This week, we sit down with multi-hyphenate Hudson Valley mama Amy Lee— artist, writer, and creator of Catskill Culture Club, a Substack that celebrates local artists and gives you a glimpse into Amy's brilliant mind. A social impact strategist (by day) and self-taught painter, Amy brings warmth, wit, honesty, and joy to everything she touches. In this conversation, we explore what it means to rewrite our own definitions of beauty and success, raise confident daughters in a world that profits from insecurity, and what it’s really like to juggle work, creativity, and dinner on the table.

We cover:

• Those impossible ’90s beauty standards (and how we’re still unlearning them)
• Helping our daughters build confidence in a world that profits from insecurity
• Why we tell our kids our secrets (so they, hopefully, don’t repeat our mistakes)
• What dinner looks like for full-time working parents in the Lee household
• The ego, self-belief, and how they can both drive and derail us
• Unraveling our capitalist conditioning around success
• And, of course, our favorite British foods and candies

Send us a message!

Support the show

Subscribe

Never miss an episode: Follow Dinner Last Night and subscribe to our newsletter. If you loved this episode, please leave us a review, tap “like”, and share it with a friend! It helps more people discover the show. 💛

Giveaways

CLICK HERE to enter the giveaway for any episode!

Follow Us

• Substack: subscribe to our newsletter
• YouTube: @DinnerLastNightPod
• Instagram: @dinnerlastnightpod
• Website: dinnerlastnightpod.com

Credits

• Produced: Wombmate Productions, Inc., REP Studio, and Stuart Hetzler
• Editing: REP Studio and Stuart Hetzler
• Music by: ⁣Emerson ‘Longstory’ Bartlett (feat. Drew Martin on Saxophone)