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In the final third part of this series, Victoria discusses how to handle the adjudication portion of competition, as well as how to handle everything from team support, mistakes, potentially not receiving your ideal outcome or award, and still feel like a winner at the end of the experience, as well as inspired to keep improving your training.

Victoria shares a variety of ways to prepare for the stage while at competition, as well as how to stay focused, calm, and conditioned while at your dance competition.

In this episode, Victoria shares her top tips from her experience as a national competition judge, choreographer, and instructor on how to prepare for the stage as a competitive dancer when it comes to rehearsals, as well as additional training and conditioning prior to competition.

Lia Valencia Key began her journey with very humble beginnings; raised in a homeless shelter in the inner-city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Lia decided at an early age to emit joy through adversity. She was determined not to become a product of her environment, and to always follow her inner voice as a dreamer, believer, and achiever. That inner voice consistently encourages Lia to continuously seek sunshine, joy, and happiness. Following her heart ultimately helped Lia to redefine her prosperity to mean joy, shining bright, loving life, inner fulfillment, and accomplishment. Lia used this mindset to rise above all challenges and hardships by attaining a Master’s Degree, a top license in Cosmetology, working as a stylist for one of the largest televised home shopping networks, gained life-changing experiences as a lead stylist for top beauty brand CEO'S, and amazing opportunities to travel the world. Throughout her education, work experiences and travels abroad, Lia found herself continuously absorbin

In this episode, Victoria uncovers the toxicity that shame and guilt can play in our lives when both go unchecked. Although both are healthy to feel, there are some ways do deal with these emotions for a constructive result. Speaking to her own experience with depression, Victoria shares how releasing and transforming shame and guilt proved to be an important process when healing.

Timothy Shieff is an English freerunner. He won the Barclaycard World Freerun Championship in 2009 and participated on the television program MTV's Ultimate Parkour Challenge, as well as won America Ninja Warrior. He had been a vegan since 2012 due to ethical and health reasons. In 2018, he received a great deal of international backlash for resuming consumption of certain animal products in effort to heal his gut. As a result, vegan clothing company ETHCS dropped him from their label. In this episode, Victoria and Tim catch up and discuss everything from mental, emotional, physical and spiritual health, how stretching physical limits affects mindset, as well as the degrees of strength it takes to be vulnerable, and overcome adversity. Follow Tim Sheiff: IG: https://instagram.com/humantimothy?igshid=1t6picgr45rsh YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/99timshi

In this episode, Victoria discusses having boundaries around expectations as well as the concept that gratitude for blessings, and being open-minded to reciprocity regarding good karma coming from alternate sources rather than needing to be exclusively from the source originally invested in.

Victoria shares the importance of not waiting to ask permission when it come to showing up as the highest quality version as yourself when it comes to kindness, making course corrections in life, forgiveness, and more.

Victoria shares the benefits of exposing the body to extreme heat stress after 11 years of personal experience with hot yoga, saunas, steam rooms, as well as the use of Swedish and Korean spas. Benefits of heat shock proteins, the many benefits of FOX03 gene, and more are discussed.

Victoria shares how to avoid taking things personal from family, acquaintances, when receiving criticism, and online, as well as how to practice affirming your own worth rather than allow others to define it.

In this episode, Victoria shares the importance of getting out of your comfort zone, and shares some of her experiences overcoming mental barriers, as well as the challenges and benefits that came along with the process.

Victoria and Vegan Danielle discuss their opinions of the latest plant-based documentary, The Game Changers. To Pre-order on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/the-game-changers/id1478966396

WARNING: This episode may be triggering to those with a past including suicidal crisis or depression, and listener discretion is advised. 18+ If you or someone you know is dealing with depression or a behavioral health crisis, this cannot only be stressful for the individual experiencing the symptoms, but it can also be overwhelming for those trying to be of service / support, and help their friend or loved one through this time. In this informative episode, Victoria shares details about depression and suicide, how to be aware of warning signs, setting up a plan for support, safety, and recovery, as well as self-care habits that can be positively implemented for the most effective resilience after dealing with this challenging adversity. Resources: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ or Call 1-800-273-8255 Crisis Text Line: 741-741 NAMI: https://nami.org/ American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: https://afsp.org/ Mental Health Apps: https://www.tomsguide.com/us/su

In this episode, Victoria dives into the phenomenon of toxic positivity as it encourages ignoring negative emotions, and has become increasingly prominent on social platforms. Even though this philosophy seemingly promotes a positive mindset in regards to accepting all emotions, as well as doing whatever possible to work through them, it essentially has the opposite impact on many people, and ends up shaming those with anxiety and depression.

Envy is a highly toxic emotion and feeling. With more comparison culture on social media now than ever, some use this as a way for living out their individuality, but it can be triggering for others that see others in their same field doing better or differently than them etc. We all are blessed with certain gifts and the potential we reach with those gifts really is up to us. you are doing this, and others are doing this too. There is a major barrier that gets in the way of this happening, and this is envy.

Steven Wakabayashi is currently on a journey exploring meditation and mindfulness around the world. He has been meditating for over 12 years with supporting practices in Buddhism, yoga, and dance. Before this journey, he was leading creative teams in San Francisco for many recognizable brands including Apple, Salesforce, Sephora, and Workday. After a major health crisis, he decided to depart from his corporate lifestyle to explore and share meditation practices in six countries around the world. You can follow him on his current journey at: Instagram: @StevenWakabayashi Twitter: @wakuu YouTube: Steven Wakabayashi https://m.youtube.com/user/stevenwakabayashi Website: http://stevenwakabayashi.com

In this episode, Victoria shares the importance of empathy in our day-to-day interactions in-person and online. By detailing the contrast in extremes between em-paths, narcissists, psychopaths, and sociopaths, as well as investigating the concept of empathy within these labels, the inclusion of acts of empathy prove to be of great importance when it comes to healthy interactions.

Recovering from feelings, past experiences regarding abandonment can be challenging, and if not dealt with, can affect one's ability to construct healthy relationships. Victoria discusses how to navigate abandonment and how one can recover from past experiences to develop more consciousness towards one's actions and behaviors in the future.

Victoria dives into the connection between social media and mental health, discussing how it affects one's individual focus, socialization, behavioral/mental health, critical thinking skills, and how it can even lead towards narcissistic tendencies.

Continuing from Episode 77, Victoria discusses how we can turn our pain into purpose, as well as be a positive presence when helping others navigate pain in their lives.