In this episode, Bella & Lee Picco interview Toby Tannas and Mario Gedicke, founders of LIV Magazine and the LIV lifestyle brand. They share insights on entrepreneurship, magazine publishing, community engagement, and building a successful lifestyle brand as a married couple.

This conversation explores business partnership dynamics, delegation strategies, personal growth, self-care rituals, and the future of print media in a digital-first economy. Toby and Mario discuss how local content builds stronger communities, why reinvention is essential for entrepreneurs, and how listening to your audience drives sustainable growth.

If you're interested in entrepreneurship, lifestyle brands, publishing, scaling a business, balancing family life and business, or transitioning from B2B to B2C, this episode delivers real-world insight and practical perspective.

What happens when you take politics out of the conversation… and just talk human to human?

In this episode of Let’s Not Sugarcoat It, Lee & Bella sit down with Daviana — a transgender woman, Marine Corps veteran, and someone who refuses to hide behind labels.

This isn’t a shouting match.

It’s not a performance.

It’s a real conversation.

Daviana shares:

• What transitioning from male to female actually required emotionally and psychologically

• The therapy and internal work behind the decision

• Why she believes tough love in parenting still matters

• How parents can support their children without losing themselves

• The consequences that come with every identity choice

• Why curiosity is more powerful than cancellation

We talk about boundaries.

We talk about responsibility.

We talk about what happens when society becomes too polarized to listen.

Whether you agree or disagree — this episode is about something bigger:

Can we have hard conversations without destroying each other?

This one is raw. Respectful. And necessary.

🎧 Listen, reflect, and decide for yourself.

Is it ever too late to start over?

In this episode of Let’s Not Sugarcoat It, Bella & Lee sit down with Suzanne Degner — former nurse, mother of four, and now dentist and founder of her own boutique dental practice — to talk about reinvention in your forties and the courage it takes to pivot when life calls you forward.

Suzanne shares her journey from nursing to dentistry, what it was really like to open a brand-new practice in a new province, and how she navigated the growing corporate pressures in the dental industry while staying rooted in compassion and personalized care.

This conversation goes deeper than career change.

We talk about freedom, resilience, community support, self-care, and the difference between balance and true harmony.

If you’re feeling the pull to pivot, expand, or build something more aligned with who you are now — this episode is for you.

Topics we explore:

– Career reinvention after 40

– Courage and bold life changes

– Entrepreneurship and starting over

– Navigating corporate industries

– Building supportive work culture

– Freedom and personal growth

Reinvention doesn’t have an expiry date.

You can find Suzanne HERE at Love It Dental