Sisters Cracking Up

Sisters Cracking Up

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  • Stylist Extraordinaire Jacqui Stafford Shares Her Tricks For Looking Fab In Midlife
    On today's episode, Abby and Julie talk to the inimitable stylist-to-the-stars Jacqui Stafford about tips for looking your best in midlife. As our theme song says, we're not seventeen anymore...and we need to take our style, hair, and makeup routine up a notch! We love Jacqui (and her advice) and so will you! Jacqui Stafford is one of the industry's most influential and sought-after style and beauty experts. As a best-selling author, stylist and TV personality, her work has appeared in countless magazines (Vogue, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, Shape) and she's a recognized style & beauty authority on national TV. She has a high-profile, private styling client list ranging from celebrities to royalty. At 41, she adopted a child as a single parent, and introduced her to the world (at 3 weeks!) on the Tyra Banks Show. Jacqui currently lives in NYC and you can see her weekly on QVC where she works closely with famed designer Isaac Mizrahi. Jacqui chooses Janice Huff to join our Sister List! Janice serves as Chief Meteorologist for NBC 4 New York.

    45 min
  • Insider Secrets of Book Publishers, The Power of Fearlessness, and Abby's Musings on Her Upcoming Bestseller

    In this episode, Abby and Julie pick the brain of book publishing/publicity phenom Jordan Rodman. Jordan has fearlessly taken FIFTY books all the way to the NYT bestseller list. If anyone knows this business inside and out, it's her. By the time we're in midlife, we all have a book in us. Jordan provides the inside scoop on what it takes to get to the top of the pile, while Abby muses about her upcoming novel which never seems to get written.

    Prior to joining Avid Reader Press, Jordan Rodman spent five years at Alfred A. Knopf, Pantheon, and Schocken books at Penguin Random House where she developed and executed large-scale publicity campaigns for many authors including Dave Eggers, Lisa Taddeo, Stephanie Danler, Gary Taubes, Lidia Bastianich, Nathan Englander, Mike Finkel, Masha Gessen, Judy Blume, and Joan Nathan. At Avid Reader Press, Jordan oversees and executes national publicity campaigns and works to innovatively pitch and secure key media coverage and awareness across all titles. She liaises with authors, agents, booksellers, bloggers, editors, reporters, and publishers to promote books far and wide. Jordan is also on the Artistic Board of The Moth, an organization dedicating to promoting the art of storytelling.

    49 min
  • Insider Secrets of Book Publishing, The Power of Fearlessness, and Abby's Musings on Her Upcoming Bestseller
    In this episode, Abby and Julie pick the brain of book publishing/publicity phenom Jordan Rodman. Jordan has fearlessly taken FIFTY books all the way to the NYT bestseller list. By the time we're in midlife, we all have a book in us. Jordan gives us the inside scoop on what it takes to get to the top of the pile while Abby muses about her upcoming novel which never seems to get written.
    49 min
  • Sexless Relationships, Abby's Shamanic Experience, and Julie's Unrealistic Hopes For The Vaccine

    In this episode, real life sisters, psychotherapist Abby Rodman and beauty expert Julie Howard discuss sexlessness in marriages and relationships. Drawing from a survey that garnered hundreds of responses (from mostly men!), you'll hear the skinny and the scoop on how and why a relationship becomes sexless. Abby discusses having her house "cleared" by a Shamanic Practitioner, and Julie wonders if the Covid vaccine might have special "fountain of youth" powers. Tune in, Sisters!

    47 min
  • Covid Holidays, New Year's Resolutions, The Vaccine, and Your Election Survey Results

    Holidays feeling a little Covid-y this year? We're with you! In this episode, real-life sisters psychotherapist Abby Rodman and beauty expert Julie Howard talk about the joys and challenges of the holidays during the pandemic, Abby's famous (or she likes to think) turkey recipe, and listeners' election survey results. From red to blue and in between, we share 'em as we get 'em.

    On our Sister List this episode, Julie names the unforgettable (and much missed) Carrie Fisher, and Abby chooses her girl-crush, Abby Wambach.

    49 min
  • Blow Dry With A Vacuum? Our Guest's Midlife Genius Innovation

    Hair? Meet RevAir! Our lovely, smart, empowered manifester-guest, Debra Isaacson, brought a "crazy idea" at her kitchen table to a revolutionary new product for blow drying hair -- and it's setting the world of haircare on fire. If you've ever had a great idea for a product (haven't we all?) but talked yourself out of it, listen in for inspiration and motivation.

    Debra also names her pick for our Sister List and it's none other than the inimitable Chrissie Hynde. Find out why.

    For decades, Debra Isaacson was a "closeted" entrepreneur. While working for blue chip international companies including Omnicom Media Group, BBDO, and Calvin Klein Cosmetics, Debra was always on the lookout for interesting business opportunities and investments. Her "aha" moment came when she learned her brother managed his daughters' ponytails using his vacuum cleaner. That moment led to a revolutionary product idea which, together with her partners, led to the creation of RevAir, a game-changing hair dryer and brand. Born and bred in the USA, Debra lives in London with her husband, three children, bouncy dog, and aloof cat.

    38 min
  • The Confidence of Age, Abby's Zoom Fashion Shortcut, and YOUR Beauty Survey Answers

    In this episode, sisters beauty expert Julie Howard and psychotherapist Abby Rodman talk all things beauty. Listener-Sisters describe what makes them feel most beautiful, when ( and at what age) they felt most beautiful, and how their definition of beauty has changed over time. Julie dives deep into her own relationship with beauty after decades working in the beauty industry. Abby talks about downsizing after her recent move and the joys of bralessness.

    51 min

About Sisters Cracking Up

From the publisher's feed

Any woman in midlife knows the complexities of this time of life have the potential to crack us. Fortunately, there just as many things that crack us up…and keep us sane.

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