Episode 004: Jennifer Fisher, The Non-Gatekeeper

Today's conversation is with the incredible Jennifer Fisher: jewelry designer, entrepreneur, cookbook author, and all-around force of nature. Jennifer opens up about growing up in Santa Barbara before becoming a true New Yorker, her early career as a commercial stylist, and how a health journey through chemotherapy and Hashimoto's led her to build not just a jewelry empire, but an entire lifestyle brand rooted in radical honesty. We talk about the original Jennifer Fisher dog tag, how her salt took over the internet, her cookbook Trust Your Gut, and why being your most authentic and imperfect self is the only real brand strategy that works. Tune in for Jen's thoughts about fearlessness, the long game of building something real, and the joy of trusting your gut. (0:00) Intro & Welcome / Jennifer Fisher overview (1:24) Shopify Ad (4:35) Why she couldn't wait to leave California for New York (6:02) Listening to your audience and evolving in business (6:16) Being authentic and non-gatekeeping (8:41) Time management and intuition (9:20) ADHD and pattern recognition as a superpower (10:33) Health journey: chemotherapy and the desmoid tumor (10:48) Visual literacy and styling background (14:46) Hashimoto's diagnosis and anti-inflammatory eating (20:03) The 80/20 rule and lifestyle vs. diet (23:50) Being fearless after going through so much (27:08) Taking your time with hair (years, not months) (28:33) Crown Affair Overnight Serum love (39:30) Being your authentic self (the lesson only time teaches) (40:47) Lifelong work of becoming yourself  (55:21) Outro / subscribe to Take Your Time Thank you for listening to Take Your Time. Subscribe to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube  Follow along on Instagram and TikTok  Follow Dianna on Instagram: @diannacohen Follow Heidi on Instagram: @heidilgardner Subscribe to Take Your Time on Substack  Find everything Take Your Time at takeyourtimeuniverse.com