The LOVESPEAKS Method Blog
The LOVESPEAKS Method Blog
There’s nothing I love more than speaking with talented women who have made a career out of their passion & talent. When we do what we love and are connected to our purpose, nothing can stand in the way of our success. Owning who we are is the secret to speaking without fear. It is truly when love speaks.
Speaking of Gendered Racism
When I heard the term gendered racism, I wasn’t exactly sure what it was. So I invited my friend Jill Frank, Head of Creative Agency Operations at Allstate, to educate me and my lovespeaks series listeners. Jill recently spoke at The 3% Conference about the topic and...
Speaking of Home
HOME – it’s one of my favorite words. It has a hum to it like OM. It feels good on our lips, our hearts, our souls. What makes you feel like you’re home? For me it’s the smell of coffee brewing, my meditation practice, the ocean, a television studio, my cashmere...
Speaking of Solutions
Eighty-six. That's the number that stopped me at 13 minutes and 27 seconds into recording this podcast. It made me pause and ask, Did you say 86? Yes, she said 86. My friend and activist, Afrika Porter has lost 86 people to COVID-19. Staggering. Soul crushing....
Speaking of Questions
Dale Carnegie, author of How to Win Friends and Influence People, once said: “To be interesting, be interested.” My guest on today’s episode of the lovespeaks series podcast is the extremely interested & interesting Danielle Robay, a journalist whose lifelong...
Speaking of Race
Today I am launching SEASON TWO of the lovespeaks series podcast with an important conversation between friends. I invited my girlfriends Sherry McAdoo Champion and Shelly McAdoo, who happen to be twin sisters, to talk about race and I am so grateful they said yes....
Five New Episodes of the lovespeaks series
I hope this blog post finds you healthy and safe. The last thing I want to do during these uncertain times is to overload your inbox. In my first season of the lovespeaks series podcast, I have been releasing episodes weekly.But each week for the past 92 days it has...
Step Up, Allies
I had an idea – what if it was mandatory for white Americans to write a letter of apology to black Americans? The purpose – for some white people to examine where we haven't been strong enough allies and why we need to work harder. For others – to take a deep dive...
Speaking of Leadership
The definition of leadership is the action of leading a group of people or an organization. Julie Smolyansky excels at both and her story is compelling. Julie became the youngest CEO of a publicly held company at age 27 and when she is not leading that company,...
Speaking of Loss
I think we can all agree we are currently experiencing universal loss. Whether it's loss of income, a loved one, our health, gathering on college campuses, K-12 classrooms, graduations, offices, weddings, birthdays, funerals, yoga class or just going to our favorite...