Stars and Honey on Aspire with Emma Grede

Aspire with Emma GredeAugust 4, 2026

How to Create What People Actually Want with Erin and Sara Foster

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Something I've always believed in is that the biggest changes in life don't actually come from grand decisions. They come from the small ones, the ones you make every day. What you eat, how you move, how you spend the first hour of your morning. Those tiny choices compound into who you become over time. That's been the case for me with my businesses and with my own life. And when I look at any of it, the big results were really the sum of a hundred small, boring decisions made consistently. Showing up and not skipping the obvious thing because it didn't feel exciting. The same is true for the food that I'm reaching for between meetings or during a busy stretch. The way I think about it is simple. The healthier choice has to be easier than the unhealthy one. Otherwise, it just doesn't happen. If I'm in a hurry and I have to hunt for something good, I'm reaching for whatever is closest. So I try to set up the environment around me so the good choice is the convenient one. Most people aren't going to fix their nutrition by doing a complete lifestyle overhaul. The change that actually sticks is a small, easy swap. The one thing that you're ready to do every day replaced with something better. And that is where Stars and Honey comes in. The founders started Stars and Honey after tasting basically every protein bar on the market and realizing that consumers were still settling. Some bars had decent macros, but the flavor wasn't there. Others tasted great, but the ingredient list wasn't holding up. So they went and built the bar they wish existed themselves. Stars and Honey makes protein bars with thoughtfully sourced whole ingredients. The flavor holds up without the chalky protein powder aftertaste that you get from a lot of bars. The ingredient list holds up too. They're free from sugar, alcohols, gluten, and seed oils. Each bar has 15 grams of protein and only four grams of sugar. So you don't have to choose between nutrition.

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Aspire with Emma Grede
How to Create What People Actually Want with Erin and Sara Foster
Host: Emma Grede
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