Today's guest is Michele Wang. Originally from NYC, Michele now calls Las Vegas home. She started her YouTube channel discussing her work as a hand knitwear designer in 2016 and switched to beauty-related content in 2017. Now a full-time influencer, Michele focuses on luxury beauty, fashion and lifestyle on YouTube, Instagram and her blog.

Connect with Michele:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheMicheleWang

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themichelewang/

Blog: https://themichelewang.com

Michele's Five Word Life Story: WIP, Community, Uncomfortable, Wanderlust, Journey.

Date: November 8, 2024

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Today's guest is Rob Lawless. On a mission to spend 1 hour, 1 on 1, with 10,000 different people, Rob Lawless sees the world from an incredibly unique perspective.Over the last 9 years, he’s met over 6,500 people across 90+ countries, sharing their stories on his Instagram, @robs10kfriends. Rob has been featured on "On Air with Ryan Seacrest," "Your Morning," the TODAY Show, and even the Kelly Clarkson Show. Rob's inspiring project showcases the value of intentional, human connection and how every human interaction holds the potential to change your life.

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• Instagram
• Speaker Website
• Project Website
• LinkedIn

Rob's Five Word Life Story: Adventure, Curiosity, Gratitude, Speaker, Return.

Date: November 1, 2024

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Today's guest is Jessica Snow. Jessica's bright creativity and magical voice have made her a beloved meditation guide in her hometown of Los Angeles. Since 2012, she has guided hundreds of events with many thousands of people, written four books, and created a deep library of more than 130 original audio meditations (which people have pressed play on over 115,000 times!!!) and created a counter-cultural space for thinking and dreaming on Substack. Jessica’s main aim is always the same - to reunite us with the wellspring of divinity and magic that exists in us all. Her art is our magic-filled experience.

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Her website: youaremagicla.com

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Jessica's Five Word Life Story: Californian, Nature-lover, Magic-maker, Magnetic, Radiant.  

Date: September 27, 2024

Things/people mentioned:

• Brooke Forry's 5WLS episode
• Jen Ata's 5WLS episode
• Jeremy Hartwell's 5WLS episode
• Tara Lenich's 5WLS episode
• Whitney Howard's 5WLS episode
• Vipassana Meditation
• The Art of Living by S.N. Goenka

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Today's guest is Brooke Forry. Brooke Forry is a graphic designer, entrepreneur, and podcaster who loves seeking new creative pursuits. In 2010, Brooke co-founded Curious & Co. Creative, a boutique branding design firm where she is still the Creative Director, creating striking visual brands that help small businesses stand out from the crowd. In 2019, combining her design background with her lifelong love of stationery and planners, Brooke spearheaded the launch of the Balance Bound Planner, a line of paper products that help busy people get organized and prioritize self-care. Brooke also co-hosts the Good Enough-ish podcast with professional organizer Amanda Jefferson where — using their different perspectives, strengths, and experiences as busy entrepreneurs & moms — the two friends share tips, deep thoughts, and laughs as they attempt to manage the juggle of life’s ISH and find joy along the way.

Connect with Brooke:

IG: @curiousandco / @balanceboundplanner / @goodenough.ish

Web: www.curiousandcompany.com  / www.balancebound.co  / www.goodenoughish.com

Brooke's Five Word Life Story: Sensitive, Intuitive, Expressive, Creative. Collaborative.

Date: September 27, 2024

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Today's guest is Elise Hu. Elise is a Los-Angeles based journalist, podcast host and author who spent more than a decade at NPR, as a correspondent and host, and worked as a television correspondent for VICE News Tonight. Today, she’s the host of TED Talks Daily, one of the world’s most listened-to podcasts, and a co-host of Forever35, a women’s focused show about the ways we take care of ourselves. As an international correspondent, she reported from more than a dozen countries and opened NPR’s first-ever Seoul bureau in 2015. Her experiences in Seoul inspired her debut non-fiction book, Flawless: Lessons in Looks and Culture from the K-Beauty Capital. Prior to NPR, Elise helped found the nonprofit digital startup, The Texas Tribune, and spent more than a decade as a television news reporter. She’s an alum of the University of Missouri-Columbia’s Journalism school, the co-founder of the podcast production company Reasonable Volume, and a mom of three daughters.

Elise's website: elisehu.com,

Elise's Instagram: @elisewho

Elise's TikTok @whoelise

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Elise's Five Word Life Story: Seeker, Connector, Giver, Receiver, Creative.

Date: September 12, 2024

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Today's guest is Jen Ata. Jen is a longtime healer, teacher and creator of Tidal Heart Healing. A lover of the Divine, she moves through the world with compassion and aliveness as her guides. Her work witnesses others find their healing in love and connection to Spirit, assisting to remove any energies and stories no longer serving. Also a mother and activist she weaves these together in her journey as a human moving towards liberation.

Jen's website: www.tidalheart.com

Jen's Instagram: @tidalhearthealing

Jen's Five Word Life Story: Love, Wildness, Silence, Community, Liberation

Date: August 23, 2024

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Today's guest is Liz Femi. Liz is a Nigerian-American writer, a 2024 Pushcart Prize winner in poetry, and a 2025 Sundance Episodic Virtual Lab fellow. An avid storyteller, Liz wrote and performed Take Me To The Poorhouse, which earned a Duende Distinction and an NAACP Theatre Award nomination. A recipient of Writeability’s Right to Write Award, her work has been published or is forthcoming in Michigan Quarterly, Good River Review, Wild Roof Journal, Stone Poetry Quarterly, West Trade Review and elsewhere.

Liz's website: www.lizfemi.com

Liz's Instagram: @lizfemi

Liz's Five Word Life Story: Bold, Adventure, Experiments, Soft, Re-foundation

Date: September 6, 2024

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This is the first episode of our brand new season!

Today's guest is Jeremy Hartwell. Jeremy is a lifelong learner, passionate about optimizing holistic wellness using the latest research in fitness, nutrition, neuroscience, and psychology. As a cast member on Season 2 of Netflix’s Love is Blind, Jeremy experienced working conditions which he believes were unacceptable and uncovered an industry wide practice of abuse and exploitation spanning decades. He is the founder of the UCAN Foundation, a nonprofit organization acting as an advocacy and support network for reality TV cast members. He has deep expertise in corporate strategy and consulting and holds an MBA from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business.

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Learn more about the UCAN Foundation.

Jeremy's Five Word Life Story: Reborn, Optimism, Open-minded, Courageous, Counter-cultural.

Date: August 16, 2024

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This is a bonus episode where Hillary shares the audio from her Creative Mornings PHL talk from July 26, 2024.

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Learn more about Andrew Gormley - videographer and filmmaker: https://www.andrewgormley.com

Music in this episode is courtesy of Epidemic Sound.

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Today's guest is Whitney Howard. Whitney is a seeker, teacher, mentor, entrepreneur, creative free spirit, twenty-year veteran of corporate America, evolutionary astrologer, music nerd, devotee of the natural world, and gratefully sober human being. Her current focus is being fully alive, grounded, and present. When she grows up, she aspires to write books for a living, become an amazing surfer, and sing in a rock and roll band. She is a Leo Sun, Virgo Moon, Scorpio Rising and she was born in 1976, the year of the Dragon. She lives in Los Angeles with her partner and two bonus daughters.

Learn more about Whitney here: https://www.starlandalchemy.com

Follow Whitney on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/starlandalchemy/

Whitney's Five Word Life Story: Grateful, Alive, Family, Safe, Visioning

Date: June 28, 2024

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Today's guest is R. Eric Thomas. R. Eric Thomas is a best-selling author, playwright, and screenwriter. He also writes the syndicated advice column Asking Eric in over 100 newspapers nationwide.

Learn more about R. Eric Thomas and his work here: https://rericthomas.com/

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Eric's Five Word Life Story: Joyful, Philadelphia, Writer, Questioning, Thoughtfull

Date: June 14, 2024

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Today's guest is Shannon DeVido. Shannon (she/her) is an award-winning actress, comedian, and writer. The BAFTA Breakthrough actress is best known for her roles in TV/Film: Lucky Hank, Difficult People, Bridesman, Best Summer Ever, Insatiable,The Other Two, and Manifest. Off Broadway: Teenage Dick (The Public Theater), The Healing (Theater Row). Shannon has also acquired a dedicated following on her disability-focused comedy YouTube channel Stare at Shannon. 

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Shannon's Five Word Life Story: Late-Bloomer, Anxiety, Underdog, Weird, Sweets 

Date: April 22, 2024

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Today's guest is Sherz Aletaha. Sherz is an actor and singer based in New York City. Her credits include the hit Broadway revival of Merrily We Roll Along where she understudies the leading role of Mary Flynn and appearances on the tv shows Powerbook III: Raising Kanan, The Detour, First Wives Club, and Three Trembling Cities. She has also done voice-over work for companies like Netflix and Age of Learning and when she’s not performing, she coaches others in voice, acting, and theater.

Learn more about Sherz and her work on her website: https://www.sherzaletaha.com

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Sherz's Five Word Life Story: Believe, Kismet, Goal, Stubborn, Torn

Date: May 6, 2024

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Today's guest is Jenny Wise Black. Jenny is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist specializing in how media impacts our mental health. She coined the term Media Trauma after observing the traumatic symptoms her clients and family were experiencing through their phones. In addition to speaking to hundreds of people about how we can change our relationship with our phones, she also consults large and small groups on how to embark on community digital changes. She is the author of Our Digital Soul and the creator of Lose the Phone, a podcast series and movement that supports humans as they heal from media addiction and trauma and learn to engage in their real lives from a place of wholeness. She is currently working on her next book, The Perfect Internet. 

Learn more about Jenny and her work on her website.

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Watch Jenny's interview with Kaitlyn Bristowe on Off The Vine.

Jenny's Five Word Life Story: Bright. Essential. Flowing. Limited. Lover.

Date: March 8, 2024

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Today's guest is Jamie Page. Jamie is a makeup, beauty, and lifestyle aficionado based in Montreal, Canada. Her passion for content creation started at a young age and led to her earning a BA in film. Paired with her love for beauty and lifestyle, it was a no-brainer to start her YouTube channel and social media in 2013.

From reviews and vlogs to her cinematic and creative videos, Over the last 10 years, Jamie’s fresh, approachable, and informative take on beauty, lifestyle, and fashion has made her a much-loved personality on social media.

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Jamie's Five Word Life Story: Never afraid to try. Crave growth. In my own head. Intuitive. Duality.

Date: April 25, 2024

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Today's guest is Tara Lenich. Tara Lenich is the founder of Liberty Advisors LLC, a criminal justice advocacy firm that helps defense teams prepare and support clients and their loved ones facing government investigations and federal charges by providing mitigation, sentence advocacy, and prison consulting services.

Tara has a unique perspective on the criminal legal system. She began her career as a prosecutor in New York City. For over a decade, she tried violent felonies and conducted high-profile investigations and prosecutions of drug and firearms traffickers. However, her life took a sharp turn and she found herself on the other side of the system, facing both criminal and civil charges. After experiencing the criminal justice system as the accused, Tara saw a need for reliable, supportive consultants to help people facing government investigations and potential incarceration. This experience drives Tara to ensure that every client and their family receives support, encouragement, and empathy during one of the most difficult times of their lives.

Learn more about Tara and her work on the Liberty Advisors website.

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Tara's Five Word Life Story: Strength. Openness. Light. Family. Beach.

Date: March 13, 2024

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Today's guest is Abby Gardner. Abby is a writer with a past life in magazines and digital editorial, who now writes about her wide-ranging pop culture obsessions on her substack, We Have Notes. She also hosts a podcast of the same name that is currently on a One Direction-style hiatus—but with a greater chance of a comeback. She also identifies deeply as a Gen X, Scorpio, eldest daughter, and fangirl.

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Abby's Five Word Life Story: Magic. Healing. Boundaries. Obsessive. Myself.

Date: March 15, 2024

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