The SISTAIN Podcast

Mila Goldman Moore is the Founder & CEO of CONTEXTvintage. The curator behind the vintage furniture for sale in the SISTAIN retail store in Denver, Colorado.

She started her career in architecture and fell into vintage curation over a decade ago and hasn't stopped curating since. She has an absolutely gorgeous collection of vintage furniture and is continually curating new items.

Mila talks about why she named the company CONTEXTvintage, how it's all about mixing together what you love and what your passionate about. Putting together these objects in your space in a way that no...

Anact is short for “an act”. The simple act of taking action and creating positive impact. Brianna’s simple act was to create a sustainable towel made out of hemp and organic cotton that is better for ALL people and the planet. The meaning behind it, taking one act a day, to combat the climate crisis takes off the pressure of zero waste or nothing. Which is very aligned with SISTAIN's focus on progress > perfection.

Prior to working with sustainable materials, Brianna worked in human rights. In this episode she talks about everything from helping legalize hemp in Flo...

Kate Bailey is the CEO & Founder of TARRA, a co-working company elevating women in business. She is such a light, her energy is absolutely contagious and she is personally my fashion muse.

Kate shares a story she has never shared publicly before about being diagnosed with a brain disease at 23-years-old and the reason why she wants to help people reach their absolute fullest potential.

She talks about climate change and how we can drive impact only by living in the Both/And space of "it has to happen tomorrow" and "it also takes time."<...

Josie Schweitzer is an incredible inspiration to me. She is both free and disciplined. She lives in the middle, the present state where true joy exists. You will walk away from this episode with specific tools and practices or at a minimum inspiration to find those things that can help ground you in your everyday!

Josie Schweitzer teaches a blend of fluid movement, pranayama, kundalini, and meditation classes, Josie artfully crafts each teaching experience with intention and intelligence, providing a cohesive structure for an eye-opening, transformative journey. Present moment awareness is at the heart, a truth that...

Phoebe Yu is the founder and CEO of Ettitude, an award-winning material science and lifestyle company with the mission to dramatically reduce the harmful environmental impact of textiles. Ettitude is so very rooted in both impact and sustainability. They have their own trademarked textile that's called Clean Bamboo.

In this episode, Phoebe talks about everything from how bamboo is processed, why the material is more sustainable than conventional textiles, what motivates her and how she stays healthy as the CEO of a rapidly growing company.

Check out SISTAIN's collection of Ettitude here.

Europe regulates 1,300 toxic chemicals while the US only regulates 30.

MANY soaps in the US are endocrine disruptors. Soapply is changing that through educating consumers about what to look out for and offering a much cleaner solution that also gives back.

Soapply's soap is good for you, your skin and our planet. And every ounce helps fund water, sanitation, and hygiene around the world.

Check out SISTAIN's collection of Soapply here!

Megan Karp describers herself as a spirit in a human body — living in this world with various titles: a writer, a health coach, a tastemaker, and my favorites, wife and mother. 

Like me, Megan is inspired by nature when it comes design. But what motivates her is finding peace and harmony in everyday. She shares tips and tools for how she creates space to find your own peace and harmony.

Megan lives a very intentional lifestyle, she is wise beyond her years and as you listen to this episode you'll know exactly what I mean whe...

Jessica Manning is a lifestyle creator, a design guru and my greatest inspiration when it comes to fashion, style and home aesthetic. She share's her winding road from school to career, dabbling in music then design before taking social media creation, production and partnerships into a full-time career.

She's been advising us on all things aesthetic over here at SISTAIN, consulting on SISTAIN's brand vision and directing our design process.

If you're interested in moving your creator side hustle into a full-time gig or if you're as big of a fan girl of Jessica Manning's...

Jurrien Swarts is the Co-Founder and CEO of Stojo. Stojo offers collapsible convenient reusables that we sell in our store shop.thesistain.com.

Jurrien and I talk about everything from how to end disposable culture, to how he takes care of himself, how he balances family life, what he's excited and hopeful about in the sustainable space, and the challenges of building a scaling a company over the last 10 years.

Kelly Gores is the writer, director, and producer of the 2017 award-winning documentary Heal. To continue the conversation around healing, consciousness, and personal transformation, she founded and hosts The HEAL Podcast. She is a mother, a seeker, a meditator, and loves to read, write, play sports, travel, and spend time in nature.

In this episode, Kelly talks deeply about the mind body connection. We talk about everything from how to heal trauma, to how to start simply with awareness to eventually get to a place of surrender and acceptance. 

She shares various healing tools with us so...

Embracing imperfect progress at the intersection of design & sustainability.

On The SISTAIN Podcast, we interview inspiring sustainable brand founders, spiritual & wellness experts, community builders, creators and designers. We talk all things sustainable lifestyle, how to overcome perfectionism and choose small changes that lead to real progress.