Middle Finger Happiness

Wash your dirty hands - grab a snack. This ain't your daddy's podcast. This is MIDDLE FINGER HAPPINESS. {work hard. live well. don't fuck with me.} The come-back is always stronger than the setback . Sharon Lee Zapata, award-winning speaker, writer, artist, author of Middle Finger Happiness and CEO [chief energy officer] The Zapata Group - - She has no eminence front just earbud paraphernalia you crave. : Ever been at the fork in the road? ...Where you think, "F*ck it, I have to improve my life; make choices to do things differently, better?!" : Crack on! Let's go! xoxo, Sharon

Episodes

The Super Powers of the Female 🧠 Brain. It’s International Women’s Day 🌏

March 8, 2022 • 16 min

Sharon’s back with a short power punch episode - - let’s looks at what makes the super power female brain. Is Women’s intuition real? Why Women’s brains tend to be 𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔…and more. Also, she has a free giveaway! Her latest book: 📚“𝑴𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒍𝒆 𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔… 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅.𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍.𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒇*𝒄𝒌 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒆”

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Special guest Ramon Ruiz, LMSW (licenses master social worker)& Recording Hip Hop Artist: The Rarity

February 19, 2022 • 52 min

Meet Ramon Ruiz, ‘The Rarity’ Hip Hop singer, writer, producer, and Mental Health Specialist. He shares a plethora of amazing topics. His love of music, creativity, self-care, helping people, and how he became a LMSW. Ramon has seen an increase in teenage patients with mental health struggles, depression, and anxiety. The amount of teens performing Self-Harm cutting has grown (since the COVID19 pandemic arrived) Follow him on Inst...

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Sharon & Leo + 2 cups of coffee - talk about a plethora of absorbing current topics & experiences

November 30, 2021 • 60 min

Grab your coffee or cold beer- - Laughs mixed with seriousness … Who needs news when you’ve got Sharon and her Special Edition Co-host, Leo Phoenix. Today they riff on the mic 🎙 about the Russian Anti-satellite Testing (DA-ASAT missile), China’s new hypersonic space missile that went around the world, Covid Flu, Omicron Variant, The Simpson’s, and Leo’s CVS drive-thru COVID19 testing with a homeless man, and so much more…

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“Australia 🇦🇺+COVID19 = Fully F*cked.” Great guest! Laurence McIntyre let’s us know how “mad” it is

November 4, 2021 • 58 min

COVID19 in Australia is unbelievable. Imagine several “lockdowns”? How about the latest lockdown at 300 days w\only one hour of outdoor activity. And you’re not allowed to meet & talk with your neighbors AND you’re not allowed to drive past 3-miles away from your home… (if you are not vaccinated, you are STILL in lockdown) Authoritarian police are power crazy; no protest are allowed, no rights to guns, or maze/pepper spray. Austral...

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How to Reset From a Shitty Day👍🏼

October 27, 2021 • 16 min

Sharon shares how she handled getting laid off, starting her consulting business AND her 2 big tips on 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒂 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒚. Sometimes we have days like this… Have you noticed when we’re at our absolute best it’s usually because we’re making good changes or improving our 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔? - -

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Special Guest Bek Lover. Unbelievable interview: chills, courage, determination “do your life now”

September 22, 2021 • 69 min

Special episode from New York City - meet Bek Love, one of the greatest story tellers and host of 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝙱𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚃𝚎𝚊𝚖 𝚙𝚘𝚍𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚝 - - We all have struggles, insecurities, people we love who’ve died, maybe regret… Bek’s powerful messages will move you “𝑵𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒃𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆, 𝒏𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒆-𝑩𝒂𝒄𝒌!” Follo...

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Welcome back Dr. Roman Velázquez, Former Marine, New Author, Neuro Cognitive Performance Specialist

September 20, 2021 • 45 min

Dr. Velázquez shares with us how our brain ultimately controls our body. He’ll tell us how to handle our ‘mental’ chatter, how to quiet a ‘noisy’ 🧠 brain. : :And how about our 70,000 daily thoughts? How they help all of us become what we think about. - - His new Book: 𝑭𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝑺𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝑵𝒆𝒖𝒓𝒐 𝑪𝒐𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈… 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝑨𝒕𝒉𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒘𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒊�...

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Tired of the B.S. that’s happening in our country 🇺🇸 Sharon doesn’t hold back it’s her podcast

September 16, 2021 • 13 min

Sharon records her podcast while on her 10 miles bike ride. At this point in her podcast career she is not holding back on what she thinks about the clown ass administration from Biden’s vaccine mandate push to his incompetent leadershit (Sharon doesn’t care if you like or follow her and her Podcast either)

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Hello Season 5! Saturday’s drinking episode; our reaction to ‘Coughing’ in public + special guests

September 11, 2021 • 61 min

Back In the studio… after a 4 week break - - Sharon and her special Ed-Cohost Leo Phoenix share drinks 🍹 with Anonymous guest: Cobra Kai - They’re reaction to how people’s response to a simple Cough 😷in public during the COVID pandemic and other shenanigan conversations

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Catching up with my special Ed Co host and Deep Eddy Vodka 🔺

July 28, 2021 • 54 min

Get ready to laugh your ass off and catch up with Leo & Sharon

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Reinstall your mindset w/special guest Bishop Bang. There’s no place like great health in your life.

July 21, 2021 • 33 min

Meet the founder of Bang Bang Fitness. Bishop Bang is a quintessential man when it comes to inspiring the human spirit! Great things will happen when you mix mindset, movement, and choose to reinvent your physical & mental health in your life. Follow him on Instagram @BangBangFitnessLLC - Follow him on Facebook Bang Bang Fitness

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Ex-Marine,Dr.Roman Velázquez ‘THE’ Fight-Sport Cognitive Performance Trainer: MMA Fighters & Boxing

June 30, 2021 • 48 min

😯 Get ready to learn about your noggin! The average human has 70,000 thoughts daily- Dr. Velázquez tells us so much about OUR 🧠 BRAIN - creativity, fatigue, memory, learning new skills, and so much more. 🔸he trains with MMA Fighters 🔸 the MODERN DAY Gladiator 🔸rewire your circuits 🔸 improve your memory 🔸get shit done 🔸 focus Follow him in Instagram @dr.romanvelasquez 👈🏼 - On Facebook follow him on 👉🏼 www.Facebook.c...

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Drew Milden brings a surge of kick-ass energy. Behind the scenes: podcaster, info tech dude, and dad

June 24, 2021 • 34 min

Enjoy the co-mixture of advice, favorite mistakes, and what it takes to start 𝒂𝒏𝒚 new endeavor. Drew is the podcast host of 𝑫𝒓𝒆𝒘 𝒗𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅. We laugh about 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 we’ve both experienced in life and so much more. Follow Drew on Instagram & Facebook @drewvstheworldpodcast and his website https://www.drewvstheworld.com

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Weird Girl Adventures! Meet Shelley Brown- Author & Artist and badass who brings pure 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕-𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒚

June 24, 2021 • 35 min

Shelley is the Author of her new book: 𝑾𝒆𝒊𝒓𝒅 𝑮𝒊𝒓𝒍 𝑨𝒅𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑨-𝒁 Tap into your potential and embrace your “new next” levels of your weirdness. We talk about overcoming struggles & strains. Her interview will help your discover your personal alertness, mindfulness and so much more. Get her new book! Great summertime read 🏖- available at Barnes & Noble, Target, Amazon. Visit her website 🖤 www.weirdgir...

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Puppies For Breakfast is back! Hector Garcia & Common Steve bring Corona beer & great convos!

April 28, 2021 • 99 min

It’s been a minute or three since I’ve had my friends Steve Martinez a.k.a. Common Steve and Hector Garcia in the studio... Two uber creative Houston difference makers. These entrepreneurs always bring great vibes, off the cuff convos... and more. Houston Texas get ready for the biggest dog festival in the world 🌎 Puppies For Breakfast is back! May 8th @dogpophtx @hectorgarciahtx (Instagram) - AND get ready for Houston’s new one-o...

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Sundays with Sharon is back! Get some Schweeeet-Mini kickass 💥 that will get you going

April 25, 2021 • 9 min

We always pass failures on the way to our successes.... there are reasons why a pencil had a ✏️ an eraser ....if you have to rewrite your story? Well, whip out that eraser. After some email requests, Sundays with Sharon is back💥 - - just a short, positiveAF message. ❤️ love, Sharon

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Giving birth to a dead baby - he’s thriving 8 yrs.later non-curable illness Meet Amanda, Ezra’s mom

April 19, 2021 • 57 min

Let’s just name this podcast “Life Report- How to Stay Alive, Strive, and Thrive”. Amanda, a nursing student with honors and (single young mother) tells her true story of how she broke her leg and her baby son’s heart-breaking birth and delivery. Amanda did not listen to all the doctor’s advice. She bravely investigated, researched, and headed forward with her intuition. This podcast interview made me cry and laugh. It’s a must ‘l...

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Imagine your sister dies when you’re 9 years old? Trauma triggers permanent hair loss into adulthood

April 14, 2021 • 38 min

Have you been called a freak growing up because you are completely bald as a kid.. Growing up with a big personal secret - that no one knows... Well, meet an amazing badass woman: Kathi Tait, from Australia. She’s the Founder of Bald and Blonde Evolution Podcast “THE BALD WARRIOR” movement. Her story will shift your mind set and inspire you beyond any baby-ass pep talk you’ve probably had. Instagram & Facebook @baldevolution

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Meet the kickass women behind PAWZUP! How a single mom & her friend team up to make this happen

April 14, 2021 • 42 min

This is for the people who love their 🐶 dogs. Spring is in full swing- Are you ready to get outside?❤️ You've heard of Woodstock? Well, Don’t miss "Woofstock' the 2nd PAWZUP Dog Festival for 2021!! - Tiffanie & Jill are hilarious at describing all the moving parts of creating a new endeavor that’s focused on their ❤️love for all dogs. Follow them on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/pawzuphtx/ and on Facebook https://w...

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Too young for Cancer: Tamira Jubber Unapologetically Loud Breast Cancer Awareness survivor/advocate

April 7, 2021 • 40 min

Imagine having knife stabbing feelings- in your breast? Imagine having to make your life changing decisions with such little time. Leo & Sharon interview Tamira, who at 29 yrs. old, was at the height of her global marketing career - - was diagnosed with stage III Metastatic Triple Positive. Her story will more inspire you- -Now at her 5 year bench mark, she is an unapologetically loud breast cancer advocate, survivor on a mission t...

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Episodes

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.css-r6mb8g{margin:0;word-break:break-word;display:-webkit-box;-webkit-box-orient:vertical;box-orient:vertical;-webkit-line-clamp:1;overflow:hidden;}Special guest Ramon Ruiz, LMSW (licenses master social worker)& Recording Hip Hop Artist: The Rarity

Sharon & Leo + 2 cups of coffee - talk about a plethora of absorbing current topics & experiences

“Australia 🇦🇺+COVID19 = Fully F*cked.” Great guest! Laurence McIntyre let’s us know how “mad” it is

How to Reset From a Shitty Day👍🏼

Special Guest Bek Lover. Unbelievable interview: chills, courage, determination “do your life now”

Welcome back Dr. Roman Velázquez, Former Marine, New Author, Neuro Cognitive Performance Specialist

Tired of the B.S. that’s happening in our country 🇺🇸 Sharon doesn’t hold back it’s her podcast

Hello Season 5! Saturday’s drinking episode; our reaction to ‘Coughing’ in public + special guests

Catching up with my special Ed Co host and Deep Eddy Vodka 🔺

Reinstall your mindset w/special guest Bishop Bang. There’s no place like great health in your life.

Ex-Marine,Dr.Roman Velázquez ‘THE’ Fight-Sport Cognitive Performance Trainer: MMA Fighters & Boxing

Drew Milden brings a surge of kick-ass energy. Behind the scenes: podcaster, info tech dude, and dad

Weird Girl Adventures! Meet Shelley Brown- Author & Artist and badass who brings pure 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕-𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒚

Puppies For Breakfast is back! Hector Garcia & Common Steve bring Corona beer & great convos!

Sundays with Sharon is back! Get some Schweeeet-Mini kickass 💥 that will get you going

Giving birth to a dead baby - he’s thriving 8 yrs.later non-curable illness Meet Amanda, Ezra’s mom

Imagine your sister dies when you’re 9 years old? Trauma triggers permanent hair loss into adulthood

Meet the kickass women behind PAWZUP! How a single mom & her friend team up to make this happen

Too young for Cancer: Tamira Jubber Unapologetically Loud Breast Cancer Awareness survivor/advocate

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