Life's Accessories

Oct 29 2024 81 ep. 32 mins
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Author Rachel Levy Lesser remembers what she wore on pretty much every meaningful occasion. In Life's Accessories, The Podcast, she digs deep into her closets and her memory to tell the stories behind these items. Rachel interviews experts, friends, celebrities and just really interesting and awesome people about items from their jewelry boxes, closets, homes and more. And she does it with wit, humor and insight.
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Author Julie Fingersh on Dragonflies, Family Secrets, Love and STAY

Oct 29 2024 32 mins  
Author Julie Fingersh came on the pod and shared with Rachel a picture of a dragonfly which is a sign of her younger brother Danny and part of a much larger, intimate, moving and powerful story. It all gets to the story behind Julie's debut memoir, STAY. Julie and Rachel covered a lot in this episode: family and family secrets, trauma, empty nesting, career choices, writing, lettin

Starting Something, Quitting It and the Scarf that Has Been There All Along with Emily McDowell

Oct 22 2024 32 mins  
Emily McDowell, the founder of Emily McDowell Studios brought along a treasured scarf which she purchased in 2013 just as her business was launching and her greeting cards were going incredibly viral. She told Rachel about her journey from starting an Etsy Shop to CEO of Em and Friends to advisor, thought partner and coach to entrepreneurs. Emily explains on air how she learned so

How a Reader Becomes a Writer with Jessica Saunders and Her Kindle

Oct 08 2024 25 mins  
Jessica Saunders, lawyer, author and lifelong super reader (she was the kid with the flashlight reading way too late at night as a kid) joined Rachel on the pod and brought along her Kindle. The Kindle has allowed Jessica to read countless books over the years as she wondered if she could write a book. She in fact did just that! LOVE, ME is Jessica's first novel. It was released ea

Eating Ice Cream with Author and Activist Myra Sack

Sep 24 2024 30 mins  
Myra Sack, a writer, coach and activist came on Life's Accessories along with her very own ice cream bowl and special spoon because, as she explains to Rachel on air, "eating ice cream is a spiritual practice." It so is!! Myra is the author of 57 FRIDAYS: Losing our Daughter, Finding Our Way, an inspiring, heartbreaking and also hopeful memoir. She knows a thing or two about spirit

A Fairy Dust Bracelet and the Art of Wearing Jewelry with Designer Lee Ann Jones

Sep 10 2024 31 mins  
Lee Ann Jones, the designer behind the Lee Jones Collection, joined Rachel and brought along her fairy dust bracelet, a piece from her very first collection, which symbolizes the women who work tirelessly behind the scenes, orchestrating the magic in their families, workplaces and communities determined to make the world a little better and brighter. And that is exactly what Lee An

Well Loved Dolls and Well Earned BFFs with Christie Tate

Aug 27 2024 32 mins  
Christie Tate shares her childhood baby doll, Blue Baby with Rachel on this episode of Life's Accessories. Blue Baby is well loved and that is evident in her tattered appearance. Christie and Rachel discuss why we love things and people so hard even after we believe them to be ruined. Christie tells the stories that inspired her to write GROUP and B.F.F. revealing how and why she c

Jennifer Cramer Miller's Stolen Ring and Incurable Optimism

Aug 13 2024 32 mins  
Jennifer Cramer Miller has been living with an incurable kidney autoimmune disease for over 30 years. She's also been living with incurable optimism. Perhaps this is why when her wedding ring was stolen from her on the first night of her honeymoon, she did not let it get to her. Jennifer shares with Rachel the second wedding ring (a replica of the first one) on this episode of Life

My Mother Taught Me How To Sew with Fashion Designer Jamie Banks

Jul 30 2024 30 mins  
Jamie Banks has designed for iconic brands including Kate Spade, Shoshanna and Milly. She founded Change of Scenery, a women’s luxury, sustainable Resortwear brand which has been featured in WWD, Vogue, Oprah, InStyle, and more. Jamie brought on the pod a needlepoint piece that her mom gave her back when she was a teenager and was first learning how to sew. She keeps this very sp

Getting On with Linda Levy and Her Mother's Almost Never Found Necklace

Jul 16 2024 33 mins  
Linda Levy wore her mother's charm necklace on this episode of Life's Accessories. It's a necklace that may have never come to be. Tune in to hear the crazy (in a good way!) story about how Linda found said necklace. Linda is the co-author of two health cookbooks that have a sense of humor, and she is the author of A Kingdom of Madness, a dark-but-hopeful, not-funny novel. Most rec

Jackets, Blazers and Friendship Meet Cutes with Nina Badzin

Jul 09 2024 33 mins  
In this crossover episode of Life's Accessories and Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship, Rachel is joined by Nina Badzin, podcast host, writer, writer instructor, friendship and seasoned blazer enthusiast. Nina wore a blazer for this recording, and she has a lot to say about blazers, jackets and of course friendship. Rachel shares a story of a friendship meet cute with a life