Alechia Reese is equal parts warm tea and Hennessy. Transformation coach, best-selling author, international speaker & host, she’s the principal for RGLP Group, and co-host of the Triggered AF & Got Value? Podcasts. Honored with the Woman of Power designation by Bank of America and NABA NYC and MIA Women Who Rock award presented by Grey Goose. She transformed her life from domestic violence victim to thriver and now shows high-functioning executives, high-impact entrepreneurs, and emerging leaders how to leverage their personal and professional value to increase impact and decrease burnout. Her strategies align personal and professional fulfillment.

She guides leaders in building upwardly mobile careers, expansive businesses, and lives that not only look good, but feel good, too.  Leveraging her detailed-oriented purview, she’s produced events from 30 to 30,000 attendees with sponsors like UPS, Spanx, AMEX, Bank of America, and more. She’s developed strategies and spoken for a myriad of organizations and leaders from the entertainment stage to the corporate boardroom from 50-50,000 attendees including Zendaya Coleman and Soledad O'Brien to UPS, Goldman Sachs, Verizon, Bank of America, Vogue Italia, Essence, Buzzfeed, and more.

Episode highlights

- How to design a life you love

- Fertility + Egg freezing

- Solo Travel

- Dating

Tasia Hawkins is a wellness curator and life designer, supporting women to get unstuck and design the life of their dreams. Outside of that she’s either working in social impact at the intersections of racial, economic, and gender justice, or playing in her cycling and gardening hobbies. To stay connected and learn more about upcoming retreats and women’s circles, find her on Instagram at @tasia.ebony 

Books and Resources:

Cofertility - Egg freezing company where you can get free/discounted egg freezing cycles when you donate eggs

Essential Labor: Mothering As Social Change - book I mentioned that I read during my egg freezing cycle, reframes mothering as highly skilled, socially critical, labor & was very mindset shifting for me 

A Happy Pocket Full of Money - my favorite book about cultivating an abundance mindset & what inspired me to write a very long bucket list

Proud mom, Crystal Leftdwrige, shares how she chose to take on becoming a single mom of a new baby at 40. In this episode we dive into how to find a donor, accessing your fertility, navigating IVF, financing it all, and where to look for support.

The Maybe Motherhood Podcast Presented by Ode to Us Wellness:

This episode dives into Black female fertility, infertility treatments best practices, IVF, egg freezing and steps to assess your fertility now! Morine also share's her research findings on Black female fertility inequities, the questions we should be asking physicians, and the importance of genetic testing.

About Our Guest:

Morine Cebert Gaitors, PhD, MSHP, FNP-C, RN,  is a Connecticut native and nurse scientist studying reproductive endocrinology inequities and disparities with a focus on Black women and their experiences with infertility.  

She's currently at the Yale School of Nursing as part-time faculty in the GEPN program and lecturer in the National Clinician Scholars Program at the Yale School of Medicine. She is completing a post-master’s certificate in Nursing Education from Duke University’s School of Nursing. 

You can follow Morine on Instagram at @fertilityrn_phd

Welcome to the Maybe Motherhood Podcast! The first and only podcast to focus on motherhood centered personal and professional preparation. Through expert opinions, and shared experiences we take a holistic look at womanhood + motherhood in effort to move women out of consideration phase and into a brave & decisive mindset. Whether you decide to become a mama or choose to be childfree by choice, we're here to support you along the way. Stick around if you're ready to get honest and do the deep work!