The Lifestyle Edit Podcast

After years running marketing campaigns for big businesses, Anna Hart set up a blog of her own and now straddles between being an influencer in her own right and running One Roof Social, one of the leading influencer marketing agencies in London. Although One Roof Social is operationally similar to traditional talent management agencies, they’re focused less on exclusive contracts with top tier talent and more on collaborating with a pool of talent in building brand’s sales and social media footprint. That social focus keeps Anna on her toes. It’s why she’s brimming with solid advice on what brands should consider before investing in influencers and vice versa. Think of this episode as influencer marketing 101. Get tickets to the One Roof Social Influence Summit here: http://bit.ly/2z2iQxr www.southmoltonstreetstyle.com www.oneroofsocial.com Join the Community · For more content, head to www.thelifestyleedit.comand click here to join thousands of female creatives in our newsletter community: http://bit.ly/2rVZVzo Work with Naomi: · Sign up for a complimentary discovery call: http://bit.ly/2wttos2 · Ready to raise your rates and double your income? Get the free guide: http://bit.ly/2W7hehh

In today’s episode we talk to Noémie and Millen, co-founders of No+Mi, a new destination for curated gift sets for expecting and new mothers. The pair talk about how wanting more from their former careers led to the birth of the business and break down the steps they took to validate the idea and execute. They get candid about the growing pains of starting a new business, what they wish they’d known before they started and why having a partner in business changes everything. If you’ve always wanted to start your own business but don’t know where to start, this interview is for you. We’re talking about it all. www.nomi-london.com Instagram: @nomi.ldn Join the Community · For more content, head to www.thelifestyleedit.comand click here to join thousands of female creatives in our newsletter community: http://bit.ly/2rVZVzo Work with Naomi: · Sign up for a complimentary discovery call: http://bit.ly/2wttos2 · Ready to raise your rates and double your income? Get the free guide: http://bit.ly/2W7hehh

Thanks to the ever-present threat against print and the low fees now associated with writing for online, it’s never been more competitive to make a living as a freelance journalist than it is right now. In today’s episode, Alya Mooro breaks down how she’s making it work. She explains how she got her big break in the industry and how she’s managed to set herself apart. She also breaks down the pitching process, her writing rituals, how she plans her finances as a freelancer and the pressure that comes with social media. www.moorizzla.com Instagram: @Moorizzla Join the Community · For more content, head to www.thelifestyleedit.comand click here to join thousands of female creatives in our newsletter community: http://bit.ly/2rVZVzo Work with Naomi: · Sign up for a complimentary discovery call: http://bit.ly/2wttos2 · Ready to raise your rates and double your income? Get the free guide: http://bit.ly/2W7hehh

It’s something we don’t talk about enough, but it’s something that plays a big part in our success and also one of the things many of us struggle with most. We’re talking about intimate relationships. The moment you take the plunge, leave the security of a job and embark on this journey of self-employment, there’s no denying that it adds a new dimension to your relationship with your significant other. In today’s episode, host Naomi Mdudu sits down with her partner Michael Powell to talk about the reality of making a relationship work with an entrepreneur. As small business owners, you wear multiple hats each day and there’s undeniably a constant lingering pressure for sacrifices to be made. So in today’s episode, Naomi and Michael break down what the road has been like for them; why it’s just as important to set your relationship up for success as it is for your business; and the tools and strategies they’ve used to do that. Join the Community · For more content, head to www.thelifestyleedit.comand click here to join thousands of female creatives in our newsletter community: http://bit.ly/2rVZVzo Work with Naomi: · Sign up for a complimentary discovery call: http://bit.ly/2wttos2 · Ready to raise your rates and double your income? Get the free guide: http://bit.ly/2W7hehh

Impressive is quite the understatement to describe Michelle Adams’ CV. She cut her teeth at Domino magazine, fresh out of college, only to return a few years resurrecting the interior’s magazine after its hiatus in the role of editor in chief – making her the youngest EIC in Condé Nast history. Michelle has always been entrepreneurial. Even during her first stint at Domino, she founded her own soft goods and upholstery company, Rubie Green, after she noticed that the eco-friendly textile market was undertapped while researching for Domino’s annual “green issue. She’s perhaps, most well-known for co-founding Lonny magazine before later selling to Livingly Media. After Domino she decided to leave her life in New York and move closer to home in Ann Arbor, Michigan. “It was a big decision for sure, but honestly, I haven’t looked back and I couldn’t be happier to have made that kind of life change. I was burnt out and had spent so many years focusing on my career that I had lost touch with the things that matter to me, like my family, friends, and my own health. Now that I’m all settled in my home and my new consulting career is firmly in place, I can’t imagine ever moving back to New York.” In today’s episode Michelle talks about what it was like at the helm of some of the most influential interiors titles in the world and why she had no regrets walking away from it all and starting again with the launch of her online store, The Maryn. We explore how she’s carved a definition of success on her own terms and break down what living her best life means now. www.themaryn.com Instagram: @themarynshop Join the Community · For more content, head to www.thelifestyleedit.comand click here to join thousands of female creatives in our newsletter community: http://bit.ly/2rVZVzo Work with Naomi: · Sign up for a complimentary discovery call: http://bit.ly/2wttos2 · Ready to raise your rates and double your income? Get the free guide: http://bit.ly/2W7hehh

Starting a business isn’t easy but making the decision to walk away from one is perhaps 10x harder. In today’s episode with licensing expert, Julie Turkel, we’re talking about how to know when it’s time to walk away from a business that’s no longer serving you. Julie did just that last year, deciding to close her much-loved designer childrenswear re-sale site, Girls on Greenwich. In today’s episode she breaks down when she knew it was time to bring the business to an end; the mindset challenges she’s had to overcome to start again and what’s next. We challenge you not to be completely moved by Julie’s candid honesty in this episode. www.julieturkel.com Instagram: @Iamjulieturkel Join the Community · For more content, head to www.thelifestyleedit.comand click here to join thousands of female creatives in our newsletter community: http://bit.ly/2rVZVzo Work with Naomi: · Sign up for a complimentary discovery call: http://bit.ly/2wttos2 · Ready to raise your rates and double your income? Get the free guide: http://bit.ly/2W7hehh

We hear so much about impressive investment rounds for start-ups but what does it take to secure it? That’s exactly what we break down in today’s episode with Lana Elie who, left her job working at i-D/Vice to start her marketplace for flowers, Floom. If anyone knows how to make an impression with investors, it’s Lana who counts the likes of New Look founder, Tom Singh as one of her first financial backers. In this episode Lana explains how she found her original investors (and how she prepared for those meetings), the opportunities and challenges that come with private investment, how she secured £100k over her crowdfunding round on Crowdcube and how she took Floom from idea to reality. Join the Community · For more content, head to www.thelifestyleedit.comand click here to join thousands of female creatives in our newsletter community: http://bit.ly/2rVZVzo Work with Naomi: · Sign up for a complimentary discovery call: http://bit.ly/2wttos2 · Ready to raise your rates and double your income? Get the free guide: http://bit.ly/2W7hehh

What if we more in tune with our bodies? What if we traded in hustle for alignment? What if we focused more on ‘being’ rather ‘doing’? These are just some of the things we touch on in today’s episode with author, yogi and all-round wellness guru, Madeleine Shaw. In this interview Madeleine takes us through how she turned her own health issues into an opportunity to empower others on the healing power of food and yoga. From training as a naturopath and yoga teacher to how she’s cultivated her own wellness practice, Madeleine breaks down how she’s turned what started as a passion project into fully fledged business. www.madeleineshaw.co.uk Instagram: @Madeleine_shaw_ Join the Community · For more content, head to www.thelifestyleedit.comand click here to join thousands of female creatives in our newsletter community: http://bit.ly/2rVZVzo Work with Naomi: · Sign up for a complimentary discovery call: http://bit.ly/2wttos2 · Ready to raise your rates and double your income? Get the free guide: http://bit.ly/2W7hehh

The Detox Kitchen founder, Lily Simpson is a master at turning big ideas into realities. When she wanted to transition from working in property development to catering, she simply asked her boss if she could create the food for one of their next corporate functions. To get her catering business started, she simply put a list together of 20 people she wanted to work with, Googled the companies and reached out. Six months later she had left her job and was catering up to seven events per week. The rest, as they say is history. For Lily, it wasn’t about relying on industry relationships – she didn’t have them. Instead, her story is the perfect example of what happens when you break things down, do the research and have the patience to wait for an idea to fully developed before moving to the next. This episode will break down how you can do the same. Join the Community · For more content, head to www.thelifestyleedit.comand click here to join thousands of female creatives in our newsletter community: http://bit.ly/2rVZVzo Work with Naomi: · Sign up for a complimentary discovery call: http://bit.ly/2wttos2 · Ready to raise your rates and double your income? Get the free guide: http://bit.ly/2W7hehh

Trailer to Season 2 The Lifestyle Edit Podcast, introduced by CEO & Founder, Naomi Mdudu.

In today’s episode, we’re talking Eunice Cho. After graduating from Yale with a degree in fine arts, she started off in the art world before making the move into fashion working for lingerie brand Kiki de Montparnasse. There she took on a number of creative roles and in doing so, whet her appetite for the business side of the industry. It’s through interviewing for MBA programs that she came up with her business idea. Coming from an anything-goes dress code in fashion, those interviews were the first situation that warranted buying a suit. The style she saw didn’t make her feel comfortable or confident, at a time where she needed to most and in classic entrepreneur fashion, when faced with a problem, she decided to find a solution. That solution is AELLA. Her clothing line designed to empower the professional woman through clothes that don’t compromise. Clothes that fit into your life, not the other way around. Since launching in 2014, the brand has gone on to add tops, dresses and outerwear to the roster along with a collaboration with Jessica Alba’s Honest Company and a pop-up at Bloomingdale’s in New York. If there’s anything we’ve learnt from the women we’re fortunate enough to talk to it’s that growth comes from starting before you’re ready. Each milestone and stage of your business will bring about many starts, stops and detours, rather than one steady level of success and you have to get comfortable with feeling uncomfortable. Eunice’s journey is the perfect example of the what can happen when you truly embrace that mantra. www.aella.co Instagram: @aellacollecion

In today’s episode I’m talking to Naz Ree-ah-hi, CEO and founder of Bitten, a culinary conference that set out to change the conversation around food and open an inclusive community to a wider audience. After almost a decade working in advertising and marketing, she was attracted to the food space for its innovation and creativity but felt that the space was insular. Ever the disruptor, she decided to change that. The first Bitten conference, took place in New York back in 2015. A week before the event, tickets were totally sold out. The day of, she was fielding ticket requests from people willing to pay cash to get in. More than 300 strangers came for a full day of 20-minute TED-talk style presentations showcasing the future of food told by the people who are making it happen. In today’s episode, Naz reveals for the first time that, despite toying with the idea of launching her own business for a while, she finally took the plunge after being fired from her corporate job. Unsurprisingly, the experience was scary but she was driven by the belief in her vision, knowing that sometimes you have to take risks to make things happen. Last year she took the conference to the West Coast for the first time and was one of a handful of people invited to attend the South by South Lawn festival (inspired by South By South West) at the White House. In our conversation she reflects back on all the doubts she had in the beginning, not knowing whether prominent leaders would sign on to speak and not knowing how many tickets they’d be able to sell. The next Bitten conference takes place on May 12 in NYC. thisisbitten.com

In today’s episode, we’re talking to Poppy King, founder of Lipstick Queen. What some of you might not know though, is that Poppy’s career started long before she started Lipstick Queen. In fact, it kicked off in the ‘80s with the launch of her first line of lipsticks, Poppy. Her fascination with lipstick started when she was just seven years old. Her father died and her reaction was to get dressed up and do her makeup. That, she tells us, is when she first discovered the power of beauty to transform your mood and make you feel better. Her company was turning over $8 million in the first few years and by 1994, sales were up by 1500%. The first set of seven lipsticks came out in 1992 named after the seven deadly sins and Barneys started carrying them at the Madison Avenue store a year later. The brand got a cult following but it never reached its full potential and ended up closing and being sold. Having sold Poppy Industries, at the age of 30, she went to New York and started working for the Estée Lauder group on the Prescriptive brands before leaving to write her book, Lessons of a Lipstick Queen about entrepreneurship and starting her new brand. Forever the disruptor, in this episode Poppy explains how she got started at the tender age of 18 and reveals why she’s chosen to be so open about the fall of her first business. We speak about what she learnt working for Estee Lauder and why she thinks the big beauty brands are getting it wrong. We talk about being fearless and daring to venture where others haven’t and what she’s most proud of.

In today’s episode, we talk to Jessica Herrin, CEO and founder of Stella & Dot, the social selling business that creates flexible entrepreneurial opportunities for women. While her name might not ring a bell, you’ll definitely recognise their jewellery. It’s available online and through in-home trunk shows through independent stylists who keep up 35% of the value of sales they make. This podcast was recorded last year when we caught up with Jessica after the launch of her book, Finding Your Extraordinary: Dream Big, Live Happier and Achieve Success on Your Own Terms. The book isn’t about having it all. Instead, it focuses on having what matters most to you. It’s about how find your extraordinary career, your extraordinary happiness, your extraordinary life. After leaving school, she worked with a series of tech start-ups before attending Stanford Business school, where, at 24 years old, she cofounded a wedding-gift registry site, which later merged with WeddingChannel.com and was later sold for $78million. When she started Stella & Dot, it was a side business while she worked full-time as a marketing manager at Dell and was pregnant with her first child. Last year, the company expanded beyond trend-led accessories to include two new brands: Keep Collective, a line of keepsake jewellery, and EVER Skincare. Jessica has also been recognized for her business savvy by Oprah, The Wall Street Journal and countless over publications and was also honoured by Ernest & Young and Inc. 500 as a Top Entrepreneur. Instagram: @thelifestyleedit

Project Love Founders Vicki Burtt and Selina Barker on the importance of self-love and self-care In this episode we’re talking to the duo behind Project Love, a business dedicated, quite literally to the business of love. Founders Vicki Burtt and Selina Marker have made it their mission to offer a whole new style of love and relationship advice that is practical, not at all preach, and above all else, relatable. Teaching about the importance of self-care is at the heart of everything they do. Designing a life you love means cultivating love on the inside so that it flourishes on the outside. The heart of their message is about focusing on the most important relationship of all: our relationship with ourselves. In today’s episode we talk about: - How they met, what sparked the idea for Project Love and what made them decide to turn it into a business - What they felt was missing when it comes to dating and self-care advice - The pressure society puts on us as women to be married with kids and have everything figured out by a certain age - Their incredible workshops and coaching sessions, including their latest one, Designing a Life You Love - How to cultivate self-love and create self-care rituals you’ll stick with Upcoming Project Love Events: Project Love Salon in London: https://loveprojectlove.com/events/how-to-fall-in-love-with-life