Brave Your Fear

Are you paralyzed by fear? Are you terrified of failure? Do you wish you were more confident? Brave Your Fear shares the stories of people who have fought through all types of the scary stuff of life and have made it to the other side. Our guests get candid about the stuff that scares— the deep stuff, the true stuff, the real stuff and the big stuff. This podcast will not teach you how to be fearless—we don’t believe in that word. It’s meant to teach you how to be brave in the face of inevitable fear.

Adji Cisse - The Natural 04/07/2021

Adji Cisse - The Natural Adji Cisse is a businesswoman. At 17 years old, she is the founder of Flawless Fro, a product line for Black girls and women embracing their natural hair. /episode/index/show/braveyourfear/id/18640871

Holly Austin - High Risk, High Reward 03/24/2021

Holly Austin - High Risk, High Reward Holly Austin is a coach. As the founder of Ready Set Row, a competitive rowing club for girls who want to pursue rowing in college, Holly combines data and metrics, and the charge of organized emotions to make an impact on her athletes. /episode/index/show/braveyourfear/id/18455408

Patti Phillips - The Leader’s Leader 03/17/2021

Patti Phillips - The Leader’s Leader Patti Phillips is the CEO of Women Leaders in College Sports. Her life’s work - and the mission of this robust and growing organization she has been running for over a decade - is to develop, connect and advance women in college sports. /episode/index/show/braveyourfear/id/18364313

Alex Aust - Confidence Booster 03/10/2021

Alex Aust - Confidence Booster Alex Aust is a decorated lacrosse superstar. She was an All-American and National Champion at the University of Maryland, a World Cup Champion on the Women’s National Team, a multi-year professional lacrosse player, and an Under Armour Athlete. During COVID, Alex pivoted to coaching and teaching fitness to women of all ages in her monthly membership program called The Sweat Life. /episode/index/show/braveyourfear/id/18274565

Cate Luzio – The Adapter 03/03/2021

Cate Luzio – The Adapter Cate Luzio is the Founder and CEO of Luminary, a collaboration hub for women who are passionate about professional development and expanding their networks. /episode/index/show/braveyourfear/id/18177239

Denise Wiggins - Made For This 02/24/2021

Denise Wiggins - Made For This Denise Wiggins has started and continues to run multiple multi-million dollar businesses. All of her organizations put community - and community building - at their center, in large part, because of the lessons Denise learned from her grandmother, lessons that helped Denise pull herself out of an abusive marriage, out of homelessness with three kids, and smack dab into a life she knew she was made for. /episode/index/show/braveyourfear/id/18071507

BRAVE YOUR FEAR PODCAST 03/18/2019

BRAVE YOUR FEAR PODCAST /episode/index/show/braveyourfear/id/9051545

Kylie Ohlmiller - The Smiling Underdog 10/31/2018

Kylie Ohlmiller - The Smiling Underdog Kylie Ohlmiller is one of the best lacrosse players in the entire world. She broke a 17-year old NCAA DI record for career points, and 9 year old NCAA DI record for career assists. She is now dedicating her game and her life to teaching and inspiring the next generation of girls. She is the kind of superstar that feels like she is your best friend. /episode/index/show/braveyourfear/id/7384304

Shana Renee - Major League Badass 10/24/2018

Shana Renee - Major League Badass Shana Renee is a 5-ft tall sports fanatic whose passion was triggered in her sports-loving family. A former ESPN marketing professional and Madison Square Garden marketing consultant, she is now a Sports Culture Analyst, intent on telling important stories of Black athletes. /episode/index/show/braveyourfear/id/7307348

Kerstin Anderson - The Storyteller 10/11/2018

Kerstin Anderson - The Storyteller Kerstin Anderson has always loved to sing. Following her passion and using her voice, she came to NYC for college and after only 2 years, booked her dream job as lead role of Maria in the National Tour of The Sound of Music. Now, at 24 years old, she is on Broadway in My Fair Lady. /episode/index/show/braveyourfear/id/7154235

Jennifer Francis – Disrupt Now 10/03/2018

Jennifer Francis – Disrupt Now Jennifer Francis is the Vice Provost for Relay Graduate School of Education. She grew up in Chicago, attended boarding school in Vermont, college in California, and a life-changing semester at college in Atlanta, GA. Dr. Francis talks to us on the eve of her second wedding. And when she talks, she doesn’t stay on the surface of anything. She is deep, proud, has big reasons for interrupting, and bigger visions to disrupt in a way that fuels necessary and uncomfortable conversations. /episode/index/show/braveyourfear/id/7123915

Jacquette Timmons - We All Need a Wealth Therapist! 07/25/2018

Jacquette Timmons - We All Need a Wealth Therapist! Jacquette Timmons is a financial behaviorist, which means she focuses on the human side of money. With a career start in fashion, it took the stock market crash of ’87 to spark her passion for finance. She has lived a life packed with the twists of small business ownership and the turns of grief from the loss of the two most important people in her life. She is not just still standing, she is glowing with joy. She is omnipresent and made of the same things that makes the sun so bright and warm and vital. /episode/index/show/braveyourfear/id/6848507

Arkeema Chandler – Young, Black and Plus Size 07/04/2018

Arkeema Chandler – Young, Black and Plus Size Arkeema Chandler is an 18-year-old powerhouse who has many stories to tell. She lost her father when she was 7 years old to AIDS and her mother at the age of 12 to sickle-sell related lung disease. With an incredible extended family, and the help of amazing teachers and school leaders, she fought her way out of grief and found a way to express her anger. /episode/index/show/braveyourfear/id/6774529

Jera Foster-Fell - The Accidental Influencer 06/27/2018

Jera Foster-Fell - The Accidental Influencer Jera Foster-Fell was born and raised in New York City, went to school in LA, worked as a graphic artist, then, to help get over a break-up, started a fitness regimen that led her all the way to the Soul Cycle instructor podium. In less than 4 years, she has amassed nearly 200,000 Instagram followers. /episode/index/show/braveyourfear/id/6748165

Karen Sutton - Surgical Competitor 05/31/2018

Karen Sutton - Surgical Competitor Dr. Karen Sutton was once a fierce defender from Duke University and now she is among the 3-6% of female Orthopedic Surgeons in this country. She is pint-sized. She is a mother of four. She is fueled by intensity. /episode/index/show/braveyourfear/id/6646387

Jess Ekstrom - Hustle, Hope & Headbands 05/23/2018

Jess Ekstrom - Hustle, Hope & Headbands Jess Ekstrom is a social entrepreneur who started Headbands of Hope, a non-profit organization that gives a free headband away to a kid with cancer for every one that is sold. Headbands of Hope has donated headbands to every single children’s hospital in the united states. She is a proud, hardworking, outspoken and incredible - millennial. /episode/index/show/braveyourfear/id/6626174

Ask Me Anything! (#2) 05/02/2018

Ask Me Anything! (#2) Ask Me Anything is a raw mini-episode of the Brave Your Fear podcast where host Crista Samaras answers fan-and-friend questions about anything and everything. It's funny, authentic, deep, shallow and totally unscripted. Questions are submitted via FB and IG and asked by Nick Coleman, producer of the podcast. Crista has no idea what questions are coming when. /episode/index/show/braveyourfear/id/6548700

Ask Me Anything! 04/25/2018

Ask Me Anything! Ask Me Anything is a raw mini-episode of the Brave Your Fear podcast where host Crista Samaras answers fan-and-friend questions about anything and everything. It's funny, authentic, deep, shallow and totally unscripted. Questions are submitted via FB and IG and asked by Nick Coleman, producer of the podcast. Crista has no idea what questions are coming when. /episode/index/show/braveyourfear/id/6519272

Cathy Samaras – Mother of Six 04/18/2018

Cathy Samaras – Mother of Six Cathy is recognized by Sports Business Journal as one of the top 10 US executives influencing the future of women’s sports. Sassy, smart and driven, she has broken so many molds in her lifetime so far. She is my mother and the bravest person I know. /episode/index/show/braveyourfear/id/6495610

LaKisha Adams – Brooklyn Born 04/11/2018

LaKisha Adams – Brooklyn Born LaKisha Adams is a tried-and-true badass. She gave up her comfort zone for lent, that’s how badass she is. Kisha is the adoptive mother to three great kids who she fought hard and long to keep together – and she was only 26 when she did it. /episode/index/show/braveyourfear/id/6469058

Theresa Sherry – She Plays to Win 03/21/2018

Theresa Sherry – She Plays to Win Theresa Sherry is a champion. She won a World Championship for the United States on the U19 team in 1999. She won 2 National Champions for the lacrosse team at Princeton where she was a three time All-American. This is a woman who has BEEN through stuff, which she would say is what makes her the most ready for whatever is to come. /episode/index/show/braveyourfear/id/6389022

Murray Hill - Showbiz! 03/14/2018

Murray Hill - Showbiz! MURRAY HILL is a NYC legend, comedian, host, and international entertainer. Mr. Showbiz is performance art turned lifestyle, pure entertainment turned queer visibility. Murray Hill is a comedian. Murray Hill is an activist. Murray Hill is showbiz. /episode/index/show/braveyourfear/id/6363724

Ann Rodriguez - Pro Sports' Creative Catalyst 03/07/2018

Ann Rodriguez - Pro Sports' Creative Catalyst Ann Rodriguez is a force in sports. In 2017, she was named to the "40 under 40" list by Sports Business Journal for masterminding the success of Atlanta United--a brand new major league soccer expansion team, becoming the leader of the entire league for season ticket sales and attendance. A lady. A collaborator. A listener. And now, the Senior Vice President in charge of WBNA league operations. /episode/index/show/braveyourfear/id/6338299

Damian Pitts - Ball Player, Math Teacher, Community Change Agent 02/28/2018

Damian Pitts - Ball Player, Math Teacher, Community Change Agent Damian "DP" Pitts is a Brooklyn math teacher by day... and, in his spare time, nurtures the best streetball tournament in NYC. The only tournament on the East Coast with a duel sponsorship from Brand Jordan and Nike. /episode/index/show/braveyourfear/id/6310675

Amelia Christensen - Butch of Center 02/22/2018

Amelia Christensen - Butch of Center As a person who struggles with depression and anxiety, Amelia Christensen’s life has been a rollercoaster of figuring things out inside her brain and her soul. She is tough. She is sensitive. She is a carpenter. She is a millennial. And, she sees numbers as colors. /episode/index/show/braveyourfear/id/6287590

Chaquetta Grace - Alpha Woman, Scientist, Bride 02/14/2018

Chaquetta Grace - Alpha Woman, Scientist, Bride Chaquetta Grace is a God-fearing Alpha Woman. An African American woman in upper level leadership as a laboratory supervisor, she is also a member of the Hospitality Ministry with Emmanuel Baptist Church in Brooklyn, New York. /episode/index/show/braveyourfear/id/6259837

Nadia Lopez - The Great Disruptor 01/31/2018

Nadia Lopez - The Great Disruptor Nadia Lopez trained as a nurse and worked in customer service before she even knew she wanted to be a teacher. Nearly 15 years later, at the very lowest point in her education career, a student quoting her as his inspiration went viral on Humans of NY--and Nadia saw that her love, time, persistence, and fortitude were finding a way. /episode/index/show/braveyourfear/id/6209091

Chris Sailer - The Coach, The Defender, The Legend 01/24/2018

Chris Sailer - The Coach, The Defender, The Legend Chris is a legend in women’s lacrosse, one of the fastest growing sports in the USA. A Harvard graduate now coaching at Princeton, she was inducted into the US Lacrosse National Hall of Fame in 2008. Chris has guided her team to three NCAA championships, and 13 Ivy League Titles. /episode/index/show/braveyourfear/id/6185112

Diane Nathaniel - She Beat Stage 3! 01/17/2018

Diane Nathaniel - She Beat Stage 3! After battling Stage 3 Colon cancer, Diane Nathaniel was determined to become a champion for the screening of this disease in her community. A powerhouse in a pint-sized body, she is a school counselor, mother to 3 kids, and now co-founder of the non-profit Beat Stage 3. /episode/index/show/braveyourfear/id/6158415

Jeff Namnum - Guy, Geek & Guru 01/10/2018

Jeff Namnum - Guy, Geek & Guru Jeff Namnum is a guy’s guy and a girl’s guy. He learned the hard way about what happens when you grow a business too fast and because of it, he found out what it takes to start over … and over and over. /episode/index/show/braveyourfear/id/6131473

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