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Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan

Reclaim Your POWER With Iman Oubou Founder Of SWAAY Media & Miss New York US 2015 Episode 215

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan

Heather Monahan

Entrepreneurship, Education, Business, Self-improvement

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In This Episode You Will Learn About: Claiming your power Embracing your FULL identity Making an impact as an entrepreneur Resources: Website: swaay.com Read The Glass Ledge Join Voices+ Listen to Women Who SWAAY Podcast Email: [email protected] LinkedIn: @Iman Oubou Instagram: @imanoubou Facebook: @swaaymedia Twitter: @ImanOubou Overcome Your Villains is Available NOW! Order here: https://overcomeyourvillains.com If you haven't yet, get my first book Confidence Creator Show Notes: You possess the power to CHANGE your life; use it! Take control of your circumstances and build the life YOU want. Successful entrepreneur and former Miss New York US, Iman Oubou is here to help us learn how to showcase the BEST version of ourselves and embrace our FULL identities. If you can step into your OWN power, you’ve already accomplished the hardest part. Iman will share the nitty gritty details behind building a business from the ground up, and navigating the obstacles that come with it. You don’t have to hide or change who you are to reach your goals. Don’t be timid; reclaim your power today! About The Guest: Joining us today is Iman Oubou, an American entrepreneur, author, published scientist, and National beauty pageant winner! She won the title of Miss New York United States and was second runner up at the 2015 Miss United States pageant. Known for her advocacy work, Iman has been featured in Harper's Bazaar, Forbes, Cosmopolitan, and SO MANY more. She founded SWAAY Media in 2015, a leading publishing platform that provides writing and editorial support, and creates a thought provoking community of like minded women! If You Liked This Episode You Might Also Like These Episodes: Living Life on Purpose with Les Brown How Your Mindset Can Change EVERYTHING For You with Heather! It's Never Too Late To Start! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I have never really explored my own relationship with power until I was in a position of not having

0:05.5

any power at all and that's with these investor meetings. And so at that point, for me, instead of

0:10.7

actually taking a step back during those meetings or after those meetings and figuring out what

0:14.8

went wrong and how can I claim that power back, I played the victim and realized, okay, there's

0:19.8

nothing I can do. Instead of me taking control of the role I play in changing my circumstances,

0:26.4

I dwelled more and more and more into becoming more of a victim as opposed to a change agent in

0:32.0

my own life. Let's make sure that you know and you're self-aware of your own relationship with

0:37.4

each of these themes. I'm on this journey with me. Each week when you join me, we are going to

0:42.9

chase down our goals, overcome adversity and set you up for better tomorrow.

0:48.0

Faster, no sleep, no. I'm ready for my close-up. Hi and welcome back. I'm so excited for you today.

0:54.6

It's so rare I have one of my real friends on the show. But today, Aman Ubu, she's an American

1:00.9

entrepreneur, author, published scientists and national beauty pageant winner. We're going to get

1:05.9

into that. So if you're cringing right now, don't. She won the title of Miss New York United States and

1:10.8

was second runner up at the 2015 Miss United States pageant. Aman was awarded the Women's Advocate

1:17.7

of the Year Award in 2019 and Dubai and has been featured in Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan,

1:22.8

Forbes, Fortune, Vogue, everything. She's founder of Sway Media, leading publishing platform aimed

1:28.2

at championing female thought leadership by providing access to editorial and writing support

1:33.3

as well as a supportive community of like-minded women. I mean, I'm going to go on and on about

1:38.9

her, but I have to tell you she was named one of the female entrepreneurs to watch in 2018 by CIO

1:44.7

magazine. Same year, Aman was a keynote speaker at Harvard and MIT. She was a first ever face of

1:52.0

Morocco ambassador, a new initiative uplifting female voices in Morocco and the Middle East.

1:57.2

And she was also part of the first all female judge panel at Miss Universe 2018 and judge Miss

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