The Empowered in My Skin Podcast

Kay Layne is the Founder of Kayambi Training, a personal development and corporate training company. Kay is dedicated to helping people live extraordinary lives. She also has various mindset training programs that allow participants to create the success they seek. Her Equity and Anti-oppression training allows people to understand power, privilege, and various forms of oppressive systems that exi...

The mindset of manners refers to a way of thinking and acting that prioritizes respect, consideration, and kindness towards others in social situations. It involves being mindful of other people's feelings, needs, and preferences, and making an effort to behave in a way that shows respect and consideration towards them. Having a mindset of manners can be what makes or breaks our iteractions, and i...

Our first guest of Season 5, is none other than the amazing Nichelle Laus. Nichelle is all about changing lives. She is a former police officer, former competitive boxer and kickboxer in the amateur fighting circuit. She is now a small business owner, and a mom of 4 boys. Nichelle uses her life experience to provide general safety tips and self-defense techniques to her followers to help them feel...

Welcome to Season 5 of the Empowered in My Skin podcast!! Are you ready for another 52 episodes of empowering content? We at EIMS Inc., continue our mission to help one billion people in the world think in ways that is empowering. Empowered people, empower people, and we hope that you join us in becoming a lead domino for empowerment in this world. As with previous seasons, we have a loaded line-u...

Our next guest is, Amy Green Smith, a certified and credentialed life coach and hypnotherapist, masterful speaker, and courageous communication expert. She uses her roles as coach, writer, podcaster, and speaker to move individuals to a place of radical personal empowerment and self-worth.  With acute focus on helping people “find their voice”, Amy is highly sought after for her uncommon...

In this episode of Thriving Thursday, Nkechi and Gaby are joined by Gareth Nock. Gareth has had a fitness career since 1999, spanning three decades and three countries. He brings a wealth of knowledge from many years as a coach, personal trainer, group fitness instructor and many leadership roles. He’s worked alongside some of the biggest names in the industry, presented at multiple conventions an...

Our next guest  is a highly regarded mental health governance expert, advocate, author, hope ambassador, and parent of two (now grown) children with multiple, complex mental health disorders. She has spent her career on Wall Street and Bay Street and sat on a number of Boards and Advisory Councils in both Canada and the US. She was formerly Vice Chair at CAMH and  is currently the chair...

Ask yourself, how do you touch and bring people together for common cause, to share love, and energy, and light and spirit, for the goodness of all? Both Nkechi and Gaby have lost their Father's within the past 2 years, and in this episode they touch on the legacy that they both left, and how that impact has helped to carry and guide them forward. Our legacy is found in the "dash". Take a listen t...

It is said that Women Life Freedom is the first women initiated revolution in the history and in the world! Women in Iran have been leading mass protests since September 2022. Young women, generally of Gen-Z generation are rebelling against the suppression and humiliation their mothers have endured since 1979. In this episode of Empowered in My Skin, we give voice to this movement, with invited gu...

Let's face it, on the road to being fearless, the majority of us are not going to muster up enough courage to jump out of an airplane without a parachute. So, what does it really mean when we express, "I am fearless"? Perhaps it can be about, stepping out in our day to day lives with more courage, and slowly living from a place where you fear less in your life. In this episode, Nkechi and Gaby, sh...

Our next guest  is  a lifelong learner and community builder devoted to creating positive change in the world around him. His life mandate is to impact the lives of others and to inspire them to get out of their comfort zones and serve on a greater level in their personal, local and global communities. Fikayo Aderoju is the Founder & Executive Director of Project Impacting Lives, a g...

A companion or even possible alternative to making resolutions, is to set intentions. Setting intentions can be a powerful tool to use to achieve your goals when done properly and with... well... meaningful intention. Setting intentions is a great purpose-driven way to pursue your goals and desires. In this episode of Thriving Thursday, our co-host Gaby, challenges our host Nkechi, with sharing wh...

On today's episode, we spend time with our Medical Expert, Dr. Heather Ciasnocha talking about health optimization. Dr. Heather takes us through her "dirty dozen", designed to empower you, the listener, into action that you can take immediately. Dr. Heather is  is a licensed Chiropractor and acupuncture provider. She has been practicing in Richmond Hill since 2012. She is the owner, founder a...

How often do we get caught up in the time consuming process of preparation and thoughts of perfection? While preparation is important in so many situations, there are many times in our lives, that we need to trust our ability to wing-it. In this episode of Thriving Thursday, Nkechi is joined by Jennifer Gibbs, who is standing in the gap for our co-host, Gaby. This episode was a completely imprompt...

Our next guest, Edwina Mckennon, has led an impressive career as an Insurance Leader and advocate for over a decade. In 2021 and 2022, she was nominated and named a finalist by the Insurance Business Canada Magazine for The Steamatic Canada Award for Woman of Distinction. She recently received the Top 100 Black Women To Watch 2022 Award by Canadian International Black Women Excellence. She’s built...

The comparison trap is when we feel we're stuck in a disempowering loop of wanting or feeling for something else than what is our reality - it's feeling less than someone else. At times, it can even be the feeling of superiority, where one human feels they are better than another human. It either case, it is not healthy nor productive. In this episode, Nkechi and Gaby take on this topic, sharing h...

Our next guest is Rasheda Kamaria Williams. She is a driven communications strategist, speaker and social entrepreneur with a passion for empowering youth. She is an author as well as the founder and chief empowering officer for Empowered Flower Girl, a social enterprise on a mission to transform the way young people relate to one another and themselves. In this episode, she shares about her joune...

What does your quote like look like? Do you use them on a daily basis to motivate you? In this episode, Nkechi and Gaby get into discussion on some inspiring quotes from renowned world leaders like Mother Teresa, Walt Disney and Babe Ruth. They share insights on these quotes and also above they can be used in daily life.  Having a daily quote life can significantly increase your motivation an...

Workplace wellness is gaining the attention of every manager in the corporate industry. The trend is due to the increasing health issues that employees face due to an unhealthy work environment and strict deadlines. Work-related problems can affect employees’ mental, physical, and emotional health, and if not attended timely, it may result in life-threatening cases. Employers realized that fosteri...

In this episode of Thriving Thursday, Nkechi and Gaby share some tactics on how to construct your confidence. The wisdom shared is action oriented, so be forewarned that you may receive a great call to action that you can leverage to further build your confidence. Nkechi shares her view that confidence is a verb and one is perceived to be confident when they are in action. Gaby concludes the episo...

Welcome to our 3rd episode of our Emerging Leadership Skills series. Be sure to go back and catch-up on previous episodes where we covered Technology Intelligence (TI) and Emotional Intelligence (EI).  In this episode we double click on the critical skill of adapting to constant change. This is synonymous with Adaptability Quotient (AQ) which measures someone's ability to adapt. Even with ove...

Who have you outsourced your happy to? Do you seek it from an external source, or is your happy thriving from within you? Do you know that darkness can never extinguish light?  if these are all questions that intrigue you, then this is an episode to take in and reflect on!  Our Gaby, poses a question to Nkechi, challenging her to express where her happy comes from. The answer speaks to the theme o...

Welcome to our 2nd episode of our Emerging Leadership Skills series. In today's episode, we cover Emotional Intelligence (EI) with our amazing guest and very insightful leader, John Collinson. John admits right out of the gate that EI is a challenging skill, yet one that is incredibly important to possess. With it being a bi-directional intelligence, we need to learn not only to read and lead othe...

Embracing a possibility‑thinking mindsets starts with the conviction that you make a difference, that you are capable of doing greater and greater things. In this episode of Thriving Thursday, we are back wth one of the most incredible humans that lives out the possibility-thinking mindset. Tracy Schmitt is the epitome of possibility-thinking.  Not only are the stories that she shares in this epis...

Welcome to Emerging Leadership Skills series, where we will cover 4 critical leadership skills with John Collinson that are needed to thrive in today's competitive world.  John is a repeat and favorite guest of ours. You may remember him from the Thriving Across Generations series. This time we get him all to ourselves. With over 26 years of leadership experience, we are excited to delive into his...