The following podcast is a deer media production.

Hey, it's Wendy.

And it's Jess and you're listening to the Food Heaven podcast.

Your online resource for delicious and nutritious living.

Welcome to another episode of the Food Heaven podcast.

Today we have a really special guest who we're super excited

to have on the pod.

We have Carolyn Kielstra.

She is the editor in chief of self magazine,

where she led the transformation of the historically

print-rooted brand into a thriving led digital organization.

Under Carolyn's leadership, self has been repeatedly recognized

for its experience with a number of awards,

including the National Magazine Award for Social Media.

Carolyn has worked in the Health and Wellness Media world for over a decade

and has worked as an editor at a range of national publications,

including Buzzfeed, Women's Health, Men's Health, and Cosmopolitan.

Yeah, we've both worked with Carolyn as self contributors for a while now.

And it's been really great to see how she's just completely

transformed self into a platform that's more inclusive, it's more diverse.

So today we want to talk to Carolyn about the growth that self has experienced,

how to bring inclusivity into a major media platform.

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