A conversation with anxiety researcher Tracy about the difference between stress and anxiety. Is it actually on the rise? Why are people talking about it more? Can some anxiety be good? Uncertainty, change, fear, depression, and strategies for supporting yourself through discomfort of anxiety plus tips feeling your best and not falling into old patterns around family.

most years i do some sort of year in review this year episode, this year’s turned out to be a clips show compiling all of the times we spoke about heartbreak, breakups, and the growth they can lead to... it sounds like a bummer of an episode but it was actually quite optimistic, full of wisdom, and even at times funny.

Past pod guest Abbi Miller is back today. She has taught me so much about living in alignment with your best self in business, relationships, and life. Today we discuss her "Abbisms" --the phases she's taught me that have been extremely helpful. We also get into pivoting from full time to freelance transitions, navigating burnout, and the importance of support in business and personal life.

Jacob is the creator or the literary magazine: one word which is a collection of works from notable creative writers—about their personal interpretation of one word. We met through his mom (one of my favorite writers) Dani Shapiro. We get into the in between space of making art and living life, touch on anxiety, talk about differences generationally, and he recommends a bunch of art.

This episode is unique. I spoke with writer and astrologer Emmalea Russo about both then we play a conversation we had about some astrology specifics including north and south nodes and saturn returns. She gives an update astrologically for this week and reads my chart focusing on my saturn return. she's so wise and this episode is insightful, dark, and hopeful.

Savala Nolan Trepczynski is a lawyer, writer, mother, and very funny wise person. I related to her in so many ways. Although our backgrounds are vastly different, the way we engaged with diet culture was actually pretty similar. I started following her on instagram and am so glad I had the opportunity to have her on the pod. I open up on where I am with body image and re-recovery.

This episode includes a meditation that helped me slow down with intuitive healer Zoe Graman. Also, I talked all about bodies with the hosts of That's Pretty Woo. This is a variety show of an episode.

I'm so happy to have storyteller & audio producer Allison Behringer on the podcast this week. She’s the creator of a podcast called BODIES. We talk about BODIES, what the process of making it taught her, and why women telling their stories about their bodies is so cathartic. We talk about why telling personal stories is so important, the importance of mothers and daughters talking about sex.

I really loved this conversation with the founders of Of/a Kind Erica and Claire. They were so lovely! I never wanted the interview to end. They talk about their friendship, starting their company of a kind and how they keep their friendship alive while being co-founders. They give great advice on adult friendship, management, and even the best natural mascara and baby gifts for new moms.

London Kaye is a street artist based in LA. Her unique use of crochet to create art pieces made entirely of yarn has brought smiles to communities around the world and has allowed London to create a creative handmade business. She's been featured everywhere from the NYT to NBC to billboards in Times Square. We talk about how she went from working retail to crafting her creative career.

This week's conversation with the founders of The Chain, a peer network for women in fashion and entertainment is fitting. Co-founded by writers Ruthie Friendlander and Christina Grasso, the group is particularly active during NYFW, supporting and connecting their community. The Chain message is useful to anyone regardless of industry who has struggled with body image and disordered eating.

In this episode, Andrew Bird talks about the slow growth he had as a musician, his discipline & patience in building his career, & how letting go, slowing down, & taking a break was really what actually helped him move forward. He started playing classical violin at four. This training required strict adherence to rules, which he ultimately broke free from to create his own style.

Emily is a writer and founder of BreakfastClub, a morning club that brings together the coolest creatives in each city over a morning meal. She is also the author of “BREAKFAST: The Cookbook”, with nearly 400 recipes from 80 countries. She likes mornings for the softness and realness of them. We talk about her career in food writing, trendcasting, style, food and how that impacts body image.

Today's guest is the artist of one of what I like to call my 'security blanket songs'. Adrian Galvin who goes by the band name Yoke Lore is a pop folk musician with a new album out and currently touring. He’s also very smart and articulate and just and an interesting guy. We covered relationships, creativity, routines and habits, and he gave a lot of great suggestions for art.

Ryan Brunty is an artist and the founder of Depressed Monsters, a streetwear apparel company and visual art project. I relate to Ryan a lot and in this conversation which was recorded live in our lounge at the Emerge Music Festival we talk about how we each feel depression— a topic we haven’t covered much on this podcast.

Whitney Bell is an LA based activist, entrepreneur, writer, and producer of the vulnerability variety show, Stories of Women. We sat down in Las Vegas at the Emerge Music Festival for this live interview. Whitney not only make really inspiring and moving work, but also manages to lift up others' while still prioritizing her own self care.

This interview was recorded at the music festival in Las Vegas called Emerge. Today’s conversation is with the festival founder Rehan Choudhry. Emerge is the intersection of social justice, art & music. The festival takes place annually over two days and features interdisciplinary exploration through live music, passionate storytelling, progressive art, crafted parties and immersive experiences.

A few months ago previous podcast guest Seher Sikandar introduced me to her friend, today's guest Selome Araya. Seher connected us and as I learned more about her work I was hooked. Selome is a reiki master, doula, and holistic healer who specializes in the link between spirituality and depression. We talked about her experience with depression and as a highly sensitive person.

Jessica’s personal essays and narrative journalism have appeared in the New York Times’ Modern Love column, Self Magazine, Cosmopolitan, Teen Vogue & Time Magazine among many others. She is the author of the forthcoming memoir: If You Loved Me You Would Know. We talked about where she got her confidence, the nurturing habits she lives by & how motherhood changed her into a more productive writer.

This week we have part two of my chat with modern dating coach, Clara Artschwager. This week, we talk about ghosting, jealousy, and unrequited love. I love Clara’s refreshing take on relationships. Hearing about how she helps career driven women take a more empowered and nourishing approach to dating and partnership is a breath of fresh air!

As I say in the podcast, about a million people sent this article today’s guest Clara Artschwager wrote for the Cut. I related, loved it and instantly reached out to have her on the podcast. Our conversation was so robust I decided to split it into 2 episodes. You’ll hear half this week were we discuss dating, chivalry in the Me Too era and meeting online vs meeting in person.

I felt better after recording this conversation with my two talented guests and I hope you feel better listening. Today’s guests are director Kristin Hanggi and writer and actress Maddie Corman. Not only has their work has be meaningful to me, but I just really like them both so much as people.

Simi has done my podcast a bunch of times and if I’m lucky she’ll do it a bunch more. She’s talked about transitioning careers from attorney to intuitive eating coach, her pregnancy experience, and her advice on relationships. In this episode we’re talking about friendship and all things related to it.

It's rare I have a guest on twice, but every conversation I have with Claire ends up being so insightful. Today we cover a wide variety of topics including: redefining wellness, inclusivity in the wellness industry, importance of touch therapy, sustainable self-love, social media and mental health, routines and habits during transitional times.

I’ve been meditating since 2015 after having Bob Roth on this podcast. When I moved to New York, I met my friend Arden who owns a mediation studio called The Spring. We bonded over meditation and she raved about her teacher Thom. He’s an insightful and wise and I love the way he talks about meditation. We also talk about relationships, intuition, creativity, charm, and way more.

Today’s guest is a ray of sunshine. Jon is one of those people everyone loves being around. He’s loyal, cozy, and so creative and wise. He’s a writer and illustrator who has worked with artists including Jason Mraz, Madonna, and Maroon 5 on album art and mech. In the episode we talk about the power of words, feeling feelings, surrender, creativity, curiosity, and more.

The bulk of this conversation is devoted to a topic that Serena is known to be candid and open about on her social media: anxiety. She’s so articulate when she talks about her ups and downs with anxiety and in this conversation we get in there deep about she experiences it, what helps, and she gives me big sisterly advice in my on anxiety and emotional spirals.

Today, we’re airing the last round of LET [a podcast] OUT’s winning episode by Alex Hollander. Alex created LIMBO, a podcast about the spaces between. In this episode you’ll hear her conversation with her former colleague Berna. They covered creating a “healing team”, money shame, the transition from full time to freelance, travel loneliness, the idea of “relationship” privilege, and way more.

Illustrator Mari Andrew and I met serendipitously in January. I told her how much her work meant to me and she agreed to do the podcast. In this conversation, we covered “rejection as protection”, her creative routines, money in NYC, feeling vulnerable and raw during breakups, transitions, her specific way of practicing gratitude, and her useful body image advice.

Rachelle and I met in her cafe, Supernatural, last year. We covered her path to herbalism, her thoughts on kava, current wellness trends and dangers with that, her style (which I love), anxiety + herbs that help it, body image, heartbreak (and the herbs that can help), and at the end we talk about a productivity tip that’s been extremely useful to me in the past few weeks since the episode.

I read Sara’s first book The Way of the Happy Woman years ago and loved her approach of orienting your life with the seasons. I find her to be incredibly present, grounded, and wise so I was excited to connect with her. This conversation was nothing I expected. We talked about grief, change, and heartbreak in a deep way.

Hear all about how I literally stumbled upon Adam's show and realized we had a lot in common. This episode is a long one but a deep one. We cover indecision, feeling ugly, mental health, creativity, writing, love, psychedelics, and navigating how to live in the world as an anxious tender being.

Our society is obsessed with romantic love and rightfully so. This is an episode about romantic love. Relationships are hard, messy, beautiful, and I’m happy we have an entire episode talking about them.

I met Robyn when she read from her project Friends With Secrets at previous guest Marlee Grace‘s book signing last month. I fell in love with her raw vulnerability and her cool projects. We recorded this conversation in my bedroom and covered everything from writing to sobriety to film.

When I met Human Design reader Erin Claire Jones I was so taken by her approach I knew I wanted to have her on the podcast. She’s one of the most magnetic people I’ve ever met. It was clear I wasn’t alone since we recorded this episode live at The Assemblage in NYC.

This week I'm chatting with writer and improviser Marlee Grace. We discuss creativity, process, family, moving, routines, tattoos, friendship, and feeling feelings. Her new book How to Not Always Be Working had a profound impact on me.

We’re easing back in this season with a discussion about art that is meaningful to us. My friend Briana Bane had to make a podcast for one of her media classes at NYU last semester and she came up with the best concept – a show called The Art That’s Made You.