When I read Kristina Thomas’, Mother/Healer/Entrepreneur, Bio, I knew our #intimateconversation would be an emotional one. Indeed it was. We talked about the various methods of healing she uses, reiki, egg spiritual cleanse, we’re at different stages of losing our fathers, and she surprised me when she shared the impact…
Are you bold? Showing up? A go-getter? Rita Kakati-Shah, Author, Founder & CEO, International Speaker and Board Advisor, is and does as we discuss in this week’s episode. Being “one of the only” as a woman of color in finance in the UK, formed Rita’s passion for diversity and inclusion.…
During my #intimateconversation with L. Michelle Smith, CEO and Founder of no silos communications llc., L. Michelle mentioned “being in the halls of Harper & Collins”, a big publishing house, and how others remarked that was unheard of without representation. Her answer to my question “what one thing contributed to…
Introducing Deneen Consults. Hello 👋🏽 I’m Deneen L. Garrett and I: 🔵Elevate #WOC Voices | 🟡Build #Community | 🔵Coach Black women to #LiveaDreamLifestyle | 🟡Motivational Speaker | 🔵Podcaster ~ 🎧 or 👀 deneenlgarrett.com | 🟡CEO/Founder of Deneen Consults deneenconsults.com | 💛💙💛💙💛💙💛💙💛 Live a Dream Lifestyle Let the world 🌎 adjust…
More Day 5, Week 1, Session 1 What Capsize & Recovery looks like. DCSC’s Challenge the Wind Youth Sailing #BlackYouthinSailing
What I Learned this Week As shared, we kicked off the Detroit Community Sailing Center’s CHALLENGE THE WIND YOUTH SAILING Program on Monday. Thrilled to note it’s our LARGEST cohort with 30+ students. Most of whom are 1st timers. In Mondays post, I posed this question: What will Y💛U Learn?…
In this #BlackHistoryMonth episode, Dr. Kimya Nuru Dennis, a community advocate, sociologist and criminologist, educator, and researcher, holds nothing back. She is firm in her Blackness and about what is and is not "diversity work". Check it out for as she gets raw and real. This week’s guest is… Dr.…
CLOSE THE GAP Did you know that only “70% of kids in the City of Detroit know how to swim”? - Detroit Free Press2021 Detroit Community Sailing Center (DCSC) partnered with YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit to teach Swim Safety. Today kicked off day 1 of 4. Although you don’t need…
Tapping in to share what I've been up to. Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deneenlgarrett/ Check out the changes to my site: https://www.deneenlgarrett.com/ Let's #ElevateWOCVoices #AmplifyBlackExcellence #PromoteBlackYouthSailing Have a #ConversationinBlack #DreaminBlack #BlackFutureMaker #LinkedInCreator
In 2017, I created a panel to give LGBTQ+ WOC and Allies space to use their voices. Three years later, I decided to level up so on Good Friday of 2020, I Nike'd it and started the An Intimate Conversation with Women of Color (ICW) podcast to provide WOC a…
Nikè Anani, Speaker/Author/CEO/Wife/Mom, is passionate about ensuring family businesses outlast their founders. Understanding how generational wealth is created, Nikè is forging her own path by equipping the next generation with tools to “step out of the shadow” of their parent(s)…. Check out this week’s episode for more. This week’s guest…
Patricia Arboleda, Executive and Leadership Coach, Career Strategist; CEO & Founder; Senior Executive at Corporate America; Board Advisor, built upon 20+ years of leadership development in Corporate America, and started her coaching business, Arboleda Coaching, to impact Latinas and other women. During our #intimateconversation, she shared 3 actionable steps to…
CoachKemi Oyesola, helps Black Female Managers/Directors Aspiring for CSuite/Board Engage in Strategic Thinking, Raise Their Impact & Profile & Get Promoted. She is also a Cranfield Doctoral Researcher and is checked in from the UK. CoachKemi doesn’t get caught up the past instead she taps into her power and occupies…
Who has your back? Who can you confide in? Who are those people you can have “open mic” conversations with? These are your personal Board of Directors or “Tribe”. Listen as Lollie-Ramirez-Bennett, CEO Women of AT&T National. WOA is an Employee Resource Group, and I discuss this and more in…
Imagine doing all the things to become an anesthesiologist to be told by a patient they did not want a Black doctor? Dr. Christen Behzadi, a board-certified anesthesiologist and founder of InternationalIntercultural, didn’t have to imagine this as she lived it. Thanks to a colleague confronting the patient, Dr. B.…
After losing her mom, Ashley Johnson, mother or 2, a personal trainer and owner of BE U Fitness, suffered with depression. After also gaining over 300 pounds, Ashley made the decision to “love herself” and started her journey to a healthier lifestyle. Check out our conversation in this week’s episode.…
Welcome to Season 2 & Happy New Year! In this week’s episode, Joy and I talk about how she invests in others, her experience on OWN's Ready to Love, a dream deferred yet not dead, the loss of her sister and what she’s “Ready 2…” in 2021. Listen to hear…
It’s a New Year and for many that signals time for a change. Whether you’re burned out, exhausted, ready for something new, this week’s #intimateconversation is for YOU! Check out the 1st episode of 2022 and season 3 with Jocquice “Jae”Spikes, a Career & Business Coach, as she breaks down…
If nothing else, this week’s guest, Al Jones, a service-disabled veteran, personal finance author, game developer and African American/Black male who had bad credit and achieved the perfect FICO score 8 credit rating of 850, wants you to know 1. You’re not alone 2. You CAN and 3. Keep it…
In this world, for women of color and Black women, we are faced with so much. Was that a micro-aggression? Did you mean harm when you complimented me? What did you intend by singling me out? Naomi Samuel, a Management PhD Student at the University of Texas at Arlington who…
As a child, Sandy Vo, a meditation teacher devoted to revolutionizing modern living by introducing a new level of functionality and serving more conscious leaders on their journey of Self-Realization, was who she thought others wanted her to be. Fast forward to surviving trauma and when she was a college…
Check out Meka Urriola-Hunt, President of LEAGUE at AT&T Georgia, as she shares her passion for working with LGBTQ+ youth. Her message to youth, “You’re not alone.” To us, “Try something new.” Resource(s): Covenant House Georgia: https://covenanthousega.org/ HRC Atlanta: https://hrcatlanta.com/ Chris 180: https://chris180.org/ GLAAD: https://www.glaad.org/tags/atlanta Connect: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mekaurriola/ Let's #Soar…
#TBT to Pride Month 2020 ~ “All Black Lives Matter which include Black Trans Lives Matter” with Michelle Brown, She/Her/Hers. Michelleis a Public Speaker, Author, Activist, Radio Host of Collections by Michelle Brown-Blog Radio. Michelle Brown found her voice in her teens and uses it to open conversations that move…
