🌟 Shift in perspective: entrepreneurs need to start caring about the impact they are leaving in this world. 01:02 🧐 People still don’t realize the negative impact of the pandemic. 02:20 🌸 Road to freedom: from corporate world to entrepreneur, podcaster, and teacher. 03:28 😇 Traveling with MBA students. 07:19 👠 Being a CEO of She Leads Media: working with women on increasing their visibility through conferences, retreats, and a podcast network. 09:51 🎙️ How to help women podcasters. 11:19 �...
Jul 22, 2022•23 min•Ep. 44
🌟 Maria and Adrienne love conversations without sugar coating. 01:37 🎙️ Podcasts are an amazing place to have real conversations about all the things that are happening in the USA these days. 02:22 👩🏫 From teacher to writer and publisher who supports parents: open conversations with kids showed her how kids are embarrassed of their culture. 04:01 😇 Maria loves to present reality without sugar coating to the hesitant parents because there are too many bad things in front of our kids: “You a...
Jul 15, 2022•45 min•Ep. 43
🌿 Ayelet contributed to the Unbreakable retreat gift bag: a beautiful plant for each retreat participant. 01:52 👩💼 She was representing children in abuse cases but couldn’t do it anymore: Ayelet joined her family’s cosmetics business and learned e-commerce. 03:02 👩💻 Ayelet is passionate about plants and her plant business, but she also changed her specialization to influencer-law attorney. Now she runs two businesses. 04:22 🧱 Importance of being grounded and having stability in your life...
Jul 01, 2022•38 min•Ep. 42
🎤 Katie was a speaker and amazing panel moderator at the She Leads conference: She Leads Live will be held in October 2022. 01:04 💃 Katie has two businesses now: a communications consultancy, and her podcast about ageism and growing old loudly. 02:06 🎙️ Using multiple platforms as your business booster: the power of LinkedIn, podcasts, and newsletters as your own platforms for networking 07:04 🌟 “Confidence comes from doing”: dive deep in to build your own skill set, and then see what other ...
Jun 24, 2022•32 min•Ep. 41
🤗 Memorial Day weekend is a great time for hugging your loved ones. 01:36 📒 Candice provided the UNBREAKABLE retreat with amazing workbooks about self sabotage. 02:11 👩⚕️ All of Candice’s specialties: Working with eating disorder population, weight & sleep management, and self sabotage. 03:09 😣 Pressure accumulates and changes our relationship with ourselves and things surrounding us. 05:38 😳 Fear of change: So much of our self sabotage is rooted in keeping ourselves comfortable. 07:03...
Jun 03, 2022•41 min•Ep. 40
👩🎨 Ashita and Arun created Arunashi as a reflection of their relationship: generational background in jewelry designing. 02:19 🎓 Ashita and Adriene both finished the Goldman Sachs 10KSB program. 03:28 🎯 Creating of Arunashi: Focused on quality, precision, and artistry storytelling through each piece of jewelry. 05:14 Working with Bergdorf “We have to have your pieces in our stores”. 06:58 💍 No mass manufacturing, unique pieces are offered to specific high-end retailers with deep dive into ...
May 27, 2022•46 min•Ep. 39
🌺 Creating of Omekwa and Omekwa Oasis: benign cancer diagnosis and a need to support her body from natural sources. 02:15 👁️ The Great Resignation and Great Awakening. 03:43 🌞 The Self-care Success Assessment is a pillar to starting a mental, physical and spiritual healing journey. 05:14 😇 Utilizing community and communal care is a key to bridging the digital into more personal connection. 08:57 📱 Difference between prior and new generations: where are all the long talks gone? 10:16 🚨 When...
May 20, 2022•39 min•Ep. 38
😍 Thais contributed hair styling and hair care items for the UNBREAKABLE retreat 01:32 🎆 The work in Salvation Army: Growing up with amazing parents who were using their communicative skills for the benefit of the community. 02:32 👩💼 Transition from nonprofit to corporate and why Thais chose to open her consulting firm. 06:15 🦸♀️ Mom of four kids managing all situations: being authentic through serving others. 11:37 ⚖️ She is very relational at college: pandemic and the balance of giving ...
May 13, 2022•45 min•Ep. 37
🤩 Kodi is gifting her products to the women on the UNBREAKABLE retreat. 01:34 🌺 Reimagined traditional fitness equipment to be more beautiful: Ubarre and EQUIPT. 02:28 👗 Kodi realized modeling wasn’t for her when she heard “Your body is too active for your face”. 04:37 🤠 Riding steer and the Billabong ad campaign. 06:03 👩🍼 Unconventional problem solving: Going out to the steel yards with her baby strapped around her chest. 09:06 🎨 Conscious consumption and creation: journaling, museums, ...
May 06, 2022•43 min•Ep. 36
😍 Adrienne’s allergies: Joyce is giving her products to all women on the UNBREAKABLE retreat. 01:51 👠 Support matters: Women would purchase from women more often. 02:30 🚧 Too many hurdles: Certification of a “Women-Owned Company” takes time and funds. 03:20 👃 Her baby was seriously immunocompromised: prepping products for the health of the nose. 06:35 ⭐ The best products come from motivated women. 11:07 🔥 Great resignation is moving the mindset from corporate America: becoming makers again....
Apr 19, 2022•40 min•Ep. 35
👩🏻💼 Elizabeth's corporate story and business experience working in London. 2:54 👔 When you get what you asked for, it may not be what you actually want. 04:42 🏋🏻♀️ Elizabeth took a leap into entrepreneurship in 2012 and bought an all-women's gym. 8:13 💫 Elizabeth was known as a turnaround expert in the corporate world and she was always inclined to operations, but she sees that women are often 'groomed out' of operational roles. 11:20 💵 By buying a business, you have an automatic reven...
Apr 16, 2021•40 min•Ep. 34
🌺 When a woman thrives, everything and everyone around her thrive too. 2:12 😇 We're in the process of the entire system crumbling, and that's good news! 4:52 👩💼 Leadership is feminine because it comes through empathy and invention. 10:30 🎯 Don't play their rules, just go to a different place where leadership is a connection and a relationship. 14:39 👔 Posturing and positioning incorporate vs humanizing. 16:10 👥 'We will take care of our workers' shows also a high rate of disengagement am...
Apr 09, 2021•47 min•Ep. 33
🎬 Tonya created an online film festival around her NYWIFT network, and moms around the globe submitted their movies to her first-ever MOM film festival . 2:44 🤱 Focusing on motherhood--we must give moms respect, because they deserve it. 8:15 🤕 All the challenges mothers are currently facing due to the pandemic. 10:42 ☹️ Moms in the film industry are experiencing prejudices and are faced with “mothering in the shadows.”13:20 🎦 Tonya was a makeup artist on the set who soon started organizing s...
Mar 19, 2021•38 min•Ep. 32
👠 Welcome, Jennifer. 1:55 👩👴🦳 Growing up and spending summers with her grandparents around their chiropractic offices tickled her entrepreneurship ideas out. 3:19 🍎 When Jennifer was eight, she turned her idea into money. 4:48 😎 She worked all the way through her high school and started her software company at 23. 5:46 🤩 After the 2008 crisis, Jennifer wanted to work in a corporate, but soon after, she started leading a National Network of Women Entrepreneurs 8:15 💻 Jennifer lost her mo...
Feb 19, 2021•41 min•Ep. 31
🙋♀️ Lesley was a speaker at the She Leads NYC conference and her story was an absolute hit! 1:19 ⭐ On Covey Club’s ‘Positive Morning’ call, Lesley realized that she built another family for women in the second half of their lives. 2:13 📰 When she was a 10-year old, Lesley turned to magazines to remedy the isolation she experienced due to parent’s divorce. 5:05 💜 Covey Club was created after More Magazine folded and loyal readers approached Lesley’s social media channels, asking her to create...
Dec 04, 2020•54 min•Ep. 30
🤩Jill’s company focuses on the four critical C's of all company life, which is culture, communication, conflict and change. 2:33 🚦 Like every other entrepreneur, for years, Jill wanted to start her own business, but stopped herself on several occasions. 4:01 🤯 Jill observes the exact same issues across multiple industries. That’s why she focuses on opportunities to solve people’s problems. 5:20 🛑 People are oftentimes fearful in their workplaces, because of company culture, limited feedback ...
Nov 27, 2020•31 min•Ep. 29
Notes 🔥 Adrienne boldly reached out to Antonia after reading her Swaay article about women who do not support other women. 1:03 🧱 Antonia is an Experience Collector. Her choices in life and career were centered around having incredible experiences and building something new. 2:46 📣 We need to talk about hypocrisy: Women are being disloyal to other women, but it’s not often spoken about. 9:07 😡 What to do when you experience a ‘mean girl from highschool’ comment? 10:54 ☝️ Having systemic supp...
Nov 20, 2020•38 min•Ep. 28
🙌 Hello again, Linda - an old friend and previous speaker at the She Leads 2016 Conference in NYC. 2:12 😇 Multi-passionate people like us are known as 'scanners', according to Barbara Sher, who recently passed away. 4:39 🪖 Linda joined the military when she was just 17 years old! 6:20 🌞 She is a huge proponent of mentorship, as she greatly benefited from people who were speaking positivity into her life. 9:26 🤯 Linda was a top-of-her class naval flight officer, flying from aircraft carriers...
Nov 13, 2020•40 min•Ep. 27
🌷Janis Carmina - member of the 400+ member She Leads Media online community - shares her expertise. 1:15 🦄 Ex-police officer, the ECommerce Queen Bee, creates 6 figures brands on Amazon. 2:32 🌞 Welcome to the Sugar Coated podcast, Janis. 4:33 💰 Using Amazon FBA and retail arbitrage as a side gig for earning money. 6:43 🤩 Janis discovered Private Label companies and started selling products under her own brand 7:02 🚓The fateful night on patrol when her career was finished. 9:57 🤓 Keys to s...
Oct 16, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 26
🌷Welcome Eva! 1:39 👩💼Helping women in communication strategy through thought leadership perspective.2:16 🚧 Usual obstacles in front of us: curse of knowledge. 4:56 🌊 Dealing with criticism: Thought leader should be bold and "make the waves" 5:43 ☯️ Working on inner self is crucial for all. 7:39 📝 Eva helps entrepreneurs by formulating their ideas into words. 9:19 👠 Her journey from college to corporate and to entrepreneur. 12:32 🙃 Eva was avoiding asking for help from professionals, and...
Oct 09, 2020•45 min•Ep. 25
🎤Bobbie and Adrienne meet at the She Leads Conference in NYC. 1:56 💃 Bobbie is a CEO & founder of three companies, and recently she bought two more. 2:32 🛣️From the corporate world to entrepreneurship: 2008 was a turning point. 6:10 🖥️Online tools & tech made continuing business relatively easy, in the face of a global pandemic. 11:12 🤝Innovation Nights is Bobbie's startup showcase event company that has always promoted diversity. 17:20 👚The “Pink Collar Ghetto” situation that affl...
Sep 11, 2020•52 min•Ep. 24
🥳Celebrating a 25th wedding anniversary. 1:20 👀Every relationship goes through peaks and valleys. 2:12 💖My husband is my best friend. 5:31 ✨ What makes for a great relationship? 6:14 🔔 Commitment is the single most important element for long relationships. 8:04 🫂It is easier to bond with people when meeting face to face like at the She Leads Conferences. 11:40 🙃Commitment: more than a word, more than a feeling, and more than simply dedication.18:21 🥗Lunchtime can be a starting point to fo...
Sep 04, 2020•36 min•Ep. 23
🌪️The recent NY Hurricane. 1:02 🏡New circumstances and working from home. 1:56 🧠My brain is not open for picking. 3:28 🛑Stop being rude to people who provide you with knowledge or answer your questions! 4:53 😲Why ask the question, if you are not open to listening to the answer? 6:09 💃Ladies, your set of knowledge is important, share it only with someone who values it! 6:43
Aug 21, 2020•10 min•Ep. 22
👋 Welcome, Jade! 01:02 🎹 From a concert pianist to a presidential candidate. 02:21 💭 Re-inventing who you really are. 06:17 💗 Figuring out your purpose. 08:45 ☝ The age of mentorship: giving and receiving advice. 11:18 😨 Don’t let fear dictate your mode of operation. 16:00 🔍 What kind of leaders does this country need? 19:29 👥 Society expectations vs. society needs 24:40 👣 How to think bigger, do bigger, be bigger? 29:05 😎 Look at your own track record to find your source of confidence....
Jul 31, 2020•48 min•Ep. 21
▶ Podcast intro 01:03 👋 Welcome, Wendy! 04:18 🏢 The Piermont Bank story. 06:51 👌 Finding the right banking partner. 09:25 💰 Bank loan or venture capitalists: What type of financing is the best? 12:32 🚫 What if your credit score is bad? 17:58 🆘 Bank resources: how to reach out for help. 22:34 👠 Wendy’s story: a woman in banking & finance. 24:13 👥 The finance industry’s attitude towards women. 29:26 🔁 Two-way street and value add. 34:47 😄 Attitude is more than half the battle. 42:11 ...
Jul 24, 2020•47 min•Ep. 20
🍛Having “Too much on my plate” syndrome. 2:10 ⛑️Some tools I'm using - Brooke Castillo’s 'Monday Hour One'. 4:56 📝Think everything through, write it out on paper, and calendar it. 6:15 😟The system might not work for me? 8:34 📌What is your greatest tip for not feeling overwhelmed? 10:20 🎙️Would you like to launch a podcast? https://sheleads.podcastnetwork.io/ 13:02 😊Connect with me: adrienne@sheleadsmedia.com 14:01 Link: Instagram @SheLeadsMedia and Instagram@SheLeadsMedia 14:01...
Jul 17, 2020•15 min•Ep. 19
👋 Welcome, Deb! 01:04 🙅 Getting out of the corporate mindset. 02:15 😏 Having the confidence to leave the corporate world. 05:24 😰 What are the greatest challenges for women when creating their own business? 07:23 💡 Does success in corporate = success in entrepreneurship? 10:00 ☀ The importance of a healthy mindset. 13:41 ⛔ Fear is a luxury. 19:08 ✌ Building relationships and one-on-one connections. 21:59 💪 Entrepreneurship as the new feminist movement. 23:20 🎧 The benefit of podcasting: p...
Jul 10, 2020•44 min•Ep. 18
🎙️Podcasts: tools and resources for self-help and encouragement 1:46 👌Recommendation: Life Coach School Podcast by Brooke Castillo. 2:24 👣Steps on the path: Thoughts, Emotions, Actions, Results 3:47 🙌Tiffany Carter's podcast provided me with amazing tips: ProjectMe with Tiffany 6:44 🤬My corporate failure: well who needs you, mother**ckers? 9:35 🌾Some losses really show us that we have to rely on ourselves. 14:59 ✨Anger is an energy: the birth of She Leads Media. 15:56 📻Fierce Feminine Lea...
Jul 03, 2020•24 min•Ep. 17
🙋♀️Meet amazing Shannon Whittington. 2:29 🏆Interesting combination: nursing and leadership. 4:38 💎Shannon became the nurse leader she wanted to have. 6:15 🙌 Nurses rules! 6:30 😞 Health care professionals need more education about LGBTQ health. 13:12 🤯Fear and caution - gay couples experiences in a heteronormative world. 16:53 🌟Treat everybody like a human being. 28:55 😟Each company has a need for courses and teaching about LGBTQ. 30:39 💪When real life kicks in: everyone sees the produc...
Jun 26, 2020•46 min•Ep. 16
👋 Meet Kristin and her work. 01:30 💗 Is it necessary to have a passion for what you’re doing? 03:59 🌱 Starting at the bottom - again. 07:35 😎 Keeping your confidence in solo-entrepreneurship. 10:19 👉 Don’t get caught in the comparison game! 14:03 👑 Don’t tie your business to your identity and your self-worth. 16:28 👶 Your business is not your baby! 19:30 😰 At what point do entrepreneurs realize they need help? 23:10 👪 The power of delegation. 25:47 😄 Replacing your income with a freedo...
Jun 22, 2020•45 min•Ep. 15
