#392: Julie Mountain and Dana Noorily are the co-founders of The Granola Bar, longtime friends, mothers, and entrepreneurs who turned a desire for something more into a thriving brand. After initially believing that becoming stay-at-home moms was the life they wanted, they each began to realize they were craving a greater sense of purpose, creativity, and identity outside of motherhood. What started as a shared idea eventually became The Granola Bar, a beloved all-day dining concept that has grown to multiple locations. Their story is one of friendship, reinvention, entrepreneurship, and giving yourself permission to change your mind about what a fulfilling life looks like.

What you'll learn:

• How to balance decision making between instincts and logic
• The difference between resume vs. eulogy virtues and which you should consider focusing on
• Reality of starting and building a new business and what every aspiring business owner should know
• Relevance of partner selection and how they play a role in the kind of life you are able to live, especially in their level of support in your own individual dreams and goals
• Why most women idealize being a "stay at home mom" and the reality of how it may not truly fulfill you

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#391: Rachel Blank is the Founder and CEO of Allara, a virtual care platform built for the millions of women living with complex, chronic conditions. Allara makes expert healthcare accessible by connecting patients with specially trained, and highly empathetic doctors and Registered Dietitians who treat patients from a whole health perspective. Rachel founded Allara following her own experience struggling to get a diagnosis and trusted treatment for PCOS. Prior to founding Allara, Rachel was the Director of Strategy at Ro and is a graduate of Harvard Business School.

This episode was originally released in June 2025.

What you'll learn:

• Importance of not rushing into marriage, especially when you know it doesn't feel right
• Why Allara Health would not have started if she stayed in her previous relationship and did not call off the wedding
• How to re-frame being intimidated by men, especially in work and business
• The difference between feeling unsafe and emotionally understood in a relationship
• Personal experiences with navigating PCOS and different women's health conditions

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#390: Christina Yannello (aka Barefaced Femme) is a content creator who has built an engaged platform by sharing an honest and relatable look into beauty, career, confidence, and navigating life as a woman in her 20s. What started as a space to share her personal experiences has evolved into a growing community centered around authenticity, vulnerability, and figuring things out along the way.

Throughout her journey as a creator, she has opened up about everything from building a platform and navigating an unconventional career path to her experience with acne, Accutane, and the impact skin struggles can have on confidence and mental health.

What you'll learn:

• The honest truth about Acutane and what you should know
• A personal journey with acne and why one size does not fit all
• How to trust your gut and when you make your own decisions
• Navigating Asian cultural norms that differ from upbringing, growing up in the US
• Impact of moving to a city where you can find more likeminded people who dream big

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#389: Do you find yourself struggling with making quality decisions that actually reflect a life that you truly want for yourself? On this short solo episode, Emily shares the framework she often uses, especially when she's not completely sure which way she should go with a decision.

Your life is a culmination of the choices and decisions you make. You have the power to change the direction with a few different choices.

What you'll learn:

• How to simplify your decision-making process, especially if you're struggling with a decision
• Why making decisions based on your core values leads to less regret and a life that is more aligned with what you actually want
• Reducing impulsive decisions
• Learning to trust yourself with your choices and decisions
• Importance of not out-sourcing your decision making to another person or AI

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#388: Alizée Wyckmans is the COO at Le Botaniste, the organic, plant-based, carbon-neutral restaurant and wine bar that opened its first location in Ghent, Belgium, in 2015 and now operates across Belgium and New York City.

Alizée has been part of Le Botaniste's growth for years, moving through roles including Brand and Sustainability Manager and Brand Director before stepping into her current Chief of Staff position. A graduate of the Institute of Culinary Education, she brings together a background in food, brand-building, and sustainability strategy; helping steer a company that was among the first restaurants to achieve CO2-neutral certification and that plants its own forest to offset its footprint.

What you'll learn:

• How to trust your own life journey, even when moments feel uncertain
• The art of intuition and signals that you may have met your life partner
• Power of choosing the right partner to build a life with and how it impacts your life in the long run
• The business and philosophy behind Le Botaniste and where to find the locations
• Cost of taking time off of your career when having children and how to be strategic about what decision is best for you and your family
• Honest truth about "balance" of motherhood, personal life, and career

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#387: If you feel slightly stuck or on autopilot in your life, this episode is for you. On this episode, Emily shares from her personal experience how she stopped living on autopilot and figured out a career path that enabled her to have autonomy over her time, who she impacted, and the types of people she would work with.

Most people think it's about figuring out what your passion is and pursuing this as a career. But the truth is that most of us have multiple passions and on top of that, we may not be that exceptional in it to a level where it would make sustainable income.

Emily breaks down the two components she's observed in her own life, as well as others' who are living a more aligned life in both their personal and professional life.

What you'll learn:

• Why pursuing your passion isn't the true answer
• The combination of two specific elements that will likely lead you to a more aligned and fulfilling career
• How to observe what you're actually good at and what people value from you
• Re-framing the way you think about longevity in life and what the "end game" is really all about

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#386: Danielle Gronich is the Co-Founder and CEO of CLEARSTEM Skincare. After struggling with chronic cystic acne for over a decade — and trying everything from Accutane to antibiotics with little success — Danielle went back to school, became a licensed clinical esthetician and acne specialist, and opened the San Diego Acne Clinic, where she achieved a 98% success rate clearing her clients' skin.

In 2017, she teamed up with certified holistic nutritionist Kayleigh Christina to launch CLEARSTEM, the first skincare line designed to target both acne and aging at the same time, with zero pore-cloggers or hormone disruptors. The brand has grown from $1.5 million to $50 million in just a few years, and Danielle is known in the industry simply as The Acne Guru.

What you will learn:

• The truth about Accutane and why it doesn't solve the root acne cause
• A holistic approach to solving your skin issues, especially if you're acne prone
• What it takes to build a business and knowing when to be scrappy
• Why it's better to invest in strong A players in your early days of building a business
• Different acne triggers that not many people know about

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#385: On this solo episode, Emily Elizabeth shares her personal experience with self-care and the 3 most important habits and ways she has learned to take better care of herself, especially when navigating the regular highs and lows of life.

In a modern culture of constantly on the go, checking our phones, and dealing with different stresses and anxieties, it's important to figure out how to incorporate these easy self-care habits into your normal routine and lifestyle, rather than a one-time attempt.

If you've been feeling like you're slightly neglecting yourself and taking care of your mind and body, this episode is for you.

What you'll learn:

• The cost of not "releasing" the tension in your mind and body, whether it be related to certain emotions or general stress
• Different ways you can release tension on a daily and weekly basis so it doesn't build up
• How to make physical movement a part of your lifestyle
• Why it's important to add social connection into your weekly calendar and a way to re-frame its impact on your mental health
• How to create and find more relationships that have depth and meaning

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