Carry On Friends: The Caribbean American Experience

Send us Fan Mail Jamaican American, Kingsley Grant is a corporate trainer, licensed marriage and family therapist as well as a relationship & career change coach. In this episode, Kingsley discusses the importance of communicating effectively with the people around you. And how effective communication is the key to reduce relational tension.    Join the convo online using #cofpodcast Carry On...

Send us Fan Mail Melissa Noel is an award winning multimedia Guyanese American Journalist. In this episode Melissa shares the importance of telling authentic Caribbean, Caribbean American cultural stories.   Join the convo online using #cofpodcast Carry On Friends - Twitter | Instagram | Facebook   Read more about on carryonfriends.com Enjoyed the show? Please remember to leave a rating and review...

Send us Fan Mail Haitian American Jacques Bastien is the founder of the Marketing Agency Boogie and several other companies. He's also an instructor at the University of Albany, a speaker and soon to be author. He's doing all this and taking names and he's still under 30. Hear how his philosophy  of  "Hard work, Hustle + Faith" has gotten him to where he is.    Join the co...

Send us Fan Mail January, the start of a new year offers a fresh start and new possibilities. We're looking forward to 2017 being the year that more goals are accomplished and more dreams are realized.  We would love for all our listeners to experience a #bussoutyear.    Join the convo online using #cofpodcast Carry On Friends - Twitter | Instagram | Facebook   Read more about on carryonfrien...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Kerry-Ann reflects on 2016, her first #bussoutyear why she decided to step out of her comfort zone. And the steps to take to get to your own #bussoutyear in 2017.   Join the convo online using #cofpodcast Carry On Friends - Twitter | Instagram | Facebook   Read more about on carryonfriends.com   Enjoyed the show? Please remember to leave a rating and review on iTu...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Kerry-Ann shares her experience being part of a tribe, even as an introvert. This episode offers tips for finding your tribe.    Read more about on carryonfriends.com   Enjoyed the show? Please remember to leave a rating and review on iTunes . Connect with us on Social MediaCarry On Friends - Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Subscribe to the Newsletter Support How t...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Kerry-Ann gets personal about losing her Grandmother and how she's coping with moving on with life, entrepreneurship and career after the death of a loved one.    Read more about on carryonfriends.com   Enjoyed the show? Please remember to leave a rating and review on iTunes . Connect with us on Social MediaCarry On Friends - Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Su...

Send us Fan Mail Lately I've been having a lot of discussions around productivity, creating and documenting a system. In this episode I go over my process for documenting a system or "how to".    Read more about on carryonfriends.com   Enjoyed the show? Please remember to leave a rating and review on iTunes . Connect with us on Social MediaCarry On Friends - Twitter | Instagram | Fa...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Rana Campbell of Dreams in Drive podcast shares how she driving success on her own terms while navigating the demands and pressures of Caribbean Parents. She also shares some branding tips and best practices.  We'd love to hear from you! Tell us your story of what happened when you told your Caribbean parents about your school choice, career or business choic...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, more audience questions on career and entrepreneurship including when to seek out investors and how to choose between job offers. To submit your questions, email hello@carryonfriends.com or text 347-875.0531 Read more about on carryonfriends.com   Enjoyed the show? Please remember to leave a rating and review on iTunes . Connect with us on Social MediaCarry On Fri...

Send us Fan Mail Caribbean American, Jesse Owens II (no relation to Jesse Owens the Olympian) - is a Product Enthusiast with a Love for Culture, History, and Education. He is also the Senior Product Manager of Digital Payments at MasterCard.  In this episode he shares his personal highs and lows that lead him to the strategy he implemented to further his career.   Read more about Jesse on carryonf...

Send us Fan Mail Candace Thompson, a Trinidad and Tobago native, is a dancer, choreographer, certified fitness professional and owner of Candace Dance Fitness.   She's also the Artistic Director of ContempoCaribe and Founding Executive Director of Dance Caribbean COLLECTIVE .   In this episode, Candace shares her experience of being a dance and fitness entrepreneur and why its important to su...

Send us Fan Mail It's another minisode - short and sweet. If you've battled with originality and/or impostor syndrome, take a quick listen to this episode.  These amazing resources can help you as well: Originality - Steal Like An Artist Impostor Syndrome - TedTalk by Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are   Got questions or feedback? Email hello@carryonfriends.com   Let's...

Send us Fan Mail The first episode where I answer listener questions!! When is a good time to quit your job to follow your dream? How important is strategy when starting or running your business? I also answer a listener question asking what I miss from back home (Jamaica) that I'm unable to get in America.   Email hello@carryonfriends.com to submit questions that may be asked and answered in...

Send us Fan Mail A minis ode about choosing what to focus on when there's negative feedback. How do you deal with negative feedback? Let us know via social:   Carry On Friends - Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Subscribe to the Newsletter Support How to Support Carry On Friends Donate: If you believe in our mission and want to help amplify Caribbean voices, consider making a donation .  Get Mer...

Send us Fan Mail Summer, summer, summer time! In this episode, I talked about why I had to unplug from technology for an entire weekend. How, taking smaller time away is more helpful and how to cut back on some things Read more of the show notes on carryonfriends.com Enjoyed the show? Please remember to leave a rating and review on iTunes .   Connect with us on Social MediaCarry On Friends - Twitt...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Rashida Geddes - coach, mentor and TV personality explains what is leadership and why it's important for us to take leadership risks in our career and business.  Rashida offers this free resource on "The 7 Critical Leaderships Skills of Smart Risk Takers" . Read more of the show notes on carryonfriends.com Enjoyed the show? Please remember to leave...

Send us Fan Mail Takeaways & Action Items - a new mini series within the podcast. In this episode I  recap some of the amazing lessons & action items from the past guests on creating more happy hours and a work life balance.     Read more of the show notes on carryonfriends.com     Enjoyed the show? Please remember to leave a rating and review on iTunes . Connect with us on Social MediaCar...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the podcast we have Guyanese Attorney Romola Lucas. She works with "solopreneurs" and "artistpreneurs" doing everything from IP and business formation support, to business succession planning as well as estate planning. In part 2 Romola breaks down intellectual property, trademark and copyrights.     Visit the blog for more show notes and con...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of the podcast we have Guyanese Attorney Romola Lucas. She works with "solopreneurs" and "artistpreneurs" doing everything from IP and business formation support, to business succession planning as well as estate planning. In part 1 Romola breaks down legal entities, the benefits and differences of the entities. And why commingling personal and...

Send us Fan Mail In sharing our journeys we also have to share a little bit of our challenges and struggles. Life happens and the unexpected will come. What you do with the unexpected when it happens is more important than the unexpected itself.   Read more of the show notes on carryonfriends.com     Enjoyed the show? Please remember to leave a rating and review on iTunes . Connect with us on Soci...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Jamaican American Tech Entrepreneur Georgie-Ann Getton-McKoy discusses The Art of The Start: Finding Your Way As An Entrepreneur.  Georgie-Ann is the founder of Illicit Mind , an initiative that helps entrepreneurs maneuver their way through the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Their mission is to increase the success rate of new diverse entrepreneurs. She's also t...

Send us Fan Mail Takeaways & Action Items - a new mini series within the podcast. In the episode 32, I spoke about when too much learning hinders action and at the end of that episode I said that this episode would be dedicated to recapping some of the amazing lessons & action items from the past guests.    Read more of the show notes on carryonfriends.com     Enjoyed the show? Please reme...

Send us Fan Mail It is common for entrepreneurs to seek out as much knowledge as possible to discover new strategies and tactics to take their business to the next level. Unfortunately, too much learning can also get in the way of your growth. Growth comes from taking action on the things you've learned.    Enjoyed the show? Please remember to leave a rating and review on iTunes .  Connect wi...

Send us Fan Mail Chris Kazi Rolle is a Bahamian American Strategist & Matchmaker known for helping people create winning strategies for business, life & love.  In this episode: Developing Confidence - The Struggle of You vs. You; Chris gives insight on the challenges we often face with ourselves when trying to develop confidence. He also shares strategies on how we can begin to develop con...