May 11, 2025 • 34 mins
It’s Mother’s Day and T.J. has something up his sleeve…
Expect laughs and tears as T.J. successfully surprises Amy with a guest no one saw coming and a twist that leaves Amy speechless!
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Speaker 1 (00:12):
Hey, they're folks, And in this episode of Amy and TJ,
a confession. I have been lying to Amy Roebock for
the past several months, and you all, along with Robock,
are going to hear for the first time exactly what
that lie was, and you are going to hear her
(00:36):
real reaction to it. And with that, Welcome to.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
This episode of Amy and t J Road.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
Mommy, Mommy, Mommy, mommy, and mommy.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Yes, we're getting ready for my Mother's day Robes.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
I would you don't have it on you know, we
don't have a way to check you don't have your
Apple watch. I would love to see what your heart
rate is.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
So it's so funny.
Speaker 4 (00:57):
I was just about to say, my heart is pounding.
I have no idea what you're referring to.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
I mean, it really is, but does it.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
It makes you? What is your mind?
Speaker 1 (01:09):
Immediately go and I again to our listeners, right now,
this is not a joke. Robot is here under false pretenses.
I have brought her here for a much different reason,
and she has no idea. Why what is your give
me your best guess, ropes.
Speaker 4 (01:24):
I mean, I'm hoping that it's something good, because I
don't think you.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
Would obviously not.
Speaker 4 (01:30):
But my mind is racing like what could it be?
What could he be talking about?
Speaker 2 (01:35):
What would I referring to?
Speaker 1 (01:37):
What would I do publicly in this way? Because you
know I would not take chances like this unless it
was guaranteed to be a success.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
What do you think?
Speaker 4 (01:46):
I honestly am speechless. I have stop. I have no
idea what you're doing. I'm not going to propose to
the podcast obviously don't. That would be a private thing.
But you reach into your pocket.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
I was like, what are you doing?
Speaker 4 (02:00):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (02:01):
That that was my edibles there in my pocket, and
that's what that is. But no, folks, in all serious
is yes, we have been setting up this particular episode
for a while now, and it took a lot of people.
A lot of folks were involved. There are one, two, three,
Well we got five people in this room. There were
probably nothing short of thirty plus people that helped get
(02:22):
this together. In one way former fashion, Yeah, it was
all for you and it is related. We just had
an interview the other day on an episode talking about
Mother's Day yea, and parts of it kind of broke
my heart because you talk about how you feel about
some of your parenting. I suppose are you just nodding? Okay, everybody,
she's naughty. She's getting more and more nervous. So this
is what I'm gonna do, folks. We are going to
(02:44):
reveal this surprise finally, which I can we can all
breathe because we've been holding onto it. But the surprise
has to do with someone who is about fifty feet
away from us, hiding away in another room here at
I heeart okay, and said person and is waiting to
come in and just blow you away. Okay, So Emma,
(03:05):
can you help me out or something?
Speaker 4 (03:06):
You got it?
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Okay, Emma's gonna do it for Emma. Can you bring
in our special guests for our surprise? You are genuinely
I thought you had more fun.
Speaker 4 (03:13):
You were so good on the train in here, because
we kind of said, we don't know exactly how we're
gonna format this podcast, but we knew it was gonna
about Mother's Day. So I had stories in my mind
and stories about what I wanted to talk about, and
and you were even you were even on the train
saying wait, I had a plan and I just lost it,
like you were, and you seem stressed a little bit
about it.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
So you were you should have been an actor.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
I was stressed about something else. And again, folks, seriously,
our produced super producer Emma just walked out to get
our special guest, our surprise guest that Robes has no
idea about. Now the guest is going to be a surprise,
but the guest is gonna bring something that's even a
bigger surprise.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Damn, I am not. I am not over selling this, folks,
in the least bit. What I am not. I can't.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
It's I'm literally scratching my I might.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Even be under selling this. I might be.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
So she's turning around, folks, and she's taking a look
at Now our special guest us in the room. And
for you all to know, we have with us the beautiful.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Carissa Bodner is in the room. She's a CEO of
Thrive Cosmetics.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
She is one of the superstar CEOs in this country.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
As you all know.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
She has been a guest on the podcast before talking
about some of her cosmetics, which are of course directed
towards all the times women cosmetics, aus cosmetics, medics.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
But Chrissa, how you doing good to see hi, Carissa.
Speaker 4 (04:41):
We've been trying to get together and been missing one
another in l A and here in.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
New this is this is what happened. I have to
make it happen.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Yes, for women's relationships to thrive, you need a man
to be involved in getting.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
I'm just kidding. I think that was actually and I
met before you. Oh yeah, I got.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
That joke from Dave Chappelle, I believe. But Carissa, it
is good to see you in the room. I am
not going to leave her hanging any longer. Her heart
is jumping out of her chest. But I want you
to please do the honors now and explain why you
are here.
Speaker 5 (05:17):
Well, I am so excited to share something that we've
been working on.
Speaker 6 (05:22):
For a little while.
Speaker 5 (05:22):
Okay, I don't know if you remember our last podcast.
We were talking about something, asking about something that you love.
Speaker 4 (05:32):
Yes, like lipstick, lip gloss, chopstick, whatever, anything to cover
my lips.
Speaker 3 (05:37):
Right, that's I'm obsessed. I have an obsession. I always
have a yes.
Speaker 6 (05:42):
So I'm very very excited.
Speaker 5 (05:44):
After we were together last time, I got to work
in the lab and we have the amy in sheer strength.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
It's amazing. I love that. Thank you get it cool?
Speaker 2 (05:59):
Yes? You all?
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Robot is being handed right now her very own shade.
There is a new shade that they are putting on.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
A cause I love, and that is your suit Baby.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
Cosmetics that is specifically for Amy.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
Please explain.
Speaker 5 (06:14):
So when we were talking last time, when I was here,
you were describing your perfect shade and your perfect product.
And so thanks to the amazing team here, including TJ,
thank you very much. We created the Amy and it
was so serendipitous that you chose the Share Strength as
one of your favorite products because you embody share strength.
Speaker 6 (06:37):
You really do.
Speaker 5 (06:38):
You are such a badass, like whether it's you running
a marathon or beating cancer, you are such an inspiration
to so many people. And also you're so generous with
sharing your struggle and how that ultimately has built strength
within you, because that's what inspires all of us. And
I feel so lucky to have been able to be
a fan of yours for so many years and also
(07:00):
now to call you a friend. And just the way
that you share your journey, like you don't have to
share the way that you do, and I hope you
know what an impact it makes on the whole world.
Speaker 4 (07:10):
Well, I so appreciate that.
Speaker 3 (07:13):
Thank you very much.
Speaker 4 (07:14):
I mean, I am beyond honored, and I love the
shade and I love how it goes on and feels.
Speaker 3 (07:20):
I mean, you nailed the texture, like.
Speaker 4 (07:23):
It can't be too sticky, it can't be too Greek like.
Speaker 3 (07:25):
It's just perfect. So I love it.
Speaker 4 (07:27):
It's like the perfect blend between a chapstick and a
lip gloss and it's gorgeous. But thank you for all
the things you just said and we met. You know, obviously,
if people don't know your story, they should go back
and listen to the podcast where you told it. But
clearly you took something that was devastating. You lost your
best friend to cancer, and you watched her fight like hell,
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and you took that fight that she had in her
you and you gave so many other women a reason
to feel good in the morning when they're in the
middle of this fight and when you're struggling whatever it is.
Speaker 3 (08:00):
It's just true, when.
Speaker 4 (08:01):
You put on a good shade of lipstick, it can
actually brighten your day, it can make you feel better.
It's the look good, feel good method. And when you're
going through stuff and you're down on yourself, sometimes it
just takes one little pick me up. And to know
that when we purchase your products, it goes for a cause,
it goes to help others. That is to me, like
(08:23):
the most amazing business model ever. And so I have
applauded you and watched you when you had almost zero sales.
Speaker 3 (08:31):
No to just keep what's zero sales?
Speaker 6 (08:33):
She's the day one. Animan's a day one, It's true.
Speaker 4 (08:36):
And then you just kept going and going and going and.
Speaker 3 (08:39):
Look at you now. So you are an inspiration to me.
Speaker 4 (08:42):
And really to have seen you from the very beginning
to where you are now, I'm honored to call you
a friend and so honored to have oh my gosh,
one of your beautiful shades named Amy. Thank you, Like
that's the best gift. I mean, your friendship's the best
gift of all. But thank you. This is an honor.
Speaker 1 (09:02):
Can you give us the backstory here because I was
finding out about it the first when you were here
last time.
Speaker 2 (09:06):
That you do?
Speaker 1 (09:06):
I mean, how many, Shaye and you do you name
them in honor of women who've.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
Been through hell?
Speaker 1 (09:12):
Essentially a lot of ways have overcome in a lot
of ways. So give a little backstory on how you
started doing this and how many there are out there
and some of the other folks you've honored with.
Speaker 5 (09:22):
I mean, it's so like this is such a full
circle moment because being with you two today is so special.
And what I'm remembering is the day that we met.
And when I met Amy, we had three products that
were named after inspiring people, one named after my friend Christy,
who inspired Thrive Cosmetics. And I remember sitting in Amy's
(09:45):
dressing room and you had recently beat cancer.
Speaker 3 (09:47):
Oh yeah, it was within I think that first year.
Speaker 5 (09:50):
Yeah, and you were such a source of inspiration for
so many people throughout that journey and also an advocate
for early detection and so so I mean literally ten
years ago when I met Amy, I was already a fan,
obviously because the whole world is.
Speaker 3 (10:06):
But I don't know about that. But thank you.
Speaker 5 (10:10):
Well, you know what this actually is, I think an
important just an important thing to underscore what a great
person you are.
Speaker 6 (10:18):
From day one.
Speaker 5 (10:18):
You don't you've never cared whether somebody is you know,
a superstar or somebody who's building a business out of
their apartment like me. And you were at the top
of the top of the top when we met. And
it's just you're so kind from You're just such a
humble and kind person and I just yeah, I just
(10:40):
love you. And so, you know, to go back to
that moment of ten years ago, at the moment I
met her.
Speaker 6 (10:46):
I was like, oh my gosh, I got to name
a product after her.
Speaker 5 (10:49):
But it had to be the right product, and it
had to be the one that really embodied something that
not only you love, but something that means something about
who you are. And so that is why we're Yes,
we the shades after people, but it has to be
the perfect shade.
Speaker 6 (11:03):
So this is the perfect shade.
Speaker 3 (11:05):
We hailed it.
Speaker 5 (11:15):
When you kiss Amy, you're going to be kissing Amy,
you know what I mean.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
You just messed it up. Now I'm going to be
kissing Amy. Thinking about Christ's so weird.
Speaker 5 (11:28):
You know, I mean, because the name means sheer strength,
and that's I mean you, you are sheer strength. And
so it's it's so special to have a shade that's
not only going to look gorgeous on her, but it's
also going to empower so many people to feel that
sheer strength when they are going through all different types
of things in their lives.
Speaker 1 (11:44):
Okay, can I get the I want to make sure
I get the product description right. Sheer strength hydrating lip tint.
Shade name Amy shade description peach, pink shimmer.
Speaker 4 (11:54):
Love it, that's my colors. I mean I love that
whole look. I mean, you really did apps sslutely nail it.
And I'm curious when people go on to purchase whatever
shade that they prefer.
Speaker 6 (12:07):
The Amy Obviously it's the bestseller, it's going to be.
Speaker 3 (12:11):
The bestseller right now.
Speaker 4 (12:12):
Of how much when people do purchase this, how much
goes to the cause or to a cause? Can you
give people a sense of where their money is going,
not just for the product.
Speaker 6 (12:23):
Yes, So literally, when somebody purchases.
Speaker 5 (12:26):
An AMY, we're going to be donating an Amy.
Speaker 6 (12:28):
That's how it works.
Speaker 5 (12:30):
And so when somebody is using the shade, they can
know that they've also given back to a cause that
they care deeply about and that's going to help someone.
And I think what's really special also is after we
surprise somebody, then we ask them what charities we want
the donations to be directed towards, and so that's where
we start the philanthropy and then from there we build
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it with the community.
Speaker 4 (12:51):
So, oh, that's really cool. I have a few organizations
in mind. Tell me, yes, absolutely. Well.
Speaker 3 (12:57):
The first one for.
Speaker 4 (12:59):
Me is, yeah, they've lost some billions, a lot of
billions of dollars. No, My first organization that I have
been an ambassador for over the years that I believe
strongly in is BCRF, and this was the organization that
was founded by Evelyn Laughter. She actually created the pink ribbon,
(13:21):
but she was a breast cancer survivor. She didn't talk
a lot about it publicly. She ended up succumbing to
ovarian cancer. But this is a woman who talk about
changing lives and saving lives. Her awareness campaign and what
she did for the cause, I actually credit to me
finding my cancer because she was in part the reason
behind October one, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, that pink ribbon
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that we see so much of, and that is the
reason why I walked into that Mamma Van and got
my baseline mammogram at forty that found my stage two
invasive breast cancer. So it was a full circle moment
for me when her husband came up to me and said,
I'd like you to be an ambassador, and he said,
my wife would have loved you, and so I said,
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she is in part a reason why I'm standing here today.
So Leonard latter asked me to be a part of
the organization, and I happily did so. And this is
a group that actually is the largest private funder of
breast cancer research around the world.
Speaker 3 (14:21):
They are in.
Speaker 4 (14:22):
Part credited for the drug that I took for almost
ten years to moxifen. So I just think this is
an organization that actually, any private organization is going to
find a cure for cancer or a way to make
it a chronic disease, it's this one. So I am
so happy to do that. And the other cause that
I'm really passionate about. The other organization is five hundred
forty and this is a group that gives back to
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women under the age of forty who are dealing with
breast cancer.
Speaker 3 (14:48):
And they do have a huge campaign because these are.
Speaker 4 (14:50):
Young women who are dating, who are newly in the workforce,
who hadn't even thought about what it would be like
to have breast cancer, which I think a lot of
people thought was an older woman disease. So they give
makeup tutorials, they get wigs for these women, and so
to be able to have Thrive cosmetics to provide for
some of these women who are facing the unthinkable at
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a very early age. I love that, So right off
the bat, those would be my two favorite organizations.
Speaker 5 (15:16):
Well that is perfect because we have them as giving
partners as a part of our organization.
Speaker 6 (15:22):
So yeah, kis met. Yeah, that's so.
Speaker 5 (15:25):
Thank you for sharing all you did about BCRF in
the way that they really help save your life. We've
worked with them for many years. I did not know
the depth of how much they have done for you
and for others, so that's truly incredible.
Speaker 3 (15:37):
Yeah, doctor, go ahead.
Speaker 4 (15:38):
I was just going to also give a shout out
to doctor Larry Norton, who is a huge part of
the organization and probably one of the premier minds on
breast cancer and specifically metastatic breast cancer. And for those
folks who listen to our podcast regularly, you know, my
are really good friend Morgan who is stage four metastatic
who just had that baby through a surrogate. Doctor Norton
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actually reached out to her and is helping her now.
Speaker 3 (16:03):
Find better therapies.
Speaker 4 (16:05):
She's a seven year metastatics survivor right now, so he
took the time to talk to her, to reach out
to her, to consult with her. This is an organization.
Just doctor Norton is the best, so I just wanted
to sing his praises as well.
Speaker 1 (16:18):
You were mentioning everybody who buys an Amy, somebody else
is going to don't. One's going to be donated essentially.
But the other big part of what you do is
clean beauty. When you explain that to me with your.
Speaker 5 (16:27):
Product, yes, I think, especially given everything that Amy just
described about the people that we serve, especially in the
cancer community, they're immune compromised, and so ensuring that our
products are as clean as possible is very important. So
it's pretty standard in the industry to make sure that
you know you're doing baseline clinical studies, and not every
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brand does do that, but we have done clinical studies
not only with dermatologists and plastic surgeons, but on cologists
as well from the beginning, and so consulting incredible minds
like doctor Norton, like you were talking about, I love
our friend doctor Elizabeth.
Speaker 6 (17:06):
Oh, by the way, it's also.
Speaker 5 (17:08):
A share strength gamesake, so you are in good company.
Gonna have to have a little party, well I have to.
It's I mean, for those who don't know, doctor Elizabeth
is another incredible advocate researcher, doctor oncologist in the cancer
space specifically has saved so many lives in breast cancer
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as well, and a friend of mine and Amy, So
this is it's it's really important to us that when
we talk about clean, the way that we define it
is the thousands of ingredients we will never use, as
well as partnering with different doctors to ensure that they're
safe for all people.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
Well, you also, what is Mother's Day like for a company,
a cosmetic company and specifically one with a cause like yours.
I guess what do you see around this time? What
kind of messages do you get? It's not just a
matter of sales, but I guess what do you all
even take on is knowing this is a special time
that you know a lot of folks who maybe not
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used to buying cosmetics to buy some for someone that they.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
Love right now.
Speaker 5 (18:11):
Yes, well, you know I have to start with the
cause because literally this just a couple days ago, I
was in Los Angeles and we had what we call
a giving event, which is essentially a party where we
are teaching makeup master classes to people who are affiliated
with our different giving partners.
Speaker 6 (18:29):
So in honor of Mother's Day.
Speaker 5 (18:31):
We worked with one of our giving partners, the Joy
Taylor Foundation, which was started by Joy Taylor, who is
an amazing broadcaster in the sports world, but is also
a domestic violence survivor and she's very public with that,
and so she started this nonprofit really to empower women
who had experienced domestic violence, and in honor of Mother's Day,
we got mothers together. We had a mom and aunt
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and a daughter who was pregnant so she's about to
become a mother.
Speaker 6 (18:57):
I mean, it was so special.
Speaker 5 (18:59):
But we fill our event space in Los Angeles with
all of these bright souls and we did a makeup masterclass.
Then we had a full on photo shoot so they
all got headshots. It was so fun and that's where
we so you know, when we talk about donating an amy,
we're also teaching people how to use it and making
them feel really empowered through that.
Speaker 6 (19:19):
So I have to start.
Speaker 5 (19:20):
When I think about Mother's Day, I think about all
the ways that we get to honor mothers through our
cause and through our mission, which we could not do
without our customers. Like that is truly when people are
purchasing our Mother's Day sets, that's what they're supporting, right.
So that's what I absolutely love about Mother's Day. I
also know it can be a complicated holiday for people
who've lost their mothers, and so we try to create
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a really special space for people with our different giving
partners where they can celebrate all that motherhood is. And
you know that it can also be beyond who your
birth mother is. And so I think I think it's
it's a really special holiday for me.
Speaker 6 (19:57):
I love my mom so much.
Speaker 5 (20:00):
Namesake as well, the Jenny and Impactful got to give
a shout out to my mom.
Speaker 6 (20:04):
But she's also an Amy fan.
Speaker 5 (20:06):
She was there for the first segment that I did
with Amy like a decade ago. She was yeah, yeah, yeah,
so anyway, but so Mother's Day, it's yeah, it's a
it's definitely a gifting holiday. And so we do have
a different collection, and we have many different collections that
people can choose.
Speaker 1 (20:21):
You know what you just said there, And I'll bring
this up because it just happened yesterday. You don't know this,
but we had an interview with a parenting expert and
she was giving good advice, but it was not it
got heavy or heavier than I expected because of this one.
Because of Robot because there is a lot she deals
with and she talks about it openly. So I'm not
saying anything she didn't put out there, like dealing with
(20:43):
like she's got two wonderful daughters. But she almost the
entire interview, everything out of her mouth was almost criticizing
herself as a mother. Right, Almost everything that she said
was was I too hard on them, I disciplined them
too much. I did what my parents did. I did
the best I could, and I can to you in
a bad pad all of these things. So I was
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so I knew today was coming. Yeah, okay, So I
just let her. I just let her go through emotions
and let her do a thing. But this was important
for that reason. Mothers, yes, are honored on this day,
but there are three hundred and sixty four other days
that mothers often don't get the attention and the credit
they deserve. But also, Carissa, they're hard on themselves. They
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don't treat themselves, they don't honor themselves, and Robes, I
don't know what to do in that regard. I mean,
I speak to you, I talk to you all the
times about this, but it's it's do you get Carissa,
that mothers need to sometimes one treat themselves, but you
give yourself a break.
Speaker 2 (21:46):
And I don't know how.
Speaker 1 (21:47):
Make up, I don't know how cosmetics ties into that,
but maybe you could help me tie it in because
it that is such an important part of women and
mothers feeling their best.
Speaker 5 (21:58):
Yeah, I mean, others should all get a special award.
I think the work that you do to not only
bring life into this world, but also the struggles that
you deal with on a day to day basis. We
have so many mothers on our leadership team and all
throughout the organization, and I just know a fraction of
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what they do. And I think that you know, for makeup,
it's really a celebration of your inner beauty. And it's
also a moment of self care because mothers are caring
for themselves constantly. And all I can say, Amy is
that you are such a great mother.
Speaker 3 (22:39):
Well, thank you.
Speaker 5 (22:40):
And I know you're a perfectionist, and I mean, you
don't become who you are, you know, you you built
Amy Robock into who you are. You know, and and
your daughters are so lucky to have you as their mother.
Speaker 4 (22:53):
I mean, and I have to I obviously have to
give credit to my own mother, just because of the
sacrifices she made. I mean, she had she got pregnant
with me at eighteen, she had me at nineteen. She
gave up college, she gave up friends, she gave up
a career really truly, or one that she might have
a path she might have been on had I not
come around.
Speaker 3 (23:12):
So yeah, she got Yeah.
Speaker 4 (23:17):
But you look at that, and it's funny because I
think it for me, at least, it wasn't until I
became a mother that I recognized all that she did
and gave up, and all the things you want to
point to and say, why did my mom do this?
Speaker 3 (23:31):
Why did my mom say that?
Speaker 4 (23:33):
And then when you become a mom, you think to yourself,
oh my goodness, I had no idea what I was
talking about. And even as I get to now be
a mom of older girls, you think it gets easier,
and sure, day and day out it does. But then
I start reflecting back as TJ was just pointing out,
and thinking I should have done this, I should have
done that.
Speaker 3 (23:52):
Why did I do this? Why did I say that?
Why did I choose this?
Speaker 1 (23:56):
You know?
Speaker 3 (23:56):
Why did I choose a.
Speaker 4 (23:57):
Career even that ended up biting me in the app
you know, when I could have been more with them.
So you start going over all of the things that
you now you can't change, but you can understand in
a better and bigger way. But I think about my
mom and my grandmother, and we all do right as
just these women who gave us the runway, gave us
the platform, and gave us the ability to to build
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something bigger and better than they were able to. And
so that's what we always want for the next generation.
And so I just wanted to take that moment to
just say thank you to my mom and to my grandmother,
and then you know, hopefully passing on the good and
hopefully not as much of the bad.
Speaker 2 (24:37):
Good kids. Those are two good kids, all right, and
you have a fifty success for it, right. One of
them is stellar and the other one is just.
Speaker 3 (24:58):
That funny?
Speaker 2 (24:59):
Isn't that bad? And how about it? Don't they say?
You say this?
Speaker 1 (25:02):
Sometimes? What is the mark of you being a good parent?
If your kid gets in trouble, whether they're in the
police station or then emotional trouble or whatever, what's their
first call? Your kids first call is always you.
Speaker 3 (25:13):
It might be to each other first, but then.
Speaker 4 (25:16):
They call each other.
Speaker 2 (25:19):
But that's it they do.
Speaker 1 (25:20):
And so it pained me a little bit yesterday to
hear you go through it and talking on the microphone,
and I scolded you afterwards about it. I didn't want
to do it on the mic. But look, we all
doing the best we can. And you have done an
above average jump for sure with your kids.
Speaker 5 (25:38):
And also I say this with all the self awareness
that I'm not a mother, I also like to be
inspired by you, and like what you were saying about
why did you choose a career. Because you chose your
career and because you worked as hard as you did,
your daughters are going to know that they can do that,
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that they can go through just unimaginable things like you
have and survive and thrive.
Speaker 3 (26:07):
Yep, I mean that's true.
Speaker 4 (26:08):
And I told myself is that I was working and
building my career, that this was I was setting an example.
But you still think, but they didn't care about that,
you know, they just wanted mom. So you know you
look at it like that. But there it's all a balance,
and you don't we none of us get it right
exactly right.
Speaker 3 (26:25):
None of us actually are perfect.
Speaker 4 (26:27):
So that's the thing where you do have to kind
of give yourself a break and just say I did
the best I could, and I still am trying to
do the best I could.
Speaker 3 (26:33):
But I'm always trying to learn. I'm always trying to
be better and do better. I think that's where I
am now.
Speaker 4 (26:38):
Just how can I how can I start right now
being even better?
Speaker 1 (26:41):
You're going to get a lot of credit for having
your own They're gonna say, where's my.
Speaker 2 (26:51):
Is it available now? When can we get it?
Speaker 6 (26:52):
It is available in June, in June.
Speaker 5 (26:55):
We are doing this surprise and honor of mothers say,
and in honor of.
Speaker 6 (26:58):
You, because we wanted to celebrate you and all that
you are.
Speaker 3 (27:01):
Three orders available. I will do my best.
Speaker 6 (27:07):
No, no, but we are. We are.
Speaker 5 (27:10):
We We had to surprise you in person, and we
really wanted to do it in honor of Mother's Day.
And I want to say thank you so much to
the team here for making this so special in TJ.
For being our co conspirator. You're the best. You're the best.
Speaker 4 (27:21):
Tell me what was going on so I can get
a sense now that I know, because honestly, genuinely, you know,
I was surprised.
Speaker 2 (27:28):
I'll talk to you about her over drinks. This is
a lot. This has been going off a month.
Speaker 1 (27:32):
From the moment she when it was that it really
when it was last September. Yeah, from the moment she
walked out, we've been collaborating essentially.
Speaker 2 (27:40):
It was I.
Speaker 5 (27:40):
Literally went to the lab with the team and we
were mixing it. We were like, we have to make
this happen, and we wanted to make it happen in
honor of Mother's Day.
Speaker 6 (27:49):
And so we've been like, run, run, run, run, run.
Speaker 3 (27:51):
That is so good.
Speaker 2 (27:52):
Sydney and the Emma.
Speaker 1 (27:54):
They have had to coordinate and we tried to get
this study at the right time and when she's going
to be here. All this had to come together. We
had to balloon. I thought it was going to give
it away because you'd recognize the color, you know what
a balloon it's and put it together.
Speaker 3 (28:06):
I didn't.
Speaker 4 (28:07):
And honestly, when you said there was a special guest,
I was like, did you fly my mom in here?
Speaker 3 (28:12):
Did she just not tell me?
Speaker 1 (28:14):
Tell me the truth? I said, a special guest? How
many went through? What was the top five?
Speaker 3 (28:17):
I thought? I thought my mom?
Speaker 4 (28:19):
I thought Ava perhaps, and I knew it couldn't be
analyst because she has party plans birthday this weekend, and
she's always complained about having.
Speaker 3 (28:27):
To share her birthday with Mother's Day, but it happens
like every few years, so we're a day apartment.
Speaker 4 (28:32):
I was like, Nah, it's not gonna be her, So
I thought my mom or Ava, that's who I thought.
Speaker 2 (28:35):
That was it?
Speaker 3 (28:37):
Wow, Like I didn't have much time to process. Who
could possibly be in the other.
Speaker 2 (28:41):
Three minutes of time.
Speaker 1 (28:43):
I see those heels she had to walk slowly together.
Speaker 4 (28:46):
It's so funny, but no, I not for one second.
And then when Christa came in. I don't know if
you could see my brain, but I was like putting
it all together.
Speaker 3 (28:53):
And then I was like green green, Oh, this is
Chris's color. This is Ry Cosmetics color.
Speaker 4 (28:58):
Okay, that makes sense now, but I still wasn't totally sure.
Speaker 3 (29:01):
And then when you said you developed, I was like, oh,
my gosh, it's a lipstick.
Speaker 6 (29:05):
I get it.
Speaker 5 (29:05):
I get it.
Speaker 3 (29:06):
The sheer strength.
Speaker 1 (29:08):
But we have to thank Danielle on our team, with
Amy Sugarman as well.
Speaker 2 (29:12):
They were a big part of this.
Speaker 1 (29:14):
Really, Sidney Emma have been golden throughout this thing. Andy
of course, has a hand in everything.
Speaker 2 (29:19):
We freaking do.
Speaker 1 (29:20):
I swear he decides what we eat for dinner every night.
He's still involved in our lives at this point. But Chris,
I'm saying this to you, thank you. This is a
big deal. I'm with her day and day out. I
see her parenting more than anybody. I see her pain,
I see her tears, I see her joy, I see
your frustration with those two girls. And I see her
roll her eyes like, oh my god, their face timing again.
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I see every bit of the parenting and to be recognized,
and I go to the events and the breast cancer
awareness things and allus to take a moment. She doesn't
take a moment necessarily to get honored. She doesn't take
a moment necessarily. People want to come out and take
a picture and hear the story and all these things.
But you took time in a moment. You dig into
the story.
Speaker 2 (30:01):
And this has essentially been something in the works for.
Speaker 1 (30:04):
The past decade, and so this isn't a small thing.
And I know it's fun. We've got balloons and all.
But I am saying to you, sincerely, thank you for
what you've done for this one who is everything to me.
And so I just want to thank you publicly and
in person here for what you did. This is a
very very big deal.
Speaker 6 (30:22):
Oh, thank you so much, TJ. And thank you Amy.
Speaker 5 (30:24):
I mean, is it's so special to be able to finally.
Speaker 6 (30:28):
Do this with you.
Speaker 5 (30:30):
It's just it's you are such a special person. And
I love what you said about celebrating Amy, because I
think anytime somebody is really high performing like you are,
literally in all aspects of your life physically, emotionally, professionally,
as a as a I mean, everything that you do,
You're just an amazing high performance person, and I think
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it can be challenging to celebrate. And I really hope
that you celebrate you and I hope every time you
put it on you feel celebrated and you feel all
the love because you are. You mean so much to
the world, and I know you also mean the world
to your girls.
Speaker 3 (31:08):
So thank you, Thank you, Carissa. This is so sweet.
Speaker 4 (31:12):
This is one of the sweetest things that anyone's ever done.
So I really appreciate it, and I am honored. I
am at a little bit of a loss of words
because I'm not really great at, you know, accepting praise,
but I really do appreciate it, and I really do
thank you for the recognition and I cannot.
Speaker 3 (31:35):
Wait to buy you out so you sell out of
Amy's right. Thank you?
Speaker 5 (31:41):
How you're so welcome And how cool is it going
to be when we do these giving events with the
different giving partners that.
Speaker 6 (31:47):
You love and that we love, and.
Speaker 5 (31:49):
We get to donate the AMY and we get to
watch that impact on their self esteem. I mean, I
can't tell you like what you were saying about, you know,
when you put makeup on when you are, whether you're
going through chemo or somebody who's emerging emerging from homelessness.
I mean, there are so many people who will be
inspired by your story and so to be able to
put on that Amy and really feel that sheer strength,
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I know it can be a little woo wu, but
I'm like I swear when I when I put on
the Amy, I feel a little more badass and polished.
Speaker 6 (32:18):
That's what she mean.
Speaker 5 (32:19):
She's badass and polished, you know, like you're so dropped
dead gorgeous.
Speaker 2 (32:25):
Spent some time with you at home?
Speaker 4 (32:26):
Yeah, he sees me at three am every day. Yeah,
with my reading glasses and my hair and a bun
and the make And what do.
Speaker 1 (32:35):
I say to you I'm not put in it.
Speaker 2 (32:38):
What do I say to you?
Speaker 4 (32:39):
You actually said you like me best that way, and
then you follow it up with and I have no
incentive to tell you that, because if I didn't like
you like that, I wouldn't encourage you.
Speaker 3 (32:49):
But he was like, yes, he did say that. It
was very sweet and it was.
Speaker 4 (32:52):
It made me laugh, and he said, I literally have
no incentive to tell you that.
Speaker 2 (32:54):
So makeup except for the Amy.
Speaker 4 (32:58):
You know, I always have to have something on my life,
so that's perfect.
Speaker 1 (33:01):
Carissa, lady, thank you, it's good to see you in
here again.
Speaker 2 (33:04):
Thank you for making this happen.
Speaker 1 (33:05):
Yeah, she's saying thank you, but as her partner, thank
you for doing this for her.
Speaker 2 (33:12):
We appreciate it. Again.
Speaker 1 (33:13):
It's available now, well in June, it's coming out. You
get it, folks, the Amy, the New Shade, Happy Mother's
Day baby.
Speaker 3 (33:21):
Thank you very much.
Speaker 4 (33:22):
Thank you, Carissa, thank you TJ, and thank you Emma,
Andy and Sydney and all the folks at A heart
iHeart for making this aheart. I know now I'm getting
all self centered. I love to name it Ahart No,
iHeart sorry, Ahart, I heart Radio, iHeart podcast.
Speaker 5 (33:37):
Okay, can I also just say the team was when
we told the team, they were screaming on the phone
because we were like, I'm always like, don't put this
in writing, like this is like a top secret, like
this is the top secret mission, and they're like, the
first thing I said was we can't tell TJ until
right before.
Speaker 3 (33:55):
I think the secret.
Speaker 1 (33:57):
They've been on me for weeks about no, Hey, we
need to set up a meeting, we need to call,
and I'm with it.
Speaker 2 (34:02):
We're together all the time. It's fun.
Speaker 5 (34:05):
But yeah, they were so excited to celebrate you because
of the way that you celebrate everybody and the way
that you've You've dedicated your whole life to putting people
on a plat and giving them a platform.
Speaker 6 (34:14):
So it's really so special.
Speaker 5 (34:16):
So your team loves you very much, which is a
reflection of you and what a great person you are.
Speaker 4 (34:20):
Well, thank you everybody, and happy Mother's Day to all
the moms out there. Really appreciate it and appreciate all
of you. Hope you all have a wonderful day celebrating
the incredible women
Hey, they're folks, And in this episode of Amy and TJ,
a confession. I have been lying to Amy Roebock for
the past several months, and you all, along with Robock,
are going to hear for the first time exactly what
that lie was, and you are going to hear her
(00:36):
real reaction to it. And with that, Welcome to.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
This episode of Amy and t J Road.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
Mommy, Mommy, Mommy, mommy, and mommy.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Yes, we're getting ready for my Mother's day Robes.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
I would you don't have it on you know, we
don't have a way to check you don't have your
Apple watch. I would love to see what your heart
rate is.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
So it's so funny.
Speaker 4 (00:57):
I was just about to say, my heart is pounding.
I have no idea what you're referring to.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
I mean, it really is, but does it.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
It makes you? What is your mind?
Speaker 1 (01:09):
Immediately go and I again to our listeners, right now,
this is not a joke. Robot is here under false pretenses.
I have brought her here for a much different reason,
and she has no idea. Why what is your give
me your best guess, ropes.
Speaker 4 (01:24):
I mean, I'm hoping that it's something good, because I
don't think you.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
Would obviously not.
Speaker 4 (01:30):
But my mind is racing like what could it be?
What could he be talking about?
Speaker 2 (01:35):
What would I referring to?
Speaker 1 (01:37):
What would I do publicly in this way? Because you
know I would not take chances like this unless it
was guaranteed to be a success.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
What do you think?
Speaker 4 (01:46):
I honestly am speechless. I have stop. I have no
idea what you're doing. I'm not going to propose to
the podcast obviously don't. That would be a private thing.
But you reach into your pocket.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
I was like, what are you doing?
Speaker 4 (02:00):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (02:01):
That that was my edibles there in my pocket, and
that's what that is. But no, folks, in all serious
is yes, we have been setting up this particular episode
for a while now, and it took a lot of people.
A lot of folks were involved. There are one, two, three,
Well we got five people in this room. There were
probably nothing short of thirty plus people that helped get
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this together. In one way former fashion, Yeah, it was
all for you and it is related. We just had
an interview the other day on an episode talking about
Mother's Day yea, and parts of it kind of broke
my heart because you talk about how you feel about
some of your parenting. I suppose are you just nodding? Okay, everybody,
she's naughty. She's getting more and more nervous. So this
is what I'm gonna do, folks. We are going to
(02:44):
reveal this surprise finally, which I can we can all
breathe because we've been holding onto it. But the surprise
has to do with someone who is about fifty feet
away from us, hiding away in another room here at
I heeart okay, and said person and is waiting to
come in and just blow you away. Okay, So Emma,
(03:05):
can you help me out or something?
Speaker 4 (03:06):
You got it?
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Okay, Emma's gonna do it for Emma. Can you bring
in our special guests for our surprise? You are genuinely
I thought you had more fun.
Speaker 4 (03:13):
You were so good on the train in here, because
we kind of said, we don't know exactly how we're
gonna format this podcast, but we knew it was gonna
about Mother's Day. So I had stories in my mind
and stories about what I wanted to talk about, and
and you were even you were even on the train
saying wait, I had a plan and I just lost it,
like you were, and you seem stressed a little bit
about it.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
So you were you should have been an actor.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
I was stressed about something else. And again, folks, seriously,
our produced super producer Emma just walked out to get
our special guest, our surprise guest that Robes has no
idea about. Now the guest is going to be a surprise,
but the guest is gonna bring something that's even a
bigger surprise.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Damn, I am not. I am not over selling this, folks,
in the least bit. What I am not. I can't.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
It's I'm literally scratching my I might.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Even be under selling this. I might be.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
So she's turning around, folks, and she's taking a look
at Now our special guest us in the room. And
for you all to know, we have with us the beautiful.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Carissa Bodner is in the room. She's a CEO of
Thrive Cosmetics.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
She is one of the superstar CEOs in this country.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
As you all know.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
She has been a guest on the podcast before talking
about some of her cosmetics, which are of course directed
towards all the times women cosmetics, aus cosmetics, medics.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
But Chrissa, how you doing good to see hi, Carissa.
Speaker 4 (04:41):
We've been trying to get together and been missing one
another in l A and here in.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
New this is this is what happened. I have to
make it happen.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
Yes, for women's relationships to thrive, you need a man
to be involved in getting.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
I'm just kidding. I think that was actually and I
met before you. Oh yeah, I got.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
That joke from Dave Chappelle, I believe. But Carissa, it
is good to see you in the room. I am
not going to leave her hanging any longer. Her heart
is jumping out of her chest. But I want you
to please do the honors now and explain why you
are here.
Speaker 5 (05:17):
Well, I am so excited to share something that we've
been working on.
Speaker 6 (05:22):
For a little while.
Speaker 5 (05:22):
Okay, I don't know if you remember our last podcast.
We were talking about something, asking about something that you love.
Speaker 4 (05:32):
Yes, like lipstick, lip gloss, chopstick, whatever, anything to cover
my lips.
Speaker 3 (05:37):
Right, that's I'm obsessed. I have an obsession. I always
have a yes.
Speaker 6 (05:42):
So I'm very very excited.
Speaker 5 (05:44):
After we were together last time, I got to work
in the lab and we have the amy in sheer strength.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
It's amazing. I love that. Thank you get it cool?
Speaker 2 (05:59):
Yes? You all?
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Robot is being handed right now her very own shade.
There is a new shade that they are putting on.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
A cause I love, and that is your suit Baby.
Speaker 1 (06:11):
Cosmetics that is specifically for Amy.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
Please explain.
Speaker 5 (06:14):
So when we were talking last time, when I was here,
you were describing your perfect shade and your perfect product.
And so thanks to the amazing team here, including TJ,
thank you very much. We created the Amy and it
was so serendipitous that you chose the Share Strength as
one of your favorite products because you embody share strength.
Speaker 6 (06:37):
You really do.
Speaker 5 (06:38):
You are such a badass, like whether it's you running
a marathon or beating cancer, you are such an inspiration
to so many people. And also you're so generous with
sharing your struggle and how that ultimately has built strength
within you, because that's what inspires all of us. And
I feel so lucky to have been able to be
a fan of yours for so many years and also
(07:00):
now to call you a friend. And just the way
that you share your journey, like you don't have to
share the way that you do, and I hope you
know what an impact it makes on the whole world.
Speaker 4 (07:10):
Well, I so appreciate that.
Speaker 3 (07:13):
Thank you very much.
Speaker 4 (07:14):
I mean, I am beyond honored, and I love the
shade and I love how it goes on and feels.
Speaker 3 (07:20):
I mean, you nailed the texture, like.
Speaker 4 (07:23):
It can't be too sticky, it can't be too Greek like.
Speaker 3 (07:25):
It's just perfect. So I love it.
Speaker 4 (07:27):
It's like the perfect blend between a chapstick and a
lip gloss and it's gorgeous. But thank you for all
the things you just said and we met. You know, obviously,
if people don't know your story, they should go back
and listen to the podcast where you told it. But
clearly you took something that was devastating. You lost your
best friend to cancer, and you watched her fight like hell,
(07:47):
and you took that fight that she had in her
you and you gave so many other women a reason
to feel good in the morning when they're in the
middle of this fight and when you're struggling whatever it is.
Speaker 3 (08:00):
It's just true, when.
Speaker 4 (08:01):
You put on a good shade of lipstick, it can
actually brighten your day, it can make you feel better.
It's the look good, feel good method. And when you're
going through stuff and you're down on yourself, sometimes it
just takes one little pick me up. And to know
that when we purchase your products, it goes for a cause,
it goes to help others. That is to me, like
(08:23):
the most amazing business model ever. And so I have
applauded you and watched you when you had almost zero sales.
Speaker 3 (08:31):
No to just keep what's zero sales?
Speaker 6 (08:33):
She's the day one. Animan's a day one, It's true.
Speaker 4 (08:36):
And then you just kept going and going and going and.
Speaker 3 (08:39):
Look at you now. So you are an inspiration to me.
Speaker 4 (08:42):
And really to have seen you from the very beginning
to where you are now, I'm honored to call you
a friend and so honored to have oh my gosh,
one of your beautiful shades named Amy. Thank you, Like
that's the best gift. I mean, your friendship's the best
gift of all. But thank you. This is an honor.
Speaker 1 (09:02):
Can you give us the backstory here because I was
finding out about it the first when you were here
last time.
Speaker 2 (09:06):
That you do?
Speaker 1 (09:06):
I mean, how many, Shaye and you do you name
them in honor of women who've.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
Been through hell?
Speaker 1 (09:12):
Essentially a lot of ways have overcome in a lot
of ways. So give a little backstory on how you
started doing this and how many there are out there
and some of the other folks you've honored with.
Speaker 5 (09:22):
I mean, it's so like this is such a full
circle moment because being with you two today is so special.
And what I'm remembering is the day that we met.
And when I met Amy, we had three products that
were named after inspiring people, one named after my friend Christy,
who inspired Thrive Cosmetics. And I remember sitting in Amy's
(09:45):
dressing room and you had recently beat cancer.
Speaker 3 (09:47):
Oh yeah, it was within I think that first year.
Speaker 5 (09:50):
Yeah, and you were such a source of inspiration for
so many people throughout that journey and also an advocate
for early detection and so so I mean literally ten
years ago when I met Amy, I was already a fan,
obviously because the whole world is.
Speaker 3 (10:06):
But I don't know about that. But thank you.
Speaker 5 (10:10):
Well, you know what this actually is, I think an
important just an important thing to underscore what a great
person you are.
Speaker 6 (10:18):
From day one.
Speaker 5 (10:18):
You don't you've never cared whether somebody is you know,
a superstar or somebody who's building a business out of
their apartment like me. And you were at the top
of the top of the top when we met. And
it's just you're so kind from You're just such a
humble and kind person and I just yeah, I just
(10:40):
love you. And so, you know, to go back to
that moment of ten years ago, at the moment I
met her.
Speaker 6 (10:46):
I was like, oh my gosh, I got to name
a product after her.
Speaker 5 (10:49):
But it had to be the right product, and it
had to be the one that really embodied something that
not only you love, but something that means something about
who you are. And so that is why we're Yes,
we the shades after people, but it has to be
the perfect shade.
Speaker 6 (11:03):
So this is the perfect shade.
Speaker 3 (11:05):
We hailed it.
Speaker 5 (11:15):
When you kiss Amy, you're going to be kissing Amy,
you know what I mean.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
You just messed it up. Now I'm going to be
kissing Amy. Thinking about Christ's so weird.
Speaker 5 (11:28):
You know, I mean, because the name means sheer strength,
and that's I mean you, you are sheer strength. And
so it's it's so special to have a shade that's
not only going to look gorgeous on her, but it's
also going to empower so many people to feel that
sheer strength when they are going through all different types
of things in their lives.
Speaker 1 (11:44):
Okay, can I get the I want to make sure
I get the product description right. Sheer strength hydrating lip tint.
Shade name Amy shade description peach, pink shimmer.
Speaker 4 (11:54):
Love it, that's my colors. I mean I love that
whole look. I mean, you really did apps sslutely nail it.
And I'm curious when people go on to purchase whatever
shade that they prefer.
Speaker 6 (12:07):
The Amy Obviously it's the bestseller, it's going to be.
Speaker 3 (12:11):
The bestseller right now.
Speaker 4 (12:12):
Of how much when people do purchase this, how much
goes to the cause or to a cause? Can you
give people a sense of where their money is going,
not just for the product.
Speaker 6 (12:23):
Yes, So literally, when somebody purchases.
Speaker 5 (12:26):
An AMY, we're going to be donating an Amy.
Speaker 6 (12:28):
That's how it works.
Speaker 5 (12:30):
And so when somebody is using the shade, they can
know that they've also given back to a cause that
they care deeply about and that's going to help someone.
And I think what's really special also is after we
surprise somebody, then we ask them what charities we want
the donations to be directed towards, and so that's where
we start the philanthropy and then from there we build
(12:50):
it with the community.
Speaker 4 (12:51):
So, oh, that's really cool. I have a few organizations
in mind. Tell me, yes, absolutely. Well.
Speaker 3 (12:57):
The first one for.
Speaker 4 (12:59):
Me is, yeah, they've lost some billions, a lot of
billions of dollars. No, My first organization that I have
been an ambassador for over the years that I believe
strongly in is BCRF, and this was the organization that
was founded by Evelyn Laughter. She actually created the pink ribbon,
(13:21):
but she was a breast cancer survivor. She didn't talk
a lot about it publicly. She ended up succumbing to
ovarian cancer. But this is a woman who talk about
changing lives and saving lives. Her awareness campaign and what
she did for the cause, I actually credit to me
finding my cancer because she was in part the reason
behind October one, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, that pink ribbon
(13:44):
that we see so much of, and that is the
reason why I walked into that Mamma Van and got
my baseline mammogram at forty that found my stage two
invasive breast cancer. So it was a full circle moment
for me when her husband came up to me and said,
I'd like you to be an ambassador, and he said,
my wife would have loved you, and so I said,
(14:05):
she is in part a reason why I'm standing here today.
So Leonard latter asked me to be a part of
the organization, and I happily did so. And this is
a group that actually is the largest private funder of
breast cancer research around the world.
Speaker 3 (14:21):
They are in.
Speaker 4 (14:22):
Part credited for the drug that I took for almost
ten years to moxifen. So I just think this is
an organization that actually, any private organization is going to
find a cure for cancer or a way to make
it a chronic disease, it's this one. So I am
so happy to do that. And the other cause that
I'm really passionate about. The other organization is five hundred
forty and this is a group that gives back to
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women under the age of forty who are dealing with
breast cancer.
Speaker 3 (14:48):
And they do have a huge campaign because these are.
Speaker 4 (14:50):
Young women who are dating, who are newly in the workforce,
who hadn't even thought about what it would be like
to have breast cancer, which I think a lot of
people thought was an older woman disease. So they give
makeup tutorials, they get wigs for these women, and so
to be able to have Thrive cosmetics to provide for
some of these women who are facing the unthinkable at
(15:11):
a very early age. I love that, So right off
the bat, those would be my two favorite organizations.
Speaker 5 (15:16):
Well that is perfect because we have them as giving
partners as a part of our organization.
Speaker 6 (15:22):
So yeah, kis met. Yeah, that's so.
Speaker 5 (15:25):
Thank you for sharing all you did about BCRF in
the way that they really help save your life. We've
worked with them for many years. I did not know
the depth of how much they have done for you
and for others, so that's truly incredible.
Speaker 3 (15:37):
Yeah, doctor, go ahead.
Speaker 4 (15:38):
I was just going to also give a shout out
to doctor Larry Norton, who is a huge part of
the organization and probably one of the premier minds on
breast cancer and specifically metastatic breast cancer. And for those
folks who listen to our podcast regularly, you know, my
are really good friend Morgan who is stage four metastatic
who just had that baby through a surrogate. Doctor Norton
(16:00):
actually reached out to her and is helping her now.
Speaker 3 (16:03):
Find better therapies.
Speaker 4 (16:05):
She's a seven year metastatics survivor right now, so he
took the time to talk to her, to reach out
to her, to consult with her. This is an organization.
Just doctor Norton is the best, so I just wanted
to sing his praises as well.
Speaker 1 (16:18):
You were mentioning everybody who buys an Amy, somebody else
is going to don't. One's going to be donated essentially.
But the other big part of what you do is
clean beauty. When you explain that to me with your.
Speaker 5 (16:27):
Product, yes, I think, especially given everything that Amy just
described about the people that we serve, especially in the
cancer community, they're immune compromised, and so ensuring that our
products are as clean as possible is very important. So
it's pretty standard in the industry to make sure that
you know you're doing baseline clinical studies, and not every
(16:51):
brand does do that, but we have done clinical studies
not only with dermatologists and plastic surgeons, but on cologists
as well from the beginning, and so consulting incredible minds
like doctor Norton, like you were talking about, I love
our friend doctor Elizabeth.
Speaker 6 (17:06):
Oh, by the way, it's also.
Speaker 5 (17:08):
A share strength gamesake, so you are in good company.
Gonna have to have a little party, well I have to.
It's I mean, for those who don't know, doctor Elizabeth
is another incredible advocate researcher, doctor oncologist in the cancer
space specifically has saved so many lives in breast cancer
(17:28):
as well, and a friend of mine and Amy, So
this is it's it's really important to us that when
we talk about clean, the way that we define it
is the thousands of ingredients we will never use, as
well as partnering with different doctors to ensure that they're
safe for all people.
Speaker 1 (17:45):
Well, you also, what is Mother's Day like for a company,
a cosmetic company and specifically one with a cause like yours.
I guess what do you see around this time? What
kind of messages do you get? It's not just a
matter of sales, but I guess what do you all
even take on is knowing this is a special time
that you know a lot of folks who maybe not
(18:06):
used to buying cosmetics to buy some for someone that they.
Speaker 2 (18:09):
Love right now.
Speaker 5 (18:11):
Yes, well, you know I have to start with the
cause because literally this just a couple days ago, I
was in Los Angeles and we had what we call
a giving event, which is essentially a party where we
are teaching makeup master classes to people who are affiliated
with our different giving partners.
Speaker 6 (18:29):
So in honor of Mother's Day.
Speaker 5 (18:31):
We worked with one of our giving partners, the Joy
Taylor Foundation, which was started by Joy Taylor, who is
an amazing broadcaster in the sports world, but is also
a domestic violence survivor and she's very public with that,
and so she started this nonprofit really to empower women
who had experienced domestic violence, and in honor of Mother's Day,
we got mothers together. We had a mom and aunt
(18:54):
and a daughter who was pregnant so she's about to
become a mother.
Speaker 6 (18:57):
I mean, it was so special.
Speaker 5 (18:59):
But we fill our event space in Los Angeles with
all of these bright souls and we did a makeup masterclass.
Then we had a full on photo shoot so they
all got headshots. It was so fun and that's where
we so you know, when we talk about donating an amy,
we're also teaching people how to use it and making
them feel really empowered through that.
Speaker 6 (19:19):
So I have to start.
Speaker 5 (19:20):
When I think about Mother's Day, I think about all
the ways that we get to honor mothers through our
cause and through our mission, which we could not do
without our customers. Like that is truly when people are
purchasing our Mother's Day sets, that's what they're supporting, right.
So that's what I absolutely love about Mother's Day. I
also know it can be a complicated holiday for people
who've lost their mothers, and so we try to create
(19:43):
a really special space for people with our different giving
partners where they can celebrate all that motherhood is. And
you know that it can also be beyond who your
birth mother is. And so I think I think it's
it's a really special holiday for me.
Speaker 6 (19:57):
I love my mom so much.
Speaker 5 (20:00):
Namesake as well, the Jenny and Impactful got to give
a shout out to my mom.
Speaker 6 (20:04):
But she's also an Amy fan.
Speaker 5 (20:06):
She was there for the first segment that I did
with Amy like a decade ago. She was yeah, yeah, yeah,
so anyway, but so Mother's Day, it's yeah, it's a
it's definitely a gifting holiday. And so we do have
a different collection, and we have many different collections that
people can choose.
Speaker 1 (20:21):
You know what you just said there, And I'll bring
this up because it just happened yesterday. You don't know this,
but we had an interview with a parenting expert and
she was giving good advice, but it was not it
got heavy or heavier than I expected because of this one.
Because of Robot because there is a lot she deals
with and she talks about it openly. So I'm not
saying anything she didn't put out there, like dealing with
(20:43):
like she's got two wonderful daughters. But she almost the
entire interview, everything out of her mouth was almost criticizing
herself as a mother. Right, Almost everything that she said
was was I too hard on them, I disciplined them
too much. I did what my parents did. I did
the best I could, and I can to you in
a bad pad all of these things. So I was
(21:04):
so I knew today was coming. Yeah, okay, So I
just let her. I just let her go through emotions
and let her do a thing. But this was important
for that reason. Mothers, yes, are honored on this day,
but there are three hundred and sixty four other days
that mothers often don't get the attention and the credit
they deserve. But also, Carissa, they're hard on themselves. They
(21:28):
don't treat themselves, they don't honor themselves, and Robes, I
don't know what to do in that regard. I mean,
I speak to you, I talk to you all the
times about this, but it's it's do you get Carissa,
that mothers need to sometimes one treat themselves, but you
give yourself a break.
Speaker 2 (21:46):
And I don't know how.
Speaker 1 (21:47):
Make up, I don't know how cosmetics ties into that,
but maybe you could help me tie it in because
it that is such an important part of women and
mothers feeling their best.
Speaker 5 (21:58):
Yeah, I mean, others should all get a special award.
I think the work that you do to not only
bring life into this world, but also the struggles that
you deal with on a day to day basis. We
have so many mothers on our leadership team and all
throughout the organization, and I just know a fraction of
(22:19):
what they do. And I think that you know, for makeup,
it's really a celebration of your inner beauty. And it's
also a moment of self care because mothers are caring
for themselves constantly. And all I can say, Amy is
that you are such a great mother.
Speaker 3 (22:39):
Well, thank you.
Speaker 5 (22:40):
And I know you're a perfectionist, and I mean, you
don't become who you are, you know, you you built
Amy Robock into who you are. You know, and and
your daughters are so lucky to have you as their mother.
Speaker 4 (22:53):
I mean, and I have to I obviously have to
give credit to my own mother, just because of the
sacrifices she made. I mean, she had she got pregnant
with me at eighteen, she had me at nineteen. She
gave up college, she gave up friends, she gave up
a career really truly, or one that she might have
a path she might have been on had I not
come around.
Speaker 3 (23:12):
So yeah, she got Yeah.
Speaker 4 (23:17):
But you look at that, and it's funny because I
think it for me, at least, it wasn't until I
became a mother that I recognized all that she did
and gave up, and all the things you want to
point to and say, why did my mom do this?
Speaker 3 (23:31):
Why did my mom say that?
Speaker 4 (23:33):
And then when you become a mom, you think to yourself,
oh my goodness, I had no idea what I was
talking about. And even as I get to now be
a mom of older girls, you think it gets easier,
and sure, day and day out it does. But then
I start reflecting back as TJ was just pointing out,
and thinking I should have done this, I should have
done that.
Speaker 3 (23:52):
Why did I do this? Why did I say that?
Why did I choose this?
Speaker 1 (23:56):
You know?
Speaker 3 (23:56):
Why did I choose a.
Speaker 4 (23:57):
Career even that ended up biting me in the app
you know, when I could have been more with them.
So you start going over all of the things that
you now you can't change, but you can understand in
a better and bigger way. But I think about my
mom and my grandmother, and we all do right as
just these women who gave us the runway, gave us
the platform, and gave us the ability to to build
(24:21):
something bigger and better than they were able to. And
so that's what we always want for the next generation.
And so I just wanted to take that moment to
just say thank you to my mom and to my grandmother,
and then you know, hopefully passing on the good and
hopefully not as much of the bad.
Speaker 2 (24:37):
Good kids. Those are two good kids, all right, and
you have a fifty success for it, right. One of
them is stellar and the other one is just.
Speaker 3 (24:58):
That funny?
Speaker 2 (24:59):
Isn't that bad? And how about it? Don't they say?
You say this?
Speaker 1 (25:02):
Sometimes? What is the mark of you being a good parent?
If your kid gets in trouble, whether they're in the
police station or then emotional trouble or whatever, what's their
first call? Your kids first call is always you.
Speaker 3 (25:13):
It might be to each other first, but then.
Speaker 4 (25:16):
They call each other.
Speaker 2 (25:19):
But that's it they do.
Speaker 1 (25:20):
And so it pained me a little bit yesterday to
hear you go through it and talking on the microphone,
and I scolded you afterwards about it. I didn't want
to do it on the mic. But look, we all
doing the best we can. And you have done an
above average jump for sure with your kids.
Speaker 5 (25:38):
And also I say this with all the self awareness
that I'm not a mother, I also like to be
inspired by you, and like what you were saying about
why did you choose a career. Because you chose your
career and because you worked as hard as you did,
your daughters are going to know that they can do that,
(25:58):
that they can go through just unimaginable things like you
have and survive and thrive.
Speaker 3 (26:07):
Yep, I mean that's true.
Speaker 4 (26:08):
And I told myself is that I was working and
building my career, that this was I was setting an example.
But you still think, but they didn't care about that,
you know, they just wanted mom. So you know you
look at it like that. But there it's all a balance,
and you don't we none of us get it right
exactly right.
Speaker 3 (26:25):
None of us actually are perfect.
Speaker 4 (26:27):
So that's the thing where you do have to kind
of give yourself a break and just say I did
the best I could, and I still am trying to
do the best I could.
Speaker 3 (26:33):
But I'm always trying to learn. I'm always trying to
be better and do better. I think that's where I
am now.
Speaker 4 (26:38):
Just how can I how can I start right now
being even better?
Speaker 1 (26:41):
You're going to get a lot of credit for having
your own They're gonna say, where's my.
Speaker 2 (26:51):
Is it available now? When can we get it?
Speaker 6 (26:52):
It is available in June, in June.
Speaker 5 (26:55):
We are doing this surprise and honor of mothers say,
and in honor of.
Speaker 6 (26:58):
You, because we wanted to celebrate you and all that
you are.
Speaker 3 (27:01):
Three orders available. I will do my best.
Speaker 6 (27:07):
No, no, but we are. We are.
Speaker 5 (27:10):
We We had to surprise you in person, and we
really wanted to do it in honor of Mother's Day.
And I want to say thank you so much to
the team here for making this so special in TJ.
For being our co conspirator. You're the best. You're the best.
Speaker 4 (27:21):
Tell me what was going on so I can get
a sense now that I know, because honestly, genuinely, you know,
I was surprised.
Speaker 2 (27:28):
I'll talk to you about her over drinks. This is
a lot. This has been going off a month.
Speaker 1 (27:32):
From the moment she when it was that it really
when it was last September. Yeah, from the moment she
walked out, we've been collaborating essentially.
Speaker 2 (27:40):
It was I.
Speaker 5 (27:40):
Literally went to the lab with the team and we
were mixing it. We were like, we have to make
this happen, and we wanted to make it happen in
honor of Mother's Day.
Speaker 6 (27:49):
And so we've been like, run, run, run, run, run.
Speaker 3 (27:51):
That is so good.
Speaker 2 (27:52):
Sydney and the Emma.
Speaker 1 (27:54):
They have had to coordinate and we tried to get
this study at the right time and when she's going
to be here. All this had to come together. We
had to balloon. I thought it was going to give
it away because you'd recognize the color, you know what
a balloon it's and put it together.
Speaker 3 (28:06):
I didn't.
Speaker 4 (28:07):
And honestly, when you said there was a special guest,
I was like, did you fly my mom in here?
Speaker 3 (28:12):
Did she just not tell me?
Speaker 1 (28:14):
Tell me the truth? I said, a special guest? How
many went through? What was the top five?
Speaker 3 (28:17):
I thought? I thought my mom?
Speaker 4 (28:19):
I thought Ava perhaps, and I knew it couldn't be
analyst because she has party plans birthday this weekend, and
she's always complained about having.
Speaker 3 (28:27):
To share her birthday with Mother's Day, but it happens
like every few years, so we're a day apartment.
Speaker 4 (28:32):
I was like, Nah, it's not gonna be her, So
I thought my mom or Ava, that's who I thought.
Speaker 2 (28:35):
That was it?
Speaker 3 (28:37):
Wow, Like I didn't have much time to process. Who
could possibly be in the other.
Speaker 2 (28:41):
Three minutes of time.
Speaker 1 (28:43):
I see those heels she had to walk slowly together.
Speaker 4 (28:46):
It's so funny, but no, I not for one second.
And then when Christa came in. I don't know if
you could see my brain, but I was like putting
it all together.
Speaker 3 (28:53):
And then I was like green green, Oh, this is
Chris's color. This is Ry Cosmetics color.
Speaker 4 (28:58):
Okay, that makes sense now, but I still wasn't totally sure.
Speaker 3 (29:01):
And then when you said you developed, I was like, oh,
my gosh, it's a lipstick.
Speaker 6 (29:05):
I get it.
Speaker 5 (29:05):
I get it.
Speaker 3 (29:06):
The sheer strength.
Speaker 1 (29:08):
But we have to thank Danielle on our team, with
Amy Sugarman as well.
Speaker 2 (29:12):
They were a big part of this.
Speaker 1 (29:14):
Really, Sidney Emma have been golden throughout this thing. Andy
of course, has a hand in everything.
Speaker 2 (29:19):
We freaking do.
Speaker 1 (29:20):
I swear he decides what we eat for dinner every night.
He's still involved in our lives at this point. But Chris,
I'm saying this to you, thank you. This is a
big deal. I'm with her day and day out. I
see her parenting more than anybody. I see her pain,
I see her tears, I see her joy, I see
your frustration with those two girls. And I see her
roll her eyes like, oh my god, their face timing again.
(29:42):
I see every bit of the parenting and to be recognized,
and I go to the events and the breast cancer
awareness things and allus to take a moment. She doesn't
take a moment necessarily to get honored. She doesn't take
a moment necessarily. People want to come out and take
a picture and hear the story and all these things.
But you took time in a moment. You dig into
the story.
Speaker 2 (30:01):
And this has essentially been something in the works for.
Speaker 1 (30:04):
The past decade, and so this isn't a small thing.
And I know it's fun. We've got balloons and all.
But I am saying to you, sincerely, thank you for
what you've done for this one who is everything to me.
And so I just want to thank you publicly and
in person here for what you did. This is a
very very big deal.
Speaker 6 (30:22):
Oh, thank you so much, TJ. And thank you Amy.
Speaker 5 (30:24):
I mean, is it's so special to be able to finally.
Speaker 6 (30:28):
Do this with you.
Speaker 5 (30:30):
It's just it's you are such a special person. And
I love what you said about celebrating Amy, because I
think anytime somebody is really high performing like you are,
literally in all aspects of your life physically, emotionally, professionally,
as a as a I mean, everything that you do,
You're just an amazing high performance person, and I think
(30:52):
it can be challenging to celebrate. And I really hope
that you celebrate you and I hope every time you
put it on you feel celebrated and you feel all
the love because you are. You mean so much to
the world, and I know you also mean the world
to your girls.
Speaker 3 (31:08):
So thank you, Thank you, Carissa. This is so sweet.
Speaker 4 (31:12):
This is one of the sweetest things that anyone's ever done.
So I really appreciate it, and I am honored. I
am at a little bit of a loss of words
because I'm not really great at, you know, accepting praise,
but I really do appreciate it, and I really do
thank you for the recognition and I cannot.
Speaker 3 (31:35):
Wait to buy you out so you sell out of
Amy's right. Thank you?
Speaker 5 (31:41):
How you're so welcome And how cool is it going
to be when we do these giving events with the
different giving partners that.
Speaker 6 (31:47):
You love and that we love, and.
Speaker 5 (31:49):
We get to donate the AMY and we get to
watch that impact on their self esteem. I mean, I
can't tell you like what you were saying about, you know,
when you put makeup on when you are, whether you're
going through chemo or somebody who's emerging emerging from homelessness.
I mean, there are so many people who will be
inspired by your story and so to be able to
put on that Amy and really feel that sheer strength,
(32:10):
I know it can be a little woo wu, but
I'm like I swear when I when I put on
the Amy, I feel a little more badass and polished.
Speaker 6 (32:18):
That's what she mean.
Speaker 5 (32:19):
She's badass and polished, you know, like you're so dropped
dead gorgeous.
Speaker 2 (32:25):
Spent some time with you at home?
Speaker 4 (32:26):
Yeah, he sees me at three am every day. Yeah,
with my reading glasses and my hair and a bun
and the make And what do.
Speaker 1 (32:35):
I say to you I'm not put in it.
Speaker 2 (32:38):
What do I say to you?
Speaker 4 (32:39):
You actually said you like me best that way, and
then you follow it up with and I have no
incentive to tell you that, because if I didn't like
you like that, I wouldn't encourage you.
Speaker 3 (32:49):
But he was like, yes, he did say that. It
was very sweet and it was.
Speaker 4 (32:52):
It made me laugh, and he said, I literally have
no incentive to tell you that.
Speaker 2 (32:54):
So makeup except for the Amy.
Speaker 4 (32:58):
You know, I always have to have something on my life,
so that's perfect.
Speaker 1 (33:01):
Carissa, lady, thank you, it's good to see you in
here again.
Speaker 2 (33:04):
Thank you for making this happen.
Speaker 1 (33:05):
Yeah, she's saying thank you, but as her partner, thank
you for doing this for her.
Speaker 2 (33:12):
We appreciate it. Again.
Speaker 1 (33:13):
It's available now, well in June, it's coming out. You
get it, folks, the Amy, the New Shade, Happy Mother's
Day baby.
Speaker 3 (33:21):
Thank you very much.
Speaker 4 (33:22):
Thank you, Carissa, thank you TJ, and thank you Emma,
Andy and Sydney and all the folks at A heart
iHeart for making this aheart. I know now I'm getting
all self centered. I love to name it Ahart No,
iHeart sorry, Ahart, I heart Radio, iHeart podcast.
Speaker 5 (33:37):
Okay, can I also just say the team was when
we told the team, they were screaming on the phone
because we were like, I'm always like, don't put this
in writing, like this is like a top secret, like
this is the top secret mission, and they're like, the
first thing I said was we can't tell TJ until
right before.
Speaker 3 (33:55):
I think the secret.
Speaker 1 (33:57):
They've been on me for weeks about no, Hey, we
need to set up a meeting, we need to call,
and I'm with it.
Speaker 2 (34:02):
We're together all the time. It's fun.
Speaker 5 (34:05):
But yeah, they were so excited to celebrate you because
of the way that you celebrate everybody and the way
that you've You've dedicated your whole life to putting people
on a plat and giving them a platform.
Speaker 6 (34:14):
So it's really so special.
Speaker 5 (34:16):
So your team loves you very much, which is a
reflection of you and what a great person you are.
Speaker 4 (34:20):
Well, thank you everybody, and happy Mother's Day to all
the moms out there. Really appreciate it and appreciate all
of you. Hope you all have a wonderful day celebrating
the incredible women
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Therapy Gecko
An unlicensed lizard psychologist travels the universe talking to strangers about absolutely nothing. TO CALL THE GECKO: follow me on https://www.twitch.tv/lyleforever to get a notification for when I am taking calls. I am usually live Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays but lately a lot of other times too. I am a gecko.