When your press badge doesn’t protect you. In my latest episode of The Culture Soup Podcast®️, Errin Haines shares what it was like reporting on the ground in Ferguson—rubber bullets flying, tear gas in the air—while law enforcement made no distinction between journalists and protesters. “Me having on a press badge or identifying myself as press—that did not protect me.” This is bigger than one city or one…
🎙️ Episode 191 of The Culture Soup Podcast marks the beginning of something special: the Leadership Revival series. As we step closer to the release of Call & Response: 10 Leadership Lessons from the Black Church, this new podcast series pulls back the curtain on the making of the book—blending soul, scholarship, and story. In this debut episode, I reflect on the deep historical roots of Black Church…
“Just be grateful.” “Everything happens for a reason.” “It could be worse.” Maybe you’ve said it. Maybe you’ve heard it. But here’s the truth: Positivity, when used to silence pain, becomes a barrier to growth. In the latest episode of Her Next Power Move, I explore the trap of toxic positivity and how it disguises itself as motivation—while denying us the space to feel, grieve, and grow. Based…
Have you ever felt like you’re on the edge of burnout—but still expected to lead through it? In this week’s episode of Her Next Power Move, I unpack the neuroscience of resilience and how you can literally rewire your brain to bounce forward. This isn’t about powering through—it’s about transforming through. 🎧 Tune in now and grab the FREE downloadable infographic to help you make the mindset shift.…
Some days, we hold it together with one deep breath and a quiet prayer. Grief comes in waves, not always from loss of life—but from the fading of dreams, jobs, roles we once found meaning in. And yet, beneath the ache, there’s a whisper: You are still becoming. There’s beauty in the breaking. There’s strength in the pieces. In the newest episode of Her Next Power Move, we’re…
🎙 Guest: A’Lelia Bundles, Award-Winning Author & Journalist 📖 Joy Goddess: A’Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance ✨ What if you were so extraordinary—so magnetic, so dazzling—that Langston Hughes himself called you “Joy Goddess”? ✨ A’Lelia Walker wasn’t just the daughter of Madam C.J. Walker. She was the heartbeat of the Harlem Renaissance—a woman who turned salons into sanctuaries for Black brilliance, who made a space where art,…
The Culture Soup Podcast has been amplifying conversations at the intersection of tech, culture, and business, and now we are entering year seven. Can you believe? But if there’s one thing I’ve learned after all this time, it’s that change is inevitable—and resilience is the key to thriving. This Black History Month episode was originally supposed to be backed by a major sponsor, filmed live with one of…
In the latest episode of The Culture Soup Podcast ®, I take time to reflect on 5 lessons I’ve learned over the past five years of running my professional private executive & personal coaching practice in a very special Coaching Corner episode. We are celebrating NSC Coaching’s 5th anniversary all this month, and we are also observing International Coaching Week. Listen for what I learned along this journey…
📣SHE’S BAAAAA-AAACK📣 Coach L says the quiet part out loud about…. employee resource groups or ERGs. It’s what Black people say to each other, but never say in mixed company. The Culture Soup Podcast®️ is streaming again, this time with a fresh new Coaching Corner episode. In this episode called The Catch Up, we will discuss the historic roots of attitudes surrounding Black people “gathering,” and how many…