Welcome to My Audaciously Speaking Podcast

In this debut episode, Nathasha Alvarez kicks off Audaciously Speaking by diving into the life lessons that shaped her bold, no-apologies attitude. From breaking bones (literally) to breaking barriers, she shares what it means to live audaciously in a world that isn’t always built for you. Get ready for raw truth, a few laughs, and the kind of perspective that just might shift your own.

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Episode Transcript

Unknown (00:02):
Welcome to audaciously speaking. I am Natasha Alvarez,
and this is my first episode ofa brand new podcast. I am very
excited about this. Believe itor not, this is probably my 20th
attempt at doing this particularepisode, I hope it goes, Okay.

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And I wanted to let you know whyI'm actually making a podcast
show. It's not exactly how Ithought it was gonna be. But
sometimes, the vehicle that weuse to get to our destination
might not be the vehicle that wethought it was going to be. And
that's okay. Additionallyspeaking, is my podcast show.

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Because I want to leavesomething behind, from when I'm
gone. I have a nephew, and Ihave a niece. And you never know
what the future is gonna bring.
I might have more nephews andnieces. And I might have more
relatives, and maybe I'll meetthem, and maybe I won't. But I
thought it would be so cool ifthey knew who I was. And they
heard my voice. It's kind ofbecause when I look at old

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photographs, I read the back ofthe photographs, and my abuelita
she used to write little thingson the back, should you take a
photo of me as a baby. And thenshe would write about how, you
know, I'm so chatty. And I didthat, or I did this whatever's
in that photo. And I thoughtthat is so cool. Nowadays,

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people don't even print outtheir photos. So a podcast might
be a great way for me to leavesomething, it might be an image
that I want to put in yourbrain, about who I am and what
I'm doing with my life. Theother reason that I decided to
make this audaciously speaking,podcast, is because many people

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have told me, You should sharewhat's happened in your life,
and how you handled it. A lot ofpeople might benefit from the
way you handle adversity, theway you achieved goals, and the
way you gain some success. NowActually, I really thought

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there's nothing I can share. ButI've noticed after speaking to,
former students, friends, coworkers, family members, and
even strangers, that there mightactually be something for me to
leave behind, that could helpother people.
My main target audience would bepeople like me, people with

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physical disabilities, throughsomething very profound in the
idea that there are many peopleout there who have physical
disability, who don't believethat they can do more with their
lives. And I just don't believethat, I believe that we all have

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something that we can do. Butsometimes we just don't know how
to do it. And maybe if I sharemy experiences with you, and I
tell you step by step, how I gotcertain things done, it might
help you, it might motivate you,it might inspire you, you never
know you might come up with yourown solution. And it could have

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started from listening to one ofthese shows. The podcast isn't
just going to be about me, I'malso going to put guests on
here, but only if they'rewilling to really dig deep and
share their most brutal and rawthoughts with you. Because

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honestly, I'm not a fan ofpodcasts. When all I hear people
saying the same exact thing withthe same exact wording. It's
very robotic, and I can't handlethat. So I thought, I'm just
gonna make those podcasts showthat it gets to the point. And
sometimes the episodes are goingto be small, like short and

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brief. And sometimes they'regoing to be a little bit
lengthy. And that's fine.
Because it's not about the time.
What's the quality of that time?
And isn't that something that wewant in everything. We all want
quality. If you're looking forquantity, then you might need to
rethink how you're living yourlife. Because actually, when it

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comes down to it, it's all aboutquality, quality books, quality
conversations, quality andtelevision, entertainment, and
therefore quality in a podcast.
And I'm hoping that I can giveyou some quality should join me
as we explore how to live anaudacious life. This is Natasha

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Alvarez. And please join meagain for audaciously speaking.
Thank you