Fierce and Flawless: The Female Project

Dr. Antonella chats with Muay Thai Champion, Janice Lyn.  Janice was actually the first person that Dr. Antonella spared with and the first person to really kick her butt!

Dr. Antonella and Janice talk about how important it is to find a sport that you love during your fitness journey and how important it is for women to be able to defend themselves if the need arises.

"You have your own weapons at hand."

-Janice Lyn

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Timestamps:

3:27 - How Dr. Antonella and Janice Lyn met

6:23 - How Janice prepared for her first world championship

7:27 - The difference in the fight culture between Thailand and Canada

10:50 - Janice's next level and moving to Thailand to be the head female Muay Thai trainer

11:51 - Muay Thai Programs for kids with ADHD and kids on the autism spectrum

19:59 - Did you know that a lot of diseases have an emotional component to them?

Resources:

• Muay Thai
• The Mind of Your Own by Kelly Brogan
• Alpha Empowerment Book Bundle

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Today's guest, Brooke Sprowl, has over 10 years of experience providing therapy for individuals, couples, and families, her primary specializations include relationships, codependency, anxiety, and depression but she also offers treatment for concerns ranging from PTSD and sexual assault to OCD and LGBTQ issues. Brooke has been featured for her mental health expertise in Social Work Today, Bustle, Martha Stewart Weddings, Mel Magazine, VoyageLA Magazine, Complex.com, and the Child Law Help Center on topics ranging from co-parenting strategies, sexual assault, the effects of student loan debt on mental health, and healthy communication for couples. Brooke is just beginning her foray into the podcast world and in the coming weeks she is slated to be featured on the San IT Project, Power the Hustle, Lean the F*ck Out, The Nobody Guide to Life, Sisterhood of Sweat, and The Segilola Salami Show.

She is currently in the process of publication for her new book: Why You Should Date Emotionally Unavailable Men: Use Your "Unhealthy" Relationship to Transform Yourself and Your Relationships.

"The fight is never about the fight they're about how we're communicating."

-Brooke Sprowl

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Timestamps:

2:35 - Brooke's background, why she became a therapist and why she's most passionate about couple and family therapy

5:43 - The two most common issues where couples screw up and how to deal with it

9:26 - Why co-dependency in a relationship is a real problem and how to avoid it

14:13 - The red flags - signs that a couple needs counseling or therapy

15:55 - How to avoid a fight over little or nonsense things

17:33 - A good way to stop a fight or an argument

18:33 - Why you must read Brooke's upcoming book 'Why You Should Date Emotionally Unavailable Men: Use Your "Unhealthy" Relationship to Transform Yourself and Your Love Life'

21:11 - The problem with 'ego' and accepting our flaws

22:58 - One fatalistic mindset and how to overcome it to help us face our mental problems or issues

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Resources:

• Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence by Esther Perel

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• myLAtherapy.com
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What's the one thing you need to be a successful businesswoman? Confidence. Listen to today's show to learn just that from Silvia Christmann, an executive and business coach. You may be missing some key aspects to your professional strategies, and Silvia is here to help. Hear from her on how women can guarantee success as entrepreneurs in a scary business world.

"Fear and doubt will kill any dream."

-Silvia Christmann

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Timestamps:

0:41 - Why Silvia wakes up each day and is excited to get to work

4:30 - Males vs. Females: What women experience that is different from men in the entrepreneur world and the biggest thing that women struggle within a business

8:51 - What you need to start as an entrepreneur and why you need to stop "perfecting" your product

12:33 - The most valuable team you can implement into your business and how you can use the advice you've been given to benefit you in the right moments

13:31 - What you need in a coach, how you can best utilize your coach's directions, and how you can properly make good decisions

16:33 - Find the right dream! How you can discern false coaching or false advice from the advice that is going to bring you the most success

19:12 - Does money scare you? Why we, as women, need to establish confidence in our negotiation and financial abilities

21:08 - Resources for you to continue empowering yourself and why you need to share your skills and abilities with others

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Resources:

• Silvia Christmann's FREE Amplify 360° Online Program
• Brené Brown
• Dare to Lead by Brené Brown

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• SilviaChristmann.com

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Are you setting yourself up for the future? Well, you can start now! Today's episode features Hailey Laxer, who works in Corporate Communications with TD Bank in Canada. From her battle with Cystic Fibrosis and her wealthy resume, Hailey has learned how to work hard. Hear from her as she shares how resilience, grit, and flexibility can set you up for any difficulty in life! Listen to find out how you can take your adversity and turn it into momentum.

"With every challenge that I've overcome, with every adversity that I've had to face, resilience has been my saving grace."

-Hailey S. Laxer

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Timestamps:

3:57 - Introducing Hailey Laxer and what she has done to influence her community

7:07 - Cystic Fibrosis: What it is, how it affects people, and how Hailey is fighting against it

10:05 - How to find your passion to maximize your impact even if you don't know exactly what direction you're going

13:48 - The moments Hailey learned what resilience is and how you can develop resilience to improve your future

15:23 - The misconception about resilience that you need to forget! How you can build resilience in the middle of failure

16:52 - It's as simple as altering your words: Why changing your outlook can change your resilience

20:40 - Why your twenties are some of the most influential years of your life and why you can use your 2nd and 3rd connections to change your life

25:27 - Avoid the trap of social media! Why you can't forget the value of human connection

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Resources and People Mentioned:

• TD Scholarship for Community Leadership

• Killam Fellowship | Fulbright Canada

• Cystic Fibrosis Canada

• Leonard Bernstein

• Resilient Woman by Jane Thompson

• The Defining Decade by Meg Jay

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• Twitter
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Did you know that improving your professional skills is WAY easier than you might think? Listen to today's episode to hear from Frances Cole Jones, a speaker, corporate coach, business professional, and author of the books "How to Wow" and "The Wow Factor". Frances gives insight into the biggest mistake women make in job interviews and how you can avoid it. Become an expert at job interviews, improve your public speaking, or master your professional field. It's all here in this episode.

"State your number or request and then just sit there and deal with the physical discomfort."

-Frances Cole Jones

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Timestamps:

2:28 - Go watch some cooking shows! How you can learn to present your "best self" through the same principles of marketing used on cooking shows

6:42 - The 1 thing you need to improve on to level up your professional skills no matter what profession you have

9:05 - How to enhance your public speaking abilities and create a message that your audience wants to hear and embrace

13:10 - Skype vs. In-person Interviews: Some simple tips that you may not have thought of to make your Skype interview exceptional

14:36 - WOW of the Week: More resources you can look for from Frances in the near future

16:37 - The differences between men and women and how women can improve their interactions in the professional world

21:57 - How a TV host had to change and grow out of his natural ways to engage with customers and provide a good experience

24:10 - How to face the difficult nature of communication and how to build "good will" through your business website

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Resources:

• "How to Wow" by Frances Cole Jones

• "The Wow Factor" by Frances Cole Jones

• "Franny and Zooey" by J.D. Salinger

Connect with Frances:

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• YouTube
• LinkedIn
• FrancesColeJones.com

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Fitness is about more than the way you look. Learn from IFBB Bikini Pro Laurin Conlin on how you can improve every aspect of your life when you do fitness right. As a speaker, coach, and owner of LoCo Fit, Laurin wants to help you get healthy through fitness. But she also doesn't want you to forget about your mental health. Listen to find out how Laurin pursues holistic health as she competes and what you can do to find your total health.

"Everyone has a different body. Everybody's journey is different."

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Timestamps:

2:12 - How Laurin built her passion for health fitness education

6:30 - Considering bikini or fitness competitions? Laurin gives the real reason to compete

9:47 - What you need to know about competitors' body image body fat

15:13 - How to reach the point where your body is happy at the same time that you feel happy

18:23 - The goal that both fitness coaches and clients should have and what ridiculous health methods you should avoid

29:57 - What you can look for from Laurin and LoCo Fit in the future

33:00 - Resources for you to grow in your confidence and improve your mental health

22:54 - How to become more educated in holistic methods to pursue personal success

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Resources:

• NPC National Bodybuilding Championships

• 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson

• Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

• Jordan B. Peterson on the Jocko Podcast

• Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin

Connect with Laurin:

• Facebook
• Instagram
• YouTube
• Twitter
• Redefine Healthy Radio by Paul Revelia and Laurin Conlin
• The UNglamorous Life Podcast by Celeste Bonin and Laurin Conlin
• Team LoCo Fit

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Are you at a crossroads right now? Losing confidence? Feeling lost and without purpose? Start your journey to becoming confident and feeling glamorous! Africa Miranda is an all-around expert who is here to help you find that confidence! Author of Step Up, Step Out, And Shine, TV star, model, entrepreneur, and singer, Africa knows how to succeed in everything. She has figured out how to find her purpose and wants to help you do the same!

"True confidence comes from muscle memory and practice."

-Africa Miranda

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Timestamps:

4:35 - Introducing Africa Miranda and how Antonella became obsessed with her

6:40 - Reaching a point of influence: How Africa motivates herself and others

10:58 - The equation you need to discover your purpose instead of your hobbies

13:00 - Tips from Africa for you to avoid financial regret

15:50 - What it feels like when you know that what you're doing is fulfilling your purpose

19:00 - How you can develop TRUE confidence

22:06 - The questions you need to ask to find your strengths and build your identity

25:11 - Resources for you to continue developing confidence and purpose

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Resources:

"Girl Get Your Money Right!" - Millionaire Money Tips From Tiffany Aliche and Dafina Smith on The Africa Miranda Show (S1: E8)

Becoming by Michelle Obama

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

The Four Agreements: A Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz

Connect with Africa:

• Facebook
• Instagram
• Twitter
• LinkedIn
• AfricaMiranda.com
• Beauty By Africa Miranda

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No matter what your relationship status is, this episode is for you. Today's episode features Dr. Duana Welch, a social scientist and author of Love Factually. Duana takes her social science knowledge and applies it to real-life relationships. Married, single, dating, about to go on a first date, separated, you name it! You need to hear Duana's advice for you. Tune in to take the next steps to a better and more healthy approach to love.

"We all have a crystal ball into how people will act in the future and that's how they acted in the past."

-Dr. Duana Welch

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Timestamps:

5:03 - The #1 mistake that everyone makes when dating and starting relationships

9:30 - What information you should share when first starting vs. what information you should keep to yourself

15:27 - What you need to know and do after the first date to make him/her feel loved

20:40 - You don't need to have fewer problems to have a good relationship. How you can fight well to have a happy relationship

24:26 - How affairs happen and how science sees adultery

29:01 - Hope is not lost! The steps you need to take if you find yourself facing infidelity

34:21 - Single parents: Why love can still happen for you too

41:25 - The question you need to ask to evaluate every date you go on

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Resources:

• Dr. Shirley Glass
• Not "Just Friends" by Dr. Shirley Glass
• Broken Trust: Overcoming and Intimate Betrayal by Tim Cole and Emily Duddleston
• Dr. Terri Orbuch, "The Love Doctor"
• Dr. John Gottman - Books and Resources

Connect with Duana:

• Facebook
• Twitter
• LinkedIn
• LoveFactually.co
• Love Factually Facebook

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On this episode of Fierce and Flawless: The Female Project, Dr. Antonella chats with Zoe Bray-Cotton from Yoga Burn.  Zoe has been a yoga and fitness "nut" since a very young age. When mom would take her to the gym in the mornings before school and since then, Zoe has had a love for fitness and yoga.  When it comes to fitness, Zoe lets everyone know that it is not a one-stop shop for everybody. You need to see what works best for you and your body. Zoe has a surprise for you at the end of the podcast, so be sure to listen to it all!

"The problem with women and yoga sometimes is we are so darn busy that we don't have time."

-Zoe Bray-Cotton

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Timestamps:

2:18 - How did Zoe find this love for yoga and fitness?

4:30 - The importance of building connections when trying to reach fitness goals

6:17 - What is vigorous yoga?

9:05 - Awesome 15-minute yoga increments you can do!

11:04 - Why comparison is the thief of joy

15:00 - Protecting your mental health by following the right people on social media

16:00 - All about the YogaBurn Total Bodyband Challenge

26:23 - Key traits to look for when trying to find the right mentor

Resources:

• Yoga Burn
• Vinyasa Yoga
• Ashtanga Yoga
• Santosha
• Yoga Burn Booty Challenge
• 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman

Connect with Zoe Bray-Cotton:

• Facebook
• Instagram
• Website
• Twitter
• YouTube

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Do you want to be a winner? Discover how to be a winner from Natalie Glebova as she talks with Dr. Antonella on today's episode. Natalie is an author, motivational speaker, former Miss Universe 2005, and founder of Empowered. How she became a winner and how you can also be a winner are what her upcoming book 'I am Winning' is all about. Today, she gave two tips: one will help you increase your confidence and makes you happier, and the other one is called the 'powerhour' that you can do every morning to win your day and achieve your daily goals.

"No matter who you are, you can be a winner."

-Natalie Glebova

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Timestamps:

3:56 - How Natalie found her passion and her advice to people on how to find their passion too

4:59 - Passion and purpose and Natalie's effective exercise that helps her find her purpose

10:28 - Her empowerment program for women and soon for men too

15:20 - A glimpse of what is in her upcoming book and how it can help you evaluate yourselves, how you can be a winner and create a winning lifestyle

23:26 - What you should stop doing right now that will increase your confidence, makes you happier and give you more focus towards your goals

29:46 - The 'powerhour' that you should do every morning to win your day

33:38 - Why you must read book and Natalie's most recommended book

Resources:

• www.thefemaleproject.net
• www.empoweredclub.com
• 10 Seconds Of Insane Courage: How To Unlock Your Courage To Unleash Your Potential by Garrett Gravesen
• Dwayne Johnson 'The Rock'
• Cindy Crawford
• Will Smith
• Robert Downey Jr.

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• Facebook
• Instagram
• Youtube

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