#143: From a Voiceless Immigrant to an Outspoken Agent of Change with Marina Byezhanova

Marina is a Soviet-born raised-in-Ukraine, first-generation Canadian immigrant.

She is an entrepreneur, writer, head-hunter, and global public speaker. She has been featured in Inc.com, Forbes.com, Yahoo News, Financial Post, Fast Company, and Success Magazine. Marina's mission is to help people scale the reach of their voices and to stand out and be heard.

She is highly involved with Entrepreneurs’ Organization as the Canadian host of the global Forum Confidential podcast, Culture Expert for Canadian chapters, and contributor to Global Student Entrepreneur Awards.

In this episode, we discuss:

1. Marina’s strength is developing proprietary personal branding methodology and helping leaders be seen through the power of their personal brand.
2. The vulnerability of connection is emotional ROI. Vulnerability is critical to connecting with others. 
3. Being grateful for all of the lesson’s life is trying to teach us. It is not for us to understand our lessons, sometimes we simply have to trust that they are here to teach us something about ourselves.
4. We are a brand, our business, our message, we are the brand. We must practice self-awareness of ourselves and secondly, we must Own it all. This is where we practice vulnerability.  This is owning all of who we are!
5. The next step is to own our uniqueness. There is a reason we are who we are. 
6. Lastly, we need a platform to stand up and to stand out. Incredible things can happen when we consistently show up and own who we are.  Our people can see us!

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Marsha Vanwynsberghe — Author, Speaker, and Life Coach

Marsha is the 6-time Bestselling Author of “When She Stopped Asking Why”.  She shares her lessons as a parent who dealt with teen substance abuse far past the level of normal experimentation.

Through her programs, coaching, and live events for women, Marsha is on a mission to teach you how to “Own Your Choices” in your own life.  She teaches women how to own their stories, lead themselves, and pay it forward to others by creating businesses that serve, support, and impact others.