Fairly Bold Podcast with Eugenia Woo

This episode will be such a joy for everyone who’s felt defeated by failure. I’m so excited to bring you Paola Soares, a former journalist and national news producer whose stories have appeared on Univision, ABC News and Telemundo among other major news outlets.

Now she is the Host of the newly launched, But First She Failed Podcast. Paola is on a mission to normalize the idea of failure because of her own personal story of fear of failure. Now she is committed to helping others redefine the idea of failure so they can chase bold dreams.

On this wonderful conversation we talked about:

• Her beginnings in the journalism industry and moving to Miami for her dream job.
  
• How to deal with an unexpected setback and failing.
  
• The importance of confidence and knowing your strengths, and more importantly, understanding your weaknesses.
  
• Honoring your own healing time while having grace with yourself and your process.
  
• And most importantly: how to gain confidence after a failure.
  

Remember that it’s all about getting up and trying again!

If you’ve ever felt stuck. If you’ve ever felt surprised by life’s unexpected curve balls and you don’t know how to react and how to overcome these challenges. If this is you, I’ve been there before too. You feel like you’ve already come too far, and the thought of having to start over is terrifying. Don’t worry, friend. You’re going to be blessed by today’s guest.

Today I’m breaking the rules of our girls club and bringing you my husband, Edgar Woo, to talk about life’s unplanned transitions and how to deal when things don’t go your way.

We’re are talking about many things, including:

• How his life was suddenly changed from being an on-demand sports and events photographer to having to reinvent his whole career because of the pandemic.
• Dealing with disappointment.
• Learning to trust God in our low moments and learning to get closer to Him.
• Managing unexpected transitions including our journey moving to a new city.
  

I’m so excited to be bringing you today’s conversation with Esmé Ara’resa. To some, Esmé is a storyteller. To others, she’s Your Fashion Godmother. Professionally, Esmé is a former entrepreneur who started her first business at 16, sold it, and founded 2 more companies. At 26 she is switching things up in her career and today talks to Fairly Bold about:

• The journey of exploring your interests to find your passion
• The fear and the road to pivoting
• Managing career transitions
• Coping with expectations and even criticism because of your path
• And my favorite part
• How to gain confidence to take your NEXT BOLD STEP

You can find her on Instagram @toldbyesme and on ClubHouse where she’s one of my favorite people to follow!

I know you’re going to love this conversation, remember to share your favorite part of it in your Stories!

Have you ever felt stuck in analysis because you’re overwhelmed? Wanting to do something, take a risk, try a new career, or quit your career altogether… but then you think: if only I was sure. IF ONLY I was confident enough. Then this season of Fairly Bold is for you!

• Today we discuss:What is "One Bold Step" 
• My definition of balance
• My story of finding balance in the midst of my identity struggle
• What you can expect from this new season of the podcast 

I once heard that opinions are like armpits: everyone has one and it usually smells.

And while yes, this is usually the case, I am the QUEEN of unsolicited advice.

So for this season finale of Fairly Bold, I knew that I had to go out in typical Eugenia fashion: recapping lessons, wins, and failures.

Don’t worry, this is not going to be a dramatic Netflix-style one year pause. I’m just taking one month off.

BUT, since I’m going to be away for this month of April, I wanted to leave you with some food for thought.

These are 8 tips, or lessons, that I’ve learned through this first season of the Fairly Bold podcast, and I think you can apply to your life literally today.

Today’s episode is going to equip you with the tools you need to hopefully identify the messages that are negatively impacting you in the name of “empowerment”.

My hope is to inspire you. To give you a different perspective.

I don’t want to change your mind, I want to present you with a different option.

Maybe you haven’t felt truly “empowered” no matter how hard you try.

Maybe finally you’re going to understand why.

On this episode we discuss:

• Brief overview of feminism
  
• The different waves of feminism
  
• Modern feminism and empowerment
  
• Where do I stand
  

These are the resources mentioned:

I couldn’t end the month of love without talking about one of the most exciting, confusing, frustrating and inspiring topics: love.

Yes, love is all those things. But at the same time, it’s one of those words that have different meanings to different people.

Today we’re talking about:

• My story with love and self-love
  
• What is love
  
• What love is not
  
• Why you don’t need to love yourself before loving others
  
• How you can start loving others today
  

These are the other podcast episodes mentioned today:

Valentine's Day is the perfect time to treat yourself. If you’re looking for the perfect investment that will elevate your year, this gift guide is just for you!

Top reasons why learning about personal finances and taking control of your money will be one of the most feminine and empowering decisions you’ll ever make, and how to move forward in your personal finance journey, regardless of where you are in your life.

Today, from my experience, I discuss:

• Some current facts about women and money
• 4 of my main reasons why we should pay attention to and know about money
• Practical steps you can take starting RIGHT NOW

Many of us believe that our lack of confidence is the only thing holding us back. Today we discuss why consistency will take you further than confidence, always highlighting our femininity!

Everything we discussed includes:

• The trap of confidence
• The relationship between confidence and self-esteem
• The relationship between self-esteem and success
• Why consistency will take your further than confidence
• Next action steps

I want to hear from you! What's one practice you're committing to in 2021? It can be big or small, what matters is that it works for you!

I decided to bring you my highly curated list and commentary of some of the top moments for women in pop culture this year.

It’s fascinating to analyze the way we see femininity and power, so today I’m analyzing these events from a feminine perspective.

These are 5 of the most relevant events involving women in pop culture in 2020!

1. Jlo And Shakira At The Super Bowl Halftime Show

2. The First Female Super Bowl Coach

3. 'Keeping Up With The Kardashians' Komes To An End

4. Megxit

5. Miss Americana Documentary

Talking about our identity can be a very complex issue with so many factors to consider. In my case, deciding to take my husband’s last name after our wedding ended up revealing a huge issue with my identity. I realized that I was rooting it on external factors because I didn’t fully understand where it comes from.

Listen to hear about how my thought process went, and why my conclusion was more everlasting than I ever imagined!

This may be a complex one, so make sure you grab a glass of wine and relax through it!

Dating is one thing, but building healthy long-term relationships is ANOTHER story. That’s why Michelle Grosser, facilitator of the SYMBIS premarital course, is the perfect guest for today’s topic.

Michelle wears many hats. She’s also a lawyer, a wife, a mom, and a servant leader. She’s incredibly smart, insightful and a total joy to spend time with!

Listen to this interview, until the end, there’s not a minute to waste.

We talked about:

If you're looking to reduce family stress this holiday season, this guide will give you the tools you need to navigate family gatherings and reunions!

Intuitive business helps you create an intentional path where fear is no longer guiding you, and where you stop questioning your every move.

Intuition also helps you move forward with confident steps and show up authentically.

It allows you to create purposeful changes that are aligned with your values.

Today's guest is Darya Knysh, an intuitive business coach. She shares her best tips and tools to get in touch with your intuition to move your business or your career forward.

This episode has been a long time coming! We all love talking about boundaries, but at the same time it seems to be so much confusion about what they mean.

That’s why I decided to invite my best friend, Estefania, to have a conversation about boundaries. Some of the things we discussed are:

• Definition of boundaries
  
• 4 reasons why you need boundaries
  
• 4 steps to define your boundaries
  
• The role of flexibility
  

As always, you can read more about this fascinating topic on today’s blog post: fairlybold.com/

Sascha Fogel is a coach and sales expert  with over 25 years of experience in coaching, training, and sales enablement.

She merges her sales and marketing experience with her background in education! And her passion  and drive for enabling people to bridge the gap between where they are and where they need to be is just inspiring.

She believes that people can change and continuously learn if they are shown the way and supported on their learning journey.

On this incredible episode, we discussed:

- How to improve your negotiation skills
- How to be a feminine negotiator
- The actual negotiation process
- The importance of taking action in the process of negotiation
- How to have a salary negotiation in the middle of a pandemic
- Setting and negotiating prices for entrepreneurs.

- How to communicate your prices to clients and what to do when they ask for a lower rate.

- Her mindset advice and approach to negotiation.

I’m telling you, you’re going to want to save this episode!

I love today’s episode and I think it’s one of the most relevant ones on this podcast!

I know that these days, politics can be a very uncomfortable topic.With all the name calling and yelling, it’s easy to just block out information to stop the overwhelm.

That’s why I want to make this information digestible to you. Because you’re a feminine woman who also wants to make conscious and informed decisions in every area of your life.

Today we discussed:

• 5 Reasons Why As Women We Need To Know About Politics
• How to know who to vote for?
• How to know who to trust if all politicians lie?
• How much politics is too much politics?

Have you ever confused intuition with fear? Have you felt stuck because you just can’t tell the difference?

I know, I’ve also been there.

That’s why my guest today will bring you ALL the clarity you’ve been craving!

Maria Arana is a licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Addiction Professional, and Internationally Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor with over 20 years of experience.

She has a Masters Degree in Mental Health Counseling and a Post-Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology with specialties in Addiction Disorders and Trauma.

Some of the things we discussed are:

• What is intuition and what is fear
• How to tell the difference between the two
• The importance of self-awareness
• The L’Oreal intuition: are we really worth it?
• 4 tips to improve your intuition

Do you want to build healthier and purposeful relationships? Today’s episode is just for you!

I’m sharing 7 dating tips that you can apply today to build a relationship you love.

The seven tips are:

1. Learn your own ABC’s
2. Don’t be all Cirque du Soleil
3. Be a French Poodle
4. You’re not Dora the Explorer
5. You don’t need another self healing crystal
6. Find your own whole Florida Orange
7. Even Jen and Brad broke up

Today’s episode is SO GOOD. I’m joined by Dr. Kathleen O’Leary, one of the best Professors I had while doing my MBA. She has a PhD in Marketing and she’s also the Chair of the Marketing Department at NSU! Needless to say, she’s a total boss.

Some of the things we discussed were:

• Her journey and how times have changed for women in leadership.
• Why leadership shouldn’t be a gender-centered conversation.
• Key skills to cultivate to become great leaders.
• Importance of being prepared and knowing what we’re talking about.
• Some simple tips and tricks to help your voice be heard.
• How to give and receive criticism.
• How to correct an unproductive leadership style.
• And so.much.more!

The Fairly Bold podcast is a space created for you! The current feminist and empowerement movements have left you confused and tired. You have done all the things, yet there’s something that still doesn’t click.

Don’t worry, you’re not alone!

I went through that journey only to experience frustration and even more self-doubts. I sure don’t have all the answers for that intersection between femininity, leadership and power, but I can’t wait to explore this journey with you!

Weekly conversations exploring the intersection of femininity and power. Once confused by the modern feminist and self-empowerment conversations, I now want to help you live a fulfilled and intentional life, where you can have a positive impact in your life, regardless of where you are in your journey.

The Fairly Bold platform is for you! I want to inspire you and give you tools that will help you live a purposeful and intentional life, embracing your femininity and all the aspects that make you uniquely yourself!

Have you ever felt conflicted between following your heart and listening to your mind when making a choice?

Is there a decision you’ve been putting off for a while because you don’t how to choose?

Download my free life changing decision making model.