S3: How To Lose Your Name

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Feelings & Co.

Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7 • 13.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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This is an episode from the new season of TTFA Anthologies, go to ⁠Apple Podcasts⁠ and ⁠Spotify⁠ to listen to the full season(and past seasons)! _ Cheval spent her entire life trying to be a wedding dress designer (she started sewing at 7 years old and studied fashion design in college). In her mid-20s, she got her big break when a large fashion house hired her to design a wedding dress collection named after herself. But that dream only lasted eight years. She found herself in the middle of a legal battle that would take away her collection, her job as a designer, and eventually her name. Follow Cheval on Instagram @allthatglittersonthegram and check out her new shoe line at sheischeval.com. Originally published 1/24/2023 _ Work is, to most of us, an important part of our lives. We spend something like a third of our lives at work, and even if we’re not working our “dream job” our work gives us a sense of purpose, accomplishment…and – oh, yeah – money to survive. But work – finding it, doing it, losing it – can also be a huge source of stress. This season, we’re exploring what happens when work goes wrong. These are real stories from real people sharing the reality of work, brought to you by Fordham University’s Master of Social Work program. Big thanks to our sponsor, Fordham University’s Master of Social Work program. Fordham University’s Master of Social Work program is ranked among the nation's top 8% of graduate social work programs by the U.S. News & World Report. With three New York campuses, plus hybrid and fully online options, Fordham’s flexible program works with your schedule to help you earn a degree on your timeline. Our evening and weekend part-time study plan is ideal for working adults, with most students maintaining employment throughout their education. Learn more about Fordham University’s Master of Social Work program at: fordham.edu/TTFA. – Find Nora’s weekly newsletter here! Also, check out Nora on YouTube. _ The Feelings & Co. team is Nora McInerny, Marcel Malekebu and Grace Barry. _ Find all our shows at www.feelingsand.co. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:02.7	When you meet a person, it's normal to introduce yourself to say, hi, I'm Nora McInerney. Or, I mean,
1:10.3	you would say your name, unless your name is Nora McInerney. Or I mean, you would say your name, unless your name is
1:12.2	Nora McInerney. I do know there is another one of us out there, and we used to be Facebook
1:16.6	friends. But that's what we do. We meet a stranger. We say, hello, we tell them our name.
1:22.4	But for today's guest, it's not that simple. So first things first, can you introduce yourself to me?
1:32.9	I'm Chival. I was formerly a wedding dress designer, but I cannot use my own earth name anymore
1:40.1	in any business or commerce or even to publicly identify myself.
1:45.1	So Chival is the name.
1:52.6	Chival has to choose her words carefully because her birth name doesn't belong to her anymore.
1:58.6	And saying it on this podcast or anywhere else publicly could get her into legal trouble, which is a fully bananas thing to say.
2:02.3	So legally, using her name in public could get her sued.
2:09.3	So how do you lose your name?
2:12.8	Well, first, you have to make a name for yourself.
2:16.7	Welcome to New York Fashion Week.
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