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.
’Tis the season for a repeat episode. I chose this interview with musician Andrew Bird from the archive because he always reminds me of the holidays. Despite the discomfort I felt revisiting something recorded nearly 4 years ago and judging my past self’s interview style, what Bird shared with me in our conversation feels as relevant today as it did then. Happy Holidays!
In this episode, I'm a guest on Liz Tran's podcast, Reset. Liz is an author, executive coach & founder of Reset NYC. She not only interviews me but gives me a coaching session on air. Among other things, we speak about the role of emotion in decision making, regret, feeling behind, moves & other transitions, whether everything happens for a reason & the pressure to "keep up with the Jonses".
This week, I talk to my good friend of nearly a decade, author Katie Horwitch. We reminisce about our years of friendship, both moving to New York, and the evolving nature of relationships with distance. Katie has long been an advocate for helping women shift negative self-talk patterns, and we explore why developing a stronger sense of self is the initial step to shifting negative self-talk.
In this episode I speak with Shari Foos, a marriage & family therapist & the visionary founder of The Narrative Method. We delve into the power of human connection, concepts like the "cult of culture," the transformative impact of uninterrupted sharing, & the art of hosting salons. Shari shares her wisdom on managing overgiving, navigating friendships, sustaining romantic relationships & more.
This week I spoke with Zachary Hourihane, a journalist living in Singapore. He now works in corporate advertising while simultaneously being a prolific pop culture creator. We cover the Beatles-esque mania of Taylor Swift as well as how he got into American pop culture, selective vulnerability, and his process for making video essays and keeping up with the pace of media while working full time.
This week: 2 clips from the second show I co-host with Serena Wolf, called Spiraling. It's our 5th season and this season is a little bit in the "messy middle," which I'll explain in the first clip from episode 2. In it Serena and I talk about how stress and being “in process” affect anxiety, feeling stagnant, worrying about being behind, and how perspective is the ultimate reframe.
This week musician Cale Tyson returns. We talk about his music trajectory from playing in emo bands in high school to beginning a career in Nashville to touring as a classic country artist and now, making the shift to pop country. We also delve into our feelings around aging, bouncing between projects, attachment styles, dating & learning to not take anything too seriously—especially yourself.
This week I spoke to my good friend Melina Peterson about the hidden effort behind appearing effortless, human design, astrology, leaving a full-time job after navigating the corporate matrix, burnout, and more. She shared what’s been coming up for her after this career shift, including: exploring synchronicities, reconnecting with her inner child, and reevaluating her values post-pandemic.
This week I spoke with iconic musician Moby, who has recently ventured into podcasting with "MOBY POD" alongside sustainability expert Lindsay Hicks. We talked for hours about everything from the sunk cost fallacy to attachment and aversion to sobriety and self-awareness. Let us know if you listened.