LET IT OUT

Ellen is the founder and CEO of Hedley & Bennett, an apron and workwear company, whose signature ampersand logo can be seen on top chefs around the world. Born and raised in LA to a Mexican mother and English father, she felt a strong connection to Mexico and ended up moving there when she was 18. Today we talked about what she learned being a 24-year-old line cook who told her head chef she could make the restaurant aprons. Soon she had a company. We talk about what she learned from her grandmother in Mexico about treating everyone with care, as well as productivity, process, time management, and Ellen gives the best dinner party hosting advice I’ve ever heard.

Show Notes:

- Ellen's book: Dream First, Details Later

- Check out Katie's Creative Clinic

- Sign up for our LET IT OUT letter to get show notes sent straight to your inbox 

- Full show notes here

In this episode, I invited 3 of my longtime friends and collaborators Laura, Maria, and Eva to chat. We had a candid conversation about how we all connected through the last nine years of this podcast, what episodes have stuck out for us, what we've learned as a result, and what we've learned since. We cover eating disorder recovery, connection, creativity, journaling, and how connection is key. Join us as we look back over the last 9 years, and I talk about what I want to focus on for the next decade of the show. 

Show Notes:

- Check out Katie's Creative Clinic

- Book a free consultation with Katie here, and if you can't find a time that works for you email her at [email protected]

- Sign up for our LET IT OUT letter to get show notes sent straight to your inbox 

- Full show notes here

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Every year my dear friend Sacha Jones comes back on the podcast around my birthday for a conversation. She is one of the most creative, wise, and gentle people I know and I always love speaking with her. Our annual catch-ups end up being time capsules of what we've learned the past year both from the podcast and from what's happened around us. Like most people, Sacha and I both had a wild year personally and collectively so we unpack the ways we've changed. We cover grief, loss, closure, and leaving new york, but it's not all heavy! We also talk about Sacha getting her photo taken by Bill Cunningham while riding her bike, and more.

Show Notes:

-Check out Sacha on the Web

- Sign up for our LET IT OUT letter to get show notes sent straight to your inbox 

- Full show notes here

Sponsors:

- Browse the  Organifi.com shop and use code LETITOUT for 20% off all Organifi products.

- Sakara is offering our listeners 20% off their first order when they go to Sakara.com/letitout or enter code LETITOUT at checkout.

- Get $15 off your first visit with a board-certified dermatologist at apostrophe.com/LETITOUT and use our code: LETITOUT.

Loré is one of my favorite writers. We originally connected when she reached out to interview me for The Creative Independent. She has written about intimacy, identity, and interconnection for The New York Times and Man Repeller. She also facilitates writing workshops and has a monthly newsletter called All The Reasons I've Cried Lately. In this week’s episode, we get into dating and bond over the fact that we’re both hopeless romantics. We cover social media, indecision, intention, writing, moving to New York, and dealing with life’s highs and lows. And we discuss some of her essays and poems.

Show Notes:

- Connect with Loré: Web | Newsletter | Workshops

- Loré interviewing Katie for The Creative Independent

- Sign up for our LET IT OUT letter to get show notes sent straight to your inbox 

- Please join me in supporting The Central Ohio Freedom Fund. The Central Ohio Freedom Fund is a black-led, black-centered organization which exists to work towards the elimination of cash bail.

- Full show notes here

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This week I spoke with two guests, Becca Millstein and Caroline Goldfarb. Living with each other at the beginning of the pandemic and observing each other's eating eventually led them to a business idea: a tinned fish company called Fishwife. This week we talk about the stigma associated with eating foods that people scoff at, working with close friends, and transitioning careers. Becca's background is in the music industry and Caroline is a comedy writer, podcast host, and viral internet artist who goes by the name Official Sean Penn on IG. We cover writing, juggling multiple projects, collaborations, productivity, and the habits and routines that help them with it all.

Show Notes:

- Find out more about Fishwife on the Web | Instagram | Tick Tok

- Follow Caroline on the Web | Instagram

- Sign up for our LET IT OUT letter to get show notes sent straight to your inbox 

- LET IT OUT kits

- Please join me in supporting the Loveland Foundation. The Loveland Therapy Fund provides financial assistance to black women and girls seeking therapy. 

- full show notes here

Sponsors:

- Get $15 off your first visit with a board-certified dermatologist at apostrophe.com/LETITOUT and use our code: LETITOUT.

- Go to Canva.me/letiout to get your FREE 45-day extended trial of Canva Pro.

This week one of my favorite authors returns. Kayleen Schaefer is a journalist and author of Text Me When You Get Home, she also wrote the bestselling Kindle Single memoir Fade Out. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Vogue, and many other publications. Her new book, But You’re Still So Young, is out now. It follows eight people struggling to make the leap to adulthood. It includes sociological research and weaves in her own story. In this episode we talk about how this generation is redefining what it's like to be in our 30s. And how a checklist that sociologists created in the 1950s is no longer relevant, or even possible for many. The checklist was: "finish school, leave home, make your own money, marry and become a parent." We talk about how race, class, and privilege play into the ability and desire to meet these old benchmarks. Plus, we cover Kayleen's writing rituals, how they've changed, her advice to writers, and more.

Show notes:

- Kayleen's new book, But You're Still So Young

- Connect with Kayleen on the web | Instagram

- Sign up for our LET IT OUT letter to get show notes sent straight to your inbox 

- LET IT OUT kits

- Please join me in supporting the Fair Fight Initiative. Through litigation and community advocacy, Fair Fight Initiative exposes mistreatment in the law enforcement system and works to end mass incarceration.

- full show notes here

Sponsors:

Get $15 off your first visit with a board-certified dermatologist at apostrophe.com/LETITOUT and use our code: LETITOUT.

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Sakara is offering our listeners 20% off their first order when they go to Sakara.com/letitout or enter code LETITOUT at checkout.

Mari Orkenyi and I became fast friends. Our conversation really came alive in the second half and I didn't want to cut anything out, so this is part two of last week's episode. Mari is a Contemplative Educator, Mindfulness and Compassion Teacher and Writer. Her work lives in the space where Contemplative Practices, Buddhist Psychology and Western Psychotherapy intersect. As a native Brazilian immigrant with Hungarian roots, living in Los Angeles by way of Spain and Mexico, her multicultural perspectives and backgrounds are continuously informing her work. In this week’s episode, we talk about the quality of presence, acceptance, Buddhism, social media, love, cooking, and Mari gives me some wonderful personal advice.

Show notes:

- Check out Mari's work on The Web and Instagram

- Download our FREE new zine, "The Creative Combination"

- Sign up for our LET IT OUT letter to get show notes straight to your inbox 

- Katie's book

- full show notes here

Please join me in supporting:

- The Asian Mental Health Project offers a safe space and resources for Asian individuals to engage in conversations about mental health.

Sponsors:

- Go to Headspace.com/LETITOUT for a free one-month trial with access to Headspace’s full library of meditations for every situation.

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Mari Orkenyi and I became friends the moment we met. Our conversation flowed and I didn’t want to leave anything out so I decided to break it into two parts. Mari is a Contemplative Educator, Mindfulness and Compassion Teacher and Writer. Her work lives in the space where Contemplative Practices, Buddhist Psychology and Western Psychotherapy intersect. As a native Brazilian immigrant with Hungarian roots, living in Los Angeles by way of Spain and Mexico, her multicultural perspectives and backgrounds are continuously informing her work. In this episode we talk about the connection between mindfulness and creativity, allowing yourself to take up space as you are today, motherhood, boundaries, identifying as an artist, growing up in Brazil, catching ideas, and much more.

Show notes:

- Check out Mari's work on The Web and Instagram

- Download our FREE new zine, "The Creative Combination"

- Sign up for our LET IT OUT letter to get show notes straight to your inbox 

- Katie's book

- Use code "SPRING" for 25% off the WRITE Kit!

- full show notes here

Sponsors:

Join me live for the after show at stereo.com/katiedalebout.

Get $15 off your first Public Goods order with NO MINIMUM purchase by using code "KATIE" at checkout.

Have delicious food delivered and receive $25 off your first Daily Harvest box with code "LETITOUT".

Visit betterhelp.com/letitout to get 10% off your first month of professional counseling.

This week I spoke with my friend Helen Phelan, a body neutral intuitive pilates instructor and founder of digital pilates and mindful fitness platform, Helen Phelan Studio. As an ex-professional dancer and eating disorder survivor, Helen's approach to exercise is based on her lived experience that diet culture keeps people stuck in a bad body image loop that makes them dread movement despite its mood and energy boosting benefits. Her methodology is movement in a non-harmful, post-recovery form. We met when I took a class of hers in NYC and have collaborated on events and digital workshops (available here). She's been featured in InStyle, HuffingtonPost, and Well+Good. When she's not working she is snuggling her rescue pup or hiking in the Catskills. In this episode, we discuss communication, patience, bodies, movement, pilates, eating disorder recovery, romantic relationships, and more.

Show notes:

- Check out Helen's online platform, Helen Phelan Studio

- The Support the AAPI Community Fund to #StopAsianHate

- Sign up for our LET IT OUT letter to get show notes straight to your inbox 

- Katie's book

- LET IT OUT kits (use code "BIRTHDAY" for 20% off the Podcast Kit!) 

- full show notes here

Sponsors:

Join me live for the after show at stereo.com/katiedalebout.

Get 15% off your first order at Jenni Kayne with code LETITOUT. 

This week I brought back on the podcast for the third time, a friend of mine, writer, and host of the One Part Podcast, Jessica Murnane. Jessica's second book Know Your Endo helps people who experience endometriosis feel less alone. In this conversation we catch up, chat about making it through hard moments, and having to keep moving while feeling things intensely. She's one of the most empathetic people I know. We also get into a deep dialogue about social media, our ever changing and complex relationship with it, and how it relates to memories. We talk about her creative process, her writing process during the pandemic in the midst of homeschooling her son, and she shares her HappyThankYouMorePlease prompts.

Show notes:

- Last chance to join semester 2 of Creative Underdogs!

- Connect with Jessica on The Web | Instagram

- Please join me in supporting Exalt, an organization that provides New York City youth with a roadmap to change their lives.

- Sign up for our LET IT OUT letter to get show notes straight to your inbox 

- Katie's book

- LET IT OUT kits

- full show notes here

- We're hiring! If you're interested in joining the Let It Out team you can apply here.

Sponsors:

Join me live for the after show at stereo.com/katiedalebout.

Receive $15 off your first Public Goods order with NO MINIMUM purchase with code KATIE at checkout.

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