The Amanda Bucci Show (Formerly Bucci Radio)

We are currently living in the age of the "Expert;" where everyone is an authority, but we're all afraid to be a human. This is creating a culture of disembodiment for fear of not living up to the impossible standards of credibility set by our social media culture. Instead of fully embodying and living authentically to be in service of others, we are instead focused on appearing as the polished expert to our audience.

Today's guest is Spiritual Leader and WOC Advocate, Devi Brown.

Devi and I met at my spiritual psychology program as USM, and she has been an absolute ANGEL to get to know!

Devi serves as Chief Impact Officer at Chopra Global and is a passionate advocate for Women of Color in wellness. She is a master wellbeing educator who blends the tenants of primordial sound meditation, spiritual psychology, energy healing, ritual and deep intuitive understanding in her work. Devi is devoted to spiritual connection meant to aid in the healing of generational trauma with a presence that is rooted in sharing tangible healing modalities in support of radical self-acceptance.

In today's episode, we discuss how we can become a fully embodied leader through healing and:

• How we are all a leader in some way
• Becoming a deeper level of one's self
• Generational trauma
• Spiritual narcissism
• Being forced to look at the shadows
• Getting familiar with barriers others face
• Your Brand vs. Full Embodiment
• The age of the "expert"
• Motivation vs. Inspiration for transformation

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As the 2020 Anti-Racism movement has progressed, people across the world are awakening to the truth of how systemic racism has repeatedly traumatized the Black community, creating global un-learnings and un-doings of the structures that keep white supremacy alive. But have we ever considered a psychological way to actually heal racism from the core, root level of each individual?

Today’s guest-- Dr. April Harter-- is the psychotherapist founder of the Racism Recovery Center. Her center provides psychotherapy to white people to address and heal their racism and racist behaviors. April has a unique approach to understanding racism on a personal level. As you all know, looking deeper at the trauma and life experiences had to uncover problematic and abusive behavior is deeply important to healing. April is in the midst of developing research for this process, and ideally--create evidence-based solutions to treat racism.

In this episode you’ll hear us discuss:

• The different types of racism
• Racism coming from the root of narcissism
• A psychological understanding of how narcissism, codependency, and racism relate.
• How performative allyship can become codependency
• Trauma-informed ways to heal and end racism
• Building intimacy with black people and POC through healing of racism
• Long term evidence based solutions to racism

MOMENTS:

• [7:48] April describes her process and how she began uncovering this type of work
• [12:00] April talks about healing her own trauma and racism
• [14:49] Defense mechanisms and racism not being trauma informed
• [18:09] Discovering that there are no therapists that treat racism
• [26:57[ Amanda asks April why people believe racism isn’t real?[34:11] April discusses treating narcissistic trauma
• [38:28] Codependency and narcissism, and the relationship between them
• [44:21] April breaks down Racism vs. White Supremacy
• [48:00] Amanda and April discuss performative allyship 
• [54:33] White people and their desire to be accepted by people with POC
• [58:22] Motivation through fear and shame and covert racism

QUOTES: "When therapists are trying to help people, we turn to evidence based practice. I was trying to find some type of theory or modality that would help white people and racism, and I literally found nothing."

"You can’t practice compassionate detachment unless you’ve had healing yourself." 

"White people tend to think that they are the exception. This reinforces denial that they have a problem."

We don't want to relate to darkness as bad or negative. As much as we want to be "high-vibe," "positive" and "energetic matches" for that which we desire--repression of darkness only festers more darkness.

When we don't ADDRESS or CONFRONT the shadow [be it our perceived "negative" or "positive" traits and qualities] it ends up unconsciously seeping through the cracks of our psyche into thoughts, emotions, and actions as a projection of the internal world in the external, material reality. When we do ADDRESS and CONFRONT our shadow, we can then integrate it into our being to become more whole--and gain agency and sovereignty over how we interact with it moving forward.

In this episode, we dive into each of the four entrepreneurial archetypes and their shadow side, plus tips on how to heal the shadow side and connect with the opposite archetypes to your advantage.

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Moments:

• [10:24] The Entrepreneur shadow side and traits
• [16:24] Steps to healing the Entrepreneur Shadow side
• [22:00] The Teacher shadow side and traits
• [27:50] Steps to healing the Teacher shadow side
• [30:17] The Coach shadow side and traits
• [33:00] Steps to healing the Coach shadow side
• [39:06] The Creator shadow side and traits
• [42:44] Steps to healing the Creator shadow side

Honesty and authenticity allows you to find your tribe, so long as you open yourself up to handling the pushback of polarization. Today’s guests--Erin Dimond and Jordan Dugger--are business coaches who are absolutely pro’s at sharing the authenticity of their personal life online and leading their tribe by example.

Erin Dimond and Jordan Dugger the “mom and dad” of their community -- two 7-figure entrepreneurs in the business + fitness space 

In today’s episode we cover:

• Using authenticity and connection to brand build 
• The power of personality tests in relationships and teams
• The parallels between relationships, sex, and business
• Strategically and vulnerably sharing your personal life 
• Using psychedelics as a growth tool
• The power of being polarizing
• Creating a team that kills it 
• Ego work for leaders

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Moments:

• 2:16- Jordan and Erin talk about how they struck up a friendship with Amanda and John
• 6:24- Jordan and Erin break down their personalities as individuals and as a couple in how they serve their communities
• 14:14- Discussing personality traits and the differences between them
• 15:00- Amanda asks Jordan what he has learned about Erin being herself
• 17:00- Visionaries vs. Implentors
• 21:38- Measuring your self worth on how much you can “do” in a day aka accomplishing tasks
• 25:00- Erin and Jordan talk sex and their dynamics in the bedroom
• 27:45- Amanda asks Jordan and Erin how they've used their relationship as a learning and teaching opportunity
• 35:54- Amanda asks Erin and Jordan what they are seeing in the fitness space right now and what they want people to receive from them
• 48:52- How Erin and Jordan use psychedelics to enhance their business and relationships
• 53:52- Normalizing psychedelic experiences with your audience
• 1:01- Amanda asks Jordan and Erin what conscious leadership means to them

We get to be leaders of what we want to see in the world.

We get to create what we see is missing.

And that’s exactly what you’ll learn how to do from today’s guest --Spiritual Business Coach and Strategist--Tori Washington.

Tori blends spirituality, business, and self-sovereignty, and civil rights in the most beautiful way.

In this episode, Tori helps us ask the really difficult questions on:

• How we can decolonize our businesses
• Access the truth of who we are as leaders underneath all of the programming
• Look at who we might be unconsciously excluding as coaches and marketers

You’ll hear us discuss:

• Being on the frontline of The Evolution
• Having integrity in all of our actions
• Focusing on impact over profit
• Starting fires with revolutionary content
• The energetics of masculine and feminine in marketing
• Niche Vs. Archetypes
• Decolonizing and creating safe containers within your offers.

Moments:

• [8:00] Tori tells us about her background and how she came into her over-arching world views.
• [10:42] Tori explains what revolutionary content is.
• [13:23] Creating anchors for pieces of content that are controversial.
• [15:30] Selling to the wounded feminine and how it’s causing harm.
• [22:47] Uniting and integrating the feminine and masculine energies.
• [27:55] Tori describes her own energy.
• [32:13] Tori explains her thoughts on the concept of “niche”
• [35:59] The concept of using an archetype vs. identifying a niche.
• [44:20] Breaking down the meaning of decolonizing your business

Quotes:

“Uncomfortable truths are ones we avoid. No one wants to be the one who brings them up. When we embrace an uncomfortable truth--a part of you dies.”

“The hustle is the flow. What would your business look like if both your feminine nd masculine energies were housed within you?

“Your energy is the strategy. It’s having a feminine mission and waking up with your masculine and getting to work.”

"My unconscious bias lived in my niche. Identifying your niche by design does not include people of color or types of humans."

How we show up matters. The people who are using their voices (you) are shaping the world RIGHT NOW.

This new season of Bucci Radio was created to support you in traversing the high-stakes landscape of digital entrepreneurship that calls upon us to be intentional leaders for our communities.

In this episode, we discuss taking responsibility for change, finding your voice, mirrors in our business and personal life, challenges we have to face to heal, and the 8 Principles of Conscious Leadership that can help us relearn how to better show up for our communities.

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Moments:

[9:15] We are human beings trying to figure out life

[10:30] Amanda examines how business vs personal life mirror each other

[12:00] Amanda discusses her process with choosing guests and the intention behind it in this season

[22:29] How Amanda showed up in her business as a leader in the last few years

[26:00] Staying in integrity as a leader and what happens when you're operating out of integrity

[29:57] Going through a healing journey personally and professionally

[31:55] Figuring out what we as leaders stand for and how to show up for our creations

[31:12] Principle 1: PATIENCE

[36:51] Principle 2: COMPASSION

[40:35] Principle 3: SAFETY

[43:45] Principle 4: INTEGRITY

[45:33] Principle 5: SELF RESPONSIBILITY

[49:29] Principle 6: HONESTY AND TRANSPARENCY

[51:33] Principle 7: OTHER ORIENTED

[53:11] Principle 8: ENERGY

Quotes:

"Loving yourself means loving all of yourself, even the parts of you that don't have it all figured out."

There are just those moments in life that you have a strong intuition that you have to do something immediately. When I walked with Cooper earlier, something connected in me. It might be because of the things that have been going on in my life, or some things really need to be done. We need to have a conversation about it.

Today, we'll be talking about the season of your brand energetics. Recently, I feel that my brand needs to have a shift, along with the changes that have been happening in the world, and me personally. It's time to move away from things that I've long been sinking in towards new things where my heart wants to be.

In this episode, we're going to deal with this change. When you're focused on too many distractions and drowned yourself in massive clutter, you tend to lose sight of what's important. My desire to scale the business has blinded me from seeing the necessity of putting energy on the things that matter. Looking at the numbers too much can literally drive you crazy! Am I still giving positive and valuable things to them? During our journey to the top, we still have to remember the people we serve.

After resting for too long in the pandemic, there's also a point where we have to start picking ourselves up and begin creating again! At the end of the show, I'll also be telling you what significant changes are in store for the podcast. I can't believe we've been doing this for three years now. It's about time for a well-deserved upgrade!

I'll catch you all again next time here on Bucci Radio. Stay safe!

IMPORTANT MOMENTS:

• [02:20] Having the intuition to do something and acting on that thought.
• [03:40] A major shift in my life. A challenging work environment and losing a solid foundation.
• [06:01] Paying attention to the shift from within. Shifting business models to the things that matter.
• [11:02] Being more energized to create new things again. Expect new things! Inviting the Divine Masculine back.
• [14:13] Accepting this new season of change and taking interest in new ideas.
• [19:19] What are you called to shift into? What are pretending not to know?
• [21:40] The new path for Bucci Radio Podcast. Putting energy in the right places.

Find out the details of the episode by listening to the full Bucci Radio episode on Spotify, iTunes, Google Play

We all go through different stages in our lives. Sometimes it's because we move to different places, an intentional shift in career, severe medical conditions, a loss in the family, or sometimes knowing that we've changed. Or, maybe we've just started to figure out who we really are.

Today's guest is my friend, Marie Wold. She is an influencer for eight years and has been through everything from having an anonymous Instagram account, winning bikini competitions, getting over 100K subscribers on YouTube, and now coaching people who are scaling to six figures.

In this episode, we'll get into Marie's younger years, why she started an anonymous Instagram account, the mistake of attaching your self-worth to social status, and growing around continuous feedback. After realizing she was only doing things only because it was expected of her and that it made the people around her happy, a switch flipped inside her. Marie also shares her experiences of finding her identity beyond the validation of others, loving being able to help other people, and removing herself from her past success in order to create one that has true purpose.

Find Marie Wold on Instagram @marieewold

Connect with Amanda on Instagram @amandabucci

IMPORTANT MOMENTS:

• [04:59] Going into social media as an anonymous person. Getting many followers at a time where being an influencer wasn't a thing.
• [08:36] Wanting to stay in the "cool" crowd but also craving for your own desires. The real-life Hannah Montana!
• [12:44] Figuring out how to be included and using it to feel safe.
• [15:20] Going into social media and leaving volleyball. Earning money while having fun.
• [17:30] What's going to make you fulfilled versus the desire to be accepted. It's hard to have your own voice when you get so much feedback.
• [23:50] Letting go of your identity. Sometimes you'll realize that the fire has been out for a long time!
• [27:28] Heading into a new direction in life. You can't keep leaning on validation.
• [31:12] Losing engagement on your brand and how long inner work takes. Sometimes getting to know yourself takes a while!
• [35:28] Getting so much attention, yet still feeling so alone.
• [37:50] The benefits of therapy. You can allow your emotions to happen, even when you see dog videos!
• [41:30] Removing yourself from an unhealthy environment, especially if your friends are there. It doesn't mean you hate them!
• [46:18] Taking a break from YouTube and turning to Instagram for now.
• [53:17] Using social media to get clarity in life, but relying first on who you are.

Find out the details of the episode by listening to the full Bucci Radio episode on Spotify, iTunes, Google Play

In this solo episode, I discuss my and my teams action plan for how we are going to move forward as anti-racist allies now and into the future. I'm looking forward to walking you through what we are doing internally to truly integrate these plans moving forward.

We walk through a transparent awareness of where I was at in my own process when everything began unfolding around the time of George Floyd's death, where I've made mistakes in the past, my plan within my team structure, on my platform, within collaborations, and in my personal life.

Team:

1. Conscious and Diverse Hiring for future team members
2. Diversity + Inclusivity Mentorship with Trudi LeBron
3. Conscious Spending on Black-Owned Businesses

Collaborations:

1. Saying no to speaking at events that don't have a diverse lineup
2. Connecting with and amplifying the voices of black creators, educators, and coaches

Platform:

1. Using my influence to share about Black Lives Matter on my podcast, stories, feed, and email.
2. Using my influence and voice to advocate for BIPOC and do the emotional labor online when there are racist, white supremacist, or racially charged posts from others.

Business Systems:

1. Creating a trauma-informed and consent-based sales and marketing process
2. Reviewing and editing marketing language and materials to ensure experiences of BIPOC are included, acknowledged, or displayed.
3. Re-Writing and Stating our company values:

• Inclusivity + Diversity

• Integrity

• Humanity Over Profit

• Internal and External Transformation

• Authentic Empowerment

• Open Communication and Safety

• Trauma-Informed

• Enjoyment

• Intimate Connection

• Internal Growth

Personal:

1. Having The Racism Conversations with White friends, colleagues, and family members
2. Personal inner work on dismantling my own white supremacy biases and racial prejudices
3. Transparently sharing where I'm at personally as I integrate more anti-racism lessons and learn more about my own patterns that perpetuate white supremacy.

MOMENTS

• [6:07] Amanda discusses how she grew up and her privileged experience
• [11:29] Amanda discusses staying in her comfort zone and not doing work to create more inclusion
• [15:00] Different types of activism
• [18:23] How anti-racism work has felt "hard" because we are not used to it
• [21:00] Collectivism vs individualism
• [21:56] Amanda goes through her team action plan inside of the business
• [24:00] Spending habits and buying and investing in Black owned businesses
• [30:40] Emotional capacity and using yours to speak up
• [32:00] How Amanda plans on bringing on more podcast guests to reflect diversity
• 36:00- How Amanda plans on managing future collaborations
• [40:00] Sales and Marketing consent
• [44:19] Educating others and showing up
• [48:43] How Amanda plans on being more transparent in her life and business
• [50:55] Some new team values and approaches moving forward

Resources:

Anti-Racism for Beginners: www.antiracismforbeginners.com

Racism Scale: www.racismscale.weebly.com

Me and White Supremacy:

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America.

Show Up and Serve for White Coaches

Spiritual Activism 101: Anti-Racism and other anti-racism resources

Have you ever found yourself projecting your feelings onto something or someone else? Have you wondered or judged what someone's true intentions were? You can feel when someone has an agenda and is not standing in truth for what they're looking for. We all are living in a constant stage of navigating our own triggers and recognizing our patterns, especially those of us on a self-healing journey.

Today's guest is my good friend--Adrian Ellison. Adrian and I met through social media back in December, and her energy was powerful, direct, and fierce. We quickly became friends, and I immediately knew I needed to learn from her. She's a self-healing and relationship expert and one of the most bold and confident people I know. She's a Coach, Speaker, and Retreat Leader who is a master at uncovering subconscious programs that run inside of us and helping others discover intimacy, sexuality, relationships, and self-expression.

In today's episode, we discuss directness in communication, how we can use directness as a defense mechanism, self-healing, boundary and shadow work, uncovering wounds and healing trauma, feeling "lost in the sauce", projections and intentions, understanding your triggers, layers of judgement, feeling energy lines, standing in truth, building a healing relationship container.

Find Adrian Ellison at @adrianellison on Instagram or @the.alpas.project for 1:1 Coaching. You can also find out more info by visiting https://www.feeling-free.com/events

MOMENTS

• [3:54] Amanda talks about how direct Adrian is and see other people's magic
• [5:05] Adrian discusses how directness has transformed her life in the past few years
• [8:16] Language vs. energy in communication and making others feel safe
• [10:43] Adrian runs through her story and her own self-healing journey
• [20:22] What does projection look like?
• [26:00] Adrian describes the meaning of "Clean Lines"
• [35:10] Standing in truth and benign authentic with your intentions
• [40:44] Adrian guides us through how to create a safe energy container within a relationship
• [47:28] Attracting something or someone unconsciously and how to pay attention to your patterns