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From iconic fashion designer Norma Kamali to Grammy-nominated poet Nikki Giovanni, THE IDEALISTS. podcast gets the inside scoop on the lives and musings of visionary women. In this insightful weekly podcast, entrepreneur and host Melissa Kiguwa spans the globe interviewing the world's most idealistic, mission-driven women to learn what wisdom they’ve gleaned on their journey. Listen in to find like-minded community, to be intellectually stimulated, and to tap into your inner visionary.
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#91: Angela Saini on Why Society Resists Equality
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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#90: Angela Saini on the Origins of Patriarchy
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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#89: Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor on Whole Brain Living and Deep Inner Peace
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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#88: Julie Wainwright on Public Failure and Billion Dollar Mindsets
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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#87: Gail Becker on Creating a New Category
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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#86: Aisha Pandor on Self-Compassion and Sacrifice
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May 30, 2023 |
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#85: Yael Shemer on Prioritizing Relationships while Building a Company
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May 23, 2023 |
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#84: Monali Pandya on Diamonds, Family-Owned Businesses, and the Energetics of Selling
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May 16, 2023 |
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#83: Lisa Miller and Barry McGowan on the Business of Joy
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May 09, 2023 |
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#82: Dr. Brook Bello on Healing Trauma through AI
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May 02, 2023 |
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#81: Anu Adasolum on What it Takes to Build an African Unicorn
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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#80: (re)wind: Dr. Vivienne Ming on Brain Hacks that Increase Human Potential
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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#79: (re)wind: Dr. Helen Fisher on the History of High-Achieving Women and Love
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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#78: (re)wind: Dr. Sian Proctor on the Poetics of Space Exploration
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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#77: Allie Egan on the Science of Self-Care
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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#76: Jessica Zweig on Finding the Beauty in Hitting Rock Bottom
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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#75: Sarah Wells on How to Build an Olympian Mindset
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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#74: Martha Beck on Humanity's Infinite Capacity for Joy
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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#73.5: break*through - have you ever fired yourself?
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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#73: Madeline Fraser on the Pros and Cons of Motherhood
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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#72: Jessica Buchanan on Surviving a Kidnapping and Redefining Resilience
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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#71: Erica Keswin on the Evolution of Work Culture
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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#70: Andrea Bowers on Chronicling 30 Years of Contemporary History
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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#69: Abby Davisson on what the Data Says about Money and Love
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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#68: Reyna Noriega on Miami Art Basel, Gatekeeping and Respectability Politics
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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#67: Dr. Jess Wade on the Secret Lives of Women
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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#66: Kara Goldin on How to Build a $220M Business from Scratch
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Dec 27, 2022 |
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#65.5: break*through - Ready for Empress Season?
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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#65: (re)wind: Veronica Webb & Marcellas Reynolds on what it takes to be a Supermodel
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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#64: (re)wind: Ty Stiklorius on Managing the World's Greatest Talent
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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#63: (re)wind: Wanja Muguongo on Building a Movement on Your Own Terms
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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#62: (re)wind: Fariel Salahuddin on Innovating the Bartering Economy for the 21st Century
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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#61: (re)wind: Elise Loehnen on Witches, the Divine Feminine, and the Deep Ancestral Wound Women Carry
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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#60.5: break*through - on getting unstuck (trailer)
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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#60: Helen Fisher on the Biological Imperative to Love
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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#58.5: break*through - renegotiating with your inner hyper-achiever (trailer)
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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#58: Nikki Giovanni on Taking Full Poetic License of Your Life
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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#57.5: break*through - a queen does not rush… (trailer)
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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#57: Merel Kriegsman on How Cancel Culture Impacts Women's Wallets
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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#56.5: break*through - stepping up to a confident, bolder, more authentic you
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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#56: Anisha Singh on Taking a Leap for Her Daughters… and Women Everywhere
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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#55: Tai Beauchamp on Being too Self-Reliant for Love
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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#54: Rebecca Clyde on How Underdogs Can Build Resilience
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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#53: Kaisa Keranen on Redefining Fitness and Moving for Pleasure
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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#52: Michaela Boehm on Sex, Intimacy, and Reconnecting to the Body
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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#51: Jenny Atout Ahlzen on Women’s Economic Participation in the Arab World
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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#50: Joy Harjo on Poetry, Mysticism, and Becoming Poet Laureate
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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#49: Sonya Erickson on Why Women Should Talk About Money
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May 31, 2022 |
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#48: Chrissy Sayare on Luxury, Birkin Handbags, and Walking through the World in Beauty
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May 17, 2022 |
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#47: Jillian Haslam on Rising from the Slums of Calcutta to the top of Bank of America
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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#46: Dr. Sian Proctor on Launching into Orbit and Piloting a Spacecraft
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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#45: Shellye Archambeau on Being One of Silicon Valley's First Black Woman CEOs
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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#44: Dr. Anna Pechenkina on Russia’s Military Invasion of Ukraine
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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#43: Alicia Dara on Why Women Need to Find their Power Voice
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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#42: Alisa Jacobs on NFTs, the Metaverse, and the Future of the Internet
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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#41: Torri Yates-Orr on Leveraging Feminine Power to Get What You Want
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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#40: Melinda Hsu Taylor on Transforming Hollywood One Character at a Time
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Jan 04, 2022 |
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#39: Dr. Alexis Petra on Dealing with Rejection while Building Her Business
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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#38: Dawn Dickson on Raising $4.5M Startup Capital through Personal Networks and Community
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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#37: Fariel Salahuddin on Innovating the Bartering Economy for the 21st Century
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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#36: Olayemi Keri on the Role of Mentorship in Securing Investment
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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#35: Jenn Harper on the Ojibwe and Iroquois Teachings that Guide Her Business
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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#34: Dazzle Angels on Investing in Zebras instead of Unicorns
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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#33: Dr. Silvia Mah on Cultivating the Next Generation of Women Angel Investors
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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#32: John E.B. Myers on Why the Criminal Justice System Struggles to Believe Women
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Sep 07, 2021 |
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#31: Dr. Faten Ghosn on How the Taliban took Afghanistan
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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#30: Elise Loehnen on Witches, the Divine Feminine, and the Deep Ancestral Wound Women Carry
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Aug 17, 2021 |
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#29: Brigette Romanek on Interior Design as a Love Letter to Self
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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#28: Priscilla Owusu on the Future of AfroBeats
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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#27: Karen Washington on Food Sovereignty & Urban Farming
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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#26: Imani Ellis on Bringing your Full Self to Work & Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
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May 25, 2021 |
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#25: Dr. Vivienne Ming on How to Increase Human Potential
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May 11, 2021 |
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#24: Anna Jones & Debbie Wosskow on How to Tap into your Dark
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Apr 13, 2021 |
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#23: Ti Chang on Designing Products Solely for Women's Pleasure
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Mar 30, 2021 |
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#22: Norma Kamali on Survival Instincts & Protecting 53 years of Her Creative Vision
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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#21: Marianne Williamson on Running for President & the Role of Conscience in Politics
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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#20: Dr. Nina Ansary on the Lure & Fallacy of Progress
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Feb 16, 2021 |
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#19: Irene Ikomu on Uganda's Recent Election & the Internet Shutdown
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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#18: Stefanie Mach on the Potential of Democracy in the Midst of Tragedy
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Jan 19, 2021 |
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#17: Julee Wilson on the Long Journey to Becoming Beauty Director at Cosmopolitan
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Jan 05, 2021 |
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#16: Cindy Gallop on Why Sex Tech is the Next Frontier & Why Investors are Terrified of It
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Dec 29, 2020 |
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#15: Reese Scott on How Zen Awareness Can Save Your Life
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Dec 14, 2020 |
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#14: Tina Wells on Walking Away From a $50 Million Contract
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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#13: Jane Murray on Addressing Your Shadow Self & Realizing Life Force as Power
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Nov 17, 2020 |
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#12: Katie Kalvoda on How to Have an Abundance Mindset & Break Past Limitations
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Oct 06, 2020 |
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#11: Marcellas Reynolds & Veronica Webb on Self-Love as a Means of Survival & Using Fashion as Armor
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Sep 22, 2020 |
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#10: Glenda Wina on Witnessing the Birth of a Nation, Recognizing Greatness, & Saying Yes to Adventure
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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#9: Christina Mace-Turner on Building Award-Winning Products & Feeling Wildly Alive
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Aug 25, 2020 |
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#8: Scharrell Jackson on Being the Only One in the Room & Why Diversity Inclusion Doesn’t Really Work
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Aug 11, 2020 |
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#7: Gigi Pritzker on Underdogs, Creation Myths, & Supporting Young Creatives
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Jul 28, 2020 |
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#6: Pauleanna Reid on Taking Care of your Mental Health Before Building a Brand
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Jul 14, 2020 |
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#5: Wanja Muguongo on the Power of No & the Myth of Work-Life Balance
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Jun 30, 2020 |
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#4: Courtney Nichols on Decadence & Only Pivoting When it Makes Sense
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Jun 16, 2020 |
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#3: Ty Stiklorius on What Friends at Work Really Means & Matriarchal Work Cultures
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Jun 02, 2020 |
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#2: Emma Toshack on the Future of Capitalism & Fighting the Status Quo
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May 19, 2020 |
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#1: Arlan Hamilton on Diversifying Access to Capital & Transformative Companies
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May 05, 2020 |