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Eat My WordsWelcome to the Table: Do You Want To Be Right Or Do You Want To Be Happy?The legendary Eva Scrivo joins us today and drops. some. wisdom. She talks about building her incredible business by connecting with one person at a time and investing in them having a really great time. She shares her artistic process - focus on what you do well! - the gift of working with her hands, and attracting a lot of what you give out. Eva invites us in on her twenty three year business partnership with her husband, and talks about the invaluable lessons she has learned along the way. Her keys to success? Having boundaries with time, treating...2025-07-221h 28
Serious Lady BusinessWhat Fashion Taught Me About Power: Storytelling, Standards, and Starting OverHost Leslie Youngblood speaks with Johanna Almstead, a seasoned consultant and investor in the fashion industry. They discuss the power of storytelling in branding, the importance of consistency, and the unique challenges faced by women in business. Johanna shares her experiences working with luxury brands, including Prada, the lessons learned from failed launches, and the significance of finding one's true north in both personal and professional life. The conversation emphasizes the need for authenticity, the redefinition of power, and the importance of personal fulfillment in achieving success.About Our GuestJohanna Almstead, Founder of Johanna Almstead...2025-07-2150 minEat My WordsWelcome to the Table: Finding Yourself in the DirtThe magnificent Mary Buri joins Eat My Words today to remind us of the importance of creativity and the strength of nature. As a garden designer, coach and the founder of Mars Kitchen Garden, Mary has worked one-on-one with more than 150 home gardeners—designing and building kitchen gardens, crafting planting plans, and coaching them through the full growing season, from seed to harvest.After switching gears from the publishing world to raising her four children, Mary had a lightbulb moment that led to the beginning of her now incredibly successful business. She not only walks us through ho...2025-07-151h 29Eat My WordsWelcome to the Table: You're Doing the Work, Not Proving Your WorthThis week, Sarah Gaboury joins our table! An LA-based acting coach known for her no-bs meat and potatoes acting technique, Sarah has worked with renowned theatre companies and many hit TV shows - This Is Us, PARADISE and Dr. Odyssey to name a few! Sarah also owns and operates Real Actor's Lab, and discusses the challenges of being a mother while finding more and more success in her career. We talk about our journeys with acting, what to do when you don't want to want what you want, and how sometimes not accomplishing a dream can actually be a...2025-07-081h 11Eat My WordsWelcome to the Table: Breaking Down The Bullshit BarrierThis Tuesday, we have a soulful, intimate conversation about unlearning fear to reunite with your creativity. Johanna sits down with Cece Liu, founder of CECILIA, a brand created with the intention to create more access to horses, horse culture, and their healing power; and a culmination of deep passions, artistic need, and industry experiences coming full circle. Cece shares her lessons in glamour and burnout as a fashion executive with over fifteen years of experience working with brands like Kate Spade New York, ESPRIT, Burberry and Calvin Klein. Her advice? "Start as a receptionist!" The conversation flows...2025-07-011h 02Eat My WordsWelcome to the Table: To Bawdy WomenThe vibes are LIVELY this Tuesday! We are joined by Tricia Whalen, a (hilarious) seasoned executive and strategic advisor with over 25 years of experience building and scaling some of the most iconic brands in fashion, media, and lifestyle. Now the CEO of E. Frances Paper, Tricia joins Johanna today to talk business AND navigating family, ambition and learning to do what you can and then letting it go. A natural leader, she brings us along her path learning about creating culture at a company, taking the time to set a vision for herself and her business, and the virtues...2025-06-241h 27Eat My WordsWelcome to the Table: The Chemical Changes of MotherhoodLiz Hammond joins Johanna for a raw, deep, and hilarious conversation about identity, motherhood, and being an artist through life's transitional moments. As the co-host of the Not Your Mommy podcast, Liz knows a thing or two about bearing her soul and bringing us along as she navigates life's surprises and challenges. She talks setting yourself up for success, accessing creativity in new and different ways, and living as authentically as possible, surrounded by people you love. Finally, in true girl's night style, Liz lets us in on the secret that shouldn't be secret: women can do...2025-06-171h 07Eat My WordsWelcome to the Table: It Just Doesn't Happen OvernightFrom working on Gwen Stefani's design team to waitressing at the Cheesecake Factory - everything happens for a reason! Join us as Jamie Banks takes us along the ups and downs of her over 20 years in the fashion industry. And yes, some names are named! An accomplished ready-to-wear and swimwear designer, Jamie now creative directs Change of Scenery, the sustainable swimwear brand that she founded in 2022. She shares her experience launching a brand with three children under the age of 10, how she balances motherhood with the demands of entrepreneurship, and learning how to delegate.The conversation is...2025-06-101h 15Eat My WordsWelcome to the Table: You Don't Need Math!Join us for a RIOTOUS episode with Carrie Byalick, the most badass show business executive out there. Johanna and Carrie's friendship shines as they dive into the nitty gritty of success, sacrifice, and whether or not we actually need math to make it this day and age. Carrie brings us along her incredibly glamorous, high pressure career in the entertainment industry and talks about fostering a sense of self, knowing which doors to walk through, and learning by doing - "there is no lesson like an on the ground lesson." The late great Philip Seymour Hoffman once...2025-06-031h 14Eat My WordsA Girl Dinner with JohannaJoin Johanna today for Eat My Words' version of a girl dinner! Johanna sits down solo this week and tells us about how she got to where she is today. We get the juicy details on her journey through the (HIGH) fashion world, how she changed and adjusted to life's big moments along the way, and what led her to creating Eat My Words.We hope you love this episode, and please share any questions or curiosities that might have come up for you while listening, we'll be in the comments and gathering questions for Johanna's next...2025-05-2731 minEat My WordsWelcome to the Table: The Art of Moving OnAward-winning music supervisor Stephanie Diaz-Matos not only oversees music supervision for high-profile film and television projects, she also leads a diverse and dynamic team as Head of Music Supervision at Raedio. She joins Johanna today to discuss how an early loss affected her life and career, and how she learned to pivot from roles that weren't the right fit for her life. Stephanie opens up about suddenly losing her partner of seventeen years when their daughter was two years old. She shares her process with grief and proves that listening to yourself is the most important guiding light through...2025-05-201h 24Eat My WordsWelcome to the Table: The Power of Partnership in Business, Part 2This week, Sho & Co are BACK and we are jumping in right where we left off to talk more partner therapy (for personal and business lives), new endeavors, and the intricacies of growing older together. Where to find SHO+COhttps://www.instagram.com/shoandco/?hl=enhttps://shoandco.com/Sharon: https://www.instagram.com/instashazza/?hl=enChelsa: https://www.instagram.com/chelsayin/?hl=enAllison: https://www.instagram.com/alisaraho/?hl=enBedfully: https://www.instagram.com/bedfully/?hl=en2025-05-1353 minEat My WordsWelcome to the Table: The Power of Partnership in Business, Part 1In this two part episode, we have not one, not two, but THREE guests joining the table. Johanna sits down with Allison, Sharon and Chelsa who, since 2013, have been partners at SHO+CO, a highly-specialized and very successful boutique agency creating dynamic and impactful initiatives between celebrities, brands and influencers. The energy is palpable and the conversation is a delicious masterclass on owning a thriving business, building successful and long lasting partnerships, and evolving yourself, your business, and your relationships through time. We talk chosen family, sticking together in success and in failure, and putting others on the no...2025-05-061h 08Eat My WordsWelcome to the Table: It's OK To Want To Try To Have It AllKyle Andrew joins us today to talk career evolution. Having held senior roles in marketing and branding at apparel giants like Athleta, Kate Spade and The Gap, Kyle sits down with Johanna to discuss her journey as a businesswoman from the peak days of the having-it-all mindset to continually adjusting to new perspectives amidst the evolving landscape of the fashion industry. Together they discuss their experiences with new motherhood while being fashion executives, how ageism manifests itself in the industry today, and the importance of building and maintaining your professional network. In addition, Kyle shares her belief in taking...2025-04-291h 00Eat My WordsWelcome to the Table: Turning Pain into PurposeThis week, Johanna sits down with Kate Doerge, a motivational speaker, author, non-profit founder, and brand strategist who's mission is to inspire humans to live with joy, connect powerfully, and lead with purpose. Kate invites us in on her journey with grief and how choosing gratitude has influenced her navigation of loss. The two friends discuss the necessity of breaking with the classic five stages of grief, how Kate resists letting death derail her life, and how powerful rebounding can be when feeling lost. This episode deals with the loss of a child. Please take care of y...2025-04-221h 19Eat My WordsWelcome to the Table: Let's Talk ReinventionJoin Johanna for her debut episode as she sits down with Laura Gaines, actor, model, and most importantly reinvention genius. Laura opens up about getting comfortable with the uncomfortable, her changing relationship to beauty, and how she has found joy in the unknown–namely TikTok fame after 50. She also gives a sneak peak into her highly anticipated skincare line, Hello You. This episode is full of delicious laughter, curiosity, and the warmth of old friends finding themselves anew.Laura's message is simple: it's never too late to reinvent yourself, and beauty only gets more interesting with time....2025-04-151h 07Eat My WordsWelcome to the tableTaking big bites out of life, one conversation at a time. 2025-04-1504 min