You Should Write A Book About That™

Jamice Oxley debunks the theory that you can’t have it all in motherhood. She breaks down how women can be victims to information that isn’t personal to them. The antidote was to lean on her values and to dispel the fear of being judged for having a family, husband and a highly respected position in a top LA entertainment law firm representing clients such as Facebook. From there, she was free to lean on her brain and instincts to be a fierce advocate for her creative clients. She talks about negotiation, the conundrum of power and powerlessness, and has a book of her own in the works.

How do you feel when someone says “You are beautiful.” Do you believe them? Ann Andrews helps women reframe how they look at their own beauty and reclaim their image from the distorted demands of our culture. She speaks candidly about acting out as a teen with cutting and how that helped her initially connect to women feeling so uncomfortable with how they look and feel about themselves. She has a unique way of using word association to connect you to your body. Listen and see what words resonate with you.

Board Certified Holistic Health Coach Jill Anenberg Lawrence is all about eating so you don’t wake up with a sugar hangover. She makes wellness fun by sprinkling her how-to videos and workshops with dirty humor. I appreciate her ballsy Italian approach to life and her chemical-free house mantras. She packs great tips into our time together that may not make you look as hot as she does, but at least feel like you are. She swore so much in this episode we had to make it explicit.

It’s a scary time to be Chinese American in America with COVID 19… but this isn’t Stephanie’s first experience with racism. She wanted to write a book 30 years ago about the hidden intersections of Asian American and African American communities in the US. Stephanie is open about growing up in a verbally violent home in Philly with a father who came from a war-torn country. She knew as a young girl she would align with people who felt marginalized, afraid but overcame. A social justice advocate, and beautiful essayist, she refers to herself as a courageous “chicken.” I think she is… an eagle.

Not many people can say they have interned at a maximum-security men's prison as an Art Therapist. Amanda started the program with one courageous inmate and it catapulted to three dozen! She leaned on her Quaker upbringing for the foundation of service. She is certified as a Police Officer and worked in both the public and private sectors of law enforcement until significant personal setbacks found her in Texas, then Chicago, and today working two jobs as an independent woman standing on her own two feet.

Long friendships are golden. To have someone know you, and not judge you through decades of crazy decisions, wild times, sadness, is priceless. Today on the show I honor the value of long friendships by having a heart to heart with my best friend of thirty-years Ariel Doggett from my old Boston stomping ground. Her resilience and tenacity through an infant almost dying, coming to terms with her true sexual orientation, and fighting for her house has been an inspiration for me. We stayed connected all these years, despite some times only communicating through epic voice mail messages. Any minute, of any hour, there is no censoring within these kinds of friendships. Do you have someone like this in your life?

Trendsetting Stylist and personal shopper DeAnna DuPree has not taken a linear path to step into her professional power.

It took women literally wanting to buy the shoes off her feet for her to understand she has a flair for not just style, but helping women step into their true selves. Through divine intervention and her own transformation into womanhood, she preaches you can change your whole life and business by the way you dress.

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Ryan Farley became a TV writer in Hollywood after leaving the Detroit fire academy at 18 and heading across the country to LA. Graduating from USC Film School, he had the opportunity to work on the CBS hit show Cold Case as a researcher. Ryan writes every day, and does not like the term “writer’s block.” He says you have to be willing to write even if all ten of your ideas suck. Especially when turning in a script on a network deadline… there is no time to think twice about whether your work is good or not. He has put in his time in this business and continues to never question his love for what he does, which keeps him in the game.

Through enormous sacrifice and hard work, Charlotte, North Carolina born and raised Dr. Felice Carlton developed a champion mindset.

She saw through dealing with adversity that it can be an accelerator instead of an oppressor. Even in the moments when she was studying 90 hours a week, gaining weight, losing hair and living with her parents, she persevered to achieve the career and outlook on health she has today.

She has worked in numerous health environments and found that listening to people’s stories, offering compassion, helped them to want to get healthier and have better lives.  She can be found at doctorfelice.com. 

Britton Derby was a bellman at the W in Los Angeles at 62 when he realized it wasn’t too late to become a licensed marriage and family therapist specializing in trauma and addiction. Britton says, if you are one of those people who think life is over at 28, think again. He has led a textured life leading up to his ability to really listen to people, including work as a limo driver for very famous people. He has incredible stories and one of which he tells for us on the show.