Beyond the Hair: Featuring The Best Motivational Speakers- Women Just Like You!

In this episode, Kristy and I talk about body positivity, the importance of self-acceptance, and what it means to be comfortable in your own skin. If you follow Kristy's Instagram, you know there is something about her page that says “you are welcome here”.  In fact, when I was doing my research for this interview, I realized that right below her tagline it says "Your new internet BFF, big sis, or mom". That feels like it couldn’t be more true! There’s something about her that makes people just want to be around her! She has done such an excellent job of creating a safe space and I’m so excited to have her end off season one of the show!  

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On today's episode, you will hear from Randi-Mae Stanford Leibold. Randi-Mae is a writer and a storyteller. Her 11 years of counseling and teaching experience have created a foundation for bringing out the essence of the human experience to life. She continues to inspire through her teaching and speaking events about mindfulness, purpose, and resiliency.  We will speak about how to work on your personal growth including what questions to ask, the importance of dating yourself, and we deep dive on bringing your full self to work- including natural hair. 

In this episode, Inge talks about positive affirmations for her business and social media accounts. We deep dive into how she has grown her Instagram account to about 200,000 followers, how she has created her Curly Hair Course, and how she has consistently remained positive to get what she is worth. A must listen if you have ever wanted to think and grow with big intention, and to understand what it means to know your worth, 

In this episode, Candicia John walks us through how she has changed the way she creates and reimagines her multiple businesses during the current pandemic. You may recognize Candicia from her Instagram, Twitter, or YouTube as HeyitsCandicia, where she reviews hair and skin care products, recent purchases, and fashion lookbooks.  You may also recognize her as the founder of multiple businesses including the Toronto Curly Girl Meetup, an event and e-commerce store for beauty and wellness brands in the natural hair space, or Curly Prints, an apparel company that gives representation to all curls.

In this episode, Kelly speaks about her experiences with changing careers, a tumultuous divorce, being a single mom, and the death of a loved one. She speaks about how she has pulled herself out of depression and gives advice on how she is living a beautiful and balanced life focussing on grace and self-care. You can find Kelly on Instagram, Youtube, and TikTok as @Coffeecurlygirl. 

In this episode, Ana discusses how she pivoted from being an Instagram Influencer to starting a product-based business. What I love about this interview, is that Ana shares the ups and downs of being an entrepreneur, and the foresight she had in creating a business that contributes to change for all of the stakeholders- the customer, communities, and the environment. If you have ever thought about starting your own product (or service) based business, this is an episode you won't want to miss!