Hi friends and welcome to the Wabi-Sabi pod episode 40.

I am in, well, I would say sunny San Francisco, but it has been dreary and rainy lately.

But welcome to one of my favorite cities in the world.

And you guys know I'm a world traveler and the coolest part about this podcast is the fact that we've been able to travel together from inception in New York, 39 weeks ago,

through Japan, through Australia, through L.A.

We've been to Sanfran before, and where else did we go?

Amsterdam, London, Paris, and Hawaii, L.A., Sanfran, and soon I'll be back in New York

and then to Tokyo. So we have a lot to talk about. Today, since last week's topic was a little

bit more on personal healing. Today I thought it would be really fun to talk about something that

I know that I can share because it's part of my past and it can help all of us in our future

because we pioneer this space together for women as we fight on together through this Me Too movement. And what I want to talk about is

a seat at the table. If you can't get a seat at the table in the boys club, then you make a seat for yourself at the table

with the boys club. And there is a difference between taking a seat and making a seat.

You know, now the best part about a lot of my meetings is there's always a female at the table.

And when she's missing, it's almost a little bit weird, right? It's like the token woman is in the room.

She's always smart as a whip and knows how to hold her own.

But the best part about making a seat now is that you make yourself a commodity.

And for so long, my friend Meredith watched me struggle through

all of my ears and food and she is a high-end designer in fashion and was in New York and now

she's over in Hong Kong and she is smart as fuck and she would always say you know I've noticed

that they never had you on their

roster at food network but you made sure that they made a place for you on their roster at food

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