BUT FIRST, SHE FAILED - Career Growth, Women Entrepreneurs, Overcoming Imposter Syndrome, Growth Mindset, Confidence

In this episode, Host Paola Soares speaks with social entrepreneur and Media Startup Founder, Liz Rebecca Alarcón. Liz is the Founder & Executive Director of Pulso, a non-profit media startup that brings culturally relevant Latino news, history and culture to over 1 million people in the United States. Since launching in 2018, Pulso has gained some very notable fans including Rashida Jones and JLO to name a few. Liz is also a sought-after Political Analyst with her writing and commentary on Latin America and Latinos in the US being featured in The New York Times, USA Today, Time Magazine, Newsweek & The Miami Herald among others. In this interview she discusses why it's important to go to market with a project before having it all figured out, the challenges that come with leadership and how sometimes our biggest public victories can feel like personal failures... this and so much more… Connect with Liz Rebecca Instagram: @lizrebealarcon Instagram: @projectpulso Let's Connect: Instagram: @butfirstshefailed Weekly But First, She Failed Newsletter Sign up/ Your Boss Woman Profile Quiz But First, She Failed FB Community

In this episode, Host Paola Soares speaks with Podcast Producer and Manager Eugenia Woo. A pioneer in the podcasting space having had one of the very first Spanish language Podcasts.She is a fellow Podcaster and Host of the Fairly Bold Podcast, where she inspires women to create massive change in their lives one small - and Bold - step at a time. Eugenia Woo is Podcast Manager and Producer who combines the strategic side of podcasting with the secret technical sauce that makes podcasts a success. As the creator of a five-star, top 120 podcast, she has combined years in the Marketing industry, and her MBA degree, with her own podcasting experience to create a unique system designed to make business podcasts a success. She is very strategically minded and is now combining her acumen for business with her passion for podcasting and helping business owners create podcasts to help them grow their businesses. In this interview she shares why podcasting may be your best career move, why conforming can be painful and the benefits of podcasting that every business owner should know about. This is so much more. Connect with Eugenia Instagram: @Eugenia.woo Fairly Bold Podcast Eugeniawoo.com/butfirstshefailed Let's Connect: Instagram: @butfirstshefailed Weekly But First, She Failed Newsletter Sign up/ Your Boss Woman Profile Quiz But First, She Failed FB Community

In this episode, Host Paola Soares speaks with In-demand Money Coach, Delyanne Barros a.k.a. The money slayer who has been featured on CNN, TIME, Business Insider and more highlighting her work around Financial Literacy. Delyanne is a content creator too, putting daily content around this topic of investments to her social media networks for her close to 200K followers on TikTOK and 100K followers on Instagram. A former employment attorney that focused on representing employees on cases around discrimination, wage and hour cases and more she saw firsthand the disparity that exists around the wage gap when it comes to women and minorities. Now she is a Money Mentor dedicated to helping women, especially women of color, move from focusing on budgeting to investing. She's on a mission to get minorities to start investing to bridge the gap and be able to be financially free and become "work optional". In this interview she discusses how to retire early, how investing can be a form of protest, and a secret that millionaires and billionaires use when it comes to investing…this and more. Connect with Delyanne Instagram: @delyannethemoneycoach TikTok:Delyannethemoneycoach Delyannethemoneycoach.com Let's Connect: Instagram: @butfirstshefailed But First, She Failed FB Community

In this episode, Host Paola Soares speaks with well regarded Time Management Coach, Anna Dearmon Kornick. Anna helps busy professionals master time management so they can stop feeling overwhelmed and start spending time on what matters most. Anna knows a thing or two about managing time— with a long career trajectory in high level roles where time management is crucial from being a former scheduler for a U.S. Congressman to a former Chief Spokesperson for a LT. Governor to working in the high stakes world of Crisis Communications, Public Relations. Anna is also the host of It's About Time - A Podcast about Work, Life and Balance, where Anna shares time management tips, productivity strategies and real-life advice to help her listeners make the most of their time. In this interview she shares what steps to take if you are feeling overwhelmed with managing your time, the power of the "In between" season, and why our calendars have to reflect our values... this and so much more... Connect with Anna Instagram: @annadkornick It's About Time Podcast Annadkornick.com Let's Connect: Instagram: @butfirstshefailed But First, She Failed FB Community

In this episode, Host Paola Soares speaks with multi-hyphen powerhouse creative Samantha Jo Alonso. From being Co-Founder of the legendary retail Boutique Fruition that has had famous clientele such as Jeremy Scott and Kanye West among others to being a stylist and working with big brands such as Nike on various projects to being a brand consultant, motivational speaker and philanthropist creating numerous outreach opportunities. Samantha also created a wellness movement with founding MISSION I'M POSSIBLE creating a space for people to come together and run together while finding community. And as if that wasn't inspiring enough Her latest projects Socks Sammy Jo has been widely successful as well. Samantha's multi-disciplinary force defines the modern day renaissance woman. Moving effortlessly among fashion, fitness and philanthropy, it's no surprise that Samantha's vision and worldview for life has prepared her to inspire others to follow their dreams. In this interview she shares why it's important to be rooted in a life of service, the importance of relationship building and how failures can become moments of revelation when it comes to character building. This and so much more…. Connect with Samantha Jo Alonso Instagram: @samanthajoalonso @fruitionLV @socksammyjo @mipworldwide Let's Connect: Instagram: @butfirstshefailed But First, She Failed FB Community

In this episode, Host Paola Soares speaks with Career and Leadership Coach Katie O'Malley. A sought after-career coach, Katie is The Senior Associate Director of Leadership and Development at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business where she helps MBA students in this area. On nights and weekends Katie has her own private career coaching practice where she specializes in career and leadership development for underrepresented populations in the C-suite taking on clients from all over the world. In this interview we discuss how to know when it's time to make a change in your career, What steps to take to find a career that is a perfect fit for you, and we discuss a new topic that is emerging called "work place induced trauma" what is means and how it can affect us. This and so much more... Connect with the Katie O'Malley Instagram: @EncourageCoachChicago encouragecoaching.org Let's Connect: Instagram: @butfirstshefailed But First, She Failed FB Community

In this episode, Host Paola Soares speaks with Keli Pitts a.k.a. The Femininity Doctor. Keli is a Speaker and Author of a very successful self-published book called "Doctor's Orders: A Guide for Helping Modern Women Regain Their Femininity For Good''. Keli who has amassed a following of close 80k on social media has also been featured on various Podcasts including Michelle Williams from Destiny's Child's Podcast to talk about this topic. Her mission of helping women —who are suffering from fear, rejection and trauma -- relax into their femininity so that they can become happy, healed and wildly successful feminine women is so important to her that she's created on-line courses around this very topic. In this interview she talks about what is feminine energy and why it's something to pay attention to, how femininity affects us when it comes to our careers and businesses and how forgiveness can play a role in what you attract. Connect with the Femininity Doctor: Instagram: @thefeminintydoctor Let's Connect: Instagram: @butfirstshefailed But First, She Failed FB Community

In this episode, Host Paola Soares speaks to the creator and woman behind LATINA MONEY, Janet Cruz Padrón. Some of you may already be part of the close 120k people following Latina Money her social media accounts. It is safe to say that Janet is creating a movement, by fusing education, media, technology, and storytelling, Latina Money is empowering modern women to lift the taboo and harness the tremendous power that money has to rewrite cultural narratives. Janet believes in the massive power that "talking" can have in positively transforming and elevating cultures and communities. As a Millennial Latina influencer, podcaster, and financial educator, Jane't passion for keeping these critical conversations going has led her to create the Latina Money Institute, a nonprofit research institute whose mission is to advance awareness of the Latina wealth gap and its impact. In this interview Janet shares how everything in life boils down to relationships, even our money, how our childhood shapes our relationship with finances and what she learned from some of the most powerful and wealthy individuals when it comes to talking money. Connect with Latina Money: Instagram: @latina_money FB: Latina Money Latinamoney.com Let's Connect: Instagram: @butfirstshefailed But First, She Failed FB Community

In this episode, Host Paola Soares speaks to award-winning social Media Strategist Roohi Amber. Roohi has worked with Global brands for over a decade helping them with their social content and campaigns and recently transitioned into the tech world with her new role as a Senior Strategist for Adobe. Roohi is also a mother, military wife and owner of the new Satin Baby Sheet company, Seaside Avenue that recently had a very successful launch. A third culture kid, Roohi is a second generation British Indian, born and raised in London, now living and raising a "fourth culture kid" in the states. Her passion for storytelling, advocacy and documenting finds an outlet through her Instagram page, where she microblogs about her lived experience. In this interview she shares why now is the time for minority women to share their stories, how failing at a career can be a great thing, how hiring mothers can be a huge asset to companies and more. Connect with Roohi: Instagram: @Roohiamber @seaside.avenue seasideavenue.co Let's Connect: Instagram: @butfirstshefailed But First, She Failed FB Community

In this episode, Host Paola speaks with Well-Known Functional Practitioner and founder of Omni Wellness, Victoria Franca. Victoria helps career-driven individuals that are feeling the burden of stress, focus on their well-being by addressing the root cause of their symptoms through balancing their minerals, hormones, and gut health. This is a topic that many of us don't think about because we are so busy taking care of everyone else that we forget to take care of ourselves which ends up leading to symptoms and ultimately limiting us from showing up as our best selves. In this interview Victoria shares how to listen to our bodies when it's trying to tell us something is off, how the American dream can affect our health and why curiosity is one of the most important things. Connect with Victoria: Instagram: @victoria.wellness www.omnewellness.com Let's Connect: Instagram: @butfirstshefailed But First, She Failed FB Community

In this episode, Host Paola Soares shares 5 steps to successfully check in with yourself and your 2021 goals to finish the year strong and crush your goals. July 2nd, is the official halfway point of the year, it will be the 183rd of the year! You know what that means, we have the next half of the year to either continue to work towards our goals and dreams and that can be either very exciting or very overwhelming. You may have felt so discouraged with 2020 that when 2021 started you didn't feel like setting goals, that's ok too. This is a good place to start. Whether you wrote down your goals at the beginning of the year or you are having a hard time dreaming at the moment, this episode will be helpful to you. Paola walks us through 5 steps to check in with yourself to make sure you end the year strong, happy and fulfilled. Let's Connect: Instagram: @butfirstshefailed But First, She Failed FB Community

In this episode, Host Paola Soares speaks with Sabrina Horn the author of the newly released book, MAKE IT, DON'T FAKE IT: Leading with Authenticity for Real Business Success. Sabrina, an Award-winning CEO, C-suite Advisor, Entrepreneur And Communications Expert is extremely knowledgeable when it comes to succeeding not only was she the CEO of her own highly successful Tech Public Relations Firm but she has also advised hundreds of C-suite executives for over 20 Years and now she is taking what she learned and giving leaders the tools to resist "short hacks" and the courage to lead with authenticity and integrity in her new book. In this interview she discusses how to overcome imposter syndrome, why "faking it till you make it" is the worst advice, and how to gain confidence when making big decisions. Connect with Sabrina: Sabrinahorn.com Let's Connect: Take the Your Boss Woman Profile Quiz & Join our E-mail List! Instagram: @butfirstshefailed But First, She Failed FB Community

In this episode, Host Paola Soares speaks with former cosmetic dentist turned best-selling author, international speaker, serial entrepreneur, sought-after leadership coach, and trainer, Dr. Neeta Bhushan. Neeta who is also the Founder of the Global GRIT institute, co-founder of the Dharma Coaching Institute and 3x time author of the best-selling books Emotional GRIT: 8 Steps to Master Your Emotions, Transform Your Thoughts, and Change Your World, The Book of Coaching, and The business book of coaching; left her 7 figure dental practice to transform smiles from the inside out which led her across 45 countries while simultaneously developing research. Sparked by her own life experiences overcoming multiple extreme adversities, including being orphaned at a young age, surviving an abusive marriage of domestic violence, and overcoming extensive loss, her breakthrough research in Emotional Grit has been endorsed & utilized by renowned leaders, corporations, students and organizations around the world. In this episode Neeta discusses why being in community is important, why emotional grit is crucial and how to decode your genius. Connect with Neeta: Instagram: @neetabhushan globalgrit.co Let's Connect: Instagram: @butfirstshefailed But First, She Failed FB Community

In this episode, Host Paola Soares speaks with trailblazing, Million Dollar Listing Real Estate Agent Bethany Martinez. Bethany a highly successful and influential Real Estate Agent in the beautiful city of Miami is also a known industry leader that has acquired a large following on Social media for her helpful content. Bethany is passionate about helping other women in business so much so that she created Females For Profit, an organization that helps women entrepreneurs connect, network and more. In this interview she shares the importance of serving others, how fear of failing can hinder you and the power of networking. Connect with Bethany: Instagram: @bethanymartinezpa @femalesforprofit www.thebmrteam.com Let's Connect: Instagram: @butfirstshefailed But First, She Failed FB Community

In this episode, Host Paola Soares speaks with the best -selling Children's book Author, Sharifa Anozie. Author of It's In You--A Book For Big Dreamers & Sibling Love. Sharifa has also created the Author Hive, a space to help other authors, publishers, illustrators and more navigate the at-times tumultuous book industry. Before entering into the book space she was a successful entertainment reporter working for Hollywood Reporter writing for print, online and covering various Red Carpet Events in Hollywood. In addition she also has a thriving jewelry brand and ministry that has an audience of over 300,000 across all platforms. In this interview she shares why you should never take a job just for the money, how trusting her instincts and moving across the country led her to landing her dream job and why mindset is everything. Connect with Sharifa: Instagram: @SharifaAnozie sharifaAnozie.com Let's Connect: Instagram: @butfirstshefailed But First, She Failed FB Community

In this episode, Host Paola Soares speaks to the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the new and innovative non-profit organization, The Firehouse Dream, and Owner of Authentic Adventure Co. Jasmine Lopez. Her unique non-profit model helps young adult creatives from communities that have experienced disinvestment by creating opportunities to discover creative skill sets like photography, cinematography, brand identity and more all while being equipped with financial wellness and other tools needed to create an income. In this interview she shares what led her to create her holistic approach to helping creative entrepreneurs, the importance of "imagining" and how bankruptcy ultimately shifted the trajectory of her life for the better. Connect with Jasmine: Instagram: @authenticadventureco Thefireshousedream.org Let's Connect: Instagram: @butfirstshefailed But First, She Failed FB Community

In this episode, Host Paola Soares speaks to Life Stylist, Interior Designer and Content Creator, Geri Del Vento. Geri who owns a successful full service residential and personal styling firm is a highly talented stylist that is passionate about interior design, styling and a sought after consultant with all things creative. She's worked with a variety of brands and big names when it comes to designing spaces and bringing to life photoshoots, installations and more. In addition she is a talented content creator that combines incredibly helpful how-to's along with fashion and interior design tips that are always esthetically pleasing on the daily. In this episode Geri shares the importance of seasons and why you shouldn't underestimate the one you are in now, how closing her dream business led her to pivot and thrive in different industries and how perfectionism can limit you. Connect with Geri: Instagram: @geridelvento Geridelvento.com Let's Connect: Instagram: @butfirstshefailed But First, She Failed FB Community

In this episode, Host Paola Soares speaks to celebrity ghostwriter and journalist, Pauleanna Reid. Reid owns a highly successful full service ghostwriting agency where she and her team help high profile leaders and celebrities turn their stories into powerful brand assets. She is also a senior contributor at Forbes and Business Insider where she reports on female leaders that are shaping the future. In addition she is also a speaker and the founder of New Girl On The Block a mentorship program for millennial women. In this interview she shares why carving out your lane in your industry is key, why it's important to trust your gut, and why having mentors is crucial. Connect with Pauleanna: Instagram: @pauleannareid Pauleannareid.com Newgirlontheblock.com thewritersblok.com Let's Connect: Instagram: @butfirstshefailed But First, She Failed FB Community

In this episode, Host Paola Soares speaks to Trailblazing Designer Dionna Dorsey. Dionna who has experience designing for the likes of Oscar De La Renta, has been featured in Forbes, Bustle and People among others. Her lifestyle brand "District of Clothing" exploded last year. You may have seen some of her designs such as "Don't Touch the Artwork" and "Trust Black Women" all over social media. In addition, Dionna has a successful design company where she offers creative direction, graphic design and brand strategy. In this interview she speaks about how failing the LSAT ultimately led her to studying fashion in Europe, how being laid off from working in Fashion caused her to pivot and hire herself, and how success is not linear. Connect with Dionna: Instagram: @dionnadorsey @districtofclothing Dionnadorsey.com Let's Connect: Instagram: @butfirstshefailed But First, She Failed FB Community

In this episode, Host Paola Soares speaks to powerhouse interior designer, Ann Ueno. Before launching her highly successful full-service interior design firm, she spent many years as a leader in the corporate world, as a marketing executive for Starwood Hotels among others. In this interview she shares how being transparent in the corporate space about her dream passion projects led to her being asked to design a commercial project that ultimately launched her design business. She also shares why failure isn't in her vocabulary, why it's important to live our lives authentically and why it's so important to invest in ourselves. Connect with Ann: Instagram: @annuenointeriordesign Annueno.com Let's Connect: But First, She Failed FB Community But First, She Failed Instagram

In this episode, Host Paola Soares speaks with the Founder and CEO of Horacio Printing, the incredible Polly Payne. Her company is best known for their wildly popular dream planners that have helped thousands redesign their lives to live more purpose filled lives. In this interview she gets real and transparent about moments where she felt like she failed and many of the challenges she had to overcome when launching her business including some limiting beliefs. Listen as she shares wisdom along with practical steps on how to design a purpose filled life. Connect with Polly: horacioprinting.com @horacioprinting @polly_payne Let's Connect: But First, She Failed FB Community But First, She Failed Instagram

In this episode, Host Paola Soares speaks to 5X "The Knot's Best Wedding" award winner, wedding photographer and educator Erika Diaz about her moments of "Failure". Diaz gets real and vulnerable about moments of feeling stuck and the actions she took to get unstuck and eventually on track to living the life of her dreams. She shares how therapy was a game-changer in overcoming limiting beliefs and getting her to a purpose filled life. In this candid conversation Diaz shares moments of failure, her journey to the top of her profession and how she found her unique voice. Connect with Erika: Instagram: @ErikaDiazPhoto erikadiazphoto.com Erikadiazphoto.com/education Let's Connect: But First, She Failed FB Community But First, She Failed Instagram

In this first episode of the But First, She Failed Podcast, Host Paola Soares takes you behind the scenes and gets vulnerable sharing details about her story of "failure". She shares how it propelled her to where she is today and why she is so passionate about helping others redefine "failure". She goes deep and shares about having a thriving career that was on the rise in national news and how a moment of "failure" turned into a deep, fear that kept her paralyzed for years. In this episode you can also hear a little more about what you can expect to hear in future episodes of this podcast. Let's Connect: But First, She Failed FB Community But First, She Failed Instagram