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100 episodes. Countless stories. One iconic journey. ✨
Radiant Icons, we made it to 100 episodes of Dare To Be Iconic!
In this very special milestone episode, Amanda is celebrating 100 episodes the only way she knows how — with the Iconic Awards. 🏆 From the episode that changed everything, to the moments that challenged her, healed her, and helped shape Dare To Be Iconic into what it is today, Amanda is taking a trip down memory lane and sharing the stories behind some of the most iconic tea time seshes in podcast history.
From healing after heartbreak and finding her voice, to embracing independence, reclaiming her narrative, and daring to become her most authentic self, this episode is a celebration of growth, courage, vulnerability, and the incredible community that has made this journey possible.
Thank you for being part of 100 episodes of healing, confidence, and becoming iconic. Here’s to the next chapter, radiant icons. 💗
Remember: Dare to be iconic.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Welcome to the 100th Episode Celebration 🎉
01:14 Amanda in the Big Apple?!!?
04:15 Introducing the Iconic Awards 🏆
05:13 Iconic Award: The Episode That Changed My Life
08:31 Iconic Award: The Episode You All Couldn’t Stop Talking About
12:08 Iconic Award: The Most Emotional Episode to Record
19:31 Celebrating 100 Episodes + Becoming Iconic: A Hot & Healing Experience
22:19 Iconic Award: The Episode I Almost Never Released
26:33 Iconic Award: The Episode That Healed Me Too
32:05 Iconic Award: The Episode That Best Represents DTBI
34:50 Iconic Award: The Most Amanda Episodes
49:03 The 100 Episode Reflection & Thank You, Radiant Icons 💗
Transcripts
Amanda Paolicelli:
What's up, radiant icons?
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And welcome back to Dare to Be
Iconic, the podcast made for icons
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who are daring to be themselves.
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I'm your host, Amanda Paolicelli,
and for today's tea time sesh, oh my
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goodness, radiant icons, we've made it.
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We've officially made it to 100 episodes.
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So welcome to a very special,
very iconic milestone of the
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Dare to Be Iconic podcast.
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This is our 100th episode celebration.
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Let's get it.
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And radiant icons, before I get all
mushy gushy, 'cause you already know
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that's going to happen, you already
know . But before we get into all of
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that, I dare you to connect with me
on socials, on Instagram and TikTok.
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It's @amandapaolicelli_
and @daretobeiconic_.
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And if you're on LinkedIn, radiant icons,
you already know what I'm gonna say.
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Man, I've missed saying it, you guys.
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Whoa.
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But anyway, it's Amanda Paolicelli on
there, so make sure to connect with me.
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Oh my goodness, radiant icons, I
literally I've missed yapping to y'all.
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Like, let's be real, I know we all know it
has been rerun city, rerun galore, however
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you wanna phrase it, radiant icons.
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We've been doing a lot of
reruns since I've had, um, I
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guess a very big life change.
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I guess I haven't spoken about it on
the podcast, and I will speak about it
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more during the season four premiere.
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Oh my goodness, you guys, we're
on 100 episodes, and we're gonna
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be on season four in October.
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That's insanity.
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That is actual insanity, you guys.
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We have been spilling
the tea for that long.
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That's insane.
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Oh my God.
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Oh my God, I love you guys, and I
love that I get to do what I love.
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Oh my goodness.
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But anyway, I guess I haven't been able
to tell you guys this on the podcast
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if you're not following me on socials.
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Um, I'm in New York City.
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Um, I am living my most
iconic life in New York.
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Yes, I did the big, the
big move, the big flight.
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I'm here for a little bit of time, and I
truly am making the most of it, radiant
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icons, but I will spill all the tea on
New York and what New York has taught
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me during the season four premiere.
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That will be in October, just in
time for our year three celebration
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of Dare to Be Iconic as a business.
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Like, oh my gosh, what
a big-ass year for us.
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Like, the most iconic year truly,
and who would have thought in the
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beginning of this year I was crying
my eyes out every single day?
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And now I can't stop smiling.
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Like, truly, truly, I think New York
City has something to do with that.
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But it's just when you are fully in your
essence, radiant icons, and you are, like,
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doing what you love and you are just,
daring to be yourself, the world is just
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magnetized to you, and opportunities.
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Like, everything just falls into place.
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And truly, I think that the beginning
of this year was so, so fucking hard.
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It was a lot of heartbreak, it
was a lot of trauma, and it was
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a lot of healing, as we know.
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Season three, woo, I, I have given y'all
some serious-ass tea time sessions,
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but I wouldn't change it because where
I am right now in my life on this Dare
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to Be Iconic journey, I'm celebrating
100 episodes with you guys in New York
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City, in New York City, radiant icons.
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And I am happy, I am free, I am sexy, I am
iconic, I am hot, and I am healing 'cause
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we're never fully healed, radiant icons.
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But oh my goodness,
okay Enough yip-yapping.
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Like, whoa, the energy, insane.
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I guess that's what happens when you
haven't been able to chitchat on a mic,
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or I guess in my case, I'm doing it
from my phone, which has never happened
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in the history of Dare To Be Iconic.
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But you know what?
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100 episodes, a special case scenario.
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Um, my mic is still in Florida, LOL.
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Anyway, radiant icons, I've decided
to celebrate today's very special and
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iconic milestone with, well, an iconic
100 episode celebration that I could
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only do it the Dare To Be Iconic way.
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Welcome to the Iconic Awards.
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I have categories, and I have picked the
winner for each category, and I'm gonna
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share a little, uh, behind-the-scenes
snippet, thoughts, feelings, emotions,
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'cause you know with Dare to be Iconic,
there's some type of lesson behind
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each time I have pressed record.
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And well, this episode, 100 episodes
later, I am finally spilling the tea
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on some of the most iconic episodes
in Dare to be Iconic history.
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So are you ready, radiant icons?
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Because your tea time sesh is starting
now, and it's starting with the
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one, the only, the Iconic Awards.
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Let's get to the first
iconic award of the evening.
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The first award of the evening goes to
the episode that changed my life, and
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well, this can be no other than the
first very episode of this very podcast.
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It is season one, episode one, Healing
After Heartbreak: My DTBI Origin Story.
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This episode not only changed my life,
but I remember truly how nervous I
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was recording this, radiant icons.
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I remember what I was wearing, I remember
who I was speaking to on FaceTime before
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this, I remember my exact setup in my
room, 'cause I hadn't had it all figured
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out yet, and I remember before I pressed
record, my dad knocked on my bedroom
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door and said, "Good luck, sweetie.
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Don't stay up too late."
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Because he knew, he knew,
he knew his daughter, okay?
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And I am a perfectionist.
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That is no secret, radiant icons.
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100 episodes later, you basically
know everything about me.
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And well, he knew I was gonna hit
stop and record, stop and record, and
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you know what I did, radiant icons.
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I really did.
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Um, I listened back, actually,
to the first episode ever of
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Dare to Be Iconic recently, and
I could hear how nervous I was.
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I literally laughed.
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I literally laughed, you guys.
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And I was like, "Aww, poor Alcita.
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Like, she's so nervous.
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Oh, my goodness."
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But you know what?
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I did it scared, radiant icons.
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I did it scared, and it was all worth it
because that episode, that episode truly
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was the episode that changed my life.
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Because if I didn't do it scared,
I never would've hit publish.
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I would never be here 100 episodes
later talking on this mic, yip-yapping
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to you, and having all these
iconic, amazing memories, right?
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And so that episode, no matter how
nervous and scared I was, I still
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pressed play, and I still hit publish.
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And that episode truly changed my life.
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So let's take a listen back to the
episode that changed my life, Healing
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After Heartbreak: My DTBI Origin Story.
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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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The next iconic award of the evening
goes to the episode that you all could
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not stop talking about, and honestly,
I can't stop talking about it, because
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you guys will never let me forget
the craziness and iconic-ness and
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chaotic-ness that was my trip to Spain.
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So the episode that you all could
not stop talking about, Iconic
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Award, goes to season one's Fangirl
Confessions: Spanish Grand Prix Edition.
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You guys were so concerned,
and I love you all for that.
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I love you all for that down bad.
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But oh my goodness, I
will never live that down.
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For as long as I live, I will never
never, ever, ever live down that I
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got lost in Spain, and I had three
strangers, three men Guide me and
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Danny to where we were supposed to go.
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Like, only in Spain
would that happen to me.
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My first time across the
country without my parents.
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Like, only me, you guys.
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And I think that's why this episode is an
episode you all can't stop talking about,
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because of that iconic story of my life.
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I mean, Spain in general was
just so iconic, you guys.
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I met Logan Sargeant.
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I had the most amazing experience
at the Williams fan zone.
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I got to meet some of you.
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I met Kimi there, and then we ended
up doing Lando Bash a year later.
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Like, all of these crazy, iconic, magical
things happened in Spain, and it was
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because I stepped outside of my comfort
zone, and I traveled alone for the first
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time without my parents across the world.
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I've never been out of the
United States until then.
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Like, that is so crazy, you guys.
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And to think that Spain was the
catalyst trip for me, where I
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embraced my independence and stepped
outside of my comfort zone, and just
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really embraced this free spirit
that I have within me that I never
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allowed myself to truly, unleash.
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Insane, and I owe Spain, the
Spanish Grand Prix, to that.
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And I also owe the Spanish
Grand Prix to you guys giving
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me Lando's lucky charm title.
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So thank you, thank you, thank you.
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I love the Spanish Grand Prix 2024 so
damn much, and I love you guys so damn
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much, because you will never let me
live it down, that I got lost in Spain.
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And I know it's out of
love, and I love you guys.
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So let's just listen to
that episode, shall we?
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The iconic award for the episode you all
could not stop talking about, Fangirl
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Confessions: Spanish Grand Prix Edition.
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Oh my God, we're getting pit pocketed.
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Like this is the distraction.
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But the good thing about how Danny and
I were standing is that she could see
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behind me and I could see behind her.
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And we had a good view at like the sides.
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We were not getting pickpocketed.
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I guess the guy just
like fell or whatever.
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But like at that moment I was like,
of course this would happen to us.
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Of course this would happen to
us on this particular night.
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We would get pickpocketed, but we didn't.
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We didn't, everyone, we
have never the doors open.
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We never looked faster
train station in our lives.
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It was beautiful.
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When we saw the Ciara Familia at the top
of the steps, we said, thank you, God.
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We said thank you, God.
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Where can I put my donation?
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Because you literally saved our asses.
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Because that, that was
very scary, you guys, okay?
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Um, so, there are still good people in
the world that truly care about others.
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Those three angels, the first guy
in Formula One merch, the security
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guard, and the guy who walked
us to our platform, if you are
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listening to my podcast, Thank you.
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All right, radiant icons, our third
iconic award of the evening is the
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most emotional episode to record.
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And, well, as you know, radiant
icons, I never shy away from
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crying on this very podcast.
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I wanna say around 95 to 99% of
these tea time seshes I am crying
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my eyes out at one point or another.
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Um, and you know, that's just me, okay?
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That's just me daring to be iconic.
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I am daring to be myself,
and I am emotional gal, okay?
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I'm an emotional icon.
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And when I was looking at this
award in particular, there are a
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lot of episodes that come to mind.
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But the first one that I think
of, that I always come back to,
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is season three's Hot and Healing:
How to Turn Your Pain Into Power.
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And to date, this episode was
the scariest and most emotional
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episode I have ever recorded.
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Oh my God, not me already
getting emotional for the most
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emotional episode to record award.
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Um, but this tea time sesh proved to
me just how strong and courageous I am.
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And here's what you never
knew about this episode
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I swore, after I was raped, I swore that
I would never, ever talk about it to
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anyone, to my parents, to a therapist,
to romantic partners, to my friends.
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Um, let alone the entire world
on the scale of which Dare To
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Be Iconic is heard from, right?
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Um, I swore that I would never, ever
talk about the sexual violence I
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experienced when I was 18 years old
in my dating violence relationship.
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And I truly did think that it was
a secret that I would die with,
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that no one would ever know.
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I rather actually die than talk
about it, was my thought process
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when it came to a therapist.
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Um, and, well
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I did talk about it, spoiler alert.
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Um, this year has really been
dedicated to me finding the courage
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in my voice and taking my power back
that was taken from me when I was 18.
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And this episode was the most emotional
episode for me to record because it
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took so much courage to even make
that choice to start talking about
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it and to, you know, heal out loud
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with you guys and with my parents
and with the amazing iconic
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support system I have around me.
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I am truly so proud of
myself, radiant icons.
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I don't think I vocalize it enough,
so what better way than to vocalize
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it on this milestone episode?
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I am so, so proud of the conversations
that I have had within this 100
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episodes of Dare to be Iconic, and
I know for the future of Dare to be
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Iconic, we will continue to have these
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Amazing tea time seshes where we
discuss topics that aren't really
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spoken about, that are maybe taboo
or carry an element of shame,
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guilt, embarrassment, frustration.
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Like, on Dare to Be Iconic, it has
always been my mission and my goal
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to talk about topics that, you
know, aren't really spoken about.
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And if I can't find the answers to
them, well, I'm gonna start the damn
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conversation about it because I know
there's someone else who needs to
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hear it on the other side of this mic.
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Because clearly, if I'm looking
for the answers or I'm looking
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for the conversations to be had,
then I know someone else is.
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And if no one else has them, then
I'm gonna be the person to do it,
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and I'm gonna talk about what I'm
feeling and what I'm experiencing.
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And when I was 18 years old and I was
violated by my boyfriend, like I, I
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didn't have anyone to talk about this
to, and I, I didn't have the resources
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and the education that I wish I had.
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And so to even record Hot and Healing:
How to Turn Your Pain into Power and
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say the words that I was in a dating
violence relationship, and then later
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on in season three to actually say the
words that I experienced sexual violence,
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like I never would have thought of that.
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And, like, this episode, like I
never would have thought that I
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would ever get to that point in
my healing journey, you know?
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Like, I really did think that
this would be like a secret,
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quote-unquote, "that I would die with."
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And this episode means so much
to me, and it was so emotional to
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record because it was so scary.
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Um, but it marks a turning point in my
Dare to Be Iconic journey where, you
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know, I am no longer letting my pain
of my sexual assaults define me and
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I never thought I would see the
day where I would talk about it
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and have the conversations that
I'm having and to be an advocate.
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And, like, seeing the impact that my
words have had on you and the impact
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that my story has had on you guys, as
I find the courage and power to talk
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about it, you know, truly shows me the
beauty of Dare to be Iconic, of this very
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podcast, and in using your voice even
when you're terrified to do it, you know?
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And that's me daring to be iconic.
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It's one of the many ways, and yeah.
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So let's take a listen to the
most emotional episode to record,
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season three's Hot and Healing:
How to Turn Your Pain into Power.
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Amanda Paolicelli: In my dating
violence relationship, there were a
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lot of moments that hurt me the most.
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However, each particular instance
in that violent relationship
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caused me a multitude of
emotions and feelings.
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The core ones being
shame and embarrassment.
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It has fed and perpetuated this
false narrative that I have allowed
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to run my life for almost a decade.
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I had to break up with that
narrative because that was not
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my narrative, radiant icons.
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That was the narrative that he
forced upon me when he violated
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my trust and he caused me pain.
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He is the one who should feel shameful.
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He is the one who should feel embarrassed.
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That is not on me, but I took it
upon myself and made that my story.
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That's not my story, radiant icons..
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My story is, is that I have created
and will continue to create a rich,
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full life where I love myself even
deeper, and I live my most iconic life
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with no shame and no embarrassment
of the actions that he forced upon
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me, that is me owning my story.
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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 Icon
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Club meetup, our Hot and Healing Picnic.
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I wanted to take a second to share
my experience in the first Dare to be
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Iconic meetup here in Orlando, Florida.
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First and foremost, Amanda is
one of the sweetest, kindest
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people that you will ever meet.
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She's so warm, she's so inviting, and
I really did not think I was gonna
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let it all out when I was there.
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We got there, we had our snacks, she
had some warm-ups, and when it was
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time for me to share, you know, the
thing that's really dug in there that
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bothers me, I truly felt so comfortable
that I just opened up to the girls.
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It felt so warm, I felt so held, I
felt so seen, and I felt so invited.
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I felt like just another girl.
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If you are wondering whether you
should go to one of these meetups, my
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suggestion is you should definitely go.
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You will be seen, you will be heard,
you will be held, and you will release
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the traumas that are deep within.
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Amanda, thank you so much for inviting me.
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Thank you for allowing
me to be a part of it.
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And yeah, love you forever.
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Can't wait to see the
success of Dare to Be Iconic.
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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
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Hot and Healing workshop, a guided
release ritual, and a sexy, sultry
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jazz class, all designed to help
you heal, embody your confidence,
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and step into your most iconic self.
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So join me on Sunday, July
26th at 3:30 PM Eastern at Fort
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Tyron 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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oh my goodness, radiant icons.
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The iconic award of the evening goes
to the episode that I almost never
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released, and that is season two's
How to Pivot While Staying Iconic.
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Now, for this tea time sesh, I remember
the exact emotions I was feeling the days
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leading up to this recording that caused
me to press play on this very episode.
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And the reason why I almost never
released this episode was because of fear
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of how raw it was for me at the time.
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We all want to belong, radiant icons,
and at this point in building Dare to be
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Iconic, it had just hit year two, and I
was trying so hard, you guys, so hard, to
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partner with other organizations back in
Orlando, and I kept getting rejected and
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rejected and rejected, and things fell
apart, and things weren't working, and
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I was just embarrassed, and I was lost,
and I was like, "Oh my goodness," like,
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"Is anything going to work out for me?"
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Like, "What am I doing?"
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It was like I hit year two, and now I
don't know what the hell is going on,
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like the direction of what I thought I
needed to do, what I thought I needed to
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do, is not working out, and it was because
I was doing what I thought I needed.
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I needed to do things the Amanda way.
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Every time I do things the Amanda
way, it always works out for me
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because I'm daring to be myself.
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I'm doing it the way
that only I can do it.
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And so radiant icons, when I think
of this episode, I think of the
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importance of doing things your way.
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Everyone's path and journeys
in life are different, and
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that's what makes us iconic.
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We should follow the footsteps
of what makes us different.
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We should follow that gut instinct,
because what I know and feel in
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my gut is right for me may not
be that for you, and that's okay.
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That's the importance of this
episode, but I almost didn't release
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this episode because at that time,
I was so embarrassed, you guys.
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I was so embarrassed, and
there was so much fear.
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There was so much fear.
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But I am so, so happy that I
pressed play on that recording.
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Because if I never pressed play, if
I never talked through my thoughts
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like I always do on this podcast and
learned that pivoting actually is the
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strongest thing you can do in business
and in life because it leads you to
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exactly where you are supposed to.
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And for me, being able to pivot at that
early stage in year two of my business
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led me to, well, our first event service
in our empowerment event service for
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DTBI which is the master classes,
our iconic behavior master classes.
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And if I never started that like I knew
in my gut was right, we never would
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be to where we are now, which is our
Radiant Icon Club meetups and our bigger
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scale community events like the one
we're doing in July here in New York
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City to celebrate 100 episodes becoming
iconic hot and healing experience.
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If I never pivoted, and I never took
that chance, and I never published that
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episode, I never would be here now.
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So let's listen to the episode I
almost never released, Season Two's
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How to Pivot While Staying Iconic
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. Amanda Paolicelli: Pivoting is such a sign
of strength because you have that strength
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from within to be like, you know what?
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It's okay to walk away from something
that once thought was right for me,
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or what I once thought I wanted.
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It's okay to walk away
from that and realize it.
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And I think that's beautiful
because it's steering us back
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to where we are meant to be.
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And maybe it takes a little bit longer
for us to figure it out, but okay.
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We end up exactly where
we are meant to be.
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And I think that's what I'm figuring out.
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All right, radiant icons, let's get to
our next iconic award of the evening, and
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I'm gonna preference it with saying this
is another emotional iconic award, okay?
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But this is the last one that's
emotional, I promise you, radiant icons.
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But it wouldn't be Dare To Be
Iconic if I didn't, you know, share
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an episode that healed me, too.
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That is our next iconic
award of the evening.
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And so for the episode that
healed me, too, it has to go to
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season three's Healing Out Loud:
How To Find Safety In Your Body.
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Now, radiant icons, I actually just
listened back to this episode this
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morning while I'm recording the
iconic awards, and I'd forgotten how
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vulnerable I was in this tea time sesh.
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I forgot that I specifically used the
words, "I experienced sexual violence."
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And that took me aback, you guys, with
how candid I was in disclosing the trauma
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that I experienced in my dating violence
relationship and how for the rest of
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that tea time sesh, I was so candid, I
was so raw, real, honest, and vulnerable
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of how ever since I experience sexual
violence, I've been so disconnected
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to my body and There's just something
now in my healing journey, 'cause as I
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mentioned, oh, this year, Radiant Icons
2026, has been a very emotional year.
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Like, I was crying a lot in the
beginning of the year because I was
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doing a lot of intense healing when
it came to healing from the sexual
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violence that I experienced in my life.
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And so there was a lot of heartbreak.
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There was a lot of heartbreak, and there
was a lot of grief, and there was a lot of
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guilt and shame and frustration and anger.
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Oh my God, I was so angry, you guys.
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But I was also really fucking sad,
really sad and desperate and almost…
432
00:28:38,969 --> 00:28:42,269
Not, maybe not desperate,
but I was hopeless for a
433
00:28:42,269 --> 00:28:45,139
good first half of this year.
434
00:28:46,789 --> 00:28:53,629
And now being in the second half of
the year where I am happier, freer,
435
00:28:53,719 --> 00:28:58,459
more joyful, more iconic, just, like,
truly in my essence, you guys, like,
436
00:28:59,979 --> 00:29:04,339
it's so interesting listening back to
Healing Out Loud: How to Find Safety
437
00:29:04,339 --> 00:29:08,599
in Your Body, 'cause I'm at such a
different point in my life than when
438
00:29:08,599 --> 00:29:12,449
I recorded that episode back in April.
439
00:29:13,879 --> 00:29:17,309
And it's only July now, so
that's April, May, June, July.
440
00:29:17,319 --> 00:29:18,109
Four months.
441
00:29:18,319 --> 00:29:22,329
Four months later, and I'm at
such a drastically different
442
00:29:22,369 --> 00:29:23,849
point in my journey and
443
00:29:25,983 --> 00:29:28,033
It just healed something in me, you guys.
444
00:29:28,033 --> 00:29:35,613
Like, listening back to how vulnerable
I was and how I was saying the words
445
00:29:35,613 --> 00:29:40,673
that if I can survive the abuse,
then I can survive the recovery.
446
00:29:40,673 --> 00:29:46,893
Like, these were all words that I
wish, I wish, I wish, I wish I heard
447
00:29:47,333 --> 00:29:52,013
when I was 18 years old and I had
just gone through all of the trauma.
448
00:29:52,823 --> 00:29:54,883
I wish I heard those words.
449
00:29:55,793 --> 00:30:03,703
And it's so interesting and cool and,
like, surreal to listen now at 27,
450
00:30:04,053 --> 00:30:08,243
at this point in my life and in my
healing journey, and think back to that
451
00:30:08,273 --> 00:30:11,203
18-year-old version of me who needed that.
452
00:30:11,653 --> 00:30:14,293
Like, I needed that episode.
453
00:30:14,383 --> 00:30:20,273
18-year-old Amanda needed this episode,
and it healed something within me.
454
00:30:20,943 --> 00:30:26,433
And to just hear that growth
and strength in my words, it's
455
00:30:26,433 --> 00:30:27,753
pretty powerful, you guys.
456
00:30:27,783 --> 00:30:33,033
And man, I just wish that 18-year-old
Amanda had this episode because it would
457
00:30:33,033 --> 00:30:39,003
have been so, so, so impactful, and,
like, she just needed it, you guys.
458
00:30:39,033 --> 00:30:39,503
And I'm…
459
00:30:40,573 --> 00:30:40,853
Hmm.
460
00:30:41,873 --> 00:30:45,653
I guess I truly am the icon
that younger me needed.
461
00:30:45,783 --> 00:30:51,713
Like, I became her, you guys, and this
episode, like, solidifies that for
462
00:30:51,723 --> 00:30:53,463
me, and it healed something in it.
463
00:30:53,743 --> 00:30:57,573
Because sometimes we create content
as founders, entrepreneurs, content
464
00:30:57,573 --> 00:31:02,163
creators, as artists, because
we need it ourselves, and, well,
465
00:31:03,813 --> 00:31:05,683
that's what this episode is for me.
466
00:31:05,693 --> 00:31:10,753
So, let's listen to the episode that
healed me, Season 3's Healing Out
467
00:31:10,753 --> 00:31:13,013
Loud: How to Find Safety in Your Body.
468
00:31:13,769 --> 00:31:18,459
My body was violated against my
will, point blank and period.
469
00:31:19,489 --> 00:31:23,319
And all the emotions that come
to it that I've put upon myself,
470
00:31:23,339 --> 00:31:25,929
I, I do not deserve that.
471
00:31:25,939 --> 00:31:27,399
No one deserves that.
472
00:31:28,169 --> 00:31:34,429
But we put it upon ourselves as
it's, it's our fault, it's our doing
473
00:31:34,429 --> 00:31:37,869
that this happened to our home,
that it happened to our bodies.
474
00:31:37,879 --> 00:31:41,159
It's not our doing, it's theirs.
475
00:31:41,299 --> 00:31:42,749
It's their actions.
476
00:31:42,989 --> 00:31:45,339
They are responsible for their actions.
477
00:31:45,529 --> 00:31:46,859
And what we can do
478
00:31:49,407 --> 00:31:53,357
is we can try our damnedest to survive.
479
00:31:53,557 --> 00:31:58,177
Because if we survived the abuse,
if we survived the assaults, if
480
00:31:58,177 --> 00:32:05,217
we survived X, Y, and Z happening
to us, we can survive the recovery
481
00:32:05,255 --> 00:32:08,635
oh my goodness, radiant icons, we are
almost done with the Iconic Awards.
482
00:32:08,635 --> 00:32:13,955
I do not want it to end, but anyhoo
anyway, let's get to our second
483
00:32:13,955 --> 00:32:18,535
to last Iconic Award of this tea
time sesh, and it goes to the
484
00:32:18,545 --> 00:32:21,195
episode that best represents DTBI.
485
00:32:21,425 --> 00:32:26,255
That is season two's Own It or Rewrite
It: Reclaim Your Narrative 101.
486
00:32:26,775 --> 00:32:32,735
Now, I know this could be a little bit
of a controversial pick, and that's
487
00:32:32,735 --> 00:32:37,025
okay, because I know you could argue,
"Oh, Amanda, wouldn't season one,
488
00:32:37,045 --> 00:32:40,975
episode one, Healing After Heartbreak:
My DTBI Origin Story fit in this one?"
489
00:32:41,105 --> 00:32:42,275
Sure, it could.
490
00:32:42,325 --> 00:32:43,725
It probably does as well.
491
00:32:43,885 --> 00:32:51,045
But I think this one hits the
nail in the coffin because, well,
492
00:32:51,045 --> 00:32:52,945
we all love this episode, okay?
493
00:32:53,265 --> 00:32:59,715
We all love this episode so much that it
was season two's most downloaded episode
494
00:33:00,225 --> 00:33:03,995
after Thank You 25, Hello Radiant 26.
495
00:33:04,035 --> 00:33:07,015
Okay, so I guess second most
downloaded episode, but anyhoo anyway.
496
00:33:07,515 --> 00:33:11,785
This episode, Own It or Rewrite It:
Reclaim Your Narrative 101, would be
497
00:33:11,795 --> 00:33:17,455
in my DTBI podcast starter kit for
sure because it sums up, well, one
498
00:33:17,455 --> 00:33:21,605
of the core principles of Dare To Be
Iconic, reclaiming your narrative.
499
00:33:21,885 --> 00:33:25,505
This episode was an absolute
blast to record, radiant icons.
500
00:33:25,505 --> 00:33:29,185
I mean, I was just yapping
away my life on the mic, okay?
501
00:33:29,185 --> 00:33:34,485
Like, I, I was having a good ass time
and, well, you guys enjoyed it too, okay?
502
00:33:34,485 --> 00:33:37,095
I mean, it's the second most
downloaded for a reason.
503
00:33:37,995 --> 00:33:41,905
Um, but I mean, who doesn't love a
good reclamation, radiant icons, okay?
504
00:33:42,155 --> 00:33:43,835
Okay, so now let's listen.
505
00:33:44,745 --> 00:33:46,315
Man, I just crack myself up.
506
00:33:46,375 --> 00:33:48,815
I've missed yapping on this mic.
507
00:33:49,895 --> 00:33:52,555
And man, I do miss this episode.
508
00:33:52,555 --> 00:33:56,015
Like, I miss Own It or Rewrite
It: Reclaim Your Narrative 101.
509
00:33:56,025 --> 00:33:58,635
I just had so much fun
recording this one, you guys.
510
00:33:59,035 --> 00:34:01,725
But anyway let's listen
to this one, shall we?
511
00:34:01,725 --> 00:34:06,475
Let's listen to the episode that best
represents DTBI, Own It or Rewrite
512
00:34:06,475 --> 00:34:07,705
It: Reclaim Your Narrative 101.
513
00:34:09,373 --> 00:34:12,163
Amanda Paolicelli: My boyfriend for
three and a half years decided to
514
00:34:12,193 --> 00:34:16,583
end our relationship by leaving a
letter in a box at my front door and
515
00:34:16,583 --> 00:34:18,693
I never heard or saw from him again.
516
00:34:19,413 --> 00:34:22,603
That is exactly how he ended
that chapter of my life.
517
00:34:22,663 --> 00:34:25,513
And I know I said in the season
two premiere that it was the
518
00:34:25,513 --> 00:34:28,023
best thing that ever happened
to me and I still stand by that.
519
00:34:28,243 --> 00:34:33,112
Him hurting me the way that he did
was the best thing to ever happen to
520
00:34:33,112 --> 00:34:37,572
me because I have what is now dare to
be iconic because your pain does not
521
00:34:37,572 --> 00:34:40,203
define you, what you do with it does.
522
00:34:40,203 --> 00:34:43,003
And for me, it was rewriting my narrative.
523
00:34:43,318 --> 00:34:47,197
Owning what happened and
taking it into my next chapter.
524
00:34:47,235 --> 00:34:49,985
Oh my God, radiant icons.
525
00:34:50,156 --> 00:34:55,485
Time just flies when you're having
fun, and I truly am having a blast.
526
00:34:55,485 --> 00:35:01,736
I hope you guys are as well at the Iconic
Awards, our 100th podcast celebration.
527
00:35:03,236 --> 00:35:03,456
Oof.
528
00:35:04,626 --> 00:35:07,136
Man, it's been a while since
I, I sang on the mic for y'all.
529
00:35:07,396 --> 00:35:10,746
But, we are sadly at our last
iconic award of the evening.
530
00:35:10,746 --> 00:35:11,356
I know you guys.
531
00:35:11,376 --> 00:35:13,466
I know, I know we're all sad.
532
00:35:13,486 --> 00:35:17,736
I may have to do this again
for our 200th episode.
533
00:35:17,786 --> 00:35:19,686
Oh my goodness, that's
actually insane to think of.
534
00:35:20,336 --> 00:35:21,956
Like, oof.
535
00:35:22,056 --> 00:35:23,026
But I know we're gonna get there.
536
00:35:23,036 --> 00:35:25,646
I promise you it's gonna go by so fast.
537
00:35:26,086 --> 00:35:27,896
But anyway, let's focus
on the 100th, okay?
538
00:35:27,896 --> 00:35:29,186
Let's focus where we are.
539
00:35:29,186 --> 00:35:29,696
Okay.
540
00:35:29,766 --> 00:35:31,066
Okay, radiant icons.
541
00:35:31,066 --> 00:35:38,376
So, for our last iconic award
of the evening, it is the Most
542
00:35:38,376 --> 00:35:43,246
Amanda episodes, and it's plural
because I couldn't choose just one.
543
00:35:44,046 --> 00:35:49,206
In true Amanda fashion, I couldn't
choose just one episode to, I don't
544
00:35:49,216 --> 00:35:51,186
know, describe my full essence.
545
00:35:51,196 --> 00:35:52,346
Like, I don't know.
546
00:35:52,376 --> 00:35:56,096
So I picked my top four, and it
was very hard, but let's just,
547
00:35:56,176 --> 00:35:57,106
let's just go through them.
548
00:35:57,714 --> 00:36:02,674
Now, the first most Amanda episode
goes to the season two finale,
549
00:36:02,894 --> 00:36:07,104
From breakup to breakthrough,
rising into the radiant reign era.
550
00:36:07,514 --> 00:36:14,984
I feel like this episode truly
was the start of our evolution of
551
00:36:15,384 --> 00:36:19,534
becoming even more unapologetically
iconic than we ever were before.
552
00:36:19,964 --> 00:36:27,134
I, I think the season two finale truly was
that turning point in Dare to be Iconic's
553
00:36:27,144 --> 00:36:33,164
history books of being bolder than ever,
more iconic than ever, more sexier than
554
00:36:33,164 --> 00:36:40,074
ever, and really having this courage to
truly dare to be ourselves on a level
555
00:36:40,074 --> 00:36:42,374
that we've never even touched before.
556
00:36:42,614 --> 00:36:48,044
And I know, listening back to this
episode, this tea time sesh in
557
00:36:48,044 --> 00:36:53,194
particular, I can hear it in my
voice, me gaining my independence.
558
00:36:53,194 --> 00:36:58,164
I can hear that switch from who I
was in the beginning of season two
559
00:36:58,254 --> 00:37:03,104
to who I was at the end of it, and
it was just, it just the touch of the
560
00:37:03,104 --> 00:37:06,974
beginning of one of the most iconic
eras in Dare to be Iconic's history.
561
00:37:06,974 --> 00:37:10,654
I mean, truly, from breakup
to breakthrough, I remember.
562
00:37:11,044 --> 00:37:12,404
I remember that breakup.
563
00:37:12,464 --> 00:37:18,664
Like any good DTBI thing, a breakup
is always the trajectory point for me.
564
00:37:18,684 --> 00:37:24,324
And well, that breakup that
caused this era, that caused
565
00:37:24,334 --> 00:37:27,514
this episode was truly unmatched.
566
00:37:27,524 --> 00:37:33,334
Like, genuinely, you guys, I became the
version of me that I needed to become
567
00:37:33,824 --> 00:37:38,644
so that I can lead us into these tea
time seshes where we are more vulnerable
568
00:37:38,644 --> 00:37:43,694
than ever and really leaning into the
magic of who we are on a deeper, more
569
00:37:43,704 --> 00:37:47,734
intimate level than ever before, and
this episode was the start of that.
570
00:37:48,904 --> 00:37:51,594
And I love it so much because
I remember planning this era.
571
00:37:51,924 --> 00:37:55,964
I remember how it all came to me
literally less than 24 hours after the
572
00:37:55,964 --> 00:38:00,934
breakup, and the vision for it came
like that because I was so inspired.
573
00:38:01,454 --> 00:38:02,914
And well, it's been the best era yet.
574
00:38:02,924 --> 00:38:06,774
So I'm gonna shut up now, and we're gonna
listen to one of the most Amanda episodes.
575
00:38:08,238 --> 00:38:11,568
Amanda Paolicelli: This shift in
energy Radiant icons is because I'm
576
00:38:11,568 --> 00:38:15,348
giving myself the permission that
I've never given myself before.
577
00:38:15,528 --> 00:38:21,648
I'm giving myself permission to be free,
to experience joy, and to be unstoppable.
578
00:38:22,008 --> 00:38:26,443
Give yourself this permission that
you've been maybe holding back,
579
00:38:26,653 --> 00:38:28,603
give it to yourself in this era.
580
00:38:28,723 --> 00:38:33,913
That is what this era is all about, and
I'm just so damn excited for you guys
581
00:38:33,913 --> 00:38:38,443
because honestly, this is the character
development that we needed to get to
582
00:38:38,443 --> 00:38:43,873
this next evolution to unlock this next
version of who we are supposed to be.
583
00:38:44,173 --> 00:38:45,373
I'm so damn excited.
584
00:38:45,373 --> 00:38:47,167
Let's reign radiantly together.
585
00:38:47,182 --> 00:38:51,932
Now, our second most Amanda episode goes
to the season three premiere, Solo Not
586
00:38:51,932 --> 00:38:54,592
Lonely: How To Be Your Own Best Friend.
587
00:38:55,002 --> 00:39:01,012
Now, this season three premiere was
so, so special for me because for
588
00:39:01,012 --> 00:39:07,992
the first time in my life, in my
singlehood, I was embracing freedom and
589
00:39:07,992 --> 00:39:10,272
independence like I never had before.
590
00:39:10,602 --> 00:39:14,852
I know that season two, the season
two finale, Breakup to Breakthrough:
591
00:39:14,852 --> 00:39:18,092
Rising into the Radiant Reign era that
we just spoke about, right, was the
592
00:39:18,102 --> 00:39:20,672
mark of the beginning of a new chapter.
593
00:39:20,672 --> 00:39:25,772
Well, the season three premiere took
it one step further, and at that point,
594
00:39:25,852 --> 00:39:30,212
while I was recording that episode and
then published it, I was around two to
595
00:39:30,212 --> 00:39:33,672
three months single, right, post-breakup.
596
00:39:34,142 --> 00:39:41,012
And for the first time in my life,
I was truly allowing myself to
597
00:39:41,012 --> 00:39:46,882
enjoy singlehood and being in my
presence, being my own best friend.
598
00:39:47,332 --> 00:39:54,602
And while I was on this newly single
journey, again, I was deconstructing
599
00:39:54,602 --> 00:40:00,532
this narrative that we once were
fed as young girls that a man has to
600
00:40:00,692 --> 00:40:05,642
complete us, and that romantic love
is, like, the ultimate end goal.
601
00:40:06,092 --> 00:40:08,182
You don't need a man.
602
00:40:08,442 --> 00:40:11,812
You do not need a man to
live a rich, full life.
603
00:40:12,062 --> 00:40:17,212
And the season three premiere, Solo Not
Lonely: How To Be Your Own Best Friend,
604
00:40:18,142 --> 00:40:23,532
was me deconstructing the narratives
that I was fed as a young girl, that I
605
00:40:23,532 --> 00:40:30,742
know most of us were fed, and learning
that life, honestly, is so much more
606
00:40:30,762 --> 00:40:35,962
iconic when you have a rich, full
life that you built for yourself, and
607
00:40:36,182 --> 00:40:40,902
learning how to love being in your own
presence and being your own best friend.
608
00:40:41,512 --> 00:40:47,262
This episode was the beginning of me
loving being solo and going on solo dates.
609
00:40:47,292 --> 00:40:54,532
That all started because of the time
I took before season three premiered,
610
00:40:55,382 --> 00:41:01,372
and that's why we have Solo Not Lonely,
because we wouldn't have the Amanda that
611
00:41:01,382 --> 00:41:05,642
I am today without that precious time of
learning how to be my own best friend,
612
00:41:05,822 --> 00:41:09,082
and that's why this episode is one of
the most Amanda episodes out there.
613
00:41:09,431 --> 00:41:12,551
Amanda Paolicelli: Loneliness
is an emotion and we all will
614
00:41:12,551 --> 00:41:16,931
experience loneliness or that
feeling of loneliness in our lives.
615
00:41:16,931 --> 00:41:22,031
No matter if we are single in a happy
relationship, whatever it is, we all will
616
00:41:22,031 --> 00:41:24,191
experience that emotion of loneliness.
617
00:41:24,371 --> 00:41:28,451
And I challenge you that when that
emotion of loneliness comes up,
618
00:41:28,541 --> 00:41:30,191
you need to look at the root of it.
619
00:41:30,371 --> 00:41:32,021
What is coming out of it?
620
00:41:32,241 --> 00:41:37,161
Am I seeking attention, validation
company, whatever it is, you need to
621
00:41:37,161 --> 00:41:41,781
get to that root of that emotion of
loneliness and give it to yourself.
622
00:41:42,375 --> 00:41:46,995
Our third most Amanda episode Radiant
Icons is Season 3's The Dating
623
00:41:46,995 --> 00:41:49,085
Dilemma: Crushing on Potential.
624
00:41:49,435 --> 00:41:53,125
Now, radiant icons, the reason why
this episode is one of the most
625
00:41:53,125 --> 00:41:56,055
Amanda episodes is because, well,
626
00:41:58,715 --> 00:42:02,225
I said what I said, and I have no regrets.
627
00:42:03,425 --> 00:42:09,645
This episode was the episode
where I truly let myself be bold.
628
00:42:10,115 --> 00:42:12,245
I let myself not be sugar-coated.
629
00:42:12,255 --> 00:42:18,315
I let myself show anger and frustration
and, you know, I, I have to laugh
630
00:42:18,315 --> 00:42:21,565
sometimes listening back to this episode
because, you know, I said some things.
631
00:42:21,785 --> 00:42:25,835
I said a lot of things like, "Why
do we give men 30-day trial periods?
632
00:42:25,835 --> 00:42:27,185
They never give us trial periods.
633
00:42:27,185 --> 00:42:27,955
Men will never get better."
634
00:42:27,955 --> 00:42:29,285
Like, I said a lot of stuff, okay?
635
00:42:29,415 --> 00:42:30,185
I said a lot of things.
636
00:42:30,395 --> 00:42:30,775
But you know what?
637
00:42:30,775 --> 00:42:31,415
I regret nothing.
638
00:42:31,835 --> 00:42:36,315
I regret nothing, and that's how
I know it's one of the most Amanda
639
00:42:36,315 --> 00:42:38,465
episodes, because I regret nothing.
640
00:42:38,895 --> 00:42:43,625
I showed you guys my true thoughts and
feelings at the time, and you know what?
641
00:42:43,625 --> 00:42:44,775
I still believe in those things.
642
00:42:45,035 --> 00:42:48,005
Everything I said in that
episode I believe wholeheartedly.
643
00:42:48,585 --> 00:42:49,655
I don't take it back.
644
00:42:50,455 --> 00:42:54,275
I didn't hold shit back, and I love
how it resonated with all of you
645
00:42:54,275 --> 00:42:58,255
because I love this episode so damn
much, and I guess it really did
646
00:42:58,255 --> 00:43:00,165
give me my man-hating reputation.
647
00:43:00,575 --> 00:43:05,545
But, you know, it's okay because
this is such an Amanda episode.
648
00:43:05,635 --> 00:43:07,115
Let's go listen back to it.
649
00:43:08,604 --> 00:43:10,074
Amanda Paolicelli: Men will
never get better, okay?
650
00:43:10,254 --> 00:43:11,184
They will never get better.
651
00:43:11,244 --> 00:43:14,724
Do not give them a 30 day
trial, because you know what?
652
00:43:14,904 --> 00:43:16,584
Men never give us trial periods.
653
00:43:16,674 --> 00:43:19,314
They never give us trial periods.
654
00:43:19,374 --> 00:43:21,774
So why the hell are we giving them one?
655
00:43:22,134 --> 00:43:24,474
All you bring is
emotional turmoil, my boy.
656
00:43:24,554 --> 00:43:28,094
That's what every man brings into
your life is emotional turmoil.
657
00:43:28,364 --> 00:43:28,694
Okay?
658
00:43:28,884 --> 00:43:29,754
I don't understand.
659
00:43:29,754 --> 00:43:32,514
Where men think that they are the
prizes now because that is not true.
660
00:43:32,634 --> 00:43:33,774
We are the prize.
661
00:43:33,834 --> 00:43:37,434
And prize is do not go looking
for the people winning them.
662
00:43:37,839 --> 00:43:38,349
Right.
663
00:43:38,409 --> 00:43:39,189
They don't.
664
00:43:39,279 --> 00:43:45,879
If a boy makes you feel like shit
about it, he can go fuck himself.
665
00:43:46,359 --> 00:43:49,989
Let's get to the last most Amanda
episode, and that has to be…
666
00:43:50,029 --> 00:43:54,609
Ooh, this is one of my favorite
episodes actually, so I'm really happy.
667
00:43:55,289 --> 00:44:00,669
It is season three's Own Your Sexy:
Stop Shrinking and Start Reclaiming.
668
00:44:01,169 --> 00:44:04,229
I love this episode so
fucking much, you guys.
669
00:44:04,279 --> 00:44:06,419
Like, I love this episode.
670
00:44:07,829 --> 00:44:12,319
I was so excited to record this
episode because it was marking
671
00:44:12,319 --> 00:44:18,289
the start of us dipping our toe
deeper, if you will, into this taboo
672
00:44:18,289 --> 00:44:21,899
topic of sexiness and sensuality.
673
00:44:22,139 --> 00:44:27,999
And honestly, I never allowed
myself, I mean, clearly we
674
00:44:27,999 --> 00:44:29,889
all know I have sexual trauma.
675
00:44:29,999 --> 00:44:34,689
I've experienced sexual violence
in my life, so the thought of being
676
00:44:34,709 --> 00:44:38,349
sexy and sensual is very daunting.
677
00:44:38,359 --> 00:44:39,979
It's very terrifying.
678
00:44:40,569 --> 00:44:42,909
Um, yeah, no thank you.
679
00:44:42,919 --> 00:44:45,729
Like, it was something that
I was like, big X over.
680
00:44:45,729 --> 00:44:47,269
Like, I'm not even gonna touch it.
681
00:44:47,269 --> 00:44:47,529
Okay.
682
00:44:47,529 --> 00:44:50,239
It's, like, very, like, almost
forbidden fruit in the way.
683
00:44:50,239 --> 00:44:55,249
Like, I wouldn't allow myself
to even explore the definition
684
00:44:55,279 --> 00:44:57,309
of sexy for me, right?
685
00:44:57,309 --> 00:45:03,149
And what does sensuality mean, and how do
I feel sexy in my skin after, you know,
686
00:45:04,039 --> 00:45:06,239
being violated the way that I have been?
687
00:45:06,249 --> 00:45:12,675
And I didn't give myself permission
to explore this topic of sexiness
688
00:45:12,675 --> 00:45:18,995
and sexuality until it came to
National Amanda Day, Sexy 27, right?
689
00:45:18,995 --> 00:45:23,035
And sexiness being my intention
for chapter 27 of my life.
690
00:45:23,045 --> 00:45:29,095
And, you know, this episode, Own Your
Sexy: Stop Shrinking and Start Reclaiming,
691
00:45:29,285 --> 00:45:34,235
was kind of like my catch-up tea time
sesh, if you will, of everything that
692
00:45:34,595 --> 00:45:42,065
I learned thus far at that point in my
life of this, uh, Sexy 27 journey, right?
693
00:45:42,065 --> 00:45:44,275
And of me owning my sexy.
694
00:45:44,295 --> 00:45:48,385
And it was really exciting
being able to dive into it.
695
00:45:48,385 --> 00:45:52,545
And listening back to this episode,
it's also really cool to see where I am
696
00:45:52,545 --> 00:45:56,715
now in my Own Your Sexy journey, right?
697
00:45:56,755 --> 00:45:58,705
Or I guess own my sexy journey, right?
698
00:45:58,705 --> 00:46:00,955
Like, how am I owning my sexy now?
699
00:46:01,105 --> 00:46:03,305
Have I become more confident, X, Y, and Z?
700
00:46:03,305 --> 00:46:04,815
And I really do think I have.
701
00:46:04,865 --> 00:46:07,995
This is the only New York snippet
I'm going to be sharing with you
702
00:46:07,995 --> 00:46:10,685
guys, 'cause I'm waiting till
season four to give you all the tea.
703
00:46:11,225 --> 00:46:16,155
But I did take a chair-ography
class for the first time.
704
00:46:16,275 --> 00:46:23,395
And you guys, oh, my goodness, I
have never felt sexier and hotter,
705
00:46:23,395 --> 00:46:25,805
and, like, owning my presence.
706
00:46:25,805 --> 00:46:28,325
Like, I felt like a sultry seductress.
707
00:46:28,565 --> 00:46:30,755
I think that's, like, the wording of it.
708
00:46:31,475 --> 00:46:34,265
Um, yeah, no, I devoured that shit.
709
00:46:34,305 --> 00:46:35,475
Like, it was amazing.
710
00:46:35,525 --> 00:46:39,765
So to see how much more confident
I have become on my personal, like,
711
00:46:39,825 --> 00:46:43,035
owning my sexy journey is really cool.
712
00:46:43,085 --> 00:46:48,035
And this episode, also Radiant Icons,
is so special to me and so Amanda
713
00:46:48,035 --> 00:46:53,425
to me because it was also the start
of our Own Your Sexy campaign that
714
00:46:53,605 --> 00:46:58,265
helped raise awareness on sexual
assault education and prevention.
715
00:46:58,275 --> 00:47:06,025
And as you guys know, I haven't been shy
about using my voice and sharing my story
716
00:47:06,025 --> 00:47:11,115
when it comes to the sexual violence I've
experienced in my life, and it was really
717
00:47:11,115 --> 00:47:18,395
important for me this year as I made
the deliberate choice to start talking
718
00:47:18,405 --> 00:47:23,365
about my experiences, is that I wanted
to do something that gave back, you know?
719
00:47:23,365 --> 00:47:32,145
And the Own Your Sexy campaign that we did
all of April meant so much to me, and this
720
00:47:32,185 --> 00:47:39,425
episode was the start of this campaign
of giving back and making a difference.
721
00:47:39,425 --> 00:47:43,125
You know, we were daring to make a
difference together, And to see this
722
00:47:43,135 --> 00:47:48,075
campaign come to life the way that
it did is just such a surreal moment
723
00:47:48,095 --> 00:47:50,235
as a founder and as an advocate.
724
00:47:50,295 --> 00:47:54,105
This episode will always have
such a special place in my heart.
725
00:47:54,115 --> 00:47:57,185
So that's why it's one of the
most Amanda episodes, and it's
726
00:47:57,185 --> 00:47:58,515
one of my personal favorites.
727
00:47:58,525 --> 00:47:59,925
So please enjoy
728
00:48:01,256 --> 00:48:07,956
I think the first thing that I do wanna
lead with is that chapter 27, sexy 27,
729
00:48:07,966 --> 00:48:13,646
has been one of the most challenging and
difficult chapters of my life, 1,000%.
730
00:48:14,206 --> 00:48:15,246
And we're only five months in.
731
00:48:15,256 --> 00:48:18,716
There's a lot of things that
I apparently didn't deal with.
732
00:48:20,096 --> 00:48:24,716
And sometimes you forget that
trauma sticks with you, and it
733
00:48:24,726 --> 00:48:27,076
bleeds into every area of your life.
734
00:48:27,126 --> 00:48:32,036
And that's been really frustrating, is
coming to terms with everything that
735
00:48:32,046 --> 00:48:37,956
happened within that relationship really
has affected a lot of areas in my life.
736
00:48:38,436 --> 00:48:40,656
It has affected how I view myself.
737
00:48:40,696 --> 00:48:42,386
It's affected how I view my body.
738
00:48:42,396 --> 00:48:44,936
It has affected how I view my friendships.
739
00:48:44,946 --> 00:48:47,506
It's affected how I view trust.
740
00:48:47,516 --> 00:48:53,476
It's affected how I view sexiness for
myself, and it's affected how I view men.
741
00:48:53,816 --> 00:48:56,876
I need to feel it because
that's part of my becoming.
742
00:48:57,156 --> 00:49:03,016
That is how I embrace my
sexiest, most iconic self
743
00:49:03,082 --> 00:49:06,112
All right, radiant icons, that
is your tea time sesh for today.
744
00:49:06,122 --> 00:49:10,462
If you enjoyed today's episode, make
sure to subscribe, to leave a rating,
745
00:49:10,492 --> 00:49:14,172
a review, to tell your friends about
us, to tell everyone and anyone,
746
00:49:14,182 --> 00:49:15,862
because you know we love what?
747
00:49:16,152 --> 00:49:19,802
More radiant icons in our
iconic community of ours.
748
00:49:20,332 --> 00:49:25,982
But honestly, radiant icons, I cannot
believe it, 100 episodes later.
749
00:49:27,252 --> 00:49:29,142
Like, we did the damn
thing, radiant icons.
750
00:49:29,212 --> 00:49:30,602
We did this.
751
00:49:31,102 --> 00:49:32,252
It wasn't just I.
752
00:49:33,042 --> 00:49:34,062
We did this.
753
00:49:34,972 --> 00:49:37,762
You guys tuned in every single week.
754
00:49:38,172 --> 00:49:40,292
You guys gave me a chance.
755
00:49:40,642 --> 00:49:43,262
You guys helped me find my voice.
756
00:49:43,422 --> 00:49:47,912
You guys helped me find my courage,
and you guys made me feel less alone
757
00:49:47,992 --> 00:49:51,802
in moments where I was really, really
scared and I felt really, really alone.
758
00:49:52,802 --> 00:49:56,732
I knew I was gonna cry, but man, I didn't
realize it was gonna be, like, this early
759
00:49:56,732 --> 00:49:58,862
on in my, like, mushy gushy talk to y'all.
760
00:50:00,892 --> 00:50:08,272
I truly, truly cannot do Dare to be
Iconic without your support and love
761
00:50:08,942 --> 00:50:12,052
for Dare to be Iconic and myself.
762
00:50:12,822 --> 00:50:14,532
Dare to be Iconic is my baby.
763
00:50:16,302 --> 00:50:20,272
The idea of Dare to be Iconic, everything
that you see, whether it's a podcast,
764
00:50:21,262 --> 00:50:25,652
merch, uh, an era idea, right, as in,
like, the Radiant Reign era, uh, the
765
00:50:25,652 --> 00:50:31,012
masterclass content, event concepts,
partnerships, like, whatever it is,
766
00:50:31,022 --> 00:50:35,612
like, it all just came from my brain,
and it came from that little Sharpie
767
00:50:35,612 --> 00:50:43,162
notebook and my 1,000 Google folders
with all of my ideas and my long-ass
768
00:50:43,382 --> 00:50:46,302
voice memos and voice notes on my phone.
769
00:50:48,272 --> 00:50:53,682
Like, Dare to be Iconic
is my pride and joy.
770
00:50:53,792 --> 00:50:54,802
It is my heart.
771
00:50:55,502 --> 00:50:56,582
It is my brain.
772
00:50:56,902 --> 00:50:58,062
It is my soul.
773
00:50:59,592 --> 00:51:06,652
And the support that you guys have
shown for Dare to be Iconic throughout
774
00:51:06,652 --> 00:51:11,062
its whole journey, whether it's showing
up for an event, or buying merch, or
775
00:51:11,062 --> 00:51:16,852
buying a journal, or listening to this
podcast, or coming to a meetup, or
776
00:51:16,852 --> 00:51:20,152
even just DM-ing me and saying that
an episode changed your life and made
777
00:51:20,152 --> 00:51:24,812
you feel less alone and has helped
you, like, it means the world to me.
778
00:51:25,742 --> 00:51:27,952
My mission with Dare
to be Iconic is simple.
779
00:51:28,732 --> 00:51:33,732
It's to empower you to embrace who you
are with true confidence, because we
780
00:51:33,732 --> 00:51:36,082
all are iconic in our own unique way.
781
00:51:37,342 --> 00:51:39,812
And you guys have helped
me live out my mission.
782
00:51:41,640 --> 00:51:44,210
And I am so, so grateful for you guys.
783
00:51:45,520 --> 00:51:48,030
Thank you for 100 episodes.
784
00:51:48,320 --> 00:51:49,880
Thank you for tuning in.
785
00:51:50,470 --> 00:51:56,250
Thank you for making me feel less alone
when I felt really alone at times.
786
00:51:57,920 --> 00:52:00,430
Season 3 was a really hard season for me.
787
00:52:01,840 --> 00:52:03,570
I opened up my heart
788
00:52:05,706 --> 00:52:07,846
In ways that I never, ever thought.
789
00:52:07,886 --> 00:52:11,836
I mean, trust me, I know we, we talked
about it earlier in this podcast episode,
790
00:52:11,836 --> 00:52:13,156
so I don't need to go in depth more.
791
00:52:14,116 --> 00:52:19,106
But, like, you guys gave me the courage
when I was really fucking scared.
792
00:52:20,286 --> 00:52:25,526
You guys believed in me, and you believed
in my dream, and you've supported me
793
00:52:27,764 --> 00:52:34,384
And whether you've listened to Dare To
Be Iconic from March 27th in 2024, or
794
00:52:34,434 --> 00:52:38,694
you found me along the way in season
two or season three, or you're just
795
00:52:38,694 --> 00:52:44,364
listening now for 100 episodes, welcome
to the most iconic club out there.
796
00:52:44,384 --> 00:52:46,224
I am so happy you're here.
797
00:52:46,544 --> 00:52:48,544
I'm so happy you're a radiant icon.
798
00:52:48,564 --> 00:52:51,304
Thank you for being a part of
my Dare To Be Iconic journey.
799
00:52:51,524 --> 00:52:53,564
I'm so honored to be a part of yours.
800
00:52:53,834 --> 00:52:58,394
Here's to 100 episodes, here's to
Dare To Be Iconic, and here's to us.
801
00:52:58,504 --> 00:52:59,844
I love you guys so much.
802
00:53:00,044 --> 00:53:03,104
Remember, radiant icons,
dare to be iconic.
803
00:53:03,504 --> 00:53:04,764
I'll chat with you soon.
804
00:53:05,004 --> 00:53:05,744
Bye.
805
00:53:05,784 --> 00:53:08,444
I love you.
