HEAL Her Podcast

Susan Hyatt ”Pick Your Hard”

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In this episode, Susan shares how she had to pick her HARD and how you can too!
Susan Hyatt is a Master Certified Life and Business Coach, Bestselling Author, and Professional Speaker who helps women stop obsessing over the stuff that doesn’t matter and focus on earning money, gaining power, smashing the patriarchy, and running the world. Susan wrote the bestselling book BARE that has inspired women all over the world to stop shrinking their bodies and start expanding their lives. She is also the host of the “You’ve Got Nerve” Podcast. She has been featured in O: The Oprah Magazine, Cosmopolitan, Seventeen, Woman’s World and more.
We discussed:
Using her voice to speak up and ask questions since childhood.
Breaking generational patterns
Defining what is GOOD for you
Not allowing authority figures to tell you who you are
And much much more!
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Makini Smith ”You Need Therapy”

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In this episode, Makini talks about therapy.
therapy vs counselling 
what therapy can help with
the different types of therapy
how to choose a therapist
recommendations for self-care she's learned from her therapist.
And more.
 
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Susie Taaffe ”How To Put It On The Shelf”

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In this episode, Susie Taaffe shares how she is able to put her problems on the shelf until she has the capacity to problem solve and how you can too.
 
Susie Taaffe is the CEO and founder of Skanties anti-shapewear, dedicated to empowering women to embrace their natural form, reject unnatural beauty standards, and celebrate their unique and beautiful bodies. Skanties undergarments integrate the comfort of yoga pants, the silkiness of nylon, and the breathability and hygienic use of cotton underwear that circumvent panty lines, thigh chafe and muffin tops. 
 
Susie is at the forefront of the anti-shapewear movement, which rejects prolonged body compression and the use of non-breathable synthetic materials that can have harmful effects. 
 
With her decade experience working as an engineer and having designed and manufactured her own maternity clothing brand, Susie successfully launched Skanties in the Australian market in 2019 as a single mother of three young children. 
 
Having launched Skanties in the U.S. market in 2023, Susie continues to expand this global movement, remaining dedicated to helping women reclaim their feminine power through fashion, and to empower people to love themselves from the inside out.
We discussed:
Divorce
Single mother
Healing body image issues
And much more!
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Melissa Houston ”The Road to Recovery”

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In this episode, Melissa shares how she is recovering from a spending addiction and how you can too!
 
Melissa Houston is a business financial strategist that helps optimize profit in your business so you can make money, increase financial confidence, and build your wealth. Melissa is a CPA with over 20 years experience and is passionate about getting more money in the pockets of business owners. Melissa is the author of Cash Confident: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating a Profitable Business and a regular contributor at Forbes.com.
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Aprille Franks ”How To Own That Feminine Energy”

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In this episode, Aprille shares how she has learned to tap into her feminine energy and how you can too!
 
Feminine Conscious Business Coach, Aprille Franks is the Founder of Women Recharged, parent to EPICWOMAN. As a master community builder, content creator, and launch strategist to women entrepreneurs, she helps women operate within their divine feminine power.
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Her superpower is transforming the business and personal lives of the women connected to her. Her ability to galvanize online communities through attraction content marketing is inspiring and duplicable through her coaching model, the Best of Both Worlds.
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Also a five times author and a two times film producer, Aprille creates powerful content across various platforms and believes sharing content is the best way for women’s stories/expertise to be told.
 
We discussed:
overcoming growing up in a tumultuous, dysfunctional, abusive household
the hard start to the soft life.
healing holistically 
the difference with being victimized and victimhood
asking for help regularly
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Jordon Gill ”How Systems Can Save You”

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In this episode, Jordon Gill shares how systems saved her and how they can save you too!
The Queen of VIP days, Jordan Gill is a self-made millionaire, business strategist, and fierce advocate for rest! Her mission is to help high-achieving, diverse business owners, leaders, caregivers, and parents to ditch the hustle & grind and build a life-first business. Through her Done In a Day™ program, Jordan teaches burnt-out coaches and consultants to work smarter, not harder.
 
Jordan believes that if your business is suffocating you rather than supporting you, then it’s time to change your business model. She’s helped over 400 coaches and consultants work with clients only four days a month, earning more and resting more. Through nurturing real talk, Jordan teaches audiences that rest is essential for building a business - not a reward for a job well done.
We discussed: 
moving around alot as a child and how that shapped her today
having multiple chronic illnesses and managing the strive for excellence in business
having a business that isn’t reliant on physical aspects of her and honours her lifestyle
building a business model that aligns vs forcing things to happen
her faith and relationship with God
how asking for help has allowed her to thrive
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Makini Smith ”I’ll Have What She’s Having”

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In this episode, I am sharing an interview that I had the pleasure of speaking with Dr Jordin Wiggins that was recently on the show.
 
I was on her podcast The Pleasure Principles.
 
We discussed:
toxic relationships and high achieving women.
victim shaming.
your nervous system and toxic relationships.
financial abuse and the shame around it.
the importance of sharing your story and sharing awareness.
And much more!
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Isis Breanna Bradford “The Freedom To Feel”

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In this episode, Isis Breanna shares how she gives herself permission to feel and how you can too.
 
Isis Breanna Bradford is a Creative Marketing Strategist, content creator, and faith-led educator. She is on a mission to see Black and Brown women transform their divine gifts into profits, peace and purpose. The proclaimed Digital Sales Guru began her entrepreneurial journey with a side hustle she launched while working as a burned-out kindergarten teacher. 
 
With her natural talent for serving others, Isis went from creating presets (filters) to showcase her travels on Instagram, to selling them and creating a course teaching others how to make their own. 
 
Not only did her new business help her to earn three times her teaching salary but her audience began to take notice of the success of her launches and wanted to learn how they can do the same with their products and services. 
 
Her business, goals and influence continues to grow as she serves her audience of thousands through her content and coaching on and off social media, educating them on how to market their business in the digital space.
 
We discussed: 
Her definition of freedom
The advantages of hiring a ghost writer for your book
Death to solo-preneurship
The fun in surrendering and accepting help
And much much more!
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Dr Jordin Wiggins ”The Right To Pleasure”

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In this episode, Dr Jordin Wiggins shares our right to pleasure.
 
Dr. Jordin Wiggins is a Pleasure Expert, Naturopathic Doctor and Author. She is the CEO of the Pleasure Collective, a coaching community for high achieving women who want more pleasure in their lives, in and out of the bedroom.
She is the author of The Pink Canary, an investigation into the hidden secret to optimal women’s wellness and the host of top ranked global podcast The Pleasure Principles. She is a regular contributor to articles and TV, including Cityline, Cosmopolitan, and The Washington Post, advocating for women’s health and right to pleasure.
Dr. Jordin gets it, because she was there too. A burnt out, divorced, owner of a 7 figure women's health clinic, feeling stuck and uninspired. Combining her years of medical and holistic knowledge with personal experience and exploration, she unlocked her desires, attracted her reality as a fulfilled CEO, mom, doctor, friend, lover, and women’s wellness advocate.
She believes that great sex is just the beginning - everything comes when you learn how to receive: better sex, better health, more wealth.
 
We discussed:
Advocating for yourself and listening to your own body when the medical system isn’t supporting 
The health effects of women who are the primary bread winner in the family
The health affects on our body from being in a toxic relationship
How women can experience more pleasure
Why women experience sexual dysfunction
And much more!
 
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Felicia Temple”Taking Proper Care”

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In this episode, Felicia shares how she properly cares for herself and others and how you can do the same.
 
Felicia Temple is a musical artist and registered nurse. She is a soul-rooted contemporary R&B artist, singer/songwriter, pianist, and producer specializing in mature romantic ballads.
 
Felicia comes from a musical family. She’s the daughter of Diamond Temple, who has been touring with the legendary hip-hop band the Sugarhill Gang (“Rapper’s Delight”) as a vocalist and keyboardist for decades. 
 
Felicia competed on The Voice during season 12 in 2017. Her blind audition cover of "All I Could Do Was Cry" won over coach Alicia Keys. 
 
In June 2017, Temple self-released The Balancing Act: a six-track EP that was written and recorded while she was undergoing treatment for carcinoid cancer and working as a registered nurse.
 
Although it wasn't until February 2019 that Temple followed up with Bedroom Chronicles, another EP, the singer continued work as a headlining performer and backing vocalist, most notably for Deborah Cox.
 
In March 2020, Temple was performing across Europe when the pandemic forced her to return to the USA, and she immediately re-entered the nursing field to work in the intensive care unit. 
 
She’s since returned to music and debuted top of the iTunes R&B charts.
 
We discussed:
Why inspired her to get into nursing
Recovering from the same type of cancer Aretha Franklin and Steve Jobs died from but currently no signs of disease in her body.
Embracing what life brings you
Trusting in God
And much more.
 
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Merel Kriegsman ”How To Regenerate”

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In this episode, Merel Kriegsman shares her focus on regenerative healing and how you can too.
Merel Kriegsman is a Wealth Muse, Business Mentor and Women's Wealth Advocate dedicated to helping you become the wealthiest woman in your lineage. A former cleaning lady turned self-made Millionaire Matriarch, she believes that the most powerful thing we can do for our children is become unapologetic female leaders who fearlessly demand what they're worth AND GET IT.
Her insights, based on helping over 1000 women step into SELF-FUNDED wealth, have been featured on CBS News, ABC News and in publications like Forbes, Fast Company, Entrepreneur, and Good Housekeeping.
 
We discussed:
What she learned about money from her mother and grandmother growing up.
How the pandemic and postpartum affected her mental health.
Understanding the depth of faith required to manifest abundance as co-creators with God.
Allowing vs forcing things to happen.
The 26-year age gap between her and her husband yet such a deep bond.
And much more!
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Earlene Camielle ”Finding Purpose In It All”

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In this episode, Earlene shares how she has found purpose in her past pains and how you can do the same.
Earlene Camielle is a Producer, TV Host, Speaker & Purpose Coach. She assists faith-driven women with discovering and creating a lifestyle of purpose by using her own experience of playing it safe to intentionally now pursuing a purpose-filled life in media and on stages daily. Earlene guides her audience to a more rewarding & fulfilling life of purpose because she knows what it feels like to endure abuse, neglect, rejection & abandonment and to wake up empty every day, just going through the motions and routines of life. She also knows the beauty, freedom and joy of turning all that pain and past traumas into great achievements and your life's greatest work which becomes your legacy.
 
We discussed:
Where she feels safest expressing her emotions after experiencing abuse and neglect as a child.
Having a twin sibling to validate experiences.
How she is rewriting her past narrative with her children.
How motherhood has changed her.
What she wishes more women would do
And more!
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Tomika Long ”How To Push Past The Nay Sayers”

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In this episode, Tomika shares how she has pushed past the nay-sayers and how you can too!
Tomika Long is a wife, mom of 7 and the founder of Zee-Zee’s World; intending to bridge the gap by creating learning tool puzzles that assist parents, guardians, and educators with difficult conversations through the power of play and visual art of puzzles. Having a Deaf child of her own, creating inclusive and diverse products is at the forefront.
 
With over 8 years of experience working in Corporate Canada, identifying root causes and determining gaps in systems and processes was the foundation for her wanting to bridge the gap of making difficult conversations simple for children by creating learning tool puzzles that assist with conversations.
 
We discussed:
 
How to silence the noise of outside opinions.
Focusing on self-reflection as opposed to projection
Going after what you want and doing what makes you happy
The difference between sharing your story to inspire vs oversharing.
The worst advice she’s ever received.
And much more!
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Kelsi Sheren ”How Tough Times Build Tough People”

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In this episode, Kelsie shares how she was strengthened by tough times and how you can be too.
 
Kelsi Sheren is the CEO, podcast host and author of Brass and Unity. She is a Canadian veteran who served as an Artillery Gunner & CST in Afghanistan in 2009 with the Canadian, American and British military. 
 
After deploying to Afghanistan at 19, Kelsi was diagnosed with PTSD & TBI and sent home only to begin a new war—the war with herself. When her therapist recommended art therapy, Kelsi started making jewelry from spent bullet casings. Twenty percent of net profits go toward helping veterans suffering from PTSD, depression, anxiety and suicide. 
 
Brass & Unity was nominated for Canada’s Top Fashion Awards, ELLE Canada, and the CAFA Fashion Impact Award 2020/2021. It has developed an avid following among celebrities such as Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Julianne Hough and has been featured on Ellen, Good Morning America, The Today Show, People, InStyle, Forbes, BuzzFeed, Reader's Digest, Woman's World, Celebuzz! and Life'n'Style.
 
We discussed:
 
The labels society places on children and adults to benefit the medical system.
Her experience as the only female gunner on her artillery team in Afghanistan
Having a traumatic brain injury in addition to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
How art therapy helped her through a miscarriage and more
The advice Kevin Hart gave her about her bullet jewelry that gave the business momentum
And much more!
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Eusi & Monique Prince “To Love Comfort And Honour Her”

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In this episode, Eusi and Monique share how they love, comfort and honour each other in their marriage and how we can do the same.
Eusie and Monique Prince continue to build their marriage covenant while doing business, community outreach, and raising their 10 children as a team.
 
Eusie and Monique established All My Sons Hair of Art Studio, a storefront barbershop from 2012 - 2021 and operated two locations. They were creating mentorship and a safe and welcoming environment within the community. Prince was known as the barber educator, teaching and training a marketable job skill to young men and women.
 
Eusie, also known as Prince Shepherd, has released two albums, The Rebirth & America's Gothic available on all Platforms.
 
Monique founded Beauty Seekrets Inc. over 10 years ago. It's an empowerment hub that edifies women through faith, masterminds and networking events.
 
During the pandemic, the couple pivoted to Real Estate Investing through Prince Estate Corp with a passion for educating their community on the power of partnership and recycling investments.
 
Eusie and Monique were featured on Global News for their dynamic duo ability in business while raising 10 children.
 
We discussed:
Being together for over 20 years and married for 11 of those years
Getting to know your partner rather than looking to others for relationship goals
Our childhood affects who we are as adults and changes the narrative
The importance of intimacy in a marriage
And much more!
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Joan Good ”The Truth About Relationships, Money & Death”

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In this episode, Joan shares what she has learned about relationships, money and death.
 
Dr. Joan Wright-Good is a mother of two recently widowed. She is an International Speaker, Preacher, 7 figure Business Coach, Best-selling Author, and Award-Winning CEO specializing in training and teaching the art of being who you were created to be. 
 
Joan is the Founder and Creative Director of the Business Mogul Academy, where she teaches, coaches, and helps students and clients start businesses and publish books. As CEO and Founder of JWG Publishing House, she writes and publishes books and magazines.
 
She has been featured on FORBES, Fox26 News, Sheen, Black Enterprise, RollingOut, The Tom Joyner Show, Huffington Post and more.
 
We discussed:
 
How our emotions lie to us.
The trauma lens we view life through.
Building up ourselves before attempting to build with others.
The important questions to ask in a relationship to protect yourself.
The things you learn in death and divorce.
And much more!
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Jaclyn Genovese ”Pursuing What You Love”

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In this episode Jaclyn shares how she has pursued what she loves most and manifested her dream life and how you can too.
 
Jaclyn Genovese is the founder and CEO of Jacflash. From her roots in fashion to her women's wellness and entrepreneurial workshops, Jaclyn is not your average interior designer.
Jaclyn owns the interior design firm @spacesbyjacflash: designing spaces for self-discovery. Featured in Dolce Magazine, The Globe & Mail, Architectural Digest and more.
 
After an open, four year struggle with fertility, and since becoming a Mom to 1-year-old son Rocco, Jaclyn has gained many followers who are Moms, Moms-to-be and women struggling with fertility.
Jaclyn just delivered baby number 2! 
 
We discussed:
 
Having three rounds of unsuccessful IUI (Intrauterine insemination is when the sperm fertilizes the eggs inside the uterus) to help her get pregnant with her previous partner after trying to conceive for four years of a 7-year relationship
Getting pregnant three months into her new relationship and on baby number 2
The power of manifestation and visualization
Finding peace within
And much more!
 
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Mandela & Jermaine ”Black Men Checking In”

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In this episode, Mandela and Jermaine are checking in on the mental health of (Black) men and sharing how we can do the same!
Jermaine Morrison and Mandela Kjj are the hosts and dynamic duo behind the Black People Check In podcast, where they are stirring conversations on the Black experience, mental health and pop culture! After the death of George Floyd in 2020, Mandela decided that a Check-in with his black community was necessary and started a series of Instagram lives with Jermaine. It was at that point the #blackpplcheckin podcast was born.
 
Mandela Kjj is a communication professional with a Bachelor’s degree in public relations. Since he was 16, he has battled severe anxiety and depression from traumatic events and struggled with the stigma of coping with his mental health challenges. As someone who grew up in a family of educators and active members of the Black community in Toronto, he’s passionate about the upliftment of the diaspora. He lends his voice (and opinions) to causes that affect his people and current events. 
 
Jermaine Morrison has an impressive resume spanning nearly 2 decades! He is a Registered Social Worker who has spent years supporting students in Toronto and men in the community. He is a passionate mental health advocate who supports adults and youth with anxiety, special needs, depression, poor self-esteem and stress challenges.
 
We discussed:
Mandela overcoming witnessing the death of his school teacher as a child
Jermaine overcoming child molestation
Eating disorder due to lack of self-esteem and bullying
Where they feel safest expressing their emotions 
Their advice on asking for help when you need it most
Speaking up against abusers
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Mari Carmen Lopez ”Embracing Change”

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In this episode, Mari Carmen shares how she's embraced change and how you can too.
Mari Carmen Lopez is a television producer with credits that include the successful Love & Hip Hop and Black Ink Crew franchises, weTV’s Hustle & Soul and Complex Network's Good Looking Out. 
 
As a Talent Manager, she’s worked with Slick Rick (the most successful British rapper in history), Missy Elliott, and Jagged Edge. She has given a platform to artists, especially women in music, such as Cardi B, Amara La Negra and Trina.
 
MC Lopez founded MCL Media, an independent production company that captures incredible stories and characters that entertain and impact. Since the company’s relaunch, MCL Media has produced hundreds of hours of cable programming and digital work for top networks and streaming giants including VH1, BET, MTV, weTV, Complex Networks, Peacock, Netflix and Facebook Watch.
 
Mari Carmen is focused on mentoring youth in television production and pushes to increase visibility for minorities and women in the industry. She is passionate about immigration reform and works to provide music therapy for the elderly in Miami alongside her mother's organization, the Algo Nuevo Foundation. 
 
We discussed:
Being raised in a family of performers and being free to express creativity
Her mother starting her music career in her 40s and now part of a band in her 70s
Working through self-doubt
Knowing how to pivot
And much more!
 
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Alana Stott ”Forgiving The Past And Appreciating The Present”

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In this episode, Alana shares how she has forgiven the past and is appreciating the present.
 
Alana Stott is a mother, author, producer, philanthropist and entrepreneur. She founded Wolfraven Omnimedia to help tell amazing and inspirational stories, including her own, while fiercely advocating for causes to make the world a better place. Stott has written the game-changing business and philanthropy book, “How to Ask for Money;” her powerful memoir, “She Who Dares;” and a series of empowering children’s books to be published in 2023.
 
Alana was Ms.Scotland 2018 and raised $1.3 million dollars for a mental health awareness campaign at the request of Prince Harry and Stott’s husband, Dean Stott, a double world record-breaking cross-country cyclist, TV presenter and former UK Special Forces Operator. 
 
Alana was awarded the title of Member of The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) on the King's Honor List 2023 for her work supporting vulnerable women and mental health awareness.
 
We discussed:
 
Having to play the adult role from the age of 9 and how that shaped who she’s become.
Losing her mother at the age of 13 and how becoming a mother changed her.
What the pageant world taught her.
And much more!
 
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Serena Anthony ”How To Own Your Truth”

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In this episode, Serena shares how she owns her truth and how you can too!
 
Serena Anthony is Chief People Officer for GroupM North America. Serena is an expert People Management professional with over 20 years of experience in human resources strategy working across complex, disparate ecosystems, where she demonstrates her true capabilities as an innovative thinker and change-maker in the field. As a member of Groups North America Executive Committee, Serena is a key player in designing, driving, and championing Groups people strategy.
With a passion for diversity & inclusion programming and a focus on culture
Serena aims to position Group as an employer of choice. Before joining GroupM in 2018, Serena held multiple senior roles in executive People leadership at Aventura and the Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) where she drove the ongoing people and business transformation at one of the largest media companies in Canada.
We discussed:
Growing up with strict Indian parents
Being a mother to identical twin girls 
Healing from a wrongful dismissal from a senior-level position at CBC
Her advice to working parents
And much more!
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Anna Kloots ”Trusting The Magic Within”

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In this episode, Anna shares how she did her reappearing act by tapping into the magic within and how you can too!
 
Anna Kloots is a New York Times Bestselling Author, small business owner, content creator, and world traveller living in Paris. 
 
So many people have said she is the real-life “Emily in Paris!”
 
Anna is the author of Live Your Life: My Story of Loving and Losing Nick Cordero which she co-wrote with her sister, television star Amanda Kloots. 
 
Anna’s latest book is titled My Own Magic. Her writing candidly reflects on her travels, relationships, failures, and fantasies. 
 
Anna adds a little sparkle to everything she does, thinks outside the box, and prefers dancing down the streets instead of strolling. She can often be spotted sipping champagne in a café, undoubtedly celebrating something.
 
In the last twelve years, she’s lived in New York, London and Paris - and travelled to 83 countries across 6 continents.
 
For every woman searching for her voice, Anna shares her story of starting over by trusting the magic that was always within. 
We discussed:
How she was left without a job, a home and a husband on the same day.
How divorce helped her rediscover who she was and the magic within.
Her advice on how to turn unhappy endings into meaningful new beginnings.
Perception vs reality
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Dean & Nicky Samuels ”How To Be Stronger Together”

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In this episode, Dean & Nicky share how they have become stronger individually by being a team and how you can do the same.
 
Dean & Nicky Samuels founded BKBQ, a black not-for-profit that caters to the emotional and physical needs of black women, men and youth in Canada to push past their pain and into purpose.
Using his strong business acumen and passion for humanitarianism, Founder Dean Samuels identified an intense need for programs catering to advancing, rehabilitating, and rebuilding the black family structure. Pairing his background in music production and Nicola’s professional expertise and passion for children and education, they seek to create and establish a business model that provides resources to the black community and supports other Black-led community groups and projects in the greater Toronto area.
 
We discussed:
His BIG visions since childhood
Her love for caring for the next generation
Starting their podcast as a voice for those suffering in silence
Being robbed of $500,000 shortly after two miscarriages, right before the birth of their rainbow baby and the closing of the purchase of their home
His definition of being a “man”
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Vasavi Kumar “How To Redefine Our Labels”

In this episode, Vasavi shares how she has redefined labels for herself and how you can too!
Vasavi Kumar is a Former TV host, Licensed Therapist, Voiceover Artist, and Creator of the Say It Out Loud Safe Haven, an online support community. She is also the author of Say It Out Loud. A first-generation Indian immigrant raised on Long Island, NY, Vasavi has relentlessly searched to find her voice, access the freedom of her creative spirit, and help others along the way…out loud.
 
When diagnosed with bipolar disorder at 19, she made it her mission to understand how her mind works, starting with making room to hear herself think.
Her mission is to share everything—the good, bad, and ugly—to teach a more mindful, practical, and simple way of running every aspect of your life. 
Through her Say It Out Loud podcast, keynote talks, group programs, social media, and weekly email newsletters, Vasavi has taught thousands of entrepreneurs, creatives, and artists from all walks of life how to work through any situation —by saying it out loud. 
She was on the Cover of Austin Woman magazine and featured on VH1, NBC, FOX, Good Day Austin, CW, Wall Street Journal, and much more!
We discussed:
Growing up in an all-white community as a person of colour
Using humour to deflect in chaotic environments.
Being the first co-host of Lisa Nichols year-long mastermind and having her write the foreword for her book
Having her first book proposal rejected seven times by publishing agents
Recovering from a cocaine addiction
And much more.
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Rachael Downie ”How To Affect The Next Generation”

In this episode, Rachael shares how she's affecting the next generation and how you can too.
Rachael Downie is a business success coach, author and speaker who offers courses and services that help people set and achieve goals beyond what they think is possible for their businesses and lives. Rachael empowers her clients to take control of their lives and live their dreams. 
 
She is the author of The Secret Millionaire Paradigm and leads several courses to build individuals, teams and corporations' motivation, effectiveness and entrepreneurial capacity.
 
We discussed:
Being the first one in her family to go to University 
Being parented by two parents that were both an only child
Intentionally shaping the next generation 
Tapping into the awareness of who we are
Learning how to become prosperous
And much more!
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