Women of Color An Intimate Conversation

Deneen L. Garrett
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๐—ช๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ: ๐—”๐—ป ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป is a ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป'๐˜€ ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ Podcast centering Black women and Women of Colorโ€”our stories, our leadership, our livesโ€”for women ready to choose themselves boldly and unapologetically. If you're done waiting to choose yourself and ready to live boldly, this show is for you. Each episode features intimate, inspiring conversations with women from diverse backgrounds, countries, and generationsโ€”sharing real stories of empowerment, resilience, and transformation. They've faced challenges, redefined success on their own terms, and are living their ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐˜†๐—น๐—ฒโ„ข NOW. ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Press play. Choose yourself. Let's get into it. Join the ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐˜†๐—น๐—ฒโ„ข ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ: https://www.skool.com/dream-lifestyle-collective-1653/about

  1. 2D AGO

    Corporate Leadership & Faith: Violette Omotosho on Building Influence Without Shrinking

    "She didn't shrink to fit the room. She expanded what the room could hold." In the third installment of our May series, She Who Mothers: Redefining Legacy, Love & Lineage, host Deneen L. Garrett sits down with Violette Omotosho โ€” Senior Relationship Manager, Pastoral Leader, Speaker, and Writer โ€” to explore what it means to lead with your full self intact. For over 15 years, Violette has navigated the intersection of faith, corporate leadership, and cultural identity โ€” without leaving any part of herself behind. In a world that asks Women of Color to shrink, code-switch, and compartmentalize, she is proof that excellence and wholeness are not in conflict. They are the foundation. Inside the Episode: Leading with faith and cultural identity in corporate spaces Why compartmentalizing yourself creates its own kind of exhaustion How to build influence without compromising who you are What it means to mother a legacy that extends beyond your career Full episode notes: https://www.womenofcoloranintimateconversation.com/corporate-leadership-faith/ Connect with Violette Omotosho: Guest Profile: https://womenofcoloranintimateconversation.com/guests/violette-omotosho/ Organization: Financial Services / Pastoral Leadership Join the Movement: Are you a Black woman 50+ ready for your next chapter? Join the Dream Lifestyleโ„ข๏ธ Collective for the strategy, sisterhood, and structure you need to live boldly. Visit: https://www.skool.com/dream-lifestyle-collective-1653/about Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation is a Top 20 Women's Empowerment Podcast. New episodes every Thursday. Subscribe ยท Leave a Review ยท Share with a woman who needs this today. Produced by: The Leon Thomas Group Host: Deneen L. Garrett, Cultural Alchemist & Media Architect, Creator & Host, Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation Official Website โ†’ https://deneenlgarrett.comSubscribe โ†’ @DeneenLGarrett WOC Live | May 2026 โ€” She Who Mothers: Redefining Legacy, Love & Lineage ๐Ÿ“… 5/7 โ€” Lynelle Baker-Hall | Plan B: Your Guide to Becoming an Expat ๐Ÿ“… 5/14 โ€” Muji Bekomson | Empathy & Solidarity in Tech ๐Ÿ“… 5/21 โ€” Violette Omotosho | Building Influence Without Shrinking ๐Ÿ“… 5/28 โ€” RIMIDI, M.Ed. | Artistic Ownership & The "Late Bloomer"

    47 min
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  3. 6D AGO

    Women's Health Revolution: How Muji Bekomson Is Mothering a New System Into Existence

    "She didn't wait for the system to catch up. She built a new one." In this episode of our May series, She Who Mothers: Redefining Legacy, Love & Lineage, host Deneen L. Garrett sits down with Muji Bekomson โ€” Medical Laboratory Scientist, Founder of FEMME Health Companion, and Top 50 Voice in African Tech โ€” to explore what happens when a woman stops waiting to be heard and starts building what should have existed all along. When a doctor dismissed Muji's severe symptoms with "just get pregnant," she didn't rage at the system. She mothered a new one into existence. FEMME Health Companion was born from lived experience โ€” and it is changing what women's health support looks like when it centers a woman's reality, not clinical convenience. Inside the Episode: How medical dismissal became the turning point that sparked a movement What Invisible Tech really means โ€” and why it meets women where they are Why most health apps fail women and what empathy-driven design looks like instead The power of small steps over perfection in reclaiming your health Full episode notes: https://www.womenofcoloranintimateconversation.com/show-up/ Connect with Muji Bekomson: Guest Profile: https://womenofcoloranintimateconversation.com/guests/muji-bekomson-1/ Organization: FEMME Health Companion Join the Movement: Are you a Black woman 50+ ready for your next chapter? Join the Dream Lifestyleโ„ข๏ธ Collective for the strategy, sisterhood, and structure you need to live boldly. Visit: https://www.skool.com/dream-lifestyle-collective-1653/about Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation is a Top 20 Women's Empowerment Podcast. New episodes every Thursday. Subscribe ยท Leave a Review ยท Share with a woman who needs this today. Produced by: The Leon Thomas Group Host: Deneen L. Garrett, Cultural Alchemist & Media Architect WOC Live | May 2026 โ€” She Who Mothers: Redefining Legacy, Love & Lineage ๐Ÿ“… 5/7 โ€” Lynelle Baker-Hall | Plan B: Your Guide to Becoming an Expat ๐Ÿ“… 5/14 โ€” Muji Bekomson | Empathy & Solidarity in Tech ๐Ÿ“… 5/21 โ€” Violette Omotosho | Building Influence Without Shrinking ๐Ÿ“… 5/28 โ€” RIMIDI, M.Ed. | Artistic Ownership & The "Late Bloomer"

    22 min

  4. MAY 15

    She Lost Her Mom at 6: Healing Grief & Spiritual Awakening | Rima Desai, Part 1

    What happens when a child grows up carrying grief she has no language for โ€” and discovers at age 12 that she can read minds? In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, Rima Desai โ€” transformational life coach, spiritual healer, and Masters-trained counseling psychologist โ€” takes us all the way back. Born in Mumbai, India, Rima lost her mother at age 6 in a moment that shattered her entire world. She grew up in a home heavy with silence, in a culture where grief was never spoken aloud โ€” and where emotions had no name. She spent years functioning alongside that pain, not through it. And yet, something else was stirring. By age 12, Rima was reading minds and predicting events. By her early twenties, she was navigating a Master's program in Psychology and still couldn't complete the sentence "I feel." And then โ€” through a series of divine redirects she didn't plan โ€” she ended up in a small countryside city in Tanzania, East Africa. A place she had dreamed about since childhood. A place she fell deeply in love with. A place her daughter's soul eventually called her away from. In this episode, we explore: ยท The Weight of Silent Grief โ€” losing a parent in a culture that has no framework for emotional processing ยท The Gift of Intuition โ€” how Rima's spiritual gifts emerged as companionship in her loneliest years ยท Destiny in Tanzania โ€” the unexpected journey that took her to the land she'd watched on cassette tapes as a child ยท The Power of Surrender โ€” learning to trust a divine plan when your own plans disappear without a trace Part 1 is the story. Part 2 is the work. You'll want both. Come back June 15th for part 2. Full episode notes: https://www.womenofcoloranintimateconversation.com/she-lost-her-mom/ โ€”โ€” Guest: Rima Desai Transformational Life Coach | Spiritual Healer | Counseling Psychologist Connect with Rima โ†’ https://www.womenofcoloranintimateconversation.com/guests/rima-desai/ Host: Deneen L. Garrett Creator & Host, Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation Dream Lifestyleโ„ข๏ธ Collective โ†’ https://www.skool.com/dream-lifestyle-collective-1653/aboutOfficial Website โ†’ https://deneenlgarrett.com Subscribe โ†’ @DeneenLGarrett Join the Movement: Are you a Black woman 50+ ready for your next chapter? Join the Dream Lifestyleโ„ข๏ธ Collective for the strategy, sisterhood, and structure you need to live boldly. Visit: https://www.skool.com/dream-lifestyle-collective-1653/about Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation is a Top 20 Women's Empowerment Podcast. New episodes every Thursday. Subscribe ยท Leave a Review ยท Share with a woman who needs this today.

    36 min

  5. MAY 8

    How to Become an Expat: The "Plan B" Every Woman of Color Needs | Lynelle Baker-Hall

    "She who mothers, prepares. She who mothers, builds a world without borders for her lineage." In the kickoff to our May series, host Deneen L. Garrett sits down with Lynelle Baker-Hall โ€” Senior Government Advisor, entrepreneur, and author โ€” to explore what it truly means to mother a legacy without borders. After experiencing the loss of her mother, Lynelle transformed grief into a global mission: the Plan B philosophy. Today, she shares how she is passing this legacy of freedom down to her adult bonus sons โ€” and how you can start building yours. Inside the Episode: Redefining legacy through global living and the Plan B philosophy Mothering bonus adult children and community advocacy Pivoting your legacy when Plan A changes unexpectedly Giving yourself permission to pursue a life without borders Full episode notes: https://www.womenofcoloranintimateconversation.com/show-up/ Connect with Lynelle Baker-Hall: Guest Profile: https://womenofcoloranintimateconversation.com/guests/lynelle-baker-hall-1/ Organization: Plan B Life Abroad Join the Movement: Are you a Black woman 50+ ready for your next chapter? Join the Dream Lifestyleโ„ข๏ธ Collective for the strategy, sisterhood, and structure you need to live boldly. Visit: https://www.skool.com/dream-lifestyle-collective-1653/about Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation is a Top 20 Women's Empowerment Podcast. New episodes every Thursday. Subscribe ยท Leave a Review ยท Share with a woman who needs this today. Produced by: The Leon Thomas Group Host: Deneen L. Garrett, Cultural Alchemist & Media Architect WOC Live | May 2026 โ€” She Who Mothers: Redefining Legacy, Love & Lineage ๐Ÿ“… 5/7 โ€” Lynelle Baker-Hall | Plan B: Your Guide to Becoming an Expat ๐Ÿ“… 5/14 โ€” Muji Bekomson | Empathy & Solidarity in Tech ๐Ÿ“… 5/21 โ€” Violette Omotosho | Building Influence Without Shrinking ๐Ÿ“… 5/28 โ€” RIMIDI, M.Ed. | Artistic Ownership & The "Late Bloomer"

    52 min

  6. MAY 1

    Show Up | Story, Platform & Turning Expertise into Influence | Trish Lindo

    "You don't wait for permission. You become it. And when you become it โ€” everything rises to meet you." In the final installment of our Women Who Build: Legacy in Real Time series, we're diving deep into the architecture of influence. How do you take years of high-level expertise and turn it into a global platform? Host Deneen L. Garrett sits down with Trish Lindo โ€” a FAMU graduate and storytelling strategist who spent over a decade at media giants like CNN, Yahoo!, and Oprah.com. As the Founder of Too AMBITIOUS Consulting, Trish helps founders own their narratives and build audiences that convert. Inside the Episode: The Media Insider Shift: Moving from the newsroom to the boardroom. The Unlearning: Releasing mainstream media "rules" to find your authentic voice. The Strategy: Why storytelling isn't just content โ€” it's the foundation of your legacy. The April Class of Builders: Reflecting on a month of legacy-building with Dr. Brandy Peer, Santana Inniss, Bryana Williams, and Kaila James. Full episode notes: https://www.womenofcoloranintimateconversation.com/show-up/ Connect & Expand: Guest Profile: womenofcoloranintimateconversation.com/guests/trish-1/ Too AMBITIOUS Consulting: tooambitious.co Join the Dream Lifestyleโ„ข๏ธ Collective: https://www.skool.com/dream-lifestyle-collective-1653/about Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation is a Top 20 Women's Empowerment Podcast. New episodes every Thursday. Subscribe ยท Leave a Review ยท Share with a woman who needs this today. Produced by: The Leon Thomas Group Host: Deneen L. Garrett, Cultural Alchemist & Media Architect WOC Live | April 2026 โ€” Women Who Build: Legacy in Real Time ๐Ÿ“… 4/2 โ€” Dr. Brandy Peer | Identity Architect & CEO ๐Ÿ“… 4/9 โ€” Santana Inniss | Founder & Executive Director, The Glow Initiative ๐Ÿ“… 4/23 โ€” Kaila James | Senior Strategic Global Leader & Multi-Hyphenate Creative ๐Ÿ“… 4/30 โ€” Trish Lindo | Global Small Business Consultant & Storytelling Strategist

    56 min

  7. APR 24

    Episode 200: You Don't Wait for Permission โ€” You Become It | Kaila James

    Two hundred episodes. And we're just getting started. Episode 200 of Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation is here โ€” and it arrives exactly the way it should: with a conversation that goes straight to the heart of what this podcast has always been about. Identity. Legacy. Leading as your full self. Deneen L. Garrett sits down with Kaila James โ€” senior strategic global leader, cultural architect, and recording artist โ€” for a milestone episode that doesn't celebrate by slowing down. It celebrates by going deeper. Kaila opens up about the dream role that nearly cost her everything, what she had to unlearn to step into her power, and why being multi-hyphenate isn't a distraction โ€” it's a superpower. From AI strategy to music to the art world, she shows how culture and creativity don't compete with ambition; they complete it. Guest Profile: womenofcoloranintimateconversation.com/guests/kaila-james/ In this episode: The moment Kaila lost herself in her dream job โ€” and how recalibration changed everything Why unlearning "pick one lane" was the weight she needed to drop How being a multi-hyphenate leader creates freedom, not chaos What AI really means for women of color who are building something Why you are already qualified โ€” and what it costs you not to begin The takeaway: You don't wait for permission. You become it. 200 episodes of real conversations, real women, real impact. Thank you for being here since the beginning โ€” and for every share, every listen, every moment you passed this show to a woman who needed it. Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation is a Top 20 Women's Empowerment Podcast produced by The Leon Thomas Group. New episodes every Thursday. Subscribe ยท Leave a Review ยท Share with a woman who needs this today. Join the Dream Lifestyleโ„ข๏ธ Collective โ€” the community built for Black women 50+ who are building in real time: skool.com/dream-lifestyle-collective

    58 min

  8. APR 10

    Santana Inniss | Opening Doors: Access, Coaching & Building Legacy

    Santana Inniss walked away from corporate, looked around at the women being left behind, and decided to do something about it. In this episode, the Founder of The Glow Initiative (Glowi) joins Deneen L. Garrett to share how she is ending barriers to professional coaching and what it really means to build a legacy that opens doors for others. In this episode of Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation, we explore: The Corporate Pivot: The specific decision that shifted Santana from the corporate ladder to social impact leadership. Unlearning Excellence: What it takes to dismantle traditional ideas of who "deserves" high-level support and coaching. Legacy in Real Time: Why closing the access gap is a justice issue and how Santana is building for women she may never meet. The Power of Access: How The Glow Initiative (Glowi) is matching women in hard-to-reach communities with professional resources. This conversation is for the woman of color who has ever felt like the door was closedโ€”and for the woman ready to be the one who opens it. Connect with Santana Inniss: Website: glowi.org Guest Profile: Santana's Full Bio Connect with Deneen L. Garrett: Join the Dream Lifestyleโ„ข Collective: Join Here Website: deneenlgarrett.com Produced by: The Leon Thomas Group

    58 min
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