Evolving and Setting Boundaries with Eden Alpert

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A native Angelina Eden Alpert has grown up in and around the music industry. Her dad is an icon, the legendary Herb Alpert. Eden is a true connector. She truly loves to connect people to worlds that they wouldn't otherwise be exposed to. Eden, who has her degree in fashion from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising uses her sense of style to create spaces where people come together to make music and often donate for her special causes. She's managing director of the incredible jazz club Vibrato Bar and Grill where everyone has played, including I AM Music production company’s, Giovanna Clayton, and Stevie Wonder, just to name a few. She was taught early on about philanthropy, and she's here to tell us all about her life today.

What You Will Hear:

• Growing up as a celebrity child.
• Moving to Chicago in search of a normal life.
• Learning to redirect patterns.
• Being adopted and meeting her biological mother.
• Biggest mistakes and greatest lessons
• Philanthropy and getting involved.
• Being raised by an alcoholic parent.
• Abuse and choosing to make change.
• Sympathy vs empathy
• The importance of changing the narrative one person at a time.

Quotes:

“The pain of familiarity is better, sometimes people think, than the pain of the unknown.”

“Somewhere in my forties, I discovered everyone likes me for me.”

“Oftentimes from our big, biggest mistakes come our greatest lessons.”

“Boundaries are offensive to people who don't like boundaries.”

“When you're abused as a child, any kind of abuse seems familiar.”

“We all can make choices and we all can change our story. One of the lessons I learned is to not let my story define me”

“You can love people and have nothing to do with them.”

“The more privilege you have, the more voice you should use.”

Mentioned

Vibrato Bar and Grill

Fb @EdenRueAlpert

IG @EdenAlpert