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Speaker 1: Welcome to an all new episode of her Playbook that

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Speaker 1: I'm thrilled to be joined on this episode of her

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Speaker 1: Playbook by Bianca Piert. Bianca is a sports journalist and

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Speaker 1: educational professional and also co founder of Bold and Brilliant Life,

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Speaker 1: which we see on your shirt here. Bianca, first of all,

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Speaker 1: you're wrapping Bold and Brilliant Life, so let's start there.

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Speaker 1: Talk to me about what this is. I know it's

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Speaker 1: a podcast, but also it gives back.

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Speaker 2: It gives back, and it's really my life mantra to

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Speaker 2: live a bold and brilliant life. Growing up, I was

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Speaker 2: an only child, very shy, and I felt like, you know,

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Speaker 2: my voice, I wouldn't say it felt like it wasn't

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Speaker 2: really being heard, or I felt like, you know those

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Speaker 2: quiet whispers. Oh, you can dance in front of people,

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Speaker 2: or you can and like speak out in the classroom.

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Speaker 2: I just felt so shy and didn't feel that way.

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Speaker 2: So as I gotten older, I realized every time I

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Speaker 2: took a bold or brilliant step, whether it was going

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Speaker 2: up to a stranger or you know, going to even

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Speaker 2: grad school, that's when opportunities unlocked. So bold and brilliant

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Speaker 2: life is my mantra to literally live that bolden brilliant life.

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Speaker 2: Step out of your comfort zone and you'd be surprised

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Speaker 2: what happens to when you do these things because as

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Speaker 2: a shy person, I never thought I would be in

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Speaker 2: a space or I'm speaking a lot. It's like the

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Speaker 2: very thing you think you're scared of is that one

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Speaker 2: thing that could be your you know, your talent or

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Speaker 2: your opportunity to expand and uplift. So the bolden brilate life.

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Speaker 2: I have a podcast where I speak with athletes and

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Speaker 2: sports professionals about their journeys and how they've made bolden

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Speaker 2: brilank career moves. But what's deep in my heart, as

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Speaker 2: you know who takes education seriously, I work with I

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Speaker 2: work with kids, I work with students and youth camps

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Speaker 2: on how to up a bold and brilliant life mindset

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Speaker 2: because it's all about your identity. It's you know, getting

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Speaker 1: It is interesting because you know, it's one thing for

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Speaker 1: you've pursued a career outside of your comfort zone as

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Speaker 2: It is a big step. And I think what I noticed,

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Speaker 2: like that Sasha fears. Now, how Beyonce just turns into

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Speaker 1: Stepping into that alter ego. I love that mindset. And

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Speaker 1: you know, is there a memorable moment day You're like, Wow,

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Speaker 2: Yes, so I'm bold I will slide into the DMS

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Speaker 2: to be bold and be brilliant if that's a space

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Speaker 1: I love that and I think that's, you know, one

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Speaker 2: Balancing it all. I mean, I just take it day

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Speaker 2: Social media has been such a transformative space for all everyone,

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Speaker 1: and as a content platform and everything that you're doing.

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much for taking the time and for

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Speaker 1: this conversation and for everyone out there listening, let them

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Speaker 1: know where they can find you.

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Speaker 2: Thank you so much. You can find we were talking

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Speaker 2: about social media on social media at Bold and Brilliant

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Speaker 2: Life or my personal social media at Bionca part. I

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Speaker 2: have a website beyoncapart dot com and we also have

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Speaker 2: a Boldenbrilliant dot org. If you want to learn about

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Speaker 1: Love it, love it beyond compart Thanks for joining this

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