Podcast appearances and mentions of lisa van ahn

Lisa Van Ahn is a retired athlete who fought for the US National Kickboxing team internationally. She won a North American Kickboxing title and meddled at the PanAm games in Brazil. Lisa also competed on the popular NBC show American Ninja Warrior. Lisa found her way into combative sports at age 19 after being exploited as a child, believing she was unworthy, and living in fear as a victim.  She shares how she transformed her trauma of being abused and suicidal into a mission to empower young girls. Lisa founded the I AM Initiative, a dynamic and adventurous curriculum for young women that teaches self-love and self-protection. Her I AM courses emphasize self-acceptance and bodily confidence. Lisa shares her belief that every girl deserves to live free, unafraid, and with power.

Lisa Van Ahn is a professional boxer and kickboxer. She found her way to the sport after years of trauma and being victimized. She used kickboxing as an escape but soon after starting tapped into her strength and realized her value and worth in the world. She realized there were many things she didn't have the opportunity to learn as a young girl to ensure her safety so she created the I AM Initiative; a confidence building curriculum girls and young women. The purpose is to teach the necessity of self-love in relationship to personal safety. Through dynamic movement and engagement, Lisa's workshops teach the “rules” of self-protection, including self-compassion, trusting your “gut”, and creating positive change in the world. Lisa is passionate about teaching girls the principles she didn't have the opportunity to learn until later in life. It is her deepest desire to give these young women the tools to be strong, in middle school, high school, college and beyond so they are able to confidently overcome the obstacles they encounter throughout their life. Kickstarter: http://www.bit.ly/iameverygirl Website: http://www.lisavanahn.com

In this episode, I interview Lisa Van Ahn! Lisa works with girls/ women from 8-18 and teaches self-confidence and self-protection! Lisa has a program called the "I am initiative." Lisa hosts workshops, events, and retreats to help girls identify who they are in the world and help them trust what they feel so they can take decisive action in their life! In this episode, we talk about Abuse, I am statements and taking responsibility in your life! You can connect with Lisa at http://www.lisavanahn.com/ and she is on FB and IG @Lisa Van Ahn If this show has helped you in anyway I'd love for you to leave a review on iTunes, screenshot it and send it to me on Instagram @ordinarytobadass, so I can say thank you! Show notes for this episode will be up soon at WWW.ordinarytobadass.com/podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ordinarytobadass/message

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I AM Initiative Today we talk with Lisa Van Ahn, the creator of the I Am Initiative.  "I created this girls guidebook and super power cards to help young women follow the path of thinking, feeling, and acting in a powerful and positive way in the world. Self-protection is a daily practice and must be a part of every girls life as she grows into becoming a powerful force for positive change." Please share this episode and Lisa's Kickstarter project with all the girls you know in your life and help her project flourish.  You can find the Kickstarter HERE. Support the podcast by heading over to PATREON and becoming a support - you can pledge any amount and it will go towards helping this podcast to keep and running.  If you're local to Minneapolis join us for weekend work outs, group personal training, 1-1 personal training, life coaching and so much more. Head over to the PARTICIPATE page to stay updated on all the happenings.    If you would enjoy the blog straight into your inbox every Tuesday as well as Friday Fun emails - sign up for the FREE newsletter.   

Lisa is the creator of the I AM Initiative: a self-defense through self-empowerment curriculum for pre/mid teen girls and the author of ‘I AM: A Girls Guide To Harnessing Superpowers’. The purpose of her workshops and book is to empower girls and demonstrate the necessity of self-love in relationship to self-protection. Lisa Van Ahn is a professional boxer and kick boxer. She found her way to the sport after being exploited as a child, years of believing she was unworthy, and living as a victim. Once she began kickboxing, her self-esteem soared and she was able to heal the wounds that were inflicted in her younger years. She started her fighting career in 1996, and quickly rose to the top of her sport with a regional Championship title and moved on to fighting professionally winning a national Kickboxing title in 2000. After winning her kickboxing title Lisa found fights difficult to procure and decided to take on the world of boxing. She boxed professionally in Las Vegas from 2001-2004 and fought on many prestigious cards and arenas including the Arco Arena SAC, and the Philips Arena, ATL. She also appeared on ESPN’s Friday night fights. Lisa still fights for the U.S. kickboxing team and won a bronze medal at the Pan Am Games in 2012. In 2015/16 she also participated as a competitor on the popular NBC show, American Ninja Warrior. Lisa’s passion for finding her inner superpower stemmed from her difficult childhood of being exploited. By the young age of 15, Lisa started having unfortunate suicidal thoughts after feeling like all her darkest secrets had been exposed. Coming from a place of deep salt-blame, Lisa struggled as a child, teen and young adult. Playing the “victim role” was all she knew, which again led her to making poor choices. At only 19, Lisa found herself in an abusive relationship with a much older man. “I remember specifically one day as he kicked me out of his Bronco, I landed in the front entrance of a kick-boxing studio and had two options…I can sit here and cry or I can walk myself into that studio.” Sometimes, it’s in our darkest moments that we find our truest selves. Lisa knew that was the perfect time to stop playing the victim, stop saying “I cant do anything about this,” and decided to turn her life around! “Very often the world is going to put you down or give your mixed messages. You have to be able to recognize yourself!” Young or old, still in search of your inner superpower?! Let Lisa be the one to help dust off the cobwebs on your wings, and if you're not even sure where to begin, recite the following with me: “My thoughts guide my attitude. My attitude guides my actions and my actions create my reality.” Don’t let anything fool you, the universe is always on your side of the ring! (Pun intended) In This Episode You Will Learn About: Finding your superpower Being mindful of your thoughts Self love Positive action Empowerment Knowing your worth Protecting yourself Boxing Resources: http://www.iaminitiative.com/ Find out some more BADASS inspiration at lisavanahn.com or iaminitiative.com. Follow me on social media @LoriHarder on Instagram and Lori Harder on Facebook. You can also see more at my website: LoriHarder.com

My book title needs amending. My book coach and some very good, honest friends told me the title I previously had simply didn’t fit. I resisted and held onto the title for a long time, because I was emotionally attached to it. But, I am currently in the process of discovering a new title.   HuffPo Recently, I had my first article accepted into Huffington Post. They accepted me as a contributor and when I sent in my first article named, 3 Types of Grief Everyone is Going to Face and How to Overcome Them, they added it to the Common Grief, a healthy living editorial initiative. If you would like to read it, go to the Huffington Post and search “grief”, there you will find the original article. It’s gotten a lot of action on Facebook and Twitter. If you know someone dealing with grief, please share the article with them. It helps me to know I reached people who needed to be reached.   One Year Anniversary Believe it or not, Straight Talk for a Curvy World is coming up on the one year anniversary of this podcast! Only through your support and your feedback is this possible. I continue this podcast because our community tells me it’s making a difference. I am putting together a very special episode for the one-year anniversary, which is in just a few weeks.    Send Me Your Questions and Your Stories You can share your comments, questions and feedback with me on social media @Iamannpeck or send me a private email at ann@annpeck.com. If you would like to send in a voice recording, you can record a voice memo on your phone including your name and share your message with me. I would love to play it on the air. Visit Annpeck.com to hear all of my previous podcasts, read my blog posts and watch my videos. If you just started listening to this podcast, some great episodes to start with are:   Episode #40 with Lisa Van Ahn on Learning to FLY (First Love Yourself) Episode #29 with Teresa Nutt on online dating and scams of the heart

*This is an adult conversation so please be aware of who may be listening with you.   A Special Passage for Lisa “I am worthy. You were born worthy. You don’t have to do anything to make yourself worthy. You are a superhero born into this world and being you is all you need to do. Express yourself and don’t believe the hype that says you need to be anything more than your amazing self. I used to believe I wasn’t deserving of great things but when I began declaring my worth my life changed for the better.”  - from the soon to be best-seller I AM...: A Girl’s Guide to Harnessing SuperPowers   The “I AM” Initiative Even though we live in the same area, the universe wanted Lisa Van Ahn and I to meet in Florida. We both have made it our mission to propagate the “I AM” habits. As a listener of my podcast, you are aware of how I broadcast the message. Lisa chooses to spread the message by empowering 3rd to 8th grade girls with superpowers and the 3 rules of self-defense. She teaches them that the right action is the action you take when you love yourself, you trust who you are, and you trust what you feel.  Lisa often encounters young girls who are bombarded with “this is who you are” and “this is who you need to be” directives. In her workshops and retreats, girls discover they can freely say “No. I know who I am.”   Lisa’s Journey The common thread that is woven through Lisa’s past life is one of feeling unworthy. She succumbed to playing the part of the victim until a final “push” made her reconsider her part in her own life. She says “Your path and your journey begin with what you believe about yourself and that moves into creating your experiences. I truly do believe anything is possible. If you set yourself on the course you want to be on you will get there with the consistent behaviors of self-love, self-care, self-responsibility, and self-compassion. When you bring these things into your life anything is possible.” Lisa loves sharing these experiences because it gives her bright light a chance to shine.    “The truth is, in order to heal, we all need to tell our stories and have them witnessed.” from The Dance of the Dissident Daughter - Sue Monk Kidd Lisa knew she needed to pay forward the kindness she received from the two owners of the kickboxing studio she went to every day after she started living her life with love, forgiveness and gratitude. She made the decision to share, with young girls, the encouragement she so desperately needed when she was young and couldn’t calculate her own value.   So, Lisa is Perfect Now, Right? Even though she adds practices to her life in order to reach a state of mindfulness, Lisa admits she has much farther to go. It’s not like you make one decision and everything is instantly easy. A tendency towards self-sabotage is a fierce dragon which is hard to slay. The ego lives and so do collective expectations of success. Lisa says that when a self-defeating thought takes over, she thinks about things that she loves, things that need to be forgiven and things she is grateful for, so it becomes easier to cope with the trap of “I’ll love myself when”.   The Shadow Dance There is light and dark in all of us. The dark will come and there is no avoiding it. Accepting yourself exactly as you are allows you to release the craving for what you desire. It is the craving of making something last which creates suffering. If you release your desire before the thing you want arrives, you are given the joy of having. No one thing is easy or hard for people to release. It’s based on the individual and for Lisa, it’s her business. She says “it’s a crunchy I can’t get rid of.” Her advice to those of us stuck in our cravings, whether it is to be in a relationship or to find forgiveness for those who may have hurt us is to take a deep breath and then go out and do something today that is going to feel good. It will bring completeness, wholeness, and happiness.   Learn How to Get SuperPowers of Your Own To stay in touch with Lisa and get weekly updates about her new book, her “I AM” initiative and her confidence coaching, enlist at Lisavanahn.com. Her new book I AM...: A Girl’s Guide to Harnessing SuperPowers and accompanying cards will be available very, very soon.   You are Not the Only One and You Are Not Crazy Either If you found value in this podcast please share it. If you need someone to talk safely and privately with, email me at ann@annpeck.com. This email is confidential so you can feel secure in knowing that your truth is safe with me. The more support we all have and can give, the better our community will be. If you just want to connect socially you can join the private Curvyworld Facebook group or on social media @iamannpeck. Reminder - We are planning a big event for September! The new Straight Talk for a Curvy World Live - An Affair with Joy. We will be working on self-love and loving our business from the inside out. There will be a private VIP dinner to celebrate my 50th birthday and the release of my new book. Everybody who attends will go home with a copy. Special early bird pricing is available, so sign up now!  

Lisa Van Ahn flipped a switch from depression and confusion to confidence and success. She knows that fighting isn't the silver bullet, but it served as her means for becoming a strong and sure human. She shares that process, and how to promote that pro

Links & Shownotes: http://mariahfreya.com/how-to-be-more-confident-and-harness-your-superpowers “It’s not about doing, it’s about being.” That’s what Lisa Van Ahn, US National Kickboxer and powerhouse of a woman told me when I interviewed her about how we can find confidence within ourselves. All of us have a gift to share with the world, the question is are you confident enough to put yourself out there, no matter what others will say or think? Whether it’s that project you’re so passionate about, the one you’ve always dreamt about doing, or whether it’s having a great time with your lover in the bedroom. Confidence is needed everywhere and it’s something many of us struggle with (including myself). It’s the lack of it that makes it so hard for us to just be. It’s the worries that keep us small. In this podcast I have a powerful conversation with a woman who really knows how to put herself out there. Lisa Van Ahn is a true athlete in her heart, but also a world changing impactress. She works with girls and woman guiding them to self-defense through self-love. She currently runs an anti-sex trafficking campaign, fundraising by producing 365 videos in 365 days. This is truly a powerhouse of a woman. Make sure to listen to this podcast and support her on her quest with a small donation: “It’s not about doing, it’s about being.” That’s what Lisa Van Ahn, US National Kickboxer and powerhouse of a woman told me when I interviewed her about how we can find confidence within ourselves. Make sure to listen to this podcast and support Lisa to end sex trafficking with a small donation: http://bit.ly/lisavanahn