Mary Lawless Lee: Happily Grey and Nemah Founder, and Author

Second Life

Clique Media, Female Founder, Entrepreneurship, Career Change, Career Pivot, Fashion & Beauty, Hillary Kerr, Personal Journals, Who What Wear, Clique, Career, Arts, Business, Careers, Second Life, Career Advice, Self-made, Entrepreneur, Mydomaine, Society & Culture

4.7 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Mary Lawless Lee became widely known by the moniker Happily Grey when she began her fashion and lifestyle blog as a creative outlet back in 2012. Today, her well-respected brand has an audience of over 2.6 million, plus a brick-and-mortar store in Nashville carrying Mary’s curated assortment of apparel, kids, accessories, and home goods. Mary has also broken into wellness with her mom-focused, vegan skincare line, Nemah, and most recently became an author with Happily Grey: Stories, Souvenirs, and Everyday Wonders from the Life In Between. But back before all the fashion, beauty, media, and entrepreneurship, Mary spent seven years as a cardiovascular intensive care nurse. Tune in to hear the surprising lessons that she’s carried between careers and the many lessons she’s learned along the way.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, I'm Hillary Kerr, the co-founder and chief content officer of Who Outwear, and
0:11.2	this is Second Life, a podcast spotlighting women who have truly inspiring careers.
0:16.7	We're talking about their work journeys, what they've learned from the process of setting
0:21.0	aside their doubts or fears, and what happens when they embark on their Second Life.
0:26.5	Today on the show, I'm speaking with Mary Lawless Lee, or, as you may know, her happily
0:32.6	grey.
0:33.6	Mary started her fashion and design blog as a side project during her first life as a
0:38.8	cardiovascular intensive care nurse, a job she held for seven years.
0:43.9	Eventually, she left nursing behind to focus her attention fully on her blog, growing
0:49.3	happily grey into a well-respected brand with an audience of over 2.6 million followers
0:56.0	across platforms, including almost a million on Instagram alone.
1:01.0	Today, the brand also has a brick and mortar store in Nashville featuring Mary's curated
1:06.9	assortment across apparel, kids, accessories, and home.
1:12.1	On top of everything in the fashion and media space, Mary has also broken into skin care
1:16.9	and wellness, with her mom-focused vegan-lined NEMA featuring a nipple and lip balm, scar
1:24.0	treatment, and stretch mark cream.
1:26.6	But she's not stopping there.
1:29.1	Just this week, Mary's latest venture is out for the world to see her new book titled
1:34.6	Happily Grey, Stories, Souvenirs, and Everyday Wonders from the Life in Between.
1:41.5	Peeling back the layers behind a glossy Instagram feed, Mary shares personal stories that dig
1:47.6	deep.
1:48.9	And nursing, to media, to fashion and beauty entrepreneur and beyond, Mary is such a dynamic
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