Team Talk

In this episode, Amy wants to share her journey and experience in being a single mother. She talks about life in her 20’s and 30’s and how she came to discover that being a mother was part of the life she wanted to create for herself. This made her realise that we all should, and often do, create the life we want to live and this is something she wants her daughter to live her life by, to pursue what makes her feel joy.

 

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Amy discovered that lifting others up, sharing information and supporting people take the next steps in their lives is what makes her feel good. Helping others has always helped her feel better when she has been struggling in life.

Growing up, Amy didn’t really think about children or becoming a mother. She generally didn’t spend much time around children, it’s just how her life was. When she got into her 30s she was occupied with so many other things but noticed a lot of her friends and peers having children and she started thinking about how she would like this for her life too.

Many women often easily step into the role of wanting to nurture and be a caregiver to a child. This was Amy’s experience but she still struggled with relationships and finding a good partner who she would want to have a child with.

To be truly fulfilled and happy we have to create the life we want to lead, to follow our ‘heart song’. If we do this then we will be living in line with our values and feel aligned.

 

 

BEST MOMENTS 

“I wanna love a child, I want to love my child”

 

“Where are all those men who didn’t want to have a family, who weren’t ready at that time?”

 

“We create the life we want to live”

 

 

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Amy Ouzoonian is the host of MoodConnect podcast. She is also CEO and Founder of MoodConnect, mood media app to be released Summer of 2021, and Maitri Wellness, a health and wellness discount directory. She is a yoga teacher, performance artist and author of several books of poetry, fiction and plays. Amy is originally from New York City, but has spent the past 10 years living and creating with her daughter in Phoenix, Arizona.  

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In this inspiring and motivating episode Amy speaks to Nwamaka Agbakoba (Amaka) about the creation of her business MKCurvy through enduring health difficulties. They discuss Amaka’s values, upbringing, the ethos behind her work and all other aspects of her own personal journey.

 

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Amy and Amaka met on the global investors platform a year ago, they have both come really far since then. The power of virtual communication has been key in their relationship and successes.

Amaka was born in Nigeria and still has a strong connection to her birth country as well as a family network there. She currently lives in Canada and sees herself as both Canadian and Nigerian.

Fashion is one of Amaka’s passions. A lot of her inspiration and passion originated from her mum and childhood. Her mother’s closet was always amazing and she would allow Amaka to choose designs to be made for her. She learnt to make her own clothing which meant she could have unique clothes that fit her perfectly.

She began making clothes for friends which she enjoyed but she then became very ill, giving her a lot of extra thinking time on her hands, it’s what led her to create her own plus-sized fashion business for curvier women - MKCurvy. Amaka decided to keep the work in her business in Nigeria as she wanted to support the community she grew up in rather than move production to somewhere in Asia.

Amaka attributes the creation and running of her business as helping her cope and survive her health issues. Even when she is having a difficult time she can always motivate herself to work on her business. Amaka also believes in trying to show up and present yourself the best way you can, this is not to minimise illness or fatigue but she always feels just that little bit better if she makes the extra effort, whether that is in her business or in her physical appearance.

Amaka grew up in a society where being fat is just a descriptor. People don't necessarily say it to be rude, they just say it how it is. Despite being a plus-sized child, Amaka was given so much love and support from her parents that she always felt beautiful and she still carries that with her today. Those things early on made her realise how special she really was.

Trust your gut no matter whether that is as a parent, in business or anything else.

 

BEST MOMENTS 

“It’s made a perfect story for my life”

 

“I Recognise that women have so much less access than I do…I just wanted to do more”

 

"The kindness, the affirmations, just showing me how beautiful I am just carried me through life"

 

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Nwamaka Agbakoba (Amaka) is a Nigerian born Canadian fashion designer and mother to her lovely9-year-old son. Nigerian born and raised, Amaka received her formal education in U.S. and lives inCanada. She spends her time between Canada and US where her operations are in Atlanta, GA. She holds a Bachelors in Finance from Kent State University, Ohio and an MBA in EmergingMarkets Finance from American University, Washington DC. She started her journey in fashion in 2009 when she joined Addition Elle; a premium plus sizebrand. She derived immense pleasure from styling clients and infusing them with a bit of her ownbody confidence (she credits her parents for this). Although Amaka returned in 2010 to thefinancial sector, she still remained the go to person for styling her friends. In 2013, Amaka seized an exciting development sector opportunity in her country of birth;Nigeria. It was at this time Amaka connected with amazing artisans to produce the endlessdesigns she dreamed of. As a woman, it was critical for her to create employment and buildcapacity in women artisans. In 2016, when a life-threatening illness kept her homebound a few months, Amaka decided toformalize her dreams of launching a plus sized clothing line. MKCurvy was born out of a deephope and belief in her purpose for the future. Her life-long passion for expressing herself throughbeautiful, well-tailored clothing finally came full circle. Still keen to provide work to the group offemale artisans she met while in Nigeria, Amaka made the decision to keep them as the MKCurvyproduction network. All of clothing production currently takes place in Africa as her nod tobringing trade and not just aid to Africa. The MKCurvy fashion line has participated in variouslocal fashion shows and was named Best Fashion Designer at the 2018 Africa Fashion WeekEdmonton. Amaka writes poetry as well as does charity work and advocacy focused on supportingorphanages for special needs kids in Nigeria. Amaka firmly believes her life’s work is to spreadbeauty, healing, love and inclusion through her gifts of fashion and writing.Amaka’s homes online are www.mkcurvy.com (IG and FB handles: @mkcurvy) andwww.knottymusings.com (IG handle: @knotty_musings).  Use code NATUREBOX25 to save 25% off your first purchase and get a risk-free membership free for 30 days.

 

ABOUT THE HOST

Amy Ouzoonian is the host of WeConnect podcast. She is also CEO and Founder of MoodConnect, mood media app to be released Summer of 2021, and Maitri Wellness, a health and wellness discount directory. She is a yoga teacher, performance artist and author of several books of poetry, fiction and plays. Amy is originally from New York City, but has spent the past 10 years living and creating with her daughter in Phoenix, Arizona.  

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Content Warning – Discussion around racism

White people can stop racism. A difficult truth for some people to hear but it does not make it any less true. White people need to do more listening to educate themselves about what racism is and the things they can do to start the change that is needed in the world.

In this episode Amy explores whiteness, white privilege and her own experiences around racism and what she, and others like her, can do to be a true ally.  

 

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Amy has been speaking with a lot of black people and people of colour, she has learnt a lot about her own whiteness, privilege and her own racist actions.

Not wanting to be uncomfortable and being afraid are the enemy of change. We have to forget about ourselves and our own individual selves and look at the collective, what can we do to change the narrative, what are we doing ourselves that is racist that we didn’t realise? We need to educate ourselves and others and share the truth about racism.

If you are feeling uncomfortable by these types of conversations, think about why that is. You shouldn’t feel defensive, you are just being called upon to do something, to help change this racist world. Change is not comfortable.

 

BEST MOMENTS 

“Racism is everyone’s problem”

 

“It’s not enough to just say I’m not racist”

 

“Be a listener”

 

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Welcome to episode 11 of We Connect!

In this episode Amy speaks to Emilie Rawlings, creator, author and self-love advocate. Emilie talks about her book (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Foundation-Mindfulness-Meditation-Emilie-Rawlings/dp/B08R9M2FFF) and discusses with Amy how to live mindfully, how to take care of your needs and to love yourself.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

What is in your cup is yours and what overflows is everyone else’s. This is a mantra Amy believes in and wants to share the ethos behind this with everyone.

Self-care is self-love in action. If we are able to love ourselves it will look like practicing good and frequent self-care. Emilie's journey to self-care started 7 years ago after seeking out help by seeing a counsellor. She found self-care by necessity.

The people around Emilie started to notice and be inspired by the journey she was on. Her mental health was so much better, she was starting to feel like she was healing, from her stress, her anxiety and her OCD. This is when she decided to write her book.

Emilie's book has personal stories in but she describes it as a ‘blueprint’ so others can find the calm, peace and love she has managed to discover.

It’s so easy to fall into the trap of overworking in a lot of Western cultures. It can be seen to be good to be busy all of the time we often “glamourize the grind“, but it actually means that you end up not focusing or doing a good job on the things that matter and many of us then become overwhelmed and burnt out. This was the case for Emilie, she also found that she would use being busy as an excuse for a variety of situations.

One of the techniques Emilie first used when starting to practice mindfulness was taking a course called “mindfulness for stress relief” which is widely recognised as having a scientific basis and being a versatile treatment method for those suffering from stress.

 

BEST MOMENTS 

“Take care of ourselves first because it’s an inside job…if we are able to fill our cups then we are able to fill up the cups of others”

 

“Self-care is self-love in action”

 

“Mood Connect came out of that idea, the shift and the change from the pandemic...we were on this place of what do we do now, it forced me to get quiet and to just be with myself”

 

“When somebody does something amazing I like to give a bit of a shout out to the teachers”

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Emilie's Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Foundation-Mindfulness-Meditation-Emilie-Rawlings/dp/B08R9M2FFF

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Emily Rawlings

Emilie's Book:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Foundation-Mindfulness-Meditation-Emilie-Rawlings/dp/B08R9M2FFF

ABOUT THE HOST

Amy Ouzoonian is the host of WeConnect podcast. She is also CEO and Founder of MoodConnect, mood media app to be released Summer of 2021, and Maitri Wellness, a health and wellness discount directory. She is a yoga teacher, performance artist and author of several books of poetry, fiction and plays. Amy is originally from New York City, but has spent the past 10 years living and creating with her daughter in Phoenix, Arizona.  

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In this episode, Amy speaks with Christina Springer, the founder of Mmm, Yes! which normalizes new Black aesthetics by manifesting diaspora designs, and a uniquely Black womanist voice in our homes, home furnishings and on the go. 

They talk about feminism, racism and what led Christina on the path to where she is today.

 

KEY TAKEAWAYS

The phrase the personal is political, has so much more depth of meaning to it than many people first realise. What is implied in this phrase is that the choices you make expand and move outwards and affect the world around you. The personal is an extensions of the self.

When we are talking about the start of the feminist movement we are actually talking about middle to upper class women. Women who already had some privilege. Poor white women have always had to work, they have always had to balance work and the home.

The need of the owning class was to be the sole lifeline, the sole support for a family. Which is why they would own all the land and stores in one town. It was also one of the reasons education became compulsory for children, it was somewhere for them to go and to be trained to be good workers.

If you don’t care about someone, it means that they don’t enter your mind. That they then aren’t part of your inner world, this is a large part of racism, this is why Black people have to push so hard to be seen by white people.

Black children are not treated tenderly by the white world. They have to learn from an early age how to deal with this, they don’t feel entitled to be seen or to be seen lovingly. Christina noticed in her store that if she smiled at white children they always smiled back, black children she smiled at always seemed confused.

Christina identifies as being Alt-Black. This encompasses so many things but simply, it is a way for her to identify with all of her ancestors and history as well as her own lived experience, including often being on the fringes of what is accepted and relishing those on the edges of society. Alt-Black is a way of being black in a world that is not confined by respectability politics, that is extremely focused on liberation and shows up for itself and what it is interested in rather than what it should be doing.

 

BEST MOMENTS 

“Mood connect is just made to connect people together to heal”

“It’s not just you in the equation it’s everybody” 

“I’m so over simplifying everything”

“A lot of people don’t feel like they need any revision”

"I have never been a real traditional artist...I have always loved those artists on the edges"

"We have to be more than those who colonised us"

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ABOUT THE GUEST

Christina Springer is the founder of Mmmm, Yes! which normalizes new Black aesthetics by manifesting diaspora designs, and a uniquely Black womanist voice in our homes, home furnishings and on the go. 

Mmmm, Yes! Is the result of Springer’s 30 year practice as a multidisciplinary artist.  Her visual art has been exhibited in galleries nationally.  Her realization that fine art is often inaccessible

to many led her to founding her company.  She is the author of four collections of poetry, the most recent of which was published by Frayed Edge Press in 2018.  She resides in Pittsburgh, PA., where she home educates her child (also an entrepreneur.)

ABOUT THE HOST

Amy Ouzoonian is the host of WeConnect podcast. She is also CEO and Founder of MoodConnect, mood media app to be released Summer of 2021, and Maitri Wellness, a health and wellness discount directory. She is a yoga teacher, performance artist and author of several books of poetry, fiction and plays. Amy is originally from New York City, but has spent the past 10 years living and creating with her daughter in Phoenix, Arizona.  

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In this episode, Amy speaks with Courtney Weber, a Witch, author, Tarot adviser, and activist.

They discuss Courtney’s books, fringe culture, pagan history, her life journey, and review the worlds perspective on the kind of work and path Courtney chose to follow.

 

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Witchcraft and tarot started as personal hobby for Courtney but when she started doing open mics she discovered that people gravitated to her content that centred around this. This helped her make the decision to follow this momentum, she always found herself being drawn back to this world whenever she was trying to do something else, she knew this was her destiny.

Courtney is a self-confessed history nerd. She adores learning and gaining knowledge and facts that other people might deem as dull. This paired with her spiritual connection is what pathed the way for her specific niche. She understood it was important to take into account peoples personal spiritual journeys as well as the background and historical context.

How we are experiencing gods and goddesses today is vastly different to when they were first created. What they would consider to be moral, valuable or terrifying is very different to what we experience. It’s important to take this into account when applying meaning to our own personal stories and journeys.

So much about Irish history and culture is buried within their language which was suppressed by their oppressors in history. Once you recognise this and use it to aid your understanding you can discover so much more.

Older generations, particularly marketers, seem to have the impression that gen z are a party generation that are selfish. But this couldn’t be further from the truth, they are a generation that are ethical, genuine, like connection and are very mindful.

We can criticise social media for many things but one great advantage and positive impact it has had, is the ability to be able to see other peoples perspective, values and way of life. You get a lot more exposure to how other people think and how they live their lives differently to you.

BEST MOMENTS 

“It gave me an insight into what art was calling for me”

 

“Gods are always a reflection of human experience”

 

“It’s important people get good information about the history of what they do and be given permission to have their own personal experience and have that validated”

 

“You definitely connect with readers and paint a very honest and authentic painted picture of yourself”

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ABOUT THE GUEST

Courtney Weber is a Witch, author, Tarot adviser, and activist. She is the author of Brigid: History, Mystery, and Magick of the Celtic Goddess and Tarot for One: The Art of Reading for Yourself,  and the forthcoming The Morrigan: Celtic Goddess of Magick and Might and the forthcoming Hekate: Goddess of Witches. She is a co-host of That Witch Life podcast. She has been  featured in Maxim, Playboy, Huffington Post, Vice, and the Thom Hartmann Show.  Visit her online at www.courtneyaweber.com.

ABOUT THE HOST

Amy Ouzoonian is the host of WeConnect podcast. She is also CEO and Founder of MoodConnect, mood media app to be released Summer of 2021, and Maitri Wellness, a health and wellness discount directory. She is a yoga teacher, performance artist and author of several books of poetry, fiction and plays. Amy is originally from New York City, but has spent the past 10 years living and creating with her daughter in Phoenix, Arizona.  

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In this episode, Amy speaks with Andrieh Vitimus, an author, magician and teacher living in Toronto Canada.

Andrieh’s vocation is in energy work including reiki and he has a keen interest in Buddhism and Buddhist concepts. He also owns his own acupuncture practice.

 

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Both Andrieh and Amy are advocates for the benefits and healing of acupuncture.

Once you realised both space and time are illusions, then you can work on just healing yourself.

Your point of view is the only thing that matters in energy work. You need to be open to these unique ways of healing. If you are willing to try you can measure what things work for you and how.

We all have days when we struggle, if we can get our minds in the right place to solve our problems life suddenly becomes easier to live, especially when we are faced with hard times. One way to do this is through meditation or hypnosis, you can train your mind to help you in life.

The opposite to fear is love. On a very basic level love is like a fuel that powers us, a connection that gives someone the energy to create.

It can be a frightening concept that you are solely responsible for all of your reactions. But ultimately this is the truth and if you can gain control over how you react to different things that you can steer your life in the way you choose, you have the ultimate control. It means you can find positivity and solutions when you come up against a problem and lead you to have control over many situations too.

 

BEST MOMENTS 

“I’m a scientist at heart”

 

“Acupuncture was the only thing that really helped me”

 

“Space and time are illusions”

 

“All these tools can change you and by changing you, you can be more successful”

 

“You have to take responsibility for your own reactions”

 

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Andrieh Vitimus has been a practicing magician in multiple systems for over twelve years. He has taught metaphysical classes at Alchemy Arts in Chicago and at conventions including Aeon, Ancient Ways, Real Witches Ball, ConVocation, and Sirius Rising.

 

Vitimus is author of the modern magical classic Hands on Chaos Magic: Reality Manipulation Through the Ovayki Current, also published in Magick on the Edge anthology, the Manifesting Prosperity anthology, The Pop Culture Anthology and the Best of Konton Magazine anthology. Vitimus is holds the highest initiatory rank in Haitian Vodou, that of Hougan Asogwe,, is a Usui and Karuna Reiki Master, and NLP practitioner and a licensed hypnotherapist.  Currently, Andrieh Vitimus is faculty at Peter Carroll’s Arconorium College.  Andrieh is the host of the international successful radio show, Deeper down the Rabbit Show (ddtrh.com) and has taught at conventions across the Midwest including Starwood, Sirius Rising, Babylon Rising, Convocation, Real Witches Ball, various Pagan Prides and more.

 

Currently, he is the founder of the Quantum Life Science Institute, a life-improvement and mystery metaphysical school teaching both metaphysics and life skills. Get more info at http://quantumlifescience.com/

 

ABOUT THE HOST

Amy Ouzoonian is the host of WeConnect podcast. She is also CEO and Founder of MoodConnect, mood media app to be released Summer of 2021, and Maitri Wellness, a health and wellness discount directory. She is a yoga teacher, performance artist and author of several books of poetry, fiction and plays. Amy is originally from New York City, but has spent the past 10 years living and creating with her daughter in Phoenix, Arizona.  

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Today Amy speaks with Alisha Small, a podcaster, entrepreneur, coach, speaker and a wife and mother.

They talk about self-care, being a parent and how you are your greatest advocate; be authentic, grateful and always remember you can make the best decisions for yourself, you have the power of choice.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Everything is a choice, we often underestimate the power of the choices we are able to make and our autonomy over our own decisions.

When Alisha first had her children, she knew her life wasn’t fulfilled career wise but she had accepted that she was working in a job that wasn’t what she desired and put her own dreams aside. Her husband asked one day if she could live with never going after her dreams. Alisha reflected on this for quite some time, it upset her but she then started to recognise that she was operating in a sense of fear and had low self-esteem.

After an incident at work she decided that she no longer wanted someone else to be in control of her and her family’s destiny. She knew that she wanted to help other parents, it was the start of the next chapter of her and her family’s life.

Alisha started her company Keyz Kloset  and after this was successful she worked on her personal development further and was then able to go on to start two more businesses, Dreamer Transportation Services, and the Living Fulfilled Company.

Amy and Alisha agree that there is a plan for us all, nothing happens by accident. You have to work with the decisions you make in any scenario. 

BEST MOMENTS 

“I was instantly drawn into your authenticity”

 

“Never again with someone have the power to change the trajectory of me and my family again”

 

“The opposite of fear is love”

 

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ABOUT THE GUEST

Alisha is a mother, wife, entrepreneur, coach, speaker, and Brooklyn, NY native. She is the CEO/Founder of Keyz Kloset, Dreamer Transportation Services, and the Living Fulfilled Company.

Through the investment of her own personal development and life struggles, she discovered her passion for the mental health, advancement, and empowerment of other girls, and women. This passion birthed the Living Fulfilled Company at the end of 2019.

The  Living Fulfilled Company provides personal development coaching and resources to young women all over the world. Alisha’s mission is to transform the lives of women by shifting their mindset so that they can find their purpose, and live fulfilled in all areas of their

lives.

In addition to Entrepreneurship Alisha volunteers her time and serves as a mentor with Women who Create and other organizations.

 

ABOUT THE HOST

Amy Ouzoonian is the host of WeConnect podcast. She is also CEO and Founder of MoodConnect, mood media app to be released Summer of 2021, and Maitri Wellness, a health and wellness discount directory. She is a yoga teacher, performance artist and author of several books of poetry, fiction and plays. Amy is originally from New York City, but has spent the past 10 years living and creating with her daughter in Phoenix, Arizona.  

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Today Amy speaks with Ingrid Katz Lucas, a speech pathologist and expert in children’s nutrition. Katz gives parents the tools to help their children have a better relationship with their food and lead healthier lives. There are learnings for us all, even as adults, in what Ingrid teaches, listen in today to find out more about our relationship with food and how much effect this has on so many elements of our lives.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Amy has a background in working with children with medical issues and after having her own children she started to question why we were teaching children to eat so many processed foods when we know factually they contribute to various physical, mental and health problems. She became more self-educated and took nutritional courses so she could help her clients more effectively as well as her own children.

Sleep can have a direct effect on nutrition. If a child, or adult, doesn’t have good quality sleep they will then crave sugary, salty and fatty foods.

Young children need their curiosity sparking with food, it’s perfectly acceptable to let them be creative and play with their food when they are young, at this age everything is decided by how it is presented to them. This is also why advertising can be so effective, that’s what we are competing with, so’ make the carrot fun’ in a way your child will react to.

Kids who help grow their own fruit and vegetables are five times more likely to then eat that type of fruit or vegetable.

Children want to have choice and control and one of the first things they realise they can control is their food, which is why it is so often a bit of a battle. Eating also affects all your different senses so there are so many elements at play. It’s easy for it to snowball.

BEST MOMENTS 

“We are starting to understand the connection between the gut and our own emotional wellbeing”

 

“For the first time in history our children are not expected to outlive us in terms of age”

 

“We live in a world where we are so disconnected from where our food comes from”

“Kids learn from kids”

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ABOUT THE GUEST

Ingrid Katz Lucas is a speech pathologist and the author of "Feeding Your Picky Eater."  Course and subtitle for the book, "The 3 Most Effective Steps to Target Picky Eating."  Learn what's in your child's processed foods, how to take control of mealtime, and health hacks to improve your child's health IMMEDIATELY.

 

To learn more, visit her page https://www.feedingyourpickyeater.com/ingrid-lucas-sales-page-updated1614788317406?fbclid=IwAR0A0Q3Ho2tu9ihjZFyS4Ud2gJcARmfUM1Pxwcrx2Ql2RyuWvzD8QxSovN4  

ABOUT THE HOST

Amy Ouzoonian is the host of WeConnect podcast. She is also CEO and Founder of MoodConnect, mood media app to be released Summer of 2021, and Maitri Wellness, a health and wellness discount directory. She is a yoga teacher, performance artist and author of several books of poetry, fiction and plays. Amy is originally from New York City, but has spent the past 10 years living and creating with her daughter in Phoenix, Arizona.  

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Today Amy speaks with Anne Ravanona, a Gender Diversity Activist, Influencer, International Speaker, Consultant, Founder and CEO of Global Invest Her!

They discuss investment, mindset, equality and much more.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

If you're a female founder or co-founder and you're looking for a network that can help you to find funding, look no further, Global Invest Her is an amazing network that can help you to pitch to investors and get funding!

Anne believes it’s so important to recognise and be in touch with your feelings, she supports what Amy is doing at We Connect 100% and thank goodness in the world now we are becoming more aware of our mental health and its importance.

Anne started her career in marketing and then moved into HR comms and employer branding. She had her first child, took a career break but then when she had her second child she was approached by a friend about starting up a company that would assess employee satisfaction.

Those of us who are curious need to stay that way. Anne is a life-long learner and is always curious!

Anne always knew she wanted to be an entrepreneur. It didn’t quite happen the way she planned and the death of her brother helped her re-evaluate life and move forward to where she wanted to be and achieve what it is she wanted from life. She decided she needed to help women in business and in doing so help fix problems globally.

Gender equality and feminism is extremely important to Anne. She discovered her biggest value was these beliefs and her passion to change things.

Anne is working incredibly hard for equality for women economically and particularly in the investment world.

BEST MOMENTS 

“The mission you are on right now is so amazing”

 

“I’m playing the long game, it’s not just me who is gonna solve it, it’s together and it’s a question of how can we mobilise public awareness, care and resources to help change this problem”

 

“Men and women are different, we see the world differently and spot and see different problems and see different solutions; we are perfectly complimentary”

 

“Having more women investors is key”

 

“I want to be at the table with world leaders to make this change”

 

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ABOUT THE GUEST

Anne Ravanona is a Gender Diversity Activist, Influencer, International Speaker, Consultant, Founder & CEO of Global Invest Her. She believes that Women Entrepreneurs are the greatest untapped resource to re-ignite the global economy today. When we rebalance Access to Finance towards more women entrepreneurs, we will unleash so much talent and growth.

 Global Invest Her  the go-to platform and online community for early-stage women entrepreneurs that demystifies funding & helps them get investor-ready, to get funded faster.

Anne's mission is to get 1 Million Women Entrepreneurs Funded by 2030 (#1MillionInvesHers), to help close the $1.7 Trillion Gender Funding Gap. A dynamic and passionate women’s advocate with over 25 years experience in global business, she is a TEDx internationational speaker and advises Fortune 500 companies on Gender Diversity as a Consultant. She was recently named on the Top 100 Influencers in Gender Equality and Diversity ,​​ Top 30 French Tech Influencers to follow on Twitter​ . She has advised President Macron of France on women’s economic empowerment for the Generation Equality Forum and was President of the Jury for the Simone Veil Prize for Gender equality two years in a row.

Anne is a regular, acclaimed speaker at conferences worldwide, to raise awareness and help change unconscious bias to increase Access to Funding for women entrepreneurs - ’the greatest untapped resource to re-ignite the global economy’.  An entrepreneur herself, Anne is very active in the global startup world, including as a Entrepreneur In Residence at INSEAD, judge at pitch competitions, mentor and speaker at StartupWeekend Women, C-suite Advisor at Astia and advisor to several tech startups.

Anne contributes regularly to the Huffington Post, showcasing great women entrepreneurs, investors and leaders through her Trailblazing Women Series and has received the following recognition for her work.

http://www.anneravanona.com/

https://www.globalinvesther.com/

ABOUT THE HOST

Amy Ouzoonian is the host of WeConnect podcast. She is also CEO and Founder of MoodConnect, mood media app to be released Summer of 2021, and Maitri Wellness, a health and wellness discount directory. She is a yoga teacher, performance artist and author of several books of poetry, fiction and plays. Amy is originally from New York City, but has spent the past 10 years living and creating with her daughter in Phoenix, Arizona.  

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