I’d be lying if I said I didn’t have lingering PTSD from my past work experiences being the only Black woman or Black person in an all white corporate space. The reality is a lot of Black people do. There are also some that don’t. These experiences marked very transitional moments in my life so…
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And then the music stopped. In a game of musical chairs, I was left without a seat. But the game wasn’t musical chairs, it was my health. I had experienced a bout of debilitating back pains in 2021 that took me down. I had taken walking, standing and sitting up straight, and being active without…
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In the words of Jay-Z, “I’m not a businessman, I’m a business, man.” I studied entrepreneurship in undergrad because my natural inclination was to always be in charge of some sh*t. But I still had a lot to learn. They say to be an entrepreneur, you need to find a need that exists and build…
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In my best Biggie rapping voice but remixed, “What’s grief? Grief is when you need any noise to go to sleep, grief is isolating yourself for several weeks.” You get the lyrical point. What I didn’t understand, until I navigated that darkness I mentioned in episode two, was that grief wasn’t limited to losing a…
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In the season finale, I finally figured it out. From forming a second business prematurely, to getting laid off a third time, to grieving some sh*t my body needed to release, I was ready to go full throttle with storytelling as a living. The gag is I had been doing it in my own way…
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In this episode, we meet with Alexia Leclercq – a grassroots organizer, scholar, and artist. Alexia is the co-founder of the Colorado River Conservancy under PODER and a political education non-profit named Start: Empowerment. They have led various environmental justice campaigns from passing national climate and chemical reform legislation and fighting for clean water, to…
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This season, I did something different. I got a little more personal and vulnerable and decided to share stories about the nuances of being a Black woman still navigating various aspects of my life in ways I didn’t expect to or want to. I invited some guests to join me along the way. — Support…
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Episode Notes Zach takes us behind the scenes to talk about the state of Living Corporate, what to look forward to in the future, and more. Connect with Zach on LinkedIn. https://bit.ly/3KhxWoL Check out the newly updated Living Corporate website. https://bit.ly/3STaEXJ
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Episode Notes Zach sits down again with mentor and friend of the show, Mary-Frances Winters, to talk about her 7th book, Racial Justice at Work. Connect with Mary-Frances on LinkedIn. https://bit.ly/2Bs8pZB Check out Mary-Frances’s latest book on Amazon. https://amzn.to/44Jp7vC Visit the official website of The Winters Group. https://bit.ly/33pqotq
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Episode Notes Amy welcomes Lawrence Brinson, the director of diversity and inclusion at Gardner Webb University, to the Including You podcast to discuss the many benefits to engaging in collaborative dialogue. Connect with Lawrence on LinkedIn. https://bit.ly/3O2Y0oJ Check out Gardner Webb University‘s official website. https://bit.ly/3Doa9j3 Including You is brought to you by Lead at Any…
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