Creative and Resilient Voices

Dr. Kenya Nyota Lee
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Creative & Resilient Voices hosted by Dr. Kenya Nyota Lee, multi-hyphenate leader and creative Where soulful storytelling meets bold strategy.  Each episode invites listeners into honest, heart-centered conversations about transformation, leadership, and defining joy and success on your own terms. Through reflective solo episodes and rich dialogues with changemakers, artists, visionaries and everyday women navigating their own becoming, Creative & Resilient Voices celebrates the stories of those daring to remember who they are. It’s for the woman on the edge of change. The artist inside the strategist. The leader who longs to exhale. The dreamer who is done waiting for permission. Themes include:• Creativity in all its forms as an act of resilience• Leadership and transformation in evolving times• Navigating change, reclaiming authenticity, and redefining what it means to live with purpose.• Healing, reinvention, and the stories that shape us Join the Creative & Resilient community every other week for real conversations, soulful insight, and practical wisdom to help you design a life rooted in creativity, purpose, and joy. In navigating challenges, new seasons of life, uncertainty, and the small quiet wins—we discover just how creative and resilient we really are.

Episodes

  1. Stepping Into Greatness

    APR 15

    Stepping Into Greatness

    Dr. Lisa Orbé-Austin is a licensed psychologist, executive coach, organizational consultant and co-founder of Dynamic Transitions Psychological Consulting, who specializes in leadership development, career advancement, and the psychology of high achievement.. In this episode of Creative & Resilient Voices, we discuss how her own personal struggles with imposter syndrome manifested as her focused work in helping professionals overcome imposter syndrome and perfectionism and ultimately stepping into their own greatness. This powerful conversation touches on: ·      How to challenge the narrative of imposter syndrome and perfectionism ·      Recognizing when you are stuck in a job ·      Knowing that “good enough is good enough” ·      Appreciating the lessons to be found in failure ·      And much more Lisa is also the co-author, along with her husband and business partner, Richard Orbé-Austin of the bestselling book Own Your Greatness: Overcome Impostor Syndrome, Beat Self-Doubt, and Succeed in Life  and Your Unstoppable Greatness: Break Free from Imposter Syndrome, Cultivate your Agency and Achieve Your Ultimate Career Goals; and the more recently, Your Child’s Greatness: A Parent’s Guide to Raising Children without Imposter Syndrome. Through her writing, speaking, and coaching, she helps people move beyond self-doubt and perfectionism so they can lead with clarity, confidence, and purpose. If this episode resonates with you let me know. Send me an email at Kenya@Kenyanyotalee.com About Dr. Kenya Nyota Lee Dr. Kenya Nyota Lee is a storyteller, leader, and strategist whose work explores creativity, resilience, leadership, and the deeply human process of becoming. Through essays, conversations, and community gatherings, she creates spaces where women can reflect on their journeys, recognize themselves in one another’s stories, and step forward with greater clarity and courage. Read and subscribe: creativeandresilient.substack.com Connect on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kenyanyotalee or send an email to kenya@kenyanyotalee.com or visit www.kenyanyotalee.com Subscribe to Creative & Resilient Voices on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon, or wherever you listen. Your story matters. Your creativity in all its forms is sacred. Your resilience is your superpower.

    45 min

  2. MAR 18

    The Waiting Room

    How long have you been in the waiting room? Waiting to be ready. Waiting to be recognized. Waiting for permission. Waiting to be affirmed. Many of us tell ourselves the same story: Once I have more experience. Once I feel more confident. Once someone notices my work. Then the raise will come. The promotion. The better opportunity. But the longer I observe leadership and career journeys — my own and others — the more I see how easily readiness becomes a moving target. And how waiting for recognition or external validation can leave us in limbo, waiting for something that may never arrive. In this episode of Creative & Resilient Voices, I reflect on my own struggles with readiness and recognition, the hidden cost of waiting, and what changes when we decide to step forward before certainty arrives. Sometimes the barrier isn’t readiness, recognition, or permission. It’s the belief that those things have to come first. What might change if the next chapter of your life doesn’t begin when someone else confirms you’re ready… but the moment you step forward in faith? About Dr. Kenya Nyota Lee Dr. Kenya Nyota Lee is a storyteller, leader, and strategist whose work explores creativity, resilience, leadership, and the deeply human process of becoming. Through essays, conversations, and community gatherings, she creates spaces where women can reflect on their journeys, recognize themselves in one another’s stories, and step forward with greater clarity and courage. Read and subscribe: creativeandresilient.substack.com Connect on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kenyanyotalee or send an email to kenya@kenyanyotalee.com or visit www.kenyanyotalee.com Subscribe to Creative & Resilient Voices on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon, or wherever you listen. Your story matters. Your creativity in all its forms is sacred. Your resilience is your superpower.

    22 min
  3. A Time of Wintering with Guest Janet Rossbach, Founder of Affinity Blueprint

    MAR 4

    A Time of Wintering with Guest Janet Rossbach, Founder of Affinity Blueprint

    Janet B. Rossbach, founder of Affinity Blueprint, is a changemaker, nonprofit consultant, and career coach with nearly three decades of experience in higher education and nonprofit leadership. Throughout her career, she has built vibrant alumni and affinity networks at institutions including the School of Visual Arts, The Cooper Union, Columbia Business School, Baruch College, Camp Rising Sun, and SUNY New Paltz. While she loved the work of building meaningful relationships and communities, Janet eventually realized that the realities of organizational life were no longer aligned with the way she wanted to contribute. She made the courageous decision to step away from her full-time role, launch her consulting practice, and later take a sabbatical to “rest, reflect, recover, and reboot.” Janet describes this time as a period of cocooning, a chance to release expectations, past models, and assumptions about success that no longer served her. It became an opportunity to listen inward and redefine what success truly meant on her own terms. As someone who studies leadership and organizational culture, I’m often struck by how much we glorify endurance. But what Janet models here is discernment, the wisdom to recognize when alignment has shifted and the courage to trust what’s emerging next. This episode is an invitation to create space for yourself. Even if a full sabbatical isn’t possible, consider taking a day. A half day. Even an hour. To pause. To listen. To reconnect with what ignites you. About Janet Rossbach Janet B. Rossbach is the founder of Affinity Blueprint, a nonprofit consulting practice focused on helping mission-driven organizations strengthen relationships with their communities and constituencies. A seasoned higher education and nonprofit leader with nearly 30 years of experience, Janet has built and led alumni engagement initiatives at institutions. Janet is also a NACE-certified career coach and nonprofit advisor who has consulted with organizations on volunteer engagement, membership strategy, and organizational change. Through her work and coaching, she helps professionals and institutions reimagine what meaningful connection and success can look like. Contact Janet Rossbach: Website:         https://www.affinityblueprint.com/ LinkedIn:          https://www.linkedin.com/in/janetrossbach/ Email:              Janet@AffinityBlueprint.com Where you can find Dr. Kenya Nyota Lee, host of Creative and Resilient Voices: Substack:         https://creativeandresilient.substack.com LinkedIn:          https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenyanyotalee/ Instagram:      https://www.instagram.com/kenya_the_pathfinder/# Email:              Kenya@Kenyanyotalee.com   Resources Mentioned: Tiny Experiments by Anne-Laure Le Cunff Atomic Habits by James Clear Wintering by Katherine May   About Dr. Kenya Nyota Lee Dr. Kenya Nyota Lee is a storyteller, leader, and strategist whose work explores creativity, resilience, leadership, and the deeply human process of becoming. Through essays, conversations, and community gatherings, she creates spaces where women can reflect on their journeys, recognize themselves in one another’s stories, and step forward with greater clarity and courage. Read and subscribe: creativeandresilient.substack.com Connect on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kenyanyotalee or send an email to kenya@kenyanyotalee.com or visit www.kenyanyotalee.com Subscribe to Creative & Resilient Voices on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon, or wherever you listen. Your story matters. Your creativity in all its forms is sacred. Your resilience is your superpower.

    1h 3m
  4. Take Small Steps with guest Author Leah Schanke

    FEB 4

    Take Small Steps with guest Author Leah Schanke

    Leah Schanke, writer and Human Resources executive, shares her journey of pursuing her dream of writing professionally while working full-time, taking small steps. She explains how she is living in alignment with her purpose in writing historical fiction for children, while overcoming imposter syndrome in order to fully embrace the identity of a writer.  Leah Schanke is a children's book author whose multicultural heritage and interest in U.S. history inspire her to write historical fiction and nonfiction books for children with a focus on little-known but significant figures and events. Leah's debut picture book, FREEDOM AT DAWN, illustrated by Oboh Moses, launched April 2025. She is a PAL member of SCBWI, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and a member of the Authors Guild.  Resources Mentioned: Freedom at Dawn by Leah Schanke available Bookshop.org, Amazon, Barnes & Noble The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron Contact Leah Schanke: Website:         https://www.leahschanke.com LinkedIn:          https://www.linkedin.com/in/leahschanke/ Instagram:      https://www.instagram.com/leahschanke/   Where you can find Dr. Kenya Nyota Lee, host of Creative and Resilient Voices: Substack:         https://creativeandresilient.substack.com LinkedIn:          https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenyanyotalee/ Instagram:      https://www.instagram.com/kenya_the_pathfinder/#   About Dr. Kenya Nyota Lee Dr. Kenya Nyota Lee is a storyteller, leader, and strategist whose work explores creativity, resilience, leadership, and the deeply human process of becoming. Through essays, conversations, and community gatherings, she creates spaces where women can reflect on their journeys, recognize themselves in one another’s stories, and step forward with greater clarity and courage. Read and subscribe: creativeandresilient.substack.com Connect on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kenyanyotalee or send an email to kenya@kenyanyotalee.com or visit www.kenyanyotalee.com Subscribe to Creative & Resilient Voices on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon, or wherever you listen. Your story matters. Your creativity in all its forms is sacred. Your resilience is your superpower.

    45 min

  5. JAN 22

    We Are Born To Do Many Things (with Guest Photographer Priyanca Rao)

    In this episode of Creative & Resilient Voices, photographer Priyanca Rao reflects on sustaining a creative identity through the many chapters, roles, and pivots that shape a life. From artist to entrepreneur, mother, and partner, Priyanca shares how she is learning to define these roles for herself, leaving room for fluidity, grace, and adaptability rather than conforming to inherited or societal definitions. Priyanca Rao is an internationally acclaimed portrait photographer based in New York City, celebrated for her creative use of light and evocative, story-driven imagery. Named Best Photographer in NYC by Photographer USA Magazine, she is a Top Fearless Wedding Photographer worldwide and a Wed Award and Weddison Award winner. Trained in fashion design at the London College of Fashion, Priyanca has worked across photography and fashion since 2003 and was ranked among the Top 50 Photographers in the World by Fearless Photographers in 2023. Beyond portraits, she documents women’s stories through street and documentary photography. She is also a mentor and educator, passionate about supporting photographers in refining their artistic voice.   Contact Priyanca Rao: LinkedIn:         https://www.linkedin.com/in/priyancarao/ Instagram:       https://www.instagram.com/priyancarao/ Website:         https://priyanca.com Substack:         https://priyancarao.substack.com   Where you can find Dr. Kenya Nytoa Lee, host of Creative and Resilient Voices: Substack:         https://creativeandresilient.substack.com LinkedIn:          https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenyanyotalee/ Instagram:      https://www.instagram.com/kenya_the_pathfinder/#   About Dr. Kenya Nyota Lee Dr. Kenya Nyota Lee is a storyteller, leader, and strategist whose work explores creativity, resilience, leadership, and the deeply human process of becoming. Through essays, conversations, and community gatherings, she creates spaces where women can reflect on their journeys, recognize themselves in one another’s stories, and step forward with greater clarity and courage. Read and subscribe: creativeandresilient.substack.com Connect on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kenyanyotalee or send an email to kenya@kenyanyotalee.com or visit www.kenyanyotalee.com Subscribe to Creative & Resilient Voices on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon, or wherever you listen. Your story matters. Your creativity in all its forms is sacred. Your resilience is your superpower.

    46 min

  6. JAN 7

    Shift Happens: Embracing Change Through Reinvention with Guest Dr. Denise Patrick

    In this episode, Dr. Denise Patrick has a candid conversation about how being grounded in spirituality has guided her professionally and personally through challenges while releasing old identities and embracing change. She notes, “Starting over game me an opportunity to step out of my comfort zone.” Dr. Denise Patrick is an executive advisor, leadership strategist and principal of The Patrick Firm. She works directly with CEOs, boards, and senior leaders to create clarity, alignment, and decisive execution. She developed the CAE (Clarity–Alignment–Execution) Framework for Strategic Leadership, a model now recognized as the Echelon standard for executive alignment and decision-making. Known for her calm authority and incisive insight, Dr. Patrick translates complex leadership challenges into clear, actionable strategies that move organizations forward.  (Recorded: October 2025) Contact Dr. Denise Patrick: LinkedIn:         https://www.linkedin.com/in/drdenisepatrick/ Instagram:       @drdenisepatrick Website:         https://drdenisepatrick.com   Where you can find Dr. Kenya Nytoa Lee, host of Creative and Resilient Voices: Substack:         https://creativeandresilient.substack.com LinkedIn:          https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenyanyotalee/ Instagram:      https://www.instagram.com/kenya_the_pathfinder/# About Dr. Kenya Nyota Lee Dr. Kenya Nyota Lee is a storyteller, leader, and strategist whose work explores creativity, resilience, leadership, and the deeply human process of becoming. Through essays, conversations, and community gatherings, she creates spaces where women can reflect on their journeys, recognize themselves in one another’s stories, and step forward with greater clarity and courage. Read and subscribe: creativeandresilient.substack.com Connect on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kenyanyotalee or send an email to kenya@kenyanyotalee.com or visit www.kenyanyotalee.com Subscribe to Creative & Resilient Voices on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon, or wherever you listen. Your story matters. Your creativity in all its forms is sacred. Your resilience is your superpower.

    44 min

  7. 12/03/2025

    The Pause Before the Pivot

    Before every major change, there is a sacred pause — a quiet moment when you sense that the life you’ve been living no longer fully fits. In this solo episode, Kenya explores that tender in-between space and offers a gentle framework for understanding where you’ve been, what truth is emerging now, and what next step is calling you forward. Through personal story, reflection, and a simple Past–Present–Future guide, you’ll learn how to listen to your inner compass, release what no longer aligns, and reframe fear from What if I fail? to What if I succeed? This episode is for anyone standing at the edge of a new chapter. If you’re feeling unsettled, longing for change, or craving more creativity, peace, or purpose, this conversation reminds you that you are not stuck — you are preparing to pivot. Take a breath. Press pause. About Dr. Kenya Nyota Lee Dr. Kenya Nyota Lee is a storyteller, leader, and strategist whose work explores creativity, resilience, leadership, and the deeply human process of becoming. Through essays, conversations, and community gatherings, she creates spaces where women can reflect on their journeys, recognize themselves in one another’s stories, and step forward with greater clarity and courage. Read and subscribe: creativeandresilient.substack.com Connect on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kenyanyotalee or send an email to kenya@kenyanyotalee.com or visit www.kenyanyotalee.com Subscribe to Creative & Resilient Voices on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon, or wherever you listen. Your story matters. Your creativity in all its forms is sacred. Your resilience is your superpower.

    16 min

  8. 11/12/2025

    Doing It Scared: Using Fear as a Force with Guest Dr. Brandy Peer

    Listen in on an inspiring conversation with Dr. Brandy Peer. Dr. Brandy Peer shares her pivot and subsequent journey that has led her to living out the vision she created for her life. She notes during our chat, “If it doesn’t scare me, it’s not big enough…” Dr. Peer is a powerhouse empowerment coach, speaker, and consultant who helps ambitious women and leaders break through barriers, silence self-sabotage, and step boldly into their most authentic selves. Dr. Peer is CEO of BMPowered Consulting, LLC, with over 13 years of experience helping others remove barriers to growth—both systemic and internal. She specializes in guiding high-achieving women toward clarity, confidence, and self-defined success. With expertise spanning admissions, student affairs, and leadership development, Dr. Peer connects human insight with structural change. Known for her dynamic presence, she empowers others to release limitations and step fully into their power. Contact Dr. Brandy Peer: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandypeer/ Instagram: @bmpoweredllc About Dr. Kenya Nyota Lee Dr. Kenya Nyota Lee is a storyteller, leader, and strategist whose work explores creativity, resilience, leadership, and the deeply human process of becoming. Through essays, conversations, and community gatherings, she creates spaces where women can reflect on their journeys, recognize themselves in one another’s stories, and step forward with greater clarity and courage. Read and subscribe: creativeandresilient.substack.com Connect on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kenyanyotalee or send an email to kenya@kenyanyotalee.com or visit www.kenyanyotalee.com Subscribe to Creative & Resilient Voices on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon, or wherever you listen. Your story matters. Your creativity in all its forms is sacred. Your resilience is your superpower.

    37 min

  9. 11/10/2025

    Saying Yes to the Whisper

    What happens when life invites you to listen more deeply to the quiet, persistent whisper inside that says, “There’s more than this”? In this inaugural episode of Creative & Resilient Voices, host Dr. Kenya Nyota Lee shares the story behind the podcast: how a lifetime of achievement, leadership, and service led to a moment of awakening  and a return to creativity, joy, and self-trust. Through honest storytelling and soulful reflection, Kenya explores what it means to stop performing and start becoming; to release what’s not yours to carry; and to rediscover the parts of yourself that have been waiting for permission to emerge. You’ll hear: The origins of Creative & Resilient Voices and the whisper that started it all.How growth, and grace shaped Kenya’s path from performance to purpose.Gentle reflections on joy, resilience, and the courage to begin again.This is more than an introduction  it’s an invitation. To pause. To breathe. To remember the sound of your own inner voice. Because saying yes to the whisper is where transformation begins. Subscribe to Creative & Resilient Voices on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon, or wherever you listen and join Dr. Kenya Nyota Lee every two weeks for stories, reflections, and conversations that inspire you to live, lead, and create with intention. About Dr. Kenya Nyota Lee Dr. Kenya Nyota Lee is a storyteller, leader, and strategist whose work explores creativity, resilience, leadership, and the deeply human process of becoming. Through essays, conversations, and community gatherings, she creates spaces where women can reflect on their journeys, recognize themselves in one another’s stories, and step forward with greater clarity and courage. Read and subscribe: creativeandresilient.substack.com Connect on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kenyanyotalee or send an email to kenya@kenyanyotalee.com or visit www.kenyanyotalee.com Subscribe to Creative & Resilient Voices on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon, or wherever you listen. Your story matters. Your creativity in all its forms is sacred. Your resilience is your superpower.

    16 min

  10. SEASON 1 TRAILER

    Trailer: Creative and Resilient Voices

    Welcome to Creative & Resilient Voices, hosted by Dr. Kenya Nyota Lee,  multi-hyphenate leader and creative. Where soulful storytelling meets bold strategy.  This podcast is a space for honest, soul-centered conversations. Through reflective solo episodes and rich dialogues with changemakers, visionaries, artists, and everyday women, Creative & Resilient Voices celebrates the stories of those daring to remember who they are. It’s for the woman on the edge of change. The artist inside the strategist. The leader who longs to exhale. The dreamer who is done waiting for permission. About Dr. Kenya Nyota Lee Dr. Kenya Nyota Lee is a storyteller, leader, and strategist whose work explores creativity, resilience, leadership, and the deeply human process of becoming. Through essays, conversations, and community gatherings, she creates spaces where women can reflect on their journeys, recognize themselves in one another’s stories, and step forward with greater clarity and courage. Read and subscribe: creativeandresilient.substack.com Connect on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kenyanyotalee or send an email to kenya@kenyanyotalee.com or visit www.kenyanyotalee.com Subscribe to Creative & Resilient Voices on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon, or wherever you listen. Your story matters. Your creativity in all its forms is sacred. Your resilience is your superpower.

    2 min

Trailer

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Creative & Resilient Voices hosted by Dr. Kenya Nyota Lee, multi-hyphenate leader and creative Where soulful storytelling meets bold strategy.  Each episode invites listeners into honest, heart-centered conversations about transformation, leadership, and defining joy and success on your own terms. Through reflective solo episodes and rich dialogues with changemakers, artists, visionaries and everyday women navigating their own becoming, Creative & Resilient Voices celebrates the stories of those daring to remember who they are. It’s for the woman on the edge of change. The artist inside the strategist. The leader who longs to exhale. The dreamer who is done waiting for permission. Themes include:• Creativity in all its forms as an act of resilience• Leadership and transformation in evolving times• Navigating change, reclaiming authenticity, and redefining what it means to live with purpose.• Healing, reinvention, and the stories that shape us Join the Creative & Resilient community every other week for real conversations, soulful insight, and practical wisdom to help you design a life rooted in creativity, purpose, and joy. In navigating challenges, new seasons of life, uncertainty, and the small quiet wins—we discover just how creative and resilient we really are.

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  • Creator
    Dr. Kenya Nyota Lee
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    10
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Creative and Resilient Voices
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