LIBERTY ROAD with Nada Jones

Together Segal was founded in 2019 by twin sisters Amy and Melissa Segal. The two launched their independent clothing label for petite women who live consciously and choose thoughtfully.    As petite women, the sisters felt a gap in the market for sustainable and timeless wardrobe essentials for women under 5’4. The Segal sister’s simple mission is to create intentional designs for petite women an...

After 15 years as co-founder of the cult cosmetic brand Three Custom Color Specialists, Trae Bodge felt like she hit a wall. She decided it was time to branch out. Her search for a corporate spot in her industry yielded nothing so she turned her attention to writing freelance. Discovering her love for sharing budget friendly living ideas landed her a job at RetailMeNot, eventually becoming their s...

Heidi Zumbrun is a life-long fine art and commercial photographer living in Los Angeles. With roots seated deeply in the surf and motorcycle worlds, her lens provides a unique and daring firsthand photographic diary of Los Angeles’ beach and street cultures. Her editorial perspective is fueled by a love of fashion, good waves, two wheels and the lifestyle that goes along with it. Heidi received a...

Faith Blakeney is a designer, stylist, and mother. As a child, she spent countless hours in her Berkeley, California home redecorating her room, dressing up, and dancing in the mirror. She studied architecture at UC Berkeley, designed costumes for the local theater, and immersed herself in all things old and beautiful at the local auction house where she worked. After fifteen years of studying and...

Corrie Sullivan is an artist and the founder of Corrie in Color. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Aaron, and three daughters, Sienna, Scarlett, and Indigo (yes, all color names). The two initially left Ireland to spend a year exploring LA and are still here 12 years later. Corrie has always been creating. Her childhood love of texture and art led her to a degree in Textile Design and Art...

Roz Kaur is a Sacramento-based stylist, as well as a diversity and pro-age activist. She has worked in the fashion industry for over 30 years, teaching women how to develop and maintain their authentic personal style. In this episode, Nada sits down with Roz to discuss her journey as a stylist and influencer. Roz’s fearless approach to dressing has garnered a loyal Instagram following and earned h...

Reni is a ‘tell it like it is’ entrepreneur who has run and operated several successful creative businesses in the design + service industries. Her experiences in retail, merchandising, staging and graphic design have taught her a million lessons about what she wants and doesn’t want from her current venture. Together with her mother, Reni launched a bespoke gifting business for realtors and profe...

Kirsten Blazek is the creative director behind A1000xBetter - a multifaceted design firm founded on the principle that design is a nuanced and layered process that requires you to look beyond the surface. Kirsten has an incredible eye for design, and her eclectic interiors showcase her love of vintage treasures, bohemian style, moody spaces, and penchant for the American Southwest.    In 2016, Kir...

Jennifer Archie is a Los Angeles native. After graduating from Howard University with a microbiology degree and venturing into the study of mold, she ended up working in her father’s business for 15 years. Itching to do something new, she took a position with a non-profit for a year, and later tried her hand at her own business, but things were not going according to plan. While on the journey to...

Traci is a self-proclaimed “Swiss-Army knife in heels.” She is a seasoned leader with a 20-year plus history with corporate, non-profit, and entrepreneurial organizations. She is centered on building brands, businesses, and bottom lines. Currently, Traci is the President of the interior design firm House of Honey. She is responsible for the day-to-day business, marketing, and operations.   Jennife...

After leaving a high-level corporate career in marketing and advertising behind, Marla Aaron launched her first collection in 2012 when her combined obsessions with bridges, hardware, and jewelry could no longer be ignored. What began with one lock is now an entire collection designed to be worn in infinite ways and used as “jewel tools”. The goal is for individuals to not see the jewelry as too p...

With over twenty years as a knitwear designer, Elisa has developed a refined aesthetic while working with luxury fibers from across the globe. After her studies at New York's Fashion Institute of Technology and Polìmoda in Florence Italy, she spent her career designing for fashion brands and high-end retailers. She also found herself at the top of her professional game and living a comfortable lif...

Rachel worked with chronic pain patients for over ten years. She understood first-hand how food, nutrients, and movement can help people rebalance and heal themselves.    After finding that her perimenopausal symptoms were disruptive to her life, Rachel did her homework, searching for helpful midlife resources, only to come up short. She also realized that women that looked like her were missing f...

This episode was originally released on April 28, 2021. Maha Ibrahim is a General Partner of Canaan Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm, where she has worked since March 2000. Maha isn’t our typical guest...Maha isn’t a female founder but she is a female “FINDER”.  In this episode, Nada sits down with Maha and discusses how she approaches her decision-making to invest in early-stage vent...

This episode was originally released on May 19, 2021 Erica Reitman is teaching online coaches to break the rules in order to break through the noise and find their voice and their people. She is helping them reinvent their businesses, make money and change their corner of the world. In her past life, she was a successful interior designer, and her home has now appeared in two best-selling design b...

This episode was originally released on June 16, 2021.Nan Simonsen is a certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach and author of Aging Powerfully: Accept Your Past and Take Control of Your Future.  In this episode, Nada sits down with Nan to discuss her many reinventions and the success she has found, and the lessons she has learned along the way. Nan has had many amazing careers simply by choos...

This episode was originally released on June 16, 2021.Susan Feldman is the founder of In The Groove, a new lifestyle destination for age-defying women. In The Groove is a community that celebrates and engages their audience as the evolving and relevant women they are. Founded with a sense of humor, community, and self-awareness, In The Groove is on a mission to free women from rules, age limits, a...

This episode was originally released on June 23, 2021.April Uchitel is the Co-Founder of THE BOARD, a vetted network of value-driven consultants bringing C-level “dream team” expertise to brands. April most recently held CEO positions at ONDA Beauty and at Violet Grey. Before that, April was the Chief Brand Officer and founding team member at Spring, where she led brand strategy and curation. Prio...

In March 2020, Catherine Welch and her family left their lives in Southern California, on a 6-month sabbatical to travel through Central and South America. After arriving in Antigua, Guatemala on March 3, they found themselves in a precarious situation as the Coronavirus had quickly spread and was catching up to their exact location.  The pandemic allowed the 40-year-old entrepreneur and mother of...

Melanie Wolff is a mother of three under nine and knows a thing or two about juggling work and parenting. Armed with an undergraduate degree from Princeton and an MBA from Columbia, Melanie spent 15 years working in advertising, marketing, and technology for brands including; Schick, Johnson & Johnson, Bravo, and Amazon before launching Brella.  After moving to the West Coast and starting a family...

Toronto-based artist Michelle Vella is known for her colorful big eye portrayals of pop culture icons. Since childhood, she’s always been considered a talented artist. After graduating with a Fine Arts BA, the starving artist stigma didn't sit well with Vella so she made a choice to pursue art-related careers (and some not so related) instead. In the end, this allowed her to develop skills in sale...

Sylvana Ward Durrett is the CEO and Co-Founder of Maisonette, a curated children's marketplace. Before founding her own company she worked at Vogue for 14 years as assistant to Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour and later as the director of special projects, producing the annual Costume Institute Met Gala.  As a mom scrolling through various sites to find clothes, toys, and furniture for her kids, Sylva...

Jeni Britton is an American ice cream maker and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the artisan ice cream movement, she introduced a modern, ingredient-driven style of ice cream making. In 1996 Jeni opened her first ice cream shop, Scream and later founded Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams in 2002. Her first cookbook, Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams at Home, is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller and w...

Molly Berry, a San Francisco native, has been living in Central America for over 12 years with her husband and two children. A lover of travel and a creative soul, she landed her dream job as the founder and CEO of her very own textile and lifestyle brand.  What started as a search for a bedspread turned into the role of a lifetime. A world opened to Molly as she discovered the beautiful weaving b...

Denise Boomkens was a fashion model turned photographer. Now behind the lens, her love of fashion and beauty took her all over the world, touching down in cities like Tokyo, New York, Capetown, and Seoul.  As she neared the ‘BIG 4-0’, she left her camera behind to have her son and take a few years off to be with him. During that time she was looking for inspiration and began to notice a lack of so...