THE CITY CONFESSIONS

In this episode of The City Confessions, we are joined by Yvette Bodden, the Founder and Author of Awakened-Woman (AW), a platform designed to inspire, empower and encourage women to live their best life and be unafraid to create the life envisioned. After going through a painful divorce, followed by depression, Yvette rose from the emotional adversity to write a self-help/autobiographical book, “A Journey to Becoming the Best Self” published by BRW in 2019. The debut sparked the birth of AW which she started in mid-2018.

Since her self discovery journey, she has written over 500 articles, as a writer for AW as well as, Belatina News. In 2020, she developed the AW Empowerment Series, a series of interviews with women across all industries but done on a personal level. Women like Grey’s Anatomy – Lisa Vidal, Emmy-Award Winning Media Personality, Nikki Boyer, Tyler Perry’s Sistas Actress, Novi Brown, and so many others have shared their amazing stories to help the AW community connect and learn through their experiences. 

In this raw and honest episode, Yvette opens up about her dark past and explains how her divorce and depression has shaped her to be the strong woman she is today. She talks about the process of recreating herself and finding her voice and identity, the power of self care and mental health, and the beauty of vulnerability and journaling. As a native New Yorker, Yvette opens about how true feelings for the city and reveals a city confession that may be controversial to other New Yorkers! You can connect with Yvette in her below platforms:

https://awakened-woman.com/
https://twitter.com/WomanAwakened
https://www.instagram.com/womanawakened/
https://www.facebook.com/AWinspires

You can also direct any questions, comments or feedback regarding this podcast to thecityconfessions@gmail.com.

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This episode features Zoé-Daphnée Gagne, a classical and electric cellist based in NYC who is passionate about playing all genres of music such as rock, musical theatre, pop, classical, movie scores and more. 

Since first drawing her bow across the strings 13 years ago, she has performed around the world including Carnegie Hall (NYC), Disney Hall (Los Angeles), Spain, Italy, Germany and South Korea. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree at Manhattan School of Music, the highest ranking school in the United States for classical cello performance.

A self-taught electric cellist, she is passionate about playing all genres of music such as pop, metal, musical theatre, jazz, movie scores and more. She finds modern music to be the perfect outlet for her to express her love of singing, makeup, costuming, filmmaking, and creative eye.

In this episode, we talk about how Zoé-Daphnée Gagne discovered her passion at an early age, the highlights of her career thus far as well as the challenges along the way and the power of having a positive mindset and journaling. We also dive deeper in topics including definitions of success and happiness, how fear and excitement coincides with one another and why she prioritizes finding magic in everyday moments. There is also a teaser of her music so be sure to have a listen to the end! 

You can connect with Zoé-Daphnée Gagne on Instagram and YouTube in her below channels:

Full music video of “The Queen’s Gambit”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_83CYtprUYU

Your favorite songs reimagined with cello on her YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTDy33atF14F2c1tH8-opLQ

Daily music and inspiration on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/cellozozo/

Feel free to direct any emails, questions or feedback to thecityconfessions@gmail.com. 

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This week’s guest is Hannah Nieves, a marketing, branding and PR expert from NYC. She is also the CEO of Hannah Nieves, a digital agency that specializes in elevating luxury brands to become the authority in their space. With extensive experience in marketing, branding and PR; Hannah knows what it takes to build, market and promote authentic brands and create results.

Her journey into marketing began as an Investment Sales Broker in the Capital Markets division working for Cushman & Wakefield, one of the largest commercial real estate firms in the world. During that time she worked to market and sell buildings, land and air rights in Manhattan. When she wasn’t underwriting $525,000,000 worth of real estate assets, she was marketing them.

Fast forward a few years when she became Director of Marketing of California, managing $4,000,000 marketing budgets and leading a team of passionate marketing professionals.

Hannah truly loves the work she does and created this business out of the sheer passion of being able to serve female entrepreneurs and visionaries. What started out as a mentorship program turned agency, consulting and education platform has allowed Hannah to serve women in a multitude of industries and creative backgrounds.

In this episode, we talk about her transition, experiences and challenges working as an entrepreneur, the importance of creating a strong team and cultivating a strong work culture. She also gives insight to how she defines success and happiness compared to her definitions in the past and opens up about the struggles with stress and burnout. We end this episode with a city confession as well as a rundown of Hannah’s go to favorite NYC spots.

Hannah is the go to resource for marketing, branding and PR for entrepreneurs and brands alike and you can find her in the below platforms:

Website: www.hannahnieves.co

Instagram: www.instagram.com/hannahmnieves

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/hannahmnieves/

Feel free to email any questions regarding this episode or podcast to thecityconfessions@gmail.com. 

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This week’s guest is Jeniece Trizzino. She is the Vice President of Product Development at Scentbird. 

With over 15 years of experience at such brands as Avon, Laura Geller, BareMinerals, Deck of Scarlet, Goodhabit, and Confessions of a Rebel, Jeniece Trizzino has worked through every stage of makeup artistry, product and packaging development, partnering directly with brand founders to ideate, conceptualize, forecast, innovate, formulate, package develop, and market award-winning products that she has created for sale in the U.S. and around the world. Jeniece’s deep understanding of both the transforming needs of the beauty market and the advancing demands of the consumer, coupled with her strong market vision and intuition for product innovation has made her a thought leader and expert in the beauty space, with a proven track record of success.

In this episode, we talk about how Scentbird disrupted the fragrance industry back in 2014 when it introduced the idea of a subscription model to the world. It was also a time where social media was growing and evolving so Jeniece explains how the company leveraged Youtube specifically to create buzz about the company’s model and service. Jeniece also gives us insight to what her role consists of and the real timeline and steps of bringing a product from an idea to life. As a New Yorker, she also shares a confession relating to stereotypes that people have about New Yorkers.

Feel free to support Jeniece’s brands below:

Scentbird: https://www.instagram.com/scentbird/ 

Goodhabit: https://www.instagram.com/goodhabitskin/

Deck of Scarlet: https://www.instagram.com/deckofscarlet/

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