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Sep 2021
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#84: Entrepreneurship & Mental Health wi...

Mary Jelkovsky
About this episode

In this episode, Mary chats with Nadya Okamoto, co-Founder of August, a lifestyle period brand working to reimagine periods to be powerful. They chat about period poverty, mental health, relationships and what it‘s like living as a social media influencer and entrepreneur.

You will learn...

  • How does period poverty affect people who have their periods
  • What is Nadya and her company, August, are doing to help create change around period poverty
  • Managing mental health as an entrepreneur

Follow Nadya on Instagram: @nadyaokamoto

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