Her Defined

Dheandra Nicolette is a marketing professional, entrepreneur, and host of The Manifest Daily Podcast. She’s spent her first few years working at amazing companies in their marketing departments learning the ins and outs of leveraging social media to achieve business goals. She’s worked alongside amazing thought leaders at major brands such as TripAdvisor and Dunkin’ Donuts.

In her trending and steadily growing podcast The Manifest Daily she provides listeners with all the energy and support needed to return to their highest selves and live their best lives. Seriously, listen to one episode and you’ll be hooked! I found Dheandra in a time of need and when I felt extremely alone, throwing on any of her episodes makes you feel connected and like she’s right there in the room cheering you on. 

Take a listen to Episode 42 to get a better understanding of Dheandra and the phenomenal work she does.

In this episode, we are talking about:

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Dr. Sonia Ashok is a Career + Leadership Coach and the founder of Connective Coalition, a community to empower women in the workplace. She is a physician who pivoted into health policy and then tech startups. Her experiences navigating career advancement and toxic environments as a minority woman inspired her to support others in climbing the ladder. She is a certified yoga teacher and diversity, equity, + inclusion (DEI) specialist. She lives in San Jose, California, with her husband and lots of plants.

In this episode, we are talking about:

• 4:26 - Defining moment of the week.
• 10:34 - How to figure out if you want to quit your job.
• 11:52 - Blocking out societal expectations and tuning in to what we want for ourselves and our career. 
• 20:57 - Including self-care into your workday to maximize your productivity.
• 23:49 - Why do women have to work harder to stand out and succeed in the workplace?
• 27:03 - What does burnout look like and the factors attributed to it?
• 28:07 - What is the busyness epidemic?

Sonia’s Should I Stay or Should I Go Quiz

Sonia’s Website

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Rubina Ahmed Haq is a personal finance expert. She says she lives at the intersection of journalism, finance, and public speaking.

Rubina’s passion for all things money started at a young age and was shaped by her parents. Their money-saving ways stuck and built the foundation for her work today.

For twenty years she’s been reporting news and stories with CBC, Global News, CTV, Yahoo Finance, and others. 

In this episode, we are talking about:

• 4:00 - The difference between the best-value option and the cheapest option. 
• 6:28 - Rubina’s highlight reel. 
• 13:50 - Feeling secure when you’re starting out as a freelancer. 
• 19:14 - The gender pay gap and how we can eradicate it. 
• 26:49 - Rubina’s take on investing in cryptocurrencies. 
• 29:08 - How to stop the toxic spending. 
• 31:15 - Try “tweaking” rather than budget setting.
• 36:24 - Which debts should you pay off first and successfully pay off all your debt.
• 44:44 - Tips for freelancers to price their services accordingly without feeling guilty. 

Rubina's Website

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Becca Slaughter has spent the majority of her career working as a TV producer for a large news network morning show in Oklahoma. Though, her passion for her job soon diminished as she realized there were never enough hours in the day to get everything done and that she was becoming more and more consumed by her 9 - 5. 

She mentions everything in her life revolved around that news network. The majority of her friends were people she met at work and when they all hung out, their job was all they would talk about. 

Becca also says that her all-consuming job was leading her to feel burnt out, disengaged, and generally not a nice person to be around. From all of that, her employer at the beginning of 2020 decided for Becca that it would be best for her to leave her position. Aka she literally got fired as a pandemic was about to start.

She details her unemployment experience in an article she wrote for theeverygirl.com, where she realized her biggest struggle wasn’t in that she didn’t have a job but that she thought she required one to have value. 

In this episode, we are talking about:

• 0:22 - Honouring the seasons of change in your life.
• 3:57 - Defining moment of the week.
• 7:20 - Starting your workday at 1 am and surviving the night shift.
• 12:30 - Being fired at the start of the pandemic and the stigma of being unemployed.
• 19:40 - Are we obsessed with our jobs?
• 26:23 - reclaiming your identity outside your profession

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Megan Walker is a former elected member of London City Council (1994-2000) who recently retired as the Executive Director of the London Abused Women’s Centre (1997-2021). She is a feminist abolitionist who advocates for systemic changes to end male violence against women. 

Megan was Canada’s North American lead during the United Nations Beijing, European and America’s consultation meetings. She has spoken in Paris, New York, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Guyana and South America.

Megan has appeared numerous times as an expert witness before Municipal, Provincial, Parliamentary and Senate Committees to provide expert testimony on matters relating to male violence against women and victims’ rights.

In this episode, we are talking about:

• 2:21 Defining moment of the week.
• 6:39 The underrepresentation of women in political and professional leadership positions and why that is.
• 13:45 What is inclusive leadership?
• 15:06 The balancing act of having a competitive high profile job while maintaining a fulfilling family life.
• 18:40 Is the Pay Equity Act really making a difference for women?

The Equality Model Research Paper

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Yaa Birago is a mentor, IT professional, workshop facilitator, philanthropist, and the founder of FemmeBnb. Think of AirBnb but strictly for women! Essentially, vacation rentals by women for women. 

Yaa holds a B.A degree in Criminology and Sociology from the University of Windsor but her passion for technology, women and children advancement has led her into the Information Technology and Non-Profit sector for the past 10 years. 

At Femmebnb, Yaa and her team aim to reshape women’s travel experiences by providing safe spaces and a community to support their travel endeavours. And at the same time, they provide sustainable travel and tourism for women by focusing on environmental, socio-cultural, and economic sustainability. 

In this episode, we are talking about:

• 2:05 Are you doing your best? When was the last time you allowed yourself to rest?
• 7:34 Defining moment of the week.
• 11:35 Being one of few women in the male-dominated tech industry.
• 13:10 What is FemmeBnb?
• 21:56 When is the right time to travel while balancing a 9 - 5?
• 27:47 Cost-effective ways of generating brand awareness, excitement, and exposure.
• 32:00 Tips on how we can continue to promote the advancement of women in all aspects of our lives.

The Love Drive with Shaun Galanos - Are you doing your best?

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Jass Stupak is a certified nutritional practitioner who specializes in bloat and anti-fungal cleansing. From her own health issues, she was dealing with chronic bloat. She began to do a lot of research on her health concerns and started to see huge improvements after adding in tiny practices like lemon water and magnesium. 

She started her Instagram account when she began her holistic journey with the Institute of Holistic Nutrition in 2016 and today she has grown her community to over 17k followers. In her first year of school, to make additional income and to spread awareness of her passion for health she created her first ebook. 

After graduation in 2018, she worked a full-time and part-time job, while working on her nutrition business in between for 8 months solid. It was then in 2019, that she felt financially secure enough to take her business full time. She launched her digestion tea called leaves that same year and in 2020 and 2021 she launched her two other business ventures, bloom in business to mentor other nutritionists to build their clientele and the nourished membership to assist women who are ready to fully dive into holistic nutrition and become their own nutritionist. 

In this episode, we cover a lot of ground!

10:10 - Healing your gut, parasite candida cleanse and taking an interest in your overall health and nutrition 

17:47 - Tips on pursuing your passion if you are already invested in something else

23:35 - When to know to take your business full time

26:50 - Growing an engaging community on Instagram and understanding the new algorithm 

32:51 - Why consistency is so crucial when growing your business and how to make it part of your daily routine

35:04 - Launching an online course to meet your community’s needs 

Jass' Instagram

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Welcome to my first solo episode of Her Defined. In this episode, I want to share more about myself and my goals and visions for the future of this podcast. I talk about everything from:

PODCAST UPDATES: 1:18

DEFINING MOMENT OF THE WEEK: 5:56

3 CAREER LESSONS I LEARNED FROM FEMALE FOUNDERS:

Susie Cave - 9:07

Connie Cornelius - 12:24

Melanie de Boer - 15:05

I’d also love to know the most valuable piece of career advice that you live by and that helps you get through in times of need. Send me a message on Instagram.

Lori Nestore is the co-founder of Tuel Skincare and Berodin Wax. She is a cosmetologist, an aesthetician, a waxing specialist, and a highly sought after educator who lives in California. She was first recognized for her superiority in waxing treatments and training 30 years ago and continues to lead the American waxing world today. Nestori now shares her "secrets of the trade" with waxing professionals around the world.

In this episode she dives deep into her family history and how her mother, skincare pioneer Eva Friederichs, created Tuel based on the belief that good skincare contains only the best that nature has to offer. Lori’s Mom believed in living a healthy lifestyle way before we knew what things like non-GMO, organic, and chemical-free really meant.

Lori discusses how she took over the family business with her sister and was able to ensure all family members were happy and at peace with the transition. She talks about the best way to have a fight with your business partner, because it’s gonna happen! She gives tips on how to find the right education that works best for you and particularly your learning style. Lori discusses prioritizing parts of her business that may have seemed pointless or futile in the beginning but actually paid off and generated a larger return on investment for the brand. She also discusses how she mentored and helped bring the Youth to the People brand to life in addition to launching in Sephora and so much more!

Lori's Instagram

Tuel Skincare

Berodin Wax

As an experienced advertising creative, Victoria believes in the power of brands to make a difference in the world. She began her career when she moved to New York City to intern at various advertising agencies. She had to move back to Canada during quarantine last year. With more time at home, Victoria brainstormed the idea for Slipp. And this year she founded the brand with the mission of empowering women to feel comfortable buying, carrying, and using condoms.

Slipp is a sexual wellness company creating condoms for women-first. It delivers condoms discreetly to your door, so you can avoid the awkward trip to the condom aisle. Through discussions about women’s personal struggles with birth control, Slipp realized that many women feel awkward buying condoms; don't carry condoms with them, and even feel uncomfortable enforcing the use of a condom.

Slipp noticed that the condoms on the market focus primarily on male pleasure and don't address women's sexual health. Slipp condoms will be made with natural rubber latex and 100% silicone oil lubricant. 

Victoria discusses her love of variety in the day-to-day business of Slipp Health and how she is constantly learning how to improve the brand. She gives tips on conducting the best and most accurate market research, in addition to outlining the process of launching a crowdfunding campaign via Indiegogo.

Slipp Health Instagram

Slipp Health Website

Slipp Health Resources