Thrive off the Ladder

Life is filled with so many ebbs and flows. We love to look externally for the problems but often we have to do a deep dive internally to fully bounce back from our rock bottom.

Today's guest, Precious L. Williams shares her story that is part cautionary and part inspirational on how she didn't give up on herself and was able to turn years of enduring one set back after another into the best bounce back story!

About Precious:

Precious L. Williams is a 13-time national elevator pitch champion who has also successfully appeared on ABC's “Shark Tank," CNN, Wall Street Journal, Forbes and Black Enterprise Magazine. She has even slayed 2 TEDx Talks! Precious, through her pitching skills and talents, has also watched her clients win millions of dollars in pitch competition money, secure lucrative speaking and corporate training contracts, and launch their next beautiful NOW! 

About the Show:

Stories are powerful! Especially the ones we tell ourselves. Higher than This is a snack size podcast that challenges the deeply rooted narratives and limited beliefs that hold back high achieving women and continue to hinder their progress in vibrating higher in their careers and life! 

About the Host:

Twanna Toliver is an action-inducing and results-igniting Business Coach. She is dedicated in providing ambitious women currently in corporate careers with the foundational tools to turn their creativity into a profitable business.

Known for her straight-up coaching style, Twanna pushes women to breakthrough their self-limiting beliefs and shows them how to step into their seemingly impossible dreams. 

Twanna proudly stands as the quintessential accountability partner for women ready to level up their income, dive into entrepreneurism and monetize their creativity.

Change the narrative to vibrate higher! Higher than This.

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Leadership never resonates for women, more so, for women of color because it wasn't built for us.

However, it is long overdue for us to start recognizing the innate leadership traits we all have and flexing that muscle in all the space.

My guest today has done extensive work on women and leadership development and how we can overcome the limitations when it comes to taking the lead professionally.

About Dr. McKiever

Dr. Shinika McKiever is a leader, an innovative and intellectual thinker, she is a dreamer and doer, as well as a believer of the power of positivity and leading from within. Dr. McKiever is the Chief Creative Officer of The McKiever Group Creative Company. Her consulting firm provides clients with purpose-driven and creative strategies that encompass business and entrepreneurial solutions, nonprofit management planning, and talent and personal brand development. Additionally, Dr. Shinika currently works as the Director of Foundation Relations in the Division of University Advancement at her alma mater, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Prior to joining UNC-Greensboro, Shinika worked as the Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations at NC A&T State University. Shinika received a B. A. in Political Science and minor in African- American studies from the University of North Carolina—Greensboro and a Master of Public Administration from North Carolina Central University. She received her doctorate in Leadership Studies from NC A&T State University. 

Shinika’s past recognitions include: 2018 NC Central University 40 Under 40 Alumni Award, 2018 Triad Business Journal 40 Leaders Under 40, Leadership Winston-Salem Class of 2017, 2016 Triad Business Journal’s Outstanding Women in Business, 2016 Wells Fargo Piedmont Triad Chapter Volunteer of the Year, and 2015 Winston under 40 Leadership Award. She has volunteered with numerous local nonprofit organizations and served on the boards of several community nonprofits. She is also a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. Shinika enjoys spending time with her family and fur baby, writing, traveling, photography, crafting, and baking. She feels that it is important to give back, so she is also passionate about entrepreneurship, leadership, mentoring, coaching, and helping others develop their ideas and reach their potential.

About the Show:

Stories are powerful! Especially the ones we tell ourselves. Higher than This is a snack size podcast that challenges the deeply rooted narratives and limited beliefs that hold back high achieving women and continue to hinder their progress in vibrating higher in their careers and life! 

About the Host:

Twanna Toliver is an action-inducing and results-igniting Creative Business Coach. She is dedicated in providing ambitious women currently in corporate careers with the foundational tools to turn their creativity into a profitable business.

Known for her straight-up coaching style, Twanna pushes women to breakthrough their self-limiting beliefs and shows them how to step into their seemingly impossible dreams. 

Twanna proudly stands as the quintessential accountability partner for women ready to level up their income, dive into entrepreneurism and monetize their creativity.

Change the narrative to vibrate higher! Higher than This.

Learn More:

https://www.twannatoliver.com/

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The Best is Yet to Come series continues with a treat that is just perfect for my empty nesters wondering about their next move. Sometimes your next best step is to lay plans aside and take a trip outside the familiar that's exactly what my guest Tammy Darmel Moore did a couple of years ago, taking a trip to the motherland. A trip to Africa not only changed her life, but helped her build a legacy that goes far beyond herself.

About Tammy Darmel Moore:

Tammy Darmel Moore, Founder of Footprints in Africa, offers a rich history of over twenty years in Corporate America and is credited with helping enterprises flourish exponentially through her acute business acumen and strategy. Following her retirement from the corporate sector, Tammy wanted to do more to give back, and after a life-changing trip to Ethiopia, Footprints in Africa was born. Driven by her vision and compassion for humanity and fueled by her love for the African continent, Tammy dedicates a large majority of her time and energy to nurturing and building the Footprints in Africa brand. With over two decades of community service experience, Tammy is no stranger to the different layers of creating, developing, and facilitating a business, which has proven valuable for building a non-profit organization.

In addition to her work as a non-profit leader, Tammy is Principal Business Consultant with her consultancy firm, Moore and Associates. She is also the CEO and President of Chayil Enterprises LLC, a highly diversified company with entities in real estate and consumer goods and services. Chayil Enterprises LLC is the parent company of Therapeutic Touch, Moore and Associates, and Footprints in Africa.

Tammy earned a Bachelor of Liberal Arts degree in Business Administration with extensive accounting studies from Furman University. After graduation, she completed a rigorous Project Management Professional (PMP) program, at the University of South Carolina. Additionally, Tammy has two executive business certifications (Innovative Finance and Social Innovation) from the University of Cape Town, a research university in South Africa, thus earning honors recognition in both programs. She also holds several executive certifications in Intellectual Property Law (Intro to Intellectual Property, Copyright Law, Trademark Law, and Patent Law) from Pennsylvania University, and an elite business certification in Women's Entrepreneurship from Cornell.

Her influence in the business arena, and community alike, is evident with awards and recognitions like National Women History Month Spotlight, Black History Month Spotlight, and TALK

Tammy is a native of Greenville, South Carolina, where she currently resides.

To learn more about Footprints in Africa and the many ways in which you can get involved, visit

https://www.footprintsinafrica.org/ and be sure to check out Alkebulan: Footprints in Africa's

Cultural Emporium. A place where you can shop the continent of Africa, for authentic African items from anywhere in the United States.

About the Host:

Twanna Toliver is an action-inducing and results-igniting Creative Business Coach. She is dedicated in providing ambitious women currently in corporate careers with the foundational tools to turn their creativity into a profitable business.

Known for her straight-up coaching style, Twanna pushes women to breakthrough their self-limiting beliefs and shows them how to step into their seemingly impossible dreams. 

Twanna proudly stands as the quintessential accountability partner for women ready to level up their income, dive into entrepreneurism and monetize their creativity.

Change the narrative to vibrate higher! Higher than This.

Learn More:

https://www.twannatoliver.com/

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When we think of starting something new and going in another direction in our professional life we often hesitate because we think about all the work already done in our current career. Well, today's episode with, Alliah L. Agostini reminds us that nothing is wasted and that when you do a new thing it starts with repurposing all the gifts and talent you already have!

Alliah went from Harvard Business Grad working in marketing for some of the world's well known brands to a published children's author. She didn't just pivot she did a complete 360 in her career and is loving every moment of it!

About Alliah L. Agostini:

Buffalo, NY native Alliah L. Agostini has marketed everything from tampons to scrappy start-ups, but motherhood helped her return to her first love: children's literature. She writes to spread joy, truth, and to help more children see themselves reflected on the page.

Alliah is a member of KidLit in Color, Black Creators HQ, the Picture Book Sunrays, and SCBWI. She has been a guest on a number of podcasts, and has also been featured on CNN and in the Washington Post. Ms. Agostini resides in New Jersey where she enjoys impromptu dance parties, fossil hunting, and making up corny jokes with her husband and two children. She has an A.B. and an M.B.A. from Harvard.

Purchase: The Juneteenth Story: Celebrating the End of Slavery in the United States

Learn more about Alliah: https://www.alliahagostini.com/

About the Show:

Stories are powerful! Especially the ones we tell ourselves. Higher than This is a snack size podcast that challenges the deeply rooted narratives and limited beliefs that hold back high achieving women and continue to hinder their progress in vibrating higher in their careers and life! 

About the Host:

Twanna Toliver is an action-inducing and results-igniting Creative Business Coach. She is dedicated in providing ambitious women currently in corporate careers with the foundational tools to turn their creativity into a profitable business.

Known for her straight-up coaching style, Twanna pushes women to breakthrough their self-limiting beliefs and shows them how to step into their seemingly impossible dreams. 

Twanna proudly stands as the quintessential accountability partner for women ready to level up their income, dive into entrepreneurism and monetize their creativity.

Change the narrative to vibrate higher! Higher than This.

Learn More:

https://www.twannatoliver.com/

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How do you recapture the vision you once had for you life before life got in the way? In today's episode Award Winning Speaker, Regina Robinson gives us the practical ways to overcome self-doubt and navigate the emotional turmoil that comes with major life shifts!

About My Guest: Regina Robinson is an Award Winning Global Speaker, Best Selling Author & Publisher, Inner Confidence Strategist and Champion of the Movement Unstoppable Woman On The Move. She is widely known for engaging, motivating, and equipping women with the tools to unlock their inner confidence and become Unstoppable Women. She is also respected for inspiring her audience through laughter and practical principles that empower women to take immediate action in their lives, businesses, and careers.

Follow & Connect: https://www.instagram.com/reginarobinsonspeaks/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/reginarobinsonspeaks/

2022 Unstoppable Woman Retreat: https://reginarobinsonspeaks.com/

About the Show:

Stories are powerful! Especially the ones we tell ourselves. Higher than This is a snack size podcast that challenges the deeply rooted narratives and limited beliefs that hold back high achieving women and continue to hinder their progress in vibrating higher and having a business of their dreams!

About the Host:

Twanna Toliver is an action-inducing and results-igniting Creative Business Coach. She is dedicated in providing ambitious women currently in corporate careers with the foundational tools to turn their creativity into a profitable business.

Known for her straight-up coaching style, Twanna pushes women to breakthrough their self-limiting beliefs and shows them how to step into their seemingly impossible dreams. 

Twanna proudly stands as the quintessential accountability partner for women ready to level up their income, dive into entrepreneurism and monetize their creativity.

Learn More:

https://www.twannatoliver.com/

Speaking & Advertising Inquiries

c[email protected]

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Work as we know it has changed and for the better! The rules of what is professional along with the steps to reinvent your career have finally caught up to the 21st century... but as women in the game for some time have we?

In this episode I interview Toya Gavin as we explore what is holding many mid-career women back from making bold career moves.

About My Guest - Toya Gavin is an attorney, coach, and founder of two coaching companies —Woke Up Worthy and Legally Bold. At Woke Up Worthy, Toya helps women of color confront internalized oppression so they go from chasing someone else dream to living their own. And at Legally Bold, Toya has been helping women in the law find better-fit jobs since 2018. Toya holds a Juris Doctorate from the George Washington University Law School and a bachelor of science in Industrial Engineering from Rutgers University.

Follow & Connect with Toya: https://www.instagram.com/iamtoyagavin/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/toyagavinlaw/

About the Show:

Stories are powerful! Especially the ones we tell ourselves. Higher than This is a snack size podcast that challenges the deeply rooted narratives and limited beliefs that hold back high achieving women and continue to hinder their progress in vibrating higher in their careers and life! 

About the Host:

Twanna Toliver is an action-inducing and results-igniting Creative Business Coach. She is dedicated in providing ambitious women currently in corporate careers with the foundational tools to turn their creativity into a profitable business.

Known for her straight-up coaching style, Twanna pushes women to breakthrough their self-limiting beliefs and shows them how to step into their seemingly impossible dreams. 

Twanna proudly stands as the quintessential accountability partner for women ready to level up their income, dive into entrepreneurism and monetize their creativity.

Change the narrative to vibrate higher! Higher than This.

Learn More:

https://www.twannatoliver.com/

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The theme this season is the best is yet to come!

I'm eager to share the stories from some awe-inspiring women who have made the declaration that their best years are not behind them, but as the pages turn on the calendar and the minutes keep ticking life for them is only getting better. 

Their stories of reinvention, restoration and redirection prove that living your best life is always age appropriate.

In this intro episode I discuss:

• Why women with lived experiences find it harder to move into their next best season.
• Why this is the moment to start something new in our careers.
• The strategies or steps to take to prepare and usher you in to your next best season.

So start your summer Fridays with an inspirational booster!

About the Show:

Stories are powerful! Especially the ones we tell ourselves. Higher than This is a snack size podcast that challenges the deeply rooted narratives and limited beliefs that hold back high achieving women and continue to hinder their progress in vibrating higher in their careers and life! 

About the Host:

Twanna Toliver is an action-inducing and results-igniting Creative Business Coach. She is dedicated in providing ambitious women currently in corporate careers with the foundational tools to turn their creativity into a profitable business.

Known for her straight-up coaching style, Twanna pushes women to breakthrough their self-limiting beliefs and shows them how to step into their seemingly impossible dreams. 

Twanna proudly stands as the quintessential accountability partner for women ready to level up their income, dive into entrepreneurism and monetize their creativity.

Change the narrative to vibrate higher! Higher than This.

Learn More:

https://www.twannatoliver.com/

Speaking & Advertising Inquiries

[email protected]

Hang out with me on social media

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twannatoliver/

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Thank you for tuning into the Beauty of it All week! If you were wondering what it would be like to work with a dedicated business coach then you are in for a treat. I'm ended this series with a live testimonial from my first product based coaching client. Angel Santiago's story mirrors many of the women that listen to the Higher Than This podcast. A busy mom with a creative gift that she's couldn't wait to unleash.

Tune in to found out how she turned a hobby with her daughter to a thriving business that allows her to spend time with her daughter.

Angel's custom fashion can be find via her online boutique: https://tutufabulous.com/ and her Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TuTuFabulousLLC

Make sure to get on the waitlist for the $0 to Indie Beauty Brand private coaching program. I will be scheduling calls next week to answer all your questions.

https://www.shecreatescollective.com/indiebeautybrand

Creating a signature or hero product is a powerful strategy to enter the beauty market. Focusing your efforts to maximizing your efforts. In this episode I make the case for launching with one signature product. Using my experience launching with multiple products as a cautionary story to avoid.

If you need help with narrowing your focus and product ideation you can work with me exclusively to make sure you are set up for success!

Get on the waitlist for the $0 to Indie Beauty Brand coaching program, launching this month.

Sign up here: https://www.shecreatescollective.com/indiebeautybrand

Building a cult product and or brand happens organically but with intention. In this episode I discuss the three steps to getting to cult brand status.

Of course, you don't have to do this alone. Get on the waitlist for my $0 to Indie Beauty Brand coaching program. This is a 12 week private 1:1 program for aspiring beauty founders.

Sign up here: https://www.shecreatescollective.com/indiebeautybrand