EPISODE RE-RUN

In the inaugural episode of 'Dare to Be Iconic,' host Amanda Paolicelli spills the tea on her journey of transformation and self-discovery following a traumatic breakup. Detailing how the end of a significant relationship led her to adopt the 'dare to be iconic' mindset, Amanda emphasizes the importance of self-love, making oneself a priority, and using personal pain as a source of empowerment. She outlines steps listeners can take to embrace their iconic selves, highlighting the value of accepting life's challenges, turning pain into power, and surrounding oneself with a supportive community. Amanda also encourages her audience to join the Radiant Icon community, participate in the movement she's creating, and stay tuned for future episodes focused on self-improvement and personal growth.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Welcome to Dare to be Iconic!

00:37 The Heartbreak that Changed My Life

04:04 Embracing the Dare to be Iconic Mindset

05:06 How to Dare to be Iconic in Your Daily Life

06:26 The Journey Ahead

What is up radiant icons?

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And welcome to the first ever

episode of Dare to Be Iconic.

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I am your host, Amanda Paolicelli.

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Before we go into our tea time sesh

and I spill all the tea about my life,

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I dare you to go to daretobeiconic.com

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and subscribe to my newsletter

so that you can join our

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beautiful radiant icon community.

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So how do you dare to be iconic?

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What does dare to be iconic mean?

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How do you get to dare to be iconic?

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And how did I get to dare to be iconic?

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How did I get into this dare to be iconic

mindset where I embrace my iconic self?

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How did this all start?

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Our tea time sesh is starting now, and

it starts with a little heartbreak.

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Let's get into it.

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Now, I genuinely know in my soul that

my Dare to be Iconic origin story

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started with a little heartbreak.

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And then you know what?

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I don't even know why I'm saying little.

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It was a big heartbreak.

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It was very traumatic.

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And I can laugh about it now because I'm

so far removed from the situation, but

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I genuinely believe that my traumatic

breakup changed the trajectory of my life.

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Because if it didn't happen the way

that it did, which I will get to in

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a second, I would not be the person

that I am today, and I can confidently

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say that I truly love who I am.

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But anyway, let's dive into what

actually happened in my breakup.

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So I was in a long-term relationship

for about three and a half years, and

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I was at the stage in that relationship

where we were future planning.

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So we were talking about marriage, we

were looking at rings, we were looking

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at places to move out of state together.

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All these like really big adult things

that I genuinely never would've like

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thought of me doing in my entire life.

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I was doing it.

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I look back at that time and

I'm like, "What was I doing?"

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I was never the girl who was like,

"Oh my God, let me plan my wedding.

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I'm gonna have this certain

type of wedding dress look."

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And I could care less what

I was wearing to my wedding.

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I wake up Monday morning,

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So I open the email from my ex and

it's like, "I left you a little

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something at your front door."

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Didn't think anything of it.

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I mean, yeah, it was strange.

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I was like, "Why is he

leaving me an email?"

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But okay, like whatever.

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I'm just, I'm gonna go to the front

door and see what he has for me.

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So I go to the front door and I see

this box the size of a dresser, like

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literally the size of a dresser,

y'all, with a letter on top, and

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the letter is addressed, "Amanda."

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That should have been my

first clue, but it wasn't.

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I disregard the letter and I go to

open the box and I see all the gifts

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that I had given him within our

three and a half year relationship,

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and I was like, "What is this?"

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I open the letter and within the

first two lines, my ex ended our

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three and a half year relationship.

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Hot & Healing Ad: Okay, radiant icons,

I promise we will get back to the piping

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hot tea, but first I have something

very iconic that I want to share.

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This month we will be celebrating 100

episodes of the Dare to Be Iconic podcast.

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And for the last 100 episodes, radiant

icons, we have talked about healing,

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confidence, and daring to become

the most iconic version of yourself.

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But the most powerful part of

this iconic community isn't just

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what happens on the podcast.

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It's what happens when we

come together in real life.

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And don't just take my word for it.

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Here's what our radiant icons have to

say after experiencing our first Radiant

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Icon Club meetup, our hot and healing

picnic Hi, I'm Trish, and I wanna tell

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you a little bit about my experience

at the Hot and Healing gathering today.

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First of all, I'm just

so glad that I came.

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It was something that I needed.

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It was very impactful in an intimate

setting, a freeing setting, feeling

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safe, where I was able to get vulnerable

with girls that I didn't even know.

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But now I'm gonna be leaving here with

a sisterhood, which is so special.

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Um, I encourage any of the girlies, you

guys gotta come to the next Hot Healing.

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It's so impactful.

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Get ready to release what does not

serve you, and get ready to reclaim-

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Period … what benefits you.

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Okay?

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Period, pooh.

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Six out of five stars.

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Actually, 11 out of 10

stars for Hot and Healing.

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So are you ready to experience the

iconicness for yourself, radiant icons?

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Then make sure to join us for Becoming

Iconic, a Hot and Healing experience, an

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intimate wellness event celebrating 100

episodes of the Dare to Be Iconic podcast.

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Together, we'll transform our pain into

power through our signature Hot and

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Healing workshop, a guided release ritual,

and a sexy, sultry jazz class all designed

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to help you heal, embody your confidence,

and step into your most iconic self.

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So join me on Sunday, July

26, at 3:30 PM Eastern at Fort

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Tryon Park in New York City.

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Reserve your spot today

at daretobeiconic.com

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or click the link in the show notes below.

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I cannot wait to celebrate

with you radiant icons, and

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I'll see you very, very soon.

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Now let's get back to the piping hot tea.

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He ended three and a half years

of our lives through a letter,

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and then requested that we never

talk again, and then blocked me.

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And everyone I knew.

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As you can see, that was traumatic.

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So for the months following the breakup,

I really let what he wrote about me in

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that letter define how I saw myself,

and I really let it dictate the course

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of my life for about two months.

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And I remember getting to the end of 2023

being like, "I am so tired of running

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away from every single thing in my life."

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I was running away from myself, I

was running away from my family, I

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was running away from my friends.

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I was pretending to be okay when

really I was just a broken mess on

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the inside because, again, I was

truly letting his words define me.

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I was letting his actions

dictate who I was.

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I truly thought in my mind that

his actions were a reflection

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of me and not him, when in fact

it's the complete opposite.

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Someone else's actions will always

be a reflection of them and not you.

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Someone else's words do not

define how you see yourself.

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All that truly ever matters

is how you see yourself.

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But at that time, I couldn't see that.

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So what did I do?

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I embraced the dare to be iconic mindset.

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Dare to be iconic basically means that

you are daring to be yourself, that

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no matter what room you walk into, you

are so comfortable and confident with

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who you are at your core, that you're

choosing yourself and stepping into

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your power and creating that life that

you want for yourself because you are

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embracing your iconic self Whenever you

put yourself first and make yourself

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a priority, it opens up the doors for

amazing opportunities to fall into

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place because you are loving who you

are and we're unapologetic about it.

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So that's exactly what I did.

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2023 was my year of growth, and honestly,

it was one of the best years of my life

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because by embracing that mindset and

embracing my iconic self and stepping

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into my power and doing things for me

for the first time in my life, I was

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truly able to get to know who I am, and

that's what Dare to be Iconic is all

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about, getting to know who you are at

your core and loving it no matter what.

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So how can you do it, too?

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So here are some steps on how you can

dare to be iconic in your daily life.

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You're gonna hear me say this a lot, but

you need to make yourself a priority.

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You need to choose yourself first.

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I am the biggest advocate out

there for the choose yourself

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journey, and you need to go on it.

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If you want to change your life and

step into your power and be confident

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and comfortable with who you are,

you need to choose yourself first.

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Then you need to embrace

what life throws at you.

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So all those question marks when things

that you don't understand are happening

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to you, like why they are, embrace them.

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They are happening for a reason,

so lean into it and learn from it.

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See it as an opportunity for growth.

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One of my favorites is

turning your pain into power.

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Now, I don't mean to toot my own

horn or anything, but I am the

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queen of turning my pain into power.

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That basically means turning a

shitty situation or something

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really horrible happening and

making it into a source of strength.

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Find what is holding you back that

you no longer have control of and

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make it into a source of strength.

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And then my last one is you

need to surround yourself

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with a supportive community.

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So whether it's your friends, your family,

or joining our beautiful Radiant Icon

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community, you need to be able to lean

on others for support to hype you up

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when you're not able to hype yourself up.

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And that is our tea time session

for today, radiant icons.

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I am so excited to have you guys here for

this new chapter of Dare to be Iconic.

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Make sure to leave a review and follow

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and stay tuned for our next episode,

which is a favorite of mine.

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I'm teaching you how to break up with your

past and fall in love with your future.

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That's right, we're turning

pain into power, which is a

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subject that I am an icon on.

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So remember, icons, dare to be iconic.

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I'll see you next time.

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Bye.

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