Own It All: The Podcast
I'm Andrea Isabelle Lucas, founder of Barre & Soul, and author of Own It All. I'm sharing real conversations with some of the most badass women — just like you — about everything from goals, to health, to style, relationships, and more. The Own It All Podcast is all about how to stop waiting for change, and start creating it — because your life belongs to you.
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Own your Power with Charlene Carruthers
04/29/2020
Own your Power with Charlene Carruthers
To wrap up season 2 of the Own It All podcast, I’m sharing my conversation with the incredibly gifted, socially-conscious, driven, wise, and widely published Charlene Carruthers. She’s a Black queer feminist community organizer and writer with 15+ years of experience in racial justice, feminist and youth leadership development movement work. She’s also the author of the bestselling book Unapologetic: A Black, Queer and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements, and when we spoke, she had just begun serving as a board member for the Women’s March. In discussing what it means to own your power in all aspects of your life, our conversation was both wide and deep. We covered everything from intersectional activism, to staying in integrity while maintaining your boundaries, to reframing the way we look at collective work for liberation. “We shouldn’t see every single thing at every moment as the most urgent thing. Moving only in a spirit of urgency will lead us to only focus on one thing and picking away at ‘the wall’ in one area. But if we say, ‘Over my lifespan, there are so many different contributions that I can make,’ I believe that’s a much more fruitful pathway in doing this work. … There are so many different ways to contribute. It isn’t just about where you can physically put your body. What kind of a community you’re a part of, what are you reading, what are you teaching other people? All of those things go into transforming the world that we live in.” Charlene also shared powerful insights into the importance of authentic relationships with people who are different from you, and how that ties into some of the work that white women need to do. For that, and for everything else she shared, I am so grateful to Charlene taking the time to come onto the show. We only just scratched the surface, so if you’d like to learn more about Charlene’s work and philosophies, to get started. Thanks for tuning in for season 2 of Own It All! I’m so pleased that I could share these conversations with you over the past two months, and I’m so grateful to my guests, and all of you joined us.
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Own Your Thoughts with Kara Loewentheil
04/22/2020
Own Your Thoughts with Kara Loewentheil
Welcome back to the Own It All podcast! I’m thrilled this week to share my conversation with host of the top-rated and much-downloaded self help podcast Unf*ck Your Brain, Kara Loewentheil. Kara is a Master Certified Coach with a B.A. from Yale and J.D. from Harvard Law, and she has been featured in outlets like Marie Claire, Mind Body Green, MSN.com, and The Huffington Post. Kara and I talked a lot about perfectionism, thought work, and liberation from the inside out. If your brain could use a little bit of “unf*cking” right now, well, this is definitely the episode for you. Kara even shared a brief step-by-step process you can use right now if you’re trying to neutralize your thoughts. Write down the thoughts — no editing or analyzing! Pick 1 thought and come up with a neutral version of it. Example: transform the thought “My stomach is gross” to the neutral thought “A lot of people have a stomach like mine.” Practice this thought! Repeat it, either aloud or in your head. Make it a habit by using a reminder app, making it a password, or even putting post-it notes around your house. Pay attention to how it feels different in your body over time. “Women being able to think and feel how they want is what’s going to create everything else we want on the outside. It’s going to create women negotiating for better pay and family friendly leave, and loving their bodies, and enjoying fitness because it feels good. Whatever it is that we want on the outside, we have to do the inside work first. For me, this work is about freeing women to own their lives, but it has to start in our minds.” Kara, thank you so much for coming onto the show and sharing your insights on thought work with all of us. And thank you to all of you out there listening and sharing the show! If you want to hear more from Kara, check out or follow her on . See you next week!
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Own Your Attitude With Ty Alexander
04/15/2020
Own Your Attitude With Ty Alexander
Well, it’s safe to say we’re living through a time of massive upheaval and dealing with all of the emotional turmoil that comes along with it. Days feel like weeks and it’s easy to get overwhelmed by fear, grief, and uncertainty in the face of this new normal. With all that in mind, this felt like the right time to share my conversation with Ty Alexander. Ty is a best selling author, speaker, podcaster, and wellness blogger who blends radically honest stories with actionable a-ha lessons. We talked about the new entrepreneurial journey and her work with , as well as what it means to choose gratitude over grief and how to set boundaries around the way we communicate our feelings to others. While [our feelings] should have a place in our lives, it doesn’t need to be a place every day, all day. A lot of times what happens in trauma is, we allow those feelings to take over our lives all day. Feeling doesn’t make any changes. Acknowledge your feelings, write them down, journal. But then what’s the steps to get out of that feeling? It’s about doing those actionable steps to move yourself out and past that moment. Ty, thank you so much for coming onto the show! I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed connecting with you. For those of you out there who want to learn more about Ty, head on over to Instagram and check out @tyalexander and @selfcareirl. Thanks so much for listening and for sharing the show with your friends. See you next week!
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Own Your To-Do List with Paula Rizzo
04/08/2020
Own Your To-Do List with Paula Rizzo
Quick show of hands: who out there is struggling with their time management these days? Yeah, that’s what I thought. This week on the podcast, I’m excited to introduce you all to my guest, bestselling author and Emmy award winning television producer Paula Rizzo. Her books, Listful Thinking and Listful Living, tackle the topics of list-making, stress, and productivity. With so many of us adapting to a new way of working and living right now, Paula is the perfect person to have on the show to share her insights about how to effectively use lists in both our professional lives and our personal lives. “One thing I talk about is creating lists of feelings. How did you feel after you worked with that one client? How did you feel after you took that vacation? Were you actually less stressed, or were you more stressed? So, really tapping into what’s going on with you, how stressed out do you feel in different environments. List making can be used for that as well. It’s not only about to-do’s, it can help to create a less stressful environment.” Paula, thank you so much for coming on the show! For those of you out there listening, if you weren’t already in the habit of list-making, I hope this episode has given you some food for thought. You can check out Paula’s . Thank you so much for tuning in, and I’ll be back next week with a brand new episode!
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Own Your Impact with Kurtlan Massarsky
04/01/2020
Own Your Impact with Kurtlan Massarsky
Welcome back to the Own it All podcast! On this week’s episode, I’m sharing my conversation with Kurtlan Massarsky. Kurtlan has worked with the Boston Alliance of LGBTQ+ Youth (aka ) for 8 years as director of development and marketing. He’s an advocate for animal rescue organizations, and heartily recommends fantasy and urban fantasy fiction. Kurtlan and I spoke during June of 2019, aka Pride Month, so we talked a lot about his work with BAGLY, the challenges that queer youth face, and how to engage in meaningful allyship. Last June feels like a long time ago — to be honest, last week feels like a long time ago — but my conversation with Kurtlan is more relevant than ever. Times of uncertainty and upheaval are especially dangerous for marginalized groups such as LGBTQ+ youth, but small contributions can have massive benefits. “You can never underestimate the power of caring, and putting your money where your mouth is. A lot of these young people have been told in so many different ways that their effort is minimal because of their age, or that they can’t do something because of their gender expression or identity. When they realize that there are literally hundreds if not thousands of people who are willing to take a little money out of their paycheck to support their work or to support their getting therapy, that makes a real difference to them.” Kurtlan, I can’t thank you enough for coming onto the show and helping us all to strike the tricky balance between feeling bothered by what we see in the world and feeling hopeful. Thank you as well to everyone out there listening, reviewing, and sharing the show. If you’d like to learn more or , I urge you to visit their website. Thank you again, and see you next week!
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Own Your Unique Value with Sara Minkara
03/25/2020
Own Your Unique Value with Sara Minkara
This week, I’m so excited to share my conversation with Sara Minkara, Founder and CEO of Empowerment Through Integration. ETI is a non-profit committed to developing a more inclusive society by empowering youth with disabilities through direct service programming and by transforming social and cultural stigma against disabilities. From the time she lost her vision at age 7, Sara experienced two very different worlds. During the school year, she felt empowered by her family and teachers, and lived a full and rich life. When she traveled to visit extended family during the summer, however, she was exposed to a world where her blindness was considered to be a burden or a source of shame. These experiences played a huge role in Sara’s journey and the work that she does with ETI. We talked about her story, what self care looks like for her, and how she stays grounded and humble while pursuing her big dreams of disrupting the narrative surrounding disability. “I didn’t reach what I’ve reached so far because I’m smarter or have a bigger skill set. No. Every single person has something beautiful to contribute. Everyone has a power within them. They just need someone to help them recognize and see that power within.” Sara, thank you so much for everything you shared on the show today. And thank you also to everyone out there listening, subscribing, and sharing the show with your friends! If you’d like to learn more about the work Sara does through ETI, you can or check out Sara on Twitter @MInkaraSara. I’ll see you next week with a brand new episode.
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Own Your Story with Nick North
03/18/2020
Own Your Story with Nick North
This week, I’m sharing my chat with Nick North, making his second appearance on the show — this time, solo! Full disclosure: this conversation was unplanned and 100% organic, covering everything from microaggressions and how to be a better ally, to balancing boundaries with people-pleasing, to surgery and gender and politics. “All of us have this thing that makes us different. This thing we’re secretly ashamed of, or we thought made us broken. And the truth is, that thing is actually what makes us most beautiful. We spend so much time trying to hide away this thing that is embarrassing or shameful or doesn’t fit. [...] We are all different, and that is what makes us awesome.” I hope you'll enjoy listening to this conversation as much as I enjoyed having it. Want more from Nick? Find him over at and give him a follow on Instagram . I'll be back next Wednesday with some more season 2 goodness, so be sure to subscribe (if you haven't already) on your podcast platform of choice. See you next week!
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Own Your Passion with Ash Ambirge
03/11/2020
Own Your Passion with Ash Ambirge
Welcome to Season 2 of Own It All! I'm so happy you're back for more tips on how to make a difference in your life, and the world around us. We're kicking off the new season with the one and only Ash Ambirge! Ash is an internet entrepreneur and founder of the Middle Finger Project whose voice has been called “the most memorable on the internet.” I’m so thrilled that Ash came onto the show to share her “sweary” wisdom on dangerous ideas, the curious relationship between guilt and gratitude, radical self-reliance, and the difference between happiness and meaningfulness. “Coming from a small town, I was very scared in the beginning to talk about what I wanted to do. Doing so felt like a slight to other people and I was aware of that. It was a little bit like, by challenging your reality, I’m challenging your decisions too. And that’s a very difficult thing to do because people get into the dream-zapper mode of ‘Who does she think she is?’ Those are the kinds of comments that keep women down.” Want more Ash? I don’t blame you! You can find her over at her website, the , where you can do everything from sign up for her newsletter to buy her new book. I'll be back next Wednesday with some more season 2 goodness, so be sure to subscribe (if you haven't already) on your podcast platform of choice. See you next week!
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Own Your Career with Emilie Aries
03/26/2019
Own Your Career with Emilie Aries
If you’ve ever struggled with burnout, or any facet of owning your career, this episode with Emilie Aries is for you! Not only is she the founder and CEO of the award winning training company Bossed Up, she’s also a podcaster and soon to be first-time author of Bossed Up: A Grown Woman’s Guide to Getting Your Shit Together. Whether you know what you want, or just know you don’t want what you have right now, Emilie is all about helping women craft happy, healthy, and sustainable career paths.
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Own Your Time with Sarah Von Bargen
03/19/2019
Own Your Time with Sarah Von Bargen
Raise your hand if you’ve ever felt like you don’t have time to do the things that are important to you. What would your life look like if you could truly own your time? To dig into that, I spoke with Sarah Von Bargen, who is committed to helping people spend their time, money, and energy on purpose. Sarah has a wildly successful and long-running blog, Yes and Yes, as well as fantastic online courses. Even after years of reading her blog, she shared wisdom and truth bombs galore that blew me away.
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Own Your Legacy with Tabitha St. Bernard-Jacobs
03/12/2019
Own Your Legacy with Tabitha St. Bernard-Jacobs
The desire to do something meaningful and lasting with our lives is pretty much universal — but how do we truly own our legacy? To find out, I spoke with zero-waste fashion designer, youth director of the Women’s March, and coordinator of the Empower Coalition, Tabitha St. Bernard-Jacobs. In these roles, as well as in her roles as mother, wife and sister, Tabitha is building an incredible legacy by speaking up, and taking actions consistent with her deepest held values.
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Own Your Past with Alexia Vernon
03/05/2019
Own Your Past with Alexia Vernon
Large or small, we all have traumas, triggers, and moments in our past that we wish we could change. But what if, instead of trying to change the past, we could use it as a springboard to create a better future? With that in mind, my guest on this episode is Alexia Vernon, transformational speaking and women’s leadership expert, coach, and author of Step Into Your Moxie. Having overcome childhood sexual abuse, Alexia is outspoken about owning her past without letting it define her.
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Own Your Health with Susan Hyatt
02/26/2019
Own Your Health with Susan Hyatt
After years of fangirling over her awesome newsletters, I was so excited to chat with my guest this week, Susan Hyatt. Susan is a master certified life and business coach and the author of the upcoming book BARE: A 7-Week Program to Transform Your Body, Get More Energy, Feel Amazing, and Become Unstoppable. Susan is firmly anti-dieting — instead, she’s all about helping women get more of what they crave and own their health in the most authentic and sustainable way possible.
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Own Your Hustle with Phee Manuel
02/19/2019
Own Your Hustle with Phee Manuel
If you look up “hustle” in the dictionary, you’ll probably see a picture of my guest this week, Phee Manuel. Together with her husband Bo, she runs 3 pole dancing studios in LA, produces videos so anyone can learn to twerk and pole dance from their homes, and hosts frequent “Sip N’ Paint” nights that are perfect if you want to improve your male anatomy painting skills. Phee and I talked about everything from her marriage (#relationshipgoals, anyone?), to the “pole family” she’s created at
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Own Your Goals With Sara Mora
02/12/2019
Own Your Goals With Sara Mora
This week’s episode with immigrant rights activist Sara Mora is for anyone with big dreams, big goals, and a big heart. In the four years since coming out as undocumented herself, Sara has given speeches, led marches, and authored opinion pieces that have shaped the debate on the DREAM Act — and she’s only 22 years old. From her role in the Women’s March to her massive following on Instagram, Sara is a manifesting pro who truly owns her goals.
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Own Your Relationships With Katherine + Nick North
02/05/2019
Own Your Relationships With Katherine + Nick North
Katherine and Nick North are masters of clear and honest communication — with 5 kids, 3 businesses, a documentary in progress, and a brand new puppy, they have to be! When it comes to owning your relationships (romantic and otherwise), I couldn’t think of a better couple to have on the podcast. From Nick’s transition into life as a man, to changing their names and blending their families, to “big, bodacious, beautiful boundaries,” these two have so many incredible stories to share.
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Own Your Style With Kimmie Smith
01/23/2019
Own Your Style With Kimmie Smith
Your personal style tells the world something about you even before you say a single word —but owning your style can bring up a lot of questions. Is athleisure still happening? Should you be getting your clothes tailored? When is it OK to splurge on a wardrobe investment?
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Trailer — Own It All: The Podcast
01/15/2019
Trailer — Own It All: The Podcast
I'm Andrea Isabelle Lucas, founder of Barre and Soul, and author of Own It All. The Own It All Podcast is all about how to stop waiting for change, and start creating it — because your life belongs to you. I'll be sharing real conversations with some of the most bad*ss women — just like you — about everything from goals, to health, to style, relationships, and more. You can look forward to 8 episodes starting next Wednesday, running weekly through mid-March. To be a part of the conversation, go ahead and subscribe on your favorite podcast app. Talk to you on Wednesday!
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