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Tiila Abbitt is a passionate, highly creative product development professional with 11+ years' experience- including the international prestige beauty industry. Tiila has a BFA in sculpture and an MFA in fashion design. She worked in the fashion industry for over 5 years before transitioning to beauty. Tiila spent 7 years at Sephora in charge of product development for makeup collaborations and accessories. Her obsession with sustainability lead her to become the lead R+D for sustainable materials while also being on the sustainability leadership council for the retailer. In this role, she started to look at clean makeup formulation and just found that none of the offerings could truly compete with the efficacy of conventional beauty. She felt that space lacked choice of color and trend, as well as truly sustainable packaging, and she knew she could do better. So she left her high paying Sephora gig in April 2018 and a few months later, Āether Beauty was born.
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Serena Poon is a leading chef, nutritionist and reiki master to the Hollywood elite. Serena’s passion and career for curating healing and wellness programs using integrative health, holistic nutrition and Culinary Alchemy began long before she started creating contemporary meals, menus and nutritional goodness for the likes of Jerry Bruckheimer, Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, and Kerry Washington. Serena’s Culinary Alchemy is the practice of combining intuitive energetic techniques with guidance and education on functional & spiritual nutrition, integrating how food affects our bodies on a physiological level, as well as how it affects the energetic body. Serena’s goal is to optimize and heal the physical, emotional and spiritual well-being of her clients. She is the founder of Just Add Water, a wellness line of super nutrient foods and supplements, and SerenaLoves, a lifestyle brand and blog, as well as the host for Serena Loves TV.
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Veronica is an Agriculture scientist and female farmer whose academic background in organic food production took foot after her friend and teenage teammate, Chrissy Garavito, hit a homerun, touched home plate and collapsed dead due to a fatal cardiac arrhythmia induced by neurotoxic pesticides. Since the late 90's she has dedicated every waking moment to engineering real and viable non toxic alternatives to industrial farming; most specifically as it pertains to avoiding the use of antibiotics in livestock. After overcoming her own personal health challenges using exclusively naturopathic medicine Veronica went on to study the science of healing formally under the UK's College of Naturopathic Medicine where she earned 3 diplomas; including a Master's Level Nutrition and Biomedicine diplomas. Her most recent accomplishment includes beating Lyme Disease and helping others do the same; a clinical and personal journey is currently being written into her upcoming publication Everything you need to know before treating Lyme Disease. Stay up-to-date with us at @lovebeautywellnessfestival and be sure to follow The Golden Elixir at @shopthegoldenelixir.
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With a background in traditional marketing and deep experience in building brands for women, Amy Stanton has a unique perspective on the women’s landscape, the role of femininity in personal and professional lives, and the impact that unleashing our true feminine power can have on happiness. In 2006, Amy founded Stanton & Company, a PR and Marketing agency with a focus on brands created for and by women, with a passion for promoting and building positive female role models and messaging for women. Before founding Stanton & Company, Amy served as the first-ever CMO for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia and was the head of marketing and communications for NYC2012, New York’s Olympic bid. Together with Catherine Connors, Amy has also recently published a book called 'The Feminine Revolution' which challenges outdated perceptions that femininity and displaying feminine traits such as emotionality, vulnerability and being nurturing is considered weak. In the book, the authors provide examples of how you can unleash your femininity, against the conventional grain, and willingly “Flirt Freely,” “Be Agreeable,” “Apologize,” “Show Your Weakness,” and “Be Romantic.” Every woman will define femininity in her own way—the book includes quotes from fashion designers, athletes, executives, chefs, and first ladies to this effect. The book's forward is written by volleyball player and TV personality, Gabby Reece and includes an impressive roster of interviews including, Cindy Crawford, Paula Abdul, Chloe x Halle, Jordyn Wieber, Cat Cora, Justin Baldoni and more.
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Kitiya was born in Eastern Europe, grew up in Canada and worked in NYC for 6 years as an Advertising Executive at a highly awarded advertising agency. After realizing she felt depleted and unhappy she made a complete 180 and moved to LA to pursue her love of acting and wellness.
We talk about staying grounded as an actress and how she deals with being in a rejection and comparison-filled industry.
Now a full-time actress and founder of HONOR Mornings™; a 100% organic, vegan, GMO and sweetener free morning smoothie mixture, made with plant protein, supergreens and adaptogenic mushrooms and herbs, HONOR was born out of gratitude for all she has received as an actor and her desire to give back.
The messaging behind HONOR Mornings™ is HONORing yourself; mind, body and soul. It is the philosophy that inspired her own personal growth and wellness journey.
Follow HONOR Mornings @honormornings and Kitiya @kitiyaskye
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Before her career as a healthy lifestyle expert, Alexandra was studying to become an opera singer at USC. When she started college she fell into unhealthy eating and lifestyle habits that eventually led her to losing her voice. As she started educating herself about healthy eating, she regained her voice and just started to feel better overall. Amazed that food had the power to heal, she dedicated her life to educating and inspiring people to be more mindful about what’s at the end of their fork. We talk to this cute health advocate about eating well on a budget, some of her favorite recipes and how she helps her clients.
Follow Alexandra at @eatcute
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Founder Geraldine Ridaura was inspired to open Holy Matcha after traveling to Japan and discovering the vibrant green tea. The fact that she can't drink coffee only fueled her excitement to have found such a healthy and delicious replacement. In awe and amazement of all the benefits of matcha, Geraldine set forth on a journey to introduce it to her community in San Diego. Holy Matcha specializes in high-quality matcha beverages, prepared with two grades of ceremonial matcha. We talk to Geraldine about perseverance and hustle despite any fears of opening a brick and mortar business.
Follow Geraldine at @holymatchaa
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Alexa is the founder of a boutique content creation and brand management company and makes it her mission to provide brands with a comprehensive range of services to clarify their image, increase visibility and make big strides through thoughtful marketing strategies. In this episode we talk about Alexa's journey into following her intuition and honing her passion and skills to be of service in a highly competitive industry.
Follow Alexa at @alexagrayandco
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Mona Dan is an acupuncturist specializing in Traditional Oriental Medicine. By identifying the underlying imbalances and making proper diagnosis, she has been successful in improving the health and well-being of her patients. Mona is experienced in Nutrition, Women’s Health, Pain Relief and Overall Rejuvenation. Mona studied Chinese Medicine at Emperors College of Oriental Medicine and and went on to receive her Masters in Traditional Oriental Medicine. Mona tells us about how she is modernizing this ancient modality and introducing wellness to the luxury market through the opening of a modern spa at Neiman Marcus.
Follow Mona at @viehealing
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Candace Burch is a Hormone Health Educator and founder of Your Hormone Balance, a hormone testing + consulting practice that helps people of all ages detect and correct hormone imbalances that negatively impact health and longevity. Her mission as a wellness advocate is to educate, inspire and guide women towards safe natural approaches to hormone balance and breast cancer prevention. We talk to Candace about how hormone imbalances are affecting so many of all ages today and what can be done to rebalance our hormones.
Candace at @yourhormonebalance
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Acupuncturist and Herbalist Robert works from a premise that 95% of all illness is caused by unresolved stress which stagnates our energy physically, mentally and emotionally. Using consistent acupuncture, herbs & mindfulness we can address current issues & prevent future ones by keeping our energy moving freely at all times. Robert holds degrees from Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Columbia University and in this episode we talk about how he went from Hollywood to Herbalism.
Follow Robert at @youngshealth
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Sarah Moret is the Founder & CEO of Curie. Curie sells all-natural yet effective everyday body care products for women on the go. Their first product is an aluminum-free natural deodorant that actually works. Sarah started Curie early this year after spending the last 5 years as an early-stage Venture Capital investor at top tier funds in the Bay Area and Los Angeles. Her core mission is to create safe products that empower women to go out and be their badass selves. In this episode we delve into how and why Sarah created this company and she shares some of the valuable advice she received from mentors on starting a business.
Follow Sarah at @curiedeodorant.
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Plant Whisperer. Wellness Warrior. Fearless Leader. Amy Duncan’s passion for plants grew from helping her husband battle a malignant brain tumor in 2012. As his treatments progressed, so did Amy’s belief in the healing power of cannabis — both for him and her. She believes cannabis makes her a more engaged person, thoughtful human, and attuned businesswoman. Mowellens is a lab-tested, pure cannabis product range that provides results you can see and feel and in this episode we talk to Amy about how she created this line of next-level CBD products, her collaboration with Hey Day Skincare and what's in store for the future.
Follow Amy at @mowellens
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Shauna Faulisi is a Holistic Nutritionist specializing in hormone balancing, weight loss, clear skin and slow aging. She is a wellness writer and the founder of Soul Wellness Method, a private health coaching practice and community that’s meant to provide inspiration to anyone who is looking for more wellness in their life. She has been featured in Vogue, Pop Sugar, The Zoe Report and WGSN!
Originally from New York, we talk about her transitions and transformations and how she handles life in LA.
Follow Shauna at @soulwellnessmethod.
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Just a few years ago, Gigi Goldman was a stay-at-home mom and like so many busy moms, Gigi rarely had time to devote to any kind of beauty routine so she kept it simple and natural. The coconut oil that she used in the kitchen was her secret go-to multi-tasker. The more she used coconut oil, the more she realized that its beauty benefits were simply too good to ignore.
Gigi brought the idea of developing coconut oil specifically for beauty use to her husband who worked in the beauty business and they got to work sourcing and developing the purest coconut oil on the planet. They connected with their partners James Brennan and Kiana Cabell, fellow beauty and wellness enthusiasts, and (ta-da!) Kopari was born!
In this episode we talk about Kopari's new launches such as their sunscreen and deodorant as well as their projects, one of which includes giving back to the people of the Philippines where they source their coconuts.
Follow Gigi at @gigi.goldman and Kopari @koparibeauty.
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Zack Peter isn't your average green-juice drinking millennial. As a writer, he has published a total of four books, with work featured on Yahoo!, Men’s Health, Bustle, People. He also hosts two podcasts, #NoFilter with Zack Peter and #Adulting: Life Hacks to Get Your Sh*t Together and currently serves as the Executive Director for Jenny McCarthy’s autism foundation, Generation Rescue. Zack can also be seen on POPSUGAR and Maria Menounos’s AfterBuzz TV network. He often works as an event host/moderator at various wellness and culture events throughout the country and covers an array of topics from buzzy health trends to pop-culture/celebrity news and gossip.
We talk about Zack's early foray into media as a 15-year old and all that he has achieved at the ripe old age of 25! Follow Zack at @justplainzack.
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