coachbarbwade LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/barbwade/ @barbwade Ten Self Care Tips for Parents Do you give and give until you give yourself away? You're not alone! In this FREE guide for caring (and exhausted!) parents, you may recognize some of the key tips -- but it's always good to have a reminder! And then there will be some new ideas to help you put yourself back on your list and find a little more peace and joy in family life. Sure, your kids may need more than other kids. But that doesn't mean you don't deserve the care you need to keep helping your kids! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on the show we have Eve Epstein, VP of Content and Editor in Chief of Hunker. Yes, this Hunker. The brand behind this podcast.Eve has been at the helm of Hunker since its inception in 2017, leading the brand's voice, vision, and heart from the get-go. She has a deep appreciation for design, creativity, and expression. From her rich career in the world of content (including her role as the Editor in Chief at DailyCandy – if you know, you know) to authoring two books, Eve is a true story-teller. And at Hunker, we are talking about how our homes tell the story of our lives.In this conversation, Eve shares a bit about her own story, from spending summers in Japan with the mother (and how that formed her design taste) to her love for creating DIYs for her personal space to the progressive way she and her beau set up their home life. Of course, we dig into the world of Hunker, too. Website: HunkerInstagram: @evemasakoThe Newsstand: VisitHunker House: ExploreRead Her Books: The Scratch & Sniff Book of Weed | X vs. Y: A Culture War, a Love StoryABOUT THIS PODCAST For more information about this episode, or other podcast episodes, visit Hunker.com/podcast.This podcast is produced by Laurie Gunning Grossman.Being Home With Hunker is recorded and mixed at Night Shift Audio.Theme music by Jonathan Grossman.Show art designed by Mory Men. ABOUT HUNKERHunker inspires and empowers you to create a space that expresses who you are, shows off your unique style, and makes your life happier and more productive.Visit us, follow us, learn more.Hunker: Hunker.comInstagram: @hunkerhomeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode you'll hear 4 reasons why Rebecca Kordecki is so Badass! In case you missed the last episode and looking for the down and dirty listen to this, but also lemme tell you a bit about Rebecca! Rebecca Kordecki is the owner of The Breath Zone and the creator of Booty Slide. She has enjoyed a very successful 26-year career as a highly sought-after celebrity trainer and wellness expert. Over the past 5 years Rebecca has added Breathwork to her list of expertise after training with Dan Brule and David Elliot. Rebecca is beyond passionate about teaching people to use breath + movement to get out of their heads and into their hearts and be the boss of their happy and healthy one breath at a time. She's been featured on The Today Show, EXTRA, Daily Candy and in Vogue Magazine, Men's Health and many others. You can follow Rebecca on Instagram @rebeccakordecki or visit her website www.thebreath.zone to find classes and dates for her upcoming breathwork teacher training. You can also tag me @ordinarytobadass on IG! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ordinarytobadass/message

About this episode My guest this week is Elizabeth Stein, founder of Purely Elizabeth. Purely Elizabeth is one of the top natural food brands in the United States. In fact, they are the Premier granola brand in the Natural Foods Category and Top 10 Granola in all categories. Purely Elizabeth is a really big deal and aside from the brand's significance, Elizabeth's entrepreneurial journey is significant because it's so relatable to every single one of us. Elizabeth never thought her side hustle would turn into her full time job, let alone become a multi-million dollar company. That said, within this episode, Elizabeth shares with me four really important considerations that we all need to be aware of when launching a CPG brand. But let me be clear, these are not about product packaging design, or logistics, or even how to reach out to buyers. You can find that info all over the internet and even in some of my past videos and podcast episodes. No, the things Elizabeth shares in this video are considerations that I have never heard before as it relates to launching a CPG brand. In this episode, you'll hear: Elizabeth shares how she always had a desire to build a business or lead a large organization. This influence came from her watching her Dad and Grandad run their own businesses and later observing her mother starting her own company. When she was in college, she identified that there was a health and wellness problem and a lack of healthy products in America. This sparked her curiosity but she left it for a few years. While working for a handbag company, she started running marathons. This allowed her to practice goal setting. With this new hobby she continued on her path of health and wellness and went back to school to study holistic nutrition. She learned how food is medicine for the body. While she was studying holistic nutrition she started helping clients cook with amazing nutritious ingredients like Coconut salt and Chia seeds. She then went on to promote her nutrition service at the Westchester Triathalon. To promote her services she made a batch of blueberry muffins that sold out and everyone was asking where they could buy more. At the end of the day she switched from trying to sell her nutrition service, to creating a mailing list that would provide where they could get the muffins next. In 2008 she launched Purely Elizabeth, a food company creating products with the most innovative and rich ingredients and making taste number one. Their mission is to help people thrive on their wellness journey through granola, oatmeal, and pancake mix. She returned to the triathalon in 2009 with the Purely Elizabeth muffin and pancake mix and sold out. The Daily Candy reached out and wrote a feature in their newsletter of the company and in a few hours she received $10,000 in orders. She even shares how she accidently came up with their signature Granola mix which went on to be the Premier granola brand in the natural foods category and top 10 granola and all categories. Key points of consideration when developing a CPG brand Resources from this episode Join Grindology: https://grindology.com/ ExpressVPN: Get 3 Months Free → https://www.expressvpn.com/startupstory Get Emails: https://app.getemails.com/referrals/newaccount?ref=R18HWW5 The Startup Story Inner Circle: https://www.thestartupstory.co/vip The Startup Story on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thestartupstory The Startup Story is now on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/jamesmckinney The Startup Story on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thestartupstory Purely Elizabeth: https://purelyelizabeth.com/ Grindology shoutout: https://rmstechspa.com/ Ember Giveaway: https://www.thestartupstory.co/ember Share the podcast The Startup Story community has been so incredible sharing our podcast with others, and we thank you! We do have more stories to tell and more people to reach. There are three ways you can help. First, the most powerful way you can support this podcast is by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts.

How two of the most successful women at the helm of email newsletter media companies think about email. Jen Bolden sold IdealBite to Disney in 2009 and Amanda Steinberg sold DailyWorth in 2018.  They co-founded HigherU, where they set emerging impact entrepreneurs for success in order to create a more just, humane, and sustainable world. Jen and Amanda are incredible examples of how we can utilize email in genuine and authentic ways to cultivate an audience and rally them around our mission and our purpose.Key Points From This Episode:When Jen started IdealBite, she created emails as a way to share ideas about how people can make the world more sustainable. The strategy was based after Daily Candy. Amanda started DailyWorth with email as the strategy from day one because it was highly scalable with really low overhead. Jen helped mentor Amanda in the early days of DailyWorth with tips on paid growth, barters,  and understanding the importance of how you are perceived in the world. Both Jen and Amanda discuss what they would have done differently with their newsletters before they were sold. When Jen and Amanda created HigherU.com, they knew how to grow and scale a business where you need to have people who are very passionate and buy in. They love email for movement marketing and they have a formula for transforming people on your email list to clients, sales donors, etc. Doing the work is a key part of their formula and really staying true to one's unique self and mission. Pursuing 5,000 mission-aligned emails is important because you have to have a big enough audience to generate enough income from a very small percentage of it. Tweetables:It was a hundred percent like just get it into their inbox, let them have an amazing experience. Let them walk away feeling satisfied because they just learned something. @JenBoulden (02:40) What we know how to do is go from small to big.  It's very much about what we've done, but it's about teaching others how to do it. @AmandaSteinberg (14:49) Email allows for just a much more natural flow of a real genuine quote-unquote relationship. @JenBoulden (17:07) In order to build a movement, you have to have a big enough audience where you can generate enough income from a very small percentage of it. @AmandaSteinberg (23:04) Links Mentioned in this Episode:HigherUJen Boulden on TwitterJen Boulden on LinkedInAmanda Steinberg on TwitterAmanda Steinberg on LinkedInMailchimpDaily CandyDanny LevyMarianne Williamson Tory Burch fellow

Have you always wanted a soulmate? Are you working hard to attract him or her, but it doesn't seem to be working?  In this special Valentine's Day episode, host Carol DeChaine interviews Carol Allen, a well-known Vedic astrologer and love expert.  This fun, fast moving episode is all setting yourself up to be the best YOU that you can be in order to attract and keep the one you're looking for. We touch on how to follow the Rules of Love, and our guest even gives some wonderful tips to spruce up your online dating profile and pictures so you can attract more attention and find the one. If you are single or even having trouble keeping the one, this episode is a must see! As guest Carol Allen says, “don't wait on fate - discover the awesome power you have to attract, enhance, and sustain a great love, and to make the most of your romantic destiny.”Rate and review this podcast here:  https://lovethepodcast.com/living life Guest Carol Allen has been featured on E!, Bridezillas, EXTRA, Dr. Drew's Lifechangers  and in Chicken Soup For The Soul, Woman's World, and Daily Candy, and is the author of Love Is In The Stars – The Wise Woman's Astrological Guide To Men. She is regularly heard by hundreds of thousands of people on major relationship summits, podcasts, and radio shows.  Check out Carol's free newsletter and catalog of books, personalized astrology reports, and relationship programs at: www.loveisinthestars.com. And if you are internet dating, contact her to sign up for a consultation for choosing photos and writing your profile.Host Carol DeChaine is a certified life and business coach, intuitive and multidimensional energy lightworker.  For more information on the host and her business, Connect2Joy, check out https://connect2joy.com/ Subscribe to the host's YouTube Channel here.Follow Connect2Joy and Carol DeChaine on Instagram @connect2joyTo contact the host, Carol DeChaine,  directly email carol@connect2joy.com to schedule a life coaching session, energy work or intuitive readings. She is also available for workshops and motivational speaking.

Dan Frommer runs a popular newsletter called The New Consumer, which discusses topics on technology and consumer brands. Beginning his career at Forbes, Dan has a long history in the technology field. His extensive experience includes Editor in Chief at Recode, Vox Media's tech and business news publication, and technology editor at Quartz. He also spent years building up Business Insider as its second employee. In this episode, Dan discusses how email is the most effective way to reach influential people, explaining how he leverages his newsletter, The New Consumer, in a way that will capture the attention of CEOs, board members, and investors.Dan shares newsletter insights, including: Important questions to ask yourself about newsletter tools. Avoiding the optimization trap. How he creates a quality experience for his readers. Links and Resources Forbes Recode Vox Quartz Business Insider Stratechery Hodinkee Benedict Evans Dan Frommer Links Dan's Newsletter: The New Consumer Dan's Website: FromeDome Dan's Other Website: Points Party Twitter: @fromedome Episode Transcript:Nathan: [00:00:00] In this episode I talk to Dan Frommer. He runs a popular newsletter called The New Consumer. He's had a long career in tech, tech journalism, he started at Forbes and then he was at Quartz and Recode and was basically employee number two at Business Insider, and worked to build that whole business for a long time.And he's always had this one-man-band sort of style, which really resonates with me. That's basically where you learn to, design code, you know, put together plugins, build out your site, as well as writing and publishing and being a journalist and all this other stuff. So he's done something really impressive and going from the editor in chief of Recode, which is a publication owned by Vox, which is quite large and popular, to running The New Consumer, which he's had for two years now.It's more than paying his bills. He's earning a full-time living from it and he gets to control his own destiny. I love it. We dive into all kinds of interesting topics. We talked about why he has only an annual subscription, rather than going for just monthly, like most people do with paid newsletter, his tech stack, what he thinks about free versus paid subscribers and so much more. Let's dive in.Dan, Welcome to the show.Dan: [00:05:00] Thanks for having me.Nathan: [00:05:02] So I want to go back a little bit, as we talked about in the intro, you've got all kinds of history and journalism and everything else. Now you're running your own newsletter, so when you got into journalism, where did you think that that career would end?What was the pinnacle? You know, like, as we go through the, the years, like. Was it ending with editor and chief of, of Recode? Like how far ahead did you, did you think? And,sand what did success look like when you were just starting out?Dan: [00:05:31] Yeah. I'm from Chicago originally. I, you know, my background is both in, creating websites, web design. I started doing web design and, and building websites when I was in middle school, in the nineties, and then I went to journalism school at Medill at Northwestern. So my background and my interests have always kind of been at the intersection of.Journalism like real ethical. proper journalism, but also creating new things on the internet. So new media brands and building websites, building audiences, and I've always kind of, I guess, optimize my career for both of those things. so that's, that's one way to say, like, I never really sat back and was like, Oh man, I really need to work at the New York times or the wall street journal or something like that. snothing against those places. It'd be cool to perhaps, you know, contribute there one day or something like that. But there wasn't some bucket list where I was like, I must work for. A big network or a big newspaper or something like that. I, you know, I actually started my career interning at,sthe public radio station in Chicago WBZ.And I really did a lot of,syou know, I trained to be a broadcaster. I was really interested in broadcasting, but,swhen I moved to New York to start my professional career, it was clear that. All the jobs were in what was called digital or interactive journalism. And also that's where my skills were really helpful. sit, it actually was useful that I knew how to edit pictures and build webpages and. you know, and do video work because most, most of my peers were not trained to and, and thought that that wasn't really part of their job. So,snot only was able to do that, but I really enjoyed it and I still do now.So, you know, thinking, thinking back now, 15 years ago, there was never a point where I was like, Oh man, I really need to get a big title at a big magazine or at the New York times or something like that. I didn't probably know. Right then, you know, my first job was, was at Forbes, which was kind of, but the, the forbes.com.So it was like the interactive,ssubsidiary of Forbes magazine. So I got to see that kind of big brand. Big media world, but,salso be kind of on a scrappier side of things. And, and from there it just kind of became like, you know what, what's something interesting that I could work on. that, that took advantage of both my interest in storytelling and journalism, but also,sadvantage of the, of the tools of technology.Nathan: [00:08:07] Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. And I have a similar background of, you know, starting in high school of figuring out HTML and grabbing books in the library and trying to, trying to piece it all together. And that served me a lot. Do you think that,slike journalists today or anyone getting into. Writing or building an audience.Do you think that pursuing those skills of video and code and, and maybe some simple design is worthwhile and worth the effort, you know, in addition to figuring out and learning how to be a good writer.Dan: [00:08:36] It's certainly helped me a lot. You know, I hate to prescribe something to someone because you can do great stuff without any of it. but it really helped me a lot. I, you know, I, I really love being a one man band, which is, it is a term that was used a lot in like broadcast media, where you would have to, you know, hold the big camera over your shoulder and shoot and edit and do that kind of stuff.[00:09:00]sI never had one of those jobs. Those were some of my peers starting off in, you know, small town, local,sbroadcast,steams where you had to do that because there were no resources. I, I love being kind of a one man band on the internet though. Creating my own website, doing my own writing and reporting,syou know, editing my own work, producing it, publishing it, promoting it, all those things.Those are skills that I developed in newsrooms. So, you know, I was lucky to be able to work in some really great newsrooms where I learned a lot of those skills. What I would say is kind of, if you're interested in visuals, if you're interested in multimedia, Do learn those skills, whether it's, you know, in a job or at nighttime,syou know, in your spare time, on, on nights and weekends or in a course or something like that,sthose are, those can be hugely valuable skills.If those are, if that's the kind of work that you want to produce and publish.Nathan: [00:09:56] Yeah that makes sense So as you're going through, [00:10:00]syour career, when did, when did newsletters come onto your radar as something that you wanted to pursue?Dan: [00:10:07] It's interesting, you know, newsletters of course have been around for the duration of the internet or at least the duration of email. One of my absolute favorite newsletters started off probably in the early 2000s It was the DWR design notes newsletter from, from the founder of design within reach. sit was kind of the first editorial newsletter that I remember really loving. And then, you know, when we were starting Silicon alley insider in 2007, we were writing about DailyCandy and Thrillist as kind of an exciting model. that, that, you know, money was, was flocking to, and then of course,syou know, there's the new newsletter, boom.And, you know, I don't think there was ever a point even now where I was like, Oh man, I really, I really want to be doing newsletters, but it really is a useful and elegant format for two reasons. One is that. everybody checks their email. You know, this is, this is,sprobably a known cliche to say, but it's true.Like the most important people in the world, unless they have four levels of assistant,sare still reading their email. And so is everybody else So it's a really great way to, to reach the most influential people who, you know, are truthfully like not really on Twitter and if they were in the past, they're probably on it less than they were before.They're not really on LinkedIn. They're not really on Facebook, but they're really on their email. So it's a great way to reach important people. And that is kind of the foundation of my publication in the new consumer. I'm writing for the people who are running these companies, the CEOs, the board members, the investors, those people still read email.The other reason I love email and kind of picked it and settled into it is that it's a, it's a place to be really conversational and personal in your writing. You know, you're. If you think about the context of email. You're kind of bunched in between perhaps other email newsletters and,syou know, invoices and receipts and that kind of stuff.But you're also sandwiched between personal notes and professional notes from people. So if you're trying to be an individual with a voice. Email is actually a place where that works. you can, you know, it's, it's not all about the first person writing about me, me, me, me, me, but it does let you be more conversational, have a little more of a tone to your writing.That doesn't really work. If you're, you know, writing a news article for a Newswire like Bloomberg or Reuters, or even someplace like the New York times where. They've certainly allowed people to have more of a voice recently than they had in the past, but it still is kind of an institutional voice and not really yours.Nathan: [00:12:48] Yeah, that makes sense. So what did it look like when you're, you're at Recode and you're looking to, what was the conversation that you're having as you're looking to start the new consumer?swhat, what things were you looking for as to like, is this a good idea?sand actually making the switch, what was on your mind?Dan: [00:13:06] Yeah, I've been thinking about it for many years, even before I started it at Fox in, at Recode. I so my, my first job was@forbes.com. My second job was starting business insider. I was the second employee there. It was called Silicon alley insider. When we started in 2007, the idea was. We were going to be kind of an East coast tech crunch covering the New York startup scene. sI lived in New York for the last 15 years until moving to California this year. We are. And,sand that's where I really firsthand caught the, the startup bug actually worked for a startup college. So I knew that they were fun,seven before that, but, you know, being able to start. Alley insider with three of us at a, at a desk, essentially in the, in the back loading dock of another startup.And then four years later have over a hundred people working at the company. It showed me that there's a lot of room for entrepreneurship and innovation in digital media. So. I left there after four years and started my own publication back then. I'd also been really heavily influenced by a guy named John Gruber who doesn't really do an email newsletter, but he is a solo indie publisher,swho has, you know, made a great career from his site, daring fireball, which mostly writes about the world through the lens of Apple. sand then Jason cocky and some other of the Indy. Publishers, you know, back then, bloggers, I guess you would call them. So I started a site in 2011 called splat F, which was going to be my kind of. Indie news tech analysis blog also kind of through the lens of Apple and similar companies. I wrote a lot about Netflix and the early streaming business Quickster was one of my first stories there. sand it did really well. I got like a quarter million readers my first month or something like that, which is a lot for a new site. and I was, but I was monetizing through ads, which just doesn't work super well for niche media. there were some really great ad networks back then that were designed for niche publications, but wasn't really a successful business doing that. sat least by that time, 2011. Things were kind of starting to dry up in the ad world where programmatic was starting. You really needed scale. That video ads were a big thing. Worked really well for big, big mass sites like the verge or, you know, New York times or, or Yahoo or something like that. It didn't really work super well for a niche site.So I did that site for, for a few years. you know, I had a really. Nice deal with an ad network where they were paying me a good guaranteed rate, but probably weren't selling that many ads. So it wasn't really a sustainable thing. I didn't want to sell my own sponsorships. That's a whole other job. so, you know, while I had a great time publishing that side, I ended up and then I ended up doing another startup,swhich was entirely different. sbut then ended up going back to work for, you know, established media companies. Quartz was, was my next job,swhich was kind of a startup at the time within the Atlantic group. And then I went over to Vox media, which by that time was a pretty big startup. I think I was probably over employee 1000 at that point.So,seven though it was still felt like a startup,sit wasn't always, so anyway, so had been thinking this whole time, like, all right, well, what's my next thing. There were a lot of, a lot of startups and kind of indie publications that I really admired. And they weren't really monetizing through ads.One of them was Hodinkee, which is a, a site about,smechanical watches and kind of viewing the world of, of luxury through, through really fine watch craftsmanship. They were making money through product sales and through e-commerce, which was super interesting. my wife works for a publication called the business of fashion, which was started in London and they were one of the pioneers in paid subscriptions for professionals, you know, costing several hundred dollars a year.That was something that I was aware of and thought was interesting. And then of course, you know, the, the real big influence was Ben Thompson and Stratec Curry, which really smartly used the newsletter as a function of a paywall. you know, there's always been a, a website component to Stratec Curry, but.He was able to use the email, the access to the email newsletter and the fact that it was pushed. And the fact that it was really gated by the fact that people don't share email accounts to set up individual subscriptions charge what at the time seemed like a lot of money, a hundred dollars. Although we know that as actually.And then an incredibly great value. If you read Stratec Curry and work in the tech industry, you're getting thousands and thousands of dollars a year worth of educational value from a hundred dollars subscription, which he has since increased, modestly the price. but that's when I started seeing email as, as a tool that could help me a run that indie publication that I always wanted to run and be okay. suse the subscription and membership functions as kind of a gating mechanism. And that's where email, in addition to being able to access everybody that I wanted to access and have that kind of personal voice too. It was a really great paywall function. And that's kind of how I landed in the world of email.Nathan: [00:18:28] Yeah. I mean, you're absolutely right. That like newsletters are great for the personalized it feeling like you can. I mean, I'm just thinking about the different editorial voices that each publication will have and, and writing your own newsletter. You can define exactly like this is the voice that I want to have.This is the way that I want to interact with my readers. And even,sat least for me, I like, I love the replies to the email. Is that something that, that you've pushed with your audience of asking people to reply and share feedback or,sis it more, you know, just the one to many side.Dan: [00:19:03] you know, not as much as I should. I do get a lot of replies. They're very thoughtful. occasionally I'll ask someone like, Hey, should I post, you know, do you want me to publish this? And sometimes they're like, nah, not really. You know, I didn't really, I didn't really edit it or write it in a super eloquent way.So I'm still working on that. It's interesting. Like one of the things that definitely is different than I thought it would be is the format of my newsletter. You know, I, I,syou know, I, I grew up reading a lot of magazines. I love the idea of the way that magazines are formatted. I also read a lot of like newspaper columns when I was a kid.I always thought that I would have a newsletter that had a lot of modules to it, like an introduction. And like maybe some, some short pithy takes somewhere either at the beginning or at the end, and then maybe a longer piece. And then maybe some other things that were like, Not even texts, like they were either a graphic or a chart or something like that.Anyway, that this is all to say. I did not imagine that my newsletter format would be a 1500 word essay most of the time, but that's kind of what it's turned into. And I mean, it's working,speople like them they're I think, valuable and useful. They let me get the depth that I want, which is super important to me. sI'm not, I cannot ever write shallow stuff that everybody else publishes. I just would go out of business. there's so much commodity facts and data out there. I could never compete with Bloomberg on the level of like just aggregating facts quickly. So I don't want to, I want to have depth and analysis and a point of view. sand it's turned out that like, The, the format that really works for me for that is like a 1300 to 1800 word essay. but I still do want to get back to this idea of like other, other formats, other modules replies are certainly a version of that. [00:21:00]syou know, I've been very fortunate to build a sizeable community of readers and.They're really smart people who work in the field that I write about. So I'm very flattered and lucky in that sense, and then figuring out how to get their thoughts into the newsletter. you know, beyond just like interviewing them and writing stories about what they do, which I do do,sfiguring out how to get more of that kind of conversational element into it is something that I'm working on for this year.Nathan: [00:21:27] Yeah that's, that's super interesting of just what you thought your expectations would be going in. then what it turned out to be like. I see a lot of people writing newsletters. Yeah. And maybe someone like Tim Ferriss, right. With the five bullet Friday where it's these quick little hits and, and you see that.But honestly, the newsletters that I see doing the best are the ones that are taking the approach that you have of like longer form, original thinking from a unique perspective. and so I'm trying to think if, if there's very many people that have built an audience through the short form quick,sLike the, the board and newsletters, the highlights.Does anyone come to mind?Dan: [00:22:08] I mean one that I love is Benedict Devin's, who has had an interesting career. He started off as a, as a, I believe a, an equity analyst covering telco stocks,sthen became a venture capitalist at Andreessen Horowitz and has now gone independent with a subscription newsletter. He has a really fantastic kind of bulleted newsletter with, I believe, well, over a hundred thousand subscribers, Nathan: [00:22:35] Yeah Dan: [00:22:35] like 300,000 Nathan: [00:22:36] side of Dan: [00:22:37] Something like that. Yeah. and the reason he does so well, I think is not just because he does a good job curating the bullet points, but he has a very, very good way of having a succinct take on things that is both educational and also kind of makes you think a little bit and doing that in a way that is not patronizing.Or cynical. there were a lot of like angry takes on tech and. While entertaining. I don't find those tremendously useful for anything. perhaps they're useful at, at, you know, getting people mad on Twitter or something like that. But I think Benedict Evans knows the right stories to pick. And then also seems to have just a really smart take on a lot of things.He has also since,syou know, and, and he was blogging in the background. So he w he was writing those longer pieces as well. That has kind of become the hybrid model of his newsletter. Which I, you know, and love and, and happily pay for. there's others, you know, there's a really great one in the e-commerce industry called 2PMswritten by a guy named Webb Smith who has built a, you know, he's built it.More,ssophisticated business than just newsletters. He has a forum and that kind of stuff. He's a great curator. There's another one called lean Luxe which is a really great curated list of links. they're out there, but certainly the, you know, when I think of what I'm trying to do, it's kind of a hybrid between journalism and analysis and.Format-wise I actually take some inspiration from wall street research or, you know, corporate research. I read a lot of stock analysts notes and research reports from places like McKinsey and BCG and those types of places. And. You know, I would never call what I'm writing a white paper. I don't understand why people are attached to that format or concept. sI download a lot of those. I never really finish reading them. but I, you know, I, I try not to, I try to intersperse my text with,scharts and other visuals and try to create kind of a, you know, an, an experience that's both educational, but also. Maybe not entertaining, but kind of entertaining, like fun to read and to experienceNathan: [00:24:59] Yeah, that makes sense. you know, one thing on the, on the numbers and everything from your newsletter, you should, we were talking before that, you know, you're earning a, full-time living from. from the newsletter, a question that I had going in is you have exclusively a paid newsletter. A lot of people have this hybrid model, right.I have a free version and you know, and then the paid version you've gone all in on paid. Can you talk about,swhy you went on unpaid and, and then, you know, why isn't there a free or a freemium model to that, to your newsletter?Dan: [00:25:32] sthe answer is that time,sis, is one thing. So the truth is actually there are some free articles,sand I, I started off kind of envisioning one free article for every two paid articles. It's just that I, I, you know, for various reasons, like the thinking from I started writing the new consumer, my wife and I moved to Paris for four months.So there was just, you know, Paris was kind of the reason why I wasn't writing that third post every week. there are other, other, other reasons since then,sI do try to, you know, I aspire to have more free content. I think that is certainly a way that people find out about you. There's no doubt that articles that are free reach, you know, at an exponentially larger audience than ones that are paid.I publish probably a free article every month or two. My goal is to get that to about. Once a month or twice a month. one thing I just did that was free. However, is this is this massive project that I launched in December called consumer trends, which was a collaboration with a venture capital firm in New York called coefficient.And what we did is basically 102 slide deck of the biggest trends that we thought were going to matter. Looking forward that, you know, the Corona virus had had this. Phenomenal impact on, you know, basically all of life, but especially the industries that we focus on, consumer packaged goods, food and beverage,syou know, things that people consume.And so instead of writing a, although there is a 4,000 word version of it, which was basically my script for the video version,swhich I'll also publish for free. Pretty soon, there there's a hundred, there's 102 slides and. And what I did was published that document for free. the video is free that the script will be published for free for folks who don't want to flip through the slides.And then what I'm doing for subscribers is kind of deeper dives on some of the topics. So that's where I'll do the, you know, 1500 word essay about what was four slides in the deck becomes a whole topic for, for deeper discussion and analysis. With the membership. So that's,syou know, in terms of how much time it took to produce that, it definitely kind of equals the equivalent of if, if I had been publishing free articles every week or two on the site,sit just happened to be published in one huge.Peace at the end of the year. you know, my plan kind of going forward is to do more big, huge projects like that, which I think really make, make up for the time and the value that they create. And then also do some more free stuff over time. And maybe even open up one thing I've done is open up some stories from the archives that I felt.Maybe didn't get the attention that they deserved. I did an interview with a co-founder of a beloved chain, chain of Indian restaurants in London called and I published it. I think March 17th or something like that, like right. As everyone went into panic about lockdown. So that piece kind of didn't get the attention.I thought it deserved at the time. So I opened it up for free and I've been promoting it since then. and it's reached a lot more people than it would have had it been paid. you know, another very obvious thing I need to do is kind of tweaked my homepage of my website a little so that when people are landing on it, And learning about the value proposition of my paid services.They're also seeing, Oh, here are some free articles,sthat kind of give a sense of, of the, the point of view, the voice, the topics, the analysis, and hopefully those add up to, you know, a better, a better paid service. And also,syou know, being able to reach folks who are perhaps students or something like that.And can't, or shouldn't be paying $200 a year for my paid subscription.Nathan: [00:29:34] incase Right And I think you correctly pointed out that you don't want it to be the reason that I thought that you didn't have free like Oh I favorited or retweeted your announcement tweet your earliest, not prominently on your website And so it really everything guides you from the friends and supporters it's like pay $200 and like actually support I have lots of questions about thatsone is,sfirst, what effect do you think that has had on conversion rates? Because I imagine it only having a paid option you then you're free you know, your traffic to immediate,spaid conversion, paid subscriber is going to be higher because that's The primary offering volume is that a factor in why you have it set Yeah we'll go with Dan: [00:30:15] email Nathan: [00:30:16] volume by theDan: [00:30:17] when I launched, which was almost two years ago, it was a conscious decision. You know, I knew I would get a lot of attention by launching. It was still. you know, relatively early in the era of paid newsletters,syou know, I was fortunate to,sbuilt up a following on Twitter and kind of throughout the tech industry during my career.So I knew that my launch would get attention. I knew that I also needed to generate paid memberships in order to do this as a full-time job. And so, so I kinda didn't, I don't know, I didn't, I don't want to overthink all these things, but. I didn't want to give people an easy out like, Oh, I'll just sign up for the free plan.And, you know, we'll see if it's worth paying for, I really wanted to kind of give people a strong incentive to become, you know, early, you know, effectively angel investors by,swithout getting any equity, of course, by signing up by putting down their 200 bucks,sit was only annual subscriptions at that point.And I've since experimented with a couple other options I did later at a, a free. Tier of,sof newsletter that I've. Underutilized,sone of the things that's kind of a challenge is that member full doesn't make it easy to just plop your email in and sign up. Member full is the tool I use for managing my membership. syou know, I've kind of talked to them about it. They're there. Drawbacks to that as well. they, they use a JavaScript pop-up I don't promote the free newsletter anywhere though. Really accept kind of as the option of last resort on the Nathan: [00:31:54] producing Dan: [00:31:55] page where I describe all the, all the newsletter subscription offerings, however, that big trends report I launched new consumer.com/trends.You will see that one of the in fact, the first option that is being displayed is if you want to access this for free. Just sign up for a free account. You don't have to pay anything to read all of this. And that's where, you know, over the last month, thousands of people have signed up to read to read this free product.Now I all of a sudden have a list that's big enough that I should actually be doing something with it. So one of my big projects for this year is figuring out, okay, what is something that I can offer to those free members on a reliable cadence that is. Worth receiving,swhether it's,san entire free article or summaries of some of the paid are paid work, I did,sor something else, something completely different.Maybe that also goes to the paid members. Maybe that's my Friday five thoughts or whatever it is. I have to think of. something that is useful and that I actually want to produce, and then I can send it to perhaps both of those lists and eventually drive more of those free members into paid memberships. sbut that's kind of, one of the big plans for this year is figuring that out.Nathan: [00:33:12] Yeah, I like it. Well, there's a lot of things,sthat I want to highlight in that first. There's something that happens. Like if you, as you build this reputation and friends in the industry and everything like that, and you venture out on your own, you do this new thing, which so many people are either have done or thinking about doing then what happens is you got all these people who are like, Oh yeah, I want to support Dan.And so what does supporting. Dan look like in this case. Right. And I think you correctly pointed out that you don't want it to be subscribe to the free newsletter or Oh, I favorited or retweeted your announcement tweet. Like, no, I want, you know, from, from the friends and supporters, to pay $200 and like actually support this new venture.And so by giving that as the only option. I think that works really well. I think just from a psychology perspective,swe've seen that, well, a couple of things, one, you see that on Kickstarters where, when people come out with Kickstarter, if there's whatever that cheapest option is,sum, often people would just go for that.And so you see average order volume, or I don't even know what you'd say. Yeah, we'll go with order volume, go up just by the fact that they make their cheapest option, like $30 instead of $5, you know, or, or that kind of thing. And then another thing from that is, like I mentioned, you're going to have a higher conversion rate to the site because that is the, the primary call to action. sand so I think that's great. And as you also pointed out the, the annual subscription, right, it's going to have lower churn. There's more of an investment. People are saying like, okay, I'm going to try out your publication for a long period of time. so I think all of that is good. Now looking through your site.I'm I totally agree. I like, I think now that you're established, you should have more of that free option. And actually one thing that I would do is take those like greatest hits articles that you have of, you know, maybe the five that you've made free over time that you really want people to read and bundle that we could tweak and optimize the site it out, like try it out for free.Get these five articlessand those automatically go out once per And that is a good way to perfectionism as a creator is a good way to not get anything done and so now that you not make any progresssbut yeah and on the on the testing side of things coming from like the software world where the big free report.Right That's accessible. That's a PR worthy that's worth spreading around like there's clearly a lot Yeah The effort that goes into it that's such a good to my site It's still not enough like traffic and new signups to really like do many statistically I think that approach of you know always having great content behind the paywall, over this as an the last two years doesn't apply to you because the We've seen You know you're like I would have to run this test crazy What are your thoughts for it to be statistically significant where I shouldDan: [00:36:08] Yeah, I guess one of the, that to me, one of the most interesting things about this kind of line of work or career or whatever you want to call it is the fact that small decisions like that matter. one of the parts of it that. Kind of, I don't want to say aggravates me, but it's challenging. It's like, it's hard to do too many tests.Like you can't really, yes. You can do AB tests on like subject lines and that kind of stuff, but it's hard to really test things like that. Like I can't go back in and launch a second time, this time with a free option and see, Oh, did I get, you know, 50,000 free sign-ups because I launched and therefore my conversion rate.You know, even if it's like one or two or 5% from that leads to a stronger outcome at the end of the first year, like it's so easy just to overthink those things. And to me, like those are yeah. Interesting academic questions and,syou know, I hope that the answer is never like, Oh man, you missed out on a 10 times bigger business. sbecause of anything like that, like, you know, as, as, as I've heard on previous versions of this show, like. You really just have to create great stuff on a reliable basis. And, you know, as I always say, like my, my, the secret to success in media is be interesting every day forever. And, and that has nothing to do with, you know, how you position the signup buttons, or whether you charge one 99 or $200 or anything like that.It's just like, can you maintain a level of, of quality and,sYou know, and, and be essential to people over a long period of time, then you're going to be fine, no matter what, at least I hope so. And, and so far it's, it's worked out. So,syou know, I, I think about things like, Oh, what if I, what if I did this gimmick that's free?Or what are I, what if I try this other thing over here, or do I need a drip campaign or all these things? It's like, yeah. And you do, you know, for, for many months, actually, probably over a year, I didn't even have a free. sorry if I didn't even have a, an automatic welcome email going out to people, which is idiotic.I know that's the first thing I should have set up. And now I do, and people like it and it's giving them, you know, access to some of my best work, either the free folks or the paid folks. And, and now you're right. Like what, what other campaigns can I set up that maybe re-introduce people to viable work from the library and the archive that. syou know, they, they would not have seen otherwise. And that's, again, another kind of another project for this year is figuring out how do I surface my archives better? And how do I take advantage of the fact that I now have, you know, probably over 200 articles that members can read and probably a dozen or, or more articles that,sthat visitors can read for free when they're coming to my site.So that's kind of a project for the first half of the year.Nathan: [00:39:11] nice. Well, another good point of that is. One just start. Right? Cause we could, we could tweak and optimize the site forever and you'd be like, Oh, I only get to launch one time. And so I need to make sure that it's perfect. And that is a good way to perfectionism as a creator is a good way to not get anything done and you know, not make any progress. sbut yeah, and on the, on the testing side of things coming from like the software world where I spend all my time now, Like we have all this traffic and we can run all these AB tests, but like, even on my blog, I've got about 25,000 email subscribers to my site. It's still not enough, like traffic and new signups to really like do many statistically significant tests.So a lot of times when you read about AB testing or these other things, it's like look as an individual creator It doesn't apply to you because the math doesn't You know, you're like I would have to run this test for nine months for it to be statistically significant where I should actually trust the results And so I think you're spot on that. A lot of that stuff is great to read but it doesn't really applyDan: [00:40:19] Yeah. I mean, even, even when I was,syou know, at, at Fox media, we were, you know, we were fortunate to have. Tens or hundreds of thousands of subscribers to our our Recode newsletter. And we would do these AB test subjects. And the open rate would, would maybe vary by, you know, less than a percentage point. And at that point it's like, all right, just go with your gut.Like, what's the, what's the best subject line. and don't overthink too many things.Nathan: [00:40:47] yep. That makes sense. one other thing that I want to talk about is pricing. And so you have,syou know, the, the price of $200 a year. Is that the price that you started with.Dan: [00:40:58] surprise. I started with pricing is a huge question. you know, I had folks giving me advice to charge more than that, like a thousand bucks a year. at that point, Ben Thompson was at a hundred. There were a few other paid newsletters run by kind of friends or acquaintances that were in the hundred dollars to $300 range. sI had, you know, I knew that business fashion was charging two, 300, $400 a year for their professional membership. I also knew that investor newsletters were charging many thousand dollars a year for their membership. So,sto me, I, I thought about kind of what, what feels right. you know what, what's an amount that I feel appropriately values my work, but isn't kind of.Like a jerky amount to charge. And I Nathan: [00:41:48] math Dan: [00:41:49] to 200, it just felt like the right number, the way I kind of backed into it was, you know, w what would,swhat would it cost to have a nice business? Lunch was just the two of us in New York city. If we went out for sushi or something like that. Not 200 bucks. So, you know, if this is the equivalent of my member,smy subscriber taking us out to lunch once a year in exchange for my brain, 50, 50 weeks out of the year,sI think that's a pretty fair value exchange.I anticipate most people are expensing it or otherwise justifying it as a business expense or as a professional membership or as educational media. So. I feel comfortable with that. I did some experiments with monthly and,sand now I have quarterly memberships, monthly, monthly. It was fine. I didn't love it. sI want people to feel like they're investing in me for more than a month. you know, there weren't a lot of people who would sign up for a month and then quickly turn off auto renew and. You know, gobble up everything and then disappear. That wasn't really a huge problem. I haven't really studied churn in depth, you know, there's just so many variables. sit's at a level I'm fine with, so I'm not, not paying too much attention to it. obviously I want to be, I want it to go down and I want it to provide more value to, to readers, but it's not like a huge problem. but, but I switched to quarterly as kind of an introductory point. Cause I figure, you know, three months in right.If people aren't loving it, like they shouldn't have to pay for it and read it. and if they are, that gives them kind of an entry point where they've seen enough of my work, you know, I, I kind of think as every issue, as an experiment in like topic tone, length format, structure, point of view, all of these things.And over three months you get enough. You know, enough iterations Nathan: [00:43:44] traffic and we Dan: [00:43:44] that to, to get a sense of like, this is either something you want in your life or you don't, and then you can either kind of upgrade to an annual membership and pay less on a monthly basis, or just keep cranking with quarterly. And I think that's a pretty good amount of time for people to get it.Good sense.Nathan: [00:44:01] Yeah, that makes sense. So over this time, like the last two years, since you launched a new consumer, We've seen like sub stack rise, like crazy. What are your thoughts on building, you know, on an independent platform? You know, you've got member full MailChimp plus Stripe, Yeah So since you've been writing about tech for a long timesI'd love your take on sub stack versus mediaDan: [00:44:22] yeah, not truly independent. CausesI didn't write my own payment processor language. Right. you know, you're, you're in any line, you're always kind of relying on suppliers. I, you know, for meThis whole thing, the only reason I do this and the entire reason I do this is because I want control. I want to control over my time, primarily. I want control over what I think about and what I do. And I want control over the experience for the member and the reader. And, you know, I want them to have a clutter-free reading experience without any intrusive ads. I don't want them to ever have to click off of a pop-up. all these things are really, really important to me, to the degree where I'm willing to risk my career and my life to operate my business this way.So,stools are extremely important to me. hopefully they also play a role in that user experience and therefore, you know, I thought substantial. W was fine. if it was the only option I had, I would've probably been happy using it. I might use it for another project. I have that,sI'm currently paying MailChimp way too much money for,sfor a free newsletter that I, that I am not even sending out.So. Yeah, that's point's party, which was kind of my first experiment when I was still working at Vox media, I was like, what's it like to make a newsletter? Huh? Why don't I spin up a friend's newsletter about credit card points and see how I like writing newsletters. and I learned very quickly, wow.Newsletters are a lot of work. and also it's very expensive to host a list on MailChimp with something like 3000 signups,sthat I'm not sending out. So,sI'm still working on that one, but. and I'll probably, it was hard to write about airline points during, during COVID, like who,Nathan: [00:46:15] Right. Yeah. I w I have more airline points now that I know what to do with that. I'm just dreamingDan: [00:46:21] yeah,Nathan: [00:46:21] what I could possibly redeem them for. So,Dan: [00:46:24] totally. Yeah. Yes. Exactly. So that'll be a good, a good thing for me to restart with pretty soon. but anyway, so yeah, tool sets like I think sub stacks fine. It's all in one. I like controlling the way my homepage looks. I like being able to pick out. Fonts from an independent font Foundry in New Zealand and use those for my website.I like being able to tweak the WordPress template when I want to tweak it. And I was able to put together kind of a stack of, of tools that,syou know, and I happened to see them in use for. Stratec Curry and for Kottke and some other sites and, and, you know, member full, thankfully worked straight out of the box.There were no challenges implementing it. it's actually a very, very well made tool. And so I was very happy with that, that stack that I was using MailChimp,sWordPress member, full and Stripe. I have no. Secret desires to, to move off or anything like that. Like it's all, it's all great. I think interesting because it has massively lowered the technical and kind of infrastructure,sbarrier to entry.And I think it is allowing folks who are, you know, either less technical or just have no interest in running tools to start newsletters and. you know, and, and build subscription and membership based businesses. So I'm all for it. I think it's great. It's hopefully putting some pressure on member fold to improve their product.I love competition,sespecially in the, in the marketplace for tools. And will it grow into, you know, the valuation, it needs to make Andreessen Horowitz a bunch of money?sI would say there's not a clear yes or no answer to that yet. We'll see. But,syou know, I'm, I'm glad they're doing what they're doing.Nathan: [00:48:20] Yeah. So since you've been writing about tech for a long time,sI'd love your take on sub stack versus media. Right. Cause I feel like four years ago, five years ago, medium started this, this big rise. and actually when you look at the numbers from the medium puts out and they're still growing like crazy, we just are all I'll speak for myself.I have this perception, you know, that some of the people who were Yes they a lot of Dan: [00:48:42] people Nathan: [00:48:42] two years ago are now writing on sub stack. So I'm curious as to your take as to why, you know, what, what medium potentially missed and what sub stack is capitalizing on.Dan: [00:48:53] Yeah, well, first let's caveat that like medium probably only still exists and only was able to raise the amount of money it was able to raise because of Williams is the founder and CEO. And, you know, the fact that he built blogger and Twitter,sgives him the ability to raise capital and operate at a loss and just kind of figure things out because he's at Williams and he wants to, and,sthat's fine with me.I, you know, I, I probably had a. You know, at first I was really intrigued by medium because they put so much effort into a really great offering tool. Which is something that most publications and content management systems don't really,sit just, you know, you're, you're stuck using a commodity Wiziwig editor or, you know, WordPress now has, has many years later now tried to do their thing with Gutenberg, which I don't love, but I tolerate. but yeah, medium was really special because it put effort into the offering tool and the reading tool. And the idea was let's democratize publishing tools and let anyone write whatever they want. they they've gone back and forth now several times with owned and operated content or licensed content, you know, they were powering the ringer when it launched. sand they have since hired some really, really talented teams of journalists who work for medium writing publications, like one zero and marker, and a bunch of things like that. So it's been interesting to see how, you know, you even say that they compete with their own. Publications now in some ways by,sby hoping to command more and more of,suh, of the attention by their owned and operated properties, or at least using that as kind of the, the thing that, that brings people in.And then perhaps either, you know, sort of like a, you know, any recommendation and algorithm then recommends cheaper content to people over time. Et cetera. Some of that won't happen with medium because media, sorry with sub stack, because sub stack isn't run by ed Williams. although I think the sub stack folks have, have done a pretty good job so far kind of building, building,sprominence and getting attention. sI think. To me, one of the more interesting questions is at what point does Substack kind of start becoming competition for some of its writers? you know, is there a big bundle at some point that Substack says, okay, for a hundred bucks a year, everyone gets access to all of our publications and they can't opt out of that.Or, you know, if they do opt out of it, we're not going to include them in our recommendation algorithm. So many things, I mean, should, should sub stacks include, should you be forced to include links to other Substacks at the end of your newsletters? Should you, you know, should you build awareness for other publishers on the network because you're part of sub stack.Are you, do you own your brand or is Substack the brand that you're contributing to? There are a lot of there's nuances to all of those things, but it's a question of. You know, are you really running an independent publishing business by using Substack Or are you just kind of, and they're never going to say this like building up their machine that then they will use to build something way bigger than the sum of all of its parts. sthat's an execution thing. That's a, that's a product vision thing. I won't pretend that anyone's figured all that out yet. You know, a lot of that stuff could happen. None of it could happen. We'll see, but so far, I would say, like, if you'd asked me a year ago, what I thought of sub SAC, I would have said, they're not doing a good job, getting prominent people using sub stack in the media industry.And I would say that a year later, like they did a really good job last year, getting people Nathan: [00:52:46] two years Dan: [00:52:47] Casey Newton and Maddie Blasius,sand other folks to, you know, set up shop on sub stack. And there were, you know, there were. Sub stack originals, like,syou know,sI think he did as the name of it. Like there were, there were folks like that,slong before, of course,syou know, the biggest one or one of the biggest ones was cynicism, which was,syou know,suh, China newsletter that,sthe guy who, who founded it, whose name I'm blanking out right now was an angel investor in sub stack.And they kind of built it for him. those things have, have existed, but what sub stack has done, I would say. Pretty much about as well as I would say they could have done last year was get people to leave their cushy, highly paid jobs at the Vox media is of the world to start sub stacked newsletters.And we'll see what that looks like in a year or two. We'll see what the churn looks like. You know, I've heard secondhand that they're kind of giving,shealthy advances to those folks and kind of guaranteeing them some revenue. I don't know what that looks like in a couple of years, how much those people like that job in two years, I still love mine two years in.It's the best job I've ever had. I want to be doing this, you know, for many, many more years. but we'll see. I don't know. It's certainly not for everyone.Nathan: [00:54:06] Yeah, that makes sense. So, I imagine running the new consumer for awhile, you have,sa good number of friends who come to you. And at various times ask like, should I start a paid newsletter? What advice do you have for me? And what do you tell them? Is it a path they should take? And if so, what, what are a few of the things that you're like, okay, you got to get this part right.Dan: [00:54:26] I mean, if you like controlling everything about your life and your time, it's great. If you love the idea of having. Influence over the way that your content, you know, not only the, what's, what you write, but how it's presented and how people engage with it. you have that ability in a way that you would never have working at a traditional journalism outlet. swhat I would say is you better be ready to do customer service all the time. You are, you know, asking people to update their credit card number in the backend politely you are. You know, dealing with people who want a deal or, you know, some custom version of the subscription all the time, you were trying to upsell people to team memberships and that kind of stuff.If you, if you enjoy that. And I actually really do, you know, I worked in retail in college. I love kind of that customer service and sales elements of it. I wouldn't want that to be the whole job. And that's why I never kind of worked in the business side of media, but I love having to me like the, the.The fact that my job has a little bit of sales and a little bit of customer service and a little bit of product and a little bit of design and a little bit of tech and a lot of editorial and some marketing and all that kind of stuff. Like to me, that's super fascinating. And you have to do all of those things and you have to do them pretty well to succeed. sso far I've done them well enough,sand hope to get better at all of those things. If you don't want that though, then don't touch it. Like it's not for you. And yeah. Sub stack is kind of trying to. Automate or at least take over some of those functions, but it is your responsibility over time. So if you don't want to do that, then, then stay away from it.You can, I advise everybody to start a free newsletter and keep your friends and followers up, you know, up to date on what you're working on. I think everybody should have that, whether they work in media or any field,sthere's no reason not to. And it can only be helpful for your career. And especially if you work in publishing or media or journalism, but you know, that that is an entirely different thing than sending twice or three times a week, or even for,syou know, a high quality professional thing,sto people who are paying you.Nathan: [00:56:48] Yeah that makes a lot of sensesas we start to wrap up, we got a bunch of questions on Twitter and I'd love to run through some of those and a little rapid Dan: [00:56:55] Yeah Nathan: [00:56:56] They're not necessarily all about newsletters, but,sJohn's asking as a fellow Angeleno, who also lived in New York before, we'd love to hear your thoughts on West coast versus East coast media.What's different, you know, what, what have you noticed.Dan: [00:57:11] I mean, it's kind of,sit's kind of a hard time to answer that question because I feel like I don't live anywhere right now. Cause I basically just live in my house. sthere's there's no media scene happening anywhere at the moment.Nathan: [00:57:27] That makes sense.Dan: [00:57:29] what I, what I, you know, my wife and I moved here this last summer for mostly personal reasons.Like we just like it here. We had spent a lot of time out here. I think the startup and entrepreneurship scene in Los Angeles. Has a ton of potential. I think it's very interesting. you know, the fact that Hollywood is here with, with such great creative talent and intellectual property and, you know, knowledge about distribution and marketing and sales, and most importantly, like making content that people love emotionally and,syou know, invest so much of their time and spirit in.I think it's something that. You know, we can learn from, I, you know, and then the New York media world is so dominated by decades of legacy, print and broadcast, and now online media. but I think COVID is, you know, it's, it's not fair to compare anything right now. Everything is kind of, I think we're figuring out a new reality over the next few years.I think there's great potential in LA. I love that the ringer was started here. I love it. There are some really interesting publications being started here. I think, you know, some of the world's next great media companies could be built in LA, but, you know, they could also be built anywhere.Nathan: [00:58:48] Right. Yeah, that makes sense. Okay. Matt's asking what weird thing about consumers. Did you learn spending a lot of time in Paris and TokyoDan: [00:58:55] Hi, Matt. thanks for the question. yeah, I, I travel a ton before this,sbefore COVID, I hope to travel a ton afterwards. we did live in Paris for a few months, two years ago. I try to get to Japan once or twice a year. You know, I think for me, it's just kind of being able to have the privilege of just observing how people in, in different places and cultures do things. syou know, my, my background is writing about technology and I try to think of technology less as an industry and more as. What I call a layer on life. So seeing how people in Japan adopted, you know, card-based,sSuica payments way before we had Apple pay or even contactless payments here in the U. or,syou know, I love going to London and seeing all the, the design and packaging design that on consumer products there that is, feels just much more vibrant than a lot of the.Big consumer packaged good brands had been doing in the US for a long time. I loved living in Paris and kind of getting to experience the old school way of, you know, buying essentially groceries, you know, every single day for that night's dinner. but also, you know, seeing, seeing some sort of models that did not really exist in the US yet.So Travel just helps broaden perspective. I would say. I think travel is, is great for that for. Not just my line of work, but, but really everyone just getting to kind of see how things are done in different places. sometimes in ways that are super unique to that place. And then sometimes in ways that they could grow and scale around the world,Nathan: [01:00:42] Nice. Okay. Last question. Donna veers asking, what would you do differently if you had to start over? I assume that means start over with like the paid newsletter.Dan: [01:00:53] life or the publication.Nathan: [01:00:54] you're like, well in middle school, I would have no, I, I, I think he means with the publication. [01:01:00]Dan: [01:01:00] zero things where I'm like, man, you really screwed that up. you know, I was lucky on day one to have enough people sign up that I knew it would be my job for the next several months. And then I was lucky in year one, that enough people signed up that it became my job, you know? Indefinitely. I don't want to say permanently because what's what is permanence? sso there's nothing where I'm like, man, you really screwed that up. I think there, you know, one thing I, I wonder about is for example, and maybe you have the data to help me figure this out is like, should I be sending out newsletters on a predictable schedule every single week right now? I. Follow a kind of follow my productivity.I send out a newsletter when it's done. And then,sor I usually schedule it for the next morning because people don't need to know what time I finish it, but,sat nighttime, but, [01:02:00]syou know, would I be, would it matter materially if, if I were sending out newsletters, every, let's say Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday morning, or is it okay with the fact that I send it out?Kind of on a, on a, I don't want to say haphazard basis, but it's, it's not as,sas predictable, you know, Are newsletters the kind of things where people want to compartmentalize a certain time of the day or of the week to enjoy them and read them or are they happy to get it? When news breaks, which is kind of the model that I had had been following with most of my career, which is if there's news, you better get it out there immediately because someone else is going to, if you don't.So that's one of the things that I think, I think about a lot. you know, I, I think my kind of happy medium is like, try to be predictable, but don't like, let it rule your life. but I don't know. I'm curious what you see.Nathan: [01:02:53] I think all things being equal, the predictability is better than not. And so not only day of the week, but also when we've talked about this on some other episodes, getting to a precise time of like 10:00 AM Eastern, every Tuesday, someone can look for that,sthat article to show up. and you'll be right there in the, in your inbox.That said it's important to ask. What's the point of this newsletter right? Are you, are you as the author there to serve the newsletter or is the newsletter there to serve you? And so I think the point that you made of like, look, this is my creative schedule. This is when I'm inspired to write. And yes, I'm always going to meet the promise, I've made to the audience of two posts a week, or, you know, whatever that is.I'm going to hold up my end of the bargain, but it might not be worth it for me. to ha feel the additional pressure to hit an exact time for the somewhat marginal gains of,sthe predictability from the audience side. So all things being equal,san exact time every week, I think would help engagement, but I don't know that the trade-offs are worth it.Dan: [01:04:02] So that's something I'm going to figure out, but yeah, I mean, other than that, like the only other big thing would be, not, you know, you only launch once. This is the advice I give to people. You only launch once. So really make as big a deal out of the launches you can. And even when I launched, like one-off things like the consumer trends report, a launch date is, is launch day and you better put all the effort into that, that you can,sSo that, you know, like I was very pleased with my launch, but the question is like, could it have been 10 times bigger if I did this other thing or that other thing who knows?I don't know. There's no way to go back and figure that out, but it kind of is something I think about as I'm launching new components or new new things. And then the other big question is like, should I have launched with a free tier and what I have captured a hundred thousand emails in the first week.I have no idea. I don't know. I know that a hundred. I think it was over a hundred thousand people visited the site. So I wasn't going to get all of those people, but probably more of them than. So you know, then simply the people who signed up for paid, but you know, in this, in this world, you can only think going forward.I try not to dwell on the past of, of kind of how I did things and just try to get better all the time. Do interesting things, keep it fresh, be interesting every day forever. And so you know, and the biggest, the biggest takeaway is I love this model. I think it's great. It's not great for everyone. It's great for me.I'm gonna stick with it. And I hope people come along with me for it.Nathan: [01:05:37] Sounds good. Well, where should people go to follow along and hear your story and support your work.Dan: [01:05:45] So The New Consumer is newconsumer.com and also, @newconsumer on Twitter and Instagram. My personal accounts are all @fromedome since III world in 1995. So you can find me on all this on social media as @fromedome. And @pointsparty, if you want to, someday in the future, read for free about credit card and travel points.Nathan: [01:06:13] Sounds good. Well, thanks for joining me. 

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Do Our Computers Know Us Better Than We Know Ourselves? | This episode is brought to you by Perfect KetoStudies have shown humans only actually remember 0.05% of our memories, whereas databases can remember it all! It’s a scary realization, but computers can know us in a way we don’t even know ourselves. We like to think we aren’t easily persuaded, but when companies know our likes, wants, needs, and purchase history it all adds up to an easier sale. Earlier this year, Dr. Hyman sat down to discuss this topic with Andy Russell. Andy explains how big companies like Google and Facebook access and use our data. He also shares what we can do to maintain control over the content we see.Andy Russell is a digital media, ad-tech, marketing-tech, and data science innovator and pioneer as well as a self-taught Behavioral Economist. He has invested in, incubated, or run over 50 technology companies, including Daily Candy, Thrillist, Tasting Table, Idealbite, PureWow, Zynga, Betaworks, Business Insider, Sailthru, RapLeaf and LiveRamp, SpongeCell, AdRoll, and Bounce Exchange. He is the Founder and Chairman of Trigger Media, InsideHook, and Fevo.This episode is brought to you by Perfect Keto. Right now, Perfect Keto is offering Doctor’s Farmacy listeners 20% off plus free shipping with the code DRMARK. Just go to perfectketo.com/drmark, and make sure you try their Nut Butters and Keto Cookies.Find Dr. Hyman’s full-length conversation with Andy Russell, “How Your Free Will And Data Are Being Hacked By Micro-Targeting Of Your Personality,” here: https://DrMarkHyman.lnk.to/AndyRussell See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Rebecca Kordecki is a very successful and highly-sought after celebrity fitness trainer, wellness expert and Breathwork coach who has been in the health & wellness industry for over 25 years. She's been featured on The Today Show, EXTRA, Daily Candy, Vogue Magazine and Men's Health, among others. Her mission is to help her clients become the boss of their own happy and healthy one breath, one rep at a time. The timing of this episode really couldn't be more perfect. We all know 2020 has been a whirlwind of craziness, emotions, and unexpected events that have stirred up quite a bit in all of us. What Rebecca shares in this episode is a powerful antidote to all of that and a powerful, proven way for you to get centered and feel good. Points of discussion include... What breathwork is and it's core benefits A unique 3-part breath pattern called "conscious circle of breath" and how this can benefit you The 4 breathwork modalities and how each one can support you in different ways The Wim Hof technique vs conscious circular breathing Letting go of what's holding you back and achieving clarity through breathwork A follow-along guided mini breathwork session And so much more… Tag us in your IG stories @ashley.hann and @rebeccakordecki with your thoughts so we can see and share them on our platform as well. Become a Breathwork Teacher. Join Rebecca's Training Program at www.thebreath.zone/teacher Sign up on her online Breathwork Class every Sunday at 6:00 PM PST at www.thebreath.zone/virtualevents Learn more about the Wim Hof Method at www.wimhofmethod.com/breathing-exercises IF YOU FOUND THIS EPISODE VALUABLE-- please be sure to leave a rating and review! It really does mean a lot to me and inspires me to continue to create more of this kind of content. My Website: www.ashleyhann.com Instagram: @ashley.hann Twitter: @itsashleyhann YouTube: @ashleyhann

In this episode:While quarantined in her apartment in Chelsea, NYC, Pavia and I discuss the benefits of this Great Pause, parallels among crises like 9/11, Spanish Flu, and the Great Depression and talk about how travel consumer behavior may change as a result of the Coronavirus.We discuss the growing importance of travel insurance, travel safety standards in the future, and how we will decide where to travel based on the country's handling of the coronavirus. How does a travel magazine adapt in this environment? And what was it like as Executive Editor at Daily Candy (aw, Daily Candy!) before co-founding Fathom. About Pavia: Pavia Rosati is the founder and CEO of Fathom, the award-winning travel website that delivers insider information to passionate travelers. She is also the co-author of “Travel Anywhere (And Avoid Being a Tourist),” which has been published in the US, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Germany, and France, and the co-host of A Way to Go on iHeart Radio. Fathom finds the world’s best places, unlocking the world through inspirational stories, curated destination guides, and best-in-class resources. Prior to Fathom, Pavia spent nine years as executive editor at DailyCandy, where she covered food and travel, with a focus on emerging talent and best-in-class destinations. She has written about food, travel, and culture for The New York Times, Travel and Leisure, Bon Appetit, Departures, and The Financial Times, among others. Pavia lives in New York City but spends a good part of her life traveling to London, throughout Italy, as well as the rest of the world.

So honored to have Gahl Sasson on my Podcast! His unique astrology readings as well as his renegade charisma and encyclopedic knowledge of numerous mythological traditions have made him a sought-after radio and television guest.Gahl Sasson is a spiritual teacher who has earned a wide and enthusiastic following across the globe. He teaches ongoing workshops on Kabbalah, Mythology, and Astrology in Europe, Israel, Turkey, Hong Kong, Mexico, and in dozens of cities across the United States.He is the author of A Wish Can Change Your Life: How to Use the Ancient Wisdom of Kabbalah to Make Your Dreams Come True. The book was endorsed by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and is now in its fifth printing. His second book, Cosmic Navigator - Design Your Destiny with Astrology and Kabbalah came out in 2008. Both books were translated to various languages worldwide.Sasson served on the faculty of Deepak Chopra’s multi-media project MyPotential, teaching both Astrology and Kabbalah. W magazine selected Sasson as “Los Angeles’ best astrologer,” and his astrological work has been featured in Self magazine. He has been profiled in The Portland Tribune, the Jewish Journal, Awareness Magazine, Yogi Times, Chicago Yoga, and City Beat, Daily Candy, Huffington Post to name a few.

When I was growing up we had news sources we could trust. Under The Fairness Doctrine, news on the radio, TV, and in print was partial and fair. But in 1987 during the Reagan administration, this was repealed, leading to alternative media and more misinformation than ever before. And now with the internet, we are truly in the wild west of sharing information, collecting data, and trying to maintain privacy. Big companies take advantage of that from all angels with their marketing, which is now ultra-targeted (and often in ways you wouldn’t even be able to recognize). Today on The Doctor’s Farmacy, I sit down with Andy Russell to talk about what data really means, who has yours, how they got it, and how they use it. Andy is a digital media, ad-tech, marketing-tech, and data science innovator and pioneer as well as a self-taught Behavioral Economist. He has invested in, incubated, or run over 50 technology companies, including Daily Candy, Thrillist, Tasting Table, Idealbite, PureWow, Zynga, Betaworks, Business Insider, Sailthru, RapLeaf and LiveRamp, SpongeCell, AdRoll, and Bounce Exchange. He is the Founder and Chairman of Trigger Media, InsideHook, and Fevo. This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox and Joovv.I recently discovered Joovv, a red light therapy device. Red light therapy is a super gentle non-invasive treatment where a device with medical-grade LEDs delivers concentrated light to your skin. It actually helps your cells produce collagen so it improves skin tone and complexion, diminishes signs of aging like wrinkles, and speeds the healing of wounds and scars. To check out the Joovv products for yourself head over to joovv.com/farmacy. Once you’re there, you’ll see a special bonus the Joovv team is giving away to my listeners. Use the code FARMACY at checkout. Now through March 29, 2020, new subscribers to ButcherBox will receive ground beef for life. When you sign up today, ButcherBox will send you 2 lbs of 100% grass-fed, grass-finished beef free in every box for the life of your subscription. Plus listeners will get an additional $20 off their first box. All you have to do is head over to ButcherBox.com/farmacy.Here are more of the details from our interview: How much do sites like Facebook and Google watch our online actions and what are they doing with the information? (8:30)Why we have an unregulated internet (14:14)What does data really mean, who has yours, and how did they get it? (18:26)The repeal of The Fairness Doctrine and the regulation that alleviates digital platforms from responsibility for third-party content posted on their sites (24:42)The sale of your information by “Big Data” to Facebook and Google (27:27)How a computer or database can “know you better than you know yourself” (34:04)The current state of our personal data and political digital advertising (39:50)What we can learn from the Rwandan genocide (1:04:51)What you can do to know whether you’re being falsely advertised to (1:09:51)Should Facebook and Google get rid of political ads? (1:17:55) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Virginia Gil is the Miami editor at Time Out magazine as well as the editor-at-large for the newly opened Time Out Market Miami. Virginia covers eating, drinking and going out in Miami for the magazine—plus everything else there is to see and do in the 305. Whether it's discovering a new restaurant, uncovering a fresh cocktail trend or getting the scoop on an underground concert, she has the intel you need to make the most of your Miami experience. Virginia studied at the University of Miami, worked as an editor at local lifestyle publications—Daily Candy, MIAMI Magazine, and many others—and has spent the last 15 years writing about food and drink in both Miami and New York. In this episode Virginia takes us back to her start in journalism from studying at University of Miami to living in New York City to landing her amazing job at Time Out. It’s impressive to know that she was responsible for opening and curating what is now the Time Out Market in Miami which hosts the very best restaurants in the city under one roof. A total of 17 vendors with 3 kick ass bars located in the heart of South Beach. Virginia is a fearless professional that we truly admire. We hope that her story inspires you as much as it did for us! Make sure to check out all Time Out Market locations at www.timeout.com and keep up with Virginia at @virginwrites on Instagram! Love, Gaby & Alex

Amy Cheryl, Founder and Creatrix of Women's Worth Academy (WWA), is a modern day medicine woman providing the transformational sacred space and skill-set for all women to embody who they truly are as the feminine powerhouses they were born to be...resulting in fully owning their intuition, eradicating self-doubt and fear, and having more confidence, clarity and calmness so they can live a fully expressed and prosperous life filled with pleasure, joy and magic...living their truth unapologetically where all comes to them on THEIR terms freeing themselves from the internal prison of the lies and programming that society has instilled in them keeping them from claiming their power.Known for her magnetic energy and warm heart, Amy is a widely sought-after speaker who knows how to light up a stage and move a room with her deep spiritual women's wisdom, teachings and inspiration. She IS the embodiment of her message and has been invited to speaking gigs all over the US as well as Dubai, sharing the stage with global leaders such as Marianne Williamson. Amy has had multiple publications including SHAPE and SELF-magazine, Daily Candy and Vital Juice Daily to name a few.Important Topics:On living unapologeticallyHow she takes a stand for women and claiming their powerHow she consciously creating her lifeThe difference between knowledge and knowingnessAnalogy for women to help them prevent doubting themselvesWhen is the right time to consult a mentorHow to have loving conversations versus conflicting ones Three key secrets to be in our power as womenQuotes;"Awareness is the key to transformation.""Practice makes permanents."Connect with Amy:You can apply for your complimentary Feminine Powerhouse Breakthrough Exploration Call at: http://www.womensworthacademy.com/apply-for-an-exploration-call-with-amyClaim Your Free Gift To Squash Self-Doubt and Ignite Your Confident Queen Self at: www.womensworthacademy.com Email - amy@womensworthacademy.comInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/amycheryl313/Other links and resources:Free Gift from Diane (Life Reset Quiz) - https://liferesetquiz.com/BANKCODE - https://MyBankCode.com/VictoryDiane Halfman's website - http://www.DianeHalfman.comWant to know more about yourself?Some people ask me how to RESET their life.Some people ask me how to be more sensual.Others are wondering how to make more money. How to be more successful. How to start a business. All of these questions and more are what I answer in my programs.Come see me at http://www.DianeHalfman.com

Amy Cheryl, Founder and Creatrix of Women's Worth Academy (WWA), is a modern day medicine woman providing the transformational sacred space and skill-set for all women to embody who they truly are as the feminine powerhouses they were born to be...resulting in fully owning their intuition, eradicating self-doubt and fear, and having more confidence, clarity and calmness so they can live a fully expressed and prosperous life filled with pleasure, joy and magic...living their truth unapologetically where all comes to them on THEIR terms freeing themselves from the internal prison of the lies and programming that society has instilled in them keeping them from claiming their power.Known for her magnetic energy and warm heart, Amy is a widely sought-after speaker who knows how to light up a stage and move a room with her deep spiritual women's wisdom, teachings and inspiration. She IS the embodiment of her message and has been invited to speaking gigs all over the US as well as Dubai, sharing the stage with global leaders such as Marianne Williamson. Amy has had multiple publications including SHAPE and SELF-magazine, Daily Candy and Vital Juice Daily to name a few.Important Topics:On living unapologeticallyHow she takes a stand for women and claiming their powerHow she consciously creating her lifeThe difference between knowledge and knowingnessAnalogy for women to help them prevent doubting themselvesWhen is the right time to consult a mentorHow to have loving conversations versus conflicting ones Three key secrets to be in our power as womenQuotes;"Awareness is the key to transformation.""Practice makes permanents."Connect with Amy:You can apply for your complimentary Feminine Powerhouse Breakthrough Exploration Call at: http://www.womensworthacademy.com/apply-for-an-exploration-call-with-amyClaim Your Free Gift To Squash Self-Doubt and Ignite Your Confident Queen Self at: www.womensworthacademy.com Email - amy@womensworthacademy.comInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/amycheryl313/Other links and resources:Free Gift from Diane (Life Reset Quiz) - https://liferesetquiz.com/BANKCODE - https://MyBankCode.com/VictoryDiane Halfman's website - http://www.DianeHalfman.comWant to know more about yourself?Some people ask me how to RESET their life.Some people ask me how to be more sensual.Others are wondering how to make more money. How to be more successful. How to start a business. All of these questions and more are what I answer in my programs.Come see me at http://www.DianeHalfman.com

If you’re even remotely similar to us, then you also enjoy being taken out of the monotonous day to day grind, and traveling to far away places does just that for you. Anything the breaks the routine allows you to take a step back and appreciate it in a new way. Well, todays guests are doing just that– Pavia Rosati and Jeralyn Gerba, the founders of Fathom, are here to get out travel juices flowing.   Pavia and Jeralyn have created a spektacular brand by offering travel tips, tricks, and wanderlust articles accessible to all through their various social platforms. The two have also come out with their first book, Travel Anywhere, and it’s all about traveling like a local, not a tourist. In our conversation today, we talk about the balance of traveling well but not breaking the bank or eating questionable street meat.   If you’re ready to hop on a plane to anywhere, listen up as Pavia and Jeralyn talk about... What Fathom is + how Dailycandy started the newsletter buzz Reacting and directing your life Why Fathom became a real thing What changes about travel Incorporating wellness into travel Foresting bathing + unplugging Visual diaries of traveling but not taking away from the trip Travel rapid fire   Resources: Learn more: fathomaway.com Instagram: @fathomwaytogo Read: Travel Anywhere   We now have a partners page full of all the brands we know and love, and they’re offering great discounts just for you! Head over to the website to check out all the great brands and companies we know and love.   htwpodcast.com/partners Highway To Well is a production of Crate Media

Kirsten Ott Palladino, co-founder of Equally Wed.com the digital leader for gay, lesbian, transgender, queer and bisexual weddings, penned the perfect book proposal in just one weekend! Listen in as she shares her experience writing a book proposal in 48 hours, which books she recommends and how she wrote, pitched and published her non-fiction book - Equally Wed: The Ultimate Guide to Planning Your LGBTQ+ Wedding. Kirsten Ott Palladino is an award-winning writer and editor, and one of the world’s most notable experts on LGBTQ+ weddings. She's been featured in and on numerous publications and media outlets such as: The New York Times, The Advocate, Out magazine, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Lucky magazine, The Knot and Time magazine to ABC News, CNN, NPR, DailyCandy, Politico and Glamour magazine. Her writing has appeared in Washington Post, the Manifest-Station, Entreprenuer magazine, ARTnews magazine, the Atlantan magazine, and more. In 2016, Palladino founded the Wedding Equality Alliance, an international group of wedding professionals committed to tearing down exclusionary walls in the typically heteronormative wedding industry. She educates wedding and event pros about LGBTQ+ inclusion through the online certification program at equallywedpro.com and teaches at conferences and workshops worldwide. Palladino lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her wife and their twin sons. Learn more about the author at kirstenpalladino.com 

Hi there, Music Lover. How are you doing today? Hanging in there? In need of some love and support today in your music journey? Never fear - we got you covered with this comforting and powerful conversation with Essence from Bernie and the Believers (essencemusic.com) and (bernieandthebelievers.com). Essence is a sixth-generation San Francisco native and award winning singer-songwriter. You will love her.  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A sixth-generation San Francisco native, award winning singer-songwriter Essence has been immersed in art and music since childhood. And yes, her birth name really is ‘essence' – she was raised by quintessential flower children, her parents being two free spirited bohemian artists from the Haight-Ashbury ‘Summer of Love.' After winning the Grand Prize in the National Lilith Fair Talent Search, essence was signed to RCA Records, Way Cool/MCA Records, and Or Music (Los Lonely Boys, Matisyahu). She debuted with the successful indie release Conception, which garnered much Bay Area radio airplay and press and established a devoted fan base. Essence's sophomore release Mariposa garnered critical acclaim and prompted a national touring agenda which found her opening shows for artists Jason Mraz and Shawn Colvin. Her album Feels Like the Future won the Grand Prize for the Great American Song Contest and 2nd Place in the International Songwriting Contest (out of 15,000 entries). Her songs have been prominently featured on Nash Bridges, Lifetime's The Division, Access Hollywood, and NPR's Art of the Song. “Shape of You,” an emotional song about loss and healing, was the theme song in the film Motherland, which won the SXSW Audience Choice Award. Essence has opened for Tom Petty, Shawn Colvin, Chris Isaac, Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Chrissie Hynde, Steve Miller, Pat Benatar, and Linda Perry. She has played at venues ranging from NYC's Bowery Ballroom to San Francisco's Fillmore and The Warfield, LA's Rose Bowl, and Philadelphia's World Cafe Live. In addition to writing folk/americana, pop, and rock songs, essence expanded her repertoire by creating a collection of charming, catchy tunes inspired by her son that turned out to have a life of their own becoming favorites of families nationwide, loved equally by parents and children alike. Her children's album, A Dog Named Moo, was entirely funded by loyal fans on Kickstarter and was picked up and released by My Kazoo/Universal Music. A Dog Named Moo is a multi-media project featuring a collection of 13 songs, a “T REXXXX” book, a smartphone app, and several music videos. essence is developing an educational curriculum based on the project. A Dog Named Moo was voted Top Kids Album of the Year by Daily Candy. Essence's latest long player could likely be her masterwork. It is a 12- track opus entitled Black Wings which chronicles the trials and tribulations of a failed marriage propelled by dishonesty and addiction. The undeniable weight of the pervasive subject matter is artfully handled with razor sharp couplets, gritty performances and smart arrangements underscoring obvious pain, but doing so with humor, wisdom and eloquence. Says essence of the album, “Black Wings is a story told out of sequence, each song is a snapshot of an event that led to the ultimate undoing of my 10-year marriage. These 12 songs capture betrayal, dark secrets, deception, revenge, emotional warfare, and the unbelievable horror of my worst fears being realized. The stories on this record emerge from a deadly silence, they dispel a facade of a happy family portrait, and they air the truth of what had been hidden for too long.” It is easily heard on songs like the epic, “Headed North,” whose video enjoyed dual premieres in late May with Folk Radio UK and The Huffington Post, the brilliant rave up “Camels & Diesel,” with its effortless melding of roots and rock chant complete with gang vocals and the sultry trad blues vibe of “Honeyed Out” are just a handful of numbers worth spotlighting on Black Wings. It is an album of tremendous depth, without question, putting essence on the same page with Lucinda Williams, Neko Case and Jenny Lewis, just to name a few, all of whom are veritable experts at turning anguish into song in the most poetic yet no-nonsense of ways. To that end, essence continues, “The ritual of writing and recording served as a lifeline to my survival during a very dark life passage. These songs led me through disbelief, rage, loss, grief, and ultimately to healing and reclaiming my personal power and the strength to leap into the unknown– knowing the fear of things staying the same was greater than the fear of things changing. Black Wings has been the key to my transcendence, punctuated by the unshakable synchronicity of art imitating life. As this music is born, I am flying free.” http://www.essencemusic.com/site -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------https://www.bernieandthebelievers.com/ If you found this episode to be healing, I hope you will consider donating to Bernie Dalton, a true musician in need of YOUR help:  https://www.gofundme.com/sendberniehome Also check out the Tiny Desk Concert featuring Essence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPQsEoYHekg Hugs to all of you. Thank you for listening! Kristy

Have you ever wondered how people build successful spiritual businesses? From Psychics to tarot readers, so many people have spiritual gifts and don't understand how to build a sustainable living from them. Well If you're wondering, Dr. Deganit Nuur one of the most successful spiritual teachers in the wellness world shares her story of how she built her wildly successful practice, Nuurvana starting from the early days. This episode will totally demystify the process. Let's dive in!  Deganit's Bio:  Dr. Deganit Nuur is a world-renowned spiritual teacher, intuitive, acupuncturist, writer, and lecturer. Nuur was named “Top 15 Intuitives Globally” by Gwyneth Paltrow’s publication Goop.  Nuur created and teaches the revolutionary Nuurvana Method™, which is based upon traditional Eastern Philosophy that seeks to integrate mind, body, and spirit. The Nuurvana Method goes beyond what meets the eye to heal the spiritual plane, resulting in profound shifts in mind and body and thereby reintegrating spirit into alignment with one’s true purpose and passion. The method is effective in treating chronic back pain, depression, anxiety, fatigue, sleep problems, among others.  Nuur speaks at corporations and conferences, globally leading talks and workshops on intuition, teaching audiences how to live up to their pure potential, and finding their true path. Nuur and the Nuurvana Method have been featured on the Today Show, Good Morning America, New York Times, Elle, Vanity Fair, Goop, and Daily Candy, amongst others. Nuur was selected to be the featured Intuition expert for Goop. You can check out her amazing company at nuurvana.com and on all social media at @nuurvana.  

On today's episode of All in the Industry®, host Shari Bayer is joined by Pavia Rosati, the founder and CEO of the travel start-up, Fathom which combines personal stories and destination guides with travel resources and products. Prior to Fathom, Pavia spent nine years as executive editor at DailyCandy, and four years at America Online as the director of the Entertainment Channel. Pavia has written for the New York Times, the Financial Times, Departures, and Bon Appetit. Today's show also features Shari's PR tip, Speed Round, Industry News discussion; and Solo Dining experience at 3-Michelin star MAAEMO in Oslo, Norway. Listen at Heritage Radio Network. Subscribe/rate/review our show at iTunes, Stitcher or Spotify. Follow us @allindustry #allintheindustry.

After a stint of being a comedian, Sara Polon started to spiral downhill and it wasn’t until she decided to do a triathlon, that she started to move her life around. But how did she decide to feed herself? With her mother’s soups of course. And that’s kind of how Soupergirl started. With constantly changing innovative flavors such as Split Pea Mint and Mexican Black Bean Sweet Potato and speedy delivery service, Soupergirl is growing fast. Soupergirl has been featured in the press multiple times and has critical acclaims of the taste and health benefits of the Polon’s family soup. Rumor has it, they’ll be appearing on Shark Tank very very soon. Check the show notes for more details. Anyways, super insightful interview with Sara Polon. I learned a ton about passion, motivation, and high pressure processing. A quick note, we talk about Alexa during this interview and while editing, Alexa added 5 apples to my shopping cart… NEW Sponsor - FoodLabelPro.com Is your product packaging compliant with the new FDA rules?  The compliance deadline is January 1st, 2020. At FoodLabelPro.com we will upgrade your current panels for only $50. FoodLabelPro.com also provides package and claim reviews, laboratory analysis, shelf life testing, printer/graphics services, and menu analysis.   We are your one-stop shop for food packaging: FoodLabelpro.com. Sponsor - BAKERpedia This episode is brought to you by BAKERpedia – your one-stop, resource that answers all your questions on industry trends, ingredient information, food safety and more. It’s shared knowledge, freely available, always. BAKERpedia.com – we do all the thinking so you can focus on your business. Show Notes James Altucher – Comedic Journey We want Soupergirl to be happy, fun and approachable Washington Post Article about Soupergirl When someone asks what you do for a living, what do you tell them in a sentence or less?: I’m Soupergirl, I deliver whole food, vegan soup to the masses “Sara Polon is going to clean your colon” We rebranded the cleanse concept and put it as more on the meal If you eat four soups a day, you’ll eat less but you’ll feel more energized New and innovating flavors every week Beet Gaspatcho Peach Gazpacho We try to get traditional flavors and give them a twist Lay’s Do Us a Flavor Queso Chips Frieka Bulgar New flavors work when you pair something new to something old My mom cooked from scratch. We started this company because we saw how many things are low quality and had so many preservatives Why did you start Soupergirl?: After I stopped doing Comedy, I slowly slid to rock bottom. I signed up for a triathalon and paid attention on what I eat. Michael Pollan – Omnivore’s Dilemma We first started in the kitchen. I just invited people to my apartment. When we started delivering, we got press because we were authentic. We started catering, then selling to Costco, then ship How did you get a first customer?: We had a launch party. I asked 6 friends who didn’t know each other and they spread it their friends and it brought 100’s of people. The invite went viral and got forwarded to the press. Daily Candy – begged them to not get the scoop What is the hardest part of the business?: Growth is hard. You have to keep people interested, loyal and still have great quality What are ways to manage growth: Try to hire proactively. Some of the worst mistakes I’ve made was reactively hiring. For example, we hired a kid to deliver soup and he got a hit and run and didn’t tell anyone. What is the most important skillset you can have?: Leadership. You need to learn how to delegate. Do you have any books about leadership?: Actually. No. It’s more about people. How do you choose advice?: You have to be passionate about it. If you're not passionate about the business, the advice you take can destroy you. Passion will sort out the right advice Soupermeals Any stories about your soup?: One of our customers got her bloodwork done and the Soup meals gave her the best blood results Cancer treatments, harsh illnesses Parents use their soup for kid’s diets Food Trends and Technology: For trends, plant-based. For technology, clean meat High-pressure Processing (HPP) – Our gaspacho is HPP HPP increases shelf life from 10 days to 95 days HPP used in Hummus and things HPP can have your product explode your product The biggest challenge a food producer needs to face: If you have an idea and you want to cook something, there’s not a lot of shared kitchen spaces to try a product. There’s barely any guidance for this. You need a lot of physical assets that are hard to get. More people are getting sick in food because your food comes from everywhere Maker’s Space shuts down Cottage Industry Laws One thing in the food industry you’d like to know more about?: The future. Things are changing so rapidly. The tension between retail, farmer’s market, so much technology is going on. Trends will boom, but there are niches that will never go away Coconut Oil Who inspired you to get into food?: My mother and Michael Pollan What’s your favorite kitchen item?: Just a knife and a cutting board. I also use my Vitamix. However, to make soup, you just need a knife and cutting board Food Mills Why are you closed on Friday and Saturday?: I’m Jewish and we’re a kosher company so I have to follow the law. Sometimes it’s frustrating, but I’m glad that it forces me to have a vacation How many of your customers are orthodox jewish?: A lot of my customers are not orthodox and vegan. Most of my customers just love good food. How do you like working with your mother?: I’m really lucky. My mom is so energetic How do you make vegan challah?: We make a water challah. We get it from a kosher bakery Any advice to get into the food industry?: Life is short, do it! Regret is the worst feeling in the world. Start small, don’t invest too much until you’re ready. You get to the point: Do this, or do nothing else. Every time I’ve had a Where can we find you for advice?: Our website. Just send me a message. Twitter: @soupergirl Supergirl Like This Episode? Then You Might Like Hugh Thomas - Ugly Drinks: Also exploding in the US, Ugly Drinks is a snarky, CPG brand that is just fun and enjoyable. I learn a ton about marketing from Hugh and this would give you the best steps to start small. Lisa Tse - Sweet Mandarin: Lisa heads Sweet Mandarin, a very popular restaurant and sauce line in the UK. It seems like in the restaurant world, press is king.  

Dalyn Miller is the founder and principal of Dalyn Miller Public Relations and The Podcast Team. Following nearly a half decade as the Director of Marketing and PR for the Boston Philharmonic, he transitioned from classical music into non-fiction book publishing filling the same position for Quarto Group US and its imprints Rockport Publishers, Quarry Books, Fair Winds Press, and RotoVision. In 2004 he launched Dalyn Miller Public Relations. Dalyn's career is punctuated with continuous notable bookings including securing appearances and product placements on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Today, Good Morning America, a New York Times front cover story, features, reviews and excerpts in USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Seattle Times, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, UrbanDaddy, DailyCandy, Bon Appetit, Fine Cooking, Fast Company, Lucky Magazine, Redbook, and Better Homes and Gardens to name only a few. He is a graduate of the University of New Mexico. Show notes by show producer/podcastologist: Danielle Taylor   Connect with Dalyn Miller: Twitter: @DalynMillerPR Booking Service:  www.ThePodcastTeam.com Mainline PR Service: www.DalynMillerPR.com Email: dalyn@dalynmillerpr.com   Reach The Nice Guys Here: Doug- @DJDoug Strickland- @NiceGuyonBiz     Nice Guys Sponsor: Dalyn Miller PR will teach you to be a great podcast guest Nice Guys Links: Subscribe to the Podcast Niceguysonbusiness.com TurnkeyPodcast.com - You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it. Podcast Production, Concept to Launch Book Doug and/or Strick as a speaker at your upcoming event. Amazon #1 Best selling book Nice Guys Finish First. Doug's Business Building Bootcamp (10 Module Course) Survey: Take our short survey so The Nice Guys know what you like.   Partner Links: Amazon.com: Click before buying anything. Help support the podcast. Acuity Scheduling: Stop wasting time going back and forth scheduling appointments Social Quant - Boost your Twitter following the right way. Targeted reach   Promise Statement: To provide an experience that is entertaining and adds value to your life. Never underestimate the Power of Nice.  

In August 2004, Amy Reiley became the second American to earn a Master of Arts in Gastronomy from Le Cordon Bleu. While at Cordon Bleu, Amy rose to prominence for her work in culinary aphrodisiacs. In 2006, Amy releases her first book, Fork Me, Spoon Me: the sensual cookbook, cementing her role as a leading aphrodisiac food authority. Filling a niche in the cookbook market, demand resulted in the book's second printing less than two years later. (As of November 2011, book is in its fourth printing.) Through her company, Life of Reiley, Amy has found many avenues to promote her aphrodisiac knowledge and unique take on life's “consuming passions.” The Eat Something Sexy website, www.eatsomethingsexy.com, and Amy's monthly e-newsletter, Amy Reiley's Aphrodisiac of the Month are considered the online authorities on aphrodisiac food history and science. She speaks and consults on the topic and has appeared on The Today Show, CBS Early Show, Nightline and even Playboy TV–you'll recognize her as the one wearing clothing. But Amy's culinary knowledge is not limited to aphrodisiac foods. In June 2005, Reiley was singled out as one of the year's five best female wine professionals in the world France's Wine Women Awards. An internationally recognized journalist, Amy has shared her food and wine knowledge in such publications as Variety, Sunset, Daily Candy, Los Angeles and Las Vegas magazines. As the creator of Amy Reiley's Pocket Vineyard in 1999, Amy quickly established her place in this male dominated industry by introducing the world to the first comprehensive wine app for PDA's. In 2001 she launched the companion program, Amy Reiley's Pocket Gourmet, lauded by Newsweek as the first of its kind. Both the Pocket Vineyard and Pocket Gourmet were named two of Worth Magazine's “must have” apps in 2002. Amy's second book, Chile Aphrodisia by Rio Nuevo press, was released in June 2006. In addition to promoting her books, Amy speaks and consults on various food and wine topics. She also runs Life of Reiley's boutique publishing company. Her publishing successes include Amazon bestseller Kiss My Bundt: recipes from the award-winning bakery. Amy's latest book, Eat Cake Naked: aphrodisiac desserts to heat up your love life, co-authored by Delahna Flagg, was released in January, 2018. It is the first dessert-based aphrodisiac cookbook of it's kind. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shaman Durek Verrett was born a 3rd generation shaman in Northern California to an African-Haitian father and an East Indian/Norwegian mother. Within his own family he experienced the clashes in spiritual and religious belief, which led to a great deal of confusion, especially as he realized that his own intuitions and awareness were unusual. Through the darkness, Shaman Durek allowed his heart to guide him to the truth and the light. The challenges he experienced in his life, including a month-long coma that doctors told him would leave him in a wheelchair (he rejected that idea and walks quite well today), helped him become strong in knowing himself and being a clear channel for wisdom from beyond the veil. I felt such a powerful remembrance of Shaman Durek during this interview, and several times we just simply burst into laughter whenever we felt it. So much joy and happiness and love! Yes! It's good to remember who you are and why you came here. And it sure is nice to know the janitorial crew is expanding to clean up all this Earth mess! Listen to this interview for some truly radical perspective shifts that, once you hear them the way Shaman Durek speaks them, you'll feel the truth inside your being and wake up, wake up, wake up! If you want to see us talking, watch the video on Vimeo.   More About Shaman Durek Verrett Based in Los Angeles, Shaman Durek works with clients from all walks of life some of which include; Hollywood celebrities and insiders, musicians, CEOs of major corporations and European royalty. Shaman Durek works with clients on a one-to-one basis as well as in group sessions. A gifted guest speaker and teacher, Shaman Durek is the author of a regular column on spiritual life in The Huffington Post, a video blog on Frontiers magazine & other reputable outlets. He is a Co-owner of Heaven & Earth NYC, a VIP invite only club for spiritual transformation. He has been profiled in Daily Candy, Details, Yogi Times, LA Weekly, Metro Source, E! television and documentaries about healing, world shamans and more. Connect with Shaman Durek:  Web   LinkedIn   Facebook   Twitter Share your Eyes of Love on Instagram!   YOUR GUIDE TO SOUL NECTAR – KERRI HUMMINGBIRD SAMI I love mentoring women to rewrite the story of their lives through inner transformation, connection to essence, remembrance of purpose, and realignment to authenticity and truth. If you don't want to settle for anything less than a life of passion and purpose, book a Discovery Call and let's talk! Schedule today! http://bit.ly/2CpFHFZ FREE GIFT: The Love Mastery Game, an oracle for revealing your soul's curriculum in every day challenges. http://www.kerrihummingbird.com/play Do you lack the confidence to trust yourself and go for what you want? When you take actions towards your dreams, does self-doubt infect your certainty? Do you find yourself distracting and numbing while also feeling something is missing inside? Do you feel disrespected and like your wisdom is being dismissed? Do you have a hard time asking for what you need? You may benefit from healing the Mother Wound and reconnecting with the Divine Mother for love. Find out more at www.motherwoundbook.com You may be a member of The Second Wave, here to uplift human consciousness from the inside out by healing patterns of suffering that run through your ancestry. Find out about “The Second Wave: Transcending the Human Drama” and receive a guided meditation at www.thesecondwave.media READ an Excerpt from the Award-Winning memoir, Awakening To Me.

TSBC Alumni, Shayna Norwood of Steel Petal Press owns letterpress studio and retail store front in Chicago. Shayna started Steel Petal Press in 2008 as a side hustle and it became her full time gig in 2010.  In 2016, she opened her flagship retail shop selling her own products as well as stationery and office goods from other independent brands.      On today’s episode, Shayna shares how she manages both a wholesale busienss and a retail storefront, the challenges she’s faced while growing her business and her advice to designers who are pitching their products to wholesale buyers.   ON TODAY’S EPISODE: The start of Steel Petal Press as a side hustle. Feature in Daily Candy & faking it til you make it. Her first year at the National Stationery Show & exhibiting with Ladies of Letterpress. How opening up the retail shop was a happy accident. Managing both sides of her business & the challenges that causes. Shayna’s team and the roles they fill. Merchandising the store & learning to buy for the store Advice for people pitching retail stores How much follow up is too much? KEY TAKE-AWAYS:   “When you’re at the National Stationery Show, you really need to stand out in certain ways.” - Shayna Norwood   “I have to be really intentional about setting aside time to work on the wholesale side of the business.” - Shayna Norwood   “I have learned to trust my instincts.” - Shayna Norwood   “Do your research.  Be as prepared as possible for any situation before you go into it” - Shayna Norwood   MEET SHAYNA NORWOOD: Steel Petal Press is a Chicago based letterpress studio owned and operated by Shayna Norwood.  What began as a part-time endeavor in 2008 has grown to include three presses, a paper cutter, and a small + awesome team. Together we print, package and ship each item by hand.  Shayna Norwood is a professionally trained visual artist with a BFA from San Francisco Art Institute. She's been letterpress printing since 2004, and Steel Petal Press has been her full time gig since 2010.  In 2016 she opened her flagship retail shop. Our shop carries Steel Petal Press greeting cards printed by hand in house and other gift items from independent designers around the country.   CONNECT: Website: http://www.steelpetalpress.com Facebook:  @steelpetalpress Instagram: @steelpetalpress Pinterest: @steelpetalpress Twitter: @steelpetalpress www.instagram.com/steelpetalpress/   JOIN THE TSBC FAMILY: Interested in learning more about launching or refining a wholesale line or exhibiting at trade shows?  Join us for our next Paper Camp conference in Los Angeles. Get more details and register at www.tradeshowcamp.com/papercamp   ABOUT PROOF TO PRODUCT: Proof to Product is brought to you by Tradeshow Bootcamp and hosted by Katie Hunt. Since 2011, TSBC has worked with hundreds of product based businesses to help them up level, scale, and build profitable sustainable companies. You can find our show notes and additional resources at ProofToProduct.com. If you like what you heard today, please head over to Apple Podcast to leave a five star review and subscribe. Thanks so much for listening. We'll be back next week with a new episode.

Tyler Burkum (@tylerburkum) is an internationally touring and studio guitarist (Mat Kearney, Leagues, The Cactus Blossoms, Ingrid Michaelson... just to name a few) He’s a brilliant composer/songwriter too… but I didn’t interview him because of all that nonsense. I played with Tyler a few months back and as soon as we got to talking, I knew that I needed to sit down one-on-one over beers and chat. The way this guy approaches life and thinks about things will inspire you to want to be more open to what life has to offer even if you’re not a musician.    In this episode we talk about: -Being cool with not being the right person for every gig -Realizing that being present in the moment is more important than anything else -Tyler’s experience being picked up at 17 to go on a rock tour   -Overseas tattoo stories -The enjoyment of traveling with music and the education of traveling the world. How it changes the way you view life and culture    -Deciding to be someone who says yes -Letting your mind remind your heart to ease it’s insecurities. -the pointlessness of being competitive in music -Producing yourself: The need to accept who you are and who you’re not. The importance of knowing what you’re NOT good at. -What ’success’ means to Tyler -Using social media as a musician -Advice Tyler would give to his past self that may just change your life. (don’t compete with other people)   Recording Location: Indeed Brewery Tap Room, Minneapolis Beer: Day Tripper IPA   I’m so thankful that I don’t have to deal with sponsors.  Otherwise, I would have to tell you to visit Guinness’ website HERE  Otherwise, I’d be inclined to tell you that Guinness Draft (with it’s distinctive dark amber body and rich creamy head) is possibly God’s greatest gift to mankind and is the sole reason I’m thankful for being alive after it’s birth in 1759. I’d also have to recommend that you to hire Narrate Films for your next video/film/music-video/photo booth/wedding photography/any photography needs and to visit their website HERE.  Whew… so thankful I don’t need to deal with that crap. I’d feel so dirty having to tell you that this episode was sponsored by Bittercube Bitters NO WAY IN HELL am I going to tell you that Bittercube has been featured in Martha Stewart’s Everyday Food, Playboy, Imbibe Magazine, Timeout, Chicago Tribune, New York Times, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, GO – AirTran Inflight Magazine, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, NPR, and Daily Candy, among other publications.   For Links, Guest’s Info And Show Notes Visit: www.thecuriouspod.com

Carol Allen is a happily married Vedic astrologer and relationship coach whose mission is to empower women to enjoy truly “out of this world” love lives. Carol’s been featured on E!, Bridezillas, EXTRA, Dr. Drew’s Lifechangers, in Chicken Soup For The Soul, Woman’s World, and Daily Candy, plus she is the author of Love Is In The Stars – The Wise Woman’s Astrological Guide To Men. Her methods are a unique marriage of East and West, combining her training in the astrology of India with cutting-edge, real-world relationship research. Whether you’re looking for a soulmate, want to deepen an existing relationship, or heal lifelong love patterns, the answers are literally written in the stars… and almost anything can be made much better with your own right-actions, once you know the truth and what to do about it. Guiding Principle, Quote or Mantra God loves me and everything is alright. When You Tripped Up When Carol and her husband met they were more about trying to make their lives happen as opposed to co-create their lives. It came from this desire to feel control because they were scared. For her this showed up as being controlling. She found herself trying to change him. Carol had to let go of a lot of superficial ideas of what her relationship was supposed to look like. She loved that he was being true to himself and if she succeeded in changing him that would be lost. It took her breaking up with him to figure out what she had.  To have a fulfilling relationship we need to check in with our head, heart and groin. So often we pick someone who works for two of these areas and wonder why we aren’t happy. Proudest moment in partnership When Carol and her husband cared for her husband’s mother as she was dying is a time she is really proud of. In their relationship they tend to be happier when they are serving something greater than themselves. Carol and her husband were easily able to set aside their own needs and do what they had to for his mother. And there was no arguing over who did what. What is the best partnership / relationship advice you have ever received? Give the other person what they want when they want it. No more. No less. It sounds so simple, but it is hard to do. Often we want to say no just to say no, but if it is not compromising your core needs then what’s the big deal. If one person leads the way the other tends to follow so do it even if they aren’t doing it yet. Then you get to be a great partner in spite of your partner. And if giving them what they want when they want it is not right for you or comfortable for you, then that is one of the ways you find out if they are the right person for you. Best Partnership Book (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0977984575/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0977984575&linkCode=as2&tag=speakofpartn-20&linkId=3930f4f035529d84b3f2b91c24363090) The Tao of Dating: The Smart Woman's Guide to Being Absolutely Irresistible (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0977984575/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0977984575&linkCode=as2&tag=speakofpartn-20&linkId=0d33b7948e844c7cbb36b84268241ae2) (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553447718/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0553447718&linkCode=as2&tag=speakofpartn-20&linkId=aec32bc2819ca269070583072a7f7127) The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553447718/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0553447718&linkCode=as2&tag=speakofpartn-20&linkId=591b68b9e857a577eac0dff7d6973a13) Payoff of Partnership Carol never would have brought her work to the internet without the guidance of a...

Carol Allen is a happily married Vedic astrologer and relationship coach whose mission is to empower women to enjoy truly “out of this world” love lives. Carol’s been featured on E!, Bridezillas, EXTRA, Dr. Drew’s Lifechangers and in Chicken Soup For The Soul, Woman’s World, and Daily Candy, and is the author of Love Is In The Stars – The Wise Woman’s Astrological Guide To Men. Her methods are a unique marriage of East and West, combining her training in the astrology of India with cutting-edge, real-world relationship research. Whether you’re looking for a soulmate, want to deepen an existing relationship, or heal lifelong love patterns, the answers are literally written in the stars… and almost anything can be made much better with your own right actions once you know the truth and what to do about it. Don’t wait on fate - discover the awesome power you have to attract, enhance, and sustain a great love, and make the most of your romantic destiny with Carol’s free newsletter and catalog of books (get a free book!), personalized astrology reports, and relationship programs, here: www.loveisinthestars.com. On this call you will learn how to: • Why love can’t come until it’s “time” – no matter how ready YOU may feel… • How Ancient Rituals and Mantras can change your “karma” (Morgana shares an amazing story of her own…) • The most important thing about your love life no love coach can tell you… • A scary prediction an astrologer gave Morgana that Carol shot down (and fate REALLY proved wrong!) • Relationship Archetypes we ALL fall into that may be holding YOU back… • The TRUTH about compatibility – and why it’s SO much more than what you think… • And more… Get Carol's gift for listeners at MorganaRadio.com

Startup life is not for the faint of heart. When Nur-E Farhana Rahman tells you about startup life, she is authentic, transparent and genuine. There are worries about cash flow. There are struggles with hiring the right people and picking the right suppliers. She tells a painful story of falling short on a Kickstarter campaign. In her stories, there is nothing glamorous about startup life. That is not to say that her jewelry startup, Knotty Gal, has not been successful. On the contrary, they have been able to grow the company while bootstrapping. Customers stop them on the street to comment on their products. They have been featured in Forbes Huffington Post, Daily Candy, Conscious Magazine, MSNBC and other news outlets. As their revenues rise, so does their impact. Through Knotty Gal, Nur-E is able to support girls attending Bhandari Girls’ School, one of the first all girls’ school in Bogra, Bangladesh. The school has special meaning to Nur-E. Her great grandfather started the school. Her mother graduated from there. It’s a cause big enough to help her meet every challenge startup life sends her way. Startup Life Quotes from Nur-E Farhana Rahman “We had the cause first. We had no product.” “People started sending me stories. ‘On the subway today, someone asked me about my necklace.’” “Scalability is key.” “I read an article that one in three founders suffers from depression.” “You’re constantly thinking about running out of money.” “We’re constantly comparing our behind the scenes to everyone’s highlight reel.” “We’ve been bootstrapping the entire time.” “You will fail. It’s guaranteed. It’s just a matter of how you bounce back.” “Perseverance is the one key trait that all successful entrepreneurs have.” “Do one thing that scares you” Social Entrepreneurship Resources: Knotty Gal: http://www.knottygal.com Tim Ferris article: Hacking Kickstarter: How to Raise $100,000 in 10 Days http://fourhourworkweek.com/2012/12/18/hacking-kickstarter-how-to-raise-100000-in-10-days-includes-successful-templates-e-mails-etc Culture Shift Learning Academy waiting list: http://tonyloyd.com/assessment Culture Shift Learning Academy We’re moving closer to the launch of Culture Shift Learning Academy, a comprehensive system to help you flesh out your social impact idea and start achieving it. Enrollment isn’t open yet, but you can join the waiting list with other changemakers. Just go to http://tonyloyd.com/assessment and enter your email address. As a thank you, I’ll send you the Social Entrepreneur Startup Readiness Assessment. This useful tool is designed to help you to determine where you are on your startup journey and to successfully focus your development efforts.

Cathy Huyghe is a dynamic media professional with a special interest in wine and the spirit of hospitality, Harvard Business Review network, The Atlantic, Decanter, Food52.com, DailyBeast, The Boston Globe, the Washington Post, Wine Enthusiast, GlobalPost, Grist.org, and Daily Candy. She has also been featured on the BBC, WNYC, WGBH, and Nevada Public Radio. She… Read More » The post Cathy Huyghe: Why You Should Hesitate appeared first on Gareth J Young.

Kimberly Wilson is an author, artist, entrepreneur and activist named among the top four yoga teachers in DC by Washingtonian Magazine. She is also the creative director and founder of Tranquil Space Yoga Studios - named among the top 25 yoga studios in the world by Travel and Leisure. She holds a master's degree in women's studies and social work and has authored four books, including the "Hip Tranquil Chick." With a passion for doing good, Kimberly co-founded the Tranquil Space Foundation, and is a cheerleader for animal rights. In 2008, she was honored as a New Leader in Philanthropy by Greater DC Cares. She has completed trainings ranging from Jivamukti to Yin to Mindfulness and brings a potpourri of styles into her teaching. Her work has been featured on Martha Stewart Living Radio, in Daily Candy, Fit Yoga, U.S. News and World Report and in various books. Visit www.kimberlywilson.com and www.TranquilSpace.com Get the Off the Grid Into the Heart CD by Sister Jenna.  Like America Meditating on FB & follow us on Twitter. Download our free Pause for Peace App for Apple or Android     

The Kitchy Kitchen (Atria Books) A playful and delicious cookbook, from the host of ABC's "Food for Thought with Claire Thomas" and creator of the much loved food blog "The Kitchy Kitchen." Every cook needs an arsenal of staples, whether for the perfect dinner party entree to wow a crowd, or throw-it-together lunches for lazy afternoons...but we all know that the real fun comes in making basic recipes your own.The Kitchy Kitchen is tastemaker Claire Thomas's solution for amping up your everyday culinary routine, introducing her approach to her own kitchen: loose, personal, unfussy, and most of all, fun. With new takes on classic favorites--think adding farmer's market peaches to upgrade a BLT, spicing up tempura cauliflower with a zesty harissa sauce, or transforming basic red velvet cupcakes into decadent pancakes--this cookbook is filled with fresh, produce-driven recipes for every skill set and occasion. It's your best friend and personal chef, all rolled into one. Gorgeously illustrated and peppered with stylish entertaining tips and quirky essays that will inspire you to take the recipes you love and make them new, The Kitchy Kitchen will make your life in the kitchen a little easier, a little more fabulous, and positively delicious. Praise for The Kitchy Kitchen "Claire's enthusiasm for food is contagious - her recipes are hard proof that delicious home cooking doesn't have to be overly complicated or fussy. I can't wait to yum, mmm, and wow my way through the entire cookbook."--Erica Chan, Co-Creator Honestly WTF "Claire has a smile that makes a stranger feel like a welcome friend. Her food is an intentional and indulgent extension of that grace...a true display of a life well eaten and lived."--Joy Wilson, Creator of Joy the Baker "A wizard at making the kind of food that you really want to eat, Claire's genius recipes are so gloriously good, you'll wonder where she's been all your life."--Hilly Kerr and Katherine Powers, Creators of Who What Wear, Domaine Home, and Byrdie "It's like she knows exactly what I want in my head and stomach and laid it out page by page."--Aubrey Plaza Claire Thomas is an unabashed food enthusiast. She works as a nationally recognized commercial director, food photographer, and writer. Her blog, The Kitchy Kitchen (www.thekitchykitchen.com), was an experiment born in 2008 after enduring a more than unsatisfying job after college, and is her much beloved playground. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Claire has turned food into an intellectual and grumbling stomach-driven passion. She has written for many outlets, including The Huffington Post, Daily Candy, Real Simple, Lucky Magazine, and Eater amongst others. 

Jennifer Bonetto - Feng Shui SOULutions Jennifer is classical feng shui master. She has helped her clients recover from terminal illnesses, get pregnant, turn around negative financial situations, find a life partner and enhance their financial prospects, relationship and current health. Jennifer has been featured on Daily Candy, Yoga Magazine, 944 Magazine and on Kenny Kingston's radio show. She has just finished writing a book and expects publication late 2012.  Jennifer lectures all over Los Angeles and Orange Counties on the following topics: * An Introduction to the Eight Mansion system and how to use this system to determine if furniture placement, bathrooms, kitchens, bedrooms, doors, and so forth are ideally located/placed for money, relationships, health and stability--how to fix this if it's not ideally located/placed * Special considerations for bedrooms and offices * Interior negative forms in a home that can affect health, money and relationships (such as bathrooms, kitchens, fireplaces in the center of the home) * Introduction to Classical Feng Shui and how business moguls Donald Trump, Steve Wynn, Richard Branson, Bill Gates and progressive companies such as Disney, Wells Fargo and Chase Bank use it to build and secure wealth. For more information about Jennifer and her services, visit: http://realfengshuisoulutions.com/  

This episode of CraftSanity was recorded before a live audience at the Creative Conference of Entrepreneurs in Seattle. My guest was the Megan Reardon, creator of the popular Not Martha blog she launched in 2001 as a place to keep track of her many crafty projects and lifestyle interests. Nine years later, Megan's blog has received mentions from high traffic sites including Daily Candy, Fred Flare, Boing Boing, Apartment Therapy, and Metafilter, and has been nominated for several Bloggie awards. Megan's site was named one of the Coolest Websites of 2006 by Time magazine. On this episode of CraftSanity, you'll find out about Megan's creative life that has included stints sewing opera costumes in Santa Fe, building corporate websites in San Francisco, and running a small knitting supplies business in her current home of Seattle, where she is a founding member of the Grassroots Business Association. She has published patterns in Knitty.com (The Hallowig ranks among my favorites!) and in several knitting books. She contributed projects to ReadyMade and FamilyFun magazines, and has also blogged for ReadyMade and Design Sponge. Megan also creates awesome projects for Holidash.com, including this Felt Dahlia Brooch. Thanks to Megan for being the first guest to record with me before a live audience and for sharing her story with us! Also thanks to the conference organizers who hosted the conference. It was great to be a part of the event and meet so many talented and creative people in person. I will be posting more little bits about people I met in the coming weeks. I have a little project to finish in the meantime.