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Andrea Howe, Orange County food & wellness blogger and Senior Director at Beautycounter, encourages readers to make small changes to their lifestyle by cooking simple meals at home, and swapping out unsafe home and personal care products — always with the motto "progress, not perfection" in mind.

Success for Andrea is more about a feeling: "feeling content with where I am, feeling settled, feeling at peace with how I am able to conduct myself. How I am reflecting myself, how I am able to manage my family life, how I am able to take care of my family and take care of myself. "

This we chat about with Andrea:

• how her middle class background shaped who she is
• how working retail gave  her a strong work ethic
• working in Fashion for 11 years was a big part of who she was and how she defined herself
• the struggle of wanting to hold on to her career after kids but be present for her family
• her focus on blogging when she left her account executive position in the fashion world in 2011
• turning 40 and how that has changed her view on what she wants in life
• not being afraid to change direction
• why she is hiring a business coach
• books she mentions: The Girl on the Train / Life ReImagined / Gaining Ground