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.
15. Treating Grammy Winners, Studying Across Continents, and Building Lumara Concierge (with Dr. Audra Lance)
Dr. Audra Lance doesn't run a typical chiropractic practice. She's built a unique methodology, studying techniques across continents—from Prague to Italy to Thailand—and turned it into something that defies categorization. Her clients fly in from around the world, she tours with Grammy winners, and gets annual invites from Team USA. But here's what matters: she refused to accept the default path, and it paid off. This conversation is about what happens when you chase excellence that most prac...
9 Apr 2026
14. The Storytelling Secret: You're Great at What You Do, You're Just Not Sharing Your Genius (with Ashley Renders)
What if the problem isn't that you're not good at what you do—it's that you're hiding your genius? Ashley Renders spent a decade in journalism and documentary film before building a multi-six-figure business in 18 months teaching entrepreneurs how to use storytelling to grow their companies. In this conversation, Ashley breaks down the biggest storytelling mistake talented founders make: thinking they need to be more interesting when what they really need is to stop hiding what they already k...
2 Apr 2026
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 without results. In this conversation, we get real about the shame women carry around not being able to "figure out" getting dressed, why buying LESS will actually improve your style, and how your wardrobe directly impacts your nervous system. If you've ever...
26 Mar 2026
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 away from a large investor wire mid-deal and moved back to Wisconsin to regroup. What came next was a complete rebuild — this time, with her life designed first and the business engineered around it. In this episode, we get into money dates, the emotional stor...
19 Mar 2026
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 she left. What followed was a $2 million consulting business built in under two years, a life-changing acquisition offer she turned down, and a move to Lisbon, Portugal where she works 25-hour weeks and is home for bedtime. Now through The Right Turn, s...
12 Mar 2026
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 non-agency agency. In this conversation, we get into why so many brands fall emotionally flat, what she looks at first when assessing whether a brand has a real backbone, and the two things that hold most founders back from building something that can outlast ...
5 Mar 2026
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, Jamie breaks down identity: what it is (beliefs, values, history, ambitions), where it comes from (parents, one comment from a teacher 30 years ago, narratives you've internalized), and most importantly—how to change it. From believing she wasn't creative fo...
26 Feb 2026
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 helping beauty brands win inside Sephora, Ulta, Nordstrom and beyond. This episode is equal parts resilience, retail strategy, and radical rethinking of what beauty actually means. We cover: [00:02] The very first move Susannah made while breastfeeding on ...
19 Feb 2026
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 this episode, Nicole shares her journey from styling presidential advisors and power players to coaching stylists to build six-figure businesses. We dive deep into the uncomfortable truths about creative entrepreneurship, why perfectionism keeps talented peopl...
12 Feb 2026
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 in sales. In this conversation, Jen gets raw about giving her power away to goals, clients, team members, and social media—and what happened when she lost her entire Instagram following in 2022, then built her first million in six months with less than a...
5 Feb 2026
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 exhausted by optimization? In this solo episode, Jamie breaks down the pattern she's been noticing: the pendulum is swinging hard toward analog, friction, and nostalgia. But it's not really about the VHS tape or the 90s. It's about craving a time when you weren't mainlining terrible news every hour, when everything was...
30 Jan 2026
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 online business? Colleen Nichols is here to answer all of that and more. She's the #1 bestselling author of Don't Make it Weird, a digital authenticity expert, and someone who's done what most people said was impossible: built a thriving business on pure human...
30 Jan 2026
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 move from business owners to true ownership. She's built and advised over 400 companies, managed more than 1.2 billion in value, and she's here with a message that might make you uncomfortable: women are selling their businesses too early, and private equity firms ...
30 Jan 2026
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 of the pivot. She's a toddler mom, host of the empowerHER Podcast with over 13 million downloads, and a Denver-based real estate agent who built a $5M+ real estate portfolio with her husband. But here's what makes her different: she's not afraid to publicly change he...
30 Jan 2026
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 ethos behind the show: it's not about what your life looks like from the outside—it's about how you got there. From refusing to eat fake whale blubber in kindergarten to saying no to everyone before meeting her husband at 22, to getting logical about having kids...
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