This episode of Behind the Brand is a Best of Summer 2026 roundup, a mashup of the conversations from the past few months that Taylor and Kelly keep coming back to. They're taking a short break before the fall rush hits, but they didn't want to leave listeners without something useful in the meantime.

The episode opens with a catch-up with Isabella Severson, a former Moxie team member who left the agency to travel solo through Europe and has since built a career as a UGC (user-generated content) creator. She talks candidly about walking away from esthetician school once she realized it wasn't the right fit, the fear that came with leaving a stable job for an uncertain path, and how stepping away from the noise of her day-to-day finally gave her the clarity to figure out what she actually wanted.

From there, Taylor and Kelly dig into o ...