Support is Sexy

Let's face it: These are scary, uncertain and potentially highly stressful times. News about the Coronavirus COVID-19 fills our timelines and our TV screens, and we're all having to make major adjustments to our lives and routines, which have basically been turned upside down. Though we know we will get through this (and I believe we will!), we have to acknowledge that this is a trauma none of us...

On this Throwback Thursday episode of the  Support is Sexy  podcast, we hear from Rahama Wright, founder of Shea Yeleen, which is a social enterprise dedicated to empowering women in West Africa and the United States through the production, sale and use of shea butter products. Rahama takes us on a journey through the origin of her company Shea Yeleen as a non-profit organization, the major pivot...

Nicknamed "Cyclone" when she was younger, Jen Groover — a Pennsylvania native — became committed to creating something of her own, and then something else, and then something else. Today, Jen is a successful serial entrepreneur, inventor of million dollar product, The Butler Bag, has partnered with brands like Verizon and Avon, has been featured on television and widely throughout the press, gives...

If you want to laugh, have some fun, and practice self-love in the process, then this conversation with me and my dear friend Taiia Smart Young is for you! Some days are heavy, I know; but we can still create joy and healing during this time of uncertainty. In this conversation, Taiia -- a brilliant author, writer and creator of "Love You, Mean It" self-love journals -- shows you how to shift your...

During this pandemic, it's likely you've got your mind on your money and your money on your mind. ⁠⁠ In this SPECIAL EPISODE featuring our most recent "Wine Down Conversation" we did a deep-dive into money matters with Lynnette Khalfani-Cox -- CEO of  AsktheMoneyCoach.com.  Lynnette is a personal finance expert, speaker, and author of 15 money-management books, including the New York Times bestsel...

Dr. Cheryl Wood is an international motivational speaker, leadership expert, and master speaker development coach. She specializes in teaching women entrepreneurs how to leverage public speaking as an additional revenue stream, including how to master the art of speaking and how to monetize speaking. Her trainings include how to structure your signature speech, how to craft your signature story, h...

On this special episode, I'm speaking to homeschooling expert Dr. Traci Baxley -- who has her doctorate in education, who is a college professor and who is a mom of five who also homeschooled some of her own children. This conversation is from a YouTube series I'm hosting called "Wine Down Conversations" ( winedownconversations.com ) where I speak to different experts who can help us through these...

Sales Maven is an organization dedicated to authentic selling, and Founder and CEO Nikki Rausch has the unique ability to transform the misunderstood process of "selling" into techniques, tools, and tips that can be successfully incorporated into a process replicable by anyone whose livelihood relies on selling a product, a service, or themselves. Nikki integrates her 24+ years of experience selli...

Three weeks ago when things started to get  really  real with the Coronavirus COVID-19, I was feeling sort of helpless. Like many, I didn't know what I could do to help others in the world who were facing this pandemic — which all of us are in different ways, yet in the same ways. It was — and still is — confusing, not knowing what information to trust, but wanting to do all the right things to ke...

In this flashback episode of the Support is Sexy podcast, I share something we all have to realize eventually — especially if you're up to something, creating something, trying something new and making moves. Everybody ain't gonna get it, so everybody can't come along for the ride. And you know what? We shouldn't expect them to.   On this episode, I talked about the big move I had and how I realiz...

Let's face it: These are scary, uncertain and potentially highly stressful times. News about Coronavirus COVID-19 fills our timelines and our TV screens, and we're all having to make major adjustments to our lives and routines, which have basically been turned upside down.⁠ ⁠ ⁠Though we know we will get through this (and I believe we will!), we have to acknowledge that this is a trauma none of us...

For the next few "Throwback Thursday" episodes, we're going to focus on businesses that are/ or that started as home-based businesses. Since more of us being forced to work from home because of the Coronavirus pandemic, I'm hoping this mini-series inspires the entrepreneur in you to think about a business you may be able to start from home. ;) In this throwback episode, Kelly Parker Smith tells ho...

The Coronavirus disease. Yep, it's scary and these are kinda crazy times. Do what you can to be safe and stay informed. Check the CDC.gov web site for the latest information and updates, take car of yourself and your family. Do all of those things. But as I share in this episode, what I hope you also choose to do is not worry; but instead, you get to work! Worry is a poor use of your imagination....

Who is the woman I have to become to become the woman I want to be? And how do I become that woman TODAY? This is a question I am reflecting on today, my 47th birthday. Grateful to be here, and to have you here. And I am so grateful for moments of reflection where I am reminded of the power of operating with intention, shining brightly, living and loving on-purpose and being unapologetic about the...

When Denise Woodard's one-year-old daughter, Vivienne, had a bad allergic reaction to a snack in their family living room, the scary incident changed their family's life. Just months later, Denise entered a pitch competition, won and quickly founded her company Partake Foods, which offers allergy-friendly cookies that were inspired by her daughter's experience with food allergies. Today, Partake F...

You've seen her on  The View ,  Today  show, E! and more, she was the first woman of color to be beauty director of  Seventeen  magazine, has graced the pages of many others and has been a host on the red carpet at the Grammy's, the Oscars and more. And on todays Throwback episode, my friend media personality Tai Beauchamp gets real about the not-so-glamorous parts of the journey, the moments that...

"Just because you're not moving doesn't mean you're not moving."--Karen Taylor Bass Karen Taylor Bass is the Founder and Media Strategist for TaylorMade Media, LLC. She has created strategic public relations, branding, and marketing campaigns for nonprofits, schools, corporations, luxury brands, celebrities, athletes, and entrepreneurs.    Her talent is crafting engaging branding campaigns while s...

I don't care how gentle a rejection is, there's always some part of it that makes us say, "Ouch!" In this flashback episode of the Support is Sexy podcast, I share how I went through this after receiving a rejection from an agent about my book proposal for the "Support is Sexy" book. (OUCH!) But, I learned something from this experience. AND, because I kept going and didn't let the rejection stop...

"Spirit, tell me what I need to know."   These are the words that Regina Louise has used throughout her life to guide her to know when it was time for her to make a move — including moments when she had to fight for her life in order to make that move.   By sixteen-years-old Regina, lived in — and failed to adjust to — thirty foster homes, group homes and psychiatric facilities and survived harsh...

"Your dream has to scare you in some way for it to change the world." Celebrity makeup artist and businesswoman Camara Aunique Helps has worked with celebrities like Ava DuVernay, Quincy, June Ambrose, Yvonne Orji, Lil Rel Howery, Angela Bassett and countless others. On this second episode in our "WHERE IS SHE NOW?" series, we catch up with Camara when she is literally pushing herself outside of h...

In the first episode in my  Where is She Now?  series on the  Support is Sexy  podcast, we bring back our very first repeat guest: Michelle Khouri, founder and CEO of FRQNCY Media — a podcasting production studio and company based in Atlanta, Georgia. Michelle announced the upcoming launch of FRQNCY during her first interview on  episode 544 in September 2018 , and on this episode we talk about wh...

5, 4, 3, 2, 1… If, within just five seconds, you challenged yourself to do the thing you said you were going to do — to keep a commitment, send that email, make that call, feed the kids, go to the gym — think of how different (and productive!) life would be!   This is a lesson I discuss in this flashback episode of the Support is Sexy podcast that I recorded in 2017 when I read  The 5 Second Rule,...

On this throwback episode of the Support is Sexy podcast, author and television executive Mitzi Miller shares how, as a high-powered editor-in-chief position at a magazine she long admired, she was unhappy, felt stuck and was making herself seriously ill. But she felt trapped by the "golden handcuffs" -- that is until she finally released herself and made the leap.   Today, Mitzi — who is also aut...

Tricia Molloy is an expert on developing a positive mindset so women entrepreneurs can reduce stress, achieve goals and enjoy better balance. She's the author of the book,  Working with Wisdom: 10 Universal Principles for Enlightened Entrepreneurs , and she is a coach for those who crave more success at work and in life. Tricia presents keynote talks and workshop on goal achievement and work-life...

Do you suffer from "shiny apple syndrome?" If you're an entrepreneur with any ambition, it's likely you have. Instead of drilling down on what's working, we get caught up focusing on what's next. But what's next may not be what's  needed .   Ask yourself: What's the  one thing  that I should focus on to help me achieve extraordinary results?   This is what I learned while reading the book,  The On...