VIRGIN.BEAUTY.B!TCH

The “Future of Black America Top 50” recognizes the accomplishments of 50 Black Americans making a profound difference in their industries and communities. Lisa Hurley — writer, speaker, and activist focused on anti-racism, texturism, and destigmatizing — is a leader on the 2022 list. Lisa leads our critical conversation on race, equity, and inclusion, but we also talk with Lisa about beauty, cult...

My name is Gifty Serbeh-Dunn.  I was born and raised in Ghana; the last of 8 children. I came to Canada at a young age to visit family friends and a coup in Ghana forced me to stay, essentially “exiled” in Canada; separated from my family.  As an adult, whenever I visited home, the women in my community in Ghana would ask me to create work for them. Living in Mill Bay, Vancouver Island, I didn’t t...

As a women's empowerment expert, author, entrepreneur, and founder of PleaseNotes, Cheryl Sutherland has been featured in InStyle, Huffington Post, Forbes, Fast Company, American Express OPEN Forum, and Thrive Global. "I've always been in love with possibilities, so it makes sense that I'm drawn to personal growth. After working hard and accomplishing amazing things in my professional life, I reco...

"I'm on a mission to fight racism. I bring the experience of three decades in the writing business (B2B, B2C, SaaS), including 10+ years in journalism (research is my superpower), as well as the unique lens of being a global citizen. I'm passionate about promoting equity and belonging. After the murder of George Floyd, I took my Fukitol pill to let people know how I really felt. It was cathartic,...

Author, Speaker & Food Addictions Expert Dr. Vera Tarman shares with us that an addiction to sugar and flour can be as treacherous as an addiction to alcohol, tobacco, and even cocaine. "I know. I’m a recovered food addict who has maintained a 100-pound weight loss for more than 12 years. No gimmicks. No pills. I remember in the past, whenever I got my eating under control, I would get persuaded t...

In the U.S. alone, in an average year, The Breast Cancer Research Foundation estimates an average of 280,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer; more than 42,000 will die. Therese Forton-Barnes is a 'Household Toxins Health Specialist' promoting healthy living and a non-toxic lifestyle. Tee speaks with us about toxins in and around our homes, from construction materials, furniture, carpeti...

Jane Wilson has taught over 10,000 people to feel strong, bold, and confident. In our conversation, she dives into reasons why women hold themselves back and why breaking rules and challenging stigma can sometimes feel naughty but is often the key to self-liberation. As a former Pole Fitness Masters Champion, Jane’s spent over a decade teaching pole, fitness, and dance classes and encouraging wome...

It's 2022, 365 new days to make a difference in your relationships - your family - your tribe - your society, and make a difference in how you see and treat yourself. Christopher & Heather ask these questions: how can we contribute to your reaching your goals, realizing your vision, and achieving your purpose?

This episode of VBB is different from other shows we've released. Heather and I are blessed; we speak with dozens of amazing women every year. However, in 2021, one guest, La Tonya Davison, turned the tables on us. La Tonya is a Licensed Master Social Worker / Sociologist / Cultural Therapist / Stand-Up Comedian and host of Mental Speak Radio on the Fishbowl Radio Network, the largest personality-...

"When our son Byron married, he and his fiancée created a lasting memory that touched our hearts: They each wrote a letter to their parents, describing their fondest childhood memories, values, life lessons, and ideals they could bring into their marriage. When the letters were read for each pair of parents, there wasn't a dry eye in the room. Learn how to write your own Heartfelt Letters For Spec...

Corbie Mitleid is a psychic, channel, medium, and has been reading since 1973. She travels coast to coast across the United States and into Canada as a full-time intuitive counselor, inspiring and helping thousands of individuals every year as a teacher and facilitator. Corbie is also the author of the self-help publication Clean Out Your LifeCloset. It's to help you get un-stuck from believing th...

Sandra Cooze is the author of Journey to Your Self: A Transformational Trilogy, she's an Intuitive, and a Trauma Release & Self- Empowerment Coach with a passion for helping others heal. Sandra’s own traumatic past includes being a victim of child molestation, sexual assault, bullying, and rape. Sandra’s life journey has taken her through the mysteries of trauma, and the effects it can have on the...

Rustie MacDonald's personal journey began in the darkness of severe poverty, rape, abuse, and homelessness. Today, she's a successful multi-book author, International Radio Show Host, Speaker, and passionate full-time single mom. Rustie believes that lack is not meant to be a part of anyone's destiny, so her new journey is to inspire others to show gratitude and find hope even in their darkest mom...

The Making of a Woman: From the Inside Out is a compelling autobiography of a woman who refused to bow down to the circumstances of her childhood. Jewels began family life as an only child only to end up becoming a victim of the most prevalent form of intra-familial abuse — sibling sexual abuse. With a powerful sense of survival, Jewels fought against forces that so often crush young women.

At an early age, Fatima C. Oliver became emphatically convinced that pain and family were synonymous. Living with trauma from physical and sexual abuse, the loss of a child, abandonment issues, and domestic violence, she lived life as if waiting for the world to compensate her for her pain and suffering. A believer in paying it forward, Fatima has chosen to open her life up in vulnerable ways to s...

"My family didn't discuss sex, leaving me in the dark and terrified of sex. During my first sexual encounter, my partner asked me, 'what do you like?' I responded, aren't you supposed to know that?" That terrified young woman was Carlyle Jansen. Today, she's a renowned Sex and Relationship Therapist with her Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology. An author of books based on sexual exploration a...

"I don't understand how socially we believe that women don't like sex, that sex is something women give to men, that liking sex makes a woman impure, and women who enjoy sex can't be good mothers or trusted wives." Veronica Kazoleas, a former healthcare executive and researcher of sexual fantasies with her Master's in Social Psychology, is the founder of The Nookie, a sensuality shop in Toronto sp...

We welcome Dr. Rachel Maines, Technology Historian, and scientist who, while researching the domestic pleasures of needlework, accidentally became the worlds' foremost expert on the mechanical vibrator and female sexual pleasure when her book "The Technology of Orgasm: 'Hysteria,' Vibrators, and Women's Sexual Satisfaction," became an international bestseller, inspired two movies, a stage play, a...

Bill Cosby is free on a technicality, and women cry injustice. Texas challenges Roe v. Wade, and women plead no justice. We ask J.D. (Juris Doctorate) - Dr. of Law, Dr. of Jurisprudence, and Legal Analyst Tracy A. Pearson if women are victims of implicit bias in law, and if so, what exactly is Justice?

When a sex offender like Bill Cosby gets a premature release from prison — on a technicality. When women’s abortion rights are still up for debate or are revoked by law, we must ask, what century are we living in, and does justice apply equally for women?

Money doesn’t care what sex you are, but money trauma has a gender story. Our conversation with the Founder of What The Finances & Co-founder of The Trauma of Money, Chantel Chapman, shares a chapter in her life that may sound like your own.

"I’m a 56 year old - I founded Gateway Women for all the childless women still out in the cold, feeling they are the only childless women in the world, I do it for the young women who would have been our daughters and those who don’t yet know that motherhood will not happen for them. I do it for the women who went before me with few choices and no support - and for the women yet to come.” Meet Jod...

Lauren Geertsen has helped millions of people heal their relationship with food and body image. Her book, The Invisible Corset: Break Free of Beauty Culture and Embrace Your Radiant Self, helps women identify and escape limiting, culturally-inherited beliefs about their bodies. It’s endorsed by leading doctors, body image therapists, and eating disorder specialists.

It’s Deja Vu all over again! Throughout August, VIRGIN.BEAUTY.B!TCH will reboot four of our most impactful conversations from 2021. We begin with Jess Weiner; a social activist turned entrepreneur who helped change the image of Barbie and helped Dove — the soap company — see beauty in women of all shapes and sizes. Our time with Jess was full of energy, wise words, and wisecracks. Jess was pure Jo...

I’m a single woman. I also have a Ph. D. in rhetoric, so I understand how words work. I decided to put those things together in order to game online dating. Spoiler alert: It worked. I knew full well that this profile would deter 99% of men, and that was fine with me. I didn’t want the 99%; I wanted the 1% that would “get it. Meet Jennie Young, and Scott, the man who got it.