Success, Rewritten

Success, Rewritten explores the moments that change how ambitious people think about achievement, work, and the lives they are building.Hosted by Emily Washcovick, former Yelp Small Business Expert and host of Behind the Review, this show features candid conversations with founders, executives, and leaders who have faced pivotal moments that forced them to rethink what success actually means.Some left high-powered careers.Some rebuilt after burnout, illness, or loss.Others discovered that the version of success they were chasing was not sustainable.In each episode, guests share the turning points that reshaped their priorities and how redefining ambition helped them build businesses and lives that work together.This is a podcast for thoughtful builders, entrepreneurs, and leaders who are not stepping away from success. They are redefining it.If you are asking bigger questions about ambition, balance, and what it really means to build a meaningful life, you are in the right place

Success, Rewritten is a health podcast hosted by Emily LoMenzo Washcovick, with 27 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Emily LoMenzo Washcovick hosts Success, Rewritten, a health show with 27 episodes published.

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  Episode #29

  29: Solo Ep. 5: Redefining Success Before You Reach a Breaking Point

  Sep 3, 202614 min

  Emily reflects on her experience speaking at the 2026 Pool Nation Women Summit and shares some of the most important lessons from her Success, Rewritten keynote. Emily looks back at the early years of her career when being constantly busy, needed, and productive felt like proof that she was successful. Behind that success, however, she was slowly burning herself out. She shares how a manic episode and hospitalization at 28 forced her to reconsider her relationship with work, boundaries, mental health, and her own identity. She also explains why no one else can manage your output for you, why protecting time at the beginning and end of your day matters, and how having boundaries gives you a structure to return to when life gets off track. The episode is a reminder that you do not need to wait for a diagnosis or breaking point to make a change. Sustainable success means learning when to step away, reset, protect your energy, and create a definition of success that can support you for the long haul. In this episode: When Physical Symptoms May Actually Be Stress and Anxiety Reflecting on the Pool Nation Women Summit The Power of Being in a Supportive Room of Women The Story Behind Emily's Success Rewritten Keynote How Boundaries Help Emily Maintain Balance When Career Success Was Actually Burnout How Work Became Part of Emily's Identity When Mania Looked Like Productivity Why No One Else Is Going to Manage Your Output Redefining Success After a Mental Health Crisis Why You Shouldn't Wait for a Breaking Point to Rest Building a Structure You Can Return To Protecting the Beginning and End of Your Day Learning to Cancel or Reschedule Without Spiraling You Don't Need a Diagnosis to Set Better Boundaries The Personal Impact of the Pool Nation Women Summit Bringing the Success Rewritten Keynote to More Audiences Why Human Connection Cannot Be Replaced Learning From Other People's Stories and Pivot Points Resources Mentioned Pool Nation Women Summit Success, Rewritten keynote Find me: Success, Rewritten | Website | Instagram Emily LoMenzo Washcovick | LinkedIn | Instagram Bipolar Brought Balance | Instagram To go deeper on my experience with bipolar disorder, visit bipolarbroughtbalance.com

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  Episode #28

  28: Recovery Is Worth It: Jordan Kernen on Eating Disorders, Mental Health, and Asking for Help

  Sep 1, 202645 min

  Jordan Kernen is a teacher and mental health advocate who knows firsthand how difficult it can be to recognize when you need help, and how powerful life can become when you finally accept it. In this episode of Success, Rewritten , Jordan shares her experience with anxiety, depression, OCD, and anorexia, tracing her mental health journey back to college when two traumatic events left her searching for something she could control. Food and exercise became that outlet, eventually developing into an eating disorder that she initially struggled to recognize as a problem. Jordan opens up about reaching a life threatening point in her eating disorder, entering inpatient and residential treatment at Rogers Behavioral Health, and discovering through treatment that she wasn't alone. She and Emily discuss exposure therapy, challenging disordered thoughts, finding the gray area between black and white thinking, and why recovery doesn't necessarily mean never struggling again. The conversation also explores Jordan's work as a teacher and how her own recovery shapes the way she talks to children about food, bodies, emotions, and mental health. Jordan explains why adults need to be mindful of the messages children absorb around dieting, calories, body image, and emotional expression, and why creating spaces where kids can safely be themselves matters. Above all, Jordan shares the message she wishes she had heard sooner: asking for help can be terrifying, but once you realize you have people in your corner, recovery becomes possible. In this episode: Why Jordan Wishes She Had Asked for Help Sooner Meet Jordan Kernen When Anxiety and Mental Health Struggles First Appeared Recognizing That Something Wasn't Right How Trauma Led to Controlling Food and Exercise When "Healthy" Behaviors Become Warning Signs Disordered Eating vs. Eating Disorders Red Flags That Someone You Love May Be Struggling Finding Mental Health Support in College Being Diagnosed With Anorexia, Anxiety, Depression, and OCD The Two Year Struggle Before Entering Treatment The Medical Crisis That Changed Everything Entering Inpatient and Residential Treatment Realizing She Wasn't Alone at Rogers Challenging Anxious Thoughts and Choosing the Opposite Action What Eating Disorder Recovery Actually Looks Like Creating Food and Body Positivity in the Classroom Why Comments About Bodies Can Be Triggering Why Eight and Nine Year Olds Are Already Talking About Calories How Adults' Relationships With Food Influence Children Why Asking for Help Makes Recovery Possible Teaching Kids That It's Okay to Feel Their Emotions Resources for Eating Disorder Support You Are Not Alone and Recovery Is Worth It Resources Rogers Behavioral Health National Eating Disorders Association, NEDA NEDA Walks Jordan Kernen on Instagram New episodes of Success, Rewritten every Tuesday. Check out the show website for previous episode articles and more about our guests. And check out the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SuccessRewrittenShow To connect with Emily, email emily@successrewrittenshow.com or follow her on social: Emily's Instagram , Mental Health Advocacy profile Bipolar Brought Balance , and the show's Instagram: Success, Rewritten

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  Episode #27

  27: Finding Your People: Christine Burns on Childfree Life and Community

  Aug 25, 20261h 2m

  Christine Burns spent more than two decades building a corporate career before a layoff forced her to confront a difficult question: who was she without the job title, salary, and professional identity that had defined so much of her life? In this episode of Success, Rewritten , Christine shares how panic attacks, career pivots, money scarcity, and eventually losing her corporate role pushed her to rethink what success was supposed to look like. She opens up about moving from accounting and consulting into HR, becoming an entrepreneur, and learning why clarity about what you offer matters when building a business. Christine also shares the story behind Lady No Kids , the community she is building for women without children, whether by choice, chance, or circumstance. She and Emily discuss friendship, identity, finding community as other people's lives shift toward parenthood, and why women without children deserve spaces centered on connection, opportunity, learning, and celebration rather than judgment or division. The conversation closes with an honest look at burnout, therapy, hyper-independence, and learning to ask for help instead of carrying everything alone. In this episode: Meet Christine Burns Building Lady No Kids Following the Traditional Corporate Success Path When Anxiety Became a Wake-Up Call From Accounting to HR and Leadership The Layoff That Changed Her Identity Starting Over as an Entrepreneur Unrealistic Timelines and Money Scarcity Why Entrepreneurs Need a Clear Position Validating the Idea for Lady No Kids Moving to Toronto, Sailing, and Finding Community Creating a Community Without Being Anti-Mom or Anti-Kid How Motherhood Changed Her Friendships Burnout, Mental Health, and Asking for Help What's Next for Lady No Kids Connect with Christine Lady No Kids Lady No Kids Newsletter Lady No Kids on Instagram Christine Burns on LinkedIn New episodes of Success, Rewritten every Tuesday. Check out the show website for previous episode articles and more about our guests. And check out the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SuccessRewrittenShow To connect with Emily, email emily@successrewrittenshow.com or follow her on social: Emily's Instagram , Mental Health Advocacy profile Bipolar Brought Balance , and the show's Instagram: Success, Rewritten

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  Episode #26

  26: Betting on Yourself: How Ali Schwartz Left Corporate for Music

  Aug 18, 20261 hour

  Ali Schwartz spent years building a successful corporate career while treating singing, songwriting, and dance as a side passion. Eventually, she realized the creative work she was doing outside her day job was what truly energized her. In this episode of Success, Rewritten , Ali shares how she went from working at Yelp and Fortune Media to pursuing music full time. She discusses treating creativity like a business, using skills from her corporate career to build her music career, and why streaming numbers and social media views are not the best measures of success. Ali also talks about earning income through songwriting and vocal work, developing a more authentic creative identity, and building Pop Hang, a community connecting artists, producers, and songwriters in New York. The conversation is a practical look at entrepreneurship, creativity, community building, and why meaningful progress often happens much more slowly than social media makes it appear. In this episode: Meet Ali Schwartz Life as a Singer, Songwriter, and Entrepreneur Turning a Creative Hobby Into a Career How Corporate Skills Helped Her Music Career Redefining Success Beyond Views and Streams Why Relationships Create Opportunities Lessons From Building Community at Yelp Kindness, Boundaries, and Handling Difficult People Learning to Adapt When Events Go Wrong How the Pandemic Changed Her Corporate Career Leaving Corporate and Choosing Music Making Money Through Songwriting and Vocals Finding an Authentic Creative Identity Building Community Through Pop Hang Why Progress Is Like an Ice Cube Melting Connect with Ali Ali’s website Ali on Instagram Ali's Youtube Channel Ali on Spotify New episodes of Success, Rewritten every Tuesday. Check out the show website for previous episode articles and more about our guests. And check out the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SuccessRewrittenShow To connect with Emily, email emily@successrewrittenshow.com or follow her on social: Emily's Instagram , Mental Health Advocacy profile Bipolar Brought Balance , and the show's Instagram: Success, Rewritten

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  Episode #25

  25: Why Better Sleep Makes You More Effective

  Aug 13, 202615 min

  In this solo episode of Success, Rewritten , Emily shares why sleep has become one of the most important foundations of her mental health, productivity, and long-term success. She reflects on how she once viewed needing less sleep as a strength, and how that mindset changed after experiencing a manic episode and hospitalization in 2018. Emily explains how consistent sleep habits, earlier wind-down times, a better sleep environment, and tracking her sleep have helped her feel sharper, calmer, and more focused. She also challenges the idea that sacrificing sleep is necessary to be productive or successful. The episode is a reminder that better sleep is not about slowing down. It is about creating the energy, stability, and focus needed to keep going without constantly running on empty. In this episode: Why Emily Used to See Less Sleep as a Strength Why Sleep Became Essential to Her Mental Health Emily's Experience With Severe Sleep Loss and Mania Challenging Hustle Culture and the "Sleep When You're Dead" Mindset Why Consistent Sleep Habits Matter Practical Habits That Help Emily Sleep Better Creating a Consistent Sleep and Wake Window Why Winding Down Before Bed Matters Creating a Better Sleep Environment Using an Oura Ring to Track Sleep Patterns How More Sleep Improved Emily's Productivity Protecting Sleep as an Entrepreneur Why Sleep Loss Affects Mood and Mental Performance Redefining Success Without Sacrificing Sleep Going Back to Basics When Your Sleep Gets Off Track New episodes of Success, Rewritten every Tuesday. Check out the show website for previous episode articles and more about our guests. And check out the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SuccessRewrittenShow To connect with Emily, email emily@successrewrittenshow.com or follow her on social: Emily's Instagram , Mental Health Advocacy profile Bipolar Brought Balance , and the show's Instagram: Success, Rewritten

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