LIBERTY ROAD with Nada Jones

TooD is a beauty brand born out of Sharareh Siadat’s journey of reclaiming her beauty narrative. After years of being bullied over having a unibrow, she spent decades trying to hide and conform to a society she believed she did not fit into. After having her third daughter, Sharareh decided to grow her unibrow back. She wanted to show her daughters how to regain their power. She not only changed h...

Eat Your Flowers started out of Loria Stern's tiny kitchen located on a 1890's built Montecito, California estate. In 2016, while renting one of the cottages on the property, Loria began experimenting with the edible bounty that grew freely on the grounds.  Loria studied medicinal and edible plants all through her years of culinary training.  She didn’t attend culinary school, instead, she receive...

Dr. Regina Y. Baker is an associate professor of surgery in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California. She has faculty appointments at Keck Hospital of USC, Keck Verdugo Hills Hospital, Huntington Memorial Hospital, and LAC USC Hospital. Dr. Baker's clinical interests include breast reconstruction, cosmetic breast surgery...

Ai Kubo is a health coach who helps busy humans struggling with weight, fatigue, stress, and sleep to find a more balanced and sustainable lifestyle without feeling deprived or miserable. As a full-time researcher and a mother of two teens, she knows how difficult it is to create healthy habits. With 20 years of experience teaching mindfulness, Ai has created a unique method that is approachable,...

Sharon Brown began her timeless ethical clothing brand Lotte.99 in 2017. The name is inspired by her daughter and muse, Char-lotte, born in 1999. Sharon's small batch collections incorporate unique fabrics, shell buttons, and trims, and her designs use the highest quality, often up-cycled silks, cottons, and linens sourced from around the globe. In this episode, Nada sits down with Sharon to discu...

Katie Morford is a food writer and registered dietitian with a master’s degree in clinical nutrition. When her kids came along, they didn’t care about those credentials, only that their noses got wiped and their bananas mashed just right. Katie put her work life on hold, worrying she’d lose touch with her craft. It turns out the opposite happened. Being a mom fueled a passion for helping families...

Emma Whittard had a 20-year career in children's book publishing, including Disney, DreamWorks, and Warner Bros. Moving from London; she eventually fell in love with California. In 2015, Emma left the corporate world, hoping to find a happier way of living that would allow her to spend more time with her little girl, who had then turned three. She set up her own intellectual property development c...

Founder & CEO Lisa Odenweller recently launched Kroma Wellness and has quickly earned a loyal following among celebrities and health experts. Kroma is the innovative, female-founded health and wellness company redefining the dreaded “cleanse” with a unique and nourishing approach that focuses on fueling your body rather than depriving it. With a vision to build a direct-to-consumer brand, Lisa lau...

Katie Fogarty is the host of A Certain Age - an age-positive podcast that helps you live your best-evolving midlife as well as celebrates women who are aging out loud. She is also the creator of the lnstagram community AGE OUT LOUD (@letsageoutloud) that spotlights women reimagining midlife. A former journalist turned career coach, Katie's day job helping executives create impactful LinkedIn profi...

You know her as the host of this podcast and the founder of the LIBERTY Road platform, but today she is playing the role of guest. In an effort to let our loyal listeners in on how we plan to support you through midlife, Nada wanted to have you hear it firsthand. She also wanted to share her own long and winding road and to offer hope that if she can do it, so can you. Listen in as Wendy Euler of...

Welcome, LIBERTY Road listeners! We are excited for this new year with you. The Liberty Team has adopted this new mantra, “What’s now and what’s next” to ensure we are bringing you conversations that help you assess your life now so you can determine what you want next for your road ahead.    If you have a potential guest you would like to recommend, please email Nada at nada@liberty-road.com.   P...

This episode was originally released on March 10, 2021.Kimberly Lewis is the owner and buyer of Emerson Grace, a women’s elevated-casual contemporary boutique in Nashville, Tennessee. Kimberly oversees the creative and fashion direction for the store alongside a team of stellar managers and stylists who go beyond selling to build relationships to encourage women to discover and realize their own p...

This episode was originally released on March 17, 2021.When good friends and busy, working moms Karey Burke, Dawn Olmstead and Jenn Worley couldn’t find a great facial that they could afford on a regular basis, they decided to build it. The powerhouse trio envisioned a place where men, women & teens could get spa-grade facials without all the fuss sans dark rooms and Peruvian flute music. Their go...

This episode was originally released on November 10, 2021.Christy Desai is the Co-Founder and CEO of Okay Humans. After unsuccessfully trying to outrun the stress of life, Christy finally looked for a therapist in hopes of catching her breath. What started as “3-5 sessions” turned into years of deep inner work. Her own experience turned into a personal mission to help other people feel better, str...

This episode was originally released on November 3, 2021.Dimitra Davidson is the President & COO of Indeed Labs. She is a champion of great skin for real people. As the driving force behind this global independent brand, Dimitra has built a reputation on asking tough questions about ingredients, formulations, industry trends and product usage so that everyone can get to real results faster. Since...

This episode was originally released on October 20, 2021.In 2003, Chelsea Shukov and Jamie Grobecker came together with a common goal: to develop a collection of fine stationery for a new generation. Sugar Paper would have the quality of the fine paper goods they saw on their mother’s desks, but with an aesthetic and feel that was made for the modern girl. Armed with an antique letterpress, they b...

This episode was originally released on September 18, 2019.When good friends and busy, working moms Karey Burke, Dawn Olmstead and Jenn Worley couldn’t find a great facial that they could afford on a regular basis, they decided to build it. The powerhouse trio envisioned a place where men, women & teens could get spa-grade facials without all the fuss sans dark rooms and Peruvian flute music. Thei...

This episode was originally released on May 26, 2021. Alli Webb is the Co-Founder of Drybar and Squeeze and an N.Y. Times Bestselling Author. After spending 15 years as a professional hairstylist, Webb left the hair industry in 2005 to start a family. Alli was a stay-at-home mom for 5 years before deciding it was time to pursue the creative side of hairstyling at a new mom-pace. She began offering...

Garance Doré is the founder of the skincare line Doré, which launched in May 2022. Born in Corsica, Garance grew up dipping in and out of the sea and running wild through nature. She established her career, and creative spirit, in Paris before moving to New York to become internationally recognized for her illustrations, street-style photographs, and writing. Garance has returned to her French ro...

Whitney Casares, MD, MPH, FAAP, is a board-certified pediatrician, author, speaker, and full-time working mother of two. She is a Stanford University-trained private-practice pediatrician. Dr. Whitney, as she refers to herself, holds a Master of Public Health in Maternal and Child Health from The University of California, Berkeley, and a Journalism degree from California Polytechnic State Universi...

Lori Runnfeldt opened her boutique, True Love Always, in 2022. She spent years gathering a collection of her favorite things from all over the world, and now they are available for discerning shoppers to enjoy at her Montecito boutique. There is something for everyone in this curated collection of accessories and treasures for your home, wardrobe, and jewelry box. TLA's little-of-this and a little...

Kristina Synder is a former photography agent, photo editor, photographer, and travel writer. She has meandered through creative communities in New York City since arriving from her native Sweden in the late 80s. During the day, she worked as an editor and researcher at magazines like Newsweek, Time, and People, and in the evenings, she was “the girl who schlepped music equipment from CBGB’s at th...

Amy Swift Crosby is a brand strategist and copywriter. She has positioned or voiced messaging across the commercial spectrum, from iconic brands like Mandarin Oriental, PepsiCo, Guess Brands, Limited Brands, Pottery Barn, and BVLGARI to boutique brands like B&H Photo and Video, Sur La Table, The Wild Unknown, The Class by Taryn Toomey, ErgoBaby, Barre3 and legendary metaphysical bookstore, Bodhi T...

BURU was founded in 2013 by Morgan Hutchinson after she realized that there was a fashion void for new moms. Today she designs and produces responsibly-made bespoke pieces from her downtown LA micro-factory.  Morgan began her career in Manhattan and managed to build a successful lingerie company called Passport Panties before moving to Beijing with her now husband, Brett. Just weeks after moving b...

Korinna Howie is the digital creator behind the Instagram account @isthistooyoungforme. There she shares her love of sustainable fashion, cruelty-free beauty, and stuff that makes her, and consequently us, happy. When a family issue required Korinna’s time and attention, she put her career on hold. Desperate for a creative outlet, she decided to try her hand at social media. Her interest in fashio...