Active Ingredient Podcast

Sophie Weill

Welcome to Active Ingredient - a podcast and platform for those of us who are in the process of co-creating lives and businesses that feel rooted, expansive, resonant and true to us. I'm your host, Sophie Weill, and I'm a deeply curious human who is also on my own journey of co-creating a life and businesses that are true to me. I'm the founder of Nude Nation, a creative brand building agency as well as the co-founder of Piano Piano, a tableware brand rooted in slowing down and coming alive.  I've spent my entire career building and amplifying brands and the humans behind them and what I have come to understand is that the inner work precedes the outer growth and that everything in life is a mirror of our internal state which is precisely what we're here to connect on.  Welcome to Active Ingredient - I am so glad you're here.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 11/11/2025

    Giving Yourself Permission To Express and Create with Teya Kepila

    Topics: Navigating Heartbreak, The Creative Process, Pivoting, Movement and Taking Up Space We have Teya Kepila on the show also known as @theturmerictimes on social and she is just such a ray of light. Teya is an incredibly talented ceramicist and artist based in Brooklyn who I highly highly recommend following if you love nourishing, regulated content which is quite rare these days. I've been following her work for a few years now and you know when someone online just really resonates with your soul? That is exactly how I've felt about her and having this conversation solidified that resonance so much more. In this episode we are chatting about heartbreak, body acceptance, shifting identities, movement, how to find and protect the spark that makes you come alive, we get into her creative process and about giving yourself permission to be an artist. I deeply deeply enjoyed this conversation and hope you do too. Link to the Active Ingredient YouTube Channel for video podcasts (videos are released on Thursdays): https://www.youtube.com/@sophieiweill Link to breakup YouTube video we reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQyyVjjh1Yc Link to connect with Teya: https://www.instagram.com/theturmerictimes/ Link to connect with Sophie: https://www.instagram.com/sophieiweill/ Link for more Active Ingredient clip reminders: https://www.instagram.com/activeingredient/ Link to my brand building agency: https://www.nudenationrelations.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1 hr
  2. 10/14/2025

    Marketing a purpose-driven business without social media with Harry Doull of Keap Candles

    If you have been trying to figure out how to build and market your business in alignment and struggle with doing that on social media, this episode is for you. This week, I'm joined by Harry Doull, the founder of Keap Candles, which is a NY-based Benefit Corporation started in 2015 and was inspired by a philosophical question: In an always-on world, how can we reconnect with ourselves and restore our balance with nature? Through artistry and regenerative practices, Keap’s candles have evolved to create what they couldn't find anywhere else: all-natural luxury candles that don't sacrifice scent quality or performance. His biggest message to the active ingredient community is this: if you're finding a sense of internal misalignment with social media in business and or in your personal life, it is possible to operate without it (as we have been for the past 5 years) — and in fact grow a stronger, more resilient business in the process. In this episode we are getting into building and marketing in alignment, alternative ways to connect and grow your community in a nourishing way, the power of candles and the element of fire and committing to your own inner vision even if it clashes with the norm.  Keap is offering all Active ingredient listeners 10% off your first order when you use code FINDYOURWHY at checkout - my favorite scents are Wood Cabin and Wild Figs. *GIVEAWAY* We will also be gifting a candle to 1 active ingredient listener who rates and reviews the show on apple and spotify - all you have to do is submit your review and send a screenshot to my personal IG and you enter to win! I'm currently burning my candle and it really is a goodie.  Time Stamps: 07:14 - The decision to get off of social media entirely 17:35 - Building offline connections with your community and the impact on the business 24:16 - The future of social media and alternative platforms emerging 30:07 - The bigger role candles play in building connection 40:38 - listening and acting on inner guidance and long-term vision in business 55:27 - natural candle making and what makes Keap different Links: To connect with me: @sophieiweill To check out Active Ingredient clips: @activeingredient Nude Nation Piano Piano Ceramics Keap Candles Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 2m
5
out of 5
122 Ratings

About

Welcome to Active Ingredient - a podcast and platform for those of us who are in the process of co-creating lives and businesses that feel rooted, expansive, resonant and true to us. I'm your host, Sophie Weill, and I'm a deeply curious human who is also on my own journey of co-creating a life and businesses that are true to me. I'm the founder of Nude Nation, a creative brand building agency as well as the co-founder of Piano Piano, a tableware brand rooted in slowing down and coming alive.  I've spent my entire career building and amplifying brands and the humans behind them and what I have come to understand is that the inner work precedes the outer growth and that everything in life is a mirror of our internal state which is precisely what we're here to connect on.  Welcome to Active Ingredient - I am so glad you're here.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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