"I want to be more confident, but _________." That space is usually filled with a memory or experience from the past that makes you feel that building self-confidence at this stage in your life is impossible. Speaking your truth is a cornerstone of the work psychotherapist Shervon Laurice does at her practice Restore Tranquility. Past narratives can impact your ability to heal and live in the present.

Join confidence coach and speaking expert Amber Rose West and Shervon Laurice as they discuss the importance of creating self-confidence by releasing past narratives, leading with present-centered awareness, and listening to your intuition as you transition and heal through life.

HIGHLIGHTS

- Shervon describes using psychotherapy to become the creator of your own life.

- The impact of 2020 and how people are healing from the pandemic.

- Present-centered awareness is about taking time to release the past, spend less time focusing on the future, and learning to find happiness and healing in the present.

- There is power in using past narratives as *part* of the healing process rather than trying to ignore the past.

- Amber and Shervon discuss the two ways to utilize forgiveness.

- Your Inner Mentor can help you reconnect to your intuitive voice. Amber and Shervon share how they interact with their inner mentors.

- As you transition through life, it's okay that your likes and dislikes also change.

- Ultimate healing comes from releasing the past and focusing in the present which will build a future you can enjoy.

CONNECT WITH SHERVON LAURICE Website: ⁠https://www.restoretranquility.com Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/restoretranquility/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@RestoreTranquility/featured

CONNECT WITH AMBER ROSE WEST Website: ⁠https://www.vibrantconfidence.com⁠ Facebook: ⁠http://www.facebook.com/vibrantamberrose⁠ Instagram: ⁠http://www.instagram.com/vibrantamberrose⁠

Get Speaking Coaching: ⁠https://www.vibrantconfidence.com/vibrantvoiceandvisibility

The 3 essential levels of speaking like a champ! 

CONNECT WITH AMBER ROSE
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/vibrantamberrose
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/vibrantamberrose
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@womenofcolorandconfidence

BECOME VIBRANTLY VISIBLE
This workshop series begins Monday 3/20. Designed to help you become an amazing speaker so you can gain more visibility to your business. Check it out and save your seat here >>> www.vibrantconfidence.com/becomevibrantlyvisible

What's the difference between working a career and designing a career that is intrinsically fulfilling? That's the question I had for executive and leadership coach Dr. Carol Parker Walsh. She helps her clients showcase their brilliance and design an epic career and life that matters. She’s an award-winning certified career and personal brand strategist, life and executive coach, a TEDx presenter, 3x Amazon best-selling author, and keynote speaker. 

Join confidence coach Amber Rose West and Dr. Carol as they discuss the power of building a career that is fulfilling to you at any point in your life. 

HIGHLIGHTS

• "Do you love what you do?" How to ask yourself intrinsically. 
• Men make career changes more easily than women. Women more often have big life occurrences that give them permission to seek change. 
• How to design a career that feels like an epic journey.
• Pushing back against the mythology that we only get one career in our lifetime.
• Accomplished people feel imposter syndrome the most. "The disease of the successful."
• Appraising your worth outside of your work.
• The evolution of careers will take a more humancentric approach to work in the future.

CONNECT WITH DR. CAROL PARKER WALSH
Website: https://www.carolparkerwalsh.com/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/drcarolparkerwalsh/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/parkerwalsh/

CONNECT WITH AMBER ROSE WEST
Website: https://www.vibrantconfidence.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/vibrantamberrose
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/vibrantamberrose
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@womenofcolorandconfidence
Workshop: https://www.vibrantconfidence.com/becomevibrantlyvisible

Business leaders are very inspiring people. Ambitious people look at the the things others have accomplished and think, "I want to do that too." When admiring the work of others, it's easy to fall into the trap of wanting to do it just like them. As business owners, solopreneurs, and entrepreneurs, trying to copy cat what others are doing can actually hinder the success of your business. 

Your authenticity as a business leader is essential to your success. Join confidence coach and public speaking expert Amber Rose West as she outlines 3 of the most important superpowers that will help you grow your authenticity and magnetize your business to people who are dying to work with you.

HIGHLIGHTS
- The reasons why following the successful people in your industry isn't working for you.
- Other people aren't sharing their success to brag, they are showing you what's possible.
- It's essential to create values for your personal life, your business, and your community.
- Knowing and sharing these values helps people make decisions about working with you. They benefit you too because you want to work with people who align with your values also.
- Owning your business isn't just about the paperwork you file with the state. It's also about how well you stand up for your business as the best solution for people. Own it!!
- People rely on you being confident about what you serve.
- The power of your authenticity as a business leader is that you are different.
- Remember - people will buy what's in the box but more importantly, they buy from the person holding the box. Own what makes you and your services unique!

CONNECT WITH AMBER ROSE
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/vibrantamberrose
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/vibrantamberrose
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@womenofcolorandconfidence

SPECIAL OFFER This confidence building audio is designed to help you Overpower Your Insecurities so that you can stop the negative brain chatter and start developing a strong, confident speaking voice. Visit http://wwwvibrantconfidence.com/overpower14 to start listening today.

A nutritional mindset isn't just about the food you eat. It's about how you nurture yourself with the interconnectedness of mind, body, and energy. Confidence coach and communication expert Amber Rose West is joined by Dr. Shayla Toombs-Withers to discuss the importance of looking at health with a more dynamic approach. 

Listen to this episode if you're looking for sustainable changes to your health this year. Learn how expert Dr. Shayla designs plans specifically for you without judgment so that you can enjoy the foods you eat, have a calmer state of mind, and feel excellent in your body for the future of yourself and your family.

Dr. Shayla Toombs-Withers educates her patients in how to improve and overcome their chronic diseases as a family physician. She founded Essence of Health Wellness Clinic & Coaching so that she can combine her deep knowledge of medicine, plant based nutrition, and athletic training to provide preventative and chronic care to her patients using a unique concierge model of care.

HIGHLIGHTS
• A health mindset is more about creating the energy and essence of health in your lifestyle
• Dr. Shayla shares the cost of preventative care vs the cost of a cure
• Health access may be limited but we can take it upon ourselves to look beyond what we don't have to learn what we can do
• The core of any healthy lifestyle is really about getting consistent in the mind because it influences everything else you attempt to change
• Amber Rose talks about the misconceptions of meditation. There is pressure about how you should meditate. She shares how you can release that pressure from the term and use it as an activity for slowing down your gogo energy and reset yourself.
• Dr. Shayla talks about creating preventative plans acknowledging who you are first, becoming self-aware of your habits, and then implementing change.
• The importance of making a  plan with a coach that works with questions of discovery vs judgment
• Dr. Shayla admits waning confidence when trying new thing. She and Amber Rose share advice on doing the new thing with uncertainty
• Slow incorporation makes things stick so release the idea of immediacy while getting the information you need to make changes

CONNECT WITH DR. SHAYLA TOOMBS-WITHERS
Website: www.EOHcoaching.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/essenceofhealthwellnessclinic/
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.twateohwc

CONNECT WITH AMBER ROSE WEST
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vibrantamberrose
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vibrantamberrose
Website: www.vibrantconfidence.com
Women of Color and Confidence Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@womenofcolorandconfidence
Podcast Page: www.vibrantconfidence.com/wocconfidence

SPECIAL OFFER - Start listening to Overpower Your Insecurities Visit www.vibrantconfidence.com/overpower14 for more details to this confidence building audio guide.

Confidence building is a two-part process. People tend to focus on the most fun and sparkly part of becoming a confident woman which is the outward expression of that confidence that other people can see. That includes how you walk into a room, what you look like, and how you represent yourself with confidence. They frequently gloss over the primary part of building self-confidence and that is the internal creation. First you create it on the inside, then you express it on the outside.

If you've tried to create self-confidence but you constantly finding it hard to maintain your progress, it's likely your insecurities are the culprit.

Join confidence coach and self-talk expert Amber Rose West as she shares a few of the points inside her new audio guide titled Overpower Your Insecurities.

HIGHLIGHTS 

• The difference between temporary confidence and sustainable confidence
• The most common insecurities ambitious people experience
• Why every confidence journey starts with overpowering your insecurities
• How and why self-talk is the most powerful tool to having strong self-confidence
• Your inner knowing supports your wants, needs, and desires
• Why living your life without fear of judgment is so important
• Meet the Inner Critics - descriptions of the 7 inner critic archetypes
• Overpowering your insecurities has positivity too
• Engage self-respect, self-acceptance, and self-care
• Find self-care that cares for Your Self
• The many benefits of listening to the confidence building audio guide 

SPECIAL OFFER - Start listening to Overpower Your Insecurities
Visit www.vibrantconfidence.com/overpower14 for more details to this confidence building audio guide.

The 14 points of Overpower Your Insecurities:

1. Inner Knowing is Everything
2. Honesty as a Life Hack
3. Neutralize Negativity 
4. Close the Door on Comparison
5. Self-talk with a Smile
6. Put Perfectionism in its Place
7. Meet the Inner Critics
8. Outsmart Imposter Syndrome
9. Break Free from the Judgment cycle
10. Cure Comparison in One Step
11. Self-Acceptance is Your Superpower
12. Your Needs and Dreams are Important
13. Self-Care that Cares for Yourself
14. The Essential Role of Self-Respect

CONNECT WITH AMBER ROSE WEST
Instagram: @vibrantamberrose
Facebook: @vibrantamberrose
Website: www.vibrantconfidence.com
Podcast Page: www.vibrantconfidence.com/wocconfidence

Just being a woman of color can turn heads in particular industries but what happens when that woman also comes with purple hair and a nose ring?? Body modifications is anything from colored hair to tattoos and piercings. Professional settings can have their own rules on how employees are represented in their space. How do you reconcile wanting to represent yourself in a certain way while your job demands a more concealed version of yourself? Join confidence coach Amber Rose West and Eryka Perry (aka Eryka the Chef) as they discuss being black women with body modifications in professional settings.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Bridge between health and creativity
• The unique culture of Cheffing and being a black woman in professional kitchens 
• Looking the part looks different in different environments
• People that exist outside of the norm continues to makes the world evolve
• The reason Amber Rose got her nose pierced at 10-years-old
• How body modifications can help you with confidence
• Living as an extroverted introvert
• The challenges of “Peopling” with colored hair or tattoos
• The types of assumptions made about black women when body modifications are added
• How habits are built while you’re also embracing authenticity
• Fostering the habit of self-love
• The self-love lessons we learned from our big arms
• The great power in never talking down to yourself

CONNECT WITH ERYKA PERRY
IG: @erykathechef
Website: www.erykathechef.com
Monday Meditation: bit.ly/ShiftMondayMeditation

SPECIAL OFFER
Visit www.vibrantconfidence.com for information on confidence coaching with Amber Rose West

CONNECT WITH AMBER ROSE WEST
Instagram: @vibrantamberrose
Facebook: @vibrantamberrose
Website: www.vibrantconfidence.com
Podcast Page: www.vibrantconfidence.com/wocconfidence

The Women of Color and Confidence Guide to New Year's Evolutions! Not resolutions (see what we did there ;) The new year can bring with it the pressure to double down on resolutions to ditch habits that keep you separated from your goals and picking up new routines and habits that are considered healthier and for optimal health. On average, only 8% of people stick to the New Year’s Resolutions they start in January.

There are amazing benefits to wanting personal betterment. Wanting to be healthier and happier are solid intentions to have for yourself yet statistics show that resolutions are not the best way to keep them going. Rather than looking at life changes as resolutions, listen to this week’s episode on how to make your desired changes part of your personal evolution.

Join confidence coach Amber Rose West as she breaks down the process of creating New Year’s Evolutions that are sourced by your goals and dreams and supported by your passion and purpose.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Resolutions don’t stick because they aren’t personalized to your or your goals
• Evolutions are gradual progress achieved through processes towards success
• How you can use the collective energy of NYE to supercharge your actions
• Reverse engineer what you want to achieve and build your actions around the outcome
• Use mind-mapping instead of Google to find answers
• The secret sauce to New Year’s Evolutions is self-discovery
• Practice overpowers perfectionism. Don’t focus on perfect, focus on practice
• Practical advice from a confidence coach on how to make progress on your 2023 evolutions

SPECIAL OFFER
Visit www.vibrantconfidence.com for information on confidence coaching with Amber Rose West

CONNECT WITH AMBER ROSE WEST
Instagram: @vibrantamberrose
Facebook: @vibrantamberrose
Website: www.vibrantconfidence.com
Podcast Page: www.vibrantconfidence.com/wocconfidence

"How can I truly find my voice if I can't recognize it?" Wise words from Tasha Wilson, international best-selling author and motivational speaker who helps people regain a sense of their authenticity during the different stages of their lives.

Join confidence coach and self-talk expert Amber Rose West as she speaks with Tasha about the journey of inner work that helped her heal after back-to-back traumatic experiences in her teens. Every healing journey has a set of tools that will help support you along the way. Listen to this episode to hear how Tasha got started, how she continues her journey for herself, and how she teaches others to do the same for themselves.

Highlights
- Back to back significantly traumatic experiences created a lack of self-love, value, and loss of identity.
- What it means to make a "normal" life after traumatic events.
- Tasha started to change when she found language to identify her feelings.
- Black women have a skewed perspective of self-love, self-value, and self-confidence because of stereotypes and societal messaging.
- The impact of others impeding our ability to grieve and heal.
- Genuine and sustainable changes to self-confidence take time. If the issues are created and last multiple years, allow it signifiant time to heal before giving up.
- It's okay to need different things (people, hobbies, interests, jobs) in different seasons of your life.
- The importance of finding self-worth and not looking to things externally for validation
- How we all handle the pressure to conform in order to be liked and "get likes."
- What to do when listening to other people doesn't work for you or your self-confidence.
- How to practice expanding your comfort zone vs shoving yourself out of it.  

Connect with Tasha Wilson:
Website: www.lifewithtashaw.com
Instagram: @lifewithtashaw_
Facebook: @tashawmessengerofhope

Connect with Amber Rose West:
Instagram: @vibrantamberrose
Facebook: @vibrantamberrose
Website: www.vibrantconfidence.com
Podcast Page: www.vibrantconfidence.com/wocconfidence 

Looking to start confidence coaching for a stronger speaking voice in your writing, on social media, and on video? Visit www.vibrantconfidence.com/coaching for information and coaching options.

TW: Death of a parent, SA

The holidays are right around the corner! Confidence coach and communication expert Amber Rose West wants to help you manage your negative self-talk during the time you are with your family. You may believe this is a useless action when you’re around family that can poke jokes, be dismissive of you, and challenge who you are or how you live because family can be triggering in the strongest way.

Listen to this episode for Amber Rose’s unique advice on how to use internal techniques of self-discovery to cultivate awareness around how your family can alter your self-talk and how you can take back control in any situation.

Highlights of the Episode:

• Helping you stop the spiral of your negative self-talk or negative thinking when you’re around family during the holidays
• The first step to changing self-talk is understanding the nature of your current self-talk
• Amber Rose explains why family holidays are a great time to cultivate awareness around the way people talk to you and how it impacts your self-talk
• The importance of asking yourself questions before asking questions of other people
• The difference between Threatening Questions and Discovery Questions
• Minimizing the ability for other people to change the way you feel about yourself
• The “Inventory Only” process to having a better understanding of how your self-talk is altered by the people around you
• Having more awareness around your self-talk will help you have difficult conversations with other people later down the line
• 3 reasons the information inside this episode will help you have better self-talk long-term

Looking to start confidence coaching for a stronger speaking voice in your writing, on social media, and on video?
Visit www.vibrantconfidence.com/coaching for information and coaching options.

Connect with Amber Rose West:
Instagram: @vibrantamberrose
Facebook: @vibrantamberrose
Website: www.vibrantconfidence.com
Podcast Page: www.vibrantconfidence.com/wocconfidence

This episode talks about one woman's fascinating life experiences and how they changed her relationship with Christianity and organized religion. Amber Rose West welcomes Chandrika Phea, author of "Lord, I Don't Want To Die a Christian," to talk about her evolution from Christianity towards love and service.

Chandrika was born into a devoutly religious family; she is the daughter, niece, and grandchild of Christian clergy, and she is ordained and has a degree in Biblical studies. Discover how a bad breakup led her to do missionary work in China and how that experience helped shape her present ideas of doctrine and gave her the courage to be authentic. 

She also shares about her current service projects, helping women of color get outdoors in a safe and accepting environment. 

Please note: The intent of this episode is not to comment on Christianity but to discuss Chandrika's personal experience.

Highlights in this Episode:

•  Chandrika describes her background as a pastor's daughter and about how a voice in a dream inspired her to study the Bible in college.
• Find out how a bad breakup and a fateful conversation led Chandrika to move to China. 
• Chandrika talks about the difference between teaching Christianity and teaching about God's love and how she had taught the latter in China. 
• Learn why, when Chandrika returned to the US, she no longer felt she fit into the constructs of the Christian faith. 
• Amber asks Chandrika what it was like to write a book when it wasn't really a planned idea, and Chandrika talks about how the idea hit her while watching the news.
• Does religion steal our own stories? Chandrika talks about trading her own story of heartbreak for the Bible when asked for advice from one of her Chinese students.
• Chandrika discusses what authenticity is for her: daring to be who you believe yourself to be. 
• Discover why Chandrika doesn't want to have her experience of life, people, love, and the world to be limited by religion. 
• Chandrika started serving women of color by starting Bikes and Breakfast, creating a safe place for women to be outside.
  

Links from this Episode:
Get a copy of “Lord, I Don’t Want to Die a Christian”


Connect with Amber Rose West:
Instagram: @vibrantamberrose
Facebook: @vibrantamberrose
Website: www.vibrantconfidence.com
Podcast Page: www.vibrantconfidence.com/wocconfidence

Connect with Chandrika Phea
Website: https://chandrikadphea.com/
Facebook: @chandrika.phea
Instagram:@chan_drika1025
Twitter: @ChandrikaPhea
LinkedIn: @chandrika-d-phea-6a41133a

Your voice is the way you express yourself. Your opinions and your desires are your core source of confidence. It helps you communicate and connect with others, and when it is diminished, it can degrade your sense of self-belief. In this episode, communications expert Amber Rose West delves into how your voice is your power and your biggest asset for confidence. 

Tune in and be introduced to Amber's powerful mastermind, Vibrant Voice and Visibility. This mastermind is for any woman who wants to use her voice to make an impact in the world. You are unique, and so is your voice. Speak up, show up and live your most authentic life with confidence. 

Why is Amber the best one to show you how to do that? Not only are her degrees in the study of health communication, but her focus on women's self-confidence is also fueled by research in the field, community studies, and direct self-analysis. She will show you how to create sustainable confidence by reprogramming your thoughts and feelings from the inside out.

Highlights of the episode: 

• Amber talks about the macro and micro voice - the one you use with other people and the micro-voice, the one you use with yourself.
• Your voice is the most powerful tool you have, and the voice you use with yourself is the loudest. What are you saying to yourself?
• Voices that deserve to be heard are those that are in alignment with the speaker's values.
• Confidence and authenticity are not reserved for extroverts; you don't have to be loud to be respected.
• Learn about the internal confidence killers like social media and the external confidence killers like assumptions of others.
• Amber talks about visibility as it relates to how you see yourself and how you allow yourself to be seen.
• If you have a dream, you deserve to pursue it without anyone telling you that you can't.
• You can learn to be confident, even if you don't know where to start. Even if you have tried techniques before and failed, and even if you are a negative person.
• Amber shares her background and her personal experience with anxiety, depression, and perfectionism.
  

Connect with Amber Rose West:

Instagram: @vibrantamberrose
Facebook: @vibrantamberrose
Website: www.vibrantconfidence.com
Podcast Page: www.vibrantconfidence.com/wocconfidence

Most of us want to find a career that brings us enjoyment and fulfillment, something we're passionate about that makes a meaningful impact. Maybe you're still looking, or maybe you have the career but wonder if you have what it takes to translate the work you do into your own business.

Betting on yourself to start your own business starts with self-confidence, and in this episode, Amber Rose West is joined by Zandra Webb, Founder, and CEO of ZEducation, LLC. With 20 years of experience as an educator, administrator, and education coach, Zandra started her business to help educators grow and maximize their potential, both professionally and personally. She is committed to empowering through self-love, self-duplication, and self-improvement.

Zandra and Amber dive into how self- is the critical foundation to entrepreneurship and talk at length about the role higher education does and doesn't play when it comes to careers.

Highlights in this episode:

• Zandra talks about her journey from working for someone else to working for herself. She knew her content but didn't know if she knew business.
• A "confidence spark" comes when all of a sudden you believe in yourself to do something for yourself that you've always only done for other people.
• Zandra and Amber talk about the normal emotion of fear when starting a business. Zandra describes how she managed her fear and relied on her connection with God and with other women of color who were experiencing similar roadblocks.
• Zandra shares how she stays confident and motivated in her business, including daily affirmations and the belief that if she doesn't walk in her purpose, she is doing a disservice to someone else.
• Amber points out that social media helps entrepreneurs connect with others and that it's a powerful tool for knowledge sharing.
• Continuing education and professional development are very important for leaders, especially women of color, as they seek to "keep up" with their male counterparts.
• Remember to invest in yourself as an entrepreneur. Zandra's advice for entrepreneurs: get a mentor or a group you can learn from.
• The two discuss the role of higher education and its value, whether or not your career is in the field you studied.
• If you feel like you're not learning from all the hours you're putting in on "YouTube University," your confidence is going to plummet; spending a bit of money to get a coach or mentor is invaluable.

Want to take the next steps in being a woman of color and confidence? Amber’s Vibrant Voice and Visibility is a mastermind that teaches you how to heal negative brain chatter and develop authentic confidence from the inside out so you can live a life of power, presence, and purpose.
Visit www.vibrantconfidence.com to find out more!

Connect with Zandra Webb:
Website: www.zandrawebb.com
Instagram: @zeewebbisback
LinkedIn: @zandraawebb
Facebook: @zeeawebb

Connect with Amber Rose West:
Facebook: @vibrantamberrose
Instagram: @vibrantamberrose
YouTube: Women of Color and Confidence

Self-care is a term we hear a lot, often paired with social media posts of someone doing something nice for their body, like getting a massage or mani-pedi. But less talked about and less sexy is the kind of self-care that focuses on our inside - our mental health, which affects our confidence and the way we show up for ourselves and others.

In this episode, communications expert Amber Rose West will give you two essential and transformative self-care practices that you may never have heard of before. Put these in your rotation to maintain higher levels of self-confidence in yourself, in your head, in your emotions, and in your mental state. Instead of a “fake-it-til-you-make-it” strategy in which you portray confidence you don’t really feel, Amber, teaches you how to exude authentic confidence that comes from the inside out.

These two practices will help you be more attractive, not just in your appearance but in the energy you have in your life. They will help you attract more positive people and opportunities and build more happiness and fulfillment.

Highlights in this Episode:

• Amber talks about the study of communications and how her specialty is intrapersonal communication - how we communicate with ourselves.
• In this consumer society, everyone profits when we hate ourselves. To be happy, we are told we need to buy something, or we participate in activities that only temporarily make us feel good - like eating or binge-watching Netflix.
• It can be difficult for ambitious women to admit that they engage in negative self-talk.
• Part of being a confident woman is taking accountability for the way that you treat yourself.
• Negative self-talk are things that keep you stuck and don’t serve your highest self.
• Usually, our self-bullying manifests in small things throughout the day, but small actions lead to big impact.
• Amber explains how to do an inventory of self-hate and recommends writing down every bad thing you say to yourself for 30 days.
• Create a happiness file in which you keep evidence of doing good and things that can combat your negative self-talk.
• Loving yourself more is important - but that idea can be very overwhelming if you’re struggling to like yourself. But liking yourself can be small daily actions that will prepare you for the climb of loving yourself.
• When we open the door to liking ourselves, others will start to like us too.
• Amber gives concrete ideas on how to like yourself and what to say to help you reinforce this positive behavior.

Want to take the next steps in being a woman of color and confidence? Amber’s Vibrant Voice and Visibility is a mastermind that teaches you how to heal negative brain chatter and develop authentic confidence from the inside out so you can live a life of power, presence, and purpose.

Visit www.vibrantconfidence.com to find out more!

Connect with Amber Rose West
Website: www.vibrantconfidence.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/wocconfidence
Instagram: www.instagram.com/wocconfidence
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmM7RJ0uznmPQSY6-RpRVfQ

Black women have to endure many stigmas when it comes to having bigger bodies, bigger personalities, and even big dreams. We've had our identities stripped of us and have been told how to behave, show up and how to look. It's time to take our power back! If you're seeking the confidence to show up unapologetically and want to cultivate healthy habits that align with your own identity, you'll love this episode.

Confidence Coach Amber Rose West welcomes guest Bianca Lynch, creator of Healthy, Big and Black, a movement for black women who want to be healthy on their own terms. Learn to stop hiding because you feel too big or too black, and step into the best version of yourself and a healthy lifestyle with confidence!

Healthy, Big, and Black is about feeling good from the inside out and taking care of yourself mentally and emotionally. Bianca proves that body image doesn't have to be a struggle and that confidence isn't about money or success but about how we feel on the inside.

Highlights in this Episode:

• Bianca talks about how and why she created Healthy, Big, and Black, a space for black women to feel good about being healthy in any size.
• Social norms focus too much on weight loss rather than a healthy lifestyle.
• How identity is different from personality and can be changed at any time.
• When you are cultivating an identity, there are certain behaviors, thought patterns, and techniques you can incorporate to support you on that journey.
• Bianca talks about why we shouldn't strive for weight or size but for a healthy lifestyle.
• They discuss unhealthy social norms around body image, especially for black women.
• The importance to get clear on what works for you and what makes you feel good as a Healthy, Big, and Black woman.
• Many fitness accounts on social media feature unattainable and unrealistic bodies. Find out how to cultivate a feed that makes you feel happy and motivated.
• How to escape the all-or-nothing mindset and adopt progress over perfection.
• Confidence is a skill that can be learned and cultivated.
• Learn to create boundaries based on your own needs, not others.
• As black women, it's important to acknowledge that we put boundaries on ourselves, and we have the power to lift them.
• How do you expect other people to be on your team if you're not on your own team?
• Most importantly: Stop missing out on life because what everyone else is telling you is healthy.

Connect with Bianca Lynch:
Instagram: @thebiancalynch
Website: Healthy Big and Black

Connect with Amber Rose West:
Facebook: @wocconfidence
Instagram: @wocconfidence
YouTube: Women of Color and Confidence

Move past stereotypes and step into confidence! Confidence Coach Amber Rose West is taking this episode to give you concrete actions you can take to overcome stereotypes so that you can begin to create authentic and soul-aligned self-confidence!

No one benefits from you faking who you are or avoiding things that genuinely make you happy.
Happiness and confidence are symbiotic, and you deserve to be living a full and happy life. Start crushing those stereotypes that follow Black women everywhere - and start doing what truly brings you joy. Amber shows you how to get started.

The key to getting started is to find out who you are and what you want to do in life. Learn what you need to become more self-aware and how to discover your purpose, why you need to ditch a soul-sucking job, and how to overcome a stereotype that's most often self-inflicted: being a martyr!

Highlights in this Episode:

• Women of color learn early on that being authentic can easily lead to being stereotyped.
• Amber talks about how her self-confidence strategies work because they focus on YOU and the unique things that bring you confidence.
• When you do what makes you happy, you build genuine self-confidence. Be honest about who you are and what truly makes you happy.
• Amber dives into ways you can acquire this knowledge about yourself, including the Enneagram, Meyers Briggs, mind mapping, and journaling.
• Learn how to implement more activities in your life that support your connection with yourself.
• Who you are does not mean titles like "wife," "mother," "employer," etc.
• Amber gives specific examples of people practicing self-awareness.
• Knowing what you want to do in life will help you overcome stereotypes.
• Don't let older generations tell you you have to keep your unfulfilling and miserable job because it is a "good" job with stability and benefits.
• If you decide to change your career, what's the best that could happen?
• How to crush the stereotype of the suffering martyr, the woman that needs to take care of others over herself.
• Realize you can be a loving caregiver while still doing things that fulfill you.
• Drop what you THINK should make you happy. Don't let other people or social media,
  Happiness and confidence are symbiotic. When you have one, you will have the other.
  

Connect with Amber Rose West:
Facebook: @wocconfidence
Instagram: @wocconfidence
YouTube: Women of Color and Confidence

Gain more confidence in handling your finances with accountant aficionado and "tax bae" JC Morgan. If you're a woman of color and an entrepreneur who struggles with tax code or finances in your business, you're not alone. While the tax system was written by old white men and not designed with people of color in mind, there are certain aspects that can be beneficial to black women entrepreneurs if you know where to look.

JC Morgan is an accountant, tax strategist, and bookkeeper with a passion for helping others achieve financial stability and justice while helping to close the economic gap. In this episode, she shares her background and why she gets so fired up about the tax code and dives into why it's so important that entrepreneurs understand how our tax system works.

Learn about the financial systems in place today, financial literacy and generational wealth, and how to build financial and personal confidence.

Highlights in this Episode:

• It's fundamental for entrepreneurs to have an accountant or tax person who can help you get your business up and running and for it to run smoothly and efficiently.
• Learn some of the Barriers to accessing financial resources for women of color.
• How the tax code was created as an intentional barrier between white Americans and Americans of color.
• JC Talks about passion and purpose and what it means to her to be able to help people gain financial confidence
• Learn about the slaves of John Randolph (ancestors of JC) who inherited land from his will but were driven away by white people who refused to let them settle there. JC muses about what could have been different if her ancestors had been allowed to claim their rightful property.
• Discover some strategies JC uses to overcome imposter syndrome.
• Confidence is very individualized based on life experiences and past trauma.
  -The two talk about the perfectionist trait of "just one more," and Amber Rose gives some ideas for how to overcome it.
• Confidence isn't a state of being but a continual process.
• JC talks about her dream of watching her creative entrepreneur clients rise to the top.
• What she wants to be known for: JC wants to be known for defying the odds. - She was a teen mom and didn't want to be a stereotypical statistic, and with the help of a high school counselor, she realized she didn't have to be.

Connect with JC Morgan:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jc.morgan.75
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/j.cmorgan
Linktree: @texbae

Connect with Amber Rose West:
Facebook: @vibrantamberrose
Instagram: @vibrantamberrose
YouTube: Women of Color and Confidence

Confidence coach and communications expert Amber Rose West pulls back the veil about being a confident woman and the four main things you need to know as you start your personal development journey to become a confident woman.

Being confident is not a one-size-fits-all prescription. It’s a highly personalized, continuous journey that starts from the inside. Your first step to becoming confident is to learn what makes YOU feel confident. Then, it’s important to learn how to communicate your needs with those around you. This episode is the perfect starting point to learn about how you can create sustainable self-confidence while expressing it as your authentic self.

If you’ve been putting off self-care or personal development work because you’re too busy taking care of others, or you feel like you don’t have time or the money, it’s time to let go of those misconceptions and realize you can do significant work (without spending a dime) in just 5-10 minutes a day. And if you need someone in your corner, Amber Rose West is here cheering you on!

Highlights In This Episode:

• Some women fear becoming too confident because they are afraid of losing people in their life or what others will do or say as you uplevel.
• Learning to communicate our needs with others in our lives is important.
• Amber uncomplicated the process of gaining confidence, while others (even other coaches) tend to overcomplicate it.
• Trying to feel confident 100% of the time is unrealistic, especially if you want to have a genuine, compassionate, and symbiotic experience with the people in your life.
• Learn the importance of what to do when confidence escapes you.
• Your habits, the people around you, and your environment are the most important impactful things when it comes to your confidence.
• It is your responsibility to teach people how to treat you, and the most powerful tool you have is communication.
• Environments can help or hinder your growth, including having a space for yourself at home and a safe place online with a curated social media feed that fills your bucket.
• There are two types of people that you need to unfollow: those who are negative and those who make you feel bad about yourself because you feel like you’re comparing yourself with them.
  
  

Connect with Amber Rose West:
Facebook: @wocconfidence
Instagram: @wocconfidence
YouTube: Women of Color and Confidence

Confidence coach and communication expert Amber Rose West is joined by April Jefferson “AJ” to talk about discovering your authentic self and how to support each other as women of color as we learn who we truly are and as we share ourselves online or in real life.

As young girls, Black women are often taught that it’s their role to provide for others above all else. As the only daughter and the oldest of her siblings, AJ was taught it was her responsibility to help take care of her younger brothers, even after she had left home and started her own family.

Learn how she broke away from the “others first” mindset and tapped into her Black girl magic - losing 85 lbs and finding herself in the process. Discover how you can take your power back, too, gain confidence, and set important boundaries without tapping into the stereotypes that often follow Black women and steal our ability to stand up for ourselves.

Highlights in this Episode:

• AJ talks about her background and how she is rooting for women, especially WOC.
• The two talk about how Black families typically don’t teach boundaries very well, if at all.
• Why self-care is so important and discovering what self-care means to you.
• How weight loss empowered AJ to help others learn that taking care of your health is not selfish, it’s crucial.
• The two get real about unrealistic expectations from family and generational patterns that they want to see broken.
  -No matter how trapped you may feel, you have the choice to make yourself a priority.
• Others are also afraid of seeing you change because it means you may not be there for them.
• Surround yourself with people who are aligned with you and detach from those who drain you.
• How writing and journaling can not only help you develop yourself but can become a work of art.
• The two talk about AJ’s book, “Allowed to Be Me,” which she wrote after a particularly low time in her life.
• How AJ wants to be known for making people uncomfortable because that is the only way to create change.
• Why women are afraid to change, even if it doesn’t serve them to stay in their old habits.

Connect with April Jefferson “AJ”:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aprilthenewyear/
TikTok: tiktok.com/@aprilthenewyear
Find her book, “Allowed To Be Me,” on Amazon here.

Connect with Amber Rose West:
Facebook: @wocconfidence
Instagram: @wocconfidence
YouTube: Women of Color and Confidence

Confidence coach and communication expert Amber Rose West is back for a powerful season three, helping you create and express self-confidence as a woman of color. In this episode, Amber answers a common question of why she chose to focus on the topic of confidence and women of color - particularly Black women. The short answer is simple: empowering black women is a win for all women.

Black women suffer a confidence problem, and it’s no wonder why. Black women have spent their lives trying to overcome consistent attempts at erasure, oppression, silencing, and discrimination. Living life with generational trauma and stigmas takes a lot of time and energy, patience, sisterhood, and support.

When we empower black women and encourage them to create and express authentic self-confidence, they are able to break free from stereotypes and rise to the top. Black women consistently show up and fight for the common good, and as they rise, they amplify the voices of all women. Learn more about why in this episode.

Highlights in this episode:

• Amber talks about her reasons for starting the Women of Color and Confidence podcast.
• Today’s generation of black women are more determined than ever not to pass down generational trauma.
• Because they suffer daily oppression through overt racism and microaggressions, black women know what it’s like to be kept down and don’t tolerate it happening to others.
• Black women are great leaders because they have to work twice as hard and be twice as credentialed to be considered equally qualified. (Anyone watches Katanji Brown Jackson’s hearings?)
• Historically, black women are nurturers, and they truly care and are able to identify promise in others.
• Struggle and burnout are no longer a prerequisite to success.
• The new generation values cooperation over competition and sees the power in sisterhood.
• The more we support each other, the less we allow the erasure of our black girl magic!
• Black women are infectious and inspiring. A win for us is a win for all!

Connect with Amber Rose West:
Facebook: @wocconfidence
Instagram: @wocconfidence
YouTube: Women of Color and Confidence