Shameless Leadership

Chelsea Stevenson is a professional henna artist, business strategist, and homeschooling mom of three based in Baltimore, MD. With a focus on brand positioning and sustainability, she teaches henna artists and other creative, niche service-based entrepreneurs how to build vibrant, profitable businesses doing what they love (and getting paid more for it!) through her brand, Hennapreneur. She believes above all things that there is power in the legacy we leave and that this legacy is built every single day. When she's not working with her clients and students, you can find her shamelessly indulging in a good Netflix binge or whipping up something tasty in the kitchen!Chelsea and I are in a membership community for entrepreneurs. From her very first post in the group I knew I wanted to get to know her. She is so brilliant and funny and as real as they come. I know you’ll adore her as much as I do.Listen in to hear Chelsea share: What inspired her 30th birthday bucket list to really conscientiously enjoy the life she’s built Why she chose to homeschool in order to honor her children’s identity and create a safe place for them to experience their identity without being othered How she has embraced defiance and what that has looked like Why she is building her own table instead of trying to find a seat at someone else’s How she’s breaking cultural norms with her art and her work Why she shifted her professional work from social work to henna artist with only $32 to her name The truth about making money from your art Her legacy around “excellence is not optional” Why you need to share your art with the world (and charge real money for it) Links mentioned: Sign Up for my Purposeful & Profitable Podcasting Workshop Check out Chelsea’s Henna Boutique Cardamom & Clove on FB Cardamom & Clove on IG Learn about Hennapreneur Hennapreneur on FB Hennapreneur on IG   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Beaven Walters is Shameless Mom of 4, a ACPI Certified Parenting Coach and the founder of The 3D Parent, where she is a supportive and nurturing champion for bringing dignity, direction, and deep connection to family relationships. She has always had a passion for working with children and their families. Beaven began her professional career as an elementary school teacher and taught in a variety of educational settings for 10 years.Between having her four children, Beaven and a close colleague developed an educational program for young children and their caregivers called GEM Tots which focused on connecting children to their caregivers by learning, playing, and exploring together. Beaven also created CharacterWorks, a Social/Emotional Learning program that ran for three years in the Seattle School District combining character education, performing arts, and parental support.Beaven focuses on helping parents build stronger relationships with their children. In addition to coaching one-on-one with clients, Beaven runs parenting workshops, speaks on a variety of topics relevant to parenting, is a regular guest on local news stations, and hosts The 3D Parent Podcast.In addition to The 3D Parent, Beaven is often found on the stage performing in local regional theater, singing, and spending time with family. After hearing Beaven talk about her son, Scooter, coming out to her on her podcast, The 3D Parent, I asked her if she and her son would be open to her sharing this story and journey on the SMA. I am so grateful they both said yes. This conversation is so important and so beautiful. I’m truly honored that Scooter gave consent for his mom to share this with you.Listen in to hear Beaven share: Why all parents should prepare for their child’s potential coming out The story of her son coming out at age 12 What she did well and what she flubbed up in the initial coming out conversation with her son How she apologized and owned her missteps - and how all parents can better model apologizing skills How her son’s peers reacted to his coming out Why you should trust your child’s instincts around their sexual orientation and their coming out process How she’s navigating son’s sexual orientation within her Catholic community What it was like attending PrideFest after her son came out Links mentioned: Sign Up for my Purposeful & Profitable Podcasting Workshop Connect with Beaven: The 3D Parent Lounge Beaven on IG: The 3D Parent Lounge Beaven on FB: The 3D Parent Lounge Private Membership Community on FB: The 3D Parent Lounge Thank you to our sponsor: Best Fiends: Download FREE on the Apple App Store or Google Play.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Peter Mutabazi is an international advocate for vulnerable communities and children. He is a regional manager for World Vision, a keynote speaker, and the founder and creator of Now I Am Known.He believes every child and young person, especially the forgotten, neglected, or abused, deserves to be celebrated; seen, heard, and known.Peter is a single dad who has fostered 13 kids and adopted 1 (so far). When he's not speaking or advocating for others, he enjoys running, skiing, and spending time with his kids and his new puppy Simba.Peter has lived a remarkable life and is building an incredible legacy. I’m so honored to share his story on the show. Grab a tissue. You’re in for a treat.Listen in to hear Peter share: His experience growing up in an extremely abusive family in Uganda How he ran away at age 10 to live on the street - and never returned home His special relationship with his mother How the kindness of one stranger changed the course of his life and helped him see himself as a human being for the first time What inspired him to start fostering children How he ended up adopting one of his foster children - in spite of trying not to get attached to the children he fosters How he connects with and holds empathy for the biological moms of the kids he fosters The importance of BEING KNOWN, especially if you’ve been forgotten Links mentioned: Connect with Peter: Now I am Known Peter on YouTube: Now I am Known Peter on IG Peter on FB: Foster Dad Flipper   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This time 5 years ago I had just started listening to podcasts. I was inspired and challenged by so many things I learned from the mentors I invited into my ears. I was soaking so many new opportunities for learning and growth. Within a few months, I would decide that I wanted to start my own podcast… someday….I figured it would take me many months, if not a year or so to get a show off the ground. However, when I shared this dream with another podcaster, the momentum began and I had a show up and running within a matter of 8 weeks. WHOA.I didn’t expect it to happen so fast at all. But my podcaster friend was quick to remind me that there is no reason to wait to share your message or your mission with the world. He was so right.I know there are mamas who tune into me twice a week religiously who think, “Mayyyybe someday I’ll start my own podcast.” Maybe that someday is now???Podcasting has changed my life in some very profound ways. It has afforded me opportunities for impact and growth that I never saw coming. I has allowed me to build beautiful and deeply profound client relationships, upgrade my entrepreneurial skills (and income), make ridiculously awesome new friends and colleagues, and redefine what I stand for and where I am going.Podcasting can do the same for you.Listen in to hear how podcasting has changed my life and can change yours too.Links mentioned:Join my Purposeful & Profitable Podcasting WorkshopThank you to our sponsor: BetterHelp: Special offer for listeners: get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/shameless    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As a mother, educator, businesswoman, and household manager, Nicole Adams leverage’s her life experiences, dual masters degrees, and 15 years of Fortune 100 human resources expertise to assist working parents in increasing their confidence, capability, and fulfillment in their career and life. Using a combination of therapeutic and business acumen tactics, Nicole partners with individuals and companies to provide coaching, workshops, events, and custom programs to create deeper support and engagement.Nicole told me she wanted to come on the show to talk about her motherhood mission statement and I thought this would fit so well with all the talk we’ve been having around core values recently. I love the idea of having a motherhood mission statement and hope you’ll create your own after listening to this conversation with Nicole.Listen in to hear Nicole share: The impact a road trip from Seattle to South America had on her identity How creating a personal mission statement shifted her sense of self and identity How she recognized her loss of identity in motherhood - and then rebuilt it How to create your own Motherhood Mission Statement The two things she wishes she did differently when she became a mom (her advice to new moms!) The importance of letting your mission statement grow and evolve over time Links mentioned: Connect with Nicole Instagram: Cambia_NW Cambia NW Facebook: CambiaNW Thank you to our sponsor: BetterHelp: Special offer for listeners: get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/shameless   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Your voice is a gift and a tool. It is the bridge between your brilliance and your impact. To use it is to change the world. To quiet it is to withhold one of your biggest assets from the world. The world needs your voice - because with your voice comes a perspective and a power that can shift how others see things. Your voice has the power to change minds and missions and policy. And when you use your voice you grant others permission to use theirs.How will you use your voice in the remaining critical months of 2020?Will you set firm boundaries with others so you can stop wasting your precious energy on those who do not deserve the best parts of you? Will you start a podcast (yes, please) or a blog or a memoir? Will you run for office or step into a leadership position in your community (YES, PLEASE)?How will you build the bridge between your brilliance and your impact during this critical time?Links mentioned:Get on the WaitList for my podcast workshop   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jaclyn Mellone helps experts exponentially grow their business by becoming the Go-To Authority in their space. She is a coach, strategist, Keynote speaker, mama, guac lover, and host of the Go-To Gal podcast!She helps her clients get out of their own way, package their expertise to scale, position themselves as the go-to authority, and have their dream clients and opportunities landing on their lap! Her signature approach combines restructuring her clients business models, reframing their mindset, and revamping their marketing so that they become the go-to authority from the inside out. Jaclyn supports experts at all stages from freelancer to global brands!She has spoken at marketing conferences around the US, grown her social media channels to total over 50K followers, and has been featured in Entrepreneur, Yahoo Finance, Reader’s Digest, Parents, Well + Good, and in dozens of podcasts and radio appearances.Jaclyn has proudly built the Go-To Gal empire in her slippers from her living room in Rochester, NY while raising two babies.Listen in to hear Jaclyn share: The impact of helping her dad start a business in 2004 How strength comes from vulnerability, not showing up as your strongest self Her journey into motherhood as the mother of a preemie How she managed emotions by not letting herself experience them - and then realized this was harmful How she practices embracing feelings knowing that her personality type is prone to avoiding emotion Be ok with your feelings being uncomfortable and inconvenient 4 practical tips to practice feeling hard feelings Links mentioned: Connect with Jaclyn: Jaclyn Mellone Jaclyn on IG Go To Gal on IG  FB group for Go To Gal    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A member of Tenacious Mamas (my business and leadership mastermind group) recently shared with us that she was feeling stuck - without a sense of direction or much clarity around her goals. These feelings of stuckness and perhaps even confusion around stuckness are so common given what we have all been through this year. Things have been unpredictable for many months now and will continue to be so for many more months. This leads us to feel like we lack control and direction, which makes it hard to connect to a sense of purpose and specific goals. So, how can we keep moving forward? The answer lies in who you’re spending time with, how you’re spending time alone (yes, you need to be spending a little time alone - which may feel nearly impossible in COVID times), and what thought patterns you’re making space for.Links mentioned: Tenacious Mamas Interest: info@shamelessmom.com Get my 15 Minute Manifest: shamelessmom.com/15mm SMA Episode 462 with Jasmine Bradshaw: How To Talk To Your Kids About Race   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tonya Coleman is owner of Soiree-Event Design™, a full-service event planning, styling, and graphic design studio and founder of The Partypreneurs School of Party Planning™, a course & coaching program that teaches new and aspiring party planners how to transform their hobby into a money-making business. She is a busy wife and mom of 5 and after over 20 years as a small business owner, she is all about that entrepreneurial life! She has worked with many businesses, brands, and celebrities over the years and is humbled to do what she loves EVERY DAY! She most recently launched The Partypreneurs™ 101 SQUAD - her signature membership program inside the Partypreneurs School of Party Planning™ which brings all of her Partypreneurs™ 101 courses, products and coaching programs all under one roof at an affordable price so MORE women can follow in her footsteps of creating the business you love, making real money so you can create the lifestyle you want.Tonya and I are friends from a past mastermind group. Recently, I watched (via Facebook) as her daughter teenage Faith stood up as an activist in her community, resulting in getting on the TODAY show. When Tonya and I talked about her coming on the show, I knew I wanted to ask her about Faith’s badassery. Prepare yourself - Faith’s story is going to blow you away!Listen in to hear Tonya share: How Faith was censored at school - and how she spoke up, stood up, and organized a protest to support Black history and denounce censorship How Faith chose to show up after George Floyd’s death - resulting in getting on the Today show Faith’s lesson to “just throw the rock” to start to create ripples of impact How she cultivated confidence and built something from nothing by showing up as the person she wanted to become Her motto around “don’t let the defeats define you” Why it’s ok to turn a fun hobby into a business (it’s ok to make money doing fun things!) Links mentioned: Join Tonya’s Partypreneurs™ 101 SQUAD by Sept 1 with this special discount: | Discount Code: SQUADFOUNDER Tonya’s The Partypreneurs™ School of Party Planning Connect with Tonya: Soiree Event Design Tonya on Facebook: SoireeEventDesignStudio Tonya on Instagram: Soiree Event Design Tonya on Pinterest: Soiree Events Thank you to our sponsor: Care.com: To save 30% off a Care.com Premium membership, visit Care.com/SHAMELESSMOM   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Katherine Winter-Sellery is the CEO of the Conscious Parenting Revolution and co-creator of the Guidance Approach to Parenting, a program that applies conflict-resolution skills to communicating more effectively with children and adults. Through her workshops, books, and her three TEDx talks, she has taught thousands of parents (and educators, social workers, medical professionals, and anyone else needing to converse with 5-year-olds or 17-year-olds, or even 85-year-olds!) in a half dozen countries and cultures to minimize misunderstandings and melt-downs, and communicate with more collaboration, cooperation, and consideration. Her methods positively influence relationships for generations.She created and chaired the 2019 National Summit on Mental Health and Mental Fitness, a conference on the intersection of science, medicine, faith, and politics and their impacts on mental wellness that culminated in the nation’s largest-ever group meditation. Katherine, a trained mediator, is passionate about people’s abilities to transcend their past trauma, current dysfunction, and ongoing negative self-talk to create more collaborative and supportive environments in their homes, offices, and families.Listen in to hear Katherine share: What COVID has been like for her as her third pandemic after living in Hong Kong for 30 years The significance of the relationship between breathing and emotions The difference between conscious and unconscious parenting and the impacts of both Why we need to deeply understand that we are the catalyst, not the cause, of other people’s feelings Why you might want to reconsider your use of rewards & punishments in parenting How the use of rewards & punishments lead to retaliation, rebellion and resistance Why obedience and compliance a dangerous goal in parenting The truth about self esteem and where most of us get our self esteem Links mentioned: LAST DAY: Sign up for Construct Your Core Values Workshop Watch Katherine’s TED talks: Surviving & Transcending Unconscious Parenting The Rebellion is Here - We Created It, We Can Solve It From overriding my inner knowing to trusting myself Connect with Katherine: Conscious Parenting Revolution Katherine on FB: Conscious Parenting Revolution Katherine on IG: Katherine winter Sellery Katherine on LinkedIn: Katherine Sellery Join Katherine’s next Conscious Parenting Revolution group with a discount: Ebook | Discount Code: PODCAST20 Free ebook: 7 Strategies to Keep Your Relationship with Your Kids from Hitting the Boiling Point Thank you to our sponsor: Best Fiends: Download FREE on the Apple App Store or Google Play.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices