96. How Women of Color Navigate Life's Challenges - Boldly, with Dr. Tamara McMillan - Part 2

Dr. Tamara McMillan is a distinguished author, speaker, and an award-winning educator.  She has an impressive career spanning over 18 years in both corporate and higher education settings. Her doctoral research focused on understanding the profound impact of failure on women entrepreneurs. Dr. McMillian specializes in leadership development and innovative problem-solving, and is a certified expert in several domains, including the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, Emotional Intelligence, and the 7 Habits for Highly Effective People. She is also recognized as an Advanced Trainer for FourSight.  She is the founder of EmpowerMee, an online community for women who want more in life. EmpowerMee teaches you strategies for increasing your confidence, shifting your mindset, and leveraging your life experiences-but with the support, tools, and all the love you need. Click the link in the show notes of this episode to learn more on how to join the community and the next cohort of women supporting one another. You can also click the link in the show notes to get her book:  Liberation Now! 5 Steps to Begin Realizing Your Dreams! In this two-part episode, Tamara shares her story and the story behind EmpowerMee.  We discuss the importance of laying down your burdens with other women who get it, what authenticity really means, and how to overcome the challenges many of us face navigating life including self-doubt, our need for external validation of our worth, not asking for the support we need, and why and how we need to narrate our own stories especially as women of color in the workplace.  She also shares her philosophy and reframe on the definition of failure and what we make it mean – her view is we should be failure fanatics.  LEARN MORE ABOUT EMPOWER MEE: https://www.empowermee.com/about/ TAMARA'S BOOK: Liberation Now!: 5 Steps to Begin Realizing Your Dreams: McMillan, Tamara L.: 9781733244909: Amazon.com: Books CONNECT WITH ARIVEE Masterclass: Sign up for the FREE Masterclass on Sept. 12, 2024: 3 Mistakes Costing You Your Well-being: For Women Who Have No Time. It's one hour. It's one of the best investments you're going to make in yourself.    Pre-order The Book: Pre-order my book coming out January 14, 2025: Your TIme to Rise: Unlearn Limiting Beliefs, Unlock Your Power, and Unleash Your Truest Self    Time to Rise Mastermind: Learn more about the Time to Rise Mastermind kicking off in September 2024 and how to join us   Instagram: @ariveevargas   LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/ariveevargas/   Join Arivee's  women empowering women email community for inspiration, motivation, and actionable strategies from Arivee in your inbox.  We're focusing on how to live that one beautiful precious life that you were meant to live it - with meaning, joy, aliveness, and alignment. Website: https://www.ariveevargas.com/