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The Very Brave Podcast is the podcast for women who are looking to find their brave and take more bold steps in life. We'll be chatting with women from all walks of life about redefining bravery away from just physical and heroic battlefield acts. We're being more inclusive of emotional, moral, and spiritual bravery.If you're ready to be inspired by stories of feminine bravery from across the globe, and you know it's time to make your next bold move, then let's get started!
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When we speak about bravery, we often correlate it to standing our ground and doing what we need to do for ourselves. While this is a valuable component of bravery in many situations, we often forget that another huge part of being brave is speaking up and standing your ground for the sake of others rather than yourself. Angela Vithoulkas is a firs…
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A huge component of being brave as a woman is using one of the most powerful tools that we have - our voices. For so long, the voices and opinions of women have been hushed and marginalized. The more we choose to speak out against injustices, the louder we become and the more we are heard. I spoke with Natasha Stott Despoja on The Very Brave Podcas…
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We talk a lot about imposter syndrome and how it can be difficult to overcome the voice inside your head that tells you that you either can’t accomplish something or that the things you have achieved aren’t significant. One of the reasons that Imposter Syndrome may be so deeply ingrained in our psyche may be due to the more widespread issue of Tall…
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Casting the opinions of others aside in the face of making brave decisions is something that we often speak about on The Very Brave Podcast. However, there is a different type of bravery that is required to quiet the voice in our heads so that we can listen to the voice that’s in our hearts. I spoke with Lisa Winston this week about the bravery of …
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Starting a business takes a fair amount of bravery, but it takes a special type of bravery to jump headfirst into business with your best friend. I had the opportunity to speak with Lise and Sarah of Those Two Girls this week and we got down to what it really takes to make brave moves in our careers as women in our middle years. There is the unfair…
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Moral bravery is one of the topics that we speak about most frequently on The Very Brave Podcast. Many of my interviews involve someone who saw something that requires speaking up about in order to change the lives of others. While it may not be the traditional definition of bravery as many understand it, it is bravery nonetheless. This week, I spo…
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As professionals, women tend to find their fair share of loneliness in many areas. Whether self-employed or at the top of our corporate career, we often put our noses to the grindstone and climb the rungs of the ladder until we reach the success we’ve been striving for. Once we’re there and we take a gander around, we realize that we’ve finally mad…
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Oftentimes, we forget that the success we realize in our businesses is only successful if we have our personal lives sorted. Our lives are busy and hectic and we can sometimes have difficulty drawing appropriate boundaries as women. It comes down to a handful of basic concepts that allow you to become the CEO of your own life. Finding space to fill…
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Lauren Lowrey is an Emmy-award-winning news anchor, podcaster, mom, wife, and all-around American girl. After spending her adult years shedding the skin of the religious upbringing she had, she realised that in order to fulfil her purpose she had to reconnect to her spirituality. Bravery for her has meant being willing to stand in her beliefs, even…
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“Bravery builds bravery. So when you do one brave act, when you take one step, you can almost always take the second one.” We have had so many brave female voices grace the waves of this podcast and are excited to share so many more. This time it’s the voice of the one-of-a-kind Kathrine Switzer, a.k.a Marathon Woman. Kathrine was the very first wo…
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“Definitely trust yourself. You don't have to please everybody, you cannot please everybody, so you might as well make sure that you are making yourself happy.” - Jayne Lewis Jayne Lewis has a burning passion for the brewing process that brings us beer and wine. She co-founded Two Birds, Australia’s first female-founded brewery, and Drinks Agents f…
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“Progress comes from people being willing to go into the voids where many avoid.” Is there a middle ground for women to discuss their sexuality and sexual needs outside of the medical or commercialized sex conversations? Not yet, but Paulette Stout is making brave waves to change the narrative. Listen in to hear her story and learn about her book, …
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“The moment that you actually stop being apologetic and you own who you are, there's great resistance from the outside world.” - Jacqueline Nagle Mother of four and red wine enthusiast, Jacqueline Nagle, is setting the stage for brave women everywhere. As a person who loves language and communication, Jacqueline currently works with subject matter …
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“I don't always take the most trodden road, but I take the right road for what I'm designed for and what I'm called to do in life.” - Kiri-Maree Moore Kiri-Maree Moore was born in New Zealand, lived most of her life in Australia, and has spent the last several years traveling the world. As a young girl, she was often spoken down to and told that sh…
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“I just really try and show up every day. I think that's the most important thing, for me, as a brave and courageous and kind and calm and confident human.” You are the asset. You are the glue keeping things together. So you need to take care of you. This was made painfully clear to Shannah Kennedy as she navigated a lucrative but life stealing car…
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“Courage I think is the key essence of leadership. And you have to have courage if you want to lead. You have to have courage if you want to be an authentic leader.” Senator Sarah Hanson-Young did not get into politics as a way to find fame and fortune. As she states, politics is not an easy job to have. Especially not as a single mother and a pers…
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“Fear is actually the first vital ingredient of bravery. Because without fear, we don't get to summon our courage.” At no point in my life has anyone ever tapped me on the shoulder and said, “Hey Rachael. Now’s the time to make your move.” That’s just not going to happen. There isn’t anyone out there looking out for us in such a way, which is why y…
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“We often hear this phrase, "We can't be what we can't see," but I tend to stray away from that because otherwise we're just waiting for someone else to give us permission.” If something has never been done before, how do we as humans pluck up the courage to go out and do it? To say, I can do this, even if no one else has? Layne Beachley has some i…
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“These young girls growing up can see the world and see themselves, that's how we start to make changes because you can't be what you can't see, and I think we're starting that journey, we're getting better, but we've still got a long way to go.” This is a world filled with uncertainty, division, and in many cases, hate. But there are so many peopl…
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“Without fear, there is no courage. And if we don't have courage, then we will never be able to sit down and reflect and determine that we've done something brave.” Bravery is not the absence of fear. You don’t need to be fearless to make great things happen in your life. Rather, we all need to be able to feel the fear and continue to make strides …
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“The women I find myself looking up to are the women who dared to step outside that square and challenged the status quo and challenged the norm and broken silence about things that happen to them. And to me, that's incredibly brave.” We as women need to encourage and support one another in challenging norms and the status quo. That’s the purpose o…
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“Bravery means being terrified and moving forward, regardless, it means moving forward to something greater…” When you’ve faced your own trauma and found a path out of the darkness that works, what’s your next step? For Kylie Ryan, she decided to help others do the same. Kylie left behind a life filled with emotional baggage, overeating, substance …
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“It's vital that every woman has her own bank account that she is able to divert income into, even if it's $50 a week.” In most areas of the world women have only been allowed to manage their own money since the mid to late-80s. Is it any wonder that we aren’t as knowledgeable about finances as men? For so many of us this comes back to bite us when…
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“Bravery has definitely got two elements where there's that really conscious choice to do something and to take a leap of faith. And then there's the element of, okay, that happened, what do I do next?” Too many women have been subjected to the horror of abuse. Emma Husar is no stranger to those horrors, but what she didn’t expect was to find the s…
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“I say that every day, I have no idea what I'm doing, I think that that's the key word or phrase for entrepreneurs.” - Alyza Brevard-Rodriguez Alyza Brevard-Rodriguez got her start in the entrepreneurial world at a young age. She started selling candy bars in her neighborhood and to peers at school, and even had a paper route, all before she even m…
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“Work hard, love what you do, be passionate, and never give up.” - Colleen Callander These words have been the sounding board for Colleen Callander’s life. Colleen is the former Sportsgirl CEO, Founder of Mentor Me Women, Author of Leader By Design, Inspirational Speaker, Business and Leadership Coach and she joins me to share her story of bravery …
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“Many decisions we make in life are very brave when you look back with a bit of perspective.” - Giaan Rooney At a young age, Giaan Rooney had a successful career as a professional swimmer, achieving dozens of awards and three Olympic medals, one of which was gold in 2004. After retiring at the age of 23 she furthered her career through radio and TV…
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“It takes bravery to identify when you have overcome something, and also to claim the survival and the thriving of that point in time.” - Caroline Brunne For nearly twenty years, Caroline Brunne has been serving busy professionals by offering strategic life management. In 2017, she founded Organise.Curate.Design which allowed her to relieve the men…
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“When women take risks they tend not to be supported or celebrated in the same way as when men take risks.” - Tracey Spicer Bravery comes in many forms, shapes, and sizes. From massive action to small forms of bravery, we all need to celebrate more. Listen as Tracey Spicer and I talk about what bravery looks like for women and why we need to change…
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Welcome to The Very Brave Podcast, where we have started a whole new conversation that redefines bravery for women. I'm your host, Rachael Evans. and I know from experience that bravery isn't just about physical feats of greatness, and it certainly isn't just found on the battlefield. For too long. The everyday acts of bravery carried out by women …
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Prof Vithoulkas talks about the doctrine of signatures, new remedies and other controversial ideas. For those who want to read more on this VERY IMPORTANT subject, you can read the following articles by Prof Vithoulkas: Is homeopathy doomed into oblivion ? , Situational Materia Medica, IJHM interview. Runtime: 7 minutes Language: english…
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