Allergic to the Ordinary
Allergic to the Ordinary is a podcast for people who refuse to live, think, or create on default settings. Hosted by Jamie Gasparovic, the show explores identity, ambition, creativity, and reinvention through unfiltered conversations and sharp personal insight. It’s for those who feel the itch for more, and are ready to design a life that actually fits them.
Episodes
13 episodes
13. Why Getting Dressed is Your Secret Weapon! (with Chellie Carlson)
Think getting dressed is superficial? Chellie Carlson is here to prove you wrong.As an LA-based stylist working with top executives and entrepreneurs, Chellie helps successful people who are exhausted from throwing money at their closets...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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56:10
12. Stop Running Your Business Like a Charity: Peace, Profits & Financial Confidence (with Dani Lee)
What does it feel like to hit your first seven figures — and realize the business is actually a trap?Dani Lee is a fractional CFO and co-founder of Valore Financial. At 26 she built a product-based company to seven figures, then walked a...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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30:24
11. She Got Promoted at Mercury, Then Walked Away: Building a $2M Business on Your Own Terms (with Tara Sandhu)
Most people walk away when things get hard. Tara Sandhu walked away when things were objectively great. Three months after returning from one of the hardest pregnancies imaginable, she got promoted at Mercury and was managing a team of 50. The ...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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43:28
10. The Creative Strategy Behind Building Brands That Last (with Ellyse Bollinger)
What actually makes a brand stick? It's not a pretty logo. It's not a trendy color palette. And it's definitely not copying whatever's blowing up on Pinterest this week.Ellyse Bollinger is the founder and creative director of ENC — the n...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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48:25
9. You're Not 'Bad With Names' - You're Just Telling Yourself Bad Stories (with Jamie Gasparovic)
What if "I'm bad with names" isn't a personality trait—it's just a story you keep telling yourself? And what if your beige living room isn't a design choice—it's an identity you've outgrown but haven't let go of yet?In this solo episode,...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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14:48
8. Breastfeeding, Pig Fairs & Sephora: How Susannah Dellinger is Rewriting the Beauty Playbook
Susannah Dellinger didn’t wait for the perfect timing. She launched Bright Beauty Connect from her kitchen table during the pandemic — no funding, no childcare, no business plan — and turned it into a multimillion-dollar retail agency ...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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1:00:37
7. You CAN Have a Six-Figures Business With Under 1,000 Instagram Followers (with Nicole Otchy)
What if you could build a wildly successful business with under 1,000 Instagram followers? Nicole Otchy, founder of The Styling Consultancy, is living proof it's possible—and she's breaking all the industry's outdated rules to do it.In t...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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51:30
6. Taking Your Power Back: Building a Multi-Million Dollar Brand Without Chasing the Algorithm (with Jen Szpigiel)
What if losing everything you built on social media was actually the beginning of something bigger? Jen Szpigiel is the Editor in Chief of Iconic Magazine and Founder of Becoming Iconic. She's helped thousands of women build over $100 million i...
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Episode 6
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56:07
5. Friction Is the Point: Why We're Done Optimizing Everything (with Jamie Gasparovic)
What if the screenless camera everyone's obsessing over, the VHS tapes making a comeback, and your sudden urge to buy a record player are all symptoms of the same thing...we're exhaus...
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Episode 5
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15:07
4. Building a Multi-Million Dollar Business Without Making it Weird (with Colleen Nichols)
The Real Talk What happens when "authenticity" becomes your brand? Can you build a million-dollar business without ads or funnels? And more importantly—what do drum lessons and talking to dead people have to do with running a successful ...
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Episode 4
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41:28
3. The Queen of the Pivot: How to Change Your Mind Without Burning It All Down (with Kacia Ghetmiri)
The Real Talk What do you do when something is good—but not great? When you've invested years into a path that makes perfect sense on paper, but something in your gut says it's time to move on?Kacia Ghetmiri has become the queen o...
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Episode 3
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59:10
2. From Selling to Owning: Why Women Should Stop Building Businesses Just to Exit (with Lacey Madison)
The Real Talk What if everything you've been told about building a successful business—scale fast, sell big, exit early—is actually keeping you from real wealth and power?Lacey Madison is the founder of SIR Ventures, helping women...
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Episode 2
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1:04:13
1. The Whale Blubber Incident: Why Being "Difficult" Is Actually Your Superpower (with Jamie Gasparovic)
What if everything you've been told about being easygoing, going with the flow, and not making waves is actually keeping you from living your own life?This is the launch episode of Allergic to the Ordinary, where Jamie introduces the eth...
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Episode 1
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20:59