316. Confidence, Motherhood & Building A Successful Brand With Emily DiDonato

the bossbabe podcast

Natalie Ellis

Education, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Business, Self-improvement

4.9 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2023

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Want the real + raw scoop on modeling, motherhood, and what it takes to build a really successful brand from the ground up? Today’s episode does not disappoint, because Natalie sat down with Emily Didonato, Co-Founder of the skincare brand Covey, model for brands like Armani, Maybelline New York + Ralph Lauren (just to name a few) and mama of 2, to talk about her career path, building confidence, overcoming imposter syndrome, the season of motherhood, and the BTS scoop on what it’s taken to build Covey into the successful business you see today.

HIGHLIGHTS

The story behind how Emily’s modeling career started and how it impacted her friendships
How to deal with confidence issues and imposter syndrome (+ how becoming a mother changed everything)
The real and raw on pregnancy, postpartum + motherhood
How Emily’s skincare brand Covey was created and built (+ some of the biggest skills you need to get your business off the ground)
Navigating mom guilt + prioritizing time for yourself while doing “all the things”
How to communicate what you need to your team in a really clear + effective way

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Transcript

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0:00.0	I'm transformed. I don't know who I am and what I want to do. That's terrifying because
0:04.7	there are moments where you're like, oh, I don't know who I am anymore. And I wish I did.
0:08.6	But then there's also this beautiful, optimistic version of it. We're like, well,
0:12.2	what do I want to do with this new version of, like, who I am and how I approach things,
0:16.6	because becoming a mother makes you so strong, mentally, physically, emotionally, spiritually.
0:23.3	A boss babe is unapologized, ambitious, and paves the way for herself and other women to rise.
0:28.2	Keep going and fighting on it. She is on a mission to be her best self in all areas.
0:32.8	It's just believing in yourself, confidently stepping outside her comfort zone to create
0:36.8	her own vision of success. Welcome back to the boss babe podcast. Today's episode is a good one,
0:48.3	so buckle up. I am interviewing Emily Di Donato and when I first chatted with her, we had a Zoom
0:55.6	coffee. I knew she needed to come on the podcast because the conversation we had was so real and
1:01.2	honest and the kind of conversation that I know I always want to listen into with other people,
1:06.1	especially women who on the outside, it looks like they're doing it all, you know, running the
1:11.1	companies, having the babies, doing all the things. And I really love it in these conversations when
1:17.2	we get real and we get honest and we talk about all the different elements and how we are,
1:22.8	you know, balancing it all if that is even a thing. And so I was really, really excited to sit
1:28.1	down with Emily and we go into everything from her modeling career to her career as an influencer,
1:34.8	entrepreneur, and motherhood. We talk all about postpartum where she is that right now.
1:40.4	She is the mother of two and as of recording this, she was six weeks postpartum. So she was really
1:46.3	in it and I was so grateful that she was willing to be so honest about all of that and not trying
1:52.3	to put on a show, really just bringing everyone into her world and showing what's going on.
1:57.2	So Emily started her career as a model. She actually graduated from high school and within a few
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