The Sweet Fire Podcast

Episode 4 features Brandy M. Miller.

Award-winning international speaker and three-time award-winning author Brandy M. Miller has delighted audiences on stages from London to Las Vegas. She brings unique perspectives, authentic vulnerability, and diverse industry experience that allows her to speak to each audience in a language that they can understand. A master teacher despite having only an Associates in Elementary Education, she has a gift for breaking complex topics into easily digestible bits that are relatable to everyday life. Her life experiences and talent for storytelling allow her to effortlessly weave together into a single compelling narrative a broad range of topics including business, marketing, salesmanship, science, math, art, writing, religion, relationship building, leadership, personal growth, education, race relations, politics, and psychology. Her talks help listeners experience a shift in perspective that creates a lasting impact on their lives.

Learn more about Brandy's work at breakingopenabundance.com. 

This episode features Carolyn A. Warren, who talks to us about the unique power in womanhood and the ways that daring to be ourselves can be a gift to both us and the women around our "table."

Carolyn A. Warren is the CEO of Destined for Success Coaching, Consulting & Leadership Development.  She is an author, speaker, and empowerment coach who motivates women to utilize their unique strengths to impact and lead others.  She has thrived in both business and non-profit leadership leadership and is a certified Maxwell Leadership Behavioral Analysis (DISC) trainer and consultant.  Her books include The Women at the Table: Ordinary Women, Ordinary Moments, Extraordinary Impact.

Learn more about Coach Carolyn's work at www.carolynawarren.com. 

This episode features Naseema McElroy, who talks to us about the courage and foresight it takes to position ourselves to live out our values without fear.

Naseema McElroy is a published author and the founder of Financially Intentional, a platform about personal finance and living life intentionally. 

She discusses how taking control of her finances has enabled her to overcome bankruptcy, divorce, and break the cycle of living paycheck to paycheck. She shares her lessons along her path to help others benefit from the freedoms of financial independence. 

Outside of encouraging people to get their financial act together, Naseema is a mother, Labor & Delivery Nurse. Though making six figures for years, she struggled with money. Finally realizing she couldn't out-earn her financial ignorance, she knew she had to make some changes.  By shifting her mindset around money, being consistent and intentional, She has paid off $1 million in debt and grew a six figure net worth in three years without living in deprivation. 

Learn more about Naseema's work at www.financiallyintentional.com.

In this inaugural episode (International Women's Day 2023), J.P. Mitchell interviews her mother.  This intergenerational discussion explores what it looked like for this Sweet Fire to foster a sense of voice and value in her daughter. The conversation also explores girlhood against the backdrop of Blackness in America.