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In this episode I speak with Navalayo, the CEO and co-founder of Enda Athletic, Inc, a performance footwear brand. We discuss her decision to leave her full time secure job to create a business in Kenya that did not yet exist. We dive into her journey of being an entrepreneur and how she got to the other side of giving too much, and overidenthfing with a company that she once considered her everything.



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Navalayo Osembo is the Co-Founder and CEO of Enda Athletic, Inc. Osembo is a graduate of the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, the London School of Economics and the University of Nairobi. She has worked internationally in five countries and is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya, a Certified Public Accountant and a Prince2 Practitioner. 

She is from a town near Eldoret, Kenya, that has produced generations of the world’s greatest distance runners. Before creating Enda, Osembo started a sports academy in Bungoma, Western Kenya, to provide sports proteges from disadvantaged backgrounds access to much-needed professional training without compromising their education.

To maximize social impact in Kenya through sports, Osembo teamed up with her Co-Founder to create Enda Athletic Inc., a performance footwear brand that creates jobs, invests in local communities, and spurs economic development.

I recap how my 30 day challenge #choosingpeaceovercontrol has been going thus far, and what I hope to gain the last couple of weeks!



For a limited time, you can access the challenge through my substack link here.

Tracey-Ann Rose is the Career Alignment Coach for WOC who are intuitive, sensitive, and recovering people-pleasers. She teaches WOC how to attract clients by being themselves, creating more career opportunities with less stress. 

She uses her energy reading gifts, B.S. of Psychology from the University of Georgia, and her empathic nature to help WOC own every part of themselves, so they can create their dream career path with authenticity as the foundation. Before becoming a Career Alignment Coach, she worked as an Actor and Writer. After tiring of the lack of dynamic representation of the BIPOC community in the entertainment industry, she decided a shift was in order.

We discuss intuition, the identities we have held as Black women, and the liberating moments in life when we bet on ourselves!

How do you relate to feeling like you are being underestimated? That moment when you realize you are being overlooked and believe you have to prove yourself just to be given a chance?



In this episode I chat about my relationship to being underestimated, and I challenge us all to be accountable for how we too, underestimate other people, things, and experiences.

Nkechi Deanna Njaka (she/her) is a practice-based researcher,  neuroscientist, choreography artist, leading mindfulness expert and meditation guide. She is the founder of The Compass, NDN lifestyle studio and co-founder of the sleep app DreamWell. She was a 2017 YBCA Truth Fellow and a 2021 Kennedy Center Artist in Residence. She is currently a 2022 Garrison Institute Fellow,  Esalen Faculty, an Advisor of Chorus Meditation and a lululemon ambassador for her work in mindfulness.



Nkechi has spent the majority of her life investigating the relationship between the brain and the body and has always felt the significance of their integration. She attended Scripps College in Claremont, CA where she majored in neuroscience and dance and went on to complete an MSc. in Neuroscience at the University of Edinburgh. She is currently a PhD candidate in Creative Research at Liverpool John Moore’s University. 



Her expertise has been recognized by the New York Times,  SF Chronicle, Women's Wear Daily,  Black Girl in Om, Blood and Milk, Esalen, Wanderlust. , and Forbes and her clients and partners include lululemon, Google, de Young Museum, The Kennedy Center, Amazon, goop, Calm, Apple to name a few.  Through her work, research, practice and study, she discovered that mindfulness and creativity are crucial for sustaining individual and global wellbeing. Her work intersects wellness, science, art and social practice. She self identifies as a BIPOC/ WOC. 



When not publicly speaking on mindfulness, guiding people in wellness or somatic practices, Nkechi is the co-host of the podcast Dating White and the other 1/2 of the music and mindfulness project RESONANCE. 

Shanon is an immigrant from Jamaica and a non-profit executive who has dedicated her career to helping immigrant communities receive funding for their community improvement projects. She currently serves as the Chief of Staff and Vice President of Strategic Partnerships at HeartShare Human Services, one of New York City’s largest providers of services to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Shanon has spent the past 12 years working at the intersection of community development, social justice, and civic engagement, supporting mission-based organizations across New York City.

When she's not busy making an impact in her community, Shanon enjoys playing Jenga, re-reading Hermann Hesse books, and watching reruns of The Nanny. She is currently on a 5-year quest to find the best cup of coffee in NYC.