Hippie Haven Podcast: How To Live A Harmonious Life

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Callee

My guest today is Sandra Merrill. She's the co-founder of Swell Advisors, a bookkeeping and financial services company for purpose driven, small businesses. Swell's mission is to contribute to the growing movement of eco businesses by helping the owners of these companies know their numbers and manage their finances with ease. Today, we're talking about the first steps to take when starting a business, how to handle tax season, Sandra's favorite financial tools, and more.

My guest today is George Siegal. He began his career in front of the camera as a newscaster, sportscaster, and weather caster. He worked in markets from Los Angeles to San Francisco, Seattle, Detroit, and San Antonio, Texas. In addition to his work in front of the camera, George was also a feature reporter and producer. In 2001, he formed J.E.L Productions, a video production company that produces commercials, infomercials, television programs, and documentary films. George is most proud of his latest venture, forming the nonprofit documentary film company Move the World Films, Inc. He wrote, directed, and produced the award-winning  documentary films The Last House Standing and License to Parent. Today we're talking about how to plan for natural disasters and what you can do today to make sure you're as prepared as possible if disaster strikes.

My guests today are Dr. Durka and Suthan Naganayagam. They created Niki's Natural Wipes after experiencing diaper rashes and irritations with their first son, Niki. With backgrounds in healthcare science and technology, they spent many long nights researching organic substances that might be able to moisturize, soothe, and prevent bacterial infections from effecting their son. After months of testing, they stumbled on a unique combination of organic ingredients that when applied to baby wipes led to Niki never experiencing another diaper rash.

Niki's was created out of the desperation of two parents, wanting to alleviate the pain that their newborn infant was suffering from with a natural solution. Niki's Natural Wipes are the world's only natural baby wipes infused with organic coconut oil and menuca honey essence. The first of their kind baby wipes, which have earned one of the highest certifications from the environmental working group are now available for the first time in the U.S. Though created to help parents battling endless skin irritation. Niki's Natural Wipes are also an imperative solution for anyone committed to eliminating toxins from babies' lives. Today, we talk about how Niki's began their sustainability practices and the ingredients to look out for in traditional baby products.

My guest today is Hilary Kearney. She's the author of two books on bees: "Queen Spotting" and "The Little Book of Bees", Hilary founded girl, next door honey in 2012 in her hometown of San Diego, California, after graduating from UC Santa Cruz, with a degree in fine art. Breaking from tradition, Hilary has developed a beekeeping business that does not rely on honey sales or pollination services for their economic success. Instead, Girl Next Door Honey focuses on bee centric programs, such as natural beekeeping classes, apiary management, classroom presentations, beehive tours, live bee removal, and more. Today we're talking about what backyard beekeeping actually entails, how we can support our local bees and other pollinators, and more let's get started.

My guest today is Pilar Pedrinelli. She is leading the Public Engagement program at The Rainforest Alliance. She holds two Masters, a postgraduate from Cambridge University and she is a candidate of the Yale Postgraduate in Tropical Forest Landscapes. Her career has been focused on creating global change by positively impacting communities along value chains, while encouraging individuals to understand their collective power to create systemic change. She believes that a sense of community and joining forces are the only ways forward to act upon the biggest challenges that we are facing today. She has also been a 30 under 30 Forbes "movers and shakers" 2020 nominee. Today we are talking about what the Rainforest Alliance is, what their mission is, and how we can all do our part to protect the environment.

My guest today is Mollie McGlocklin. She's the creator of Sleep is a Skill, a company that optimizes people's sleep through a unique blend of technology, accountability, and behavioral change. The company was born after her poor sleep habits culminated into a mega challenging bout of insomnia for months without end. With a background behavioral change, Mollie went down the rabbit hole to solve her sleep disturbances without sleeping aids. She became fascinated by chronobiology and by extension it's practical applications to restore a state of homeostasis, not only to her sleep, but also to her life as a whole. Knowing the difference between a life with sleep and without, Mollie's now dedicated her life to sharing the forgotten skill set of sleep. Today, we talk about what good sleep is, how to get better sleep, what your circadian rhythm is and more.

My guest today is Shannon Lohr. She is the founder & CEO of Factory45 and co-founder of {r}evolution apparel, a sustainable clothing company for female travelers and minimalists that was featured in The New York Times and Forbes.com. She has worked with over 200 entrepreneurs from all over the world to create ethically-made products with a focus on environmentally-friendly materials - many of whom have gone on to launch some of the most transparent supply chains in the fashion industry. Today we're talking about how to start a sustainable clothing brand, increasing supply chain, transparency, crowdfunding a new business, and more.

My guest today is Dane Baker. He's the founder and CEO of EcoCart, which makes fighting climate change, simple cost-effective and accessible for everyone. EcoCart has two products, a Shopify app that merchants can install in their online stores to give their customers the opportunity to make their orders carbon neutral, and a Chrome extension that calculates and offsets the carbon footprint of your online shopping orders at no cost to you. Previously, Dane set out to make the world a better place through entrepreneurial ventures, such as limiting materialistic consumption and waste with a peer to peer rental marketplace and providing gig economy workers, the wages and benefits they deserve with a first of its kind gig economy employment platform. Today, Dane and I are talking about carbon offsetting, how to lower your carbon footprint and more.

My guest today is Martha Hunt Handler. She's been an advocate for wolves for more than 20 years, and currently serves as board president at the Wolf conservation center in New York. Martha grew up dreaming about wolves and believes her role in this lifetime is to be a voice for nature. Martha's been an environmental consultant, a magazine columnist, an actress, a polar explorer and more. She is also the author of the newly released book called Winter of the Wolf. We'll learn more about that in this episode today, we're talking about wolf conservation, the role humans play on the environment growing through grief and more.