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Welcome back to the Balance Boldly Podcast for ambitious women in business and a few brave men, so, usually we have a guest most of the year and this is no exception, except for today's guest is "me", and all of the transparency that I can give to you, in this particular episode in honor to our 11th year anniversary, can you believe it? 11 years full time 100% committed in every single way. In this episode, I share with you what I had to learn to grow through patients and clients that I worked with that empowered me to shift people in 30 minutes faster than it used to be. I've learned to really gain a higher level of mastery that would have had me work with clients for multiple years to get that same paradigm shift that we can get to literally in less than three months at this point.So, if you want to break through your next level stay tuned and keep listening all the way through till my last comment on this podcast.Subscribe, REVIEW, Share & Balance BoldlyOn the Balance Boldly Podcast

In this episode of the Balance Boldly Podcast sitting with Naketa Ren Thigpen let’s welcome Dr. Omolara Uwemedimo, she is an expert in purpose-led entrepreneurship, securing funding for healthcare, addressing medical racism for marginalized providers and patients, and building socially-responsive healthcare spaces. More about Dr. Omolara Uwemedimo Dr. Omolara founded Melanin & Medicine, premier business development & funding coaching company to help support women of color in medicine to secure capital, without incurring debt or diluting equity, to build and grow their own healthcare businesses committed to social impact.Contact Dr. Omolara Uwemedimo - Website URL: https://melaninandmedicine.co/- Social Media Links:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/omolaramd/ Free MasterclassPassion to Profit with Dr. Omolarahttps://melaninandmedicine.co/masterclassSubscribe, REVIEW, Share & Balance BoldlyOn the Balance Boldly Podcast, host Naketa Ren Thigpen talks with ambitious women in business (and a few br

In this episode of the Balance Boldly Podcast sitting with Naketa Ren Thigpen let’s welcome Matthew Fray, he is a relationship coach and writer who leans on the lessons of his failed marriage and divorce to help others avoid making the same mistakes he did. Learn to overcome your marriage problems by finding and fixing your blind spots in a relationship.Matthew’s writing has been featured in The New York Times, The Sunday Times, The Huffington Post, Babble, and many more. His blog Must Be This Tall to Ride has a dedicated following and has reached millions of readers.What you will learn·         To discover why we struggled to relate.·         Why people are not having difficult conversations about their relationships.·         Discovering the blind spots in your relationship.·         How to learn your lessons that won't carry over into your next relationship Contact Matthew FrayWebsite: https://matthewfray.com/Follow:https://mobile.twitter.com/mbtttrhttps://www.facebook.com/matthewfrayMBTTTR/https://ww

In this episode of the Balance Boldly Podcast, we are at the top of April! Did you know it is National Financial Literacy Month and you probably knew that it was stress Awareness Month as well, and the two go hand in hand on purpose because finances can make you stressed out depending on what's going on in your life, which is why we have the blessing, privilege, and benefit of having the amazing Tara Jones-Williamson, a well-known financial success coach and lifestyle designer, dedicated to helping women slay their financial and lifestyle goals. What you will learn●       How to manage your finances: How to create a financial plan that helps you execute your financial and lifestyle goals in half the time●       To know that the way you manage your finances leathers intentional or unintentional influences your life.●       Tips about how do you start creating wealth for the next generation.●       How do you go from choosing wrong to choosing right financially speaking More about Tara Jones-WilliamsonToda

In this episode of the Balance Boldly Podcast sitting with Naketa Ren Thigpen let’s welcome Gül Sönmez, she serves clients from all over the world helping them with her unique transformational energy processes and systems. Gül has been working with big multinational companies like P&G, Coca-Cola, and Amazon for over 15 years after discovering some manifested physical challenges in her body herself and realizing that her life wasn't quite in alignment, but where she was supposed to be. She made big pivots, overcame a lot of anxiety and trauma that was happening in her life, and made some serious reinventions of herself. And now in her six-plus figure business.What you will learn·         What mindfulness is·         How to overcome the feeling of being stuck.·         That you have the power to change your life, your mind has healing power, you have to only decide to embark on the journey to heal yourself·         What powerful personal Development & self-Forgiveness is.More about Gül SönmezHer pa

In this episode of the Balance Boldly Podcast sitting with Naketa Ren Thigpen let’s welcome Austin Kleon, he is the New York Times bestselling author of Steal Like an Artist, Show Your Work!, The Steal Like an Artist Journal: A Notebook for Creative Kleptomaniacs, and Keep Going. His work has been translated into over twenty languages and featured on NPR’s Morning Edition, PBS News Hour, and in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. What you will learn●      How to live a creative life●      We can take influence from what’s around us that impacts our life and business.●      What does creative work involve? A lot of creative work is clearing space, creating a space in which things can come forth rather than you trying to push something into being you're actually making the space so that things can appear.●      We all have a creative self within us, and when time & space meet it to flourish.More about Austin KleonAs for the New York magazine called his work “brilliant,” the Atlantic called

In this episode of the Balance Boldly Podcast sitting with Naketa Ren Thigpen let’s welcome Lauren Boyd, she’s an entrepreneur, attorney, podcast host, speaker, and proud mother who is dedicated to helping entrepreneurs gain confidence in their legal foundation. Before venturing out on her own, Lauren was in a predicament many attorneys face. She worked in corporate law, climbing the ladder negotiating more than $3 billion in international contracts — but she found herself feeling uninspired and burned out. What you will learn·         How important are laws foundation for your business.·         Not only being of service but also a consumer of your clients.·         Making short sacrifices for the long-term benefit of your business is worth it. More about Lauren BoydIn 2018, Lauren started and scaled her own six-figure boutique law firm, Guide My Business, in less than 12 months. Through Guide My Business, Lauren empowers entrepreneurs to build a strong foundation for their businesses through relationship-fo

Have you always believed that effective communication requires more words? Do you think you can only explain yourself when you talk more? Then you’re in for a surprise today. In this episode of the Balance Boldly Podcast sitting with Naketa Ren Thigpen let’s welcome Lia Garvin, beyond being extremely influential in the tech space and working with major companies like Microsoft, Apple and Google, and all the things. Leah is on a mission to humanize the workplace one conversation at a time. Sounds familiar? BBP is all about the conversations and making sure that you can pull back the curtain and really get to know her in her humanity. Because that's exactly what she's doing inside the workplace. What you will learn·         How to effectively communicate using fewer words and still get to the point without sounding defensive or rude.·         When you know who’s on the other end you can sort of tailor your communicationMore about Lia GarvinLia Garvin is the author of UNSTUCK: Reframe Your Thinking to

 In the month of Women’s History Month and Social Workers Month where women are to be honored, exalted, on this episode of the Balance Boldly Podcast I would like to explain what it means to be selfish intentionally. I will also highlight the benefits of being intentionally selfish.I'd like to partner with you along your personal development journey to delete old programming and reimagine life after you've moved beyond barely surviving the burnout of work-life and love into one where your old emotional wounds are healed. I’d like to help you achieve the work-life balance you desire, and feel fully optimized, self-actualized, and thriving. Across the globe, something came up for quite a few of the people that are in my ecosystem, in all these conversations, and I'm talking about people from Japan to the Middle East, to South Africa, to multiple places in the United States and everything in between. “The concept that it's not okay to be selfish” bear with me down this 20 mins and I’ll share

In this episode of the Balance Boldly Podcast seating with Naketa Ren Thigpen let’s welcome Mara Kazantzaki, she's a highly successful corporate professional, Mara realized that the world of motherhood had not been elevated for those professionally successful women.Mara is now inspiring women to break free from the traditional notion of motherhood, changing the way mothers are being supported. What you will learn●       Embracing motherhood and empowering entrepreneur moms: How to break free from the traditional notion of motherhood but elevate the way that you get supported●       Balancing motherhood and work: Realizing that there is more joy, freedom, and balance awaiting mompreneurs●       The truth about you moving beyond motherhood and still enjoying the processMore about Mara KazantzakiMara took it into her own hands and is now inspiring women to break free from the traditional notion of motherhood and change the way that mothers are being supported. By creating extraordinary experiences for women

The first Luminaries Edition of the Balance Boldly Podcast of 2022 is a dedication to an outstanding WOMAN who inspires, influences, and ignites a better tomorrow with the courageous work she implements!In this episode of the Luminaries edition seating with Naketa Ren Thigpen let’s welcome Lynda Cormier, she is a wife, mother, and one of the most sought-after Personal Development Speakers, Coaches, and Business Executives today. She is both the published author and facilitator of the award-winning Breakthrough Living Personal Development/Coaching Program.What you will learn●       Prioritizing personal development and growth●       How to put your voice out there despite the noise we currently live in.●       To differentiate that when we talk about personal development, we are just remembering who we are.●       That we all have something to give back to society, you just need to find your audience and spread the love.●       How beneficial it would be for you to discover your permission to take a pause from

In this, our last episode of 2021 at the Balance Boldly Podcast seating with Naketa Ren Thigpen let’s welcome Kami Guildner, she's a connector, a storyteller, a business coach for changemaker women of influence.Kami’s entrepreneurial journey was sparked by the breath of a horse over a decade ago. This magical epiphany moment led Kami to discover her purpose of leading high vibe entrepreneurs to give voice to their most important messages and create a ripple effect of worldly impact.What you will learnHow to look inside of you and find your true purposeThe power of writing your goals and the pursuit of them. How to tap the inner you.To know that when you found alignment for yourself, the universe conspires to help you get the things you want.We all have entrepreneurial spirits, but maybe you work inside of other conglomerates and you're just trying to add in your value in the best way possible.Despite your entrepreneurial path, you can also give yourself permission to pause.More about Kami GuildnerKa

In this episode of the Balance Boldly Podcast seating with Naketa Ren Thigpen let’s welcome Wendie Patrick, she makes her own health and grooming line for animals, including a CBD alternative, under the Finnessiam brand which name stems from the three dogs in the Dogs of Pride logo, Finn, Jesse, and William.  Wendie practices many modalities including remote Kinesiology, Auricular Therapy, Quantum Touch, and animal Reiki, and recently became a Certified Light Therapist for horses, humans, and pets. Wendie is currently owned by two dogs, two cats, and two horses!" What you will learnHow you can gain help from your pet to heal and gain balance.That you can learn so much from your pets, like compassion, love, and patience.Your pet love you unconditionally, they don't have to put up these barriers or these protection levels or worry about what baggage they're bringing with them from a bad relationship or whatever else it might beMore about Wendie Patrick"Originally from Northern Ireland, Wendi

The Luminaries Edition of the Balance Boldly Podcast is a dedication to outstanding WOMEN who inspire, influence, and ignite a better tomorrow with the courageous work they implement today! How often do you listen to your gut feeling? In this episode of the Luminaries edition seating with Naketa Ren Thigpen, an outstanding woman who inspires influences, and ignites a better tomorrow, but the courageous work that she is implementing today. First, let me back up and just say that I love, love, love, love, love this chick, let’s welcome “Nikki Nash”, is a Podcast Host, Hay House author, motivational speaker, and creator of the Genius Profit Society, a training and development program on a mission to equip entrepreneurs with the tools and resources they need to share and profit from their message. You’ll discover how to supercharge your business with the power of branding and by trusting your gut feeling fearlessly.What you will learn·         What being brand delicious means and how you can become it.·         T

In this episode of the Balance Boldly Podcast seating with Naketa Ren Thigpen let’s welcome Madeline Mann, she's an HR & Recruiting leader who has built an audience of over half a million people and is known for her award-winning job search YouTube Channel, Self Made Millennial. Madeline is giving today tips that have enabled thousands of LinkedIn users to build incredible visibility on LinkedIn to attract exceptional opportunities, without having large networks, LinkedIn Premium, or paying for ads!What you will learn·         Tips on how to succeed at a job interview·         How to get the most out of your LinkedIn profile·         How to follow up with employers that interviewed you.·         To land the job you’ve been dreaming of.·         The exact steps to master the 10 ten job interview questions. More about Madeline MannShe is featured as the LinkedIn and Job Search expert correspondent for Bloomberg and Harvard Business Review and is part of the exclusive group of LinkedIn Learning instruct

In this episode of the Balance Boldly Podcast sitting with Naketa Ren Thigpen let’s welcome Dr. Errin Weisman, she is a life coach, speaker, and fierce advocate for wellness in medicine. She faced professional burnout early in her career and speaks openly about her story to help others, particularly female physicians and working moms, know they are not alone.What you will learnHow to give yourself permission to let go of some of those assumptions that you made as a younger person and step into the person that you are meant to be.What burnout is and how to overcome it.Benefits of sabbaticals.How to avoid being burnout.To determine that you are burnout and how to get help.How to read the red flags of your life that are taking you into a burnout mode.Have you ever felt that you are in survival mode? Contact Dr. Errin WeismanYou can find out more about Dr. Weisman on her podcast "Doctor Me First,"  her website, or hang out with her on social media @burntout_to_badassIf you are willing and ready, let’s s

In this episode of the Balance Boldly Podcast seating with Naketa Ren Thigpen let’s welcome Joli Hamilton, she is a research psychologist, best-selling author, TEDx speaker, and AASECT (pronounced ay-sect) certified sex educator. She has spent the past two decades balancing a wild entrepreneurial spirit with a deep desire to have a secure, passionate partner (and she raised 7 kids along the way!). Joli is committed to helping people create sustainable, soul-nourishing relationships without sacrificing their career dreams.What you will learnHow to work in partnership.Get clear about what jealousy is for.Jealousy is one of those emotions that harms our intimacy. How to make agreements in your relationship that you (both) will actually keep.Did you know that there should be non-negotiables for every relationship you have?That we tend to attract what is normal to us even if it’s not right.To be clear about your non-negotiable in a relationship.More about Joli HamiltonJoli has felt those wild highs and terrible lo

In this episode of the Balance Boldly Podcast seating with Naketa Ren Thigpen let’s welcome Susanne Mariga, she's a certified public accountant, certified tax coach, chartered Global Management accountant and a certified profit first professional amongst a bunch of the things she also happens to be an author of profit first for Minority Business Enterprises, a book that is literally at top of the shell for me right now that I'm sending to every single client and all my clients. What you will learn·         How you can create your own jobs and opportunities in the market.·         How you can create new possibilities for those around your business.·         Breaking your paradigms about debts.·         Myths about profits to breakthrough in your business. More about Susanne MarigaBefore founding her own firm, Susanne worked at Arthur Andersen LLP, as well as one of the Big 4 firms, KPMG. Combining her industry knowledge with her own experience of growing a small business has allowed Susanne to help h

The Luminaries Edition of the Balance Boldly Podcast is a dedication to outstanding WOMEN who inspire, influence, and ignite a better tomorrow with the courageous work they implement today!In this episode of the Luminaries edition seating with Naketa Ren Thigpen, let’s welcome Lekeshia Angelique, she is an Army Veteran, Mom, Coach, Taco Aficionado, and creator of safe spaces to educate folks. The key to change is knowledge and empathy.  And she has deepened into the mission to empower not only black women but every human to have a powerful voice and an equitable seat at any table they desire to be seated at. There’s a quote that you wrote or were inspired by on Facebook, that sat with me so deeply “The best leadership starts with the best conversations” [Naketa Thigpen 2:58]What I found in my own journey to leadership was that people just want it to be heard. And that's what made me a lot different was that I listened and then took action instead of taking action without listening. [Lekeshia Angelique 4:

In this episode of the Balance Boldly Podcast seating with Naketa Ren Thigpen let’s welcome Jen O'Donnell, she's a business and mindset coach for team leaders in network marketing and women entrepreneurs that are scaling their businesses, right? Trying to avoid all the mistakes and all the noise that is happening in network marketing, which I know has its own caveats because there is a lot of companies that don't think network marketers actually make money and Jen is proof, living, walking, breathing, vacationing, every month proof that you can in fact do that.What you will learn·         The importance of mindset over skills·         You can gain momentum but if it is no supported with the right mindset it won’t last.·         Have you ever felt like going backward and that nothing works?·         Did you know that your mind really does control whether you're successful or not?·         You will learn that what you value is how you show up.More about Jen O'DonnellAfter being in the i