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Demarra West: From Trauma to Authority — Building a Business on Your Own Terms
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July 2, 2026

Demarra West: From Trauma to Authority — Building a Business on Your Own Terms

Demarra West: From Trauma to Authority — Building a Business on Your Own Terms Welcome to Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation, where we dive deep into the lives and journeys of incredible women. In this episode, host Deneen L. Garrett sits down with Detroit-based Trauma Responsive Therapist, Author, and Founder, Demarra West. This intimate conversation explores what it truly means to build a business—and a life—on your own terms. Demarra, also the author of Me Too: A Therapist's Journey to ...
Guest: Demarra West
Demarra West: From Trauma to Authority — Building a Business on Your Own Terms
Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation
Demarra West: From Trauma to Authority — Building a Business on Your Own Terms
When Life Lifes: A Real-Time Pivot with Oryn Stewart
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June 25, 2026

When Life Lifes: A Real-Time Pivot with Oryn Stewart

When Life Lifes: A Real-Time Pivot with Oryn Stewart What if the most powerful asset you possess for your next chapter is precisely what you've been told to leave behind? In this episode, we close out The Execution Series: Power, Pivot & Purpose with a demonstration of true leadership. When the unexpected happens and plans change, real leaders adapt. In this instance, life intervened. Our scheduled guest was unable to join, and instead of canceling, we executed a real-time pivot strategy . Oryn ...
When Life Lifes: A Real-Time Pivot with Oryn Stewart
Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation
When Life Lifes: A Real-Time Pivot with Oryn Stewart
The Purpose Catalyst: Leadership, Risk & Resilience with Dr. Connie Y. Bell
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June 18, 2026

The Purpose Catalyst: Leadership, Risk & Resilience with Dr. Connie Y. Bell

purpose-driven leadership The Purpose Catalyst: Leadership, Risk & Resilience with Dr. Connie Y. Bell What if the most powerful thing you can bring to the boardroom is exactly what they told you to leave at the door? Host Deneen L. Garrett sits down with Dr. Connie Y. Bell in this episode of The Execution Series: Power, Pivot & Purpose . Dr. Bell is a transformational executive leader, doctoral mentor, and author who excels at the intersection of leadership, risk governance, and human resilience...
The Purpose Catalyst: Leadership, Risk & Resilience with Dr. Connie Y. Bell
Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation
The Purpose Catalyst: Leadership, Risk & Resilience with Dr. Connie Y. Bell
Go Beyond & Make Miracles Possible: Healing Lineage, Breaking Beliefs & Choosing Freedom | Rima Desai, Part 2
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June 15, 2026

Go Beyond & Make Miracles Possible: Healing Lineage, Breaking Beliefs & Choosing Freedom | Rima Desai, Part 2

Healing Lineage Trauma Part 1 was the story. This is the work. In Part 2 of this two-part conversation, Rima Desai — transformational life coach, spiritual healer, and Masters-trained counseling psychologist — goes into the interior work that changed everything. Where do limited beliefs actually come from? How does inherited trauma live in the body across generations? And what did energy healing shift for Rima when years of traditional approaches alone couldn't get her all the way there? This is...
Guest: Rima Desai
Go Beyond & Make Miracles Possible: Healing Lineage, Breaking Beliefs & Choosing Freedom | Rima Desai, Part 2
Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation
Go Beyond & Make Miracles Possible: Healing Lineage, Breaking Beliefs & Choosing Freedom | Rima Desai, Part 2
Opening Doors: How to Navigate High-Stakes Career Pivots in Media & Production | Nicole Welch
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June 11, 2026

Opening Doors: How to Navigate High-Stakes Career Pivots in Media & Production | Nicole Welch

Career Pivot What if the most powerful story you ever tell isn't the one on the screen — but the one you coordinate behind the scenes? In this installment of The Execution Series: Power, Pivot & Purpose , host Deneen L. Garrett is chatting with Nicole Welch — seasoned Production Manager, Television Academy member, and 2026 Produced By magazine spotlight honoree. From Detroit's control rooms to managing global broadcasts and live sports, Nicole defines what it means to execute at the highest leve...
Guest: Nicole Welch
Opening Doors: How to Navigate High-Stakes Career Pivots in Media & Production | Nicole Welch
Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation
Opening Doors: How to Navigate High-Stakes Career Pivots in Media & Production | Nicole Welch
How to Own Your Voice & Navigate Power Dynamics in Male-Dominated Spaces | Tanya Spencer
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June 5, 2026

How to Own Your Voice & Navigate Power Dynamics in Male-Dominated Spaces | Tanya Spencer

Own Your Voice and stop letting your communication style hold your career back. In this episode, Tanya Spencer — founder of FCK Being Stuck Coaching and Master of "Bad-Asshery" — breaks down the Likability vs. Competence matrix, why credentials alone aren't enough, and how to reclaim 200 hours of non-promotable work. This is the conversation that shifts how you show up in every room.
How to Own Your Voice & Navigate Power Dynamics in Male-Dominated Spaces | Tanya Spencer
Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation
How to Own Your Voice & Navigate Power Dynamics in Male-Dominated Spaces | Tanya Spencer
Owning Your Story: RIMIDI on Independent Artistry & Sacred Impact
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May 29, 2026

Owning Your Story: RIMIDI on Independent Artistry & Sacred Impact

What happens when the traditional path doesn't fit the legacy you are building? In the powerful conclusion of our "She Who Mothers: Redefining Legacy, Love & Lineage" series, host Deneen L. Garrett sits down with RIMIDI (pronounced RE-ME-DY or RIM-IDI) — a Miami-born visionary creating sacred impact through sound, soul, and story. As an independent artist and mother, RIMIDI recently bypassed industry norms to release her latest work, JUNO: THE LATE BLOOMER, directly to her fans. In this conversa...
Guest: RIMIDI
Owning Your Story: RIMIDI on Independent Artistry & Sacred Impact
Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation
Owning Your Story: RIMIDI on Independent Artistry & Sacred Impact
Corporate Leadership & Faith: Violette Omotosho on Building Influence Without Shrinking
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May 22, 2026

Corporate Leadership & Faith: Violette Omotosho on Building Influence Without Shrinking

"She didn't shrink to fit the room. She expanded what the room could hold." In the third installment of our May series, She Who Mothers: Redefining Legacy, Love & Lineage, host Deneen L. Garrett sits down with Violette Omotosho — Senior Relationship Manager, Pastoral Leader, Speaker, and Writer — to explore what it means to lead with your full self intact. For over 15 years, Violette has navigated the intersection of faith, corporate leadership, and cultural identity — without leaving any part o...
Corporate Leadership & Faith: Violette Omotosho on Building Influence Without Shrinking
Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation
Corporate Leadership & Faith: Violette Omotosho on Building Influence Without Shrinking
Women's Health Revolution: How Muji Bekomson Is Mothering a New System Into Existence
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May 18, 2026

Women's Health Revolution: How Muji Bekomson Is Mothering a New System Into Existence

"She didn't wait for the system to catch up. She built a new one." In this episode of our May series, She Who Mothers: Redefining Legacy, Love & Lineage, host Deneen L. Garrett sits down with Muji Bekomson — Medical Laboratory Scientist, Founder of FEMME Health Companion, and Top 50 Voice in African Tech — to explore what happens when a woman stops waiting to be heard and starts building what should have existed all along. When a doctor dismissed Muji's severe symptoms with "just get pregnant," ...
Women's Health Revolution: How Muji Bekomson Is Mothering a New System Into Existence
Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation
Women's Health Revolution: How Muji Bekomson Is Mothering a New System Into Existence
She Lost Her Mom at 6: Healing Grief & Spiritual Awakening | Rima Desai, Part 1
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May 15, 2026

She Lost Her Mom at 6: Healing Grief & Spiritual Awakening | Rima Desai, Part 1

What happens when a child grows up carrying grief she has no language for — and discovers at age 12 that she can read minds? In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, Rima Desai — transformational life coach, spiritual healer, and Masters-trained counseling psychologist — takes us all the way back. Born in Mumbai, India, Rima lost her mother at age 6 in a moment that shattered her entire world. She grew up in a home heavy with silence, in a culture where grief was never spoken aloud — and where e...
Guest: Rima Desai
She Lost Her Mom at 6: Healing Grief & Spiritual Awakening | Rima Desai, Part 1
Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation
She Lost Her Mom at 6: Healing Grief & Spiritual Awakening | Rima Desai, Part 1
How to Become an Expat: The "Plan B" Every Woman of Color Needs | Lynelle Baker-Hall
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May 8, 2026

How to Become an Expat: The "Plan B" Every Woman of Color Needs | Lynelle Baker-Hall

"She who mothers, prepares. She who mothers, builds a world without borders for her lineage." In the kickoff to our May series, host Deneen L. Garrett sits down with Lynelle Baker-Hall — Senior Government Advisor, entrepreneur, and author — to explore what it truly means to mother a legacy without borders. After experiencing the loss of her mother, Lynelle transformed grief into a global mission: the Plan B philosophy. Today, she shares how she is passing this legacy of freedom down to her adult...
How to Become an Expat: The "Plan B" Every Woman of Color Needs | Lynelle Baker-Hall
Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation
How to Become an Expat: The "Plan B" Every Woman of Color Needs | Lynelle Baker-Hall
Show Up | Story, Platform & Turning Expertise into Influence | Trish Lindo
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May 1, 2026

Show Up | Story, Platform & Turning Expertise into Influence | Trish Lindo

"You don't wait for permission. You become it. And when you become it — everything rises to meet you." In the final installment of our Women Who Build: Legacy in Real Time series, we're diving deep into the architecture of influence. How do you take years of high-level expertise and turn it into a global platform? Host Deneen L. Garrett sits down with Trish Lindo — a FAMU graduate and storytelling strategist who spent over a decade at media giants like CNN, Yahoo!, and Oprah.com. As the Founder ...
Guest: Trish Lindo
Show Up | Story, Platform & Turning Expertise into Influence | Trish Lindo
Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation
Show Up | Story, Platform & Turning Expertise into Influence | Trish Lindo
Episode 200: You Don't Wait for Permission — You Become It | Kaila James
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April 24, 2026

Episode 200: You Don't Wait for Permission — You Become It | Kaila James

Two hundred episodes. And we're just getting started. Episode 200 of Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation is here — and it arrives exactly the way it should: with a conversation that goes straight to the heart of what this podcast has always been about. Identity. Legacy. Leading as your full self. Deneen L. Garrett sits down with Kaila James — senior strategic global leader, cultural architect, and recording artist — for a milestone episode that doesn't celebrate by slowing down. It celebrat...
Guest: Kaila James
Episode 200: You Don't Wait for Permission — You Become It | Kaila James
Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation
Episode 200: You Don't Wait for Permission — You Become It | Kaila James
Opening Doors | Access, Coaching & Building Legacy for Women in Need | Santana Inniss
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April 10, 2026

Opening Doors | Access, Coaching & Building Legacy for Women in Need | Santana Inniss

Santana Inniss walked away from corporate, looked around at the women being left behind, and decided to do something about it. In this episode, the Founder of The Glow Initiative (Glowi) joins Deneen L. Garrett to share how she is ending barriers to professional coaching and what it really means to build a legacy that opens doors for others. In this episode of Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation, we explore: The Corporate Pivot: The specific decision that shifted Santana from the corporate ...
Opening Doors | Access, Coaching & Building Legacy for Women in Need | Santana Inniss
Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation
Opening Doors | Access, Coaching & Building Legacy for Women in Need | Santana Inniss
Break Free | Silencing Self-Sabotage & Leading Authentically | Dr. Brandy Peer
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April 3, 2026

Break Free | Silencing Self-Sabotage & Leading Authentically | Dr. Brandy Peer

What if the thing holding you back isn’t your circumstances — it’s the story you keep telling yourself about your circumstances? Dr. Brandy Peer has spent her career inside that question — and built an entire practice around helping women answer it, dismantle it, and move. In this episode of Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation, Deneen L. Garrett sits down with Dr. Brandy Peer — CEO of BMPowered Consulting, LLC, Identity Architect, speaker, and consultant who has dedicated her career to dism...
Break Free | Silencing Self-Sabotage & Leading Authentically | Dr. Brandy Peer
Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation
Break Free | Silencing Self-Sabotage & Leading Authentically | Dr. Brandy Peer
Leaking Is Common But NOT Normal | Pelvic Floor Health, Immigrant Grit & Women’s Health Advocacy | Dr. Charu Chopra
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March 27, 2026

Leaking Is Common But NOT Normal | Pelvic Floor Health, Immigrant Grit & Women’s Health Advocacy | Dr. Charu Chopra

She arrived in the U.S. at 27. Never been on a plane. Left her entire family in India. Faked her accent so no one would notice where she came from. Worked harder than anyone in the room — and learned the hard way that hard work without a voice is invisible. Dr. Charu Chopra is a physical therapist of 17 years. For the past 7+, 100% of her patients have been women. She specializes in pelvic floor and breast rehab therapy — and she is one of the most honest, direct voices in women’s health working...
Guest: Charu Chopra
Leaking Is Common But NOT Normal | Pelvic Floor Health, Immigrant Grit & Women’s Health Advocacy | Dr. Charu Chopra
Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation
Leaking Is Common But NOT Normal | Pelvic Floor Health, Immigrant Grit & Women’s Health Advocacy | Dr. Charu Chopra
Unlearn. Reclaim. Lead. | Stop Waiting for Permission to Be Seen ft. Gia Warren
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March 20, 2026

Unlearn. Reclaim. Lead. | Stop Waiting for Permission to Be Seen ft. Gia Warren

You were built to lead. So why does the path keep feeling out of reach? In this episode of Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation, Deneen L. Garrett sits down with Gia Warren — strategic operations and program management leader, MBA, and global executive with leadership experience at Lumen, Intel, Amazon, and AT&T — for a conversation about what it truly means to be built to lead. Gia shares the decision that shifted how she sees herself, what she had to unlearn on the road to operational exce...
Guest: Gia Warren
Unlearn. Reclaim. Lead. | Stop Waiting for Permission to Be Seen ft. Gia Warren
Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation
Unlearn. Reclaim. Lead. | Stop Waiting for Permission to Be Seen ft. Gia Warren
Money as Safety: Rebuilding Self-Trust & Financial Power
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March 14, 2026

Money as Safety: Rebuilding Self-Trust & Financial Power

Deneen L. Garrett is joined by internationally recognized advocate and empowerment coach Kalyn Fahie for a powerful conversation on money, safety, and rebuilding self-trust. Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation — a 100 Best Women ’ s Empowerment Podcast — continues its LIVE era by exploring what financial power truly means for women who are rebuilding their lives, identities, and futures. In this episode, Kalyn shares the deeper framework behind “ Money as Safety” — and how women, particular...
Guest: Kalyn Fahie
Money as Safety: Rebuilding Self-Trust & Financial Power
Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation
Money as Safety: Rebuilding Self-Trust & Financial Power
Stop Shrinking: Luxury Branding for Women 50+
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March 6, 2026

Stop Shrinking: Luxury Branding for Women 50+

Stop shrinking. Raise your standards. Your experience doesn’t expire — it compounds. In Episode 194 of Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation , host Deneen L. Garrett sits down with luxury personal brand strategist Cheryl Pullins for a masterclass in visibility and positioning. This is a mandate for the woman 50+ who is ready to be seen, positioned, and paid at the level she has earned. Building a luxury brand isn't about "fluff"—it’s about the architecture of your authority. In this episode, ...
Stop Shrinking: Luxury Branding for Women 50+
Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation
Stop Shrinking: Luxury Branding for Women 50+
From Podcast to LIVE: The Next Era of Women of Color
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March 2, 2026

From Podcast to LIVE: The Next Era of Women of Color

Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation — a Top 20 podcast on the 100 Best Women’s Empowerment Podcast list — is entering a new era. In this episode, Deneen L. Garrett is joined by Leon Thomas (The Leon Thomas Group) to share the shift from a traditional podcast format to a LIVE weekly experience. Why go live? What changes? And what does this mean for Women of Color — especially Black women 50+ — seeking conversations centered in leadership, visibility, wealth, and legacy ? This conversation br...
From Podcast to LIVE: The Next Era of Women of Color
Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation
From Podcast to LIVE: The Next Era of Women of Color
Alcohol as a Coping Mechanism: Grief, High-Functioning Binge Drinking & Life Beyond the Binge
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Feb. 24, 2026

Alcohol as a Coping Mechanism: Grief, High-Functioning Binge Drinking & Life Beyond the Binge

EPISODE 192 — Alcohol as a Coping Mechanism: Grief, High-Functioning Binge Drinking & Life Beyond the Binge Full episode notes: https://www.womenofcoloranintimateconversation.com/high-functioning/ High-functioning doesn’t always mean okay. Sometimes it’s a mask for grief, binge drinking, and survival. In this episode of Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation (a 100 Best Women’s Empowerment podcast), host Deneen L. Garrett sits down with Colleen Clifford — author, speaker, coach, and commercial...
Alcohol as a Coping Mechanism: Grief, High-Functioning Binge Drinking & Life Beyond the Binge
Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation
Alcohol as a Coping Mechanism: Grief, High-Functioning Binge Drinking & Life Beyond the Binge
The Heart Healer Returns: Healing, Community & Your 2026 Word
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Dec. 30, 2025

The Heart Healer Returns: Healing, Community & Your 2026 Word

In this powerful return conversation, Victoria Finch — known as The Heart Healer — joins host Deneen L. Garrett for an intimate, deeply reflective dialogue on inner child healing, emotional freedom, leadership, and the power of community . Victoria shares the origin of her healing work, the childhood moment that shaped her life’s mission, and how decades of trauma recovery, hypnotherapy, and personal healing now inform the way she supports women at pivotal turning points. Together, Deneen and Vi...
The Heart Healer Returns: Healing, Community & Your 2026 Word
Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation
The Heart Healer Returns: Healing, Community & Your 2026 Word
What Are You Mixed With? Navigating Anti-Blackness, White Supremacy & Light-Skinned Privilege with Dr. Wendy Ashley
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Dec. 16, 2025

What Are You Mixed With? Navigating Anti-Blackness, White Supremacy & Light-Skinned Privilege with Dr. Wendy Ashley

Episode 190 In this intimate and deeply necessary conversation, we’re joined by Dr. Wendy Ashley — a nationally recognized Black and biracial clinician, professor, author, change agent, and Department Chair of the MSW program at Cal State Northridge. Her current book is a bold act of reclamation: a vulnerable exploration of biracial identity, anti-Blackness, white supremacy, and light-skinned privilege — and the healing that becomes possible when we stop suppressing our truths. Together, we unpa...
Guest: Wendy Ashley
What Are You Mixed With? Navigating Anti-Blackness, White Supremacy & Light-Skinned Privilege with Dr. Wendy Ashley
Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation
What Are You Mixed With? Navigating Anti-Blackness, White Supremacy & Light-Skinned Privilege with Dr. Wendy Ashley
Dontae T. Muse: Building a Legacy in Black Art, Culture & Artrepreneurship
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Dec. 9, 2025

Dontae T. Muse: Building a Legacy in Black Art, Culture & Artrepreneurship

Episode 189 In this powerful conversation, Cultural Producer and Artrepreneur Dontae T. Muse joins Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation to explore his journey through creativity, community, and legacy-building in Black art. Dontae shares how getting fired became his catalyst for stepping into purpose, how he built Above Art Studios into a cultural home for creatives, why documenting knowledge became part of his mission, and how he is shaping the future through his roles at the Harlem Fine Ar...
Dontae T. Muse: Building a Legacy in Black Art, Culture & Artrepreneurship
Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation
Dontae T. Muse: Building a Legacy in Black Art, Culture & Artrepreneurship