Telling Stories That Stick: Building a Brand with Love 🩷

This week on I Want Her Shoes Podcast, host Anna Anisin sits down with Maya Vander for a conversation about luxury real estate, money, negotiation, reinvention, identity, and what our homes reveal about who we are. Most people first met Maya through Netflix’s Selling Sunset, where luxury homes, reality television, and some seriously memorable fashion collided. But real estate was never simply a storyline for Maya, it was the career she was building before the cameras arrived and the one she chose to keep building after leaving the show. Today, Maya leads The Maya Vander Group at Compass in Miami, bringing years of experience in luxury real estate and negotiation to a city she now calls home. After years of moving between Los Angeles and Miami, she ultimately chose South Florida, her family, and the opportunity to build something of her own. Questions, comments? Let us know [email protected]

Anna Anisin and Sammy on death, divorce, pets, identity, letting go—and learning to live alongside the things we cannot get back. We usually associate grief with death. But what about the end of a marriage? The loss of a pet? A friendship that disappears? A home you leave behind? The future you were certain you were going to have? Or even the version of yourself who existed before everything changed? Have questions or comments, let us know: [email protected]

When Anna Anisin launched I Want Her Shoes, she thought she was starting a podcast. The idea was simple: invite fascinating women into her closet, ask them about their lives, careers, ambitions, relationships, reinventions and, eventually, the shoes that carried them through it all. Questions or feedback? Message us on IG @iwanthershoespodcast or email us at [email protected].

This week on I Want Her Shoes Podcast, host Anna Anisin sits down with Alexis Meruelo, author, speaker, and founder of Business of Her, for a conversation about what it means for young women to step into their power much earlier in life. Alexis is the author of Getting You Ready for Power, a practical guide for women navigating confidence, career pressure, money, ambition, and the expectations that often shape how women see themselves. Her message is simple but powerful: you don’t have to wait until you feel ready to start building the life you want. Questions or feedback? Message us on IG @iwanthershoespodcast or email us at [email protected].

This week on I Want Her Shoes Podcast, we’re talking about entrepreneurship, venture capital, leadership and what happens when investors start looking for opportunity in places others have overlooked. Host Anna Anisin sits down with Laura I. Maydón, founder, operator, investor, board member, and Founder & Partner of Ascendo, a Miami-based venture capital firm focused on identifying asymmetric opportunities and backing visionary entrepreneurs across fintech, healthtech, edtech, future of work, and enterprise software. Questions or feedback? Message us on IG @iwanthershoespodcast or email us at [email protected].