I’m excited to welcome my friend and sorority sister, Anna Wamack (Wah-Mack), as this week’s episode guest. Anna is in K-12 education and has risen into leadership roles through her career. She has learned the parallels of leadership and motherhood. Anna continues to navigate her leadership role while learning how to juggle doing it all. Be sure to tune in!

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I’m excited to welcome Chazidy Robinson as a guest for this week’s podcast episode. Chazidy is a Post Incarceration Syndrome Subject expert who is a 9 year survivor of supporting her incarcerated ex-husband. She actively works to fight for others to save them from this silent killer.

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I’m excited to have my friend and UCWL sister, Bri Coggins, join me this week. Bri is a lead wedding coordinator with Blue Dahlia Events, a Cincinnati-based company that offers day-of wedding coordination services to help couples make their vision a reality. Bri supports 4-6 weddings per year as a side hustle while she works at the University of Cincinnati Foundation full-time, and raises two daughters with her husband. Be sure to tune in!

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I’m excited to welcome back a return guest, Dr. Crystal Lay, as this week’s guest on the podcast. Crystal  is a Mom, a seasoned student affairs leader, speaker, and podcast host who knows what it means to juggle high-stakes leadership, crisis response, and strategic planning—while still making room for joy, growth, and boundaries. She’s living proof that doing it all doesn’t mean doing it alone. Be sure to tune in!

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I’m excited to welcome Krista Powers, to join me for this week’s episode. Krista - a loving, powerful, authentic human - is the Executive Director of Giving Voice Foundation (givingvoicefdn.org). She is also an author, speaker, coach, and two-time cancer thriver. Krista most closely identifies with being called a catalyst and contributor. Krista is passionate about gently and honestly diving into authentic moments and shining light on how powerful every human is. Be sure to stick around!

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Good Grief book

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In what was supposed to be a live recording of a podcast episode… I talk about the impacts of loneliness and how women navigate loneliness. With loneliness as a health emergency and epidemic, it’s important to learn more about finding your community and learning into your network. Be sure to tune in!

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Gonzaga Article: https://www.gonzaga.edu/news-events/stories/2024/10/30/in-the-news-robin-pickering-loneliness-a-concern-for-female-executives 

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I am excited to have Dr. Jane Ziegler Sojka as a guest on my podcast this week. Dr. Sojka is marketing professor at the University of Cincinnati where she taught students to practice resilience and take initiative in her award-winning sales course. Through her published research and TEDx talk “Empowering Women Benefits Everyone,” she is a frequent speaker on women’s empowerment. Her book, Women & Power: Your Guidebook to Risk, Resilience, and Confidence, released in Spring 2025.  Jane and her husband, Greg, are the parents of three grown daughters and two rescue dogs. She serves as a volunteer dog walker at her local animal shelter. I am excited to chat with Dr. Sojka this week on “Women & Power”. Stick around!

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Join me this week for a rare solo episode where we catch up on life, discuss how I’ve been managing (mom) guilt, and how I’m navigating UNAPOLOGETICALLY through this thing we call life. Be sure to tune in!

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I’m excited to welcome Representative Dr. Amber M Baker from the North Carolina House of Representatives to join me as the guest for this week’s episode. Rep. Baker has served as an elected official for 5 years, following a long career as an educator. Her passion is to help educate others on involvement, recruitment, and advocacy. To hear more on Rep. Baker’s journey and passion for politics, be sure to tune in!

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I’m excited to welcome UCWL sister, Dr. Rachael Nolan, to join me as a guest this week. Dr. Nolan is a grief researcher and has her own private practice where she helps individuals in the community, navigate grief and loss. To learn more from Dr. Nolan, be sure to stick around.

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I am excited to host Victoria Gichohi (gee-show-he) on this week’s episode. Victoria is a true community advocate for all and is most passionate about finding resources and tools that make lives more sustainable and advocating for others. Victoria is the Program Manager for the Compton Community Health Professions Partnership, where she and her team are developing a pipeline of the next generation of health professionals in the city of Compton and other surrounding areas. Victoria is a proud member of the lovely sorority, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated. She is also Co-Founder of her non-profit, Black Girls Leadership Academy or BGLA, where she provides mentorship programs to young Black Girls & women aged 11-24 nationwide. In her spare time, she enjoys listening to music, catching up with her close friends, spending time with her family, dancing, and all things Beyonce’. Be sure to tune in!

I had the opportunity to speak on Making the Ask at a professional conference. During this session, I shared with the audience various reasons why women don’t like to or feel comfortable with making the ask. Join me for a special episode of a live recording of the podcast from the conference session.

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I’m excited to welcome Jenna Heath to the podcast for this episode. Jenna is a talented communicator, educator and professional connector of people! Jenna started her career in Higher Education over a decade ago and rose through the ranks of large, urban, public university systems. Serving in roles such as: Recruiter, Assistant Director of Career and Professional Development and Director of Student & Community Engagement. She is deeply committed to training the next generation of leaders utilizing a wide variety of mediums. Her leadership extends to teaching, teaching collegiate level courses since 2015 and has expertise in traditional college aged students, and non-traditional and adult learners.

In 2024 Jenna launched a podcast titled “Tearin’ Up My Heart: Emotional Leadership Lessons”, with the goal being to help listeners understand the emotional side of leadership, and make education accessible to those that might not be able to afford traditional schooling.

Her dedication to education is reflected in her professional development, including certifications as a Global Career Development Facilitator and Career Coach and training in career development methodologies such as Life Design Studio from Stanford University. Jenna has also contributed to the field through research, publications, and presentations at national conferences. Her most recent research manuscript focuses on “Educating the Educators: Preparing Faculty to Teach Career Readiness”, this article is openly available to readers.

Outside of her professional life you can find Jenna enjoying spending time with her husband and fur babies, enjoying health, fitness, and sunshine. She will never pass up the opportunity to read a good book in the sun.

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I am thrilled to welcome Carol Tonge Mack as my guest on this week’s episode. Carol is the Founder & CEO of Tonge Mack Enterprises, LLC: Empowering Next Dimension Leaders. The organization has three primary goals: provide women and girls with the empowering tools necessary to elevate and amplify their voices, particularly, but not exclusively in education; assist companies and organizations with innovative, unconventional, leadership skills to unleash their highest potential; and help students and parents navigate higher education from recruitment to graduation. Carol is a well-respected educator and powerhouse behind her brand: END POLITE SILENCE™. She has been working for over twenty years in higher education with professional skills ranging from executive strategic planning, project implementation and execution, to crisis management with emotional intelligence at the core.

Carol believes in the power of “real” sisterhood and helping women recognize they are good enough, whether they are holding a broom or the gavel. Carol is a native of the Caribbean Island of Antigua and grew up in the South Bronx, New York City. She is the co-founder of the UC Black Women on the Move, Employee Resource Group; former State Co-Chair of the American Council on Education (ACE), and member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated. She is married to an amazing, world-renowned chemist, and has two children; and currently enjoying her “blessed nest”. Be sure to tune in!

I’m excited to welcome Erin Gray as my guest on the podcast this week. Erin is a former Certified Financial Planner and CFO to her family's construction business. She followed the conventional path—believing that hard work and chasing money would bring happiness and fulfillment. And despite all the “success”, she found herself burnt out, frustrated, and disconnected from the joy of living. After taking time off to be with her family and travel, she now helps women in business manage their money, so they stop avoiding it and work through the money blocks that are keeping them from achieving financial freedom and a healthy, empowered relationship with money. Be sure to stick around!

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I’m excited to welcome my friend and sorority sister, Ashley McGladdery as a guest for this episode. In January of 2024, Ashley set off to participate in “Dry January,” unknowingly welcoming a full year of sobriety. Ashley is a sweet treat enthusiast and a total coffee snob. She loves shopping, anything outdoors, and hanging with her dog, Edward. I’m excited to talk more with Ashely about her 365 days of sobriety. Tune in to hear more from Ashley.

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62% of employees eat lunch at their workstations! What?!?! Join me this week to talk about the importance of taking a lunch break in your day!

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I’m so excited to host my friend and GLOW sister, Alexis Gostlin, as this week’s podcast guest. Alexis is a seasoned housing & residence life professional who finds energy and excitement in empowering other women in her circle. As a sister and daughter, she has a lived experience of a new phenomenon, the Eldest Daughter Syndrome, which I’m excited to explore more with her in this episode. Be sure to tune in!

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I’m excited to welcome my friend and colleague, Dr. Lauren Teso, as a guest to the podcast. Lauren is the Director of Residential Life at Northern Illinois University. A little over a year ago her life was turned upside down when she was the victim of domestic violence at the hands of her now ex-husband. He was arrested and due to it making media attention it was hard to hide from friends and colleagues. While adding the new identity of domestic violence survivor in such a public platform Lauren never imagined what it would look like to lose one of her most salient identities, that as a stepmom so privately. Join me this week as I talk with Lauren about her experiences of changing identities in a public and private way. Be sure to tune in!

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Are you showing up as nice or kind? Confused on the difference? Join me this week as I discuss the differences and provide tips to ensure your confidence and power aren’t compromised. 

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