Who Does She Think She Is with Stephanie Llewellyn

This week I'm joined by the one and only, Maria Cribbs and I'm warning you, this episode might make you a little uncomfortable - Maria and I were literally sweating through our shirts by the end but she and I have very similar views on speaking up and having the hard conversations. From the Rachel Hollis Controversy and racial climate in our country, how we, as white women can help amplify black voices to her marriage with her husband, former Cleveland Browns Wide Receiver, Josh Cribbs, their family, their daytime TV show 'Cribbs in the CLE', following your passion, staying humble and so much more!

As we were growing up, how many of us looked for external circumstances to provide us with happiness and fulfillment, all while feeling more alone and clueless than ever. What does it really take to identify the root cause of our habits and fears that hinder our success and happiness? How do we navigate the healing process and do we have to do it alone? This week I’m joined by Angela, founder and owner of The Focus Within. She tells us how she created a company designed to help others walk through the same pain and healing that she has walked through, simply by looking within herself.

In this episode we get an unfiltered behind the scenes look at what it was really like being a contestant on the ABC show, The Bachelor ... being "crowned" the winner and then cast as The Bachelorette a year later. Was it as glamorous and as exciting as they made it look on TV or were we actually witnessing a group of women, and men, being thrust into a traumatic experience where they had zero control of the narrative that was being created by the producers and fed to us every Monday night and then reinforced through the media. Jen Schefft Waterman is so genuine and one of the nicest humans I have ever met, yet, she was all but blacklisted by the media because of a Bachelor "upset" when she decided to end her season the way she did. Tune in to hear the answers to all of the questions you've asked from your couch while watching the show, I know I will never look at it the same way and I know most of you won't either.

Setting goals, and sticking to them, can be difficult for so many people. We rely on motivation and a myriad of external sources to dictate whether we are happy, successful, fulfilled... and the list goes on.

In this Episode I’m joined by Chris VanVliet, a 4 time Emmy winning TV Host, Viral YouTuber, Entrepreneur and Host of the “Insight” Podcast. Chris has a passion for setting specific goals in every area of his life and his dedication to having a huge vision for his life is inspiring to say the least. Join us to talk shifting your mindset, growing your vision and what happens when you stop waiting and start doing.

We are always talking about change when it is out of our control... but what about the change we bring on ourselves? Have you ever had to make a decision or a choice that had the potential to change the trajectory of your whole life? What happens after the choice is made? There is an unspoken grieving process, a weight we carry, an uncertain feeling that comes in waves and leaves us wondering if we made the right choice, when we are the one who brought this on ourselves. In this episode, I'm sharing some of my most vulnerable stories about moments and seasons of my life where I had to deal with the ripple effect brought on by my own choices, the process I had to go through to get to the other side, and why you should feel confident to create changes in your life without fearing the unknown.

Change is inevitable...some of us love it, some hate it, but either way we all need to figure out how to get through it. In this episode I’m joined by my friend Peg Tipka who is a PCC (professional clinical counselor), certified hypno-analyst and registered art therapist. We talk through the importance of honoring our past selves, how to find your footing as you transition out of a relationship, job or traumatic experience, and finding comfort in knowing that you aren’t the only one who feels like you are the only one.

Almost everyone deals with being made to feel small or insignificant at some point in their lives... but as women we deal with it in some capacity almost on a daily basis. But what if you are experiencing it in a romantic relationship? In this episode, I'm answering a question someone in my community sent me last year about commanding respect and finding your inner voice as a young woman. Is it really about finding your inner voice and standing your ground? Or is this where we, as women, need to decide if it's even worth the fight.

In the name of not letting other people down, so many of us have gone down paths in our lives that we were never meant to take. But we all know you can only fake it for so long. In this episode I am joined by my friend, and fellow free spirit entrepreneur, Mary Laske Bell who has an incredible story with a message we all need to hear. We are all born with unique talents and interests... and sometimes they can go unnoticed, unappreciated or untapped... but maybe that's because, this whole time, you have been performing in the wrong arena. Let this be your permission slip to let go of dreams that were never really yours to begin with... and walk towards what sets your soul on fire.

At some point in our lives, most of us have to hustle in some way or another. As kids we hustle for superficial things, and the older we get the less it feels like “the hustle” and the more it just feels like “the struggle”. We create habits and get stuck in cycles that feel comfortable but constantly work against us, and for a lot of us we feel like there’s no way we can do better if we’ve never seen better first hand. But that’s not true, and in this episode, I share my personal experience with one of the lowest points of my life and the road to creating a new chapter for myself - and finding what I’d been “hustling” to find all along.  --

In this episode I am joined by two of my most hilarious and dearest friends, Ronda and Jazmine, who are both over 30 and navigating single life, dating, and writing a great story along the way. I really wanted to take a deep dive into the non-conventional side of Valentines Day and love, what it's like dating in 2021, and what we should really be searching for outside of our soulmates. I chose these two as my first guests on the show for a reason, they keep me laughing and really give great perspective on, not only this topic, but also how unique the dating experience is being two beautiful and strong black women compared to my personal experiences. This one will make you want to call your girlfriends and tell them how grateful you are for them - or if you're in a relationship you will feel grateful you're not swimming in the shallow dating pool we are currently wading in!