Podcasts about akansha

In this episode, we talk to Akansha Dimri, Founder and Editor-in-Chief at Tech Funding News (TFN). Over her 20 year career in journalism, Akansha has worked across four continents and has steered the ship at  tech publications like UKTN and Silicon Canals. She founded TFN in 2022.Akansha chats with us about her fascinating journey into tech journalism, why she started TFN, and her mission to showcase diversity in startups.We hope you enjoy this episode - don't forget to subscribe. www.hellocrest.com

Namaste, and welcome to Saffron4Health's podcast series, where we dive into holistic health insights, offering natural approaches to well-being. Today's episode is on a topic that touches many lives and requires deep awareness—Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease. These conditions affect not only memory but also the lives of families and loved ones around those who suffer from them. In this episode, we'll explore what Dementia and Alzheimer's are, their early signs, the progression of symptoms, and how lifestyle changes and natural interventions may help in managing these conditions. Whether you're here to learn for yourself, or to support someone close to you, stay tuned for valuable insights and expert advice. Let's begin this journey together—toward a greater understanding of cognitive health and compassionate care.

Welcome to today's episode, where we dive into a common yet often overlooked health issue—hyperacidity. Did you know that stress plays a huge role in aggravating acidity? We'll explore how our fast-paced lives contribute to this discomfort and, more importantly, natural ways to manage both stress and hyperacidity for better well-being.

Our host Jeff Ignacio sits down with Akanshsa Aggarwal, Senior Director of GTM Strategy and Ops at NetApp. They discuss how to learn from failure and reflect on your impact, as well as their time together at AWS. They also look at how to become an objective trusted partner and look at the objective data points to plan and advise strategically. They also discuss Akansha's coaching experience in the neurodiverse community.

A peptic ulcer is a sore that develops on the lining of your stomach, small intestine, or esophagus. It's usually caused by bacteria or prolonged use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Symptoms include stomach pain, bloating, indigestion, and nausea. Treatment may involve antibiotics to kill the bacteria, medications to reduce stomach acid, and lifestyle changes.

"The future of work hinges on empowering teams to celebrate wins, embrace failures, and provide platforms for authentic self-expression, aligning passions with professional endeavours for meaningful engagement."In this episode of The Shape Of Work, get ready for a riveting dialogue with our special guest, Akansha Capoor, Talent Business Partner at Thoughtworks. A seasoned HR professional, Akansha takes us along her decade-long journey, wearing multiple hats in the industry, and provides a glimpse into the progressive culture at Thoughtworks. She boasts an extensive professional background, having contributed her expertise to esteemed organisations like Syntel, Wipro, and Incedo.  She holds an MBA degree from the prestigious International School of Business and Media and is also a Mindfulness Coach. In this episode, Akansha shares her perspective on how technology, including AI, is impacting the HR landscape and how it has paved the way for hybrid workplaces. We also shift gears to discuss the concept of 'employee experience', a term Akansha prefers over 'employee engagement'.Episode highlightsTechnology's impact on HR industry and employee engagementImportance of focusing on employee experienceHow can workplace creativity contribute to an enhanced employee experience?Why should HR managers prioritise empathy and enablement over traditional management approaches?Follow Akansha on LinkedinProduced by: Priya BhattPodcast Host: Archit SethiAbout Springworks:Springworks is a fully-distributed HR technology organisation building tools and products to simplify recruitment, onboarding, employee engagement, and retention. The product stack from Springworks includes:SpringVerify— B2B verification platformEngageWith— employee recognition and rewards platform that enriches company cultureTrivia — a suite of real-time, fun, and interactive games platforms for remote/hybrid team-buildingSpringRole — verified professional-profile platform backed by blockchain, andSpringRecruit — a forever-free applicant tracking system.Springworks prides itself on being an organisation focused on employee well-being and workplace culture, leading to a 4.8 rating on Glassdoor for the 200+ employee strength company.

Today on the show we have Akanksha Malik. Akanksha is a Data and AI Consultant, a Microsoft AI MVP and an international speaker. She is also the founder of the platform Paths Uncovered, aimed at showcasing untraditional pathways into technology and helping people thrive in their tech careers. She is currently the network director of Women Who Code Melbourne and advisory board member for Kaleida, a career growth platform. On the episode, you'll hear about: What life is actually like working as a data scientist and what Akanksha likes about it. We break down in detail exactly what sort of salaries you can expect working in this field and how they can grow over time. Why Akansha decided to take a job offer that meant moving to the other side of the world. You'll get advice from Akansha on how to figure out if working in tech is something you'd enjoy, aswell as her top tips for how to actually make the move inton tech. You'll also hear a bit about Akansha's personal journey. How she ended up burning out last year, what she did to recover from that and her tips for making sure to avoid burnout in your own life. Check out Akanksha's Podcast, Paths Uncovered. Follow me and the pod on socials for more content to help you find a job and life you love: Instagram LinkedIn

Oceans are the forerunners in our fight against climate change. Unfortunately, we are destroying our marine ecosystems. Overfishing, pollution and unplanned development has impacted these sensitive ecoystems significantly. In episode 12, with Akansha Tiwari, we talk about the importance of marine ecosystems, the ecological impact of marine debris and  potential solutions. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit anishbanerjee.substack.com

It is an all-Newslaundry panel this week as Basant Kumar is joined by Ashwine Kumar Singh and Akanksha Kumar. Ashwin talks about his story on layoffs in the news industry, specifically at Zee Media, and the reasons for it. He points to the role of India's weak labour laws and Big Tech in rendering media jobs precarious. The discussion then moves to Akanksha's story about a missing DDA official. Akansha explains the chronology of events and the still unresolved mysteries. "Puzzles are solving but not forming a clear picture," she says. This and a lot more as they talk about what made news, what didn't, and what shouldn't have. Tune in.Timecodes00:00:00 - Introduction00:04:44 - Media layoffs00:09:25 - Missing DDA Worker00:26:50 - Media layoffs00:43:19 - RecommendationsRecommendationsAkankshaIndia: A day at Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra The Bharat Jodo Yatra allows Rahul to be himself Bharat Jodo Yatra: History In The Making Saurabh Kirpal on media trials and the government ‘sitting tight' on his HC elevation | NL Interview AshwineToday's Truth Khakee: The Bihar Chapter BasantKISAN ANDOLAN : GROUND ZERO Produced by Madhu Kumar, recorded by Anil Kumar, edited by Tehreem Roshan and Parikshit Sanyal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk with Dr. Akansha Vaswani-Bye and Sarah Fikre about their experiences, career paths thus far and what inspires and motivates them to keep pushing for a more equitable landscape in the mental health field. They also discuss how the track in the Mental Health Institute will help providers understand that by taking a Social Justice and Inclusion approach to mental health care, we can challenge these disparities and inequities in order to provide the most effective and culturally appropriate care for our patients. Listen to learn about the available sessions in the Social Justice and Inclusion Track, how Akansha and Sarah became involved in this work, and what their hopes are for the Mental Health Institute.

Akanksha Arora is a passionate educationist with an experience of 26 years. She has served in the capacities of educator, Academic Head, Principal, School Mentor, and Head- Training. As a Curriculum Manager, she rigorously worked on the Experiential Learning methodology for 6 years. She has trained more than 12000 educators and 300 school leaders. Akanksha is an MIEE and School Mentor for 11 Microsoft Showcase Incubator schools. She is also impaneled as a Trainer with CBSE Centre of Excellence and leads professional development on pedagogy, classroom management, technology in education, life skills and value education, subject capacity building, and NEP 2020. She has been a Master Trainer for Cambridge English Assessment. Akanksha is an Educator Innovation Lead in Flip at Microsoft and is on a mission to empower every person on the planet to share their voice. Her focus lies in transforming teaching-learning to make it outcome-oriented, effective, and joyful. Akanksha loves to travel and is an avid reader. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wondernamya/message

Ever wondered what GIS can do in the energy sector, from needs assessment to supply planning and distribution. With the world looking towards more sustainable supply and management of energy, in this episode, learn how GIS plays a part as Opeyemi had a chat with Akansha Saklani of the World Resources Institute (WRI). Akansha also introduces us to the Energy Access Explorer (EAE), an amazing open-source energy access tool that is powered entirely by GIS and open source data and technologies, and its launch in Sub-Saharan Africa. The platform use GDAL (Geospatial Data Abstraction Library) at its core, alongside Postgres Database and PostgRest for API call. Useful Links Energy Access Explorer Methodology of the platform #EAE #FOSS4G #SustainableEnergy #needsassesment #GDAL

Akansha Agrawal is a certified somatic coach, storyteller, and community facilitator devoted to serving body wisdom, the Feminine, and truth. She is also the founder of the South Asian Sisterhood and co-author of The Healthy Indian Food Cookbook. Her work helps women rewrite old narratives and own their authentic stories so they can birth creations that truly align with their desires. Questions we discuss in this episode include: What is somatic healing? What is embodiment? How does embodiment support trauma healing?How can a somatic coach support increased self worth?What is meant by 'the Feminine'? What is the link between somatic healing and personal storytelling? What are the risks of ignoring your body wisdom?  Before coaching, Akansha worked as a freelancer marketer working with wellness companies, creatives, and coaches/consultants and worked in marketing analytics in Silicon Valley. She received her undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley in Economics. Akansha is proud to live and grow up in the Bay Area California. In her free time she loves to bask in the sun, drink a warm cup of tea, read and dance!Connect with Akansha: Website - citrusandgold.comInstagram - @citrusandgold--Enjoying this self love podcast? Support The Self Worth Edit:Buy Me a CoffeeLeave a 5-star ratingJoin monthly newsletterFollow on Instagram

Finding and connecting to our truth is deeply important for us as women and femmes of color - it gives us the freedom to do business in the revolutionary ways we crave. In today’s episode, I talk to embodiment and storytelling coach Akansha Agrawal, about reclaiming the narrative around who we “need” to be to find success in this world and how owning your truest self can help you step up as the leader you are truly meant to be.  We dive into: Rejecting the capitalistic standard of success and redefining how you measure success in your life and business How Akansha released herself from the trap of comparison and self-doubt The importance of creating from a place of safety and trust How connecting to her story and embodiment work helped Akansha become a better speaker and business owner A limiting belief about rest that could be holding you back from creating the life you want Why Akansha is focusing on South Asian voices and what she is doing to be able to hold a safe space for her community How to release yourself from the deep disempowerment narrative in the entrepreneurship space And so much more!   Connect with Akansha:   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/citrusandgold/?hl=en   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/citrusandgold   Website: https://www.citrusandgold.com/   Connect with Gieselle:    Join me in my free private Facebook group, Revolutionary Entrepreneurs of Color, and continue the conversation! https://www.facebook.com/groups/679342759273155/    Apply for Revolutionary Rising: https://revolutionaryrising.com/home/   Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gieselleallen/

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Do you get the birthday blues? Do you feel like you get wiser as you get older? In honor of @theakanshasharma's birthday, the ladies of the TLC chat about all things age! The good, the bad + the ugly of getting older. They discussed everything from go to birthday songs, traditions, getting older (maybe wiser), reversing the clock, blurred birthdays, surprise parties, adult smash cakes, worst gifts and more. They reflect on their favorite and least favorite ages and discuss what made them so horrible or amazing. They share their instagram poll statistics and gave their two cents on the topic of aging. Akansha shares what she is looking most forward to in her next year of life. Follow us // Insta @theladylikechatter

Are you always early? Or notoriously late? If the answer is yes then you are not alone. This week Madison & Akansha chatted about their personal struggles with time management, whether that's being 30 minutes early to everything or cramming everything in at the last minute. They reflected on ways to hold themselves accountable for managing their time & strategies they have adapted. Akansha shared her personal experience with why she is notorious for being always late, how she has tried to break the habit and why she is the way she is. She also explained how culture tends to play a role in arrival time, especially with the Indian culture. Madison shared some tips on time management strategies that she has used in order to stay on top of time and the amazing use of personal planners. At the end of the episode they reviewed the new Stephanie Meyer book, Midnight Sun, and shared their thoughts on the Twilight series 10 years later. FOLLOW US Insta// @theladylikechatter

Akansha and Arzoo sit down with Aradhana to talk about everything sustainability: what is sustainability, the impact of COVID-19 on the environment, what are governments doing and what we can do as individuals to play our role towards building a sustainable world.

Would love to hear from your side via Insta, https://www.instagram.com/nascent_carbon/ This story was suggested by one of the listeners, Gautham Krishna on Instagram. Psychopath killer Udayan Das from Bhopal not only killed his parents but also girlfriend. the only son of PK Das and Indrani Das, Udayan Das confessed killing his parents in Raipur in 2010 and buried their bodies in front garden of their home and then sold the house to an advocate through forged land documents. These murders were unregistered till February 2017 and came on surface only when he was arrested as suspect in disappearance of a 28 year old girl Akanksha alias Shweta from Bankura. His parents had no cordial interaction with neighbours and their relatives therefore no one cared about disappearance. Indrani Das was an official in provincial government and second wife of PK Das and real mother of Udayan Das. Neighbours claim that Indrani was a quite authoritative woman and a strict mother and she never allowed Udayan Das to mingle with children of neighborhood till Udayan went to college. Udayan has no friend in his neighbourhood and school because he was an introvert personality and spent maximum time in his room with his computer and internet games. Udayan told neighbours that his parents had shifted to United States. Udayan Das has confessed triple murder but police believe that a bootlegger who used to provide liquor to Das mysteriously disappeared from locality two years ago was also murdered by Das. However, Das is not confessing this murder. It may be mentioned that Udayan Das was arrested in February 2017 in an extra ordinary complicated disappearance of a young girl who lived with him and she left for United States officially but she was actually living in Bhopal till her murder on July 27, 2016. Bankura met Das at an airport and then they had developed relations and Akanksha came to Bhopal to stay with Das who had a lavish lifestyle. Their relationship soured when Akanksha pressed Das to get married but he continued avoided their marriage. Das told police that after strangulating her, he placed her body in an iron trunk, filled it with cement, and later constructed a platform over it in his longue. 'I killed Akansha', confesses triple murder accused Udayan Das at court Serial killer Udayan Das feared to have preyed on two more Bhopal women, claim police Akansha Sharma murder case: Serial killer Udayan Das says he drew inspiration from Hollywood flicks Bhopal Killer Udayan Das Who Buried Live-In Partner Under Marble Platform Got Idea From The X-Files Psychopath Udayan Das from Bhopal not only killed his parents and girlfriend but also a bootlegger --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/abhishek-tiwari007/message

Akansha Agrawal is a brand storyteller and strategist at Citrus & Gold, and the co-author of The Healthy Indian Food Cookbook. Her mission is helping creatives & entrepreneurs find their authentic voices and build powerful personal brands so they can make a bigger impact. We chat about how to create your brand and stand out in the crowd while maintaining your vision and celebrating your individuality. Follow her @citrusandgold Please share, comment, and leave us a 5 star review @nomoretokens!

Arzoo and Akansha sit with Armaan, a fourth year engineering student to talk about things about education: the effect of the pandemic, the way forward, higher education in abroad and the mindset of students.

Arzoo and Akansha sit down for a necessary conversation on the stigma surrounding mental health in India, the extent of this problem, and the steps that need to be taken to better both our individual mental health and that of the society.

Akansha and Arzoo give insights into the new consumer base for digital service providing companies in India including its inception, behavior and creating solutions for around various challenges with a lens on e-commerce with our guest Shikhar!

Arzoo and Akansha sit down with Kirit Thadaka to talk about how the convergence of latest tech such as AI, Blockchain, IoT, Datacenters and 5G is being used in unconventional ways to bring about societal changes.

Akansha and Arzoo talk about what they're binge watching and catch up with their guest Akhila to discuss the new normal for the entertainment industry, among other things!

Arzoo and Akansha sit down with their guest Prakhar Goyal to discuss how the lockdown has been for them followed by insights on consumer trends and the impact of COVID on MSMEs and the way forward.

Welcome to Atypical Avocados! Arzoo and Akansha discuss how they met, their inspiration for starting this podcast and give a sense of what to expect in the coming weeks.

Akansha Ranjan plays a bold character in Netflix series 'Guilty' also starring Kiara Advani. In a recent interview, she talked about her role and how it has changed her on a personal level.

Hrishi K with Akansha Ranjan, Taher Shabbir, Gurfateh Pirzada - Guilty by Hrishikesh Kannan

Eliana and Akansha is joined by three other women of the Coppell High School Engineering Program. On this episode, the five women have a discussion about gender in STEM and the workplace and their experiences with it all.

The guest on today's podcast is the founder of Citrus and Gold, a marketing, coaching, and consulting business for thought leaders, Akansha Agrawal. As she puts it, Akansha helps purpose-driven brands find their voice & master their messaging to attract their dream customers and to create marketing content that not only sells but also feels good to promote. In this episode, Akansha answers questions not only with regards to business and entrepreneurship, but also as to personal matters as well. She gives great straightforward advice and ideas based on her actual acquired knowledge and experience and shares how she applies this in certain situations. You'll love and enjoy listening to this interview with Akansha as she inspires you how to create great stories and the right content for the audience you want to attract and how to properly engage with them through social media. What you'll learn in this episode: How to create the right content, the engaging social media posts to lead someone to become your customer How to be good at honing in and relating to your customers How to understand your own business objective as a starting point in determining what to put out in terms of content How to do research and understand your customer and to make them the focal point of your posts How to make content that  ultimately generates income How Akansha's team is helping her in her business Quotes: "You get to choose what you speak up for" - Akansha Agrawal "What do you want to share but are afraid to say it?" - Akansha Agrawal "There is no perfect way of marketing - you don't have to copy other people" - Akansha Agrawal "The biggest mistake is not knowing why you are creating content"- Akansha Agrawal Continue the Adventure: Citrus and Gold Instagram

Season 1 is officially complete! Thanks to everyone for their support as I kicked off this new show last year. I'll be taking a short break but don't fret because I'm putting the final touches on Season 2 to be released later this year. I was able to record the bulk of my interviews for Season 2 a couple months ago so this break is coming in handy as I get over a small health hiccup. So as I get on the mend, I hope to slowly work on editing new episodes and getting ready to go HAM for Season 2. So I may be on a "break", I'm still working behind the scenes to ramp up the content I'm creating based on feedback from my listeners. In the meanwhile, I plan on being more active on social sharing relevant content related to work and business. This season couldn't have been possible without a few new friends I've made throughout this journey: Akansha, Trina, Madhu, Bea, Iqra, Krittika, Farah and Avani, you ladies are my inspiration. (And yes, I think we're now on a first name basis:) Thank you for taking the time to share your stories and allow me and my listeners to learn from you! Tune in to hear more about what I'm looking to improve in the next season and what you can expect. I'm pumped about some of the interviews I've recorded so far and can't wait to share it with the world! xo, Sam

A Christian marriage is between three people: Man, Woman, and God, for eternity. Not Just between two people. When two people with jagged edges come together, there is a lot of friction and lots of forgiveness is required. This sermon was preached during the wedding service of Akansha and Prince at Covenant Life, Green Park. If you have any questions or feedback regarding this sermon, kindly write to us at pstjeremy@gmail.com

Are you feeling stuck in your corporate career and are wishing you could make a transition to entrepreneurship? If going the traditional job route is not satisfying your inner bawse girl, then this episode is for you. For Episode 02 of Brown Girl Works, I chatted with Akansha Agarwal, wellness consultant and founder of Citrus and Gold, a digital marketing consultant for wellness entrepreneurs. Akansha talks at length about her journey to discovering what she’d much rather be doing with her time and transitioning from a big tech job with Linkedin to becoming a wellness marketing consultant and launching her own business. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN How she slowly transitioned to online entrepreneurship The pluses and minuses of entrepreneurship How lucky we are as first-generation kids of immigrants who have more career choices than our parents did What it means to shift mindset and change the way we think about what we really want Not getting stuck in the comparison trap. When so many fellow brown girls seem like they may be getting further ahead than you, the real story is that may not be the case. CONNECT WITH AKANSHA! You can find her on the web at Citrus and Gold and on Instagram at @CitrusandGold. LINKS MENTIONED Brown Girl Works Instagram: @BrownGirlWorks Melanie Chandra’s Instagram: @MelanieChandra Diaspora Co. (sustainable spices company): Website and Instagram When to Jump: Website Check out Akansha’s story live on the podcast now. Her wisdom and insights will definitely get you second guessing yourself if you have a tiny voice in your head tempting you to branch out into the unknown. As always, please subscribe to BGW and leave a review. Take a screenshot of the podcast and tag me on Instagram at @BrownGirlWorks.

On MIA Radio this week, Akansha Vaswani and Dr Peter Groot discuss Tapering Strips, a novel and practical solution for those who wish to taper gradually from a range of prescription drugs. Akansha is a doctoral candidate at the University of Massachusetts, Boston and her dissertation research will involve interviewing psychiatrists in the US about their experiences helping people stop or reduce their dose of antidepressant medication. Dr Groot is a researcher and geneticist who has led the development of Tapering Strips. In a recent study, published in the journal Psychosis, Dr Groot, together with Jim van Os, reported on the results of their trial which recorded the experiences of people using Tapering Strips. In this episode we discuss: What motivated Peter to be interested in and study the effects of coming off antidepressants drugs. That the observational study reported in Psychosis was based on questionnaires completed by users who had made use of tapering medication (Tapering Strips) to slowly reduce their medication dosage. How the questionnaire asked about withdrawal symptoms and the ease of tapering using the strips and whether people had tried to withdraw previously using conventional methods. That Tapering Strips offer a flexible and necessary addition to standard doses that have been registered by the pharmaceutical companies. That current guidelines advise doctors to let patients start on the same recommended dose of an antidepressant, without taking into account large differences that exist between patients (weight, sex, etc). How we would be surprised if, when we came to buy shoes or clothes, our choices were limited to only a few sizes, but we don’t question this limitation with our medications. How current guidelines are based on group averages and do not help a doctor to determine how a given individual patient should taper. How shared decision making, in which the patient and the doctor work in a collaborative way, can make tapering easier. How shared decision making has contributed to the success of the use of tapering medication and the availability of tapering medication makes shared decision making practically possible. How shared decision and the availability of tapering medication makes life easier for the doctor as well as for the patient. How working initially as a volunteer to develop Tapering Strips brought Peter into contact with Professor Jim van Os and the User Research Centre of Maastricht University. That, in the study, 1,750 questionnaires were sent, with 1,164 received, a response rate of 68%. Of those returned, 895 said their goal was to taper their antidepressant drug completely and 70% succeeded in this goal. That the median time taken for people in the study to withdraw from Venlafaxine was 56 days or two Tapering Strips. There were a variety of reasons reported for those who didn’t reach their goal, including the fact that some of the patients were still tapering. Other reasons reported for not withdrawing completely were due to the occurrence of withdrawal symptoms, relapse of an original condition or even issues related to reimbursement of the cost of the tapering medication by insurance companies. That 692 patients reported that previous attempts to withdraw had failed in comparison to the successful use of Tapering Strips. That people using multiple drugs should only ever taper one medication at a time and in discussion with a medical professional. That Peter’s goal for Tapering Strips is to make sure that people that want to withdrawal gradually can access Tapering Strips and have the cost reimbursed by health insurers. That Tapering Strips were not developed to get everyone off their antidepressant drug but to enable patients to get to a dosage that provides benefit for them (which can be zero) while minimising adverse effects. That people outside the Netherlands can get Tapering Medication, but only with a prescription signed by a certified doctor, instructions and receipt/order forms can be found at taperingstrip.org. That Tapering Strips are also available for antipsychotics, sedatives (benzodiazepines), analgesics and for some drugs other than psychotropics, like some anti-epileptic drugs, which are currently being developed. That Peter warns against tapering by taking doses on alternating days, particularly for drugs like paroxetine or venlafaxine that have a short metabolic half-life, because this will lead to more severe withdrawal symptoms. Relevant Links: Tapering Strips (website of the User Research Centre of Maastricht University) Treatment guidelines for the use of tapering strips Summary of the tapering study in the journal Psychosis (blog) Tapering Strips study from the journal Psychosis Peter Groot interviewed on Let's Talk Withdrawal Claire shares her experience with Tapering Strips (YouTube) Petition requesting use of Tapering Strips in the UK Mad in America report on Tapering strips study Prime Time for Shared Decision Making Mandatory Shared Decision Making © Mad in America 2018

In this episode, I got to sit and chat with Akansha of Citrus & Gold and we chatted about wellness, entrepreneurship and most importantly CONFIDENCE. She spilled so many goodies and gave so much inspiration. Find her here: citrusandgold.com www.instagram.com/citrusandgold Coaching FB group: facebook.com/groups/citrusandgoldstrategy Wellness FB group: facebook.com/groups/cgwellnesscollective // F O L L O W ▸ instagram | instagram.com/_vivalasami ▸ facebook | facebook.com/Vivalasami ▸ blog | vivalasami.com // A B O U T I’m Samantha Burgos, I’m a Wellness Coach and I help women nourish their body, burn fat and build a BOOTY! I provide tips, motivation and much more in the areas of Fitness, Plant-Based Living, and CONFIDENCE! My goal is to give you all the information possible in order to help you breakthrough in these areas in your life. No one is stuck. You can always be a better version of you. --- Support this podcast: null/support

In this episode, I interview Akansha Agrawal - founder of the online wellness community, Citrus + Gold. After years of working in the corporate world in many great positions at LinkedIn, Akansha made the leap to follow her passion project full-time.   As she went full-steam ahead to work on building her business and audience, Akansha has learned a great deal about building authentic online communities. She has built an authentic and engaged community on Instagram and Facebook. In fact, Akansha grew her Facebook Group, C+G Girl Gang to 500 people in less than 6 months! Akansha covers the strategies she used to grow her Facebook Group and why maintaining authenticity is so important to the success of her business.   Authenticity is crucial to any online community today. People are more sensitive to “fake” or inauthentic brands, businesses and people. If they sense authenticity, they won't buy into what you're talking about. Akansha covers how to avoid that and exactly how to maintain real relationships with your audience and community.   We also chat about how Akansha's business is growing and changing. Akansha polls her audience from time to time to understand what they want to know more about. She kept getting feedback from her community that they wanted to learn more about how to build brands and run businesses. Because of this, Akansha has been expanding the Citrus + Gold brand to include creative strategy and coaching. She already has a growing Facebook Community called, “Passion to Profit.”   Question Highlights: How did Citrus & Gold come about? What was your vision originally? Was community a part of your strategy from the start? How did you deal with that uncertainty of entrepreneurship? What do you do to nurture your online communities? How do you know the difference between authenticity and inauthenticity? In the context of business… why are authentic relationships + trust so important? I think we are holding entrepreneurs more accountable in 2018 than ever before… why do you think this is happening on the internet / social media? What advice would you give to someone who is growing a brand / biz in 2018? How do they build a heart-centered biz that is truly authentic? Why build authentic relationships & trust online even if you don't have a brand or business yet?   In This Episode You Will Learn: How to deal with the uncertainty of entrepreneurship Tips for nurturing and building authentic online communities The importance of authentic online relationships in 2018   Resources:   Citrus & Gold: www.citrusandgold.com   IG: @citrusandgold   C&G Girl Gang FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cggirlgang/   Passion to Profit FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/citrusandgoldstrategy/   Web Page: http://avanimiriyala.com/004-communities/   --   Check out my website at http://avanimiriyala.com. Follow me on social media @AvaniMiriyala – can't wait to hang out with you there!  

  Back with another episode of the Deep Beauty Podcast! In this one we get to hear from Akansha Agrawal, founder of Citrus & Gold, a fitness, wellness and healthy eating blog with a South Asian twist. She gives us amazing insight on how to quit your job and follow your dreams. Stay tuned for… The post How to Quit your Job and Follow your Dreams with Akansha Agrawal + GIVEAWAY appeared first on Deepa Berar.

Episode Notes We all know the struggles of finding the perfect shade of makeup. The beauty industry in the United States is tailored to people who don't quite look like us. So, in a culture that doesn't know how to help us figure out our own style, how do we know ourselves? For this very reason, we see more people of color coming up as style & beauty bloggers. Our guest on this episode, Deepica Mutyala, broke into the industry with a viral video on how to mask under eye circles with red lipstick. Since then she has quit her steady job & jumped head first into following her dreams. BIG thank you to Deepica for talking to us! Make sure to follow her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter & YouTube for all the latest tips. Today's music is brought to you by Mandippal! Follow him @mandippal on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook & at mandippal.com Thank you to Brown Girl staffer Akansha. Read more on her segment on how to treat yourself on a budget here: http://citrusandgold.com/10-ways-to-treat-your-mind-body-o…/. You can also follow her on Twitter: https://twitter.com/citrusandgold