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six days a week and mostly 12 to 14 hour days and at the time when you're in it you don't realize that it's not healthy.

I don't think I knew how unhealthy I was. I'm

I'm Carly Zaken. I'm Danielle Weisberg. Welcome to Skim from the couch.

This podcast is where we go deep on career advice from women who have lived it.

From the good stuff like hiring and growing a team.

To the rough stuff, like negotiating your salary

and giving or getting hard feedback.

We started the skim from a couch,

so what better place to talk it all out than where it began on a couch?

We are so excited. Today we welcome Missy Robbins to skim from the couch.

Missy is the award-winning chef and owner of Lillia and Missy restaurants in Brooklyn and the co-founder of Grove House Hospitality.

The lucky few who can score a reservation at either spot or if you're like me wait for hours but it's totally worth it because we have all

tasted missy's warm and creative approach to Italian cuisine and reviewers have

called her cooking a quote direct route to happiness. That is the best

quote that you can have said about you. We completely agree. She came up through the

ranks at some of the best restaurants in the country and over

her culinary career she has received numerous accolades including the James

Beard Award for Best Chef New York City. Both Lilia and Missy have been awarded three stars from the New York Times.

But we all know the road to success isn't always easy and Missy had to take a few steps

back to gain perspective before going ahead with her own

restaurants.

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