Show Notes
How do you learn to trust your instincts - and keep trusting them once everyone else starts paying attention?
Laura Brown and Kristina O’Neill sit down with designer and entrepreneur Gabriela Hearst for a candid conversation about intuition, ambition, success, setbacks, and staying grounded through all of it. From following her instincts when the path ahead wasn’t obvious to knowing when to tune out the noise, she opens up about ambition, setbacks, and how to ignore the bullshit.
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