The middle-grade book is a guide on grief and anxiety for children and adults alike.

Ellen Bennett is an author, entrepreneur, and the founder of Hedley & Bennett, the apron empire we all have grown to love. Her book, "Dream First, Details Later outlines the guiding vision and skillsets that helped her build H&B and trust herself throughout that process. We talk about entrepreneurship, the power of dreaming, owning your confidence belt, and so much more.

Marta Tellado is the CEO of Consumer Reports and the author of the newly published book, Buyer Aware: Harnessing Our Consumer Power for a Safe, Fair, and Transparent Marketplace. I was so excited to have Marta on this episode because she’s an expert in all the big questions we’re sitting with right now - How do we know which period tracking app to actually use? What is going on with our privacy settings? How should you childproof your little one’s phones? How do I know the supplements that the influencer is promoting are actually safe?

Marisa Renee Lee is an Obama-administration alum, a consultant, and most recently, an author. Her book Grief Is Love is an exploration of her experience losing her mother and navigating adulthood through the lens of this loss and her grief. In our conversation we talk about grief, her writing process, and the power of connecting with others when in the depths of your grief. Most importantly, we dive into how even after death, our relationships with our loved ones continue.

I started a podcast last May just as Mental Health Awareness Month kicked off. It is one of the most fun projects I am currently a part of. On each episode I get to talk to experts, authors, creators, and coaches (most of them friends or people I’ve admired in the space forever) for an hour and then share that conversation with you.

Dr. Sarah Oreck is our new resident therapist on the podcast. I could not be more excited. For her first introduction, she’s unpacking what the last few weeks (if you can imagine it’s only been that long) have done to our nervous systems and trauma responses. She speaks on why it’s okay to focus on your immediate needs, even if the world is on fire, and how to navigate your first go at breathwork.

David Kessler and I have come together a handful of times now to talk about grief. It’s an honor because when I was first truly diving into my own grief learning his were words that I turned to. He’s written books with Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, like Life Lessons and On Grief and Grieving, and on his own, like Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief. He also leads grief.com and brings together a community of grievers who are all looking for the same thing — a sense of being understood. Throughout our conversation, I think we end up offering up a great primer on grief whether you’re on day 24 or year 24.

Lori Gottlieb is a psychotherapist, the New York Times bestselling author of “Maybe You Should Talk To Someone,” and the co-host of “Dear Therapists.” Our episode feels like the prequel to a really good therapy session. She sheds light on what you should expect from a therapist, how to engage your past and future without hurting your present self, and shares maybe my favorite podcast quote yet, “We always like to say: before diagnosing someone with depression, make sure they aren’t surrounded by assholes…”

I’m a very empathetic person and this is especially true whenever I learn about someone’s grief. Someone else losing a loved one tends to take me back to losing my own mom and it brings up this knot in my throat kind of feeling. Learning about the passing of 19 children and 2 adults in Uvalde, Texas this week has been really hard to start processing. Right now, those who weren’t personally impacted by the loss of life in Uvalde are experiencing something called collective grief.

Your inner critic is going to criticize, it’s what it does, but you don’t have to listen to it forever. Leadership and Business Coach, Mariela De La Mora, shares her tips on how to pass the mic to your higher self. She defines terms like “unlearning” and “reparenting” and offers guidance on how to actually start loving yourself a bit more.

Liz Hernandez is the founder of Wordaful, a community builder, and a wonderful friend. In her life pre-Wordaful, Liz was a radio host and entertainment reporter for Access Hollywood, E! News, and MTV. She’s an Emmy-nominated television personality and journalist. Now, she spends her days creating video content and hosting live events that focus on the power of words and how we use them with ourselves and others.