We Are Women

Dating Coach and Former Today Show Australia Psychologist Jackie Glaser joins me on this week’s episode. Jackie talks about how her background as a psychologist helped her throughout the decades of dating before she met her husband when she was in her forties. Jackie shares the most significant lesson she learned and the turning point that changed the trajectory of her life during her single years. She shares the importance of letting go and surrendering and a visual meditation to help put this into practice. Jackie also discusses understanding masculine and feminine energies, how that fits into dating, and how that can connect us more emotionally, especially during the courtship stage.  Grab your favorite lipstick shades and support women's healing and empowerment. To read more about our mission and how we support healing from Domestic Violence, please visit our website: Defiancebeauty.com Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @defiancebeautybn @Nechamit @jackieglaserofficial Listen to Jackie's podcast, "Underneath the Surface."

Comedian Chani Lisbon joins me on this week's episode. Chani shares her journey of becoming who she is today, starting with her parent's divorce when she was five. Chani discusses how she decides which vulnerable and painful parts of her story to share. She shares her story of how her alcohol addiction started and then her path to recovery. Chani talks about how she took ownership of her life and transformed into the happy person that she is today when she got started as a comedian, how unconditional love was a huge part of her healing journey, and how people can support their loved ones who are struggling with alcohol addiction. Chani also shares important do's and don't when it comes to serving alcohol at parties, and more! Chanilisbon.com Follow Chani on Instagram: @Chani_lisbon Listen to Chani's Podcast: Hi My Name Is Recovery Podcast Grab your favorite lipstick shades and support women's healing and empowerment. To read more about our mission and how we support healing from Domestic Violence, please visit our website: Defiancebeauty.com Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @defiancebeautybn @Nechamit

Ilana Dunn, Influencer, Host, and Executive Producer of the "Seeing Other People podcast," joins me in this episode. Ilana shares how she evolved from being a more private face as the lead content creator of the Hinge app to sharing her dating challenges and triumphs with the world via her podcast and social media. She also talks about how she learned to become more vulnerable and realized the depth of connections and how she could inspire others through a deeper vulnerability. Ilana talks about how she used to define herself by her job and relationship status and how she changed that. She stresses the importance of being yourself when you're dating, the importance of communication in dating and why you shouldn't be nervous about scaring someone away, how she spared herself so much heartache by reinventing dating patterns, respecting her worth, and more!  Instagram and Tiktok: @seeingotherpeople @ilana.dunn Listen to Ilana's Podcasts: Seeing Other People Life In Progress Grab your favorite lipstick shades and support women's healing and empowerment. To read more about our mission and how we support healing from Domestic Violence, please visit our website: Defiancebeauty.com Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok: @defiancebeautybn @Nechamit

Jewish Country Singer-songwriter Tehilla Erlich joins me in this episode. She shares her journey on how she got started as a child and how her signing contributed to her self-confidence and growth. She spoke about her inspiration for her songs, how writing songs is therapeutic for her, and the vulnerability aspect of releasing her music, which is her diary with the world. Tehila shared advice for other moms on how to help their children grow their confidence through creative outlets, just like her mom had the wisdom to do for her as a child. She also spoke about her process of getting the sound she was looking for, finding the right talent to help her get there, and enjoying the journey. @teerlich Grab your favorite lipstick shades and support women's healing and empowerment. To read more about our mission and how we support healing from Domestic Violence, please visit our website: Defiancebeauty.com Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Tik Tok @defiancebeautybn @Nechamit

Rachelle Heinemann, LMHC, joins me in this episode. We discuss her journey to becoming a therapist, what she’s learned about herself as a therapist, how she navigates uncomfortable moments during therapy when clients share things that many people may judge, and her unique approach when it comes to therapy. She also shared common challenges that women face, how she judged herself during her teenage years and our emotions during the changes of puberty, completely unattainable standards that society creates, the importance of feeling our feelings, and more! @rachelleheinemann Grab your favorite lipstick shades and support wommen's healing and empowerment. To read more about our mission and how we support healing from Domestic Violence, please visit our website: Defiancebeauty.com Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Tik Tok @defiancebeautybn @Nechamit

Ariella Zeitlin, a tremendously talented, classically trained violinist, singer, and songwriter, joins me in this episode to share her journey of music and self-discovery. Ariella walks us through her beginnings as a musician, unveiling the origins of her musical passion and the spark that ignited her creative journey. She shares the pivotal moments that led her to embark on a path where her melodies could inspire and connect with others. Ariella talks shares the importance of embracing one's true self and the transformative power of being authentic and attracting the right people into one's life, those who resonate with your true essence and aspirations. Ariella shares the significance of surrounding oneself with a supportive and nurturing community. She recounts the challenges she's encountered along her path and how a network of caring individuals has been instrumental in helping her overcome obstacles and setbacks. Ariella also reflects on her journey with beauty, influenced by her mother and her childhood, and the importance of recognizing one’s intrinsic worth, regardless of what others value.  I also shared some pieces of my personal journey with makeup, exploring how it ties into the idea of creating and recognizing personal value.  Ariella opens up about moments in her life when she felt invisible and offers valuable insights on how to feel seen and valued during those challenging times. She also underlines the significance of setting intentions, looking inward and so much more. @violinlikethat https://www.violinlikethat.com/ Grab your favorite lipstick shade and support women’s healing and empowerment. To read more about our mission and how we support healing from Domestic Violence, please visit our website: Defiancebeauty.com. Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @defiancebeautybn @Nechamit

Singer and Performing Artist Dobby Baum shares her journey and talks about what inspired her to create the Brooklyn Girls Choir,. Dobby shares its impactful journey and the decision to close its doors. Dobby talks about her personal struggles with body image, sharing the impact it had on her self-esteem. She shares how gaining weight led her to a newfound sense of self-worth. Dobby shares the inspiration behind her powerful song, "Beautiful” and the emotional feedback she's received from listeners. Dobby shares the daily rituals and practices she's integrated into her life, allowing her to radiate beauty from within. The episode concludes with an intimate look into her songwriting process, a vulnerable journey of self-expression and healing. Join us as we unravel the inspiring story of resilience, self-discovery, and the pursuit of true beauty from within. https://dobbybaum.com/ @dobbybaum Grab your favorite lipstick shade and support women’s healing and empowerment. To read more about our mission and how we support healing from Domestic Violence, please visit our website: Defiancebeauty.com. Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Tik Tok @defiancebeautybn @Nechamit

During this episode, Dr. Chassia Boczko (Dr. Be), a beloved psychologist, shares what inspired her to become a psychologist at 16 and how her family dynamic contributed to her personality and career choice. She also spoke about the messages we should share with our children and ourselves during traumatic and stressful times. She shared how to communicate what’s going on with our children during times of heaviness and fear. She also spoke about the importance of taking care of ourselves on an emotional and mental level during these trying times. We ended with Dr. B sharing what beauty means to her personally and advice for women who feel invisible. gobesociety.com @gobe.society Grab your favorite lipstick shade and support women’s healing and empowerment. To read more about our mission and how we support healing from Domestic Violence, please visit our website: Defiancebeauty.com. Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Tik Tok @defiancebeautybn @Nechamit

Alyssa Goldwater, ultra-orthodox Jewish influencer, plus size style and advocate, and type 1 diabetic mom, joins me in this episode. Alyssa talks about how she grew from being insecure and having low confidence as a child to becoming the confident woman she is today. Alyssa shares her journey with a binge eating disorder and the misconceptions people have about eating disorders. Alyssa shares how she learned that she has an eating disorder, why she decided to go to an eating disorder treatment program, how she learned to love her body, and shares some information that she’s never shared before. Alyssa talks about her experience as the recipient of hate comments, especially regarding her posting asking for seatbelt extenders on airplanes and why she wants to break the stigma of how someone’s size is misconceived to be synonymous with their health. Instagram/Tik Tok: @alyssagoldwater @nechamit Grab your favorite lipstick and eyeshadow shades and support organizations devoted to women's healing and empowerment. To read more about the causes we support, head over to our website karmelacosmetics.com Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Tik Tok @Karmelacosmetics

Casey Clark is a freelance writer from New York City who specializes in beauty, food, lifestyle, and mental health content. Her work has been featured in allure, bustle, Forbes, Huffington post, and more!  During this interview, Casey shares how she found writing as an expression of herself and why she chose writing and being a journalist as her career. She talks about discovering that she struggled with depression and anxiety and how she brings her mental health journey to the internet in a way that she's comfortable with. She shares how it felt to release something so personal when she wrote about her grandfather and why she shares her journey with her mental health struggles in her articles. Casey shares how she inspires herself on the days she struggles with her mental health and how she navigates the days she has depressive episodes. Casey talks about coming to terms with her imperfections, her experience with Trichotillomania, a disorder that causes a person to pull out their hair, and how that affects her as a beauty writer without eyelashes. She also offers advice for those who see their loved ones struggling with depression and discusses different ways depression can look from the outside.  @casey.clarknyc @nechamit Grab your favorite lipstick and eyeshadow shades and support organizations devoted to women's healing and empowerment. To read more about the causes we support, head over to our website karmelacosmetics.com Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Tik Tok @Karmelacosmetics

Aliza Shapiro, LCSW, is the Founder and therapist of therapyinthecity.org. Aliza shares how her sensitivity as a child contributed to her work as a therapist today. She talks about what motivated her to become a therapist, but before that, why she swore that she would never become a therapist in High school. She shares her mental health journey, why she often talks about anxiety on her page, and how she deals with anxiety in her personal life. She talks about letting go of control in our lives and her take on manifestation. She shares the difference between helping her friends with their problems versus helping clients. Aliza also shares how she establishes trust with her clients and how trust is essential to living a more meaningful life, navigating anxiety in our everyday lives and relationships, the difference between daily anxiety and clinical anxiety, and the benefits of accepting what you’re struggling with.  @therapist_in_nyc @nechamit Grab your favorite lipstick and eyeshadow shades and support organizations devoted to women's healing and empowerment. To read more about the causes we support, head over to our website karmelacosmetics.com Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Tik Tok @Karmelacosmetics  

Singer and Performer Bracha Jaffe joins me in this episode and shares her story of how she got started as a singer and how getting rejected from a choir as a child helped her career today. Why she initially chose nursing as her career path, and why she recently decided to take time off and focus on her singing career. Bracha shares why she makes sure to make everyone who comes into contact with her feel loved and valued. We discussed the connection between her work as a nurse and a singer, how they’re interrelated, and the power of music as a connecting tool. We spoke about the idea of us being shells and souls. Bracha got deep and genuine and talked about how she’s working on shedding guilt as a working mom, her view on overwhelm and how she finds things to be grateful for during the overwhelm, and more. @brachajaffemusic Brachajaffe.com @nechamit Grab your favorite lipstick and eyeshadow shades and support organizations devoted to women's healing and empowerment. To read more about the causes we support, head over to our website karmelacosmetics.com Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Tik Tok @Karmelacosmetics

This episode continues my conversation with Therapist and Speaker Rachel Hercman, LCSW. Rachel shares the rest of her story regarding the health scare she went through and what she learned, the importance of listening to our own bodies, vulnerability on social media, why she took a post down, Rachel's advice for other therapists, the most challenging lessons she's learned professionally and personally, and more. We covered so much during this episode, and it was really a raw and honest conversation, with both of us being open and transparent. Listen in and be inspired.  @rachelhercman @nechamit Grab your favorite lipstick and eyeshadow shades and support organizations devoted to women’s healing and empowerment. To read more about the causes we support, head over to our website karmelacosmetics.com Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Tik Tok @Karmelacosmetics

This week's episode features Rachel Hercman, LCSW, Therapist, Editor, and Speaker. Rachel shares her journey and talks about how her childhood struggles help her hold space for her clients today and the importance of people who believed in her when she didn't necessarily believe in herself. She shares why she advocates for singles and talks about accepting and connecting to all different types of people. Rachel discusses the difference between compatibility and chemistry and shares why she took a social media break for a few years. We also discuss why people think we sit at the cool table, other behind-the-scenes Instagram excitement, and more. @rachelhercman @nechamit Grab your favorite lipstick and eyeshadow shades and support organizations devoted to women’s healing and empowerment. To read more about the causes we support, head over to our website karmelacosmetics.com Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Tik Tok @Karmelacosmetics

Dr. Sheila Nazarian, a top board-certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon in Beverly Hills, joins me in this episode. She is also the founder of The Skin Spot, a curated collection of medical-grade skincare and wellness products. Dr. Nazarian starred in the popular Emmy-nominated Netflix series "Skin Decision," and has appeared on E! News, Newsweek, "The Doctors," PragerU, Inside Edition, Newsmax, and "The Real."   She has a large social media following, with more than 1.7 million followers on her Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter accounts, including @drsheilanazarian, @themodelsurgeon, and @theskinspot. During this episode, Dr. Nazarian shares her fascinating story from escaping Iran as a child and her journey from having imposter syndrome and passing out from the sight of blood to becoming a successful surgeon and a vocal and courageous advocate. She talks about why her family had to plan an elaborate escape and leave their successful life behind in Iran, why failure wasn't an option for her, her view on unrealistic expectations that are being encouraged on social media, how she learned to value herself, the most challenging lessons she's learned, why she sometimes says no to patients, her own social media boundaries, and more.    Podcast: The Closet https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-closet/id1661721192 Instagram: @drsheilanazarian @nechamit Grab your favorite lipstick and eyeshadow shades and support organizations devoted to women's healing and empowerment. To read more about the causes we support, head over to our website karmelacosmetics.com Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Tik Tok @Karmelacosmetics

Jaclyn Renee is a Holistic Health Coach, Digestion Specialist, and Wellness Influencer. Jaclyn received her certification from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in New York City. She assists her clients in their gut-healing journey using food and self-care as their medicine. Jaclyn is no stranger to digestive issues. She struggled as a child and through her teens with IBS and crippling anxiety until she was introduced to Holistic Medicine at age 20. Jaclyn immersed herself in the lifestyle, researching different protocols and products, and within time, she healed her gut and cleared her anxiety for good. She now applies these techniques to her client programs and has helped hundreds of people get their digestive health back on track. During this interview, Jaclyn shared how she was constantly sick as a child and how she started her healing journey as an adult. She spoke about why she left her successful career in the beauty industry to help women heal their gut, why gut health is so important, and how it affects our mental and physical health. Jaclyn shared what she does to help her body on flare-up gut days and the moments eating healthy and taking supplements won’t help, and what to do instead. Jaclyn offered advice on what you can do to start working on your gut health to feel and look your best and how she approaches and processes grief and other heavy emotions. Instagram: @jaclynreneewellness Tik Tok: @jaclynrenee_wellness @nechamit Grab your favorite lipstick and eyeshadow shades and support organizations devoted to women’s healing and empowerment. To read more about the causes we support, head over to our website karmelacosmetics.com Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Tik Tok @Karmelacosmetics

Adriana Rosie, Instagram's viral "Non-Jewish Nanny," shares her journey, how she got into nannying for the orthodox Jewish community, her opera singing career, and why she started her account in the first place. Adriana talks about why she keeps her children and their families private, how dating fits into her schedule, her journey with body confidence, and her view on food choices. She also shares the time she chose to take antidepressants and why no one should be ashamed to take medication to be their best self. I can't wait for you to hear the behind-the-scenes of Adriana's life and career. Let's dive on in!   @nonjewishnanny Nonjewishnanny.com @nechamit   Grab your favorite lipstick and eyeshadow shades and support organizations devoted to women's healing and empowerment. To read more about the causes we support, head over to our website karmelacosmetics.com Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Tik Tok @Karmelacosmetics

Jackie Minsky is the founder of the Divine PR and is also known as the conscious publicist. She is the secret behind some of the biggest 7-8 figure companies. Helping entrepreneurs start and grow their brands and gain authority in their industry. She also has a successful podcast featured in Entrepreneur magazine two years in a row, naming her an industry leader. Jackie shares her journey to creating her personal brand and successful podcast during this episode. How she got started by helping other business owners build their personal brands. Jackie talks about how she became a single mom overnight and her belief in tuning in to her intuition and listening to her inner voice. Jackie discusses the importance of vulnerability and shares advice for new entrepreneurs. She talks about how to time block and utilize time efficiently, keeping promises to herself, how she balances building her career while being a single mom, and why she makes self-care and spending time with herself a priority. @Jackie_minsky @nechamit Grab your favorite lipstick and eyeshadow shades and support organizations devoted to women's healing and empowerment. To read more about the causes we support, head over to our website karmelacosmetics.com Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Tik Tok @Karmelacosmetics

Karlee Towning, influencer, and Creator of "Karlee's Kupcakes," joins me in this episode and shares her journey from growing her business in Australia to moving to Michigan and starting from scratch again. She shared how social media helped her grow her brand and humbly spoke about how success is truly a combination of the elements of luck, hard work, and falling into something at the right time. Karlee is about pulling the shades back on what's happening behind the scenes. Karlee also spoke about how we're our biggest critics, and others see talent where we don't always see it, and the truth is that often people want the real deal, and as creators, that's important to keep in mind. Karlee also spoke about the importance of separating yourself from your business, setting boundaries, and balancing time and your identity. @karleeskupcakes https://www.karleeskupcakes.com/ @nechamit Grab your favorite lipstick and eyeshadow shades and support organizations devoted to women's healing and empowerment. To read more about the causes we support, head over to our website karmelacosmetics.com Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Tik Tok @Karmelacosmetics

Abi Radcliff joins me in this "We Are Women" episode to share her journey and how she stays positive. She talks about why you need to have an outlet as an adult, allow yourself the small pleasures in life, and the idea of practicing gratitude. Abi also talks about how she’s made some of her closest friends and shares tips for making friends as an adult and also as an introvert! Abi shares her journey to discovering her inner confidence, not caring what others think about her, and how balance is the key to everything in life. Abi also shares what she learned from being bullied as a teenager and how compassion is important in our everyday lives. I can’t wait for you to hear this episode. Listen in and be inspired. @nechamit @abiradcliffe_ Grab your favorite lipstick and eyeshadow shades and support organizations devoted to women’s healing and empowerment. To read more about the causes we support, head over to our website karmelacosmetics.com Connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and Tik Tok @Karmelacosmetics