Elise Loehnen

Elise Loehnen is an American writer and the host of the podcast Pulling the Thread. Her book, On Our Best Behaviour, was published in 2023.[1]

In On Our Best Behaviour, Loehnen explores how the seven deadly sins have shaped cultural programming and dictated the way women police themselves and other women.[2] She seeks to disentangle the way in which women aspire to "goodness" in a patriarchal system and how the sins shape women's behavior.[1]

Loehnen was the chief content officer of Goop. She hosted the Goop podcast and Goop Lab series on Netflix and oversaw Goop Magazine. She left in 2020 to focus on her book.[3]

Loehnan attended Yale University and was a national championship mathlete finalist. She previously worked for Lucky magazine as deputy editor, and has worked as a ghostwriter in books on self-help, business, and style, including collaborations with Ellen Degeneres and Lea Michele.[4][3][5]

Elise lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two sons.

  1. ^ a b Lyall, Sarah (2023-08-22). "She Outgrew the Wish to Be Perfect". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
  2. ^ "On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good by Elise Loehnen". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  3. ^ a b Sparks, Hannah (2022-03-25). "Inside the Elise Loehnen-Gwyneth Paltrow Goop drama". Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  4. ^ "Elise Loehnen Would Like Mothers to Give Themselves a Break". Vanity Fair. 2023-05-18. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  5. ^ Mitchell, Molli (2022-03-25). "Who Is Elise Loehnen and Why Did She Leave Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop?". Newsweek. Retrieved 2023-08-07.