Allergic to the Ordinary

Dr. Audra Lance doesn't run a typical chiropractic practice. She's built a unique methodology, studying techniques across continents—from Prague to Italy to Thailand—and turned it into something that defies categorization. Her clients fly in from around the world, she tours with Grammy winners, and gets annual invites from Team USA. But here's what matters: she refused to accept the...

What if the problem isn't that you're not good at what you do—it's that you're hiding your genius? Ashley Renders spent a decade in journalism and documentary film before building a multi-six-figure business in 18 months teaching entrepreneurs how to use storytelling to grow their companies. In this conversation, Ashley breaks down the biggest storytelling mistake talented foun...

Think getting dressed is superficial? Chellie Carlson is here to prove you wrong. As an LA-based stylist working with top executives and entrepreneurs, Chellie helps successful people who are exhausted from throwing money at their closets without results. In this conversation, we get real about the shame women carry around not being able to "figure out" getting dressed, why buying LESS w...

What does it feel like to hit your first seven figures — and realize the business is actually a trap? Dani Lee is a fractional CFO and co-founder of Valore Financial. At 26 she built a product-based company to seven figures, then walked away from a large investor wire mid-deal and moved back to Wisconsin to regroup. What came next was a complete rebuild — this time, with her life designed first an...

Most people walk away when things get hard. Tara Sandhu walked away when things were objectively great. Three months after returning from one of the hardest pregnancies imaginable, she got promoted at Mercury and was managing a team of 50. The she left. What followed was a $2 million consulting business built in under two years, a life-changing acquisition offer she turned down, and a move to Lisb...

What actually makes a brand stick? It's not a pretty logo. It's not a trendy color palette. And it's definitely not copying whatever's blowing up on Pinterest this week. Ellyse Bollinger is the founder and creative director of ENC — the non-agency agency. In this conversation, we get into why so many brands fall emotionally flat, what she looks at first when assessing whether a...

What if "I'm bad with names" isn't a personality trait—it's just a story you keep telling yourself? And what if your beige living room isn't a design choice—it's an identity you've outgrown but haven't let go of yet? In this solo episode, Jamie breaks down identity: what it is (beliefs, values, history, ambitions), where it comes from (parents, one comm...

Susannah Dellinger didn’t wait for the perfect timing.  She launched Bright Beauty Connect from her kitchen table during the pandemic — no funding, no childcare, no business plan — and turned it into a multimillion-dollar retail agency helping beauty brands win inside Sephora, Ulta, Nordstrom and beyond. This episode is equal parts resilience, retail strategy, and radical rethinking of what beauty...

What if you could build a wildly successful business with under 1,000 Instagram followers? Nicole Otchy, founder of The Styling Consultancy, is living proof it's possible—and she's breaking all the industry's outdated rules to do it. In this episode, Nicole shares her journey from styling presidential advisors and power players to coaching stylists to build six-figure businesses. We...

What if losing everything you built on social media was actually the beginning of something bigger? Jen Szpigiel is the Editor in Chief of Iconic Magazine and Founder of Becoming Iconic. She's helped thousands of women build over $100 million in sales. In this conversation, Jen gets raw about giving her power away to goals, clients, team members, and social media—and what happened when she lo...

What if the screenless camera everyone's obsessing over , the VHS tapes making a comeback, and your sudden urge to buy a record player are all symptoms of the same thing...we're exhausted by optimization? In this solo episode, Jamie breaks down the pattern she's been noticing: the pendulum is swinging hard toward analog, friction, and nostalgia. But it's not really about the VH...

The Real Talk What if everything you've been told about building a successful business—scale fast, sell big, exit early—is actually keeping you from real wealth and power? Lacey Madison is the founder of SIR Ventures, helping women move from business owners to true ownership. She's built and advised over 400 companies, managed more than 1.2 billion in value, and she's here with a me...

The Real Talk What do you do when something is good—but not great? When you've invested years into a path that makes perfect sense on paper, but something in your gut says it's time to move on? Kacia Ghetmiri has become the queen of the pivot. She's a toddler mom, host of the empowerHER Podcast with over 13 million downloads, and a Denver-based real estate agent who built a $5M+ rea...

The Real Talk What happens when "authenticity" becomes your brand? Can you build a million-dollar business without ads or funnels? And more importantly—what do drum lessons and talking to dead people have to do with running a successful online business? Colleen Nichols is here to answer all of that and more. She's the #1 bestselling author of Don't Make it Weird , a digital aut...

What if everything you've been told about being easygoing, going with the flow, and not making waves is actually keeping you from living your own life? This is the launch episode of Allergic to the Ordinary, where Jamie introduces the ethos behind the show: it's not about what your life looks like from the outside—it's about how you got there. From refusing to eat fake whale blubber...