In Her Words

Darcy is a White woman born in Canada with an atheist father. Then as an adult in the American South, she was invited to attend a Black Church.

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Laura Vinroot Poole has survived breast cancer and recently lost her mother.

We talk about her wonderful Mom who just passed, her love for her native North Carolina, her Dad’s races for Governor, her black designer wedding gown she got for $75 at a thrift store in San Francisco, the NC Republican Party and whether it has a future, and too much about my ignorance of women’s fashion given that I have three daughters (and she has a daughter as well).

Laura Vinroot Poole has her own podcast on the QUEEN CITY PODCAST NETWORK which you should definitely check out. It’s called WHAT WE WORE and it’s about people, not just fashion. Laura flies to Europe multiple times a year and she really knows fashion. She owns and runs her own stores: CAPITOL (Charlotte) CAPITOL BRENTWOOD, TABOR, and POOLE SHOP.

She describes herself as “fashion retail’s entrepreneurial rule-breaker.” Indeed.

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Julia Greenfield hadn’t thought about running for political office… until 2016. Now she’s going to the Statehouse in Raleigh. Her goal: make Roe v. Wade the law of the land.

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What education earns the biggest bang for the buck for young Lawyer or Master Plumber?

LaToya Faustin encourages the next generation of women to enter the building trades.

She does double duty home schooling her eight-year old son who’s a professional actor appearing in his first streaming TV gig on THE CONNORS on ABC and Hulu.

(He tags along with mom on this interview and restrains himself remarkably!)

LaToya Faustin is the Executive Director of the non-profit SHE BUILT THIS CITY.

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Padma Nunna had three Masters Degrees, two daughters and one husband from an arranged marriage. Then “life happened.” Her husband left and her world radically changed. And in the midst of dark muck, she bloomed.

Padma means lotus, the flower that is rooted in the dark muck at the bottom of a body of water.

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Maeya Carr teaches Tai Chi which she came to through her love of the Martial Arts .

But how she got there is an education that stretches back across hundreds of years which she learned from her Great, GREAT GRANDMOTHER (yes, TWO greats).

Now Maeya passes on the tradition of non-violence and compassion to HER great-grandchildren.

You’re gonna love this woman! Promise.

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Ramona Holloway cared for her aging Mom, moving her into her home until she could no longer feasibly provide the best care. I admire Ramona both professionally as a broadcaster and personally as a friend. You’ll love this archive edition.

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Ellen Whiteside was assigned to me as a partner in a Transformational Leadership Program almost nine years ago.

I’ve learned from her ever since.

We talk of spirit and she walks in spirit. You can hear her certitude and courage in her voice.

Ellen owns and runs Sacred Grove Retreat near Gold Hill NC.

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Sarah Olin loves people. And it’s not just a warm feeling. It’s years, decades of work. As a coach, mom and leader at LUMO, Sarah lives her values. Here’s what made her that way.

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Queen D gives me a manicure and a pedicure on those too-rare circumstances when I treat myself to some manly pampering. When we got to talking I found out not only that she did time in prison but that she had worked very hard to transform her life and not look back. She is a portrait in resilience.

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