VBB Episodes

March 8, 2021

VBB 140 March is Women & Money Month featuring The Trauma of Money Co…

How does trauma shape your self-beliefs and the beliefs that influence your success or struggle with money? A conversation with Chantel Chapman - Founder of What The Finances & Co-founder of The Trauma of Money.

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March 1, 2021

VBB 139 March is Women & Money Month: Founder and Director of Beauty …

In March, we talk to women about money. Caroline MacGillivray is the Founder and Director of Beauty Night Society, an organization committed to helping women living in poverty. We explore the trauma of money: why even women who give their …

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Feb. 15, 2021

VBB 138 Diane Wesh is a Black American Citizen Who Fled the Country S…

Diane Wesh, Global CEO & Co-founder of Got Blacklisted, fled America when she wrote, “I’m A Black American. Here Is How I Used Solo Travel To Escape My Racist Country.” Then racism blew up America. Here what Diane has to …

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Feb. 7, 2021

VBB 137 Tamuri Richardson Shares Her Reality: Being Black And Female …

How do women, already socially marginalized, and the mothers, sisters, and wives of black men, navigate a world that treats their beloved as villains and social outcasts? Our conversation with Speaker, Author, Coach, Sister, and Mother, Tamuri...

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Feb. 1, 2021

VBB 136 Author Byrdy Lynn Reminds Us, In The Thick Of Darkness: Power…

Through the Storm of Early Trauma: Healing and Overcoming, a memoir written from painful experiences by a woman of color, author Byrdy Lyn, but presented with forgiveness and hope. Tribute to Black History Month.

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Jan. 26, 2021

VBB 135 If Sex is the Question, AskMiyoko!

"Women deserve the power of consent, but not at the expense of a man's power to ask." That sentiment lit up Miyoko Fujimori's YouTube channel like a Christmas tree — 102,571 views and counting. We get educated with Miyoko, an …

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Jan. 18, 2021

VBB 134 Jess Weiner, a Social Icon Who Changed Women's Beauty Image W…

Jess Weiner is a social activist turned entrepreneur who has made her career helping women and brands like Mattel and Dove see the value — the real beauty — in inclusivity and female empowerment. She is also a real hoot!

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Jan. 11, 2021

VBB 133 Jake Stika, a Man Who's Man Enough to Lead a Feminist Male Or…

Had you told Jake Stika 8 years ago he would be leading a feminist male organization, he would have given you the 'are you crazy' glare. Today, Jake is co-founder and executive director of Next Gen Men, an organization with …

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Jan. 3, 2021

VBB 132 Diane Wesh Calls Herself A Refugee From A Racist Country: The…

Around the world, we’ve become accustomed to news of refugees fleeing their homeland for a better life in America. It's rare we hear from Americans who flee America for a better life anywhere else. Diane Wesh tells us: “I’m A …

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Dec. 31, 2020

VBB 131 Goodbye 2020, Beware the Door Hitting Your Backside on Your W…

It was the Year of COVID 19 - The New Plague; It was the Year of Black Lives Matter - The Old Plague. So what did you learn to appreciate from it all? Christopher and Heather find positives in the …

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Dec. 14, 2020

VBB 130 Christopher and Heather Revel in Conflict!

Are we humans naturally monogamous, can we really control our jealousies, and how do we manage conflict when it threatens to tear our relationships apart? Christopher and Heather take on these perplexing questions and more.

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Dec. 8, 2020

VBB 129 Anca Dan: Even Smart, Successful Woman fall Victim to Abusive…

When one woman suffers, all women suffer with her, but when one woman speaks out about her suffering gender-based violence, do all women listen or learn? #VBB acknowledges the UN's 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence in a conversation...

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Dec. 4, 2020

VBB 128 Monica Kretschmer, Founder, and CEO, Universal Women's Networ…

Monica Kretschmer is Founder, and CEO, Universal Women's Network. She's the definition of a Woman of Inspiration, but forced to rebuild her life from the ashes of an abusive relationship; she found herself face to face with another heartless nemesis,...

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Nov. 30, 2020

VBB 127 Julie Taylor: A Conversation supporting Activism against Gend…

How she survived to tell her story after a cold-blooded contract shooting is a miracle. Julie Taylor, a mother of three, now a Master Therapeutic Counsellor, shares her journey from victim to mentor as #VBB acknowledges the UN's 16 Days …

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Nov. 25, 2020

VBB 126 Sarah De La Coeur: In honour of the UN’s16 Days of Activism a…

The fact that 1 in 3 women will experience physical or sexual violence in her lifetime is an appalling statistic. We talk with women who've experienced such abuse to raise awareness during the UN's 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based …

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Nov. 12, 2020

VBB 125 Lest We Forget, November 25 is International Day for the Elim…

This episode was recorded at 11:15 AM, Nov 11 - Remembrance Day. The day we honour the men who fought and sacrificed so much for our freedoms. We also pay homage to women who live a life of trench warfare …

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Nov. 2, 2020

VBB 124 Jasmin Shojai's Business Card is the Cover of Playboy Magazin…

What have you accomplished during the pandemic and lockdown? Our guest, Jasmin Shojai, is a world-class glamour model who used the time to invigorate her social media profile and get herself on the cover of Playboy Magazine.

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Oct. 26, 2020

VBB 123 Susan Omilian, Author, Speaker, Attorney, Advocate, with over…

Susan Omilian's vow and mission are to help women who suffer domestic abuse on their journey from victim to survivor to thriver, but the one victim she couldn't save was her own beloved niece.

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Oct. 19, 2020

VBB 122 The Art of being Happy Naked with guest Dee Mago!

How does it feel seeing yourself in front of a full-length mirror — naked? Are you happy, naked? We talk with Dee Mago, author of Happy Naked; a straight-forward, five senses guide to loving the skin you’re in and feeling …

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Oct. 12, 2020

VBB 121 SWARAJ Radio host Bali K. Deol ~ When Murdering Women is Cond…

“If one woman is attacked, her tongue cut out, she is gang-raped and cast aside like rotting meat, then all women are made subject to the same brutal disregard,” Bali K. Deol, host of SWARAJ Radio, in honour of 19-year-old …

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Oct. 5, 2020

VBB 120 Alex Madison - How As a Woman The Lockdown Has Been Liberatin…

Who knew that spending six months in sweatpants would bring clarity of thought, or that the Covid lockdown would actually be liberating to me as a woman? A conversation with journalist, and woman of insight, Alex Madison.

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Sept. 29, 2020

VBB 119 Christina Wessendorf a Bullied Child with a Heart of Gold as …

Christina Wessendorf is an International Inner Peace Coach. Her story includes leaving her home in Germany to become 2nd wife to an Egyptian man. From that experience, she discovered her inner voice and courage to stand up for herself. Her …

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Sept. 16, 2020

VBB 118 Health, Finance, and Education, the Bermuda Triangle for Pare…

As a parent, did you sign up for this: homeschooling at all grades, full-time stay-at-home child care, gender flexing, role flexing, and doing it all on budgets scraping the bottom of the barrel? Didn't think so, and now what?

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Sept. 7, 2020

VBB 117 Dr. Jason B. Whiting, Marriage and Family Therapist, and auth…

It's the most misused, misunderstood, and mysterious word in any language. It also the most powerful word we can share! Love, what exactly is that? A conversation with Dr. Jason B. Whiting - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.

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