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where women share how they tackle career, money, and the world.

Knowing you can survive a personal crisis may empower you to handle other types of crises like the one

we're in due to the coronavirus. Julie Smolanski knows this well. She is the

CEO of Lifeway Foods which is known for its probiotic milk drink called Kiefer.

It's like drinkable yogurt, and her family helped bring it to the mainstream here in the U.S.

Before the pandemic started, we interviewed Julie who took over life way from her parents.

She was the youngest female CEO of a publicly traded company at the time, and she's still one of the youngest.

Taking over was a huge challenge for

Julie and now almost two decades later she faces new ones. How to keep her

family business on top and adapting the business during the coronavirus crisis,

all amid more competition and changing consumer tastes.

Now Julie's had to face fresh challenges.

Part of this episode was recorded before the pandemic.

At the end, we recently got back in touch with Julie.

Julie. Thanks for having

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