The Raw Rah Beauty Podcast

Shonna Chiles has lived many lives in one lifetime. From NBA dancer to founder of Confidance Fitness, certified in yoga and reiki, currently a crystal energy specialist and owner of Cosmic Flora Crystal Co., she is a prime example of how you can evolve into a higher expression of yourself.

She begins taking us on her personal journey as a NBA dancer offering valuable insights on how she navigated the challenges of being in that environment. One of the challenges was preserving her personal identity while breaking out of the conditioning she received.  "One of the greatest gifts as an adult is the ability to re-parent ourselves and to see past the conditioning we experience through life," she says.

Choosing to align her inner calling to her career path allowed her to not only to evolve beyond her NBA career, it but also provided her the opportunity to form Confidance.  Her dance community simultaneously develops your dance skills, embraces and taps into your full badass-ness, while tuning into mental and energy wellness, transforming women all over the world.

As she started to take her self exploration further, she was then led into the world of metaphysics and crystal energy. She provides us with an easy explanation on crystals and its benefits.  Shonna further explains how the power of energetic connections to crystals helped catapult her to shift careers and refers using them as "Totems of Intention."  Today, she helps women understand how they can tap into their own energy and the energy of crystals.  "People might think I'm crazy but you can't care what people think because what they think will take you away from your personal journey. "

There are so many juicy nuggets in this episode that we can use to apply to our own personal evolution!! Maybe You were meant to listen and stumble upon this podcast! Cheers to your soul evolution!

-The Raw Rah

Founder and Ceo of Face Trace Beauty, Miss Illinois USA First Runner Up & Humanitarian Award Recipient, Author of "Real", and Media Personality, and single mother, Jennifer Christenson shows us how having gratitude during the most difficult times is courage. 

She battled a rare illness during pregnancy which put her in a position to learn how to survive for both her and her son.  She chose to see the challenges as proof she was alive and inspires women all over the world to "let gratitude be the leading force of our lives." Her experience through all stages of womanhood to being a single mom living a busy life inspired her to create an easy makeup application tool for women to feel their absolute best.   It has also inspired her to stress the importance of finding time for self-care.  She shares her secrets of self-care for busy women. In gratitude, we self-care to show up our best.  We discuss how self-care isn't over indulgent, its loving and embracing all parts of ourselves so we feel more confident, more beautiful.  

"When you derive your confidence from what makes you unique, you don't have to compare yourself."  With gratitude, Jennifer shares Face Trace Beauty App which is a free app that traces your own face, shows you how to enhance your best features and up your self-care game so you not only look beautiful, you feel beautiful!  Face Trace Beauty App launches this month May 2021!!!   Stay tuned and listen in!!

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Native South African Nutritionist, blood analyst, owner of Plenertude, creator of Plenertude Voice Podcast, Welmar Piernaar diagnosed his mother at the age of 15 after she spent a massive amount of money on medicine their family could not afford. "It was either food on the table or medicine, " says Welmar.  After years of money spent and declined health, he took it upon himself to study holistic approaches and wrote her a prescription on a small piece of paper at 15 years old.  Witnessing the rapid recovery of his mother inspired him into the world of nutrition and today he shares his wealth of knowledge with those around the world.   In this episode, he gives an easy explanation on the importance of caring for our 2nd Brain, the gut which often gets neglected and isn't addressed as often as it should.  Our gut fuels our instincts, our mind, our mood and the rest of our body.  He addresses 2 types of bacteria which and simplifies by labeling them,  "Good Wolf" and the "Bad Wolf".  "Which ever you feed, leads," he explains.  Understanding and nourishing your GUT/2nd Brain will lead to science based happiness and a healthy extended life.  "Why wait until something is wrong to self care?" proclaims Welmar.   In love, we self care.  In love, we educate ourselves to live the most resilient lives.  I've learned so much from Welmar and I wanted to share him with the world of beauty.  Enjoy!!!   For more info visit:  www.plenertude.co.za  https://anchor.fm/welmar2/episodes/Episode-One-The-Plenertude-Voice-Introduction-etdfcg

Head of Global Education for Christian Dior Makeup, Laurent Martin discusses growing up in France as a gay asian man who never foresaw beauty as a career.  He discusses how he embraces what he once hated in himself to become the person he is today. Through his tribulations, he has kept true to his DNA and essence.  In this episode, we discuss the necessity of human connection with others and within to win.  

Laurent is not afraid to be vulnerable and raw. You feel how comfortable he is in his own skin through this episode.  His insights are authentic and sincere.  

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If anyone knows about falling yet standing up taller and stronger after each stumble, it's Kia Baker.  Kia is an a female veteran, success coach for the London Real Academy, creator of the Female Veteran's podcast and Hot Topics, an author, is currently working on two documentaries, a single mother of 2 and a BADASS WOWMAN. Her beauty proceeds her roles and accomplishments.  In this episode, we hear the insights to serving in the Navy and military as a woman, how she overcame accusations of drug possession while in the navy to almost becoming homeless after her years of service.  

She is an absolute LEGEND OF THE FALL and continues to inspire and help not only female veterans but women all over the world.  1 of 4 women are survivors of military sexual trauma.  In her podcast, "Female Veteran's, " she speaks for the 3 of 4 women who have experienced assault and brings their stories to the forefront. 

 It would be a disservice to miss this episode. Her story shows us that WE can overcome anything.  

Visit: The Female Veterans Podcast to learn more 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-female-veterans-podcast/id1472618496

Take a deeper journey through the world and lens of guest, Nam Vo from her upbringing of immigrant parents to her beauty influencer world in New York today.  She was most recently chosen as a feature on Oprah Daily to share her story of the racism her parents experienced. She shares her learnings, adversities, and triumphs that led her to be who she is today.  "Self care is more than getting facials," says the Dewy Dumpling Queen.  It's self care for the Vajayjay, mind and soul.  In this episode, we get to know this beauty beyond her infamous skin, style and luscious hair!! 

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My first episode is a tribute to my very first memory and definition of beauty, my mother, Ngoc Nguyen.  My story begins with her journey of strength and adversity, which has carried through into my career in beauty and how I define the essence is deeper than the eye can see.