She's So Lucky

#359: If you're learning how to embrace the fear of not knowing what's next, this conversation is for you. Today I'm sitting down with Hunter Harris and Peyton Dix, writers, creatives, tastemakers, and co-hosts of the pop culture podcast Lemme Say This. We dig into the media and pop culture moments that helped them create their own luck, and the creative pivots they’ve made along the way.
We also talk about navigating seasons of transition, and what it really looks like to leave your comfort zone and figure out your next best step when you’re in the messy middle.
This episode is for you if:
You're in a season of not knowing what's next and need to hear that the in-between can be the best part
You've ever felt like your value was tied to a job title or company name
You want permission to embrace fear again instead of only chasing what's comfortable

We talk about...
The pop culture moments that shaped their taste and career, and what "divas" reveal about our current culture
How they’ve maintained their friendship while building a business together, and what it actually takes to build something with someone you love
Leaving big mastheads behind and learning who you are outside of a job title
The difference between a hot take and an honest opinion, and why manufactured outrage isn't it

Episode Links:
Listen to Lemme Say This: https://lnk.to/lemmesaythisSL
Follow Hunter on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hunterh/
Follow Peyton on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peytondix/
Follow Lemme Say This on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lemmesaythispod/
Subscribe to Lemme Say This on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LemmeSayThisPodcast

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#358: Today's solo episode started as a reflection on my own disillusionment and turned into a bigger theme: de-influencing. De-influencing myself from glow-up culture, from FOMO, and so much more. The more I let go of what I'm "supposed" to want, the luckier I actually feel — and I think most of us have at least one thing we're still letting an algorithm or a comment section talk us into.
If you've ever gone along with something because you thought you were supposed to want it, only to realize once you were in it that it didn't actually feel good, this episode is for you. I'm getting into what it looks like to actually listen to that feeling instead of pushing through it, and what's on the other side when you do.

This episode is for you if…
You're tired of contorting yourself to be palatable and want permission to stop.
You've ever felt FOMO about an event, a trip, or an opportunity and needed someone to talk you off the ledge.
You're ready to get harder to influence, and luckier for it.

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Visit our website at shessoluckypodcast.com

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#357: Recho Omondi launched The Cutting Room Floor as "Fashion's Only Fashion Show" back in 2018, when nobody understood why a fashion podcast should exist. Now she's just closed a multi-year partnership with Patreon, the platform she's been exclusively building her community with since 2021.

This week we trace it all: the art school pivot from pre-med, the accidental embroidery business that out-earned her fashion label, and the meeting where she walked into Patreon's C-suite and pitched them a deal nobody had ever been offered before.

We also get into the parts nobody wants to admit out loud: what it actually feels like when your biggest win gets met with silence, and why the algorithm might be doing more damage to how we see each other than many of us are willing to admit.

This episode is for you if...
You're building something slow and unsexy that nobody's clapping for yet, but you know it's working
You've ever had a huge win met with silence from someone who was supposed to be happy for you
You want a reframe on jealousy that isn't just "ignore it and move on"
You're curious what it actually takes to build a paid community from scratch, no borrowed audience, no shortcuts
You need permission to trust your gut over everyone else's opinion

Episode Links:
Subscribe to The Cutting Room Floor on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/thecuttingroomfloor
Follow The Cutting Room Floor on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecuttingroomfloor/
Follow Recho on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/omondi/
Follow The Cutting Room Floor on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tcrfff

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Connect with Les:
Ready to apply what you hear? Subscribe to the She’s So Lucky Newsletter to get weekly episode guides and journal prompts: https://shessolucky.kit.com/newsletter
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#356: Wilglory Tanjong doesn't wait for luck to show up. She builds it, asks for it, and stays ready to receive it. The founder of handbag brand Anima Iris is sitting down for a conversation that moves from grief to grit to greatness, and somehow makes all three feel like the same story.

Wilglory opens up about leaving a six-figure corporate job at the start of the pandemic, why she calls business school "MBA school," and the importance of f*ck-up capital for women founders. And yes, she talks about the ongoing series where she's asking MacKenzie Scott for a billion dollars for Black women entrepreneurs, one video at a time.

This episode is a masterclass in what it actually looks like to alchemize your own luck. Not the manifestation version. The version where you build the thing, ask for what you need, and keep going even when nobody handed you the blueprint.

Press play if you're:
Thinking about leaving a stable job to build something that's actually yours
Curious whether business school is worth it (Wilglory has thoughts)
Building a business with little to no outside capital and need to hear you're not alone
Someone who struggles to ask for help

Grab your notes app for:
Wilglory's take on what business school actually teaches you versus what it's marketed to teach you
Her framework for networking with elite institutions without ever enrolling in one
Why margin for error is a form of privilege
How the Ambitious Girl Dinner Series started as a casual meetup and ended with Oprah in her comments
Why she believes entrepreneurship, not waiting on outside saviors, is how real generational wealth gets built

Episode Links:
Follow Wilglory on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wilgloryy/
Shop Anima Iris: https://animairis.com/
Read Start with Yourself by Emma Grede: https://bookshop.org/a/55347/9781668085486

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Connect with Les:
Ready to apply what you hear? Subscribe to the She’s So Lucky Newsletter to get weekly episode guides and journal prompts: https://shessolucky.kit.com/newsletter
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Follow Les on IG @lesalfred
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#355: Luck isn’t something that happens to you. It’s something you build piece by piece, and today’s guests have done just that.

I'm joined by Lex P and Drea Nicole, serial entrepreneurs, media personalities, and co-hosts of Pour Minds. We get into the $86 check that told them they were onto something, how they balance business and friendship, the beliefs at the root of the luck they’ve created, and why they both believe you can't get lucky until you learn how to clap for other people first.

I think you're going to walk away thinking about the word "lucky" in a completely new way, which feels like exactly the point of this whole show.

Press play if you're...
Convinced everyone else's glow up came out of nowhere (it didn't, keep listening)
Currently waiting for your moment instead of building toward it
Still thinking about that one friend who got quiet on you the second things got good
Nosy about the actual numbers behind turning a podcast into a real business

Grab your notes app for…
The real difference between getting lucky and being ready when opportunity shows up
How Pour Minds turned an $86 ad check into a fully self-funded, sold out tour
The friendship red flags Lex and Drea learned to spot the hard way, and the green flags to look for instead
Why clapping for other people's wins is directly tied to unlocking your own

Episode Links:
Get your tickets to the Still Sippin’ Tour: https://www.pourminds.com/
Subscribe to Pour Minds on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DreaAndLex
Follow Pour Minds on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pour_minds/
Follow Drea on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dreanicoleee/
Follow Lex on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lex_p_/

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ButcherBox: Go to https://www.butcherbox.com/lucky to get $20 off your first box, plus your choice of free ground beef for life, or free chicken thighs or top sirloins in every box for a year, with free shipping always.

Connect with Les:
Ready to apply what you hear? Subscribe to the She’s So Lucky Newsletter to get weekly episode guides and journal prompts: https://shessolucky.kit.com/newsletter
Subscribe to The Lucky Playbook on Substack: https://lesalfred.substack.com/
Follow Les on IG @lesalfred
Follow She’s So Lucky on IG @shessoluckypod
Follow Les on TikTok @theluckyles
Follow She’s So Lucky on TikTok
Visit our website at shessoluckypodcast.com

This episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct, or indirect financial interest in products, or services referred to in this episode.

Produced by Dear Media
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.