What Fulfills You?

#137: Only the best make a mess and Carly Stein is no exception. Originally from Memphis, TN, Carly brought her southern hospitality to southern California. With an innate competitive spirit, vivacious personality and love for baking, Carly took her body’s sensitivities and co-founded Crave to Create, a new way of being, in and out of the kitchen. No gluten, no dairy, no soy, no corn, no oats, no...

#136: Up until recent years, it was not as noble or acceptable for women to be leading companies, showing boldness and assertive traits, or breaking all the molds that "women" are supposed to be. Although it has become easier to do so, the balance of masculine "alpha" energy and nurturing feminine qualities still remains somewhat taboo, especially amongst the older generations. Emi...

#135: "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit." - Aristotle The way you show up in all parts of your life becomes your identity and who you are. To be unforgettable, you must be excellent. And to be excellent, you must apply this mindset and effort in all areas of life, even if it's doing something mundane. On this episode, Emily shares her thoughts a...

#134: "You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with." We often discuss the importance of finding the right romantic partner, but how often do we discuss choosing the right friends for long-term and lifelong friendships? On this episode, Emily shares her thoughts on the importance of being selective with your friends, even it that means walking part of the path alone...

#133: "Again, you can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever." - Steve Jobs On this episode, Emily dives into a reflection of how the dots have connected in her life since the age of 18 to her current chap...

#132: During the beginning of every new year, it always feels like the best and easiest time to review the previous year and look at what you want to accomplish in the new year, in both your career and personal life. On this episode, Emily shares the one theme/area of life she is focusing on for 2022 and how she specifically outlines these goals, measures them, and how she creates milestones durin...

#131: As another year comes to an end, Emily dives into a deep breakdown and reflection of her year and some major lessons and insights she has learned that she recognizes is very applicable for most women in their 20s. A major theme during this reflection stems from recognizing that everything you want is simply on other side of fear: whether you're scared to make that move to a new city, mak...

#130: Claudia Miller helps career-driven professionals get to the next level in their career. She's helped clients get up to $100k in salary increases as well as flurries of emails from headhunters at big named companies like Google, Spotify and Amazon. Her workplace expertise has been featured in Forbes, MSNBC and Thrive Global. Last year Business Insider put her in their global list of Top 2...

#129: Do you ever catch yourself overthinking and analyzing the most simplest and "micro" moments in life? Yes, that includes that voice in your head double checking whether you should actually text your crush because you'd rather have them text YOU first. Sometimes, you just need to stop overanalyzing and "just do it". Compare the upside and downside of each situation and reco...

#128: Some days (or weeks), it just feels like you are stuck in a mental rut and you can't figure out how to snap out of it and re-gain focus. On this episode, Emily shares her own top 3 weekly habits that help her prevent from getting in a rut and how it is often our lifestyle habits that impact our ability to focus and perform effectively in our day to day lives. These specific habits have h...

#127: After overhearing an intriguing and insightful conversation between Nick and a friend at a coffee shop in NYC, Emily decided to approach Nick to invite him to be on the podcast for a more in-depth conversation around human dynamics, why we do what we do in today's dating culture, the types of expectations (or lack of) that we should have around whether the man or woman pays, Tinx's B...

#126: We all go through various chapters of our lives and in some parts, we are faced with the choice of taking a leap and leaving our comfort zone or living with the question of "what if?" From Emily's personal experiences with moving from her small hometown to Newport Beach, Los Angeles, and now New York City, she shares on this episode how she overcame the "fear of the unknown&#...

#125: Cultivating self-confidence and overcoming "shyness" is always a work in progress, but what does it start with? Self-awareness. Being self-aware about your strengths AND traits that you need to work on. On this episode, Emily dives into a highly requested topic from listeners around building self-confidence and commanding respect from peers and others, without being "overbearing&...

#124: On this episode, Emily dives into her deep thoughts around Tinx's infamous "box theory" around how men put women into specific boxes (i.e. they want to date you, they just want to sleep with you, or nothing to do with you/only friends). Is this theory true? That it doesn't have an impact on how soon/when you sleep with a guy? Emily also shares her personal thoughts on dating...

#123: Krista Berlincourt is the Co-Founder and CEO of Kenshō Health, a platform and provider network that makes it easy to find high-quality, affordable holistic care from thousands of licensed providers trusted by top health systems, all in one place. After working in FinTech for 6 years in NYC (burning the candle at both ends),  Krista's  body nearly shut down due to extreme adrenal fatigue...

#122: Katie Sands is a woman of many hats: she’s a successfully-smart entrepreneur, go-to influencer, content creator and Amazon Live’s Style Host. With over 282K Instagram followers, she is a knowledgeable authority providing daily advice and engaging content on all things fashion, beauty, and wellness. Named the “ Do Good Influencer of Our Time” by Guest of a Guest, she has made it her goal to p...

#121: Whether we want to admit it to ourselves or not, life is truly a game. And who you're competing with? Yourself. What people don't talk about often enough in your 20s is how we can optimize and be the best "player"for ourselves during this chapter. Our 20s is often a difficult, yet extremely fun chapter--from starting out your career, the dating scene, going out/partying, mayb...

#120: Veronica is a Love + Life Coach, host of the popular Love Life Connection podcast , and creator of the Deep Work Deep Love Course suite. She helps successful women who feel like they have it all except love, find it. Veronica’s work has been featured in O the Oprah Magazine , Bustle , Your Tango , and countless podcasts, including Let It Out and Mind Body Musings. As someone who struggled in...

#119: On this solo episode, Emily does a Q&A based on questions submitted by listeners via Instagram Stories from the podcast. She shares candid answers on how she "figured out" her life and why it's actually a lot more simple than most of us make it to be. Emily also shares her personal tips and experience with meeting new people when moving to a new city and how you can build con...

#118: Patricia Whittaker is the founder of Afirefi, a holistic financial platform, that helps people better understand their finances and how they can transform their life by gaining the confidence they need to reach their life goals.  After spending 17+ years in the chaos of stock markets in Tokyo, New York, UK and Europe and taking her own money risks - she decided she wanted to engage with the...

#117: The irony in getting what you want is an absolute paradox--because it involves letting go of the desire itself. What most of us don't realize is that the more we want something, the more we create resistance and friction to get it. We are subconsciously telling ourselves that we don't have it and as a result, we approach it from a feeling of scarcity and fear. This concept applies in...

#116: Bridgette Taylor is the Founder of Harridan Vodka, a super-premium award-winning vodka that defies everything the industry says a “women’s spirit” should be. Harridan, which means “bossy, belligerent old woman”, is an answer to the industry’s utter misalignment with women and reclamation of an unfettered desire to decide for ourselves who we are, what we like, and most certainly what we drin...

#115: The natural stages of life include the ups and downs, the good and bad moments. Emily takes the time to dive into detail on this personal solo episode to reflect on a dark chapter of her life a few years ago that started from a long-term relationship breakup, which led her to recognizing her negative character traits she needed to work on in order to become better and a more aligned person f...

#114: Kimberly Ross is the Founder and CEO of ORA, an acupuncture and wellness practice in the heart of New York’s Noho neighborhood, bringing a highly-curated and elevated acupuncture experience to New York. After being diagnosed with Type-1 Diabetes at age 11 and struggling with health-related issues throughout the years, Kimberly finally found great relief in acupuncture 5 years ago after recei...

#113: Often times when we overthink scenarios in our head, we are creating a perception of reality, which may or may not be far off from what reality really is. In this solo episode, Emily dives into specific passages from The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene that has helped reframe her framework on taking the time to step back from situations (especially in early dating) in order to think mo...