Welcome to the Very Well Mind podcast. I'm Mina B, and I'm a licensed social worker, mental health educator, and author of owning our struggles. I'll be chatting with experts, wellness advocates,

and others about the power of community care in improving your mental health. We'll delve

into topics such as friendships, managing difficult relationships, and most importantly,

how to cultivate belonging and support in our lives. Now, let's jump into today's

episode. A Chang Agutu is a Kenyan-born model and digital content creator, who has made a name for herself through social platforms by serving us a daily bowl of motivation, daily affirmations, self-love, and fearlessness.

The positivity became a viral sensation, leading Vogue to name her

the Confidence Queen. Global attention for major brands such as Victoria's Secret and Away

followed, and she was also chosen for this year's create and cultivate topate Top 100 List for Creators.

Additionally, A Chiang dives deeper into building confidence in her new weekly podcast, The Queen's Archives.

Each week, she welcomes a guest into her Queen's quarters to discuss life and all its messy

in-betweens with humor and Proseco.

She now resides in New York City and plans to continue her journey in hyping others up

and creating a space for all to feel like Queens.

Hello, Acheang.

Thank you for being a part of the show today.

Hello, thank you for having me today as well. Of course. I'm really excited to jump into this conversation because you are just a star. And I really want to know a lot about your journey. So you are known as the Confidence Queen. And to have that type of title is truly an honor. So can you

please let us know how you became coined the Confidence Queen? I have just been calling myself that

because that's how I feel. For a long time, I didn't feel like I was confident. For a long time,

I didn't feel like I was worthy. So I self-proclaimed

it and said, listen, I'm going to be the confidence queen and live my life in that manner,

in that lifestyle, in the essence that is very much queen, queenie, queendom. And so I think I coined it,

and then later on it was solidified by Vogue magazine.

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