Shell Me About It
A podcast about female entrepreneurship, mental fortitude, and modern sisterhood. Hosted by Leahlani Skincare CEO, Leah Klasovsky, and her sister and Brand Director, Hali Mason. Recorded between Kauai, Hawaii and Orange County, California.
Episodes
23 episodes
Episode 23: Does everyone get hotter in their 40s? Plus: If you're not dressing up, don't bother coming.
Welp this is the unabashedly chattiest episode yet. Leah and Hali catch up on the mic with a loose plan to discuss the decades of our lives. Leah shares exactly why and how being a women in your 40s is the best! She's talking
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Season 2
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Episode 23
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52:58
Episode 22: Retreat talk with Ashley Curtis. Plus: focaccia and energy vortexes.
We have our first official podcast guest on the episode today! It's Ashley Curtis (@agelessashley on instagram) here to chat with Leah and Hali about the power of a proper retreat, emphasizing the importance of investing in yourself, find...
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Episode 21: Happy Woo Year! Plus: Holiday Food and *interrupting* volcanoes.
It's the first pod of 2026 and we're back!?Leah's word of the year for 2025 was Giddysweet, but what does that even mean and did it come to fruition for her? Looking ahead: Leah shares her word of the year for 2026 and helps Hali decide ...
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Episode 21
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40:08
Episode 20: Advice for Female Entrepreneurs. Plus, the joys of polenta and transportation trivia!
In this episode, Leah shares honest advice for aspiring female entrepreneurs, discussing the grit, sacrifice, and resilience needed to build a business. She gets real about the loneliness of entrepreneurship, the importance of support systems, ...
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Episode 19: Aloha Glow Retreat Recap
Leah and Hali recap Leah's first Aloha Glow Retreat, sharing behind-the-scenes stories about planning and hosting a transformative experience for estheticians on Kauai. They discuss the power of women coming together, the importance of vulnerab...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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37:32
Episode 18: The Do it Scared Epilogue (aka Leah realizes doing things while scared actually sucks.) Plus: Our sister Tessa joins us! And: a decent amount of sisterhood sass.
Leah eats her own words (literally had to pep-talk herself with her own podcast), all three sisters finally on mic together, Tessa’s fat-grid chef debut, Resort Hali™ brings the vibes, the wildest August of Leah’s life, and why we belong ...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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45:06
Episode 17: What does wellness even mean anymore? Plus: Oliver's lasagne. And: a chatgpt game.
Motherhood meltdowns, quilting confessions, and our unfiltered thoughts on what “wellness” even means anymore. Plus, a popup event and a chatgpt ‘what the shell’ game. You know: chaos, joy, and everything in between.
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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40:00
Episode 16: Do It Scared! Plus: a mac hack AND: Captain Clumsy Peg
In this episode of Shell Me About It, Leah and Hali hype each other up to do the things that freak them out. From flying solo over oceans to run a marathon to hosting neighbors over on a weekday, sometimes you have to make peace with your old f...
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44:10
Episode 15: The first step to becoming a good mediator. Plus: how to offer an ear, a hand or a hug. And: Disneyland Food.
If you want to know what it's like staying up til 2am chatting with your sister, this is basically what it's like for us. Accept, this episode was recorded at around 9am and in a podcast studio. But truly, this is a classic Leah - Hali conversa...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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35:42
Episode 14: Psychoanalyzing our siblings? Plus, a new Leahlani Manager, belated Valentine's chocolate drama, and our favorite collective nouns for animals.
In this episode's Talk Story, Leah and Hali dive into an honest chat about sibling dynamics. Both middle sisters of four children, they have lots of thoughts about who is the most abrasive, most sensitive and most like a ball of sunshine in the...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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46:14
Episode 13: Creative Fixations. Plus an origin story, Paprikash, and sea cucumbers.
We're talking about the weird ways Hali completely fixates on events and parties to fill her creative cup. Does anyone else do this? Not with parties, necessarily, but creative projects in general?What creative fixations do you have? Wha...
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Episode 13
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55:20
Episode 12: Curating your friendships. Plus, cacklin' oats, the realities of manufacturing actually artisanal skincare, and an effing brilliant poem on love.
Leah jumped over to California to surprise Hali for Peter's birthday party only to be greeted by pre-school vomit scare and weekend full of canceled plans. The silver lining is that nothing is sweeter (or more rare) than chatting with a snuggly...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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45:07
Episode 11: Do you LOVE yourself? Our unprofessional take on inner child work. Plus, "Orca Hats" and the salty, nasty, delicious food matter we ate on Thanksgiving growing up.
Today we're circling alllll the way back to the Sister Swap Episode Number 8 when Tessa got very vulnerable talking about her "inner child" to pick up with Leah's perspective on the practice. Leah shares how she identifies when pas...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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44:58
Episode 10: Don't just be a friend, be a cheerleader! Plus, what we eat when we're alone and public behavior hot takes.
Good friends are there for you when you're down, but great friends are out there hootin' and hollerin' when you're on top of the world, too. In this episode, Leah talks about a recent epiphany she had about identifying the cheerleaders...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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30:35
Episode 9: Word of the Year. Plus: Are we bad vegetarians? And: French espionage!
In this yappy final episode of 2024, Leah reflects on her word of the year and how it showed up for her in big, surprising ways. She reveals her 2025 word of the year (spoiler, it's a made-up word!) and plans on reveling in it as much as possib...
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Episode 9
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41:30
Episode 8: Sister swap episode! Who here hasn't experienced some kind of identity crisis?
Our first Leah's Littles Episode! Meet Tessa, the littlest of the family and Leahlani's Marketing Director! She's in today to chat about how to make sense of our ever-shifting self-identities. Tess describes herself as "flighty" (f...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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37:59
Episode 7: Movement as Medicine. Plus, a cagey Leahlani Land, more sneaky tofu, and pet peeves.
Leah and Hali discuss Leah's deep love for Peloton, how it transformed her perspective on exercise, and the nuances of maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Hali shares her struggles with postpartum fitness and her intentions to rediscover simply mo...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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31:35
Episode 6: Retreat Junkie! Plus, does Leah have horse-girl energy, our female Mount Rushmore and a Leahlani secret password.
In this episode, the host, Leah, shares her profound experiences attending various women's retreats over the years. Beginning with her initial, nerve-wracking trip to a retreat in Oahu after 2018, she describes how overcoming her fears of publi...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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49:11
Episode 5: Halilani! What Hali does for the company, famous rice, fond farewells, and monumental tattoos.
After a failed remote podcast recording attempt, Leah and Hali are back with groggy but determined energy.This week's Talk Story is about Hali and her chaotic journey from a religious studies student to a self-taught brand designer. The...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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47:05
Episode 4: Learning to fly, our fancy Scandi office and nacho average nachos.
Leah shares her journey of overcoming a fear of flying, offering encouraging insights and advice. Hali makes IKEA her home office and shares her latest obsession with sweet potato nachos . This week's What the Shell is presented by our AI frien...
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Episode 4
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38:38
Episode 3: Infertility, Sneaky Chocolate Pie and Whales.
Leah and Hali delve into a personal conversation about Leah's infertility journey, including struggles with ovarian cysts, endometriosis, and IVF. The episode takes a lighter turn with a recipe for a sneaky chocolate silk pie, a giggly Would Yo...
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Episode 3
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53:56
Episode 2: The Paris Conversation
This week Talk Story shares a special Paris memory that reminds us to re-frame our fears and focus on the euphoric high that only comes when you've faced something that genuinely stressed you out. We dive deep into a transformative trip to Euro...
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Episode 2
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37:05
Episode 1: Coming out of our Shells
In the inaugural episode of 'Shell Me About It,' hosts Leah, founder of Leahlani Skin Care, and her sister Hali, the brand's director, introduce their podcast dedicated to female entrepreneurship, mental fortitude, and modern sisterhood. They d...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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