Shamelessly Feminine

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Lauren Trantham's superpower is fierce tenderheartedness. Just imagine an elite ninja crossed with a hopeful romantic and you can understand her personality! She believes in black coffee, dark beer, shooting straight liquor, and that true strength lies in vulnerability.

When she is not riding her motorcycle or traveling the world she is helping entrepreneurs find their authentic message so they can grow their business by getting real.

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• Being authentic in social media is something I talk about a lot. Lauren and I share our thoughts about what we see on other people's social media accounts. Are what we are seeing their highlight reel or is it truly their REAL self?

"The power of vulnerability really unites people." - Lauren Trantham

• Lauren talks on how much you can be vulnerable online and not come off as being negative. Real life can be hard sometimes but what Lauren does best is try to share her struggles as an inspiration for others.
• Look at authenticity as a purpose and an obligation to help the world. Your story matters and needs to be heard!
• When it comes to sharing your story, what should you share and what shouldn't you share? Lauren and I don't always talk about everything in our lives, especially if it's about someone else. That's their story to share.

"When women can be authentic and open in real life, it really helps create better relationships." - Jennifer Rozenbaum

• How can you tell if someone is being real on social media? Lauren shares some of the cues she pays attention to. She says it's about consistency with that person's message.
• Are all big-time influencers fake?! As a New Yorker, I am a skeptic and I questions everything! But, comparing ourselves to the influencers can be terrible on your self-esteem. Lauren talks about noticing your feelings when you're scrolling through Instagram.
• Should you have a curated feed? When I see "perfect" social media feeds, I call bullshit! Does it attract more followers? Maybe, but that's not what I'm about. But, it also depends on what you do. If you're trying to be vulnerable and be real, the perfect curated feed doesn't work.

"Unfollow anyone that doesn't make you happy when you're scrolling through your feed!" - Jennifer Rozenbaum

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• I am excited to bring you a solo episode this week! I plan to bring more of just me and my thoughts as well as continuing to talk with amazing guests. If you have suggestions on what you'd like to hear, please don't be afraid to email me at [email protected]!
• Today, I want to talk about "more butt, less but". As many of you know, I am a boudoir photographer and what I mean by that statement is that I want to see more butt and fewer excuses that we make to ourselves.

"Whatever you're thinking about in your head, it's probably not true!" - Jen Rozenbaum

• I see this so often in my line of work! We are making all kinds of excuses and are afraid to get out of our comfort zones. Now, it can be difficult to do, I know! But, the only time you'll grow and learn what you're are capable of is by getting uncomfortable and stepping out from behind those barriers.

"See what you're made of, girl!" - Jen Rozenbaum

• Where are you making excuses in your life? Are those excuses preventing you from going after what you really want? Tell those voices to shut up! I'm guilty of this mindset as well. For example, I am publishing a book and I really had to step out of my comfort zone in this process. I had moments when I told myself, "I'm not qualified, I don't have a degree in this", but the truth is, I have valuable life experience that has to be heard! So, ask yourself, "are those excuses really true?"

"Get out there and do something uncomfortable today!" - Jen Rozenbaum

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In 2015, postpartum depression left Brooke searching for an identity beyond parenting and partnering. Like many, she felt a sexier self was underneath her other roles but no one was helping her, nor her peers, access it. Brooke decided to give moms just like her what they secretly craved: honest, open conversation about the struggles of staying sexy amid the craziness of a busy life. Brooke connects with women quickly and potently. Why? Because she's just like them: a frazzled mom, a busy wife, a woman who struggles with her post-baby body daily. Her blog, social media posts and speaking engagements produce an inspiring chorus of "me toos!" from women across the country who are desperate to be heard, understood and most of all, lifted up. Having formerly run marketing & promotions at top women's magazines like InStyle, Harper's Bazaar and O, The Oprah Magazine, Brooke leverages her former role as a fashion and beauty influencer to not only change women's sex lives but to change women themselves. Oh yeah, and she's addicted to vibrators.

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• How do you feel about Valentine's day? Brooke and I share our thoughts about the whole day and we should look at the day differently. Brooke mentions how we should stop pressuring ourselves to have sex with our significant others just because it's Valentine's Day!
• What's the best sex toy?! Brooke gives us her best seller and how just like having a great wardrobe, you need to have a great sex toy wardrobe as well!
• What can you do if you'd like to try a toy but concerned about your spouse's reaction? Brooke shares tips on the best way to bring up the topic and not make it awkward!
• Statistics show that women in their 60s are having more sex! Brooke talks on why that is but also some struggles they face when their body is all of a sudden changing.

"I'm not going to let menopause steal the youth that I still have left." Jen Rozenbaum

• What does being "old" even mean? Brooke and I share our thoughts on when we turned 40 and how it doesn't mean that you're "old"! Do whatever makes you feel great, no matter how old you are.

"You have to do whatever it is to makes you feel confident and sexy!" - Brooke Christian

• Let's start being honest with ourselves. We are all flawed people and Brooke shares a vulnerable story about herself and how important it is to have self-awareness. Also, it's totally ok to unfollow some that you don't relate to!
• Don't be afraid to show your authentic self, because that is what everyone really wants. Brooke and I talk about influencers and how we need to show others the real stuff.

"You're already beautiful, you just don't realize it!" - Brooke Christian

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Mallika Malhotra is a professional photographer, brand strategist, mentor and author of The Brand Photography Playbook. After years working in the corporate advertising world, she now helps ambitious women entrepreneurs bring their brand to life through visual storytelling. Her mission is to empower women to stop hiding behind their business and confidently become the face of their brand. When she is not taking pictures or building brands, she is at home with her three sons and husband, drinking coffee or red wine and dreaming about their next global adventure.

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• As a brand photographer, Mallika shares about the importance of sharing our message with the world and how she helps women come out of their shells when they are in front of the camera.
• This confidence not only helps her clients in their photo shoots but also in their businesses as a whole. After her photoshoots, Mallika says she sees the women she works with growing in confidence by being able to niche down, raise their prices, and just show up more in the world!
• Mallika shares the story of how she has grown in her photography business in the last 11 years. She talks about how it all started with photographing children and evolved to women and their brands and helping them understand that it's more than just a headshot that matters.

"People do business with people and if they don't see a photo of you, they are not going to connect with you." - Mallika Malhotra

• Be authentic in your social media platforms! Mallika and I talk about how to be authentic and show up in social media. People want to see the real you and get to know you before they even decide to work with you. We all want some kind of connection.
• Being an entrepreneur mom can be hard! Mallika talks about how she balances motherhood and running her own business.

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Sharon Somekh is a general pediatrician, loving wife, and mother to 4 daughters. After a decade of practicing general pediatrics and working with families, she realized that what she enjoyed most was helping parents with parenting concerns, and felt this is what would be most helpful in shaping their children's futures. There often wasn't enough time, however, while tending to children's medical needs to address their concerns. She developed Raiseology to help parents with their parenting struggles and teach them how to raise resilient children in a modern world. As a parenting consultant, she hopes to make a difference for parents today while affecting the future of their children in a positive way.

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• As a mother of 4, Sharon talks about work-life balance and how she went into the transition to working at an office to working from home. She mentions how it was easier to turn off work mode when working at the office and how you can learn to do the same even when you're working from home. A tip she shares is setting a hard stop time for yourself when you're working on your business.
• Before becoming a full-time entrepreneur, Sharon was a pediatrician and she shares some of the fears she experienced when she decided to quit her job.
• Sharon and I talk on parenting. She shares her advice on how to handle our children that have trouble sleeping through the night and how to set boundaries with your teenager!

"When people sleep train their kids, they need to remember that it's not a one and done type of thing. It really is something that you need to be consistent about." - Sharon Somekh

• Find the right balance with your children. Sharon gives advice and house chores with her children. As mothers, we naturally want to do things for our children but it's best to find the right balance and teach them things that they can do on their own.

"I try not to do things for my kids that they can definitely do for themselves." - Sharon Somekh

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Steve Maraboli has electrified, inspired, and entertained a wide range of audiences in over 30 countries with his unique style of bridging cutting edge Behavioral Science, proven Business Methodologies, Humor, UNFORGETTABLE stories, and Social Insights.

Lending his popular voice to various topics, Steve’s books, quotes, videos, and memes have become a social media sensation; shared by millions across the globe in more than 25 languages.

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• Steve and I talk about showing the world our real selves and how there is nothing more inspiring than a woman who isn’t afraid to show others who she really is.

“I can only be the most powerful me if I accept myself.” -Steve Maraboli

• Many women who have gone through tough things come out stronger on the other side and learn to accept the person that they are, but what if you are someone that has not been through something awful like cancer or grief? Steve gives us straight talk on how to show up the way that you are meant to be.
• How can we spot those who are being inauthentic? Steve and I talk about toxic relationships and how we can avoid them. If we are in a toxic relationship, Steve shares how important it is to recognize it and take your power back!

“We want healthy relationships - YOU have to BE that!” - Steve Maraboli

• You only have control of today, and that’s just barely. Steven shares his “ah ha” moment and it didn’t come after reading a self-book. While he was in basic training in Texas during the heat of summer, he realized we have no control over tomorrow and can only do our best in the right now.

“I stopped giving the power of yesterday and tomorrow and I was able to harness that power into right now.”  - Steve Maraboli

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Maia, The Smile Enthusiast, is a longevity coach who leads by example. She is on a path toward living to see her 122nd birthday and ultimately becoming the oldest living human ever recorded!  If you want to live to see your hundredth birthday, follow her lead—let’s be future centurions together!!

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• Maia has a smile that shines from the east to the west coast...it’s no wonder people call her the smile enthusiast! So what makes her so happy even in the darkest times? Maia shares her journey of living her best life and passing down her knowledge to the rest of the world so that others can live a happy life too.
• When we continue to stress ourselves, everything else in our body will react. Maia talks about living with a mindset of always seeing life as something beautiful and having the awareness that bad things happen. We have to learn to have a positive reaction even during stressful times.
• Maia and I met through social media and mutually follow The Medical Medium. We talk about who Anthony William is and how he has helped us each in our own health.
• After experiencing a terrible car accident, Maia fell to rock bottom. She was put on many medications and eventually became tired of the medical roller coaster. She talks about her wake up call when she realized that she was the only one that could save herself.

“There is nobody that’s going to dig me out of this except for me!” - Maia, The Smile Enthusiast

• Maia shares her tips on nutrition and what’s best for our bodies. She shares about her daily nutritional routine which includes a healthy dose of celery juice.

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Tamara Lackey is a renowned photographer, speaker, author, and program host. Her authentic photography, from children's portraits to humanitarian photography, is praised within her industry and published internationally. Her work is featured in a myriad of major media outlets, from popular magazines to entertainment sites to talk shows.

Tamara is a Nikon USA Ambassador, speaking on behalf of Nikon at a variety of shows and conventions. She was one of two photographers from around the world selected to speak on stage and present her marketing campaign work as part of the Nikon Global Launch Event in Tokyo, introducing a new line of ground-breaking mirrorless camera systems.

Tamara is the grateful recipient of the WPPI/Rangefinder Humanitarian Award, the PMDA Photographers Give Back Award and the WPPI Adorama Inspire Award for her work with Beautiful Together. She and her husband co-founded this 501(c)(3) non-profit to improve the lives of orphaned children, and those living in extreme poverty. A gallery of her work with Beautiful Together exhibited at the Union Square Ballroom in New York City in 2017.

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• Tamara shares her story of consciously building her family through a combination of birth and adoption.
• What I found truly interesting about Tamara was how she says she consciously built her family but she also lives her life and business the same way. Not only is Tamara a photographer, but she also owns a coffee shop in North Carolina. She talks the inspiration behind all of that.
• The photography and coffee shop businesses were meant to simply bring people together. Tamara tells us how her inspiration for both was truly about building community.

"I truly believe that we are all on this planet to care for each other." - Tamara Lackey

• She's a wife, mother, and runs TWO businesses! How does she do it and deal with the negative beliefs we can sometimes carry? Tamara says life is too short and it's crazy to walk through this life and not give it our all.

"Nothing that we do that is hard is fearless!" - Tamara Lackey

• Tamara and I talk about work-life balance and how she stays present where she's at on a daily basis.

"That's the idea of balance. You can have everything set up and still screw up!" - Tamara Lackey

• Only do the work that you love. Tamara is a strong believer in focusing on what you love and when we do that, it only amplifies the work to be better!

"If it's not hell yeah, it's hell no!" - Derek Sivers (Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur)

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Valerie is a Mom, Certified Life Coach, and founder of The Unlimited Mom. Her work focuses on helping women break self-defeating patterns and take confident action toward their goals. She is passionate about creativity, coffee, and connecting moms to their unique and unlimited self. She believes that moms deserve to live a vibrant life and that by doing so, they will empower their children to do the same.

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• Valerie shares her passion for helping women get rid of the mindset that is stopping them from living their most amazing life!
• As moms and women, we can put a lot of expectations on ourselves. Valerie and I chat about the mental load women carry and the guilt we may experience.
• Valerie helps entrepreneurial moms break through their self-defeating patterns and gives tips on how to deal with the negative thoughts that may come up. One tip is to have a conversation with your people, especially your spouse, around supporting each other.
• How can you set healthy boundaries for yourself? Valerie says that it starts with knowing who you are! If you don't know who you are and what you want, it's impossible to set healthy boundaries. When you have that disconnect of not knowing who you are, people can't treat you the way that you feel you should be treated. This can cause us to go into survival mode and feel like we are just getting by.
• Are you watching how you react to certain situations? Just like many of us, I am guilty of sometimes reacting in a way that doesn't align with who I am, and I can spend days beating myself up for my reaction. Valerie and I talk more about how to approach this by simply starting a conversation with yourself. Did you react a certain way because you're actually fearing something?
• We hear a lot of talk on meditation, yoga, self-care, and waking up early, etc. You don't have to do all of it to feel that you're taking care of yourself. You don't have to wake up early if you're not a morning person. Do self-care in a way that works best for you!

"You have to know what you want, who you want to be and believe that you can be that person! Believe that you can enjoy your life!" - Valerie Friedlander

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Angela Michelle is an internationally published and award-winning photographer who calls Texas home. She started Raven Red in 2008 and since then her work has been published in print magazines, online blogs, and featured in art exhibits. She has been named one of the Top Photographers in the city by The San Antonio Current Magazine for the last four years. Angela is respected among her peers and is a mentor and teacher to other photographers worldwide. She has photographed artists, musicians, models, actors, entrepreneurs and everyone in between. She always brings her passion and creativity to every session. Angela 's unique view of the portrait experience stems from her background in Cultural Anthropology. She sees the photoshoot as a way for a woman to transform how she views herself. Her clients leave with a new sense of confidence and feel empowered by the experience. Angela's passion for photography, art, and her clients is obvious to everyone she meets. She lives to create and she is in her element when she is photographing. No matter the project Angela throws her heart, mind, and soul into everything she does.

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• Angela shares her incredible story of dealing with Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) which is a clotting disorder. She did not know of this diagnosis until 2016 when she had a stroke and nearly died. Thankfully, she survived this traumatic event but it left her blind in her right eye. She turned to yoga to heal from the effects of the stroke and the pain of miscarriage. Practicing yoga was so helpful for Angela that she felt inspired to become an instructor herself.
• Embrace your scars! Sharing our story with the world can feel overwhelming because we are not sure how it will make others feel, but what we may not know is how much you could be helping others with your story! Someone else might be struggling the same way and you've just made that person feel less alone. Angela and I talk about how open we are with sharing our biggest scars. She says that by embracing the scars, she is educating and helping others in a tremendous way.
• Physical activity can be challenging when you're faced with chronic illness. However, Angela beat the odds and found healing in yoga. She talks about how she was able to use yoga as her self care and why it has helped her mentally and physically.

"Having that mindset of strength and reliance is so imperative to living a quality of life no matter what illness you're faced with, and yoga helped me do that." -Angela Michelle

• Sometimes, it can be tough to always have a positive mindset. Angela has been through a lot from having a stroke, losing part of her vision, not being able to have children, and much more. Naturally, she felt overwhelmed with the amount of stuff that was being thrown at her, but what helped was allowing herself the space to grieve and feel the hurt. She says it's about allowing yourself to be in the hurt but not stay in it!

"You have to give yourself space to have those breakdowns." -Angela Michelle

• Angela says that her chronic illness was a gift. It was a gift of perspective and she really embraces that. This illness has shined a whole new light on the way that she now sees the world.

"Love your body for how it makes you live and not just how it looks." -Angela Michelle

• We have to be our own advocate when it comes to our health and Angela gives us her tips on how to advocate for yourself when you're faced with any sort of medical issue.

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