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  • Ep256: Challenge Your Fear by Seeking Unique Experiences with the Host of Fearless & Far Mike Corey

    Ep256: Challenge Your Fear by Seeking Unique Experiences with the Host of Fearless & Far Mike Corey

    Mike is a Marine Biology graduate turned award-winning filmmaker, host of Fearless & Far YouTube channel and BBC Travel Show. Mike crafts his compelling story with entertaining action and cinematic flair, but his greatest strength is breaking down cultural barriers and connecting with locals worldwide.

     

    What else can’t this man do?

    Mike Corey never backs away from an adventure, no matter how strange it may be. He has been travelling the world for eight years on a global quest to challenge fear by seeking unique experiences in weird and beautiful destinations worldwide. Mike aims to inspire others to fight their fears by plunging headfirst into beautiful, unknown locations and participating in undocumented cultural celebrations.

    “The more you learn about something, the less scary it is.”

     

    Dancing with Fear

    Mike used to fear public speaking, but he’s now doing the very thing that he was terrified to do for most of his life. His exposures to, what for him, profoundly uncomfortable and uncharacteristic things opened the door of opportunities.

    His realization that our fear response holds us back from being happy pushed Mike out of his comfort zone. It taught him leaps and bounds forward in personal growth, happiness, and changed him for the better.

     

    Topics Discussed in this Episode

    • How he overcame his fear in public speaking

    • 2 of the most uncomfortable things he’s done that made him look fear in the face

    • Fear and fear response

    • Adventures and wild things he chased

    • His goal to demystify spooky things that people often judge

     

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  • Ep255: How Stress and Disempowerment Can Lead the Body Out Of Balance and Into A Disease with Elizabeth Gaines

    Ep255: How Stress and Disempowerment Can Lead the Body Out Of Balance and Into A Disease with Elizabeth Gaines

    Feeling tired lately that couldn’t be remedied by sleep? Are you feeling demotivated even after taking a great vacation? This episode could be the answer to that.  Elizabeth Gaines is a Functional Health Practitioner and Burnout Recovery Expert that specializes in understanding how stress and disempowerment lead the body out of balance and into a disease.

    Certified through Functional Diagnostic Nutrition, Elizabeth combines lab testing that analyzes the body’s core systems with holistic lifestyle changes to bring about long-lasting and personalized healing to her clients. She believes symptoms often don’t have a clear relationship to their root cause.

    Her role is not to mitigate symptoms but rather to partner with her clients to create health. Driven by a belief that health is the ultimate form of self-love, she empowers people to heal themselves with a wealth of personalized information and insight, in-depth support and accountability. These are all the tools needed to reclaim energy and tackle the root cause of health issues.

    When Elizabeth was struggling with Chronic Fatigue and Adrenal Dysfunction, she was dismissed by doctors and told she was clinically depressed. She had to develop vital self-love and a deep inner knowing to advocate for herself and find answers to restore her body’s deficits. She believes robust health should be a human right, and her passion is to help people return to their naturally vibrant state of being. “Getting in touch with our health is actually the highest form of self-love.”

     

    Topics Discussed in this Episode:

    • Getting in touch with your health as the ultimate form of self-love
    • The factors that compromise our ability to fully understand when our body is suffering
    • When do you know you are in the state of burnout?
    • Solutions you can incorporate in your day to day life
    • What are functional health and adrenal fatigue?
    • The significance of her work for you
    • Micro changes that can help reframe and shift your everyday life to a healthy lifestyle

     

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  • Ep251: How Transforming Women Into Beautiful Vintage Pinups Paved The Way For Cherokee “Cherry Dollface” Jackson

    Ep251: How Transforming Women Into Beautiful Vintage Pinups Paved The Way For Cherokee “Cherry Dollface” Jackson

    Cherokee Jackson, also known as Cherry Dollface, has spent a decade travelling the world, transforming women into beautiful vintage pinups. She is now a licensed esthetician and owns her skincare studio in Glendale, CA.

    She considers herself a delightful weirdo who’s open and friendly and welcomes anyone who identifies themselves with her. And that same authenticity paved the way for her strong and large following on social media. She does things that she finds fun and engaging that often turns into a success. One thing is for sure; she is excellent at bridging business and creativity together.

    “I want to be just that place in whatever I do, where everybody that might have a slight bit of interest feels welcome.”

     

    Topics Discussed in this Episode:

    • Owning your uniqueness and quirkiness and turning it into a lifestyle
    • The secret sauce in building a strong online community
    • How vintage pinups built her a large following
    • Her view on social media
    • How she cultivates her mindset and mental frame

     

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  • Ep 249: Stripping Down with The Real and Raw Mompreneur Ali Levine

    Ep 249: Stripping Down with The Real and Raw Mompreneur Ali Levine

    Fashion expert, mommy influencer and mompreneur Ali Levine got real and raw with us in this week’s episode. Born and raised in New York, Ali has worked for some of the biggest names in the Fashion Industry. She relocated to Los Angeles, California and became a household name as a celebrity stylist. Ali makes regular appearances on local to national television including Bravo’s hit show, “Stripped” along with her husband.

    Mother to two girls, Amelia and Arley, motherhood made Ali see things on a whole new level. It brought her the realization that there are much bigger things in life past the glitz and glamour of the fashion world. It peeled off all the layers of who she was and revealed her authenticity; an Ali version 2.0. A more vulnerable, better and empowered woman.

    “I want to be a space where people want to come together. I want to be a community for others, especially mothers. I want people to know that we’re all truly doing our best and we’re all hopefully being as vulnerable as we can be not just for others but for  ourselves in order to grow.”

     

    Topics Discussed in this Episode

    • A glimpse into her personal life
    • Behind the scenes of being a fashion expert
    • Her view on fashion
    • Quick tips on how to be fashionable even when you’re working from home
    • How her podcast was born
    • Motherhood journey: the good, the bad, and the ugly

     

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  • Ep 248: The Mind Behind the Voice Assistant That Helps eSport Gamers To Be Victorious with Alisa Chumachenko

    Ep 248: The Mind Behind the Voice Assistant That Helps eSport Gamers To Be Victorious with Alisa Chumachenko

    Alisa Chumachenko is the leading female expert in online and social gaming. In 2010, she founded and was the CEO of “Game Insight”, a company that creates free-to-play games for Android, iOS, Facebook, and the web, until she stepped down in 2015. And in 2017, she founded GOSU.ai Data Lab, a company using machine learning to provide data to gamers and game companies. By 2018, GOSU Data Lab had raised $2.3 million.

    The mother of two is unstoppable, and she’s even named as Forbes Top 50 Women in Technology.

    But before all that, she first had a career in Circus which she shared in this episode. 

    Who would have thought that a choreographer and art director household would raise a successful serial gaming entrepreneur? “You will never have a second chance to make a first impression. And going first time to raise money speaking with the VCs, with angel investors, with private investors, it’s not about raising money. It’s about making connections and making networks that you’re gonna use for the rest of your life. And the first impression that you make, at this moment, when you meet people first, for the first time is super important.”

     

    Topics Discussed in this Episode:

    • How her passion for online gaming ignited
    • Her life before social gaming
    • How GOSU.ai started
    • Navigating fundraising
    • Importance of allowing space to transition

     

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