Ep 8: Kimmay Caldwell of hurray! Kimmay: Musical theater actress turned undergarment educator and self-love coach and owner of hurray! Kimmay

Ep 9: Jessica Nichol Thomas of Ignite Health Solutions: Ballet dancer turned health and fitness coach and the owner of Ignite Health Solutions

Today's guest is Jessica Nichol Thomas of Ignite Health Solutions. She is a former ballet dancer turnedhealth and fitness coach and the owner of Ignite Health Solutions, which offers virtual hiit classes, small outdoor group trainings and nutrition coaching.

Jessica talks about her journey to becoming a dancer, her struggle with her body and eating healthy. When she discovered crossfit she realized the benefits of training and nutrition. She finally felt strong and began loving her body. She found the goals measurable and could create change by following the plan. She also decided she wanted kids to learn how to feel good not just look good.

Some of the notable thoughts:
1.Dancers are both athletes and artists and they need to be respected and treated appropriately. That is the best way to pull out the best of people.
2. Crossfit provided her with goals that were measurable
3.For the first time she felt strong and it was about how she felt in her body not what it looked like
4. Dance gave me determination and focus

Links:
Ignite Health Solution: http://www.ignitehealthsolutions.com
Social links:Instagramfacebook
Ignite Bootcamp
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This is Act 2 Interviews hosted by Sofia Negron. Interviews with former professional artists who have moved on to a new career and their stories of discovery, transition, passion and resilience.

Ep 8: Kimmay Caldwell of hurray! Kimmay: Musical theater actress turned undergarment educator and self-love coach and owner of hurray! Kimmay

Today's guest is Kimmay Caldwell of hurray! Kimmay. She is a former musical theater actress turned undergarment educator and self-love coach and owner of hurray! Kimmay.

Kimmay talks about how paying for college herself gave her the freedom to choose acting as her career path. Having to work full-time, brought her opportunities she never would have thought of which led to her current business. She also chats about how discovering her WHY has given her the freedom to pursue lots of different things.

Some of the notable thoughts:
1. Find your WHY andlead from there for everything that you do
2. Show up and be nice
3.You are allowed to change your mind
4. Give 110% before you decide to move on

Links:
Hurray! Kimmay: https://hurraykimmay.com/
Social links:Instagramfacebook
Hurray! Kimmay Resources: https://hurraykimmay.com/resources-inside/
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This is Act 2 Interviews hosted by Sofia Negron. Interviews with former professional artists who have moved on to a new career and their stories of discovery, transition, passion and resilience.

Ep 7 Debra Flashenberg: Actress and now the founder and director of the Prenatal Yoga Center in New York City and host of the podcast, Yoga Birth Babies.

Today's guest is Debra Flashenberg of the Prenatal Yoga Center. She is an actress turned yogi who is the founderand director of the Prenatal Yoga Center in New York City and host of the podcast, Yoga Birth Babies.

Debra talks about her journey from being a tiny performer to graduating from Boston Conservatory, a national tour of Hair and how yoga became a part of her life. Debra talks about how prenatal yoga became her passion and how her work ethic made her successful.

Some of the notable questions and thoughts:
1. Never spend more money than you have
2.You can't succeed in the arts unless you really love what you're doing and as artists we learn how to have the work ethic to do it
3.Performing artists make great yoga teachers
4.If you lose the passion, it means its time to start looking for something more fulfilling
5. If you don't have the skills then learn them. We have the talent now we just have to hone it and see if we are willing to take the next steps.

Links:

Prenatal Yoga Center: https://prenatalyogacenter.com
Yoga | Birth | Babies Podcast: https://prenatalyogacenter.com/podcast-list/
Who’s Afraid of The Pregnant Yogi Teacher Training Online Class: https://leads.prenatalyogacenter.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prenatalyogacenter/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-kox6ro2Ai6174ljgRUsKQ
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PrenatalYogaCenter

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This is Act 2 Interviews hosted by Sofia Negron. Interviews with former professional artists who have moved on to a new career and their stories of discovery, transition, passion and resilience.

Ep 6 Sharon Becker of SB Beauty: Actress turned Make-up artist and owner of a boutique hair and make-up studio

Today's guest is Sharon Becker owner of SB Beauty. She is an actress turned make-up and hair artist in NYC.

Sharon talks about how her acting and side job at Macy's led her to SB Beauty. We discuss her journey from NYU to Shakespeare to the Macy's Prescriptive's counter, learning excel spreadsheets and event planning. How she defines success and making her clients look like themselves on their best day.

Some of the notable questions and thoughts:
1. Transitioning to something else does not mean failure
2. Finding value in finishing things
3.Working 5 jobs because that's what actors do and how they all contributed to her success with SB Beauty
4.Success means that you find a path where you can contribute to your community
5. There's always a way. She's very encouraging to people who are in different family situations that they can still do it. It's about breaking it down and taking the right steps.

Links:

SB Beauty : Weddings: https://sb-beauty.com
Commercial: https://www.sharonbeckerbeauty.com
Social links:Instagram
NYU Acting Program: https://tisch.nyu.edu/drama
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This is Act 2 Interviews hosted by Sofia Negron. Interviews with former professional artists who have moved on to a new career and their stories of discovery, transition, passion and resilience.

Ep 5 Jimmi Circosta of Corcoran: Rockstar turned realtor

Today's guest is Jimmi Circosta, aka Jimmi C, Realtor with Corcoran, a world-renowned company of residential real estate agents. He was a a musician turned realtor.

Jimmi talks about his journey as a musician playing in renowned rock clubs around NYC such as CBGB and the Limelight to becoming a top realtor in NYC.

Some of the notable questions and thoughts:
1.The hardest thing about being an artist is just being an artist and not having to work other jobs to supplement it. That's whats hard, because if you want to be an outlier, and want to be the best, you got to focus on that.And that was the struggle.
2. In the music business,you're constantly being told no,being rejected and that made getting into real estate easier because you realize that everything isn't going to work out
3.Being a musician, he had a lot more resilience. He could bounce back faster. He understood that not every deal was going to work out for me. It was more about relationships and people.
4.When you're moving on (transitioning), try to find something that gives you happiness and joy like you did with your music (art).

Links:

-Jimmi C at Corcoran : https://www.corcoran.com/nyc-real-estate/agents/park-avenue-south/jimmi-circosta/21303
-Instagram : @jimmicnyc
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Join me next for the next episode when I interview, Sharon Becker, Former professional actress turned make-up artist and owner of SB Beauty, a boutique make-up and hair agency

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This is Act 2 Interviews hosted by Sofia Negron. Interviews with former professional artists who have moved on to a new career and their stories of discovery, transition, passion and resilience. Sofia Negron is a former professional dancer and now a professional brand and event photographer. You can view her work at: http://www.sofianegron.com