She's So Lucky

#355: Luck isn’t something that happens to you. It’s something you build piece by piece, and today’s guests have done just that.

I'm joined by Lex P and Drea Nicole, serial entrepreneurs, media personalities, and co-hosts of Pour Minds. We get into the $86 check that told them they were onto something, how they balance business and friendship, the beliefs at the root of the luck they’ve created, and why they both believe you can't get lucky until you learn how to clap for other people first.

I think you're going to walk away thinking about the word "lucky" in a completely new way, which feels like exactly the point of this whole show.

Press play if you're...
Convinced everyone else's glow up came out of nowhere (it didn't, keep listening)
Currently waiting for your moment instead of building toward it
Still thinking about that one friend who got quiet on you the second things got good
Nosy about the actual numbers behind turning a podcast into a real business

Grab your notes app for…
The real difference between getting lucky and being ready when opportunity shows up
How Pour Minds turned an $86 ad check into a fully self-funded, sold out tour
The friendship red flags Lex and Drea learned to spot the hard way, and the green flags to look for instead
Why clapping for other people's wins is directly tied to unlocking your own

Episode Links:
Get your tickets to the Still Sippin’ Tour: https://www.pourminds.com/
Subscribe to Pour Minds on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DreaAndLex
Follow Pour Minds on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pour_minds/
Follow Drea on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dreanicoleee/
Follow Lex on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lex_p_/

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#354: This month's solo episode is a little different — I walked into the studio with zero plan, and that felt pretty on brand for where I'm at right now.
With the visibility series wrapped, solo episodes are back to being just me, unscripted, telling you the truth about what's going on. And the truth is: my life outside of work is genuinely thriving — three years in New York, a community I actually love, a summer that's off to a great start — while my career is a big puzzle I just haven’t been able to solve.
Instead of faking it, I'm giving you the real, current-state version of where my head's at, and introducing what I'm calling my "lucky girl summer" — a season built around releasing instead of pushing, for once.

What we're getting into:
Why I'm trying a "lucky girl summer" — a season of letting go instead of grinding, and what that means when your whole identity has been built on work ethic
The honest split between my career and my personal life right now, and why burnout hits different when you haven't "made it" yet
What rest and ease can look like when you genuinely can't afford to take your foot all the way off the gas
Redefining luck — not as hitting one specific number, but as always finding a way to figure it out

This episode is for you if…
You've got one part of your life thriving and another part completely stuck, and you're tired of pretending everything's fine across the board.
You've built your identity around hustle and work ethic and are starting to wonder what happens when that stops being enough.
You grew up without a lot and are still figuring out how to carry that history into the person you're becoming.
You're craving permission to not have a plan right now and to trust you'll figure it out anyway.
You want a wider definition of luck — and success — than just hitting a number.

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Keep in Touch with Les:
Ready to apply what you hear? Subscribe to the She’s So Lucky Newsletter to get weekly episode guides and journal prompts: https://shessolucky.kit.com/newsletter
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#353: We've spent this entire visibility series talking about what it means to be seen — in your career, in your work, in the world. But this final episode brings it all the way home, because the most personal version of that question lives inside your closest friendships.
We all want to feel seen by the people who know us best. And this week's guest shows us exactly how complicated that gets when a wedding is involved.
I'm joined by Ru Wolle, journalist and author of I Hope You Elope. After feeling financially and emotionally stretched by the obligations of being a bridesmaid, Ru made a decision that went viral — and sparked a conversation so many of us were quietly waiting to have. We get into the ways wedding culture has turned friendship into a loyalty test, how unspoken expectations create resentment, and why so many women walk away from a wedding weekend having lost a friendship they thought would last forever.
This one hit. I think you're going to feel very seen — which feels like exactly the right note to end this series on.

This episode is for you if...
You've ever said yes to something when every part of you wanted to say "can we talk about this first?"
You've felt the financial pressure of wedding culture but didn't know how to name it
You're navigating a friendship where something big went unsaid
You want to celebrate the people you love — without it costing you the friendship

We talk about:
Why friendships get tested hardest around major life events — and what's really underneath that
The unspoken expectations that quietly build resentment between even the closest friends
How social media has changed what we feel like we owe each other in big seasons
What honest communication actually looks like when the stakes feel too high to say anything

Episode Links:
Follow Ru on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ru_wolle/
Read I Hope You Elope — A Bridesmaid Survival Guide: https://bookshop.org/a/55347/9781668095683

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Connect with Les:
Ready to apply what you hear? Subscribe to the She’s So Lucky Newsletter to get weekly episode guides and journal prompts: https://shessolucky.kit.com/newsletter
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#352: If you've ever felt the pressure to say yes to everything — every opportunity, every invitation, every trending topic — just because it's available, this conversation is for you. Today I'm welcoming Eni Popoola back to the podcaster. Eni is a content creator, storyteller, and former lawyer, who left Big Law three years ago and has spent every day since building a path that's entirely her own.
Eni gets real about what it actually feels like to walk away from a plan you've had your whole life, why she's stopped chasing virality and started chasing alignment, and the subtle but powerful difference between friends who agree with you and friends who truly get you. We also get into what visibility has taught her about herself, how she thinks about privacy as a professional boundary, and why the soft life is something you work hard for — not something that just happens.

This episode is for you if:
You're wondering whether the "impressive" path is actually the right one for you
You've gone viral and realized it wasn't what you thought it would be
You want to build a following that's small but mighty and deeply aligned
You're trying to figure out what to share online and what to keep for yourself
You're in your 30s (or approaching them) and finally starting to care less about what people think

We talk about...
What it felt like to leave law with no plan and no expectations — and why that was actually freeing
Why she's stopped trying to go viral and what she's chasing instead
The "appropriateness epidemic" and how she decides what belongs on the internet vs. the group chat
How increased visibility taught her she's more social than she ever thought
Why her friends don't have to agree with her — but they do have to understand her
The journaling practice that helps her know herself well enough to pick the right people
What running her business "like a CEO" actually looks like day to day
Why she includes a therapist on her professional team
Travel as a creative necessity — and all the places she's headed next
What luck means to her: you can't have it without the work behind it

Episode Links:
Watch episode 206, The SECRET to Choosing Yourself with Eni Popoola: https://youtu.be/ewjZAqS-KaQ?si=6b36EVB6UhLkkPVK
Follow Eni on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/enigivensunday/
Follow Eni on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@enigivensunday?lang=en

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Connect with Les:
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#351: I'm sitting down with Lisa Price — founder of Carol's Daughter — to talk about growing, pivoting, and changing direction publicly.
Lisa has been building Carol's Daughter for 33 years. She's navigated equity partners, a major acquisition, public scrutiny, and ultimately buying her company back on her own terms. And through all of it, she's operated from a practice she's had long before it had a name — acting as if.
We talk about what it actually looks like to claim something before you can prove it. The gratitude practice that rewired how she moves through hard seasons. What she learned about her own role when she became a "small fish in a big pond." And why the easiest, most peaceful deal of her career only felt that way because of everything hard that came before it.
This isn't a story about random luck. It's a story about preparation, posture, and trusting yourself enough to decorate the tree and make the cookies while you're waiting on the yes.

This episode is for you if...
You're holding the vision of something you’re building
You're in a season of waiting and struggling to stay grounded in what you know is coming
You've been through something hard in business and are trying to make sense of what it was for
You're learning how to tell the difference between the right opportunity and just any opportunity
You've outgrown hustle culture but haven't fully landed on what replaces it
You want to build with peace, not just with ambition
You're navigating public perception of something you've poured your whole self into
You're ready to stop performing confidence and start actually practicing it

Episode Links:
Follow Lisa on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamlisaprice/
Follow Lisa on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iamlisaprice?lang=en
Follow Carol’s Daughter on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@carolsdaughter?lang=en
Visit the Carol’s Daughter website: https://carolsdaughter.com/

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Connect with Les:
Ready to apply what you hear? Subscribe to the She’s So Lucky Newsletter to get weekly episode guides and journal prompts: https://shessolucky.kit.com/newsletter
Subscribe to The Lucky Playbook on Substack: https://lesalfred.substack.com/
Follow Les on IG @lesalfred
Follow She’s So Lucky on IG @shessoluckypod
Follow Les on TikTok @theluckyles
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Visit our website at shessoluckypodcast.com

This episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct, or indirect financial interest in products, or services referred to in this episode.

Produced by Dear Media
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.