Are You For Real‪?‬ Sarah Frick

Restaurant behemoth and best selling author Steve Palmer joins Sarah on today’s show to share his story about how the restaurant industry saved his life. After Steve’s father died when he was 11, he began drinking and using drugs. His mother abandoned him and he eventually became homeless as a teen for years before finally getting a second chance in the restaurant industry. His story about addiction, recovery + hospitality is beyond inspiring and will bring you to tears. Listen in to find out how he gives back to the restaurant community and fosters a healthy staff + workplace in his empire of over 30 restaurants and hotels.
Find out more about Ben’s Friends: https://www.bensfriendshope.com/
Purchase Steve’s book “Say Grace” (all proceeds go to support Ben’s Friends)
https://www.amazon.com/Say-Grace-Restaurant-Business-Saved/dp/1946633968

Sarah sits down with former Works instructor Dakota Flynn and his boyfriend Steven Hawes to shine a light on gay culture. The two candidly give us a look into their respective coming out stories and share tons of nuggets on how to be a better ally to all the incredible gay people in your life. Steven and Dakota debunk some popular misconceptions about gay men and talk about the hard topics like marriage, gender norms and the potential for having children someday.

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On today’s show Sarah sits down with Morgan Smith, Founder of the world’s most adorable swim line for littles: Minnow. After trying to find a swim suit for her son, Morgan realized there was a glaring hole in the market for classic, clean board shorts and timeless suits for kids and from there Minnow was born. She shares everything about how she built the brand, her struggles to balance work and being a mama and even takes a walk down memory lane to share some fun facts about her time as a cast member on the MTV cult classic: Laguna Beach.
Shop Minnow by going to: https://minnowswim.com/collections/summer-22
Follow Minnow on IG: https://www.instagram.com/minnowswim/
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Sarah sits down with her friend and former Southern Charm cast member, Jennifer Snowden to talk all about her miracle baby, her time on Southern Charm, and how she got the idea to launch her beautiful clothing boutique.

On today’s show Sarah is joined by style expert and brand builder, Alia Bosworth. Alia cut her teeth at Elle Magazine, Anne Taylor and many more before launching “Stylest” Swim System where she creates beautiful sculpting swimwear to boost your best style. (Say that five times fast!) Listen in for hot tips on how to build your brand, lessons she’s learned and how she found her tribe.

Find Out More about Stylest: https://stylest.com

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Sarah sits down with Aaron Zych of Heart Of Gold Gallery. The gallery, which is located in Mount Pleasant, is full of legendary photographs of rock and roll legends, surfers, icons and more. He explains what draws him to the photos he shows in the gallery and even shares some amazing stories about the people he’s met along the way (spoiler alert: he once spent two hours with Stevie Nicks. 💀)