VBB Episodes

March 6, 2023

VBB 233 Ahilya Mehta: Is Gender Equality Possible In Old World India?

Ahilya Mehta is not yet 30 years old, but she is a former co-founder of Aara woman’s health clinic and is currently an entrepreneur-in-residence at Nua women’s wellness start-up in Mumbai, India. Ahilya graduated from Wellesley College in the US and...

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Feb. 27, 2023

VBB 232 Dr. Candise Lin, On Being A Daughter Of China’s One-Child Pol…

Dr. Candise Lin was born in Guangzhou, China, a port city northwest of Hong Kong on the Pearl River. Candice earned her BA in Psychology and a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology in America. Recently, she has focused on mentoring Chinese students in...

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Feb. 13, 2023

VBB 231 Kimberley John-Morgan: Advocate for Anyone Facing Social Isms!

Kimberley John-Morgan is a strong, unapologetic voice for historically excluded communities subjected to social isms — racism, sexism, classism, ableism, heterosexism, and other forms of oppression. Through her writing and equity education sessions,...

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Feb. 6, 2023

VBB 230 Elizabeth Leiba: What It Means When A Black Woman Says I’m No…

Elizabeth Leiba is a college professor and a passionate advocate for Black businesswomen. Elizabeth authored I'm Not Yelling: A Black Woman's Guide to Navigating the Workplace" as a resource to encourage savvy Black businesswomen navigating a...

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Feb. 2, 2023

VBB 229 — Porsha Stennis: Another Badass Black Woman of Literature!

Porsha Stennis signs off her literary work with, Another badass black woman of literature. She refers to her work as the narration of a black millennial woman’s journey through life, highlighting wellness, self-love, and evolution. She authored The...

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Jan. 22, 2023

VBB 228 Rissa Miller: Reads Your Life Story From The Bottom Of A Teac…

Rissa Miller has been practicing tasseography, i.e., a tea leaf reading since finding loose tea in her teacup as a teenager. Over the decades, Rissa has honed her methods and refined her language to tell stories in her clients' teacups. For Rissa,...

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Jan. 15, 2023

VBB 227 Hilary Burns: Getting Real & The Key to Happiness!

Hilary Burns wasn't aware of her own unhappiness until she was asked this question: what if you didn't have to spend your time trying to fix yourself; then who could be become? Only then did she realize that being a pleasant person, a good mother, and...

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Jan. 8, 2023

VBB 226 Gina Cloud - Advocate All Things Women & Author W.O.M.A.N., A…

Gina Cloud is a deeply devoted teacher, author, speaker, and advocate of all things women. Gina is a rebel and a revolutionary determined to free women from the societal, biological, and personal prisons they have endured for millennia. Using her...

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Jan. 2, 2023

VBB 225 Happy New Year 2023 With Christopher & Heather

2023 begins the seventh year of VIRGIN.BEAUTY.B!TCH Podcast. We - Christopher & Heather - invite conversations with women unafraid to be themselves — Defiantly Different. If that's you, you’re invited: Find Us, Like Us, Share Us, and Connect with...

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Dec. 26, 2022

VBB 224: Year In Review And A Best Of 2002 Nugget!

As 2022 fades into the sunset, we (Christopher & Heather) review events that impacted the life and times of women. We pay homage to the longest-serving monarch in British history — Queen Elizabeth II — 1952 / 2022. Both Saudi Arabia and the United...

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Dec. 18, 2022

VBB 223 Dr. Avrum Weiss on How Men’s Fears of Women Shape Their Intim…

Dr. Avrum Weiss is an award-winning author, speaker, teacher, and consultant internationally recognized for his pioneering work in developing the theory and application of experiential psychotherapy. His groundbreaking work over the last decade has...

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Dec. 12, 2022

VBB 222 Joëlle Croteau-Willard Will Not Suffer Her Loss As A Mother I…

Joëlle Croteau-Willard is a Mother, Wife, Regional Director with PSI Seminars, and a lost mom — a woman who has suffered the loss of her child. "I had a late-term pregnancy loss at 23 weeks. I had dedicated my life to transformative personal...

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Dec. 5, 2022

VBB 221 Edy Nathan Answers How Grief Can Be Made Into Your Dance Of S…

Edy Nathan is a licensed therapist, certified sex therapist, hypnotherapist, and certified EMDR practitioner; also the author of IT'S GRIEF - The Dance of Self-Discovery Through Trauma and Loss. "Grief is nonlinear. It does not follow any practical...

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Nov. 27, 2022

VBB 220 Janine Latus: What Would It Take To Break The Cycle Of Intima…

Janine Latus is the New York Times Best Best Selling author. Her book, If I Am Missing or Dead: A Sister’s Story of Love, Murder, and Liberation, is inspired by an ominous message written by her baby sister, Amy, in April 2002. Her note, carefully...

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Nov. 20, 2022

VBB 219 Blythe Hill — Reluctant Hero In A Dress!

In 2009, a young student, Blythe Hill, challenged herself to wear a dress every day throughout December. Every December since, more people have joined Blythe's challenge, which has become an international cause fighting to end human trafficking....

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Nov. 14, 2022

VBB 218 Taron Puri - His Soulutions Approach to Resolving Life’s Most…

Taron Puri is a former Immigration Judge turned Podcaster, Author, Spiritual Guide, Mentor, and Healer specializing in connecting individuals, entrepreneurs, and organizations to Soul-lutions! Taron's Inside-Out strategy helps clients connect to their...

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Nov. 6, 2022

VBB 217 Kristen Donnelly - The Hidden Dangers of Tolerance & Empathy!

Kristen Donnelly (MSW, M.Div, Ph.D.) is an award-winning, four-time TEDx speaker, international empathy educator, and researcher with two decades of experience in helping people understand the beauty in difference and the power of inclusivity. Kristen...

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Oct. 30, 2022

VBB 216 - Ansa Edim Shares Dating Horror Stories Turned Invaluable Li…

Ansa Edim entered the treacherous world of dating apps after her ten-year relationship ended in divorce — she was 28. Since then, Ansa’s been navigating single life as a self-proclaimed fat, black social activist — the ultimate unconventional match....

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Oct. 24, 2022

VBB 215 Sasha Cagen on her Memoir titled Wet — a Story of Healing thr…

Sasha Cagen is an executive and personal coach with a focus on women’s empowerment. She’s also the author of cult hit books Quirkyalone: A Manifesto for Uncompromising Romantics and To-Do List: What Our Lists Reveal About Us. Sarah was once a Silicon...

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Oct. 16, 2022

VBB 214 Sunny Swearsky: Her Holistic Approach to Healing From The Tra…

Sunny Swearsky is a Sexual Assault Crisis Counselor, Reiki Master, and Life Coach. She is also a disruptor of the traditional medical model of healing from sexual abuse and trauma. Between the ages of 3 and 11, Sunny was sexually abused by an uncle....

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Oct. 9, 2022

VBB 213 Eliza VanCort: A Woman’s Guide to Claiming Space!

Eliza VanCort's career took off in 2018 after a TEDx talk on Women, Power, and Revolutionizing Speech. The talk combined her compelling life story, which includes being kidnapped multiple times by her schizophrenic mother, with tools she developed to...

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Oct. 3, 2022

VBB 212 Sharon Hurley Hall, Author - I'm Tired of Racism!

Sharon Hurley Hall is an anti-racism activist, educator, and author of I'm Tired of Racism. Her response to the murder of George Floyd was to commit herself to do her part to eliminate racism. Her first action is her twice-weekly online publication...

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Sept. 26, 2022

VBB 211 Brooke Bralove On Every Women's Challenge to Embrace Being Pe…

Brooke Bralove is a Psychotherapist & Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Her goal is to help patients better understand themselves by developing insight into their thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. Brooke is also a Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator, a...

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Sept. 20, 2022

VBB 210 Nona WIllis Aronowitz: author - Bad Sex: Truth, Pleasure, and…

Nona Willis Aronowitz is a writer/editor/author. Her book Bad Sex is a memoir-social history blend that examines the enduring barriers to true sexual freedom. Nona has a biweekly sex and love advice column for Teen Vogue and has written for...

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