Episode 34: You Can Heal Yourself
Building Confidence
This week, Amanda speaks with Lisa Tahir, licensed social worker, healer, author, and podcaster. Lisa's new book, The Chiron Effect: Healing Our Core Wounds through Astrology, Empathy and Self-Forgiveness, approaches healing through the unique lens of Chiron, a complex and little understood astrological symbol. Her book is the first-ever written by a therapist to empower individuals and practitioners to identify twelve main areas of core wounding, relating to the placement of Chiron in their birth chart.
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Episode 33: Conflict Reveals What You Care About the Most
Building Confidence
This week, Amanda interviews Malika Williams, Founder and CEO of The Center for Women's Voice. Malika helps professional women communicate without apologizing or overanalyzing, and helps them speak with authority and be heard in male-dominated industries through practical tools and emotional support.
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Episode 32: Boldness, Nudity, and Write Your Friggin Book Already
Building Confidence
This week, Amanda interviews writer, coach, and entrepreneur, Lauren Marie Fleming. Lauren grew up on a farm, where she learned valuable lessons about living life with seasons of hard work and seasons of rest. When she decided to become a professional writer, she did the obvious thing and went...to law school. During that period, she got paid to write a sex blog about her sex life for a well-known publication. Before she knew it, she was a daring professional writer with a vast knowledge of the law.
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Episode 31: Who Am I Now?
Building Confidence
Amanda speaks to speaker, coach, author, and podcaster Susan Burrell about recognizing that we always have a choice. Susan shares about letting go of resentment, what becoming consciously aware looks like, and the highs and lows of being an empath.
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Episode 30: The Art of Encouragement
Building Confidence
Amanda speaks with Master Encourager, Executive Director, Coach, Author, Speaker, and Facilitator, Michael Arterberry. Michael opens up about his childhood - living with an abusive alcoholic father, channeling his drive into his athleticism and learning to rely on his coaches and teammates for support and encouragement.
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Episode 29: Confidence as Self-Defense
Building Confidence
Amanda talks to Tracie Arlington, the Founder and Lead Instructor of Play It Safe Defense, Inc. For over twenty years, Tracie has taught self-defense to kids and adults of all ages and backgrounds. She and her team of trained experts use powerful and unique approaches to teach little kids all the way up to adults how to effectively use defense skills and techniques, should they even need them. Tracie uses humor, games, and creativity to make the tools and techniques accessible, doable, and memorable.
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Episode 28: Don't Be A Library That Doesn't Check Out Books
Building Confidence
Amanda interviews Dimitrous Chattman, an Executive Consultant, Organizer, and Change Agent, who is earning his doctoral degree at the UC Davis School of Education. Dimitrous talks about his childhood in beautiful San Diego and how a football coach saw and encouraged his potential, which led him to be the first in his family to go to college. He also shares his outlook on the importance of having imagination and a strong relationship with oneself.
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Episode 27: Healing From Trauma
Building Confidence
In this episode, Amanda talks with Jennifer Adams, an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (#110390), specializing in trauma healing. Amanda and Jennifer dive deep into the topics of trauma healing, how trauma is stored in the body, creating boundaries, and self-love. No matter what kind of trauma we are healing, it is imperative to recognize how we are doing and seek out the right kind of support.
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Episode 26: Art that Jumps off the Wall
Building Confidence
Amanda speaks to Sherry Shine, a fiber artist, who specializes in hand-cut, stitched, fused, and hand-painted quilts. Sherry's use of vibrant color caught Amanda's eye immediately, which led to a powerful conversation about color, artistic process, social justice, and storytelling through art, and Sherry's amazing drive and passion.
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Episode 25: Soulbbatical - Is It Time For Yours?
Building Confidence
Amanda interviews speaker, professional coach, and best-selling author of Soulbbatical, Shelley Paxton. Shelley spent twenty-six years as a sought-after marketing and advertising executive for major companies like Harley-Davidson, Visa, McDonald's, and AOL. In 2016, she left it all behind and started on a new journey to nurture her soul and find her purpose. She called the journey her Soulbbatical, and she has been helping people forge their own soulbattical paths ever since.
info_outlineIn this first episode of 2020, Amanda interviews Jessie Medina, social entrepreneur, podcaster, brand consultant, speaker, and avid advocate for female empowerment. Jessie talks about extricating herself from a toxic work environment and striking out on her own. She shares how she used confidence to overcome her own fear and the doubts of those around her who thought her entrepreneurial vision was “crazy”. Jessie also describes how a very negative situation ended up mysteriously helping her to fulfill her dream of opening a feminine co-working and event space.
This new space, located in downtown San Diego, is named FEMXQuarters. FEMX stands for Female Empowerment Movement & Experiences. It is the first Latina founded co-working space on the west coast.
FEMxQuarters is a beautiful and safe home for a powerful community of entrepreneurs and offers events and classes like yoga, salsa dancing, acting, public speaking and vision board workshops, and so much more. Jessie discusses how rewarding this adventure has been thus far and the learning curves of communicating with contractors and knowing just how much toilet paper to buy every week. She's thrilled to see members connect and thrive.
For more on FEMX Quarters and Jessie's work, visit FEMxQuarters.com and JessieMedina.com
Interested in connecting or finding out more about coaching or workshops? Get in touch!
Looking for a handy guide to help you with your confidence and communication? Here you go!
Your Guide to Public Speaking: Build Your Confidence: Find Your Voice, Inspire Your Audience (by your host, Amanda Hennessey)