This is part 2 of my conversation with Nada Alic, author of Bad Thoughts. As you'll hear, she's one of those rare people who are as cool as they seem online, yet also warm, inviting, and genuinely kind. We take questions from some mutual friends, and she talks about her somewhat secret 3:00 ritual and much more.
This week I spoke to New York Times journalist and author of Blood, Sweat & Chrome, Kyle Buchanan. He reports on pop culture and writes the NYT awards season column, The Projectionist, which he took over from the late great journalist David Carr. Kyle and I talk about the craft of interviewing, creating safety in conversation, movies, the process of writing an oral history, and more.
This week I got to talk to my good friend Anjie Cho, who has helped me with the feng shui of all of my apartments. This episode is a real session where you'll hear me speak candidly about where I am and what I'm hoping for as she helps me update my space.
This week's guest is Heidi Baker, designer and founder of the California-based clothing brand OZMA. We covered learning to surf and what that has taught her about perspective, what she does in a creative rut, navigating change, creating a team at her studio, sustainability, effortless fashion, growth and much more.
This week I spoke with visual artist Camilla Engstrom. Our conversation flew by and we ended up talking for nearly 3 hours, so I decided to break this up into two parts. In this first half, you’ll hear about her her upbringing and her moves to Shanghai, NYC, and LA, as well as her creative process, habits, routines, meditation, journaling, spirituality, art influences, and more.
This week I spoke with the very creative filmmaker & ceramicist Madelynn De La Rosa. Madelynn is passionate about French cinema, sustainable fashion, and her dog Violet, and we spoke about all three in this conversation. We also cover her upbringing, starting her YouTube channel, moving to LA, what she’s learned from breakups, being a freelancer, style, film and her creative process.
this week i got to talk to my good friend Anjie Cho. Anjie has helped me with the feng shui of all of my apartments, and in this episode I spoke with her about my new space in LA. it's a real session where you'll hear about where I am and what i'm hoping for. we also talk about the connection between space and creativity, letting go of things, eating disorders and space, generosity, and more.
I've been getting to know Christine for years through being entertained by her Vlogs, discovering new music & brands through her favorites videos, style tips from her daily uniform series, and feeling inspired from her apartment tours & intimate interviews on YouTube. I'm so glad this conversation lived up to my expectation of what Christine would be like.
This week on the podcast Anea Bogue, author, speaker & founder of REALGirl. I knew immediately I wanted to be a part of & support REALGirl because they provide everything I wish I would have had as a young girl. From teaching girls about feminism, their bodies, & to how to navigate relationships, REALGirl equips girls with the tools to navigate our lives as women.
Lynn is a super talented actress & an incredible blogger. From blogging to sharing her past issues around food we talk about so many good things in the conversation today. If you haven’t checked out her videos on youtube or her podcast I highly recommend them all. Her podcast focuses on people’s relationships with food which as we say in this episode we both find fascinating.
This week I'm discussing my current favorites - including podcasts, books, movies, netflix shows, an upcoming retreat I'm going on, beauty products, food, exercise, and music. I also discuss what I'm grateful for and more.
Each week Elizabeth Kott & Stephanie Simbari explore a new aspect of wellness or spirituality in a fun, light hearted, and genuine way on their podcast That’s So Retrograde. The show is comedy meets style meets wellness meets girl talk in all the best ways. They believe that wellness should be available to everyone and they make it less intimidating and more fun with every episode they record.
Deanna, Emily, and I dive into lots of topics including writing, podcasting, and of course the difference between 80's babies and 90's babies and beyond. It was so great to get to virtually hang out with Deanna & Emily and hear how they ended up in LA, how the podcast came to be, and get some OMFG advice from them on tattoos, relationships, and other things in life.
Emily was such a delightful, down-to-earth person with so much self-awareness creative spark. We talked about her experience moving away from her small town in the midwest to pursue her dream of acting and singing. Beyond her story and career we talked about her experience with therapy, body image, family, romantic relationships and breakups as well as her song writing and creative process.
I had the most wonderful time chatting with human design reader Jenna Zoë. In this episode, I ask her everything I was curious about in terms of what human design is and how it can be useful, I use myself as an example, and talk about how it can be used in relationships and parenting for understanding the people in your life better.