[00:00:09] Ellington Brown: Welcome to SpeakUP! International with Rita Burke and Elton Brown! 

[00:00:18] Rita Burke: On SpeakUP! International, we circle the world to speak with people who we consider to be community builders. Today's no exception. We have with us a woman from New York, as a matter of fact, from Long Island, and her name is Dr. Onaysia Martinez, she is the definition of what it means to break cycles and build legacy.

Dr. Martinez is a transformational coach, speaker, and bolder founder of the re revolution. I said that right? She is the first doctor in her own family, and the only Latina in her graduation class. Dr. Martinez has walked the path that so many of us are told. Will lead to fulfillment. She has the degrees, the presti, a six figure practice.

To some degree you can say this particular doctor did it all, but when she reached the trial, she realized that this was not her dream. As we say on SpeakUP! International, there's so much more that I can say about our guest, but we prefer if they tell their own stories. And so I welcome you, Dr. Martinez, to SpeakUP! International!

[00:01:56] Onaysia Martinez: Hi Elton. Hi Rita. Thank you so much for having me. I'm excited to join this ! 

[00:02:00] Ellington Brown: That makes two of us. It's a nice day outside. It's sunny. So I'm hoping that this conversation will be as light and airy as our summer afternoon. What does it mean to you to break cycles and build legacy, and how did this vision begin to take root in your own life? 

[00:02:32] Onaysia Martinez: That is definitely a jam packed question, Elton, and I will try to keep it concise, but it would make the most sense to start with how my vision cultivated and. How that led me to really define what legacy and cycle breaking truly means. So as Rita said so eloquently, yes, I am the first doctor in my family and I thank you so much and I went through a lot in order to get that title.

And I always had this knowing that I would be successful, but the definition of success wasn't fully played out until I actually got there. And so when I did run my clinic and I was building out this legacy, just for a background, my, my family, half of them is from Dominican Republic, so they actually immigrated to America, and then my other side of my family is Puerto Rican and we've been here for generations, so just very different.

Traditions and culture and expectations. One side is really we're here, we're American. We already got it figured out, so do whatever, try your best. That kind of thing. And then my other side, because they immigrated, they're like, okay, we sacrifice so much. You gotta give something.

You know what I mean? Like you have. To really bring the family name up to a certain level, to repay all of those sacrifices. And so I always had a back and forth of know that I have to be somebody, I have to start a legacy. I have all of this kind of raining down on me. And as I got to that doctoral status and I was in my clinic, I was making an impact, on a day to day with my clients in person.

But it was all one-on-one and it was very limited. And what I realized was the legacy that I was looking to build was much bigger and much broader and wider than I had originally anticipated when I started this journey to become a doctor of physical therapy, and I couldn't quite. Figure out why I always had this voice and this kind of calling for me to do more.

As I'm sitting in this little 400 square foot office and I'm treating patients and I have the white coat and I have the doctorate, and I'm like, what do you mean do more like it is just not, is this not what I'm supposed to be doing? And day in and day out, I still continue to have that voice. So I say that to say.

That your original idea of success of legacy, it can start off one way, but in order for you to get to the root of what that truly means to you, you have to be willing and able to lean into your own internal voice in order to get there. 

[00:05:45] Rita Burke: I really like that, and I like the phrase you have to lean into your own internal voice.

And those voices are powerful and they never leave you alone until you respond to them. But there is a word in your bio that I'd never seen before and I'm really curious, and I'm sure our listeners would want to know what it means. Revolution? Am I saying it correctly? Please talk to us about that word.

[00:06:19] Onaysia Martinez: So it really means to be bold in everything that you do in your life and to no longer try to fit the box that society is trying to hold you into and to create your own path. So it's about rebelling against what society expects of us, especially as women of colour, we are expected to follow paths that are certain, that are definite, that have a outcome that we can anticipate.

And it really comes from generations of scarcity, generations of suppression, and never knowing what we're gonna have for tomorrow. Like my grandma, she came from humble beginnings, hustling in Manhattan, selling hot dogs and snow cones at a very young age, and she did that so that I could decide, hey, actually I wanna start a clinic.

I wanna get my doctorate, I wanna have an online coaching practice. But it wasn't until she laid that platform for me to go further that I was able to come to that consensus. So it's not really about rebelling in the negative sense, but it's about. Honoring what those who came before you did, and honing in on your own power, your own boldness to move forward and continue paving a new path and a new route for the women that are coming after you and choosing to go a different way.

[00:07:59] Ellington Brown: Well said! I, if I may say so myself, I read somewhere. I guess it was some in your bio. Anyway, there was a, there's a caption or I want to say a sentence that I comes from you, success without fulfillment is just another kind of cage. Could you unpack that for us? 'cause that statement is quite powerful.

[00:08:29] Onaysia Martinez: Sure. So I will take you to. A summer day in my clinic where I had, I'd been working for probably 10, 11 hours that day, and I was a one woman show, knew nothing about entrepreneurship, knew nothing about business, but all I knew was that I had a vision and I knew that I was meant to make an impact.

So I showed up. And I saw my clients and at the end of the day I was looking at my laptop and I was looking at these four walls, which were plain. I didn't really do much decorating at that point, but I had my certificates, my degrees up, and probably like an artificial plant in the corner. And I'm looking around.

And I had a great day. Like my day was actually a good day, seeing patients, having wonderful conversations, seeing progress but I didn't feel. Good. Like I didn't feel fulfilled. I actually felt suffocated by the circumstances of which I found myself in because I had, gotten to the point where I had a brick and mortar business.

I had patients that relied on me, and I had this image to continue withholding. As well as expectations for my family to continue this business, but I didn't have that. Wow, I didn't have that excitement and that fire and that thrill to continue building this out. And so the reason why I say success without fulfillment is like a cage is because if your version of success is different than the situation that you're currently in. You're always going to feel confined and limited to the amount of impact that you can truly make in life because you're going a path that was created for you and not your path that is actually destined for you. And so as I was sitting in those four walls, I just felt sadness and I felt grief because I knew that there was an entire life that was meant for me, that God was calling me towards, and I was afraid to let go of the comfortable cage that I already was in order to step into the unknown. 

[00:11:01] Rita Burke: I certainly like the imagery, the metaphor of that cage, and as you said.

Success means different things to different people. And what you were doing certainly wasn't synonymous with what you wanted success to be. So you broke outta the cage. Congratulations! So you were the only Latina in your graduating class. What did that feel like? 

[00:11:31] Onaysia Martinez: In the midst of it, it felt. Very isolating. It felt like I pretty much had to break the ceilings for the Latinas to come after me, and it felt like. My peers could never really understand where I was coming from. They couldn't fully grasp the external and really spiritual and emotional attacks that were on me because when you set forward to break a cycle to start a new generation within your own accomplishments, there are outside forces that try to hold you back.

That try to keep you small and that try to keep you in that same cycle. And so when I was crossing the stage and I was looking on my graduation day and I was just in awe of. Me being there, it felt like I was on Mount Everest looking around, and so proud that I was brought to tears. But it felt like it wasn't only an accomplishment for me, but it was also an accomplishment for my sisters who look up to me and who are like, one of them is nine years old and she's already I'm going to school like sister.

I'm getting my degree. So it really was more than just my accomplishments. It was every woman that came after me as well.

[00:13:01] Ellington Brown: Wow! The responsibilities of being a minority being marginalized. It's the old that saying, we rest on the shoulders of giants. 

I thought about that when you were talking about, I think it was your grandmother who was, selling ice cones and whatever she could get her hands on in order to provide a platform for you to be able to to reach your goals.

And I think that's so beautiful! 

[00:13:39] Onaysia Martinez: Thank you! 

[00:13:39] Ellington Brown: When you first realized that you had this dream that you wanted to be a doctor, did that, was that overwhelming for you? Did you just, go ahead and say, you know what, I'm just gonna go knock these walls down. I don't care if I get scarred or, a couple of bruises along the way. Tell us about your, about that part of your emotional journey. 

[00:14:08] Onaysia Martinez: To give you the most accurate perspective, I actually, originally, when I was little, I always wanted to be an actress, a singer, a dancer. I wanted to be a star, and I would literally go on platforms. I like local foot lockers and sing and dance, and crowds would gather around me.

I just always knew that I was going to be somebody big, and I loved every part about it, but then somewhere along the way I lost that part of me because the world was telling me like, okay, you have to be realistic and you have to come up with a plan that's going to result in, positive outcomes like concrete.

Outcomes. And so that's when I decided, okay, let me. Listen to what everyone's telling me. Healthcare, you're always gonna have a job. If you become a doctor, you'll have that prestige, that recognition, and that autonomy over the practices that you partake in. And so I traded my creativity and my joy and my fullest self-expression for the expectations that others placed on me, and I ended up going the doctor route. And to answer your question, was it difficult for me to choose that path? No, because I've always put my, all into my studies. I've always been a exemplary student. But what was difficult was when I was actively pursuing it. By the first year of grad school, I already knew it wasn't for me, but I neglected my own inner voice instead of leaned into it.

And I was like, I'm gonna do this for my family. I'm gonna do this, to create a new legacy and to be that first one. So the difficulty really wasn't in me becoming a doctor, it was really in my ability to continue moving past my inner voice that was telling me that this was not the right path, and choosing to listen to what was externally being told to me instead.

[00:16:24] Rita Burke: You have a, an intriguing story to tell, and I suspect that I don't have to tell you that You already know that I hear a sense, I hear a thread, I hear woven through the fabric of your life. I hear boldness, I hear confidence. I hear listening to that still voice. Now you help people right now to regain their voice.

Talk to us about that process. What do you do? If I showed up to you and say I'm lost, help me please. 

[00:17:00] Onaysia Martinez: Sure. So my clients come to me for boldness coaching, and what that is really is when you've been holding off on the life that you really want for yourself and you've been waiting for permission to go after.

And so through my bold method, I take you through from start to finish on how to overcome the inner blocks that are keeping you from moving forward. These blocks can be self-doubt, overthinking lack of self-trust, but the number one common trend is lack of self-trust. And so through the bold method, break, own, lean, dominate, we break out data narratives, things that are holding you back that are not your voice, anything outside of what is true to you.

That is what we get rid of. Own your vision. So what do you want your life to look like and how is that not in alignment with where you are right now? Mapping that out and really honing in on the clarity of that vision. Because a lot of clients come to me and they're like, I know I want to do something, but I'm not sure.

If you have uncertainty in your vision, it's not gonna be strong enough for you to take both action and strong enough for you to move forward. So I spent a lot of time mapping on that vision, mapping on an action plan, allowing them to own it because sometimes you can even be afraid to say it out loud.

And then leaning into your future self because when you lean into your future self, you act as if the action has already been completed and it, it obliterates any sense of hesitation, self doubt, fear, overthinking because you cannot judge yourself in the future sense. You can only judge your current self and your current situation.

But if you anchor yourself to your future self who's already done the action, then there's really no gaps to be filled with negativity. And then the last part is to decide to move, and that's just making the decision, making the leap. Taking that bold action and going after the life that you've been delaying.

[00:19:13] Ellington Brown: Wow. That is

that's a lot of boulders to have to jump. And I'm assuming that some of them are higher than others. I remember a while back when. I struggle with that inner voice I was told to. Just say it out loud, because once you say it out loud, it's been released. 

There that inner voice that's telling you, oh, you can't do this, or maybe you should wait another six months before you take that leap.

It's kind, you've released that now it's out there, so there's no, there should not be any inner struggle now. With inside your head because you've now re, you've now released that. So it is so important that we are able to deal with these internal battles that we have. So what are some of the common internal battles that your clients face and how do you help them?

Negate or navigate through these obstacles. 

[00:20:27] Onaysia Martinez: So the main issue is lack of self-trust of who you'll be and how you'll be able to handle that bold action after. For example, one of my clients, got into a partnership position where she was going to be able to maximize her income and her impact, all with one six figure deal.

And when she came to me, she was worried, she was nervous and she was uncertain, but. Really what it was is that when she got to that level, right? 'cause it's another level, it's you acting alone and then you having a partnership and being able to further what you're doing across the masses. So there's another level which requires another level of your identity.

And so if your identity is here and it's not matching with where you are going, then you are going to always be wavering and uncertain. But the truth is that if once you are able to anchor yourself, so the L of the bold anchor yourself to. That person who already signed the six figure deal, right? Who already is in that publication?

Partnership status. Then you can come to terms with the fact that yes, you can handle that, right? And so we work together on, okay, what is that gonna look like? What are the demands of this? And how are you gonna handle them? Because really what it is we resist expansion, we resist responsibility, we resist all of these.

Unknown things, but the more that you can break it into small, manageable tasks, the more that your nervous system will be able to actively receive it. So that's what I would say is the most common thing. And then another very common trend is my corporate clients who have been thinking about breaking off into entrepreneurship, thinking about starting a side hustle, and they're afraid to let go of their corporate job because of lack of stability.

The number one thing that I tell my clients is stability is a lie. And I'm taught, I'm speaking as someone that how to six figure job and had it taken away from her like this. How many companies do layoffs, right? How many times does the stock market crash? So nothing in life is guaranteed and neither is your corporate job.

And so it's really about shifting the mindset of, okay, nothing is certain. And also I trust myself in times of uncertainty because I have gotten myself through those times in the past. I've done hard things and recognizing that you have done those hard things and you can continue to do hard things in the future.

Remembering your bold is what I like to say. That is the biggest key to allow you to take big leaps. And this has been very successful because I have some of my clients who are sending me postcards from New Mexico and, traveling the world and just really owning their lives to the fullest. 

[00:23:52] Rita Burke: It must give you a wonderful, fuzzy feeling of fulfillment, of satisfaction when you are able to walk beside those clients and help them to accomplish their goals. Congratulations! We are speaking with Dr. Onaysia Martinez, who of course you know is one of the people that we speak to on SpeakUP! International so that we could, so that we could educate, inform, and inspire and her story, no question is an inspiring story.

And so Dr. Onaysia, I want to hear about your podcasts. You do have a podcast, so tell us all you want to about the podcast. 

[00:24:42] Onaysia Martinez: Yes, so my podcast is called The Selfish Snob, stepping Into Your Power, and it really is about reframing the term selfish because when you, oops, sorry. When you go after something you want.

In your life, there's always gonna be something you have to let go of, and there's always gonna be people who have something to say, whether it be negative or positive. There's always something. And so it's about stepping into your power, owning your sovereignty over your life, and moving past fear, moving past self-doubt, moving past any mental obstacle that can come in your way.

I also talk a lot about society and how it's. Set up to hold us women of colour back to hold us in these imaginary cages and to prevent us from actually making strides for generations to come. And I also empower my listeners to know that you are the legacy breakers. You are the cycle breakers. You are starting something that's not only gonna impact you, but it's gonna impact every single woman after you.

So it's. Very big on legacy. Very big on inner control and personal strength, and also being able to go after that freedom in your life.

[00:26:07] Ellington Brown: To be honest here, men have the same issues. It's not just women. And I have to say that because I know you're, that's where your focus lies. And I think it's admirable because it's definitely needed, and it's almost like an emergency situation here, where if we don't get women to stand up and use their voices, their minds, their bodies, in order to get what it is that they.

What they want. I, I, when I think back on that, I think about the times when there was a position or there was a project that I was on and I was totally like, overwhelmed with this thing. I'm like, I'm never going to get through this. I'm never ever going to get, but miraculously, you get through these things.

And you go, wow, I did that. And at that very moment when you realized you com you completed something that you thought you could never finish, you find that it's self-empowering and it actually helps propel you to move forward happily knowing that these things that you think you can't do, maybe you can, and, I think that is the most important work that you as a transformational coach you are doing. Your work, I think, again, is transformational. So what breakthrough moment you've witnessed that still gives you chills. 

[00:27:57] Onaysia Martinez: I'll address what you said regarding men because I actually, I do coach men as well.

I just don't broadcast it because Got it. The work that I do specifically is for women because as men, when you grow up, you are taught already to lead. You are taught to be in authoritative positions and the entire complex of your upbringing. It's different for women. We're taught not to be too loud.

We're taught to be, soft and present and pretty, and a lot of the the personal, control into that we have over our lives has always been handed off to men, right? But until the 1970s, we couldn't even apply for mortgages on our own without a husband's consent. So that's why I speak directly to women to break that systemic and generational suppression that has caused as women to then result to self-doubt overthinking and things of that nature.

In regards to your other question about a breakthrough that has still left me in chills is that I had a client that I sat with over lunch. I had these 90 minute intensivess and I like to do them over brunch, over lunch, whatever, and she came to me with an idea that she had been sitting on for seven months and she knew she was ready to start her own business.

She had been in several corporate jobs trying to find that fulfillment, trying to find her place in the world. And it was like every time she got a new job, she had that same feeling as I did that calling, that inner voice that was just, it was getting so loud to the point where she couldn't go through a full workday.

And so we were sitting at this lunch at this intensive, and I said to her. Why are you trying to be a good employee if your dream is to be a CEO? And when I said that to her, she was quiet for a minute and she was thinking about it, and she said to me, I've been always having this idea that I have to be a good employee.

I have to prove myself to my bosses because that's what my dad has always told me, and I love my dad, and I don't want to break from that. And so as we were talking, as we were working together, by the end of the meeting. She literally went home, created an entire website for her business, had a business plan, reached out to a bunch of contacts, and by the end of that week she already had two, four figure paying clients and an entire business like ready to go, and she had quit her job.

So it really wasn't the. The business, it really wasn't the plan, but it was her ability to move beyond what she'd been conditioned to, to act and respond as her whole life, while still being able to value her own standards and her own values in life. 

[00:31:22] Rita Burke: Sounds to me as if you work magic or you work miracles. I'm not sure which one, but I like what I'm hearing or really what I'm hearing now you've talked a lot about that internal voice and paying attention to that voice and acting upon that voice. So tell us about. The best piece of advice that you believe you've ever been given?

[00:31:52] Onaysia Martinez: The best piece of advice I've ever been given. I would say be yourself and you'll go a lot further in life. That's what I would say, because the more that you try to avoid your most authentic fullest whole self, your wants, your desires, your beliefs, the more that your life is difficult and it's chaotic because you aren't a hundred percent grounded in who you are.

And so in order for your life to fully reflect who you are and what you want. You have to first start within yourself. I guess that's a quote that I'm giving you, but it's definitely be yourself and life will work out a lot better. 

[00:32:48] Ellington Brown: You talked earlier about permission and then you talked about, these attributes or qualities you more or less have to give yourself before you can tell someone else, I give you permission to whatever that may be, and I'm sure you don't say it, I give you permission. But in your conversations with your clients, that's basically what you're doing.

You have all the parts. Run. Sure it goes something like that. Okay. You've given them permission. What about you? What was the last thing that you had to give yourself permission. 

[00:33:33] Onaysia Martinez: The last thing that I had to give myself permission to do was to let go of perfectionism.

I am currently writing a book called Born Bold. It'll be out this October and it's a very short deadline, if I allow perfectionism tendencies to hold me back from what I'm meant to do and what God has called me to do, then I'm not answering the call and I'm not fulfilling the assignment. So perfectionism is something that holds back.

Literally everyone, specifically women, because the more that you try to edit, you try to research, you try to make it, complete and perfect, the more time that you're wasting and the less impact that you're able to make. 

[00:34:23] Rita Burke: I wanna believe that trend or that move towards being perfection, being a perfectionist, is a part of our DNA because of our history, and I'm gonna, I'm gonna leave that there, but it's not such a bad thing, is it? We should strive for excellence. I hear you loud and clear, but you're talk because you're talking to a person who's been there, who's been working at not being a perfectionist.

I'm giving myself some grace when I don't reach that target as well. I think you, you're quite right. It's critically important for us to try to let go of it, but it doesn't mean we should compromise excellence, does it? 

[00:35:07] Onaysia Martinez: Correct. 

[00:35:09] Rita Burke: So you have the opportunity. To be a keynote speaker for a large group of women who are trying to find themselves and to break out of the metaphorical cage. What three gems do you want to share with them? 

[00:35:36] Onaysia Martinez: Actually. I do have a speaking engagement September 17th for the We Main Business Summit in Puerto Rico, and I've written my speech already, so I'll give you three of the takeaways from it. Number one is that boldness has already been instilled in you, like when you were a kid and before puberty, before middle school, before bullies and things like that.

When you were really just a kid you did not think twice about, running in the field with your shoes off. Or playing a silly game that others might think you're crazy to do. Like you didn't have these limiting thoughts. You just went and you didn't care what other people thought. You just showed up in your fullness.

So it's really about, it's not about being someone else, right? If you lack confidence, if you're not certain about who you are or if you can get to the next level of your life. You already are that person. So it is really about bringing yourself back to that person that you were before the world told you who you had to be.

So that's number one. Number two is that. You have to be willing to go new heights in order to get different scenery. So if you're not happy with the right now, your situation, how your life is going, you have to be willing to make a change and that change is going to cause friction. It's not gonna be easy.

It's not gonna be pretty. But that's the fuel that you need in order to get you to a different scene, a different view in your life. People think that if they just keep doing the same thing over and over, then maybe one day someone will come save them and bring this amazing new life to fruition.

But that brings me to the third point, is that you are in control of your own circumstances and nobody else. Is coming to save you. So if you want something for yourself, you have to go get it. You cannot keep waiting because we don't know how much time we have on this earth. So you have to make every day count like it's your last.

[00:37:54] Ellington Brown: I wanna go back to something that you and Rita were talking about earlier in that perfection. I learned a long time ago that perfection was not really a good thing. I know an individual, he is a perfectionist in every sense of the word, and he decided that he was going to paint his, the walls in his living room, he wanted the colour of the walls to remain constant regardless of where the sunlight strikes against the walls, he could not get it right. He could not get it perfect. He had to paint his wall seven times before he finally got it right to the point where he felt that wherever the light struck, it did not change the colour. And that's when I realized it's not worth it.

Being a perfectionist, you spend all your time trying to be perfect and you don't really get any further than those walls that he was painting, which refers back to me, back to your cage. So perfection can be considered to me as a cage. Just I guess any other type of, what's the word? Any type of dream that you decide not to go after it.

It can be looked upon as a cage because you are not allowing yourself to break free from all of these things in your head. So it couldn't be rather a deficit. What's something about your online presence that your followers might not realize is very intentional?

[00:39:54] Onaysia Martinez: I would say every post that I have is very intentional and I always think to myself, what would my previous self want to hear? What would the woman in the white coat who's sitting at those four walls of her office with that voice in her mind thinking about shutting down her clinic, what would she have to know in order to be fueled to move forward?

And I always make sure that I speak to taking action because we can have these wants these desires and these goals. But like some of the women that I work with, they've had the same goal for 20 years and they haven't taken action on it. And so I put a big emphasis on live for right now!

Don't hold off on tomorrow. Do everything that's in your heart today. Start the business today, launch the product today. Do it dirty. Do it however it's meant to be, because we are all given an assignment and a task right on this earth. And the more that you try to run away from that, the more difficult it's gonna be to bring it into life and to breathe life into it fully.

[00:41:14] Rita Burke: You sound as if you're living your best possible life. Am I correct? 

[00:41:21] Onaysia Martinez: Yeah! 

[00:41:23] Rita Burke: So put the icing on the cake for us now and tell us what brings Dr. Onaysia Martinez, joy? 

[00:41:35] Onaysia Martinez: What brings me joy, honestly, is seeing the realization in a woman's eyes when she previously thought that she was not able to do something, whether it's, start a passion project or go after a job, she wasn't qualified for whatever it is.

Seeing that realization and that light flicker on. And her actually owning her power. I don't know how to explain, but there's just this life and this light that's breathed into you and this relief of your shoulders. Once you realize, wait, I actually can do this. I actually can take action. I actually can make a difference in my life.

Thank you for giving me permission to do it. And it's gonna happen, right? So that's what brings me joy in all honesty, is to empower women and to see that they have that wonder and that sense of awe that you have when you're a kid. Bringing that back and allowing them to really see. Wow, there's so much opportunity and ability for me in this world, like I'm going to take charge now.

So I would say that, and aside from that, on a personal note, I really just enjoy peaceful nature walks, yoga, bar, classes, and spending time with family. 

[00:43:15] Ellington Brown: I'm speaking personally, coming from a Latin American family I can, I understand the importance of, being close to your family because if not.

You're just gonna be bombarded with guilt and everything else. Anyway, I don't know about you, but on my, the Latin side, all of those old women, they've read that book and they know how to spread that guilt effortlessly to the point where, I'm sitting there almost in tears as, talking, while they're, talking about their plight.

Yes I, I. Yeah. I get it. I wanna thank you so much for joining us today. Good doctor. We talked about your legacy and how you're going to break this legacy. You're not gonna find yourself on a cycle leading to disappointment that may lead to disappointment, and I really did appreciate talking about the personal growth, yours and the bold decisions that you made in order to be where you are today, and not being afraid of creativity and content and being close to your culture as a Latina woman. And, always keeping your eye on the bigger picture. So I'm sure that our audiences will really take hold of this conversation and truly be inspired.

Rita, would you like to add something to that? 

[00:44:59] Rita Burke: Yes. I certainly wanna say thank you for being bold enough to share your boldness with us. It's important for us, and I don't have to tell you that, this, because, it's important for us to help empower other people and you're correct.

Men already have it. To be in part, they're already socialized to claim some power. So I believe that it's beneficial, it's necessary. It's incumbent upon us to share that with women. So thank you. Thank you for what you're doing, the work you're doing, and I'm excited to hear more about the book when it's out to read the book history. Thank you so much! 

[00:45:48] Ellington Brown: Yeah. Please send either Rita or myself an email when that, when your book comes out. And we would really love to have an opportunity to read it. To become bold. Hey I can do the bold word that's, hey, that I have no problem with. That works for me. It works for me.

So thank you so much again for this, for spending this time with us. I wish we. We had maybe five hours where we could just talk to you because I'm sure if we got close enough to, as my mom would say, if we, if I could just get close enough to that onion, I could just peel it back to, to find out what she wanted.

And my mom used to say that all the time because my mom was a nurse. And so she really understood the challenges of working in an unfamiliar terrain. And I'll leave it. I'll just leave it at that, right? Thank you. Thank you so much, and please again, let us know about that book. 

[00:46:55] Onaysia Martinez: Yes, I will. Thank you so much for having me and for your listeners in the meantime, they can access one of my guides, the CEO Guide to Clarity and Confidence, which is a real simple tool to help you overcome self-doubt and fear in order to make a decision you've been holding off on.

You can find that on my LinkedIn or on my Instagram at Dr. Onaysia Martinez. 

[00:47:21] Ellington Brown: Thank you very much and you have a great afternoon! 

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