Women of Color An Intimate Conversation

This week on Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation, host Deneen L. Garrett opens October's Reclamation Series with Audrey Davis-Dunning, founder of Get Your Goddess. Audrey shares how she combined African dance and personal development into a movement helping women reclaim their power, their joy, and the space they were always meant to hold.

From redefining what it means to be a goddess to learning to love your body for what it can do, this conversation explores movement, music, and mantras as tools for empowerment; why showing up in the picture matters for your personal history; the Junior Goddess program for young women; and the one-word answer to reclaiming your life: decide.

In This Episode

• Why "goddess" is a big, juicy word that interrupts the "not enough" pattern
• How African dance teaches you to appreciate your body for what it can do, not how it looks
• Combining African dance and personal development: holding space, taking center, and advocating for yourself
• The Junior Goddess program and helping young women walk in their power early
• Why every time you're not in the picture, you erase your personal history
• Movement, music, and mantras, and the one thing to do today to reclaim your joy: decide

Connect with Audrey

• Website: getyourgoddess.com
• Free monthly African Joy dance class: every 17th, 7:30–8:30 PM ET, sign up at getyourgoddess.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getyourgoddess/
• Guest Profile: https://www.womenofcoloranintimateconversation.com/guests/audrey-davis-dunning/

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The Reclamation Series: Reclaim Your Voice, Own Your Power

Live Thursdays at 1PM ET on YouTube and LinkedIn.

• Oct 15 — Audrey Davis-Dunning: Get Your Goddess: Reclaiming Your Power (this episode)
• Oct 22 — Suprit Gupta: Breaking Brown, Becoming Bold
• Oct 29 — Maya Dajon: The Wholeness Beneath the Healing
• Nov 5 — Eva Kennedy: Remember Who You Are
• Nov 12 — Barron Witherspoon: The Black Exec & the Seven Myths
• Nov 19 — Joyel Crawford: Show Your Ask: The Cost of Staying Quiet
• Returning January 7, 2027

What does it look like to release your art directly to the people who love it — no label, no gatekeeper, no middleman? In the concluding episode of the She Who Mothers: Redefining Legacy, Love & Lineage series, host Deneen L. Garrett reconnects with RIMIDI, M.Ed. — Miami-born independent recording artist, founder of Noom Recordings, and CEO of GEM CULTURE™ — for a conversation on ownership, sacred impact, and blooming on your own timeline.

RIMIDI recently released her latest project, JUNO: THE LATE BLOOMER, direct to fans via Bandcamp — a deliberate move away from streaming platforms that leave independent artists with pennies on the dollar. From building her own infrastructure as a label owner to raising her daughters into the mission behind GEM CULTURE™, this conversation traces what it means to mother a legacy fully and unapologetically, on your own terms.

In This Episode

• Why RIMIDI bypassed streaming and released JUNO: THE LATE BLOOMER direct to fans via Bandcamp
• What true ownership requires — ISRC codes, copyright registration, and building a sustainable artist infrastructure
• The birth of GEM CULTURE™ and how motherhood shaped RIMIDI's work with young people
• Blooming late as an advantage — starting over "from experience," not from scratch
• Building the right team and community instead of going it alone
• Giving yourself permission to do what terrifies you, without waiting for validation

Connect with RIMIDI, M.Ed. Guest Profile: womenofcoloranintimateconversation.com/guests/rimidi Organization: NOOM Recordings / GEM CULTURE™ Full Episode Notes: womenofcoloranintimateconversation.com/owning-your-story

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What happens when a child grows up carrying grief she has no language for — and discovers at age 12 that she can read minds? In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, host Deneen L. Garrett sits down with Rima Desai — transformational life coach, spiritual healer, and Masters-trained counseling psychologist — to trace her story back to its beginning. Born in Mumbai, India, Rima lost her mother at age 6, growing up in a home heavy with silence and a culture where grief and emotion had no framework for being spoken aloud.

Rima shares how she spent years functioning alongside her pain rather than through it, even as an unexpected spiritual gift emerged: by age 12 she was reading minds and predicting events, and by her early twenties — deep into a Master's program in Psychology — she still couldn't complete the sentence "I feel." The conversation follows the divine redirects that eventually led her to a small countryside city in Tanzania, East Africa, a place she had dreamed of since childhood, and the moment her daughter's soul called her away from it.

In This Episode

• The Weight of Silent Grief — losing a parent in a culture with no framework for emotional processing
• The Gift of Intuition — how Rima's spiritual gifts emerged as companionship in her loneliest years
• Destiny in Tanzania — the unexpected journey that took her to the land she'd watched on cassette tapes as a child
• The Power of Surrender — learning to trust a divine plan when your own plans disappear without a trace
• Why Part 1 is the story and Part 2 is the work — both parts you'll want to hear

Connect with Rima Desai

Transformational Life Coach | Spiritual Healer | Counseling Psychologist

Guest Profile: womenofcoloranintimateconversation.com/guests/rima-desai

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Corporate leadership, faith, and cultural identity don't have to compete for space — they can be the same foundation. In this episode of Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation, host Deneen L. Garrett sits down with Violette Omotosho, a Senior Relationship Manager, Pastoral Leader, speaker, and writer with over 15 years of experience navigating faith and leadership in the financial and insurance industries.

Violette shares how showing up as her full, authentic self — rather than code-switching or compartmentalizing — has shaped her influence at work, in her faith community, and at home. The conversation explores what it means to lead without shrinking, why compartmentalizing creates its own exhaustion, and how building influence and cultural identity can coexist with corporate excellence.

In This Episode

• Leading with faith and cultural identity in corporate spaces
• Why compartmentalizing yourself creates its own kind of exhaustion
• How to build influence without compromising who you are
• Navigating global citizenship, heritage, and identity across Sweden, Uganda, and Canada
• What it means to mother a legacy that extends beyond your career
• Giving yourself — and your family — permission to think bigger

Connect with Violette Omotosho

Guest Profile: womenofcoloranintimateconversation.com/guests/violette-omotosho

Organization: Financial Services / Pastoral Leadership

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Produced by: The Leon Thomas Group

Host: Deneen L. Garrett, Cultural Alchemist & Media Architect, Creator & Host, Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation

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Six Months, One Mission: What We Built Together + The Legacy of Our Children

Oryne Stewart Sr., producer from The Leon Thomas Group, joins Deneen L. Garrett to close out the first six months of WOC Live — freestyling through the season, unscripted, Mr. Rogers-style, as guests from the WOC Live neighborhood popped in throughout the hour.

Deneen and Oryne reflect on what WOC Live set out to build back in March versus what it's become, then shift into an unplanned but overdue conversation about parenting — sparked by May guest Violette Omotosho — digging into entitlement, financial literacy in the Apple Pay generation, access versus earning, and why letting kids fail is a form of love. Along the way, five past guests surprise-joined the live show: Santana Inniss (calling in from Portugal), Dr. Connie Y. Bell, Nicole Seabrooks (mid-celebration for her twins' 17th birthday), Tanya Spencer (calling in from Copenhagen), and RIMIDI (mid-relocation on a Miami Dade College campus).

In This Episode

• Six months, one mission: what WOC Live set out to build vs. what it became
• Parenting in the entitlement era — money, access, and the generational pendulum
• Why cash (not Apple Pay) teaches kids the real value of a dollar
• Letting kids fail forward — from Richard Branson's forest test to "become a resource, not the source"
• Five past guests surprise-join live, calling in from Portugal, Copenhagen, and a college campus mid-move
• A tease: something big is coming for WOC Live before the next season

Guests Who Joined Live

• Santana Inniss — Founder & Executive Director, The Glow Initiative (Glowi) | glowi.org | Guest Profile
• Dr. Connie Y. Bell — Transformation & Operations Executive; Founder, Beyond the Bell Collective™ | Guest Profile | LinkedIn | Instagram: @divamom2u
• Nicole Seabrooks | Guest Profile
• Tanya Spencer — Speaker, Bad-Asshery | Guest Profile | fckbeingstuck.com | YouTube: @fckbeingstuckcoaching
• RIMIDI | Guest Profile

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September episodes are TBTs.

Rachel Pierre, Founder and CEO of Parlez!, joins Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation to unpack executive French fluency, accent bias, and code-switching — and how she left a 15-year FinTech career to build a business the market didn't know it needed.

Rachel shares how leaving computer engineering and FinTech became the doorway to purpose, why cultural fluency — not just grammar — is what unlocks trust and insider access in French-speaking boardrooms across France, Monaco, and Francophone markets, and how she trains executives to think and operate in French without the exhaustion of translating in their heads.

In This Episode

• Leaving a 15-year computer engineering and FinTech career to build Parlez!
• Accent bias and pronunciation gatekeeping in hiring and corporate settings
• Code-switching exhaustion — and how true bilingualism removes it
• Training your brain to operate fully in a second language
• What insider access and cultural fluency unlock in high-stakes negotiations
• Trusting your gut and knowing when it's time to leave the corporate table

Connect with Rachel Pierre

• Website: parlezmethod.com
• Instagram: @rachelsfrenchmethod
• YouTube: @Parlez90Days
• Guest Profile: womenofcoloranintimateconversation.com/guests/rachel-pierre

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Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation is a Top 20 Women's Empowerment Podcast, ranked in the Top 5% of 4M+ podcasts worldwide, with 200+ episodes and counting.

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Host: Deneen L. Garrett is a Cultural Alchemist and Media Architect helping Black women 50+ dream boldly, decide intentionally, and drive their vision. Catch WOC Live every Thursday at 1PM ET on YouTube @DeneenLGarrett. Learn more at deneenlgarrett.com.

WOC Live | August 2026 — The Legacy Series: Lead. Transform. Leave a Mark.

📅 August 6 — Isimemen Aladejobi 📅 August 13 — TBT/Replay: Dontae T. Muse (Ep. 189) 📅 August 20 — Rachel Pierre 📅 August 27 — Season Finale

In this powerful conversation, Cultural Producer and Artrepreneur Dontae T. Muse joins Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation to explore his journey through creativity, community, and legacy-building in Black art.

Dontae shares how getting fired became his catalyst for stepping into purpose, how he built Above Art Studios into a cultural home for creatives, why documenting knowledge became part of his mission, and how he is shaping the future through his roles at the Harlem Fine Arts Show and Newark Symphony Hall.

This episode dives deep into self-trust, creative reinvention, community leadership, impact, and legacy — all themes resonating with the Dream Lifestyle™️ Collective, your sanctuary for Black women 50+ designing bold next chapters.

🔥 Key Topics We Cover

• Dontae's origin story: choosing himself, trusting his gifts, and walking away from "stable" careers
• The early days of Above Art Studios and how he built legitimacy and community from scratch
• What he learned about legacy, consistency, and creating opportunities for others
• Why he writes, how he educates emerging artrepreneurs, and the myths that still hold artists back
• Inside the Harlem Fine Arts Show — the largest and longest-running diaspora-focused art show in North America
• The Centennial Program at Newark Symphony Hall and preserving 100 years of Black cultural history
• The future of Black art entrepreneurship — and how creatives can adapt
• Wisdom for Black women 50+ reclaiming their creativity, power, and purpose
• What legacy means to him and what he hopes listeners take away

🎧 Listen If You're Interested In…

• Black art ecosystems
• Building legacy through creativity
• Leaving traditional careers for purpose-driven work
• Artrepreneurship, cultural leadership, and community impact
• Reinvention after 50
• Stories of resilience, self-belief, and intentional design

💬 Memorable Quotes "I wanted to create opportunities for other people — that's legacy." "Whatever I've been able to do, a Black woman can do three times over." "Say yes — and figure the rest out later." "There's always a way to use your strengths and your perceived weaknesses." "Legacy is how people remember the way you touched their lives."

🌟 About Dontae T. Muse Dontae is a Cultural Producer, Artrepreneur, and best-selling author whose work sits at the intersection of art, culture, and community.

• Former Owner, Above Art Studios
• Co-Founder, HEArt Festival
• Director of Artist Relations, Harlem Fine Arts Show
• Centennial Program Manager, Newark Symphony Hall
• Author of best-selling guides supporting emerging artrepreneurs

He is a creative force shaping the future of Black cultural expression and creative entrepreneurship.

📍 Connect with Dontae

• Instagram: @iamdmuse
• YouTube: youtube.com/@iamdmuse
• LinkedIn: Dontae T. Muse, MPA

💫 Connect with Deneen If you're a Black woman 50+ ready to reclaim your creativity, joy, and reinvention, explore the Dream Lifestyle™️ Collective — a sanctuary to Dream, Design & Drive™ your next bold chapter. 👉 deneenlgarrett.com

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WOC Live | August 2026 — The Legacy Series: Lead. Transform. Leave a Mark.

📅 August 6 — Isimemen Aladejobi 📅 August 13 — TBT/Replay: Dontae T. Muse (Ep. 189) 📅 August 20 — Rachel Pierre 📅 August 27 — Season Finale

What if the roadmap you needed never existed—because you were meant to build it yourself?

In this episode, host Deneen L. Garrett sits down with Isimemen "Isi" Aladejobi—CEO & Founder of Fulfilled, a transformational coaching program that has helped clients land six-figure offers, double promotions, and $100K salary increases, generating over $7 million in new salaries collectively. This conversation opens the Legacy Series with Isi's story of walking away from a life planned for her, building the table no one else was setting, and helping hundreds of Black women and women of color do the same.

This episode is for the woman who feels stuck, undervalued, and like the roadmap doesn't exist for her—and is finally ready to build it.

Connect with Isimemen Aladejobi CEO & Founder, Fulfilled | Career & Business Growth Strategist

• Guest Profile
• isimemen.com
• Instagram: @isimemen
• YouTube: @IsimemenA
• LinkedIn: Isimemen Aladejobi

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WOC Live | August 2026 — The Legacy Series: Lead. Transform. Leave a Mark.

📅 August 6 — Isimemen Aladejobi 📅 August 13 — Trudi Morrison 📅 August 20 — Rachel Pierre 📅 August 27 — Season Finale

What if the roadmap you needed never existed — not because you weren't ready, but because you were meant to build it?

In this episode, host Deneen L. Garrett sits down with Isimemen "Isi" Aladejobi—Founder and CEO of Fulfilled, a transformational coaching program that has helped hundreds of Black women and Women of Color land dream roles, multiply their income, and step into lives that finally feel like theirs. A 2024 Aspen Ideas Festival Fellow, Isi has helped her clients secure multiple job offers, six-figure offers after years of unemployment, double promotions, and $100K salary increases — generating over $7 million in new salaries collectively. This conversation opens the Legacy Series with a deep, honest look at identity, faith, mindset, and what it truly means to build a seat at a table that was never built for you.

This episode is for the woman who feels stuck, undervalued, and like no one ever handed her a roadmap — and who's ready to build one herself.

Connect with Isimemen Aladejobi Founder & CEO, Fulfilled | Career & Business Growth Strategist Guest Profile isimemen.com Instagram: @isimemen YouTube: @IsimemenA LinkedIn: Isimemen Aladejobi

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WOC Live | August 2026 — The Legacy Series: Lead. Transform. Leave a Mark.

📅 August 6 — Isimemen Aladejobi: Build the Table 📅 August 13 — Trudi Morrison 📅 August 20 — Rachel Pierre 📅 August 27 — Season Finale, with Oryn Stewart as co-conversationalist

Presence isn't just what you carry into a room — it's what you build in a community, and what you leave behind. That's legacy.

In this episode, host Deneen L. Garrett sits down with Dr. Dominica McBride—community psychologist, founder of Become, champion of culturally responsive evaluation, and author of Becoming Changemakers, who has spent over a decade building the capacity of communities across Arizona, Chicago, and Tanzania to create the reality they desire and deserve.

This conversation is for the woman ready to move from commanding her own room to building the kind of community power that outlasts her — and who needs the reminder that rest isn't a luxury, it's resistance.

Connect with Dr. Dominica McBride

• Become (donate/support the work)
• Become Center
• Instagram: @becomingwithdrdominica
• Email: [email protected]

Episode mentioned: Becoming Changemakers

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Host: Deneen L. Garrett is a Cultural Alchemist and Media Architect building rooms for women of color — and specifically Black women 50+ — to dream boldly, decide intentionally, and drive their vision.

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WOC Live | July 2026 — The Presence Series: Command the Room, Own the Narrative

📅 July 2 — Demarra West 📅 July 9 — Danielle Desir Corbett 📅 July 16 — Nicole Seabrooks 📅 July 30 — Dr. Dominica McBride (series finale)