Inspired Talks with Janelle & Lorena: Recent Episodes
Janelle Cruz & Lorena Kichik
Grab your coffee, tea, or smoothie and join Janelle & Lorena for some Inspired Talks with special guests and experts from all walks of life! As women in the fitness and entertainment industries we'd like to provide a platform for all to share their life’s journey and provide support and help you LIVE, LOVE and INSPIRE others!
In this episode, Marina shares:
💐 How she started working in the flower business.
💐 Her biggest takeaway she would have known before she started.
💐 Her advice to those starting out.
💐 Flower care and how to choose the best quality flowers out there.
💐 Her biggest inspiration and influence.
💐 How she stands out from the rest.
💐 Her favorite skincare products and morning routine.
Resources:
Products she loves
Lululemon
Skinceuticals SPF
Vichy eye cream from Target
📚Book recommendations:
Like Water for Chocolate
Follow Marina Gorbat and Margo Florals
https://www.instagram.com/margoflorals/
@margoflorals
Bio:
Margo Florals was established in 2017 by the owner, designer, and entrepreneur Marina Gorbat. Marina specializes in custom-designed, chic, and timeless works of art using fresh, preserved, or artificial flowers and greenery of the highest quality. She designs a large selection of containers, floral wrapping paper, vases, and other floral vessels.
Margo Florals creates one of a kind floral masterpieces for all occasions and small/medium size events based on clients' individual styles and tastes.
**Margo Florals prides itself in creating and bringing beauty and joy to clients with the highest quality products, customer satisfaction, focus, and promise.
Mention Inspired Talks to Receive 50% off of delivery services for Mother’s Day!
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In this episode, Kat shares:
🎹 Her journey to pursuing a life of creativity.
🎹 Lee and Kat’s Wildly Wealthy Life Podcast
🎹 Katz Keys growth and what makes working with her different from other piano lessons.
🎹 Her love/hate relationship with piano and the value she learned from playing.
🎹 The biggest epiphany she had that brought her back to playing and teaching piano.
🎹 Kat’s journey to being a cat mama
🎹 Kat’s morning routine.
Resources:
Dave Ramsey
📚Book recommendations:
Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod
Take the Stairs by Rory Vaden
One Last Song by Mike Ayers
Follow Kat Marie and Katz Keys & Company
@katzkeys
@kat_marie._
@wildlywealthylife
https://www.instagram.com/kat_marie._/
https://instagram.com/katzkeys
https://wildlywealthylife.com/
Bio:
Kat is a dancer and aerialist who has performed all over the world and toured the US, performing to sold out stadium shows. Her credits include the World Expo in Yeosu, Korea, Music on Ice in Bellizona, Switzerland, playing the role of Magic Carpet for Aladdin, a Musical Spectacular and playing the aerialist and Rocket Raccoon role for Marvel Universe Live. While she is a passionate entertainer, she equally has a love for teaching and helping people build wealth by sharing her knowledge and creative resources. She currently owns a thriving piano teaching studio called Katz Keys & Company which has grown from serving 3 students to 60 students in just a year and a half. She's honored to be a guest here at Inspired Talks podcast and hopes to bring inspiration and motivation to this community.
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In this episode, Karimah shares:
🌟 Her journey & transition from dancing into acting.
🌟 The importance and meaning of your "essence" and direction in the entertainment industry.
🌟 How she started her online branding company.
🌟 The most important thing she wishes she had known before starting.
🌟 Her daily practice and how she prepares for callbacks.
🌟 What her biggest fear was.
Resources:
Jaime Renee Smith
https://www.instagram.com/jrsmithcoaching/
The Think Bigger Podcast
https://thinkbiggercoaching.com/
Food recommendations for our Foodies:
Sushi Dan
http://www.sushidan.com/
BCD
https://www.bcdtofuhouse.com/view-the-menu
Follow Karimah Campbell
@branding_with_karimah
https://www.instagram.com/branding_with_karimah/
https://www.brandingwithkarimah.com/
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Bio:
Karimah Campbell is a Jamaican-American, classically trained actor/branding expert hailing from Fort Lauderdale, Fl. Discouraged, after years of having no luck in the tv and film world, she found her essence/brand and started having a fast pace of success in the tv and commercial industry. You can currently catch her on Snowfall, Shameless, Everything’s Trash, Cleaning Lady.
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🍰 How dealing with food sensitivities helped with her vegan baking.
🍰 Getting clear on what you can create.
🍰 How life coaching sparked her confidence and clarity in her business.
🍰 The importance of riding on momentum.
🍰 The importance of having a website.
🍰 How believing in herself lead to success and more opportunities.
🍰 The challenges she underwent in her business and her biggest bake fail and greatest story.
🍰 The Rich & Free mastermind that helped launch her business
🍰 Her favorite tools and resources
Resources:
Follow Lisa Kap:
@ohmygoodiesla
https://www.ohmygoodiesla.com/
https://instagram.com/ohmygoodiesla?utm_medium=copy_link
Online Mentors:
Lizzy Rich Coaching
@lizzrich.love
https://www.lizzyrich.love/
Bio:
Lisa Kap is a performer turned vegan baker and creator of Oh My Goodies LA. Lisa had a unique story as she has spent the last 15 years performing around the world as a dancer, acrobat, fire performer and aerialist. She has now embraced one of her other hidden talents, baking. Lisa has spent her life creating many recipes to satisfy her sweet tooth and keep her immune system strong with her dairy sensitivity thus realizing her love for vegan baking. She also comes from a long line of bakers, and Carrie’s on her Gramie’s legacy incorporating many family recipes into the Oh My Goodies menu. Her love of entertaining is woven into the Oh My Goodies brand, from decoration, to flavoring and to the vintage models that hand deliver these desserts .
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In this episode, you’ll learn
🙌🏼 How she overcame PTSD
🙌🏼 Her approach to healing
🙌🏼 The power of growth and connection
🙌🏼 The Reiki session that she did in 5 min. to help a stranger
🙌🏼 Discovering her gifts
🙌🏼 How Healing circles can help you heal
🙌🏼 Family constellation therapy, Hypnotherapy & Dream analysis
🙌🏼 How everything is energy
🙌🏼 Your card reading for today from Grawben
Resources:
Follow Grawben Corona:
@yourpersonalmindcoach
https://instagram.com/yourpersonalmindcoach?utm_medium=copy_link
Recommendations:
TV Show -
Sex, Love and Goop with Gwyneth Paltrow
For some laughs:
Grace and Franky
Book:
The Power of Auras
https://amzn.to/3FSAsxs
Bio:
Grawben Corona is a Shamanic Sacred Circle facilitator. She leads shamanic circles and guides individuals in one’s healing.
This is done through energy healing and extended stages of consciousness.
She has learned to provide her community with a deep transformational experience.
Over the past few years she has used various shamanic and ancient teachings and techniques to lead ceremonies, healing circles, and retreats that provide a life changing transformation for people from all walks of life.
She has a heart for service and leadership to help you awaken to who you truly are. This is done through experiencing spiritual and mystical experiences. She provides you the tools to heal yourself.
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🧀 The difference between Grazing boards vs. Charcuterie boards.
🧀 How her “comadre” or godmother helped her start!
🧀 How her passion for food started
🧀 Taking action by learning from others
🧀 How Networking locally helped her growth
🧀 The importance of buying produce locally
Resources:
Follow Drea:
@hungrydreacreations
https://instagram.com/hungrydreacreations?utm_medium=copy_link
Online Mentors:
Nicole Walters
@nicolewalters
https://instagram.com/nicolewalters?utm_medium=copy_link
Chalene Johnson
@chalenejohnson
https://instagram.com/chalenejohnson?utm_medium=copy_link
Bio:
Andrea (Drea) has been making boards for her family and friends for a few years. They would always encourage her to this as a business, but she has a full time job and just didn’t see how that would be possible. But it was always on her mind.
When COVId hit, she found herself out of the job, her last day of work was March 11th, 2020. Now she had nothing but time! With a lot of encouragement from her “comadre” (godmother), along with other family members she took the leap!
This journey has been surreal! She thanks God for blessing her with so many of her customers and she’s still in awe of how quickly it has grown! It brings her so much joy to know her boxes and boards makes everyone’s day/event better! She has had the honor of being part of birthdays, anniversaries, engagements, corporate events, etc!
She’s presently working on a few projects and can’t wait to share them soon.
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In this episode we talk with Tandy Burnam. You’ll learn:
🗣 What it takes to be a PA.
🗣 That it’s NOT just about networking.
🗣 How you know a job is for you.
🗣 The #1 thing you’ll learn from working both in front of the camera and behind the camera
🗣 The importance of being honest and what not to be afraid of when it comes to the job.
🗣 When to say No.
🗣 How production and talent are the same
🗣 Tandy’s key tips when on tour.
Resources:
Tandy Burnam worked as a VIP Rep/TM assistant having toured with Blippi the Musical, Peppa Pig’s Big Adventure, and Disney Junior Dance Party. Tandy has also worked in film TV/Film production since 2004 for primetime shows including MTV’s Real World, Oxygen’s Bad Girl’s Club, NBC’s America’s Got Talent, American Idol and countless other networks.
Tandy has enjoyed both sides of the camera and was featured in the Parmalee ft. Blanco Brown “Just the Way” music video in January 2020.
Tandy is currently preparing to take on new first adventures before going back to touring in the Spring, by working EDC festival and setting sail with the annual Kiss Cruise.
Follow Tandy
@tandyadar
https://instagram.com/tandyadar?utm_medium=copy_link
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In this episode, you’ll learn
💥Why Lord Kojay started his YouTube gaming channel and his campaign as a fan of Zack Snyder’s Justice League.
💥 How he uses storytelling on his channel
💥 Why he chose Bollywood as his genre of dance
💥 How he used his love for film making to help him through adversity
💥About his short film, “Cindy Bunny”
💥 How his campaign for Zack’s Snyder’s Justice League inspired him to organize his own charity in Sri Lanka.
💥 The mental health charity he promotes year round
💥 About his next project
💥 Why dancers make for better martial artists on screen.
💥 About his favorite comics and why.
💥 The importance of learning from people and not just books
Resources:
Zack Snyder’s Cut Justice League
https://amzn.to/3c6671a
Lone Wolf and Cub comics
https://amzn.to/3oqgUZZ
Korean Film “The Restless”
https://amzn.to/3DalLEK
Charities:
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)
https://supporting.afsp.org/?_ga=2.162292156.180804037.1636702028-2129238200.1636702028
Follow Lord Kojay:
YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/LordKojay
IG: @lordkojay https://instagram.com/lordkojay?utm_medium=copy_link
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What you’ll learn in this episode:
🙌🏼 How he shifted his way of training
🙌🏼 His #1 tip to help start your journey to self healing.
🙌🏼 How he helped heal injuries in almost every joint of his body
🙌🏼 What we need to do to play the long game of longevity when it comes to healing
🙌🏼 What he realized after building his massage practice
🙌🏼 Andrew’s recommendations for healing
🙌🏼 How to do your own gardening when it comes to your body
🙌🏼 The importance of consistency and maintenance
🙌🏼 The future of Holistic Healing Centers and his Self Healing Arts Academy
🙌🏼 How to make healing a part of your life
🙌🏼 The tool he used to heal his back while taking care of a newborn
🙌🏼 Andrew’s simple solution to Pain due to LA traffic.
Resources:
Andrew’s Recommended books:
Books by Jocko Willink:
Extreme Ownership https://amzn.to/3GFBTAl
The Dichotomy of Leadership
https://amzn.to/31kDz1L
Leadership Strategies and Tactics
https://amzn.to/3q2EQFk
Follow Andrew:
IG @healwithsndrew
https://instagram.com/healwithandrew?utm_medium=copy_link
@selfhealingartsacademy
https://instagram.com/selfhealingartsacademy?utm_medium=copy_link
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Coco shares her experiences as a dancer and new Mom.
What you’ll learn in the episode:
💃🏻 How being a Mom is just like dancing.
💃🏻 The importance of having hope.
💃🏻 Finding balance as a dancer and new Mom.
💃🏻 How a failed visa renewal lead to her biggest opportunity as a dancer
Resources:
IG @coco_natsuko
https://instagram.com/coco__natsuko?utm_medium=copy_link
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In this episode, you’ll learn:
💪🏽 How fitness helped Erin through her mental health.
💪🏽 The similarities between being a professional dancer and bikini competitor.
💪🏽 The biggest advice she recommends giving someone wanting to help others with their mental health.
💪🏽 How to use your transferable skills when entering into a new role at work.
💪🏽 What to focus on & what NOT to focus on when competing.
💪🏽 Her strict morning routine
💪🏽 The difference between improvement season vs. competition season.
💪🏽 The importance of tracking and what she does to make it fun.
💪🏽 The importance of having a coach.
💪🏽 What she makes time for that helps her show up as her best self
Resources:
Mind Pump Podcast
IG @egales
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Announcing:
🍂October Fitness Challenge Oct.1-30th
🍂 First In-person Boo-ty barre class on Halloween, Oct. 31st (Dress up, show up and move with us!)
🍂 NEW Mat Pilates classes every week 8am & 7pm starting Oct. 1st
🍂 First Women’s Mixer on Oct. 10th
All Links will be posted in our BIO on Instagram on Oct. 1st!
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In this episode you'll learn the unique way Elizabeth created her business to combine both her love for baking and fitness in one!
Learn:
🍰 How she packs so much flavor in her desserts.
🍰 How her fine arts background is used to create her desserts.
🍰 How she got started in fitness and how important it is to her mental health
🍰 Why she named her business, "Flaky Salt Desserts".
🍰 Helpful tips for anyone first starting out as a baker.
🍰 Her advice on launching your new products.
🍰 How she creates her own recipes into art!
🍰 The special ingredient in "The Lorena" and why she named this dessert after her.
🍰 Her favorite dessert to create and eat.
Guest Resources:
See pictures of Elizabeth's desserts and order here:
https://www.instagram.com/flakysaltdesserts/
Show Notes:
Culinary artist and confectioner, Elizabeth Freeman serves as founder and head chef at Flaky Salt Desserts. Initially beginning her career as a fine artist, Elizabeth ultimately followed her passion for food and took her personal and professional dreams in that direction
Her love for baking started at an early age of seven, where she would sit for hours in front of the "Food Network Channel" and try to replicate every recipe down to the exact gram of flour.
By the age of 12, Elizabeth had started her baking business among family friends and quickly became the go-to cake shop of every birthday gathering. Years later, she would find herself involved in the fitness world and sought to combine her two passions.
Although there was an influx of protein confectionary in the market, there was only one thing missing, FLAVOR!
Today, Flaky Salt Desserts focusses exclusively on deliciously decadent protein-based desserts and custom cake creations inspired by French culinary technique. All desserts are meticulously handcrafter with organic ingredients and protein that make up the complete amino-acid profile.
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GUEST : LOUIE & KATHY
HOSTS : Janelle Cruz Pilates & Lorena Yahaira Kichik
EP .5
Louie and Kathy Novoa share their insights as dancers on American Bandstand to becoming legendary choreographers in TV & Film! Some celebrities they’ve worked with include John Travolta & Salma Hayek.
What you'll learn in this episode:
🌟What it was like to work with Dick Clark.
🌟How Louie and Kathy began partnering together.
🌟The difference between being a dancer and a choreographer.
🌟The importance of networking.
🌟How you can still work without an agent.
🌟How they were original trend setters with their fashion originals.
🌟What Kathy realized about her camera angles.
🌟 How to stay working.
🌟 What it was like to work with John Travolta.
Guest Resources:
https://youtu.be/wEVHjNqBDoQ
Show Notes:
Louie Novoa grew up in Los Angeles and began his dancing career at age 15 dancing on the TV show American Bandstand for Dick Clark Productions. He worked with John Travolta teaching his the couple dancing for the movie "Saturday Night Fever". Louie became the resident choreographer for Aaron Spelling Productions choreographing TV shows like
Beverly Hills 90210", "Buddy Faro", "The Love Boat New Wave" and "Charmed". He has also choreographed numerous movies, commercials and TV shows including "NCIS", Freaks and Geeks", "Deal or no Deal", "Dexter" and "NCIS LA". While working for Lionsgate Productions he choreographed Salma Hayek and Eugenio Derbez for the movie "How to be a Latin Lover". Louie worked for Blumhouse Productions choreographing and acting in the movie "The Forever Purge". Louie is also a part of the judging panel for "The World Choreography Awards" (WCA).
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Are you interested in being a fighter? In this episode, Grisha dishes on
- His morning routine and how he’s kept his weight since high school!
- The biggest challenge he faced in his career as a fighter.
- His advice to anyone just starting out.
- What is takes to recover from a fight.
- His key steps to bouncing back after 2 knees surgeries.
Guest Resources:
Website: http://www.gwayfitness.com/
Instagram: https://instagram.com/grisha_bg?utm_medium=copy_link
@g_way_fitness_official
@grish_bg
Recommended books:
Selling the Invisible: A Field Guide to Modern Marketing https://www.amazon.com/dp/0446672319/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_CY60XGGM6AWTV47C6KMH
Who Moved My Cheese?: An A-Mazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life https://www.amazon.com/dp/0091816971/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_SNC94MBWG6V3AX8R9G8E
Show Notes:
Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, Grisha began his athletic training as a young boy and went on to compete professionally in karate and kickboxing. Grisha has won several European and World Championship titles in kickboxing and karate. In addition, Grisha is currently recognized by Billy Blanks as the number 1 TaeBo Instructor in the national instructors' competition (1st place 2005 & 2006). Grisha is certified by the Prívate Trainers Association (Tom Prince IFBB Pro) and has been a martial arts coach since 1990 and a personal trainer since 1994. Throughout his years as a coach and trainer, Grisha has helped hundreds of people achieve their fitness goals. Since becoming a certified personal trainer in the US, Grisha has worked with many Hollywood actors, celebrities, and professional athletes, including Vanessa Marano, Rebekah Chaney, Marla Maples, Chris Hayes, Rodney Barnes, and David Wagner.
In this episode we have Christo Ivanov is a Bulgarian-American Fighter and Fitness Professional that has been in the industry for over 24 years.
Christo explains how he started his business as a personal trainer, how martial arts has helped him in his life, and his passion for helping young fighters thrive.
Guest Resources:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coach_christo_/
https://www.instagram.com/g_way_fitness_official/
Show Notes:
Christo Ivanov is a Bulgarian-American Fighter and Fitness Professional that has been in the industry for over 24 years. With a First-Degree Black Belt in Kyokushin Karate and Taekwondo, Christo has gone to won Gold in the 2015 Taekwondo State Championship and Silver in the 2019 International Shidokan Kickboxing Championship.
Over the years, he has competed in several different disciples such as Jiu-Jitsu and Boxing, practicing his craft worldwide. Christo found his passion for fighting and acting at a young age and has found martial arts to be very similar to theatre in both performance and audience.
Today, Christo can be found at his gym training several competitive fighters, including Former World-Champion James Toney and preparing with his team for an upcoming competition this year in Tokyo, Japan.
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In this episode you'll learn about:
- What it takes to run a dojo and how our guest got started.
- The important skills to have as an entrepreneur.
- What motivates him in the personal development space.
- What he is creating now.
- What advice he recommends for others wanting to run their very own dojo.
Guest Resources:
Website: https://www.crescentmoonkarate.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_dragon_la/
Www.crescentmoonkarate.com Www.theroberttorres.com Instagram: @losangelesmartialarts
@theroberttorres
YouTube.com/crescentmoonkarate
YouTube.com/theroberttorres
Show Notes:
Kyoshi Robert Torres has been involved in the martial arts his entire life. He is dedicated to the arts, motivating and challenging both children and adults to be the best version of themselves and achieve “Black Belt Excellence”.
In 1998 he achieved the rank of Black Belt under Shihan Rick Herbster of Rising Sun Karate Academy, NJ.
Kyoshi Torres is an accomplished 6th Degree Black Belt! He earned the prestigious Eagle Scout Award and attained his first Black Belt before his 17th birthday. He joined the United States military and served in the New Jersey and California Army National Guard for 9 years. Having relocated to Los Angeles, and completing his service in the National Guard, Mr. Torres opened his own Martial Arts training facility.
Martial Arts Ranks:
6th Degree Black Belt – Wa do Ryu Karate: May, 2016 Shihan Rick Herbster (Rising Sun Karate Academy)
4th Degree Black Belt – USJA Japanese Jiu Jitsu: Sensei Scott Main (USJA)
1st Degree Black Belt – Okinawan Kempo: Aug, 2001 -Shihan Brian De’gori (OKKA)
Black belt – Brazilian Jiu Jitsu: Dec, 2020 – Professor Alberto Crane (Legacy BJJ)
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We were so excited to have Sheryl on as our very first guest! She's a mentor, teacher, choreographer, and performer that we truly feel honored to have in our lives. She has defied the odds in the dance industry and proved that anything is possible with consistency, passion, and dedication.
In this episode you'll learn:
- How Sheryl got started in the industry
- How acting helped her focus in 2019
- What it was like to be a power ranger and her favorite place while on tour
Guest Resources:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kendall.sheryl/
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