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Happiness Solved

119. Figure Skating and Being Queer with Karina Manta

Happiness Solved

Sandee Sgarlata

Joy, Love, Motivational, Peace, Inspirational, Depression, Happiness, Health & Fitness, Selflove, Business, Education

5.01.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Happiness Solved with Sandee Sgarlata. In this episode, Sandee interviews Karina Manta. Karina Manta was born in Olympia, Washington, but she grew up in the sunshine of Chandler, Arizona. Despite being raised in the desert, she fell in love with figure skating and spent several years competing as a member of Team USA. Since leaving the competitive skating world, she has had jobs touring with Cirque Du Soleil and performing on British reality television. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times and her recent memoir, On Top of Glass: My Stories as a Queer Girl in Figure Skating. Connect with Karina : www.karinamanta.com Connect with Sandee www.sandeesgarlata.com Sandee’s book: www.sandeesgarlata.com/the-book Podcast: www.happinesssolved.com www.facebook.com/coachsandeesgarlata www.twitter.com/sandeesgarlata www.instagram.com/coachsandeesgarlata

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is Happiness Salt with America's Happiness Coach, Sandy Scarlotta.

0:20.4

Hello everyone and welcome to today's episode.

0:23.2

I am so thrilled you're here.

0:25.6

Happiness Salt is dedicated to giving you content that is empowering, motivational, inspirational,

0:31.0

and of course a dose of happiness.

0:33.5

It's my way to give back to the world and share other people's stories.

0:36.7

This thing called life can be challenging and my guests share their amazing stories, wisdom

0:41.7

and life lessons that demonstrate anyone can choose happiness.

0:46.1

You see, happiness is a journey, not a destination.

0:49.6

I am Sandy Scarlotta, America's Happiness Coach, author of Happiness Salt, I'm also retired

0:54.6

of the U.S. National International Figure Skating Coach.

0:57.0

I have a gold medal in ice dancing.

0:58.9

I've been asserted a life coach since 2004 and I've been inspiring others to shift their

1:03.4

mindset and choose happiness for over 20 years.

1:07.4

I am so excited to share that my next book is coming out soon.

1:11.8

I am a co-author in the fastest growing personal development book series in the world

1:16.5

with Jim Loots and Jim Britt.

1:18.7

The really cool thing is that the forward was written by the one and only less brown

1:23.4

and for my copies, I'm on the cover with him.

1:26.4

If you would like a free copy when it's available, email me at sandy at sandyscarlotta.com.

1:32.9

Thank you so much for listening and I am so grateful for you.

1:43.1

Today's guest is Karina Manta.

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