As the fashion design/manufacturing landscape shifts toward a steadfast focus on environmental impact, SWIMINISTA Founder Andréa Bernholtz stands out as an example of modern entrepreneurship at its best. The Rock & Republic Co-Founder and serial mompreneur is pioneering a better swimwear experience, complete with fully adjustable, personalized fits in sizes A-DD that offer ultra-flattering support for every unique body. What’s more, the brand’s mindful production methods help to reduce the industry’s carbon footprint, resulting in a consciously crafted product that shoppers can feel great about. This Earth Day, Bernholtz shares her proactive approach to building a business that prioritizes the future of our planet all year long. 

“‘Earth Day is everyday’ should be the motto for all entrepreneurs across every industry in 2021,” says Bernholtz. “The best way to maintain a strong focus on environmental impact is to create a sustainable model from the ground-up, built around eco-friendly values that support a thriving future for our next generation.”

California native Andréa Bernholtz is the serial mom-preneur and fashion powerhouse behind the eco-conscious SWIMINISTA brand. Known for co-founding the luxury denim line Rock & Republic in 2002, she helped to transform the company into a celebrity favorite and globally recognized name offering cosmetics, accessories, and clothing. In 2015, she became the CEO of Titan Industries, adding high-fashion footwear to her resume. Her latest venture features chic swimwear that combines her love of fashion, swimming, and the environment.

“I have never been able to find a swimsuit that fits just right,” explains Bernholtz. “If it holds me up, it looks like a sports bra or too old-fashioned. Otherwise, it doesn’t provide the right support and I pop out all the time!” 

In 2019, after speaking with hundreds of women experiencing the same issues, Bernholtz set out to create the solution herself, co-founding the SWIMINISTA collection. Based on her previous work at global lifestyle brand Rock & Republic and first-hand experience with the waste-filled fashion industry, she set out to not only build a better suit but also a better design process. The result is a collection of ultra-comfortable swimwear featuring a soft, luxurious nylon fabric made from post-consumer plastics. Figure-flattering tops, bottoms, and one-pieces can be mixed and matched, offering timeless silhouettes in adjustable, customized fits designed to inspire confidence from size A to DD.

The SWIMINISTA online boutique also makes the shopping experience a breeze. A personalized sizing guide helps customers easily find the right suit for their unique body. SWIMINISTA’s convenient “Try At Home” solution eliminates the soul-destroying try-on process. Customers can choose a selection of suits to test in the comfort and privacy of home, and - true to the company’s environmental values - all orders arrive in earth-friendly recycled, compostable packaging.

When Bernholtz isn’t perfecting the SWIMINISTA line, she can be found spending time with her daughter or sharing industry insights with various publications like US Weekly’s “Fashion Police.” Passionate about the planet, she also regularly coordinates community beach clean-ups and gives time to organizations working to protect the environment, such as Heal the Bay, Oceania, and The Galapagos Conservancy.

Learn more about Andréa Bernholtz and shop the revolutionary and philanthropic SWIMINISTA brand at SWIMINISTA.com. Follow on Instagram @SWIMINISTA for style ideas, new releases, and brand updates. SWIMINISTA: Meet your new favorite suit… finally!

“As someone who went through a life-altering accident at a young age, I personally and wholeheartedly understand the challenges that come with the legal aftermath of serious or catastrophic injuries,” says Bond Legal Founder and Managing Partner, Candice M. Bond. “That’s why it was important to me to create a team of attorneys who are not only experts in their field but who are also keen on leading every case with ethics and morals on a contingency basis. We care about our clients on a human-to-human level, and we fight for them until they get the justice and compensation they deserve. No matter what, we stick with them until the end.” 

Candice M. Bond is the Managing Partner of Bond Legal, a national catastrophic injury law firm based in Irvine, California.  Candice has represented injured clients for over 15 years and founded Bond Legal with the mission of helping those whose lives have been shattered by catastrophic injury or tragic loss caused by someone else’s negligence.

It is a hardship she knows well. When she was growing up in Louisiana, a random driver’s negligent act caused an accident that seriously injured her mother, who was raising Candice alone. Candice, who was also in the vehicle, saw firsthand how lives can be changed forever and drastically in an instant.

The accident itself was only the beginning. Just 8 years old at the time, Candice was astute enough to question the intentions of the attorneys involved. She also saw the insurance companies act in their own interest.

To Candice, the message was clear: People need lawyers who genuinely care about them and the tragedies they endure. Candice works tirelessly to see Bond Legal thrive as a heart-centered firm, by tending to day-to-day operations, marketing, and building a team of visionaries and leaders to further the mission.

She earned her law degree graduating from California Western School of Law, San Diego, in 2005. She passed the California Bar Exam on her first attempt. 

Now she and her partners are licensed to practice law in states across the country. Candice guides Bond Legal as a national advocate and philanthropist. The firm represents and protects catastrophically injured clients from coast to coast. It is a cause in which Candice finds deep meaning – and the fuel to fight even harder. She knows how a catastrophic accident changes a family’s life in an instant, whether the injury is fatal or permanently disabling. Everything is impacted – jobs, marriages, futures. Financial devastation comes quickly with mounting medical bills and loss of income.

Easing that trauma for people is the fight Candice has battled passionately as the leader of Bond Legal. She lives her life as an advocate for every person she takes on as a Client.  

Candice ensures that Bond Legal continues its philanthropy on a national scale, providing relief with donations and scholarships and providing legal services pro bono when needed.

When she is not advocating for her clients, Candice loves spending time with her son, Justice Bond.

Taylor Draper is the CEO and co-founder of INHERENT: custom made menswear that offers personal styling with a mental health mission. Built on Draper’s own struggles with depression, INHERENT designs modern-day “suits of armor” that awaken the inner confidence to battle anxiety, overwhelm, and self-doubt. Following a troubled childhood in Anchorage, Alaska, Draper reached the age of 15 weighing over 300 pounds and was diagnosed with clinical depression. At 16, he and his mother relocated to Colorado Springs, where Draper found the courage to make a fresh start and get healthy - both physically and mentally. A natural entrepreneur, he left home at the earliest opportunity to establish a website and graphic design company at age 18, where he learned the basics of business-building, marketing, and brand development. In 2017, after years of demanding 60-hour work weeks, Draper found himself battling crippling self-doubt, struggling with weight gain, and facing divorce. In order to save himself and his marriage, Draper sought healing and support through extensive counseling and found confidence in the most surprising of places: his wardrobe. “I realized that caring for myself and my appearance gave me the confidence to show up to counseling appointments, helping me build strength to pick up the pieces of a broken marriage and begin to repair.” 

Draper established the brand INHERENT which started as an online custom suit store where men could shop affordable luxury styles in the comfort of their own home. Today, their flagship store is open in Colorado Springs and the company advances men’s mental wellness through their non-profit: Foundation by Inherent. The Foundation by Inherent is creating programs, resources, and events to change the face of men’s mental wellness. A portion of all sales made, and employee’s time gets put directly into the Foundation. The larger goal for Draper is normalizing feelings of anxiety, depression, or self-doubt while sparking honest conversation around mental health, ultimately giving men the confidence and courage to speak out. 

“My mission will not be complete until phrases like ‘walk it off’ or ‘man up’ are redefined in our vocabulary to mean that a man is in touch with his feelings, and can communicate them in a healthy way. Every man’s first instinct should be to open up about feelings of overwhelm or depression without shame, guilt, or fear.” Through Inherent, Draper helps men build fully functional, versatile wardrobes that awaken confidence and authentic self-expression. The company also partners with local and national organizations working to empower individuals and communities to speak openly about mental health. A fan of golf, MMA, Jiu Jitsu, and Formula 1, Draper recharges by playing golf and spending time with his family. Learn more at https://thisisinherent.com. Get a first look at upcoming events, collaborations, and new collections on Instagram @Thisisinherent.Suited for wellness. 

Health and well-being is SO important for everyone, mentally and physically and I think most of us realized this more than ever after the last year and half. While in a pandemic, availability to healthcare can be limited which can be detrimental.

Co-founder of the first integrative telehealth service, ModiHealth, double-board certified Doctor of Natural and Integrative Medicine Dr. Rachel Dew has made it a mission to offer available whole-person health and wellness care that gets to the root cause of symptoms and provides an integrative and holistic solution to get and stay healthy for individuals and corporations. 

Modi’s recent launch of their ModiHealth Concierge Health Membership delivers a straightforward way for customers to have all-the-time access to live virtual care, and the ModiHealth streaming service + health app.

“Our goal is to provide ongoing care, support and resources on our virtual platform, helping people achieve their best possible health and wellbeing. Easy access to a personalized program through our memberships as well as expert guidance helps improve the success rate people experience because of better motivation, guidance, knowledge, and engagement,” says ModiHealth co-founder and CEO Dr. Rachel Eva Dew. “This Concierge Health Membership is support in the palm of your hand, whether you are looking for a nutritious meal, your next workout, or virtual care.”

Dr. Rachel Eva Dew known as Dr. Rachel is a double board certified Doctor of Natural Medicine, Ph.D. in Integrative Medicine, Integrative Life Transformation Coach, International Teacher/Speaker, 5x Author and co-founder of the first integrative telemedicine platform, ModiHealth.

Dr. Rachel is a board certified Doctor of Natural Medicine and an Integrative Life Transformation Coach who is additionally certified in over 20 healing modalities that support her integrative approach to whole person integrative wellness. She is board certified through the Association for Integrative Psychology as a master practitioner of NLP and Clinical Hypnotherapist. She was also trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Rachel is a master trainer of Integrative Coaching and certified as a personal trainer and yoga therapist. She has received certifications in ERYT yoga, sports nutrition, and sports therapeutics. Rachel specializes in treating the whole person; mind, body, heart & spirit in order to help her clients achieve optimal health and wellbeing. Rachel treats all types of conditions and illnesses as well as offers preventative care. Her approach helps her patients achieve optimal health & wellbeing. No matter where you are in your journey, Dr. Rachel can help! Through working with Rachel you will gain the tools, support, and solutions you need to heal your total self in mind, body, heart & spirit.

Rachel is an international speaker, self-development author, and leader in integrative wellness. She is founder and head instructor for the Integrative Wellness Academy (IWA) where she trains and certifies students as integrative life coaches in order to help people transform their lives. Rachel developed the proprietary Integrative Life Coaching Model, which integrates diverse training in life coaching, wellness, psychology, behavior modification, and diverse healing techniques. Her integrative approach uniquely helps clients make changes at a deeper level for more lasting changes. After years of training and running a private practice, Rachel created a new patented technique to help people release negative emotions & limiting beliefs known as Emotional Clearing Method (ECM). ECM is now being taught to practitioners around the world and used in private practice to help patients achieve higher levels of freedom.

Rachel continues coaching and treating patients in a wide range of illnesses and issues. She believes that your current health issues, your genetics and your past history as well as experiences do not define your future. You can be empowered to live the life you desire. Bringing powerful tools to help people become empowered to transform their lives through her books, online courses, as well as at conferences, retreats, and seminars throughout the world has been an incredible part of her journey as a change leader. Her work is designed to support clients and patients in creating the change they seek, achieve optimal health and wellbeing and to live the life they want!

Links:

Guest Podcast: Finding Purpose

https://www.michaelknouse.com/episodes/episode-107-knock-knockwhats-my-purpose-with-rachel-eva/

Thrilled to share that San Diego-based company, Monterey Financial Services, LLC recently announced their acquisition of Continental Central Credit, solidifying their position as a leader in debt recovery solutions, and showing that there is heart behind the company. Monterey Financial looks for companies that align with their morals and structures so they can keep current teams and employees, offering an opportunity for everyone to grow together

After the year we had, many are striving to find the light again. Many have suffered from a financial hit while many had time to reconsider what career choice they’d like to pursue — wherever you are financial, there are unique financing solutions for anyone’s situation that most of the general public do not know about.

Chris Ratigan is the Sales and Marketing Manager for Monterey Financial Services, specializes in alternative B2C financing solutions that help its clients increase their sales and cash flow. Unlike traditional lenders, Monterey Financial Services supports businesses seeking unique financing options such as consumer financing programs, loan servicing, and debt recovery solutions. 

In his role, Chris supports business development for Monterey to help the sales team find and develop key relationships that will lead to new client segments and markets for the company. His ability to look for creative opportunities that differentiate from what competitors are doing has led to a number of strategic partnerships that have grown annual finance sales significantly. He led Monterey through its first acquisition in 2017, which added a substantial new business line, and he actively works on new industries and B2B ventures to increase Monterey’s revenue by expanding its markets, products, and client base.  

With an influx of various Fintech programs entering the market over the last ten years, Chris believes that companies with long-term success are those that understand the importance of performance and compliance to ensure longevity for their clients.  

Chris’s professional experience has always been centered in sales and in the past 20 years he has serviced a number of industries. Chris is a graduate of California State University, San Marcos, where he majored in Business, Finance. He is currently engaged and looks forward to getting married in 2022.

More about Milly Ortega

Milly has over 15 years of experience in the Medical field. The last 8 years she worked as a Surgical Technician in the operating room assisting with Invasive Surgical procedures. Milly holds a license obtained through the National Med Spa Association (NMSA) as a Non-invasive Aesthetics Practitioner and a Certification of Completion as a Master Instructor. She also holds Barbicide, Infection Control, Bloodborne Pathogens, CPR & First Aid Certifications, assisting students to obtain their Non-invasive Aesthetic Practitioner Certification of Completion. 

Did the quarantine forced us to rethink our use of space? Spare bedrooms became offices; basements became apartments; garages became classrooms. Spaces that once housed “stuff” now house people, a concept that has fueled the innovative housing solutions created by architect Ileana Schinder.

As a woman and an immigrant, Ileana’s overlap of minority experiences propelled her passion for designing housing that more accurately addresses the needs of our ever-evolving population.

In her book Housing for Humans, Ileana provides an eye-opening exploration into America’s housing crisis and offers a clear path toward a creative, sustainable solution.

The crisis on affordable housing may be solved with a new small housing typology: additional dwelling units, shaped like granny flats to additional dwelling units. Ileana Schinder, in her architecture studio in Washington DC has designed and built new types of home for the new American family. 

Ileana Schinder is an architect in Washington, DC. She graduated with a Bachelor’s in Architecture from Universidad Nacional de Cordoba (Argentina, 2000) and a M.A. in Communications from the American University (Washington DC, 2006)

Inspired to become an architect at the age of four by playing with Lego on the floor, she remains motivated to to design houses of all sizes 40 years later. Since opening her architecture studio in 2014, with creativity and innovation, she has designed additional dwelling units that create new spaces for clients and their families to thrive. As part of her efforts to educate the public on housing issues, Ileana has also written in blogs and held sessions to inspire and promote innovative models of home.

Ileana was born and raised in Argentina. She lives in Washington, DC with her family and her dog, Cecilia.

Celebrity Chef, Restaurateur, and Gourmet Food producer Nik Fields has a plan to reduce food spending and protect your pocketbooks. With a few tips and tricks, you will be well on your way to extra savings. The supermarket is ground zero for waste! Here are a few techniques she swears by to save money on food costs: 

For more information, please visit the following below and contact Kat at CEO@do-tellpr.com or call 305-490-5911 for samples, interviews or press inquiries and to share these tips.

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The chilling 2016 documentary Holy Hell revealed to audiences the truth about the Buddhafield cult. But Radhia Gleis, featured in the documentary, knows more than any one film could possibly capture. Gleis was a member of Buddhafield for 25 years. In her new book, The Followers, "Holy Hell" and the Disciples of Narcissistic Leaders she takes readers on an eye-opening journey that weaves her unsettling personal experiences with broader explorations into the dangers of groupthink. Raw, honest and jaw-dropping, The Followers draws cautionary parallels between cult dynamics and today’s political landscape.The chilling 2016 documentary Holy Hell revealed to audiences the truth about the Buddhafield cult. But Radhia Gleis, featured in the documentary, knows more than any one film could possibly capture. Gleis was a member of Buddhafield for 25 years. In her new book, The Followers, she takes readers on an eye-opening journey that weaves her unsettling personal experiences with broader explorations into the dangers of groupthink. Raw, honest and jaw-dropping, The Followers draws cautionary parallels between cult dynamics and today’s political landscape.

Author Radhia Gleis is a Certified Clinical Nutritionist, CCN, MEd. biochemical analyst and educator for over 35 years. She has appeared as a featured guest on numerous radio and television shows including Fox News, Austin. She hosted The Health Revolution and Let’s Get Healthy on Talk 1370 AM, KLBJ, and The Wellness Connection podcast on Voice America. She was the host and executive producer of three YouTube series: Wake up America; How the Body Works; and The Natural Way. She was featured in the internationally viewed movie, Holy Hell, which was broadcast on CNN and named one of Sundance Film Festival’s and Netflix’s top 10 documentaries. It can now be viewed on Amazon Prime.