Spanish noun
a woman who is very knowledgeable about an activity, subject, or pastime. a connoisseur, expert, specialist, cognoscente, an enthusiast.
Dr. Talina Hermann | Holistic Health/Acupuncture
"My mission is to guide and educate individuals towards a balanced state of well-being."
Sue Glasscock Founder/Creative Director of The Ranch Malibu
"Take a break, unplug and connect with the world around you! Humans were not built to be constantly “on”."
LORIA STERN | ENTREPRENEUR/CULINARY ARTIST
"I have found great fascination learning how to cook and bake with edible flowers and herbs– developing different techniques to keep a certain flower’s colors bright while baking or different ways to extract the most flavor from an herb for a sauce."-Loria Stern
Kerrilynn Pamer | Founder/CEO
"I believe that beauty starts on the inside. My celiac diagnosis highlighted the importance of what I put in my body and led me to understand that starting with a solid foundation leads to true beauty, and health. The topicals are a bonus to that foundation, and allow the inside and outside to work synergistically. They become partners in revealing the most vital version of self. " -Kerrilynn Pamer
LAUREN WALKER FOUNDER/CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER
"It’s about the details. The shape, the fit, the color, the softness, the price. Did I say details? It’s all about the details!"
Kasey Crown | Psychotherapist/Psychedelic Guide
"I wanted to build something grounded in science and psychological theory but also deeply spiritual. In my experience, this combination creates the greatest possibility for expansion and for the cultivation of a deep sense of meaning and purpose."
Jeanne Labib-Lamour | Design Director
"I should probably slow down but I feel that energy calls energy. The more you do, the more you can do. But altogether I feel super balanced because I manage to do everything I love in my life." -Jeanne Labib-Lamour
Stephanie Danan | CO Founder/Film Producer
"I think it’s so important to reinvent oneself. I thrive on reinvention. Stagnation is not something I do well with. I have to constantly be evolving and growing and challenging myself in order to feel inspired and to create."
Caroline Belhumeur | Creative Director/CCO
“After years of being separate from friends and family, being with them again feels like such a luxury. And time itself is such a luxury, the ability to stop and breathe and think.”
Anna Getty | Chef/ Food Blogger
"My life goals are mostly in my inner world of connecting to true joy, peace, love, and acceptance and living in the present moment. Those I guess are not really goals, more of intentions."-Anna Getty
Pamela Shamshiri | Design Principal Studio Shamshiri
"I like the wisdom of the old and the innovation of the new and the harmony of them sitting side by side."
Gabrielle Reece | Entrepreneur
"Do your best to be in love. This doesn't mean all fuzzy and gooey, it means be of love. Work hard. Avoid copying people or being competitive with anyone other than yourself or a set goal. Be honest. Don't get paralyzed by the obstacles but put a plan of action to get around, over or through them. Life is unfair so figure it out. Choose the right thing. Be direct."
Tatiana Dieteman | Designer/Model
“Be still. Follow the joy. Work hard on yourself and everything else will fall into place perfectly.”
Coliena and Marlien Rentmeester
"I feel blessed to have a twin, to share my life experience with her, to grow older in lockstep."
Rachel Roberts | Model/Entrepreneur
"I wear my heart on my sleeve and I don’t do small talk or bullshit. I am comfortable with who I am, and I think people around me can feel my realness and it makes them feel comfortable."
Kenya Kinski Jones | Model/Writer
"I want to find people in their mess, which we all have in different capacities, and make them feel seen, heard and understood in whatever way that I can. I want to be a small contribution to a much larger community and bigger picture."
Elisa Sednaoui | Social Entrepreneur
"The biggest source of inspiration is rest and doing things that have nothing to do directly with my work! That’s when the best ideas always emerge. Trying to be open and alert to the world, to the different opportunities laid out in all the small and big moments of our days. Listening to those who share their ideas and asking questions, most particularly if their perspective is different from mine."
Alexandra Edenborough | Singer/Home Designer
"I think this time of slowing down and being at home has ultimately made me realize that I just need a lot less in life! We tend to start to complicate ourselves with distractions and being busy. With less noise, it’s actually made me more focused."
Carlota Espinosa and Kelly Lynch
"As a friend Kelly is loyal, smart, considerate and a joy to be around, fortunately she’s all those things as a business partner too! Carlota is a breezy and positive can-do person. She has impeccable taste and is full of great ideas and fun."-Carlota Espinosa and Kelly Lynch
Carson Meyer | Doula/Birth Photographer
"We are only as healthy as our planet."
Shiva Rose | Alchemist/Author
"I’ve come to realize it’s the simple things, with those we love, that give us lasting pleasure and joy."
Michelle Lu | Creative Director
"I do my best to bring positivity and change wherever I can, in ways big and small."
The Ross Girls
"The greatest gift our parents gave us was each other - and we all know it - forevermore - we are a family."
Linda Nyvltova | Teacher
“Right now is when we can change, right now is when we are creating our future.”
Marie Nahon | Producer
"Trust your instincts and challenge yourself to be a better version of yourself tomorrow. Don’t be scared to make mistakes, within them you will grow."
Nathalie Love | Actress/Producer
"I love being in the creative process whether I’m acting or producing. Seeing a piece of work, a play or a story come to life and then sharing it. Starting a conversation, bringing people together. I love the collaboration."
Loan Chabanol | Artist/Actor
"I found myself looking for a place of peace. Painting and drawing have the quality of freeing my soul, allowing me to speak my mind."
Jessica de Ruiter | Stylist/Mother
"I am quite cognizant and concerned about how technology is infiltrating and impacting all of our lives."
Sofia Florimbi | Poet/Writer
"My dream is to discover new possibilities of expression within language."
Julia Chaplin | Journalist/Author
"Be the sun, not a planet."
Miye McCullough | Operations/Producer
"Choose to spend your time with others who cultivate your most honorable characteristics, not just people who make you feel good at any given moment. Feeling good is not feeling goodness."
Helene Henderson | Chef/Restauranteur/Author
"When and where does it all begin, and where and how does it end? Is it all in our imagination the boundaries between past and present?"
Ashley Wick | Personal Coach/Brand Communicator
"What I like most about my work is that It doesn’t feel like work. I love the lasting relationships I’ve developed with wildly talented entrepreneurs that have become dear friends and the thought that I may have positively impacted someone’s life."
Nitsa Citrine | Alchemist/Creative Director
"See my recipe for Rejuvenate Coconut Matcha. It's my daily jam for beauty, immunity, creativity, and sustained energy and It's a game changer!
Sophia Penske | Art Advisor/Curator
"I used to believe that others were the reason I was happy or upset, but then I realized that my happiness and sadness are completely in my control."
Tatjana Patitz | Model/Animal Rights Activist
"My animals are my family and I treat them as such. I couldn’t imagine my life without animals."
Samantha Wennerstrom | Fashion and Lifestyle Blogger
"I feel the most creative when I have "free time." I try to be smart with my time and remind myself that quality is better than quantity especially in a creative space."
Julia Leach | Creative Director
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. -Maya Angelou”
Lawren Howell | Fashion/Interior Stylist
"I'm more inspired by friends with style than famous people that I don't know.”
Taiana Giefer | Artist/Designer
"All things have a life and a personality all their own, and if I sit with it and listen, the materials themselves tend to guide me. I often feel like I am just a vehicle to help transition things from one form to the next."
Shrankhla Holecek | CEO
"I am happiest when I’m part of an engaging dialogue, especially one involving new ideas, little known theories or facts, fresh ways of solving problems."
Lea Marcaccini | Artist/Stylist
"I dream to help create a place where humans are able to live consciously, with the ability to be, without destroying our sacred planet!"
Introducing Aficionada
A new monthly profile on the women who inspire us.
