The Blair Badenhop Show

Pilin Anice is a yoga, dance, and meditation instructor, wellness coach, actress and model. For over a decade, she has guided students of all ages and levels in the sacred movements of yoga and dance through a range of workshops and classes to help connect to their highest self. She has been a featured yoga instructor on Good Morning America, The Today Show, BET/CentricTV and YogaXpress. Known for infusing joy and connection in her classes, she has taught in the US and abroad, including the Omega Institute, Dubai Yoga Fest, and SoulFEST. She is also an instructor at the Ailey Extension and a Health Coach at THE WELL in New York City. She has been featured in the NY Times, ESSENCE and SELF. She received her training at Kripalu and the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. In this episode, she shares, the moment she fell in love with yoga and realized how powerful it was beyond the physical, helping her release and heal from limiting beliefs
, how she juggled her career as an actress, working on Wall Street, being a new mom, on top of a 1.5-hour commute to NYC
, how she fit her yoga teacher training and health coaching certification into her busy life, and the moment she finally quit her soul-sucking job
, her incredible drive to stay connected to who she is, what she cares about, and what she wants and how that has served her well, what it was like to finally quit her job and go all in on her wellness business, and what she did to actively build her mailing list, her client base, and more
, why being very clear on her target audience and the core foundational elements of her business was so key to gaining real traction, how she’s integrated her wellness business with her passion and talent for acting, and why bringing it all together magnetized more opportunities, and so much more!   To learn more about Pilin Anice and the resources mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes.   Follow Me On: Facebook Instagram

Tricia Huffman is the founder of Your Joyologist, a platform devoted to calling out shitty thoughts and urging people claim their joy. She’s a rock and roll roadie at heart and spent the first part of her career as a touring sound engineer for music icons like Dolly Parton, Melissa Etheridge, and Jason Mraz. Being in this environment, she saw that everyone, including the people that “have it all” still struggle with feeling fulfilled, worthy, loved, successful and enough. This along with the sudden passing of her father was the catalyst for the creation of her mindset and self-talk platform. And it’s been her mission ever since to inspire others to fully own who they are and claim their joy every single day no matter what. In this episode, she shares why she almost committed suicide at 15 years old and how choosing to live set her on a powerful trajectory to ditch the need to fit in and fully own her truth, her process for intentionally moving through her fears, stories, and uncomfortable feelings so that she can find self-understanding and take action from that place— and her top tips for doing it yourself, why taking “should” out of her vocabulary and replacing it with want changed her life in a massive way, how she got the unique opportunity to tour with Jason Mraz and became his personal wellness + joy guru, and why this kickstarted the beginnings of her business and reputation as the Joyologist, what it looked like for her to take this work and turn it into an online platform with multiple revenue streams, and so much more!   To learn more about Tricia Huffman and the resources mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes.   Follow Me On: Facebook Instagram

Alexi Panos is a best-selling author, leadership and embodiment trainer, humanitarian, and the host of the Unleashed podcast. She is insanely committed to empowering others to activate and own their greatness and live a life they are completely OBSESSED with. Her mission is to reinvent “personal development” into what she and her husband call the EMERGENT WISDOM MOVEMENT–creating a container of transformational work that elicits a remembrance of what we’ve always known…and who we’ve always known we are. She is the co-founder of The Bridge Method workshops (which she developed with her husband Preston Smiles) and the founder of two non-profit organizations —  E.P.I.C. and The Sisters Society). And has authored the books 50 WAYS TO YAY! and NOW OR NEVER both by Simon & Schuster. If that wasn’t impressive enough, she was also named as one of FORBES Top 11 Women Entrepreneurs, INC's magazines TOP 10 ENTREPRENEUR'S CHANGING THE WORLD, one of Origin Magazines TOP 100 CREATIVES CHANGING THE WORLD, and is a featured expert in the films THE ABUNDANCE FACTOR, RISEUP and AGE OF THE ENTREPRENEUR. So, I’ve been a big fan of Alexi’s ever since hearing her speak on a podcast years ago. Her energy and drive is so inspiring, and what she’s built in her business and life is pretty dreamy—as you’ll hear in our conversation. In this episode, she shares her wild past life in the music industry touring with top artists like JaRule, and as a television host for E! News, and what inspired her to leave it all behind to start a business, what it looked like for her to make the bold move to leave the entertainment industry and completely reinvent her career and life, the humble beginnings of her business, the biggest challenges she faced, and why her mindset was so key to her staying the course, her approach to putting her wisdom and resources out into the world and how she leveraged all of her gifts to make it happen, why being fully authentic and aligning with her truth and her real personality have been key to her becoming known for her work, how she bootstrapped her business on credit and the super empowering, positive outlook she has on betting on ourselves in this way, why she says it’s so important to break free from your online influences and teachers to find your own voice, and so much more!   To learn more about Alexi Panos and the resources mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes.   Follow Me On: Facebook Instagram

Valerie Oula is the founder of Modern Ritual NYC, a holistic lifestyle offering for mind, body and soul. As a KRI certified Kundalini Yoga Instructor and Reiki Master Teacher, she shares her passion for vibrational medicine through healing sessions, classes, workshops, events and trainings. She is the author of “A Little Bit of Reiki” from Sterling Publishing and the director of vibrational energy healing at The Well in NYC. Valerie creates an energetic haven for students and clients to unwind, process, and heal through integrative energy work. Having been blessed with the spiritual name, Saranjeet (Saran means sanctuary. Jeet means victory.), she strives to create a sacred space for all to overcome obstacles and walk the path of victory. In this episode, she shares what it was like to shift from a long-time career in fashion, booking models, and leading photo shoots in her late 30’s to finding her true calling in energy work and more, how she found her way to Kundalini yoga, why her life shifted in a massive way because of it, and why she unexpectedly felt called to become a teacher, how she moved through her own self-judgment and limiting beliefs as she left behind a highly coveted, money-making career for something much less predictable, her journey reinventing herself—from being a black-outfit wearing partier who did drugs—to a being someone led by spirituality, inner wisdom, and wearing white, why she says her success is dependent on the inner work of constantly getting out of her own way, so that she is a clear channel to receive the right clients and opportunities, and so much more!   To learn more about Valerie Oula and the resources mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes.   Follow Me On: Facebook Instagram

Robyn Downs is the founder of the mission-driven media and education brand, Real Food Whole Life, creator of the Feel Good Effect Mindset & Method, and author of the upcoming book, The Feel Good Effect. Holding a Master’s degree in education with an emphasis in behavior change, and 4 years of public policy & health change at the doctoral level, her work taps into cutting edge science around mindset, strategies and habits; and how people create and sustain lasting wellness. She combines this professional research background with work as a certified yoga teacher, specializing in mindfulness and self-compassion, to share science-based, life-tested, radically simple solutions to help people feel good. When not writing or speaking, Robyn can be found behind the mic of her Apple-top rated Feel Good Effect podcast, in the kitchen creating simple real food recipes, hiking, reading, or practicing yoga. Recently named one of the Most Influential Women in Wellness, she lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband, Andrew, and their daughter Elle. So, I adore Robyn and this conversation. This woman is so incredibly humble and has accomplished SOOOO much in her professional life— most of all in her amazing business. I can’t wait for you to hear how she moved through her biggest insecurities to create a deeply aligned body of work. In this episode, she shares her past life in the academic world, the moment she woke up and realized she wasn’t happy with it, and why wellness felt like the perfect thing to pour her energy into, the ways she had to check her tendency to push and strive as she became a yoga and mindfulness teacher, upped her wellness routine, and more so that she didn’t burn out, her experience starting a food blog as an introvert and her struggle with putting herself out on social media, and how she was able to get past that barrier in order to have an authentic online presence, why neuroscience is such a big part of her approach to wellness and how taking action despite fear over and over again will quite literally change your brain, and shift your ability to do uncomfortable things more often, the journey busting her butt to build her blog to 1 million views per month, what it was like for her to realize she needed to pivot her content and business model away from only food, and how shifting resulted in a follower loss and why she was ok with that, why showing up as her true self, creating an aligned business, and putting herself out there is what ultimately got her an amazing book deal, and so much more!   To learn more about Robyn Downs and the resources mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes.   Follow Me On: Facebook Instagram

Aycee Brown is psychic channel, spiritual teacher, entrepreneur, and your favorite Human Design bae. Leveraging spiritual self-development, human design, and astrology, she offers people a deeper look into themselves, helping them re-frame who they are, and clarify where and why they belong. She’s also the founder of Good Night Darling Co, a brand that is dedicated to teaching women to sleep well. And she’s the host of the Is My Aura On Straight? Podcast. As you’ll hear in the episode, Aycee is unapologetically herself and completely owns her psychic gifts even though she once believed she couldn’t. Because she leans wholeheartedly into who she really is and brings her truth, her voice, and her style to the world, her business is booming. And I’m so excited for you to hear how it all unfolded for her. In this episode, she shares what it’s been like to be psychic her whole life and why it took her many, many years to fully own it and share her gift openly with a wider audience, her approach to Human Design and how she made this modality her own and added her style and flair to make it one-of-a-kind, what it looked like to start building a community on social media and why she was really resistant to showing her face and her work on Instagram, how showing up every day on Instagram Stories with her Aura Affirmations are what helped her platform completely take off, her journey undervaluing her work and charging very little to finally recognizing her worth and charging a whole lot more, how leaning into her own Aura type as a projector has been so key to her success with both of businesses growing and getting lots of recognition, and so much more!   To learn more about Aycee Brown and the resources mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes.   Follow Me On: Facebook Instagram

Jolinda Johnson is a Women’s Health Coach who’s passionate about helping brilliant women master their stress and protect themselves against burnout so they can create big, bold lives as visionary leaders. She’s over the version of health we're constantly being sold as women and is much more concerned with the things that actually make us feel vibrant and alive: living in harmony with our hormones and menstrual cycles, answering our soul’s callings, and feeling safe in our skin. Always. Jolinda is originally from Detroit, Michigan, but has lived in Barcelona, Spain for the last twelve years. Once upon a time she was married but is now a single mom to her five-year-old son who was sent here to teach her how to live in the present and find joy in the flow. As you’ll hear, Jolinda and I have been following each other on Instagram for years. And it’s been so cool to watch her grow a strong, bold, and powerful online presence. She’s is a total badass and I can’t wait for you to listen in on our conversation today. In this episode, she shares her up and down journey with her own body, trying every single diet, and feeling unsafe in her skin—and the health condition that ultimately led her to transform everything, what inspired her to get her coaching certifications and what it looked like for her to start her business and find her specialty as a women’s health and hormone coach in the realm of burnout, why she says following her joy, her passion, and her rants was key to finding her true purpose in the wellness space, her two biggest marketing tools in the first year of business, and how they gave her a consistent client flow, how peeling back the layers of who she is and showing the unfiltered version of herself to the world is what she says allowed her business to really grow, why making collaboration and community a priority and being generous with those relationships has been so key to her becoming known in the industry, and so much more!   To learn more about Jolinda Johnson and the resources mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes.   Follow Me On: Facebook Instagram

Michelle Jeovanny is the #1 Latina Speaker on a mission to change this world and support all humans to create a life that excites and inspires them every day. She is obsessed with people living their full potential, and has a gift for empowering, educating, and inspiring her audience through thought-provoking stories and tangible takeaways. Her company is devoted to giving you the tools and knowledge to reach new heights of joy, success and freedom. Having you dive deeper into the inner work of personal mastery in life, business and relationships. She does this by creating content, products, programs and services that support you in living your highest calling and manifesting your deepest desires. She believes in the power of Oneness, transformation, mentorship, and what she calls Faith in Action, hence her obsession with making inner mastery mainstream so that it reaches more people, offering them the gift to create their life from the inside out. She is a facilitator of transformation, designing and leading experiential trainings for businesses, schools and nonprofits. She is also a serial entrepreneur and investor with businesses alongside her partner in real estate development, in the supply business, as well as in the health and wellness industry. In the episode, she shares why she understood from a young age that TV was instructing us on how to be and how to behave, and how she got inspired to use film and music to have a deeper influence when she started her business, how the stock market crash in 2008 was the catalyst for her leaving behind a job that didn’t feel aligned, traveling the world, getting on her path to personal development, and falling in love with coaching, what inspired her to become a personal growth coach and integrate her spiritual gifts into her work with clients, and why it took her a while to build the courage to show her “woo” side, why 99% of her clients came through word of mouth and why speaking at events, schools, and more was the vehicle that helped her business grow in a massive way, why she believes having a strong message is so important to building connection with your audience, and when you combine that message with faith and action you will be successful, her journey building 4 businesses that are all 6 and 7-figures and why multiple revenue streams has been key to her creating the lifestyle she wants, and so much more!   To learn more about Michelle Jeovanny and the resources mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes.   Follow Me On: Facebook Instagram

Megan Roup is a celebrity trainer and the founder of The Sculpt Society, a fitness platform and app that makes lengthening and strengthening dance cardio and sculpting workouts accessible to all women. As a professional dancer, fit model, and fitness instructor, Megan struggled to find a workout that was both effective and fun until she found dance-based fitness. After seeing how intimidating dance cardio could be for the average gal, she was inspired to change that and developed a method that made it simple and empowering—and The Sculpt Society was born. Today, Megan’s workouts are beloved by celebrities, influencers, and Victoria’s Secret models including Arielle Charnas, Hannah Bronfman, Hunter McGrady, and Elsa Hosk. The Scuplt Society has been featured in Vogue, Shape, Health, Harper’s Bazaar, E! News and many others. So, I’ve been following Megan on social media for a while now and I adore her. She’s not only a badass trainer in incredible shape, but she’s also super down to earth and kind. And I’m so excited for you to listen in on our conversation today about how she built her amazing business. In this episode, she shares her journey juggling a professional dancing career with modeling for fitness brands, and teaching fitness classes and what inspired her to go all in as a fitness instructor, the moment she got the download to create her own dance cardio method, the steps she took to build her initial base of clients, and why her classes were completely full within 6 months of launching, the bold moves she made to build brand awareness and get in front of influencers, and why many of her celebrity clientele was a product of word of mouth, why she calls herself the queen of the side hustle, and her biggest recommendations for taking the pressure off your business so that it can grow naturally in the beginning, the biggest mistakes she’s made as an entrepreneur and why learning to trust herself has often been her biggest lesson, and so much more!   To learn more about Megan Roup and the resources mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes.   Follow Me On: Facebook Instagram

Dr. Anna Cabeca is an Emory University trained triple-board-certified physician - with specialties in gynecology and obstetrics, Integrative medicine, and anti-aging and regenerative medicine. She has worked with thousands of patients, spoken for dozens of healthcare organizations and associations, and consulted with physicians around the world. Her work has been featured in all major news media including NBC, CBS, ABC, People.com, on NPR’s 51% show, Reader's Digest, Huffington Post, Mind Body Green, Style, and Sirius XM. Nancy Hala and Sheri Salata (former Exec producer, The Oprah Winfrey Show) said on their podcast, “Dr. Anna, you’re the ‘Girlfriend Doctor’. We are comfortable talking to you about anything.” And from that moment forward, that’s what she’s been known as—The Girlfriend Doctor. Dr. Anna invites women to get honest with what’s really happening with their bodies and provides programs and products that help them improve things from low libido to vaginal dryness and more. In this episode, she shares her journey from working as a researcher in the Navy to pursuing her childhood dream of becoming a doctor
, her amazing story about how she reversed early menopause and went on to conceive her next child naturally, and why this experience inspired her to bring regenerative medicine into her practice
, what it was like for her to steadily add digital components like webinars and courses to her private practice and how that evolved into her becoming The Girlfriend doctor with a massive audience
, her experience going through a divorce, becoming a single mom, and being the sole income earner for her family while also letting go of her private practice and figuring out how to build an online business
, the strategies and decisions that empowered her to build a 7-figure business and an audience of over 300,000 followers and clients
, and so much more!   To learn more about Dr. Anna Cabeca and the resources mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes.   Follow Me On: Facebook Instagram