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    The Discipline of Hope

    This bonus episode was recorded as a live workshop, with Alba Villamil, partner and facilitator at HmntyCntrd, joining for the second half to open it up into a Q&A. What follows pulls from both halves: the talk Vivianne gave and...

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    6 Rules for Building the Life That You Want

    Episode 41 closed out Choose Courage's 2025 season with Vivianne solo, no guest, just six rules pulled from a year of watching two broken stories collide: corporate loyalty that no longer holds up its end, and an entrepreneurship industry selling...

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    You Don't Need to Build an Empire.

    This episode is the third installment of In Between, the miniseries where we talk about the parts of building a life and a business that don't make anyone's highlight reel. I sat down with Vincent Brathwaite, a Caribbean American design...

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    Is It Your Intuition or Just Anxiety?

    This episode kicks off In Between, a four-part miniseries about the quiet, unglamorous moments that shape entrepreneurs far more than the highlight reel ever does. I sat down with Vincent Brathwaite, a longtime friend and fellow founder, to work through...

  • A person in a black t-shirt stands at a wooden workbench, writing with a yellow pencil on white paper next to an open laptop.

    The Rebel's Guide to Business

    This week on the podcast I sat down with Dan Mall, designer, educator, and founder of the design collaborative SuperFriendly, to talk about firing clients, walking away from six figures, and the exercise that tells you when you finally have...