The Damsel Podcast

Episode 20: Turning Hardship into Opportunity with Raquel Baron

We’re joined by Raquel Baron, founder of Type One Together, for an honest conversation about living with Type 1 diabetes and building community through chronic illness. Diagnosed at just five years old, Raquel opens up about growing up with diabetes, the emotional realities people rarely talk about, and how her experience ultimately led her to create a platform supporting families navigating the disease. We also talk about entrepreneurship, identity, resilience, and what it looks like to turn something deeply personal into meaningful work. This episode is vulnerable, empowering, and a reminder that no one should have to navigate hard things alone.

Episode 19: Mother’s Day Edition ft. Our Moms (part 2)

We’re back with Part 2 of our conversation with our moms — and this one is equal parts emotional, honest, chaotic, and funny. We talk about motherhood, marriage, generational differences, growing up, and the things mothers and daughters don’t always say out loud. From parenting regrets to relationships to becoming women ourselves, this episode feels like a real conversation around the kitchen table. This one made us laugh, reflect, and appreciate our moms even more. ✨

Episode 18: Mother's Day Edition ft. Our Moms (part 1)

This Mother’s Day, we’re doing something different. In Part 1 of this special series, we sit down with the women who raised us, our moms, for an honest, funny, and surprisingly emotional conversation about motherhood across generations. We talk about what it was really like for them becoming moms, what they wish they had known, and how their experiences compare to what motherhood looks like today. From pregnancy and early parenting to identity shifts and the pressure to “get it right,” this episode is filled with moments that will make you laugh, pause, and maybe see your own mom a little differently. Whether you’re a mom, want to be one, or are simply navigating your relationship with your own, this one will stay with you.

Episode 17: The Power of Not Quitting with Sophie Stava

We’re joined by novelist Sophie Stava, whose journey to publication is anything but conventional with a story shaped by rejection, resilience, and the decision to keep going when it would have been easier to stop. What started as an idea became a debut novel, Count My Lies, and is now being adapted into a Hulu series, with Sophie stepping into the role of producer. In this episode, Sophie opens up about the real path to getting published. We talk about where the story came from, how she built the discipline to keep writing through uncertainty, and what it looked like to pursue ambition while navigating motherhood. She also takes us behind the scenes of the adaptation process, sharing what it actually means to be involved as a producer and how the story evolves from page to screen. This conversation is a reminder that success rarely looks the way we think it will and that sometimes the biggest breakthroughs come from refusing to walk away. For anyone chasing something that hasn’t happened yet, this episode is proof that persistence matters, your voice matters, and the story is still unfolding. ✨

Episode 16: Talk Friendship to Me with Lea Fairbanks (pt. 2)

Lea Fairbanks pt. 2 - no explanation needed.