Leading With Your Gut

Career strategist, leadership coach, and friend Ashley Morgan joins me on this week's episode of Leading With Your Gut. After spending nearly 17 years mastering the corporate America game and dabbling for two years in a side hustle, Ashley recently transitioned into entrepreneurship.

Ashley's mission is to disrupt the power dynamics within corporate organizations. She does this by helping women get the pay raises and promotions they deserve. Ashley feels called to help women, particularly Black women elevate their financial situations and shift the power dynamics in the workplace. Ashley believes that when this happens, the ripple effect is massive and played out in the world, in families, and communities.

In this week's episode, Ashley shares experiences as a Black woman navigating through her career in predominantly white spaces.  She and I discuss America being in a great awakening and social revolution, racism, and systems of racial oppression.

Ashley has a masterclass starting soon. Stay connected with her on IG:

@ashleymorganlive

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Welcome back to another solo episode of Leading With Your Gut. In this episode, I share some insights into my family tree, particularly on my dad's side. For this episode, I wanted to use this space to amplify my grandmother's voice. My grandma, Betty Collins Shellman was a generous, loving, and musically talented woman. She died when I was a teenager, but I still remember her presence. Grandma Betty was a lifelong activist; always attending protests in Seattle, promoting equity for all, and staying on the right side of history. Her voice, like many other Black women, need to be heard and shared.

In the 1980s my grandmother, Betty Shellman, wrote a piece in Seven Stars & Orion by Ester Hall Mumford. Grandma Betty related her memories of growing up east of the Cascades in Wenatchee, coming to Seattle, and what life was like for her and for the people she knew during the Great Depression. On this week's episode, I narrate her story. I hope that you enjoy it.

Click on the link below to enroll in my upcoming course on Privilege & Racism:
https://info-ca44b.gr8.com/offer_page.html

Email:
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Stay Connected:
@leadingwithyourgut
@jennareneeshellman

Welcome back to another unedited episode of Leading With Your Gut. This is the third week now that I just speak from my heart while stumbling over some of my words. Today is an important day (June 15, 2020) because the Supreme Court has ruled that discrimination against LGBTQ individuals at work is illegal under the Civil Rights Act.

In this week's episode, I share my ongoing revolution as a Black woman, monumental events that have occurred in the last 10 years or so, and some lessons learned. I also discuss a few of my memories of racial discrimination that I repressed or forgot about up until recently.

Corrections from the episode*
-George Zimmerman not Mark Zimmerman
-George Zimmerman should've been considered a terrorist
-FLU cases: 39- 56 million & up to 60,000 deaths per year, not 60,000 total cases per year

Click on the link below to donate to organizations fighting against racial injustice and inequality:
https://www.obama.org/anguish-and-action/

Click on the link below to enroll in my 4-part course on privilege and race starting on 6/17. Please use a desktop to enroll:
https://info-0ad30.gr8.com/offer_page.html

Connect with me:
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@leadingwithyourgut & @jennareneeshellman on IG

My childhood friend Shalanee Joyner joins me this week on Leading With Your Gut. In this episode, Shalanee and I discuss what it was like growing up amongst mostly predominately White people. Shalanee is a 34-year old light-skinned Black woman who grew up feeling like a chameleon; blending in mostly with Whiteness or White culture because it was easier. I'm a biracial Black woman who grew up never feeling good enough in either White or Black communities, but like Shalanee assimilated to mostly Whiteness because it was easier.

Shalanee and I share similar stories, experiences, and reflect upon the following:
-recognizing when we became aware of our racial differences as kids
-growing up in a predominately White neighborhood, going to White Schools, and having mostly White friends
-discriminatory and racists remarks against us
-privileges in favor and against us
-the importance of this movement and our hope that it's not just a trend
-how we can amplify our voice and our experiences
-the importance of Black voices
-how this is an issue of race, however until all marginalized groups are free, no one is free

This Wednesday, June 10th, at 11am PST, I'll be hosting a free introductory class that will explore privilege. I ask that participants donate to one of the organizations listed in the Eventbrite details.

In addition to hosting this free introductory class, I'll be teaching a four-part paid course in the coming weeks. This experiential course will further help you understand, deepen, and utilize your privilege so you can become a lifelong ally at work, with your teams, students, employees, staff members, friends, and families; so you can fully PROTECT Black people and POC around you. More details on how to register for the full course to come soon.

Click here to register for the free class. Hope to see you there!

It's just me in this episode. No sound quality or much editing. It's about 13 minutes and straight from my heart.

I want to express my deepest condolences to the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and the countless number of Black and brown victims that have died from race-related murders and police brutality. It's time for a pivotal change in America and it starts with you and me.

Some ways to support Black people and become an ally:
-listen with empathy
-don't jump to judgment or insert your opinion on how Black people should feel or protest
-learn and stay engaged
-research the people in Office, on your upcoming ballot, and VOTE
-protect Black and brown people at work, at the protests, within in your friend group, family, on social media.. and so on
-check your privilege and ask, "How can I use it for something good?"
-take action, get involved, and donate--- >

Start here: https://blacklivesmatter.com/
https://www.naacp.org/
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bailfunds?refcode=twitter
https://www.obama.org/anguish-and-action/

Chamonix Browne, otherwise known as Cha Wilde is a talented and creative artist, musician, and entrepreneur. You might recognize Cha Wilde’s name because her song “Delivered to Earth on a Rainbow” is featuring as Leading With Your Gut's opening and closing theme song. 

The first time I met Cha, I was mesmerized by her uniqueness, authenticity, and the fact that she is multi-talented. To me, Cha is the epitome of someone who fully embraces their  “right-brain” in every facet of their life. Along with being a musician, Cha is also a yoga instructor, a podcast host (The Cha Wilde Show) a photographer, videographer, painter, and she sells awesome merchandise on the side. What does Cha not do?? She is truly the boss of herself.

I'm so privileged and honored to not only have Cha’s song featured on Leading With Your Gut, but to have her on as a guest. In this week’s episode, Cha shares how she found the courage to became a singer and songwriter. Cha and I also break down intuition and get into perfectionism and fear. 

After the show, subscribe to Cha's show, The Cha Wilde Show, on Youtube, Apple, and all podcast directories. Go to ChaWilde.com to learn about her new project "She is With You."

Cha's new album, The Sound of Freedom will be available for streaming and purchase on May 27th. Her album is available on all major platforms including Spotify, Apple, Soundcloud, and Amazon. 

Follow Cha on IG & Tik Tok:
@chawilde
#chawildedanceparty

Email: [email protected]

Connect with Jenna Renee Shellman

Website:

Leading With Your Gut Coaching & Consulting 

Social Media:

https://www.instagram.com/leadingwithyourgut/

https://twitter.com/JennaRShellman

https://www.facebook.com/jennareneeshellman?ref=bookmarks

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpAPMwqJlKVwuXQj_Hk6Y6w

Helen Revans is a purpose-driven entrepreneur living in Hong Kong. She is a certified health coach with over 30 years of experience as a nutrition educator. Helen’s business, Nurture Your Life, specializes in gut health, hormone imbalances, and nutrition. She wants her clients to be able to live a healthy lifestyle while living with their condition. Helen also helps her clients combat fear by using techniques from Rhonda Britten’s Fearless Living Coaching Program. 

In this week’s episode of Leading With Your Gut, Helen shares when she first became aware of her intuition as a child, and the influence that her parents had on her. We also discuss how her intuition led her out of a wedding engagement. For the bulk of this episode we talk about gut health, autoimmune diseases, medicine, diet, and SEBO. Helen has Hashimoto's Disease: An illness that attacks the thyroid. She is open about how her original medical professionals didn’t take her seriously in the beginning. I really enjoyed connecting with Helen. Through this conversation, I discovered that we have a lot in common.

Connect with Helen:
https://www.nurtureyourlife.com/

Join Helen's FB Page:
https://www.facebook.com/nurtureyourlifewellness/

IG:
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Leading With Your Gut Website:

leadingwithyourgut.com 

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https://www.instagram.com/leadingwithyourgut/

https://twitter.com/JennaRShellman

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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpAPMwqJlKVwuXQj_Hk6Y6w

This week on Leading With Your Gut my guest Texas shares an incredible story of survival. After a car accident in his twenties, Texas became addicted to opioids and later switched to heroin. During this time Texas was married to an incredible man (Tom) who he tried to hide his addiction from. 

In this episode, Texas and I get real. Texas is open, vulnerable, and reflective of his life. We discuss relationships, gay marriage, being gay in a conservative state, family, mistakes, love, and intuition. Texas discusses how he followed his gut and had the courage to come clean to his ex-husband. Years later, Texas has a new life and is drug-free. His biggest piece of advice? Until you love yourself, nothing matters.

This is Texas. 

Connect with Host Jenna Renee Shellman

Website:

leadingwithyourgut.com 

Social Media:

https://www.instagram.com/leadingwithyourgut/

https://twitter.com/JennaRShellman

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J-L Cauvin is a comedian, impressionist, podcast host, and writer whose famous Easter Sunday video went viral in March with 7 million views on Twitter and 2.4 million on YouTube. J-L nails a better than perfect Trump impression. If you close your eyes, you may not be able to tell who is talking. Trump or J-L? On Friday, May 1st J-L's comedy album Fireside Craps: The Deuce debuted at #1 on iTunes (link below). J-L might be in the limelight now however, for 16 years the struggle was real.

Since his undergraduate days at Georgetown, J-L balanced studying and working as a lawyer while mastering his comedy skills at night. For 16 years, J-L has been given many promising opportunities in comedy including appearing on late night television. However, J-L's career never grew to the level of success that he had hoped. For 16 years J-L has been in the middle of the arena waiting for his comedy career to take off with his head mostly planted in the dirt, daring greatly and rising strong (in the words of Bene Brown).

I’m beyond excited to have J-L Cauvin (pronounced Co-Van) as my guest on Leading With Your Gut this week for a double feature. I became a fan of J-L's after watching his content on Youtube and then subscribing to his podcasts Making Podcasts Great Again and Righteous Prick. I quickly realized that J-L was talented, smart, vulnerable, and able to finesse politics and social issues into his humor so well.

What I learned about J-L is that he has passion, drive, and humility to push through his failures. The first time we connected he told me that he was overwhelmed with the exponential growth that his comedy career has taken in last few weeks. In just a a short amount of time, everything that he has been working towards is all here now. Ironically, it took Covid-19 to give J-L the chance to be truly seen. 

J-L shares his story of courage, despair, and hope. In part 1 J-L and I discuss his background, struggles as a comedian, and gut instinct to continue following his dream. In part 2 we talk about Trump. And Trump actually stops by to answer a couple of pressing questions that I have...

After you are done listening, please go buy J-L’s new album Fireside Craps: The Deuce rated #1 on iTunes comedy charts. I purchased it and vow that you won’t be disappointed. J-L, thank you for speaking from your heart and sharing your story with me and my audience.

J-L Cauvin's Info:
Buy J-L's album Fireside Craps: The Deuce Rated #1 on iTunes
https://music.apple.com/us/album/fireside-craps-the-deuce/1508711146

Subscribe and listen to J-L's podcasts:
Righteous P***k
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/righteous-pk-podcast/id1493476012

Making Podcast's Great Again
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/making-podcasts-great-again/id1374959883

Website where you can buy more of J-L's content:
http://www.JLComedy.com

Follow J-L on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/JLCauvin

Watch J-L on YouTube:
http://www.YouTube.com/JLCauvin

Connect with Jenna Renee Shellman:

Website:
http://www.leadingwithyourgut.com

Social Media:
https://www.instagram.com/leadingwithyourgut/
https://twitter.com/JennaRShellman

J-L Cauvin is a comedian, impressionist, podcast host, and writer whose famous Easter Sunday video went viral in March with 7 million views on Twitter and 2.4 million on YouTube. J-L nails a better than perfect Trump impression. If you close your eyes, you may not be able to tell who is talking. Trump or J-L? On Friday, May 1st J-L's comedy album Fireside Craps: The Deuce debuted at #1 on iTunes (link below). J-L might be in the limelight now however, for 16 years the struggle was real.

Since his undergraduate days at Georgetown, J-L balanced studying and working as a lawyer while mastering his comedy skills at night. For 16 years, J-L has been given many promising opportunities in comedy including appearing on late night television. However, J-L's career never grew to the level of success that he had hoped. For 16 years J-L has been in the middle of the arena waiting for his comedy career to take off with his head mostly planted in the dirt, daring greatly and rising strong (in the words of Bene Brown).

I’m beyond excited to have J-L Cauvin (pronounced Co-Van) as my guest on Leading With Your Gut this week for a double feature. I became a fan of J-L's after watching his content on Youtube and then subscribing to his podcasts Making Podcasts Great Again and Righteous Prick. I quickly realized that J-L was talented, smart, vulnerable, and able to finesse politics and social issues into his humor so well.

What I learned about J-L is that he has passion, drive, and humility to push through his failures. The first time we connected he told me that he was overwhelmed with the exponential growth that his comedy career has taken in last few weeks. In just a a short amount of time, everything that he has been working towards is all here now. Ironically, it took Covid-19 to give J-L the chance to be truly seen. 

J-L shares his story of courage, despair, and hope. In part 1 J-L and I discuss his background, struggles as a comedian, and gut instinct to continue following his dream. In part 2 we talk about Trump. And Trump actually stops by to answer a couple of pressing questions that I have...

After you are done listening, please go buy J-L’s new album Fireside Craps: The Deuce rated #1 on iTunes comedy charts. I purchased it and vow that you won’t be disappointed. J-L, thank you for speaking from your heart and sharing your story with me and my audience.

J-L Cauvin's Info:
Buy J-L's album Fireside Craps: The Deuce Rated #1 on iTunes
https://music.apple.com/us/album/fireside-craps-the-deuce/1508711146

Subscribe and listen to J-L's podcasts:
Righteous P***k
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/righteous-pk-podcast/id1493476012

Making Podcast's Great Again
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/making-podcasts-great-again/id1374959883

Website where you can buy more of J-L's content:
http://www.JLComedy.com

Follow J-L on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/JLCauvin

Watch J-L on YouTube:
http://www.YouTube.com/JLCauvin

Connect with Jenna Renee Shellman:

Website:
http://www.leadingwithyourgut.com

Social Media:
https://www.instagram.com/leadingwithyourgut/
https://twitter.com/JennaRShellman