The Eff Your Fears Podcast

In this episode, Erika Stone chats with Ashley about adult coloring books, acting, CBD oil, Gloria Steinum, science, and "vulvacious" female "big dick energy," aka "tits up energy." Erika is an American actress and part of a mother-daughter team with J. Susan Cole Stone, who recently created and published two naughty but tasteful sex-positive adult coloring books, "When a Woman Loves a Man," and "When a Woman Loves a Woman." Want to order a coloring book? https://www.racheljanedesigns.com/ https://www.instagram.com/racheljanedesigns/ https://www.facebook.com/RachelJaneDesignsandBooks https://www.instagram.com/officialmillennialblack/

Welcome to The Eff Your Fears Podcast hosted by comedian, writer, actress, singer, and a resident ray of sunshine, Ashley Monique Menard. This is an inspirational mindset podcast for creatives dealing with anxiety, fear, and their own journey down the yellow brick road of showbiz. It's part "E(ff Your Fears) True Hollywood Stories" with an industry professional interview that teaches you about the business. Everyone has come on the show, from musicians, actors, directors, voice-over artists, influencers, reality shows stars, Broadway, Film, and TV.   

 In this episode, Ashley shares her top 5 fav plus size performers for April. She also chats it up with Dancer & Tik Tok Queen Mia Lana' Terry! The two cousins talk about body positivity, Lizzo and what being Tik Tok famous looks like. Mia shares her journey through growing her brand by being authentic and just having fun. Mia is a delicious breath of fresh air, and you have got to check out her Tik Toks! 

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For more on Ashley, go to  www.effyourfears.com

Welcome to The Eff Your Fears Podcast hosted by comedian, writer, actress, singer, and a resident ray of sunshine, Ashley Monique Menard. This is an inspirational mindset podcast for creatives dealing with anxiety, fear, and their own journey down the yellow brick road of showbiz. It's part "E(ff Your Fears) True Hollywood Stories" with an industry professional interview that teaches you about the business. Everyone has come on the show, from Musicians, Actors, Directors, Voice Over Artists, Influencers, Broadway Stars, and even people from The Voice.

In this episode, Ashley Monique Menard talks about the Web series. What are they? Have you created one? Do you have an idea but don't know where to start, or are you in the web series festival circuit already? Ashley brought in the Founder and executive director of the New Jersey Web Fest.  Neem advises young filmmakers as to how to get their work out there and how he deals with fear. Watch neemsthemes.com and submissions for web series end April 18th, 2021.  To submit your web series or fictional podcast, visit filmfreeway.com/njwebfest   

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More about Neem  His varied portfolio includes feature films, music videos, commercials, government PSAs, and short films, including his latest shorts "Home Invasion" and "Repentance," which stars Berto Colon - known for his roles on Orange Is the New Black, Gotham, and other mainstream shows. In addition to his film work, Neem previously served as editor-in-chief and lead writer for a fashion and entertainment magazine, where his contributions included: interviewing celebrities for his monthly artist profiles; overseeing all the writing aspects of the magazine; and writing regular monthly columns, including a film review and his observational and witty "Neem's Themes" column, which was always a hit with readers -- and has spun off into Neem's latest and most successful production, his smash hit, internationally award-winning web series "Neem's Themes," a crowd-pleasing sketch comedy that has been viewed over 3 million times. 

Combined, Neem's work has been seen by well over 25 million people, on The Big Screen, on digital media, and on platforms such as Hulu, NYC cable stations, and even "Taxi TV," the content that runs in the back of New York City taxi cabs.   His award portfolio is also varied, having won awards for his directing and writing, a People's Choice Award from an international audience in Valencia, Spain, and was part of a team that won a "Shorty Award" recognizing the people and organizations that produce real-time short-form content across the world wide web. Neem brings this background and expertise to the New Jersey Web Fest. Anticipation is already high for #NJWebFest, which launches on September 15-16, 2018, for its first annual international event. Neem looks forward to this yearly tradition while also continuing to produce varied and crowd-pleasing entertainment.

Welcome to The Eff Your Fears Podcast hosted by comedian, writer, actress, singer, and a resident ray of sunshine, Ashley Monique Menard. This is an inspirational mindset podcast for creatives dealing with anxiety, fear, and their own journey down the yellow brick road of showbiz. It's part "E(ff Your Fears) True Hollywood Stories" with an industry professional interview that teaches you about the business. Everyone has come on the show, from Musicians, Actors, Directors, Voice Over Artists, Influencers, Broadway Stars, and even people from The Voice.   

 In the 51st episode, Ashley talks about her opinions on the HBO MAX Doc Farrow Vs. Allen. She also gives you her pick for affordable headshots in NYC.  https://www.queensselftape.com/  Also, we have an extraordinary guest, Australian Actress, Writer & Activist Clara Francesca. The ladies talk about the importance of simulated patient work, social injustice, and how Clara has created her work from 12. She talks about how she found her voice, studied law, and creates art. In this uplifting episode, Clara's energy is infectious.    

Clara also shares about her work on    

Theater Company- https://www.xrensemble.com  

The Movie-  www.inorporefilm.com  

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Wanna learn more about Clara?  

 Clara Francesca is both an expert speech coach and an artist. As a speech coach with an impressive client portfolio and thirteen years in the field, Clara specializes in speech-anxiety reduction, fostering people with the confidence to walk into any room and share their ideas, through practical, mindful, and impactful exercises, to champion their authentic voice. Clara's Medico-Legal training at Maurice Blackburn lawyers and over ten years of experience within Medico-Legal University Departments in the United States and Australia equips Clara with a unique insight into Corporate Medico-Legal speech challenges. As an artist, Clara is an "athlete of the heart making art."  In 2013 Clara joined Anne Bogart's SITI Company's Inaugural Conservatory in NYC, later working with Chuck Mee on Cubist Productions.

Before moving from Australia to the States, Clara developed her career as an award-winning solo-theatre actor, directing at notable stages such as La Mama, Malthouse, and later bookings at The Signature Theater NYC Korea, Japan, UK, and more. Clara has performed in multiple award-winning feature films and has nationally toured bilingual children's musicals.    Most notably, her touring solo shows Manifesting Mrs. Marx (presented at The Edinburgh Fringe 2019 and scheduled to reappear in 2020, Best Performance Art SaraSolo Winner, Outstanding Solo Performance & Outstanding Original Script Nominee IT Awards NYC). 

She has taken it across the globe, inviting audiences to laugh and cry with her as she tells tales of humans with hearts just like yours, the person reading this paragraph.   Clara is a co-founder of The Extended Reality Ensemble (XRE). XRE was created to respond to the pandemic, with artists determined to do safe work regardless of lockdowns by pioneering excellence in art, new media storytelling, and creative coding. Clara continues to work as an artist and voice-over actress with Audible Books, Trinacria Theater, Phoenix Theater Ensemble, GF&Co, and household brands like Shiseido.    

https://www.clarafrancesca.com/featured-in-namm-less-modular-madness-marathon/ 

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In episode 50 of the pod, Ashley chats with Mariana Cardenas.  A Colombian actress, TV host, dancer, and Bilingual Interpreter. She started in dance and studied at Fordham University and at Alvin Ailey. For five seasons, she danced her way into the hearts of many with Jennifer Muller/The Works and has performed with the New York City Opera and was a member of Steps Repertory Ensemble. We talk about her extensive dance career and her shift to acting which has turned out to be very fulfilling.  She won Best Supporting Actress for the Feature Film "Unspoken" at the New York Long Island Film Festival and Prison City Film Festival.

She won Best Supporting Actress for the Feature Film "Unspoken" at the New York Long Island Film Festival and Prison City Film Festival.  She has taken her love of Spanish and turned it into a career as a Spanish Interpreter since 2015. She mainly works with Legal Depositions taking place in Court Reporting offices all over NY and they normally involve Motor Vehicle Accidents, Workers Compensation Cases, and Medical Malpractice.  Furthermore showing that survival gigs come in all forms.   Favorite theatre credits: The Church of Why Not and You Are Now the Owner of This Suitcase (Theatre 167); The International Local Trail (This Is Not A Theatre Company); sTRAINgers (Queens Theatre in the Park), Salsa Gorda The Play, and Romantic Fools. Film: B!tch, The X Job, The Decades of Mason Carroll, On The Arm, Zero One, and New York Masali. Fictional Film’s first feature, UNSPOKEN, where Mariana had a leading role, has begun its journey on the film festival circuit. Television: “Tell It Like It Is” (Co-Host), “My Jam TV” (VJ), “Sabado Gigante Internacional” (Univision), “Sober,” “The Perfect Murder” and “Scorned: Love Kills” (Discovery ID). 

Mariana had the immense pleasure of Co-Hosting a TV Game Show with Pat Neely entitled, “Save To Win,” which aired nationally on THE CW. Recently she made her SYFY Network debut on “HAPPY!” season two, episodes 9 and 10 (currently running on Netflix), in a recurring role. Her latest co-star is on the STARZ show “Power” where she had the privilege of working with the extraordinary, Mario Van Peebles (Dir.). Make sure to catch her in episode 14 of its final season. 

Check out her podcast "Are These Books Drunk?"

 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/are-these-books-drunk/id1525791927 

https://www.marianacardenas.com/

This week we chat with the star of the stage and screen, Patrick Oliver Jones. From his early roots in Birmingham, Alabama, community theater and coming up in the church choir.  Formally known as PJ, the DJ shares his synergy at Disney and the ins and outs of recasting his love interest from a leading lady to a leading man.   Since living in New York City, he has performed Off-Broadway and in National Tours, including the pre-Broadway run of FIRST WIVES CLUB in Chicago. He has thrived in national commercials for the small screen, both on camera and voice-over, and in various network dramas and cable series. While on the big screen, his film work ranges from quirky characters to corporate types.  

Patrick is a quintessential leading man! He is thoughtful, intelligent, and the incredible host of "Why I’ll Never Make It," his own entertainment podcast.  

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-ill-never-make-it-an-actors-journey/id1330237490

https://www.pojones.com/whyillnevermakeit

In this episode, Ashley Monique Menard chats with Nicki Woodard about her passion for history and the original socialites in her Podcast As the Money Burns.  The ladies also talk about overcoming challenges and dealing with fear.  

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Here's a bit more about Nicki Woodard:  Back in high school, Nicki Woodard first merged her passions of history and media making video documentaries for History Fair (yes, like Science Fair) using her father’s super-VHS studio.  Since then, she went on to the University of Texas at Austin, studying B.A. in History and B.S. in Radio-Television-Film.  She would go on to earn an M.A. in Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago.  She worked for 4 years on multiple History Channel and A&E documentaries before exploring other parts of Hollywood.  

She has served as a research consultant for USA’s Mr. Robot Seasons 3 & 4 and Briarpatch, as well as helping others develop subjects on other projects.  She loves combining history, research, and media.  In parallel to her professional development, Nicki spent the summer between her junior and senior year doing a high school program at Brown University and visited Newport, Rhode Island, where she experienced her first love.  Shortly afterward, returning home, she lost her brother to cancer and has had a long, complicated life, including a failed marriage.  

After her divorce and ending a long-time job, she went to find a project to develop for film and television. She stumbled onto an article about a summer’s events in Newport, Rhode Island in 1929 — a few months before the infamous Wall Street Crash.  After further digging, she discovered a world of actual heirs & heiresses whose lives paralleled her own, all except in money.  After years of developing that idea, Nicki has turned those stories into As The Money Burns podcast.   Thank you, Nicki, for coming on the show and giving me your incredible and legendary bio!  Thanks for coming on the show!

⚡⚡Hey Everyone! Welcome to The Eff Your Fears Podcast! Well, he's here and He's kind of a big deal... Christophe Zajac-Denek is an actor/stuntman, drummer, and surfer. He is also a little person and the host of the I’m Kind Of A Big Deal podcast. 

Follow him at  christophezd.com https://www.instagram.com/christophezd/ 

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In this episode, Ashley Monique Menard chat with a journalist, host of The Bad Filipino's and Queen of the Sacramento Scene, Myki Angeline!  She shares her journey in the entertainment industry, identity, and how she lifts herself up. She's a powerhouse! 

Follow Myki at The Bad Filipino- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLuo3AeY3E5EwN-7wPyu5uA 

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Season 2!!! In this episode, Ashley sits down with Chase Coleman! You've seen him portraying the werewolf, Oliver, in the CW hit spin-off series, The Originals, The Originals, or Billy Winslow in the HBO TV series Boardwalk Empire. Or maybe from his work as heartthrob rock-star Tanner Watts, in CBS daytime The Young and the Restless. Chase has worked as a model, actor, and musician, and he shares some tips as to how he broke into the business and how he deals with ADHD in a high-demand job.  

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She's like a warm hug... you guessed it, Miss Curvyliscious, aka Lilly Jones! She an actress, writer, comedian, storyteller, magic~maker, and Seeker Of Humanity. Her motto is "Kindness Really Does Matter."🦄🤩🌈

She shares with us the importance of taking a chance on yourself, starting a new career in her 40s, and writing her own TV Show! 

https://www.instagram.com/miss_curvyliscious

The tenacious Maggie Shirk is an Actress, Photographer, Optometrist, Wife and Mother of 3! She is such a kooky detail-oriented loyal treat! 

Maggie talks about how she put herself through medical school as a young single mother and is still pursuing acting in a way that works for her! 

We talk about Skeleton Crew, modeling in the 90s vs. 2020s. Strap in for an informative episode cause the doctor is in!

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This week we have a man from the Blue Mountains on the east coast of Australia. Víktor Rufus was a virtuosic young musician, a high sort after gun-for-hire, and has played numerous venues and festivals as a bandleader, musical director, and sideman for local and international artists. He has performed to sold-out crowds in bars and clubs in America, Europe, and Australia. Victor has his own album, "Tanzverbot," co-written with Henry Rasmussen.  We talk about him being a failed astrophysicist and musical who is well-traveled, proudly inked.

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David Abed is an actor and content creator best known for his hilarious videos online. He can also be seen in Grey's Anatomy, Feud: Bette and Joan and Days of Our Lives.  In this episode, David gives us some 

• Insite on moving from the midwest to LA. 
• Marketing tips for actors
• Tips for how he deals with fear

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Ashley Monique Menard reads Week 1 Recovering a Sense of Safety from Julia Cameron's Best Selling Book The Artist's Way.

Assignment

1.) Morning Pages

2.) Artist Date

3.) Who are your 3 creative self worth enemies

4.) Write your horror story from your monster hall of fame.

5.)Write a letter to the monster from the hall of fame

6.) List 3 Champions

7.) Who's in your happy place?

8.) Your 5 alternate lives?

9.) Negative into positive affirmations.

10.) Artist walk.

See you next week!