112 episodes

Podcast by Living The Authentic Life

Living The Authentic Life Living The Authentic Life

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Podcast by Living The Authentic Life

    Ep #112 Hilary Magner, Co-Owner of Squash Blossom

    Ep #112 Hilary Magner, Co-Owner of Squash Blossom

    Hilary Magner, Co-Owner of Squash Blossom, Vail's Prominent Jewelry Store since 1973 is this week's podcast guest is former Houstonian turned Vail-local, Hilary Magner, co-owner of Vail’s 50 plus year old Squash Blossom jewelry store.

    Many people dream of leaving the big city to raise a family in a smaller vacation town but few actually have the dedication to live it out. After over 10 years in the energy business traveling weekly, Magner and her husband Kevin decided to make a big change and moved their young family to the Vail Valley.
    Hilary’s husband, Kevin, whose father who was a jeweler, grew up working with watches and jewelry as part of his DNA. This husband and wife team took their combined retail experience working together at Neiman Marcus Austin and their passion for jewelry to the heart of Vail Village.
    Join us as we talk about watches, jewelry, working with your spouse, and running a 50 year old business open 7 days a week while raising two young boys.

    • 36 min
    Ep #111 Gracie Cavnar, Writer, Philanthropist, Founder, Chairman & CEO of Recipe for Success

    Ep #111 Gracie Cavnar, Writer, Philanthropist, Founder, Chairman & CEO of Recipe for Success

    Gracie Cavnar is a go-getter who is changing the way Houston’s children eat their food. Instead of focusing on a problem, Gracie brainstorms solutions and works tirelessly to create radical change, which is why we call her the original disruptor. In 2005, she and her husband Bob Cavnar founded the Recipe for Success Foundation, a nationally recognized nonprofit which is dedicated to changing the way children understand, appreciate and eat their food, and helping the community provide healthier diets for them. Join us as Gracie shares her fascinating story from starting modeling as a young child to pioneering a mission to remove soft drinks from vending machines in schools, to creating Hope Farms, a 7-acre urban farm in view of downtown skyscrapers with programs to teach, empower and inspire healthy eating. Visit Recipe4Success.org to learn more about her annual Fashion in the Fields brunch benefiting the Recipe for Success Foundation coming up on April 21, 2024 at Hope Farms.

    • 1 hr 6 min
    Ep #110 Tamara Klosz Bonar, Model, Stylist, & Fashion Runway Producer

    Ep #110 Tamara Klosz Bonar, Model, Stylist, & Fashion Runway Producer

    This week’s Living the Authentic Life podcast guest is the impeccable model, stylist, fashion runway producer behind Houston’s most memorable fashion show moments, Tamara Klosz Bonar. 2024 marks the 20th anniversary celebration of her and her partner, Lenny Matuszewski’s collaboration with the Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary Reflections on Style Luncheon, Runway Show and Chic Boutique.
    Each year Houston’s most stylish women donate pieces of clothing and accessories from their personal collections to be featured in a runway show at River Oaks Country Club then sold at the Chic Boutique. Tamara and Lenny select & style the most interesting pieces in such a fresh modern way, sometimes women are even known to buy back their own donations.
    This year’s theme is “Girls with Pearls” and the event benefits local underserved children and families in the Greater Houston area. If you are passionate about fashion and making a difference in your community—you will be enthralled by her story combining fashion production with helping those in need.

    • 32 min
    Ep #109 Amir Taghi, Luxury Fashion Designer

    Ep #109 Amir Taghi, Luxury Fashion Designer

    Amir Taghi is a Texas born, New York based, women's luxury clothing designer. Amir's work and tenacity speaks for itself—the native Houstonian showed a collection at New York Fashion Week and graced the pages of Vogue—all before he graduated high school.
    Over the past decade Amir's designs and craftsmanship have continued to evolve with each new collection making a name for himself with sophisticated designs, a unique connection to his clients, and a fresh point of view. Drawing from a line of influences from his Persian culture and Texas upbringing, Amir Taghi is an artist of his craft - creating feminine shapes, draping and custom prints. Join us as we talk about his journey from a 15-year-old wunderkind to an established name and coveted designer.

    • 1 hr 1 min
    Ep #108 Valerie Dittner, Fashion Stylist

    Ep #108 Valerie Dittner, Fashion Stylist

    Vibrant wardrobe stylist Valerie Dittner joins us as this week's podcast guest, sharing her love of preowned, vintage, sustainable fashion. She and I launched our fashion careers at similar times and have grown our businesses in parallel ways through a combination of shared passions and collaboration with like minded people.

    We dive in depth quickly, talking about the impact the world of dance had on both of us gowning up with a “costume outlook” on dressing. We both continue to be influenced by vintage styles as we approach each day's wardrobe choice as a way to express ourselves to the world while actually being active working modern women. Her signature dark locks and classic bright red lip are reminiscent of classic old Hollywood Movistar glamour mixed with a big dose of modern day chic.

    As a busy working mom of 2, she really is a woman who does it all and looks fabulous while doing it and helping her clients do it too‼️ Watching her Instagram inspires me to be more courageous, mixing classic styles with mixed patterns, adding both high and low designers and choosing both casual and dressy looks to create signature “Valerie Dittner” looks. We both agree, when we look our best, we actually begin to feel our best, so why not do it every day?

    • 58 min
    Ep #107 Dr. Viviana Coles, Relationship & Sex Therapist and Licensed Psychotherapist

    Ep #107 Dr. Viviana Coles, Relationship & Sex Therapist and Licensed Psychotherapist

    Our first episode of 2024 is with the world-renowned Dr. Viviana Coles, Relationship & Sex Therapist and Licensed Psychotherapist.
    Dr. Viviana was featured as an expert on seasons 9-14 of hit show “Married at First Sight” and is currently Fox Houston’s Intimacy Expert. Bringing her incredible expertise, Rob and Donae sit down with her to talk about navigating common relationship issues and why intimacy is so crucial to a successful marriage.
    Join us as she shares her story from being born in Houston to finding her passion for helping people to becoming a nationally recognized marriage and sex therapist, author and speaker.

    • 51 min

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