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Release, Rise, Radiate: A Guided Meditation to Love Yourself First
Episode 1918th February 2026 • Dare To Be Iconic • Amanda Paolicelli
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Loving yourself first isn’t selfish — it’s the foundation ✨

In this tea time sesh on Dare To Be Iconic, Amanda Paolicelli guides you through a grounding meditation to release what’s been weighing you down, rise into your power, and radiate self-love — on purpose.

Through breathwork, visualization, and affirmations, this episode is an invitation to stop carrying the pain and start choosing yourself — softly, boldly, and without apology.

No fixing. No forcing. No proving.

Just presence, power, and self-love — from within.

🎧 Press play, breathe deep, and dare to love yourself first.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Welcome Back to Dare To Be Iconic

00:28 Iconic Announcement: Iconic Behavior Masterclass Series Returns

01:02 Secure Your Break Up With the Past: Fall In Love WIth The Futre Masterclass Tickets today!

01:39 Why Turning Pain Into Power Matters (Amanda’s Story)

02:45 Guided Meditation Begins: Settle In & Breathe

08:23 See You Next Week!

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Amanda Paolicelli:

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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loving ourselves first, radiant icons.

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We are loving ourselves out loud

with a little guided meditation.

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Before we get into that radiant

icons, I have a very iconic

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announcement that I truly cannot

wait to spill the tea on about.

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So without further ado, I'm so excited

to announce that Dare To Be Iconic's

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Iconic Behavior Masterclass series

is officially back for:

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we're kicking it off with a banger.

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We're kicking it off with one of my

most requested topics, and you guys,

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it's a dare to be iconic pillar.

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Our first masterclass of 2026 is "Break

Up With The Past, Fall In Love With

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The Future" because it is time to turn

your pain into power, radiant icons.

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And on March 22nd at 1:30 PM Eastern,

we are going to be doing that together.

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We are going to be releasing

old stories and narratives.

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We are going to reconnect with our truest

selves, and we are going to step into

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our iconic future boldly and fearlessly.

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I am truly so excited

for this masterclass.

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This is a subject that is so close to

my heart, as you guys know, especially

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with what I have spoken about in the last

couple of tea time sessions recently.

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I mean, this concept of turning

your pain into power is the core

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foundational pillar of dare to be iconic.

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If I didn't take that pain from

that breakup and turn it into this

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power that is now dare to be iconic.

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Like we would not be here today

with this mic and headphones.

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and Everything that dare

to be iconic has become.

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I'm so excited to spill the tea

and dive into this together.

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I want to see you there, radiant

icons, so make sure to secure your

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spot today at daretobeiconic.com

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under the empowerment events section.

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You can also find that link

in the show notes below.

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So now with all of that out of the

way, oh my God, I'm so excited.

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Let's get to that guided

meditation, shall we?

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Are you ready for your tea time

sesh, because it's starting now.

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All right, radiant icons.

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Find a comfortable position whether

you're sitting or lying down.

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Close your eyes and take a slow,

deep breath in and exhale fully.

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Let's do that again, radiant icon.

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Inhale feeling your chest and

belly expand and exhale releasing

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tension, releasing doubt.

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Feel the weight of the day melts

away with each breath, allow yourself

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to simply be here in this moment.

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Giving yourself permission to

feel, to release, and to heal.

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Now, bring to mind any pain you

might be holding, heartbreak,

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disappointment, or self-doubt.

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Don't try to push it away.

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Instead, I want you to visualize it.

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Visualize it as a small,

heavy stone in your hands.

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Feel its weight.

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Notice any tension or emotions that arise.

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This is your pain, your

truth, and it's valid.

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Breathe into it, and as you

inhale, gather that energy .As

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you exhale, know that you

are safe, you are strong.

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Now imagine a warm, glowing

light above your head.

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This light is your power, your inner

strength, resilience, and self-love.

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As you breathe in, feel it flowing

down from the top of your head,

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filling your body surrounding

the stone of pain in your hands.

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With every inhale, this

light grows brighter.

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With every exhale, it transforms

the weight of the stone, the

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hurt, the disappointment into

power, clarity, and courage.

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Say to yourself quietly, I honor my pain.

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I transform it into strength.

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I am powerful.

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I am enough.

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I'm radiant.

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Repeat it with me.

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I am powerful.

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I am enough.

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I am radiant.

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Let your heart feel it.

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Visualize yourself standing tall,

holding the light of your newfound power.

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The stone of pain is still there.

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But it has been reshaped, no longer

heavy, no longer controlling you.

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It is part of your growth, part of your

story, part of the icon you are becoming.

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Take a deep breath in radiant

icon and exhale, feeling

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grounded, strong, and radiant.

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When you're ready, slowly open your eyes.

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Carry this feeling of strength

and empowerment with you.

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Not just today, but every day.

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Remember, radiant icons,.

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Your pain does not define you,

but what you do with it does.

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Fashionably Single Ad: Welcome to the

Fashionably Single Podcast, where single

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life meets 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 suit, 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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Amanda Paolicelli: All

right, radiant icons.

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That is your tea time session for today.

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If you enjoy today's episode, make

sure to subscribe, to leave a rating,

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a review to tell your friends about us,

to tell everyone and anyone, because

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you know we love more radiant icons

and our iconic community of ours.

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Radiant Icons, if you loved today's

guided meditation, then I know.

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I actually promise you, you will love

our masterclass "Breakup With The

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Past, Fall In Love With The Future".

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That is on March 22nd at 1:30 PM Eastern.

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I want to see you there, radiant icons

so we can turn our pain into power

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together and start healing out loud.

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So I dare you to secure your spot today

by clicking the link in the show notes

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below, or going to dare to be iconic.com

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under the empowerment events section.

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Speaking of turning our pain

into power radiant icons.

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Let's chat about next

week's Tea Time session.

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Next week, we are doing an episode

Rewind on Love letters from Within

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Boundaries, Healing, and Trauma.

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This episode pushed me to start talking

about harder conversation topics, and

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it really challenged me to get more

comfortable with using my voice and I'll

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chat more about why that episode means so

much to me in next week's Teatime sesh.

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But basically what I'm telling you is

you wanna make sure you subscribe so

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you don't miss I Radiance icons because

we're turning our pain into power

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power together this year at dare to

be iconic and I am so excited to go on

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this journey with the radiant icons..

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So...

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I guess I'll chat with you next week.

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Remember, radiant icons,

dare to be iconic.

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Bye.

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