When Pat Samaddar moved from India to Krakow 11 years ago, she experienced a one-woman cultural revolution—she’d left all her friends and a high-powered career in software, and didn’t speak a word of Polish to boot. But living outside her comf

16 - Nicole Campoy Jackson

Jul 18th, 2018 46m 26s

Writer Nicole Campoy Jackson loves home cooking so much, she can’t resist putting her own spin on her dishes. She figured others were doing the same—so she decided to launch a site, To Taste, whereenthusiastic cooks can tweak recipes and share

15 - Jolly Nguyen

Jul 4th, 2018 33m 38s

Jolly Nguyen’s incredible joy and energy is captured by her name. In Vietnam, few people travel beyond their hometown, but Jolly knew there is a world waiting for her to see. After an impromptu solo trip to the north of Vietnam, she embarked on

14 - Mira Stanisławska

Apr 25th, 2018 48m 21s

As a migrant who moved from Poland to Australia in the ‘60s, Mira Stanisławska treats the whole earth as her home. She doesn’t see borders or barriers — which may explain her insanely eclectic career. Besides raising a family in Melbourne, she

13 - Thea Paoli

Mar 28th, 2018 29m 17s

The realest talk comes from those who’ve lived the most. That’s why we loved our co-founder Magda’s candid conversation with her grand aunt, Thea Paoli. Thea has lived all over the world, speaks several languages, and never married—though she’s

12 - Dina Samson

Mar 13th, 2018 41m 42s

Dina Samson calls herself “The Accidental Everything.” Over the years, she’s done stints in investment banking, entertainment (working for Sean “Puffy” Combs!), and videogame production. Now, she owns two restaurants with her husband, Sotto and

11 - Janet Zuccarini

Feb 27th, 2018 34m 47s

It’s hard to tire Janet Zuccarini in conversation. The one-woman powerhouse behind Gusto 54 restaurant group has an appetite for all sorts of topics: food, family legacies, real estate, neighborhood revitalization, taking advice, and the perils

10 - Chelsea Naftelberg

Feb 13th, 2018 17m 14s

Chelsea Naftelberg oversees influencer programs at the social media agency ATTENTION in Santa Monica and is a board member of Women in Influencer Marketing. But what’s an influencer, really? According to Chelsea, we’re all influencers in our wa

9 - Ann Shoket

Jan 30th, 2018 38m 55s

Ann Shoket has always connected in a very real way to a generation of young women, from helping to launch CosmoGirl to becoming the youngest editor-in-chief of Seventeen. Now, she’s published a book for women growing into adulthood and searchin

8 - Becki Chernoff

Jan 16th, 2018 39m 3s

Two decades ago, Becki Chernoff was living the so-called American Dream. She bought her own home at age 23, held a lucrative software job at Ford for 10 years… and was bored to death. So she packed up and moved to LA to work doing the two thing

7 - Shira Lenchewski

Dec 19th, 2017 40m 50s

Shira Lenchewski loves food so much, she never wants to make a choice between looking good and feeling good. That’s been her motivation to help others as a clinical nutritionist, whose practice has reached cult status in Los Angeles. (Yes, she

6 - Aja Gabel

Dec 5th, 2017 27m 10s

Aja Gabel has never loved anything as purely as she loves writing. When we sit down to discuss her debut novel, The Ensemble, our conversation quickly veers to the existential. Aja explains how she found her voice by learning to be comfortable

5 - Sister Mary Sean Hodges

Nov 21st, 2017 34m 26s

Sister Mary Sean Hodges chose a lifetime of serving others when she was 17 years old. At the age of 60, she charted a new path of service, working with prison inmates to help them integrate back into society. She shares with us the things she’s

4 - Wendy Egyoku Nakao

Nov 6th, 2017 28m 11s

According to Zen Buddhist Wendy Egyoku Nakao, life is not a straight line, or even a circle—it’s a spiral. In this fascinating conversation, we go deep about living in the present while recognizing past experiences, developing “spiritual muscle

3 - Soraya La Pread

Oct 24th, 2017 41m 20s

Her dad is the bassist of The Commodores. Her mom is a Harvard-educated lawyer from Iran. And Michael Jackson was a family acquaintance. Soraya La Pread is an LA resident who’s truly had a unique upbringing—and not just because she was born and

2 - Reshma Gajjar

Oct 6th, 2017 30m 34s

Sometimes the world just isn’t ready for you. Dancer and actress Reshma Gajjar learned that early on, when she struggled to book gigs because of her ethnicity. But eventually the universe caught up—after a transformative experience working with

1 - Natalie Johns

Oct 4th, 2017 31m 16s

Natalie Johns is an Emmy-nominated director who has devoted her life to sharing the stories of those without a voice. Her highly personal work has brought her profound understanding of the human experience—plus some compassion for herself along

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