096: Bobbi Brown — Motherhood, Makeup, and Making an Impact

05/06/21 • 49 min

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Hello listeners. How are you at this present moment? I want you to really to take a second to think about that. I know we’re overworked and tired because we’re managing a ton - overseeing our businesses whether we’re taking on new ventures or growing empires, taking care of our families and entertaining and teaching our kids at home as best we can, running our households, and doing it all over again the next day. Things are not getting any easier, but my guest today is a woman who chooses to lead her life with conviction and manage it all with finesse. She recently gave a commencement speech to the class of 2020 where she rallied, “Get over it, get over yourself and get out there!” And I think that slogan applies to adults and parents too, especially during these challenging times. We’ve got this and need to believe it.

Bobbi Brown is a beauty industry titan, world renowned makeup artist, best-selling author, sought-after speaker, and serial entrepreneur. As a professional makeup artist, Bobbi created 10 simple lipsticks that evolved into a global beauty empire. She has written nine beauty and wellness books and is a New York Times bestselling author. Since leaving her billion-dollar company Bobbi Brown Cosmetics in October 2016, she has launched Beauty Evolution, LLC and was certified as a health coach through the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.

Bobbi has returned to her roots as an entrepreneur. Her latest endeavor is EVOLUTION_18, a line of beauty-inspired wellness products. Driven by Bobbi's insatiable curiosity for all things lifestyle, she also curates the editorial website, justBOBBI.com. In addition, she and her husband, Steven Plofker, lovingly reimagined The George, a 32-room design-inspired boutique hotel located in Montclair, N.J. They have 3 sons Dylan, Dakota, and Duke.

Meet My Guest:

WEBSITE: JustBobbi.com
WEBSITE: Evolution18.com
INSTAGRAM: @evolution_18
FACEBOOK: /JustBobbiBrown
LINKEDIN: Bobbi Brown

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Meet My Guest:

WEBSITE: JustBobbi.com
WEBSITE: Evolution18.com
INSTAGRAM: @evolution_18
FACEBOOK: /JustBobbiBrown
LINKEDIN: Bobbi Brown

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AT HOME WITH HOMER: Raising a Reader — with Stephanie Dua

Kanika: Reading to me is one of my favorite things to do and I want so badly for my children to enjoy it, but it can be scary. HOMER’s reading program is proven to increase early learning scores by 74%, so clearly you’re the pro here.

Stephanie (HOMER origin story): I was working at the fund for public schools and my daughter Anya was struggling with reading. I had access to the greatest minds in education and no one could recommend a product they trusted, so I set out to create one.

Kanika: I love that and with Mother’s Day coming up, I just want to celebrate that for a second. There is real power in women starting business to solve parent pain points. What advice do you have for parents listening whose children might be struggling with reading?

Stephanie / Stats:

Reading is the foundation of a strong education, however it’s not intuitive or natural.
We also know that if you’re not at reading level by grade 4.

Stephanie / Tips:

Make your home a reading rich environment
Subtitles on TV shows
Leave books all around
Lead by example
Create Reading Routine
The value of bedtime stories - an oldie but a goodie. Proven to help develop literacy skills and bond parents with their children.
Car time is book time - pick a book before the ride or make the car into a mini library with a small box of books on the back seat
Weekly library visit
20 min / day
Create a book exchange with your weekly playdate. Each week your child picks out one book to give to their playdate, who borrows it for the week.

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WEBSITE: LearnWithHomer.com
INSTAGRAM: @learnwithhomer
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AT HOME WITH HOMER: Mental Health & Social Emotional Learning — with Stephanie Dua

Kanika: My kids are having a really hard time being cut off from their friends and dealing with COVID. How do I help them navigate through these times?

Stephanie / Statistics:

Most notably, the low-income, Black and Hispanic communities that urban districts more often serve have been disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus. Their students are expected to have some of the greatest academic, social and emotional learning losses coming out of the pandemic (USNews).
Even before the coronavirus hit, mental health problems such as depression and anxiety were on the rise in children ages 6 to 17, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Research shows social isolation can worsen these symptoms.
Based on prior research on isolation and loneliness, children and adolescents are more likely to have high rates of depression, and, probably, anxiety, even after the enforced isolation resulting from the COVID‐19 pandemic ends, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (source).
A national survey of 3,300 high school students conducted in the Spring of 2020 found nearly a third reporting they were unhappy and depressed "much more than usual" in the past month. Almost 51% said they felt a lot more uncertainty about the future as well. (source) ADHD, behavior problems, anxiety, and depression are the most commonly diagnosed mental disorders in children (CDC).
Overseas, in a survey of 1,143 parents measuring the effects of the lockdowns in Italy and Spain, nearly 86% reported changes in their children such as difficulty concentrating and spending more time online and asleep, and less time engaging in physical activity.
A study of 2,330 schoolchildren in China found both anxiety and depression rose in comparison to rates seen in previous investigations.

Stephanie / Tips:

Make sure you have a daily check-in, something I do with my child:
Rose, thorn and bud
Mindfulness corner, walk and belly breathwork (CMI)
For younger kids ages 3-6 who might not be as verbal, HOMER has this great activity kit called Explore Feelings, and you do just that. Kids learn self expression and to identify feelings, through hands-on activities and prompts.
Color-in Feelings Forest Map
Conversation Prompts + Bag
Social-emotional Matching Cards
Feelings Activity Book & Crayons

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