Elegant Warrior Podcast with Heather Hansen Heather Hansen

Former CEO, Alisha Fernandez Miranda, shares the life lessons she learned when she decided to quit her career and spend a year taking unpaid internships at the dream jobs of her childhood. 
 
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How she was molded by the example of immigrant parents
How she overcame the guilt of wanting something more
How making a “selfish” decision made her a better wife and mom
 
Alisha’s book recommendation: Women Are the Fiercest Creatures, by Andrea Dunlop
 
Alisha’s book, My What If Year
Her website, alishafmiranda.com
Instagram, @alishafmiranda
Podcast, Quit Your Day Job with Alisha Fernandez Miranda
 
~ ABOUT ALISHA  ~
 
Alisha Fernandez Miranda is a Cuban-American, born and raised in Miami who has spent her adult life in New York and London and is currently based in Scotland. Alisha is the ex-CEO and current Chair at I.G. Advisors, an award-winning social impact intelligence agency that consults to the world’s biggest non-profits, companies and foundations on their philanthropy and social impact.
Alisha the author of My What If Year, which details her year of unpaid internships in the dream jobs of her childhood. The book follows Alisha on her quest to figure out what might have happened if her life had taken a different path. Alisha and her story have been featured on Good Morning America, CNN, MSNBC and as one of People’s Best New Books.
 

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Do you believe there is value in selfishness? In this episode, I will be making the case on why you should choose selfishness.
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The stigma behind selfishness My personal experience of how not choosing myself negatively impacted my relationship 3 steps to work on your “selfishness muscle” Sign up for my email list and receive my 3 Tips to Ask Someone to Advocate for You here!
 
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Maddy Ellberger, DBT therapist , explains the difference between CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) and DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) and how you can use both in your daily life.
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Collecting evidence vs creating it How mindfulness feeds into DBT And vs. But, Could vs. Should What three questions you should ask yourself multiple times a day Maddy’s book recommendation: Maybe You Should Talk To Someone, by Lori Gottlieb
 
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Instagram, @millennialmindfulnessdoc
Website, downtownbehavioralwellness.com/ 
  
 
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We’ve all had moments where we would’ve benefited greatly from someone advocating on our behalf. But why is it so difficult to ask someone to toot our horn for us? I’ll share some tips on how to ask someone to advocate for you, and how to be a better advocate for others.
 
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What it means to go from a witness to an actor How to determine what your advantages are and how to use them to advocate for someone else Why questions beat assumptions How listening plays an important role both in being an advocate and asking someone to advocate for you  
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f you are marketing your business, your product, or even yourself for an opportunity, how can you earn the trust of your audience? The award-winning branded content creator and author Melanie Deziel shares how you can provide the proof needed to build trust.
 
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How to take the journalist approach of “show, don’t tell”, and apply it to marketing How to decide what’s relevant when providing proof Why we as consumers tend to be more skeptical of subjective claims vs objective  
Mel’s Book Recommendation: Everybody Writes, 2nd Edition by Ann Handley
 
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Book, Prove It: Exactly How Modern Marketers Earn Trust, by Melanie Deziel & Phil Jones
Website, storyfuel.co
LinkedIn, @MelanieDeziel
Instagram, @meldeziel 
 
About Melanie Deziel:
As a keynote speaker, author, and award-winning branded content creator, Melanie has spent her career developing the skills to think differently and discover new ways to engage audiences through content. She has developed and taught graduate-level content marketing courses for both Fairleigh Dickinson University and City University of New York, and frequently guest-lectures for the many universities that use her books as texts.
In addition to delivering keynotes, leading workshops, and coaching clients on organized creativity, Melanie is also the co-founder of both The Convoy and GroupUps, B2B marketplaces that help small businesses save money so they can invest more in themselves and their communities. She advises multiple other startups and also serves as a judge for several industry awards.
 
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You may not realize it, but in nearly every aspect of life, you make a case either to yourself or others. I will share with you the tools for successfully making your case and getting what you want. 
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The powerful effect that belief has on your body, mind and heart Why you need to ask for the perspective of those you’re wanting to convince What it means to own the room  
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