One of our most conscious conversations yet! We caught up with the Chief Sustainability and Business Development Officer, Therese Hayes, to learn what happens when a few hometown heroes join forces to transform the culture.

The House of LR&C is not your average fashion house. It is a movement.

Special thanks to Therese and @thehouseoflrc!

Kiko Eisner-Waters, founder of The Cura Co., joins us to talk about the magic of small business, it's social impact, and why part of being a purposeful brand means supporting the communities we live in.

The Cura Co. is a space for discovering and cultivating your impact as a global citizen, through mindfulness workshop or collaborating with local and international artisan partners. 

Special thanks to Kiko!

Shop, attend events, or stay in touch @cura_collective.

Our special guest is Anthony and Marlie Love, the duo behind Traveling While Black - a show where they travel to different locations, then rate their experience as black people visiting for the first time.

Are you financially healthy?

Yes? No? Maybe so? Our next guest, Lamar Hammond is a Branch Manager of a US Bank in the Greater Seattle area. Having worked in the industry for 11 years, Lamar has become an expert on money and people management - helping the community with their financial needs.

He answers our biggest questions and tells us how to build better habits, personally and professionally. Special thanks to Lamar for stopping by!

If you have specific questions, connect on LinkedIn at Pedro Hammond or reach out via e-mail at [email protected].

Ifeoma Okwu is a board-certified nurse practitioner and owner of the Weight Loss & Health Clinic by Embodied Wellness, a holistic-centered, root-cause driven approach to medical weight loss and wellness.⁣

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Ifeoma has committed her personal and professional life to helping others achieve sustainable health and wellbeing. She is an advocate for ensuring that all people from all backgrounds can enjoy the benefits of restorative medicine, that is, one that is rooted in holistic health and wellness.

We're joined by special guest Elisa Yip, Founder and Creative Director of Sskein. She spent her career designing for fashion brands and high end retailers in New York, across Asia and finally Seattle, where she settled with her family.  After spending years in corporate America, she decided to take a leap of faith and venture into entrepreneurship.

We are joined by Meesa Pedrozo, a healer, energy practitioner, and owner of Harmonics 253 - a sacred healing space in Tacoma, Washington.

She offers a comprehensive treatment system of Western medicine and Eastern practices using Reiki, energy healing, and sound work to create harmony in the mind, body, and spirit.⁣

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Listen now to hear her tips and techniques to help relieve stagnation, restore our whole being, increase happiness and bring forth abundance in all areas of our lives.⁣

⁣Special thanks to Meesa!⁣ To book a session or learn more, connect with her @harmonics.253.

Nancy Leal joins us from Dress for Success Seattle (@dfs.seattle) to talk about the challenges of finding clothes that celebrate all bodies, genders and lifestyles.

After witnessing the negative effects these challenges were having on clients, she repositioned herself from stylist to activist, calling out brands to embrace individuality through inclusivity.

Special thanks to Nancy!

If you're interested in hosting a clothing drive or donating your time, connect with her at [email protected].

Happy New Year, World!⁣

⁣We're kicking off 2022 with a very special guest - Ayesha Barenblat, CEO and founder of Remake, a sustainable fashion non-profit organization that's on a mission to change the industry’s harmful practices on people and our planet.⁣

⁣Through education, advocacy and transparency, Ayesha's vision for Remake and the fashion community is to make sustainability accessible and inclusive to all.⁣

⁣For more on Remake, visit www.remake.world.

Before we wrap up 2021, let's take a trip down memory lane. We recap some of our learnings on this journey, and share stand out episodes. We hope that we've inspired you to “be conscious” at the beginning, middle and end of every year from here on out.

We’ll start with the top three episodes that resonate with you all the most...