Our guest today is the confidence queen herself: Sheena Yap Chan. Sheena is a world-renowned keynote speaker, consultant, and co-author of the international bestseller, Asian Women Who Boss Up. She currently inspires women through her award-winning podcast called The Tao of Self-Confidence where she interviews Asian women about their inner journey to self-confidence.Sheena’s personal mission is to help Asian Women find and use their voice, and help boost their confidence to live authentic lives. Sheena is one of the top 100 Filipinos to follow on LinkedIn for inspiration and learning, and her work has been featured in MindValley and The Manila Times. During this Confidence Conversation, we talk about the impact of stereotypes on personal development, overcoming familial pressures to find a “good job,” and building a sustainable living that’s aligned and fulfilling. We also dive into her new book, The Tao of Self Confidence, which gets to the heart of what it means to live a confident life
During this Confidence Conversation, host Jocelyn Michelle and Alice Benjamin talk about how to keep your physical and emotional heart healthy and well, and how you can advocate for yourself when you feel your voice isn’t being heard by your medical practitioner.Alice is a board-certified Clinical Nurse Specialist and Family Nurse Practitioner.Nurse Alice has extensive nursing experience specializing in cardiovascular health, critical care, and emergency medicine. She has worked at some of the world's most prestigious academic healthcare centers as well as some of the most underserved community hospitals treating some of the sickest patients on the planet. Alice was the first Black nurse to serve on the American Nurses Association and California Board of Directors.
During this Confidence Conversation, we talk about how to set boundaries and say no, healing from toxic relationships, and the important role horses can play on your journey to emotional healing and well-being.Our guest today, Leah Goldman, is a Certified Professional Coach and Intuitive Listener and Guide who uses nature-based and equine principles to help people move forward in their lives by breaking through barriers, uncovering old narratives, and finding clarity to lead a life of fulfillment and purpose.A lifelong lover of animals, Leah began riding and caring for horses at the age of six, and has over 30 years of equine experience. It was her first dog, Boots, and a connection with a horse named Finleigh who became the inspiration behind Fika Coaching. While Leah has always had a passion for helping others, it was through her own self-healing journey that she unlocked her passion and potential to help others as a coach. Leah found support and strength through the guidance of other professionals, but the real healing came from spending time with animals and being in nature.Leah’s background with horses as well as her career as a Clinical Mental Health Counselor, Marketing Director in the Health and Wellness industry and her time as a Fitness Instructor all led her to becoming a coach. It was the combination of these paths that led to Fika Coaching. Her passion to help others through the partnership of horses while creating authentic and deep relationships with every one of her clients is what drives Leah on a daily basis.
During this Confidence Conversation in honor of mothers around the world, we’re getting real about the transition into motherhood: from the changes that happen in your body that no one wants to talk about, the joys and the challenges of the journey to parenthood, as well as how you can maintain your self-identity while navigating this new stage of your life.Our guest, Arielle Martone is a doctor of physical therapy and neuro-clinical specialist turned yoga teacher and certified pre and postnatal coach. Arielle made her transition from PT to coach after overcoming postpartum depression and pelvic pain after giving birth to her little one. During her own postpartum journey, Arielle realized the importance of addressing both the physical and emotional healing that needs to happen, and now she spends her days helping new mothers due just that. Arielle created The Postpartum Revolution to help new moms reconnect mind /body and soul so they can reclaim their identity and ditch the "not enoughness" in order to parent confidently, partner passionately, and feel vibrant.
During this Confidence Conversation, dive into the truth about life after divorce, mindful parenting and co-parenting, and how to pivot when life isn’t what you’d thought it would be. Guest Darlene Taylor is a dynamic force in the world of co-parenting advocacy, coaching, and empowerment. With over 20 years of experience working with families in crisis as a former social worker, she brings a deep understanding of the challenges that parents face when navigating the complexities of raising children post-divorce. Her mission is to break the stigma around divorced families and promote the idea of blended families as a beautiful transition.Determined to make a positive impact on the lives of children and families, Darlene transitioned her focus to empowering parents to learn and implement effective co-parenting strategies. Her book, "It's Not About Us: A Co-parenting Survival Guide for Taking the High Road," is a powerful guide for parents struggling with co-parenting, written from her own personal experiences, to empower parents to create a positive and nurturing environment for their children while not losing their minds in the process.In addition to her writing and coaching, Darlene uses her platform to continue important conversations around positive parenting during separation and divorce, promoting healthy family dynamics and the importance of effective communication and collaboration in co-parenting.
Jen Bee is a passionate ADHD coach and the founder of bADDass Coaching. With a deep understanding of ADHD both personally and professionally, Jen has made it her goal to help others with ADHD learn to work and live life by their rules. Jen doesn't believe in a one-size-fits-all approach to anything. Instead, she believes in embracing our differences and leveraging our unique skill sets in a way that feels authentic and comfortable. With Jen's help, individuals and organizations alike can learn to embrace neurodiversity and unlock the full potential of their unique strengths with confidence.During today’s bonus episode of Confidence Conversation, we talk about how neurodiversity is a superpower, and how we can make the most of our unique qualities and celebrate our differences as human beings.
During today’s Confidence Conversation, we’ll be talking about how to move away from diet culture and embrace a healthy lifestyle that’s truly sustainable and optimized just for you.Esther Avant is a health industry veteran with over 17 years of experience in fitness, nutrition, and wellness. She’s a certified sports nutritionist, personal trainer, wellness coach, and owner of EA Coaching, which has provided holistic health & lifestyle coaching since 2015. Esther’s personal mission is to help women live their happiest, healthiest, and most confident lives and to change the fact that the majority of women are so preoccupied with their weight and bodies that they never fully pursue their passions. She knows that if more women prioritized their health, they’d be able to unleash their confidence and focus on how they want to leave their mark on the world.Want more? Visit us at https://www.cultivatingconfidencedaily.com/confidence-conversations
During today’s Confidence Conversation, Coach Kelly Lynn Adams gives us tools to break through our own glass ceilings and mental barriers to not only achieve success, but to find an everlasting sense of contentment and joy in our lives.Kelly Lynn is an award-winning certified executive, leadership & life coach, mental health advocate & the creator of the Perfectly Imperfect podcast. She is also the founder of the Empow(her) foundation that helps girls globally ages 7-17 cultivate confidence from the inside out, she is also the founder of the Womxn. Work. Worth. Movement, which has helped thousands of high-achieving leaders manage their mindset, maximize their time and monetize in their businesses.Before building her world-renown brand as a coach, Kelly Lynn spent over 18+ years in Corporate America working for some of the top retail and fashion brands including Gucci, DKNYJeans, Kenneth Cole & Bed Bath & Beyond.Today, Kelly Lynn works with leaders and corporations in two of her signature group programs, “Shatter Your Own Glass Ceilings” and “Unstoppable.” Her mission is to lead with love, and help people get out of their own way so that they can elevate & expand. She fulfills this mission by helping people reprogram their thoughts, boost their confidence, supersize their self-love. Are you ready to grow more confident? Head over to Confidence Daily for your daily dose of confidence: https://www.cultivatingconfidencedaily.com/
During today’s Confidence Conversation, Sally Anne Carrol shares how you can effectively revitalize your life and career, and make sustainable changes in your life to lead you down your path of success.As a reinvention strategist and career coach, Sally knows what it's like to redesign your life and work from the ground up. She's done it and has made it her life’s work to help professionals and entrepreneurs think differently about what's possible for their lives and to create their own vision of sustainable success. Sally is a ICF credentialed and works as a Positive Psychology Coach and Narrative Coach Practitioner with a specialized knowledge in career development and neuroscience-based coaching, mindfulness, and strengths development. Her perspectives on reinvention, sustainable success, work-life balance, self-care, life design and career transition and development have been featured in numerous print and digital media outlets.
Are you going through a rough season? It can be hard to maintain faith and self trust when life feels unfair or you feel like you're in a period of stagnation and your dreams aren't coming true. During this Confidence Conversation, Pastor Juanita Corry Jackson shares they keys to having faith in hard times, gives tactical skills to help you through the hard seasons, and even shares her tips on how to accomplish your goals in a way that is aligned with your life's purpose.Juanita is the CEO of Global Impact University Consulting where she helps leaders define success on their own terms.Juanita believes that the will to win, the desire to succeed, and the urge to reach your full potential are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. During today’s Confidence Conversation, we talk about how Juanita juggles her different hats including that of corporate CEO and pastor and how she navigated a difficult divorce, career shift and identity crisis to become a world-renowned entrepreneur and leader. Her story is a touching one of faith, determination, and persistence. You do not want to miss it.Like our content? Come grow and cultivate confidence with us: https://www.cultivatingconfidencedaily.com
Anna Francis is an acupuncturist, Chinese herbalist, and owner of the Prickly Mermaid. She helps her patients with changes in libido, painful sex, menopause, infertility, menstrual pain, and so much more. Anna takes a holistic approach, helping her clients tune into their bodies so that they can feel empowered and gain control and ownership over their bodies, sexual health, and overall healthcare journey. During this Confidence Conversation, Anna Francis and host Jocelyn Michelle talk through everything from sexual vitality to body confidence, and holistic health. Discover more and join the Confidence Community at https://www.cultivatingconfidencedaily.com/
During this confidence conversation, we talk about the journey to joy, how to access the present moment, and of course, how to get a better night’s rest.Today’s guest is a leader, trailblazer, and inspiration: Courtney Ruth Zentz. Courtney, Founder of Tiny Transitions Sleep Consulting, is on a mission to change the way the world views sleep and provide accessible sleep coaching resources for all families to build healthy sleep habits in their homes for children of all ages. As an award-winning speaker, author, and Pediatric Sleep Expert, Courtney & her team of sleep consultants work intimately with families worldwide to teach healthy sleep habits to children and adults. She wholeheartedly believes that sleep is the foundation on which a happy home is built.During this confidence conversation, we talk about the journey to joy, how to access the present moment, and of course, how to get a better night’s rest.Want to cultivate more confidence in your life? Join the Confidence Community: https://www.cultivatingconfidencedaily.com/
Do you ever have trouble advocating for yourself, or being honest about your wants and needs? During this Confidence Conversation, Jocelyn Michelle and Mariah Scott chat about what it means to find your voice and live a life that is authentically and artistically designed just for you, and how we can help others do the same.Mariah Scott is a renowned life cultivator and poet who expresses herself through storytelling. Growing up, Mariah often struggled to set healthy boundaries, voice her needs in relationships, and fell victim to people pleasing and that ever-present issue of not knowing when to say no. After embarking on her own healing journey and discovering her right to use her own voice, Mariah wrote and produced her first sold-out, off-Broadway one-woman show called The Crown She Wears, in NYC.Never miss a moment of inspiration! Follow us on IG at @confidencedaily
During this Confidence Conversation, Host Jocelyn Michelle Reaves and Erica Wiederlight discuss body acceptance, self love, and sensuality. Our guest speaker, Erica Wiederlight, is a confidence and sexual empowerment coach whose calling is helping individuals who feel broken, inadequate and shamed around their sexuality to reclaim their aliveness, sexual power, and a renewed relationship to pleasure while preparing them to feel confident to date.If you are ready to let go of shame, feel embodied, create a delicious relationship with your sensuality and sexuality and date from a place of confidence then you are in the right place!Her work highlights sexual empowerment, dating, love, self love and body love. She is the podcast host of the top rated show “Welcome To The Wiederlife”. Her work has been featured in NYFW, Epoch Times, Galore & Cosmopolitan magazine. It is Erica’s mission to help her clients feel empowered, confident and with plenty of tools to navigate anything that’s happening in their lives.
Host Jocelyn Michelle Reaves sat down with Elizabeth Burrows to talk about the illusion of time management, intentional parenting while juggling life as an entrepreneur, and of course confidence!Elizabeth C. Burrows is a recovering overachiever and busy-body turned life coach and speaker, on a mission to help people change their lives through the power of a positive mindset. In 2017, she founded The Life Edit Project as a platform to inspire and empower women through personal development. Today, she coaches high-achieving professionals to balance their personal and professional lives. Before becoming a full-time coach, Elizabeth enjoyed an 18-year career in economic development, in the public and nonprofit sectors. She has used her natural talents in communication and relationship-building to grow businesses, community initiatives and cultural programs to benefit communities across South Florida. Elizabeth completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Florida, and graduate studies at the University of Miami. But as a self-proclaimed nerd and personal development junkie, she’s always enrolled in the school of life-long learning. She currently lives in Boynton Beach, Florida with her husband, Travis, and daughter, Naomi, who both entertain and inspire her everyday.
Pastor Rachel Wilson is a woman of faith and the Founder and CEO of Girl Talk International. During this Confidence Conversation, Host Jocelyn Michelle and Pastor Wilson discuss the power of positive affirmations and speaking up for yourself to get the results you deserve.
Has anyone every denied you the right to tell your story? During this Confidence Conversation, Jocelyn Michelle talks with Frances-Anne Solomon to talk about how the art of story-telling helps build an appreciation for one's roots and confidence in one's story and abundant existence.A trailblazer in the film and television industry, Frances-Anne Solomon is an awardwinning film and television director, curator, and businesswoman. Born in England of Trinidadian parents, she was raised and educated in the Caribbean and Canada before moving to Great Britain where she built a successful career with the BBC as a TV Drama Producer and ExecutiveProducer.She produced the multi-award winning feature Kingston Paradise directed by Mary Wells, and was the Co-creator, Producer and Director of Lord Have Mercy! – Canada’s first Caribbean sitcom that aired on Vision TV, Toronto 1, Showcase and APTN and starred comedian/actor Russell Peters. The show received two Gemini nominations.She is the founder and CEO of the CaribbeanTales Media Group, which produces, exhibits and distributes Black content for a global audience, including the CaribbeanTales International Film Festival – now in its 16th Year, the Creators of Colour Incubator, a development and production hub, and CaribbeanTales TV our digital VOD In 2015 she founded CineFAM, which supports bold, original film stories by Women of Colour creators worldwide.Frances-Anne is a Director member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and of the Director’s Guild of Canada.Don't miss out! Subscribe to our YouTube page for weekly video updates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sT_eGzu8wk
Alyssa Rapp is an entrepreneur, board member, speaker, and mother of two daughters. Alyssa is driven to help people streamline everything from running multimillion-dollar businesses to handling your child’s temper tantrum.Her book, Leadership & Life Hacks: Insights From A Mom, Wife, Entrepreneur & Executive, isn’t just food for thought, it’s a true guide to success for anyone looking to achieve their goals with greater efficiency and impact.Alyssa has made waves across the wine and eCommerce industries and made a groundbreaking career pivot into the healthcare industry. Rapp was recently recognized as one of Crain's Chicago's Notable Women in Health Care, and as of February 2021, she joined the ranks of one of the few women to launch a special-purpose acquisition corporation (“SPAC”), by filing an S-1 with the SEC for Healthwell Acquisition Corporation I.During this Confidence Conversation, Alyssa and host Jocelyn Michelle talked about everything from entrepreneurship to imposter syndrome. Want to learn more about Alyssa? Check out her website: https://alyssarapp.com/
The funny thing about living out our dreams is that it doesn't always feel like a dream. When we take the leap of faith and choose to pursue our passions, we are often met with the reality that getting our goal from vision stage to tangible results requires that we walk though a period of uncertainty.During this Conversation host Jocelyn Michelle welcomes best-selling author and music industry mogul Latoya Cooper to talk about the harsh yet beautiful reality of pursuing your passion.
Coach Ash is a cannabis industry trailblazer, author, and business coach. Working in the cannabis industry comes with a great deal of stigma attached. In this Confidence Conversation, Coach Ash gives us a bit of higher education, and shares how she keeps her head held high despite the negative connotations to be a boss business owner, coach, and cannabis advocate. Want to cook with cannabis? Check out Ash's cookbook, Smoke from the Pot: A Simple Guide to Cooking with Cannabis