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Today's conversation is with the incredible Jennifer Fisher: jewelry designer, entrepreneur, cookbook author, and all-around force of nature. Jennifer opens up about growing up in Santa Barbara before becoming a true New Yorker, her early career as a commercial stylist, and how a health journey through chemotherapy and Hashimoto's led her to build not just a jewelry empire, but an entire lifestyle brand rooted in radical honesty. We talk about the original Jennifer Fisher dog tag, how her salt took over the internet, her cookbook Trust Your Gut, and why being your most authentic and imperfect self is the only real brand strategy that works.
Tune in for Jen's thoughts about fearlessness, the long game of building something real, and the joy of trusting your gut.
(0:00) Intro & Welcome / Jennifer Fisher overview
(4:35) Why she couldn't wait to leave California for New York
(6:02) Listening to your audience and evolving in business
(6:16) Being authentic and non-gatekeeping
(8:41) Time management and intuition
(9:20) ADHD and pattern recognition as a superpower
(10:33) Health journey: chemotherapy and the desmoid tumor
(10:48) Visual literacy and styling background
(14:46) Hashimoto's diagnosis and anti-inflammatory eating
(20:03) The 80/20 rule and lifestyle vs. diet
(23:50) Being fearless after going through so much
(27:08) Taking your time with hair (years, not months)
(28:33) Crown Affair Overnight Serum love
(39:30) Being your authentic self (the lesson only time teaches)
(40:47) Lifelong work of becoming yourself
(55:21) Outro / subscribe to Take Your Time
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Today's episode features the brilliantly funny and deeply warm Heidi Gardner. Heidi takes us back to her childhood in Kansas City, Missouri, where mall visits and prank phone calls helped shape her into the performer she is today. We explore the winding road Heidi took from working as a hairstylist for years, to watching her first Groundlings show, to performing on SNL for eight seasons. She shares how she learned to hear "no" without losing herself, and what it means to finally have time to rediscover the quieter parts of life after years of non-stop work on SNL.
Tune in for a conversation about resilience, the power of people who believe in you before you believe in yourself, and the lifelong work of finding your why.
(0:00) Introducing Heidi Gardner: SNL, Broadway & comedy
(3:00) Growing up in Kansas City, Missouri
(5:00) Mall culture, pop culture & childhood taste-makers
(6:50) Heidi's Broadway debut and closing the show in All Out
(12:00) How prank phone calls launched a comedy career
(16:30) Her unconventional, creative single parents
(21:30) Dropping out of college and moving to LA for beauty school
(23:30) Heidi's career as a hairdresser in Los Angeles
(27:30) Discovering the Groundlings and finding her calling in comedy
(31:00) What it's really like performing live on SNL
(35:00) Life after SNL: slowing down, bookstores & decompressing
(41:00) Handling rejection and resilience in a creative career
(47:30) Hosting theme parties and creating experiences for friends
(53:30) Take Your Time Back: three closing questions on time
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For the very first episode of Take Your Time, I'm sharing my own story and the "why" behind this podcast. I reflect on growing up in a small town in South Florida, discovering art history in eighth grade, and how collecting images through magazines, art books, and Tumblr became my creative safe space. I talk about how Take Your Time became my personal mantra as I built Crown Affair, what it really means to slow down and reclaim your time, and why I believe that all of us are creative, we just have to get quiet enough to listen to ourselves.
Tune in for a meditation on dreaming, consistency, and the seeds we plant long before we ever see the fruit.
(01:05) Why a podcast, and why now?
(02:00) Dianna's creative upbringing in South Florida
(03:10) Building Crown Affair & the power of mood boarding
(05:05) Dianna's unique relationships and what inspired the show
(06:10) The three deep breaths ritual
(06:55) The meaning behind "Take Your Time"
(07:44) Take Your Time Back Segment
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Check out Crown Affair at crownaffair.com
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For our first interview of the season, I sat down with my mentor and friend, the brilliant and ever-wise Ara Katz. During our conversation, Ara reflected on many things: her return to New York after years living in LA, how experiencing grief as a teen shaped her worldview, and how she turned to creativity as a means of survival as a child. We explore neuroaesthetics and the impact of physical space, the importance of quiet, intuition, and trust in oneself, and why creatives must resist "contorting" for social media algorithms.
Tune in for a meditation on self-trust, the importance of non-attachment, and the lifelong work of becoming who you are.
(0:00) Introducing Ara Katz, Co-Founder of Seed
(01:37) Three Deep Breaths & "How Is Your Heart Today?"
(04:11) Returning to New York & the Meaning of Home
(09:49) How Dianna & Ara Met
(11:08) When Do We Really Become Who We Are?
(13:20) Childhood, Early Trauma & Creativity as Survival
(16:03) Grief, Solitude & Losing Her Mom at 15
(25:34) "She Didn't Always Follow the Recipe" — Her Mother's Last Gift
(27:25) The Decision to Launch Crown Affair
(30:26) The Miracle of the Human Body & Lifelong Wellness Philosophy
(34:19) Disconnection from Nature & the Importance of Getting Quiet
(41:37) Building a Brand Without Contorting for the Algorithm
(45:25) Anxiety as a Signal You're Out of Alignment
(58:04) Mary Oliver's "The Journey" Read Aloud
(1:02:52) Take Your Time Questions Begin
(1:05:15) Seed's Storytelling Legacy & the Times Square Billboard
(1:12:02) When Does Time Stand Still? Reframing Our Relationship to Time
Thank you for listening to Take Your Time. Subscribe to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube
Follow along on Instagram and TikTok
Follow Dianna on Instagram: @diannacohen
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Find everything Take Your Time at takeyourtimeuniverse.com
Recommendations and resources from this episode:
Undimmed by Cecily Mak
Seed
Mary Oliver Poem
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Welcome to Take Your Time, a podcast about creativity and intention hosted by Dianna Cohen.
