From Brain Injury to Raptors & Blue Jays DJ: Music, Resilience & Reinvention

2026-02-11

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Flavia Abadia is a trilingual DJ, MC, and recording artist who broke barriers on some of the biggest stages in sports, making history as the first woman to DJ a Toronto Raptors game and going on to rock the Blue Jays’ World Series. Alongside releasing multiple acclaimed albums with millions of streams, she’s performed all around the world.In this episode, we talk about: • How a traumatic brain injury led her to music• The craft and business of DJing and being a recording artist• Creativity in the AI er...

In this episode, we talk about:

• How a traumatic brain injury led her to music

• The craft and business of DJing and being a recording artist

• Creativity in the AI era

• The importance of connection, self-care, and perseverance and much more. _____________________________________________________________Follow Flavia Abadia

IG: @ YourGirlFlav

YT: @YourGirlFlav

Website: www.yourgirlflav.com

Her Albums on Spotify

Salvaje: https://open.spotify.com/album/52tVLJXdNgrc7oR6La0usG?go=1&sp_cid=1cff9a3358abedf886d86ea16fec3802&utm_source=embed_player_p&utm_medium=desktop&nd=1&dlsi=2cfa222200794f9f

Hacia La Luz: https://open.spotify.com/album/4QrUFd3tchahTQrE3ebuKq?go=1&sp_cid=1cff9a3358abedf886d86ea16fec3802&utm_source=embed_player_p&utm_medium=desktop&nd=1&dlsi=0f193ac48c02454c

Crossover: https://open.spotify.com/album/6GTE6GeLvaR9zrGolwdkAz?go=1&sp_cid=1cff9a3358abedf886d86ea16fec3802&utm_source=embed_player_p&utm_medium=desktop&nd=1&dlsi=5a56ca82ae0f4394

Trumpets Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORXEBtKHBHI&list=RDORXEBtKHBHI&start_radio=1

Here are my Musical Comedy Shorts I mentioned in the podcast:

• Anxiety Anthem: https://youtube.com/shorts/YP0DwN1SrvY

• Procrastination: https://youtube.com/shorts/4ChtuoUGuQQ

• Apple Vision Pro: https://youtube.com/shorts/vdpmMiMO0Ak

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