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  • Ep 243: Glimmer: A New Network for Comprehensive Sexual, Mental, and Physical Health Services for LGBTQ-BIPOC with Grace Stephenson

    Ep 243: Glimmer: A New Network for Comprehensive Sexual, Mental, and Physical Health Services for LGBTQ-BIPOC with Grace Stephenson

    The lack of freedom and versatility in the nonprofit world pushed this young entrepreneur to take on a path less traveled. The gap she saw in the service is the beginning of Glimmer.

    “If you have a vision and you want to do something, do it. If I can do it, I feel like anyone can do it.”

    Grace Stephenson comes from the sex education and nonprofit world, with experience in womxn’s health, LGBTQIA+ community services, and HIV/AIDS prevention and education. She turned her vision into a massive free online community for womxn, QTBIPOC, and the LGBTQ+ community.

     

    Glimmer of Hope

    Glimmer allows its members to have a community that makes them feel powerful, loved, and understood. It provides members the ability to explore inclusive education, virtual events, shops, and art.

    Their goal is to increase access to personalized mental and sexual health services by finding the right therapists. They hope to take away the “hard parts” of accessing comprehensive and affirming sexual health, mental health, sex education, and physical health services.

    They go through therapists or mental and sexual health professionals’ directory and interview them to make sure that they’re affirming and empowering. They will then match them to their clients based on their personality, insurance, and location.

     

    It’s A Space For Us

    As they move forward, they hope to encourage the lifting up of other womxn, QTBIPOC & queer-owned professionals, artists, and businesses. They set their eyes on the future with more collaborative education, presentations, and podcasts that feature the therapists they have on Glimmer that people can tune in for free. From there to eventually build physical spaces worldwide.

     

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  • Ep 242: Discover The Magic of The Menstrual Cycle and Awaken The Feminine Path To Power with Alexandra & Sjanie

    Ep 242: Discover The Magic of The Menstrual Cycle and Awaken The Feminine Path To Power with Alexandra & Sjanie

    Who said menstrual cycle talk is only for women? Alexandra & Sjanie, co-founders of Red School, and co-authors of the iconic and hugely celebrated book from Hay House, Wild Power, had an in-depth discussion about the importance of cyclical life the magic of the menstrual cycle that awakens the feminine path to power.

    They are pioneering the newly emerging menstrual field, creating a new lexicon and approach to women’s health and well-being, creativity and leadership, and spiritual life based on our menstrual consciousness’s power.

     

    Inner Seasons of the Menstrual Cycle

    How old are you when you discovered inner seasons? Today years old?

    Alexandra & Sjanie, their 45 years of experience, helped unravel the four different menstrual cycle phases. It is in determining where you are in the ever-changing landscape of menstruality. If you are not a fan of popping painkillers monthly, let alone surgery, restoring knowledge of and the practice of menstrual cycle awareness is the answer.

    “As a woman, we are coded for power, and the journey to realizing the fullness and beauty of that power lies in the rhythm and change of your menstrual cycle.”

    Men Can Integrate Cyclical Life Into Their Own Life

    This is a conversation all gender can hop in. An in-depth understanding of the menstrual cycle will give you a different level of respect for the changes in energy and mood that you notice with your partner.

    Chart your life according to her rhythm because often, the woman’s rhythm will organize the family. When you come into sync with that, you create much more ease and intimacy into your relationship.

    Because even though you don’t have a menstrual cycle, you are a cyclical being, and just honoring cycles, in general, is just so powerful.

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  • Ep 241: Translate Your Unique Gift Into A Career with The Walking MRI Machine Dr. Olivia Audrey

    Ep 241: Translate Your Unique Gift Into A Career with The Walking MRI Machine Dr. Olivia Audrey

    She is a Board Certified Naturopath, author, speaker; Dr. Olivia Audrey is our walking MRI machine. Since three, she has displayed her gifts of precognition, medical insight, and quantum intuition. That has led her to work with various clientele, such as the British Royals, celebrities, celebrity athletes, CEOs, fortune 500 business owners, and companies. She recently wrote this children’s book called Arthur fantastic, co-authored by the Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson.

    “If you have a desire, if you have a thought that this is what you want to do with your life and with your profession, then that means it’s a done deal already. And you just have to align yourself with the path as it rolls out for you.”

     

    How She Discovered Her Gift

    At six years old, she pointed at this woman at a baby shower with her mom and said Breast Cancer. It bothered the woman enough that she went and had a screening, and it turns out she had stage two fully interventional breast cancer that was able to be treated and saved her life.

    Further on, she also detected a heart disease in a 22-year-old man. And believe it or not, she’s the first one to see my struggle with Epstein Barr even before I found out about it.

    When it comes to an understanding what’s happening with our emotional, physical, or spiritual system, Dr. Audrey can go right to the heart of the matter. One of her extraordinary powers is bringing awareness to mystery illnesses. Dive in as we discuss topics on holistic health, mental health, and the immune system.

    In this episode, she shed light on Epstein Barr and the viruses and autoimmune conditions that originate and piggyback on the “granddaddy of all autoimmune.” As well as how you can translate your unique gift to a full-time career.

    “Education is key. And so I always advocate that you have a conversation with your body first.”

     

    How To Translate Your Calling Into a Full-on Career

    1. Honor your calling by trusting yourself. Acknowledge and embrace the unique gift bestowed upon you instead of dismissing it.

    2. Check with yourself how it feels. If it resonates as truth for you, step forward and bring it out to the world professionally.

    3. Build it by clearing away any resistance that may be preventing you.

    “The less sense that it makes me in my cognitive brain, the more sense that it’s going to make to the other person.” If there’s anything she wants us to know is to embrace the weirdest parts of ourselves because those will end up being our superpowers.

     

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  • Ep 240: Breaking Free From The Constraints Of Your Job with the REAL Jet Setter Kirsty Verity

    Ep 240: Breaking Free From The Constraints Of Your Job with the REAL Jet Setter Kirsty Verity

    The way she walks the talk, she’s REAL. Kirsty Verity, the CEO of Amazon businesses and the co-founder of Real Coaching, sat down with us to talk about how her four week holiday off per year ignited her desire to radically transition from being a corporate marketing director to a multi-million dollar entrepreneur.

    “Don’t worry about what everybody else thinks about what you’re doing.”

    Kirsty is a serial traveler and adventure has been a significant and vital part of her life. That desire fueled her to use Amazon as her vehicle to live that life. It took her four years to leave her 20-year corporate career, and has traveled every continent since except Africa… just yet. She has then dedicated to taking you on with her to enjoy that same freedom-based lifestyle.

    “So that’s kind of what sparked my interest in essentially thinking about ways to get a high income or get an income that suited my lifestyle that allowed me also to travel as well.”

    How does someone run a successful multimillion-dollar business selling invisible products?

     

    The Mindset Of Success

    Her REAL Coaching business aims to coach Amazon beginners to develop their businesses, and already Amazon sellers that plateaued or with small successes breakthrough to reach the real success they desire. The skills she honed in her two decades of corporate background made her the connoisseur in marketing and branding.

    “I’m up for it. I’m going for it, and I will be helped by other people because they’ve done it before me, and they’ve been through it all.”

    One thing is for sure; she doesn’t just go on Amazon platform hawking on some stuff. She makes sure all the I’s are dotted and crossed all the T’s. Her Philosophy is:

    1. Start with something that you enjoy.
    2. Check if other people are buying it.
    3. Make it your own.
    4. Create a brand that makes sense.
    5. Your first order need not be too expensive.
    6. Utilize the tools.
  • Ep 239: Navigating From An Underground Passion To A Higher Purpose Calling. Thinking Out Loud with Nate Setto.

    Ep 239: Navigating From An Underground Passion To A Higher Purpose Calling. Thinking Out Loud with Nate Setto.

    The only difference between try and triumph is just a little “umph.” And that is what Nate Setto is all about. An incredible pop and r&b artist, he grew up with a passion for music and began writing songs at seven. But before his career skyrocketed, he had to go through unconventional ways to make it happen.

    “Once you see something click, stick with that, and then keep trying to look for more things, and try to find another thing that clicks and do that.”

    With over 1.3 million views on YouTube, 36,000 followers on Facebook and 61.8K on Instagram, this Michigan native singer strives to inspire people. From creating party kind music to releasing a more personal song called “Novocaine,” that talks about the struggle of anxiety, depression, and substance abuse, this artist did not navigate the field without insightful stories to share.

    “If you feel like this is something that you have to do, do it! You’d be surprised at what can happen, where it can come from, and who you can help.”

    With a deeply rooted passion for music, Nate had to make a whole fake school schedule to trick his parents and find the time to go to the studio. As a result, he’s created incredible songs that won his parents’ hearts and approval.

    Eventually, what started as underground music, navigated its way to comedians promoting them. He continued to put contents and try new things that earned him his massive following on social media.

    While all that is happening, his spiritual journey was also unfolding right before his eyes. He started noticing coincidences, signs, and messages from the Higher Being through billboard, music, dream, reading, and radio.

    “Pay attention to what’s going on in your life, and realize that He cares, and He wants to have a relationship with you. Once you connect with Him, you start seeing Him everywhere, and you’ll be on the right path to achieving the things you want to achieve.”

    He has cemented his relationship with God, and now with his listeners. He openly talked about how anxiety, depression, and substance abuse inspired him to write Novocaine to help others who are going through the same thing. The song is different from what people know as his genre, but he is so proud of it’s a purpose-driven song.

    “You know, I’m the type of person that if I was going through something, I want to go do something nice for somebody.”


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