The Color Shift

What if every story you heard... Every conversation you joined... Every moment you slowed down to color... Could shift the way you see the world?" Welcome to The Color Shift Podcast, where Black and Brown change-makers, entrepreneurs, and leaders come together to share real stories, bold ideas, and visions for a better future. On the podcast we will dive deep into leadership, innovation, life...

Download your free coloring sheet HERE and color along with us! Every situation or occurrence has a purpose, a purpose that allows you to honor yourself. Take each moment as an opportunity to make the most of your life. - Nicole Walker Experience the inspiring journey of Nicole Walker, a woman who defied expectations and embraced her true potential. From feeling undervalued in the corporate world...

Download your free coloring sheet HERE and color along with us! Join host Nikita Burks-Hale as she welcomes the vibrant and playful Nina Everflow, an instructional designer and trainer facilitator, on a journey to rediscover the transformative power of play in adult life, challenging societal expectations and infusing joy, spontaneity, and creativity into everyday experiences. In this episode Niki...

Download your free coloring sheet HERE and color along with us! Danielle Desir, a badass podcaster and entrepreneur, embarks on a journey of self-discovery and growth, challenging herself to take risks, step out of her comfort zone, and color outside the lines to achieve success. Danielle Desir is a personal finance and travel podcaster, founder of Women of Color Podcasters, and full-time entrepre...

Download your free coloring sheet HERE and color along with us! In this podcast, Martha Cristina Garza, a Mexican immigrant, jewelry designer, and powerful brand strategist, must navigate trusting herself and others through a transformational year of self-discovery and growth to build magnetic and reflective brands. Martha Cristina Garza is a Mexican-American entrepreneur and brand strategist base...

Download your free coloring sheet HERE and color along with us! Join me on today’s episode of Headphones and Crayons as I explore how to build trust and create an atmosphere of safety and vulnerability for authentic conversations with Anna DeShawn, a streaming platform creator who centers and celebrates Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) and Queer Trans People of Color (QTPOC). Anna shares h...

Download your free coloring sheet HERE and color along! We are back! In this episode, we use color as a comparison for life, for the journeys we take and how we make sense of them. I invite you to color along with me as we explore primary colors and how they represent the three questions we should ask ourselves every day.  Join me as I dive deeper into:  How primary colors be used as a comparison...

Well 2022, the time has come to say farewell. But wow, what a beautiful year of life, lessons, and COLOR!   Tune in to today's episode, the last of the year 2022 to hear: My journey of creating Headphones and Crayons the podcast and what I learned along the way, My reflections on the year's guests and what they have taught me, The 3 lessons I am taking with me as I enter 2023,  And so mu...

To uncover is to unfold. To be in alignment and be vulnerable. Life is all about Discovery. Discovering who we are, what matters to us, and how we exist in the world. Today I am honored to welcome our last guest of the season: Mai-kee Tsang. Mai-kee Tsang is a creative entrepreneur and podcaster who believes that together we make a brighter space. Mai-kee is passionate about helping people become...

Confidence is one of those things that can be hard to navigate, sticky even. We live in a society that is constantly asking us to “show up as our best selves” while simultaneously making us feel like we are not enough. So how can we as business owners, as people find the strength and courage to show up and say “this is me, take it or leave it”. How can we find success in our businesses, AND in our...

We’ve had so many conversations about the journey, about what it takes to live a whole, fulfilling and aligned life. As many of you folks have found, the journey often includes a lot of “work”. It’s easy to get caught up in what we think the “work” should look like, in how the journey should unfold. But often we aren’t taught to surrender to ease or to do the work sustainably. Like many things in...

As travelers on this journey, there comes a time when we are called to step into our power. But what does this look like when we find that society already has a notion of what power and leadership are? This "friction" results in us finding ourselves embodying power in a way that feels inauthentic. Personally and transparently, it took me a long time to realize that my true power and my v...

What does justice mean to you? What does it look like for us to harness the power we have to shift our culture? The great Dr. Cornel West once said, “Justice is what love looks like in public”. As a black woman, as a person of color, the pursuit of justice and a more fair and equitable world is something that I fight for. There is no chance of opting out, it is my real life. Justice means differen...

It can be easy to forget that your voice is powerful. Sometimes, we are afraid to stand up for ourselves, for other folks, or even for the things we believe in. Learning to tap into your voice and the power that it yields can take time but what matters most is that you try. It's important that we speak up even when our voice shakes because this is how we build and care for ourselves and our c...

Toni Morrison once wrote: “ freeing yourself is one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self is another.” Sometimes, it can feel like the safest option to hold on to ideas, beliefs and identities that no longer serve us. But what happens when the path we thought would free us leaves us feeling stuck? What happens when we outgrow our old ways of being? We learn to honor ourselves and our feelin...

Often, we as women feel the need to have it all together. Whether in our personal lives or our careers, this pressure never really seems to end. As marginalized folks, we know the importance of using our voices, the responsibility we have to our communities, and just how much representation matters. But it is easy to get so caught up in all the noise and get overwhelmed with our never ending to-do...

Trust is a fundamental part of the journey, whether it’s learning to trust ourselves or the ones we love. It can however be difficult for folks to make space for the vulnerability and openness that trust requires. But like everything else trust is learned and earned over time. The trust we have in ourselves pours into every other aspect of our lives. While this is true, the word “trust” can be a t...

Releasing is a powerful thing to do. Many of us hold on to a lot of things whether they serve us or not. It can be quite difficult to experience shifts in who we are and downright grief inducing to realize the lives we are living no longer serve us or align with our highest good. Giving ourselves space to let go and walk away is deeply freeing. So how do we find the courage to put ourselves first?...

I often speak about the importance of using your voice and how your message can make a difference. For me, this platform has not only been a way to bring folks together but has also been a great source of personal healing. However, sometimes it is easy to get swayed into thinking about “right” or  “wrong”. Sometimes we get so afraid of messing up that we don’t give ourselves the chance to try. Wha...

As we go through life, we often find questions in our hearts that we hope the journey can answer. Sometimes, adhering too much to our idea of the answer can make us miss the point completely. What if we were to give ourselves the space to pause, reflect, process and then discover possibilities outside of our expectations? What would that change? What would it free up inside of us? How would your j...

In a world that wants folks to constantly be "doing", it can be hard to give ourselves space to exist. To just be. Sometimes dropping all the tasks that make us “go go go” can make us feel anxious. As Black women, being "strong" and “resilient” is so deeply embedded in how others see and describe us, that it can slowly become something that keeps us from being our most authenti...

Sharing your message, your unique contribution to the world, can be a powerful thing. It can also be a grey and vulnerable unfolding that often asks us to sit with the parts of us that are hurting, to take our time. This is the part of the journey we call LIFE. Whether you're shouting it from the rooftops or speaking it in a whisper that only you can hear, your message matters simply because...

It can be hard to trust that every step you take in your journey has a purpose. It can be even harder to believe everything you release along the way is taking you closer and closer towards alignment. That it is all a part of the process. The flexibility, the honesty, the ability to surrender and believe everything will work out in the end. It all takes practice but you can do it! As an artist, cr...

As we grow and step into our most aligned selves and navigate life’s obstacles, our voice evolve to reflect who and where we are. This can be a scary thing as times of change and transition are often gray, but we must learn to sit in the silence and find comfort and trust in the unknown. This stillness can allow us to use our voice in ways that truly fulfill us and give our lives purpose. The jour...

What does it mean to amplify your voice and message? To stand in what you believe in unapologetically, whole,and aligned. To give yourself permission to question what you are doing and to resist moving through the world passively. To ask yourself why and be open to hearing and receiving the answer. Today's guest, the vibrant and fiery Mia Francis-Poulin truly embodies the essence of fearless...