How A Life Changing Diagnosis Sparked a Clean Beauty Empire with Indie Lee

“I was told I had six months to live after being diagnosed with a brain tumor. Instead, that day became the beginning of my life’s purpose.”

Episode Overview

Indie Lee shares her extraordinary journey from multiple chronic illness diagnoses—including rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s, and a brain tumor—to founding one of the pioneering clean beauty brands. She opens up about entrepreneurship with illness, setting boundaries, losing everything while building her business, and how vulnerability became her greatest strength.

What You’ll Learn:

How Indie transformed a devastating brain tumor diagnosis into her life’s mission.
The tough realities of entrepreneurship with chronic illness (including going 10 years without a salary).
Why vulnerability and storytelling are powerful leadership tools.
How to set boundaries and build support systems that protect healthy.
Why “failure” is often a catapult forward.