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She Built a Nearly $500M Toy Business—and Still Felt Unseen | Melissa Bernstein
One day, Melissa Bernstein looked at a toy on a shelf and saw herself in its shiny packaging: bright on the outside, while the truth of how she felt stayed hidden. She had helped build Melissa & Doug, the toy company she co-founded with her husband Doug, into a business with nearly half a billion dollars in revenue. She was also raising six children. Yet, as Melissa describes it, success didn’t make the existential darkness go away.
In this honest conversation, Melissa tells Lorena what it was like to finally share her story—and how philosophy, therapy, creativity and taking action toward…
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