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Today’s episode of Perelel Lives is a special dad edition in honor of Father’s Day. Our guest is none other than Miles Garber, host and founder of Call Me Dada, a media platform and podcast that aims to educate, inspire, and start a conversation about modern fatherhood. Miles is a longtime favorite of ours over here at Perelel because of his vulnerability and mission of helping other dads feeling alienated or afraid in the parenthood journey. He’s a dad to his daughter, Maxime, and is currently writing his soon-to-debut book, Call Me Dada, about his own story and realizations. He also offers one-on-one coaching for other dads and dads-to-be. We talk about becoming a parent from a dad's POV, how the male brain changes in fatherhood, and how we can all better support our partners and dads. It’s an insightful conversation that we’re sure you’re going to love. 

Today's guest is Stephanie Kramer. She is the Chief Human Resources Officer at L’Oréal and a mom of two. And an author of the new book, Carry Strong. She had her first son, William, while working at Chanel, Inc. and her second, James, at Kiehl’s. When looking at her journey, she wanted to create a resource for other women navigating their careers while also starting families. The book includes original resources, expert advice and real-life stories from professional athletes, CEOs, and hundreds of amazing mothers across the country who outline the answers to some of the most surprising, challenging, and nuanced questions that arrive about pregnancy and work. Today we discuss Stephanie's experience and how it shaped the book. And we answer some of your most pressing questions about pregnancy and work.

Our next guest needs no introduction, but we’ll give it to you anyway. In today’s episode, we chatted with Catt Sadler, renowned for her work on E! Entertainment, where she spent over a decade as a host and a regular fixture on the red carpet. Today, she hosts and produces her own weekly podcast: It Sure is a Beautiful Day and launched a personal video series, Midlife & Me. We chatted about her pregnancy experience after being diagnosed with an incompetent cervix, navigating Agoraphobia while postpartum, how she walked away from E! after finding out her salary was half of what her male counterpart was making, perimenopause and more.

Today’s guest is Neha Ruch, the founder of Mother Untitled—the first platform exclusively focused on empowering women as they navigate career breaks in motherhood. Before becoming a mom herself, Neha spent ten years in brand strategy and received her MBA from Stanford Business School. She then decided to downshift and become a stay-at-home mom after welcoming her first child. The experience was a catalyst for her to launch her own platform aimed at redefining what it means to be a stay-at-home mom and providing support for other women in the middle of their own career pivot. We talked about what we need to do as a society to better support our caregivers, the motherhood penalty (a sobering phenomenon for working mothers), reexamining what purpose looks like, identity shifts, and so much more.

Today’s episode is a special expert edition of Perelel Lives with the co-founder and CEO of Furtuna Skin, Kim Walls. Kim studied biochemistry, skincare and nutrition for two decades and worked directly with doctors, NICUs, and estheticians to implement her knowledge into their practices. She has launched multiple skincare companies for babies and pregnancies that are used in NICUs across the US and Canada. She is a mom of two herself and truly a wealth of information—I learned so much in this conversation and know you will too—we go deep on pregnancy-safe skincare, clean living and what it means to live a regenerative lifestyle.

Today's episode is with our dear friend and one of the original influencers and digital entrepreneurs, Geri Hirsch. We talked about her fertility journey, loss and lessons learned, and how she took a more central role in her own health journey. She shared the lessons she found most valuable from working with a doula—and how you can do them yourselves at home—and why she's leaning into cultivating a slower but fuller life outside of the city.

Today’s episode is with none other than Whitney Port. You probably know her from a little show called, The Hills. She has since she’s become a true multi-hyphenate with a tremendous platform where she inspires women everywhere with her insanely cool personal style and inquisitive nature across social and her own podcast, With Whit. But we know her best for her honest conversations about her motherhood journey. In this episode, we talk about second-child anxiety, secondary infertility, the ins and outs of her IVF process, her best advice to anyone navigating fertility challenges, weighing the decision of whether or not to pursue surrogacy, and how to use grief as a catalyst for a more present and full life.

Today's guest is influencer and digital entrepreneur, Sazan Hendrix. Sazan is a mom of two who is currently pregnant with her third on the way and is a favorite follow for beauty tutorials and inspiring messages on cultivating a fulfilling life. We chatted about how she learned to surrender and let go of perfectionism during her first pregnancy; her fog season—postpartum—and how she rediscovered herself admist the haze; she shared the story of how her parents met her partner and daughter for the first time at 8-months-old and how she navigated cultural differences in family dynamics; and how she’s learned to stay present in the chapter she’s in along the way. She’s wise beyond her years and there are so many good tidbits of advice in this episode.

Chloe Morello is a global beauty influencer, founder of the beauty brands Face Halo and Sireni, and a mom of two. She chatted with us about her experience with PMDD, her transition into motherhood, her beauty routine during pregnancy, her birth story and so much more.

Today’s episode is with Trinity Mouzon Wofford, the founder of the superfood wellness brand, Golde. She shared how her mother's autoimmune was a catalyst for her mission to democratize wellness for all, how she became her own health advocate as an expectant Black mother, her experience getting married at 5 weeks postpartum, how she’s embracing her new role as a mom and bringing that into how she shows up as a leader, and how she’s embraced spontaneity along the way.