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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IG: @lydiafenet
LinkedIn: Lydia Fenet

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Recorded at The Newsstand Studios at Rockefeller Center.

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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?

Questions or comments, we'd love to hear from you...send us a text!

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