Black Woman Bliss
by Mercedes Swan
Welcome to the Black Woman Bliss Podcast, Sis! This is your space to boldly step into your Black Woman Bliss Era—building a career, business, and lifestyle you love. Hosted by Mercedes Swan, The Career Love Coach, each episode is filled with lessons, wins, and actionable strategies to help Black women navigate the workplace, embrace their brilliance, build business, and create wealth. From discovering your purpose to launching a side hustle, I'm here to inspire, empower, and remind you: you are seen, valued, and destined for [email protected]
Episodes
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Your Best Business Idea is on your Resume
Black women's labor is systemically undervalued, so when we think about starting a business, we make two critical mistakes: We have a hard time identifying which of our skill sets are profitable business ideas and the value of our experience in the market! In this podcast episode, I'm sharing…
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Can Black Women be Soft at Work with Chanel Brooks
In this episode, I sit down with Chanel Brooks to discuss how Black women can use the Damm Method to embrace softness in all areas of their lives. Chanel shares that "softness isn't a luxury; it's a choice." Chanel and I discuss: How others & their perceptions may hold us back How to start...
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The Manifestation Trap: How Black Women Self Sabotage their Dreams
As a Black woman with a dream, I got tired of hearing "manifestation" this, "delulu" that. I was trying my hardest to build a life that centered my bliss. I didn't want to work a 9-5. I wanted to travel the world, and I wanted a business that created a path to financial freedom... but things...
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Black Women & Power Literacy with Kisha Wynter: How to get what you want at work
In this episode, I sit down with Kisha Wynter to discuss power literacy and how Black women can tap into power dynamics in the workplace to reach their personal and professional goals. During this powerful episode we discuss: How to recognize who has power in the workplace The different types of...
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Should you Launch a Business?
Sis, are you really ready to launch a business? So many Black women are asking the same question right now: Should I start a business? Maybe you're tired of toxic workplaces. Maybe you're dreaming about more freedom, flexibility, and financial abundance. Or maybe you're wondering if...
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The 600,000 Laid-Off Black Women are Building Businesses | Doing it Scared with LaKesha Moore
What happens when a layoff becomes the push to finally build the business that has been calling your name? In this episode of the Black Woman Bliss Podcast, Mercedes sits down with LaKesha "Rolling with Keke" Moore, Senior Event Strategist, accessibility advocate, and founder of Rolling With…
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How Balance your 9-5 and your Business
For years, I struggled to balance my career and my business. I'm talking no sales, no sleep, toxic jobs, overworking, and no balance, okay? But in this episode of The Black Woman Bliss Podcast, I'm sharing what finally clicked and how I built a business that served me, created consistent revenue,...
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The Equity Pivot with Tishayla Williams: Black Women and Advocacy in the Workplace
Can one pivot change the way you see work, equity, and your worth? In this powerful episode, Mercedes sits down with Tishayla Williams to talk about the equity pivot and what it means for Black women navigating today's workplace. As an I/O psychologist and founder of The TW Collective, Tishayla...
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Yap: Being a Black Woman with ADHD, Depression, and Big Business Goals
Girl, Q1 of 2026 took me out! This is not how I envisioned my year! Everything from business launches, heartbreak, food poisoning, a doggy cancer diagnosis, and a depressive episode... tapped ya girl out! I decided to take a breather and create this pretty raw yap session! I know sharing the...
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Transmuted Leadership with Karria Lawrence: Purpose, Healing and Impact After Trauma
Can one moment change your entire life? In this inspiring episode, Mercedes sits down with Karria Lawrence, who received a divine ultimatum and calling on her life to heal, grow, and lead. Together, we explore how Black women can heal from trauma, connect with purpose, impact their community, and...
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How to Launch your Business in 90 minutes
As a Business Coach for Black Women, I will let you know right now... you're probably overcomplicating and overthinking your business! If you want to leave your toxic job and create financial security with an online business, you can get started in 90 minutes. In this podcast episode, I am…
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Sometimes It Be Your Own: Black Women & Black Leaders
When we see another Black woman in leadership in the workplace, many of us expect to be protected, supported, and seen. Unfortunately, many of us experience the exact opposite.Join Mercedes Swan, your host, and Dr. Ashley Gaddy Robbins as we discuss how Black women navigate workplace challenges…
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The State of the Job Market for Black Women
For the past year, Black women have been facing job loss and the most challenging job market we've seen in a long time. For some of us, navigating this space has presented exhaustion, hopelessness, and fear about our career trajectories and financial stability. In this podcast episode, Mercedes...
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My Guide to 2026 Planning for Black Women
What does it really take to plan 2026 as a Black woman who wants more in her career and business? In this solo episode, Mercedes gets real about what it means to plan a new year after a hard one, especially when you know you're meant for more but you're tired, over it, and done with grind…
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From the Only to the First: How Black Women Break Barriers with Ann McNeill
What does it really take to build a 45-year legacy in a space not made for you? In this powerful episode, Mercedes sits down with Ann McNeill, "The Master Builder", the first Black woman general contractor in Florida and founder of the National Association of Black Women in Construction.…
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Are Career Coaches Unethical?
In this solo episode, I'm unpacking the hot take that "career coaches are unethical" and talking honestly about what's really happening in this wild 2025 job market. We dig into the difference between systemic injustice and individual coaches, how manipulative marketing preys on vulnerable job...
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The Power of Energy Leadership for Black Women with Dr. Lynise Green
Energy Leadership for Black Women Sis, it's time to talk about the power of energy leadership. As Black women, our journey to success and liberation isn't about pushing through with another cup of coffee. It's about intentionally building a career by centering our relationship with energy. In…
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Sis, Sit Yo Ass Down with Burnout Coach Keonna Knight
If you've been pushing through workplace burnout, ignoring your body's signals, or believing that rest is something you have to "earn," this episode is going to heal your soul! As Black women, we carry generational stories of overwork, perfectionism, and being "the strong one." But what if the…
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How to Stop Playing Small (and start feeling worthy)
If you've been wondering how to stop playing small in your career or business, this episode of The Career Love Podcast is your personal invitation to take up space.I'm pulling up with real talk on the shifts I've been making in my own business — and the truth about how unworthiness can keep us...
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Everything Wrong with HR with HR's Agent of Chaos
We're on some HR level #@%$! In this unfiltered episode, I'm joined by HR's Agent of Chaos, Francis "Tank" Rhodes and the hot mess that is Human Resources is catching some strays. From SHRM scandals and toxic leadership to performative DEI and overworked HR teams, we're naming names...
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How to Black Woman in Corporate America while Building your Digital Empire with Nicole Palmer
This episode of the Career Love Podcast is a love letter to the creative, so done with corporate, legacy-building Black woman in this community. Today, I'm joined by the incredible Nicole Palmer—bestselling author, editor-in-chief, and co-founder of Delnic Media. We talk about what it means to...
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Maximize your 9-5: Become a Financially Independent Black Woman in Tech with Amanda Henry
Join me as I hang out with the fabulous Amanda Henry of Living In The Abundance, who is a Tech Queen, senior learning & development pro by day, and financial freedom advocate by night! We're spilling the tea on all things career growth, financial independence, and owning your worth as a Black…
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Why I Quit: My Journey to be a Full Time Entrepreneur
Sis, you ever feel like your 9 to 5 just ain't it? Well, you're not alone. In this episode of The Career Love Podcast, I'm sharing my personal story of leaving my full-time job in Diversity Equity and Inclusion to become a solo entrepreneur. From HR for Millennials to building my Career Love…
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Black Women in STEM: How to break barriers, build bridges and become a civil engineer with Destinee Wheeler
Welcome to The Career Love Podcast, Sis! In this powerful first episode, I'm sitting down with my ride-or-die since kindergarten and structural engineer, Destinee Wheeler, to talk about what it really means to be a Black woman in STEM. With Black women representing only 2% of STEM professionals,...
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Welcome to the Career Love Podcast, sis
Welcome to the Career Love Podcast, Sis! This is a space where Black women just like you are inspired to step boldly into their Black Woman Bliss Era—building careers, businesses, and lifestyles we absolutely love. I'm your host, Mercedes Swan, also known as The Career Love Coach. As a diversity,...
About this show
Welcome to the Black Woman Bliss Podcast, Sis! This is your space to boldly step into your Black Woman Bliss Era—building a career, business, and lifestyle you love. Hosted by Mercedes Swan, The Career Love Coach, each episode is filled with lessons, wins, and actionable strategies to help Black women navigate the workplace, embrace their brilliance, build business, and create wealth. From discovering your purpose to launching a side hustle, I'm here to inspire, empower, and remind you: you are seen, valued, and destined for [email protected]
Hosted by
Mercedes Swan