Oooh, Those Effin' C-Words!

This week will mark one year of the podcast, and 55 episodes in! In this episode I talk lessons learned, and what's to come in new episodes! Thanks for making my first year a successful one! (Music credit: Jersey Anniversary kia_bhn malcolm b)

While we’re all vacationing and staycationing be sure to binge on past episodes, or at least go back and (re)enjoy the top five most downloaded episodes of the first year! Listed below:

#5 - Celebrity Hairstylist Shirley Gordon is Living Out Loud After Loss, Pt. 1 (Tied for 5th most downloaded)

#5 - Change After Weight Gain and Weight Loss (Tied for 5th most downloaded)

#4 - I Moved to Mexico for my Mental, Emotional and Financial Wellness

#3 - The Male POV: Dating After Divorce, Separation and Longterm Relationships

#2 - Holiday Blues: What do the lonely do at Christmas? Featuring Bravo TV’s Dr. Ken

#1 -  Changed Ever After: Life After Divorce or Separation

Also while we’re on hiatus, be sure to connect with Marceia Cork and Oooh, Those Effin’ C-Words podcast at:

We’re celebrating Juneteenth with more black excellence! Jazmine Henley-Brown knows where all the bodies are buried! As an executive producer she wears a lot of logistical hats, including booking and rubbing elbows with major celebrity talent! In part 2 of our conversation she tells us how her love for reality TV and pop culture informs her professional acumen, and how she never gets star-struck! She also gives some incredibly JUICY details on how creatives can get their own shows produced–from ideation to production.

As Juneteenth approaches, let’s pause to celebrate black excellence! Fittingly, for this episode and my Juneteenth episode I have the pleasure of chatting with Executive Producer, Jazmine Henley-Brown! Jazmine serves as the EP of podcasts with Sony Music on “It’s Giving Fashion” hosted by RuPaul’s Drag Race frontrunner, Shea Coulee! And is the former executive producer for Reality with The King, with Carlos King–RHOA producer, and creator of the Love and Marriage and Belle Collective franchises–and the More Sauce podcast label at SiriusXM, where she oversaw existing shows by our favs in reality TV Porsha Williams and Tamar Braxton. Her reality is my guilty pleasure; I looove reality shows, and her podcasts are an extension of my favorite moments and celebrities in reality TV!

WARNING: This episode discusses several triggering themes such as rape and suicide. Shaun Flores is a former high fashion model whose world changed when he began experiencing repetitive unwanted thoughts, alongside months of depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation. That period led to a surprising diagnosis of OCD. Now Shaun Flores is a 3x TEDx speaker, a mental health and OCD advocate with the International OCD Foundation. Today we talk about OCD and mental health matters co-existing with grief, and the intricacies of treatments like psychodynamic versus cognitive-behavioral therapy for OCD. This is the perfect conversation to wedge between Mental Health Awareness month and shifting our attention to black men; black fathers and sons. 

While he says that OCD was the worse thing that ever happened to him, now Shaun is determined to be "the worst thing to happen to OCD".

You can find and follow Shaun on Instagram and across social media @theshaunflores. 

And now, part 2 of my conversation with legendary celebrity hair stylist, Shirley Gordon. I’d reached out to Shirley to continue my series of conversations for the “Get You Outta My Hair campaign effort”. I use the intimate stylist/client relationship to convey the relief that comes with expression of feelings and emotions to a confidant, and to encourage grief support. Shirley shares her grief story as she had to live out loud as the bold and audacious stylist, while battling depression after losing one sister, then leaning on her faith to grieve another sister in a healthy way.

You can find and follow Shirley on Instagram @shirleyghautehair. 

I am truly in the company of a legend on this episode–the legendary celebrity hair stylist, Shirley Gordon! I’d reached out to Shirley to continue my series of conversations for the "Get You Outta My Hair" campaign collaboration with stylists. Together, we are using the intimate stylist/client relationship to convey the relief that comes with expression of feelings and emotions to a confidant, and to encourage grief support.

This conversation with Shirley is timely in so many ways–May is mental health awareness month, and May marks one year since Shirley lost her sister and brother-in-law in a very public car accident here in the DMV area, made national when it was amplified on the Real Housewives of Potomac. This is a relatable and victorious story for her community and my listeners.

You can find and follow Shirley on Instagram @shirleyghautehair. 

It’s been a few weeks since my sessions with LaKeya and Annette, and today we have updates! Today we find out how LaKeya’s group exercise with her children went, and we hear from Annette on how she felt after writing her release letter. Hopefully you remember them both–from episodes back in March. If you haven’t already listened, pause and go back to those episodes–titled, I hate when people say I’m strong”, and “My kids and I lost my husband and his father just months apart”.

Speaking of getting all caught up… Get caught up on the episodes with visuals! Remember, my YouTube channel is home to select episodes of the podcast. Most recently, Tiffany “Lady T” Watson’s episode was released. If you haven’t already watched, head on over to YouTube.com/@itsmarceiacork to watch episode visuals and be sure to subscribe to the channel while you’re there–and maybe even share an episode with a friend.

In part 2 of my conversation with Lady T, she tells us how she finally brings the charm to the Charm City and surrounding areas on FOX45’s BMORE Lifestyle segments, "Spillin' The Tea w/Lady T" and "Lemme Tell You”. She tells us how she pitched herself to the powers that be and moved from behind the assignment desk to in front of the camera. And she’s just getting started! We’ll also hear how she credits her mom for being the force that catapulted her success even as she deals with losing her; Lady T gets personal about losing her #1 fan--and the conflicted feelings of her greatest successes without her mom here to cheer them on. This is a beautiful story as Mother’s Day approaches.

How do you push on in your entertainment career after losing your #1 fan? In part one of our conversation, Emmy-nominated TV host and FOX45’s BMore Lifestyle personality, “Lady T”, talks about the not-so-glamorous side of the entertainment industry and being a media personality–before becoming the face of the infamous Popeyes chicken sandwich, and one of the most recognized TMZ LIVE guest contributors! 

You can find and follow Lady T on Instagram @myfairladyt and on her website at myfairladyt.net. 

May is Mental Health Awareness month. As it approaches I want to amplify the content of some of my favorite mental health and wellness authorities and podcasts in place of a few regular episodes. These podcasts extend our conversations, and expand our knowledge of the topics and ideas I and my guests introduce here.

Meet social media’s favorite self-aware narcissist, Lee Hammock, known on all his platforms as @mentalhealness. He hosts a podcast called, The Narcissists’ Code. This episode features excerpts from episodes 559 and 702 of his podcast–on the happiness that narcissists are after in a relationship, and whether their partners can realistically supply it.

Follow Lee Hammock across all platforms at @mentalhealness.

From a series of conversations I’m calling, “Get You Outta my Hair!”, meet Dawn. Dawn is a hair stylist in the DMV area who’s seen herself in a number of toxic relationships. Today she opens up to share her story of being love bombed, ignoring the signs, and grieving the people she thought she knew.

Anyone who has a regular stylist or barber knows the unique relationship that forms between client and stylist. We basically dump on each other, right? Lol. Through that lens, I’m inviting stylists to join me in demonstrating the power of intimate conversation, expressing what we’ve been holding in, and using this as a gateway to exploring grief recovery and/or therapy. This week, we are getting toxic relationships out of our hair! You can find and follow Dawn on Instagram at @dchairllc.

At the time of this recording, it was the eve of the anniversary of the death of the patriarch of my family. This was my uncle Stanely–the oldest of 12 children and so looked up to by his siblings, nieces and nephews, and the community–his neighborhoods. But it goes without saying that his wife, my aunt Annette, has experienced this in a way that none of us can imagine. She also lost her mother one year before losing her husband. Today she shares her story publicly because she sees the value in my grief exercises and believes there’s potential in using her transparency to help the rest of our family heal as well. 

In Part 2 of my conversation with music producer, Jay Fenix, we pick up where we left off last week—with the beautiful partnership Jay forms with R&B sensation Ari Lennox. Then, Jay experiences burnout and a break from the industry, and tells us how he eventually returned to music by finding a way to align his love of music with the business side.

You can find and follow Jay on Instagram @jayfenix.

Just as his name implies, Jay Fenix’ career follows a path of resurrection. From the disappointment of hoop dreams unrealized, to becoming a grammy nominated producer, number one on the Billboard R&B, and more than 20 weeks on the Billboard Top 100! Jay Fenix is the artistry behind hits like Melanie Fiona’s “It Kills Me” and collaborations with many of our R&B faves like Ari Lennox, Jaheim and Raheem DeVaughn. He sits down with me to talk about the false starts and upsets in his music career, and ultimately what brought him back to music and finding his sound in a space full of noise.

You can find and follow Jay on Instagram @jayfenix.

Last week you all met LaKeya. This week she’s inviting you into another session as she prepares to guide her kids through two exercises that will be really beneficial to their long term menta, emotional and physical health as they cope with the losses of their father and grandfather. LaKeya shares some compelling observations–trauma in her husband’s past, and patterns in how her mother responds in times of conflict that might also point to traumatic life events. These two observations really represent how hurt people go on to hurt people, and how she is breaking that cycle right now. 

When I developed this show, I knew I wanted it to be a space to be inspired by people on the other side of change, but also give a glimpse into the lives of people navigating the change that comes with loss and hardship in real time. In this episode you'll meet LaKeya, a mother of 5, who is dealing with the loss of her husband and his father just seven months apart. In this episode she revisits the trauma, loss and life events she's experienced to date, to identify and unlearn the unhealthy ways she coped, and support her children through grieving the loss of their father and grandfather in a healthy way.

We’ll be working through my grief recovery workbook activities, given before 4-week sessions–whether that’s a 1:1, a group session or a session with a couple or family. Participants typically complete one activity before or during the first session, then we progress through additional activities week by week.

When you look at the amazing talent on some of your favorite network TV shows, and the beautifully curated ensembles of cast members–you’re also looking at the work of casting director, Thea Washington!

Thea has some big titles under her belt ABC's The Bachelor and the Bachelorette, Big Brother, HBO’s We Own this City, Oprah Winfrey Network’s Ready to Love and many, many more in her decade plus career! And today we have the pleasure of hearing her story firsthand, and really going behind the scenes for the grit and wherewithal it takes to be a black woman and pursue an unconventional career in TV and film.

Here’s part two of last week’s enlightening conversation with UNC Tar Heels Inside Linebacker, Cedric Gray, along with his NIL agent, Pet Sumner. In this episode I finally wrap my mind around what “NIL” is! And we hear from two student athletes in the DMV area who want to optimize NIL as they head into collegiate sports. All over the country the nation's top high school seniors have been committing to NCAA schools. And football gets the most attention! So this is a timely and relevant conversation about change as it relates to sports—and the road to going pro–or not.

We’ve still got football fever after an historic SuperBowl featuring two Black quarterbacks! In today’s episode I’m joined by UNC Tar Heels Inside Linebacker, Cedric Gray, along with his NIL agent, Pet Sumner, who has a story that embodies the conversations we have on this show–a turning point; a life event that changes everything.

We’re talking about navigating the change from recreational athlete, to collegiate sports, to pro. The strategy, family conversations, and anxiety-producing scenarios that we aren’t typically privy to. What’s it like transitioning from amateur to pro sports? And what in the world is “NIL”!?!

In this episode I’m wrapping up the Different.Better.More event with some personal stories of loss and grief from event participants. These women are ready to make the healing part of self-care a priority this year.

For this event I teamed up with the founder and the face of the DMV Does social group, Jennifer Lea, and Dr. Dana of Integr8 Medspa. You can find and connect with them on Instagram @jennuinesolutions and @integr8medspa.

I’m baaack! I’m kicking off season two and episode 34 with goals for 2023–to do things differently, better and more!

I closed out season one back in December talking about my upcoming event, which took place January 8. Now I want to share the dynamic conversations that came out of that event, and how the amazing women who attended that event are ready to star in their own life story instead of playing supporting cast. Listen to the brave and impactful stories from the event participants.

Collaborating with me again is the founder and the face of the DMV Does social group, Jennifer Lea, and Dr. Dana of Integr8 Medspa. You can find and connect with them on Instagram @jennuinesolutions and @integr8medspa.

It's my last episode of 2022, so I had to make sure I left you in good hands! Today I’m joined by a very familiar face and smile! It belongs to Dr. Ken, mental health expert and licensed professional clinical counselor to individuals and families, along with premarital and relationship counseling for couples. He is the featured marriage counselor and coach on the Bravo TV franchises, Married to Medicine, the RHOA and the RHOP.

If soulful Christmas songs were played in your household you know the song, What Do the Lonely Do at Christmas… Today’s conversation is at the intersection of Dr. Ken’s specialties in both relationships and grief. Dr. Ken is here to talk to us about what the lonely can do at Christmas. We’re talking grief, and grieving a relationship and other losses during the holiday season.

We are well into the holiday season and I’m already reflecting on what a year it has been! I was inspired by the season and the song “My Favorite Things”, so this week I’m giving you snippets of the Top 5 episodes and moments of 2022–your most played and downloaded. I’ve noticed we have some new emcees–my new listeners–so here’s the perfect episode for you to get a peek at a few past episodes as you get caught up.

This is a Thankgsiving miracle… An episode from my lost files! We experienced some technical difficulties during recording that made it seemingly impossible to release the episode. I was able to recover parts of the conversation, and the tone and timing of this conversation could not be more perfect for this time of year.

This week we have an emotional Emcee Q+A from a listener who’ll be navigating divorce in the middle of the holiday season. For many this is the kickoff to what’s often described as the happiest season of all… We gather, give thanks, and look forward to reconnecting to loved ones… But for so many others it’s a difficult time of year–as we begin to grieve the people we’ve lost, relationships that have ended, and even mourn the absence of the relationships we want. It can feel more like the holiday blues.

I’m going to shift gears as we move into the holiday season. I brand myself as The Change Coach, but what I don’t mention often is that I’m a certified grief recovery specialist. Grief is a normal and human reaction to change and the Grief Recovery Method® is a comprehensive, evidenced-based program that I use and believe in. There are so many events and losses that don’t get the healing and recovery they need. So as we head into the holiday season, I want to share tips and resources from my grief and change frameworks, and the Grief Recovery Method®.

Let’s stay connected #emcees!

My emcees will remember Corey Belin from Episode 24, and his pot-stirring male perspective in the conversation of dating after divorce or separation! After that show Corey pitched online dating to me as a show idea. You’ve seen Corey on Ninja Warrior, and season 4 of the Oprah Winfrey Network TV show, Ready to Love. Now he’s producing a hilariously scripted comedy "tightly based" on his life and experience with online dating and navigating the first date! He now calls himself the First Date King. Midway through our conversation I bring in my second guest, Dr. Kayra Alvarado–an educator and influencer who also served as a community marketing manager with Bumble–to empower women to make the first move, and to confidently move off the app and into first dates.

You can find and connect with Dr. Kayra Alvarado at @kayrazalvarado on Instagram. You’ll find Corey on Instagram at @coreybelin and @1stdateking, and at www.1stdateking.com.

This week you get to be the fly on the wall of another great media coaching session! This time with TikTok influencer and entrepreneur, Dasia Miles-Langaigne, known on TikTok as @dasiasaysso.

This is a great time to have these types of sessions with Dasia, because her star is on the rise for sure. She’s already been credited for a spike in sales of the New York Times Best Seller, “Get Good With Money” which even led to her being mentored by the book’s author, financial influencer Tiffany “The Budgetnista” Aliche. So Dasia is ready to fine tune her pitching skills and improve her delivery as she readies herself for paid partnerships and collaborations as an influencer.

There’s one name you need to know to get social in the DMV. That’s Jennifer Ward, known on Facebook as Jennifer Lea–founder of the DMV Does social group on Facebook. DMV Does is a 20K+ member social group founded to to connect individuals and families across the DC, Maryland and northern Virginia cities that make up the DC and Baltimore metro areas. And that makes Jennifer the face of the brand! I reached out to Jennifer after seeing her post very openly about her weight loss journey. She told me about medically-supervised regimen and provider, Dana Rader.

Dana Rader is the owner of the boutique wellness and medical spa in Crofton, MD–just minutes from my house and I’ll be paying it a visit very soon! Dana is a doctorally prepared, board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner with over 20 years experience as a healthcare provider. Today we’re talking about change after weight gain and weight loss. I want to talk about the mental and emotional weight we carry alongside the physical change—how it can shake our confidence, and how to get it back.

I've got some good news and bad news today... Obviously the bad news is that there's no new episode today BUT here's the good news – that's because I’ve been putting the finishing touches on my YouTube channel so my emcees can finally watch the video recordings of these episodes! 

Head on over to YouTube right now and re-listen to select episodes (audio only) from earlier this season! But be sure to SUBSCRIBE to the channel so you can get notified when the new, video recordings of some of the more recent episodes post!

From where we sit, Sherman and Stephanie Fauntleroy are relationship goals and entrepreneurship goals! Stephanie took the reins of and has operated a family-based tax and accounting service for the past 11 years. Her husband Sherman is a fitness and nutrition expert and owner of the Dope District Brand–a fitness and athletics based clothing line, agency and creative suite. You met Stephanie back on episode 17 where she gave some insight into an area of my Quick Launch Guide. She’s here with her husband today to have a broader discussion about their serial entrepreneurship, navigating it as a couple, and how to start a clothing line from the ground up. They also share their goals for growth and wealth building, and the mindset they adopted after attending the groundbreaking and history-making investing and entrepreneurship conference, invest Fest, organized by Earn Your Leisure.

You wanted it, and now it’s here–the male POV! The follow-up to episode 19, Changed Ever After. This week we’ll hear from three men with different experiences and points of view when it comes to dating after divorce or separation—through the lens of either being divorced, or dating women who are divorced, separated or otherwise exiting from a long-term relationship. On the panel I have:

Natisha Willis is a DEI practitioner and life and wellness coach. We met when we were chosen by Brown Ambition podcast host, Mandi Woodruff-Santos, for her inaugural career coaching cohort–the Mandi MoneyMakers. We’ve been meeting and chatting since earlier this year. And I was always in awe of Natisha’s story–one of those reasons: in 2018 Natisha made a move most of us only fantasize about–she left the U.S. for a simpler, more gratifying life in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico. Today she joins me to talk about living and working as an expat and how it’s improved her quality of life across the board–we’re talking mental, emotional and financial Wellness! She’s going to share her story, and we’ll discuss the cultural differences in work styles and priorities as we observe them in the DEI space. And later, we’ll hear commentary from two additional guests, my cousin Ashley Cottrell and my friend Ayoka Blandford who both made similar moves to Puerto Rico and Costa Rica, respectively. And I’ll have them all share some tips–for anyone who's considering making this kind of move, this kind of change 

Angela Mosley–also known as “Ms. TJ” of Ms. TJ’s Sauce–is back for a full episode! We first spoke with this saucey creator back on episode 17, as she gave feedback on my Quick-Launch Guide for Entrepreneurship. Now she’s back to share her full entrepreneurship story! And if you want some relatable social media strategies and tactics to grow your business, Ms. TJ’s got the sauce–literally and figuratively! In this episode she also shares just how effective it is to go live, and post daily to grow your following.

You can find Angela Mosley and Ms. TJ’s Sauce at mstjsauce.com and on Instagram and across many social platforms @mstjssauce.

Let’s stay connected #emcees!

Looking back, Kimberly Smith was the black beauty brand movement. She was amongst the first to give visibility to the few black-owned brands that existed five years ago. She started her beauty and cosmetics company online with just 12 brands, and today she has a physical space in the heart of downtown DC with over 75 brands for black and brown people. Let’s hear her story after the break. Today I’m talking to Kimberly Smith, founder of the Marjani Beauty Company. On today’s episode she shares her origin story and the hardships of having brands take a chance on her vision, surviving the pandemic, and what's next for Marjani Beauty! 

And I’m SO excited about what’s next for Marjani! So I'm doing a $50 fall giveaway. To enter, you just have to go follow me now on Instagram @itsmarceiacork, and DM me using #marjanibeauty to enter! Enter by midnight, Thu. Sep. 22, 2022, and I'll announce the winner Friday, Sep. 23.

You can find Kimberly Smith and Marjani at marjanibeauty.com, and on Instagram @marjanibeautyco.

Let’s stay connected #emcees!

Fresh off the Changed Ever After episode—episode 19, where we discussed life after divorce or separation—this episode flips to the other side of that relationship coin! We are joined today by marriage expert, Treal Ravenel, who helps women and couples reset and rebrand their marriage with new terms, christian principals and spirituality in their toolkit. She walks us through her "RESET" model:

R.E.S.E.T.

• Reevaluate Your Marital Agreement and Commitment
• Establish Core Values and Practical Principles that work for Your Marriage
• Set Realistic and Enforceable Boundaries to Protect Your Marriage
• Establish a Measurable Blueprint for Marital Success
• Take time to Implement and Measure Results

Treal will also speak to the entrepreneurial side of her work—the planning and financial toil it takes to organize events that empower women.

Going through divorce and separation, we can feel isolated and like there’s no one who can relate to what we’re going through. So in this episode I bring you four relatable examples to look to. We're talking change after divorce or separation. I’m having a panel conversation with a few friends–I’m calling them “The Confidantes!” Three women, and myself, who are all on the other side of divorce and separation, and very different outcomes and circumstances.  Living “together but separate” until you can afford to live apart, forgiving infidelity, being best friends after divorce, and explosive endings that lead to beautiful, new beginnings... These are real examples of change, ever after.

Let’s stay connected #emcees!

Gems on gems on gems in this mini episode! Jina Etienne from Etienne Consulting wasn’t available during the production of last week’s episode. We hopped on a quick call after the show; she shared her feedback on my Quick Launch Guide and the sections where I discuss building your network and being referred to an accountant,  and there were just too many nuggets not to share with my emcees! So while I’m on vacation, enjoy this jewel of a conversation! And I can't wait until her full episode where we can expand on some topics she mentions–the 10 questions startup clients always ask, and when and why to consider an LLC.

You can contact Jina by email at jina@etienneconsulting.com, and by phone at 301-778-5510. As she says–be sure to mention my name and the podcast so you get a timely response! 😆

Let’s stay connected #emcees!

In this episode, we get real about the analysis paralysis that keeps some of us from moving forward with our business idea. Each day we see hundreds of incredibly successful entrepreneurs and influencers across our feeds, but for some that level of success seems so out of reach. In this “quick-launch” discussion I simplify the road to entrepreneurship and we walk through my Quick-Launch Guide–a bare bones, 10-step guide to get a business idea from ideation to operation. In a future episode I’ll also bring in a panel of experts–accountants, insurance providers, web and graphic designers–to do a deeper dive into the quick-launch approach.

Special thanks to my “commentators” today, who add flavor and commentary to the conversation! You can find Angela Mosely and Ms. TJ’s Sauce at mstjsauce.com and on Instagram and across many social platforms @mstjssauce. You’ll find Stephanie Fauntleroy and Bakers Tax Service at bakerstaxservice.com and on social profiles @bakerstaxservice.

Let’s stay connected #emcees!

Hello hello, Emcees! In this episode, I prep celebrity tattoo artist and muralist, Angel Gutierrez, for paid partnerships and collaborations. Angel has the personality and the visibility to align with brands. We do an exercise that shows him how he might easily promote a product simply by talking through his creative processes. You can follow Angel on Instagram @ufo_ang and DM him for appointments at his Vineland, NJ studio.

We’ve got a jam packed episode today–combining your Emcee Q+A with a full episode for the first time! So I’m going to help you get through the episode with some time stamps:

• 6:45 - Emcee Question No. 1 - A listener is torn between putting her family first, or her students. But what about herself?
• 14:44 - Emcee Question No. 2 - Another listener wants to know how to not sound rehearsed.
• 24:40 - LinkedIn Audit - Listen in on this 1:1 coaching session with Wendy, a client who’s overhauling her LinkedIn profile to “get ready” in case she’s ever laid off again, and to make the right connections to support her 8-10 year goals.

Hello hello, Emcees! I'm trying something different for the month of August! I’m going to change the cadence to once a week, giving you a full episode on Fridays with Emcee Q&A included as part of the full show! All month long you can let me know what you think--is a weekly show better for your schedule, or do you prefer two shows a week? 

In this episode we hear some surprising tips and recommendations from a VP of People and Culture, Forbes HR Council member and SHRM executive, Tony Butler-Sims. We also get a breakdown of how my ITSME approach aligns with his recommendations and how to apply the technique to the job hunting process.

You can follow and connect with today’s guest, Tony Butler Sims, and and his work here:

Kicking off the week with a little Emcee Q+A that’s filled with reflection and motivation!

In this episode I help a listener realize what her loyalty is really costing her, and we discuss whether we care too much about what other people think. We seem to put their opinions ahead of our goals. There’s that loyalty again.

Let’s end the week on a productive note! In this episode I show you how to use my ITSME approach to sell your new skill set and talents. You are officially just 5 steps away from entrepreneurship or positioning yourself for that new job opportunity.

Shouts out to the entrepreneurs who shared their elevator pitches on this episode! You can find the Washington D.C. based graphic designer on Instagram @thathandylady, and the DC/Maryland area-based architect at 240-882-9389.

There’s no better way to start the week than by getting answers to our biggest fears and concerns. Let’s kick off the week with our Emcee Q+A!

In this episode a listener asks whether his talent is good enough to monetize, and we discuss whether the fear of speaking ever really goes away.

For episode 10, here are 10 ways to improve your public speaking opportunity--and none of them involve actually speaking! This is the planning, organization and visualization that make speaking publicly a success! 

Today I’m finally talking directly to my #emcees instead of a client or guest–I’m answering listener questions! I'll call these episodes #EmceeMondays and Emcee Q+A! 

In this episode I tell you how to manage those “umms” and “uhs”, and we discuss how your posture when speaking can make you feel more powerful and confident.

What will be your entrepreneurship story?

Dr. Vanessa Allen didn’t want to be an entrepreneur! But she had an encouraging husband who was a serial entrepreneur himself. He stayed in her ear about going into business for herself and practicing medicine the way she wanted.

This is what can happen when you stop taking your skills and talents for granted, and listen to the people around you who see what you sometimes don’t see!