The She Can Work Podcast

SHE CAN WORK
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The She Can Work Podcast is where ambitious women founders come to think bigger, build stronger, and lead companies that last. Hosted by She Can Work Founder, serial entrepreneur and ecosystem builder Tiara Abu, each episode goes beyond inspiration to explore the real decisions, strategies, and systems behind sustainable business growth. Expect candid conversations with founders, experts, capital providers, corporate leaders, and people shaping the future of entrepreneurship. Together, we’ll unpack what it takes to strengthen your business, access capital, pursue contracts, build a team, navigate a changing economy, and grow into the CEO your next level requires. Because women in business do not need more permission. We need better information, stronger networks, and room to build. This is more than a business podcast. It is a front-row seat to the ideas, opportunities, and conversations helping women build wealth, create jobs, and shape the economy around them. Welcome to The She Can Work Podcast. Let’s WORK!

Episodes

  1. 7h ago

    Why Not Me? The Courage to Build What Doesn’t Exist

    What happens when you stop waiting for someone else to create the space you believe should exist? You build it. In this episode of The She Can Work Podcast, Tiara sits down with Tracie Jae, the Quiet Rebel, for a deeply human conversation about knowing yourself, asking better questions, making decisions that remember the people affected by them, and finding the courage to bring an idea into the world before you know exactly where it will lead. Tracie describes herself as someone who helps decision-makers remember that there are humans on the other side of their decisions—and helps humans tell their stories. But getting there required her to first spend enough time with herself to understand who she was. Tracie shares what she learned after seasons of marriage, motherhood, transition, and beginning again—including the uncomfortable process of separating who she actually was from who she had been told she was supposed to be. That journey eventually informed HUMAN, her decision-making framework built around five principles: Honest, Urgent, Meaningful, Accountable, and Nuanced. And now that work is evolving into HUMAN. Stories., storytelling platform designed to give ordinary human beings a place to tell stories without having to become polished speakers, experts, or performers first. Together, Tiara and Tracie explore what it means to build businesses and lead organizations without leaving humanity behind, and what happens when an idea stops feeling like an interesting possibility and starts feeling like an assignment. About Tracie JaeTracie Jae, the Founder of The Quiet Rebel, helps decision-makers remember that there are human beings on the other side of their decisions and creates spaces where people can tell their stories more fully. Her work is grounded in curiosity, connection, courageous conversation, and a belief that humanity belongs at the center of the decisions we make—in business, leadership, relationships, and community. Tracie is the creator of the HUMAN framework, a decision-making approach built around five questions and principles: Honest — What really happened? Urgent — What matters most right now? Meaningful — How can we make a positive impact here? Accountable — Who needs to own this? Nuanced — What else might we be missing? She is also the creator of HUMAN. Stories., a storytelling platform built around a simple invitation: Fully human. Aloud. Together. Through her work, Tracie is creating more spaces for people to ask better questions, understand one another more deeply, and tell stories that might otherwise never reach the stage. Connect With TracieWebsite | https://thequietrebel.org LinkedIn | https://linkedin.com/in/traciejae Instagram | https://instagram.com/thequietrebelllc

    Why Not Me? The Courage to Build What Doesn’t Exist

  2. Aug 24

    Stop Making Money Decisions on Vibes. Build Wealth on Purpose.

    You can want generational wealth. You can talk about legacy. You can put the dream house on the vision board. But eventually, somebody has to do the math. In this episode of The She Can Work Podcast, Tiara sits down with Chase Sloan, founder of The Chasing Real Estate Group and Houston-based real estate consultant, for a candid conversation about real estate, ownership, wealth building, and what it actually takes to move from surviving financially to building something that lasts. Chase’s mission is unapologetic... increase the net worth of Black America by helping people use strategic real estate ownership and business ownership to build wealth. And she isn’t interested in selling people a fantasy. Chase talks about what she had to learn about money herself, including why saving alone wasn’t changing her financial trajectory, why she started paying herself first, and how buying her first home ultimately created exponentially more wealth than years of simply working and saving. Together, Tiara and Chase challenge some of the narratives that keep people stuck, waiting for the “perfect” time to buy, believing homeownership automatically means giving up convenience, assuming experiences and ownership have to compete, or making financial decisions based on what feels easiest today without considering what those choices could cost 10 or 20 years from now. This is a conversation about real estate, but even more, it’s about strategy. About Chase SloanChase Sloan is the founder of The Chasing Real Estate Group and a Houston-based real estate consultant helping first-time homebuyers build wealth and second-time homebuyers create cash flow through strategic real estate ownership. Her work is grounded in a larger mission to advance Black homeownership, strengthen communities, and help more families move from working for money to making money work for them. Chase is also the creator of Abundantly Thinking VIP, a private membership community for high achievers who want to strengthen their approach to money, ownership, wealth, and abundance. Through education, honest conversations, and deeply personalized guidance, Chase helps clients think beyond a single transaction and begin making decisions about real estate through the lens of long-term stability, leverage, cash flow, and legacy. Connect with Chase SloanInstagram Personal | https://www.instagram.com/chase_sloan/ The Chasing Real Estate Group | https://www.instagram.com/thechasingrealestategroup/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/fromtherealtor https://www.facebook.com/ChasingRealEstate LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/chasesloan/ Abundantly Thinking VIP | https://bit.ly/AbundantlyThinkingVIP

    Stop Making Money Decisions on Vibes. Build Wealth on Purpose.

  3. Aug 17

    You Say You’re Making an Impact. Can You Prove It?

    Most organizations say they care about impact. But collecting surveys, counting participants, and gathering testimonials isn’t the same thing as understanding whether your work is actually changing anything. In this episode of The She Can Work Podcast, Tiara sits down with Dr. Shontoria Walker, Founder and Executive Director of Education PowerED 501(c)(3), to talk about what it really looks like to use data as a tool for better decisions, stronger programs, sustainable growth, and measurable impact. Shontoria has experienced She Can Work from both sides: first as a founder building her own organization inside the Core Program, and now as the leader helping She Can Work build its data and impact practice. That journey gives her a unique perspective on what happens when organizations move beyond simply collecting information and begin listening, responding, and adjusting based on what the data is actually telling them. Together, Tiara and Shontoria unpack why impact measurement is much deeper than “doing surveys,” how qualitative and quantitative data work together, and why strong leaders need enough humility to change course when the evidence calls for it. They also talk about the business case for better data: stronger programming, clearer decision-making, more compelling funding applications, better partnerships, increased referrals, and the ability to prove that the outcomes you promise are actually happening. About Dr. Shontoria WalkerDr. Shontoria Walker is the Founder and Executive Director of Education PowerED, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit helping mission-driven programs and small business ecosystems use data, evaluation, and storytelling to demonstrate impact and support sustainable growth. With more than a decade of experience in education research, program evaluation, and leadership development, Shontoria specializes in translating complex data into meaningful narratives that elevate community voices and inform strategic decision-making. Through Education PowerED’s expanding Data & Impact Services, she works with nonprofits and entrepreneurial programs to better capture outcomes, leadership growth, and economic impact through storytelling grounded in real data. In addition to her nonprofit leadership, Shontoria is a national literacy expert and higher education instructor. Her work is rooted in equity, access, and a simple belief: data should empower communities—not just measure them. Connect with Dr. Shontoria WalkerEducation PowerED https://www.educationpowered.org Instagram https://www.instagram.com/educationpowered/ Shontoria is also a co-author of Culture to the Max, a resource exploring how intentional culture, leadership, and systems can transform organizations and communities. The framework also informs Education PowerED’s approach to culturally responsive data collection, community-centered research, and impact work.

    You Say You’re Making an Impact. Can You Prove It?

  4. Aug 10

    Stop Fighting Yourself. The Real Science of Changing Your Habits

    What if changing your habits had less to do with discipline—and more to do with how deeply you can connect with the person you’re becoming? In this episode of The She Can Work Podcast, Tiara sits down with Jane Msumba, award-winning pharmacist, health coach, mental imagery training practitioner, and founder of Inner Glow Clinic, for a conversation about the science behind sustainable behavior change. Jane’s work started with a realization from both her clinical experience and her own life: most of us already know what we’re “supposed” to do. Eat better. Move more. Rest. Be consistent. The problem often isn’t a lack of information. It’s that knowing what to do doesn’t automatically change what we do. Jane explains why fighting yourself, relying on willpower, or approaching change from a place of shame can make lasting habits even harder to build. Instead, she uses mental imagery and future-self connection to help people change the way they see themselves first—and allow their habits to follow. Together, Tiara and Jane talk about the power of self-awareness, the role of identity in discipline, why simple habits are often more effective than dramatic lifestyle overhauls, and what can happen when we stop treating ourselves like the problem. About Jane MsumbaJane Msumba is an award-winning pharmacist, health coach, mental imagery training practitioner, and founder of Inner Glow Clinic. After years working in clinical pharmacy, Jane recognized a gap in healthcare: people often know what they should do to improve their health, habits, and productivity, but struggle to sustain the change. Her work focuses on the role identity plays in closing that gap. Blending her medical background with training in mental imagery and identity-led behavior change, Jane helps women reconnect with their future selves, strengthen intrinsic motivation, and turn intention into sustainable action through her signature Inner Glow Method™. She is also the creator of the Future Self Identity Reset Workbook and Inner Glow Lessons. Connect with JaneWebsite: https://www.innerglowclinic.co Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/innerglowclinic Free ResourceDownload Jane’s Future Self Identity Reset Workbook: https://divine-snow-74242.myflodesk.com/welcomegift

    Stop Fighting Yourself. The Real Science of Changing Your Habits

  5. Aug 3

    She Thought She Was Failing, The Numbers Told a Different Story

    Nikki Jack shares her entrepreneurial journey from creating natural deodorant to scaling her beauty brand, highlighting the importance of selling first, learning from data, and building systems. This episode offers practical insights for aspiring founders on product development, business viability, and leadership growth. Key Topics The importance of selling your product earlyLearning from customer feedback and dataDeciding when to outsource manufacturingBuilding business systems and operationsLeadership evolution from founder to CEO Guest Info Nikki Jack Founder, Coco Elan Shop @ https://cocoelanco.com/ Follow @ https://www.instagram.com/shopcocoelan/ Keywords entrepreneurship, beauty brand, product development, business scaling, natural deodorant, manufacturing, sales, leadership, business strategy

    She Thought She Was Failing, The Numbers Told a Different Story
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The She Can Work Podcast is where ambitious women founders come to think bigger, build stronger, and lead companies that last. Hosted by She Can Work Founder, serial entrepreneur and ecosystem builder Tiara Abu, each episode goes beyond inspiration to explore the real decisions, strategies, and systems behind sustainable business growth. Expect candid conversations with founders, experts, capital providers, corporate leaders, and people shaping the future of entrepreneurship. Together, we’ll unpack what it takes to strengthen your business, access capital, pursue contracts, build a team, navigate a changing economy, and grow into the CEO your next level requires. Because women in business do not need more permission. We need better information, stronger networks, and room to build. This is more than a business podcast. It is a front-row seat to the ideas, opportunities, and conversations helping women build wealth, create jobs, and shape the economy around them. Welcome to The She Can Work Podcast. Let’s WORK!

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    SHE CAN WORK
  • Years Active
    2026
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