HTW with Zoe and Erica
Zoe Sakoutis and Erica Huss
Game changers, category creators, wellness mavens – and that’s just your hosts! A new podcast series from Zoe Sakoutis and Erica Huss, the founders of the iconic juice brand, Blueprint. As female entrepreneurs who have been in the trenches of “The Business of Being Well” themselves, they’re bringing their battle-tested point of view to the podcast world, swapping stories with wellness entrepreneurs and industry leaders, striking a healthy balance between snark and sincerity, with a giant dose of genuine curiosity. Join them as they explore the benefits and navigate the pitfalls, detours and dead ends on the Highway to Well.
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Amy Parker and Gina Pell are the creators of The What, the best thing to come to your inbox since the spam folder. The What is a clever list for curious people delivered every Wednesday, lovingly curated by these two BFFs on a mission to spark intellect and whet appetites.
And these two girls are dot com OGs! They started their previous company, Splendora, all the way back in 1999 and then sold it in 2011. But this time, instead of building an internet empire, they’re just trying to spread the love; what they loved learning about in the past week, a friend that’s so badass they’re impossible not to love, and anything else that fills their heart with joy.
Get ready to learn what’s what...
- Riding the dot com bubble with Splendora
- The greatest thing to happen in their careers
- Taking your own advice
- The What List was conceived like any other baby: with a little bit of wine and a great night
- Liquor in the front: another great business idea?
- Creating the first The What Summit in 2018
- Amy + Gina’s #1 metric for success
- Why these girls love engaging with their fans in Facebook groups over other social media channels
- Getting women involved with helping other women
Resources:
- Check out The What: http://thewhatlist.com
- Join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thewhatwomen/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewhathq
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thewhatlist/
Highway to Well is produced by Podcast Masters
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2. Sakara Founders Danielle DuBoise and Whitney Tingle
HTW with Zoe and Erica
07/23/18 • 59 min
It’s not a diet, it’s a lifestyle. And it’s a business that’s crushing it.
@sakaralife
101. The Badass Boss with Bozoma Saint John (replay)
HTW with Zoe and Erica
07/29/20 • 62 min
At the beginning of her career, Bozoma Saint John turned down a job at Goldman Sachs and, shortly afterwards, found herself temping for Spike Lee. Since then, she’s worked in C-level roles for the likes of Apple and Uber (being tasked with repairing their reputation after mistreatment of drivers and reports of sexual harassment surfaced) and is now Chief Marketing Officer at William Morris Endeavor. In this episode, she joins us to talk about being a Black woman in corporate America, the strange mixture of arrogance and diplomacy she’s sometimes been forced to employ to get her point across, and the benefits of choosing joy in the face of immense grief.
Bozoma Saint John talks about...
- How her parents are her superheroes, dating back to her childhood when her family escaped a violent coup d'etat in Ghana
- Her career path and how she chooses next steps-- it’s rarely about the money or about the title, but about what she will learn
- Her experience of being a Black woman in a junior role, and the challenges she faced in being taken seriously
- The work she has done to become her own cheerleader--take a page here!
- The struggle to turn Uber into a lovable brand in the same year all their dirty laundry was revealed
- Life’s unpredictability. Boz and her husband were living their best lives when he was diagnosed with terminal cancer
- The art of resilience in the face of grief and loss
Resources:
Highway To Well is a production of Crate Media
154. The Menopausal Myth & Hormone Replacement Therapy with Monica Molenaar of Alloy
HTW with Zoe and Erica
03/08/23 • 64 min
If you've been suffering through the joys of perimenopause and menopause, this episode is for you. And even if you’re not there yet–it’s coming. We're going to give you all the juicy details about how we've been misled about menopause — and boy, have we been misled.
We had a hilarious and informative conversation with Monica Molenaar, co-founder of Alloy — assuming you find tales of incontinence as amusing as we do. What we learned is that hormone replacement therapy can actually alleviate the long list of symptoms plaguing women during menopause and perimenopause, but for reasons that will be revealed, we've been told otherwise for the past few decades. Luckily, Monica is a wealth of information and she's here to set the record straight. And you don't have to wait until menopause–actually you SHOULDN’T wait. You can start treating your symptoms right now. Whether you're in the midst of menopause, perimenopause, or just curious about WTF is going on with your hormones, this episode is definitely worth a listen. Head on over to Alloy's website for more information, and get ready to laugh and learn.
Bio:
Monica Molenaar is a serial entrepreneur who has become a passionate advocate for democratizing access to safe, effective, and evidence-based solutions for women as they age, stemming from her own experience going into surgical menopause at age 40 and finding little support. She is now the co-founder and co-CEO of Alloy Women's Health, an online telehealth and pharmacy platform that makes it easy for women in all 50 states to access expert physicians and gold-standard treatments for menopause.
Monica talks about...
- The lies women are told about menopause and what we can do about it
- Misconceptions about hormone replacement therapy
- Taking a multi-strategy approach to menopause management
- Empowering women to make the decisions that work best for them
Resources:
- myalloy.com
- Use the code HTW15 for 15% off the first order at MyAlloy.com
- Follow Monica on Instagram: @monica.molenaar
- Women Have Been Misled About Menopause
- Visit earthandstar.com and get 15% off your first order with code HTW
- Subscribe to our YouTube Channel!
80. Meditation for Skeptics and Busy People with Ziva Founder Emily Fletcher
HTW with Zoe and Erica
02/19/20 • 74 min
Emily is a former Broadway performer who found meditation through a fellow castmate after realizing that despite living her dreams, she was feeling stressed and miserable. After her initial skepticism, Emily took a meditation class and slept through the night for the first time in 18 months. She fell in love, left Broadway, and trained in India as an apprentice before embarking on her journey to bring meditation to the masses by creating Ziva. There are many ways that a daily practice can help you unpack stress, and Emily has gone deep to understand the science behind what's actually happening when you sit for a session. Ziva is not an app, but an online course that gives you the tools to be free of your devices for good. And she’s clearly doing something right: her bestselling book, Stress Less, Accomplish More, debuted at #7 out of all books on Amazon and is now available in paperback.
Emily Fletcher talks about...
- Why she created Ziva, which she refers to as meditation for busy people
- Understanding the vernacular--the difference between mindfulness and meditation is YUGE.
- How meditation can impact your system on a cellular level--this is not about woowoo chanting, she’s got the science on how your nervous system responds and changes.
- How stress creates a backlog- and it goes farther back than your crappy morning meeting. Think GENERATIONS back. But in better news, meditation can help unpack all those traumas, maybe even faster than Zoe’s beloved Nebbiolo.
Resources:
Highway To Well is a production of Crate Media
102. MINISODE! Summertime Sadness with Erica Huss and Zoë Sakoutis
HTW with Zoe and Erica
08/05/20 • 18 min
This episode is a little bit of catharsis for us as we talk about the struggles we’re facing when it comes to finding a sense of normalcy. We’re all still dealing with the isolation that comes with COVID, as well as wading through the poo that comes with building a startup, and maybe it’s getting to us a little bit. It’s a strange experience to feel lonely in your own home, even when you’re not the only person in the room. We hope you either can relate to us and feel a little less alone, or otherwise feel relieved that you’re much better off!
We talk about...
- Loneliness in isolation
- Not knowing where the endgame is
- Startup struggles
- Hopes for the future
Resources:
**Check out our new mushroom lattes at earthandstar.com and use the code HTW for 15% off! Mush love, Erica & Zoe**
Highway To Well is a production of Crate Media
107. The Barrier-Busting Immigrant CEO Who Brought Kefir to the U.S. with Julie Smolyansky
HTW with Zoe and Erica
10/14/20 • 53 min
Because we are Hamil-nerds, sometimes we start with a quote: “Immigrants, we get the job done” basically tells the story of Julie Smolyansky, CEO of Lifeway Foods, who moved from Russia to Chicago as an infant. Her parents brought with them a centuries-old tradition used in their homeland for generations — kefir, the hard-to-pronounce probiotic that does wonders for the gut — and began to share it in the community. A business was born, and in 2002, Julie became the youngest female CEO of a publicly held firm when she took over the company at the age of 27. Since then, Julie has continued the company’s growth trajectory, bringing an Eastern European product into the U.S. mainstream and boosting annual company revenues to over $120 million in 2017 from $12 million when she took over. She has been named to Fortune Business ‘40 under 40,’ Fortune’s 55 Most Influential Women on Twitter and Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business 1000.
Today, Lifeway is working to promote their BioKefir product line, which supports immunity, which could not be more timely given the current state of our global health!
Julie talks about...
- What kefir is and how it impacts our health--and it's not just about the gut
- Bringing mental health into the mainstream conversation
- The struggles of being a young female immigrant entrepreneur
- Clearing obstacles for the next generation
Resources:
- lifewaykefir.com
- https://www.instagram.com/lifewaykefir/
- Visit earthandstar.com and use code HTW for 15% off at checkout
Highway To Well is a production of Crate Media
100. How Microbes Can Create Better-For-You Foods with Kingdom Supercultures
HTW with Zoe and Erica
07/22/20 • 41 min
Kendall Dabaghi has spent the last ten years working at different tech startups, but it was the variety of health issues he faced his whole life that led him to his best work yet. After developing acute digestive issues traveling abroad, and seeing a range of specialists, nothing seemed to work. He started reading up on the gut biome and after adding a variety of fermented foods to his diet, the pain disappeared completely. No big surprise- he knew his next business would be focused on the microbiome. He went back to school, and together with his co-founder Ravi Sheth developed systems for isolating and the individual strains of microbial communities. They looked at what they had built, and realized they could apply what they had learned to creating new kinds of foods. We’re super impressed and excited to see where they take this exciting new technology- as we like to say, let’s all keep the fun in fungi.
Kendall Dabaghi talks about...
- Creating different kinds of fermented foods
- Leveraging the latest in microbiology
- Why he’s focusing on koji
- The flavor possibilities of fungi
- What bacteria does to food
- Trying koji in your cooking
Resources:
- kingdomsupercultures.com
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kendalldabaghi
- Twitter: twitter.com/kendalldabaghi
Highway To Well is a production of Crate Media
99. Herbal Medicine for your Lady Business with Lulu Ge of Elix Healing
HTW with Zoe and Erica
07/15/20 • 48 min
Lulu Ge is the founder of Elix, an herbal nutritional supplement company that helps women balance their hormonal cycle. When she stopped taking hormonal birth control, she found herself unable to move her body for 2-3 days a month around the time of her cycle—and her doctor’s only suggestion was to start taking birth control again. Her grandfather connected her to a renowned Chinese medical expert who examined her, gave her a list of herbs, and instructed her on how to take them. Cut to: after a single course of drinking the elixirs, she experienced zero symptoms any longer! The secret to these medicines is in how personalized they are, so she looked into how she should scale that personalization in a way that would be accessible to more people. Cycle-related symptoms continue to affect up to 90% of women in the US, leading to over a billion hours of lost productivity annually; yet in today’s health care system, only 4% of research and development addresses women’s health issues. Sad trombone. Lulu shares her process of getting her business off the ground, and what herbal medicine can do for your life. Special offer for listeners: use the code HTW15 for 15% off at www.elixhealing.com
Lulu talks about...
- Why so many women are on birth control “off label”
- How Chinese herbal medicine changed her life
- Bringing personalized herbal medicine to the masses
- Broadening beyond hormone health
- Meeting the magical mushrooms
Resources:
Highway To Well is a production of Crate Media
59. The Badass Boss with Bozoma Saint John
HTW with Zoe and Erica
08/21/19 • 66 min
At the beginning of her career Bozoma Saint John turned down a job at Goldman Sachs and shortly afterwards found herself temping for Spike Lee. Since then she’s worked in C-level roles for the likes of Apple and Uber (being tasked with repairing their reputation after mistreatment of drivers and reports of sexual harassment surfaced) and is now Chief Marketing Officer at Endeavor. In this episode she joins us to talk about being a black woman in corporate America, the strange mixture of arrogance and diplomacy she’s sometimes been forced to employ to get her point across and the benefits of choosing joy in the face of immense grief.
Boz talks about...
- How her parents are her superheroes, dating back to her childhood when her family escaped a violent coup d'etat in Ghana
- Her career path and how she chooses next steps-- it’s rarely about the money or about the title, but about what she will learn
- Her experience of being a black woman in a junior role, and the challenges she faced in being taken seriously
- The work she has done to become her own cheerleader--take a page here!
- The struggle to turn Uber into a lovable brand in the same year all their dirty laundry was revealed
- Life’s unpredictability. Boz and her husband were living their best lives when he was diagnosed with terminal cancer
- The art of resilience in the face of grief and loss
Resources:
Highway To Well is a production of Crate Media
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FAQ
How many episodes does HTW with Zoe and Erica have?
HTW with Zoe and Erica currently has 159 episodes available.
What topics does HTW with Zoe and Erica cover?
The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Alternative Health and Podcasts.
What is the most popular episode on HTW with Zoe and Erica?
The episode title '37. Amy Parker + Gina Pell, co-creators of The What, on being BFFs in business, creating a community for women to support women, how they define success, & all the lovely things that are fit to list' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on HTW with Zoe and Erica?
The average episode length on HTW with Zoe and Erica is 54 minutes.
How often are episodes of HTW with Zoe and Erica released?
Episodes of HTW with Zoe and Erica are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of HTW with Zoe and Erica?
The first episode of HTW with Zoe and Erica was released on Jul 18, 2018.
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