This is hands down one of our favorite interviews yet! Erica Cerulo and Claire Mazur, founders of Of a Kind (RIP!), join us to talk about founding and running a business with your friend. We dive into how they split their roles in the business, travel styles, and hiring a management coach (AKA a business therapist). We also chat about how they’re processing the closure of their company and what’s next.

Then we turn to the subject of motherhood, and have an incredibly candid conversation about how Claire grappled with whether or not she wanted children, how Erica has defended her choice not to have children, and how they’ve supported each other and stayed close despite their disparate decisions. We wrap up with some recommendations for everything from skincare to podcasts to books.

More Claire + Erica:

@clairemazur
@ericacerulo
Claireanderica.com (sign up for their newsletter here!)
A Thing or Two Podcast
Work Wife: the Power of Female Friendship to Drive Successful Businesses
Refinery29: Why I Don’t Want To Have Children Ever

Products Mentioned:

Podcasts:

Call Your Girlfriend Podcast
Sexy Unique Podcast (about Vanderpump Rules)
Jam Session Podcast (celebrity gossip)
Everything is Fine Podcast (about being women over 40)

Obsessions:

AGOLDE Jeans
La Ligne sweater
Browser Extension: One tab

Instagram:

Books:

February Book Club Book:

Followers By Megan Angelo

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Claire Mazur and Erica Cerulo on work wifing, closing their business, and the decision whether to have kids