The Brave Files

Stef Garvin: A Transformation in Process

Stef (formerly Steve as referenced in the interview) Garvin's fellow MBA colleagues thought xe'd won the career lottery. What they didn't know was Stef cried Sunday afternoons dreading going to work the next day. Stef felt stuck inside someone else's story until xe discovered the ability to rewrite the script. After years on a journey to recreate xeir story, Stef now loves Monday mornings and helping authors and speakers cross the financial wilderness to use their valued voices.Quick Note: Stef Garvin uses Xe/ Xim pronouns. Top Takeaways:Follow your heart, not your head.When you're a perfectionist you can never measure up and neither can anyone else.When you hide yourself you miss out on so many opportunities.Use art to invent and navigate your life.It’s important to have an “emotional balance sheet”Know what zaps your energy and what boosts it. This awareness will change everything.Be willing to not have the right answers in order to see new things.If you're not getting the results you want, change the story.How do we live in harmony and joy and open ourselves up to discovery?All people deserve joy.Non-binary pronouns are about not making assumptions!We are not meant to be binary.We really don’t know ourselves until we start exploring ourselves.Challenge your assumptions. Ask questions.Learning to play is an important part of living a healthy life.Ask yourself “What delights me today.”It’s ok to struggle.Disappointments can be the genesis for delightsGet additional details, show notes, links, and a full transcript of the episode here.Follow us on Instagram and connect with our host, Heather Vickery here.ORDER YOUR COPY OF F*CK FEARLESS - MAKING THE BRAVE LEAP TODAY, Click Here!Order your Create Brave Manifestation Card Decks here.Check out The Brave Files Book Collection here! Get your BRAVE on by joining our exclusive (and FREE) Facebook Collective, Brave on Purpose. Join here. Share your feedback by emailing heather@vickeryandco.comGrab your BRAVE AF and GRATEFUL AF swag now. 

Amy, President of WeMAD: What If Women Acted Like Men

Empowered • Independence • PassionateThere’s nothing quite like a TikTok creator crush and are host, Heather, has a big one on today’s guest … Amy, the brilliant mind behind WEMAD - Women Making All Decisions. Her TikTok videos take on intense and powerful topics related to women's rights and equality but in the most hilarious and approachable way possible.After unexpectedly going viral in March of 2021, Amy’s platform exploded into a world of possibilities. With her brilliant mind and her wicked sense of humor, Amy puts herself out there with no apologies and it’s so refreshing to see how the world is responding. Amy says she went from angry to unsure to empowered!From just playing around on TikTok to being an incredibly well-known creator with a thriving merch line and an excellent non-profit business opportunity - Amy (whose last name we’re not sharing to protect the privacy of her family) tells us how she got here, what the process has been like and what her dreams for the future may include.Do yourself a favor and follow Amy on TikTok,  Instagram, and YouTube right now! You don’t want to miss a moment of her content. Plus she has the best laugh on the internet!And grab your WEMAD merch today - including some fantastic, new, PRIDE pieces!Amy Supports Equality Now, an international human rights organization using the law to protect and promote the rights of women and girls around the world since 1992.Top Takeaways:Use your skills no matter what they areHumor allows people to see truth.Build a community and people will stick with you.Start creating for the sake of creating - not to change anyone's mind.When you “go viral” on social media you can open some amazing doorsLaughter is so healthy and it’s an unexpected way into people's hearts and minds. Humor can change the world!Follow your gut and try the thing!Having some fun is Brave AF!Get additional details, show notes, links, and a full transcript of the episode here.Follow us on Instagram and connect with our host, Heather Vickery here.ORDER YOUR COPY OF F*CK FEARLESS - MAKING THE BRAVE LEAP TODAY, Click Here!Order your Create Brave Manifestation Card Decks here.Check out The Brave Files Book Collection here! Get your BRAVE on by joining our exclusive (and FREE) Facebook Collective, Brave on Purpose. Join here. Share your feedback by emailing heather@vickeryandco.comGrab your BRAVE AF and GRATEFUL AF swag now. 

Stevie Manns: The Pandora’s Box of Gender

Belated •  Transformational • UnapologeticHave you ever thought “If I do this, will I still be lovable?” Well, that question get’s even more complicated when the “this” is coming out as Gender . This week's guest is a dear friend of our host, Heather Vickery. Stevie Manns had a moment of clarity where they, finally, realized that they no longer had to accept what was unacceptable to them!After years of living with “self-inflicted” internalized homophobia, Stevie is now living out loud in an old-school, male-dominated industry. After their own transition, Stevie became a fierce advocate for other and Trans folks in the finance industry.Top Takeaways:Your voice deserves to be heard. You deserve to take up space!You have the power to be a beacon of light for someone else.It takes a lot of hard work and self-love to move through internalized homophobia.No two people experience gender the same! Gender presentation looks and feels different to everyone.You are still lovable - everyone is lovable. Find your people and hold them close.Your experiences are what create you. Don’t deny your experiences, embrace them and use them for the greater good.Everything happens at its perfect time.Get additional details, show notes, links, and a full transcript of the episode here.Follow us on Instagram and connect with our host, Heather Vickery here.ORDER YOUR COPY OF F*CK FEARLESS - MAKING THE BRAVE LEAP TODAY, Click Here!Order your Create Brave Manifestation Card Decks here.Check out The Brave Files Book Collection here! Get your BRAVE on by joining our exclusive (and FREE) Facebook Collective, Brave on Purpose. Join here. Share your feedback by emailing heather@vickeryandco.comGrab your BRAVE AF and GRATEFUL AF swag now. 

Anna DeShawn: If It Doesn’t Exist, Create It!

Imagine a curated App dedicated to sharing music and podcasts SPECIFICALLY from and for BIPOC and QTPOC … Well, Anna DeShawn has imagined it, then she hustled for it, raised the money for it and it’s now a REAL LIVE THING - Like a effing Super Hero Magician Anna and her team have released The QUBE because they are determined to ride media into its next era by utilizing digital media streams to tell the stories and play the music that deserves to be heard.We talk a lot about crowdfunding and raising the money necessary to lift these voices up. If you’re looking to build something - you don’t want to miss this.Tune in to hear Anna’s story, when apps like The CUBE are so important, and get all the inside scoop. Top Takeaways:There is a lot of racism, homophobia, and transphobia in traditional radio.BIPOC and QTPOC voices deserve to be heard, readily available, and easily accessible.There’s always growth when you approach things from the perspective of collaboration over competition. If you see something missing in the world, and you know it would have a powerful impact - BUILD IT YOURSELF!It is important to name people when that's who you want to center, and celebrate.Don’t wait on systems and or capitalism to come along for the ride.It’s time to put money in these creators' pockets!Unless you’re already a big name, podcasting is not going to make you rich. There are real costs associated with producing this content.There is always more work to be done, celebrate anyway. Celebrate every step of the way!Get additional details, show notes, links, and a full transcript of the episode here.Follow us on Instagram and connect with our host, Heather Vickery here.ORDER YOUR COPY OF F*CK FEARLESS - MAKING THE BRAVE LEAP TODAY, Click Here!Order your Create Brave Manifestation Card Decks here.Check out The Brave Files Book Collection here! Get your BRAVE on by joining our exclusive (and FREE) Facebook Collective, Brave on Purpose. Join here. Share your feedback by emailing heather@vickeryandco.comGrab your BRAVE AF and GRATEFUL AF swag now. 

Pamela Stamper & Heather Vickery: Turning The Tables: Practicing What I Preach

HAPPY PRIDE 2022!!This month The Brave Files Podcast is dedicated to amplifying and sharing voices and to kick the month off we’ve turned the tables on our host, Heather Vickery!This week fellow podcaster and friend, Pamela Stamper, interviews Heather about how she lives brave in action, how she actually practices what she preaches, and does all of the things that she coaches others to do. Hopefully, the episode will give you a front-row seat to the inner workings of Heather’s life and business. TOP TAKEAWAYS:Flipping the script often gives others an opportunity to step into their own BraveWere all students at something. The learning never stops. Get comfortable with it!Heather requires practicing The BRAVE Method in her life to avoid living in a catatonic state where all she does is read and watch TikTok videos. Thereally works, folks!It’s important to spend time with folks who are achieving what you want to achieve. Put yourself in that badass energy field.If there is something you desire or are seeking, chances are good that someone else desires it also. We teach what we most need to learn.Slow down, you’ll get there. It’s a marathon, not a sprint.Powerful manifesting is all about calling in “this or better.”You get out of things only as much as you are willing to put into them.Trust that the best you can do is the best you can do and it IS enough!Learn to trust your body and listen to it! Get additional details, show notes, links, and a full transcript of the episode here.Follow us on Instagram and connect with our host, Heather Vickery here.ORDER YOUR COPY OF F*CK FEARLESS - MAKING THE BRAVE LEAP TODAY, Click Here!Order your Create Brave Manifestation Card Decks here.Check out The Brave Files Book Collection here! Get your BRAVE on by joining our exclusive (and FREE) Facebook Collective, Brave on Purpose. Join here. Share your feedback by emailing heather@vickeryandco.comGrab your BRAVE AF and GRATEFUL AF swag now. 

Junaid Ahmed: The “How” Analogy: Staying Curious for Continued Growth

Junaid Ahmed likes to take things apart and learn how they work from the inside out. This desire has led him to have many fascinating hobbies and even led to a brand new career and a thriving podcast called Hacks and Hobbies.This UX designer turned storyteller has been a passionate technologist for three decades and loves to tinker with tech software and woodworking, beekeeping and so much more. Top Takeaways:Be an engaged storytellerOwn your storyLook for the signs in life! Embrace these signs and take action.Hobbies lead to personal growth, unlimited learning opportunities, and growing your network.There are so many ways to get started, just do the thing and don’t worry about perfection.Be curious. Always curious!Knowing how things work helps you better understand what’s happening and come up with better solutions.Being curious about the “how” allows you to stay curious, create and help not only yourself but others to grow.We are not on an island. You’re always making an impact and changing others' lives.Take time for yourself by building hobbies that support your “me time.”Celebrating “the thing” with like-minded people makes the celebration so enjoyable.Charity of the week: Islamic Relief. Providing relief efforts all over the world.Get additional details, show notes, links, and a full transcript of the episode here.Follow us on Instagram and connect with our host, Heather Vickery here.ORDER YOUR COPY OF F*CK FEARLESS - MAKING THE BRAVE LEAP TODAY, Click Here!Order your Create Brave Manifestation Card Decks here.Check out The Brave Files Book Collection here! Get your BRAVE on by joining our exclusive (and FREE) Facebook Collective, Brave on Purpose. Join here. Share your feedback by emailing heather@vickeryandco.comGrab your BRAVE AF and GRATEFUL AF swag now. 

Becky Mollenkamp: When you know better, do better

Should • Rebirth • FeministTrue allyship and activism means living your values unapologetically and out loud. It means standing up to the haters and the trolls, being willing to be called in (and called out) when you make your own mistakes along the way, and centering the voices of those more marginalized than you. Becky Mollenkamp isn’t afraid to put her values first in her business. Becky shares her journey towards having a socially conscious and responsible business and the struggles we, as women, face in trying to unwire our patriarchal training. The self-shame is real folks. Episode Takeaways:Enough is wonderfulYou don’t know it all and you never willCoaching work requires being real about generational lessonsAwareness around messaging and conditioning brings freedomShame and blame are the sharpest, most dangerous toolsConsider it calling in and not calling outHave compassion for the icky parts. No judgment. Honor how you feel.When you get it wrong, love yourself for that.Embrace “And” rather than “or”The more you do the work, the faster you’re able to move through the challengesCelebration by speaking victories out loudGet additional details, show notes, links, and a full transcript of the episode here.Follow us on Instagram and connect with our host, Heather Vickery here.ORDER YOUR COPY OF F*CK FEARLESS - MAKING THE BRAVE LEAP TODAY, Click Here!Order your Create Brave Manifestation Card Decks here.Check out The Brave Files Book Collection here! Get your BRAVE on by joining our exclusive (and FREE) Facebook Collective, Brave on Purpose. Join here. Share your feedback by emailing heather@vickeryandco.comGrab your BRAVE AF and GRATEFUL AF swag now.  

Stephanie Weikert: Make Peace With Stress

Get additional details, show notes, links, and a full transcript of the episode here.Follow us on Instagram and connect with our host, Heather Vickery here.ORDER YOUR COPY OF F*CK FEARLESS - MAKING THE BRAVE LEAP TODAY, Click Here!Order your Create Brave Manifestation Card Decks here.Check out The Brave Files Book Collection here! Get your BRAVE on by joining our exclusive (and FREE) Facebook Collective, Brave on Purpose. Join here. Share your feedback by emailing heather@vickeryandco.comGrab your BRAVE AF and GRATEFUL AF swag now. 

Open the Door to Opportunity: Open the Door to Opportunity

International • Inspirational • Joy-MagnetHelen Krug von Nidda abandoned her dream to pursue a comfortable life. And then, 15 years later, she got a second chance and jumped in with her whole heart. Learning from failure and walking away from a highly successful career at the United Nations, Helen share’s her story of resilience and perseverance. Once you see your heart’s desire - one must move mountains to achieve it.Top Takeaways:It's never too early or late to change careersPeople are always willing to help, you just have to askSometimes we are called to help others by living experiences similar to our own.When opportunities present themselves make sure to open the door

Erin Moore: Stumbling Awkwardly Through Fear And Failure

Bold • Risk • PerseveranceIn a world hyperfocused on quick fixes and prescription medications, Dr. Erin Moore breaks the status quo by sharing the most effective medicine: Self-love and self-compassion. These are the cornerstones of healing yourself, your community, and the world. Erin is Stumbling Awkwardly Through Fear And Failure. The ParticipAid founder shares her with host, Heather Vickery.Top Takeaways:Sometimes the best way to affect change is to take action yourself.Self-love is a forever process, and self-compassion is the first step to self-love.Naturopathic medicine is just as viable as western medicine.Ayurvedic medicine will change the healthcare landscape of Nepal and has the potential to change the world.Get additional details, show notes, links, and a full transcript of the episode here.Follow us on Instagram and connect with our host, Heather Vickery here.ORDER YOUR COPY OF F*CK FEARLESS - MAKING THE BRAVE LEAP TODAY, Click Here!Order your Create Brave Manifestation Card Decks here.Check out The Brave Files Book Collection here! Get your BRAVE on by joining our exclusive (and FREE) Facebook Collective, Brave on Purpose. Join here. Share your feedback by emailing heather@vickeryandco.comGrab your BRAVE AF and GRATEFUL AF swag now.