I am so glad to get to have Dr. Izetta Mobley on the podcast for this episode of #29DaysofMagic! She has so many amazing things she has done you'll need to hear her whole incredible story. She talks about how important it is to do things well, efficiently and equitably. She also talks about the power of administrative work to get things done. She shares some great wisdom about properly setting standards for other people, as not everyone has high standards. She also talks about understanding that life is not fair, and sometimes people have more challenges than others, and that there are matrices of oppression that stack on top of life's general unfairness.
She asks everyone to wear a mask around for at least a week, for both the health awareness, and because it helps show who belongs in public life.
And she would like to give you a week where each day you give yourself permission to do something small, but mightily joyful for yourself.
Connect with her here:
Twitter: https://x.com/imobley1
ACLS: https://www.acls.org/fellow-grantees/izetta-autumn-mobley/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/imobley/
Tahiirah Habibi, The Hue Society - Founder/ CEO Tahiirah shares how she was working at age 15 as a really awesome usher, how she worked her way through college, and how she went from letting other people demean her to taking back her authenticity, autonomy, and her audacity as she became an entrepreneur. She shares about the Jay-Z line that inspired her to name her company The Hue Society, and it's double meanings. She shares about the huge levels of joy that her company is bringing. She gives great advice about not needing to join a table where people don't like you, especially when that table is on fire and not joyous, she gives a good general piece of advice for what wine will always work, about feeling good about yourself all the time, and so much more!
Join Wine and Culture Fest coming up in July! https://www.wineandculturefest.com/
In D.C. July 17th-20th! From 11 AM - 11 PM.
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For this episode of #29DaysofMagic! I am so delighted to chat with Francine Parham! She is the Founder of FrancineParham & Co., an amazing Author, and wonderful person! She has the most incredible story story, she shares about her first job out of college at General Mills. She shares amazing life advice, like Rule #1: Never burn a bridge. She talks about her time as an incredible executive at GE and then Johnson & Johnson, and how that led to her starting her own company to assist and ensure women and women of color advance at work. She shares a traumatic experience she had at work, how she got through it, and the warning she has for people that it is not worth your health to stay in those areas. She would like you to look out for the leaders in the mist and offer them help if you are able. She has so much wisdom around helping women and women of color advance at work, amazing stories, and much much more you'll definitely need to tune in!
Be sure to connect with her to find out the next dates of her career advancing workshops!
(You can learn more here: https://www.francineparham.co/programs/
Or Here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/sharpenyourskillsprofessional/1379876 )
Connect here:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francineparham/
Her Website: https://www.francineparham.co/
Twitter: https://x.com/francineparham
I am very delighted to have Runo Okiomah on the podcast for this #29DaysofMagic! She is an amazing person and Founder of Elo Spaces & Workplace Expert. She talks about working at McDonalds right before college and right after getting back to the US from Nigeria. She shares about how fascinating her life has been going from America to living in Nigeria and back and how in all the places she felt a bit like an outsider and how it led to her being fascinated with people and places. She shares about one of her biggest challenges where as a grad student where after she had gotten an internship her professor had tried to get her to give up the internship. She shares the BEND framework, Brand, Expert skills, Network. Destination at a high level, and how she wished she knew about it at age 18. She has so much amazing advice for going through life and being versatile in what you're doing and how you'll become better through everything.
Connect with her here:
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/runo-okiomah/
Elo Spaces: https://www.elo-spaces.com/
Super delighted to get Kim Anthony, Owner, BrillianceMode, LLC (Speaker, Author Leadership Coach), on for this episode of #29DaysofMagic! She talks about how because she competed at a high level competing on the US national gymnast team, and how that played into her being a gymnastic coach both as her first job and her first job out of college. She shares about how she trained by jumping and flipping on brick sidewalks until her mother had brought her to an actual gym. She shares her incredible career including working as a stunt woman on Batman, and so many other amazing jobs until she got to where she is now! She talks about the amazing ministry and work she has done helping empower women who are high performing and married to high performers to know that they are fearfully and wonderfully made. She shares about her struggles growing up, and how wildly different the professional gymnastics world was from her home life. She goes on to share some amazing self care advice about finding the things that are best fit for her identity and purpose. She shares so much wisdom about all things pertaining to purpose and identity!
Connect with her here:
Website: KimAnthony.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BrillianceMode/featured
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-anthony/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realkimanthony/?hl=en
Twitter: https://x.com/RealKimAnthony
I am so excited to get Charece Williams, leading brand and sports marketing executive, on the podcast for this year's #29DaysofMagic! She has a truly incredible career journey doing so many varied things, and from it she learned what she absolutely did not want to be doing. She shares about how important it is to bring your true self to work to do the work well, especially because the diverse personalities and opinions really makes all experiences better. She share amazing advice for working with others, getting help, giving help, and some awesome self care advice!
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Super delighted to have Samantha Fennell on for this years #29DaysofMagic! She is the Partner and Managing Director at Purpose. She shares about how she got her first job by being around the right people and declaring openly her intentions to get into sales at a magazine. She shares about her incredible career journey, including working at Vogue and for the Obama campaign in 2008 to where she is now. She shares really stellar advice about unleashing yourself from the belief that its all over just because it gets difficult. She has wonderful advice about how self care really supports not just herself but also everyone around her. She shares how important it is to not be a lone wolf.
Samantha would like everyone to look around and ask for help, as well as offer help, because you never know when that now dull insight will be like a brand new nugget of gold to a younger person!
Connect with her here:
IG: https://www.instagram.com/samfennell99/?hl=en
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthafennell/
See some of the great work she has been up to at Purpose: https://www.purpose.com/
I am delighted to bring back Chana Ginelle Ewing for this year's #29DaysofMagic! Her last time on the podcast was back in 2021 Episode 155 (Which you could revisit here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0eferwEI6KBvENHdxq0mZT?si=kZsaYOoKRQScajU9eJAY7g) and hear the updates from then to now! She talks about how her first job as at AID Action Committee of Boston helped her to be brave in front of peers, and helped set her on her path! She shares about how she has gotten to starting her latest business, Little Big World, and how satisfying it is that is against the current presidency. We talk about how the queer community is so intersectional, and in spite of the current regime, they are here, and they are continuing to live their lives! She shares some of the struggles with starting a business and being both a people manager/leader and a contributor to the work that is being done. She shares some crucial tips about staying healthy and rounded as an entrepreneur and is all around such a delight!
Chat with her on Friday Office Hours (Starting up again in March) For all things Marketing, and more! https://pensight.com/x/littlebigworld (30 minute conversation!)
Follow her Substack: https://chanacubed.substack.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chana-ewing/
Little Big World: https://www.littlebigworld.co/
Pensight (Consulting): https://pensight.com/x/littlebigworld/ff-creator-id-blueprint
I am so excited to share with you all Kimberly Brown's story for this episode of #29DaysofMagic! She is the Managing Partner Housing Impact Partners. She shares about how as a 16 year old she was selling credit cards and leading the department. She talks about how she got to where she is today. She talks about helping founding the African American Real Estate Professionals for the Los Angeles Chapter. She shares how she started Housing Impact Partners, how she and her partners are working in the wake of the fires that have happened recently, and how she was already way ahead of the game to make a measurable impact on getting people housing. She shares about how important it is to be very intentional in what she does so she can be highly efficient! She also mentions how using technology helps her be super efficient, and how properly researching and knowing how the technology can be beneficial. She shares about how strict personal boundaries help her be so super healthy.
Kimberly would ask you to get involved with your local community!
Go to Housing Impact Partners to find out more! https://housingimpactpartners.com/
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To kick off the last week of #29DaysofMagic! 2025, I am super delighted to have on Lorine Pendleton, she is the Founder/Managing Partner of 125 Ventures. She talks about how she wanted to buy designer clothes and give kudos to her parents for helping her learn the value of money by encouraging her to get her first job at a Blimpie Sub Sandwich shop. She shares her incredible career journey to now where she is now. She shares about how she helped invest in women owned and diverse companies one of which is currently among the fastest growing companies in the country. She shares about how because people either have a blind spot or are willingly ignoring underrepresented startups there is a lot missing growth that should be happening but isn't currently. She shares about taking more calculated risks and not being afraid to fail.
Reach out to Lorine if you're interested in Angel Investing!
And reach out to her if you are looking to start investing, or if you have a startup in sports media entertainment!
Connect here:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lorinevc/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lorinevc
I am beyond delighted to share with you all Naydja Cojoe's story during this #29DaysofMagic! She is an entertainer, community health advocate and all around amazing diva. She shares about how her first job was at a roller rink and how she knew her whole life that she would be singing on stage. She shares a little bit of her story and the amazing advice she got that helped her stay humble, and how she became a Dixie Cup. She shares about a time when she almost quit singing, and how she was able to stick to it. She shares about the amazing work she does helping out the community and how incredible music can be to help dementia patients remember and sing along with the current song. She shares such amazing advice and is a truly all around wonderful person! She shares about the amazing and healthy culture New Orleans has when it comes to celebrities, and so many other amazing life stories you absolutely need to take a listen!
"Don't worry about it, just come and enjoy yourself," - Naydja (In reference to the New Orleans Festivals and food!)
Get ready to see Naydja and the Dixie Cups perform at the Danny Barker Festival on Sunday March 23rd at 3:30pm at the New Orleans Jazz Musuem. https://dannybarkerfestival.com/2025-schedule/
She'll also be at Jazz Fest, The first weekend April 24-27th https://www.nojazzfest.com/music/ and French Quarter Fest, on April 13th https://frenchquarterfest.org/music/
Follow her here:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/naydja.cojoe/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/naydjacojoeproductions/
I am so excited to share Samantha Kotey's story with you all for this #29DaysofMagic! She is Senior Corporate Counsel & CEO/Founder Auntie's African Ice Cream, and such an amazing person! She shares about her first few jobs at restaurants, and her career into being an attorney where she is now! She shares about how it has always been a black woman who has helped her get all the jobs or pointed her to getting all the jobs. She shares about how she went from one day sitting at home wanting ice cream to all of the sudden making ice cream as a side business. She has such an amazing perspective on self care and making sure she is well. She talks about how okay it is to be less serious as a younger person. She talks about reveling in the delights of the small things and how helpful and healthy that is.
"Be a kid for as long as you can," - Samantha Kotey
Connect with her here:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/auntiesafricanicecream/
Her Website: https://www.auntiesafricanicecream.com/
Check out the book she and her book club are reading: https://www.amazon.com/Cutting-Stone-Abraham-Verghese/dp/0375714367
I am super delighted to have Tiffany Dufu, the President at The Tory Burch Foundation, on for this episode of #29DaysofMagic! 2025! She talks about being a Girl Scout selling cookies, and her first real job which she absolutely hated, but she really learned how helpful it was to learn that people can say no to you over and over but the world doesn't fall apart. She talks about her incredible journey where so many amazing incredible women saw her and invited her into the room and how impactful that has been for her career and starting her own companies. Tiffany talks about the 4 levers of economic opportunity and how the fourth is entrepreneurship and how important that is to help people. She talks about how important the work she is doing at the Tory Burch Foundation is especially in this current climate. She points out that instead of asking the question, "How am I to solve this challenge?" instead she asks "Who is going to help me solve it?" and how important it is especially for women entrepreneurs to remember that this is not a solo journey.
"We build trust by asking for help, not for offering it," - Tiffany Dufu
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoSIgKTfYRMmBreoNv_8-aA
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiffanydufu/
Personal Website: https://www.tiffanydufu.com/
Her Company Website: https://www.weareluminary.com/luminary-crus
For my Birthday I'm super excited to have Lisette Lavergne on the podcast for this #29DaysofMagic! She is the Founder and CEO of Lisette Lavergne Law PC. She shares about her first awesome job babysitting similar to how her mom had. She shares that she double majored in theater arts and political science. She shares about her decision to work as a performing artist with the George Street Playhouse Touring company to do social plays that called out problems like discrimination and others like alcoholism. She mentions how she got into law school at Rutgers Law and how amazingly diverse the community was and how all the diverse groups came together. She shares how important community has been to her for her whole life, and the struggles of being a first generation immigrant and one of the few like her at a big and prestigious law firm, but how she in spite of the challenges there, grew so much. She shares about her time running a law firm, a radio show, and all that fun stuff that is involved with being an entrepreneur plus the connections with the people involved.
After hearing Lisette's story, what is one aspect of her story you'd like to hear more of?
And how would you like to hear more?
Connect with her here:
Instagram: http://instagram.com/lisettelavergne/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisettelavergne/
Facebook: http://facebook.com/lisettelavergne/
I am so delighted to have Bree West, Showrunner, Producer, Writer, and Director, on for #29DaysofMagic! She shares about her first job as a babysitter and the throughline into being a producer. She talks about how she worked with Kevin Durant's mother. Wanda, to get her story out there, and though Wanda was happy with the movie Bree wanted to nit pick a few things which led to her and her then boyfriend starting Octet Productions. She offers up so many amazing stories from when she has been producing and has amazing advice about claiming accomplishments, breathing, making it happen and so much more! She talks about how important it is for when you like a story to talk about it and give good feedback so the studios will keep asking for more of those and not just more horror films. She shares how important it is to show stories and how much feedback she has gotten from people sharing how inspired the productions Bree has worked on has made them.
"Live it to the fullest, and just breathe!" -Bree West
Connect with her here:
IG: https://www.instagram.com/breekwest/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/breek.west/
Website: www.octetproductions.com
I am super excited to get to have Susan Chapman-Hughes on the podcast today for #29DaysofMagic! Global C-Level Business & Digital Transformation Executive, Corporate Board Director, Global Speaker, Consultant and Author. She shares her story starting as a community planner and her incredible amazing career journey to leading on corporate boards, serving on many non-profits that help out communities along the way, and how that led to where she is now. She has great advice, like the reminder that in all chaos there is opportunity, not giving away your personal power, a great reminder to be consistent in helping, empowering, and taking advantage of new opportunities, and so much more! She would like to ask you to find the communities near you that are in need and find some ways to help support.
Connect with her here:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanchapmanhughes/
Her website: https://www.susanchapmanhughes.com/
Any businesses needing any help with growing, scaling, and digital transformation reach out to Susan for consulting help, and if there are any non-profits looking for help definitely reach out!
Today I am delighted to have Lauren Persons, mom and educator, on the podcast for #29DaysofMagic! She talks about her first job when she was 12 and then her next job as a cashier. She talks through her career journey working for the federal government, working for the private sector, until she finally started listening to herself and she is now at a 3rd grade educator. She likens being a teacher to being a mother, and how teaching really is preparing children to be people in all areas of life. She talks about how today's teaching environment has to deal with a lot more attention competition and how teachers need to help students with their life stories and how teachers have their own life stories that they need to put on pause, but that doesn't mean they are not people. She has such amazing advice and perspective on life you absolutely don't want to miss out!
If you feel so led, Help Keep Lauren's Girls in Cheer here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/keep-zoe-and-mias-cheer-dreams-alive?attribution_id=sl:e406bede-edba-481c-9f7a-8e9b4fde5cde&utm_campaign=man_ss_icons&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/awishedforlife/
Threads: https://www.instagram.com/awishedforlife/
Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/awishedforlife/?etsrc=sdt
Check out her recently Curated playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0RfciGZdKA53G4UIBcOncq?si=FdMgJECcTOqzqGiPIiCJzQ&pi=u-kqcaoaIpRRGV&nd=1&dlsi=f8cb3462844b4c4c
I am super excited to interview Jehmu Greene, CEO and Founder of We Defend Truth. She shares about how her first job didn't really pay her and now as an activist still does not get paid a lot. She talks about her incredible journey trying to promote progressive values even going to work at Fox News. She talks about her great work at WeDefendTruth in working to combat disinformation and trying to bring more and more people back to common sense. She talks about being careful to not flood on information before asking the questions, "Is this true?" "How do I know?" and "Is it worth sharing?" She also shares how she learned from getting cancer, and gives so many important self care lessons from that. She shares about how important it is to find the next new young leader. And is just such a light, you need to tune in!
Check out and Donate to We Defend Truth:wedefendtruth.org
Connect with Jehmu on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jehmu/
I am super excited to have Kenice Mobley, incredible self employed comedian, on the podcast for #29DaysofMagic! She shares about her first job at Jack in the Box, and how it practically did not happen. She talks about how seeing some people do bad at comedy inspired her to go after being a comedian. She talks about how she launched her full time comedy career right during February 2020. She talks about how there are many pitfalls with comedians where a lot of them can be chasing the viral clips. And how the going viral skill is not the same as the entertaining skill. She talks about how doing comedy well comes from having lots of experience, and you don't need to just be born into it.
IN < TWO WEEKS!!Check out her show: "Don't Kill Yourself Yet" @ Caveat [BLACK WOMEN IN COMEDY FESTIVAL]
Thursday, February 27, 2025
7:00 PM 8:30 PM
https://caveat.nyc/events/kenice-mobley-dont-kill-yourself-yet-2-27-2025
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Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/kenicemobley/?hl=en
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/kenicemobleycomedy/
Her website:https://kenicemobley.com/
Check out her upcoming Stand Up Shows:https://kenicemobley.com/stand-up-shows?view=calendar&month=02-2025
I am delighted to get the wonderful Che Chisholm, Founder / Filmmaker / Educator, on for #29DaysofMagic! She talks all about her amazing career through all things entertainment and how it led to her founding two separate companies now! She started Automatic Studios, and you'll have to listen to hear some about her more recent project PIYP. She shares about so many amazing journeys and the one she is currently starting on knowing that she is going to figure it out. She talks about how helpful routine can be, and give so much other amazing advice you'll need to hear it all!
If you're interested in learning more about PIYP check it out here:https://piyp.co/
Connect with her here:
LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/che-chisholm/
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/che_chisholm/