Fearlessly Authentic

Natalie Holloway is the CEO + Co-Founder of Bala with her husband Maximilian Kislevitz. Natalie and Max first thought to modernize the old-school wrist and ankle weights from the 1980's when they were on sabbatical in Southeast Asia after taking a yoga class. After an hour of light stretching, both felt unsatisfied. Afterwards, they began sketching out designs for a more fashionable, more functional wrist and ankle weight. Because the idea was conceived after a yoga class, they decided to name the company 'Bala', which means 'strength' in Sanskrit. In their first calendar year and in Feb 2020 they appeared on ABC's Shark Tank and received a $900K investment from Mark Cuban and tennis legend Maria Sharapova. The rest is a wonderful story of helping to empower others to feel strong and stronger in their body.

Lacie Marsh-Carroll is a very brave woman. After dealing with some serious tough times, sometimes depressing times, she made herself a candle to remember a friend & the rest was history! She went from creating candles with the most impolite words, but found how much they resonated with others. Her in your face honesty was exactly what people needed & wanted to say, but felt they couldn't. But what if it was on a candle? Boom! A business was created, Malicious Women Candle Company.

Meet Keenya Kelly, a Brand Specialist who helps others elevate their business. But she knew she had another calling....TikTok! During quarantine, she made it her purpose to learn everything she needed to start getting her own self out there on a social platform she was unfamiliar with. Now she is a rockstar and Hollywood is calling!!

In this episode, meet Amy Ogden, a sales, branding, marketing and publicity expert with 20+ years of experience. We will discuss how she launched 2 companies and created a national social media campaign all while being quarantined during the COVID-19 global pandemic.

Meet the bold, beautiful and bald Christie Valdiserri. She is the first bald model ever to be chosen to in the iconic Sports Illustrated Swim Issue. Listen to how Christie finally decided to honor who she really is by taking the courageous step to try out for Sports Illustrated open model swims search. Christie wanted to represent women who suffer from alopecia and not to feel ashamed for being bald. She is brave, smart and finally living in her truth. She is the epitome of the fearlessly authentic.

In this episode, meet Alivia Barker. A young woman who finds herself falling in love with another woman at the age of 28. What a surprise it was to finally feel like herself in a relationship that gave her the room to explore and dream big. Alivia had never identified herself as a lesbian, but just found herself falling in love with an old camp friend, 15 years later. This is a lovely story about standing in your truth with courage and integrity.

Annie gets it done is Ann Cutbill Lenane's slogan for everything that she does in life! Listen to how this #1 Manhattan Broker, Mom of 2 grown daughters decided to take love life into her own hands. Ann created a video last summer called A Man for Ann to run in every taxi cab in NY! She figured that if it worked for her business, then why not for love. Does Ann find her man? And how do you find love after 55 during quarantine? This interview took place at the beginning of March, and the follow up takes place in May. Lots of laughter, gratitude and some tears.

In this episode, meet fearless businessman Stuart Brauer whose NO BS approach to business has helped many businesses build and grow. We will discuss the words he lives by and understand from him that its not what you do, its how and why you do it that separates the winners from the losers.

Please listen in as Cesar shares his story with dealing with racism. This comes from a place of empathy, sympathy and educating the young generation. This is a fearlessly authentic man and his words come from a fearlessly authentic place.

Time to get really honest and raw about fear. Jodi will share her lifelong relationship with it, and how it became her friend. She eventually began to embrace it and let it take her to the places that actually made her stronger . As a self proclaimed scaredy cat, to an ever-evolving fearless woman, Jodi will share her many experiences that led her to take control of her life once and for all. She will share with you what it takes to embrace fear and how to not be driven to make decisions based on your fear factor. Making decisions with integrity and courage is the key to becoming Fearlessly Authentic.