My guest today is Cait Flanders. She's the author of Wall Street Journal best seller, The Year of Less. Her new book, Adventures in Opting Out is a field guide to opting out of expectations, changing paths and leading a more intentional life. Cait's story has been shared in the New York Times, The Guardian oprah.com, Tree-hugger, Forbes and more. She always has an adventure in the calendar, and she believes in leaving every place better than she found it. Today we're talking about Cait's personal shopping ban, finding out what your personal values are, how to take risks, and how to live a life, more aligned with your beliefs.

My guest today is Ariel Garten. She's a neuroscientist, mom, former psychotherapist, former fashion designer, and the co-founder and visionary of a highly successful tech startup Muse. Muse tracks your brain during meditation to give you real time feedback on your meditation, guiding you into the zone and solving that problem most of us have when starting a meditation practice. Muse lets you know when you're doing it right. Ariel and Muse have been featured in over 1000 articles, including CNN, Forbes, Fortune, Popular Science, New York times, O Magazine, and more Ariel's mission in life is to help people understand how their brain and mind work, both the nuts and bolts and neurons and how that all plays out in the messy and beautiful human experience of living. She inspires people to understand that they can accomplish anything they want by understanding what actually goes on in their own mind. Ariel is also the cohost of the untangle podcast. Today we're talking about holiday stress, pandemic stress, and how mindfulness and meditation can be used as tools to help you cope and adapt during this stressful period of life.

Today's guest, Sophie, lives in a 28 foot tiny house on wheels in Northern Minnesota with her husband, Henry, and her dog, Cora. They chose a tiny home in order to live more intentionally and more sustainably. Sophie shares her journey and hope of inspiring others to live by their values too. Today we're exploring how culture influences your lifestyle and rethinking what the American dream really means these days.

My guest today is Ivan Inspires. He was born and raised in the Bronx as one of four children who were exposed to harsh living conditions and subjected to a poor quality of life. Now, as the father of five, Ivan understands the true value of a dollar and the power of financial abundance in one's life. Ivan has dedicated his life to sharing what he's learned over the years in his pursuit of wealth. His latest project is the development of a children's wealth building program. Ivan believes that financial literacy should be fun for the entire family. So he created an exclusive board game and unique micro lessons to change the way children are taught financial literacy at home. So today we're talking about money mindset when, and how to start teaching children about money, and some tools to help children retain and understand the money lessons taught to them.

To celebrate episode 100, it’s just me today, catching you up on everything going on in my life. The last time I did a life update was November 2019, after I wrapped up my summer event tour in California, spent a month in France, returned to South Dakota, opened my store, and expanded my manufacturing business. It’s now 12 months later and oh boy, what a year it’s been!

My guest today is Daniel Ruttenberg. She attended Tyler School of Art and then operated a glass art and fabrication business from 2007 to 2015. In 2016, she co-founded Remark Glass, a small business in South Philadelphia. Remark's mission, through the creation of small batch home accessories made exclusively from discarded bottle glass, is to build a more sustainable art form in manufacturing practice. Remark Glass has been recognized by the City of Philadelphia as its first Gold Level Zero Waste business. They were awarded the 2019 SustainPHL Business Impact Leader award and their Champagne Bottle Mug was recognized in the 2018 DesignPhilly Best in Design competition. Ruttenberg and her team have also been featured in ABC’s Localish, a 2019 DiscoverCard commercial, and HGTV home improvement show “Philly Revival”. Today we're talking about glass recycling, how one glass product is made into a different product, Danielle's new nonprofit and more.

My guest today is Hollan Hawaii, an expert in plant-based food. As a Le Cordon Bleu trained chef, health advocate, former restaurant owner, and mom of three, she has worn many hats in this life, but she knows the one that matters most is her relationship with herself and her body. When those two are aligned, everything falls into place and she can be a better mother and chef. Hollan has been on her own health journey for 13 years and loves sharing her perspective and experience with food that led her to be in charge of her own health. Today, we're talking about her personal vegan journey, vegan food for the upcoming holiday season, and so much more.

My guest today is Mariya Newman. She's the co-founder of Boba&Vespa, a brand of eco-friendly pet products. Mariya spent the past decade helping brands like P&G, BMW, and Starbucks as a digital marketing director. Inspired by brands, creating meaningful change, Mariya and her friend Chia decided to start a brand that shares their values and offers truly environmentally friendly pet products. That's how Boba&Vespa was born. Today we're talking about greenwashing in the pet care industry, how to switch to sustainable pet products and lots more.

My guest today is Anna Gabriella Casalme. She's the founder and CEO of Novelly a reading app for young change makers that uses compelling and relevant stories as a starting point for dialogue, community and civic action. Anna is dedicated to creating a genuinely youth driven civic engagement experience. She brings over five years of background at the intersection of child health and wellbeing, design thinking and technology. She's previously worked at AltaMed health services, the California planned Parenthood education fund and the school-based health Alliance. She completed her master's in childhood studies from the University of Edinburgh and received her bachelor's in human biology and interdisciplinary honors and education from Stanford University. Today, we're talking about how reading helps facilitate difficult conversations and how it empowers young people plus so much more.

My guest today is Elle Ossello. Today, we're talking about how to get into nature for the first time if that wasn't something you grew up doing, how to sustainably camp and what her van life experience has been like.