Welcome to season 2, episode 33 of the Today is the Day Changemakers Podcast.
This week my guest is Holly Fulger. Holly is an actress, writer, producer and founder, True Beauty Discovery.
She began her acting career at the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival, where she interned with Tom Hanks, with whom she has remained close friends.
She moved to Los Angeles after living in Chicago for some time to work on television and film, Holly is best known for her roles in the Disney Channel Original Movie series, Zenon, Girl of the 21st Century, as Aunt Judy, and as Holly in the sitcom, Ellen.
Being in the spotlight, Holly has experienced the good, the bad, and the misguided aspects of beauty in our culture. Unfortunately, as a young girl she dealt with bullying and shares more about her experience in this episode. Through wearing thick rimmed glasses, she watched as the world did not seem so kind during some of her teen years. Holly shares here that acting allowed her to express and access parts of herself that she couldn't do in the real world. Listen in to hear what she would tell that little girl now.
She has written numerous articles on beauty and an article she wrote for iCNN caught the attention of a CNN producer who interviewed Holly and seven other women on their perception of beauty. She says that the most interesting part of this was listening to other women's stories and hearing how difficult it was for women to really say what is beautiful about themselves.
So began her exploration into true beauty, creating the web series, Speaking of Beauty, and then The Hollywood Beauty Detective. In 2019, she founded the nonprofit, True Beauty Discovery. The mission is about empowering girls and women to understand that it is their individuality that makes them beautiful and powerful.
Listen in to hear the incredible footprint that Holly would like to leave behind.
On the next episode I am joined by one of my recurring co-hosts, Scott Chesney. Scott is known as the Commander in Change and is a sought-after world-renowned motivational speaker and Life Coach. Together, we interview his good friend, Nancy Romanyshyn. Nancy is the Director of Pay Strategy and Partner Success at Syndio. We talk about the important work that Nancy is doing to help companies embed workplace equity into their core business so that they can achieve enduring success. We also have some fun talking about Oreos. The question remains, are they brown or black? Scott and Nancy have some fun with this. Email your opinion to jodi@todayisthedayliveit.com.
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