Choosing Yourself: Becoming Your Own Icon with Agatha

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What's up, Radiant icons, and welcome back to

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Dare To Be Iconic the podcast made

for icons daring to be themselves.

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I'm your host, Amanda Paolicelli.

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And you guys, we are

back with everyday icons.

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Yes, that's right.

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We are spilling the tea with Agatha, our

very first everyday icon for season two.

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But before we get into that tea time sesh,

I have two big announcements for you guys.

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And if you follow me on social media,

then you already know what's up.

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So.

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Let's get into it.

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The first thing is Dare To Be

Iconic has officially released

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its first ever yearly planner.

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New year, Iconic You the 2025 planner

to living your most iconic life.

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Now there are some goodies in

here, some unique features that

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you don't see anywhere else.

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Like literally you guys, this is

my dream planner and I'm So, so

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excited that it's finally here.

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This has been honestly a year in the

making like I have dreamt of this,

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this planner literally since the

conception of Dare To Be Iconic, like

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literally it has been in my little

dream notebook of things that I hope

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would happen for Dare To Be Iconic.

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This planner was the first

ever thing that was in here.

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So every feature that you see

in here is a labor of love that

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has been thought of for a year.

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And I'm so excited to

bring it to you guys.

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So if you don't follow me on socials,

what are you doing with your life?

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But like also connect with me on

there so you can see exactly what

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makes this planner so iconic.

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So different, so unique because I am

so excited to share it with you guys.

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And you can grab your copy

in the show notes below.

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It's available on Amazon and

ready to ship internationally.

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Woof!

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What a mouthful.

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All right, I don't know if you guys

are ready for the second announcement,

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because I am honestly beside myself.

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This one's kinda insane,

but you know what?

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Let's do it.

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Next year, at the Miami Grand Prix.

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There is nothing I love more than

Formula One and Lando Norris, and

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also you guys, the Radiant Icons.

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So, Dare to be Iconic is teaming

up with my girl Kimi from Delulu

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For Fast Cars, and we are creating

fast and iconic Lando Bash.

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Lando Bash is an iconic meetup

for the fangirls by the fangirls.

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That's right.

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You guys dare to be iconic is

doing its first ever meetup.

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So I get to meet you guys at one

of my favorite places in the world,

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which is a Formula One Grand Prix.

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Like name something more iconic.

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You can't honestly, like Lando bash

is fast and iconic, and I can't

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wait to share it with you guys.

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Kimi and I have been planning this for

a while now, and we are just so excited

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for what Lando bash is honestly, growing

into . We have so many amazing big plans

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for it and they're coming to fruition.

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And I can't share all of it now, but

I promise you as the year progresses,

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you will know all the iconic and

amazing and exciting announcements.

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So I'll give you guys a little bit

of a sneak peek of what to expect

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at LandoBash, because if you are

thinking of going to the Miami

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Grand Prix, this is your sign to go.

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I promise you.

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It's gonna be iconic.

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Okay, so Lando Bash is basically

a place for the fangirls to come

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together, to connect, and celebrate

the fandom that we love in our own way.

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Because if there's not gonna be a seat at

the table for us, we're gonna make one.

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So we are gonna have our own fangirl

zone, basically a cozy meetup where we

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can all celebrate together and connect

and just love the sport that we love

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in our own unique and iconic way.

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We're going to have an exclusive

sneak peek at Dare to be Iconics,

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Paddock Icons merch line, the

professional fangirl collection.

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I'm so, so excited to

finally give you guys merch.

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This collection is going to be

something out of this world, but also

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something so near and dear to my heart.

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And I'm so excited to give a little

sneak peek at Lando bash for you guys.

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The next thing is we're going

to have a photo station with

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custom DeLulu for Lando props.

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We're going to have a group photo and we

have two special surprise announcements

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for our online community that cannot come

to Miami in person because we also know

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Kimmy and I from experience that formula

1 Grand Prixs are not the most accessible,

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and they're not the most affordable,

like, let's be real, like, Miami is also

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one of the most expensive Grand Prixs.

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And we are totally aware of that.

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So we want everyone to be a part of Lando

bash, whether you're on the other side

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of the world or you're right here in

Florida, we want you a part of Lando bash,

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whether that's in person or virtually.

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So make sure to connect with both of us

on socials and go to dare to be iconic.

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com.

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under the Empowerment Events section,

and you will see Lando Bash there.

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If you are going to the Miami Grand Prix

and you know you want to go to Lando

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Bash, make sure to RSVP right there at

the Empowerment Events Lando Bash section.

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All right, Radiant Icons, I have said

all the amazing, exciting, iconic

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announcements that I can think of.

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Let's get to the bread and

butter of this episode, which

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is my tea time sesh with Agatha.

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Agatha is a university student,

she is a F1 content creator,

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and she's also a radiant icon.

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And I couldn't think of anyone

better for the first everyday

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icon segment of season two.

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Agatha has been Such a joy to get

to know in these last coming months

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and I am so honored that I am a

part of her daredevilly iconic

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origin story and to have her here

in the Radiant Icon community.

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So are you ready Radiant Icons?

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Because your tea time

sesh is starting now.

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Agatha, welcome to the

Dare To Be Iconic podcast.

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How are you doing today?

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Agatha: Hi, I'm fine.

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And I'm so excited to be here and

so thankful for the opportunity

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to be here and talk to you.

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Amanda Paolicelli: Oh

my god, of course, girl.

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I wouldn't have it any other way.

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So, let's get into the good stuff.

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What does the word iconic mean to you?

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And how do you dare to be

iconic in your everyday life?

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Agatha: Actually, the word iconic

is, like, so specific and so niche in

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some, uh, subcultures or just, like,

for everyone it could be different.

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And for me it's also like a fluid that

can take up some different shapes.

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So it doesn't have, like,

one literal meaning for me.

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Because sometimes I associate the word

iconic with something that someone else

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did and it was so memorable for me.

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So I just took a pause and just

thought about it for a little longer.

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And actually, how I dare to

be iconic in everyday life?

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I just do what I feel that is the best

for me, not what others think about it.

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I just stopped caring about other

people's opinion because it's

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like, it's still an opinion.

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It's not a fact.

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I picked a subject in university that

I would like to associate my future

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with and that I feel is great for

me, not for my family, my friends

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or anyone else in my surroundings.

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I just do what I feel is right for me.

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Amanda Paolicelli: Yeah, you chose

yourself and I think that's what's so

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beautiful about your specific journey

that I've been able to watch, like your

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Dare To Be Iconic origin story and I

always go back to the LinkedIn post that

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you wrote about how you decided to choose

the path that you just mentioned of doing

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the degree that is right for you and

not for anyone else because you realize

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that at the end of the day, like, we are

stuck with ourselves, not anyone else.

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So it's up to us to make those decisions.

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So I wanted to ask you, you made

this really powerful decision

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to prioritize your own dreams.

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Can you walk us through how you broke free

from those external pressures, whether it

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was from your family, from society to make

this life changing choice for yourself?

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Agatha: First of all, I was pressured

my entire teenage years by my

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mother that I have to be the doctor.

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So first.

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When I wanted to pick like major in

in high school in Poland, because

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Polish system is really different

than the American school system.

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Basically, we have like a

major in our high school.

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So our class and for four years of

high school, we extend some of the

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subjects that are towards our like

major or like profile of our class.

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So I extended maths,

biology and chemistry.

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Because you know what?

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When I was enrolling into the high

school, I first picked a class

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with maths, geography, and English.

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And in the last seconds of me applying

there, my mom switched up the choices.

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So my first choice wasn't the

maths, geography, and English,

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but maths, biology, and chemistry.

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I wanted to be an architect, and then

she told me, no girl, you're going to

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be a doctor because Your mom failed

so go and chase my dreams, not yours.

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So Later, in my last year of high

school, we had like a Christmas gathering

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with our whole class with our teacher

and she told us that, guys, whatever

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you choose for your university major

or minor or anything that you do in

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your life, remember that you do it for

yourself and that you're going to stay

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with yourself till the end of the day.

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So those were the words that

really like engraved in my mind.

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I felt like they're like written

like a tattoo on my brain.

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In June, I was just browsing through

every single university in Poland,

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like pages and their offers, and just

looked desperately for something that

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can appeal to me and that I can pick

like for my major, other than being a

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doctor, because I knew that I would fail.

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I still applied to two med schools.

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Just to check if I could even get

in, but then I found the digital

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economy studies in my hometown.

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So digital economy is actually a very

innovative field and that's going

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to give me some financial stability.

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And I can also incorporate it with my

hobby, which is watching Formula One.

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And I thought like, okay, that's perfect.

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That's perfect.

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I can stay here.

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But first I also need to build my

portfolio or just have something

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to start my journey with.

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So I thought, okay, why not?

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Let's start F1withatwist.

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Amanda Paolicelli: I love it.

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So F1 with the twist, it was a bold

move 'cause you were moving away from

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the path that was expected of you, right?

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Agatha: Exactly, like my whole

family was thinking, Oh, she's

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going to be a great doctor.

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They even wanted to pick my, branch.

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Amanda Paolicelli: Oh my god, really?

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Agatha: Am I going to be, am

I going to be a cardiologist?

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Neurologist?

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Dentist?

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Amanda Paolicelli: Oh, so like,

it was kind of like your whole

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career path was set up for you

and you just didn't have a say.

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Agatha: Exactly.

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Amanda Paolicelli: And it really took

you choosing yourself and being like,

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no, like, I actually don't want that.

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I want this.

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So I'm going to go and try it for myself

because at the end of the day, I am stuck

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with the choices and decisions I make.

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Exactly.

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At first it was very hard for

me because I left the exams.

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I felt like I failed the exams,

even though you can't fail it, but I

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felt like I'm going to get like 10%,

15%, and to actually get into med

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school you need to have like 80, 90%.

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Agatha: It's a very, um

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Amanda Paolicelli: It's

a very competitive field.

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Agatha: Exactly.

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And I felt like I failed my whole family,

that they're not going to love me anymore.

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Amanda Paolicelli: It's like you don't

want to disappoint all the expectations

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that everyone has set upon you But

like also you just want to do your own

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thing because it doesn't make you happy

and like you can clearly see that.

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So we've talked a lot about that

mindset switch and also that decision

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of choosing you, which is one of the

core lessons of Dare to be Iconic.

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We all know I'm a big

advocate of choosing yourself.

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So, what advice would you give

to someone who is struggling with

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feeling like they need to control

every aspect of their life?

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Agatha: Well, I I would

say take a deep breath.

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Take a step back.

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Look at what you really

want to achieve in life.

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Look at what you find interesting,

appealing to you, what works for you,

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because you are the most important

person in this entire surroundings.

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Some people may perceive

you as narcissistic.

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However, no, it's actually

making boundaries.

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And just knowing what

works the best for you.

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Just trying to figure out what people

expect from me and then dump into

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the trash because you're not living

for someone else's expectations.

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Amanda Paolicelli: Yes, exactly.

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Exactly.

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So let's break that

down even further then.

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So.

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When it comes to setting up those

boundaries and then throwing other

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people's opinions in the trash, which I

love, I'm going to steal that by the way.

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What are the steps that you would

suggest then for someone to take in order

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to set up boundaries with themselves

and, or throw away the opinions

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that people place upon themselves?

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How would you break that down in

a, in a simple guide for someone?

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Like the three main steps,

how would you do that?

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Agatha: First of all.

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Don't rush yourself because sometimes

I feel like people Feel the pressure

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of time that they need to switch

their mindset in like one day.

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Amanda Paolicelli: Yeah for a

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Agatha: few hours It like

healing is a process.

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It takes time.

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So Don't feel pressured Like or at

least try not to feel pressured because

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nobody's running after you exactly.

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Nobody is chasing you

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Amanda Paolicelli: Exactly and I love

like Talking about healing, for instance,

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like, like you said, it's a process.

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And for me, I love to say that

healing is a roller coaster.

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It's upside down, twists and

turns, everything in between.

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So it's okay to take your time when

you're making decisions that equal you

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prioritizing yourself because it's not

narcissistic to put that self care and

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that self love into you when you're

Deciding the best future for you.

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Agatha: Exactly.

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And secondly, I would

suggest like a journal.

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If you find journaling,

that's not something for you.

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It's okay.

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Like you don't have to.

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But actually I would journal to express

my feelings to maybe actually write down

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what boundaries do you want to make

and what actually you want to achieve.

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Just set some, some goals, long

term goals, short term goals,

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because Every goal is a goal, right?

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Like, we're chasing goals, not boyfriends.

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And actually I have another great

suggestion that I found out about

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the, like, yesterday or two days ago.

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So it's perfect because I

remember it like chat GPT.

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So if you have any like long term goals

or short term goals, any goals, or just a

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vision of your dream life, or like future

life already, you can make a list of

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that into the chat GPT and then ask what

steps can I take to achieve this today?

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I saw that on

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Amanda Paolicelli: TikTok the other day.

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I was like, Oh my God, I need to use this.

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Like, cause I'm like, I love a journal.

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I love writing stuff out.

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I mean, as you know, I literally wrote

my own journal because I just love it

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so much, but I think there's something

really nice and like alleviates that

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almost chore mentality sometimes we

have of like, Oh, we have to journal.

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We have to write it out, but being

able to kind of plug it into chat

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TBT and kind of see the results of

what, Oh, it makes it a lot simpler,

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you know, it like makes it doable.

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Agatha: And that's why I know some

steps that I can take in the future

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to help me out with my dreams.

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Amanda Paolicelli: I love it.

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And so I know you mentioned that

your dream, um, Involves the

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aspect of content creation and in

Formula One, which goes with your

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F1 with a twist, Instagram account.

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As one fangirl to another, how

has it been creating content

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in a male dominated space?

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How has it empowered you to

keep using your voice and

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embracing your most iconic self?

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Agatha: So, actually,

you know Pokémon, right?

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Amanda Paolicelli: Yes.

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Yes, I do.

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I'm not that much versed, but, you

know, we have some, some knowledge.

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Agatha: Yeah, I also do have,

like, some knowledge, and the

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knowledge is that Pokémons evolve.

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So, first, when I was the little girl,

who was just sat at the table, and my

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mom was actually hovering above me,

saying, Hey, you're going to be a doctor.

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How about that?

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And I was this little,

frightened, baby Pikachu.

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I didn't know what to do.

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But then slowly with time, I started

evolving, evolving, evolving, and

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now I evolved to the point when I'm

the content creator on Instagram.

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At first I thought like, okay, maybe I'll

do some informational posts to help other

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women who are getting into motor sports

to have like a place to start a safe place

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for them to, uh, tell their opinions or

just have a group chat with other women.

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You remember that's what, that's where

we met because you actually joined the

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group chat and just to have like other

friends in motor sports where, or just,

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Motorsports fanatics to talk to, but then

I thought like, Hey, maybe that's not

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actually the thing that I want to do.

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I'm actually thinking about something

different to use my voice in this,

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uh, field of content creating.

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Right now I'm doing some like inspo

boards this user's favorite driver is

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just some relatable content that can

draw attention to many other people.

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And just I evolved up another time.

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From the little content creator to

like, a little bit bigger, which

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actually knows what she's doing.

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Disclaimer, I'm not.

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Amanda Paolicelli: None of

us know what we're doing.

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It's okay, we're all just trying

to figure it out as we go along.

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And it's like content creation

and evolving go hand in hand,

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like you mentioned, right.

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We are always evolving into the next

most iconic version of ourselves.

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And I love how proud you are in stating

that, and comfortable that I am figuring

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it out, and I want to use my voice,

I know I want to, but I still need

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to figure out how, and that's okay.

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And I think that's amazing.

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So within that, right, of like that

journey of figuring it out and evolving,

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what has been the biggest challenge

you faced then during this journey?

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Agatha: The biggest challenge for me was

to face my mom, and to tell her I'm almost

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18, I'm not going to be a minor anymore,

so I can make up my own decisions.

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Mean, if you let me go, like, stay

one year longer in the kindergarten,

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I would actually be like 18 now.

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Maybe like, not right now, but

I would be 18 when I was making

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the decision of university path.

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So I would be completely deaf to

her opinions and yeah, I think

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that was the most challenging for

me to tell her, mom, I don't want

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the future that you created for me.

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I want to do what I want.

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The biggest surprise actually was the

fact that my mom was like, oh, okay.

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She took a step back and now

she's more relaxed about it.

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I'm actually happy that now she supports

me even though she was, like, my

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biggest mental health issue provider.

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Amanda Paolicelli: It was

a big hurdle for it, yeah.

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Agatha: Yeah, you know,

when you have a chain.

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And the chain has a ball sometimes

that's heavier than the chain.

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So she was like the chain at my leg,

like the ball and the chain at my leg.

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When I was walking through high

school corridor, for example.

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You can, you can see the metaphoric way.

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So I found the solution to

break the chain, leave the ball

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somewhere else and just run away.

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And be

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Amanda Paolicelli: free.

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So, to go to the breaking free,

right of the expectations that, in

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your case, your mom had put upon you.

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And the surprise, actually, in that

she would, Be supportive in it.

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What has been the most important

lesson that you've learned then?

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Agatha: That maybe She

doesn't show it that often but

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somewhere deep in her heart.

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She loves me even though sometimes I I

don't use the best words to express my

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emotions to her and we can argue a lot.

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But in the end of the day,

she actually cares about me

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because I'm her older daughter.

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I think that she just got the syndrome

of like, maybe not an emptiness because

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I have a little sister, but she just

realized that, hey, she's going to be 18.

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She's going to university.

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She can be at the end of the world.

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And you're not, you can't, um, you

may not see her again, just keep her

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close and, and protect her from all

of the bad stuff around the world.

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Amanda Paolicelli: So what have

you learned by gaining that

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perspective on how your mom may feel?

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Agatha: I think I learned that I have

to show the respect to her more often

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because sometimes I was very disrespectful

to her and I'm so sorry for her.

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I'm like, mom, I'm sorry.

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Yeah, like, sometimes we may argue

and just not, uh, agree on everything.

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But in the end, she's, she's your mother.

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Like, she may have different opinions.

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She may, uh, have a future

planned ahead for you.

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But you don't actually

have to listen to her.

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She's your mother and she should be

just protecting you and supporting

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in any career path that you choose

for yourself or anything that you do.

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Amanda Paolicelli: So by gaining

that perspective on how your mom

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was coming about that, right?

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Of suggesting heavily, oh, I

want you to go down this path.

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By gaining that new perspective of

where your mom came from and the

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lessons you've gained from that, how

has that influenced and impacted your

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healing journey and transformative

journey of embracing your iconic self?

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Agatha: I think that I realized

that, okay, now it's the time for me.

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Now, I'm going to actually, plan

the future for myself, because,

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okay, like, she changed her mind.

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She's actually going to support me.

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So now I can plan my dream life ahead.

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And if she supports me now, after all

that she has to go with me through.

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My teenage years and childhood.

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I think that she's going to

support me in everything I do.

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So, I started planning, content creating.

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I've become a radiant icon.

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I, I, I try to, uh, search for how

can I express my voice and how can

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I express what I love the most.

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So, I love Formula 1.

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I love geography.

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I love, uh, Many other things.

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I have many other hobbies and I'm trying

to find a way to actually tell the world.

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Hey, I'm here I still exist.

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I do this, this, and this.

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And I'm totally happy about it.

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And you're not going to

stop me from doing that.

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Amanda Paolicelli: Period.

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Cause you're building the future

that you want for yourself

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and you're breaking free from

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Agatha: the past.

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Like, like, uh, One Direction

said, nobody can drag me down.

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Amanda Paolicelli: Nobody can drag

you down, point blank, end period.

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Period.

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Point blank, One Direction needs

to come back as of like, right now.

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Um, so leading with

that, our last question.

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What is one iconic insight that you want

to leave with the Radiant Icon community?

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Agatha: I think my iconic insight

is actually meeting Amanda.

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Amanda Paolicelli: I'm gonna cry again.

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I

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Agatha: did a reel on Instagram that

I'm creating a group chat for F1

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women fans and like female fans and

she like the time you popped up in

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the group chat it felt More lively,

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it's just, it's just the energy you,

you have like the aura all around you.

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You just bring positivity and

joy into my life and actually

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doing this thing with you.

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It was one of the events

that I looked up to the most.

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I was just looking forward to be actually

recording that with you, talking to you,

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and I can't wait for this episode to be

released so I can prove myself that I'm

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capable of doing such things as like

being a guest in Amanda's podcast or

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any other podcast, I can actually be a

content creator, I can actually manage

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studies and content creating, I can have

international friends, and I can talk in

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English daily, which me at like 10 year

old, I wouldn't even think that I would

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continue my English learning journey.

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And I'm actually proud of

myself and I'm proud of you.

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And I'm proud of anyone else who

has understood that they need to

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take a few deep breaths and figure

everything out on their own.

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But it doesn't mean that you're alone.

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If you have to figure out things on

your own, if you figure out things

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on your own, you actually are in

the best position because you don't

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have any influence from anyone else.

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And you can figure out what

do you want for yourself.

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So actually, I'm, I'm proud of you.

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Any icon who is listening

or watching us right now.

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I'm, I'm proud of you.

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Amanda Paolicelli: All right,

Radiant Icons, that is your

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tea time sesh for today.

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I hope you enjoyed my chat with Agatha.

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I've known Agatha for a couple of

months now, and her friendship is such

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a gift, it's such a joy, and it's been a

while since I've a couple months, okay?

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It's been a couple months since I've

had this tea time sesh with Agatha,

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and the The biggest thing that I've

taken from her Dare To Be Iconic origin

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story and, you know, our tea time sesh

is that we have to be happy with the

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decisions and the choices that we make

because the relationship with ourselves

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is going to be the longest one that

we will ever have in this lifetime.

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Like we truly are stuck with

ourselves at the end of the day.

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So we have to go down the

path that we want to go down.

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We have to cut the noise of what everyone

else wants for us And we have to follow

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our own path and to see and to hear

Agatha's origin story and how Dare to be

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Iconic has impacted her life and helped

her have that push to just go towards her

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dreams Means so much and it's so beautiful

to see and I hope you guys can take away

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so many Nuggets of wisdom and apply these

universal lessons to your life, and I

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know I have and Agatha Thank you so much

for not only being a part of the Radiant

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Icon community But coming on Dare to be

Iconic and sharing your origin story.

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I love hearing them you guys, so honestly

Please please please Share your Dare

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to be Iconic origin stories with me DM

me, Email me whatever you have me on.

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Please let me know.

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I love hearing how Dare to Be

Iconic has impacted your life.

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It truly means everything to me

because you guys mean everything to me.

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And not to get all mushy gushy, but

Agatha has written such a beautiful

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piece on LinkedIn about her Dare

to Be Iconic journey, and I will

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link it in the show notes for you

guys so you can read it as well.

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I remember reading that and being like, Oh

my God, like, Dare to be Iconic is truly

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making a difference in people's lives.

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And so sharing your stories

means so much to me.

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And I didn't think I was going to

cry, but wow, season two, I'm really

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just crying every episode now, am I?

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It's okay.

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But truly thank you, Agatha, for

coming on Dare to be Iconic and showing

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your courage, your bravery, your

resiliency, and just just being you.

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Thank you for daring to be yourself.

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Now, I am done sobbing.

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I'm done tearing up.

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I will see you guys next week.

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Remember, Radiant Icons,

dare to be iconic.

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Bye!