What a treasure it was to chat with Helen Polise, The Tik Tok Teacher! Helen has built an amazing community of over 700,000 followers on Tik Tok by teaching folks how to use social media online. She is the founder of Hello Socialize and owns her own TV Commercial Production Company, Muthership Productions. She also had quite an adventure this summer after briefly going blind and finding out that she has cancer. In this episode, we talk about it all. I ask my questions about Helen as a person, her past work experiences, her experience with Cancer and going through chemo, and we get down and dirty talking about community, authenticity, positivity, and content strategy on Tik Tok. 

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Today's episode is a gift. We chat with multi-dimensional marketing executive, Bryetta Calloway. Bryetta is a friend and a meaningful connection I made at my current job with LifeLabs Learning. She is smart, accomplished, talented, and extremely multi-dimensional. We talk about what it means to embrace multiple sides of who you are, show up as your whole self in all that you do, and understand how you can make meaningful transitions in your career and life. 

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Today we get the honor of speaking with Shubham Issar, SoaPen Co-Founder and contestant on ABC's Shark Tank (2022). Shubham is a designer and entrepreneur who started SoaPen with her cofounder 6 years ago and has had quite a journey building and growing her business and brand. She even made it on Shark Tank, and spoiler alert-- she got a deal! It was a great conversation as we talk about entrepreneurship, creativity, manifestation, and our future projects. Listen in or watch as a video episode on Spotify and YouTube! 

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I am so happy I get to share this moment with you. I get deep and reflect on what I want from the Life in Bold Podcast while re-capping the Ben Platt concert at Madison Square Garden on September 27th, 2022. Ben Platt is a Broadway star and wonderful singer and is currently on tour for his new album, Reverie. It is a great album and I loved being in the crowd with all of those beautiful people. 

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Get in your comfy clothes and listen to Ben Hawes and Gina Finio chat about all things queer style, coming out, relationships to dieting and food, and finding clothes that are comfortable for you physically, emotionally, and socially. We get real about our childhood relationships to fashion and clothing, when we started caring about style, ways we've tried to fit into clothes that weren't right, and how we feel about our bodies and the clothes we wear today. 

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Ben Hawes is the New York City based host of Life in Bold. You can follow him on Instagram and Tik Tok at @Hustlewithben. You can find more about the show at benjaminhawes.com

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We've got the one and only Michelle Arno back to talk about turning thirty, comparing our lives and accomplishments to our friends, and what it's like dating in the LGBTQIA+ community. We get real and talk about what it's like to be living lives that are different from our friends. Ben also calls for feedback on the episode and the direction of the show, so if you've got ideas, please DM him on Instagram! 

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Following a life coaching session, I had an epiphany about what it means to authentically live my Life In Bold. Join me for a solo episode as we discuss my realization and how I'm planning to use this podcast on my journey toward authentically living my life in bold. I hope this resinates with you, my friend and listener, because this realization is helping to form the future of Life in Bold. Enjoy!

Join us today on "Life In Bold" for a conversation about chasing dreams, facing fears, and being creative with John Franklin AKA Momma Carol from season 4 of Netflix's hit reality show, "The Circle." Host Ben Hawes asks John about his experience getting on the show, his fears going into it, and about his current creative endeavors like his social media tournaments and stand up comedy in New York City. It's a great show!

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This is the episode you don't want to miss. Ben interviews Bob's Dance Shop Founder, Vince Coconato (Coco). We chat about his background, purpose, coming out story, and founding of the iconic dance group. We chat about what it takes to create a warm and welcoming environment that leaves folks feeling confident and proud, how we define success in this world, and so much more. I am so excited for you to listen to this one. Please follow Ben and Coco at the links below:

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Today we're getting deep with Kerry Hoffman, Director of Project Management (Marketing) at Sendoso. Kerry has spent the last two years bravely sharing her process of grief after losing her Father, Phil, to Covid extremely early in the pandemic. We talk about what she has learned along the way and how she is feeling two years later. We also talk about our shifting perspectives on work, jobs and careers, and project managing our lives to unlock more free time. You don't want to miss this one :) 

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