Million Dollar Business

Briana Dai Interviews Mahisha Dellinger on The Million Dollar Women Podcast.
Mahisha Dellinger is an entrepreneur, author and TV host. She is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of CURLS, a natural hair care brand founded in 2002. She is the author of Against All Odds: From the Projects to the Penthouse. Dellinger hosts Mind Your Business with Mahisha on OWN, which debuted in August 2018.

Briana Dai with the Million Dollar Women Podcast Interviews D’Andra Simmons.
D’Andra Simmons is a pioneering businesswoman and skin care expert who’s spent more than 20 years in the nutritional and beauty industry. She’s the founder/CEO of the skin care line Hard Night Good Morning and CEO/owner of Ultimate Living International Inc. She’s also the star of the hit Bravo series, The Real Housewives of Dallas.

Brian Dai Interviews Sandra Yancey:

Sandra Yancey is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning, entrepreneur, Founder & CEO of eWomenNetwork, five-time #1 best-selling author, Life & Business Transformation Expert for the Emmy award winning TV show The DOCTORS, Producer of the critically acclaimed movie titled The GLOW Project and philanthropist. Sandra left her successful Fortune 500 corporate career to launch eWomenNetwork in 2000. Two years into her business she was on the verge of bankruptcy and ready to close her doors. Not one to give up, she found her grit and today leads one of the most successful multimillion-dollar women’s business networks in North America. With over 500,000 women business owners connected through 118 chapters, eWomenNetwork produces nearly 1,500 events annually, as well as the Premier International Women’s Entrepreneur Conference in North America. Recognized by CNN as an American Hero, the eWomenNetwork Foundation has awarded cash grants to 115 non-profits and 167 scholarships to emerging leaders of tomorrow. Sandra is the preeminent women’s business expert teaching women how to RISE and succeed in spite of everything.

Hello and welcome to Spotlight on eWomenNetwork where we feature members of eWomenNetwork who have a story of transformation to tell and wisdom to share. By all medical accounts, my guest today shouldn’t be here. Born 3 months early in 1976, she was given 24 hours to live. That was only the beginning of her struggles as she severely bullied in school and diagnosed as a slow learner and endured an emotionally abusive relationship. Today she suffers from high functioning anxiety and PTSD, but helps other girls overcomes similar challenges she faced, so they can grow up with confidence and believing in their power.

Cyndy Porter grew describing herself as "ugly" and "stupid". After she struck gold and was able to retire at 38, she began her own business with the goal of making other women feel beautiful. With her branding and sales experience, Cyndy is now and image and stylist expert with a thriving business.

Tanya Targett began her career as one of Australia’s most successful investigative journalists. After she lost everything at the hands of an abusive husband, she used her background to build a successful publicity business within months of achieving her independence. Now, Tanya shares her story to empower other women to take charge of their lives.

Symbols have helped humanity communicate and connect for thousands of years. Dane Short and his family have found a way to capture any message at any time through the power of a single unified symbol. Using a doodle Dane’s mom created, his business, Zymbol, now helps people all over the world send healing messages and positive affirmations through jewelry.

There are events that often occur that change the course of our lives. Some are good, and some are traumatic. In the case of Lorelei Snider, her father’s death to cancer spawned a new mission and subsequently a new business for herself. Now, Loralei's business, NaturCleen, is changing the way we clean our homes with her homemade eco-friendly, plant-based home care and cleaning supplies.

Alcoholism is a nasty disease. It takes hold of you and robs you of any common sense and often thrusts you into a path of destruction. There are many rehab programs out there and one that is most common is Alcoholics Anonymous or AA. AA is a 12-step program with the basic principle that you surrender to God and that you are then rendered powerless to the disease.

My guest featured today on Spotlight on eWomenNetwork turns all of that on it's ear. Teresa Rodden is a generational alcoholic who went the traditional route of AA and she was told that she was on a pink cloud and one day she’ll come crashing down. Well, that didn’t sit right with Teresa and she decided she was going to hop on that big pink cloud and trail blaze a new concept for curing alcoholism called, "HOPE," which stands for Having Other Possibilities to Explore. Teresa is the author of Wholly Sober, How I Stopped Thinking About Drinking and Started Loving My Life.  She helps you understand what it’s like to be an alcoholic, why these traditional 12-step programs don’t work for everyone, and what HOPE is doing now to save those suffering from this type of addiction.