Chatting with The Experts with Paula Okonneh

Paula Okonneh | Coach, Podcaster,Digital Marketer
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Are you a solopreneur, entrepreneur, or small business owner looking to connect with other small business owners ? Are you yearning to know how they became successful at what they do? Then tune into Chatting with Experts podcast as we have all the right answers for you! Here you can listen to successful small business owners like Sonia Stetzler, Bill Franklin, Tesse Akpeki, Leanne Cannon and so many others share tips, advice and strategies on how they built their businesses . Join us on www.ChattingwiththeExperts.com and determine how to become the success that you are.

  1. 6d ago

    How to Deal with Family Trauma

    Gbotemi Babatunde, a clinical psychologist, discusses intergenerational trauma and how unresolved trauma affects child-parent relationships. Babatunde explains trauma as complex and subjective, noting that unprocessed experiences can shape perceptions, trigger protective responses, and be unintentionally transferred to children through modeling, emotional distance, overcontrol, and difficulties with co-regulation. She describes how children seek safety and love, and how parents may focus on material provision while missing emotional needs. In infant mental health, she emphasizes working with parents by exploring their "angels and ghosts in the nursery" to understand parenting patterns and child behavior. Healing begins with awareness, processing painful memories, forgiveness, coping with triggers, intentionality, and repairing ruptures, including apologizing to children; she notes ongoing challenges with teenagers and adult children when control and connection break down.   Timestamps: 00:00 Welcome and Topic Setup 00:43 Meet the Clinical Psychologist 02:39 What Intergenerational Trauma Means 04:55 Unresolved Trauma and Body Memory 07:33 How Parents Pass Pain Down 10:26 Kids Need Safety and Love 11:08 Infant Mental Health Explained 12:26 Ghosts and Angels Framework 13:31 When Behavior Problems Show Up 14:22 Parent as the Starting Point 15:05 Childhood Stories Shape Parenting 18:09 Finding Balance as a Parent 18:45 Good Enough Parenting and Awareness 20:36 Trauma Control and Triggers 21:14 Beyond Quick Fixes 21:42 Kids Want Connection 22:35 Needs Beyond Basics 23:12 Living With Intention 23:54 Healing Through Awareness 26:43 Forgiveness And Reparenting 28:33 Managing Triggers Daily 29:31 Teen Autonomy Clashes 33:27 Repair And Apologies 35:28 Wrap Up And Contacts    Get In Touch: If you're interested in connecting with Gbotemi Babatunde, you can reach her via her email (gbotemibabatunde1@gmail.com), via Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/alorogbotemi), or via her LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/gbotemi-bukola-babatunde-ba933111b/). For those interested in sharing their own stories on "Chatting with the Experts," reach out to Paula Okonneh through her website at chattingwiththeexperts.com or connect via LinkedIn.

    How to Deal with Family Trauma

  2. Jul 2

    Aligning Career with Identity

    Oluwatoyin Puddicombe, Nigerian HR professional and career fitness coach, discusses what happens when who you are doesn't align with what you do. Puddicombe shares how societal expectations led her into medical school, where she struggled, failed key exams, and faced identity and family pressure before switching to Communication and Language Arts, excelling and graduating near the top of her class. She explains how the lack of career guidance motivated her to help young professionals find career fit, develop employability skills, and navigate career transitions through Toyin Talks Talent and the T3 Torchbearers Academy. She describes tools she uses, including personality and career-interest assessments like Myers-Briggs, Big Five, and the RIASEC model, alongside CV, interview, networking, and LinkedIn training in a 12-week, scholarship-based online program.   Timestamps: 00:00 Welcome and Theme 01:47 Meet Oluwatoyin 02:34 Career Fit Mission 03:07 Medicine Pressure 04:38 Struggling in Med School 07:32 Failing Exam Turning Point 09:07 Switch to Communication 13:09 Parents and Healing 15:22 Building Talent Guide 17:08 Career Tools Explained 23:26 T3 Academy Program 25:33 HR Meets Youth Culture 29:09 Connect and Origins 31:28 Invest in Next Gen 33:26 Closing and Wrap Up   Get In Touch: If you're interested in connecting with Oluwatoyin Puddicombe, you can reach her via her website (https://t3torchbearersacademy.com/), via Facebook (https://web.facebook.com/toyinpuddy/), via Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/toyintalkstalent/), via X (https://x.com/toyintalktalent),  or via her LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/oluwatoyin-puddicombe/). For those interested in sharing their own stories on "Chatting with the Experts," reach out to Paula Okonneh through her website at chattingwiththeexperts.com or connect via LinkedIn.

    Aligning Career with Identity

  3. Jun 26

    Stop Leaving Money on the Table

    Avenice Thompson, profit-acceleration strategist, focuses on doubling profit without spending on marketing. Avenice shares common business-owner mistakes she observed in her corporate career, including underpricing, poor invoicing, and weak cashflow management, illustrated by a vendor unaware he'd been paid $1.2 million. She explains her proprietary profit acceleration tool that benchmarks a company's profit margin against industry standards and sets short-term goals. Avenice emphasizes "mindset over money" and her success formula: mindset and movement plus competence, confidence, and commitment. She offers no-cost strategies like the "three 5s" (cut cost of goods sold 5%, cut overhead 5%, raise revenue 5%), reactivating past clients, eliminating unused subscriptions, negotiating rent, and defining a market-dominating position through differentiation and joint ventures. Timestamps: 00:00 Welcome and Topic 01:25 Money Left Behind 04:40 Profit Tool Benchmarking 06:11 Mindset Over Money 08:05 2M Plus 3C Formula 11:07 Three 5s Profit Boost 13:36 Reactivating Past Clients 16:01 Cut Costs and Negotiate 17:27 Market Dominating Position 19:56 Joint Ventures Referrals 23:42 No Cost Differentiation 24:41 Daycare Value Example 28:03 Contact and Programs 30:51 Wrap Up and Free Call   Get In Touch: If you're interested in connecting with Avenice Thompson, you can reach her via her website (https://yourbiznessbar.com), via Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/YourBiznessBar/), via Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/yourbiznessbar/ ), or via her LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/avenicethompson). For those interested in sharing their own stories on "Chatting with the Experts," reach out to Paula Okonneh through her website at chattingwiththeexperts.com or connect via LinkedIn.

    Stop Leaving Money on the Table

  4. Jun 19

    African Women in Tech

    Dr. Susan Isiko Strba is the Counsel and Senior Fellow at the Geneva Center of Knowledge Governance and co-founder/Senior Research and Policy Advisor at the International Lawyers and Economists for Development (ilaed.org). She discusses women in technology in Africa. Dr. Strba says Africa's tech landscape is often described as "bleak" in global comparisons, yet technology exists across a spectrum and must include women who run 80–85% of the informal sector that sustains much of the continent's GDP. She links tech adoption to practical needs such as phones and social media marketing for farmers and small producers, including training on faster, smarter posting and scheduling, and extending to AI tools. She highlights African women building AI models for disadvantaged communities (e.g., DAIR), emphasizing culturally and linguistically relevant systems, intellectual property, and careful data access, and notes the importance of collaborations among researchers, users, funders, and countries, including under the African Continental Free Trade Area. Timestamps: 00:00 Welcome to the Show 00:37 Meet Dr Susan Strba 02:32 Tech in Africa Today 03:38 Women Powering Informal Economy 06:48 Defining Technology Spectrum 08:46 Agri Tech and Market Access 11:34 Social Media Skills Training 13:06 AI Tools and Cultural Norms 16:03 Building African AI Models 20:16 Collaboration and Funding 24:44 How to Connect and Closing    Get In Touch: If you're interested in connecting with Dr Susan Strba, you can reach her via her website (http://www.ILaED.org ), via Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/ilaed.org), via Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/ilaedorg/), via Twitter (https://x.com/ilaedorg) or via her LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/ilaed-org/ ).   For those interested in sharing their own stories on "Chatting with the Experts," reach out to Paula Okonneh through her website at chattingwiththeexperts.com or connect via LinkedIn.

    African Women in Tech

  5. Jun 11

    Setting the Room's Temperature

    Rebecca H. Mott, a founder of ReThought LLC & an author of Amazon #1 new release The Meeting Room, and "The Meeting Architect", discusses how the energy you bring into a room sets the tone for conversations, decisions, and outcomes. Rebecca shares a lesson from early customer service work that smiling affects tone even on the phone, and explains how stress and "nervous energy" influence how others receive you before you speak. She emphasizes this is learnable through awareness and breath control, describing how marathon training taught her to pace breathing and notice stress indicators like holding her breath in meetings. She contrasts being a "thermometer" versus a "thermostat," urging intentional calm presence, especially for leaders. Rebecca also shares her October 2024 diagnosis of hormone receptor-positive breast cancer, encourages mammograms, describes completing treatment and being cancer-free, and credits faith and responsibility in healing.   Timestamps: 00:00 Welcome & Guest Introduction 02:35 Energy as Data: The Origin Story 03:44 Smiling Through the Phone 05:48 Setting the Temperature Before You Speak 09:13 Breath as Your Superpower 09:34 The Running & Side Stitches Lesson 12:29 Neuroscience of Calm Presence 15:20 Thermometer vs. Thermostat 18:21 Leading with Intentional Energy 21:28 Rebecca's Cancer Journey & Faith 24:35 Advice to Her Younger Self 27:17 Connect with Rebecca   Get In Touch: If you're interested in connecting with Rebecca Mott, you can reach her via her website (http://www.trainwithrebecca.com) or her LinkedIn (http://linkedin.com/in/rebeccahmott ). For those interested in sharing their own stories on "Chatting with the Experts," reach out to Paula Okonneh through her website at chattingwiththeexperts.com or connect via LinkedIn.

    Setting the Room's Temperature

  6. Jun 4

    Unwelcome Uterine Guests

    Dr Cheryl Okoli, an advanced practice nurse and healthcare leader, discusses uterine fibroids, which she calls "unwelcome uterine guests." Dr Okoli explains that fibroids are non-cancerous uterine tumors ranging from microscopic to watermelon-sized, likely linked to estrogen dominance, and affecting any woman of childbearing age, with higher prevalence and more severe symptoms in Black women (60% by age 35 and 80% by 50 vs. 40% and 70% in Caucasians). She reviews symptomatic signs, including heavy bleeding, pelvic pain, bulk/pressure, anaemia, urinary frequency, infertility, and quality-of-life impacts, using the acronym FIBROIDS. She describes diagnosis by ultrasound/MRI, the importance of fibroid location, and treatments including watchful waiting, medications (e.g., Lupron), iron/pain control, UAE/UFE, MR-guided focused ultrasound, myomectomy, and hysterectomy, plus studies on vitamin D and green tea extract (EGCG) combinations to shrink fibroids.   Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 01:49 What Are Uterine Fibroids? 03:35 Who Is Susceptible? 05:56 Symptoms of Fibroids 14:16 Early Screening Proposal 15:23 The F.I.B.R.O.I.D.S. Acronym 18:53 Fibroid Positions & Fertility 21:58 Treatment Options 28:57 The Vitamin D & Green Tea Cocktail    Resources: - Dr. Al Hendy's prescription (Timestamp 27:57):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6g8oq5mnC0 - Italian Study: Grandi G, Del Savio MC, Melotti C, et al. Vitamin D and green tea extracts for the treatment of uterine fibroids in late reproductive life: a pilot, prospective, daily-diary based study. Gynecol Endocrinol. Published online October 16, 2021. doi:10.1080/09513590.2021.1991909 https://www.contemporaryobgyn.net/view/vitamin-d-and-green-tea-extract-for-treatment-of-uterine-fibroids   Get In Touch: If you're interested in connecting with Dr Cheryl Okoli, you can reach her via her website (http://www.shalomeagleswings.care  ), via Facebook(https://www.facebook.com/people/Shalom-Eagles-Wings/100063898004527/#), or via her LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-cheryl-stella-okoli-dha/  ). For those interested in sharing their own stories on "Chatting with the Experts," reach out to Paula Okonneh through her website at chattingwiththeexperts.com or connect via LinkedIn.

    Unwelcome Uterine Guests

  7. May 28

    How to Put on Makeup for a 50-year-old

    Jenifer Hester, a makeup artist and licensed esthetician, discusses makeup for mature skin, emphasizing that skin prep and hydration are key. Jenifer explains hydrating from the inside out by drinking water and "eating your water" (leafy greens, cucumbers, melons, fruits), adding omega fatty acids (fish, walnuts, avocado), and choosing foods that support collagen and overall health. For makeup, she recommends avoiding heavy matte foundations and using sheer options like skin tints, BB/CC creams, and tinted serums to prevent a cakey look. She advises soft matte eyeshadows over frosty shimmer for crepey or hooded lids and offers shading guidance for sunken eyes. Jenifer suggests dewy setting sprays, minimal powder, gentle under-eye concealer application with ring fingers, color-correcting darkness, and using lifting placement for blush/bronzer plus shading to create a more defined jawline.   Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 02:23 Skin Prep & Hydration 07:11 Foundation & Coverage 10:17 Eye Makeup 14:01 Setting Sprays & Powder 24:01 Lifting Techniques 28:37 Wrap-Up & Resources   Get In Touch: If you're interested in connecting with Jenifer Hester, you can reach her via her website (http://www.glowtheorynj.com ), via Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/glowtheorynj/), via Facebook(https://web.facebook.com/Glowtheorynj), or via her LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenifer-hester-18b1755/ ). For those interested in sharing their own stories on "Chatting with the Experts," reach out to Paula Okonneh through her website at chattingwiththeexperts.com or connect via LinkedIn.

    How to Put on Makeup for a 50-year-old

  8. May 21

    Practical and Easy Nutrition Tips

    Demetria Cox-Thomas, a plant-based registered dietitian nutritionist and CEO of Dee Veggie Nutrition, discusses practical, accessible healthy eating. Demetria explains her work in hybrid group nutrition counseling, plant-based presentations, and cultural cooking classes (Ethiopian, Jamaican Ital, and Indian) that emphasize spices, flexibility, and making food enjoyable rather than stressful. She addresses food deserts/food apartheid by tailoring guidance to each client and recommending canned or frozen vegetables when fresh options aren't available. Demetria focuses on increasing vegetable intake without demonizing meat, sharing flavor and technique tips such as smoked paprika, curry blends, cumin, berbere, herbs, coconut milk, beans for fiber/protein, citrus finishing, roasting vegetables, and improving tofu and mushroom texture by drawing out water.   Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 01:36 Meet Demetria Cox-Thomas, RDN 03:18 Food Access & Food Deserts 05:22 Cultural Cooking Classes 14:21 Spice Tips & Pantry Essentials 18:43 Cooking Techniques Get In Touch: If you're interested in connecting with Demetria Cox-Thomas, you can reach her via her website (https://www.deeveggierd.com/), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/deeveggierd?igsh=bTlpYXlvOWNvZHAz), or LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/demetrialcoxthomas). For those interested in sharing their own stories on "Chatting with the Experts," reach out to Paula Okonneh through her website at chattingwiththeexperts.com or connect via LinkedIn.

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Are you a solopreneur, entrepreneur, or small business owner looking to connect with other small business owners ? Are you yearning to know how they became successful at what they do? Then tune into Chatting with Experts podcast as we have all the right answers for you! Here you can listen to successful small business owners like Sonia Stetzler, Bill Franklin, Tesse Akpeki, Leanne Cannon and so many others share tips, advice and strategies on how they built their businesses . Join us on www.ChattingwiththeExperts.com and determine how to become the success that you are.

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    Paula Okonneh | Coach, Podcaster,Digital Marketer
  • Years Active
    2014 - 2026
  • Episodes
    222
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