My Time, My Life

Global Auctioneer Powerhouse Lydia Fenet on Taking the Stage and Taking the Lead

My guest today is Lydia Fenet [https://lydiafenet.com/], one of New York’s most dynamic and compelling businesswomen and personalities. As the founder and CEO of the Lydia Fenet Agency, Lydia represents best in class charity auctioneers. Before founding her agency, she spent more than two decades at the famed Christie’s auction house, serving as its Global Managing Director of Strategic Partnerships. During her time there, she became the world’s leading charity auctioneer and single-handedly raised over a billion dollars for more than 800 organizations around the world, standing alongside Bruce Springsteen, Hugh Jackman, Elton John, Matt Damon, and Jerry Seinfeld for some of the auctions she raised money for. Lydia is also the creator and host of the podcast, Claim Your Confidence, in collaboration with Rockefeller Center, launched after the success of her book of the same name. Her other best selling book is The Most Powerful Woman in the Room is You [https://lydiafenet.com/the-book/], which was optioned by Netflix in 2022 for a series that will be produced by Chernin Entertainment starring Kiernan Shipka as the lead. In addition to auctioneering, podcasting, and writing, Lydia travels the globe and speaks with companies, helping them to unleash their sales potential and public speaking capabilities. She also recently hosted her first Claim Your Confidence retreat. Photo courtesy of Lydia Fenet Connect with Lydia here [https://lydiafenet.com/contact/] Follow Trinette's instagram: trinette.faint Visit Trinette's website: https://trinettefaint.com/ [https://trinettefaint.com/] My Time, My Life is a Floor 51 Production [https://floor51productions.com/]

The Journey From Successful Hollywood Actor to Founder and President of Game On Nation with Steve Shenbaum

Today's guest is Steve Shenbaum, a classically trained actor and comedian and Founder & President of Game On Nation [https://www.gameonnation.com/], a communications, leadership, and team building firm based in Bradenton, Florida. For over 27 years, Steve and his team have worked with some of the country’s most recognizable athletes, colleges and professional sports teams - including NASCAR, the LA Lakers, NY Yankees, and more -  Fortune 50 companies, government, and military leaders, and he is an industry expert in presentation, public speaking, teambuilding, and communication skills training.  In his past career as an actor, Steve was featured in “American Pie 2”, “EDTV”, “Space Jam”, “The Third Wheel” (with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck), “Will & Grace”, “Married with Children”, “Beverly Hills 90210”, and more than one-hundred national commercials. Steve graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in Performance Studies and also trained at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford, England.  Connect with Steve here [https://www.gameonnation.com/contact] Follow Trinette's insta at trinette.faint Visit Trinette's website: trinettefaint.com [http://trinettefaint.com]

From Agency Assistant To The Director's Chair With TV and Film Director Natalie Van Doren

My guest today is Natalie Van Doren [https://natalievandoren.com/], a writer/director and assistant director in film and television, in Los Angeles. Natalie has directed multiple network episodes of the Nickelodeon show, Side Hustle, and That Girl Lay Lay for Nickelodeon and Netflix, with famed producer Will Packer. After graduating from Colorado State University, Natalie moved to LA and began her career in the entertainment business as an assistant at ICM Talent Agency. While there, she worked with Francis Ford Coppola, Baz Luhrmann, Luc Besson, and others. Soon after, she was accepted into the prestigious Directors Guild of America Training Program.  While in the program, Natalie produced and directed her first short film, The SharkTank Redemption, a parody of The Shawshank Redemption, which was purchased by HBO and aired on HBO and Cinemax for 6 years.  Natalie has since gone on to direct the second unit of CSI Miami, was the DGA trainee on on Ocean’s 11, and was the assistant director, CSI, The West Wing, ER, and many more productions. She also recently finished a graphic novel, Infinite, which she wrote with her brother, writer Doug Van Doren. Learn more about Natalie on her website, natalievandoren.com [http://natalievandoren.com], and connect with her there. Visit Trinette's website, trinettefaint.com [http://trinettefaint.com] Follow Trinette's insta: trinette.faint

Finding Success as a Model and Actor at 55 with Amira Lerario

My guest today is Amira Lerario, a Lifestyle and Fitness Model who began her career at the age of 55.  Amira is also a creative writer, having recently completed her bachelor’s degree that she started in the 90s, a former running coach and personal fitness trainer,  and has published articles about her life as a mother of four, world marathon runner, and part-time employee. Amira spent over 10 years as a running coach and she’s trained many runners from beginners to intermediate, to advanced. A competitive marathon runner herself, she has run over 30 marathons around the world. In 2017 she completed all 6 Abbott World Marathon Majors, which included London, Boston, New York, Berlin, Chicago, and Tokyo. In 2021 Amira qualified for the Abbott World Marathon Age Group World Championships which was held in London 2022. She qualified again for the World Championships in Chicago in 2023, and she will run the World Championships for a 3rd time in Sydney, Australia in the fall of this year.  Amira  writes fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, and in 2023, she wrote her first short and feature-length screenplay. Born and raised in the northwest of England, Amira permanently moved to the US in 1992 after meeting her husband the previous year while working at a summer camp in Lenox, MA. Connect with Amira via instagram at Amira_jane07 Follow Trinette's instagram: trinette.faint Visit Trinette's website: trinettefaint.com [http://trinettefaint.com]

Creating Hollywood Memories With Set Photographer Richard Cartwright

My guest today is Richard Cartwright [https://www.richardcartwrightphotography.com/home.html], a television and film photographer veteran. Richard began his career in New York in 1967, before becoming a Navy photographer in Vietnam in 1968, then a fashion photographer in Boston, before moving to Los Angeles, where he would launch his long standing career in the entertainment business as a set photographer. Richard has shot countless tv shows and films ranging from Wedding Crashers, to Scandal, to How To Get Away With Murder, to Grey’s Anatomy, to Hidalgo, and many more. He’s also created iconic images of Tina Turner, Robert Downey Jr, and Cate Blanchett, and countless others. He’s worked in the business for well over forty years and also practices landscape, street, architecture, and still life photography. You can view his work on his website richardcartwrightphotography.com [http://richardcartwrightphotography.com]. Follow Trinette on insta at trinette.faint Visit Trinette's website: trinettefaint.com [http://trinettefaint.com] My Time, My Life is a Floor 51 Production [https://floor51productions.com/]