Want to shatter that glass ceiling or simply hold a safe, valuable space for the people in your community all while staying in your power as a woman or femme of color? The stories that you have been told since childhood may be holding you back. On today’s episode I talk to conscious business and leadership coach and mentor for women of color, Mariela De La Mora. We’re digging into the concept of reparenting and how important reframing how we see leadership and connecting to your true self is to running a revolutionary business. 

We dive into:

• How Mariela shows up as a coach and why doing it consciously is so important to her
• What challenged her most in her marketing career and why it led to the most growth in her life and business
• The importance of turning inward to become a better leader
• What reparenting is and how you can benefit from this process to become a better leader and business owner
• How and when we develop a “role self” and why it’s so important to acknowledge it
• Imposter syndrome and how it could be showing up for you in your business 
• The process of healing your inner child and what it really takes to do it
• Integrating her life and business and how she avoids burnout as a mother and business owner
• How you can honor your parents’ or ancestor’s struggles by following your own purpose
• The practical steps she took to pivot from the corporate marketing world to the conscious coaching space
• Finding the permission to change your mind and evolve as a leader
• Scarcity coaching tactics and finding mentorship in alignment with who you really are
• And more!

Connect with Mariela:

www.marieladelamora.com

www.instagram.com/Mariela.delamora

www.linkedin.com/in/marieladelamora

Connect with Gieselle: 

Join me in my free private Facebook group, The Woman of Color Entrepreneur Revolution, and continue the conversation! https://www.facebook.com/groups/679342759273155/ 

Apply for 1:1 coaching with me: https://www.gieselleallen.com/book-now 

Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gieselleallen

Raise your hand if someone has fed you this bullshit - if your business isn’t growing, it’s dying. 

Here’s the truth honey, we can liberate ourselves from these oppressive capitalist systems and run our business as the fullest version of ourselves - without that hussle! Tune in to today’s episode as I drop some gems about how you can be running a revolutionary business with full self-trust all while honoring your humanity.

I’m digging into:

• What being fully expressed in your business really means
• The mindset shit that could be holding you back from showing up as your authentic self
• How I released the idea that I needed to grind to scale my business
• What it means to liberate ourselves from ideals of perfection and success
• The BIGGEST myth they are selling you about your running your business
• My decolonization journey and how colonization could be affecting you and your business
• Some important questions to ask yourself if you feel like you’ve been racing toward your goals
• What the traditional business coaching containers are missing (and why it’s so important!)
• The ONE, simple thing you can be doing in your business to reduce hustle and burnout
• What happens when you start believing that everything you want is coming for you
• And more!

Connect with Gieselle: 

Join me in my free private Facebook group, The Woman of Color Entrepreneur Revolution, and continue the conversation! https://www.facebook.com/groups/679342759273155/ 

Apply for 1:1 coaching with me: https://www.gieselleallen.com/book-now 

Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gieselleallen

How do you show up in your business as a femme of color? We have been socialized to interact in business in a certain way and sometimes that means we bring the corporate bullshit with us. On today’s show I bring growth and impact strategist Toi Smith on to talk about the capitalist structure, holding space for black women and mothers, and the long game of seeing change for our communities. 

We dive into:

• Being a black woman and single mother in business
• How Toi stays optimistic with the understanding that change is a long game
• The development and divine timing of her community, Business for the People
• Why being in business does not have to mean you are a capitalist
• How the online business formula created by white men can be very triggering for folks of color
• Why Toi believes balance in life and business is an illusion
• The romanticism of community and why it takes work to create a safe space
• Distinguishing your financial needs and releasing shame around the desire for money
• And more!

Connect with Toi:

www.toimarie.com

www.businessforthepeople.com

https://www.instagram.com/toimarie/

Connect with Gieselle: 

Join me in my free private Facebook group, The Woman of Color Entrepreneur Revolution, and continue the conversation! https://www.facebook.com/groups/679342759273155/ 

Apply for 1:1 coaching with me: https://www.gieselleallen.com/book-now 

Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gieselleallen

Today, my dear, I want to talk about community. This is so massively important for all human beings, but especially for us as folks of color. On today’s show, I take you through the steps I’ve taken to build intentionally nourishing communities and how you can use these tools to not only create your own community, but show up vulnerably so it feels really good for you and the members of your space.

I’m digging into:

• Why it’s so important to be specific about who you want in your space
• How I bring curious energy to my community and why this can breed engagement in your community too!
• Why community agreements are so important and the ONE thing you need to do make sure they are clear to the group
• Acknowledging sisterhood wounds and how you can make your group feel safe and held
• The MOST IMPORTANT thing you can do when first starting your group that will set it up for success
• A practical first step to building engagement in your community
• The ONE thing you are NOT doing if you are truly building a nourishing community
• How to provide engaging content in your group with intention and without overwhelm
• What to be aware of so you can show up as a present and nourishing community member
• And more!

Connect with Gieselle: 

Join me in my free private Facebook group, The Woman of Color Entrepreneur Revolution, and continue the conversation! https://www.facebook.com/groups/679342759273155/ 

Apply for 1:1 coaching with me: https://www.gieselleallen.com/book-now 

Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gieselleallen

We are not talking about embodiment work enough, ya’ll! And this does WOC entrepreneurs a deep disservice. On today’s show, I invite Kelsey De Brusinis to talk to us about her work as a Trauma-Informed Psychosomatic Embodiment Coach & Emotional Release Bodyworker. We get deep into releasing hidden forces of stress, why this work is so important for WOC entrepreneurs, and how you can drop into your body to show up more authentically in your business and get to that next level!

We dive into:

• The importance and necessity of embodiment work for WOC entrepreneurs
• Recalibrating your nervous system so that you can attract more of what you want to your business
• The BIGGEST thing embodiment work requires you to do (and why it’s so important)
• Kelsey’s healing journey and how she shows up differently in her life because of her work
• Her advice for women dealing with trauma getting in the way in their life and business
• Why Kelsey is CANCELLING the word resilience (and the word she uses instead)
• One of the BEST ways to distinguish between trauma and difficult experiences
• Why you cannot race through your life and business if you want to be embodied (and what to do instead)
• The mindset shift you need to reduce burn out and feel embodied. 
• Some practical tools to build safety in your body. 
• And more!

Connect with Kelsey:

kelseydebrusinis.com

instagram.com/kelseydebrusinis

facebook.com/itskelseydebrusinis

Connect with Gieselle: 

Join me in my free private Facebook group, The Woman of Color Entrepreneur Revolution, and continue the conversation! https://www.facebook.com/groups/679342759273155/ 

Apply for 1:1 coaching with me: https://www.gieselleallen.com/book-now 

Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gieselleallen

Today I’m talking honestly about something I am really fucking sick of. The crazy obsession that the entrepreneurship community has about the rapid scaling of your business hasn’t been working for a lot of us and this narrative can be specifically hard for women and femmes of color. Releasing the idea that you need to grind and hustle to grow your business can be really hard, but here’s what I know - if you are focusing on profit first, you are not leading the revolutionary business you want! I am SO over talking about business growth over our mental wellness, honey; so let’s do it in a way that’s sustainable.

I’m digging into:

• How I let go of the hustle in my own business, and how you can too so that you can scale your business in a way that feels aligned, revolutionary, and sustainable!
• The important realization I had about my own scaling goal and why the shit they are feeding you in the white-dominant business world could be holding you back. 
• Why your business may not be scaling and growing the way that you want and what you can be doing about it TODAY. 
• An important lesson about your business growth and finding the permission to do it your way.
• Some of my favorite questions to ask yourself about sustainable growth for your business and why it’s important so you can finally release that pressure to expand. 
• THE MOST IMPORTANT thing you can be doing to run your business in a revolutionary way. 
• What it really says about you when you step out of the corporate space. 
• How to truly unwind from hustle culture RIGHT NOW and how you can thrive as a WOC (in a sustainable way!)
• And so much more!

Connect with Gieselle: 

Join me in my free private Facebook group, The Woman of Color Entrepreneur Revolution, and continue the conversation! https://www.facebook.com/groups/679342759273155/ 

Apply for 1:1 coaching with me: https://www.gieselleallen.com/book-now 

Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gieselleallen

Representation matters honey! And finding a community where you can serve and be served as a woman of color - it can change the game! On today’s show, I invite my business and real life bestie Nadia De Ala to speak about her two businesses that support WOC and how she was able to claim women of color in tech as her niche and help bring the magic of coaching to her community. 

We dive into:

• How Nadia’s identity as a straight cis woman and daughter of Filipino immigrants shapes her and the way she serves her clients.
• How she found permission to claim WOC in tech as her niche and the lack of WOC coaches in the business space. 
• The power of representation and how it can help you thrive in your business!
• Why Nadia built her business from a place of service and community (and how you can too!)
• The role equal energy exchange plays in negotiations and why this is so important.
• Losing her way in the tech world and how she reconnected with activism and her community to build her business. 
• How to avoid veiled sales pitches and offer genuine value in your business. 
• What a NO really means and why it doesn’t have to mean anything. 
• How to ask for the rate you deserve and why being a woman of color does NOT hold you back from earning that money, my dear!
• The ONE MOST IMPORTANT thing you need to be able to grow and give yourself permission to thrive as a woman of color.
• Why she chose to create a new business in partnership and how she launched her membership in less than 2 months!
• Nadia’s 3 best decisions she has made in her business.
• The limiting belief of perfectionism and how Nadia integrates rest and joy in her biz.
• And more!

Connect with Nadia:

Follow her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nadiadeala/

Connect with her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadiadeala/

Her websites: http://nadiadeala.com/ and http://letsgethellarich.com/

Connect with Gieselle: 

Join me in my free private Facebook group, The Woman of Color Entrepreneur Revolution, and continue the conversation! https://www.facebook.com/groups/679342759273155/ 

Apply for 1:1 coaching with me: https://www.gieselleallen.com/book-now 

Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gieselleallen

If you’re ready to speak your bold and revolutionary truth, you’ve gotta start with a good foundation, gorgeous! Today I’m sharing the MOST IMPORTANT foundational element you don’t wanna miss so that you can build and own a powerful, unapologetic message that integrates your identity as a woman or femme of color. 

I’m digging into:

• The bullshit training we’ve been given as folks of color that’s actually working against you as an entrepreneur… and why you need to unwind that shit RIGHT NOW
• How to have a bold, unapologetic message (it starts with this ONE THING!)
• The deep trust you need to develop in yourself
• Questions you need to ask yourself to show up as the beautifully fucking perfect version of yourself that you are
• Why it’s so important to show up fully and authentically in your message
• What you DO and DON’T need to worry about to create something revolutionary
• What having a bold and revolutionary message IS and ISN’T truly about 
• And so much more!

Let’s dive in!

Apply for 1:1 coaching with me: https://www.gieselleallen.com/book-now 

Join me in my free private Facebook group, The Woman of Color Entrepreneur Revolution, and continue the conversation! https://www.facebook.com/groups/679342759273155/ 

Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gieselleallen

Think showing up in my business boldly and unapologetically has come naturally or simply for me? Nope! I’ve been inspired by other amazing and revolutionary WOC, and one of the biggest influences for me has been Weeze Doran. I’m so excited to have her on the show today, sharing with us the story of her own journey to choose herself and liberation and how it helped her to create a truly revolutionary life and business.

We’re diving into:

• How Weeze became the Weeze she is today and overcame the socializations she grew up with
• Her own decolonization journey
• The importance of self-care and allowing yourself to be human, especially now!
• How her parents influenced her spark towards liberation
• The life changing realization she had as her marriage ended
• What she sacrificed to take charge of her liberation
• How she chose an “unknown version of me” over something “safe” and “right”
• Why community is so important in your own liberation journey
• How Weeze does business differently and how she’s decolonized her business
• Why she doesn’t use contracts with her clients
• And more!

Weeze has been called many things from coach, podcast host, advocate, agent of change, strategist, and educator (to name a few) and ultimately - she is a compassionate provocateur that is out to uncover your path of possibility. She believes that in order to alter our social reality as a whole, we as people have to shift, and thus she has built a coaching and educating practice with two distinct branches: Anti-racism & decolonization and empowerment & authentic alignment. She believes that by teaching and empowering individuals to walk in their purpose, we can create an equitable, diverse and inclusive society.

Make sure you follow Weeze on Instagram and subscribe to her Podia where you’ll find exclusive content, her book club, and more!

Instagram: https://instagram.com/accordingtoweeze

Podia: https://accordingtoweeze.podia.com/weeze 

Connect with Gieselle: 

Join me in my free private Facebook group, The Woman of Color Entrepreneur Revolution, and continue the conversation! https://www.facebook.com/groups/679342759273155/ 

Apply for 1:1 coaching with me: https://www.gieselleallen.com/book-now 

Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gieselleallen

Ready to exit the White entrepreneur cookie-cutter mold and start doing life and business in revolutionary ways? If you’re ready to do business in a soul-aligned way and have been eager for a podcast created exclusively FOR women and femmes of color like you BY a WOC, you are not going to want to miss this pilot episode. It’s my love letter to you, honey!

I’m digging into:

• The SINGLE most important lesson I’ve learned about proof
• What to ask yourself if you’re looking at doing a hard thing
• My journey from growing up a “weird Black kid” who struggled to fit in with either the White or Black community, to learning how to show up as unapologetically myself and claiming WOC
• The suffocating experience that made me take the terrifying but intuitively aligned leap to niche down to only serve women and femmes of color and what it’s done for me and my business
• What it takes to continue to be bold and unapologetic in my business, and why you should be bold and unapologetic in your life and business as well!
• The thing White coaches are missing to help you overcome your own bullshit to become the person you were meant to be
• How I worked through fears of being rejected by WOC
• And so much more!

Join me in my free private Facebook group, The Woman of Color Entrepreneur Revolution, and continue the conversation! https://www.facebook.com/groups/679342759273155/ 

Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gieselleallen