LeadHERship Podcast

 “I want to be heard, I want people to listen and I want you to empathize and I want you to stand with me”

In God’s eyes, we are all his beautiful and amazing children. We are created and born equal, but how could we humans, cannot look at each other as God looks at us?

Coinciding with the recent event that occurred on the 25th of May which has gone viral and gave rise to thousands of individual to stand up and fight for their rights, I am very blessed and honored to have with me a dear friend of mine, a beautiful woman of color, wife and mom of four, Joslynn Flowers on a truthful and open conversation about racism.

Luke 15: Let us all take this time to pause and think, how could we, as part of the 99 sheep save that one missing and endangered sheep?

Highlights:

• The unforgivable inhumane racism experiences that Joslynn had to go through because of her color and how she handled every situation accordingly
• Realizing on how privileged I am with my skin color and how we can be a part of the solution in resolving racism
• Media’s huge contribution on this event and how it misleads the people on thinking about the current situation
• Why rioting, breaking others property and chaotic protest isn’t the solution in seeking justice for the black lives
• Understanding that all lives matter but not all lives are at stake right now
• Why it is very important to have an organic conversation about races with your children early at home and how you shape them so they could bring out the message to everyone that all colors are born equal.
• Opening a simple conversation, lending an ear, uplifting and encouraging persons of color around you, that they are not alone in this battle and you are fighting with them.

Speak up, pray for them, and stand with them, sign the petitions, vote wisely.

Links:

•  If you think you have trouble deep within, come and visit Joslynn at https://lifewithflowers.blog/ as she welcomes you to have an open dialogue with her. You can also check Joslynn on her social media account: @joslynns, open your heart and soul, let that desperate yelping voice be free.

IG Handles (Guest and Mentioned):

•       @joslynns
•       @todrick

Books Mentioned:

• Be the Bridge: Pursuing God's Heart for Racial Reconciliation by Latasha Morrison
• The Third Option: Hope for a Racially Divided Nation by Miles McPherson
• A Kids Book About Racism: by Jelani Memory

Find it  at:  https://ohjoy.blogs.com/

• Race Cars: A Children's Book About White Privilege by Jenny Devenny

Movies Mentioned:

•       13th: Netflix
•       See You Yesterday: Netflix
•       When They See Us: Netflix
•       The Hate You Give: Hulu
•       The Help: Netflix
•       Remember The Titans: Netflix
•       To Kill A Mockingbird
•       The Color of Friendship

Podcasts Mentioned:

• Push Black: https://www.pushblack.us/black-history-year-podcast

IG @wearepushblack

• 1619 Podcast: https://www.nytimes.com/column/1619-project
• Code Switch:  https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch

IG @nprcodeswitch

• The Diversity Gap: https://www.thediversitygap.com/

IG @thediversitygap

I am here to serve you, and I can't wait for you to share with me how can I serve you better. Tag me @meredith_franklin in your social media post or tag @leadhershippodcast and share with us what is the greatest thing that holds you back from stepping into your greatness!

Social media has been a vital part of our business and daily lives. But little did we know how much time and life it took from us.

In this episode, I am sharing the real behind-the-scene of what it looks like without social media. I'll share the different facets of my journey and the realizations that struck me of how much freedom and happiness I could gain without it.

Highlights

• Valuable things that we can possibly lose from social media
• Why personal connection and relationship is still the "Queen" to business growth
• The importance of being a good example for your children
• How being off social media could lead to more clarity, connection, focus and direction with your life and your business
• Things you should know and do first before you take off from social media

Social media is a game-changer to generation and has changed millions of lives globally. It has helped businesses and personal lives not connect across the globe but grow personally and spiritually. But indeed anything "too much" is destructive.

So I want to challenge you #leadhers to take at least a 15 days break from social media. Journal your everyday journey and allow God to have space in your heart. Allow God to work in you; give you wisdom on the things that matter most in your life. Allow God to show you the direction and connection that you need.

Excruciating pains and incredible traumatic experience. All moms go through a lot when giving birth, join me as we learn about our options on what's best for us and our babies during and after our pregnancy.

Being pregnant in the middle of coronavirus could be a little worrisome and risky for both the mom and the baby. And so today, a good friend of mine, Amanda Latham joins us on the podcast to educate us on the difference between hospital birth and home birth. She answers all our questions about the natural and better way of giving birth, prenatal & postnatal care, and why you have all that it takes to deliver your little one to the world.

Highlights:

• The key factors that affect your child's health that can be corrected during childbirth.
• Exploring your options and trusting your body about what it needs
• The difference between a Doula and a Midwife and what are their roles and responsibilities during and after your pregnancy
• Finding support for Postpartum Depression and Lactation
• Are Placenta pills really considered "happy" pills?
• Truths about Vitamin K and Antibiotics and how it causes deaths to newborns

Follow Amanda and her fun-filled birthing and support adventures on Instagram: @amanda_latham

I am here to serve you, and I can't wait for you to share with me how can I serve you better. Tag me @meredith_franklin in your social media post or tag @leadhershippodcast and share with us what is the greatest thing that holds you back from stepping into your greatness!

"There's gonna be more millionaire made because of this pandemic."

Hey #LeadHers, we are back! This crisis is a weird and strange time for ALL of us, but there are some remarkable and positive things happening from this. I'm excited to see all the people who decide and choose during this pandemic to make a positive pivot and become successful because of it.

Tune in as we talk about how you can shift and pivot your gifts, reach more people, and monetize it.

Highlights:

• Shutting and blocking the negative energy
• Guarding your focus on the things you can control
• Surrendering to God all the things that are out of our control
• How to stay productive while the things you love and
• enjoy the time of the pandemic
• Shifting your gifts and make it work for you in this crisis

I believe in you #leadHers, and this is a perfect time for you to flourish, to grow your skills and gifts, and share it with the world to make a more significant impact.

So get your mindset right, open your heart, and ask God to open new doors for you. You can do it!

This episode is EPIC! Natasha Hemmingway joins us on the podcast today, and she filled up the environment with SO much wisdom, enlightenment, and super actionable tips to step up in your business.

Natasha is a Speaker, Sales Coach and she helps female entrepreneurs sell with heart and not hustle to master their authentic sales process.

She shares how she took her hands off the wheel and Surrendered it all to God. Because when you start to let God do all the work and trust in His will, everything will fall into the right place.

Matthew 11:28 says," Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. "

Highlights

• How to develop faith over fear and knowing your worth
• Listening to God's voice and surrendering to His will
• Identifying REAL fear from FALSE fear and making choices out of our TRUTH
• Sharing your gifts to honor and impact other people
• How to be unapologetically confident
• How to sell yourself or your business and hustle the right way to have a thriving business
• Operating in what you do and believing in what you do
• (6)Six reasons why people aren't buying from us
• Don't de-value yourself

When we start to let God step into our life and take the lead, we will begin to understand and identify all these FALSE fear in our head that blocks our way and limits us to understand our worth and our freedom fully. When you start deciding that you'll be going to root yourself in our truth and stop believing your lies, and you understand that it's normal to have fear, but it's more important to move through the fear so you can step into your call. It will change your life and other people's life because your calling is not about you. It's beyond that. It's the people that you impacted when you stepped into that and said 'yes' to it.

So I hope you guys enjoyed this episode. I want to know what you learned and what your biggest takeaways were. Tag me @meredith_franklin on Instagram or @leadhershippodcast. I am so thrilled to hear your thoughts in this episode.

Connect with Natasha

https://natashahemmingway.com/

@natashahemmingwa

With only $23 in the bank, she was able to rise up and be successful by using her gifts and trusting God.

Becky Herrington, is a Marketing Expert with 16 years of experience in the marketing industry. She is an excellent example of trusting God in your darkest situations. In this episode, Becky shares her unforgettable experience escaping domestic violence, living in a safe house, and a van with her 2 dogs, and how she was able to raise thousands of dollars in 3 days out of nothing. Becky also shares her powerful strategy in marketing and how to keep yourself accountable. Such an inspiring episode for entrepreneurs.

Highlights

• Discovering her husband was on drugs and how it impacted their marriage
• Losing everything she had and trusting God
• How she raised a $2400 in less than 3 days
• Powerful marketing strategies

Corey Rivers joined us today, sharing her vulnerability and raw experiences that are truly inspiring.

Corey is a successful photographer, real estate agent, and vast fisherwoman. Her set back is her set up's today. She shares with us her transformational story from living to work, hitting rock bottom, battling depression and through all of it found her life's passion.

So if you have that exciting and scary feeling doing the things you are passionate about, keep taking the leap of faith and let go, let God lead your life and make the opportunities open in your life graciously.

Highlights

• From witnessing a suicide, break up, battling with depression and the possibility of not having children.
• Surrendering yourself to God and letting Him take control of your life
• Attracting opportunities and the right people in your life by allowing God to take you to the right direction in your life
• Loving yourself enough and knowing your worth
• Forgiving others and learning to forgive yourself gives you freedom

Corey's story will remind us that even in our hardest adversaries, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. If we allow ourselves to heal from pain and hurt by forgiveness, we learn to love ourselves in the process and realize our worth.

Her attitude towards dealing with her circumstances will inspire us that it is a CHOICE to come out of that dark place and come out STRONGER by surrendering it all to God and letting him lead our life because indeed His plans for us are BIGGER than we can imagine. By allowing God to take control of our life and take us in the right direction with the right people and the right opportunities.

Happy New Year! I am SO excited for you to hear this episode as we start this brand new year with new goals and renewed energy to set throughout the year.

Today we are joined by an entrepreneur, best-selling author, top podcast host, Lindsey Schwartz. Lindsey shows us the strength in being vulnerable and surrendering everything to God to allow Him to refine us and take control of our lives. She shares with us her real and raw journey of how she was able to find her true identity.

She also shares about how to overcome your fears and how she was able to cut the ties between her identity and the opinions of others.

Highlights

• How to accomplish so much at a young age
• How to unlock your full potential to do bigger things
• The fear of putting yourself out there and how to overcome it
• Allowing God to step in and take control of your plans
• The confidence to continue stepping into bigger things
• Dealing with lies, criticism, and reframing it into a beautiful gift to allow God to refine you
• The freedom to be yourself
• The importance of investing in yourself
• Actionable tips on how to unlock your creativity in generating more cash flow

Hey #LeadHers, I hope this episode helps you in dealing with your fears and finding your real identity, because the best tool that you have to make a more significant impact on other people's lives is your realness.

Share this podcast and make sure to tag @Lindseyschawrtz and @Leadhershippodcast. 

Have you been told that you don't have value and don't have gifts?

Whatever reasons it may be, I want you to know that it is a LIE. You are created SO much more than what you think and there are a reason and higher purpose for you.

Women, the world needs you. You are meant for more. You are the puzzle piece that connects boundaries together. You are never JUST a mom. There is a perfect season for everyone. The world expects you to show up and use your gifts for the things that matter to you and has impacts on other peoples lives.

Highlights

• Breaking through daily routines for stay at home moms and how to make it fun and purposeful
• Knowing your gifts and sharing it to inspire others
• Being intentional in everything that you do Trusting God

This journey isn't just about me. Know what you're carrying. Know your gifts. So that you can use your gifts for a higher purpose.

I hope we inspired you today with Lorrie's story and I hope that this episode helps you live life AWAKE. Because you too can live with intentional lifestyle. It is a choice. It is work, but it is SO much fun!  Let's do this together for this coming new year 2020

"If you see a need, be the one to fill it. You don't have to wait for someone else to make it happen."

I've had some conversations lately with some other women about wishing there were certain events in their area and longing for more community and connection. I was longing for this too. And more now than ever, we are feeling so disconnected because of social media.

I'm a firm believer in fellowship and connection. I want to challenge you to get off of social media and to start an event or go to an event to meet people, to build and create that fellowship and community that you are longing for because you will be so radically blessed. People are going to be blessed.

Highlights

• How meeting with people and attending events help me feel comforted and step up with my life
• How hosting events can help keep relationships and deepen connections
• Incredible ways to show kids how to give back through your community
• Valuable tools you can use to meet new people and find the right community for you
• Fun ideas on how to host events in your house

We all have unique gifts, and these gifts are meant to be shared to the community, to do something impactful for the world. So this week, I want to encourage you guys to start small and let's all use our gifts, what we could do, and our resources to give back.

There are tons of them out there, waiting for you to invite them, waiting to welcome you to their community.

Get offline, get away from your phone, put it down and meet new people this week. I'm so excited for you to be blessed and to be a blessing to others. I want to hear 'how'. Let me know whether it's on IG or in the reviews. Please let me know how you are blessed by doing this, but I'm challenging you. Go get out and go bust people.