Episode 71: Bye Snake, Hello FIRE Horse!!!
Mutha Life
Come hang in the closet for a special New Year's Eve episode. We go into the highlights of 2025, featuring reflections on the challenging yet transformative Year of the Wood Snake. We are going to march through some takeaways from 2025's 46 guests. We also look ahead to the Year of the Fire Horse and take a moment to remember NYE through the eyes of when Harry Met Sally, reimagining love for kids - and remembering Rob Reiner. Full show notes with alll the links: Instagram: Produced by: Mutha Life, Music by: Ronen Landa
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Episode 70: Solo Pod: Is Santa a fun uncle?
Mutha Life
‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house…muthas were getting ready. Welcome to this year’s Christmas episode! Come hang in the closet for a solo episode where I cover a lot of ground - we go from a re-imagining of St. Nick and his role in the family to broken fingers, chronic illness, love of diet coke and solo travel…and feeling all of the feelings that come with the holidays. I also cover gift giving, being chief magic maker and so much more. Come cozy down while you tick some shit off your to do list on the night before Christmas. Full show notes with alll the...
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Episode 69: Dr. Jessica Combs: The best Metacine
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Let’s hang with Dr. Jessica Combs. She’s the Co-Founder and CEO of Dr. Diamond’s Metacine - a medically inspired skincare line that is taking the skincare world by storm. And YES, it IS that Dr. Diamond. The one from Dr. 90210 and Celebrity Plastic Surgeons. He’s also known as her husband and their love story rivals a plot line from Gray’s Anatomy. Together the couple have built empires and legacies - a world renowned facial plastic surgery practice, an institute and a skincare line that’s changing the game - all while raising their two boys in LA. Today we peek behind the curtain...
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Episode 68: Julia Boorstin: A Leader
Mutha Life
Come hang with a true leader today. Julia Boorstin is CNBC’s Senior Media & Tech Correspondent and author of acclaimed book on leadership, When Women Lead. She’s been called ‘A pioneer in tech and media reporting.’ In 2013, Boorstin created and launched CNBC's Disruptor 50, an annual list she oversees, highlighting the private companies transforming and disrupting the economy. She also recently launched a podcast inspired by her book, CNBC’s Changemakers and Power Players. Navigating professional and personal identity alongside parenthood is at the core of what this podcast...
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Episode 67: Natasha Oiye: Kenya's great export
Mutha Life
Natasha Oiye is a multi-hyphenate who has lived so many chapters in her life. She’s a newborn care specialist that has helped so many families navigate the early days of sleepless newborn nights - coming into the home as a sleep doula fairy god mother. She’s also the founder of motherland stuff, which brings stunning handmade jewelry and accessories from Kenya to the US, paying artisans fair wages along the way and celebrating their craft. In addition to those two jobs - literally a day job and a night job - she’s raising her three kids on fufu, love, and healthy boundaries. Full show...
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EPISODE 66: Diana Sokal: Proof of concept
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Let's hang with my former SUMMER CAMP CAMPER and now full fledged adult and mutha, Diana Sokal. She’s the Director of Communications for Apa Aesthetic - THE destination for A listers wanting to give their smiles an upgrade. I promise you - I have never seen dentistry looks this sexy, luxury or elite in my life. Before joining Apa’s army transforming the field of dentistry, Diana worked in PR and celebrity dressing at Harry Winston dressing our favorite celebs in the world's most precious jewels for the biggest red carpets. Diana and I cover a lot - from what it feels like to be a fish out...
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Episode 65: Mica Keeney: Mutha Bear
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Mica Keeney is on the pod this week and she had me thinking about the poignance and occasional annoyance of TIMING. She’s the founder of Keeney & Co. a brand marketing consultancy and she's worked with the brands we all know and love - from CARE BEARS to Tiffany and Netflix - Mica’s work has been recognized by her peers, winning a Cannes Young Lions award among a laundry list of other accolades. Outside of her day job, Mica writes about motherhood, in all its complexity, both on her own Substack Motherhood Muses and for outlets like . Full show notes with alll the links: ...
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Episode 64: Laura Krafft: Bubblegum in the briefcase
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Come hang with professionally funny person, Laura Krafft. Laura is a comedic writer, actress and dedicated aunt to her 22 nieces and nephews. Her work comes to us by way of a storied era of improv in Chicago - coming up with comedians like Rachel Dratch, Tina Fey, Adam McKay, Horatio Sanz, and so many more. When she landed in LA, her work moved from the stage to the screen and she’s been a writer for some of our favorite shows for more than 20 years, including well over 300 episodes of the beloved Colbert Report. Enjoy this hang and remember that good improv, and good living, both depend on...
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Episode 63: Nicole Lyn: Seasons of love
Mutha Life
Today we are traveling from Canada to Jamaica, from New York to LA, with Nicole Lyn (aka Ms. Nix). She is an actor, a DJ, and a creative. She started in the acting and modeling world YOUNG and by 12 was working regularly on a range of popular Canadian TV shows - from Ramona and Eric’s World to later on Student Bodies with appearances on a range of shows we all know and love - Are You Afraid of the Dark, The Kids in the Hall, West Wing, and so many more. As creative second act, Nicole’s DJ career has been in some ways a return to the power of music that she was exposed to and loved in...
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Episode 62: Dr. Aegean Chan: Fine lines
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Let’s go SKIN DEEP…maybe even deeper with Dr. Aegean Chan today. Dr. Chan is a badass double board certified dermatologist and dermapathologist. She’s a mom of three. She runs her successful Santa Barbara practice alongside her husband. She’s educating the masses through her engaging and EVIDENCED take on her instagram account…and she’s been featured in The New York Times, Allure, Vogue, Prevention, and Well+Good for her efforts…and there’s some more exciting stuff to come from her in the pipeline. Dr. Chan was just who we needed answering listener questions and my own...
info_outlineCome hang with a true leader today. Julia Boorstin is CNBC’s Senior Media & Tech Correspondent and author of acclaimed book on leadership, When Women Lead. She’s been called ‘A pioneer in tech and media reporting.’ In 2013, Boorstin created and launched CNBC's Disruptor 50, an annual list she oversees, highlighting the private companies transforming and disrupting the economy. She also recently launched a podcast inspired by her book, CNBC’s Changemakers and Power Players. Navigating professional and personal identity alongside parenthood is at the core of what this podcast has always been about and Julia's journey resonated with me in a way that was deep, thought provoking, and a very good time.
Full show notes with alll the links: muthalife.substack.com
Instagram: @mutha.life @juliaboorstin
Produced by: Mutha Life, Music by: Ronen Landa