This is what happens when icons choose themselves.

In this special 2-year anniversary episode of Dare To Be Iconic podcast, Amanda celebrates the Radiant Icons — the community that turned a podcast into a global movement.

Featuring powerful dare to be iconic stories from around the world, this episode dives into confidence, healing, self-trust, and what it really means to be iconic.

If you’re ready to step into your power, trust your voice, and take up space unapologetically — this episode is for you.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Welcome to Our 2-Year Anniversary Podcast Special✨

00:48 Come Join the Movement!

01:21 Alondra: Healing, Community & Finding Your People

03:34 Bella: Reclaiming Confidence After Heartbreak

05:02 Anja: Finding Her Voice & Reinventing Her Path

09:40 What It Really Means to Be Iconic

11:02 Daring to Make an Impact

12:19 Choosing Authenticity & Self-Trust

13:46 Favorite Episode Love & Reflections

14:23 See you next week!

What's up, radiant icons and welcome back to Dare To Be

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Iconic, the podcast made for icons

who are daring to be themselves.

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I'm your host, Amanda Paolicelli,

and for today's Tea Time sesh, we are

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doing a very, very special episode

because we are sharing your Dare To Be

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Iconic stories right here, right now to

celebrate two years of this very podcast,

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I cannot believe it, two years, three

seasons, and so many amazing, iconic,

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radiant icons in our lovely community.

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But before we spill the tea

on your fabulous stories, I

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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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Make sure to connect with me on there.

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It's Amanda Paolicelli.

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All of my socials are linked

in the show notes below.

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Now let's get to that piping hot tea.

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Are you ready?

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radiant icons, because your

tee time sesh is starting now.

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Hi, my name is Alondra.

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I am from Puerto Rico and Dare To Be

Iconic has helped me in so, so many ways.

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First of all, the community, uh, shout

out to the Radiant Icon community because

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when I met Amanda back in May, 2025, we

met at her amazing event of Lando Bash.

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And honestly, I loved it.

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Felt so healed in that moment because

before going to Miami and even after I

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was just in such a dark spot mentally I

was just having trouble just living my

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life and it was a very difficult time.

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And just being able to

have that community.

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And that like sense of comfort

within the radiant icon and the

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dare to be iconic community.

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I just felt so grateful to have

met Amanda and the beautiful people

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that she brought into her community.

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I think that being a radiant icon means

pretty much everything because it means

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that you are empowered, that you have so

much love and comfort within yourself.

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And as a person, as a human,

as a woman, just everything.

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And just, I couldn't be prouder

of being a radiant icon.

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And honestly, I love Amanda

and everything that she does.

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I think every single one of her

episodes has a different teaching,

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um, a different lesson to life.

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Um, and just different, you know, advice

and tips on how to be a radiant icon.

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And I think that it's what we need

at the moment and I think that it's

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perfect that she's doing this and

dedicating so much of herself to

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this podcast and this community.

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And it's absolutely beautiful to

witness how many women are connected

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because of dare to be iconic.

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Hi, fellow Radiant icons.

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I'm Bella and I'm from New York City,

and I have been friends with Amanda

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for almost three years At this point.

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I'm very excited that we get

to share our own stories to be

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on her podcast and her videos.

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The whole brand of Dare to Be

Iconic has really helped me

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recently in my journey because.

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We, I feel like me and Amanda,

we both have somewhat similar

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stories with relationships.

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I don't have the story of the letter

in the box on the porch, but I do

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have pretty ter terrible experiences

being in relationships, being treated

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badly and not being treated right.

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And I think that the whole brand of

Dare to be iconic has really helped

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me to feel more confident in myself

and to really feel like I am able to

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express myself the way that I want

to and not be a, and not be scared

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to be judged or anything like that.

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'Cause when I was in my last relationship,

it felt as though I had to be.

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Or put on a, an act to get the

kind of attention I wanted.

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But now being single, I feel like I can

do whatever I want and be who I wanna be.

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And that's all thanks to this

amazing person and this amazing

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podcast, Dare To Be Iconic.

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Hi everyone, my name is Anja.

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I'm from Opia, from Macedonia, and I'm

filming this for like the million time.

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Um, so I'm currently finishing up my

high school degree in law, but I'm

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not gonna continue in that field.

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I'm going in into pr.

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Um, and hopefully we'll specialize

in master in sports media to fulfill

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my dream of becoming a sports

media manager or a peer manager

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for a team in more sports hockey.

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Any sports.

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And I'm so excited to, to share how

Dare to Be Iconic has been a part of

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that transition and of that decision

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in my personal journey, dare to be

iconic has been a huge thing for my

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confidence and has given me a lot of it.

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I struggle with a stutter, as

you will probably hear into

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the, like that, into this video.

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And I, I know that we all

have some insecurities.

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So, um, Dare To Be Iconic and Amanda

has helped me, um, you know, uh,

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realize that I don't have to wait for

permission to start leading to be myself.

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And also a major breakthrough for me

was when I created, um, my own project,

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like the podcast, feeling the Dream.

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And when I started contacting more people,

uh, I think Amanda and everyone in the

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community, they are watchers of Amanda.

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Lair, um, shadow to her.

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She's one of my favorite creators.

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Uh, and, and I think

most first friends, yeah.

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Um, realize that I can do this if

I have, uh, if I have my mind on

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something, that I can, uh, do that and

I will, you know, go until the end.

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Uh, there were moments like when I

felt like really small into the motor

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sports community, but I think the

community like Amanda has helped me

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a lot and watching her episode in

there to be clinic has been a huge

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thing and I'm really grateful for her.

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So the next thing I wanna answer is,

what does radiant icon mean to you?

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So, to me, uh, being a radiant icon is

about leading with excellence, but also

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with empathy about being nice to others.

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Uh, I I think it's also about having the

self-love to know your word differently,

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but also the confidence to lead the way

for others, like your community, your

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friends, um, your family and more things.

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So the there to be a

connect message, uh, help.

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Uh, shape my, my growth by teaching me

that confidence isn't about being perfect.

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Definitely I have learned

that, um, into the hard way.

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Uh, it's about being visible to

others, inspiring other people.

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Definitely me being in the sports

media, I have inspired many more people

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that want to start a community, and

it means a lot because as a child, I

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would love to have someone do that for

me, whether I'm interviewing drivers.

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Or I don't know.

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I'm planning my next

content, my media move.

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I think being radiant means showing

up and not teaming my light to

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fit into a traditional, into the

traditional spaces, like changing

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myself for, you know, others.

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Um, it's, it helped me.

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Uh, I don't know.

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It, I don't know.

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It helped me get my own ambition

without saying story to others.

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I have to be quick for my favorite

episode because, uh, I'm already

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it for minutes, but my favorite

is with Lair, born to Fan Girl.

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I think this episode stood out

me, stood out to me because Lair

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talked about being a fan girl.

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It's about having a superpower as someone

who is incredibly passionate about

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motorsports, about bands, about singer.

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I think, uh, I sometimes felt like that

I had to down, uh, I had to tone down

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my excitement to fit with others, but

hearing Amanda and Lair discuss her

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turning into project like podcast like

Lair has, I think, um, it resonated with

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my journey because it validated that

you don't have to choose between being

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a professional and being a pen girl, but

you can lead with any dream you have.

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So, I love you, Amanda.

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I'm so proud of you.

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I'm so happy for your podcast.

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So have the best day ever

and love to the community.

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Katie Hornsby: so being

iconic in my everyday life.

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I think is truly just being exactly

who you are and not giving a care

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about what anyone else thinks about

you, and just walking with that

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confidence in life because yeah, if

you have the confidence, you're iconic.

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Alison Renee: Being iconic, like,

I love your saying there, because

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it's not like there are certain,

like, rules, and it's kind of like a

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personal, authentic journey, and you

can interpret being iconic however

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you want, and personally, for me,

it's just the focus of being iconic.

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Not caring about people's opinions and

being authentic because like for so long

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I've tried to mold into the people I

was around to make sure that like I'm

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accepted and like But being iconic is

like breaking past that it's like no more.

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Fashionably Single: So I think

daring to be iconic to me means

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being confident in your own skin,

being fearless, um, and being bold.

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And I think I live that in my

everyday life just by being myself.

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I.

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I like to romanticize my life.

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I lived, I like to live a soft girl life.

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I love to just sit at a cafe

by myself and read or write.

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And then I also like to go out with my

friends and get dressed up and get cute,

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but I just love doing what I love to do

in the moment and just take it day by day.

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I think for me, when I think of like,

what does dare to be iconic mean to

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me, I really focus on the word iconic.

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Mm-hmm.

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And so.

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It, I, I, I wanna translate it

into dare to make an impact.

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'cause when I think of iconic,

it means like it's impactful.

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So I think of like, when you wake up

every morning, you should be thinking,

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how am I gonna make an impact today?

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Or what is the impact

that I'm gonna make today?

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It could be something personal

like your family, your career,

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yourself, your health, or it

could be on a much larger scale.

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So I mean, you could think of like, how am

I gonna make an impact in my community or

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in the world if you wanna go like grand.

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But I really do think it is how

dare to make a positive impact.

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That's how I interpret it.

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And then for me, in my own personal

life, um, I would say I represent

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the iconic vibe by just taking risks.

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I feel like I've always had this

mentality of, if I want to try

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something, what is stopping me?

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And 99% of the time it's

nothing except for myself.

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And I refuse to let like imposter syndrome

or feelings of inadequacy stop me from

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having this experience or opportunities.

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Leire Garcia: so I

think dare to be iconic.

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For me it means more like having

the courage to show up as myself.

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And like trusting myself.

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Even when it feels like scary or yes or

really different, and especially ignoring

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what others might think or, or might say.

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Mm-hmm.

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Um, so that's also my way of like

daring myself to be iconic in every day.

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I dare myself to be iconic

even when I'm doubting myself.

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I mean, to be honest, I

doubt myself all the time.

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Even when I'm overthinking, I keep going.

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I keep showing up, I keep doing

content, you know, so it's like even

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if I can't, I trust myself and I trust

what I can do and what I'm able to do.

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Jessica Mesnick: To me, iconic means

embracing your true, authentic, messy,

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chaotic self, whatever that means to

you, embracing your wins as well as your

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failures, acknowledging just who you

are as a person and living that through.

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And in my daily life, In order to

be an icon and pursue that iconic

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mentality that you push so hard.

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I love I try so hard to just

always be working towards my

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highest self always been working

towards growing And embracing that.

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So I think around March, I found your

podcast and I started like listening to

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every single episode that you had and.

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I think that like the one I love

the most was the breakup of your

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past fall in love with the future.

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Like on this little journal

that you gave me, that's a gift

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from you Showcase the journal.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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I'm so grateful for that.

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I'm so grateful for that.

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Like it's going to help me even

more than your podcast already did.

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I think that there's like, man, many

more people who are thankful for

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your existence and for your podcast.

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Love you, amanda.

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Welcome to the Fashionably Single

Podcast, where single life meets

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real talk, hosted by Hannah.

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This guy is sitting next to me and

this was like a no shoe kind of house,

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so he had to take his shoes off.

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They were playing cards, drinking, and

then all of a sudden he starts rubbing his

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foot on my leg and her co-host Jessica.

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So he leaves me at the table, he gets

his food, he goes back to his car.

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I'm thinking he's

dipping out on this date.

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I just told him I don't want to marry

him and I won't let him kill me.

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So two millennials in

Austin, Texas, navigating.

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Independence and becoming your best

self with confidence and style.

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All right, radiant icons.

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That is your tea time sesh for today.

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If you enjoy today's episode, make

sure to subscribe to leave a Rating, a

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review to tell your friends about us,

to tell everyone and anyone, because

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you know we love What More radiant

icons in our iconic community of ours.

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But honestly, you guys, hearing

your dare to be iconic stories and

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how dare to be iconic has impacted

your life and what it means to you.

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Honestly just keeps me going and

sometimes it's really hard to keep going.

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'cause running a business is hard y'all,

but it's because of you guys and your

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stories that it inspires me and motivates

me and fuels me to keep going forward.

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You guys are what makes this community

so iconic and amazing, and I'm so

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honored to be on your Dare to be

iconic journey as we dare to be

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iconic to gather rain into icons.

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But anywho anyway, I can gush

about you guys all the time since.

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You know, I do that a lot on

this podcast, but there's just

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so much love I have to share it.

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But anyway, I will chat

with you guys next week.

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Remember radiant icons,

dare it to be iconic.

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Bye.