How do you build a successful career path by just being yourself? Foster shares her unexpected journey from actor to film director after the death of her son, while Cesar reveals how he built a successful business without spending a dollar on marketing. They explore the paradox of being a female director in Hollywood and why being yourself is your greatest advantage in any career. If you’re pivoting careers, breaking into a new industry, or building from scratch, this conversation talks practical wisdom about leveraging your uniqueness and creating meaningful connections because truthfully... success comes from being irreplaceable.

In this episode they explore:

• Why grief became the catalyst for a complete career pivot
• The Hollywood catch-22: When diversity programs help and hurt at the same time
• How one person built a 10-year training business without spending a dollar on ads
• The security guard at NYU who remembered every student's name (and what that teaches us)
• Why your unique fingerprint on your work is your only real competitive advantage

Also mentioned:

• The loss of Foster’s son Wilde: Foster’s Loss: Sunflowers and the Choice to Feel Pain
• Made Public (14 min short film)
• Waffles (4 min short film)
• Platypus (9 min short film)
• Brick & Mopsie (5 min short film)

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Foster Wilson:

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• Learn about her postpartum services
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Created & Hosted by: Cesar Cardona and Foster Wilson

Executive Producer: Glenn Milley

This episode is brought to you by Arlene Thornton & Associates

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Foster and Cesar sit down for a lighthearted, intimate episode about a surprising parenting breakthrough. Together, they discuss how children actually understand more than we give them credit for, why the question "why?" exhausts parents (and what to do instead), and how treating kids like brilliant humans rather than irrational beings changes the entire dynamic. This episode offers a refreshing perspective on parenting fatigue, the power of contrary actions, and finding those small moments of beauty in the daily grind of raising children.

In this episode they explore:

• What happens when you make yourself the "common enemy" in parenting
• The real reason parents hate when kids keep asking "why"
• How one contrary action created an entire day of sibling peace
• The small answer vs. the big answer: What kids actually want to know
• Why siblings don't actually have to be best friends (and that's okay)

If this episode spoke to you, you will love Giving Yourself Flowers where we explore the truth about real self-care. You can also watch the episodes on YouTube.

If you enjoyed this episode, take a moment to follow Beauty in the Break on your favorite podcast app and leave a review—it really helps!

Reach out to the show—send an email or voice note to beautyinthebreakpod@gmail.com and be sure to follow on Instagram and TikTok.

Cesar Cardona:

• Receive his newsletter Insights That Matter
• Get guided meditation from Cesar on his website
• Listen to music from Cesar + The Clew on Apple Music and Spotify

Foster Wilson:

• Buy her poetry book Afternoon Abundance
• Learn about her postpartum services
• Receive her newsletter Foster’s Village

Created & Hosted by: Cesar Cardona and Foster Wilson

Executive Producer: Glenn Milley

This episode is brought to you by Jamaal Pittman. You can donate to his scholarship at Wheelerscholarship.com, supporting college enrollment.

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In this episode of Beauty in the Break, Foster and Cesar share their real-time struggles with breaking through personal barriers in relationships and self-awareness. Foster reveals her pattern of people-pleasing and difficulty knowing what she wants, especially in romantic relationships, while Cesar confronts unexpected impatience that's surfaced as he's achieved more success in his speaking and meditation career. Through vulnerable conversation, they explore how women's intuition gets buried beneath societal conditioning, why men struggle when women can't articulate their needs, and how personal growth requires constantly meeting your partner (and yourself) in new versions as you evolve.

In this episode they explore:

• Why successful women still struggle to say what they want in relationships
• Men opening doors for women: patronizing or respectful?
• The Buddhist story about success that humbled a meditation teacher
• The difference between releasing your demons and working with them
• Why growth requires meeting your partner again and again in new versions
• The iPhone update theory of human transformation

Episodes referenced:

• Episode 23: Our Most Uncomfortable Conversation Yet: Money - where we explored the “messy middle” of healing our money issues
• Episode 33: How Psychedelics Changed Our Lives

If this episode spoke to you, you will love Why It’s Never Equal where we explore gender roles and invisible labor. You can also watch the episodes on YouTube.

If you enjoyed this episode, take a moment to follow Beauty in the Break on your favorite podcast app and leave a review—it really helps!

Reach out to the show—send an email or voice note to beautyinthebreakpod@gmail.com and be sure to follow on Instagram and TikTok.

Cesar Cardona:

• Receive his newsletter Insights That Matter
• Get guided meditation from Cesar on his website
• Listen to music from Cesar + The Clew on Apple Music and Spotify

Foster Wilson:

• Buy her poetry book Afternoon Abundance
• Learn about her postpartum services
• Receive her newsletter Foster’s Village

Created & Hosted by: Cesar Cardona and Foster Wilson

Executive Producer: Glenn Milley

This episode is brought to you by Arlene Thornton & Associates

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