EPISODE 93: Vanessa Dew: L'eggo my EGO

EPISODE 93: Vanessa Dew: L'eggo my EGO

When we first hung out with Vanessa Dew, co-founder of Health-Ade Kombucha, about a year and a half ago, she was figuring out what life looked like after selling her business baby. She was navigating purpose and parenthood in a new chapter, finding ways to support her community after the LA fires, and quietly letting go of any need to feel relevant just for the sake of it (ahem, the inspiration for this week's episode title). Since we last spoke, she has been keeping very busy. Traveling loads with her family. Being in her feelings about a recently graduated kindergartner. Building her community on Substack. Launching the Aline Foundation to support women through wellness grants. And, oh, did I mention we are breaking news right now?! (Tune in to hear it) Full show notes with alll the links: muthalife.substack.com [https://muthalife.substack.com/] Instagram: @mutha.life [https://www.instagram.com/mutha.life/?hl=en] @vanessadew_ [https://www.instagram.com/vanessadew_/] Produced by: Mutha Life Music by: Ronen Landa

Episode 92: Liza Lieberman: The Tastemaker

_*]:min-w-0 gap-3"> Celebrity and Personal Stylist Liza Lieberman grew up as the only child of a fashion industry powerhouse, a mom who traveled the world designing clothes and built everything herself from scratch. She was also the kid climbing trees and winning track meets with her dad, until she lost him at 14. Her parents were both larger than life figures in her childhood that would go on to shape so much about how she's chosen to live, love, parent and work. _*]:min-w-0 gap-3"> She went into finance like her mom wanted, lived in London, fell in love, found her way to Salesforce, and quietly started a fashion Instagram on the side just because it made her happy. That side project became a business. Now she's one of the most sought-after personal and celebrity stylists around, dressing clients for state dinners and red carpets and also for just, you know, feeling like yourself again on a Tuesday. _*]:min-w-0 gap-3"> This conversation covers a lot of ground. Ambitious parents and what that legacy looks like up close. Navigating a difficult workplace experience as a young woman with no roadmap for it. ADHD as an unexpected superpower. The pivot your partner supports but doesn't quite understand yet. Early motherhood during COVID. And what it means to build something that's entirely yours. Full show notes with alll the links: muthalife.substack.com [https://muthalife.substack.com/] Instagram: @mutha.life [https://www.instagram.com/mutha.life/?hl=en] @liza.lieberman [https://www.instagram.com/liza.lieberman/] Produced by: Mutha Life Music by: Ronen Landa

Episode 91: Sara Tan: Not to be glossed over

'Oh what are you listening to?' 'Who me? Oh it's ARCHIVAL SARA TAN.' Glossangeles' Sara Tan's ep is back and it's taking on a whole new listen this time around. When this episode first aired, my daughter was 1.5. She's now 2.5 going on 13, and already laying out her outfits, begging for nail polish, and asking about every product I put on my face. Turns out this conversation was more relevant than ever. We talk about building a career with intention, navigating beauty culture as a parent, what it means to interview Rihanna and Hailey Bieber differently now that you're both moms, cultural differences in parenting, the work wife relationship, and how to think about raising kids in a world that has very loud opinions about how they should look. Full show notes with alll the links: muthalife.substack.com [https://muthalife.substack.com/] Instagram: @mutha.life @saratan [https://www.instagram.com/saratan/] Produced by: Mutha Life Music by: Ronen Landa

Episode 90: Amanda Chantal Bacon: Moon shot

Amanda Chantal Bacon founded Moon Juice in 2011. Now, fifteen years and a Target launch later, she's in what might be her most interesting chapter: handing over the operational reins so she can get back to dreaming and spending more time with her kids. In this conversation, we talk about growing up in downtown NYC with a famously cool and unconventional mom, finding her footing in fine dining kitchens, opening Moon Juice and literally birthing a human at the same time, doing early motherhood and early entrepreneurship simultaneously as a single mom, her two very different birth experiences, the BioCharger, the placenta smoothie, and the realization that the peaceful "we made it" feeling she's been chasing isn't coming, so we better enjoy the chaos. Full show notes with alll the links: muthalife.substack.com [https://muthalife.substack.com/] Instagram: @mutha.life [https://www.instagram.com/mutha.life/] Produced by: Mutha Life, Music by: Ronen Landa

Episode 89: Solo pod: Re-entry

This MUTHA's Day episode explores the complexity and contradictions of motherhood across different life stages. Kari returned from a week in London with a major realization about the finite window of motherhood and the gap between what mothers 'should' want and what they actually want. Through listener voices and personal reflection, this episode examines the tension between needing space and knowing that time with your kids is fleeting. The centerpiece is a meditation on a Banksy statue about how convictions can block your vision. It's a metaphor for the principles of motherhood that keep mothers marching forward, even when they can't see where they're going. Full show notes with alll the links: muthalife.substack.com [https://muthalife.substack.com/] Instagram: @mutha.life [https://www.instagram.com/mutha.life/] Produced by: Mutha Life, Music by: Ronen Landa