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Interviews with strong women from all over the world who have overcome their fears against all odds. Their stories will inspire you to believe in yourself and take action.

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Alejandra Diaz Velez on Changing the Narrative with Intimacy Stories

43 – Alejandra Velez is Colombian designer with a keen interest in understanding the interactions between humans and human behavior. In a society where it is taboo to discuss sexuality and intimacy, Alejandra is changing the narrative. She is the host of the Intimacy Stories Podcast, one of the many services under her design studio Black Bean that is helping to create an environment of products and service around intimacy for the Latin American audience. This is her story.

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Born to Dance with Sudha Chandra Sekhar Part 1

#34 Sudha Chandrasekhar, who recently turned 80, is a world renowned artist, a dedicated Bharatanatyam dancer, a rare genius and a guru to thousands of students. She was born to dance, started dancing at the age of 4 and still continues to train and teach. She speaks of her time growing up in pre independent India, influence of her mother and some of her memorable moments dancing for royalty, presidents and celebrities.

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Understanding monkeys to understand society with Primatologist Sana Saiyed

#33 Sana is the youngest of four sisters brought up by immigrant parents that encouraged her to follow their dreams. She is currently working on her PH.D.in Primatology. She talks about learning about her heritage and valuing its insights despite western ideas of what real science is considering how our current theories are really limiting because of science being racist and colonial.

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Surviving and Thriving, 40 years strong with TerriLynn Phillips

#32 TerriLynn Phillips has been in the business for 40 years and is still going strong. She started her business cause she had to survive and turned it around so now she is thriving. From administrative assistant to virtual assitant, Terri is passionate about speaking to entreprenuers about how to level up and have success with fortitude. This is her story.

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Show notes update

#31 This is an update to let you know we are on holiday break. We will be back in January 2021 with new shows. If there is someone who you think should be on the show, please do reach out.

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Following the dream from West to East with Aurelie Ho

#30 Aurelie Ho is originally from France but now lives in Hong Kong with her husband and two young children. She talks of her journey as she struggled with the English language, her love for travel, balancing family and work and starting her own business. This is her story.

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Breaking barriers and building bridges with Rep. Padma Kuppa

#29 Padma Kuppa is the Michigan state representative for District 41. She is also the first Indian Immigrant and Hindu in the Michigan legislature. Born in India, but raised in both India and the US, she speaks of her struggles saddling two identities, breaking barriers, her passion for education and her life of service. This is her story.

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Island Life with Marla Bainbridge Martinez

#28 Marla lives on an island in the Caribbean just off of Cancun. She talks of how she got tired of the rat race and wrote down exactly how she planned to live the island laptop life. She is an entreprenuer and since the pandemic looking at refocused income streams.

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Finding your purpose with Sarah Millan

#27 Sarah Millan is a Conscious Consultant from Alberta, Canada. Born of a Scottish mother and a Spanish father, she is an empath. She speaks of her trials and tribulations as she learnt to manage, acknowledge and use her gift to help people from all over the world. This is her story. Check out soulcollectiveyyc.com/roar for an Intuition Challenge especially for you.

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About The Show

This podcast showcases women, predominantly women of color, who in spite of their fear, are forging ahead, chasing their dreams and becoming stronger.

These conversations can help you work through your fear and conquer your dreams.

What do you need to move ahead?

Whether it is starting your own business, traveling the world on your own, standing up to your boss or just silencing that voice in your head, every small step you take is a push in the right direction.

This is a mix of interviews, special co-hosts and solo shows that you don’t want to miss.

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Malini Sarma

Malini Sarma

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Hello, I’m Malini. I’m a dancer, world traveler, and storyteller. I’m a hard-core fan of chai and anything hot. I’m always looking for new adventures and would rather be outside than inside.

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