With Whit

Budding AND established entrepreneurs, this is a GREAT one for you. I spoke with Jaclyn Johnson, founder of New Money Ventures and Create and Cultivate, about investing and fundraising. We discussed the gap in financial investment in women, how to start investing, what she looks for in companies to support, suggestions for fundraising, and more!   Jaclyn recognized a gap in conversations, resource...

You probably saw on my Instagram last week that epic, out-of-control canker sores took over my life. I get these too frequently, and it’s time to figure out a solution to prevent them! There are so many health concerns that we don’t even realize have remedies! We have to look at our wellness and health broader than just taking medication to resolve symptoms. Lola Priego, Founder and CEO of Base, i...

Sonny turned five last week!! I cannot believe I have a five-year-old. Timmy and I threw a couple different birthday celebrations for him. I'm telling myself we'll be able to top it next year, but we did get him a pet soooooo who knows! In the end, we bit off more than we could chew as we JUST came off our family vacation. So we decided to bring you along for the ride (recorded in the car!) as we...

I had the most eye-opening conversation with Topsie Vandenbosch, a Mindset & Emotional Intelligence Coach & Consultant and a licensed mental health therapist. She's helping entrepreneurs, CEOs, and people in the workforce separate their worth from their work. We talked about the difference between mindset and mental health, how to utilize our emotional intelligence to perform at our best,...

You know those friends you don’t talk to often, but when you do, it’s as if no time has passed? That is how Sabrina Chazen is for me. Love her. Our moms met in Mommy and Me class with their firstborns, and she’s become my older sister’s best, best, best friend. We agreed that we are friends because we’re cool *sunglasses tilt*. Sabrina is a fellow influencer (IG @sabrinachazen) sharing body positi...

Ann Hiatt was the right hand to some of tech's most prominent names throughout her career, including Jeff Bezos, Yahoo's Marissa Mayer, and Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt. Having left Silicon Valley, Ann shares the secrets behind the curtain to help others advance in their careers and adopt the same forward-thinking that drove these leaders to success. She consults clients worldwide and hosts lead...

The overturn of Roe v Wade is nothing but devastating and frightening. I had a lot of questions, and I am sure you do too. I spoke with Alencia Johnson about how we got here, what this means, what we can do to help and more.   Named EBONY Magazine’s “Power 100” list of influential African Americans and PRWeek’s “40 Under 40” list, Alencia Johnson leads at the intersection of social justice and cul...

I made a legit new friend while interviewing Ali Weiss! Her openness to share is creative, raw, and inspiring. Ali is the ex-wellness blogger turned investigative journalist and comedian whose reputation as  The   Bukowski of #Wellness  has now emerged into  The Princess of Taboo.  Across various forms of media, this New York native is known for sharp, unapologetic social commentary and a willingn...

Thank you, thank you, thank youuuu. I can’t say it enough. I appreciate all the support you are showing my new capsule collection with Rent the Runway, Love, Whit!! This summer drop brings a variety of prints and bright colors that reflect the fun and positivity designing this line brought to my life. Anything with fashion brings me true joy. When I design or style, I feel my most genuine self fee...

This is one of my favorite episodes to date. I connected with Dr. Ellen Vora on an amazing level. She really got me and communicated about mental health in a way that strongly resonated. Ellen Vora, MD, is a holistic psychiatrist, acupuncturist, and yoga teacher. She takes a functional medicine approach to mental health—considering the whole person and addressing imbalance at the root. We hit some...

It's been a while since I filled you in on what's been up! This month I've felt really great - in control and level. I'm ready to see what this new month has in store! POSITIVE. I recorded this solo ep starting 5/31 and wrapped up on 6/1. This is a day in the life of getting sh*t done!!! (While also working through a lot of productivity and wellness goals…) In addition to catching up on exciting w...

I LOVE skincare and makeup. You know. I'd love to break into that industry somehow. But is it too saturated already? I'd have to consider what different perspectives I could add. Till then, I had the pleasure of chatting with Carrie Barber. She's currently the owner and creative director of Make Beauty - a beauty brand founded in 2013 and reset by Carrie in 2021. Carrie launched MAKE 2.0, a collec...

Timmy throws out his back multiple times a year. Till now, he’s focused on stretching and working out to fix it. We learned from Brigitte Rozenberg that this is not the solution. Instead, she shared attainable tips for true pain prevention and management and treatment plans for specific back pain caused by disc issues!   Dr. Rozenberg is one of the country’s most respected authorities on non-surgi...

UGH love love talking with the Netchicks: Sara Gretzky and Natalie Buck. We had the best time! On their podcast, Netchicks, Natalie and Sara dive into recent TV/Movies that they watch while also dishing on their personal lives and those of relevant pop culture phenoms. We gossiped about the Kardashians, Selling Sunset, and Bridgerton (HOT AND MY FAVE RIGHT NOW!). PLUS, we get into not letting othe...

One of the many things that I am grateful for when it comes to this podcast is the platform it has become for discussing mental health. Sarah Fay (PhD, MFA) is an activist and author of PATHOLOGICAL: The True Story of Six Misdiagnoses. Her book calls for a new conversation about mental health diagnosis based on rigorous transparency. With exquisite detail and a precise presentation of facts, she d...

Everything about fashion excites me, from styling to designing to flipping through magazines! I want to be your new fashion bestie and help you with any direction you might want or need. During this episode, I covered trends I love (and don't), my favorite brands and stores, where to splurge in your wardrobe, and how I feel about fedoras. lol. VERY important information. PLUS, I shared styling tip...

The Met Gala…the fashion event of the season!! LOL. I sound like Mrs. Whistledown. But, honestly. I love it so much and it was so fun to review. Timmy and I covered all of my top categories - Favorites, Undecided, Love But Not on Theme, and...Worst. Was Blake really the best? Was Kim on theme? Did Kendall WOW? Who was the coolest couple? We answered all of this and more. I recommend you follow us...

TIMMY TAKEOVER!! Ugh. I can't express how sick and miserable I've been the past two weeks. Our house keeps getting hit with nasty, and it's rough. I could barely talk, so pod-ing was a no-go for me. Thankfully, my husband and caregiver, Timmy stepped in and took over!! He shared all about our illness saga, from details of our frustrations and symptoms to tips for anyone playing the caregiver role...

During the pandemic, I had the pleasure of connecting with Megan Roup, celebrity trainer and CEO & Founder of The Sculpt Society. I LOVE love her workouts. Megan had a baby, and when I learned that we shared similar experiences, I knew I had to have her on to chat. We talked about the trials of pregnancy, the pains of breastfeeding, trying to avoid burnout being our own bosses, pre and post-na...

Interviewing Norma Kamali was a complete dream. I've admired her and her work for YEARS. Norma is an ICONIC designer who is entirely self-funded with no debt! Norma has been impacting the fashion industry for decades. We talked about her design process, her journey to the fashion industry, aging with grace, and more. She is the vision behind Farrah Fawcett's red swimsuit, Rihanna's sleeping bag co...

I am so lucky to have such a close family, and I do not take it for granted. One of my favorite people EVER is my cousin, Jaclyn Braverman (Jackie, Wacks, Auntie Wacks, etc.). Our grandmothers were sisters, but she honestly is my fourth sister. The way she has shown up for me my whole life and especially when my dad died, is honestly indescribable. I am so excited for you to meet her! We talked ab...

When did loving yourself become so hard? So many people I know, including myself, are champions of self-doubt. UGH. When I learned about Jamie Varon, I knew we all needed to hear from her. Jamie is a writer, designer, digital course creator, and creative consultant! Jamie has never shied away from sharing the many authentic facets of being human—and her new book, Radically Content, is no different...

I found Dr. Becky Kennedy on Instagram during the pandemic and loved everything she posted about. It hit home in so many ways. She is a clinical psychologist and mom of three, named “The Millennial Parenting Whisperer” by TIME Magazine, who’s rethinking the way we raise our children. She specializes in thinking deeply about what’s happening to kids and translating these ideas into simple, actionab...

So many of us these days have some sort of gut issue. Just Thrive, Founded by Tina Anderson, is a probiotic & antioxidant company that I was so excited to hear about. After seeing abuses in the pharmaceutical industry, Tina discovered the importance of gut health and how connected and crucial it is for overall health and wellness. To share her discovery with the world, Tina along with her husb...

Ahead of recording this episode, I was feeling a lot of anxiety thinking about life with a second kid. We are in the middle of all of this IVF stuff and this has been looming over me for years now. I was SO thankful to be able to speak about this candidly with Sylvana Ward Durrett, co-founder and CEO of Maisonette. In addition to chatting about my fears associated with a second kid, she shared her...