#37 Building a Multimillion-Dollar Clean Beauty Brand After Brain Cancer w/ Laura Thompson of Three Ships Beauty

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Facing FWD: is a conscious lifestyle podcast hosted by Kara Ladd featuring deep, heart-forward, soul-centered conversations that catalyze growth, healing, transformation and wonder. After the past seven years spent healing from a one-in-a-million cancer, studying with hundreds of spiritual health leaders around the world, and breaking down nearly every aspect of her life — relationships, career, lifestyle, love — Kara is ready to open up and share what she's learned along the way. Join us so we can keep growing and facing forward, together.

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#37 Building a Multimillion-Dollar Clean Beauty Brand After Brain Cancer w/ Laura Thompson of Three Ships Beauty

Facing FWD:

1 hour 2 minutes 52 seconds

6 months ago

#37 Building a Multimillion-Dollar Clean Beauty Brand After Brain Cancer w/ Laura Thompson of Three Ships Beauty

In this episode of Facing FWD, I sit down with Laura Thompson, co-founder and CEO of Three Ships Beauty, to unpack how a brain cancer diagnosis became the catalyst for both deep healing and building a multimillion-dollar clean beauty brand.

Laura shares the origin story of Three Ships, what it really takes to build trust in an unregulated industry, and how she’s redefined leadership and success through transparency, integrity, and resilience. We talk about fundraising as a female founder, navigating co-founder dynamics, and the daily rituals that keep her grounded as she scales consciously.

This episode is for the founders healing as they grow—and anyone building with heart, purpose, and clarity.

HIGHLIGHTS:

4:40 – From coconut oil to calling: the aha moment that sparked Three Ships

8:18 – Rebranding the business after a brain cancer diagnosis

12:04 – What it’s like to build a company while navigating life-threatening illness

20:45 – Clean vs. natural vs. non-toxic: decoding the industry's biggest buzzwords

25:15 – The hidden ingredients most brands don’t disclose—and how Three Ships does things differently

37:02 – Fundraising as a female founder in a male-dominated space

44:50 – Redefining success after cancer: from chasing metrics to honoring joy

47:20 – The daily healing rituals that keep Laura grounded and energized

54:04 – How co-founder communication rituals saved their partnership

1:00:42 – What’s next for Three Ships: staying rooted while scaling consciously

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MORE ON THIS EPISODE’S GUEST, LAURA THOMPSON:

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