SheSez with Linda Grasso

Surgeon Carolyn Chang shares the story of losing her only child to cancer and the lessons she learned about our innate ability as humans to cope and survive—even in the face of  unimaginable tragedy. 

Consumed by fear of aging and not mattering anymore? Meet Wendy Euler , who is on a mission to show us that middle age—and even later— can be the prime of life. While most people shy away from change as they get older, Wendy faced it head on. In her 40s she left an unhappy marriage, married her dream man and, after tiring of life in the big city, moved with her new husband and family to Montana. T...

Sarah Lee and Christine Chang, the founders of Glow Recipe Skincare , school us on the red hot Korean a.k.a. K-Beauty industry—explaining everything from its reliance on unusual and pure ingredients (snail secretions, anyone?) to its playful packaging. They also share how they came up with the cult-favorite, Watermelon Sleeping Mask which has sold out over 7 times at Sephora with an 8,000 person w...

Pivoting from full-time motherhood to employment can be daunting In this episode Kelley Biskupiak & Susan Rietano Davey, co-founders of the on-line professional coaching platform, Prepare to Launch U , share with Linda tips & strategies for moms interested in returning to the work force. Topics touched on: how to reclaim your professional confidence; how to shift from focusing entirely on the fami...

Stage 4 Triple-Negative Breast Cancer  survivor Jenn Greenhut had just had her yearly mammogram when she discovered the lump under her arm. In this episode, Jenn speaks out about the importance of ultrasounds —particularly for women with dense breasts—and she shares the story of how doing essentially a 360-degree change in mindset got her through the grim diagnosis. During her treatment for one of...

For SheSez's 100th episode, the tables turn as host Linda Grasso gets interviewed by Emmy Award winning TV broadcaster Diane Dwyer about what she has learned from some of the most accomplished women in the world about finding happiness, fulfillment and purpose. Linda also shares some of the surprises she's experienced over the past two years i.e. most popular and favorite episodes; some of the mis...

 A yearly mammogram and monthly self-examinations aren't enough anymore when it comes to preventing breast cancer. According to surgeon Kristi Funk (who treated Angelina Jolie and Sheryl Crowe) there is a lot more we women can and should do—including getting ultrasounds. To commemorate Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we're re-broadcasting Linda's interview with Kristi, who after years of research,...

When TV contributor/host Kym Douglas got diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer, her management team in Los Angeles advised her to get a good wig and keep it quiet. They felt it didn't "fit her brand" which was doing fun, comedic beauty segments on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and on the Hallmark Channel's Home & Family show. In this episode, Kym shares with Linda why she ignored their advice and instea...

Connecting with a loved one with Alzheimer's Disease , as well as other dementias, can be a challenge—and a heartbreak. In this episode, comedian and author Dani Klein Modisett shares the story of how she  learned to reach her mother while visiting her at an assisted living facility. After a spell of silent, sad visits, Dani stumbled across an idea, eventually founding  Laughter On Call , which pr...

Protecting our girls from self-deflating social and mainstream media messages is a challenge—and one that Michelle Cove is facing head- on. She is the founder and executive director of MEDIAGIRLS —a nonprofit organization aimed at teaching middle-school girls to take a critical look at the images they're being barraged with and how to self-protect. Michelle, also an award-winning filmmaker, author...

 Ellen K's story is one of patience, perseverance and pay off, set amidst the male host-dominated radio industry. After being a sidekick for 24 years on two popular radio shows —the first with Rick Dees and the second with Ryan Seacrest — Ellen K finally got her due. In 2015 she became host of her own gig: the Ellen K Morning Show on KOST 103.5. It airs weekdays and is I Heart Radio's number one s...

Functional medicine is providing relief for some people with chronic illnesses. With this alternative approach, physicians look at the patient as a whole, taking in factors like diet and stress, in an attempt to find the root causes of disease. In this episode, Linda talks with Dr. Karima Hirani who switched from practicing conventional to functional medicine 20 years ago due to frustration about...

Looking at Kanchan Koya today cooking on her blog Spice Spice Baby , it is hard to imagine her as a Harvard Medical School-educated molecular biologist. But indeed 7 years ago she was working in the bio-tech industry. Increasingly dissatisfied with each passing year, she finally made a hard right turn—focusing on her love of Indian food and spices and her belief in their health benefits, ultimatel...

Sex in a long-term relationship can be a challenge. Even if you truly adore your partner, how do you keep it alive and healthy after that initial spark fades? Why is sex so important? What do you do when your partner starts initiating sex by taking a Viagra (and forgets that you, too, are part of the equation)?  In this show, Linda asks those questions and more to Dr. Shannon Chavez , a Licensed C...

Menstruation is a shameful experience for girls in many parts of the world. When Oakwood School high school English teacher Melissa Berton and her students discovered (through a program called Girls Learn International ) that girls in some villages in India have to miss school when they have their periods, they set out to do something about it. They raised money to buy a sanitary pad-making machin...

Marketing/branding executive Katie Klencheski shares with Linda how she re-focused her company, the Brooklyn-based Smakk Studios , to concentrate on clients with brands that aligned with her core values of helping people and the planet. The impetus was an upsetting meeting during which a potential client was disrespectful to his employees during which Katie walked out. For her, it was the straw th...

A deep dive into the topic of failure—the shameful way it makes us feel and how it (or fear of it) can present a roadblock to achieving and living full, satisfying lives. Our guests are Melissa Brohner Schneider and Sara Singer Schiff, hosts of the podcast The Other F Word . The two share what they've learned from interviewing guests like Sharon Stone and Elizabeth Craft  (Happier with Gretchen Ru...

With the release of the Elton John musical Rocketman ,  we hear from Anett Murray, wife of Elton John bass player Dee Murray . Dee played with the band during the most prolific period of Elton's career—the 1970s—during which there were 15 Top-10 hits and 6 number one records. Anett shares what it was like in the early days as the only woman traveling with the band. And we talk about what it was li...

Leah Yari and Mary Lennon share the story of how Mary's frustration at not being able to have her daughter's birthday party at a nail salon (that seemed healthy enough to host a bunch of kids) morphed into—not just an uber healthy salon—but an entire line of nail polish that is formaldehyde, toxin and gluten-free and vegan. The duo's company  Côte  now has 2 environmentally safe salons in Brentwoo...

With her company Barney Butter , Dawn Kelley has developed a unique way of making almond butter that avoids bitterness and that nasty, pasty texture so many products on the market have. Barney Butter also offers a no added salt or sugar version, making it one of the healthiest almond butters on the market. On the show Linda and Dawn discuss the health benefits  of almond butter—ranging from better...

Let's face it: being a mother can be one of the most joyous things in life but also one of the most challenging. In this episode: Just Tell Me What to Do— the SheSez segment that zeros in on the complex situations that keep us up at night—with therapist and parenting coach Erin Taylor . Erin tackles listener emails on three scenarios: how to have the small birthday party that your kid wants but ke...

There's nothing worse than feeling like you've got a great idea, sitting on it, and then seeing someone else doing it—successfully. That's exactly what happened to Kim Malek back in 2010. The marketing executive had been going back and forth on her idea of creating an artisan ice cream shop for years. Then boom! She opened the New York Times and read about someone else doing it. "I was literally e...

With her website Truth in Aging , Marta Wohrle has spent the past ten years investigating what products really work to restore collagen, lessen lines and improve complexion. Favoring state-of-the-art, little known companies (and avoiding high-end department store brands with fancy packaging), Marta sources products, sends them to her team of testers across the country and then quantifies results w...

When fitness enthusiast Maya French discovered she was lactose intolerant at the age of 23, it was a downer. She was constantly frustrated at not being able to find a tasty, dairy-free, low sugar, post work-out protein drink. So...she created one. In this episode we share the amazing story of how the 28-year-old year old co-founded Koia , a protein-packed, plant-based beverage that is sold in 5000...

On this episode we talk hormones and sex—specifically how to have better sex. LA-based, integrative OB-GYN Dr. Suzanne Gilberg Lenz shares the latest information about the use of bioidenticals to treat hormone imbalances and three new out-patient procedures aimed at rejuvenating and restoring elasticity to the vagina. Plus: the use of CBD oil for enhancing the sexual experience.