Lizzie Velasquez- Author, Host & Motivational Speaker

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Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

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🗓️ 1 August 2018

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Lizzie Velasquez is an author, host and Motivational speaker. Lizzie was born with a rare disease called Neonatal Progeroid Syndrome, which makes it impossible for her to gain weight. When Lizzie was 17 years old, she stumbled upon a youtube video that was titled “World’s Ugliest Woman”. To her shock, the video featured a photo of her face. Lizzie was devastated that someone could be so cruel, however, it was in that moment of absolute despair that she decided to start her public speaking career. Since then she has given speeches all over the world, including her Ted Talk, which has garnered over 17 million views. In addition to public speaking, Lizzie has authored four books, produced a documentary about her life called, A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story and hosted her own show on fullscreen called, Unzipped, where she challenges our society’s beauty standards. Today, Lizzie is here to chat with our editorial director, Jerico Mandybur, all about how to overcome bullying, how to turn your suffering into purpose and how to find the silver lining in your adversity.

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0:27.0	It's such a complicated idea and yet for so long we've all collectively subscribed to a single definition of the word,
0:34.7	which was likely given to us by a white-haired dude, somewhere in a boardroom in the 1960s.
0:40.5	And there's nothing wrong with that definition, with the notion of climbing a corporate ladder with a singular focus.
0:45.0	But it's time to make space for a few other definitions, for side hustles and well-being and failing forward,
0:52.0	and for the idea that success is a wild ride, not the
0:55.6	destination at the end of it. Join me for a journey into the lives of women who
1:00.6	are redefining success and paving the way for others with grit and grace.
1:04.5	I'm Sophie Am Russo, the founder and CEO of Girl Boss Media episode, Surprise of Girl Boss Radio with another
1:20.7	guest. Lizzy Velasquez spoke at our most recent
1:24.2	girl boss rally. She's extremely inspirational and someone were happy to be a
1:29.6	continuing part of the girl boss family. She's an author, host, and motivational speaker and was born with a rare disease called neonatal progeroid syndrome, which makes it impossible for her to gain weight.
1:43.0	Her condition resulted in heavy bullying during her childhood.
1:47.0	Communication is definitely a really, really, really big thing that I like to stress
1:52.0	and giving your kids the comfort to know
1:56.1	that whether they are being bullied or whether they might be the ones
2:00.9	unfortunately who are doing the bullying giving them a safe
2:05.8	space to be able to open up and communicate about it I think is really important.
2:11.0	That bullying was also the catalyst for her finding her purpose.
2:15.8	When Lizzie was 17 years old, she stumbled upon a video that was titled,
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