Success, Rewritten

Emily LoMenzo Washcovick
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Success, Rewritten explores the moments that change how ambitious people think about achievement, work, and the lives they are building. Hosted by Emily Washcovick, former Yelp Small Business Expert and host of Behind the Review, this show features candid conversations with founders, executives, and leaders who have faced pivotal moments that forced them to rethink what success actually means. Some left high-powered careers. Some rebuilt after burnout, illness, or loss. Others discovered that the version of success they were chasing was not sustainable. In each episode, guests share the turning points that reshaped their priorities and how redefining ambition helped them build businesses and lives that work together. This is a podcast for thoughtful builders, entrepreneurs, and leaders who are not stepping away from success. They are redefining it. If you are asking bigger questions about ambition, balance, and what it really means to build a meaningful life, you are in the right place.

  1. 15 hr ago

    29: Solo Ep. 5: Redefining Success Before You Reach a Breaking Point

    Emily reflects on her experience speaking at the 2026 Pool Nation Women Summit and shares some of the most important lessons from her Success, Rewritten keynote. Emily looks back at the early years of her career when being constantly busy, needed, and productive felt like proof that she was successful. Behind that success, however, she was slowly burning herself out. She shares how a manic episode and hospitalization at 28 forced her to reconsider her relationship with work, boundaries, mental health, and her own identity. She also explains why no one else can manage your output for you, why protecting time at the beginning and end of your day matters, and how having boundaries gives you a structure to return to when life gets off track. The episode is a reminder that you do not need to wait for a diagnosis or breaking point to make a change. Sustainable success means learning when to step away, reset, protect your energy, and create a definition of success that can support you for the long haul. In this episode: When Physical Symptoms May Actually Be Stress and AnxietyReflecting on the Pool Nation Women SummitThe Power of Being in a Supportive Room of WomenThe Story Behind Emily's Success Rewritten KeynoteHow Boundaries Help Emily Maintain BalanceWhen Career Success Was Actually BurnoutHow Work Became Part of Emily's IdentityWhen Mania Looked Like ProductivityWhy No One Else Is Going to Manage Your OutputRedefining Success After a Mental Health CrisisWhy You Shouldn't Wait for a Breaking Point to RestBuilding a Structure You Can Return ToProtecting the Beginning and End of Your DayLearning to Cancel or Reschedule Without SpiralingYou Don't Need a Diagnosis to Set Better BoundariesThe Personal Impact of the Pool Nation Women SummitBringing the Success Rewritten Keynote to More AudiencesWhy Human Connection Cannot Be ReplacedLearning From Other People's Stories and Pivot Points Resources Mentioned Pool Nation Women SummitSuccess, Rewritten keynote Find me: Success, Rewritten | Website | Instagram Emily LoMenzo Washcovick | LinkedIn | Instagram Bipolar Brought Balance | Instagram To go deeper on my experience with bipolar disorder, visit bipolarbroughtbalance.com

  2. 2 days ago

    28: Recovery Is Worth It: Jordan Kernen on Eating Disorders, Mental Health, and Asking for Help

    Jordan Kernen is a teacher and mental health advocate who knows firsthand how difficult it can be to recognize when you need help, and how powerful life can become when you finally accept it. In this episode of Success, Rewritten, Jordan shares her experience with anxiety, depression, OCD, and anorexia, tracing her mental health journey back to college when two traumatic events left her searching for something she could control. Food and exercise became that outlet, eventually developing into an eating disorder that she initially struggled to recognize as a problem. Jordan opens up about reaching a life threatening point in her eating disorder, entering inpatient and residential treatment at Rogers Behavioral Health, and discovering through treatment that she wasn't alone. She and Emily discuss exposure therapy, challenging disordered thoughts, finding the gray area between black and white thinking, and why recovery doesn't necessarily mean never struggling again. The conversation also explores Jordan's work as a teacher and how her own recovery shapes the way she talks to children about food, bodies, emotions, and mental health. Jordan explains why adults need to be mindful of the messages children absorb around dieting, calories, body image, and emotional expression, and why creating spaces where kids can safely be themselves matters. Above all, Jordan shares the message she wishes she had heard sooner: asking for help can be terrifying, but once you realize you have people in your corner, recovery becomes possible. In this episode: Why Jordan Wishes She Had Asked for Help SoonerMeet Jordan KernenWhen Anxiety and Mental Health Struggles First AppearedRecognizing That Something Wasn't RightHow Trauma Led to Controlling Food and ExerciseWhen "Healthy" Behaviors Become Warning SignsDisordered Eating vs. Eating DisordersRed Flags That Someone You Love May Be StrugglingFinding Mental Health Support in CollegeBeing Diagnosed With Anorexia, Anxiety, Depression, and OCDThe Two Year Struggle Before Entering TreatmentThe Medical Crisis That Changed EverythingEntering Inpatient and Residential TreatmentRealizing She Wasn't Alone at RogersChallenging Anxious Thoughts and Choosing the Opposite ActionWhat Eating Disorder Recovery Actually Looks LikeCreating Food and Body Positivity in the ClassroomWhy Comments About Bodies Can Be TriggeringWhy Eight and Nine Year Olds Are Already Talking About CaloriesHow Adults' Relationships With Food Influence ChildrenWhy Asking for Help Makes Recovery PossibleTeaching Kids That It's Okay to Feel Their EmotionsResources for Eating Disorder SupportYou Are Not Alone and Recovery Is Worth It Resources Rogers Behavioral HealthNational Eating Disorders Association, NEDANEDA WalksJordan Kernen on Instagram New episodes of Success, Rewritten every Tuesday. Check out the show website for previous episode articles and more about our guests. And check out the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SuccessRewrittenShow To connect with Emily, email emily@successrewrittenshow.com or follow her on social: Emily's Instagram, Mental Health Advocacy profile Bipolar Brought Balance, and the show's Instagram: Success, Rewritten

  3. 25 Aug

    27: Finding Your People: Christine Burns on Childfree Life and Community

    Christine Burns spent more than two decades building a corporate career before a layoff forced her to confront a difficult question: who was she without the job title, salary, and professional identity that had defined so much of her life? In this episode of Success, Rewritten, Christine shares how panic attacks, career pivots, money scarcity, and eventually losing her corporate role pushed her to rethink what success was supposed to look like. She opens up about moving from accounting and consulting into HR, becoming an entrepreneur, and learning why clarity about what you offer matters when building a business. Christine also shares the story behind Lady No Kids, the community she is building for women without children, whether by choice, chance, or circumstance. She and Emily discuss friendship, identity, finding community as other people's lives shift toward parenthood, and why women without children deserve spaces centered on connection, opportunity, learning, and celebration rather than judgment or division. The conversation closes with an honest look at burnout, therapy, hyper-independence, and learning to ask for help instead of carrying everything alone. In this episode: Meet Christine BurnsBuilding Lady No KidsFollowing the Traditional Corporate Success PathWhen Anxiety Became a Wake-Up CallFrom Accounting to HR and LeadershipThe Layoff That Changed Her IdentityStarting Over as an EntrepreneurUnrealistic Timelines and Money ScarcityWhy Entrepreneurs Need a Clear PositionValidating the Idea for Lady No KidsMoving to Toronto, Sailing, and Finding CommunityCreating a Community Without Being Anti-Mom or Anti-KidHow Motherhood Changed Her FriendshipsBurnout, Mental Health, and Asking for HelpWhat's Next for Lady No Kids Connect with Christine Lady No KidsLady No Kids NewsletterLady No Kids on InstagramChristine Burns on LinkedIn New episodes of Success, Rewritten every Tuesday. Check out the show website for previous episode articles and more about our guests. And check out the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SuccessRewrittenShow To connect with Emily, email emily@successrewrittenshow.com or follow her on social: Emily's Instagram, Mental Health Advocacy profile Bipolar Brought Balance, and the show's Instagram: Success, Rewritten

  4. 18 Aug

    26: Betting on Yourself: How Ali Schwartz Left Corporate for Music

    Ali Schwartz spent years building a successful corporate career while treating singing, songwriting, and dance as a side passion. Eventually, she realized the creative work she was doing outside her day job was what truly energized her. In this episode of Success, Rewritten, Ali shares how she went from working at Yelp and Fortune Media to pursuing music full time. She discusses treating creativity like a business, using skills from her corporate career to build her music career, and why streaming numbers and social media views are not the best measures of success. Ali also talks about earning income through songwriting and vocal work, developing a more authentic creative identity, and building Pop Hang, a community connecting artists, producers, and songwriters in New York. The conversation is a practical look at entrepreneurship, creativity, community building, and why meaningful progress often happens much more slowly than social media makes it appear. In this episode: Meet Ali SchwartzLife as a Singer, Songwriter, and EntrepreneurTurning a Creative Hobby Into a CareerHow Corporate Skills Helped Her Music CareerRedefining Success Beyond Views and StreamsWhy Relationships Create OpportunitiesLessons From Building Community at YelpKindness, Boundaries, and Handling Difficult PeopleLearning to Adapt When Events Go WrongHow the Pandemic Changed Her Corporate CareerLeaving Corporate and Choosing MusicMaking Money Through Songwriting and VocalsFinding an Authentic Creative IdentityBuilding Community Through Pop HangWhy Progress Is Like an Ice Cube Melting Connect with Ali Ali’s websiteAli on InstagramAli's Youtube ChannelAli on Spotify New episodes of Success, Rewritten every Tuesday. Check out the show website for previous episode articles and more about our guests. And check out the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SuccessRewrittenShow To connect with Emily, email emily@successrewrittenshow.com or follow her on social: Emily's Instagram, Mental Health Advocacy profile Bipolar Brought Balance, and the show's Instagram: Success, Rewritten

  5. 13 Aug

    25: Solo Ep. 4: Why Better Sleep Makes You More Effective

    In this solo episode of Success, Rewritten, Emily shares why sleep has become one of the most important foundations of her mental health, productivity, and long-term success. She reflects on how she once viewed needing less sleep as a strength, and how that mindset changed after experiencing a manic episode and hospitalization in 2018. Emily explains how consistent sleep habits, earlier wind-down times, a better sleep environment, and tracking her sleep have helped her feel sharper, calmer, and more focused. She also challenges the idea that sacrificing sleep is necessary to be productive or successful. The episode is a reminder that better sleep is not about slowing down. It is about creating the energy, stability, and focus needed to keep going without constantly running on empty. In this episode: Why Emily Used to See Less Sleep as a StrengthWhy Sleep Became Essential to Her Mental HealthEmily's Experience With Severe Sleep Loss and ManiaChallenging Hustle Culture and the "Sleep When You're Dead" MindsetWhy Consistent Sleep Habits MatterPractical Habits That Help Emily Sleep BetterCreating a Consistent Sleep and Wake WindowWhy Winding Down Before Bed MattersCreating a Better Sleep EnvironmentUsing an Oura Ring to Track Sleep PatternsHow More Sleep Improved Emily's ProductivityProtecting Sleep as an EntrepreneurWhy Sleep Loss Affects Mood and Mental PerformanceRedefining Success Without Sacrificing SleepGoing Back to Basics When Your Sleep Gets Off Track Find me: Success, Rewritten | Website | Instagram Emily LoMenzo Washcovick | LinkedIn | Instagram Bipolar Brought Balance | Instagram To go deeper on my experience with bipolar disorder, visit bipolarbroughtbalance.com

  6. 11 Aug

    24: Adapting Without Losing Yourself: Quint Boa on AI, Sobriety, and Success

    Quint Boa has spent more than 25 years building a global video and animation production company through constant changes in technology, from VHS tapes and DVDs to social media, animation, and generative AI. In this episode of Success, Rewritten, Quint shares how anxiety often pushed him to stay ahead of industry changes, how his background in psychotherapy shapes the way he approaches storytelling, and why animation is such a powerful tool for explaining complex ideas in healthcare, finance, and technology. He also discusses the difficult decisions that come with adopting AI, including helping creative teams adapt without treating people as replaceable. Later in the conversation, Quint opens up about his experience with alcoholism, 12 years of sobriety, and how recovery gave him more freedom, empathy, and clarity about what truly matters. This episode is an honest conversation about innovation, mental health, leadership, addiction, and learning how to keep evolving without losing yourself along the way. In this episode: Meet Quint BoaBuilding a Video Production Company From the Ground UpThe Anxiety Behind Constant InnovationHow Psychotherapy Connects With Visual StorytellingUsing AI and Animation to Explain HealthcareThe Difficult Reality of Adopting AILeading Employees as People, Not NumbersQuint’s Journey With AlcoholismWhat You Learn When You Stop DrinkingMental Health, Therapy, and Reducing Stigma New episodes of Success, Rewritten every Tuesday. Check out the show website for previous episode articles and more about our guests. And check out the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SuccessRewrittenShow To connect with Emily, email emily@successrewrittenshow.com or follow her on social: Emily's Instagram, Mental Health Advocacy profile Bipolar Brought Balance, and the show's Instagram: Success, Rewritten

  7. 4 Aug

    23: Building More Than a Flower Shop: Mikel McGee on 414loral, Pricing Your Work, and Redefining Success

    Mikel McGee did not set out to become a florist. Before 414loral became a beloved Milwaukee flower shop, before the bouquet bar, weddings, workshops, farmers markets, and the bigger space on Historic King Drive, Mikel was working in nonprofits with survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking. She had a master’s degree in criminal justice. She had student loans. She had a full-time job with healthcare, PTO, and a path that made sense on paper. Flowers were the thing she did for fun. She would buy bunches from Trader Joe’s or Pick ’n Save, arrange them at her kitchen counter, and give them to friends. It was creative, low stakes, and joyful. Then that joy slowly became pop-ups, deliveries, subscriptions, weddings, and eventually a brick-and-mortar shop. In this episode, Emily sits down with Mikel, founder and owner of 414loral in Milwaukee, to talk about the path from criminal justice to flowers, the early delusion of entrepreneurship, what it means to price your work properly, and how success can become something much more meaningful than money. In this episode: What 414loral Is TodayBuilding a Flower Shop That Feels Like CommunityThe Early Days of Hustling and Figuring It OutLearning to Price Her Work ProperlyFrom Speech Pathology to Criminal Justice to FlowersFlowers as a Creative Outlet After Heavy Nonprofit WorkChoosing a Life Centered Around Joy and CreativityRedefining Success Beyond MoneyStaying Present in a Growing BusinessBringing Her Identity Into the BusinessHonoring King Drive and BronzevilleThe Support System Behind 414loralHow Her Husband Ray Supports the BusinessThe Valentine’s Day Flower DisasterWhat Comes Next for 414loralUsing Social Media to Stay Human and Connected New episodes of Success, Rewritten every Tuesday. Check out the show website for previous episode articles and more about our guests. And check out the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SuccessRewrittenShow To connect with Emily, email emily@successrewrittenshow.com or follow her on social: Emily's Instagram, Mental Health Advocacy profile Bipolar Brought Balance, and the show's Instagram: Success, Rewritten

  8. 30 Jul

    22: Solo Ep. 3: They Built Empires With Bipolar Disorder and ADHD

    What do the founder of JetBlue, the co-founder of Kayak, the founder of Bonobos, and Olympic gymnast Simone Biles have in common? They have each spoken publicly about living with ADHD or bipolar disorder while achieving extraordinary success. In this solo episode of Success Rewritten, Emily explores what their experiences reveal about mental health, entrepreneurship, achievement, and the assumptions we make about successful people. These stories are not meant to frame ADHD or bipolar disorder as automatic superpowers. Both diagnoses can bring serious challenges. Instead, the episode looks at how people can better understand how their brains work, create systems that support them, and find success without hiding or feeling ashamed of their diagnoses. In this episode: Billion-Dollar Founders with ADHD and Bipolar DisorderEmily’s Diagnosis and Return to WorkWhat We Assume About Successful PeopleAndy Dunn and His Hidden Bipolar DiagnosisBurn Rate and Building BonobosHow Hiding a Diagnosis Can Affect HealingPaul English, Bipolar Disorder, and KayakThe Benefits and Risks of IntensityDavid Neeleman, ADHD, and JetBlueWhen ADHD Challenges Became Visible at WorkBuilding a Company Around How Your Brain WorksWhy a Diagnosis Is Not Always a SuperpowerSimone Biles, ADHD, and Mental HealthSuccess Without Romanticizing a DiagnosisWhen Mania Resembles Startup CultureDisclosure, Support, and Finding BalanceResources and Closing Thoughts Find me: Success, Rewritten | Website | Instagram Emily LoMenzo Washcovick | LinkedIn | Instagram Bipolar Brought Balance | Instagram To go deeper on my experience with bipolar disorder, visit bipolarbroughtbalance.com

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Success, Rewritten explores the moments that change how ambitious people think about achievement, work, and the lives they are building. Hosted by Emily Washcovick, former Yelp Small Business Expert and host of Behind the Review, this show features candid conversations with founders, executives, and leaders who have faced pivotal moments that forced them to rethink what success actually means. Some left high-powered careers. Some rebuilt after burnout, illness, or loss. Others discovered that the version of success they were chasing was not sustainable. In each episode, guests share the turning points that reshaped their priorities and how redefining ambition helped them build businesses and lives that work together. This is a podcast for thoughtful builders, entrepreneurs, and leaders who are not stepping away from success. They are redefining it. If you are asking bigger questions about ambition, balance, and what it really means to build a meaningful life, you are in the right place.

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  • Creator
    Emily LoMenzo Washcovick
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    29
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2026
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    Success, Rewritten