choosing the life you want with Alyssa Rivera

Alyssa Rivera is a poet and entrepreneur whose work centers creatives on a mission to change the world with their art. Our conversation is about overcoming obstacles including growing up in a public light, battling endometriosis, marriage and motherhood, coming out as a lesbian, leaving corporate America, starting her own business, and so. much. more.

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timestamps

  • 1:15 Meet Alyssa

  • 12:00 Redefining herself

  • 15:10 Healing through writing

  • 17:50 Being a creative person

  • 19:30 Stepping into her authentic self

  • 32:00 Do artists need notoriety to be artists?

  • 46:00 Leaving corporate America

  • 52:00 Being Puerto Rican

  • 55:00 Entrepreneurship & creative assistance

  • 1:02 Astrology

  • 1:05 Alyssa's favorite things

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