See It To Be It

This week on See It To Be It, we talk to Jane Ko, the mastermind behind A Taste of Koko, a food and travel blog based out of Austin, Texas.

From humble beginnings in a small town in south Texas, her biggest inspiration in life was to become a librarian.

She moved to Austin in 2007, originally to pursue becoming a doctor at University of Texas. She shortly realized that was not for her and decided blogging in 2010 as a creative outlet. She originally only posted recipes on her blog and after two years with zero readership, a local restaurant reached out to her, asking her to promote their business.

From there, it kept snowballing and A Taste of Koko was truly born.

She said she isn't sure when the narrative changed from sharing restaurants and chef's stories, to her own... as this was never her intention.

Jane talks about work before becoming a full-time blogger and that it was never her intention to become an influencer.

During Huricane Harvey and now COVID-19 she has been able to impact the community by helping restaurants and small businesses to get their numbers, pivot to takeout and help raise money for the restaurant economy.

Jane also touches on how travel industry has now changed and how she can reinvent her content and give people things to do and places to stay in the safest way possible. She was able to help some local bed and breakfasts and smaller hotels meet their capacity and get people to book with them.

She concludes with advice on if people want to be an influencer, the toxicity of social media and what is next for her.

Learn more about A Taste of Koko: https://www.atasteofkoko.com/

Jane on having a voice and using it for the better:

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Special Guest: Jane Ko.

This week on See It To Be It, we talk to Kiana Danial, who is an award winning internationally recognized personal investing and wealth management expert and author.

Kiana had two dreams... to become an astronaut and an author. Originally she wanted to follow in her dad's footsteps, and studied electrical engineering in college in Japan. After being the only girl in her class for six years, she realized that engineering and math were not in her life plan.

Kiana explains how her path changed to finance and the misconception that in order to be in finance, you have to be good at math.

She took a job as a financial planner, working in Wall Street. She explains she didn't know finance was a male dominated field, since everything she knew about America was from the movies. In Iran, which is where she was born and grew up, it is actually common for women to be in STEM, finance, engineering and other fields typically associated with men in America.

Kiana explains her time at Wall Street during the 2008 market crash, getting fired from her job, working in a male dominated field and finally starting her own business.

She know thrives to help women invest and manage their wealth.

Learn more about Invest Diva: https://investdiva.com/

Kiana on investing myths and stereotypes:

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Special Guest: Kiana Danial.

This week on See It To Be It, we talk to Joey Lindahl, who is a Senior Marketing Manager at Polaris Industries and a female motorcyclist.

Joey wanted to be Wonder Woman when she was little, but when she realized that wasn't a real career, she went for the next best thing... helping people and getting to tell their stories through marketing and advertising. Specifically, badass female motorcyclists.

Joey was initially brought onto the Polaris team when Polaris Industries purchased Indian Motorcycles. This eventually evolved into her current role as Senior Marketing Manager at Polaris Industries.

Although the motorcycle industry is thought to be more male dominated, Joey said she was pleasantly surprised with how many women not only worked at Polaris, but were in leadership positions. Many women at Polaris also rode motorcycles, off road vehicles or snow mobiles.

She explains how powerful it can be to ride a motorcycle and the many different groups female riders can join. She said that ever since she started riding, it has helped her have a more fearless outlook on life.

Joey also mentions how she has been able to hear stories of female riders who have been riding for years. This has helped her accurately represent and showcase women in the motorcycle industry.

*Disclaimer - this segment was recorded prior to IFRD which took place on August 22, 2020.

Learn more about Polaris: https://www.polaris.com/en-us/

Joey on feeling like a superhero when she rides:

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Special Guest: Joey Lindahl.

This week on See It To Be It, we talk to Janet Mesh, who created her own remote content and digital marketing agency called Aimtal in 2018.

Janet discusses her original dream career of being on Broadway and how the idea to start her own company was manifested after a trip to South America.

She explains what her company, Aimtal does and what techniques they use, including their main strategy, empathy marketing.

Janet also shares her morning routine and the difference it makes her productivity when working from home.

Learn more about Janet Mesh: http://www.janetmesh.com/

Mesh on working remotely:

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Special Guest: Janet Mesh.

In this episode of See It To Be It, we talk to Nida Jawed, the founder of Nida Jawed Life Coaching, LLC, and a certified professional life coach.

Nida shares her journey to becoming a life coach. From originally wanting to be in the business field to studying management then switching to learning cultures and psychology. Later after graduating, someone asked her if she had ever considered becoming a life coach and a light bulb went off!

Nida shares what exactly a life coach does and how much it can help woman shape their personal and professional goals. She also gives advice on how to navigate through this challenging and ever-changing time, from Covid-19, to politics, to taking control over her appearance.

Learn more about Nida Jawed: https://nidajawed.com/

Jawed's inspirational message to accepting who you are:

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Special Guest: Nida Jawed.

This week for our 100th Episode, we talk to Kandice Guice, a woman who holds many different impressive roles. As an attorney, entrepreneur, lifestyle and fashion writer and mom, Kandice walks us through her journey from graduating from college during the 2008 recession to creating her own empire.

Kandice offers advice on how to not only get the conversation starting about diversity and inclusion in the workplace, but how to implement real change.

She also discusses what she does for work and life balance as well as her new program called "Inking The Deal," which is a comprehensive guided course designed to help you negotiate contracts and close deals.

Learn more about Kandice Guice: https://www.kandiceguice.com/about/

Guice's advice for asking for change and holding people accountable:

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Special Guest: Kandice Guice.

Phyllis Reagin is a leadership coach to entertainment and media leaders and former global head of diversity and inclusion at Warner Brothers. Phyllis originally wanted to be a newscaster, however she ended up switching her path completely from broadcasting to marketing communications to political consulting and eventually to leadership development and DEI.

She decided to start her own business after her husband passed away when she was eight months pregnant. Phyllis focused on her baby and her personal life, until he was a toddler and that's when she decided she wanted to be her own boss. Phyllis married her three interests together, business, leadership development and psychology.

In this episode, Phyllis breaks down the steps on her journey to becoming a leadership coach as well as tips and tricks for being heard and building relationships to gain opportunities in the workplace. She also discusses the importance of representation for young women.

Learn more about Phyllis Reagin: https://www.phyllisreagin.com/

Reagin on her mother's best advice:

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Special Guest: Phyllis Reagin.

Jessica Chang is the co-founder and CEO of WeeCare, a mother, and a preschool owner. When Jessica was pregnant with her first child, she began touring daycares only to discover that all spots were full with long waitlists and exorbitant costs. Unable to comprehend why there were so few spots available and so many parents searching for childcare, she decided to dive into the childcare space and become an investor and owner of a preschool.

This episode, Jessica breaks down the steps on her journey to developing WeeCare, and how she balanced her entrepreneurship with being the best parent she could be.

Learn more about WeeCare: https://weecare.co/

Chang on female entrepreneurship:

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Special Guest: Jessica Chang.

Rebekah Bastian is an entrepreneur, writer, artist, tech executive, mentor, wife, mother and aerial acrobat. After 15 years at Zillow, with roles including vice president of product and vice president of community and culture, Rebekah is now CEO & Co-founder of OwnTrail. Rebekah built OwnTrail with the goal reimagining and scaling mentorship to serve all women.

Through micro acts of mentorship, Rebekah believes women can inspire each other and create solidarity around shared experiences. The result helps a diverse range of women see people that look like them in places they aspire to, and embracing the fact that there is no one right path. Rebekah published her first book, Blaze Your Own Trail, in February 2020. This episode, she talks to us about her frame work for mentorship and how to get yourself "unstuck" when you feel in a rut.

You can learn more about Rebekah on her personal website at https://rebekahbastian.com/!

Rebekah on the cracks in traditional mentorship:

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Special Guest: Rebekah Bastian.

On this week's episode of See It To Be It, Author Laura Zam talks to us about getting the root of shame and getting to the core of trauma to overcome difficulties in our personal lives.

Zam is a Sexuality Educator, Certified Trauma Professional, TEDx speaker, and workshop leader, whose work focuses on sexual healing. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times (Modern Love), Salon, HuffPost, SheKnows, NextTribe, The Forward, in international journals, and in five book anthologies. Her first book, The Pleasure Plan: One Woman's Search for Sexual Healing, based on her off-Broadway, one-woman play, released in 2020.

To learn more about Laura, make sure to visit her website at Laurazam.com!

Quotes:

_8:33 “One is I think that shame has a very symbiotic relationship with self-blame and that the shame actually arises from the fact that women are not forgiving themselves and putting it upon themselves, that they are responsible for whatever it is. And then they feel this shame around it, ashamed of something they think they did or didn’t do.”

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Special Guest: Laura Zam.