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This week on The goop Podcast, Gwyneth Paltrow sits down with Gregg Renfrew, founder and former CEO of cult-favorite clean beauty brand Beautycounter. Renfrew shares her story of building—and selling—a billion-dollar business, being unexpectedly sidelined, and ultimately pulled back in when things began to unravel. She opens up about letting go of ego, redefining success, and beginning again with clarity and purpose. Now, through her new venture, Counter, she’s rewriting the rules—focusing on product, transparency, and building with integrity. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gwyneth sits down with Erin and Sara Foster—writers, producers, and Favorite Daughter cofounders—for a candid conversation about sisterhood, navigating IVF while building a career, and how humor and honesty, and trusting that it will all work out have carried them through reinvention, unexpected love, and success in their forties. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How can we use esoteric systems–astrology, numerology, tarot, manifestation–to better improve our lives? In this next episode of The Pursuit Series, Emily Hickey sits down with Gwyneth to talk about what esoteric systems are, why we are drawn to them, and the systems like Human Design that Gwyneth and Emily have used to improve their lives. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gwyneth sits down with Trae Stephens, the co-founder of the AI defense company Anduril, for a wide ranging and honest conversation about how new technologies are shaping our defense system. They talk about the core mission of Anduril, America’s relationship with defense today, Silicon Valley’s evolving relationship to religion, and on how Trae reconciles his Christian faith with an industry built around weapons and warfare. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Crafting out a breakup text, planning dates, or just creating an entirely new romantic companion: AI has ushered in a new frontier for modern dating. Gwyneth Paltrow sits down with famed psychotherapist and relationship expert Esther Perel to talk about the ways AI is affecting modern dating and relationships, what trust in a relationship means today, and how the institution of marriage has evolved over the past few decades. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What does it take to build a brand that enters the culture? In this episode of the Pursuit Series, brand strategist Emily Hickey talks with Julie Rice and Elizabeth Cutler about how they transformed SoulCycle from a single studio into a phenomenon. They revisit the early decisions that shaped the brand, the clarity of purpose that fueled its growth, and the instincts that helped them know they were onto something larger than a workout. Along the way, they reflect on finding inspiration at different stages of life and the value of trusting your own instincts. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Author and goal coach Abbie Schiller guest-hosts this episode to talk about one of the lesser-known forms of grieving: identity grief. Whether you are a mother whose child just went off to college or someone switching careers, if you have ever felt unmoored after a major life change, this episode is for you. Schiller explains how identity grief shows up across an entire lifetime, not just midlife, why it hits some of us harder than others, and gives a framework for moving through it, not just around it. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The technology coming out of Silicon Valley–and the people who lead those tech companies–touch every aspect of our lives. Gwyneth sits down with longtime tech journalist Kara Swisher to talk about the past and present state of Silicon Valley; including the increasing presence of AI in our lives, how tech and politics are intersecting right now, and her new series ‘Kara Swisher Wants to Live Forever,’ where she investigates the myths and facts coming out of the longevity industry. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Many people don’t know this, but heart disease is the leading cause of death in women. In 2023, 1 in 5 women died from heart disease. Gwyneth sits down with Tara Narula, MD, a board certified cardiologist and ABC News chief medical correspondent to talk about some of the lesser-known factors that can make women at-risk for heart disease – and the steps that we can take to protect our heart health. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gwyneth sits down with Dr. Dawn Mussallem, the chief medical officer for Fountain Life, a longevity clinic powered by AI. They talk about Dawn’s incredible health journey–from beating stage four non-Hodgkin lymphoma while in medical school to undergoing a heart transplant at 46–and how that experience now informs her work in the medical field and integrating the powers of AI into health care. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices