125: Andrea Howe, Lifestyle Blogger

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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

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