This week I spoke to Ashley Stahl, bestselling author and CEO of Wise Whisper, which helps people craft impactful talks and get booked on stages like TEDx. Ashley talks about navigating the liminal spaces of life and how discipline plays a crucial role in finding your next elegant idea. Together, we discuss creative pivots, the value of storytelling, and embracing discomfort as a path to growth.

In this special year-in-review mailbag episode, producer Ella and I look back on favorite standout episodes from 2024, our process of working together, and what's ahead for Let It Out in the coming year. We answer a few questions about walking, the challenges of maintaining consistency, and our collaborative process with writing and editing newsletters and the truth of how our ideas take shape.

It's just me this week with a dispatch that feels more like a voice note to a friend. I centered this around how the so-called "irony epidemic" has shaped the way I work, write, & share my projects in a culture that often resists earnestness. I reflect on the push/pull between sincerity & detachment, the ways we seek validation, & how group chats, community, & connection factor into it all.

This week I spoke to chef, writer & food stylist Chloe Walsh, also known as Chloe Cooks. A Brit based out of LA, she hosts pop-ups, writes & is known for her potato recipe & so much more. We talked about everything from her favorite places to go in LA, to meals to cook when alone, food culture as it relates to bodies, chronic illness, managing her energy, & following her intuition in the kitchen.

This week I spoke to Moon Juice founder and CEO Amanda Chantal Bacon. We had a candid conversation that began with talking about shame and a book (All Fours). And spanned to finding love later, aging, mourning past life phases, intergenerational friendship, and the myth of balance. She was so wise and easygoing that I left feeling like I'd just hung up with a good friend.

Here's Part 2 of my conversation with author Melissa Broder, author of the essay collection So Sad Today, and 5 poetry collections. Today you’ll hear about grief, losing a parent, writing her most recent novel, bodies & aging, our favorite grocery stores, & finding humor. In Part 1, we covered wellness culture, limerence, long-term relationships, her writing process & more.

Melissa Broder is the author of several novels, the essay collection So Sad Today, and 5 poetry collections. Today you’ll hear the first half of our conversation where we talked about everything from wellness culture to limerence, long-term relationships, and her writing process. Next week, in Part 2, we talk about grief, writing her most recent novel, our favorite grocery stores, & finding humor.

This is a conversation between writer Verônika Shülman and myself, at a party for the release of my new zine, Pivot. It was so nice to be in the same room with everyone after being stuck inside for most of the summer with a broken leg—but in that time I had put together this zine, which is about the lessons I learned in the last decade. If you want a copy, below is how you get one!

This week, Simi Botic—author, founder of *Unmeasured*, and my best friend—joins me to talk about PIVOT, a new zine of essays I compiled while being stuck inside this summer. We talk about seeing each other through different phases and the feelings that come from revisiting our old work. PIVOT is one big nod to my 20's, including all the lessons I learned and the experiences that taught me them.

This week I spoke to Neada Deters, founder of the organic skincare range LESSE. Inspired by watching her grandmother apply her skincare, Neada gave LESSE the tagline, rituals over routines. We covered her daily rituals, her journalism background, how she spends her days, working with her husband, keeping in touch with people far away & her approach to beauty including where the industry is going.

This week I spoke with Zoë Pawlak, a Vancouver-based artist and industrial designer. After deciding to get sober, she turned to journaling as a way of expression and inner reflection. We cover: breaking traditional norms of what’s possible when you have kids; living an "artist lifestyle"; how what she calls "life quakes" lead to growth; and letting go of what’s no longer working.

I spoke with the iconic writer and editor Christene Barberich, co-founder and former editor-in-chief of Refinery29. We spoke about starting R29 and some of her best interviews; leaving her role there and the excitement of new beginnings; her newest project, A Tiny Apt., about how the right environment fosters growth, creativity, safety and vulnerability; and the changes she’s been navigating.

This week I spoke to President Obama’s Social Secretary, Deesha Dyer. Her memoir, Undiplomatic, dives into how a hip-hop journalist without credentials, connections, or a college degree conquered imposter syndrome while landing one of the most sought-after positions in the White House. We covered the importance of following curiosity, redefining societal timelines, and much more!

This is Part 2 of my conversation with secondhand-fashion-obsessed writer Erika Veurink. She’s written everywhere from NY Magazine to Vogue to WSJ & writes the newsletter Long Live. In this part, we talk about personal style, go-to outfits, romantic relationship advice & more. Last week, we covered how places become part of our identities, spirituality & rest, and daily writing practice.

This is Part 1 of my conversation with secondhand-fashion-obsessed writer Erika Veurink. She’s written everywhere from NY Magazine to Vogue to WSJ & writes the newsletter Long Live. In Part 1 we cover how places become part of our identities, spirituality & rest, daily writing practice & her newsletter. Next week, we talk about personal style, go-to outfits, romantic relationships & more.

Kerrilynn Pamer, founder of CAP Beauty, was first on in 2021 where we talked about starting CAP, cooking & personal style, and I’ve been dying to have her back ever since. This episode covers updates on those topics, plus we talk about: having a fixed vs. growth mindset, feeling left out, friendship vs. acquaintances, taking a psychological approach to aging, beauty, developing taste & much more!

Chef, author, and screenwriter Phoebe Lapine has a new cookbook out now, called Carbivore. We catch up in this episode about the topic of this new project which is, of course, carbs: what led to carbs being demonized by the diet industry, what sugar and carbs actually mean for our blood sugar, food sequencing, how overthinking all of this can be damaging, and how to navigate the extreme ends.

This week, Jessica Lyda returns. She's facilitated healing sessions with thousands of different people, from celebrities to therapists to shamans to skeptics to me! She helps you figure out trapped emotions and how to release those. We also talk about: what to do when nothing is working, feeing stagnant, toxic relationships, setting boundaries, people-pleasing dynamics, catching ideas & much more.

This is part 2 of my conversation with longtime DJ and music producer, Free Oribhabor. He’s also the founder of The Record Club, an immersive album listening experience he hosts monthly in LA. In this second part, we talk about how his musical taste has developed, having confidence in one's taste and allowing taste to change, and he also takes questions from friends. Let us know if you listen!

This is part 1 of a 2-part conversation I had with longtime DJ and music producer, Free Oribhabor. He’s also the founder of The Record Club, an immersive album listening experience he hosts monthly in LA. In part 1 we talk about wormholes and research, being undervalued in education, and making money doing many different things which can mean that things take longer.

Jacqueline Suskin is a poet, educator, and the author. Her newest book, A Year in Practice, is a practical guide for using the natural seasons to inform creative rhythms, and how our rhythms are drawn from those of the earth. We spoke about seasonal transition, her creative practice, the power of saying no, sources of energy that feel consistent and fulfilling, and more. She even reads a poem.

This week I spoke with decluttering expert and author Tracy McCubbin on why filling our homes with stuff makes us feel empty, aging and how she both got married and started her business later in life, and why connection and being helpful to others prevents clutter. In this you'll hear her help figure out what's been preventing me from making some necessary changes and how you can make them too.

In honor of Valentine’s Day it’s an episode about romantic love… just kidding it’s about breakups! It's part variety show from 2019 where I compiled all of the times (up until then) I spoke with guests on how heartbreak, grief, and sadness can lead to growth. it sounds like a bummer of an episode but it was actually quite optimistic, full of wisdom, and even at times funny.

My friend James McCrae is an author, poet, artist, and founder of Sunflower Club, a global school and community dedicated to conscious creativity. We talk about his latest book, The Art of You, as well as haikus, mistakes being portals, the id vs. ego, the role of criticism in pushing art forward, boundaries, and much more. Let us know if you listen!

This week is part 2 of my conversation with filmmaker & ceramicist Madelynn De La Rosa. Recorded just before the holidays, she talks about how some of the biggest changes she’s made in her life have begun as New Year’s resolutions. In this half, we talk about how internal work can lead to external life changes, fear of being ordinary, her film recs, q&a from listeners, and more.

This week filmmaker & ceramicist Madelynn De La Rosa returns! Recorded just before the holidays, she talks about how some of the biggest changes she’s made in her life have begun as New Year’s resolutions. In part one we talk about shadow work, learning to be gentler on yourself, gene keys, Abraham Hicks, spiritual principles that have helped us & learning to not be too dogmatic about any of it.