Kerry Docherty: Faherty Co-Founder on Being Selfish, Her Affair, and Starting Over

About this episode

Kerry Docherty discusses her complex life journey, including her family business, motherhood challenges, and her affair, as detailed in her memoir.

Kerry Docherty has spent her life being two things at once: the good girl the world expected, and someone far more complicated underneath. Co-founder and Chief Impact Officer of beloved B-Corp clothing company Faherty Brand, Kerry had a winding path, moving through Yale, human rights law, a mindfulness business, and a beach trailer selling swimsuits before landing somewhere she never quite planned. In this episode, Kerry opens up about the tangled dynamics of building a family business with her husband and his twin brother, her struggles with motherhood, and her own affair, all of which she recounts in her new debut memoir, Selfish: Unlearning, Reclaiming, and Telling the Truth, a book her loved ones didn’t want published.

People in this episode

Guest: Kerry Docherty

Topics covered

• family business
• motherhood
• personal struggles
• memoir
• self-discovery

Keywords

• Kerry Docherty
• Faherty Brand
• memoir
• motherhood
• affair
• self-discovery
• family business

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Faherty Brand, Yale, human rights law

Books & works: Selfish: Unlearning, Reclaiming, and Telling the Truth

Places: beach trailer

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