Maria and The Home Edit’s Clea & Joanna on Building a Life (And a Business) on Friendship
Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin didn't meet in first grade. They found each other in their 30s, in a new city, both a little lonely, and became what Joanna lovingly calls "late-in-life best friends." Their story is a hopeful reminder that it’s never too late to find that kind of connection.
Here's some of what Maria, Clea, and Joanna explore in this brand-new conversation:
Why making a new friend might be the best self-care there is. Joanna resisted the friendship at first, certain she didn't have the time. What she discovered surprised her: in a season of new motherhood and a new city, friendship wasn't one more thing to juggle. It was how she found herself again.
The one rule that keeps a friendship, and a business, alive. After eleven years and only a handful of disagreements, Clea and Joanna trace it all back to a single idea: you take the whole person, the good and the frustrating, without picking them apart. They share how that became the foundation of everything they've built together.
Who shows up when life gets hard. Clea speaks openly about her breast cancer journey and what it revealed about friendship, the people who surprised her by showing up, and the honesty it takes to ask for what you need rather than hoping others can read your mind.
How to make a friend as an introvert, or after 50. The two of them are opposites, an extreme extrovert and a self-described introvert, and they offer warm, doable advice for putting yourself out there at any age or energy level.
They also tell the story of how a single Instagram connection became a lunch, a friendship, and eventually The Home Edit, a business that only exists because the friendship came first. We hope you love this conversation as much as we do.
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