Brand Rebellion

I sat down with Artist and Designer Tom Bond to talk about his art, art-making, and perfectionism.

We crack open our copies of Art and Fear while trying to ponder questions like "Is everyone an artist?" and "How do we fight perfectionism and keep an open mind?"

Check out Tom Bond on Instagram @wellingtonprojects or online at www.wellingtonprojects.com

Alex and I talk about riding motorcycles, anxiety and depression, being vulnerable, and how she founded Focus on Health.

FOH provides hospitality professionals with the tools and resources to better their lives through health and wellness education, programming, and outreach. They help food and beverage professionals create long-lasting careers in the hospitality field by encouraging them to take care of themselves physically, mentally, and otherwise.

Believe me when I say the Thistle Farms experience is powerful. Truly powerful. I went a few years back and experienced what the brand stands for in person. Ok, fine... you got me. I wanted to cry...like... the whole time I was there. Not tears of sadness, but tears of awe.

The Thistle Farms website reads: "Love is the most powerful force for change in the world. It lights the way for physical, mental, and economic freedom for women who have survived childhood trauma, unjust systems, the commodifying of their worth, and believing their past defines their future."

I love Thistle Farms, I love the brand story, and I love all the good Thistle Farms brings to this world. I loved hearing Dorris' story, and I hope you do too.

Thistle Farms is a nonprofit social enterprise dedicated to helping women survivors recover and heal from prostitution, trafficking, and addiction. We do this by providing a safe place to live, a meaningful job, and a lifelong sisterhood of support.

Learn more at ThistleFarms.org

Listen to a candid chat between Liz Giorgi, CEO of Soona, and your girl Haylee on how social media can hurt rather than help.

Liz talks about how she stepped away from social media for a few weeks and what happens when you see that art exists outside of Instagram.

OMG. Liz is such a badass. *turns on Tina Turner*

I sat down with Sean Waldron, host of the Tension Theory podcast to chat over my personal tension and where it has brought me with itty bitty titty goods and my branding work. This episode is special because Sean takes over the Brand Rebellion as a guest host and interviews me!

We talk about pressure, showing up, spirituality, and all that is good within the tension that meets us in our lives. You might even take away a few brand strategy and brand storytelling tidbits.

Sean Waldron is a special human, a phenomenal interviewer, and he has a gift of making people feel seen, heard, and important. Thank you for holding this space for me, Sean!

You know I say that every episode is my favorite, but this one is actually my favorite. I ain't lyin'. 

Check out Sean Waldron's podcast Tension Theory wherever you get your podcasts.  

I adore all folk music, and when I heard John Statz I knew I needed to get him on the podcast to talk about songwriting. John and I discuss some of his song lyrics with themes of travel, friendship, love, and loss. John plays a few of his favorite songs and we dig into what spirituality means to John as an atheist.

In this special quarantine episode- (Hello, zoom call!) Hannah Moon and I talk about style and learning how to find our unique voice. Hannah encourages us to remove the narrative that we are dressing for others and to find power in dressing for the way we feel. 

Hannah gives valuable tips on branding your style, and she gives me a strategy to brand my closet in a new way. I am so inspired by this conversation that I am sorting my closet out as we speak!

Hannah is a confidence coach and stylist working in Denver. Find her on Instagram @styledbyhannahmoon or online at styledbyhannahmoon.com

I sat down with artist and comedian Kira MagCalen to talk about her Honest Monsters. Kira draws monsters as a way to process through uncomfortable feelings, she shares these Honest Monsters on Instagram at @turbulentflow.online

If branding is all about giving an identity to an idea, Kira is killing it. She is giving these feelings a personality, and a cute face in order to deal with these overwhelming (and human) emotions in a new and productive way.

I first met Travis Lachner on LinkedIn. What caught my eye about Travis was the way he took life experiences and translated them into business lessons. I guess you can say his LinkedIn strategy is working well.

My favorite business lesson he talks about? Improv. I have been doing Improv myself for about 7 months now, and I've learned quite a lot from it. My personal favorite lessons from improv are:

1. Trust yourself. We all know you and I won't be funny or compelling if we don't trust ourselves. 

2. PLAY. Holy crap. Play. Why is it so hard to remember to play in our daily lives? 

3. Mindfulness. You must be present and you can't plan ahead. Get used to it, baby! 

Listen to Travis talk more about the lessons he's learned from Improv for business and branding. 

I sat down with Dawn Raymond to talk about imperfection, taking risks and JUST DOING the damn thing. What's her thing you ask? Songwriting. In this episode of the Brand Rebellion, we hear Dawn's songs on love and loss while chatting about the things she's learned so far. 

P.S. Dawn is my mom.