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AJA DANG is an American TV host turned lifestyle blogger who has a genuine passion for supporting others to become their best selves.  Aja comes from a background in Broadcast Journalism of over 13 years. She worked with major companies such as Fox, the NFL Network, Maxim Magazine, and the Hollywood Reporter. It’s not easy to depart from a secure career life like that and dive into the very uncertain and highly competitive arena of Social Media as an Influencer but Aja pulled it off both successfully with over 800,000+ in her growing community AND she’s done it staying true to herself and her passions.  She channels the knowledge and experience she gained from those earlier chapters of career life and infuses it all with her love for natural beauty and self-growth- all of which create the killer content in her YouTube videos.   Aja and I met at a beauty event for Burts Bees a few years ago and we immediately hit it off.  There were a lot of commonalities between us, our passion for natura

If you want to create your ideal Life, made up of your deepest desires + goals actualized + achieved, then FOCUSING on creating your idealSelf is a MUST because that is the version of you that is LIVING that Life. In this new episode inspired from this BlackBeltBeauty Instagram post   , I dig deeper into this concept with some viable tips on how to apply this powerful ACTION that bridges you from where you are now, towards all that you desire for your life into your day-to-day process. 

  59. DR. GABRIELLE LYON: MUSCLE CENTRIC MEDICINE, UNDERSTANDING PROTEIN + OPTIMIZING HEALTH FROM BODY + MIND TO CRUSH AT LIFE.   Dr. Gabrielle Lyon is an Elite Performance, Functional Physician who focuses her practice around "muscle centric medicine" and is an expert in optimizing metabolic health + longevity and body composition.  Dr. Lyon's approach is integrative using her extensive knowledge +  cutting edge science through comprehensive labs, metabolic + genetic testing, nutritional science AND behavioral action.  In other words: She knows how to fortify the health of both body + mind.   Dr Lyon has been on a REAL PATH to lead her to be the renowned doctor that she is, since discovering her passion for medicine from the young age of 17 starting by watching her godmother who was one of the original leaders in nutritional science + functional medicine, Liz Lipski.  She was a semifinalist in Fitness Ame

I love Spring. It’s all about refreshing life + new beginnings. It’s also the 3rd month into the year and I work in 3 month sprints throughout the year, taking a break at the end of each sprint to evaluate progress made towards the goals that were made at the start of each sprint + how things FEEL in all the major pillars of life: Self: health/fitness/interconnection goals Relationships: partners + friendships Business Home life Finances I utilize this technique from a NON-judgemental approach to learn + to measure where I am in relation to where I want to be via my ideals, goals + set visions within all of these major pillars. It’s very supportive to give you more clarity which furthers your ability to be more effective with your performance on the pursuit to actualize your goals/visions within each of these Life Pillars. AND it’s a very valuable tool to assess the dominating emotional state that you’ve been living from throughout your process which is just as important as achieving/accomplishing

In this new episode I share 5 of my most effective, focusing + self-regulating questions that I ask mySelf with consistency. They are #highperformance + alignment tools that I absolutely rely on. These powerful questions allow for a deeper sense of #selfconnection  + #selfawareness which supports my ability to stay in the driver seat, on my highest path of my life, focused on what matters most with precision + what ultimately is in alignment with what I desire/envision to create within it. I believe they can do the same for you.

Lisa Bilyeu went from housewife to world class entrepreneur in just a handful of years. Her + her husband, Tom Bilyeu are the founders and force behind the 2nd fastest growing, BILLION dollar business, Quest Nutrition. Lisa is also the president of Impact Theory, a media company that she and Tom created with a powerful mission to inspire and support people to live from their greatest potential from all of IT’s content. All of the shows under IT, Impact Theory, Health Theory, Relationship Theory + Women of Impact, a Youtube show/podcast that Lisa hosts are STAPLES in my kick ass arsenal because they not only serve to there mission- but in my opinion, they OVER DELIVER by bringing on incredible guests that have inspiring stories, valuable knowledge, viable strategies and powerful mental frameworks that really do support those who seek to create their greatest self + life. Lisa’s passion and vision behind her pursuits is incredibly inspiring. This fun + mentally elevating conversation is rich in mindset gems gea

In this mini episode, I share a REAL time challenge that I chose to view with humor, take in a good laugh and the benefits that come with doing so. I also get discuss why I feel it’s powerful to embrace and even share the “messy” moment of process It’s a fast, raw, real episode that will and hopefully will invite you to find some humor in one of your life’s challenges and maybe even get a good, healthy, tension releasing laugh in from it too- I certainly did from mine! Enjoy, xRx

In this new Solosode, I share my 3 most effective + reliable steps that get me to pivot from feeling overwhelmed to feeling empowered + in an emotional/metal state of: " I GOT THIS" and "YES I CAN." Enjoy! xRx

Tracy Lynn is a yoga instructor (my personal favorite in 19 years of practicing yoga) , a Lululemon ambassador, an artist of movement, a dancer/performer, and most importantly a woman who is 100% , unapologetically her most Authentic Self. Tracy has the midas touch when it comes to guiding her students to get rooted in their bodies while ditching the ego for the incredible surrender, connection and release in the body that is Yoga. Her classes are rich with humor, zen, challenge and the perfect amount perverseness that creates an absolute unique Yoga experience. But Yoga is much more than Om’s and sun salutations to this incredible woman. As a survivor of battled addiction and abuse in her teenage years, Yoga quite literally helped to heal her traumas from those challenging chapters of her life and helped her to discover her true potential, diverse passions and healing gifts that she has been contributing to this world by being authentically herself. It takes courage and strength by choosing to remain true to

We ALL experience moments of the unexpected, annoying, frustrating, time consuming and even financial setbacks, that pay us surprise visits- even when we are doing EVERYTHING right.  No one is immune to these scenarios in life nor the triggered, uneasy  human emotions that come with them but how we CHOOSE to respond to them makes ALL the difference in who ends up being the winner: YOU vs the CHALLENGE In this new Solosode, I share a recent real life, "shit happened" moment that I BEAT like an emotional BOSS and tips to inspire and empower your ability to do the same when these not so fun moments show up on your path. 

Mike Saffaie is an elite + highly revered Strength & Conditioning coach to high performing athletes with some names under his resume such as UFC fighters Cara Esparza, Anderson Silva, Ferbricio Werdum, + Brain ”T-City” Ortega to name a few. In addition to training pro atheltes, he’s been an award winning private trainer for over two decades now. His unique approach to training stems from the mental landscape of an engineer. He designs all of his training methods from a methodical and intelligent strategies that advance body mechanics, strength and speed- all of which have been proven to be effective. Fitness in many facets has been a life long passion of Mike Saffaie. It’s in his DNA and when you look at the physique of this life time athlete who is an ALL natural, IFBB PRO + PNBA competitor, it’s hard to disagree. Like his training skills, his abs have legitimately won their own awards too. No joke. He’s been training Brasilian JiuJitsu for over 13 years and officially received his Black Belt under Ryron

It’s Q + A time badasses! In this episode, I’m answering some very relatable questions that cover: How to create habits/rituals to decompress How to avoid overwhelm in the constant strive for bettering all major pillars of your life How to stay motivated to keep leveling up in your life How to handle negativity in relationships that are disruptive to your joy I love answering your questions and always look forward to receiving more so DM me up on Instagram with them and as always I will do my very best to answer them in the most supportive way possible for you! Enjoy! xRx Let me know you’re listening to this episode by sharing it on your Instagram stories with tags: @blackbeltbeauty + @roxylook Thank you for the love + support! ❤️  

The concept of aging as we know it is OLD. I firmly believe the mindset behind “aging” needs to be revamped because it is NOT the only way to live out our increasing chronological years anymore + in the latest BlackBeltBeauty Episode, I’m tearing into the NEW model of aging, offering tips on how we can live expressing ourselves “agelessly” from body to spirit, for the majority of our lives. This episode was actually inspired by the recent Instagram Challenge that’s been going around massively called the #10yearchallenge - A challenge that reveals how you’ve aged in the past 10 years. There’s no denying that we all age + will eventually depart from our living Being but we are now living in a time where we can CHOOSE how we want to age by way our daily choices that make up our lifestyle. We have the option of how we age ourselves: Fast + hard by promoting the body + spirit to deteriorate in the early decades of life. OR We can extend our healthspan + carry a youthful, almost “ageless” appearance that stems from

Amina AlTai is a business advisor + leadership coach who stands by the idea that: “WE SPEND MORE OF OUR HEARTBEATS AT WORK THAN WE DO ANYWHERE ELSE.  IT SHOULD FEEL REALLY FREAKING AWESOME.” Amina Personally, I could not agree more.  That said, I’m SO looking forward to sharing Amina’s story of how she arrived to the creation of her coaching + consulting business; both of which keep wellness a priority  business success, her methodologies, and her overall approach to living a NOURISHED life. She has been featured as am expert in renowned media outlets such as USA TODAY, MindBody&Green, Byrdie, Bustle, Yahoo Beauty to name a few. Amina’s coaching and consulting practice all offer her clients to achieve growth mindset, workplace wellness, healthy habits and increased effectiveness. Her programs effectively support the ability to live well and work smarter. In this episode you will learn: Amina’s career journey from burnt out to lit up Her approach and idea behind being “Entrepre

Happy New Year badasses! Im PSYCHED to dive right into this fist Solosode of 2019 for you all because I know it will be supportive to your pursuit and process in ACTUALIZING your desires, goals + ultimately; the VISION that you have for yourSelf + your life. In this episode I’m sharing one of my most effective strategies that I use in my own life, as well as with my coaching clients when working to actualize what is desires/goals/vision. This unique approach is not common and I believe will be a refreshing angle that will serve to be highly supportive and perhaps, even FUN, as you work your way to creating, achieving and actualizing all that you desire in the near and far for your life. I’m looking forward to making 2019 literally one of the best years of my life personally, which means to be ACTUALIZING the CLEAR VISION I hold for mySelf + my life. Im equally looking forward to supporting all of YOU in the pursuit of your own. It’s all possible and utilizing effective strategies is essential to producing the

I can’t even express how crazy amazing it is for me to take in the fact that BlackBeltBeauty Radio is officially 1 year old! This 1 yr anniversary and final episode of 2018 reviews + highlights some bitesize inspiration along with my incredible guests that shared them; all of whom I am SO grateful to have had EPIC, curious conversations with throughout the year. In this episode you will gain some rich wisdom gems that serve as thought provoking tools, supportive reminders, undeniable motivation + elevating inspiration along with some of my personal thoughts on closing this year; making it an amazing episode to take in during in the final days of the year to PRIME your mindset + keep you on the path of turning your BEST into BETTER as 2019 begins. From the launch of this podcast last year to every minute creating each and every episode for all of you throughout this one, it has been an absolute labor of LOVE. I am going to BRING IT in 2019 on this podcast for all of you by bringing on more incredibly inspiring

The final Soloside of 2018 is here and Im so psyched to share this one with all of you! In this episode, I drop 5 of the most growth producing, mentally motivating/inspiring, performance progressive questions that I ask myself with full honesty + of equal importance, with consistency. I truly believe that in order to grow, we need to find ways to challenge ourselves and to SEEK ways we can become better- no matter how great we may be performing in our life as it stands. We can always become a greater version of ourselves if we choose to believe so… Real growth and progress in life, requires the DESIRE and a willingness to dig deep within ourselves for more truth; being honest with answers is also a requirement (thats the hardest part). These 5 confrontational, self-discovery questions, are SURE to do exactly that. They serve me personally as supportive tools on my pursuit for higher performance and peak expression in my life so my hope is that they will now offer the same support to you in yours.  E

Luka Galante’s life story to date is worthy of being on theater screens, broadcasting the underlining message that “If you really want it and you do the necessary work to keep moving forward and you NEVER stop believing in yourSelf, you WILL achieve it.” And achieving, is what this NEXT LEVEL-talented #Bboy has been doing in his high performing life, and he’s just getting warmed up. In this amazing conversation with Luka, we get down on his incredible journey that took him from the humble neighborhoods of Sao Paulo, Brasil, to traveling around the world competing at the highest level of Breaking, to eventually land him on one of the most prestigious performance stages in the world, the #CirqueDeSoleil #Beatles “LOVE” show in Las Vegas. In this episode you will learn: The process of preparing for his performances on stage  His childhood and upbringing in Sao Paulo, Brasil His experiences and gains of years practicing capoeira When and how dance entered his life Listening to his “inner voice

Stress is something not one human on this planet is immune to and at some point or another will have to face in life. If we don't know how to manage stress well, it can have a detrimental effect on our health + well-being.  In this Solosode Im sharing my top 5 #stressmanagement tools that support my ability to take on stressful times in life with more emotional resiliency + not allow it to override my system and life. Some product mentions in this episode: Four Sigmatic Reishi Elixir  Organic India Ashwaganda  Jarrow Organic Rhodiola  Jarrow Formulas Theanine, Promotes Relaxation DoMatcha Organic Ceremonial Matcha Tea  Let me know you’re listening to this episode by sharing it on your Instagram stories, tag me @blackbeltbeauty and @roxylook Thank you for the love and support!

AMBER CAUDLE  Podcast round 2 with my talented friend, Chef Amber Caudle- a woman who is redefining “healthy” by creating SEXY foods that support optimal health, one YUMMY recipe at a time. If you have yet to listen on my first episode with Amber, its WELL worth the listen + you can do so HERE In this episode you will learn: Some insight on “sneaky, deceiving labels” by food manufacturers Dismissing the “quick fix” mentality Why Amber is NOT about the term “healthy” foods and how she approaches foods that nourish the body’s health The details of Amber’s new cooking class series “Cooking with Chef Amber” The benefits of Amber’s “Reset and Balance” approach to diet Holiday season weight gain and how to avoid it while still enjoying some indulgence foods Building healthy habits with diet that create a healthy lifestyle to get off the diet rollercoaster Tips on how to meal prep for the week The importance of getting blood work done to better learn what diet is best for YOU Amber’s adrenal