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The Empower Hour Podcast, hosted by Gina Zapanta, is a bi-weekly podcast highlighting the importance of self-love, personal growth, and empowerment.
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How to Rebuild Your Life From Nothing: Fre'Drisha Dixon on Becoming a Lawyer and Running for Mayor (opens the original)
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In this episode of Empowered with Gina, Gina Zapanta sits down with attorney and Inglewood mayoral candidate Fre'Drisha "Sha" Dixon to talk about what it actually takes to rebuild a life from nothing. Fre'Drisha shares the moment her husband cut off every account she had access to, left her without electricity or a car, and how that became the turning point that pushed her into total financial independence. The conversation moves through her path from a theater kid in Nashville to a young mother
How Self-Made Women Build Wealth Without Anyone's Approval (opens the original)
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In this episode of Empowered with Gina, Gina Zapanta talks with two self-made women who built wealth without waiting for anyone's approval. Patty Arvielo is the co-founder and CEO of New American Funding, one of the largest Latina-owned mortgage companies in the country, and a self-made billionaire who started in the mortgage industry at sixteen. Vanessa Santos is an entrepreneur and community builder who has created billions in enterprise value and is now co-founder of Thrive and Lead, a women'
How Self-Made Women Build Wealth Without Anyone's Approval (opens the original)
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In this episode of Empowered with Gina, Gina Zapanta talks with two self-made women who built wealth without waiting for anyone's approval. Patty Arvielo is the co-founder and CEO of New American Funding, one of the largest Latina-owned mortgage companies in the country, and a self-made billionaire who started in the mortgage industry at sixteen. Vanessa Santos is an entrepreneur and community builder who has created billions in enterprise value and is now co-founder of Thrive and Lead, a women'
Answering Your Questions: Guilt, Boundaries at Work, and Outgrowing People Who Liked the Old You (opens the original)
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In this episode, Gina Zapanta answers real, unfiltered questions from her community about what it takes to keep choosing yourself once you've started the work. She covers setting boundaries at work without looking difficult, the guilt that shows up when you finally spend time and money on yourself, when an apology stops meaning anything, and how to handle people who only liked the version of you that no longer exists.Gina also gets into forgiveness without reconciliation, comparing yourself to o
Answering Your Questions: Toxic Family, One-Sided Friendships, and Partners Who Resent Your Success (opens the original)
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In this episode, Gina Zapanta answers real, unfiltered questions from her community about what it actually feels like to live a peaceful, boundaried life once the chaos is gone. She covers why peace can feel boring compared to the toxicity you're used to, how to deal with a sister who turns everything into a competition, why you replay conversations in your head worrying people are upset with you, what it means when you're always the one reaching out first in your friendships, why you shrink you
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