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In 2009, a young student, Blythe Hill, challenged herself to wear a dress every day throughout December. Every December since, more people have joined Blythe's challenge, which has become an international cause fighting to end human trafficking. Blythe is now CEO/Founder of Dressember, a nonprofit currently raising millions to support trafficking victims and survivors worldwide. "Dressember is muc...

Taron Puri is a former Immigration Judge turned Podcaster, Author, Spiritual Guide, Mentor, and Healer specializing in connecting individuals, entrepreneurs, and organizations to Soul-lutions! Taron's Inside-Out strategy helps clients connect to their inner source. With his uncanny ability to identify the cause of stressful behaviors and their circumstances, Taron helps map out the best outcomes f...

Kristen Donnelly (MSW, M.Div, Ph. D.) is an award-winning, four-time TEDx speaker, international empathy educator, and researcher with two decades of experience in helping people understand the beauty in difference and the power of inclusivity. Kristen is a champion for social change and an expert on topics that include Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Intersectionality. "Both my brother and I we...

Ansa Edim entered the treacherous world of dating apps after her ten-year relationship ended in divorce — she was 28. Since then, Ansa’s been navigating single life as a self-proclaimed fat, black social activist — the ultimate unconventional match. Ansa shares how her dating horror stories have become great fodder for her award-winning stage performances and invaluable life lessons many women can...

Sasha Cagen is an executive and personal coach with a focus on women’s empowerment. She’s also the author of cult hit books Quirkyalone: A Manifesto for Uncompromising Romantics and To-Do List: What Our Lists Reveal About Us. Sarah was once a Silicon Valley startup founder who ran away to South America to listen to her body. “My career has been a series of creative projects, from books to companie...

Sunny Swearsky is a Sexual Assault Crisis Counselor, Reiki Master, and Life Coach. She is also a disruptor of the traditional medical model of healing from sexual abuse and trauma. Between the ages of 3 and 11, Sunny was sexually abused by an uncle. She repressed the memories until age 31. From her experience as a survivor, Sunny created her Living Light Program: a holistic, non-clinical program t...

Eliza VanCort's career took off in 2018 after a TEDx talk on Women, Power, and Revolutionizing Speech. The talk combined her compelling life story, which includes being kidnapped multiple times by her schizophrenic mother, with tools she developed to help women claim space in the world. Recently, Eliza launched her bestseller — A Woman's Guide to Claiming Space: Stand Tall. Raise Your Voice. Be He...

Sharon Hurley Hall is an anti-racism activist, educator, and author of I'm Tired of Racism. Her response to the murder of George Floyd was to commit herself to do her part to eliminate racism. Her first action is her twice-weekly online publication — Sharon's Anti-Racism Newsletter, where she shares her global experiences of racism and offers guidance for better allyship. Sharon is also a facilita...

Brooke Bralove is a Psychotherapist & Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Her goal is to help patients better understand themselves by developing insight into their thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. Brooke is also a Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator, a program based on the research of Dr. Brené Brown. "We examine the thoughts, emotions, and behaviours that hold us back while identifying new choices...

Nona Willis Aronowitz is a writer/editor/author. Her book Bad Sex is a memoir-social history blend that examines the enduring barriers to true sexual freedom. Nona has a biweekly sex and love advice column for Teen Vogue and has written for publications like the New York Times, The Cut, Elle, VICE, and Playboy. "At thirty-two years old, everything in my life, and America, was in extreme disarray....

There was a time in the life of Frances Jones when she considered herself damaged goods. “I felt unworthy because of my infertility and was tormented by negative thoughts and emotions. The worst part was that I didn’t know how to stop. Then a miracle happened: The crippling pain, heartache, and toxic thoughts associated with infertility no longer controlled my life and my self-esteem. I now coach...

After spending years battling a severe eating disorder and low self-worth, Marci Warhaft found the motivation to regain her health and reclaim her life. Before her recovery, Marci allowed shame from a challenging past to keep her from living life freely. Living in fear of being judged, she never felt she could ever be enough. She was wrong. After years of advocation for kids and parents, in 2007,...

Jacqueline Shaulis is the leading authority on communication-based personal leadership for intersectional introverts. As an introverted woman of color, she’s leveraged her challenging upbringing into becoming a transformational speaker, bestselling author, and executive coach & advisor to Fortune 500 executives…all while honoring her introversion. Jacqueline is the founder of Awesome Enterprises L...

Sidelined, How Women Manage & Mismanage Their Health, written by Susan Salenger, explores the cultural and medical history that has conditioned women not to act in their own best interest. She offers insights into the gender biases of the medical community and explores why women are misdiagnosed more often than men and why they are routinely omitted from clinical trials. Sidelined is Designed to h...

April Ebeling is a military veteran, an adoptive mom, and an award-winning musician. Her passion is creating experiences that make a difference in easing the stress levels in people’s lives, no matter their situations or where they live in the world! To that end, April developed a simple, straightforward, and practical meditation technique called Singalong Switch. Her inspiration came from trying...

There is a deeply held practice and belief that despite advances in sharing household tasks, women still carry the largest share of emotional labor for their families. What is emotional labor? Dr. Regina Lark, Speaker, Educator, and Author of Emotional Labor: Why A Woman's Work is Never Done and What To Do About It, has words for why women often feel taken for granted.

Sandra Wigg is a Foundational Life Coach who worked helping athletes to elevate their academic, athletic and personal performance. She now assists clients on their journey to reach their full potential and transform their life. "I have developed a successful Foundational Life Coaching philosophy that focuses on the effects of external performance-based approval. Equally important is shifting from...

Yvonne Silver is the Founder & CEO of Women & Wisdom Media, an in-demand Speaker, and Bestselling Author of Words, Women & Wisdom. Yvonne teaches ambitious female business founders and entrepreneurs how to gain unshakable confidence and use it to advance from Solopreneur to CEO. “Women often struggle with self-doubt, imposter syndrome, anxiety, and the frustration of unfulfilled dreams because the...

This episode of VBB is different from any other show. Heather and I are blessed; we speak with dozens of amazing women each year. But, in 2021, a past guest La Tonya Davison turned the tables on us. La Tonya is a Licensed Master Social Worker / Sociologist / Cultural Therapist / Stand-Up Comedian and host of the radio show Mental Speak Radio on the Fishbowl Radio Network — the largest personality-...

Liz Declan is a self-identified queer single mom with a seven-year-old daughter who does not identify with traditional gender binaries. Liz has her B.A. and M.A. in English from Temple University and teaches Writing and Literature at the university level. She is an MFA candidate at Bennington College, studies creative nonfiction, and is working on her memoir. But more impressive than her own accom...

Michelle Johns is a writer, entrepreneur, musician, worship leader, A Queer Girl after God's heart, and author of — God, A Lesbian, and the Space in Between. “Throughout my journey, I have faced many challenges in society, but as an out lesbian, I have never compromised my position nor been ashamed or afraid of being who I am. I have accomplished the highest level of peace and transparency with Go...

Closeted until his 20s, Award-winning blogger and author Lee Wind writes books today that would have dramatically changed his life as a young Gay boy. With his Master's Degree from Harvard, Lee commits to writing Cool Stuff For Queer Kids. His book "No Way, They Were Gay? Hidden Lives and Secret Loves" explores the hidden (and often surprising) Queer lives and loves of two dozen historical figures...

Anne-Marie Zanzal, a former ordained minister and hospice chaplain, is the founder and CEO of Coming Out & Beyond | LGBTQIA+ Support. #Anne-Marie provides affirming support to women in the LGBTQIA+ community, giving them a safe space to explore, discover and find their authentic voice. In addition, Anne-Marie offers women the tools and resources to authentically stand proud in who they are, from q...

Marie Beswick Arthur is a recipient of the Brendon Donnelly Award for Children’s Literature (poetry); also the Calgary Writers Association Short Fiction (short story). Marie works selflessly with countless clients and authors as a ghostwriter, editor, mentor, and coach, but she writes to change the world by telling the stories of neglected and resilient children. LISTEN FOR WATER is Marie’s profou...

As Founder, CEO, mindset coach, mama, lover of personal development, and student of life, Mallory McGary works with mom entrepreneurs to teach them how to shed their expectations of motherhood and step into their authentic identity. "Like you, I've looked in the mirror and thought that something was missing from my life. I have experienced feeling lost in who I am. My story is meant to inspire you...