Business as Activism with Elijah Selby

What if your business strategy included… tarot cards? In this episode, JD Rose is back to show us how to bring a little magic into our marketing and leadership. From building a "tarot board of directors" to pulling spreads for business clarity, JD shares how the cards can unlock creativity, boost visibility, and keep you aligned with your vision.  This conversation was so much fun and I learned so...

What if tarot wasn't about predicting the future, but about deeply understanding the present?  In this episode, I have a fun and informative conversation with financial well-being coach, JD Rose. She helps us explore tarot as a powerful tool for self-reflection and personal growth. We unpack the meaning of 2025's card of the year—The Hermit—and what it invites us to explore collectively and indivi...

Today I have a crucial conversation with Dr. Dee Frayne to discuss the importance of values-based integrity, influence, and impact in leadership. Dee champions feminist leaders, helping them to embody their values, avoid burnout, and lead with compassion and integrity. She contrasts "power with" versus "power over" leadership--a model of power that is something still so rare in our culture, yet is...

Today I have a crucial conversation with Dr. Dee Frayne to discuss the importance of values-based integrity, influence, and impact in leadership. Dee champions feminist leaders, helping them to embody their values, avoid burnout, and lead with compassion and integrity. She contrasts "power with" versus "power over" leadership--a model of power that is something still so rare in our culture, yet is...

I have pushed the unpause button (unpushed the pause button?) and hit play again! Happy New Year. In this episode I let you know what's been going on for me in the past two years--long, dark, night of the soul stuff--and how I can feel I'm entering a season of rebirth. And it feels so freaking good. I also reflect on Trump's first term and what this next term might mean for us. Related to all this...

Weeks ago, I invited Kari Morin and Lisa Callahan from The Things We Know podcast to join me for a conversation about misogyny, inspired by an episode they did on the topic. Our conversation was scheduled for Thursday, November 7th, two days after the election. We knew misogyny would still be around – but we hoped we'd be celebrating a breakthrough, perhaps even the election of our nation's first...

JUICY STUFF HAPPENING HERE! Let's dive right in to systems, empathy, and collectivism for social change! Sharon Nyangweso Is a brilliant thought leader here to help us shape the world through the way she does business and leadership! Through her consulting firm, Quake Lab, she models equity centered problem solving and community engagement--and helps the businesses she works with adopt these modal...

Entrepreneurship gives freedom and opportunity to so many people. As women, moms, neurodivergents, people who can't do a traditional 9 - 5 job, creatives, and anyone who doesn't fit the cookie cutter mold, entrepreneurship offers us so much potential. AND--entrepreneurship affects our mental health in specific ways that "regular" jobs don't. And yet--we all fall prey to the glamorized stories of s...

I'm pretty sure you're going to agree that Megan is AWESOME. And yes, she seriously walks us through HOW to use story in marketing and why that is effective--more so than any other guest I've had on the podcast. Thank you, Megan! But we also talk about soooooo many other juicy things. We dig into the thing we see often--people talking about income in order to sell their programs. We look at Mother...

On paper, Beth Knight was incredibly successful. She was an ex-pat living in London, working a tech job, and making excellent money. Her job and income gave her prestige. It really was the kind of life that our culture tells us is exactly the life we should all strive for and that will make us HAPPY! Success! Money! Instead...in her own words, "I was dying inside. I just hated myself." When COVID...

This is an important conversation for all of us to hear because it encompasses making change at the governmental level. Before I get to the summary I want to celebrate and acknowledge that this is the FIRST MAN I've interviewed for the podcast! Yay! Sie is amazing and wonderful and I love him and I hope you do, too! Sie works in the nonprofit world in the Bay Area, and he is currently working tran...

When you think of care workers what comes to mind? For me, I imagined nurses, nurses aids, home healthcare workers, hospice workers...so when Allison told me the care workers she started working with was MOTHERS I had to truly reflect on my own biases! And yet, in some ways, mothers are the ultimate care workers. In this conversation Allison unfolds her journey as a care worker (social worker and...

This is an incredible conversation with Global Fund for Women's Everyday Feminist Fellow. From working to prevent child sexual exploitation in Thailand with the Freedom Story to coordinating global, capacity-building workshops with the Nike Foundation, Shannon's career has been driven by the power of brand to create social change. Shannon has a wide scope of experience and knowledge and she shares...

Samantha Pollack is a Positioning Strategist & Copywriter for service providers, creatives, BIPOC women, AuDHD folks, activists, queers, weirdos, and other smart/cool people. She's known for her ability to capture her clients' voice—and craft messaging that makes THEIR clients feel seen, safe, and excited AF to get to work.   Sam believes the most important asset in your business is your audience'...

"I love talking about rich artists!" That's what Jillian Todd wrote on the her google form to be on the podcast and I instantly knew I had to talk to this woman!!! The cultural narratives we hear greatly affect us--and most often they are holding us down and holding us back. In this episode we talk about: •Breaking the stigma of artists being "starving" and finding financial stability through crea...

As mere normal, non-theatrical humans, we don't generally get up on stage and create art that inspires people to see the world differently...oh wait...I forgot about social media! Scratch that! We are all performing our art! Melissa Kelley is a total badass. She is an activist in word, deed, and art. This conversation went deep, people! All of us gain something listening to Melissa's wisdom as we...

This is the first episode in an ongoing series on boundaries. Boundaries are foundational to our joy, freedom, mental and physical health, healthy relationships, and a successful business that is also joyful! Boundaries are one of the most important things I work with my clients on. And because women have been told that "If you take care of yourself, other people suffer," boundaries are something...

If you want to stop hiding out and start powerfully showing up for your business then it is so important to unover what's holding you back and then create a new way to PLAY! There's a lot of reasons we hide out but one of the biggest one's I've found is because we are given some really fucked up messaging in our patriarchal society around marketing. In this episode I share how I started my busines...

Aaaaaahhhh....getting our photos taken. Do I hear a collective groan? I do know a couple people who don't get stressed at the idea of a photo shoot (or simply having a friend snap a photo on their phone!) but most people I know get anxiety at the thought. Photographer, Éadaoin Curtin, recognized that her clients were stressed out and decided to do something about it. Éadaoin's goal is to empower h...

[TW: this episode includes discussion of alcohol abuse and attempted suicide. If you know that hearing about these things will trigger you, please don't listen. Always take exquisite care of your beautiful self.] When Amy Guerrero reached sent me the google form for "potential podcast guests" she wrote, "I am passionate AF about this work, and look forward to connecting and supporting your audienc...

In this inspiring episode I sit down with Laura Hartley and we discuss Remaking the World. You know...just dismantling all the BS and creating a more just and free world. All of us change makers are living in two places--we have one foot in the current world, run my patriarchy, capitalism, white supremacy, racism and other systems of inequity, and we have one foot in the world we are creating--one...

Capitalism is geared against most of us, though here we are working within this system. How do we find a way to be in this system that is not exploitative? How do we find a way to be in the system that does actually help us to find some power-- when power is in this system expressed through money and that can be so problematic!" That's basically how Natalie opens up this seriously badass conversat...

Hello loves. Welcome to the first podcast of 2024. And therein lies the seed of this episode--why is this the first episode? And what are my feelings about that? (Spoiler alert--wasn't very happy about it.) But the beautiful gift this situation brought me was that I sat in powerful reflection of who I am and what I stand for. I leaned into Business as Activism. In this episode I'll share the journ...

In this last episode of 2023 I have one of the most important conversations I've had--a conversation about the Israel Gaza War. As I reveal in the episode, this is not the conversation I imagined having with the incredible Andréa Ranae. But when she showed up in the Zoom room that day I could feel that everything was going to the wayside--what was present for her was the war and I knew if I was go...

The Mother Wound touches all areas of our life. Join me in my discussion with Shelly Sharon, Hakomi Somatic Psychotherapist and Life Coach about The Mother Wound. In this episode we explore: •The Mother Wound and its impact on self-esteem and relationships. •The impact of inherited beliefs and trauma on women's lives •The Mother Wound and the Patriarchy •Belonging and identity in a Patriarchal soc...