Women Making Moves

Isis Fabian is a corporate recovery and neurodivergent coach. They explore what their world looks like current day especially as discrimination toward neurodivergency is at an all time high due to workplaces not being equipped with both the hard and soft skills to support accordingly. Isis is changing that to where individuals and organizations are learning how to be supported and be supportive. F...

The misinformation, the misconception, and the misunderstanding of one of the cleanest, most efficient energy is keeping the world from moving into the next generation of energy. Geraldine Nneka Okoye brings us up to speed on what we should know, how to think about nuclear energy, and the goal of NetZero by 2050. This is a very inspired conversation as she teaches us not only the what but the how,...

Imani Moore and I, we vibe. Both being transformational coaches, we guide you to return to your unique brilliance - it just may have been put on pause as we've all been required to navigate our "shoulds" in this life. Imani is also an expert in the DEI space creating safe, vulnerable energy to large corporations. This is a beautiful conversation exploring the duality of life, understanding our pur...

Joelle Payom is an international activist for justice - justice for peace...and this is always her focus. Amid this focus, she zooms in on and advocates for workplace safety. In this episode, we explore not only the need for legislation, but that also, violence (including abuse, trauma, mobbing, harassment, discrimination) is so deeply systemic and a humanitarian issue. While the law could help ho...

What happens when two dope ladies come together? Magic. L'Oreal Thompson Payton and Amy find themselves in a beautiful space of sharing, collaborating, and uplifting. A best selling author and award winning speaker, L'Oreal shares the inspiration behind her first book 'Stop Waiting For Perfect' and soon to be best seller (a memoire detailing fertility and mental health). Through incredible storyte...

Equinox, astrological new year in Aries, Full and New Moon in Aries, and eclipse season?! Morgan Garza is a teacher, an author, a coven leader, a CMO, and the head witch over at Saged. This is a community that I have found after experiencing my awakening in 2022. Morgan and I talk about our respective experiences and dip into what it means for us to be modern day witches, being in tune with the el...

The Matria Coalition helps women to achieve the life of their dreams while spending time in beautiful community to heal, to embrace the divine feminine, and help create the balance that is needed in today's world - a journey back to themselves. Co-Creators Michelle Casazza and Jennifer Norman created the Matria with one goal in mind - building a community for humanity to come together and ideate a...

Pamela Shainhouse is an accessibility expert and a size diverse advocate in fashion. Pamela and I explore the things that she and other people who are differently abled must think about prior to leaving their house since accessibility and accommodations aren't quite widespread yet. Pamela works as a consultant to work with architects, planners, and organizations at all levels to intentionally plan...

Mariam Araji is an activist, and advocate for domestic abuse particularly in war torn countries. She shares that women experiencing domestic abuse in Iraq don't have many options, they either stay put as the abuse increases or go to a prison where there are very small space set aside for victims or survivors - but there really haven't been any good options, just a consistent cycle of abuse at home...

Amena Chaudhry and Zafara Consulting is doing DEI differently...that is, Amena understands that first and foremost, no existing company or organization is starting from the ground up - they have deep systemic roots that need to change otherwise DEI will be "that one initiative we tried once". Amena works with leaders who are not just well intentioned but desire actual change and need help in doing...

Courtney Robinson is a unique stylist, because she goes much further beyond the clothes. She anchors in faith, purpose, and style - a true catalyst to lead you what you're trying to convey through your clothing, hair, etc. She works with you to match on the outside, how you feel on the inside. It always comes down to who you are and how you want to feel - literal comfort on the inside and the outs...

Have you met the "Corporate Hippy" also known as Ness Monsequeira? Corporate was never a good fit for me as I struggled to be my authentic self while being part of the business world. Ness has figured it out, it being, working with teams and organizations to re-humanize humans. She follows the Panarchy and the adaptive cycle stating that for far too long business has only focused on the obsession...

Former corporate powerhouses and now walking the mastery of self, Amy and Rekha embark on an exquisite journey of life and the uniqueness of one's self. Named the "Generational Guru", Rekha is hosting workshops and sharing her influence in the workplace to ensure all generations have a seat at the table and that the skills needed for the workplace are paired well with a person's unique genius. As...

If woke means that we care about others, then we're woke. Tiya Lacroix is an Oklahoman activist for healthcare, education, and women's affairs. Tiya advocates for the children of today and tomorrow sharing that no matter what the disagreement, small ears are listening. Doing her part to improve the healthcare system, she is driving hospital costs down through transparency and data. Those who aren'...

You've probably heard of the term Human Design, but have you heard what it is, behind the curtain? Kristi Sullivan takes us beyond the buzzword and what you may be able to google search - and the best part is that she touches on my actual chart! Enneagram is out, Human Design is in! Kidding, as in, whatever resonates with you is great. But, HD takes a further look into your specific energetic blue...

Lan Phan and I are corporate crusaders! Kidding...sort of. Lan Phan is a tour de force in the realm of purpose-driven leadership and personal excellence. An acclaimed writer, whose forthcoming book, 'Do This Daily', promises to chart a transformative course for personal and professional growth, Lan is a beacon of inspiration for top-tier executives across the globe. Her profound insights have illu...

Amazin LeThi is a dynamic force, celebrated for her global impact as a speaker, LGBTQ advocate, athlete, and leader in cultural change and social justice. As an unrivalled Asian LGBTQ Athlete with six international LGBTQ sports ambassador roles, she fearlessly dismantles barriers. Recognised by over 30 international organisations, including the Human Rights Campaign and GLAAD, Amazin earned the ti...

Pasha Marlowe is an expert in neurodiversity, neurobelonging, and neuroqueering. She exquisitely explains one of the biggest misconceptions in the workplace today - that neurodivergent and neurodiversity are the same thing...they're not. By virtue of each human, being exceptionally unique - no one person is the same, that is neurodiversity...whereas neurodivergent is diverging neurologically from...

Susan Fox has specialized in women’s reproductive health and fertility, where she combines the best of ancient wisdom with modern science to ensure patients receive the best evidence-based support. If you're in the San Francisco Bay area, make an appointment and stop in! In working with women and people undergoing IVF, patients would often lament “How is it that I never learned this about my own b...

Leslie Venetz is shifting the paradigm for B2B selling, her stellar sales record based on the origin technique of cis/het/white men selling to cis/het/white men for cis/het/white men has evolved with today's buyers in mind which centers around connection. Leslie is taking taking the historical, co-dependent power struggle of sales - the "ick" - and turning it on its head. She's creating the new wa...

TW: this episode contains references to sexual assault and rape. Jaclyn Fortini Laing is an American Women's Rights Lawyer and French Women's Rights Advocate. She has brilliantly navigated some of the toughest cases both on a world stage, and in her day to day. Bonding over LinkedIn banter, we discuss far and wide things that women still face today - the micro aggressions that really become one bi...

It all matters. Mind, body, and spirit. Berdette Carrasco created MBSphere with one goal in mind - to empower women, babies, families, and medical teams for the most successful outcome for an end to end birthing experience. Often, the postpartum is overlooked which Berdette is changing the game for. MBSphere could be called a birthing concierge and it's not a nice to have, often it's a life changi...

Give Juatise 1 minute and she has the innate ability to educate at unimaginable lengths. After a successful corporate career, Juatise answered the call to become a full service equity consultant with her partner to create Just Act Partners that is at the forefront of a more equal and equitable Chicago for today and tomorrow - for all Chicagoans to have an opportunity to succeed no matter where the...

Dr. Tayo is bringing sassy back. As a former practicing physician and now founder guiding women back to their sass during perimenopause and menopause, Dr. Tayo is on a mission to educate, empower, and eradicate the stigma of how women are perceived during this time in their life. Dr. Tayo beautifully articulates a women's right to choose regarding the care for their bodies, the plans to assist dur...

Wow. What an incredible conversation - hearing Virginia Lacayo speak on what it's going to take to create conscious, intersectional leaders in this world is not only attainable, but our long term success as humanity depends on it. The passion, conviction, and triumph that Virginia is leading from a feminist, neuroscience, and complex systems perspective beautifully articulates how we get back in t...