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Living BraveEP 93: The Only Four Limits Holding You Back and How to Overcome Them with Lori HarderIn this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with the one and only Lori Harder, founder of multiple, multiple seven figure companies, investor, author, podcast host and founder of Gloci, the daily beauty supplement company. We get real about the personal journey of building a company from scratch, especially in a new industry, and dive into the four limits that hold us back from radical success as a business woman, as well as practical steps to blast through them. This episode is a window into the power of vulnerability and a call to embrace your true self...
2025-12-041h 00Living BraveEP 92: Building a $100M Brand as a Life Artist with Melanie Ann LayerIn this epic part two (2.5 years later!) of my convo with the radiant Melanie Ann Layer, founder of $100M personal development and women’s coaching brand Alpha Femme, we explore the artistry of business, and becoming. You’re invited to enter God zone—that place of deep alignment when creation flows through you, not from you.Melanie shares what it means to truly stay in the breakthrough… to trust the unseen, lead with devotion, and show up like the person you already know yourself to be. From quantum leaps to wobbles on the way up, we unpack how comp...
2025-06-181h 26Living BraveEP 91: Reaching Entrepreneurial Escape Velocity with my fiancé Christian MartinThis episode is a power-packed Q&A that honestly I thought of making a paid program and naming 9 Figure Mindset. I know my shame slayers are always thrilled when I bring the logic-brained Christian, into the conversation. He is the smartest person I know. We dove into masculine-feminine dynamics, and real behind the scenes mentality of what it takes to launch, build, and break through. Christian (serial entrepreneur & marketing wizard — we’re talkin’ dozens of businesses!) shares his wild ride: the highs, the failures, the patterns he’s seen, and what really works when you’re starting from scratc...
2025-06-171h 55Living BraveEP 90: Secret Habits of 7 Figure Women with Vortex Mastermind Alumni Diana EskanderIn this inaugural episode of our podcast series “secret habits of 7 figure women”, I am thrilled to welcome my incredible client Diana, a powerhouse in the realm of love relationship coaching to speak about her journey growing a thriving business with a small audience, and a life she’s in love with. This episode is all about elevating women, sharing the real BTS stories, and breaking through the fog surrounding what it truly takes to create success—not just in business, but in love, joy, community, and self-leadership.Diana first joined Living Brave during "Money March" 2023, our 30 day femi...
2025-02-1148 minLiving BraveEP 89: Quantum Cowgirling and Hacking the Hologram with Autumn BrianneOn this episode I interviewed Autumn Brianne - the quantum cowgirl. You don’t want to miss this juicy conversation around hacking the hologram... and learn how Autumn 3xed her business in Living Brave's Vortex Mastermind. Connect with Shoshanna HERE and Autumn HERE on Instagram and let them know what impacted you most about the episode… Interested in going deeper with the Living Brave community and having an opportunity to take off in your business and receive coaching with Shoshanna? – Join the free Living Brave Community here and hop on the “chill rocketship...
2025-02-051h 05Living BraveEP: 88 “How to hold the vision without evidence?" with Shoshanna Raven"How do I hold the vision without evidence?" Get Shosh's full 30 minute response to the million dollar question.Interested in going deeper with the Living Brave community and having an opportunity to take off in your business and receive coaching with Shoshanna? – Join the free Living Brave Community here and hop on the “chill rocketship ;)” to connect with other shame slayers on the path of building a life beyond their vision board. - Grab a ticket forLiving Brave Live 2025this Septemb...
2025-01-1640 minLiving BraveEP 87: Grieving, Facing Duality and Continuing to Lead In the Public Eye After Loss with Madison RoseMadison Rose is a successful entrepreneur, transformational coach, and fellow “rebel mama.” In this raw, vulnerable episode we dive into the sometimes stark duality and highs and lows that come with entrepreneurship, personal evolution, and impending motherhood. Madison opens up about her experiences in 2024—a year filled with unexpected challenges that didn’t align with the picture-perfect life seen on social media. Madison shares how even in light of the heart-breaking loss of her father, she has continued to lead herself and others through these turbulent times. Trigger warning - talk of suicide. This episode is a testament...
2025-01-0147 minLiving BraveEP 87: Staying Light & Approaching Love + Business with an Artistic Spirit with Madelyn MoonIn this episode of the Living Brave podcast, I had the immense pleasure of sitting down with the incredibly vibrant Madeline Moon. From the moment we began our conversation, I was struck by her authenticity and the depth of her insightsThis episode is a celebration of authenticity, creativity, and the power of laughter. Madeline's insights remind us that while life can be serious, it is equally important to find joy in the journey and to allow ourselves the freedom to express all facets of our being. Join us as we explore the art of living bravely...
2024-12-3153 minLiving BraveEP 86: Fuel Your Success: HG Pregnancies, ‘Wellness’ Myth-Busting, and a Decade of Influencing + Entrepreneurship with our Vortex Mastermind Client + Rockstar Sarah AdlerIn this episode of Living Brave, we’re interviewing our Vortex Mastermind client Sarah Adler, founder of Simply Real Health, who has been freeing women with real food since 2012. Sarah shares her journey as a mother of three, a 2x author, and a multi-passionate entrepreneur. We get real and dive into the wild journey of entrepreneurship side by side with hyperemesis gravidarum (a rare experience of severe nausea) that both Shoshanna and Sarah experienced. We also dig into health and food, myth busting popular “diet” trends and exploring the role of fuel in our success. Tune in for an inspir...
2024-12-161h 07Living BraveEP 85: Conscious Millionaires: The Energetics Behind 8 Figure Success with Regan HillyerIn this mind-bending episode, two 8 figure entrepreneurs Regan Hillyer and Shoshanna Raven break down the journey to building multi-dimensional global brands without ever honing in on a single “niche.” If you’ve been told you need to focus on one thing to be successful and follow the playbook, and are looking for two spiritual entrepreneurs who break down the energetics of quantum growth… look no further. This episode explores how to integrate your own internal work and healing journey with massive external action, maintaining presence in life and holding discomfort, fear and doubt while “manifesting” your desires. You’ll leave...
2024-11-2759 minLiving BraveEP 83: Multiple 8 Figure Codes, $35k Burgers in Bed, Trolls, and Becoming RICH AF via the Courageous Self Expression with Amanda FrancesJoin me and one of my LOVES Amanda Frances, the Money Queen herself. I read Amanda’s Rich AF book in late 2020, early 2021… the year I became a millionaire. Don’t think it’s a coincidence! At the time she was already doing $500k months, and her perspective on money changed the game for me. It was such a vibe and honor to dive right in… hear us jam about how a room service burger in bed turned into $35k in sales, the realness of building multiple 8 figure businesses, navigating internet trolls, the real down low about pregnancy...
2024-08-271h 25Living BraveEP 82: The Unconventional Path to Wealth: ‘I’d Rather be Poor and in Love’ with Samantha DailyThis conversation between two 7 figure entrepreneurs who found their way to success “by accident” reveals the secret to wealth that most people miss. When Sam turned down all her corporate jobs after college and told mom and dad she was moving to Spain at 21 for a guy she met abroad, she chose love. When Shosh walked into her manager’s office and gave her two week notice, trading a salary for a one way ticket to India and a teacher training, she chose freedom and joy. Those two pivotal moments catapulted Shosh and Sam into thriving careers as entrep...
2024-06-171h 18Living BraveEP 81: How to Attract High End Buyers Who Value Your OffersToday's episode gives you a glimpse into a favorite training inside Living Brave's annual sales challenge, Money March, that takes place inside The Club, Shoshanna's daily coaching membership. Shoshanna will break down her perspective on value creation, client attraction and pricing. We'll explore how to become someone who creates value everywhere you go, which is essential for wealth creation and overcoming shame and guilt around receiving money and selling your services.- Ready to transform your financial mindset and build obscene wealth? Check out our upcoming program and learn Shosh's unconventional method of growing...
2024-05-3035 minLiving BraveEP 80: Feminine Business + Unrealistic ResultsYay!!! We are on a roll! Get ready for a breakthrough buffet in this episode of Living Brave: Feminine Business + Unrealistic Results. Shosh dives deep in a guest coaching session with Living Brave OG client Jason Moss, who shares his remarkable journey from zero (when he worked with Shosh privately!) to a seven-figure coaching brand.In this amazing episode, Shosh and Jason explore the dynamics of feminine business, uncovering the secrets to achieving seemingly unrealistic results. From overcoming shame to embodying “the chill rocketship,” and saying fck it to the rules, they delve into the energetic shifts and...
2024-03-131h 36Living BraveEP 79: NASTY, OBSCENE, DIRTY MONEY with ShoshannaGet you some ;) In this episode, we stand against the war on HAPPINESS, WEALTH, and POWER. I’ll ask you to consider if there is any place you SAY you stand for wealth, joy and freedom… but you're limiting what's ACCEPTABLE. Dimming your light just to make sure you don't make anyone uncomfortable, harboring judgment against wealth and power and radical self expression? HMMMMMMMM.This episode explores what holds 99% of women back from rising from "self made millionaire!" to A FCKING LEGEND, PRIVATE JET MONEY.POWER + MONEY.
2024-03-1331 minLiving BraveEP 74: The Little Known Strategy to Attracting More Clients to Your BusinessListen to this solo episode with Shoshanna all the way through if you’re an embodied female entrepreneur seeking to SCALE your businesses WITHOUT subscribing the lame mass market strategy that tells you to hustle and grind, and overlooks the SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR to exponential growth.You’ll learn how my Mastermind client ROCKETSHIPPED HER ENTIRE LIFE and MULTIPLIED HER BUSINESS NEARLY “overnight,” and how to increase your capacity to “hold more.” If you’re afraid of burning out or over-working, this episode will help get rid of new levels of success and power! Enjoy.
2023-11-2439 minLiving BraveEP 71: From Inspiring to Irresistible: Feminine Marketing Training with ShoshannaIn this episode, I share an advanced mini training to take your content, marketing and brand to the next level. You’ll want to take notes as we explore the importance of storytelling and how to use it in your content to convert audience members to die hard fans and clients. Get started in The Club today and get immediate access to DAILY feminine business trainings (over two hundred and counting!), and introduce yourself to a community of hundreds of heart-centered female entrepreneurs. Say maybe to the Clu...
2023-09-1525 minLiving BraveEP 70: Growing an Authentic Multi 6 Figure Personal Brand with Guest Hannah Rose CluleyEP 70: Growing an Authentic Multi 6 Figure Personal Brand with Guest Hannah Rose Cluley Join me and my friend Hannah, multi 6 figure business coach who’s been building her online personal brand for 5+ years, as we explore topics that are often overlooked in the online business coaching space.. Including SHAME, mental health, fears and insecurities with selling, and the intricacies of holding healthy relationships while growing your empire!Get started in The Club today and get immediate access to daily podcasts from Shoshanna, over one hun...
2023-08-2552 min
Your New Life BlendLyz Lenz, Author & JournalistWhy wait to be happy? Lyz Lenz was waiting, and waiting. She was married, she had two children, she was building a career as a writer that she loved. But she was in a marriage that was not working. Or, she was in a marriage that was not working for her. Once she realized this - and realized that it was not going to change - she ended her marriage. This started her life. We are not taking liberties here with her bio - this is taken directly from the title of Lyz's upcoming book, "This American...
2023-08-0933 minYour New Life BlendAshley Louise, CEO, Ladies Get PaidAshley Louise wants women to have it all. She wants women to have all the money, all the freedom, all the promotions, all the confidence, all the joy, and all the options. With her partner (and wife) Claire Wasserman, Ashley has built Ladies Get Paid into a juggernaut of resources to help women advance professionally and financially, and recognize - and be recognized for! - our value and our worth. In addition to building the company together, in the past few years Ashley and Claire have pivoted a business built primarily on live events, moved across the country, gotten...
2023-08-0237 minYour New Life BlendStacy London, Reinvention CEOHow do we pivot with intention when our pivot was not intentional? For Stacy London - who made her mark as the confident, encouraging face of reinvention on TLC's What Not To Wear - the onset of perimenopause symptoms in her late 40s coincided with a shift in professional direction that left her feeling disoriented in her body and in her life. For Stacy, transformation was supposed to be about hope, and moving forward with purpose, but these were changes that were happening to her, and she didn't know what her new purpose was supposed to be - or...
2023-07-2640 minLiving BraveEP 69: I’LL HAVE WHAT SHE’S HAVING with Dr. Jordin WigginsJoin me and my friend Jordin Wiggins, pleasure and intimacy coach, as we explore taboos surrounding pleasure, sexuality and femininity. We explore a curious disease in which highly successful women who have the family, the job, the vacations, and all the luxury items they once dreamed of, are unable to access joy and pleasure and have a hollow feeling. Learn how to activate your turn on and live and experience life with less shame and numbness, and more of that fire that gets you up in the morning. It’s a juicy episode you won’t want to miss! Can’...
2023-07-2552 minLiving BraveEP 68: THE ONLY REASON WHY IT’S NOT WORKING with ShoshannaIn this episode, I dare say… “Here's why it’s not working.” Tune into this fiery livestream-turned podcast where I address a common problem in the online transformation industry: leaders who are not yet embodied. This is a call to "clean it up” and be radically honest, rather than pretending to have it all figured out. This episode will invigorate ideas for content and offers, snap you out of stagnation and empower you to go bigger in your bravery and vulnerability.Get started in The Club today and get immediate access to daily podcasts from Shosh...
2023-07-2354 minYour New Life BlendDeepti Sharma, Entrepreneur & Role ModelDeepti Sharma has had a busy few years. An entrepreneur who spent her career founding businesses that advocate for female, immigrant and minority communities, Deepti found her NYC catering platform suddenly upended in March 2020 by the pandemic. Pivoting on a dime, she partnered with World Central Kitchen to feed more than half a million New Yorkers, and then ran for New York City Council to address the broken systems that keep underrepresented communities on the sidelines. She didn’t win, and subsequently joined Barnard University’s Athena Center for Leadership as its first Entrepreneur in Residence to guide students on h...
2023-07-1934 minYour New Life BlendMorra Aarons-Mele, Mental Health Speaker & AuthorMorra Aarons-Mele is embracing anxiety - hers, which she is open about her struggles with, and yours, which she wants you not only to feel no shame about, but to embrace as your superpower. In her book “The Anxious Achiever” and her podcast of the same name, she explores what our anxiety might be trying to tell us and how, rather than limiting our lives, understanding and working with it can help free us. This knowledge was hard-won (of course) as Morra built her award-winning social impact agency in 2011 through its acquisition in 2021, moved with her family coast to coas...
2023-07-1333 minYour New Life BlendHitha Palepu, Multi-HyphenateHitha Palepu is a multi-hyphenate's multi-hyphenate - author, pharmaceutical CEO, media entrepreneur, lifestyle influencer, investor, speaker, curator of smart reads and cool products - plus stalwart family woman as a wife, mom and co-worker in the family business. (And if you know her, you know that's just scratching the surface!) With so many priorities - and identities - in play, how does Hitha prioritize, juggle, balance and still make sure she is looking after her own health? (Especially leading up to a scheduled hysterectomy.) In this frank and thoughtful conversation, "Your New Life Blend" host Shoshanna Hecht talks to...
2023-07-0527 minYour New Life BlendAmber Briggle, ActivistAmber Briggle describes herself as mostly just an unconditionally loving mom. She also happens to be one of America's most visible moms of a transgender child in the fight for trans inclusivity, equality and justice. She's also doing it in Texas, where she fights every day to keep her family safe in her home state (which she is not planning to leave).Amber and her family were investigated by the Texas Department of Family Protective Services for child abuse in 2022 after Texas Governor Greg Abbott directed the agency to open such cases against families like theirs. Amber...
2023-06-2726 minYour New Life BlendBea Arthur, Entrepreneur & TherapistCan you thrive in spaces that were not designed for you? Can you still achieve your highest purpose when you feel like you're under water? What keeps us grounded and focused on what's waiting for us just beyond the hard part? Bea Arthur is an entrepreneur and therapist who has seen patients and colleagues struggle with these questions in her practice and in building her companies - and has also found herself wondering those very things, keenly and deeply. As a trailblazing Black woman - the first African-American female founder accepted by Y Combinator, and frequently in spaces where...
2023-06-2134 minYour New Life BlendSeason 2 TrailerWelcome to Season 2 of "Your New Life Blend," a podcast about building our lives with intention in a world that continues to shift around us all. Join executive coach and licensed clinical therapist Shoshanna Hecht for another round of illuminating conversations with exceptional women like Stacy London, Morra Aarons-Mele, Bea Arthur, Hitha Palepu, Lyz Lenz, Amber Briggle, Deepti Sharma and others about how we balance boundaries and priorities, stay true to our values and define our own version of success. With every new day comes new choices - and the chance for us to ask ourselves: What do we w...
2023-06-1602 minLiving BraveEP 67: Shedding Your Identity to Find Your Essence with ShoshannaIn this episode, I give a behind the scenes of meeting Hollywood story consultant Michael Hague. We explore how you can get stuck in "identities" you create to avoid facing old fears and wounds. But your essence - your deepest truths - remains underneath.Learn how to shed limiting beliefs and the masks you wear to please others or hide your vulnerabilities. Discover how embracing your authentic self unleashes opportunity and life's true purpose.This insightful episode provides perspective on how understanding our desire for safety and fear of vulnerability - though natural - can...
2023-06-1612 minLiving BraveEP 64: Coaching for Multi-Passionates and “Naturals” from ShoshannaIn this episode I give you a sneak peek into my private coaching. Inside my Rapture and Riches program, like many of my offers, I give my clients an opportunity to ask me anything. This amazing client asked me questions regarding how to grow a business and personal brand as a multi-passionate. I also helped her around her fears that her work in the world “came to her too easy” for her to teach. This riff is incredible for you if you don’t want to be boxed in by a niche, are looking to step into more unapol...
2023-04-1814 minYour New Life BlendElise Hu, Journalist & Media Startup FounderDoes beauty matter? Who gets to define it, and how, and why? And what are we willing to do for it? Journalist and author Elise Hu found herself asking those questions when she moved overseas in 2015 to serve as NPR's first-ever Seoul Bureau Chief, covering important global stories like North Korea's missile launches but living as an Asian woman in South Korea in a culture that venerated - and productized - perfection. Elise found herself thinking back to her days as a teenage model growing up in Texas and examining the pressure women - and girls - are constantly...
2023-03-2928 minYour New Life BlendCandice Cook, Lawyer & ExecutiveWhat do you do when the rug is pulled out from under you? This was the collective reality in the United States in March 2020, universally felt (though unevenly experienced) and one that left individual families adrift as they tried to hammer out a semblance of a new normal. For lawyer & executive Candice Cook, it was all about learning to ride the wave - and keeping her family steady and afloat meant keeping herself steady and afloat, too. In this special live episode of "Your New Life Blend," host Shoshanna Hecht talks to Candice about how she remade her life...
2023-03-2247 minLiving BraveEP 63: “Spiritual Smackdown” Breakthroughs: Infidelity to Self-Love with Jaclyn ShawIn today’s episode, you are introduced to my friend Jaclyn Shaw, a 7 figure mentor and serial solopreneur who spends her time split between Costa Rica and Canada with her children and husband. She lets us in on her intense “spiritual smackdown” that took her by storm when she was pregnant with her daughter. Jacyln shares how she was able to dive deeper within herself and connect back to her faith, power, and aliveness. It really does mean the world when you rate & review the podcast & let us know...
2023-03-2242 minYour New Life BlendSusan McPherson, ConnectorSusan McPherson is an author, founder, speaker and consultant, but ask anyone who knows her and they'll all come up with the same title: "connector." It was more than a little ironic, then, that her book, "The Lost Art of Connecting," was published smack in the middle of the pandemic, at the height of social distancing, masks and faces in tiny zoom boxes. (The book came out on March 30, 2021, when most of us weren't even vaccinated yet). For Susan, who loves connecting with friends, connecting those friends, and then watching those connections bear fruit (sometimes in the form of...
2023-03-1423 minYour New Life BlendDorie Clark, Bestselling Author & SpeakerDorie Clark came to reinvention the old-fashioned way: by being laid off. As it happened, she was laid off on Monday, September 10th, 2001 - a terrible time, and a terrible job market. It was around that time that she realized that whether we like it or not, reinvention was going to be a necessary element our lives and how we live in the world. Fast forward to now, and Dorie Clark is a globally-recognized expert on reinvention and helping others make change in their lives, as a bestselling author, professor, and sought-after speaker and consultant - but even with...
2023-03-0728 minYour New Life BlendAbby Falik, Social EntrepreneurWho are my teachers when they're not assigned to me? What is the curriculum I choose to follow when it's not in the book? These were the questions that Abby Falik challenged high school graduates to answer when she founded Global Citizen Year, a non-profit that supported students in taking a "gap year" after high school. Abby was a decade into Global Citizen Year when the pandemic ground everything to a halt. Abby realized that this had never happened before, this collective, shared pause in life as we knew it. She made a conscious effort to find the power...
2023-03-0126 minYour New Life BlendBenish Shah, Attorney & Startup ExecutiveIs your workplace toxic? Benish Shah is an in-demand lawyer and marketing executive, used to ambitious projects with punishing timelines, and she didn't mind hard work. But in the wake of the pandemic, she started to question not just the work, but the workplaces. Was her work making the world a better place? And were her workplaces measuring up to that same standard? Benish had noticed a pattern in workplace culture: big talk about diversity and inclusion, but little actual follow through for the employees who took the risk of showing up at work with their full selves. As a...
2023-02-2225 minYour New Life BlendCindy Gallop, Founder & Change AgentWhen the pandemic upended our lives in March 2020, Cindy Gallop was one of the few people who did not experience personal or professional upheaval, or even inconvenience. Cindy loved spending time alone in the apartment she loved, she was a sought-after speaker and consultant who was equally in demand online - and she ran a startup that was predicated exclusively on users and customers being online. That company was MakeLoveNotPorn, a social sex platform, with a goal to normalize sex and promote consent, communication, and good sexual behavior. User submissions tripled during the pandemic, and Cindy knew why: people...
2023-02-1432 minYour New Life BlendEmily Lynn Paulson, AuthorA few years ago, Emily Lynn Paulson didn't think she had a problem with drinking. She'd quit cold turkey for her pregnancies, after all. But there always seemed to be a reason to drink, an opportunity, an excuse. And, soon, a constant. And her kids noticed. So she made a decision, found a sponsor and a 12-step program, and quit. Now Emily is the founder of Sober Mom Squad, a Certified Professional Recovery Coach, a Facilitator of Addiction Awareness and the author of "Highlight Real: Finding Honesty and Recovery Beyond the Filtered Life." But there was something else she...
2023-02-0729 minLiving BraveEP 62: Becoming a Match to your Desires with Men & Money with ShoshannaToday’s episode is a sneak peak into module 1 of a brand new program called Rapture & Riches, setting the foundation for how to ask for AND get what you want with MEN & MONEY. I couldn’t help myself from leaking the first module out of 20! The truth is, there’s a misconception of what manifestation and feminine energetics means in life… it’s NOT just about leaning back and letting life happen to you. It’s about showing up and MAKING it happen, backed by a clean energy and instilled sense of surrender and safety to what is outside of y...
2023-02-0127 minYour New Life BlendSehreen Noor Ali, Co-Founder, SleuthSehreen Noor Ali did not plan to start a venture-backed company in the pediatric health care space. But her child had started missing her milestones and she had too many unanswered questions. After taking time off work and spending hours upon hours in Google rabbit holes and parent Facebook groups searching for clues and trading information, Sehreen decided to create a tool to surface this information directly to parents like her. Together with her co-founder, Sehreen built Sleuth, a childhood health recommendation engine, powered by crowdsourced insights from parents and machine-learning. (Think: Waze for childhood health.) Sleuth has been...
2023-02-0121 minYour New Life BlendDaisy Auger-Dominguez, VICE Media GroupDaisy Auger-Dominguez is passionate about inclusion on a deep, personal level, drawing on her own experiences being othered and unheard work for change through empathy. As the Chief People Officer of Vice and the author of “Inclusion Revolution: The Essential Guide to Dismantling Racial Inequity in the Workplace” she takes that empathy to work every day - and wow is her work cut out for her in this COVID/post-COVID/we-are-so-not-post-COVID era. Working through the evolving needs of a workforce and the evolving requirements (demands?) of employers and employees - against the backdrop of volatile market conditions - presents new...
2023-01-2428 minYour New Life BlendChristina Wallace, Harvard Business ProfessorChristina Wallace led a hard-charging life before the pandemic. She was a multi-hyphenate's multi-hyphenate, a musician-entrepreneur-marathon-runner-speaker-author-road-warrior who was flying a hundred thousand miles a year for work. Then she quit her job, because she had a new baby and it was time for a change. She was mapping out her book proposal and multiple income streams when the pandemic closed everything down - including her almost-income streams - and her world shrank into her Brooklyn apartment with just her, her baby, her husband, and her husband's phone voice - "a separate being in our relationship" - all day, every d...
2023-01-1734 minLiving BraveEP 61: Celebration & Joy to Multi 8 Figure Brand and an Impact Past Your Lifetime with Melanie Ann LayerThis episode is truly a treat, a breath of fresh air, a peek behind the scenes of one of the most legendary women I’ve been honored to know, one of my mentors Melanie Ann Layer of Alpha Femme. In this episode, we dive into the keys to longevity in business, the backbone of her multi 8-figure brand she’s grown organically… as well as how to stay present, mindblown, happy, and fulfilled while still striving for more. This is an incredible episode I recommend to anyone on the path of personal growth and evolution. Enjoy 🧡
2023-01-171h 00Your New Life BlendUmbreen Bhatti, Director, Athena CenterThe through-line of Umbreen Bhatti's career has been helping people tackle, as she says, "big, complex, sticky challenges." As the Director of the Athena Center for Leadership at Barnard College, and in her previous work as a lawyer and Director of the Innovation Lab at KQED, Umbreen looks at these challenges from all perspectives and then zooms out and kicks the tires on the underlying frameworks, paradigms and default assumptions to find new, and better, pathways forward. (She does not have time for "this is how we've always done it" and still less for "this is why it can't...
2023-01-1132 minLiving BraveEP 60: The Evolution from $1M to $3.3M+ in 11 monthsDive into one of our most impactful classes yet - the EVOLUTION. We dive into how to refine, embody and innovate to build a brand, a community that blossoms alongside your own human journey of identity! This is a value dense class you will likely want to take notes on - with both energetic and strategic tools and frameworks to take with you and implement right away to see results in your own business. It really does mean the world when you rate & review the podcast (Shoshanna personally sees your r...
2023-01-052h 12Your New Life BlendChrissy Carter, Yoga EducatorYoga educator Chrissy Carter left her high-intensity job as a trader on Wall Street to pursue her passion for wellness. Then in March 2020 her yoga practice suddenly switched from the studio to her home which became the place for everything else, too, including her husband and baby, as boundaries completely disappeared, along with her sense of control over her life. Chrissy had always approached her teaching, her business, even her relationship asking, how do I simplify this? and turned to simplicity again in this moment, looking to rebuild her boundaries, refocus her practice and zero in on the one...
2023-01-0433 minYour New Life BlendLindsey Pollak, Author & SpeakerAuthor Lindsey Pollak had always made a point of projecting polish and control - useful for her work as an in-demand speaker and workplace expert. In March 2020 she had a year of speaking engagements booked - until she didn't. Over a two-week period, she lost over six figures in business as clients cancelled bookings and took back deposits. As the family breadwinner, she had no choice but to figure out how a workplace expert adapts when the workplace disappears. Then, Lindsey and her family had to adapt even more when a space heater in the apartment below them sparked...
2022-12-2825 minYour New Life BlendChristina Blacken, The New QuoWhat stories are we telling ourselves about the world? The New Quo founder Christina Blacken works with leaders to challenge the status quo through "narrative intelligence" - understanding the power of stories to change minds, break patterns, and make better, wiser decisions. In this episode, host Shoshanna Hecht speaks with Christina about the stories we tell ourselves in good times and in crises (and whose stories get told, and from whose perspective). Christina also shares how she applied the lessons of narrative intelligence to her own story, professionally and personally, when the COVID-19 lockdowns took hold in March 2020. Professionally...
2022-12-2136 minYour New Life BlendHelaine Olen, JournalistWashington Post columnist Helaine Olen has always been fascinated by work and how it dominates our lives - and, since March 2020, has been fascinated by the profound shift she has observed in our relationship to work since the pandemic sent so many of us home, and sent so many others directly into harm's way. These observations were the basis of her recent article, "How the Pandemic Ended America's Bad Romance With Work," in which she explores the forces compelling what she calls "a great reconsideration, a great renegotiation" with work in this country and exactly how much of it...
2022-12-1432 minLiving BraveEP 59: Holistic Mentorship to Multi 7 Figures with Cait ScudderToday is a special episode for a few reasons… One, I get to interview my soul sister and previous mentor Cait Scudder, and two, because this is a launch of our JOINT mentorship program that kicks off for its first round on Dec 12! Join us for an expansive conversation about leadership, the juicy BTS details of what really goes on two years into a coaching relationship... and the first details of our brand new offer where you get to be coached by both of us live for an entire week. Special pricing for podcast listeners only. DM @shoshanna_raven fo...
2022-12-071h 02Your New Life BlendSali Christeson, ArgentHow do you support women in the workplace? If you're Sali Christeson, founder and CEO of Argent, you do it with sleeve-stays, flexible fabrics and, of course, pockets. Argent's suits were ubiquitous this fall in the run-up to the election with a hot-pink voting-themed collection - but almost three years ago in March 2020 when everyone stopped going to the office, she wasn't even sure she'd have a business at all. On this episode of "Your New Life Blend," host Shoshanna Hecht talks to Sali about how she navigated the challenges of the past few years - professionally and personally...
2022-12-0741 minYour New Life BlendTrailer Welcome to Your New Life Blend, a podcast about deciding what we want our lives to look like. Even as we are expected to "return to normal,” we are all, collectively and individually, remaking what "normal" looks like - in our families, in our careers, and in a shifting, evolving culture. Join therapist and coach Shoshanna Hecht for thoughtful, illuminating conversations with guests across a range of life experiences asking, "What do we want our lives to look like?" It's time for Your New Life Blend.
2022-11-1701 minLiving BraveEP 58: $300K in 6 Months & the Surprise About the Next Level of Success; 1-1 Mentoring with Reese HilburnThis week, I’m back with another electric 1-1 coaching session with Reese, a member of my inner circle EXPAND Mastermind. She’s a renowned tattoo artist flown around the world for her skills, a shop owner & a mentor to other tattoo artists who desire growth & freedom in their business.In our session, we celebrate her wins of making $300k in 6 months (double what she made all last year!), expanding her tattoo shop, and overall feeling so alive in her business. We explore how to create a stress-free reality, how to cultivate the most magn...
2022-10-0448 minLiving BraveEP 57: Dad & Daughter Talks: Staying Youthful, Loving & Light in Parenthood, Relating & BusinessWelcoming back my most sought after guest, my dad, Dan. I don’t know that there is anyone on this planet that will ever measure up to his humor and heart. He lights up a room, sparks a conversation with a lonely stranger, and has this spark that will make an imprint on you forever.He has always been the biggest supporter of my brave leaps, whether that was quitting my job, running off to India, becoming a writer, going through heartbreak, and taking my business in the direction of taboos like money and se...
2022-09-021h 06Living BraveEP 56: Lighthouse Marketing & Unreasonable Success; 1-1 Mentoring with Alice MayIn this 1-1 mentorship series, I’m thrilled to introduce another beautiful leader, Alice May, who participated in my Empowered Business Accelerator in January 2022. In this raw and inspirational episode, Alice and I explore her riveting journey across the world and within the depths of her soul to become who she is now—a lighthouse energy force who brings joy to everyone she encounters. I support her in exiting the limiting mind construct to inspire creative flow, let go of the labels and marketing that can keep you small, and tap into self-expression to show...
2022-08-1745 minLiving BraveEP 55: Overcoming Inner Critics, Launch Fears & Going for It; 1-1 Mentoring with Britt Lynn LaBouffThis week, we have another 1-1 mentorship session with Britt Lynn LaBouff! This is our first coaching session together. Britt Lynn is an energetic cartographer who has a whole toolbox of skills and modalities to help people do deep transformational work through inner-self mapping. Britt Lynn is seeking guidance to work on removing subconscious blocks to her own success, practicing unapologetic self-confidence, and boosting her magnetism to attract other embodied women to her. As we unpack her story, we learn where she can reprogram her thoughts around success and belonging, explaining vs. embodiment, and h...
2022-08-041h 00Living BraveEP 54: When Things Don’t Go as Planned & Freeing Your Creative Fire; 1-1 Mentoring with Regina SilvaI’m thrilled on this 1-1 mentorship series to introduce one of my existing clients, Regina O Silva, a member of my inner circle mastermind for heart-led entrepreneurs scaling global empires. Regina is a spiritual business coach, plant medicine woman, and psychic intuitive who helps entrepreneurs and visionaries embody their next level leadership, wealth, and impact in a new paradigm.In this expansive episode, we alchemize feelings of shame & triggers, and free creative blocks in her business. We explore how to make room and release weight to receive what’s truly meant for you, drop...
2022-07-2647 minLiving BraveEP 52: Business as Art & True Embodiment, 1-1 Mentoring with Robyn ElizabethHere at Living Brave we are so excited to launch a brand new series where we’re giving you an exclusive look inside VIP 1-1 coaching sessions! Today, listen in on a mentoring call with Robyn Elizabeth, a woman’s worth and leadership coach whose business has soared to multiple 5 figure months quite fast. I coach her through unique challenges that arise with scaling fast, particularly around the topics of embodiment, magnetism, business as art, and the anatomy of a quantum leap.As always, it means the world when you rate...
2022-07-2247 minLiving BraveEP 53: Quantum Crumbles & Opening to Receive, 1-1 Mentoring with Michelle PoundWe’re back with another 1-1 mentorship session! In this episode, I’m speaking to Michelle Pound. This is our first coaching experience together. Michelle is a pleasure and prosperity coach who helps women own their feminine essence.Michelle’s business boomed during the pandemic, which brought up uncomfortable patternings and self-sabotage (the quantum collapse!). This episode is a deep dive into receiving wealth, re-coding your conscious mind, getting out of a freeze, emotional alchemy & becoming a match to big wealth.As always, it means the world when you rate & review...
2022-07-2248 minLiving BraveEP 51: Turning Pain into Purpose & Moving Thru Grief with Emily BinghamOn the podcast today, I have my amazing client of 2 years and extraordinary friend, Emily Bingham, who shares her transformational journey about young widowhood, unexpected life changes, and awakening to all the possibilities that life can bring after enduring tragedy. Her story is one of bravery, and resiliency, and will leave you motivated, deeply moved, and inspired. Hanging out with Emily is like a cup of fresh coffee in the morning… She just lifts you up and makes you smile.After becoming widowed with two young kids in her early thirties, Emily never imagined ha...
2022-07-1942 minLiving BraveEP 50: Self-Worth, Vulnerability & Finding Meaning in HSV with Bek AntonucciThis episode, we’re breaking down walls and opening up about all things shame, self-discovery, and vulnerability. Join me and my gorgeous friend and fellow HSV babe, Bek Antonucci, in this tell-all conversation. We follow her story from where she started her career in the fitness industry and battled eating disorders, to her HSV diagnosis and her struggle to find support through it, to today, where she runs her own successful empowerment coaching business.We discuss breaking out of victimhood and being vulnerable and brave in the wake of others’ judgments and projections. We hope...
2022-06-2153 minLiving BraveEP 49: Embodying Your Feminine Energy for Successful Dating & Long-Term Relationships with Sami WunderJoin me this week for a juicy chat with multi-7-figure love, dating and relationship coach, Sami Wunder. Sami speaks from her own experience of trying and painfully failing at dating many times before finally calling in her husband. She’s now an expert love coach for ambitious women, successful women, and celebrities. She highlights why so often high-achieving women struggle with dating and relationship, and what you can do to reset and thrive.Join us today for this tell-all conversation to learn how to embody your feminine energy and mor...
2022-05-1358 minLiving BraveEP 48: Practicing Self-Discovery and Holding Pain Through AyahuascaThis month has been undeniably transformational. Living Brave is reaching new heights, I had the privilege of leading a retreat in Colombia, the Heart of the World, with so many amazing women and helped lead them to self-discovery and quantum growth. And most recently, I had the opportunity to compound all of this juiciness on an Ayahuasca journey with my partner. What I experienced is hard to put into words, but in this vulnerable episode, I share it all. Starting with my first Ayahuasca experience in the very place I hosted this month’s ret...
2022-04-211h 01Living BraveEP 47: Quantum Leaps and Quantum Crumbles with Diana DavisThis week, we’re joined by my bestie and creative business coach, Diana Davis. Diana’s story begins on a ranch outside of a small town of only 500 people in Colorado. In this episode, we adventure on her brave leap through a divorce, identity shifts, and an entrepreneurial journey that began when she moved to NYC with no plan B. Diana has been not only one of my closest friends but my client in various programs including my Leadership Mastermind, where I watched her quantum leap in both her business (a $100K launch) & her leadership. She has...
2022-03-1856 minLiving BraveEP 46: Shadows, Imperfection, and Embodied Leadership with Luna Veronica MysticToday, we’re tearing down taboos as we sit down with my friend and witchy astrologer, Luna Veronica Mystic. Her life’s mission is to help women on their path to becoming mystical, and she’s on her own journey to becoming a leader in this space. In our conversation, we learn about how she went from working in homeless shelters to discovering her true calling: astrology and all things taboo. She breaks down birth charts and how your sun, moon, and rising signs affect how you authentically show up in the world, and how you can best embody...
2022-02-0857 minLiving BraveEP 45: The 7-Figure YearWhat a year! Join me & the Living Brave community for a recap of our biggest & most transformational year yet. We start from the very beginning, with a zero-dollar coaching launch in February 2020, all the way to December 2021, with a $1.4M end to this year! I share behind the scenes, the ups and downs and in-betweens, and the greatest energetics & strategic shifts that align with each milestone. We talk HSV, heartbreak, and embodied leadership through the quantum leaps & quantum crumbles. I venture deep into the “how” behind creating a heart-centered business that grows as a byproduct of your own expa...
2022-01-271h 26Living BraveEP 44: Release Your Radiance with Sabi KerrThis week’s guest, Sabi Kerr is a self-love coach and a dear friend of mine. Get cozy with us as though we’re all sitting on the couch together, being real and open about what’s happening behind the scenes. In this conversation, we dive into the topics of self-love, breaking rules in business, about her nonlinear growth journey, leading in hard times, how to embody your deepest desires and actually manifest them in reality, and more.Connect with Shoshanna & the Living Brave Communityinstagram.com/shoshanna_ravenhttp...
2022-01-0557 minLiving BraveEP: 43 How to Overcome Fear of SuccessWhat’s holding you back from achieving your goals, and how are you defining success in your life? Today, in this solo episode, I break down the three biggest factors that prevent people from taking big risks to becoming more successful than they ever imagined was possible. I cover topics like how to overcome the fear of having more responsibility and influence, how having more money opens doors and amplifies who you are and what you believe in, and how to move through the fear of losing people during the most transformative stages of growing your business. This ep...
2021-12-0247 minLiving BraveEP 42: Conscious Sexuality & Harnessing the Power of Your Rock Bottom with Aimee BatuskiThis week, I pass the mic to my friend and fellow podcaster of the Desire on Fire Podcast, Aimee Batuski. In this counter-interview, Aimee speaks vulnerably about her rock bottom moment, and how acknowledging the work she still had to do within herself led her to the transformational work she does for other women today. We discuss getting edgier online through fearless self-expression, how to consciously communicate with future sex partners, leading with feeling rather than your accomplishments, human design, and much more. If you’re lit up about transforming your sex life (no matter your relationship sta...
2021-10-2351 minLiving BraveEP 41: Heartbreak, Herpes & Shame Slaying: My Story with Aimee Batuski of Desire on FireIn this special episode, my friend Aimee Batuski interviews me on my journey through shame, HSV, and the rapid growth of Living Brave to a 7 figure business. We dive deep into my heartbreak – the only public interview I’ve had on the experience. This episode was recorded for Aimee’s podcast 4 months after the end of my long-term relationship. I’m confident that you’ll find inspiration on your journey of healing and leadership in hard times.Connect with Shoshanna & the Living Brave Communityinstagram.com/shoshanna_ravenhttps://ww...
2021-10-061h 11Living BraveEP 40: Unconditional Confidence & Quieting FearThis week’s guest, my friend and the amazing Nora Claire, is the co-founder and programming director of Archipelago, a member-based social community helping growth-oriented people connect together. The path to success is rarely linear, and Nora’s is no exception. In today’s episode, Nora and I explore topics like failure and growing from those moments, quieting your fear, and cultivating the courage to move confidently through the world. She shares her journey to becoming the empowered business leader that she is today, and how navigating her “dark night of the soul” ultimately led to amazing self-growth...
2021-09-2747 minLiving BraveEP 39: How to Create a Six-Figure LaunchTune in to this episode to learn both the strategy & energetics behind creating a successful launch of your online, service-based offer. This is for heart-centered coaches, healers, guides & teachers who are seeking both the mindset & leadership principles, as well as the tangible approach to selling out a signature offer. We’ll be peeling back the curtain behind what took Living Brave from a $0 launch flop to four back-to-back six-figure launches in less than 1.5 years. Enjoy!Connect with Shoshanna & the Living Brave Communityshoshannaraven.comIG @shoshanna_raven...
2021-09-0739 minLiving BraveEP 38: Collapsing Time to Multiple 6 FiguresThis episode is all about emboldening your inner leader & paving your own path in your heart-centered business. I share behind the scenes of the energetic & strategic principles that have taken Living Brave from $0 to $850k in less than a year. If you're inspired to join this last round of EBA for 2021, send me a message on IG @shoshanna_raven to explore!Apply for the Leadership Mastermind here. Love!
2021-08-131h 48Living BraveEP 37: Telling the Truth & Building a Heart-Centered Business that Outlives YouVP Wright is a courageous leader & friend I admire. Often called a renaissance woman by their friends, VP is a mother of two, author, serial creative entrepreneur, diversity, equity, and inclusion expert, anti-racism educator, and certified life coach for creative entrepreneurs.This is for you if you’re here for the real conversations… Heartbreak, healing, loneliness, shame, doubt, comparison, vulnerability… Two years ago, when VP started her business, she was homeless & making $11 an hour. She hired a coach & it paid off within 3 months. She now runs a multiple 6 figure business helping impact-driven humans build their own in...
2021-07-251h 02Living BraveEP 35: Financial Empowerment & Investing 101A value-packed episode exploring:✨How to break free from the matrix and build wealth by creating new opportunities//shifting your behavior from consumer to empowered investor✨How a sexual advance by a senior partner at a wealth management firm was a blessing in disguise✨Bridging the empowerment gap & democratizing access to financial tools and strategies✨Spending vs. investing✨How to make smart investments in yourself and the market✨lessons from my first ever stock, a company that almost got kicked off the Nasdaq and plummeted & now is up 2,500%: what it can teach you about en...
2021-05-171h 08Living BraveEP 34: Behind the Scenes of a 6-Figure MonthIn this episode, we dive deep into how I went from earning $500 a month as a freelance writer with a $0 failed coaching launch to the CEO of a half a million dollar business in 12 months.We explore genital herpes, money, shame, leadership, grounded strategy & all things scaling your heart centered business.-----Thank you for being a part of this community! Connect with me directly on Instagram @shoshanna_raven, and check out my other offerings at shoshannaraven.com, including
2021-03-301h 00Living BraveEP 33: The Worthy Wealthy Woman: Part 3Throughout The Worthy Wealthy Womxn Series, we’ve been peeling back the layers of wealth expansion, financial liberation, and how to energetically back your desire to step up and create the financial reality you’re seeking.In this final episode of the series, we’re tackling the next layer surrounding money, your self-worth, and more specifically how that’s impacting your business. Begin chipping away at your limiting beliefs and create alignment - in your sales, in your pricing, in your investments - to receive the wealth you’re calling in.
2021-03-1034 minLiving BraveEP 32: The Worthy Wealthy Woman: Part 2In Part 2 of The Worthy Wealthy Woman Series, I’m calling you forward to take responsibility for your financial liberation. This episode is for you if you’re ready to use money as an amplifier to improve your life, invest and spend from a place of intentionality, and open up the possibilities of your financial reality.Shift into an experience of safety and security with money. We’ll dive into how your thoughts, your beliefs, and your unconscious patterns dictate your financial reality. Eliminate blame and shame, and learn how to make d...
2021-02-0934 minLiving BraveEP 31: The Worthy Wealthy Woman: Part 1Join me for part one of a three-part series on money leadership and financial liberation. On this episode, I share the number one block holding heart-centered entrepreneurs back from wealth expansion. You’ll learn the foundation principles behind how money works, and how to become an active creator of your own reality. This episode is for you if you’re ready to step into an empowered relationship with money and calibrate to a new frequency of possibility for your financial future. To dive deeper, drop t...
2021-02-0131 minLiving BraveEP 30: Next Level Confidence with Amy PamenskyHave you ever felt that something was just off? On this episode of Living Brave, Amy Pamensky and I discuss breaking free from complacency and reclaiming the power to choose. We explore how to show up as the confident woman that you’re destined to become, to feel whole and complete within yourself. It starts with doing the inner work and learning how to love yourself. This episode is for you if you are ready to break from the mold, take control of your narrative and start living a life that aligns wit...
2021-01-0842 minLiving BraveEP 29: Embodying Your Inner CEOThis episode is for you if you not only want to build a business that does exceptionally well, but you’re seeking to create a legacy with substance, quality and depth. Do yourself a favor and carve out some distraction free time to listen to this business training and learn how to step into your leadership power. We’ll cover what energetic shifts you need to make and boundaries to put into place to scale without burning out. Thank you for being here. Connect with me directly on Instagram @shoshanna_raven...
2020-12-2235 minLiving BraveEP 28: How To Find Your Purpose As A Multi-Passionate CreativeHow do you find your purpose if you have multiple passions?Start embracing the fact that you may be absolutely fantastic at or interested in many things -- and that’s a superpower.While purpose is often tied to vocation, I challenge that one-dimensional view. I offer you perspectives and frameworks that will benefit you in getting out of idea overload, analysis paralysis, starter limbo, and into creative flow and movement. This episode is for you if you are looking for alignment to your purpose - and...
2020-12-1546 minLiving BraveEP 27: 3 Keys to Building an Engaged CommunityWELCOME TO EP 27!HOW to build an engaged community?The typical answer: Have a great offer, have amazing content, and be consistent.Eh, true but not juicy enough. I want to give you something every other coach isn’t already saying, bc without the following 3 key elements, you won’t grow that nourishing community that I know if you’re a soulful entrepreneur, is a big piece of your WHY.Commun...
2020-10-2938 minLiving BraveEP 26: The Story Keeps Getting Better + Shooting Stars with DadDue to popular demand, Living Brave is back with another interview with my Dad, the one and only Dan Delventhal. This is a feel-good, story-filled conversation with one the kindest and most entertaining person I know. Dan speaks to a time in his life where he worked multiple full-time jobs, including at a mental institution, while going to school full-time. We share some of the most important stories that have brought us closer with our loved ones who have crossed over, and will push even the greatest of skeptics to believe in something bigger. The man who t...
2020-09-101h 21Living BraveEp 25: Save Yourself from Bro Marketing + How to Be an Authentic LeaderThis episode is for you if you are looking to break down old systems of harmful marketing and instead run a business that thrives on generosity while being your true authentic self. If you're a heart-centered entrepreneur seeking the scale in integrity, join my free training Launch Like a Leader, where I'll break down the exact framework I use to go from $0 to a $48k launch, offer action items to uplevel your messaging and sales strategy that feels good for everyone. I also invite you to step into leadership and join a nu...
2020-08-2751 minLiving BraveEp 24: Twisted Stripper, Sex Positivity and Self-Love with Carlee MurrellCarlee Murrell is a business owner, personal trainer, HSV advocate, and former stripper based in Portland, OR. Carlee is the creator of Twister Stripper, a signature workout series specifically for sex workers. In this episode, we dive into topics including shame, stigma, entrepreneurship, self-love, and community. Carlee busts some common myths about stripping and shares from the heart about her own journey. It will inspire you to walk your authentic path and invite you into self-exploration. Please support the podcast by leaving a review or rating and share with someone it may benefit. To learn about other offerings...
2020-08-1149 minLiving BraveEP 22: Making Peace with Food and Your Body with Soshy AdelsteinSoshy Adelstein is a wellness coach who helps women let go of harmful beliefs around dieting, eating, exercise, and weight. On this episode, we learn about her story growing up in the Orthodox Jewish community, leaving home at 17, and fending for herself in New York City. This talk is for anyone who is navigating guilt, shame, and self-depreciation or who finds themselves "self-sabotaging" or caught up around food and their body. Soshy offers a framework for looking at unpacking our relationship with dieting, food, and body image through the lens of healing trauma. As always we hold nothing back...
2020-06-301h 06Living BraveEP 21: The Othering of Coloring with Courtney BrameCourtney Brame is back for part two to speak to current events around racial justice and equality and the Black Live Matters movement. He is the founder of Something Positive for Positive People, a podcast and non-profit fighting stigma and shame around sexuality and STIs. On this episode, you will hear a vulnerable and uncomfortable conversation around racism, activism, and the parallels between herpes and race, and I hope it empowers you to have more of these important discussions in your own life. Courtney offers an important message for anyone asking, “what can I do...
2020-06-1251 minLiving BraveEP 20: The Intersection of Sex, Herpes, Identity and Vulnerability with Courtney BrameCourtney Brame is the Founder of Something Positive for Positive People a podcast and non-profit that started as a suicide prevention resource for people navigating a herpes diagnosis. It's evolved to offer resources and facilitate emotional healing and community building for those facing stigma and shame around sexuality and STIs at large. We talk about his experience with identity as a “sex-positive, black, non-monogamous man from the mid-west.” What is it about STIs that drives people to feel so small and isolated? Topics include trauma, vulnerability, the importance of anchoring in your values, sexuality, inner...
2020-06-121h 08Living BraveEP 19: Free Yourself From Good Vibes OnlyDare to question the status quo as we unpack "good vibes only." We explore how to heal from this harmful story, stop abandoning ourselves, reconnect to truth, and explore a more inclusive framework of relating to one another. This episode is for those of you ready to become disruptive, courageous leaders, and for anyone seeking more peace in their own lives, and for the world at large. ALL VIBES, all people, all colors, all backgrounds, all ages, and all orientations, are welcome here. Please join the conversation inside the Living Brave Community on FB - https://www.facebook.com...
2020-05-0926 minLiving BraveEP 18: Remembering Who You Are, How to Be Psychic, and Story Time with Dad (Dan)This might be my favorite episode to date. Join me and my Dad as we explore topics such as taking risks in life in the face of social pressures and norms, and starting a soul-centered business. The happiest/most hilarious guy I know dives into psychic stories, how to interpret messages from the universe, and inspirations from the spirit world. Learn about the religion of love, astrology, scumbag tests, and ideas for lightening up and finding more ease. My life's greatest mentor teaches us about restoring self-love and confidence in the hardest of moments, and how to always remember...
2020-04-231h 09Living BraveEP 17: Finding Inner Harmony During External ShiftsThe global pandemic has forced us to pause and turn inward. As we take a deep collective exhale, we may find space to come into alignment and heal. On this episode we explore what inner harmony is, what it’s not, and different perspectives and practices to “get there.” When the external world is turned upside down, how can we create our own sustainable happiness and peace? Learning that our external reality is always in flux and never certain, how do we build a sense of stability, clarity, ease and fulfil...
2020-04-0729 minLiving BraveEP 15: Your Amazingly Ordinary A$S (Enough About Abundance Pt. 2) with ShoshannaJoin this deep dive discussion exploring our fear of the ordinary, how our culture has shamed us for living average lives, and ways to move forward in this media-driven world without going insane! It will challenge what you've been told, and it may even trigger you. YAY! We have the opportunity here to mind the gap between our aspirational values, and how we're actually living our lives. We get a chance to explore how privilege, power dynamics, and entitlement have tainted the self-help industry. We'll learn how to TAKE OUR POWER BACK from a place of groundedness i...
2020-02-1736 minLiving BraveEP 11: Role Playing with ShoshannaWhether we're having fun with it or not, all of us are role-playing. On this episode, we explore the core of many spiritual teachings... How can we own our stories and use our roles to empower us rather than leave us feeling trapped? How do we connect to the part of us that is unchanging, to relieve anxiety and stress in our lives? We explore other topics including forgiveness vs. compassion, relationships, joy, ego, and living from the heart. Mentioned on this episode: True Sex & Wild Love #21 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/21-cheating-and-the-new-monogamy-with-dr-tammy-nelson/id1472061802?i=1000456892801
2020-01-0617 minLiving BraveEP 09: The Line Between Vanity and Openness with ShoshannaHow do we share authentically in the age of "vulnerability porn?" How do we work with social tools and shield ourselves from the harmful side of Instagram culture? What's the difference between sharing your story and shedding, or transcending your own narrative? In this episode, we explore what it means to truly share from the heart and how to go about being brave from a place to nonattachment vs. falling into the never-ending cycle of feeding the ego. I offer a guided meditation to help us bridge the gap between our wholehearted vision for our lives, and how we...
2019-12-2236 minLiving BraveEP 07: Travel Like You Mean It with ShoshannaConsidering a leap of faith, leaving a career you dislike or taking a break from life as you know it? Tired of convincing yourself that what you truly want is impossible, when it's in fact already happening for many people right NOW? In this episode, we dive into the topic of travel, and more specifically how traveling to a new place and getting outside of our comfort zone can help us get unstuck. Hear Shoshanna's take on traveling with purpose, and how to make even the most far-fetched of dreams happen for you.
2019-12-0828 minLiving BraveEP 05: Let's Talk About Loneliness, Baby with ShoshannaResearch shows loneliness and social isolation can be as damaging to health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Instead of pushing the feeling aside, how can we sit with ourselves, befriend loneliness and dare to learn about the darker parts of ourselves - the parts we typically don't show on our social media profiles? This episode explores the meaning of true belonging and how we can connect deeply with ourselves and one another for a fuller, more vibrant life.
2019-11-2424 minLiving BraveEp 01: The Vulnerability Project with ShoshannaA big, loving welcome to the Living Brave podcast, a place where limiting beliefs dissolve and inspiration grows. I'm Shoshanna Raven, a writer, yoga teacher, and world nomad. In this episode, I share two key pivotal moments that completely changed my life. I talk about what happened when I traded in my corporate job for a one-way ticket to India, and why telling people I have a highly stigmatized STI is one of my favorite things to do. On Living Brave, we believe that true self-love and radical transparency are recipes for a full and vibrant life. Let's dive...
2019-10-2144 min