Episode 004: Jennifer Fisher, The Non-Gatekeeper

Episode 004: Jennifer Fisher, The Non-Gatekeeper

Today's conversation is with the incredible Jennifer Fisher: jewelry designer, entrepreneur, cookbook author, and all-around force of nature. Jennifer opens up about growing up in Santa Barbara before becoming a true New Yorker, her early career as a commercial stylist, and how a health journey through chemotherapy and Hashimoto's led her to build not just a jewelry empire, but an entire lifestyle brand rooted in radical honesty. We talk about the original Jennifer Fisher dog tag, how her salt took over the internet, her cookbook Trust Your Gut, and why being your most authentic and imperfect self is the only real brand strategy that works. Tune in for Jen's thoughts about fearlessness, the long game of building something real, and the joy of trusting your gut. (0:00) Intro & Welcome / Jennifer Fisher overview (4:35) Why she couldn't wait to leave California for New York (6:02) Listening to your audience and evolving in business (6:16) Being authentic and non-gatekeeping (8:41) Time management and intuition (9:20) ADHD and pattern recognition as a superpower (10:33) Health journey: chemotherapy and the desmoid tumor (10:48) Visual literacy and styling background (14:46) Hashimoto's diagnosis and anti-inflammatory eating (20:03) The 80/20 rule and lifestyle vs. diet (23:50) Being fearless after going through so much (27:08) Taking your time with hair (years, not months) (28:33) Crown Affair Overnight Serum love (39:30) Being your authentic self (the lesson only time teaches) (40:47) Lifelong work of becoming yourself (55:21) Outro / subscribe to Take Your Time Thank you for listening to Take Your Time. Subscribe to our podcast on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/take-your-time/id1896516883], Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/3axzhup3xHnmKDN0RguMWO], and YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@diannacohen] Follow along on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/takeyourtimeuniverse/] and TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@takeyourtimeuniverse?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGn6vIBqyKxzHf-ev6kzhHvc70HeKgBegrnvWdplqDZs5jJHsUnhvxjgqTsqtw_aem_df-oCg-9cbAbUdCh5I6kbQ] Follow Dianna on Instagram: @diannacohen [https://www.instagram.com/diannacohen/] Follow Heidi on Instagram: @heidilgardner [https://www.instagram.com/heidilgardner/] Subscribe to Take Your Time on Substack [https://dianna.substack.com/] Find everything Take Your Time at takeyourtimeuniverse.com [http://takeyourtimeuniverse.com/]

Episode 003: Heidi Gardner, The Entertainer

Today's episode features the brilliantly funny and deeply warm Heidi Gardner. Heidi takes us back to her childhood in Kansas City, Missouri, where mall visits and prank phone calls helped shape her into the performer she is today. We explore the winding road Heidi took from working as a hairstylist for years, to watching her first Groundlings show, to performing on SNL for eight seasons. She shares how she learned to hear "no" without losing herself, and what it means to finally have time to rediscover the quieter parts of life after years of non-stop work on SNL. Tune in for a conversation about resilience, the power of people who believe in you before you believe in yourself, and the lifelong work of finding your why. (0:00) Introducing Heidi Gardner: SNL, Broadway & comedy (3:00) Growing up in Kansas City, Missouri (5:00) Mall culture, pop culture & childhood taste-makers (6:50) Heidi's Broadway debut and closing the show in All Out (12:00) How prank phone calls launched a comedy career (16:30) Her unconventional, creative single parents (21:30) Dropping out of college and moving to LA for beauty school (23:30) Heidi's career as a hairdresser in Los Angeles (27:30) Discovering the Groundlings and finding her calling in comedy (31:00) What it's really like performing live on SNL (35:00) Life after SNL: slowing down, bookstores & decompressing (41:00) Handling rejection and resilience in a creative career (47:30) Hosting theme parties and creating experiences for friends (53:30) Take Your Time Back: three closing questions on time Thank you for listening to Take Your Time. Subscribe to our podcast on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/take-your-time/id1896516883], Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/3axzhup3xHnmKDN0RguMWO], and YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@diannacohen] Follow along on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/takeyourtimeuniverse/] and TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@takeyourtimeuniverse?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGn6vIBqyKxzHf-ev6kzhHvc70HeKgBegrnvWdplqDZs5jJHsUnhvxjgqTsqtw_aem_df-oCg-9cbAbUdCh5I6kbQ] Follow Dianna on Instagram: @diannacohen [https://www.instagram.com/diannacohen/] Follow Heidi on Instagram: @heidilgardner [https://www.instagram.com/heidilgardner/] Subscribe to Take Your Time on Substack [https://dianna.substack.com/] Find everything Take Your Time at takeyourtimeuniverse.com [http://takeyourtimeuniverse.com]

Take Your Time

Welcome to Take Your Time, a podcast about creativity and intention hosted by Dianna Cohen.