Claim Your Confidence with Lydia Fenet

What happens when the career you built no longer fits the life you’re living? In this powerful season finale of Claim Your Confidence , Lydia Fenet sits down with Emily Tisch Sussman, political strategist, media commentator, co-owner of Gotham FC, and host of She Pivots, for a candid conversation about reinvention, identity, and what it really takes to rebuild confidence from the ground up. Emily’...

Known as the “internet’s big sister”, Erin McGoff is an award-winning director, content creator, and founder of AdviceWithErin–a career education platform dedicated to making quality career advice accessible to all. Starting out as a film director and editor, Erin brought her filmmaking skills to TikTok in 2020, sharing practical, candid, and humorous career advice to help give viewers the confide...

Mary Orton is a woman who wears many hats. After starting her career in investment banking, she took a leap of faith in 2013 and started a fashion blog dedicated to helping women find their personal style and confidence in the workplace. Since then, she has built an ever-growing online community centered around fashion, beauty, design, and confidence. Now, she’s also the founder and CEO of the fir...

If you’re an avid reader, chances are you’ve already heard of Elizabeth Day. An award-winning author, broadcaster, and the founder of Daylight Productions, Elizabeth has written ten books spanning both fiction and nonfiction and is a Sunday Times #1 bestseller. Beyond the page, she is also the creator and host of How To Fail With Elizabeth Day , a chart-topping podcast that celebrates the things i...

In 2017, Cecily Mak decided to rethink her relationship with alcohol. What started as a 30-day experiment eliminating alcohol quickly revealed a life that felt clearer, richer, and more intentional without substances. Inspired by this change, Cecily began sharing her story on social media, and ClearLife was born–a movement dedicated to helping others reclaim clarity, presence, and intention in the...

Michelle Cordeiro Grant is a powerhouse founder who knows how to build a brand–and community–from the ground up. In 2015, she founded LIVELY, a lingerie company dedicated to empowering women to live confidently. LIVELY broke new ground in the lingerie industry by prioritizing style and comfort, coining the term Leisurée. After LIVELY’s monumental $105 million acquisition after just three years, Mi...

A pastry chef turned entrepreneur, Kate McLeod’s best-selling Body Stones–solid moisturizer bars designed to intensely nourish the skin–started as a personal self-care ritual. After discovering the transformative properties of cocoa butter on her own skin, Kate formulated the first Body Stones in her kitchen, drawing from her culinary background and blending in luxurious oils to create a highly co...

Photographer, director, producer, and host Sophie Elgort is a master at telling powerful stories through images. Her work has been featured in top publications including Vogue, ELLE, Rolling Stone, and Glamour, capturing iconic personalities like Kylie and Kendall Jenner, Brooke Shields, Rosario Dawson, and many others. Beyond the lens, Sophie is currently the host and executive producer of All Ar...

Throughout her life, Sarah Wragge struggled with gut issues that no prescription could cure. It wasn’t until she reexamined her diet that she discovered the power of food as medicine and experienced a complete health transformation. Inspired by her results, Sarah became a certified holistic health coach and launched Sarah Wragge Wellness in 2016. As founder and chief nutritionist of SWW, Sarah edu...

As the founder of Briogeo Hair Care and Makers Mindset, Nancy Twine knows how to build a business from the ground up. After leaving her career as a VP at Goldman Sachs to follow her passion for clean beauty, Nancy launched Briogeo in 2013, growing it from a small startup to a globally recognized brand worth nine figures in less than ten years. Now, Nancy is inspiring the next generation of entrepr...

2013, Gregg Renfrew turned the beauty industry on its head with the launch of her company Beautycounter, a revolutionary skincare and cosmetics brand dedicated to creating safer products using clean ingredients. After selling a majority stake in Beautycounter to a private equity firm in 2021 and seeing the brand’s decline and eventual foreclosure, Gregg bought back Beautycounter’s assets in 2024 a...

Gretchen Carlson and Julie Roginsky know the importance of using their voices to make a positive impact. Former Fox News employees who experienced sexual harassment, they have since dedicated themselves to advocating for change. In 2019, they founded Lift Our Voices, a nonprofit organization focused on ending the use of NDAs and forced arbitration in cases of workplace harassment, discrimination,...

After starting her career as a professional ballerina, Brynn Putnam’s pivot into the tech world revolutionized at-home fitness in 2018 when she launched Mirror, the interactive smart device that brings studio fitness classes to the comfort of your home. After selling Mirror to Lululemon for $500 million in 2020, Brynn Putnam is back to revolutionize yet another industry with her newest creation, B...

Tracy Anderson’s name is ubiquitous in the fitness world. Inspired by her lifelong love of dance and physical expression, she pioneered her revolutionary Tracy Anderson Method: a unique combination of complex weight transfers, dance-inspired choreography, and multidirectional movement. In the 25 years since, Tracy has built a global fitness empire dedicated to empowering women to reconnect with th...

As Season 2 of Claim Your Confidence comes to an end, we’ve also hit the milestone of one hundred episodes released! In celebration, join me as I reflect on the past two years of the podcast, talk about upcoming projects, and answer audience submitted questions about taking ownership of your career, staying motivated, and what it means to scale your skill.  Be sure to tune in to this episode of Cl...

As a women’s health advocate, fashion designer, TV and podcast host, producer, celebrity stylist, and mother of five, Mary Alice Haney is a true multi-hyphenate. Beginning her career as a stylist and magazine editor before founding her own fashion brand HANEY, Mary Alice is the mind behind some of the most iconic media moments in Hollywood over the last twenty years. Now, she is embracing the role...

Marion Jones has lived a life with the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. Former Olympic track and field athlete and professional basketball player, Marion became the first woman in the world to win five medals in a single Olympics during the 2000 Summer Games. However, a series of unfortunate events left her stripped of her accomplishments and incarcerated in federal prison. After overcomin...

The founder of not one, not two, but six companies, Kelly Roach knows a thing or two about growing and scaling a business. After working in the corporate world and rising through the ranks of a Fortune 500 company, Kelly launched her first company–The Business Advisory–to help founders and CEOs unlock their full potential as leaders. As one of the world’s leading business strategists and mentors,...

If you’ve seen someone walking down the street wearing a super chic pair of Mary Janes or ballet flats, chances are they’re from Loeffler Randall. Founder and Chief Creative Officer Jessie Randall launched Loeffler Randall in 2004 with a mission to bring her shoe designs to life in small, thoughtful batches with a focus on quality and detail. Now, Loeffler Randall sells to the world’s largest fash...

From the White House to Spotify, Dustee Jenkins’ career has led her to fulfill many different roles nationally and globally. Currently Spotify’s Chief Public Affairs Officer, Dustee has been recognized by Mashable as one of 10 Pioneering Women Changing the Field of Communications. Before joining Spotify, she served as the Chief Communications Officer and SVP at Target and the director of communica...

Diana "DB" Barnes has been constantly evolving throughout her career. Having previously worked in the music, fashion, and tech industries, she is currently the Chief Brand Officer and Creative Director of WHY Brands–a portfolio of consumer lifestyle brands which houses the world's most loved baby lifestyle company Munchkin Inc. She is also the co-founder of Curio, a premium brand of...

In 2014, less than 2% of venture capital dollars went towards female-founded companies. So, Anu Duggal started Female Founders Fund–the first early-stage fund focused on investing exclusively in female founders–to help support the women who are building the companies of tomorrow. Over the last ten years, FFF has become the leading source of institutional capital for female founders with over $3B i...

While working as a licensed skin therapist and instructor in the ‘80s, Jane Wurwand saw the need for high-quality skincare products within the industry. So, she founded Dermalogica to fill that gap. Now, Dermalogica is one of the top professional skincare brands and continues to train thousands of skin therapists across the globe each year. Jane is also the author of Skin in the Game and the co-fo...

* Listeners of this episode can get 10% off any online purchase from PXG Apparel using the code ClaimYourConfidence . Renee Parsons is a leader in business, fashion, and philanthropy. Recently named the Chief Marketing Officer of PXG, Renee has helped usher in a new era of cutting-edge and versatile performance golf and lifestyle clothing designed to seamlessly marry comfort and style. Renee is al...

Mastering any new skill can take years, and that was Paul Ollinger’s experience when he first started doing comedy. After working in sales leadership for fifteen years at companies like Yahoo and Facebook, Paul took the leap to pursue his passion for stand-up comedy and has since opened for top comics like Daniel Tosh and Chelsea Handler, and headlined the legendary Carolines on Broadway in 2019....