Conversations Beyond the Brand

Going independent gives physicians greater control, but it also creates responsibilities many clinicians were never trained to manage.

Healthcare attorney Angelik Holloway joins Tashana Thompson to discuss HIPAA compliance for medical practices, physician entrepreneurship, concierge medicine, medical practice ownership, contracts, non-competes, and the burnout that can come with high-performing professional careers.

For physicians considering independent or concierge practice, this conversation explores the legal, compliance, and business planning questions that should be addressed before problems arise.

In this conversation, we cover:

▸ What physicians should consider before building an independent or concierge medical practice

▸ Why healthcare compliance and business planning should happen before problems arise

▸ Common legal and HIPAA compliance blind spots medical practices can overlook

▸ Why Angelik left a toxic work environment and chose to build her own firm

▸ How her own healthcare experience led her into healthcare law

▸ Why burnout changed the way she defines success and structures her business

▸ How professionals can create meaningful work without sacrificing their wellbeing

▸ Why choosing a different way to work does not mean becoming less ambitious

This episode is for physicians, medical practice owners, healthcare entrepreneurs, attorneys, women business owners, and high-performing professionals who want greater autonomy, stronger boundaries, and a more sustainable way to succeed.

CONNECT WITH ANGELIK HOLLOWAY

Website: https://www.aedmondslaw.com/angelik-holloway

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelikholloway/

Edmonds Law Office: https://www.aedmondslaw.com/

CONNECT WITH TASHANA THOMPSON AND BEYOND BUSINESS SOLUTIONS

Podcast home: https://beyondsolutions.biz/podcast/

Website: https://beyondsolutions.biz/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tashanathomas

ABOUT CONVERSATIONS BEYOND THE BRAND

Conversations Beyond the Brand is hosted by Tashana Thompson and goes beneath the surface of leadership, business, purpose, relationships, and personal growth. Each episode explores the real stories, decisions, and experiences shaping the people behind the work they do.

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More funding can help a nonprofit, but it cannot automatically fix broken systems.

Tanja Horan joins Tashana Thompson to discuss why operational foundations, clear processes, planning, and organizational capacity are essential for nonprofits that want to grow sustainably.

In this conversation, we cover:

▸ Why nonprofits still need to operate with strong business discipline

▸ How missing systems and processes create burnout and reactive leadership

▸ Why money and additional staff cannot fix every operational problem

▸ How organizations can turn strategic plans into executable roadmaps

▸ Why stakeholder involvement creates stronger buy-in

▸ How earned revenue can support long-term nonprofit sustainability

▸ Why leaders need to look beneath behavior to understand what is really happening

▸ How taking one strategic step at a time can create sustainable growth

This episode is for nonprofit executives, founders, board members, operations leaders, and mission-driven organizations looking to strengthen their foundations and scale their impact more sustainably.

CONNECT WITH TANJA HORAN

Website: https://www.tacosa360.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanjahoran/

CONNECT WITH TASHANA THOMPSON AND BEYOND BUSINESS SOLUTIONS

Podcast home: https://beyondsolutions.biz/podcast/

Website: https://beyondsolutions.biz/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tashanathomas

ABOUT CONVERSATIONS BEYOND THE BRAND

Conversations Beyond the Brand is hosted by Tashana Thompson and goes beneath the surface of leadership, business, purpose, relationships, and personal growth. Each episode explores the real stories, decisions, and experiences shaping the people behind the work they do.

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We create strategies for our businesses, careers, finances, and goals. Why not our relationships?

Dr. Robin Buckley joins Tashana Thompson to explore how mission statements, defined roles, regular check-ins, and other familiar business principles can help high-achieving couples build stronger and more intentional relationships.

In this conversation, we cover:

▸ Why high achievement at work does not automatically translate into relationship success

▸ How business strategies can create more intentional partnerships

▸ Why hidden responsibilities and mental load create relationship friction

▸ How couples can evolve together instead of relying on outdated roles

▸ Why negotiables and non-negotiables create greater clarity

▸ How focusing on what you want changes what you look for

▸ Why regular relationship check-ins can prevent small problems from becoming crises

This episode is for executives, entrepreneurs, high-achieving professionals, couples, and anyone who wants to communicate more clearly, strengthen connection, and create a more intentional relationship.

CONNECT WITH DR. ROBIN BUCKLEY

Website: https://drrobinbuckley.com/

About: https://drrobinbuckley.com/about/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-robin-buckley

CONNECT WITH TASHANA THOMPSON AND BEYOND BUSINESS SOLUTIONS

Podcast home: https://beyondsolutions.biz/podcast/

Website: https://beyondsolutions.biz/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tashanathomas

ABOUT CONVERSATIONS BEYOND THE BRAND

Conversations Beyond the Brand is hosted by Tashana Thompson and goes beneath the surface of leadership, business, purpose, relationships, and personal growth. Each episode explores the real stories, decisions, and experiences shaping the people behind the work they do.

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Think your organization is too small to attract the attention of cybercriminals?

Fractional CTO Sharon Mahoney joins Tashana Thompson to explain why smaller organizations need to rethink cybersecurity and what leaders can start doing to protect their data, people, operations, and reputation.

In this conversation, we cover:

▸ Why small and midsize organizations need to take cybersecurity seriously

▸ Why cybersecurity has become a whole-company responsibility

▸ How human behavior creates vulnerabilities technology alone cannot solve

▸ What leaders should consider before sharing sensitive information with AI tools

▸ The difference between IT support and cybersecurity expertise

▸ Why awareness training and monitoring matter

▸ Practical first steps for organizations with limited cybersecurity resources

This episode is for business owners, nonprofit executives, CEOs, operations leaders, and anyone responsible for protecting organizational data, clients, reputation, and relationships.

CONNECT WITH SHARON MAHONEY

Website: https://askusit.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharon-mahoney-319a40220/

CONNECT WITH TASHANA THOMPSON AND BEYOND BUSINESS SOLUTIONS

Podcast home: https://beyondsolutions.biz/podcast/

Website: https://beyondsolutions.biz/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tashanathomas

ABOUT CONVERSATIONS BEYOND THE BRAND

Conversations Beyond the Brand is hosted by Tashana Thompson and goes beneath the surface of leadership, business, purpose, relationships, and personal growth. Each episode explores the real stories, decisions, and experiences shaping the people behind the work they do.

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What if the employee you think is resisting change is actually responding to something you haven't understood yet?

Dr. Rachel Boehm joins Tashana Thompson to explore the human behavior behind change resistance and why curiosity, communication, trust, and better self-awareness can help leaders navigate organizational change more effectively.

In this conversation, we cover:

▸ Why resistance to change may be pointing to a deeper organizational problem

▸ How leaders can build trust before they need it

▸ Why authenticity, logic, and empathy need to stay in balance

▸ How strengths can become leadership liabilities under pressure

▸ Why strategic self-awareness matters during organizational change

▸ How past workplace experiences influence present behavior

▸ Why curiosity can help leaders understand resistance

▸ How becoming more comfortable with discomfort changes the way we lead

This episode is for executives, business owners, managers, HR leaders, and anyone helping teams navigate change, uncertainty, pressure, or rapidly shifting expectations.

CONNECT WITH DR. RACHEL BOEHM

Website: https://www.rachelboehm.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelboehm/

CONNECT WITH TASHANA THOMPSON AND BEYOND BUSINESS SOLUTIONS

Podcast home: https://beyondsolutions.biz/podcast/

Website: https://beyondsolutions.biz/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tashanathomas

ABOUT CONVERSATIONS BEYOND THE BRAND

Conversations Beyond the Brand is hosted by Tashana Thompson and goes beneath the surface of leadership, business, purpose, relationships, and personal growth. Each episode explores the real stories, decisions, and experiences shaping the people behind the work they do.

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You can still be productive, dependable, and successful while moving closer to burnout than you realize.

Leadership development coach Susan Honea joins Tashana Thompson to unpack the warning signs high achievers often ignore and how greater self-awareness, stronger boundaries, and intentional rest can help leaders stop operating on empty.

In this conversation, we cover:

▸ Why high achievers can miss the warning signs of burnout

▸ How vulnerability and self-awareness affect leadership

▸ Why your head, heart, and gut all matter when making decisions

▸ How boundaries help leaders reclaim their personal agency

▸ Why saying no is sometimes the healthiest leadership decision

▸ What procrastination may reveal about overwhelm

▸ How small priorities and accountability can help you move forward

This episode is for entrepreneurs, executives, emerging leaders, high achievers, and women who want to lead with greater clarity without losing themselves in the process.

CONNECT WITH SUSAN HONEA

Website: https://susanhonea.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-w-honea/

About Susan: https://susanhonea.com/about/

CONNECT WITH TASHANA THOMPSON AND BEYOND BUSINESS SOLUTIONS

Podcast home: https://beyondsolutions.biz/podcast/

Website: https://beyondsolutions.biz/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tashanathomas

ABOUT CONVERSATIONS BEYOND THE BRAND

Conversations Beyond the Brand is hosted by Tashana Thompson and goes beneath the surface of leadership, business, purpose, relationships, and personal growth. Each episode explores the real stories, decisions, and experiences shaping the people behind the work they do.

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More revenue does not automatically mean a healthier business.

Sandy Petty explains how cash flow, profit margins, leadership habits, and operational systems reveal whether a business is truly ready to scale.

In this conversation, we cover:

▸ The difference between business growth and true scaling

▸ Why revenue does not always equal profitability or cash flow

▸ How growth exposes weak financial and operational systems

▸ Why founders become bottlenecks inside their own businesses

▸ The importance of tracking margins, budgets, and cash

▸ How delegation and documented systems support sustainable growth

▸ When growing businesses need more than basic bookkeeping

This episode is for business owners and professional service leaders who want stronger financial infrastructure, clearer numbers, and a healthier path to growth.

CONNECT WITH SANDY PETTY

Website:

https://www.executivefinancialpartners.com/

LinkedIn:

https://linkedin.com/in/pettysandy

CONNECT WITH TASHANA THOMPSON AND BEYOND BUSINESS SOLUTIONS

Podcast home: https://beyondsolutions.biz/podcast/

Website: https://beyondsolutions.biz/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tashanathomas

ABOUT CONVERSATIONS BEYOND THE BRAND™

Conversations Beyond the Brand™ is hosted by Tashana Thompson and goes beneath the surface of leadership, business, purpose, relationships, and personal growth. Each episode explores the real stories, decisions, and experiences shaping the people behind the work they do.

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Your nonprofit may be changing lives—but if a funder asked you to prove its impact today, would the evidence be strong enough to move them?

In this episode of Conversations Beyond the Brand™, Tashana Thompson speaks with Jonathan Kilpatrick, co-founder of Grant Llama, about what makes a nonprofit fundable and how organizations can build a more sustainable funding pipeline.

In this conversation, we cover:

▸ Why meaningful impact does not automatically lead to sustainable funding

▸ What funders need to see before confidently investing

▸ How nonprofits can identify the full impact of their work

▸ Why data-backed storytelling strengthens grant applications

▸ How smaller nonprofits can prove their value and become more fundable

▸ Why technology should support—not replace—development professionals

▸ How relationships, systems, and diversified funding create long-term stability

This episode is for nonprofit founders, executive directors, development professionals, grant writers, board members, and mission-driven leaders who want to move from reactive fundraising toward a clearer and more sustainable funding system.

CONNECT WITH JONATHAN KILPATRICK

Website: https://www.grantllama.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-kilpatrick-5b853510/

CONNECT WITH TASHANA THOMPSON AND BEYOND BUSINESS SOLUTIONS

Podcast home: https://beyondsolutions.biz/podcast/

Website: https://beyondsolutions.biz/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tashanathomas

ABOUT CONVERSATIONS BEYOND THE BRAND™

Conversations Beyond the Brand™ is hosted by Tashana Thompson and goes beneath the surface of leadership, business, purpose, relationships, and personal growth. Each episode explores the real stories, decisions, and experiences shaping the people behind the work they do

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What if access to technology is one of the biggest barriers standing between families and opportunity?

In this episode of Conversations Beyond the Brand™, Tashana Thompson sits down with Richard Hicks, CEO and President of Inspiredu, for a powerful conversation about digital equity, nonprofit leadership, community impact, and what it really means to serve people well.

Richard leads Inspiredu, an Atlanta-based nonprofit dedicated to bridging the digital divide through technology access, digital skills training, broadband support, and education for underserved communities. But beyond the work, Richard shares the heart behind his leadership — his family legacy, his rural roots, his faith, his belief in relationship-building, and why true leadership is rooted in service.

Together, Tashana and Richard talk about the real-life impact of technology access, the fear many families still feel around digital tools and AI, and why nonprofits must build trust, relationships, and community in order to survive and grow.

In this conversation, they discuss:

▸ Why technology access is now a basic need

▸ How the digital divide affects families, students, adults, and seniors

▸ Why relationship building matters in nonprofit sustainability

▸ The difference between fundraising and “friend raising”

▸ How fear and misinformation can keep people disconnected

▸ Why AI conversations need both safety and possibility

▸ What selfless leadership looks like in real life

▸ How legacy, family, faith, and community shaped Richard’s work

This episode is for nonprofit leaders, mission-driven founders, community builders, educators, and anyone who believes that leadership should be rooted in service, relationships, and real impact.

Connect with Richard Hicks:

Website: https://www.iuatl.org/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-inspiredu/ 

Connect with Tashana Thompson and Beyond Business Solutions:

Podcast home: https://beyondsolutions.biz/podcast/

Website: https://beyondsolutions.biz/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tashanathomas

Conversations Beyond the Brand™ is a podcast hosted by Tashana Thompson that goes beneath the surface of leadership, business, purpose, and personal growth. Each episode explores the real stories, relationships, and experiences that shape the people behind the work they do.

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What if work could be optional? In this episode, Tashana sits down with Certified Financial Planner Selena Teasley to have the wealth conversation every woman needs but rarely gets to have.

Selena Teasley, CFP®, RICP® is a Certified Financial Planner® and Retirement Income Certified Professional with Applied Wealth Management. She left a 14-year career in IT to become the wealth advisor she could not find for herself. Today she helps women move from financial shame to financial clarity, and from earning well to actually building wealth.

In this conversation, we explore:

- Why so many high-achieving women carry shame around money

- The hidden danger of letting a partner handle all the finances

- Selena's Work Optional framework

- The Clarity, Control, and Confidence approach

- Why you do not need seven figures to make work optional

- How to build a legacy of ownership, education, and freedom

- Practical first steps for women who feel behind

Whether you are leading a nonprofit, growing a business, or building your own financial future, this conversation will shift how you think about money, success, and what enough really looks like.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Welcome and introduction

01:03 From 14 years in IT to wealth management

03:34 Why women carry shame around money

06:38 The hidden danger of leaving finances to a partner

09:30 The wake-up call that started it all

12:31 What "work optional" really means

16:24 The Work Optional framework

22:01 Early mistakes women make when building wealth

29:10 Why money is emotional

33:36 Where branding and financial legacy meet

36:58 Redefining success beyond the seven-figure chase

46:36 Legacy, ownership, and what to leave behind

49:50 The Clarity, Control, and Confidence framework

50:58 Rapid Fire Round: Unfiltered & Unplugged

CONNECT WITH SELENA TEASLEY

Applied Wealth Management: https://appliedwealthmgt.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/selenateasley/

Listen to more episodes and join the conversation: https://beyondsolutions.biz/podcast/

Stay Rooted, Stay Connected, and Stay in Relationship.

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