"Guess what: you have what it takes to get to where you need to go RIGHT NOW.

What a revelation!

Your impact is waiting on you, and our guest this week is here to ignite your belief that you are sitting in the center of opporunity. Dive into this power packed conversation with Deborah Smith, cofounder and principal of The Center Cap Group.

Listen and learn:
1. How to reimagine your career the way you want it
2. How to empower people to support your vision and your game plan
3. How to say “yes” to yourself and break down barriers
4. Deb’s philosophy on success as a woman, wife, mom, and female founder in a male dominated industry

About Deborah Smith
Deb Smith is Co-Founder and CEO of The CenterCap Group, LLC and heads the firm’s Strategic Capital and M&A and Execution efforts. Prior to forming The CenterCap Group, LLC, Ms. Smith was Co-Head of M&A and a Senior Managing Director with CB Richard Ellis Investors (CB Richard Ellis's $40 billion AUM investment management business). She joined CBREI in July 2007 to co-head the build out of the firm's M&A efforts and led the firm’s negotiation and acquisition of a majority interest in Wood Partners (one of the largest multifamily developers in the United States) in 2008. From 1998-2007, Ms. Smith worked on mergers and acquisitions with Lehman Brothers, Wachovia Securities and Morgan Stanley. Ms. Smith has been involved in more than $100 billion of mergers, acquisitions and restructuring transactions. Ms. Smith has a Bachelor of Economics, with honors, and a Bachelor of Law, with honors, from the University of Sydney.


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"Dear white women, ________________.

Listen in this week as I get to the root of what Dear White Women podcast founders Sara Blanchard and Misasha Suzuki Graham view as essential conversations to uproot systemic racism, starting with white women.

Dear White Women is an award-winning weekly podcast, since April 2019, dedicated to helping White women use their privilege to uproot systemic racism. Now, the podcasting pair have created an antiracism guide geared towards increasing greater accountability from white women and empowering them to actively engage in small everyday changes that create a world of difference.

Listen and learn:
1. What inspired the birth of Dear White Women podcast and movement
2. Why activating the power of white women is essential to uprooting systemic racism
3. What questions white women need to ask to be more engaged in the transformation of American culture
4. The small choices that every human can make on a daily basis to truly shape a different world.

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"Many will recognize Emmy-Award winning journalist and television personality Shaun Robinson for her more than 10 years in front of the camera hosting Access Hollywood.  
 
But her work as an entertainment journalist is just one of the many facets of her distinguished career.  She is also an author, philanthropist, actress and producer.
 
Shaun is the executive producer of two new Lifetime original movies, Wrath (which premiered on April 16) and Greed (premiering on April 23) – the next two installments of the network’s Seven Deadly Sins Movie Anthology.  Shaun made her debut last year as a movie executive producer with Lust and Envy which began the anthology.

The movies are based on books by bestselling author Victoria Christopher Murray.  Shaun helped bring Victoria’s stories to life.  
 
Wrath: A Seven Deadly Sins Story premiered last weekend on Lifetime. You can catch an encore presentation on Saturday April 23 at 6pm. It stars Michelle Williams (of Destiny’s Child fame), Tina Knowles-Lawson (Beyonce’s mom), Romeo Miller (who many remember as Lil’ Romeo) and Antonio Cupo.
 
Greed: A Seven Deadly Sins Story premieres Saturday, April 23rd at 8pm on Lifetime. The movie stars Monique Coleman, LisaRaye McCoy, Eric Benet and Nathan Witte.
 
The movies are not only entertaining thrillers that will keep you on the edge of your seats, but they are also great examples of the evolution of value-based entertainment. These are modern movies with a message and lessons to be learned.
 
Shaun established the S.H.A.U.N. Foundation for Girls, which nurtures and supports under-served and underrepresented girls and young women in the areas of Stem, Health, Arts, Unity, Neighborhoods.

Listen and learn:
1. How Shaun has sustained a long standing career in Hollywood
2. Why Wrath and Greed are two timely value based films for the world to watch
3. How Shaun approaches relationship mastery
4. What we can expect from Wrath and Greed as parts three and four of a seven film series

You can learn more about Shaun here: https://www.shaunrobinson.com/
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"What is atomic energy? And, do we all have it?

The answer is “yes.”

Listen this week as I sit down with Dr. Laura Berman discuss this and so much more!

Dr. Laura Berman is a leading expert in the field of sex and relationship therapy. She is a New York Times bestselling author of many books, including her latest “Quantum Love.” She is an award-winning radio host and has her own podcast “The Language of Love.”
 Dr. Berman previously hosted her own program “In the Bedroom with Dr. Laura Berman” on the OWN Network, and she is a popular television personality who makes regular appearances on daytime television shows like “The Rachael Ray Show,” “The Dr. Oz Show,” “TODAY,” “Good Morning America” and many more. She is a frequent contributor to women’s magazines like Cosmo, Glamour and more.
She is married and the mother of three sons and 2 dogs.

Listen and learn:
1. How Dr. Laura became a world renowned sex and relationship expert
2. How to harness atomic energy in your everyday life and maximize the power of intentionality
3. How we can create more passionate relationships through atomic energy
4. How to deal with the weight of grief or the loss of something we desired/imagined


Join Dr. Laura for Manifest Mondays here: https://drlauraberman.com/

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"It’s time to get all in your business great girlfriend! Are you feeling overwhelming pressure right now? Maybe it’s pressure to perform or too much pressure from the weight of your responsibilities…

Have you felt like quitting over and over again? Are you talking yourself out of your success?

Well, this week we reframe the way you view pressure. It’s time for you to switch gears and this week’s episode is all about that.

Listen and learn:
1. How to reframe your relationship with pressure
2. How to use pressure as an indicator for your next step
3. How to ask for help when the pressure is piling
4. How to get your believes involved in your problems
5. How to be your own best solution, every single time!

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"What does it mean to be a luminary? How can your light create a path for others?

This week we discuss this and more with Cate Luzio, founder of Luminary, which is a membership-based career and personal growth platform and collaboration hub created to address the systemic challenges impacting women across all industries and sectors.

Former finance executive Cate Luzio founded and self-funded Luminary in late 2018 with the mission to up-lift, up-skill, and propel women forward through all phases of their professional journeys.

The company has grown to more than 3,000 individual members and 60+ corporate partners (representing more than 500,000 employees worldwide) including UBS, WW, JPMorgan Chase, Unilever, Verizon, Goldman Sachs, Indeed, Blackstone, Mastercard, VMLY&R, Bridgewater, and Heidrick & Struggles to name a few. To date, the company has led well over 3,000 in-person and virtual programs, workshops, and events.

Listen and Learn:
1. How Cate self funded her new venture after a successful career in banking
2. What Cate learned from her mentors and allies in business development
3. How personal advocacy is the best approach to ensuring you are represented in every room
4. How to make the necessary choice when facing complex decisions as a leader
5. Cate’s perspective on work/life balance

And more! You can learn more about Luminary here and be sure to leave your iTunes review!

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"What’s the power behind your breathing?

We’re getting into that this week! Here are the deets on our guest:

Ava Johanna is the founder and visionary behind The Academy of Breath, international breathwork and meditation school focused on making these ancient embodiment practices household tools across the globe. Having worked with top wellness brands like Alo Yoga, Mindbodygreen and Yoga Journal, Ava’s mission is to bridge the gap between modern neuroscience and mysticism so breathwork and meditation are made accessible to everyone from high-level executives to stay-at-home parents. 

Yet, Ava’s present-day reality - running a half a million-dollar breathwork and meditation empire all while giving back 10% of profits to marginalized communities and do-good organizations - is the polar opposite to her teenage experience. At the age of sixteen, Ava was homeless. Her rise to fulfillment, entrepreneurial success with The Academy of Breath, and claiming a mission that serves all makes her the living embodiment of perseverance, healing, and wellness. 

Listen and learn:
1. How breathwork can reframe your mental state in an instance
2. The consequences of holding your breath all day long
3. How stress in your life is being amplified by poor breathing patterns
4. Why you MUST give your body ample breath to supply the system
5. How Ava creates alignment using breathwork

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"Does food have a hold on you?

Have you found yourself searching for the next “fix” only to land in a sea of “not so good for you” snacks?

We relate!

Prepare to disrupt some of your food habits and change your narrative around eating as you listen to Dr. Susan Peirce Thompson, two time New York Times best-selling author and brain and cognitive scientist share her practical solutions for food freedom. Our guest, author of REZOOM: The Powerful Reframe to End the Crash-and-Burn Cycle of Food Addiction, shares her powerful story of food freedom gained after breaking her own crack addiction and prostitution. By using lessons learned about her own addictive behavior while simultaneously studying cognitive science, she lost 60 pounds and created Bright Line Eating, a scientifically backed and verified weight loss solution.

Listen and learn:
1. How to recognize food addiction in your life
2. How to gain food freedom in your life today
3. Why addictive behaviors are so hard to disrupt and how you can identify where to start
4. Susan’s personal road to food freedom through Bright Line eating
5. Why sugar is a super predator that we must avoid NOW

You can grab your copy of Rezoom here: https://susanpeircethompson.com/

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"What can a person do with a purposeful heart, passion for people, policies to protect the purpose and power?

Move mountains. Literally and figuratively.

That’s what this week’s guest, Jotaka Eaddy does. As the founder of the popular campaign #winwithblackwomen and host of OWN’s series Speak Sis!, Jotaka has taken her humble small town beginnings and given the world proof of what lies in the hearts of local girls who dream big. Jotaka, affirmatively known as the “Olivia Pope of Silicon Valley” has curated great change as a leader in the tech world, a policymaker in Washington, and advisor to many organizations and an advocate for underrepresented populations.

Listen and learn:
1. How Jotaka took the heritage and rooting of her community to create a compelling why for her mission
2. How the work you/we/I do brings light and visibility to underrepresented populations
3. How Jotaka is impacting change through #winwithblackwomen and her work as a host on Speak Sis!
4. Why we as women need more luminaries across industries and varying platforms

To learn more about Jotaka, follow her on Instagram at @jotakaeaddy or visit her website:https://www.jotakaeaddy.com/about

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"It’s time to Just Be Real Sis!

How many times have you hovered over a tough convo without ever hitting the nail on the head?

How often do you feel cornered by someone who pushes past your boundary and fails to ask permission?

When is ok to be real with someone?

And today, we get transparency and truth from fellow podcasters and Dr. Angela Anderson and Candace Morgan. Dr. Anderson is the #1 Amazon international best-selling author of Now What?! Get OVER Yourself and MOVE! and an organizational expert. She dedicated over 200 hours of coaching online through her Instagram Show “Live with Dr. Angela.” Candace Morgan is a tech executive and co-creator of their popular podcast Just Be Real Sis, where they focus on bridge building conversations from diverse points of view.


Listen and learn:

1. How to engage in complex conversations without the awkwardness
2. How to protect your boundaries when feeling cornered
3. When to keep it real and say what needs to be said
4. How to keep and create safe space

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