This week on Reclaiming, Monica sits down with the authors of ALL THE COOL GIRLS GET FIRED, Laura Brown and Kristina O’Neill, for a conversation about identity, resilience, and rebuilding after everything shifts. Laura and Kristina share the story of being fired from their dream jobs, how they moved through shock and uncertainty, and why that moment became the spark for their next chapter. Together, they explore how women are taught to carry shame around career loss, the power of community and humor in hard moments, and what it really means to reclaim your worth outside of a title. Sharing the firing stories of famous women like Oprah, Katie Couric, Carol Burnett and many others, It it is an honest, grounded look at letting go, starting again, and trusting that sometimes the fall is what sets you free.

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This week on Reclaiming, Monica sits down with artist and author Charlie Mackesy for a warm conversation about softness, grief, and what it means to stay human in a world that urges you to harden. Charlie opens up about the unexpected impact of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, the emotional weight of meeting readers in their most tender moments, and how creating gentle work requires its own quiet courage. Together, in this connecting, deep dive they explore childhood defenses, the ache of losing the people and animals we love, and why storms change us even when we don’t choose them. Charlie also tells us about when his 19 year old dog, Barney, met the late Queen Elizabeth.

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This week on Reclaiming, we sit down with Malala Yousafzai—activist, author, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate whose courage and conviction have inspired a global movement for girls’ education. In this conversation, Malala reflects on growing into herself—beyond the headlines and history—and learning to see her life through her own lens. She speaks candidly about her feminist father, whose belief in equality helped her imagine a future not just for herself, but for generations of women to come.

We also explore her evolving relationship with her mother, and how, as Malala gets older, she’s come to understand and honor her mother’s perspective in new ways. And because self-discovery isn’t all philosophy and politics, Malala shares the lighter side too—like deciding it was finally time to wear jeans and the tragic, but clarifying, realization that she looks truly terrible in a cardigan. And if you’ve ever wondered if being brave in activism translates to being brave in other areas — Malala and Monica discuss rollercoasters!

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