"I Don't Know How to Balance All of This": Faherty Co-Founder Kerry Docherty on Business, Marriage, and Choosing Yourself

About this episode

Kerry Docherty discusses the challenges of balancing business and personal life while sharing her journey with Faherty and her family.

Kerry Docherty is a co-founder of Faherty, the surf lifestyle brand she built alongside her husband, his identical twin brother, and her mother-in-law. But behind the sun-soaked brand was a woman quietly carrying the weight of secrets — from childhood, from marriage, and from a business that nearly broke her. In this episode, Kerry opens up to Maryam about growing up in an Irish Catholic household where hard things went unspoken, what it really means to work with your spouse, the emotional af...

People in this episode

Host: Maryam Banikarim

Guest: Kerry Docherty

Topics covered

• business
• marriage
• personal growth
• family dynamics
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• Faherty
• business
• marriage
• entrepreneurship
• personal growth
• Irish Catholic
• family

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Faherty

More episodes of The Messy Parts

• Ed Sheeran, Pizza Rat & Getting Hacked: Rick McGuire on Running Subway Creatures and Loving New York · June 8, 2026 · 40 min
• She Was Called “Dumb.” Now Assia Grazioli-Venier Invests Millions in Women’s Health. · May 25, 2026 · 43 min
• Her Mother and Grandmother Said Nothing. Belle Burden Broke the Silence. · May 18, 2026 · 47 min
• Bevy Smith Climbed the Ladder, Looked Around — and Jumped Off · May 11, 2026 · 46 min
• Joanna Coles: The Career Advice Feminism Never Gave You · May 4, 2026 · 41 min
• Rapid Response: The "Most Stressed" Wellness CEO, with Calm's David Ko · May 2, 2026 · 34 min