Superwomen with Rebecca Minkoff

Well into adulthood, Mandana Dayani felt pressure to be the ideal daughter, immigrant and employee. Starting out as a lawyer, she’s had more than one impressive career. She’s had several, in fact, but it wasn’t until she found herself aghast at recent U.S. immigration practices that she found her true calling. Working with friends and connections who were also passionate advocates for change, she...

You’ll never see “before and after” photos on the The Sculpt Society’s website or Instagram, and that’s a very intentional choice by founder, Megan Roup. A dance-based subscription fitness app, Megan knew from the start that she wanted workouts to be simple, fun and effective, but also rooted in body positivity. Launched not long before the pandemic began, and quoted by Rebecca as “getting her thr...

How many of us have robotically asked, “How are you?,” and given the zombie response, “Fine,” when we could all use that as a moment to gently and authentically check in with ourselves and one another? Jenna Arnold prefers to ask “how your heart is doing,” digging beneath the social dance to reveal a nugget of true feeling. One of Oprah’s “Top 100 Awakened Leaders,” the core of Jenna’s work revolv...

To celebrate the launch of Rebecca's new book, Fearless: The New Rules for Unlocking Creativity, Courage, and Success, we're sharing a series of talks from a recent event! In this episode, sisters and now co-authors, Amanda and Anna Kloots, discuss their joint endeavor of writing about Amanda's courageous year overcoming the loss of her husband. Order your copy today! Thanks for listening! Follow...

When a slew of mysterious, debilitating symptoms forced Allison Evans to take a leave of absence from college to focus on her health, her desperate search for a solution led to her aunt Marilee, who had turned to holistic methods to address her own health concerns years before. Taking her best friend, Kelly Love, with her, Allison spent the summer with Marilee, learning the value and effects of th...

To celebrate the launch of Rebecca's new book, Fearless: The New Rules for Unlocking Creativity, Courage, and Success, we're sharing a series of talks from a recent event! In this episode Rebecca Minkoff sits down with Bozoma Saint John, Netflix's Global Chief Marketing Officer, to chat about her new book, Fearless. Bozoma and Rebecca break down the number one burning question, “how to be successf...

This episode is in partnership with SAP SuccessFactors. Kathleen Hogan, Chief People Officer at Microsoft, may oversee 160,000+ employees, but she never really planned on going into business. What the former Harvard mathematics major really wanted to  do was become a professor. Although life took her down a different path, Kathleen doesn’t regret it. Finding she had a knack for business, Kathleen...

What do luxury beauty, home improvement and fast food have in common? The fact that Marisa Thalberg has been a driving force behind successful marketing campaigns for major brands in all three categories! Growing up, Marisa wanted to be either an actress or a lawyer, and in hindsight, she can see that this was reflective of her desire to be a communicator, a storyteller. When an internship at an a...

To celebrate the launch of Rebecca's new book, Fearless: The New Rules for Unlocking Creativity, Courage, and Success, we're sharing a series of talks from a recent event! In this episode Rebecca Minkoff sits down with Swan Sit to chat about her new book,  Fearless. The longtime Fashion Designer is discussing her career and all  the events that lead to her latest adventure, becoming an author. Ord...

When Wende Zomnir was ready for a change from her corporate job, her initial thought was to drop it all to become a freelance writer and scuba instructor. However, as fate would have it, she soon met the woman who would become her future co-founder. Lamenting the variety of exciting colors in the mid-90’s makeup scene, the two bonded and Urban Decay cosmetics was born. A fan of big hair and big ma...

To celebrate the launch of Rebecca's new book, Fearless: The New Rules for Unlocking Creativity, Courage, and Success, we're sharing another excerpt from the book. This book is Rebecca's story + the rules that had to be broken, reinvented, and written down. DISCOVER HOW TO: Break free from circumstances and design your own path forward Harness intuition and adopt a Love It and Leave It mentality t...

This podcast is sponsored by Yahoo. Whether you’re a lover of the latest fashions or the best deals, stories of ceiling breakers and fortune makers, a lover of fantasy sports or financial smarts, a lover of trusted news to keep you in the know, or organized email to keep you in flow, Yahoo connects you to the things you love. Sometimes it takes a good dose of fearlessness to leave behind a comfort...

A passion for news was instilled in Dana Perino from a young age. As a little girl growing up in Wyoming and Colorado, her dad expected her to choose two articles a day from the local paper to discuss over the family dinner. The emphasis on current events paid off as Dana moved to Washington, D.C. to work in politics, eventually leading to her appointment as the White House Press Secretary under G...

This episode is sponsored by Capital One Business. Some people feel the entrepreneurial itch from a young age and dive in headfirst as soon as they can create something to sell. Others may feel its constant, subtle pull for years while they work for someone else, only giving in once the pain of an unsatisfying job finally outweighs the fear of doing their own thing. Danyel Surrency Jones was quite...

Growing up as the child of liberal parents in Seattle, Jessica Bennett may have spent her formative years steeped in a culture of feminism, but she didn’t feel the need to claim the title of feminist until she was faced with the tangible gender disparities that arose during her first job as a staff writer at Newsweek in New York. Spurred by inexcusable evidence of wage discrepancy and story steali...

Rebecca's new book, Fearless: The New Rules for Unlocking Creativity, Courage, and Success, comes out on June 15th. Take a listen to this excerpt -- and stay tuned as we release new excerpts every week! Pre-order now and begin the first step on your path to achieving your dreams in spite of the fear that you think is holding you back. This book is Rebecca's story + the rules that had to be broken,...

It seems crazy to think that there was a time when entrepreneur, creatrix and makeup maven Bobbi Brown didn’t know what she wanted to do with her life, but like many young people it took some coaxing to decide on a career path. However, once she realized her passion lay in makeup artistry, there was no looking back. Working as a freelance artist in NYC, Bobbi was unimpressed with the popular color...

Rebecca's new book, Fearless: The New Rules for Unlocking Creativity, Courage, and Success, comes out on June 15th. Take a listen to this excerpt -- and stay tuned as we release new excerpts every week! Pre-order now and begin the first step on your path to achieving your dreams in spite of the fear that you think is holding you back. This book is Rebecca's story + the rules that had to be broken,...

Think your family is big? Try being one of 108 adopted siblings! The love, challenges, and resilience that Claire Babineaux-Fontenot learned by observing her parents, brothers, and sisters created within her an unwavering optimism in the face of adversity. When a major health scare caused Claire to question her career choice, she ultimately decided she wanted to do something more fulfilling, and w...

As someone who's moved around the country multiple times with 3  kids, Lisa Jacobs knows the power of an organized home. An organized  space can save you time, money, and even instill calm in a chaotic  house. At the age of 48, Lisa found  herself at a crossroad in life. Her kids were older, and she was ready  to go back into the workforce. When considering her options she thought  about what she...

Daphne Oz spent her formative years cooking by her grandmother’s side, soaking up recipes, techniques and family gatherings around the kitchen. It made sense, then, that her first book, written while she was still in college, was about healthy eating. While that paved the way for her to join the culinary-centered talk show, The Chew, Daphne still didn’t have any formal training, a fact she remedie...

Rebecca's new book, Fearless: The New Rules for Unlocking Creativity, Courage, and Success, comes out on June 15th. Take a listen to this excerpt from Chapter 3 -- and stay tuned as we release new excerpts! Pre-order now and begin the first step on your path to achieving your dreams in spite of the fear that you think is holding you back. This book is Rebecca's story + the rules that had to be bro...

While she might not define herself as a fitness enthusiast, Jen Cohen Bogan has an eye for the up and coming, and she knew the first time she rode an e-bike that there was something special there. The missing piece was, in her mind, a product that could marry function, value, quality and style. Not many people would want to ride a bike that wasn’t cute! Ever the outsider in her career pursuits, Je...

Rebecca's new book, Fearless: The New Rules for Unlocking Creativity, Courage, and Success, comes out on June 15th. Take a listen to this excerpt from Chapter 2 -- and stay tuned as we release new excerpts every week! Pre-order now and begin the first step on your path to achieving your dreams in spite of the fear that you think is holding you back. This book is Rebecca's story + the rules that ha...

Chriselle Lim was an influencer before influencing was a career to aspire to. Having fun with her own YouTube channel in college, she was one of the pioneers who recognized that content could mean more than ironic memes and charming cat videos. Early on, she was invited to Rebecca’s fashion shows before fashion had tapped into the influencer market. Their friendship has been going strong ever sinc...