In My Heart with Heather Thomson

Heather talks with these amazing women about women in business, success, not forgetting the divine feminine and so much more. BE… is not your ordinary business book. It’s a hybrid of personal development, self-transformation, and a deep activation of the female entrepreneurial spirit. A shared vision uniquely co-authored by three accomplished women, BE… is a labor of love from their combined decades of professional experiences and entrepreneurial journeys. Delivered as a tell-all, BE… is the best practices and methods to launch and scale a successful physical product business. In their first book together, based on the Rock Your Product® system, Ashley Black, Korie Minkus, and Lisa Vrancken weave together holistic principles of self-discovery with proven proprietary business philosophies and product-to-market formula. The authors have generated billions in revenue, launched hundreds of products, and scaled well-recognized brands while expertly navigating the competitive marketplace. Written for women by women, BE… is the modern guide for female entrepreneurs at every stage of business. The authors lyrically synthesize their personal stories, interview masters in their respective fields, and collaborate with celebrity entrepreneurs with passion and purpose. The result is a groundbreaking book—a truth serum, a collection of industry secrets, and a blueprint for creating a prosperous physical product business. This book offers a one-of-a-kind business approach, paired with spiritual movements, actionable exercises, and featured stories of real female founders’ pitfalls and triumphs. It provides the ultimate foundation for the entrepreneurial mission. Ashley Black is the #1 national bestselling author of The Cellulite Myth, co-author of the scientific paper "The Effects of Fascia Manipulation with Fascia Devices on Myofascial Tissue, Subcutaneous Fat and Cellulite in Adult Women," ; and the inventor of the FasciaBlaster®. Ashley is a unicorn business owner, starting from ground zero and generating over 100 million dollars in revenue. With more than fifty patents, she was named ABA’s Entrepreneur of the Year in 2020. She was a TEDx speaker, and she currently owns one of the fastest-growing private companies in America. Korie Minkus is an American entrepreneur, advocate for business founders, and a culture shifter. She is the CEO of Industry Rockstar® and Founded Rock Your Product®, the world's #1 business training and portfolio investment company for entrepreneurs. Lisa Vrancken is an award-winning producer and documentary filmmaker with over two decades of expertise as an internationally-renowned brand and media strategist. In her current role as Executive Vice President of Fortune Media Group, Inc., she spearheads programming for Shark Discoveries and AsSeenOnTv.pro with prominent host Kevin Harrington—the original Shark from the Emmy award-winning entrepreneurial-themed reality TV show, Shark Tank. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jim Curtis serves as Institute of Integrative Nutrition’s business and community leader and is affectionately identified as their Head Coach. Jim joined the Institute of Integrative Nutrition in 2019. He has been a wellness pioneer for the last 20 years, and has dedicated his career to health, wellness, and coaching. Jim has helped develop life enhancing apps like WebMD, Everyday Health, Remedy Health, HempVet and Modern Sanctuary. He is a motivational speaker giving TED talks and hundreds of lectures around the country. Jim has coached hundreds of entrepreneurs and wellness leaders around the globe and is the author of The Stimulati Experience: 9 Skills for Getting Past Pain, Setbacks, and Trauma to Ignite Health and Happiness. Hiya Vitamins: Get 50% off. Go to www.hiyahealth.com/INMYHEART. (This deal is not on regular website. Be sure to add /INMYHEART to website url) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cliff Robinson is the CEO of Revo. Previously, he was the CEO of B. Robinson LLC, a worldwide designer and manufacturer of branded and private label eyewear founded in 1926 by Cliff’s grandfather, Ben Robinson. In 2018, Cliff was part of a private investment group that acquired the Revo brand. Cliff has a B.A. from Brown University and an MBA from New York University, Stern School of Business. He is a founding member of the NYC chapter of YPO. He currently lives in Westport, CT with his wife and 3 children. He is an avid sports and music fan, a “foodie”, an outdoor enthusiast, and a political junkie. He has lectured extensively at eyewear-related events and conventions and has authored continuing education classes for eyecare professionals. “We like to say that Revo was born in a NASA research lab in the late 80s! The full story includes a NASA astrophysicist, Dr. Mitch Ruda, who was working on a project to protect satellites from the harsh rays of the sun. He also happened to be an avid skier who knew firsthand how dangerous the sun could be to the eyes. He had a simple idea: what if he used the technology behind the coatings that protect satellites on sunglasses to protect our eyes. With that revolutionary idea, Revo was born.” “Revo’s core values are heritage, performance, and passion. To us, heritage is celebrating our history as the first-ever performance eyewear brand. Performance represents our focus on consistently pursuing new technologies.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dorinda Medley is an Entrepreneur and TV personality. She is a long time member of RHONY and recently RHUGT season 2 based at her home Blue Stone Manor in the Berkshires. She is very involved in her favorite charities and in 2021 released her auto biography Make It Nice. Born in the Berkshires in Massachusetts, Dorinda graduated from college and arrived in New York City, working in the showrooms of Liz Claiborne. She met her first husband and followed him to London to start a family and eventually her own cashmere company, DCL Cashmere. Many high-profile London clients like Princess Diana and Joan Collins became acquaintances, and soon, Dorinda left her mark on London society. Ten years in London also brought her a daughter, Hannah, a divorce, and a wish to return to New York to figure out life in the city as a single mom. In 2005, Dorinda met and married financier Dr. Richard Medley, a former Washington power broker and respected speechwriter to congresswoman and vice-presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro, and together they worked on fund-raising for charitable causes with the likes of Bishop Desmond Tutu, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Secretary Madeline Albright, and President Bill and Secretary Hillary Clinton. After the tragic loss of their beloved Richard in 2011, Dorinda and Hannah found strength in each other and in their loved ones to overcome the radical changes of losing a husband, friend, companion, and father figure. Through perseverance and support from her close friends, Dorinda climbed right back to the top of New York society. Dorinda is always directing her energy and focus into her home, family and friends, church, social engagements, and love for pop culture. In 2019, Dorinda reignited her passion for teaching aerobics, creating and touring with her interactive workout class Dorobics to great success. She continuously gives back to her favorite charitable organizations like Ali Forney Center, Born This Way Foundation, Prevention, Joy.J Initiative, Ronald McDonald House, NYLovesKids.org and Gabrielle's Angel Foundation. Dorinda's passion for entertaining was deeply enhanced with the purchase of Blue Stone Manor, a nine-bedroom Stanford White estate in her native Great Barrington. With a recent flood at the estate, Dorinda was forced to renovate and restore the historic property to get it back to its former glory. Nothing gives Dorinda more pleasure than a weekend or holiday spent with great company, home-cooked meals, and the festive, personal touches she is known for. She enjoys the theater, the beach, the mountains, fabulous parties, a great dirty martini, and all types of fashion—both high-end and high-street—and considers all of her pieces collector's items.  Hiya Vitamins: Get 50% off first order of children’s vitamins. (deal not on website, so go to this url) www.hiyahealth.com/Inmyheart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nigerian-American political commentator, public affairs academic, philanthropist, and television personality. She is an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins School of Education. She is also a main cast member on The Real Housewives of Potomac. Dr. Wendy Osefo is the essence of a Renaissance woman— professor, political analyst, and entrepreneur. As a Maryland native, Nigerian-born Wendy is one of the ladies of The Real Housewives of Potomac. With her strong personality, she knows how to hold her own and speak her mind when it comes to standing up to the other ladies. Growing up with a single immigrant mother who put herself through college, Wendy learned first-hand the value of hard work and never thought of excuses or failure as options. Wendy received a Bachelor of Arts from Temple University, a Master of Arts from The Johns Hopkins University, a Master of Science from Rutgers University, and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from Rutgers University, where she made history by becoming the first black woman to earn a PhD in Public Affairs/Community Development. Wendy is also a philanthropist who has sought to give back by supporting the next generation of leaders as the founder and CEO of the 1954 Equity Project, LLC, which provides tools, mentorship, and resources to underrepresented minorities to help them thrive in higher education. Wendy is currently a professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Education specializing in urban education and politics. Prior to joining the faculty at The Johns Hopkins University, Wendy served as the Director of Family and Community Engagement for President Barack Obama's antipoverty initiative, DC Promise Neighborhood Initiative. She is a board member for the late Congressman Elijah Cummings Youth to Israel Program, Children's Scholarship Fund Baltimore, and The Education Foundation of Baltimore County Schools. Osefo will be part of the upcoming season 7 of RHOP, due out by end of year. Hiya Vitamins: Get 50% off first order of children’s vitamins. Go to www.hiyahealth.com/Inmyheart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eduardo Garcia is an American celebrity chef and the co-founder of Montana Mex, a Mexican food company. He is known as the “ bionic chef” because he cooks with a prosthetic left arm, the result of an accident while hunting in 2011. He is also the subject of documentary “Charged”, the story of Eduardo being electrocuted, defying odds of survival, and coming through it with a “bionic” arm and hand, continuing to cook, farm, be an inspirational speaker and teacher of living and respecting nature.Heather and Eduardo have known each other for their work with the No Barriers foundation, and share stories of Eduardo’s life and his coming out of his accident with a stronger and better life, finding the best self you can be, and living life “fully charged,” loving and learning about good food, making a community, and sharing it all. It is a fun and inspirational chat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lawrence has made fitness history as a Mindful Movement Specialist winning the highest number of awards from ACE, IDEA and ECA since 2002. Lawrence travels the world offering world-class secrets in mentoring, fitness and spa consulting. He works on the Advisory Board for the International Council on Active Aging. He is a reporter-in-the-field for the International Spa Association. He has created fitness and wellness programs for Equinox, 24 Hour Fitness, Gold’s Gym, and Bally. He received a Conde Nast Traveler Award for innovative spa programming worldwide. Lawrence is also an Anti-Aging Specialist. He has worked with TV celebrities and has appeared on CNN as a fitness & wellness specialist. He is a Registered Yoga Alliance Teacher and American Fitness Certification Specialist. Lawrence splits his time between Greece, Puerto Rico and NYC. His philosophy of life, fitness, playfulness and joy are uplifting and informative. He covers all this and more in his animated chat with Heather in this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fern Mallis was at the 1991 Michael Kors show in a New York loft space when the vibrations from the bass music caused the ceiling to crumble onto all the one named models – think Naomi, Christy, Cindy – and the Fashion Editors sitting in the front row. The next day, the headlines read, “We Live for Fashion, we Don’t Want to Die for It.” This set Fern on a mission: not only to create a safe venue for designers to come together and show their work, but to put the American designer on the world map. Thus, the New York Fashion Week Bryant Park tents were born, and Mallis firmly cemented her place in American fashion history. For almost two decades, he tents became a “Fashion City”, with Fern as its Mayor. Now, the iconic creator of NYFW has made a name for herself beyond the catwalk with her legendary conversation series, Fashion Icons with Fern Mallis at the 92 nd Street Y, New York City’s hub for culture, politics, the arts, and now Fashion. Her talks give an intimate look into the lives of some of the biggest names in fashion—think Tom Ford, Valentino and Victoria Beckham, to name a few. And now, 34 of them are chronicled in a book series: Fashion Icons 1 and 2: Fashion Lives with Fern Mallis, published by Rizzoli and sponsored by Nordstrom. No topic is off-limits to Fern Mallis, the award-winning creator of New York Fashion Week, when she hosts Fashion Icons with Fern Mallis at New York’s 92nd Street Y, a series of riveting intimate conversations with the industry’s most talented, successful, and legendary personalities. Fern Mallis started as an editorial assistant at Mademoiselle, worked in her own pr firm and ultimately was the Senior Vice President at IMG Fashion and Executive Director of the CFDA. She is the recipient of numerous industry awards including the 2013 Fashion Industry Lifetime Achievement Award from the Pratt Institute and the 2013 FIT President’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chef Daniel is a Healthy Eating Expert and Television Celebrity Cook in England, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai and the USA. Daniel will sit on the Culinary Investor panel for the 1st season of Food Fortunes on Food Network to decide if he will invest in a new product being presented. Daniel is also a judge on Food Network’s Kitchen Inferno. Making appearances on talk shows around the world, planning meals for 2 major international airlines and developing in-room dining for a 5-star hotel chain in Asia has cultivated an international fan base. Currently, Daniel is based in the US and is a full time presenter for EVINE, one of the top luxury home shopping channels in the US. Daniel has authored 12 books sold worldwide – Including Paleo Monday to Friday, Modern Dining for Life, Healthy Dining for Life ), Healthy Eating for Lower Cholesterol, Green’s Greens. Two of his latest healthy cookbooks won the prestigious Gourmand World Cookbook Award 2010 and 2011 for “The Best TV Celebrity Chef Cookbook” and one book has been printed in seven languages to date. For the last 5 years, Daniel has created the in-room dining menus for the 18 properties that make up the 5 star Dusit Thani hotel chain in Asia. He has also designed menus for the Shangri-La, Mandarin Oriental, Hilton, Conrad, Sheraton, Westin, Marriott, over the last 10 years. For the past 3 years, Daniel has been planning all of KLM’s on-board meals totaling 2 million meals per year. Daniel created his own range of healthy gourmet foods, ingredients and smart cooking tools. His products which include gluten free jams, spices and olive oil have launched in premium lifestyle stores in Asia, Australia and the U.S. under Daniel’s personal brand, The Model Cook. Fabric: Protect your family’s financial future with Fabric. Apply today in just 10 minutes at www.meetfabric.com/INMYHEART Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ryan Bailey is an actor, host and creator of the hit iheartradio podcast So Bad It’s Good with Ryan Bailey. Growing up in Kansas, Ryan was always taken by pop culture and the ins and outs of Hollywood. After graduating from the Arizona State University, with a bachelor’s degree in theater. Ryan went straight to Los Angeles to start a career in acting and directing. He gained notoriety in guest starring roles in shows like: The Office, How I Met Your Mother, Tosh.0 and a plethora of Lifetime movies. When Covid hit two years ago, Ryan was forced to pivot and started podcasting fulltime. He began filling his days with six hour long recording sessions and non-stop Instagram memes. His show was then picked up by iheartradio, catapulting him to one of the top pop culture analysts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices