In TrailBlazers Impact Interviews, women and men share their struggles and secrets to success in stories about their journey. Some came from rough beginnings - but made it anyway. These stories make you realize it is possible to prevail even in the face of age or gender bias and/or racial discrimination and to blaze your own trail when there is no clear path ahead. If they can do it, so can you . . . by following their light . . . and then creating light for the person behind you.
Ensuring Diversity Through Law Singleton McAllister: Ep. 7 - There is a huge need for women to get involved in all aspects of civil society. This includes women of color to ensure diversities of genders and races where it matters most. As a child of the segregated south, and daughter ...
A Media Star with Passion and Stamina Belinda Kendall Ep. 111 - What are you passionate about? Are you willing to sacrifice and even be hurt while fulfilling your purpose? Do you have enough stamina to get knocked down but get up again? Be ready to use whatever platform you're ...
Faith-Based Power of Walking Afraid Ep. 59 - Have you discovered the faith-based power of walking afraid? This is a how-to on moving past and finding the lesson. Have you learned how to live with a purpose? Sometimes life hands you pain and adversity and it's up to you to ...
Living Her Convictions and Beliefs Ep. 50 - Debbie Feinberg embodies living her convictions and beliefs! Some say leaders are born not made while others say, they are made not born. Well, in Debbie Feinberg's case, you can say it was both; she always carried an entrepreneurial spirit from a ...
Life in the Bricks Antonio McGinnis Ep. 80 - Where you come from should not define who you become. From growing up in Public Housing to becoming an international basketball star, Tony McGinnis knows that when you are determined to be different, you will overcome. Antonio McGinnis was recently named ...
Find Your Voice Ep. 109 - Find your voice - Allison Shapira did but in an unusual way! We are often too afraid of what the future holds when what we thought we wanted doesn't happen, right? The disappointment and the inability to pick ourselves up and find another passion ...
Resilience and Courage Ep. 108 - Leslie Andrews learned resilience and courage in facing life's adversities, including being widowed at a young age, and in viewing the world. Exercising loyalty and community love comes easy for Leslie Andrews because it was instilled at an early age. Leslie Andrews is described ...
A Tech Star Ep. 57 - Jewel Burks Solomon - Remember that idea for a product you had and then someone else came out with it and made millions? Jewel Burks, a Tech Star, did it! Jewel was Founder/CEO of Partpic, a startup that was acquired by Amazon in 2016, ...
Divisive Black and White Thinking RÚNA MAGNÚSDÓTTIR, (Runa Magnus) created the antidote for divisive and black and white thinking in the #NoMoreBoxes Movement. We all unconsciously box people, creating automatic perceptions and resulting conflict. Find out how a change in a little four-letter word can change your world. She believes ...
Adoption, Hospice, End-of-Life Reflections Ep. 107 - Marcia Blum is an amazing person. She is a retired social worker and mental health therapist. Listen as she describes pioneering open adoption, finding your birth parents, hospice care, and grief programs. Listen to her gift to listeners as she gives us 4 ...
Mrs. Washington America: A First! Ep. 106 - Visualize yourself standing on the stage, wondering who will be crowned, and then . . . they call your name. Neelam Chahlia tells us what it is like to win Mrs. Washington America and then to go on to the nationals. She ...
I Lived in Two Different Worlds: Black and White Ep. 31 - How do you integrate yourself into a Black and White world where discrimination is the only language they speak? You learn to become a fighter for your own battles, pick the right people that help motivate you when ...