Under the Influence Podcast

In Episode 52, Whitney brings on Co-Founder Julia Broglie from BroglieBox to share her story behind the brand. They discuss the story behind BroglieBox and its mission to provide an all-in-one package that includes educational resources, actionable steps, and evidence-based tools to help recipients maintain mental health. Julia also shares her story as an entrepreneur from side hustle to a full-time mission-lead career as well as how entrepreneurs deal with mental health and how business impacts their own mental health. Follow Along!  Julia Broglie: @juls.b_ BroglieBox: @thebrogliebox Whitney: @whitneyeckis More information about the show + businesses: whitneyeckis.com

Episode 51 is HERE! Whitney welcomes guests back to the show and shares her intimate journey through taking a break from the podcast, walking through 2020, re-discovering herself through a mental health diagnosis, and establishing herself as a serial entrepreneur by getting a little more supr! Follow along @undertheinfluence.pod + @whitneyeckis

Sormeh Rienne’s mission is to create value by doing what is so highly prized: conveying your emotions into an experience. So that your expression becomes the experience. Enter The Guild- one of San Diego's oldest and most influential structures. Once a forgotten YMCA, turned iconic hotel.  Join Whitney and Sormeh on a tour of The Guild. Become part of history and learn about the influence, inspiration, and the process of designing spaces that create experiences. Whitney and Sormeh discuss the design process, creating spaces that influence, using ideas that people will love, and influencing the community through design. Experience the fully filmed episode coming soon to our new YouTube channel!  

Ashley and Lauren Wirkus collectively known as the Wirkus Twins; identical twins born and raised in sunny so cal — Encinitas to be exact. They spent their 20s in the big apple balancing work play and chasing summer and rose in a little place called the Hamptons, ending with their casting on Bravo’s Summer House.  The Twins join Whitney to talk about their career shift; from working for a (literal) Shark to Bravo’s Summer House. They Also discuss how Instagram influenced their Bravo casting, social media’s shift in taking over reality TV, and the responsibility that goes along with this change.

This week on  Under the Influence Podcast,  Whitney is joined by San Diego's Fox5 Lifestyle reporter, Heather Lake.  Listen as they discuss the impact social media has had on her career in news media. Listen as they talk about Heather’s insane schedule as a morning news reporter, finding the time to run a charitable side hustle, balancing the mom life and career hustle including her self care routine and the importance of having one.

 This week on  Under the Influence Podcast, we're getting real with on of San Diego's most bad-ass real estate warriors! Whitney jumps in with  Chase Cromwell, Founder, and Realtor with Cromwell Home Group. Chase is a father of five and has been a real estate warrior (as well as 9 other jobs) for 10 years. He has built two homes from the ground up (yes, with his hands) and is sharing the recipe of his success.  Listen as Chase and Whitney talk about goal setting, the mindset and work ethic for success, how Chase turned his side hustle into an empire and the sacrifices he made for success.   

The founders of The Cado, Anne Buehner and Mary Carr, talk about their avocado museum. They discuss their inspiration behind creating a product with a story, the planning process for the event, and exploring the interactive exhibits. They also discuss their passion for their business and the importance of responsible influence on social media.

This week on  Under the Influence Podcast, we're cooling off as summer winds down with Founder of Coolhaus, Natasha Case.    Whitney dives in with this self-proclaimed "farchitect".Natasha works as CEO, creating new products, designing merchandise and packaging, running the marketing department, building new relationships and innovating ideas that keep Coolhaus on top of its game as expansion continues. Listen as they discuss the brilliant launch (during 2009 Coachella),  and creation of Coolhaus, an awesome ice cream brand that has grown from a broken down ice cream truck to be sold in over 7,500+ grocery stores, the motivation behind the brand, the summer that changed everything, and how this boss babe grew her brand to a multi-million dollar business.

Chanel Sonego is the founder and CEO of Dames Collective, a national networking community for female entrepreneurs, innovators and side-hustlers. Chanel joins Whitney as they kick off September with some real talk. Listen along as they discuss how Chanel turned a brunch meet up into an empire, spending your time like you spend your money, how leveraging social media can help scale your business and the importance of humanizing your brand.         

This week on  Under the Influence Podcast,  Whitney is joined by Forbes 30 under 30 finalist, dogmom, and Frenchie.com founder Bridget Levine. Frenchie is a dog harness and apparel brand specializing in small-medium sized dogs. Her brand is focused around the community in all ways- giving back as much as they can to the dog community and those in need, creating products that their community of friends/followers/customers will love, spreading positivity, and being a friend rather than just a company on social media. Listen as they discuss Bridget's creative rituals and routines⁠, how she found her brands "tribe" (hint: there are a lot of cute frenchies involved", how her big risk paid off and how to start a business by being your best, intentional self.