Own Your Voice: Cultivating Voices of Impact

Own Your Voice: Cultivating Voices of Impact

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Own Your Voice: Cultivating Voices of Impact episodes

  • Ep 22: Reconnect With Your Voice with Sahar Paz

    Today is a solo episode where I talk about re/connect and getting familiar with the voices by naming them.

    • 3 women this season
  • Life coach and Find Your Voice since 2012
  • We've been pushed to a place of reflection
  • Voice GPS emotions
  • Keeping naming voices
  • Come to Summit to Find & Own Your Voice
  • Understood vision
  • Accept inner bully
  • Fear--break it down
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    Check out the 2020 Own Your Voice Summit to help you reignite, reconnect, reimagine, reclaim, and revolutionize your voice from October 19-23, 2020 at https://2020-own-your-voice-summit.heysummit.com.

     

    If you find value with the Own Your Voice podcast, please leave a review and/or share with people you know.

     

    You can find Sahar on:

    • Website: http://www.voiceofimpact.org 
  • Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @SaharPaz
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    17 min
  • Ep 21: Writing the First Page with author, Dr. Emily Reiser

    Today, I will be interviewing Dr. Emily Reiser where she will be sharing the beginning stages of writing. All stages of writing a book are part of the process and each stage matters as they’re all interconnected.

    • Writing a book with a full-time day job
  • How I claimed the identity of a writer for myself without having published a book yet
  • Frameworks that helped me take the idea of a book into the practice of putting together a book
  • Most important conversation is one with myself where I decided to take off my costume to reveal the fullest version of me
  • You can find Emily on:

    • Website: invitationtoinnovation.com 
  • Instagram: @mlereiser 
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilyreiser/
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    You can find Sahar on:

    • Website: http://www.voiceofimpact.org 
  • Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @SaharPaz
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    IS THERE A STORY WITHIN YOU THAT IS WAITING TO BE BIRTHED?
    HAVE YOU WRITTEN YOUR STORY AND WONDER HOW TO GET PUBLISHED?
    YOU HAVE BEEN WANTING TO WRITE YOUR BOOK BUT DON’T KNOW WHERE AND HOW TO START?
    There is a FREE one-hour, "Own Your Story" gathering coming up next Wednesday, September 16, 2020 at 3pm PST | 6pm EST featuring three authors Maia Poetry, Asha Dahya and Dr. Emily Reiser, including Sahar Paz.
     
    They are all authors, all at different stages of either writing their book, going after that publisher or having already published and will be sharing the importance of the narrative we own as women, not just as authors, but as change agents within our own circles.
     
    You can submit your questions when you sign up for the event. Here is the signup link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/own-your-story-live-podcast-party-tickets-117687818433?aff=erelexpmlt
    26 min
  • Ep 20: From a Blog To a Book, One Author's Journey with Asha Dahya

    Today, I will be interviewing Asha Dahya, an author of Today’s Wonder Women and founder of Girl Talk HQ. She will be sharing her journey of leaving toxic environments to find her voice through blogging, which led to writing her first book.

    • Starting over and creating Girl Talk HQ, a platform for female empowerment stories & voices gave space for Asha to find her voice
  • How she was pitched the idea of writing a book and ended up getting a book deal in two weeks
  • The process of stepping outside the comfort zone and not allowing the physical reactions to hold you back from your dreams
  • There is enough room for our voices and stories
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    Book “Today’s Wonder Women: Everyday Superheroes Who Are Changing The World” By Asha Dahya available on Amazon at https://bit.ly/2QKBaoK and Audible at https://adbl.co/3jL7693.

     

    You can find Asha on:

    • Website: https://www.ashadahya.com 
  • Instagram & Twitter: @AshaDahya
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    You can find Sahar on:

    • Website: http://www.voiceofimpact.org 
  • Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @SaharPaz
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    Check out the 2020 Own Your Voice Summit to help you reignite, reconnect, reimagine, reclaim, and revolutionize your voice from October 19-23, 2020 at https://2020-own-your-voice-summit.heysummit.com.

     

    If you find value with the Own Your Voice podcast, please leave a review and/or share with people you know.

    31 min
  • Ep 19: A Writer Can't Help But Write with author & poet, Maia Poetry

    Today, I will be interviewing Maia Poetry, an author and poet who self-published her first book. She will be sharing her journey of finding and owning her voice and the process of her first book.

    • Different ways her voice was suppressed
  • Poetry as a channel to express her voice freely
  • Her style of writing
  • How notes turned into a book
  • Tips on self-publishing
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    You can find Maia:

    • Facebook: @maiasoulpoetry
  • Book: "The Fall, The Rise" https://www.amazon.com/Fall-Rise-Maia/dp/1986827569
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    You can find Sahar on:

    • Website: http://www.voiceofimpact.org 
  • Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @SaharPaz
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    Check out the 2020 Own Your Voice Summit to help you reignite, reconnect, reimagine, reclaim, and revolutionize your voice from October 19-23, 2020.

     

    If you find value with the Own Your Voice podcast, please leave a review and/or share with people you know.

    32 min
  • Ep 18: ReiGnite Your Revolution with Sahar Paz

    Shownotes

     

    Today, I will share about this season’s theme: own your story by writing your book and about my journey of finding my voice that led me to becoming an author.

     

    • Reigniting your revolution, get back to your purpose.
  • How to be the hero and shero of your story
  • To own that story, you got to first find your voice.
  • How I re-ignited my fire to pave the way and light that path towards my purpose
  • Getting to the voices: Psychic Phyllis, Black and White Betty, Negative Nancy, Logical Layla
  • The narrative in your mind, controls your decisions
  • Tips for a budding author
  • I invite you to subscribe to the Own Your Voice: Cultivating Voices of Impact podcast so you can receive the latest episodes. Feel free to share this episode and/or leave a review.

     

    You can find Sahar on:

    • Website: http://www.voiceofimpact.org 
  • Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @SaharPaz
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    26 min
  • Ep 17: Listener's letter for dinner table conversations and race with Sahar Paz

    Shownotes

    Today, I will read an anonymous listener’s letter as an opportunity to have a conversation starter about race. She shares her experience as a Chinese American woman married to an African American man and as a mother of bi-racial children living in a suburban town in New Jersey. Then, you will hear her recorded reflections after the letter was posted.

    • Several severed relationships
  • Witnessing the racism her husband had to deal with and being mistreated because of his skin color
  • Why it was necessary for him to be trained in how to respond when getting pulled over as an African man as a child
  • Pivotal moment to use my voice to tell our story
  • What happened after it was shared in a local Facebook group
  • One conversation can lead to many and that's a step in the right direction 
  • Article: When My Beautiful Black Boy Grows from Cute to Threat by Georgina Dukes

     

    You can find Sahar on:

    • Website: http://www.voiceofimpact.org 
  • Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @SaharPaz
  • 17 min
  • Ep 16: Activism Starts With One Conversation At A Time with Jackie Young-Medcalf

    Today, Jackie and I will talk about how to make social impact through community advocacy.

    • Most Americans live within a few miles of a Superfund site.
  • Jackie’s calling to action to start tackling the cleanup of this Superfund site and many more
  • Revealed what doctors couldn’t about Jackie's family’s health while earning a degree in Environmental Sciences.
  • Big misconception many Americans have about water
  • Grassroots organizing, community engagement and education
  • One of the primary elements that Jackie was learning is if your environment is making you sick, you're not going to be the only one; it's also going to be impacting your neighbor's health or their animal's health.
  • Understanding where your water sources, the differences are, and questions you can ask your provider
  • The Power of Collective Voices
  • EWG: https://www.ewg.org 
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    You can find Jackie at:

    • Website: https://txhea.org
  • Instagram: @tx.hea
  • Facebook: @TXHEA
  • You can find me on: 

    • WEBPAGE: www.voiceofimpact.org
  • INSTAGRAM +TWITTER + Facebook: @saharpaz  
  • #OwnYourVoicePodcast #VoiceofImpact #FindYourVoice #OwnYourVoice #ConciousLeaders

     

    25 min
  • Ep 15: Protect Your Magic with Denise Hamilton

    Today, Denise Hamilton and I will be talking about how to protect your magic

    • Why mentorship is important when navigating non-intuitive situations like how to negotiate severance
  • The power to name a thing
  • Be the hero of your own story
  • Rules aren't always built for you so break some rules
  • Do you boo. Be authentic.
  • Raise your hand, raise your mic, raise your voice, and raise your rate.
  • You can find Denise at:

    • Website: https://watchherwork.com/denise-hamilton/ 
  • Instagram, Facebook and Twitter: @watchherworktv
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    You can find Sahar on:

    • Website: http://www.voiceofimpact.org 
  • Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @SaharPaz
  • 19 min
  • Ep 14: Nourishing Black Communities with Jennifer Jones

    Shownotes

     

    Today, Jennifer and I will talk about nutrition, impact of food deserts in black communities, and more 

    Why the "eat less, work out more" doesn’t work for everyone

  • Overcoming fear of food

  • Eating as a coping mechanism

  • Reprogramming the mindset and changing relationship to food to shift what you eat

  • Tips on stress eating

  • Your body will tell you what it needs

  • Food insecurity and how that affects what you eat

  • Representation matters when helping communities
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    You can find Jennifer at:

    Website: Jenuinenutrition.com 

  • 90-day nutrition guide: https://jenuinenutrition.com/product/90-day-holistic-nutrition-food-guide/ 

  • Instagram & Facebook: @jenuinenutrition

  • Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenuine-nutrition-908264136/

     

    You can find Sahar on:

    • Website: http://www.voiceofimpact.org 
  • Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @SaharPaz

    44 min
  • Ep 13: Intersection Between Technology and Activism with Christopher Prince-Barry

    Today, Prince and I will talk about his journey of combining his work in technology and activism

     

    Developing a partner inner voice

  • Representation in being seen as a black man & representation in the corporate world

  • Growing the empathy muscle

  • Be mindful of cybercrime while working from home 

  • Online security tips whether you are a business owner or not 

  • Quick fixes quickly fall apart

  • Long lasting solution requires getting to the root cause, focus, time and investment

     

    You can find Prince on:

    Website: https://christopherpb.com

     

    You can find Sahar on:

    Instagram, Twitter and Facebook: @SaharPaz

  • Website: http://www.voiceofimpact.org 

    36 min

About Own Your Voice: Cultivating Voices of Impact

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All great leaders own their voice. This is something CEO and entrepreneur Sahar Paz knows all too well. With over 20 years experience coaching emotionally intelligent leaders, she's now bringing her…