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Leveraging Your Workstyle
Founder of Deskpass, Chief Operating Officer at Miami Refresh, and serial entrepreneur Nicole Vasquez builds communities and then connects them to resources that help them reach their goals. Her drive has empowered emerging communities to thrive around the world. Fusing a decade of entrepreneurial success with an innate ability to synthesize information and create systems, Nicole co-founded Deskpass, a hybrid work technology company connecting remote workers to a global community of on-demand workspaces where she is now an advisor.
Level-Up Energetically
International speaker, bestselling author, and elite performance coach Alaina Schwartz empowers high-achieving, heart-centered entrepreneurs and leaders to grow their businesses while working less than 40 hours a week. Alaina's method utilizes the science of the brain combined with practical guidance on the mind-body connection. Listen to learn how to create inward stability, move past limiting beliefs, and transform.
Finding Your Spiritual Self
For nearly two decades Malaika Martin has assisted creative leaders and entrepreneurs in finding a balance while capitalizing on the logistics and structure needed to be successful. To Malaika, self-care means showing up every day fully productive, authentically, and with a sense of connection to spirit. She believes in the power of recognizing and releasing negative behaviors while finding empowerment through systems that enable her colleagues and clients to step into the dynamic business owners they've always been.
Setting a Different Pace
For over 20 years, Jenny Tola has led a thriving business as part of State Farm, where she and her team have supported hundreds of families to secure what is most important to them. When it comes to striking a balance between hard work and family, Jenny's practice of daily gratitude and intentional time management are the secrets that have enabled her and her daughter to thrive. A single mom, Jenny, and her daughter have traveled together to major cities all over the world. Listen to learn how her routine setting practices have provided a source of stability, space, and balance.
Mastering Intention Setting
Learn how social media strategist, entrepreneur, and content creator Michelle Thames sets boundaries, how she uses meditation to her achieve her goals, and what it means to her to return to what is most important. Michelle shares her belief that there's no one right way to meditate and that both meditation and self-care can be whatever you need them to be.
Redefine Self-Care
Hear from Taylor Elyse Morrison, author, speaker, facilitator, coach, and CEO and founder of Inner Workout, on how she listens within, maintains a loving response, and on how she has worked to build a lifestyle with self-care. Through Inner Workout, she is motivated by helping others through creating multidimensional self-care practices that help individuals build and maintain the skills of self-care.
Combating Burnout
TEDx speaker and serial entrepreneur Debra Giunta is a fierce advocate for the power of emotional intelligence in youth education. Founder of @prismatic_movement and The Brainchild Collective, she is creating the next generation of conscious leaders through her programming.
Creating Inner Peace
Dr. Houda Abadi (@houdarose22) is a public scholar and peace-building practitioner who is creating waves of profound impact. As the Founder and Executive Director of Transformative Peace, she has found her calling in providing communities with the tools to affect change. Cultivating the space for her own inner peace is an essential part of her success.
Finding Deep Joy
Four-time Emmy Award-winning producer Emerald-Jane Hunter, or EJ, understands what it means to live your why. As Ringleader of myWHY Agency, a Black-owned, women-led integrated marketing communications company, she helps purpose-driven brands, businesses, and game-changing leaders tell impactful stories with a specialized focus on the lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Listen to her thoughts on creating boundaries, using sound frequency for self-care, and what it means to find deep joy.
Investing in Who You Trust
Dr. Christine Izuakor is the youngest African-American female to receive a Ph.D. in Security Engineering and a master's in the art of start-up acceleration. Inspired to combat the shortage of diverse perspectives in the technology industry, her company, Cyber Pop-up, funded by Google, is creating the next generation of experts. Listen to how her personal focus on fulfilling her purpose drives every decision and why she is so intentional about who she holds space for.
Attracting What You Want
Former Wall Street analyst, social entrepreneur, and coffee enthusiast, Kris Christian knows how to attract what she wants. She has built Chicago French Press from a pop-up to a nationally recognized brand sold at Target and featured on The Food Network. Learn how Kris moves past limitations and has mastered cultivating the energy to attract what she wants in business and in life.
Episode 9: Megan Wessels, Founder of Powerful Partners on Top Business Tools for a Start-Up
Watch Megan Wessels, Founder of Powerful Partners, talk about the inspiration for starting her business - a forum and dinner party for like-minded, passionate women. Learn about the top tools she uses to stay organized and move her business forward.
Episode 8: Live in London with Urvi Vora, Founder of Trousseau Jewels on Side Hustle to Full Time
Hear from Urvi Vora, CEO/Founder of Trousseau Jewels about the importance of trusting your gut and remaining fluid to the different opportunities that reveal themselves along the entrepreneurial journey. Learn some of the ways that she defines success including finding a deeper purpose in life and prioritizing giving back, and how this keeps her motivated and focused.
Episode 7: Live in London with Selma Studer, Gong Guru on Storytelling and Sound Therapy
Watch Selma Studer, Gong Guru and Founder of Gong, talk about how to make a wellness passion a full-time business. Selma shares her wealth of knowledge on the benefits of Sound Therapy, for the body and mind, and how her background in business and communication synergizes with sound.
Episode 6: Live in London with Stacia Bedford on Pivoting and Transitioning in Entrepreneurship.
Hear from London-based Entrepreneur Stacia Bedford about the importance of finding a positive, constructive network to grow your business and career. Learn some of the effective ways she transitioned and evolved her startups in the fashion industry.
Episode 5: Live in London with Alice Carder, Transformational Coach on the Power of Reflection
Watch Alice Carder, London-based Transformational Coach, talk about the importance of facing fear, finding trust over self-doubt and a safe place for self-reflection. Alice works with women on a mission and a burning passion to share with their community.
Episode 4: Maria Zouves, Co Founder of Savannah Voice Festival on Building Something you Value
Watch Maria Zouves, Co-Founder of Savannah Voice Festival, talk about the importance of listening to your different audiences, learning from previous models to find opportunity and how a passionate self mantra turned into a successful organization.
Episode 3: Lesley Francis, Founder of Lesley Francis PR on Foundations for Starting a Business
Watch Lesley Francis, Founder of Lesley Francis PR and leader in Public Relations in Savannah Georgia, talk about the struggles and hard work needed to create successful business, the importance of maintaining discipline and how to find balance to give back to yourself as a business owner.
Episode 2: Alyssa Doorhy, Founder of CoChic Styling, on Balancing Motherhood and Female Entrepreneurship
Watch Alyssa Doorhy, Founder of CoChic Styling, talk about the importance of finding balance as a business owner and mother, and the ways her motivation has evolved to find success.
Episode 1: Professional Photographer, Jenn Gaudreau on Permission not to be Perfect
Watch Professional Photographer Jenn Gaudreau talk about trusting your intuition and the value of giving yourself permission not to be perfect when starting and growing your business.
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Serial entrepreneur Nicole Vasquez has empowered emerging communities to thrive around the world. Her companies include Deskpass, the most complete network of on-demand workspaces in 220+ cities.
Alaina Schwartz is a music industry veteran who became curious about quantum physics, leading her to develop a business that empowers people to create daily rituals that up-level their energy and success.
Founder, mother of twin boys, and creative executive Malaika Martin talks about how to stay connected to your inner needs through energetic healing.
For the last 20 years, Jenny Tola, one of Chicago’s first Spanish-speaking female insurance agents, has led a thriving business as part of State Farm. Along with her team, she has supported hundreds of families to secure what is most important to them.
Social media maven and creator Michelle Thames empowers digital entrepreneurs with inspiring strategies, content, and coaching that elevates both their business and their approach to life.
Taylor Elyse Morrison, founder and author of Inner Workout, creates multidimensional self-care practices to help individuals build and maintain the skills of self-care.
TEDx speaker and serial entrepreneur Debra Giunta is a fierce advocate for the power of emotional intelligence in youth education. Founder of @prismatic_movement and The Brainchild Collective, she is creating the next generation of conscious leaders through her programming.
Dr. Houda Abadi is a public scholar and peacebuilding practitioner who is creating waves of profound impact. As the founder and executive director of Transformative Peace, she has found her calling in providing communities with the tools to affect change. Cultivating the space for her own inner peace is an essential part of her success.
Four-time Emmy Award-winning producer Emerald-Jane Hunter, or EJ, understands what it means to live your why. As Ringleader of myWHY Agency, a Black-owned, women-led integrated marketing communications company, she helps purpose-driven brands, businesses, and game-changing leaders tell impactful stories with a specialized focus on the lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Listen to her thoughts on creating boundaries, using sound frequency for self-care, and what it means to find deep joy.
Dr. Christine Izuakor is the youngest African-American female to receive a Ph.D. in Security Engineering and a master's in the art of start-up acceleration. Inspired to combat the shortage of diverse perspectives in the technology industry, her company, Cyber Pop-up, funded by Google, is creating the next generation of experts. Listen to how her personal focus on fulfilling her purpose drives every decision and why she is so intentional about who she holds space for.
Former Wall Street analyst, social entrepreneur, and coffee enthusiast Kris Christian knows how to attract what she wants. She has built Chicago French Press from a pop-up to a nationally recognized brand sold at Target and featured on The Food Network. Learn how Kris moves past limitations and has mastered cultivating the energy to attract what she wants in business and in life.
Furloughs, layoffs, semesters on hold, the uncertainty of the job market is fierce right now. Now more than ever before, it’s essential to tap into your personal brand story to stand out. Telling the story of “who I am” (not just “what I do”) requires inner confidence that can be difficult to find in the job market we currently face. Check out these mindful tips from Lofti.
Secret insights behind growing a 42K+ Instagram following, creating a national ambassador program, and selling snack bars with the world’s largest retailer from the CEO’s perspective. Learn how this Chicago group of 30-something entrepreneurs are changing the landscape in wellness, healthy eating, and lifestyle industries.
We are holistic beings. When we experience pain or stress to a muscle, we register it mentally. Similarly, when we feel the impact of someone’s words, full of compassion or criticism, we feel it in our body. Over a span of hours, days, or years, we can find ourselves carrying the emotional weight of all these actions and interactions. Sound healing can help to balance all of this.
Take a moment to acknowledge the power of your breath. From projecting over a crowd at a noisy networking event to helping you release a long sigh after a frazzled work day, breath is your life force. Learning how to use your breath as a tool, not just a concept your yoga teacher encourages, is where your power lies.
Top performers have one thing in common: their ability to balance emotion in times of stress. For those of us living in a fast-paced, urban, always on social media world, finding a sense of inner balance can sometimes provoke an increase in tension rather than a release.
After 15 years working alongside some of the best creative minds on the world’s leading brands, there is one clear takeaway - almost every major campaign, piece of content, and interactive experience is built on inspiration from another brand.
Whether you are looking to elevate your career or take your small business to the next level, articulating what makes your brand unique is essential. Defining your story starts with getting clear on your vision and the purpose of your vision, why does it matter and to who? What did you set out to accomplish, what is your vision?
Brand growth happens when your audience is aligned, connected, and advocates for your business. It starts with a clear strategy shaped from your audience’s needs and behaviors. When you are clear on how and where to focus your marketing resources, engagement will happen organically.
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Check out Karianne’s article for Ragan Communications and PR Daily where she shares a mini 5-step process to move from chaos to quiet that you can try right now.
Read this interview with Karianne Michelle and Candice Georgiadis as a part of a series about how accomplished leaders succeed despite experiencing Imposter Syndrome.
Read EvolveHer Co-Working’s member highlight with Karianne Michelle as part of their #LadyBoss Series.
Enjoy this interview from CoChic Styling with Karianne Michelle focused on inspiring women entrepreneurs.
Maintaining a healthy business in the era of COVID uncertainty means pausing, prioritizing, and pivoting. As a small business owner, I believe making space to care for my business strategically is a necessary piece of my professional self-care. Check out these simple steps to create a DIY Business Retreat to reset and refocus in the final months of 2020.