Vivian Kaye is the Founder & CEO of KinkyCurlyYaki, a premium textured hair extension brand for Black women that she grew to over $1 million in annual revenue. As a Business Encouragement Coach, Shopify Expert and proven trailblazer in her industry, Vivian’s community loves her humble approach and how she “keeps it real”.

Vivian and I get into her journey and talk about:

growing up in an immigrant family from Ghana and feeling the pressure to fit into a box but feeling more like a parrellegram 

moving through the workforce and being acknowledged but still fighting the feeling of not being smart enough because she hadn’t graduated from college

how her sister getting married inspired her first business that was meant to just be a side hustle 

how wanting to have “presentable” hair to be accepted professionally led her to her next business that has turned into a 7 figure business

the life changing AHA that happened when she crossed the finish line of a race

how asking herself What Would Chad Do, gets her out of her own way

how we each shine differently and how shining doesn't take away from anyone else is it creates a space for them to want to step into their own light

You can find full show notes and links to things we mention at: https://yourjoyologist.com/podcast-vivian-kaye

You can find Vivian and all her offerings at @itsviviankaye and check out her brand https://www.kinkycurlyyaki.com

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As an entrepreneur, bestselling author, speaker, and mother, Kate Northrup has built a multimedia digital empire with her husband, Mike Watts, that reaches hundreds of thousands globally. They are committed to supporting ambitious women to light up the world without burning themselves out in the process. We get into her journey from growing up in the personal development world, moving to NYC and feeling like she was living a lie there which led her to give up everything and create her very own Freedom Tour and how this tour led to her first best-selling book Money: A Love Story.  The lessons that motherhood taught her and how that inspired her newest book Do Less: A Revolutionary Approach to Time and Energy Management for Ambitious Women. This conversation is a lot about telling the truth, and that starts with ourselves!

Kate’s work has been featured by The Today Show, Yahoo! Finance, Women’s Health, Glamour, The Institute of Integrative Nutrition, Wanderlust, The Huffington Post, and more. Kate and Mike live with their daughters in a cozy town in Maine.

You can find more detailed show notes and links to things we mention at https://yourjoyologist.com/podcast-kate-northrup and from me in general at https://yourjoyologist.com and @yourjoyologist on Instagram/Twitter/Facebook

You can find Kate at www.katenorthrup.com and @katenorthrup

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Quentin Vennie is a celebrated wellness expert, philanthropist, keynote speaker and author of the bestselling memoir, Strong In The Broken Places. We go through his journey starting with growing up in West Baltimore during the heroine epidemic where life expectancy for a Black male was age 25.  Going from drug dealer to entrepreneur and getting an anxiety diagnosis that had him hooked on antidepressants and had him seeing that the doctors in white coats with prescription pads were more dangerous than the ones he grew up with on the corner.  How he discovered his holy trinity of wellness and took his mental health into his own hands and seeing how vulnerability is his superpower.  And so much more!

Quentin is the former Vice President of the Yoga Alliance Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization that leverages yoga for social impact. His work has been featured in the Huffington Post, Thrive Global, Entrepreneur, Chicago Tribune, NBC News, Fox News, MindBodyGreen, and others. Quentin has been recognized as one of Black Enterprise magazine’s 100 Modern Men of Distinction and by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention for his contribution in raising awareness for mental health and suicide prevention.

Quentin continues to work with youth in under-resourced communities, helping them understand their traumas and turn them into triumphs, and spearheads initiatives that address food insecurity, and help make yoga and mindfulness practices accessible among communities and populations that don’t ordinarily have access to them. Having spent years practicing yoga and meditation, Quentin has found a recent passion in gardening and interior design as forms of anxiety management.

You can find full show notes and links to things we mention at https://yourjoyologist.com/podcast-quentin-vennie

You can find Quentin @quentinvennie and check out his new venture @greenhouseteas

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Kathryn Budig is the author of Aim True and The Big Book of Yoga, a yoga teacher on Glo, founder of The Inky Phoenix Book Club, capsule designer for KiraGrace, and the co-host of the podcast, Free Cookies, with her wife Kate Fagan.  We talk about moving to LA to pursue acting and the juxtaposition of being in Hollywood and being told she had to look a certain way and immersing herself in the yoga world which told her she was whole as she was. Marriage, love, and seeing that her success comes from being happy not vice versa. Her passion for writing and the bravery and discipline it takes to write.  How we don't need to stay in any boxes and how she feels she is becoming who she is now and how all the roads of her life have led her to where she is right now. 

You can find full show notes and links to things we mention at https://yourjoyologist.com/podcast-kathryn-budig

You can find Kathryn @kathyrnbudig and www.kathrynbudig.com

Check out her podcast Free Cookies and her capsule collection at Kira Grace! Practice with her on the Glo App

For all things me go to https://yourjoyologist.com and @yourjoyologist on Instagram/Twitter/Facebook

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Abigail Makepeace is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and the founder of Makepeace Therapy. She is a writer, speaker, and a thought leader on trauma’s impact on relationships. Her TEDx presentation on Parental PTSD brought attention to the role that Post Traumatic Stress Disorder plays in parenting for survivors of childhood abuse. We get into all of this, but first talk about her early entry into acting. Her family moving to LA to pursue her and her brothers acting careers at ages 14 and 16 and how working to get better and better to book the jobs she wanted ended up leading to the current work she is so passionate about. 

Abigail has been featured as a trauma therapist on the Huff Post. Her online course, Transformation After Trauma, was created to help adults battling the long term effects of childhood trauma. Abigail teaches workshops internationally, works actively in the field of trauma relief, and has a private practice in Los Angeles, CA.  

 

You can find full show notes and links at https://yourjoyologist.com/podcast-abigail-makepeace/ and find Abigail @makepeacetherapy https://www.makepeacetherapy.com/

You can find out more about me and my offerings at www.yourjoyologist.com and @yourjoyologist

 

Abigail's online course is at

https://makepeace-therapy.mykajabi.com/

 

 

And watch her Tedx:

https://youtu.be/IYYyFwqx7lM

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Denosh Bennett-Sieradzan is a Canadian singer, dancer, and mentor.  The performing arts high school expellee is a highly sought after supporting artist with a two-decade resume that includes superstars, like Robbie Williams,  Alessia Cara,  Alicia Keys,  Rihanna,  Drake,  Justin Timberlake,  Demi Lovato,  Nick Jonas,  Aaliyah,  Missy Elliott,  Diddy,  Jay-Z,  Mariah Carey,  Faith Evans,  Chris Brown, and more. 

We get into her journey with the arts, the commitment it took to make it and stay in the industry, the reality of competing for just a few spots open and how they are often looking for only one person per shade of skin tone and so much more.  We also talk about what inspired her new path as a Holistic Performance Coach and how that has shifted to focus not just on her client’s actual performance but their whole lives, from what they feed themselves to their self-worth.

You've seen her in the band of NBC's The Voice,  GRAMMY Awards shows,  MTV’s Making the Band,  Hairspray on Broadway, and as Dance Captain for NBA's Toronto Raptors.  Denosh recorded a solo album ‘Back 2 Front’ (2007), lent her vocals to Robbie’s latest album “The Heavy Entertainment Show” and to hip-hop greats Pete Rock & CL Smooth. 

You can find more detailed show notes and links to things we mention at https://yourjoyologist.com/podcast-denosh-bennett and from me in general at https://yourjoyologist.com and @yourjoyologist on Instagram/Twitter/Facebook

You can find Denosh @denoshbennett

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Meredith Atwood is a former attorney, podcaster, motivational speaker, and 4x IRONMAN triathlete. She is the author of the best-selling triathlon book, Triathlon for the Every Woman, and the new book,The Year of No Nonsense. We talk her about what made her pursue being a lawyer (money) and how when she finally had the good paying job, house, two kids, SUV and fancy purse she desired she was the most unhappy.  This led to her calling herself out on all of her nonsense, becoming a triathlete, and her year of no nonsense project that turned into a book!

Meredith is the host of the iTunes Top 50 fitness podcast, “The Same 24 Hours" and has been featured in The Boston Globe, The New York Post, the Seattle Times and dozens of online publications. Meredith is a contributing writer to Psychology Today online, Triathlete Magazine and Women’s Running. She is a sobriety advocate, and the founder of Grateful Sobriety.

You can find more detailed show notes and links to things we mention at https://yourjoyologist.com/podcast-meredith-atwood  and from me in general at https://yourjoyologist.com and @yourjoyologist on Instagram/Twitter/Facebook

You can find Meredith at @SwimBikeMom  www.swimbikemom.com

PS! Share this episode and tag us on social for a chance to enter a copy of her book THE YEAR OF NO NONSENSE

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Alisa Vitti is a women’s hormone and functional nutrition expert and pioneer in female biohacking. She is the bestselling author of WomanCode and her new book, IntheFLO. She is the creator of the Cycle Syncing MethodTM— a female centric diet and lifestyle program that leverages hormonal patterns for optimal health, fitness and productivity.

We got into her personal hormonal journey and that led her to diagnosing herself when doctors couldn't and creating a protocol that healed her in less than 6 months and continues to heal women worldwide.  

This episode is a must listen what she has to share is MIND-BLOWING and LIFE-CHANGING.

Alisa has been featured in the New York Times, on The Dr. Oz Show, Lifetime, and has been a regular contributor for Cosmo, Harper’s Bazaar, and Women’s Health. 

You can find more detailed show notes and links to things we mention at https://yourjoyologist.com/podcast-alisa-vitti  and from me in general at https://yourjoyologist.com and @yourjoyologist on Instagram/Twitter/Facebook

You can find Alisa @alisa.vitti and @intheflow and check out her books, app, and programs at www.floliving.com 

Check out my 6 week program Be Your Own Joyologist!

I am a back with a solo aha, insight episode sharing with you a thought that came up for me this week and how I almost just kept living into the expectations I have created for my home life.  I walk you through how I questioned this thought and went from expectation to possibilities to give this idea a shot! 

I also share about the martyrdom women especially feel and how I have been breaking down those walls at home and guide you to look at your own life!

Also in this episode I am excited to announce my signature BE YOUR OWN JOYOLOGIST 6 week online coaching program is launching again for a June 8th start date! Go get on the list for a pre-enrollment offer or sign up now!  Scholarships WILL be available as well as several payment plan options! https://yourjoyologist.com/be-your-own-joyologist-the-program/

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Tara Stiles is the founder and owner of Strala Yoga, widely known for its unpretentious, inclusive, and straightforward approach to yoga and meditation. Named "Yoga Rebel" by the New York Times, and the “Coolest Yoga Instructor Ever” by Vanity Fair, Stiles has also been featured and profiled in Vogue, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, InStyle, Esquire, and Shape. We get into her journey with yoga and how she never had any intention to become a yoga instructor (and often still doesn't want to be) YET she is so pulled to and passionate about connecting people to their bodies and themselves through yoga she just can't quit it!  I loved hearing about her journey and how she has pretty much always made her own rules no matter what she was doing.  I already loved Tara, but wow do I love her 10X more post this conversation!

You can find more detailed show notes and links to things we mention at https://yourjoyologist.com/podcast-tara-stiles  and from me in general at https://yourjoyologist.com and @yourjoyologist on Instagram/Twitter/Facebook

You can find Tara at @tarastiles and www.stralayoga.com

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