StartHERfive

Our VERY special guest, Fashion Stylist, Ny'Eria Jackson shares her personal journey with fashion and becoming an esteemed stylist. Ny'eria shares key fashion tips that will help any Tribe member OWN their body and OWN their style.

Your fav podcaters discuss their faith and how its evolved over time. Each S5 has a story and faith foundation that comes from 5 completely different walks of life!

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We finally have our first ever male special guests! One perspective from a married man and the other from a single man. This one get's INTERESTING to say the least!

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The tribe talks expectations and pressures of the dirty thirties! How do you manage the expectations you have yourself? How do you measure whether expectations are realistic? Where do expectations come from? Join us in the convo!

Looking in the rearview at 2023 personally and professionally... The S5 team let's the tribe in on what's been going on behind the scenes and the new/improved changes to come in 2024.

*takes deep breath* In the words of Lil Wayne.... "Sorry 4 The Wait" We're back and we're catching our tribe up on our lives, Top 5 Women in Sport shout outs, and more!

You better be ready for this one! If you don't know what dropping gems means, you will after listening to this episode dedicated to Motherhood and being a mother while working in sport. You don't want to miss this epi with the one and only Dr. Lacee' Carmon-Johnson as she speaks her truth about her motherhood journey and the blessings, challenges, and THE REAL.

Mother, executive, and entrepreneur are just a few of the hats our guest Lauren Walsh wears. In this episode, Lauren gets candid with the StartHERfive crew, breaking down how her vulnerability, self reflection, and morning routine/time to herself has transformed her life and led her to where she is today. She is a standout in the sports and entertainment industry and currently is the Executive Vice President of Branding and Marketing for Solid Foundation Entertainment Group and also oversees branding & marketing for Quality Control Sports. More importantly, through her leadership and advocacy for women in the industry, Lauren serves as a role model and inspiration for all women striving to achieve success in their careers and be their best selves!

Love, marriage, evolving and allllll that! Plus one of our own has big news to share!

If you don't mind me asking... how old are you? A question, or microaggression at that, many black women receive especially in the workplace. S5 sits down with a real, deep, and entertaining conversation around ageism. 

Our first resource is Forbes. Check out this article written by Sheila Callaham that discusses how or a Black or Brown woman, ageism creates a triple threat for potential bias and discrimination. She breaks down how these threats impact us specifically in a quick two minute read. DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION section of Forbes.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sheilacallaham/2022/10/31/age-race-and-gender-create-a-triple-threat-of-workplace-bias/?sh=53330d7c5c43

Our second resource for this week is an article published in the business section from the Washington Post. The article is called: For Black workers, age discrimination strikes twice. It discusses a new research study conducted by Texas A&M that suggests that for black workers, age discrimination is highest for the youngest, falls in middle age, and rises once more as workers near retirement. 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/05/14/age-discrimination-black-workers/

17 Black Mental-Health and Wellness Resources to Follow on Instagram

https://www.vogue.com/article/black-mental-health-wellness-instagram-accounts

Just because this season we focused on a couple of heavy topics that impact us black women on the daily basis, we wanted to wrap things up with a reminder to take care ladies! In this article called 17 Black Mental-Health and Wellness Resources to Follow on Instagram, Vogue highlights a list of 17 different black individuals and their platforms that are continuously fostering community and providing resources to assist us in actually taking time to take care of ourselves.