Support is Sexy

At 40, as a mom and a longtime executive in digital publishing, Djenaba Johnson-Jones became very interested in fitness, going especially hard with lifting weights and "working out with the guys." This new passion led her to get her fitness certification and sparked the idea for a fitness concierge business; but when she wanted to look into preparing food for her clients, she discovered something: an opportunity.

Today, Djenaba spends her time working on her concept for her new business, The Hudson Kitchen, which is a commercial kitchen space in New Jersey that provides services for food entrepreneurs, including workshops, storage space, networking opportunities and kitchen rental. We caught up with Djenaba as she's in the process of settling into her new space and talked to her about perfecting your business pitch and moving one step closer to your dream each and every day.

On this episode you'll learn:

How to perfect your business pitch -- what to do and what to avoid.Why working out helps you handle stress.The importance of putting your goals and how you'll get there on paper.First steps to start your food business.How to market your food business.Why you need a rock-solid team.The best ways to push your self to network.

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Moshay Laren's start in radio was no fantasy. In fact, before her first time on the mic, she had to run to the bathroom she was so sick with nervousness. But what she didn't do was back down from the challenge--and she never has. After her 18 years in the business came to an abrupt end, Moshay is now passionate about building her real estate empire along and educating people of color about opportunities they may never have considered. More than that, she has tapped into her "why," and is aligning herself with passion, purpose and being truly fulfilled. Moshay talks to us about getting clear on your mission, jumping into the deep end, and what you need to know about the real estate market.

On this episode, you'll learn:

How to be effective without being confrontational.How to battle the bitch label with grace.The importance of surrounding yourself with women who are a few steps ahead of you.Be ready (even before you're ready) to go for it when the opportunity shows up in front of you.Why you have to stop putting so much energy into your fears.How to let go of perfection.The importance of partnerships, especially in real estate.How your passion can evolve over time.Determining what platform fits your mission.Remembering your WHY.

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A trip to Cuba changed everything for former film marketing executive Dee Poku. While on holiday during a busy, chaotic time for her industry, Dee realized it was time for her to make a transition and strike out on her own, even though she didn't know exactly what that would look like. Eventually, after being invited to an exclusive event with a room full of powerful women who came together to network, share information and build new relationships, Dee realized she wanted to create a way for all women to have access to such a room. The result? WIE (Women, Inspiration, Enterprise) Network, co-founded in 2010, which hosts symposiums to support ambitious career women, and that has attracted high-caliber speakers, such as Arianna Huffington, Diane Von Furstenberg and Rosario Dawson.

In 2015, after attending a one too many male-heavy music festivals, Dee was struck with another idea and a way to reach a new set of women emerging in the professional space. In order to serve millennials, who are launching their own businesses and embracing entrepreneurship, she created a women-driven music event -- The Other Festival, which held its inaugural event in summer 2016 -- featuring women artists, vendors, makers and more.

In this episode, Dee talks about the evolution of her vision to empower women, how to host a powerful event no matter what scale, what you need to know about African women, and the beauty of being The Other.

On this episode, you'll learn:

The benefits of a gap year.When it comes to your passion you don't have to have it all figured out.The power of content and of cultural leaders to influence when partnered with content.Opportunities come when you're open.What it really takes to be successful.The importance of friends who love you through the highs and the lows without judgement.You'd be surprised who will say yes if you ask in the right way.

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A power(ful) walk on the beach with masterful motivator Tony Robbins and 100 other people in the Bahamas could change anyone's perspective. But for fitness expert and Intensati founder Patricia Moreno, it changed everything. At the time -- as a longtime fitness instructor, who new the pains of yo-yo dieting and struggles with weight -- Patricia wanted to create a workout that really transformed people physically and spiritually for the long-term; not for the moment. And it was on that beach that the idea she had been searching for, and open to, became clear to her.

But Patricia quickly realized that she couldn't just talk about it, she had to be about it. As she says, "you can't sell it if you don't own it." So she set out on a quest to build followers of her new workout style, called IntenSati, which involves an explosive combination of positive affirmations and powerful movements. In this episode, Patricia talks about how inspired action led her to form a business that aligned with her purpose, how you can you have to put your "musts" before your "maybes," and how being a spiritual badass sets you up for success.

On this episode you'll learn:

How to live the right question!Your determination to find the solution opens you up to possibility.How changing your mindset and how you identify helps you change your lifeThe power of "I am."It's ok to be scared, just be courageous as well.Why you don't have to have a solution, you have to be determined to find it.You can't get the idea until you've set the intention and asked the question.Be thirsty!Take "try" out of your vocabulary.

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Let's face it, ladies, there's something about that time of the month that makes us crazy, crampy, irritable, sleepy, creative, horny, hungry… and that barely scratches the surface. For most of us, the emotions and discomfort are something we just deal with, even if it causes us great pain and totally throws a wrench in our days. Such was the case for years for Stasha Washburn, aka The Period Coach, who endured severe cramps and fainting spells caused by her periods. Eventually, Stasha, formerly a dancer, had enough and decided that there must be a way to heal herself and to stop simply accepting her symptoms as "normal."

Through research, adjusting her diet and establishing new daily routines, such as her thai-chi practice, she discovered what worked best for her. And when she shared her story with other women, she learned that she wasn't alone. With the help of a straightforward business coach, Stasha realized that calling herself, at first, a hormonal balance expert, wasn't her thing. She decided her mission is to end the taboo around menstruation and to do so as The Period Coach.

In this episode, Stasha tells us how to approach our periods, how to be empowered to ask for what we need and how to continue to prosper by learning the ways your flow affects your business.

On this episode you'll learn:

The top 3 issues most women entrepreneurs have because of their periodsIs your "bitchiness" bad for business?How your flow affects your…flow.How changing your perspective of your period can empower you to make better decisions.The four phases of your cycle and what questions you need to ask during each phase.Figuring out what your passion is by asking what pisses you off.

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When Nicole Aguirre graduated from college in 2008, she was a young woman with a plan and a high-level position lined up with the Department of Defense in Washington, D.C. But the economy had other plans, and after a hiring freeze, Nicole -- always a creative -- had to get creative. The longtime photographer got busy creating her own project, a DC-based fashion magazine called Worn, and was on her way doing something that she loved. Until reality -- and lack of revenue -- changed her trajectory once again. Nicole had an epiphany, and decided it was time to pivot and reinvent her brand.

Now, as CEO of Worn Creative, a digital agency that empowers women to lead and has worked on projects for Michelle Obama and Marriott hotels, Nicole has found the perfect fit. Worn works with brands that support women or are lead by women, and the agency hosts events that encourage women to say F* It and go for their dreams. Here, Nicole talks about the blessing of a dream detoured, the power of the pivot and why girl power means saying "F* it" a lot more often.

On this episode you'll learn:

3 top tips for reinventing your brand to generate revenueHave moments to be still and get clear on what you want.The power of visualization.Knowing when it's time to pivot.How to let go of what's not working and focus on what is.Why setting goals is not necessarily the answerWhy every entrepreneurs needs someone they can be real with.

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For private chef, author and TV personality Bren Herrera, everything happens in the kitchen, and it always has. Since Bren was a child growing up in her Cuban family in Washington, D.C., the kitchen was always the epicenter for family, friends and gatherings--where she remembers all were physically and spiritually nourished. Today, Bren brings this same spirit to her own culinary creations as she continues to build her business around food, travel and lifestyle. An award-winning food blogger since 2008, Bren now has a cookbook of 100+ recipes on the way this fall, and appears regularly doing food segments on the Today show and on Univision.

But, as Bren shares in this episode, business wasn't always bubbling, and there were times early on when she thought she'd have an entirely different career. Eventually, thanks to an observation from an outsider that she was open to receiving, she found her sweet spot. Hear the lessons Bren learned along the way, and why, as they say, it takes 10 years to become an overnight success.

On this episode you'll learn:

Why consistency is key.The secret to getting more people to your web site.Why you should never delete content from your blog or web site.Don't get married to what you think is best for you.If it hasn't worked out, it just means you have work to do.Your pivotal moment may be provoked by someone from the outside.The importance of having an exploratory phase.Find and serve your niche.Why your support circle needs to evolve as you evolve.The importance of spiritual showers

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Have you ever started a business -- one that you absolutely love, but that has yet to make any money and that you can't quite figure out? Have you ever thought, maybe I'm not on the right track, or maybe I am, who's to say?!

In this conversation with Teju Owoye, CEO of Sulte Group and host of Teju.TV, she tells about the importance of continuing to experiment until you get it right, whether that's with your current business or some other iteration of it. You want to have a plan, but you never know exactly how it's going to work out, because going from point A to point B rarely happens in the real world of entrepreneurship. Instead it's more like A, Z, X, K...and then who knows?

Before figuring out what worked for her, Teju ended up going broke and moving back in with her parents. Her zig-zagged journey to discovering her own zone of genius included considering grad school, reading a ton of books, modeling the behavior of those who were doing what she wanted to to, and tinkering along the way. Another thing Teju did? Leapt! And on this episode she goes into the lessons she learned on the way down (and how she tried to make a parachute out of a straw and a watermelon).

On this episode, you'll learn:

Entrepreneurship is an art.Ask yourself some key questions to help you figure out what you're supposed to be doing.What do I feel like I should be contributing to the worldWho am I?What's the ideal day for you?Who's already doing what you want to do?What's the next best step you can take?When creating a product, determine what problem you're solving for your customer. What are they struggling with?Get to your MVP ASAP.Learn the art of surrender in business.The importance of partnerships.

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Stylist and image maker Rachel Johnson has been featured in the New York Times, ESPN and countless other publications for the impeccable way she creates new looks for her gentleman clients. She has been credited with "making over" the NBA and bringing a new style awareness to a number of top athletes. Her work has helped land longtime clients LeBron James on the covers of Vogue and GQ, Victor Cruz as the new face of Givenchy, Amar'e Stoudemire in front rows next to Anna Wintour, and others, such as Cam Newton and JR Smith, in the fashion spotlight that once steered clear of athletes. Rachel's life has been a whirlwind of client meetings, fashion shows, exclusive events, designer relationships, travel and clothes--plenty of clothes.

Now, after 16 years in such a fast-paced business and being wherever she was supposed to be next, Rachel says she is finally savoring the now. For so long, she says, she had been living to work; and now she is living to live.

In this episode, Rachel speaks candidly about the ins and outs of the styling business: the allure people get caught up in and what they often misunderstand. She also gives advice to future celebrity stylists (by speaking to her younger self), and tells what not-so-pretty pitfalls to avoid.

On this episode you'll learn:

Everything begins in the mind.What people misunderstand about styling.What has been the key to her success.Why styling is about letting your work speak for itself.3 tips for getting into the styling business.The trust factor.Why relationships are crucial, and how you should foster them.The importance of celebrating yourself.Why she doesn't subscribe to the no-new-friends rule.Surround yourself with career bitches.

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What's your story?

We all have one – a story of where we began, how we got to this point, what we've encountered along the journey so far. Now, consider this: How might the story that you've been telling yourself -- whether true or not -- be holding you back? More than that, how is it stressing you out?

This is what career and personal development strategist Victoria Geller helps her clients navigate: learning to let go of the story that no longer serves you, and how to recognize when it may become harmfully stressful or create a barrier between your goals and your success.

Victoria knows firsthand what it's like to experience this. As a single mom, who began her career in marketing as an administrative assistant, she worked her way up to a corner office on Madison Avenue during her last 17 years in corporate America. It wasn't easy, and there were times when her jobs in the past literally made her sick. But what was even more trying was that she also knew that this wasn't it – or at least not all of it. Victoria wanted to offer more, to help other people feel unstuck in their careers and their lives by sharing her experiences and the techniques that she has used successfully to create change in her own life and career. So in TKTKT YEAR she formed her company LOAMLife, which offers Career Transformational Coaching is for young professionals, entrepreneurs and executives. Here, Victoria shares those tips with us, and tells you how to leave that old story behind.

On this episode, you'll learn:

Why having a bridge job is a smart, strategic move.Explore the possibility of being an intrapreneur within your organization.How to solicit feedback and get support in your blind spots.Most of have a story that we need to leave behind in order to succeed.3 ways to move beyond your story.The power of asking, "and then what?"How to know when it's time to get help when your job pushed you to breaking point.Be selfish about who you let in your world.

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