Women Making Moves

Embracing Resilience: Amanda Sung on Her Journey from Memoir to Fiction

In this episode of Women Making Moves, host Amy Pons sits down with Amanda Sung, a Taiwanese Canadian writer, to discuss her new book, 'How to Break a Girl.'

Amanda delves into her journey of fictionalizing her memoir, aimed at resonating with women, especially immigrants, facing various life adversities. She shares her personal struggles, family history, and insights on the resilience of women.

Amanda also talks about her upcoming book tour and the importance of community support among women. The episode highlights the significance of storytelling in reflecting and confronting life's harsh realities, and how these stories can provide a safe space for readers to find solace and strength.

00:00 Introduction and Guest Welcome

00:21 Amanda Sung's Background and Achievements

01:33 The Journey of 'How to Break a Girl'

02:20 Challenges and Themes in the Book

05:32 Personal Reflections and Experiences

15:33 The Role of Therapy and Coaching

20:18 Upcoming Book Tour and Future Plans

23:18 The Power of Fiction and Storytelling

27:58 Encouragement for Aspiring Writers

31:24 Closing Remarks and Gratitude

Support Amanda by following her on TikTok, purchasing her book on Amazon, giving her a review on GoodReads, and visiting her website.

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Women Making Moves is for personal use only and general information purposes, the show host cannot guarantee the accuracy of any statements from guests or the sufficiency of the information. This show and host is not liable for any personal actions taken.

Advocating for Women’s Health: An Interview with Brittany Biggett-Heeren

In this episode of Women Making Moves, Amy Pons, founder of Unlock the Magic and facilitator of Magic School, engages in a meaningful conversation with Brittany Biggett-Heeren.

Brittany, an advocate for women’s health and wellness, shares her journey from pursuing medicine to creating PVF Tribe, a community dedicated to fitness and mental health for pregnant and postpartum women.

The discussion highlights the systemic challenges faced by women, particularly women of color, in healthcare and emphasizes the importance of energy, advocacy, and individualized care. Brittany shares insights on how healthcare providers can better support diverse populations and underscores the necessity for a supportive community. The episode closes with encouraging words, reminding listeners to protect their own light while advocating for change.

00:00 Introduction and Guest Welcome

00:21 Brittany's Journey and Advocacy

02:14 Challenges in Women's Health

04:12 Corporate Life and Personal Well-being

07:48 Generational Differences in Work Culture

12:03 The Awakening and Transition

18:56 PVF Tribe and Wellness Initiatives

22:06 The Role of Coaches in Healthcare

22:51 Individualized Care and Social Determinants of Health

24:15 The Importance of Listening to Women in Healthcare

25:53 Energy and Mental Health in Maternal Care

28:51 Challenges of Skin Tone in Healthcare

35:05 Advocating for Yourself in Healthcare

39:04 Building a Support System Outside the Healthcare System

42:03 Final Thoughts and Closing Remarks

Find and support Brittany on Instagram, Threads, and TikTok - @PVF_Tribe or on her website.

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Women Making Moves is for personal use only and general information purposes, the show host cannot guarantee the accuracy of any statements from guests or the sufficiency of the information. This show and host is not liable for any personal actions taken.

Empowering Women Through Financial and Spiritual Alignment with Treasa Moran

In this episode of Women Making Moves, Amy Pons, founder of Unlock the Magic Coaching, converses with Treasa Moran, founder of Anchor Point Wealth Advisors.

Treasa emphasizes the significance of financial empowerment for women, integrating psychology into financial decision-making. They discuss the role money plays in emotional and spiritual well-being, and the importance of women taking control of their financial futures.

Treasa also shares insights from her extensive career in the financial services industry and highlights the importance of self-reflection and holistic approaches to money management.

Amy adds her perspective on spiritual entrepreneurship and the importance of energetic alignment. Together, they stress the need for women to be more mindful and proactive about their finances, especially in the face of challenges and life transitions.

00:00 Introduction to Women Making Moves

00:18 Meet Treasa Moran: Financial Advisor Extraordinaire

02:11 The Importance of Financial Empowerment for Women

02:31 Personal Money Stories and Beliefs

04:19 Navigating Financial and Emotional Well-being

08:40 Entrepreneurship and Financial Independence

10:57 Challenges and Triumphs in Career Transitions

18:20 Practical Financial Advice for Aspiring Entrepreneurs

20:58 Exploring the Psychology of Money

22:01 Empowerment Through Financial Freedom

23:07 Understanding Your Truth Center

24:24 Connecting Money and Chakras

27:15 The Importance of Holistic Health

28:42 Navigating Retirement and Life Transitions

30:31 The Role of Women in Financial Empowerment

37:16 Balancing Reality and Delusion in Finances

38:30 Encouraging Financial Awareness in Partnerships

40:35 Final Thoughts on Financial Empowerment

Connect with Treasa on LinkedIn or visit her website to find out more!

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Women Making Moves is for personal use only and general information purposes, the show host cannot guarantee the accuracy of any statements from guests or the sufficiency of the information. This show and host is not liable for any personal actions taken.

In this episode of Women Making Moves, Amy Pons speaks with Lori Lalonde, founder of 'Her Executive Ascent', about her career journey from tech to building a leadership accelerator for senior women. They explore the systemic challenges women face in corporate environments, the importance of maintaining personal values in leadership roles, and the evolving workplace dynamics influenced by generational differences.

Lori shares her experiences of advocating for work-life balance, the necessity of being a change-maker, and the significance of supportive communities. They also discuss the ethical concerns around AI and the critical need for due diligence in digital spaces, highlighted by recent changes in LinkedIn's terms of use. The episode emphasizes the power of women supporting women and the urgent need for progressive leadership practices.

Find Lori at https://herexecutiveascent.com and follow her on LinkedIn.

Thank you for tuning in to Women Making Moves, please be sure to rate and follow on your favorite podcast platform and follow along on Instagram. Visit Amy at Unlock the Magic and be sure to follow her on Instagram and LinkedIn.

Women Making Moves is for personal use only and general information purposes, the show host cannot guarantee the accuracy of any statements from guests or the sufficiency of the information. This show and host is not liable for any personal actions taken.

Alexis Frank shares her journey as a biracial woman, mother, hip hop dancer, and advocate for women’s empowerment.

The conversation explores breaking free from systems, redefining success, and the importance of self-acceptance. Alexis and Amy reflect on personal growth, setting boundaries, and the power of choosing oneself.

The episode covers parenting, body positivity, and raising children to be free from societal expectations. Marketing and business: Alexis explains her approach to ethical marketing, rejecting manipulative tactics, and honoring clients’ autonomy.

The importance of human design, intuition, and respecting individual decision-making processes in business and life. Alexis introduces her Institute of Unlearning and her new masterclass for projectors in business.

The conversation closes with advice on unsubscribing from systems that don’t serve you, practical tips for reclaiming your energy, and where to find Alexis online.

Check out Alexis' work and support her by following at:

• Instagram: @lexipcoaching

• TikTok: @femmefranktank
• Threads: Linked to Instagram
• LinkedIn: Alexis Frank
• Website: https://thefccoach.com

Thank you for tuning in to Women Making Moves, please be sure to follow and rate on your favorite podcast platform and follow along on Instagram. Visit Amy at Unlock the Magic, and follow on Instagram and LinkedIn.

Women Making Moves is for personal use only and general information purposes, the show host cannot guarantee the accuracy of any statements from guests or the sufficiency of the information. This show and host is not liable for any personal actions taken.

When you know better, you do better, right? Thank you, Maya. That's exactly what Bridgette Washington had in mind when she created RaveVenn app that will bring folks 18-29 together in solidarity to understand the type of democracy they're creating.

RaveVenn, available now in Google Play and next week in all other stores, is a place where you simply plug in your zip code and find out about local and national elections, news, and also how your lawmakers are voting. With more and more young people getting fed up with the way things are going, there must be something understood - opting out of this particular democracy doesn't ensure the one that you want is created, it simply creates more of what you don't want.

Get involved. Run for office. Advocate for humanity. We're in this together and RaveVenn is the place to begin. Want to be a tester of the app? Go to https://ravevenn.com/; fund Bridgette Washington at https://gofund.me/38bdf63b and follow Bridgette on TikTok @ravevenn or email her at [email protected]

Thank you for tuning in to Women Making Moves, please be sure to subscribe to and rate on your favorite podcast platform, and follow along on Instagram. Visit Amy at Unlock the Magic, and follow on Instagram and LinkedIn.

Women Making Moves is for personal use only and general information purposes, the show host cannot guarantee the accuracy of any statements from guests or the sufficiency of the information. This show and host is not liable for any personal actions taken.

Content warning - episode contains reference to and personal experience of domestic violence and sexual assault.

Who were you before the patriarchy and white supremacy told you who to be? Karen Fleshman is an activist and the Founder of the Interracial Sisterhood Coalition - she is bringing together ALL of the women of the world to remember how to navigate relationship and understanding of each other so that we can genuinely create the existence that is every single person's birthright.

Hatred wants us to divide and separate, to be alone, to feel disengaged so that we don't organize. That's not the ask right now, it's to find yourself and to find your community so that you can actually, truly be the change you wish to see.

During this time of great deconstruction, the path is being cleared so that we can create that new. Be open, be curious, and set your ego aside so that you can find your own innate brilliance, and also your own personal work to get to the place we all deserve.

Join the Interracial Sisterhood Coalition; Subscribe to the Interracial Sisterhood Coalition Newsletter and Receive Our "Guide to Interracial Sisterhood"; attend the Interracial Sisterhood Retreat in Barbados November 6-10 2025; enroll in "Becoming Trustworthy" small group coaching program for white women who want to earn women of color's trust, and follow Karen Fleshman on LinkedIn. Also - call this number to tell them to release the files...202-224-3121.

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Does this sound familiar to anyone in the workplace? It feels calculated, it feels intentional, it feels...like you're being pushed out. The number of women being pushed out of the mainstream workplace will reach 1 million this year - and often when it looks like she has voluntarily left, it was actually a planned takedown.

So what is the planned takedown? Anywhere from 12-24 months, there begins to be a mobilization facilitated by someone in authority around both your day to day duties, and also your overarching responsibilities. There may begin to be questioning around your work or the value of it, when not long ago you had been receiving praise.

The workplace was designed by white men for white men, and each day, organizations are becoming quite unabashed and unapologetic about their true desires. This transcends gender, and into the generational gaps that are being formed by younger generations who refuse to maintain the status quo of oppression. The solution, begin documenting, and get talking to one another.

Follow Shannon on LinkedIn as she prepares to publish this data and this book.

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How is your hormone health supported in your workplace, or is it at all? Lou Furby is setting the standard, along with UK law to establish what Menopause support looks like in the workplace. Her infamous "MenoTalk", an accredited organization within her workplace is to not only supply menopausers with the tools and benefits, but also the support. Unlike other employee resource groups, the members don't have to "do" anything, they just need to show up and be themselves.

Often when menstruators are facing perimenopause or menopause, they're turned away from doctors, peers, and managers as we are still fairly new at understanding both the symptoms (since it varies by every single human) but also how to adequately support this stage in life when women seemingly restart puberty all over again.

Right now, MenoTalk is only available at SpecSavers, Lou's employer, but wait until she white labels it and delivers it to every organization worldwide! You don't have to reinvent the wheel, Lou has done the heavy lifting and you get to simply receive and implement it in your own workplace.

Connect with Lou on LinkedIn, or email her at [email protected]

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Women Making Moves is for personal use only and general information purposes, the show host cannot guarantee the accuracy of any statements from guests or the sufficiency of the information. This show and host is not liable for any personal actions taken.

What does it take to be a "good boss"? We all say it, that we'll never do XYZ that a boss did in the past, I"ll never be like that, etc. and then, as we navigate the oppressive systems in the workplace dating back to the days when auto manufacturing began, we find ourselves (oopsily) regurgitating the same problematic behavior that we swore we'd never do.

In this episode, the ultimate workplace change champion, Mita Mallick shares insights from her new book, 'The Devil Emails At Midnight: What Good Leaders Can Learn From Bad Bosses'. We explore the ways that we experienced "bad bosses" but also, how we in fact were the bad boss at one point in our careers.

Through incredible storytelling, similar to her first book, 'Reimagine Inclusion: Debunking 13 Myths to Transform Your Workplace', Mita shares her 12 worst bosses, and number 13 is her, in 'The Devil Emails At Midnight: What Good Leaders Can Learn From Bad Bosses'. We're not dwelling in what went wrong, we're sharing stories and examples to plant thoughts for how leaders can take just one behavior and change it, as early as tomorrow.

Find Mita on LinkedIn and her website; pre-order 'The Devil Emails at Midnight' and also be sure to order 'Reimagine Inclusion'.

Thank you for tuning in to Women Making Moves, please be sure to follow and rate on your favorite podcast platform and follow along on TikTok and Instagram. Visit Amy at Unlock the Magic and follow on LinkedIn, TikTok, and Instagram.

Women Making Moves is for personal use only and general information purposes, the show host cannot guarantee the accuracy of any statements from guests or the sufficiency of the information. This show and host is not liable for any personal actions taken.