Wealth Empowerment State of Mind

Linda welcomes Emily Lassiter and Lauren Pearson to WE State of Mind. Emily and Lauren are empowering women through education and consulting that is expanding their financial awareness. They encourage women to find the "purpose" of their financial plans and how it can help keep them on their path to Wealth Empowerment.

"You do not have to stay where you are."

https://www.somersetadvisory.com/ 

https://www.wealthedit.com/ 

Linda welcomes Heather Weatherspoon to the show. They discuss her entrepreneurial journey that began with fulfilling a sense of purpose in helping people. From the pharmacy realm to the world of aesthetics, Heather tells us how she learned from her experiences and built on her knowledge and confidence within herself.

"If I'm not serious about my business, no one will be serious about my business."

-Heather Weatherspoon

https://exquisitelengthsbb.now.site/home

https://www.facebook.com/ExquisiteLengthsBB

https://www.instagram.com/TheLadyBrazilianaire/  

Linda sits down with Lauren Chitwood, Co-Founder of Spiritless. Lauren tells her story of growing a hugely successful event planning business that wound up presenting a unique problem within it that was the spark for her next business venture, Spiritless. Lauren highlights the satisfaction the event business brought when wrapping up the final product, and beginning Spiritless with humble experimentation to eventually develop a sophisticated process of making a non-alcoholic spirit.

"You have to be comfortable with having uncomfortable conversations to do well."

-Lauren Chitwood

https://spiritless.com/ 

Linda sits down with Kiley Peters, Founder of Brain Child Studios. Kiley shares her background in and love of improv, and the transformative experiences that pushed her to pursue her entrepreneurial passions in the realm of Digital Marketing. She explains the importance of being versatile, using the improv dialogue staple, "yes, and..." to take advantage of opportunities and leverage them moving forward.

"It takes opening the doors to find the opportunity."

-Kiley Peters

https://kileypeters.com/ 

https://brainchildstudios.com/ 

Linda Ruffenach sits down with Barbara Armand-Kushner. Barbara shares how her father helped her embrace and harness her mind for math and science, and use her strengths to leverage the life she wanted for herself. She also discusses a major intermal change that she felt compelled to foster and how the external world around her followed suit; in turn generating the wealth and respect that she had rightfully earned.

"Don't be afraid to get in the fast lane and keep driving."

-Barbara Armand-Kushner

https://armandcorp.com/ 

Linda Ruffenach sits down with Alycia Levels-Moore. A born singer, now from gospel to opera, Alycia is also a creative problem solver within her business, ASL Creative Strategies, supporting the creation of black-owned businesses and making strides toward eliminating the racial wealth gap. She "lives to inspire" and is driven to help people discover their talents and crack open their potential so they may pursue their dreams in entrepreneurship or wherever they may lie.

"Don't try to fit in. Learn how to stand out!"

-Alycia Levels-Moore

Find Alycia on LinkedIn and Instagram, or visit her website:

https://www.alycialevels.com/ 

Linda Ruffenach sits down with Cara Silletto, President and Chief Retention Officer of Magnet Culture. Cara touches on the importance of listening for unique problems in different markets and finding solutions. She shares how she plans for growth and the compromises worth taking to hit your goals; as well as how setting criteria to keep your business in its lane, is ultimately going to increase profitability and productivity.

"Don't be afraid to sell it then build it."

-Cara Silletto

@magnetculture on FB & LinkedIn

https://www.magnetculture.com/ 

https://www.execuity.com/ 

Linda Ruffenach sits down with Timalyn Bowens, Owner and Operator of Bowens Tax & Bookkeeping. With her experience as an Enrolled Agent, licensed through the IRS, Bowan shares her beliefs in preventative measures and strategic tax and budget planning to achieve profitability. She's recently launched a YouTube channel to further engage small business owners with sound tax advice.

"You don't need to be perfect. Just fail forward and keep going."

-Timalyn Bowens

https://www.bowenstaxsolutions.com/home

Find Timalyn Bowens on FB & LinkedIn

https://www.execuity.com/  

Linda Ruffenach sits down with Lisa Wicker, President & Head Distiller at Widow Jane Distillery. Lisa shares what she believes is true wealth, shelter, food, family, and friends. Being poised for growth and navigating Covid, Lisa and Widow Jane have also managed to help raise money for the United States Bartenders Guild and Children of Restaurant Employees. Being raised to let common sense guide her, Lisa has passed on to her children how to be "self-sufficient with or without money."

"Don't be so hard on yourself. Take that energy and turn it into something positive."

-Lisa Wicker

@widowjane on FB a nd Instagram 

https://widowjane.com/  

https://www.execuity.com/  

https://www.usbg.org/home 

https://coregives.org/ 

Linda Ruffenach sits down with Samara Davis of Black Bourbon Society. They discuss overcoming obstacles in order to sustain a successful business and build wealth while finding balance in life. Davis has been featured in The New York Times and Forbes and has been making a tremendous effort toward diversity and inclusion in the spirits industry and the workforce in general.

"Instead of playing it safe, be bold, and say this is what I'm going to do."

-SD

https://www.blackbourbonsociety.com/ 

https://www.samarabdavis.com/ 

https://www.instagram.com/sammybeedavis/ 

https://www.execuity.com/