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Middle Finger HappinessEmotional Maturity Isn't About ControlEmotional Maturity Isn't About ControlToday Sharon and her friend Heather talk aboutlearn how not to get triggeredlearn how calm people use their wise energylearn the difference between stressful thoughts vs. brainless actionAnd of course, they share laughs, experiences, and aha moments!Connect with Sharon hereBuy Sharon's Books Sharon's WebsiteInstagram Sharon Lee ZapataInstagram Middle Finger Happiness
2025-04-0240 minMiddle Finger Happiness20 Kickass Quick Tips for Your LifeHave you ever been given excellent advice? But it didn't mean a damn thing to you?Until !! One day, you experienced something crazy, and then you remembered that great piece of advice!Join Sharon and her guest Heather Crump and their list of 20 Kickass Quick Tips for Your Life- Quit stalling, - You need insane focus to get shit done!- Every 3 minutes we're distracted! - Own your power!- Don't do things half-ass! - Trust your gut...
2025-03-1532 minMiddle Finger HappinessSelf-Love & Valentine's Day!Happy Valentine's Day! XOXO In this episode, Sharon and Heather will share a fresh, funny, and interesting variety of conversations with you! The origin of Valentine's Day... How did we get the name Blue-Tooth?Why self-love is #1 in valuing yourselfDriving carsGenerational differencesAre you a sock-sock-shoe-shoe person? Or are you a sock-shoe, sock-shoe person?*Self-love improves mental health, boosts self-esteem, and creates a space for self-reflection and personal development. Connect with Sharon here:Sharon's WebsiteInstagram: Middle Finger Happiness podcastSharon's InstagramBuy Sharon's Books
2025-02-1443 minMiddle Finger HappinessThe Art of DeterminationIn this episode, you will learn your Art of Determination and have Aha moments! Join Host: Sharon Lee Zapata and her guest Heather Crump as they share their genuine experiences, outcomes, and their explanation of The Art of Determination.
what stops us from our determination
understanding fear
the four personalities that live inside us
our habits = equal our current life
laughs + Aha moment on their life experiences
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2025-02-0631 minMiddle Finger HappinessAddressig Conflicts in RelationshipsHello to episode #119
Sharon and Heather's mic session opened up on how to Address Conflicts in Relationships.
How do we handle conflict resolution?
What do we do to resolve problems in relationships?
How to handle leaving a toxic work environment
And, of course, we talk about
The Winter Snow Day in Texas!
February is around the corner and Ground Hog Day is coming
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2025-01-3042 minMiddle Finger HappinessHello 2025! Special Guest: Heather CrumpToday's episode #118 is filled with fun energy, laugher, and learning!
Heather and Sharon share short personal stories with you - -You'll feel like they're sitting in the same room with you!
Are you a dog mom or a dog dad? This episode is for you.
Have you ever wondered what living outside of the U.S. would be like? Learn what it's like to have a car wreck in another country. Both Heather and Sharon have lived abroad.
Let's kick off the first month of this new year with some aha...
2025-01-171h 02Middle Finger Happiness#117 Which is better? Abstract or Concrete Thoughts?
Sharon and her guest, Heather Crump catch up after Thanksgiving! Discussions include broken trash cans, eating too many cookies, the human mental process of thinking, and more
DISCOVER:
ways of thinking and communicating
which way brings satisfaction or dissatisfaction
abstract thinking vs. concrete thinking
2024-12-1125 min
Middle Finger Happiness#116 The Power of Setting BoundariesThis is Thanksgiving week, and we officially kick off the 2024 Holiday Season! Sharon and her guest, Heather Crump, share some laughs and their wholehearted experiences dealing with toxic people. Welcome to the power of setting your boundaries
Set realistic expectations: Remember that it's not your job to fulfill everyone's expectations
Set limits: Set limits on how much time you spend with certain people
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2024-11-2737 minMiddle Finger HappinessSharon & Heather Talk About Finding Middle Finger HappinessSharon & Heather share a plethora of Aha Moments! They talk about leaving Houston, uncomfortable truths, life lessons, personal growth, and learned experiences. If you’re stuck or struggling with how to move forward, their conversations will bring you epiphanies, advice, and laughter!
2024-11-2042 minMiddle Finger HappinessM.I.A. Welcome back! 💥Sharon and her Special Edition cohost Leo PhoenixNot missing the glorious Houston traffic Talks of life and death hikes in the mountains 🏔️and all sorts of creativity
2023-05-2326 minMiddle Finger HappinessThe Super Powers of the Female 🧠 Brain. It’s International Women’s Day 🌏Sharon’s back with a short power punch episode - - let’s looks at what makes the super power female brain. Is Women’s intuition real? Why Women’s brains tend to be 𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔…and more. Also, she has a free giveaway! Her latest book: 📚“𝑴𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒍𝒆 𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔… 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅.𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍.𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒇*𝒄𝒌 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒆”
2022-03-0816 minMiddle Finger HappinessSharon & Leo + 2 cups of coffee - talk about a plethora of absorbing current topics & experiencesGrab your coffee or cold beer- - Laughs mixed with seriousness … Who needs news when you’ve got Sharon and her Special Edition Co-host, Leo Phoenix. Today they riff on the mic 🎙 about the Russian Anti-satellite Testing (DA-ASAT missile), China’s new hypersonic space missile that went around the world, Covid Flu, Omicron Variant, The Simpson’s, and Leo’s CVS drive-thru COVID19 testing with a homeless man, and so much more…
2021-12-011h 00Middle Finger HappinessHow to Reset From a Shitty Day👍🏼Sharon shares how she handled getting laid off, starting her consulting business AND her 2 big tips on 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒂 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒚. Sometimes we have days like this… Have you noticed when we’re at our absolute best it’s usually because we’re making good changes or improving our 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔? - -
2021-10-2716 minMiddle Finger HappinessTired of the B.S. that’s happening in our country 🇺🇸 Sharon doesn’t hold back it’s her podcastSharon records her podcast while on her 10 miles bike ride. At this point in her podcast career she is not holding back on what she thinks about the clown ass administration from Biden’s vaccine mandate push to his incompetent leadershit (Sharon doesn’t care if you like or follow her and her Podcast either)
2021-09-1613 minMiddle Finger HappinessHello Season 5! Saturday’s drinking episode; our reaction to ‘Coughing’ in public + special guestsBack In the studio… after a 4 week break - - Sharon and her special Ed-Cohost Leo Phoenix share drinks 🍹 with Anonymous guest: Cobra Kai - They’re reaction to how people’s response to a simple Cough 😷in public during the COVID pandemic and other shenanigan conversations
2021-09-121h 01Middle Finger HappinessCatching up with my special Ed Co host and Deep Eddy Vodka 🔺Get ready to laugh your ass off and catch up with Leo & Sharon
2021-07-2954 minMiddle Finger HappinessSundays with Sharon is back! Get some Schweeeet-Mini kickass 💥 that will get you goingWe always pass failures on the way to our successes.... there are reasons why a pencil had a ✏️ an eraser ....if you have to rewrite your story? Well, whip out that eraser. After some email requests, Sundays with Sharon is back💥 - - just a short, positiveAF message. ❤️ love, Sharon
2021-04-2609 minMiddle Finger HappinessToo young for Cancer: Tamira Jubber Unapologetically Loud Breast Cancer Awareness survivor/advocateImagine having knife stabbing feelings- in your breast? Imagine having to make your life changing decisions with such little time. Leo & Sharon interview Tamira, who at 29 yrs. old, was at the height of her global marketing career - - was diagnosed with stage III Metastatic Triple Positive. Her story will more inspire you- -Now at her 5 year bench mark, she is an unapologetically loud breast cancer advocate, survivor on a mission to amplify her powerful message. WEBSITE www.meandher2.com
2021-04-0840 minMiddle Finger HappinessMeet Black Todd, Co-Owner of Glitter! How his upbeat karaoke kitchen bar outperformed with COVID19Listen up small biz owners and entrepreneurs!! Sharon & Leo confab with Black Todd!! We’re given laughs and inspiring stories how he worked at “Glitter Kitchen & Karaoke Bar” ...he soon bought it with his business partner- The week before the COVID19 Quarantine - THE COMEBACK story is awesome!
2021-04-0538 minMiddle Finger HappinessHow do you know when you’re “OVER SOMETHING”? Serious & Funny topic w/Sharon & LeoLeo and Sharon riff on the 🎙 mic about: how do you know you’ve gotten over some thing? ...whether it was a trauma, a loss, or a break up? Leo tells Sharon about the 1,000 pound sisters and how one of them as pan sexual - - Sharon was today years old when she learned what l pansexual is...
2021-02-2736 minMiddle Finger HappinessSharon brings on a new Special Edition Co-Host behind the 🎙 mic (let’s meet him!)The official “riff” session 💥Sharon introduces her new Special Edition Podcast Co-host Leo Phoenix Artist, Author, Entrepreneur. (Houston, Tokyo, Los Angeles) Paper Cut Pop Artist & Author of Lucy’s Dream And The Sun Blockers, and others. - - - We chat on several topics that only can be described as: 𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛-𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗s with 2 ADD creatives who produce their multiple art direction
2021-02-1236 minMiddle Finger HappinessA few beers & advice for Artists- with Leo Phoenix- Paper Cut Pop Artist, Author, Comic Book CreatorLeo is back in my studio! - we shoot the shit and get real on what it takes to be a ‘CREATIVE’ - He shares how the influence he received from his conversations with Stan Lee of Marvel Studios. Leo’s been through the trenches when it comes to bringing his art to “life” - With 20+ years in his repertoire of brilliant multi-dimensional illustrative 3-D artistic works of art - he is an open book of creativity. www.artbystudiob.com follow him on 👉🏼Instagram, Facebook, Twitter @artbystudioby 🔥
2021-02-0449 min
The Red Bra Project PodcastEP 72 Middle Finger Happiness and All Things Life with Sharon Lee ZapataWe are kicking 2021 off with an incredible Red Bra Guest who not only brings the creativity and inspiration, but leads the way rocking to her own beat, owning up to, learning and growing from her mistakes and shining bright along way!
Sharon Lee Zapata has long ago let go of dimming her light for others. She shares so many awesome short snippets of her personal story with us from departing the Corporate World to pouring into her passion with Abstract Art to taking a chance and renting an kick - ass studio in the Silos in Houston and just...
2021-02-0241 minMiddle Finger Happiness5 Survival Tips How to Deal With AssholesIn an ideal world, people would treat others with respect, patience, and kindness. But in real life, things are very different. Most of us face bullies, backstabbers, narcissists, and people who just don’t respect others on a daily basis. - - - In other words... ASSHOLES are everywhere. - - - Tonight’s short podcast (Sunday’s with Sharon). - - I will share 5 Survival Tips How to Deal With Assholes.
2021-01-2511 minMiddle Finger HappinessIt’s a New Day Don’t be a Shithead. Part 3 of 4 Sunday w/Sharon Bedtime stories For Grown-Ass HumansBedtime stories for grown-ass humans. Author & Award-winning presenter, Sharon Lee Zapata - shares some knowledge nuggets that will have you rolling your eyeballs. - - - WARNING: Sharon will express her inspiration on how to be fucking brave and leave you a trail-mix of how to embrace your life. Follow her on Instagram @sharonleezapata Get your free printable here
2020-12-1620 minMiddle Finger HappinessDon’t worry about F.O.O.O. (fear of other’s opinions) Part 2 of 4 Sunday’s with SharonCome out of your insecurities by getting dizzy in love with your creativity. There’s no path until you start walking. - - - Get your free printable- tape it to your bathroom mirror 😎 go to Sharon’s website www.thebitchybusinessbriefs.com/fantasticfree
2020-12-0712 minMiddle Finger HappinessHow To Get Shit Done When You Don’t Feel Like It (Part 1 of 4) Sunday's with SharonPart 1 of 4 Sunday’s with Sharon mini-podcast-series [7 minutes] - just a little kick in the pants to help get our asses going and ready for a new week ahead! Cheers 🥂 Get your FREE printable download [no email required] https://thebitchybusinessbriefs.com/fantasticfree/
2020-11-2906 minMiddle Finger HappinessHow Do We Keep It Real When Things Go Bad? How do we avoid distractions when we’re distracted?Point Checklist on How to Own Your Bullshit. - Through adversity, we grow stronger. Right? We all have some little f*cking personal spaces where we can improve. Sharon shares how to keep it real when things go bad. *bonus 17 seconds * at the end. Cheers! Follow Sharon on INSTAGRAM
2020-11-1614 minMiddle Finger Happiness2020 Election. Who’s in the White House? IDGAF ...here’swhyDrowning in the ocean of political views? The usage of people applying their “sway” on political opinions on social media’s landscape has bruised families & friends - Sharon shares why she doesn’t give a f*ck who is in the White House. This episode may enlighten your view on this election - or maybe not?
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2020-11-0412 minMiddle Finger HappinessA pandemic within a pandemic. Why domestic violence is on the rise during COVID19-Meet Sonia & ChauOctober 2020 is national domestic violence awareness month. - - Domestic violence occurs for everyone (women, men, and children) - - DV is not limited to physical violence it also is emotional & psychological. - - Sharon interviews Chau Nguyen, Chief Public Strategist Officer and Sonia Corrales, Chief Program Officer for H.A.W.C. (Houston Area Women’s Center) - -We took a heavy topic... And positioned a shiny light on bringing awareness to timeworn universal problem - - WEBSITE https://www.hawc.org INSTAGRAM https://www.Instagram.com/hawctalk/ FACEBOOK https://www.Facebook.com/HoustonAreaWomensCenter
2020-10-0851 minMiddle Finger HappinessCancer sucks on many levels. Meet 3 amazing cancer survivors on a mission to do something biggerCo-founders of “CANCER CARTEL” Kelly, Shelly, and Katy (Seattle, WA) have personally experienced the mayhem cancer produces. As cancer survivors, their bad-assery vision and mission to bring financial resources to help those fighting the battles of cancer - is taking on another level so many people need: ‘CLEANING UP THE COST of cancer’
2020-09-1048 minMiddle Finger HappinessWhat defines you in 2020? How your reparative solutions make life fucking better? -Learn 2 dirty secrets on how to deal with getting over things in 2020 that are F.U.B.A.R. (it's a WWII Acronym for: fucked up beyond all recognition)
2020-09-0417 minMiddle Finger HappinessA-Z List for a ‘Fuck Yeah Life’ - Sharon records this podcast whilst on a 10 mile bike 🚲 rideKeeping things light, tight. and bright AF. Today Sharon is doing something BIG in a SMALL way. Hey, this is for grownups & smarty-ass juveniles earbuds only. - - - This is not for the kiddy winks- www.SharonLeeZapata.com
2020-08-2114 minMiddle Finger HappinessThat’s not my normal. That’s not your normal. Sometimes you have to chuck it in the f•ck it bucketTonight’s podcast is an evening with Sharon as she opens up and tells you how to chuck it in the fuck it bucket and MoveOn — because life is not going to wait for you. DON’T be committed to your doubt . - - Unfortunately, our lives don’t come with a drivers manual - - like the one you have in your glove compartment of your car. - - -Get your new FREE 📚 ebook from her “10 THINGS YOU NEED BETWEEN COURAGE AND ABUNDANCE”
2020-08-0615 minMiddle Finger Happiness'How to Undo the Shit the Modern World Does to Us' Live from London guest Gareth Riddy!1st International remote podcast guest: From the U.K. (London) Gareth Riddy, author of “HOW TO UNDO THE SH!T THE MODERN WORLD DOES TO US” (available on Amazon) - self-destruction/self-discovery/self-value/self-repair. Fuck Yeah! We all know this and we all need this.
Gareth is a movement therapist ➡️ “I fix people. I write stuff. I swear a lot and I do it all with love.”
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Website https://www.garethriddy.com
2020-07-1842 minMiddle Finger HappinessMillennial CEO, Female Latina owned IT Company - great convo w/Nancy Sabino of SabinoCompTech•••The IT Industry ••• continues to explode. All communities, businesses, and infrastructures would not be able to function without “IT” internet technology. ••••• My awesome guest •••••recognized as one of CRN’s 2020 Women of the Channels, Nancy Sabino, CEO & Co-Founder SABINO COMP TECH- has a fab convo on all the moving parts of IT from the traditional growth to the deficit of diversity, overseeing data security, hackers, the dark web, social engineering- - and more
2020-07-0838 minMiddle Finger HappinessExplore Your Creativity | Make Money-Awesome GUEST! Dave Conrey, Artist|Designer (YouTube🕶)From Long Beach, CA. - Guest: Dave Conrey - Motivating humans to explore their creativity. >> www.DaveConrey.com
2020-07-0137 minMiddle Finger HappinessWhat are ways to make progress? combat racism? fear & trauma? Kickass guest: Dr. Watson; PositiveAFFrom Washington, DC - My first remote podcast. So cool to have Dr. Watson, author, documentary filmmaker, podcast host of KORE Women, Dr. of psychology. - - - We talk: responding vs. reacting to racism, trauma, COVID19, adjusting to a clear way to make progress. - - - she shares her experiences with racism growing up and how to reduce a distressing event... more🌻
2020-05-2851 minMiddle Finger HappinessThe wine drinking during Friday night's episode is like 2-months of therapy. This is not for the sheeple. Guest Leo Phoenix, the notable author, illustrator, artistWe had a blast in the studio - I was hesitant to post this episode because the wine was flowing heavily and the truth talking is evident about how people are dealing with life, overcoming struggles, persevering when things get tough, COVID19 and so much more. Join me and my guest Leo Phoenix, the notable author of Lucy's Dream, illustrator, and paper cut pop artist who knew Stan Lee of Marvel Comics.
Leo shares some words of wisdom that he received from Stan Lee. Lots of laughs on the mic [go figure we drank during this episode] We figured it was...
2020-05-2559 min
The KORE Women PodcastHow to Live on Your Terms: Author of Three Books, Artist, Entrepreneur, Award Winning Speaker and Podcaster - Sharon Lee ZapataThis week, Dr. Summer Watson talks with Sharon, who is an Author, Artist, Entrepreneur, Award Winning Speaker, and Podcaster. Sharon keeps the conversation real, is so creative, and is passionate about living life!!! As Sharon says, “[people] don’t have to wait to ask for permission to improve their lives, because insecurity is a f*cking liar.” Don’t Miss Out on Sharon’s Shared Wisdom!
To learn more about Sharon Lee Zapata go to her IG page @thebitchybusinessbriefs
Thank you for taking the time to listen to the KORE Women podcast and being a part of th...
2020-04-2133 minMiddle Finger HappinessCOVID19. Creative Survival.Coffee. Quarantine convo w/Hector Garcia, Entrepreneur & Owner Oso Coffee•••COVID10 (coronavirus)••• fast-changing pandemic has businesses, communities, creative survival, and the world turned upside down. - - My guest and good friend, Hector Garcia, owner of Oso Coffee & Neue Creative (boutique design agency) - - has a ‘fab convo’ on how everyone is facing challenges, from disruption in their ability to have‘normalcy’ - - AND how local businesses and events, are feeling the brunt of social distancing - - great episode while we drink coffee + plus one tiny tequila shot- the conversation was supernacular🔥
2020-04-101h 10Middle Finger Happiness“PROJECT YOU" Social Distancing & COVID-19. Get more. Be more. Unfuck Your Struggles. Accomplish awesome unimaginable shit nowPodcasting from my bathroom (thank you Social Distancing & COVID-19) YESSS! She washed her glorious hands. Sharon has a confab (fabulous convo) on how the strong and creative survive in times likes these. Never stop believing and working on “PROJECT YOU” - do not listen to the twot-waffle fuckers because you might give up on “PROJECT YOU” -(enjoy this truthful talk with Sharon from her #StayAtHome shituation)
2020-03-2716 minMiddle Finger HappinessSharon’s Bedtime story - happily interrupted by the well-known Leo PhoenixTonight’s podcast started out with Sharon reading a bedtime story for adults from her book: It's a New Day, Don't Be a Shithead
As she' is reading, Sharon got a knock on her studio door... it is her studio neighbor Leo phoenix.
The well-known comic book writer and author of Lucy’s Dream and the Sun Blokkers
So tonight's podcast turned into a fun interview. We drank some tasty hard seltzer. laughed and talked about how artists struggled. Leo shared his experience on what he has done to get where he is today...
2020-03-251h 32Middle Finger HappinessWe’re living in pretend every day -Georgie Holbrook, International Emotional Wellness Coach 20+yrs.Let’s unfuck ourselves... This is so far... the deepest podcast interview I’ve done. Meet Georgie Holbrook, 4-Time Author, International emotional wellness coach. We talk about the human landscape of stress, trauma, loss, psychological and physical abuse, and the internal quiver. How to find peace within? How to avoid the patterns of emotional destruction? Using the tools to prevent repeating hidden hurts. Sound healing and guided imagery to heal body memories... and so much more.
2020-02-231h 40Middle Finger HappinessComedians: Marz (Latin Kings of Comedy) & Lani (former stripper)Laugh your ass off! We drank margaritas for 2-hours before we started recording - - Find out how Lani accidentally started her stripper career with her church shoes. - - How she got her stage name?! - - laughing hard Marz’s Grandma getting her dress for her funeral - - We talk grown ups wearing diapers at Madi Gras - and so much more!
2020-02-181h 37Middle Finger HappinessI Struggle But I Don’t Fucking Quit- Best Podcast TonightTonight I go deep on Valentines Day❤️ about your “Future-Self” and the ‘Lock-In’ -
2020-02-1514 minMiddle Finger Happiness“This ain’t got shit to do with me” & “Meditation on the fly”Friday night from my car... dropping in to share some knowledge nuggets (no chicken nuggets) How I got high in Walmart at the check out line
2020-01-1808 minMiddle Finger HappinessWhat are the stories we tell ourselves?Start 2020 w/clarity, awareness, letting go, and action-Let’s get clear on what we want in 2020. Are you joy-full or running on empty? Have you ever told yourself, “I have to make some positive changes in my life.” 🌻Welcome Elizabeth Haysom Pudwill, Vanessa Cassini, and 4-time author Georgie Holbrook; 3 kick-ass specialist who can help you to learn what works and what doesn’t work when it comes to transformation, learning how to let go and how to create abundance in YOUR life. Join Live Abundantly boot camp on Facebook ❤️
2020-01-0843 minMiddle Finger Happinesscheck out my youngest guest 11-year-old Zack Jackson Zapata (I am fucking proud of this kid!)How did the band 21 pilots get their name? Why would a Gen Z listen to Nirvana or Jimi Hendrix? He’s had a phone in his hand since he was 2-years old raised on the Internet.... check out my youngest guest 11-year-old Zack Jackson Zapata (I am fucking proud of this kid!)
2020-01-0429 minMiddle Finger HappinessNo Shady Shits Allowed 👍 Cheers 🥂!! 3 tips for Stress-Less holidays🎄It’s no mystery it’s no surprise: Let’s make “unpopular” decisions and take fucking actions so we can enjoy these last few weeks of 2019. - - - No more shady shits allowed - - - Life doesn’t get easier so let’s make ourselves stronger, better, even kinder - but have boundaries like a mother fucker!
2019-12-2209 min2019-11-2200 minMiddle Finger HappinessRoaming the streets for Houston’s ONLY Legal Rum Distillery?! Look no further! Let’s take a peek inside the multi-faceted mind of Ian Mook, Owner of Grateful Dan Distillery [Candy for Adults!]Ian Mook owns Houston’s first and only Rum Distillery. His dream began as a kid to have a factory [influenced by the movie Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory] LOL! He now makes candy for adults #Rum
Listen to this ingenious ‘artist’ who creates the highest quality [small batch] rum made my hand from infused organic ingredients. Ian shares failures and success; his love of working on vintage cars. He talks about prohibition and so much more! “Grateful Dane is a distillery; described as the perfect blend of art and industry.”
Cheers to the holidays! Re...
2019-11-2143 minMiddle Finger HappinessBadass triathlete, Immigrant, U.S. Veteran, New Author! Meet Sergio FloresWhile working in the studio with my friend, Sergio Flores - we decided to produce today’s podcast! Enjoy this short power punch interview with him! A kickass, sharp guy who shares a “snippet “ of his life as an Immigrant, U.S. Veteran, and Triathlete and New Author! Meet Sergio Flores
2019-11-0715 minMiddle Finger HappinessFailure Doesn’t Give a Fuck. It’s Not 10 Yrs. Ago It’s TodayTonight , Sharon tells it straight up how to do things you’re fucking scared to do. We are delicate mother fuckers. Sensitivity and Strength are powerful. We are all good at repairs. What will you repair today and how will you get shit done?!
2019-10-2518 minMiddle Finger HappinessForbidden carnal knowledge w/Anna, Sex Educator;Romance DealerDid you lose your libido!? Sexual health is part of self-care. This podcast episode with sex educator Anna Jennings. She opens up Pandora’s box on sex, lubes , confidence, Masturbation having better sex with your partner, and more!
2019-10-1547 minMiddle Finger HappinessThe taboo on mental health; unf*ck the hardships. Super Guest Sol Salgado, MA, LPC, NCCStraightforward and sincere discussion on how do we repair the 'brokenness' inside our head? How do we unf*ck our negative wiring inside our head? It takes super strength to seek out counselling even in today's society. Meet, Sol Salgado, M.A., LPC, NACC, Mental Health expert and National Certified Counselor, and one of the few bilingual counselors. Her practice is here in Houston, Texas. Sol talks about the taboo on mental health, especially in the Latino culture, domestic abuse for men, the difference between depression vs. being sad, what triggers do to us, and how to go about ge...
2019-09-2758 minMiddle Finger HappinessFrom Strength to Strength. Get Unstuck. Tell Fear to Fuck-Off. Mitch Gonzalez, Biz Coach & MoreAt only 12-years old, marketing maven, Miami native; Cigar Lineage (family) meet Mitch Gonzalez. His amazing human ambitions are contagious. Life is happening now people!! Learn how to ask the right questions. Hustle smarter. Grab a drink and your note pad! Let’s go!
2019-09-2558 minMiddle Finger HappinessCreativity, Intimidation, and Working Your Ass offA short evening with Sharon’s mapping out why we can experience intimidation. How to turn it into fuel for our creativity! First, Be helpful. Bring value. Become necessary. Don’t be a shithead.
2019-09-2317 minMiddle Finger HappinessSunday funday ! Live at Velvet Taco on Washington St. with Evan & Sharon👍After working 11 fucking hours, drinking wine... we do a live Podcast at Velvet Taco!
2019-09-0917 minMiddle Finger HappinessSink or Swim! Woman Who Hustles!- 🔥Accidentally inherited a SPICE business!Pure inspiration when you need it most! Death of her husband and the tenacity to keep going.. Ms Pat is funny and real! She is a firecracker! #womenwhohustle
2019-09-0544 minMiddle Finger HappinessLaugh your ass off because Marz Larios is my special guest! She’s a standup comedian + we had vodka!My friend, special guest Marz (Marcie) Larios will crack you up! We talk about plumbing experience and dirty hoes, Gus’s Fried chicken, Jimmy Dean Sausage, the 99 cents store, and how she accidentally got high at a concert 🔥 how she started creating beautiful jewelry after her grandma passed away... and much more! Cheers!🥂
2019-08-2657 minMiddle Finger HappinessBadassery Back to School interview with kickass Professor & Counselor Laura Ramirez, M.EdThe low-down on triggers & back to school anxiety (Parents, Kids, Teachers) Everyone should have a badass counselor & educator like Laura Ramirez! Real talks on fucking bullying/self esteem/depression/PTSD/Overload on Testing. Great advice on how to deal with the bullshit and turn things around to have a more positive new school year!
2019-08-211h 09Middle Finger Happiness80 years from now, everyone listening to this will be fucking dead🔥730 hours in one month WTF are you doing?👍 Be a "transmitter" of goodness & valuable shit.
Why it’s important to have boundaries and limitations like a motherfucker👍
Why creative organized chaos is great?!👍
2019-08-0719 minMiddle Finger Happiness5 people + cocktails = Conversations (Uber driver, comedy, sex, dating, and more!)💕Another 'on-the-fly' podcast [unedited] Grown-ass conversations! 5 people sitting around the Podcast studio w/drinks + attending my Podcast Workshop... Basically intelligent little booze monkeys on the mics... (unedited) Cheers 🥂
2019-08-0239 minMiddle Finger HappinessHow To Get Up When Life Knocks Your Ass Down 🔥w/Kimberly Star AzpeitiaGet inspired. Dreams temporarily crushed... Death, Family Challenges, Marriage, Kids, Entrepreneurship... Kimberly comes back swinging - her multi-purpose talents and her energy is contagious💕
2019-07-261h 05Middle Finger HappinessWTF? Why that’s fantastic... drinking w/anesthesiologistsOff-the-cuff podcast tonight in the art studio with anesthesiologist and a heart surgeon all consuming cocktails! #austineastciders
2019-07-1408 minMiddle Finger HappinessVol. One WTF is Rage 🧘♀️🔥Yoga!?Ashley Duzich is the only certified RAGE YOGA 🧘♀️ instructor in the U.S. - welcome to the free judgment zone. Liberate yourself with head banging fucking foul language and 🍺 beer! Cheers! bitches
2019-07-0739 minMiddle Finger HappinessWTF have I been up to? 🔥 Good vs. Evil Now that Sumer is here!It’s summertime and I’m a bad mom... sometimes. I don’t “entertain” my kid because I’m not fucking Bozo the 🤡 clown
2019-06-2137 minMiddle Finger HappinessUS Veteran turned - Digital Filmmaker🔥 Meet Chris DavisSo, If you’re thinking about becoming an independent filmmaker?!... listen up & get inspired. AND Learn why Australians don’t like “Outback Steak House”?! 😁
2019-06-0720 minMiddle Finger HappinessReady or not! 🔥 Brain Martin from Scotland 🏴 his energy is a vessel that positively kicks ass! ✌️🔥Meet Brain Martin from Scotland 🏴 he’ll have you grinning from ear-to-ear as he traces his Scottish boyhood motives to go to the pub... And how he took up photography. Broaden your outlook on your own creativity as he shares his distinctive talent as a kickass photographer... and so much more 🔥!! (Thank you Brian for the awesome author photography you did on my book MIDDLE FINGER HAPPINESS!)🖕
2019-05-2146 minMiddle Finger HappinessJust Fucking Do It w/Juice Caboose On Cinco de MayoThe side effects of having Marissa & Rome on today’s podcast: 😁 laughing your ass off, with these two kickass entrepreneur shape shifters who are bringing their own fucking awesome ‘GROW-IN’ business opportunity to one of Houston’s Food desert areaS. Today, on Cinco de Mayo meet Juice Caboose!🔥
2019-05-0541 minMiddle Finger HappinessMeet Susan Graham! Cover-Girl of my Book Middle Finger HappinessNo f*cking fear from the cover-girl: my book Middle Finger Happiness! Susan Graham! Her sense of adventure for life is a must listen to episode... We should all be ‘more Susan’ 🔥❤️
2019-04-1648 minMiddle Finger HappinessLaura Laureles, Shear Beauty, 💋Travel, Lubricants & Nail ClippersToo good tonight! Thank you Laura Laureles, Founder of Shear Beauty 🔥for your intake on Guido, Buzz Feed and so much more!😜
2019-04-1158 minMiddle Finger HappinessTiffanie Wilkerson talks! 🐶 People, Pets & PawzUp😎 and dog 💩 poopCatch up with Tiffanie! Single kickass mom, and her passion for 🐶 dogs, community and her new endeavor PAWZUP
2019-04-0942 minMiddle Finger HappinessConnie León-🔥Filing in the f*cking gaps - strong & capable even when you’re notConnie, Founder of Houston Latina Bloggers & Creator of Momma of Dos.. real talk on real life🔥
2019-04-0739 minMiddle Finger HappinessWhat You Pay Attention to Will F*cking Improve 🔥💥 how to #HulkSmash a bad day - how to create great days 💥 without losing your damn mind👍
2019-04-0410 minMiddle Finger HappinessBehind the scenes... Crystal gets off Isolation Island 🌴 and created a kickass tribe 🦄Have you ever been down, depressed? Learn how Crystal turned her shit around- - positively moving forward to a bigger & better life💥 with passion , sausage and wine 🍷
2019-04-0136 minMiddle Finger HappinessBaller time with Ballin’ Sportswear 🔥The savvy , kickass Elizabeth Roy💋Elizabeth is in the studio with coffee conversation... sharing her business speed bumps, life stories... Listen to her and get inspired to Smack down adversity👏 p.s. she loves dogs 🐶
2019-03-3141 minMiddle Finger HappinessJill Garrett’s big wave of energy is contagious🔥 She is Houston’s sought after Dogtographer!Drinking coffee & Bailey’s Irish ☘️ Cream with Jill Garrett! She is here to share her big wave of energy for “Muscles & Mutts” Montrose Adoption Day - and dole out her passion for her KICKASS Dogtography!
2019-03-2940 minMiddle Finger Happiness. Podcast take over! 2 fuckers and Lady🔥. Podcast take over! 2 fuckers and Lady🔥
2019-03-1420 minMiddle Finger HappinessVol. II Dirty Secrets For Successful Podcasts🔥Kickass interview with Ozeal, podcast host “No Permission Needed” & The Founder of #PodHouston 🔥
2019-03-1223 minMiddle Finger HappinessVol. I Killer Convo w/Ozeal DeBastos from No Permission Needed Podcast! Vol. I Killer Convo w/Ozeal DeBastos from No Permission Needed Podcast! He is also the founder of Pod Houston [Houston's #1 Podcasting Crew]
He is so wired on coffee in the studio! We talk about how podcasting is changing, where it's heading and other amazing real shit when two friends get together~
2019-03-1217 minMiddle Finger HappinessAndy’s Crazy night🔥blood, sheriffs , ride or dieCrazy ass story ... drunk cousin ER visit! Leads Andy on a while goose chase! under a freeway taking cover on the law ... ride or die night!
2019-03-1021 minMiddle Finger HappinessNerdy Girls Badassery Success & Failures🔥Founder, Christina Meade of Nerdy Girls Success shares her unstoppable vision, successes, f*ckups, and what’s next in her BHAG’s (big hairy audacious goals)!!
2019-03-0750 minMiddle Finger HappinessDean Peer, famous bassist in my studio - Awesome AF!Unbelievable special guest Dean Peer pops in and we have an impromptu badass podcast interview!
2019-03-0514 minMiddle Finger HappinessNoir Badass Podcast of the Day!Kick ass street photographer Chris Piñon stopped by the studio... while drinking Deep Eddy Vodka, We talk about how he start his photography, running marathons and other awesome bullshit!
2019-03-0321 min2019-02-2812 minMiddle Finger HappinessAudacious Word Vomit!Do you needs some new moves in your life? Don’t except small thinkers to teach you big things! Tune in and hear Sharon’s check list of audacious word vomit!
2019-02-1307 minMiddle Finger HappinessThe Badass Scarcity Group!Well, hey... O.K. lets make some choices... - you go be confident
- do bad ass stuff
- help yourself
- help others who deserve it
2019-02-0310 minMiddle Finger HappinessBest F*cking Bedtime Story For Grownups!Tonight’s episode... With her quirky visual descriptions, Sharon reads you the best fucking funny anti-inspirational Bedtime Story “You Can Be Anything” - this is for grown ass men & women!! Cheers!
2019-01-2532 minMiddle Finger HappinessHow to Get Your Own Desires!None of us wants to be known a ‘needy’ or ‘beggarly’. It’s undesirable… it’s desparado. We all have needs… I mean in a busy relationship you can need more attention. You can need better sex... Straight-up… it’s all in the delivery.
2019-01-2309 minMiddle Finger HappinessHow to Tolerate Your Fuck-Up MistakeHad a recent fuck-up? How to move forward after you acknowledge the mistake(s)... stop beating yourself up over a shitty decision. This episode is part elegance, part acceptance, and part not giving a fuck- - because we’re going to be judged either way...
2019-01-1811 minMiddle Finger HappinessFucking Awesome Courage!No self-help stories... just great fucking struggles. Empowering humans who have been made to feel like failures in their attempts to find themselves. #MiddleFingerHappiness
2019-01-1008 minMiddle Finger HappinessRebuild Your ShitThe commotion we all live in is fucking thick with opinions & thoughts... Don’t have any regrets for YOUR choices. Remember, it’s probably something you wanted wanted at one time + plus TOP 10 LIST FOR REBUILDING YOUR SHIT!
2019-01-0910 minMiddle Finger HappinessGo Balls Deep On Improving Your Skills In 2019!Grab YOUR ASS and turn yourself around. Our lives are about evolution. If we’re not growing... we’re becoming stagnant. We don’t have to be the smartest or most talented to make great shit happen! Cheers to the New Year!
2019-01-0514 minMiddle Finger HappinessWhat Parts of You to Let Go in 2019There is freedom in not worrying about who likes your art, work, writing, or profession. When you embrace your communication to help others, you own a special kind of freedom.
2018-12-2706 minMiddle Finger Happiness3 Words That Will Get You What You Want + Fucking CockroachesYou want to know a personal dirty little secret I use in the molding process of getting what I want? Process is messy + my conspiracy on giant ass cockroaches
2018-12-2106 minMiddle Finger HappinessDealing with Depression, Anxiety. Prof. of Univ. Houston Pharmacy Austin DelaCruz awesome guest!When the holly jolly season is stressful, dealing with triggers. Top 10 ways to cope with the holidays. Clinical Prof. UH College of Pharmacy, Austin De La Cruz , Pharm.D.
2018-12-1747 minMiddle Finger HappinessWhat no one tells you about Holiday warriors tackling anxiety, depression, and suicide.From personal experience, Sharon Lee Zapata will share with you how to crush down depression, anxiety, and suicidal feelings during the holidays
2018-12-0611 minMiddle Finger HappinessWelcome to #MiddleFingerHappinessThe mini ear-bud introduction to Sharon Lee Zapata’s new podcast #MiddleFingerHappiness How & Why did she come up with this!? What’s it all about!?
2018-12-0403 min