Living The Authentic Life

We are excited to reunite with Houston culture shifter and former podcast guest Monica Fulton. "You can't save everyone but you can save one" is a quote that embodies the powerful force that is Monica. This inspiring woman is tirelessly moving forward to make changes in the community one person at a time. We are back together to talk about The Women's Fund and empowering girls to make the right ch...

If you care about your health and the health of those around you, you will want to find the time to listen to our life changing podcast with lawyer extraordinaire Jessica Rossman and dedicated Hope Biosciences Research Foundation CEO Donna Chang. I have shared that our daughter Bella has experienced medical challenges 😰 for YEARS. Thankfully Hope Bio’s dynamic team is dedicated🎯 and committed to...

We are thrilled to kick off our fall podcast series with special guests and friends @OperationSmileHouston co-chair @aalsadd & @SnehaMerchant, co-chair of the annual @OperationSmileHouston Gala since 2016, raising more than 2 million dollars, for cleft lip and pallet surgery. Join us as we talk about their passion and commitment to provide smiles to children with cleft pallets for just $240 a surg...

Natalie Steen is the founder of the ultra stylish fashion newsletter The Nat Note. As a former lawyer with a good creative bug and a bad online shopping habit, she was able to take a passion for fashion and shopping and turn a project into a full-time career. Join us as Nat shares her journey from a Miami, Florida native to attending UVA & Penn Law School to moving to Houston, TX and delivering re...

If you ever struggle deciding what to pack for a trip—this podcast is for you. Join us as we dive into vacation style with stylist Paulina Padilla. We talk packing strategies for adventures from the mountains to beaches to big cities to Europe. We share a love for a great blazer, starting with our unplanned twinning Christy Lynn Collection blazer that we personalized with our own authentic style....

We are thrilled to have two talented transcontinental women on the podcast this week: renowned artist Elizabeth Waggett and fashion designer Max Trowbridge. Max Trowbridge shares her story from beginning her career as a fashion designer in London to launching the conscious woman's ready-to-wear brand Eve & Max in Dallas, TX and Elizabeth Waggett is back on the podcast to talk about feminine streng...

Rob Chramosta films on location at the Monaco Legends Watch Auctions in Monte Carlo, Monaco with Davide Parmegiani and Adam Victor of Monaco Legend Group. First he is joined by Davide Parmegiani, chairman of Monaco Legend Group, one of the watch industry’s most prominent experts and dealers. They speak in depth about the extraordinary Patek Philippe chronograph watch Chramosta brought from the sha...

Our Special guest is Courtney Zavala- beloved Houston media star and skin care creator of “The Courtney Mask” This week we sat down and talked about the newest chapter of Courtney's life which may very well be her best yet. She shares intimate stories of her journey from TV reporter to morning news anchor to talk show host. She is glowing from the inside out, living her best life as a beauty mask...

Varda Fields is a fashionable yet complex woman with a purpose who is head of special projects and development at Rosewood Funeral Home in Houston, TX. The fashionably international Varda Fields is a woman who has worn many hats throughout her life. From her position in the Air Force to intelligence officer to police officer to mother working in fashion industry to finally landing in the roll of h...

Join Rob & Donae with special guests, as they take you on a fascinating journey of luxury live from the Miami Beach Antique Show. It's a must see for anyone serious about buying and selling preowned luxury collectors pieces. The magnitude of brands including Rolex, Cartier, Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, Van Cleef & Arpels, Hermes, Chanel are equal parts eye candy and history lesson. We talk you...

Hilary Magner, Co-Owner of Squash Blossom, Vail's Prominent Jewelry Store since 1973 is this week's podcast guest is former Houstonian turned Vail-local, Hilary Magner, co-owner of Vail’s 50 plus year old Squash Blossom jewelry store. Many people dream of leaving the big city to raise a family in a smaller vacation town but few actually have the dedication to live it out. After over 10 years in th...

Gracie Cavnar is a go-getter who is changing the way Houston’s children eat their food. Instead of focusing on a problem, Gracie brainstorms solutions and works tirelessly to create radical change, which is why we call her the original disruptor. In 2005, she and her husband Bob Cavnar founded the Recipe for Success Foundation, a nationally recognized nonprofit which is dedicated to changing the w...

This week’s Living the Authentic Life podcast guest is the impeccable model, stylist, fashion runway producer behind Houston’s most memorable fashion show moments, Tamara Klosz Bonar. 2024 marks the 20th anniversary celebration of her and her partner, Lenny Matuszewski’s collaboration with the Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary Reflections on Style Luncheon, Runway Show and Chic Boutique. Each year...

Amir Taghi is a Texas born, New York based, women's luxury clothing designer. Amir's work and tenacity speaks for itself—the native Houstonian showed a collection at New York Fashion Week and graced the pages of Vogue—all before he graduated high school. Over the past decade Amir's designs and craftsmanship have continued to evolve with each new collection making a name for himself with sophistica...

Vibrant wardrobe stylist Valerie Dittner joins us as this week's podcast guest, sharing her love of preowned, vintage, sustainable fashion. She and I launched our fashion careers at similar times and have grown our businesses in parallel ways through a combination of shared passions and collaboration with like minded people. We dive in depth quickly, talking about the impact the world of dance had...

Our first episode of 2024 is with the world-renowned Dr. Viviana Coles, Relationship & Sex Therapist and Licensed Psychotherapist. Dr. Viviana was featured as an expert on seasons 9-14 of hit show “Married at First Sight” and is currently Fox Houston’s Intimacy Expert. Bringing her incredible expertise, Rob and Donae sit down with her to talk about navigating common relationship issues and why int...

Our Special guest today is Claudine Boutros who is a former image consultant to the stars and an influencer stylist before they even existed. As one of Donae's most cherished mentors, Claudine gives us her tools for living your best life and coming alive. Join us as we talk about our greatest joys, biggest struggles and how to make sense of it all.

We discuss our shared loves of travel, food and shopping around the world with Marcela White, owner of Tavaero Jet Charter. Marcela started in the charter business in 1986 where she went on to earn her private pilot license in order to understand the unique insight to working with pilots. She eventually met her husband who was also in the aviation industry and together they have worked in this bus...

Matthew Massey is the Founder and Owner of Champagne Madame Zéro, "Good days or bad days, should always be finished with a glass of champagne in hand." Matthew Massey is the first Texan, never mind Houstonian, to launch a for-real French champagne brand of his own…and he did it in his 30’s! The wine is Madame Zéro. If you know us you know the only thing we love almost as much as fashion is champag...

Our Special Guest is mental health expert Vaughan Gilmore, We shine a spotlight on suicide as a public health issue and work to ensure that people have access to the resources they need to discuss suicide prevention & seek treatment when needed. After suffering the tremendous loss of a vibrant, beautiful individual in our community, many of us have been searching for answers with a mixture of emot...

Beth Muecke has been a Houston Ballet board member for 23 years, she took her passion as a dancer and translated into fundraising as Chair of the Ballet Ball and an active Capital Campaign Committee member. Beth shares her journey from being a ballerina to raising children to becoming an empty nester and creating a whole new career as a fashion blogger. Through her BethieLife blog, she shares insi...

We sit down with Houston's favorite meteorologist, Chita Craft. Chita—pronounced Cheetah—is a family name. In fact, there are five generations of mother-daughter Chita’s in her family, including her daughter, who is also a "Chita." Chita shares her journey being born in Knoxville, TN to growing up in southern California to becoming a crucial part of the Houston news scene 12 years ago. From foreca...

We are live at SheSpace in Houston Texas (@shespacehtx) to celebrate our 100th recording!! We're joined by special guests Stephanie Tsuru and Rachel Regan who share their insights from the 2023 Forbes Women's Summit in NYC. We reminisce and share stories from the incredibly powerful speakers ranging in age from 18 to 73. As much as these powerhouse women’s journeys inspired us, our biggest inspira...

This week we present a live podcast fireside chat with special guests Amy Pierce and Dr. Sippi Khurana at Turners. As pillars of our community, giving daily, and actively “living the authentic life”, these two women have chosen UNICEF as one of the primary charitable organization. Join us as we discuss the exceptional work UNICEF conducts in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s li...

Special Guest Mely Cruz is @allthingsmely…an entrepreneur, writer, content creator, influencer, model, philanthropist, breast cancer advocate, mom, wife and heartfelt friend. Mely shares her courageous journey as an immigrant leaving her business, family and comforts of her home country to build a new life in the United States with her husband. As an inspiring business woman balancing motherhood a...