Milan Kordestani

Kathryn interviews Milan Kordestani.“I’m just saying.” These three little words that tend to follow an intense debate are a signal that someone has given up on listening or being understood. They’ve dug into their position, and there will be no budging – an unfortunate symptom of living in a divided world. The lack of civil discourse and constructive conversations motivated the 24-year-old, 3x social entrepreneur Milan Kordestani to found The Doe – an anonymous digital publication promoting open-minded discussions and restoring civil discourse. In a world fueled by arguments and outrage, he offers insight and tools to navigate necessary difficult conversations, offering a much-needed infusion of kindness in an increasingly contentious society. He has written for numerous online publications, including Rolling Stone, Huffington Post, Entrepreneur.com, ThriveGlobal, and other platforms. He regularly covers topics in entrepreneurship, self-help, startup culture, the environment, leadership and media.Kathryn also interviews Author, Editor-in-Chief Oldster Magazine Sari Botton.In a series of candid, reflective, sometimes humorous essays, Sari Botton describes coming to feminism and self-actualization as an older person, second (and third and fourth)chances-and how maybe it's never too late to find your way...assuming you're lucky enough to live long. Botton describes finding yourself later in life-after first getting lost in all the wrong places. As she discovers, the wrong places famously include her own self-suppression and misguided efforts to please others (mostly men). She’s a writer, editor, teacher and the editor-in-chief of Oldster Magazine, an online publication de-stigmatizing and normalizing aging by demonstrating that it's happening to everyone, of all ages, all the time. She edited the award winning anthology Goodbye to All That: Writers on Loving & Leaving NY and its NY Times bestselling follow-up, Never Can Say Goodbye: Writers on Their Unshakable Love for NY. Her work has appeared in the NY Times, New York Magazine, The Sun,The Village Voice and Harpers Bazaar.