Plucking Up with Liz Bohannon

In this week’s episode, we're thrilled to have Carla Hall, best known for competing on the Bravo TV show “Top Chef” and “Top Chef: All Stars.” Carla is a kindred spirit and on the podcast, we got to talk about pieces of our story that may seem so disconnected, but then we realize that they brought us to exactly where we need to be. In our conversation, Carla shares what it’s like to pluck up after MAJOR success! We also chat about the twisty roads, the lessons we learn, and the people we meet, towards building a life of purpose and impact.--If you’ve got a little one or are in need of stylish smaller-sized frames yourself, check out Jonas Paul Eyewear! Now through September 6, you can save 20% sitewide - see store for details: https://jonaspauleyewear.com--Love the podcast? Please follow us or subscribe for FREE, rate, and leave us a review!  Follow Liz on Instagram: @lizbohannon @ssekodesigns.This podcast is produced by Hueman Group Media. Follow us on IG @huemangroupmedia and Twitter @hueman_media.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pluckingup/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Marvyn Harrison is the host of the 'Dope Black Dads' podcast and the CEO of Dope Black CIC, an educational and healing platform designed to improve the outcomes of Black people.In this episode, Marvyn and I dive into a very nuanced and vulnerable conversation around parenting from a distinctly male perspective. Our conversation is not a how-to or guide but a discussion on how our lived experiences and new learnings can impact the way we raise our kids. On the podcast, we also talk about systematic racism, white feminism, and how that all intersects with the way we handle relationships and interact with the world. --If you’ve got a little one or are in need of stylish smaller-sized frames yourself, check out Jonas Paul Eyewear! Now through September 6, you can save 20% sitewide - see store for details: https://jonaspauleyewear.com--Love the podcast? Please follow us or subscribe for FREE, rate, and leave us a review!  Follow Liz on Instagram: @lizbohannon @ssekodesigns.This podcast is produced by Hueman Group Media. Follow us on IG @huemangroupmedia and Twitter @hueman_media.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pluckingup/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week’s guest, Mei Xu, is an entrepreneur, author, founder, and the CEO of three global companies, which includes one of the most popular home fragrance brands in the United States and around the world: Chesapeake Bay Candle. Today, Mei is focused on helping women-owned consumer product companies grow and prosper with the e-commerce platform, ‘Yes She May.’ What I love about doing this podcast is I get to hear and share with you all these starkly different stories of success and failure. In this episode, Mei talks to me about growing up in China — living through a cultural revolution and then coming to America to adapt to an entirely new culture. In this conversation, Mei shares with me how she experimented, failed, stayed insatiably curious, and went on to build something remarkable! --If you’ve got a little one or in need of stylish smaller-sized frames yourself, check out Jonas Paul Eyewear! Now through September 6, you can save 20% sitewide - see store for details: https://jonaspauleyewear.com--Love the podcast? Please follow us or subscribe for FREE, rate, and leave us a review!  Follow Liz on Instagram: @lizbohannon @ssekodesigns.This podcast is produced by Hueman Group Media. Follow us on IG @huemangroupmedia and Twitter @hueman_media.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pluckingup/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jeni Britton Bauer is a pioneer of the artisan ice cream movement and the founder of Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams. She is also a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author and a 2012 James Beard awardee.While this conversation is all sorts of joy and whimsy (like how Jeni initially took on a job as an alien make-up artist), she shared a lot of pieces to her journey that I couldn’t have predicted. Is a career in ‘making people happy’ everything it seems to be? Hopefully, after this episode, you will, as Jeni says, ‘think, do and reflect.’--If you’ve got a little one or are in need of stylish smaller-sized frames yourself, check out Jonas Paul Eyewear! Now through September 6, you can save 20% sitewide - see store for details: https://jonaspauleyewear.com--Love the podcast? Please follow us or subscribe for FREE, rate, and leave us a review!  Follow Liz on Instagram: @lizbohannon @ssekodesigns.This podcast is produced by Hueman Group Media. Follow us on IG @huemangroupmedia and Twitter @hueman_media.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pluckingup/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How do you turn a life-altering moment into a global mission? In this episode, you’ll hear from husband and wife Ben and Laura Harrison, co-founders of Jonas Paul Eyewear. Jonas Paul Eyewear is a stylish eyewear brand for teens and kids that’s also on a mission to save and protect children around the world from blindness. Today, the brand has impacted more than 830,000 lives through its 'Buy Sight, Give Sight' program and is on its way to reach its goal of 1,000,000 by 2022.This episode has everything — from what it’s like to jump from one business to another, to starting one with your own spouse, to navigating life as parents of a child who was born blind.--If you’ve got a little one or are in need of stylish smaller-sized frames yourself, check out Jonas Paul Eyewear! Now through September 6, you can save 20% sitewide - see store for details: https://jonaspauleyewear.com--Love the podcast? Please follow us or subscribe for FREE, rate, and leave us a review!  Follow Liz on Instagram: @lizbohannon @ssekodesigns.This podcast is produced by Hueman Group Media. Follow us on IG @huemangroupmedia and Twitter @hueman_media.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pluckingup/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What is the price of building a multi-million dollar, cult brand? Holly Thaggard went from legit performing at events as a harpist to founding Supergoop!, a sunscreen and skincare company that wanted to revolutionize an industry.In this episode, Holly talks about the journey that led to her larger mission - stopping the skin cancer epidemic. On the podcast, we also go in-depth when Holly vulnerably shares the sacrifices and regrets that came with all her success!--Love the podcast? Please follow us or subscribe for FREE, rate, and leave us a review!  Follow Liz on Instagram: @lizbohannon @ssekodesigns. This podcast is produced by Hueman Group Media. Follow us on IG @huemangroupmedia and Twitter @hueman_media.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pluckingup/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We’ve had incredible voices come on the show talk about their personal pluck ups. From Academy Award winning Matthew McConaughey majorly plucking up an acting job, Arianna Huffington sharing about her serious case of imposter syndrome to Liz Gilbert on overcoming shame. In the first episode of our new season, Jeffrey Hollender, co-founder and former CEO of Seventh Generation, shares personal and career crises that had monumental impacts.In our conversation, Jeffrey talks about evolution and growth. We talk about everything, from baking social responsibility into a company and changing the world by how we do business to how he came out of his most expensive pluck up — getting fired from a company he grew for 20 years.--Love the podcast? Please follow us or subscribe for FREE, rate, and leave us a review!Follow Liz on Instagram:@lizbohannon@ssekodesignsThis podcast is produced by Hueman Group Media. Follow us on IG @huemangroupmedia and Twitter @hueman_media.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pluckingup/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is an episode I wish I never had to record. But, I'm sharing it because I think it might help our community. In this episode, I get into more detail about dealing with severe COVID while 37 weeks pregnant (which could've ended differently!) In the history of our podcast, this is also the first time I have a co-host, my husband Ben Bohannon, who was on the front row seat of this intense experience with me.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pluckingup/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In my most raw state, I share an update on the heels of a PROFOUNDLY CHALLENGING chapter in my life! Thank you Pluckies for supporting our podcast and being with me on this wild ride.--Love the podcast? Please follow us or subscribe for FREE, rate, and leave us a review!Follow Liz on Instagram:@lizbohannon@ssekodesignsThis podcast is produced by Hueman Group Media. Follow us on @sincerelyhueman.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pluckingup/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Christine Day is a globally recognized business leader who has led at two companies you might have heard of: Starbucks and Lululemon.In our conversation, we talk about how Christine met Howard Shultz, former CEO and chairman of Starbucks, and how she went from office manager at a small coffee shop to running Starbucks’s Asia Pacific Group. Christine also shares how she led Lululemon through tumultuous times as its CEO for six years. We discuss how it’s like to transition from living, creating, and scaling other people’s dreams to having your own — as she eventually took the leap from being a big deal CEO in corporate America to the co-creator and co-founder of her own startup, The House of LR&C.--Love the podcast? Please follow us or subscribe for FREE, rate, and leave us a review!Follow Liz on Instagram:@lizbohannon@ssekodesignsThis podcast is produced by Hueman Group Media. Follow us on @sincerelyhueman.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pluckingup/message Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.