I Choose …To Thrive with Karissa Bodnar

90210MG

iHeartPodcasts

Tv & Film

4.6 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Beauty founder and force of nature Karissa Bodnar, founder and CEO of Thrive Causemetics, joins Jennie for a conversation about building something beautiful, from the inside out.

Karissa opens up about the unexpected path that led her to start THRIVE Causemetics. Along the way, she shares stories of love, loss, creativity and courage; including one about an egg and a very special ring.

Together, Jennie and Karissa talk about confidence, community and what it means to choose yourself, especially on the hardest days.

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast.
0:05.1	So what happened to Chappaquittic?
0:07.2	Well, it really depends on who you talk to.
0:09.2	There are many versions of what happened in 1969
0:11.7	when a young Ted Kennedy drove a car into a pond.
0:15.2	And left a woman behind to drown.
0:18.7	Chappaquittic is a story of a tragic death
0:20.7	and how the Kennedy machine took control.
0:23.4	Every week, we go behind the headlines
0:25.1	and beyond the drama of America's royal family.
0:28.3	Listen to United States of Kennedys
0:30.1	on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast,
0:32.6	or wherever you get your podcast.
0:38.6	Welcome to Pretty Private with Ebeney, the podcast where silence is broken and stories are set free.
0:45.6	I'm Ebeney, and every Tuesday I'll be sharing all new anonymous stories that would challenge
0:50.9	your perceptions and give you new insight on the people around you.
0:55.4	Every Tuesday, make sure you listen to Pretty Private from the Black Effect Podcast Network.
1:00.6	Tune in on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.
1:07.0	And here's Heather with the weather.
1:08.8	Well, it's beautiful out there, sunny and 75, almost a little chilly in the shade.
1:14.1	Now, let's get a read on the inside of your car.
1:17.6	It is hot.
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