The Empowered in My Skin Podcast

Elle Mejia is a landlord, investor, and retail leasing executive based in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. She has completed high level transactions on both the Landlord and Tenant sides across Canada, the United States, Germany, the Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa, and New Zealand, inclusive of high street, AAA shopping centre, airport retail, and open-air centre locations. Elle is also the f...

Thriving Thursday’s are “chew-able” episodes, where Nkechi Nwafor-Robinson is joined by Gaby Mammone, and together they share their perspectives on a specific topic. In today’s episode they talk about how it is possible to celebrate our blessings and the holidays in this new COVID-19 season of life. They encourage us to make the most of the holiday season this year. They suggest staying open, adop...

Jessica Moorhouse is a millennial money expert, Accredited Financial Counsellor Canada®, speaker, award-winning personal finance blogger and host of the Mo’ Money Podcast. Aside from being a regular guest on CTV’s Mind the Gap, she is also frequently featured in major publications like The Globe and Mail, Yahoo Finance, MarketWatch, Huffington Post, Metro News and Flare. Jessica is also the founde...

Thriving Thursday’s are “chew-able” episodes, where Nkechi is joined by Gaby Mammone, and asked to share perspectives from her life experiences. You will get a taste of her wisdom and leave with a call to action. In this episode, Nkechi who has weight trained for 30 years and counting, takes us through how her love for bodybuilding came about. She shares about how she navigated through her first m...

In today’s episode, Nkechi has a discussion with Cher Jones, Cher is a Corporate Social Media Trainer & Personal Branding Strategist with the love of technology hardwired into her personality. She leverages over 15 years of PR, marketing and broadcasting experience and has worked internationally with a wide variety of organizations including the City of Toronto, Hong Kong Police, NBA TV Canada...

Thriving Thursday’s are “chew-able” episodes, where Nkechi is joined by Gaby Mammone, and together they share their perspectives on a specific topic. Today's topic was about awkward moments, but really ended up being a life lesson on knowing which battles to reserve your energy for. Gaby reminds us about the power of using our voices. However, on the flip side there are times where one might need...

In today’s episode, Nkechi has a discussion with Jennifer Gibbs, Vice President, Head of the Office of the Chief Data Officer, Enterprise Data & Analytics, TD Bank Group. Her mandate includes developing and implementing strategies, programs, and policies to improve and sustain the governance, management, protection, and value of TD's data assets. She co-author a book entitled 'DB2 Fundamentals...

Thriving Thursday’s are “chew-able” episodes, where Nkechi is joined by Gaby Mammone, and asked to share perspectives from her life experiences. You will get a taste of her wisdom and leave with a call to action. In today’s episode Nkechi and Gaby take a deep dive into the importance of vulnerability. Nkechi said that it's important to express our humanness from the fullness of ourselves and that...

In this episode, Nkechi sits down with Erin Leslie, a leadership coach who will enable any professional or team to achieve their career aspirations through personal development, planning and coaching. Erin specializes in emotional intelligence practices and tools to support a stronger Emotional Quotient in the workplace. Her Emotional Intelligence keynote provides insights from 20 years as a busin...

Thriving Thursday’s are “chew-able” episodes, where Nkechi is joined by Gaby Mammone, and asked to share perspectives from her life experiences. You will get a taste of her wisdom and leave with a call to action. Nkechi lives by Maya Angelou’s quote “when you get you give, when you learn you teach”. She shares how she distributes knowledge with people as soon as she gets it. She also shares about...

In today’s episode, Nkechi sits down with Amee Sandhu, an entrepreneur and a lawyer with twenty years of experience in the Toronto area.  She is the founder and principal lawyer of Lex Integra, a boutique law firm that exclusively focuses on business law and corporate ethics.  She helps clients to reduce their day-to-day legal and integrity risks, by negotiating and drafting their contracts, provi...

Thriving Thursday's are “chew-able” episodes, where Nkechi is joined by Gaby Mammone, and asked to share perspectives from her life experiences. You will get a taste of her wisdom and leave with a call to actionIn this episode, Nkechi and Gaby talk about the value of have a side hustle, or two. A side hustle is simply, another avenue that bring in extra cash. More than just "extra cash", both Nkec...

In today’s episode, Nkechi has a discussion with Adenike Charles, Adenike is the owner of JUST2SWEAT, a place where faith and fitness transform lives! She holds a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Kinesiology and a Minor in Sports Medicine. She is also a CanFitPro Certified Personal Trainer who has been into fitness her entire life. She is a wife and a mother to two young children who are actively i...

Thriving Thursday's are “chew-able” episodes, where Nkechi is joined by Gaby Mammone, and asked to share perspectives from her life experiences. You will get a taste of her wisdom and leave with a call to actionIn this episode, we talk about moving from merely existing, to owning your thrive. Nkechi and Gaby are joined by Tricia Blake, who is the executive producer of this podcast. Tricia shares a...

In today’s episode, Nkechi has a discussion with Daryl Perry. Daryl Perry is the president of The Way of Life Group and the Host of the podcast, Business with Benefits. He is a participating member at Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the District Coordinator at Aflac Insurance Company. He lives to empower organizations to attract and retain talent. Daryl specializes in Insurance, healthcar...

Thriving Thursday’s are “chew-able” episodes, where Nkechi is joined by Gaby Mammone, and asked to share perspectives from her life experiences. You will get a taste of her wisdom and leave with a call to action. In today’s episode, Nkechi and Gaby dive into the beauty and importance of storytelling. They touched on the fact that everyone has a story, but not everyone is vulnerable enough to tell...

In today’s episode, Nkechi has a discussion with Joan Jothi Saldanha. Jothi is someone who truly embodies the true essence of love and light and essentially helps people find their happy place! She speaks about the power of forgiveness, selflove and her journey to wellness. She also touched on how this downtime of physical distancing, has forced her to be still and tap in and reconnect to my being...

Thriving Thursday’s are “chew-able” episodes, where Nkechi is joined by Gaby Mammone, and asked to share perspectives from her life experiences. You will get a taste of her wisdom and leave with a call to action. In this episode, Nkechi and Gaby are joined by a special guest who also happens to be a key member of the Empowered in My Skin (EIMS) podcast team. They share behind the scenes experience...

In today’s episode Nkechi has a discussion with Ronald Best, a loving husband and father of three, fighter against racism, active community member, world traveler who loves to live life to the fullest. He is the holder of a Project Management Professional (PMP) designation and a Master’s Degree in leadership, creator of leadership development programs and resources, and producer of dope hip-hop be...

Today, Nkechi and Gaby shared their experiences on a deep topic, thriving through infertility. This subject is rarely spoken about but it affects quite a number of people. Nkechi shares her personal story around her journey with infertility and undergoing fertility treatments and Gaby also shares her experience with fertility treatments as she was struggling to get her second child. Nkechi talks a...

In today’s episode Nkechi has a discussion with Leslie Barnes, Dr. Leslie Barnes Remski is a practicing Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon at a Level 2 Trauma Center in Pensacola Florida. She is one of only 10 black female fellowship trained Orthopaedic Traumatologists in the United States. She is also the Medical Director for the Orthopaedic Trauma Service Line for the world-renown Andrews Institute for...

In today’s episode, Nkechi and Gaby chat about the Power of Manifestation. Nkechi talks about the importance of putting ideas out there into the universe and believing in faith that it is possible and it will happen. They both stated that manifestation is available to everyone. Nkechi shared examples of times when she intentionally mentioned things that she wanted and it manifested in her life. Nk...

In today’s episode Nkechi has a discussion with Kevin Johnson. Kevin is a senior executive who joined MediaCom as the Chief Client Officer in 2014. In 2015, he was appointed as CEO of MediaCom Canada. Kevin has two decades of experience across a number of marketing categories, and leading many teams who have serviced a diverse group of clients including but not limited to Danone, Merck, P&G, C...

Thriving Thursday’s are “chew-able” episodes, where Nkechi is joined by Gaby Mammone, and asked to share perspectives from her life experiences. You will get a taste of her wisdom and leave with a call to action. In this episode, Nkechi and Gaby, engage in a fun and bubbly activity. Gaby takes charge and takes Nkechi through a number of Rapid-fire questions that Nkechi answers in the spur of the m...

In today’s episode Nkechi has a heartwarming discussion with Deb Crowe, whose education and career has been in Disability Case Management, where she specialized in Neurotrauma from 1990 – 2013. After 23 years as an entrepreneur in the medical legal sector, Deb transitioned to become a Certified Executive & Business Coach. Deb is also an author, podcast host and a Self care diva who practices t...