1 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:06,280 Speaker 1: Hello Sunshine, Hey besties. Today, on the bright Side, we're 2 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:09,480 Speaker 1: imagining a world that's more accessible to people with periods. 3 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:13,680 Speaker 1: Carla Welch, stylist and founder of the Period Company, is 4 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:17,200 Speaker 1: here to help us create that reality. It's Monday, June third. 5 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:18,599 Speaker 1: I'm Simone Boyce. 6 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 2: I'm Danielle Robe and this is the bright Side from 7 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:27,680 Speaker 2: Hello Sunshine, Danielle. 8 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 1: We're starting a little something new today and kicking off 9 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:33,280 Speaker 1: the week with a thought starter. We like to think 10 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:36,040 Speaker 1: on this show, especially on a Monday, right just to 11 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:39,320 Speaker 1: give us that reset for the week ahead. So every Monday, 12 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:42,360 Speaker 1: we're going to bring you our besties, some stories that 13 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:45,440 Speaker 1: make us curious, that motivate us, and that just give 14 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:47,479 Speaker 1: us a fresh perspective on a Monday. 15 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:51,479 Speaker 2: Mondays feel like a chance to reset and begin the 16 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:55,320 Speaker 2: week with new energy and new optimism. But one thing 17 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:58,640 Speaker 2: that Simone and I both need is our morning coffee. 18 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:01,280 Speaker 2: First coffee and then we can get into the morning. 19 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 2: You know, everything else comes after that point. It's amazing 20 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 2: how post cappuccino is. All the good stuff happens after that. 21 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:12,959 Speaker 1: The brain just does not function until it has the caffeine, 22 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 1: and that is addiction. In my friends, how was your morning, 23 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 1: see money, My morning was actually quite lovely today. I 24 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:22,840 Speaker 1: spent some time with my kids. They were really well behaved. 25 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:25,200 Speaker 1: We all just kind of hung out. I read some 26 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 1: books to them, and it was a nice way to 27 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 1: ease into my day, ease into my week. 28 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 2: Someone, it's so funny you're saying this because it sounds 29 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 2: like you had a slow morning. And I actually came 30 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 2: across this article in Women's Health magazine about the health 31 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:42,679 Speaker 2: benefits of a slow morning. So they're saying that a 32 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:45,440 Speaker 2: slow morning is all about creating a morning ritual that 33 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 2: prioritizes self care. Whether that's like journaling or making a 34 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 2: nice breakfast, or soaking up the sun or as you 35 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 2: and I like to say, touching grass. It's just like 36 00:01:56,240 --> 00:02:00,160 Speaker 2: about being more present and intentional. And there's this It's 37 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 2: Aloyit survey that came out this year that found that 38 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 2: seventy percent of people use their smartphone as soon as 39 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 2: they wake up. 40 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 1: And I am one of them. They are me. I 41 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 1: am them one hundred percent. I am in the seventy 42 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:14,520 Speaker 1: percent club. 43 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 2: Two. 44 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 1: I've spent at least an hour on my phone this morning, 45 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 1: so I know that's everything that wellness experts tell you 46 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 1: not to do, and I was curious why, Like, why 47 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:26,919 Speaker 1: is it that everyone tells us not to scroll when 48 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 1: we wake up? So I looked into the science behind this, 49 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 1: and apparently waking up and immediately looking at your phone 50 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 1: stimulates your amygdala, which is the part of your brain 51 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 1: that puts your body into fight or flight. Meaning you 52 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 1: start your day with this horrendous surge of cortisol and 53 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 1: your body just launches into the day stressed out. So 54 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 1: starting with a slow morning actually reduces that cortisol and 55 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:53,799 Speaker 1: then prevents your body from entering that fight or flight stage. 56 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:56,960 Speaker 2: I'm not trying to flight or fight like, I really 57 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 2: would love to be more present. 58 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:01,080 Speaker 1: I just don't know how real alistic it is for 59 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:04,080 Speaker 1: me to do this, like I'm gonna roll over and 60 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 1: grab my phone. We all have emails to attend to 61 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 1: first thing in the morning. It's just it is what 62 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 1: it is. But I wonder if it's about picking an 63 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 1: increment of time, a goal that could work for you 64 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:17,880 Speaker 1: saying like I'm gonna I'm not gonna look at my 65 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:21,079 Speaker 1: phone for the first fifteen minutes of being alive this morning. 66 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:24,240 Speaker 2: I have a friend who keeps her phone in her 67 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:27,080 Speaker 2: closet at night, and I feel like that's actually a 68 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:30,639 Speaker 2: good strategy, just like keep it far away. But then 69 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:32,800 Speaker 2: I'm like, I don't live by my family, Like what 70 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 2: if there's an emergency, I don't know. 71 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:39,839 Speaker 1: Then I'm in fight or flight again. I guess we're 72 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 1: just trying to stay out of fight or flight, y'all? Yeah, 73 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 1: I do yoga on Sundays. Does that count? That's enough? 74 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 2: That's funny, Okay, Simon, Well, let's set an intention for 75 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:53,560 Speaker 2: this episode. It's gonna be interesting, it's gonna be fun, 76 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 2: it's gonna be enlightening. We're gonna start the week off great. 77 00:03:57,480 --> 00:03:59,200 Speaker 2: We're gonna do it after the break because we have 78 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 2: a really aptivating interview with Carla Welch. 79 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 1: That's right, Danielle. Carla has worked as a celebrity stylist 80 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 1: for years, dressing a liss talent that you've all seen 81 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 1: on the red carpet, but one specific experience changed the 82 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 1: course of her life, and from that moment on, she's 83 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:18,679 Speaker 1: found a passion in making sustainable period products and care 84 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 1: accessible for everyone. She's an incredible woman. We can't wait 85 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 1: to talk to her after the break. We'll be right 86 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:41,360 Speaker 1: back and We're back here with Carla Welch. She's been 87 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 1: ranked one of the most powerful stylists out there by 88 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 1: The Hollywood Reporter, but she hasn't stopped there. In twenty twenty, 89 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 1: she co founded the Period Company. It's a brand dedicated 90 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 1: to creating accessible period products for everyone with a period, 91 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:59,440 Speaker 1: and the Period Abundance Foundation, a nonprofit aiming to eradicate 92 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 1: period poverty in a sustainable way. 93 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:04,839 Speaker 2: In this spring, the Period Company teamed up with the 94 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 2: AIDS Healthcare Foundation with the goal of providing free period 95 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:13,480 Speaker 2: underwear to one million people in need globally. Carla's here 96 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 2: now to tell us about her work as a celebrity 97 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:20,120 Speaker 2: stylist and her efforts to fight period poverty. I am 98 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:23,479 Speaker 2: so excited to have her on, Carla. Welcome to the 99 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:24,200 Speaker 2: bright Side. 100 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 3: Hi, thank you for having me. 101 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:26,240 Speaker 2: Welcome. 102 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 1: We're so glad you're here. 103 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:30,560 Speaker 3: I'm so thrilled to be here. Honestly, I'm so excited. 104 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:33,840 Speaker 1: Okay, So a lot of our listeners have seen your 105 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:36,919 Speaker 1: work on the red carpet as a celebrity stylist, I 106 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:40,479 Speaker 1: mean working with people like Tracy Ellis, Ross America Ferrara, 107 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:43,720 Speaker 1: Sarah Pauls, and Olivia Wilde, Justin Bieber. The list goes on, 108 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 1: But how did you get into sustainable period care? When 109 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 1: did you discover that you had this calling there? It 110 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:51,719 Speaker 1: really was a calling. 111 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:54,760 Speaker 3: It really was one of those light bulb moments where 112 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:57,520 Speaker 3: I was like, oh, that's it. 113 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:00,280 Speaker 1: It was let me think, yeah. 114 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:03,240 Speaker 3: It has to be almost eight years ago, and my son, 115 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:06,480 Speaker 3: who was a daughter at the time, had gotten their 116 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 3: period quite early, and it was a real struggle. It 117 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:15,160 Speaker 3: was a real like mom fail, which was like such 118 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:17,480 Speaker 3: a trip to me, Like I was like, how could 119 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:20,040 Speaker 3: I be messing this up? I need to make sure 120 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:23,080 Speaker 3: my kid can figure out having their period at school 121 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:26,720 Speaker 3: and out in the world. And there were period. 122 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 1: Underwear out there. 123 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,159 Speaker 3: They were really expensive, but I was like, this is 124 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:33,800 Speaker 3: a really good idea in my own relationship to my 125 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:35,919 Speaker 3: own period. I was like, I hate all the waste 126 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:39,919 Speaker 3: I'm creating, And so I was like literally on the toilet, 127 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 3: which is so funny, changing a pad, and I was like, 128 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:44,840 Speaker 3: I know what I'm going to do with the rest 129 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 3: of my life. I'm going to make period underwear, but 130 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:52,320 Speaker 3: I'm going to make them really good and really accessible 131 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:55,360 Speaker 3: so that every mom can afford it for their kids, 132 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:58,640 Speaker 3: so that was the real impetus of it. You know, 133 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 3: we created this idea of really rebranding the period at 134 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:04,800 Speaker 3: the same time, this thing that we all feel crappy about, 135 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:06,800 Speaker 3: and it's like, why do we feel crappy about it? 136 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 3: Who's told us our whole life that this is crappy? 137 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 3: We know who's told us and how we can kind 138 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 3: of switch that conversation. And that is a lot of 139 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 3: work to do that, and we're doing it. It's going 140 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 3: to take a decade. Can I ask you a question 141 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:21,480 Speaker 3: about that? 142 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, So we just had Jessica bial On talking about 143 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 2: periods and she said she was super shocked when she 144 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:30,280 Speaker 2: got hers that I could tell it. 145 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:32,000 Speaker 1: She didn't feel like it was a great experience. 146 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 2: I was so embarrassed when I got my Yeah, I 147 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:38,160 Speaker 2: told my mom not to tell my dad, Like I 148 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 2: made her promise me that she would not tell my dad, 149 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:41,560 Speaker 2: Like who cares? 150 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:42,360 Speaker 3: Who cares? 151 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:44,000 Speaker 1: Can you believe that, though? 152 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 3: Can you believe that something you're gonna have for probably 153 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 3: forty years of your life. You don't have an amazing 154 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:53,440 Speaker 3: relationship with, Yes, but this is one thing you can 155 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:55,880 Speaker 3: choose to be like, yes, thank you. 156 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:56,920 Speaker 1: Yeah. 157 00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:58,800 Speaker 3: And that's how we work in period and I know 158 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 3: I went up a little bit off of tangent there, 159 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:06,520 Speaker 3: but we work from like the reimagining, and we're reimagining 160 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:09,240 Speaker 3: a world where that is a superpower. And I'll go 161 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 3: step further and think like we're actually resetting it because 162 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:16,560 Speaker 3: like Eve wasn't doing anything bad in that garden. She 163 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:21,000 Speaker 3: was like giving life. But somehow people with the paper 164 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:23,760 Speaker 3: and the pens wanted to write a story that she 165 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 3: was creating sin yea and reduced it. Adam and was like, no, 166 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:31,480 Speaker 3: she gave him a brain and she was the reason 167 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:33,120 Speaker 3: for life. And I think if you want to, like 168 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 3: go back to how Genesis is written, and it's like 169 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:36,960 Speaker 3: the fault of the life giver. 170 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:38,439 Speaker 1: It's not your period. 171 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 3: Isn't there just to create It's like, you know, a 172 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:46,000 Speaker 3: system of your body being so so incredible. 173 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 1: I think what's tricky about periods though, is yes, that 174 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:53,479 Speaker 1: we've been told to be ashamed of it by society 175 00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:57,960 Speaker 1: or through traumatic events, but it also just being honest, 176 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 1: is like this chore month, you know, and I go 177 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,079 Speaker 1: through so much leading up to it. 178 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:07,840 Speaker 3: During it, you know you're on your period for weeks. 179 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:11,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, exactly, because you're getting you're getting ready for it. 180 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 1: You're bracing, yeah, and then you're going on all the stage. Yeah. 181 00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:17,600 Speaker 3: But it's like the dialogue about it. Yes, okay, this 182 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:20,720 Speaker 3: is what's going to happen. You know, I always laugh. 183 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:23,760 Speaker 3: I think i'm more knowing when i'm flowing, Like I'm like, 184 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:27,160 Speaker 3: actually that person, that person is an asshole, and I'm 185 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:31,080 Speaker 3: just realizing it now, you know, laughing When i'm flowing, 186 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:33,000 Speaker 3: I'm more so good. Oh, thank you, I just came 187 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:35,559 Speaker 3: up with that. No, I'm kidding, No, what you're right. 188 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:36,280 Speaker 1: Of course it is. 189 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:40,080 Speaker 3: Our body is sort of bleeding out, but it's remarkable 190 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:42,080 Speaker 3: and we don't have a choice, right, So I guess 191 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 3: the choice is like, let's talk about it more. Let's 192 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:50,560 Speaker 3: not think that if we leak it's death, because it's not. 193 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:56,680 Speaker 3: Let's create better products, yes, because we've been told by 194 00:09:56,720 --> 00:09:59,680 Speaker 3: these companies that it's shitty. And when I got my period, 195 00:09:59,679 --> 00:10:00,920 Speaker 3: I think I hit it for a year. 196 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:02,840 Speaker 1: I was just going to ask you tell me about 197 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:03,560 Speaker 1: when you got yours. 198 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:07,040 Speaker 3: I was volunteering with the Rotary Club because my dad 199 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 3: was in the Rotary and we were delivering cedars catalogs. 200 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 1: Oh my god, So you were alone with your dad. 201 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:12,839 Speaker 1: That's hard. Yeah. 202 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:15,080 Speaker 3: I remember like the car would pull up and you 203 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 3: would like stand on the whatever the bumper was at 204 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:19,160 Speaker 3: the back, and you would drive for a couple of 205 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:21,840 Speaker 3: blocks and then you would distribute the catalogs to the houses. 206 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:26,000 Speaker 3: And then I remember getting home and being like oh, 207 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:27,839 Speaker 3: and then it was like, oh my god, what am 208 00:10:27,840 --> 00:10:28,360 Speaker 3: I going to do? 209 00:10:28,679 --> 00:10:30,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, you don't know what to do. You don't want 210 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:30,880 Speaker 1: it to dare with you. 211 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:31,240 Speaker 2: Really. 212 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:34,240 Speaker 1: I don't actually remember when I got mine, which I 213 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:36,800 Speaker 1: think there's something there that I have to unpack, like 214 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:39,319 Speaker 1: why don't I remember the exact moment. But I do 215 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 1: remember going on a trip to the beach and realizing 216 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 1: that I had no idea how to insert a tampo. 217 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:48,319 Speaker 3: Oh my god, I can still feel the sweat from 218 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:50,040 Speaker 3: my first swim of trying to put a tamp on 219 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:51,440 Speaker 3: it the first I'm. 220 00:10:51,559 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 1: There's YouTube now because we didn't have that. 221 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:53,800 Speaker 3: No. 222 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:57,920 Speaker 2: Well, I liked that you mentioned rotary because you're very 223 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:03,040 Speaker 2: entrepreneurial and you've had a lot of jobs stylists, designers, CEO. 224 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:05,720 Speaker 2: Yes I have, and you've created a lot of products 225 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 2: like T shirts and you created a styling app. So 226 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:10,959 Speaker 2: I just think it's interesting that you're known for your 227 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:14,920 Speaker 2: period underwear. There are other period underwear products on the market, 228 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:17,880 Speaker 2: but yours are markedly less expensive. 229 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:20,839 Speaker 3: I don't think you can make change if you're not accessible. 230 00:11:21,679 --> 00:11:24,200 Speaker 3: We create billions of tons of garbage every year. And 231 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:28,280 Speaker 3: that was really the lens that we approached, so we knew, like, hey, 232 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:32,040 Speaker 3: if we want everybody to have access to it, it 233 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:35,080 Speaker 3: starts with the bank account. So you know, in the marketplace, 234 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:37,600 Speaker 3: the average pairs like thirty to forty dollars and our 235 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:41,240 Speaker 3: start at nine dollars. And it's just a conscious decision 236 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:42,199 Speaker 3: to make less money. 237 00:11:42,679 --> 00:11:46,400 Speaker 1: I mean, it's revolutionary, it is real. Yeah, it's just 238 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:47,400 Speaker 1: it's revolutionary. 239 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:50,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, it really, but it's like, okay, you can also 240 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:53,840 Speaker 3: just sell more. But also, I feel like we're helping 241 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:57,560 Speaker 3: change something in our world that greatly needs to be changed. 242 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 2: So part of this is peer poverty, yeah, which is 243 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:04,880 Speaker 2: the lack of access to menstrual products, the lack of 244 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:09,240 Speaker 2: education about menstruation, the lack of hygiene facilities, and a 245 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 2: lack of a way to dispose of period products. 246 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:15,400 Speaker 1: You just said something needs to be changed. Can you 247 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:19,120 Speaker 1: describe the scope of the issue in the US and overseas? 248 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:23,240 Speaker 3: Okay, in the United States, it's one in four people 249 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 3: who period don't have access to period care. And globally, 250 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:30,720 Speaker 3: so I think there is one point five billion people 251 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:32,959 Speaker 3: who get their period right now in the world and 252 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:38,000 Speaker 3: almost like seventy percent of them globally don't have access 253 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:38,360 Speaker 3: to care. 254 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:39,679 Speaker 1: And so. 255 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:45,200 Speaker 3: You can start with like what happens. So if a 256 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:49,240 Speaker 3: girl gets her period, she's not going to go to school, 257 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:51,160 Speaker 3: but she doesn't have products. So what happens when a 258 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:53,720 Speaker 3: girl doesn't go to school, she ends up falling out 259 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:58,880 Speaker 3: of school, She often becomes pregnant earlier, she loses her 260 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:02,319 Speaker 3: ability just to kind of participate, right, And so for us, 261 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:07,360 Speaker 3: it's really centered in stigma, which is super important. But 262 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 3: you can't fix a fucking thing if you don't give 263 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:12,679 Speaker 3: somebody period products. And so what we do is we 264 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:15,160 Speaker 3: give people a pack of four to five parrots of 265 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:18,400 Speaker 3: period underwear and that can last them up to ten years. 266 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:22,720 Speaker 3: We did this project in Kenya and it was like 267 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:26,600 Speaker 3: this group called Farmers on Fire tripping name, but these 268 00:13:26,640 --> 00:13:29,800 Speaker 3: are these women who are tea pickers, right, and so 269 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 3: these women are paid by the pound of how much 270 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:38,360 Speaker 3: tea leaves they can pick. Well, when they get their period, 271 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:41,640 Speaker 3: they don't go to work, so that's losing a weak 272 00:13:41,960 --> 00:13:45,040 Speaker 3: worth of income every single month. And I think we 273 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:49,480 Speaker 3: gave a thousand women period underwear that one more week 274 00:13:49,679 --> 00:13:53,440 Speaker 3: gives them so much more power and it changes It 275 00:13:53,520 --> 00:13:56,760 Speaker 3: changed communities, their community, it changes their family. It gives 276 00:13:56,800 --> 00:13:59,880 Speaker 3: them them more power within the structure of the family. 277 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:05,280 Speaker 3: It allows them to make more money. If a girl thrives, 278 00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:08,480 Speaker 3: the world changes. So like, why aren't we giving them 279 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:12,720 Speaker 3: period products? And people will often say it's too expensive, 280 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:16,240 Speaker 3: it's too expensive to give sustainable products. It's like, no, 281 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:19,760 Speaker 3: it's not. For fifteen dollars. We can give a woman 282 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:22,880 Speaker 3: for pairson underwear and that's what we're doing. And it's 283 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:26,400 Speaker 3: like fifteen dollars is this is the is a tiny buy. 284 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:33,680 Speaker 1: And you seem so confident and grounded and knowledgeable about 285 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:37,880 Speaker 1: this work now, but considering that it's such a worldwide issue, 286 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 1: did you feel overwhelmed at all when you are at 287 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:42,120 Speaker 1: the beginning of this process? 288 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 3: Oh, I feel overwhelmed every day. I just get like 289 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:48,280 Speaker 3: a little fired up talking about it because I honestly 290 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:50,920 Speaker 3: feel it's my purpose, which is I don't know, it 291 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:53,640 Speaker 3: sounds kind of silly, but not at all. But I 292 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 3: feel like, like as you said to you, oh how 293 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:59,080 Speaker 3: did everything get here? Well, I know how to make 294 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:03,280 Speaker 3: things right. I know how to market things. My business 295 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:06,640 Speaker 3: partner was one of the world's leading cmos. She knows 296 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:10,400 Speaker 3: how to bring a brand to life. Like everything just aligned, 297 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:13,680 Speaker 3: Like the road is getting shorter because I put in 298 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:16,120 Speaker 3: thirty years of work experience. That's what I always say 299 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 3: to people, like, don't think what you're doing is nothing 300 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:21,360 Speaker 3: because it all threads together. 301 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:22,840 Speaker 1: You don't know what it turns into. 302 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:25,040 Speaker 3: You don't know what you don't know what it turns into. 303 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:28,240 Speaker 3: And also like you're learning at everything you do. So 304 00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:32,600 Speaker 3: what is not overwhelming about what we're doing with period 305 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:37,080 Speaker 3: and the Period foundation is that it's impact, it's instant, 306 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:40,920 Speaker 3: and there are many things we'll never solve, right, but 307 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:44,240 Speaker 3: like we can solve this period. Poverty can be eradicated, 308 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:46,720 Speaker 3: and it's at the nexus of so many things. So 309 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:49,760 Speaker 3: for me, it's like I'm super optimistic and you can 310 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:52,600 Speaker 3: see it. You can see the farmers and the girls 311 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:57,960 Speaker 3: we give it to. Their lives are changed instantly because 312 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:00,760 Speaker 3: like you're taking care of a basic human need. 313 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:03,400 Speaker 1: Just lay out for us the steps that you think 314 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:07,280 Speaker 1: we need to take in order to eradicate period poverty. 315 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:14,080 Speaker 3: Money. I mean, it's a global buy in, right, it's 316 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:18,880 Speaker 3: understanding the value of a girl of a person who periods. 317 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:20,560 Speaker 1: That part. It's that part. 318 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 3: But with this project we just started, which is the 319 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 3: one Million Girls Period, So we're committing to get period 320 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:30,960 Speaker 3: products to a million girls with we're working in tandem 321 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:33,600 Speaker 3: with the AIDS Health Foundation, which has started here in 322 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:36,400 Speaker 3: Los Angeles. I can't go on the ground and start 323 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 3: something new, but I can ask any NGO out there 324 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:42,640 Speaker 3: that's doing the work, Hey, will you do this? Add on? 325 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:46,000 Speaker 3: It's the catalog, right, it's the rotary catalog. It's saying 326 00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:49,240 Speaker 3: you're doing this work. You might be giving a vaccine. 327 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:52,560 Speaker 3: Would you add on giving period underwear to these people? Smart? 328 00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:55,760 Speaker 3: And just see how fast it can spread. And it's 329 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:59,560 Speaker 3: not just period underwear. That's the product I can offer, 330 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:02,960 Speaker 3: but reusable pads can it be cuts in certain parts 331 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:06,320 Speaker 3: of the world. Of course, our mission is that it's 332 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:10,119 Speaker 3: sustainable because even if you're giving them five years of 333 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:13,120 Speaker 3: never having to worry about their period, you're giving them 334 00:17:13,359 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 3: such an advantage. So maybe they're like, Okay, I want 335 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:19,960 Speaker 3: to use pads or tampons, but will never be the case, 336 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,960 Speaker 3: and that they'll always choose sustainable. But you're giving them 337 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:23,560 Speaker 3: so much. 338 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:26,320 Speaker 2: We're learning now that pads and tampons, a lot of 339 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:28,879 Speaker 2: them have chemicals that have been linked to various health risks. 340 00:17:29,359 --> 00:17:32,560 Speaker 2: So period underwear is actually healthier for us in many ways. 341 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:34,400 Speaker 2: It seems we also need to. 342 00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:38,000 Speaker 1: Be reminding girls that having a period is an indicator 343 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:41,399 Speaker 1: of your body's overall health. Is one of the best 344 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:44,080 Speaker 1: tests for that. It's one of the best tests we 345 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:47,480 Speaker 1: have consistent. Yeah, hopefully, And if it's not that tells 346 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:50,000 Speaker 1: you something, it tells you something. It's an opportunity every 347 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:52,800 Speaker 1: month to check in with yourself. Yes, down to the 348 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:54,080 Speaker 1: color of the blood too. 349 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:56,879 Speaker 3: Down to the color of the blood, Like, there's so 350 00:17:57,040 --> 00:18:00,600 Speaker 3: much conversation we need to have, and also the conversations 351 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:02,320 Speaker 3: we have about our periods will mean we'll have better 352 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:03,760 Speaker 3: conversations about our menopause. 353 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:07,240 Speaker 1: All Right, we got to take a quick break with 354 00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:11,480 Speaker 1: celebrity stylists CEO and co founder of the Period Company, 355 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:25,560 Speaker 1: Carla Welch, And we're back with Carla Welch. 356 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:31,800 Speaker 2: I can imagine people listening thinking, how period, No, how 357 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:34,760 Speaker 2: can we jump in, like, how can we help that's 358 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:37,720 Speaker 2: kind of how I feel listening to you. What does 359 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:39,240 Speaker 2: the Period Company need? 360 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:44,000 Speaker 3: So the one Million Girls Period Initiative with AHF and 361 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:47,760 Speaker 3: the Period Abudance Foundation, so it's its own entity that 362 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 3: works to give education and sustainable products. No donations go 363 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:57,240 Speaker 3: to operating costs. If anybody want it to help, you 364 00:18:57,280 --> 00:18:59,800 Speaker 3: can buy a community bundle. It's fifteen dollars on the 365 00:18:59,840 --> 00:19:03,000 Speaker 3: web site and that will give one girl four pairs 366 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:05,720 Speaker 3: of underwear that'll last her for years and years and years, 367 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:07,640 Speaker 3: and it'll be part of our distribution of the one 368 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:08,680 Speaker 3: Million Girls Initiative. 369 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:12,480 Speaker 2: You touched on something that I want to get more 370 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:16,400 Speaker 2: insight on. So I think part of what the Period 371 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:18,760 Speaker 2: Company is doing is helping to change the way that 372 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:20,080 Speaker 2: we treat women and girls. 373 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:21,240 Speaker 1: How have you. 374 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:25,160 Speaker 2: Seen the lack of value Yeah, in how we treat 375 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:27,200 Speaker 2: women and girls or people who period. 376 00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:28,080 Speaker 1: Yeah. 377 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:32,080 Speaker 3: Can you imagine if every boy was like, girl, you 378 00:19:32,119 --> 00:19:33,720 Speaker 3: got your period? Do you need anything? 379 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:34,360 Speaker 1: Or awesome? 380 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:36,560 Speaker 3: That's amazing because if you actually just think about it, 381 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:40,879 Speaker 3: you're like, wow, that's pretty phenomenal. But I wish my 382 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:44,000 Speaker 3: body could do that. We laughed when we started at Period. 383 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:46,480 Speaker 3: We were like, had these ad campaigns in our mind 384 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:48,040 Speaker 3: because we didn't have the money to make them. But 385 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:49,960 Speaker 3: just like little boy crying, the mom was like, why 386 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:50,520 Speaker 3: are you crying? 387 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:51,920 Speaker 1: Well, I want to get a period. 388 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:56,720 Speaker 3: It's language. Everything's language. It's like, bring the periods to 389 00:19:56,760 --> 00:19:57,479 Speaker 3: the bright side. 390 00:19:57,640 --> 00:20:01,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, a whole new vocabulary, and sent meant be my periods. 391 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:05,240 Speaker 1: When we were talking about the interconnectedness of the cycles 392 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:06,879 Speaker 1: that we're all a part of, you know, how we 393 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:10,280 Speaker 1: are linked to those farmers and Kenya who supply us 394 00:20:10,359 --> 00:20:13,840 Speaker 1: with our tea, it got me thinking about sustainable fashion. 395 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:18,119 Speaker 1: And because we have a renowned celebrity stylist here, my 396 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:21,840 Speaker 1: mind will not let me not ask you a question 397 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:23,760 Speaker 1: about fashion, So. 398 00:20:24,359 --> 00:20:26,280 Speaker 3: You can ask me so many questions about fashion. I 399 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 3: love fashion and I love periods. 400 00:20:28,119 --> 00:20:31,679 Speaker 1: Great. Great, So where are you buying sustainable fashion right now? 401 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:35,919 Speaker 3: Ooh, I'm not buying That's what the most sustainable thing is. 402 00:20:36,119 --> 00:20:40,879 Speaker 1: Touche, touche? What does that mean? Are you borrowing and swapping? Well? 403 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:43,480 Speaker 3: I actually have gone through a real lull of really 404 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:45,840 Speaker 3: not buying a lot. I mean, when Phoebe Felo came 405 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:48,560 Speaker 3: back out, I did buy some jeans because I'd been 406 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:53,480 Speaker 3: waiting years for her reemergence. But I'm being really like, 407 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:57,840 Speaker 3: I have enough stuff. Of course, if you see something 408 00:20:57,920 --> 00:20:59,679 Speaker 3: you love, love, love, I think it has to like 409 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 3: for me, being sustainable means saving my purchases for something 410 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:07,160 Speaker 3: that makes my heart just leap out of my chest. Yeah, 411 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:09,719 Speaker 3: I am super fortunate. Obviously I get given stuff, and 412 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:13,320 Speaker 3: I really am a vintage person. I love second hand clothes, 413 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:15,680 Speaker 3: so I think that's such a sustainable move. 414 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:17,720 Speaker 1: And just shop in the closet. 415 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:21,600 Speaker 2: How do you shop in your closet and reimagine, Like, 416 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:24,960 Speaker 2: how do I think about thinking of those outfits differently? 417 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:27,240 Speaker 3: I mean that's where I think the Instagram is a 418 00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:29,040 Speaker 3: pretty great tool because you're like, oh, I like how 419 00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:32,600 Speaker 3: that girl looks. But you know, it's like adding layers, 420 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:36,240 Speaker 3: taking it past two items. Well, if you're doing pants, tank, jewelry, 421 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:38,239 Speaker 3: that's three. But like, is there a belt? Is there 422 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:40,520 Speaker 3: a sock? Is there a little layering piece? Do I 423 00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:44,480 Speaker 3: tie it? The thing about fashion and clothes, it's low risk, right, 424 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:47,080 Speaker 3: you wear enough it one day, you don't love it, 425 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:52,960 Speaker 3: it's already another day. There's no like lamenting. I'm like, eh, 426 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,680 Speaker 3: moving them right along, moving right along to the next. Look, 427 00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:56,160 Speaker 3: we're fine. 428 00:21:56,840 --> 00:21:59,240 Speaker 2: What is your piece of advice that works both in 429 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:00,520 Speaker 2: fashion and life. 430 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:04,320 Speaker 3: Wear the dress, just wear it today, may be it. 431 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:06,960 Speaker 3: I don't believe in special occasions. I think every day 432 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:10,840 Speaker 3: is a special occasion. Also, earn the nice candle, you know, 433 00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:14,119 Speaker 3: run those chatteries all dry mine. Yeah, you know, like, 434 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:18,520 Speaker 3: tell someone they look great, don't just think it. Yeah. Like, 435 00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:21,680 Speaker 3: we have so many problems in this world. That can't 436 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:23,359 Speaker 3: be one of them. You gotta spread some joy. 437 00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:24,520 Speaker 1: That's the bright side. 438 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:25,600 Speaker 3: That's the bright side. 439 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:28,199 Speaker 1: Carlo Welch, thank you so much for joining us on 440 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:28,960 Speaker 1: the bright Side. 441 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:33,240 Speaker 3: It's been an absolute pleasure and honor, and thank you 442 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:34,520 Speaker 3: for talking periods. 443 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:44,840 Speaker 2: Carlo Welch is a celebrity stylist and the co founder 444 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:49,360 Speaker 2: of The Period Company and the Period Abundance Foundation. This year, 445 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:52,159 Speaker 2: for Menstrual Health Day, the Period Company is on a 446 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:56,000 Speaker 2: mission to get free period underwear to one million people 447 00:22:56,280 --> 00:22:57,440 Speaker 2: in need globally. 448 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 1: That's it for today's show. Tomorrow, we're talking to Kathleen 449 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:05,160 Speaker 1: Griffith about entrepreneurship and how to build your best life. 450 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:09,840 Speaker 2: Y'all listen and follow the bright Side on the iHeartRadio app, 451 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:12,560 Speaker 2: Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 452 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:15,600 Speaker 1: I'm Simone Boye. 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