Today I'm joined by Laura Behnke, a TV sports reporter turned expectation-busting coach and women's empowerment advocate. Laura has coached hundreds of women on how to shake off the weight of society’s expectations and start living the life they deserve.

Laura has never followed a traditional path. Although she had enjoyed over 16 years of success as an award-winning television journalist, Laura still couldn’t help but feel like she was “behind.” The traditional timeline for women told her that she should have been married with children by now, and she felt miles away from where she thought she’d be. Was there something wrong with her?

While Laura’s story is unique, her experience is all too familiar for many women. It wasn’t until Laura began to celebrate who she was, honor her accomplishments, and welcome a future all her own that she was able to step into the life she had always dreamed of. She had her first boyfriend at 35, married at 38, started her own company at 39, and is now on an IVF journey at age 41. By embracing her own timeline, she was finally able to find happiness and peace within her own life path.

Now, Laura is on a mission to help other women avoid the same pitfalls, free themselves from expectations, and let them know that they are not alone on this journey. Laura and her clients work together to harness the power of individuality while normalizing taking a unique life path. In short, she helps women stop worrying about what they think they “should” be doing with their life and start living it.

We talked about:

- Her career as a TV reporter: what made her wanna be a tv reporter, was it she always thought it would be, has she ever not felt fulfilled by this job, and what was the thing that made her wanna quit it

- Her personal struggles: what was the thing that made you feel behind and why, how did you combat the bad days and the negative thoughts around that, how did this experience impacted your mental health

- First boyfriend at 35: if she had any mindset shifts that made her eventually find her husband, how can we make the most out of our single lives  while looking for what we want, how to own our own timelines, how did she turn this experience into her career and how to communicate our struggles to our loved ones

Laura's Website: https://thelifeactuallycompany.mykajabi.com/

Laura's IG: https://www.instagram.com/laurabbehnke/

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Music: Cheese, prod. by Lukrembo https://soundcloud.com/lukrembo/cheese

Today I'm joined by Kameron M. Buckner, Esq.,  licensed attorney, content creator, and influencer marketing consultant. Kameron began her career as an Associate Attorney practicing Employment Litigation, while simultaneously using social media to create content around fashion, beauty, lifestyle, as well as female professionalism and career building.

Kameron has built an engaging and organic audience with over 140,000 followers across her platforms @kameronmonet, working with brands from Dove to McDonalds to Ulta Beauty.

After realizing her social media expertise and license to practice law could provide value for aspiring “Lawyer Influencers”, as well as educate content creators about the power of contracts when signing brand deals; Kameron quit her 9-to-5 law firm job, founded The Legal Tea, and now lives what she calls the best of both worlds.

We talked about:

- Her career as a licensed attorney, content creator and influencer marketing consultant: when did she decided she wanted to be a lawyer and why, when she started social media and youtube, and how does she balances all of her jobs and keeps her mental health in check

- The Legal Tea: what's the legal tea, why she decided to found it and what she loves the most about it

The business side of influencing: What are some basics that influencers should keep an eye for when it comes to influencer contracts with brands, what are some ways that influencers can get screwed over with their contracts, can influencers make more money by changing some terms on their contracts, what’s your advice for smaller influencers just starting out working with brands?

Kameron's IG: https://www.instagram.com/kameronmonet/

Kameron's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSp52HvdllyUqLXsdwwOkTA

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Music: Cheese, prod. by Lukrembo https://soundcloud.com/lukrembo/cheese

Today I'm joined by Corey Rae, an activist, storyteller, and the World’s first openly transgender Prom Queen. Corey educates audiences about being trans, and uses her voice for the LGBTQIA+ community in helping individuals that struggle with gender identity, the transition process, coming out, or feeling like their most beautiful selves.

We talked about:

Her coming out story, life as a transgender woman: who did she come out to first, how was that transition, how her mom was her main supporter,  her thoughts on "being trapped in the wrong body", transgender role models and icons, how did she take care of her mental health during this process, and advice for people going through the same thing

Her work: her college story, how she's an activist, actress, consultant, model, producer, speaker, and writer who helps break social stigmas surrounding transgender women, how she decided not to be just one or niche down, what are some of the projects she loved from last year and what she's excited for the new year and main challenges and most fulfilling things from her work

Corey's IG: https://www.instagram.com/imcoreyrae/

Corey's website: https://www.coreyrae.com/

Follow me: https://www.instagram.com/mypointofview.podcast/

Music: Cheese, prod. by Lukrembo https://soundcloud.com/lukrembo/cheese