To celebrate the day of her book launch for Claim Your Confidence, Lydia invites special guest Mary Giuliani, CEO and founder of New York's top lifestyle company, MGCE, and author of the upcoming 'How to Lose Friends and Influence No One' on a special podcast to answer questions about claiming your confidence from a live audience calling in during the show. 

In this hilarious episode, Lydia and Mary dive deep and deeper as they talk about:

• Where they met and how they have been each other's biggest supporters for over two decades
• Their biggest confidence fails and what they learned from that experience
• Their tips for raising confident children
• The importance and power of strong, female friendships
• Mary's favorite story about Lady Lobsters and how we need to support one another
• The power of strong female friendships

To follow along with Mary:

www.marygiuliani.com
IG: @marygiuliani


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www.lydiafenet.com
IG: @lydiafenet

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If there’s anyone who’s going to make the world a better place, it’s Genevieve Roth. An expert on the intersection of media, women’s empowerment, and social justice, and the Founder and CEO of Invisible Hand – a social impact and culture change agency – Genevieve leaves her mark on every project she’s involved in. In this interview, we talk about Genevieve’s childhood in Alaska and how it taught her about the importance of community, her experiences working for Glamour magazine and the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, and how her confidence stems from self-love. 

Don’t miss this episode where we discuss:

• How a life-changing event from her childhood gave her the strength to live bravely
• The freedom that comes with allowing yourself to follow your interests, even if you may not be the best at something
• Her love for writing, and how she unexpectedly found her audience while working at Glamour magazine
• How living and working abroad taught her to trust herself
• The importance of showing up and doing the work even after hardship, and the joy that comes with investing in the success of your teammates

You can find Genevieve Roth

IG:@genevievejroth
LinkedIn: Genevieve Roth
Invisible Hand: https://www.invisiblehand.co/

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IG: @lydiafenet
LinkedIn: Lydia Fenet

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From being a National Correspondent for CNN, to contributing to CBS Sunday Morning and hosting The Atelier with Alina Cho at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Alina Cho’s expansive career in journalism has made her a role model for many. In this interview, we talk about how Alina fell in love with storytelling through learning on the job, her experiences traveling to North Korea for correspondence, and how she juggles all of her current and upcoming projects. 

Be sure to tune in to this episode where we discuss:

• The importance of having hands-on experience when beginning your career
• How Alina’s work has made her an inspiration for younger generations
• Having tenacity, and the power that comes with overcoming the fear of being told no
• Her experiences covering a wide variety of stories – from national correspondence in North Korea and reporting on-location in Louisiana during Hurricane Katrina, to reintroducing fashion reporting to CNN with her series Fashion: Backstage Pass
• How being your own best advocate is integral to success

You can find Alina Cho:

IG: @thealinacho
Twitter: @thealinacho
Watch Alina’s CBS Sunday Morning stories on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3ZwvWyf
Watch The Atelier with Alina Cho on Youtube: https://bit.ly/3Yjsaam

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IG: @lydiafenet
LinkedIn: Lydia Fenet

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Jenny Fleiss always had an entrepreneurial spirit, but it wasn’t until a conversation about bridesmaid dresses over lunch with a business school classmate that she put that spirit into practice creating and scaling the fashion world disrupter, Rent the Runway. You won’t want to miss this interview where Jenny shares:What every entrepreneur should know before starting a business How a cold email led to a meeting with Diane von Furstenberg who gave them critical feedback they used to convince designers to join the RTR platform What “show don’t tell” means when pitching your business How she strives to blend business and family together – both for herself and her employees The lessons she learned from Rent the Runway that she applied when she started Jet Black and what she is doing now  For more information on Jenny Fleiss, follow along onIG @jennycarterfleissTwitter: @Jenny_RTRFollow Lydia:www.lydiafenet.comIG: @lydiafenetLinkedIn: Lydia FenetDon’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: https://bit.ly/ClaimYourConfidencePodcastIf you like the show, telling a friend about it would be amazing! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: https://bit.ly/ClaimYourConfidencePodcast

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Deborah Roberts' illustrious career in TV journalism is the stuff dreams are made of. In this interview we talk about growing up in in small town Georgia, how a confidence boost from a middle school teacher stayed with her throughout her life and how she reacted when her husband Al Roker scooped her for a career making story. 

You won't want to miss this episode where we talk about:

• What it was like growing up as one of nine children
• How a single compliment from a teacher stayed with her throughout her life
• How a big mistake on her first field assignment taught her a life lesson about made overcoming failure and never giving up
• Her experience with the challenges of being a working mom
• What happened when her husband Al Roker scooped her for a big story - and the classic comment by her daughter 

You can find Deborah Roberts:

IG: @deborahroberts
TikTok: @deborahroberts
Deborah's book: https://bit.ly/3XCVvfB

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www.lydiafenet.com
IG: @lydiafenet
LinkedIn: Lydia Fenet

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Rebecca Minkoff is the CEO of a multi million dollar fashion brand, but her success didn’t come in the form she thought it would In this episode, Rebecca shares her extraordinary career journey from bedazzling I LOVE NY shirts to running one of the biggest fashion brands in the world…all while raising three kids…with another one in the way.

In this episode, Rebecca talks about:

• How being bullied as a young girl taught her lessons she used to teach her children about empathy t
• The lessons she learned after spending all of her money on a small collection that didn’t sell
• How a missed opportunity led to the runaway hit The Morning After Bag - which gave her the confidence to launch her company 
• Normalizing breastfeeding in corporate environments
• Launching Female Founder’s Collective and The North

You can find Rebecca Minkoff:

www.RebeccaMinkoff.com
IG: @rebeccaminkoff
TikTok: @rebeccaminkoff
Rebecca’s book: https://amzn.to/3JT4DcR

Follow Lydia:

www.lydiafenet.com
IG: @lydiafenet
LinkedIn: Lydia Fenet

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Sandhya Jain-Patel has a gift for following the white space to create opportunities in her life and career. In this interview, Sandhya talks about following her passion to work in the art world, how she launched her own DEI company and how these decisions ultimately landed her leading diversity, equity and inclusion at Lucas Films. 

In this candid interview we talk about:

• Being seen as “the other” and how Sandhya stayed confident in herself in her early life 
• Her rise to becoming the Head of Department for Indian and Southeast Asian Art at the world’s leading auction house 
• How she created SRC to promote DEI based on her own life experiences 
• How rejection played a part in securing her dream job.

For more information on Sandhya Jain-Patel:

LinkedIn: Sandhya Jain-Patel
Book: Beyond Diversity https://amzn.to/3DFIGd9

Keep up with Lydia:

 www.lydiafenet.com
IG: @lydiafenet
Facebook: Lydia Fenet
LinkedIn: Lydia Fenet

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Alexa von Tobel exudes confidence from the minute you meet her, but has she always been that way? In the first episode of Claim Your Confidence, Alexa pulls back the curtain on her confidence journey and shows how an unexpected loss at an early age taught her to be the architect of her own life. Alexa shares her journey of creating and selling LearnVest, one of the biggest fintech purchases ever, and gives advice to entrepreneurs looking to follow in her footsteps. She also catches us up on what she is looking for as she builds her next empire with Inspired Capital.

• What every entrepreneur needs to think about going into a pitch
• How Alexa uses failure to her advantage at every opportunity
• How to slam down Imposter Syndrome (side note - there is a chapter in my new book Claim Your Confidence that talks about this in case you are looking for a road map  https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Claim-Your-Confidence/Lydia-Fenet/9781982196684 )

For more information on Alexa von Tobel:

https://inspiredcapital.com/team/alexavontobel
IG: @alexavontobel
Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexavontobel

Keep up with Lydia:

 www.lydiafenet.com
IG:@lydiafenet   
Facebook: Lydia Fenet

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Have you ever looked at a woman striding confidently into a room and thought...“She must have been born with that confidence". More likely, she has faced ups and downs in every facet of her life and career that made her realize that to keep rising you have to claim your confidence and never look back. From the best-selling author of The Most Powerful Woman in the Room is You and Claim Your Confidence (pub date March 21, 2023) comes the podcast Claim Your Confidence. A podcast that pulls back the curtain on success and shows what it takes to claim your confidence: the good, the bad and all the ugly, to get there, to give other women the roadmap for success in any industry. In this candid 40 minute weekly podcast; recorded at Newsstand Studios at 1 Rockefeller Plaza, Lydia Fenet will introduce listeners to some of the most powerful women in the world as they talk about their own confidence journey to inspire, motivate and give others a road map to find their own way. If you see it you can be it. If you hear about it, it will embolden you to keep trying no matter what obstacles you face. Ultimately claiming your confidence allows you the greatest gift of all: the ability to give back to others. So, are you ready to Claim Your Confidence?

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