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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 ishow working retail gave her a strong work ethicworking in Fashion for 11 years was a big part of who she wasand how she defined herself
the struggle of wanting to hold on to her career after kids butbe present for her family
her focus on blogging when she left her account executiveposition in the fashion world in 2011
turning 40 and how that has changed her view on what she wantsin life
not being afraid to change directionwhy she is hiring a business coachbooks she mentions: The Girl on the Train / Life ReImagined /Gaining
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