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See Life Different
by Zaakirah Muhammad
This weekly podcast features womenpreneurs as they share stories of advocacy, mindfulness, and entrepreneurship! They will teach and inspire you to step outside of your comfort zone. Your host, Zaakirah Muhammad is a creative strategist, photographer, PCOS Warrior, and cancer survivor.For show notes visit zaakirahnayyar.com/podcast
Episodes
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Losing an Eye and Building Eyehesive Community with Shelby Perry
Shelby Perry lost her right eye in a snowboarding accident in 2021 and turned that life-changing chapter into a worldwide mission called Eyehesive — creating adhesive eye patches, the One Eye retreat, and now a vision supplement. She shares what it was like to build a global community while...
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Wealth, Discovery And Alignment through Human Design and Gene Keys with Danielle Eyman
Danielle Eyman shares her journey from 24 years as a registered nurse to founding Wealthy and Aligned by Human Design. After hitting burnout and experiencing severe anxiety, she discovered human design (the "how") and Gene Keys (the "why") and transformed her life. She discusses the…
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Ghana Cultural Immersion Trip with Certified Africa March 2027
Zaakirah talks with Key (Ebenezer Kwame Yeboah) of Certified Africa about the 10 Day Ghana 70th Independence Day Celebration Experience happening March 1–10, 2027. Your trip to Ghana isn't a vacation—it's a chance to connect with history, culture, ancestry, celebration and community This is about...
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Who Gets Seen? Visibility, Accessibility, and Community
What does it really mean to be seen — and what happens when being seen is paired with access and community? In this episode, Zaakirah shares reflections from attending SXSW London, the vision behind her panel "Who Gets Seen: Building Accessible Media, Events, and Experiences," and why…
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ADHD, AI, Artistry: Amber Andrews on Building a Brand that's Honest, Creative and Converting
Amber Andrews, co-founder of Amber's Artistry, shares how she turned an engineering-and-art background into a branding business that helps creatives turn attention into revenue. She gets candid about running a business with ADHD, why she's hesitant to let AI touch her design work, and how living...
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Heart Led Awakening Turning Grief into Strength with Debi Lynn
Debi Lynn is the Founder of Heart-Led Awakening™, a Certified Grief Educator, keynote speaker, and international bestselling author. Drawing from her own journey through profound loss, divorce, and rebuilding her life as a single mother, she helps women leaders and entrepreneurs move beyond...
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Sensory Reset: Soft Stories of Joy, Belonging, and Healing Inner Child Live from Essence Fest
Sensory Reset: Rediscover Inner Joy — a live recording from the "Unbothered and Well" Activation during Essence Fest (New Orleans, July 4th, 2026). Timestamps: 0:41 — Session context: recorded live at Essence Fest's Unbothered and Well Activation 1:42 — Zaakirah shares her story as a childhood…
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Essence Fest 2026 Recap As a Speaker And How to Become One
Zaakirah recaps her third Essence Festival experience — this time as a speaker across three different platforms. She breaks down how she landed the opportunity, what she covered on each stage, and gives a full budget-friendly itinerary for anyone planning their own Essence Fest trip. In this...
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WITS Travel Creator Recap and Keynote: How to Make Your Content More Accessible
Listen to the full audio of Zaakirah's main stage talk on creating more accessible travel content from the WITS Travel Creator Summit in Chattanooga, Tennessee, as well as the recap of the conference experience. EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS: [0:00] – Introduction: Who is Zaakirah Muhammad? [1:09] – First...
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You are Leaving Disabled Travelers Out of Your Content
This episode challenges content creators and travelers to make their content more empathetic and inclusive for disabled audiences. Timestamps 0:00 — Intro & welcome to the See Life Different podcast 0:28 — Zaakirah's background: cancer survivor, brand strategist, author, world traveler 0:42 —...
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Why I Left Kenya Went to Ghana, How I Grew Through It All
In this personal episode, Zaakirah Nayyar Muhammad — eye cancer survivor, brand strategist, author, and world traveler — shares what the past six months have looked like since leaving Kenya. She opens up about a year of meaningful volunteer work at a Kenyan orphanage, the visa challenges that…
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Grief, Love, and Recalibration of Self: Reflects on Islam and the Anthony Joshua Tragedy
In this episode, host Zaakirah Nayyar Muhammad talks about the intersections of grief, love, and self-reflection. Drawing from her perspective as a cancer survivor, world traveler, and death doula, Zaakirah reflects on how loss reshapes our understanding of faith, identity, and legacy. Prompted…
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How to Create Vision Board Manifest Dream Life and Goal Set 2026
In this episode, we dive into the power of vision boards, intentional goal setting, and manifestation. Zaakirah Muhammad offers practical steps, personal stories, and actionable advice to help you set meaningful goals for 2026—whether in your personal or professional life. Learn how to overcome...
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Adapting and Pivoting Your Brands in the Artificial Intelligence Era
Learn how brands and creators can adapt to the rapidly changing world of social media and artificial intelligence. Zaakirah shares practical strategies for owning your digital content, building authentic communities, and leveraging AI tools to streamline your creative process. Whether you're a...
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How to Build Your Brand Around Storytelling
This is a flashback episode of the 2023 See Life Different Virtual Summit Zaakirah explains how the summit evolved from her book and podcast, and her mission to empower women Zaakirah Muhammad shares her personal journey as a cancer survivor, brand strategist, and global storyteller. Zaakirah...
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Embracing Kenya: Journey of Culture, Style, and Boundaries with Taneka J
Taneka J, an American entrepreneur who moved to Kenya, details her journey, challenges, and the founding of her fashion business catering to curvaceous women who value style. Taneka shares her journey from the U.S. to Kenya as a Black woman, detailing her process of cultural adjustment, business...
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Why You Should Retreat, Rest and Reset This New Year's in Kenya
In this episode of the See Life Different podcast, Zaakirah shares her recent experiences in Kenya, highlights her advocacy for disability-friendly travel, and announces exciting travel opportunities, including the Journey Back to Eden Expo and her own creative arts retreat. explore in-depth...
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Disabled and Thriving Empowering Disabled Voices: A Live Panel Discussion on Disability Pride
Zaakirah Nayyar Muhammad celebrates Disability Pride Month with a special in-person panel discussion recorded in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The panel, titled 'Disabled and Thriving,' dives into topics of navigating ableism, mental health, and creating an inclusive workforce for black, indigenous, and...
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Why I Moved to Kenya And What The Experience Is Like
In this episode, Zaakirah shares insights about her connection to Kenya, her unique identity as a disabled Black American Muslim woman, and her volunteer work at the Al Walidayn Rescue Center. Highlighting her previous travels in Africa and her connection to Kenya through photography, she…
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Journey Back to Eden Kenya Expo with Kea Wakesho Simmons of Traverze Culture
In this episode, Kea Wakesho Simmons, the visionary behind Traverze Culture and the Journey Back to Eden Expo, discusses her journey from Charleston, South Carolina to becoming a world traveler and advocate for Pan-Africanism. Kea shares her experiences in the US Army, her travels to countries…
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Deafblind Entrepreneur Erin Perkins of Mabely Q Talks Disability and Accessibility
For Disability Pride Month, Zaakirah shares her journey as a retinoblastoma eye cancer survivor and introduces Erin Perkins, who has Usher Syndrome. Erin details her experiences with hearing and vision loss and the creation of her business, Mabley Q, which aids businesses in becoming more...
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Retinoblastoma Advocacy, Support, and Survivorship with Leia Hunt, Grace Padilla, and Genevieve McCarthy
In this episode of the See Life Different podcast, you'll hear inspiring stories from retinoblastoma survivors, Leia Hunt, a two-time unilateral retinoblastoma survivor and founder of Leia's Kids, Grace Padilla, a neuroscience Ph.D. candidate and Genevieve McCarthy, the president of the Canadian...
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Anti Ableist Manifesto: Tiffany Yu's Journey, Disability Advocacy and Community
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month. Did you know that 1 in 4 U.S. adults have a disability? That's about 61 million Americans. An estimated 10% of the US population has a non-apparent disability. Globally, over a billion people currently live with a disability. Although 15%...
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Disability Employment Awareness Month: Advocacy, Innovation, and Legacy with Valyncia M. Wilson
In this episode of the See Life Different podcast, host Zaakirah returns from a hiatus to focus on empowering Black, Indigenous women of color and individuals with disabilities. Zaakirah shares updates about her life changes, including a move from Oklahoma and her involvement in NPR Oklahoma. The...
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How I Became a TEDx Speaker: 3 Realistically Mindful Marketing Tips
In this special edition podcast episode, Zaakirah Muhammad shares insights into what it's like to be a TEDx speaker. Reflecting on her journey from a childhood eye cancer survivor to a brand cultivating strategist, Zaakirah discusses the path that led her to become a TEDx speaker. She emphasizes...
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From Lead Magnets to Subject Lines: Proven Strategies for Effective Email Marketing using Flodesk, Mailchimp, and Convertkit
In this episode, Zaakirah discusses the importance of email marketing, why entrepreneurs should be taking advantage of it, and how it can help entrepreneurs grow their brands, and build relationships with their customers. She explains that email marketing is a form of direct marketing that keeps...
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Mastering Your LinkedIn Profile as an Entrepreneur and Media Expert with Clarene Mitchell
Clarene Mitchell is a full-time solopreneur in Tulsa, Oklahoma. With 30 years of experience in the area of or in the communications and media sector, she changes the trajectory of lives and businesses one LinkedIn profile at a time, whether through results-driven, one-on-one coaching, corporate...
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How to Use Quizzes for Lead Generation Marketing with Tai Goodwin
In this episode of the See Life Different podcast, we welcome Tai Goodwin, CEO of That Marketing Team and creator of the Liberated CEO Accelerator. Tai, with over 20 years of experience, shares her insights on marketing, technology, and lead generation. She emphasizes the importance of…
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How to Use Technology to Save 500 Hours with Marketing Automation Specialist Khadirah Muhammad
Khadirah Muhammad is a Marketing Automation & Systems Engineer, and CEO of Omnipotent Consulting with two decades of experience in entrepreneurship with the goal of empowering you to fall in love with systems and automation. She helps her digital marketing clients, coaches, consultants and…
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How to Understand Connections between faith, health and wellness with Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Yaqutullah Ibraheem Muhammad
Yaqutullah Ibraheem Muhammad is the founder and owner of Nutrition Prescriptions, a nutrition consulting practice that specializes in recipe development and analysis, Nutrition education and women's wellness. YaQutullah has almost two decades of experience in dietetics and nutrition. She works…
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Pivoting 2023 See Life Different Summit | Impact Weekend Live Recap | Rebranding See Life Different Media
Women's History Month and a lot has been going on. And I think what happens is, it can deflect and reflect and show so we're going to talk about how the See Life different virtual summit went, and some little tidbits, some tidbits, and points for you to take away from, especially as you're going...
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Why You Should Attend See Life Different Summit featuring YaQutullah Muhammad, Pamela Marshall, Khadirah Muhammad
How do you get your message online? How do you tell your story? We're going to incorporate technology to make things easy. Get clarity, become more confident, and be less overwhelmed with your health and nutrition goals, your business and creative side hustle, and your marketing automation…
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Podcast Celebration, Reflection, Advocacy for Accessibility and Diversity with Stephanie Bolton of Phoenix Michele Photography
Today we celebrate another year of podcasting, sisterhood, and advocacy for accessibility and diversity. Stephanie Michele Bolton bka Phoenix Michele is a Dallas Based Photographer, Videographer, and Content Strategist. My name is Zaakirah and I'm your host of the See Life Different podcast. This...
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Milestone Podcast Download Celebration Plus Discovering Your Purpose with Iesha Yushawn Bell
We're celebrating 10k downloads and sisterhood! What a milestone! After three years and lots of life related adversity, it is amazing to make it to 100 episodes and 10,000 downloads. I share where we've been with the podcast, and where we are going with it. My first in person podcast guest in a...
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How to Join the WOC Creatives Membership Community for Access to Content and Mentoring
Join Me in the Phocused Creatives Community and Get Access to Exclusive Content Are you an artist, musician, or designer? Join the community and get access to exclusive content and opportunities! Become a member of the Creative community and get instant access to exclusive content and...
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30th Birthday Reflections and Moments Recap with Cousin Shawnee Jay
Happy 30th birthday Zaakirah! Shawnee Jay sings Happy Birthday Shawnee Shares What It's Like Working with Zaakirah three times Zaakirah reflects on 2020, 2021, and 2022 Zaakirah shares what's next for the book and podcast in 2023 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rMQFN-8wWA Links...
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Writing Non Fiction Stories with Communication Consultant Patricia Crisafulli MFA
Patricia Crisafulli is an award winning New York Times best time selling author of The Secrets of Onita Harbor. She launched The Onita Harbor mystery series as a part of her MFA that she got at the ripe age of 52 years old. And we're going to talk about intertwining nonfiction with fiction and…
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How to Create a Financially Resilient Hospitality Business with Former Golfer Anne Gannon of The Largo Group
Anne Gannon, founder of The Largo Group, shares how to create a financially resilient hospitality business that is accountable to its customers and employees. As a former golfer, Anne understands the importance of taking care of her business both on and off the course. In this episode, Anne…
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Plus Size Fashion Entrepreneur turned Dyslexic Performance Coach | Remi Ray of Diverse Creative UK
Remi Ray is a high-performance coach for neurodiversity women to accept their individuality and increase their income. She helps her clients overcome their confidence and shame issues and gives them strategies to help them reach their highest potential. One of the 50 most influential...
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Master Kindness, Publicity and Profit with Jill Lublin
Jill Lublin is an international speaker and is the author of four Best Selling books including Get Noticed...Get Referrals and co-author of Guerrilla Publicity and Networking Magic. Her latest book, Profit of Kindness went #1 in four categories. Jill is a master strategist on how to position your...
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Woman of Wakanda Adversity in Media
Women of Wakanda Summit is a woman empowerment event released in honor of the Black Panther movie. This episode talks about all of the things about tech, entrepreneurship, media, mental health, and women empowerment. I was honored to be a part of it as a Women of Wakanda Summit Panelist Speaker,...
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Why I Moved to Tulsa Oklahoma
In this episode I share little known facts about Tulsa and Muskogee Oklahoma •45 minutes away from Tulsa via toll road •4 hours away from Dallas, Texas •Cherokee Nation •Bass Reeves (Harder They Fall) Black Wall Street Tulsa Remote •Lower cost of living •Lots of Vietnam Veterans (my dad) May is...
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Being Black Women in Tech with My Big Sister Rasheda Mayner
Rasheda Mayner is my big sister, a Certified Project Manager and Certified Scrum Master in the cybersecurity industry. She graduated from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) (HBCU) with a Bachelor of Science Journalism, Public Relations. Known as a lifetime learner who loves to...
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Keys to Successful Nonprofit Fundraising Marketing Campaign with Emily Heck of Evergreen Strategic
This is the season ending episode. Emily Heck specializes in helping nonprofits and small businesses grow through deep-rooted marketing campaigns. From content management to audience engagement, Emily is experienced in crafting personalized marketing strategies for organizations that don't always...
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How To Have a Fresh Start in Your Business with Vivian J of Notiq
Vivian Jokotade Adeniyi is the founder and CEO of NOTIQ, an impact-focused, global lifestyle brand that celebrates and empowers the world's most ambitious women with its exclusive, fashion-forward line of personal planners, organizers, and animal-free leather goods designed to help women stand…
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3 Things We are Not Doing in Business All 2022 with Tamera Darden of Darden Creative
Darden Creative founded by Tamera Darden has worked with over 60 brands creating custom social media content for their social media platforms & websites. With 13 years of corporate retail experience, She's been able to triple, and even quadruple our client's revenue with photography made to sell....
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Blind Norwegian Wedding Photographer Powerful Story with Inese Kungurova
Inese Kungurova is a Latvian wedding and portrait photographer living in working in Norway. She's a cat lover, multilingual speaking four languages, and has been happily married to her husband of 14 years. She photographed her first wedding in 2014 and decided to go full time in 2019. She has two...
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5 Ways to Have Financial Conversations with Dr. Nicole Garner Scott
Dr. Nicole Garner Scott is a highly sought-after serial entrepreneur, financial expert, and advisor. She's also my first ever returning guest. Formerly a guest on episode 41, titled, Money, Wealth, and Entrepreneurship, Nicole uses her story and experiences to empower others with tools to change...
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Market Your Business Understand Your Clients with Alejandra Slatapolsky
Alejandra Slatapolsky is a marketing and communications strategist. She owns an agency called Slata. She has over 20 years in financial, technology, education, entrepreneurship fields. Based both in South Florida and Latin America, Slata has supported dozens of financial services and marketing...
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LIberate Your Soul from Trauma with Vanessa Vassallo
Vanessa Vassallo is the founder of Liberate Your Soul / Divine Life Consultancy. Her motto is all about love and finding your inner guru. She utilizes her experience as a personal trainer, therapist, spiritual teacher, and author of 12 books. We talk about how she overcame all of her trauma in…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
This weekly podcast features womenpreneurs as they share stories of advocacy, mindfulness, and entrepreneurship! They will teach and inspire you to step outside of your comfort zone. Your host, Zaakirah Muhammad is a creative strategist, photographer, PCOS Warrior, and cancer survivor.For show notes visit zaakirahnayyar.com/podcast
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This weekly podcast features womenpreneurs as they share stories of advocacy, mindfulness, and entrepreneurship! They will teach and inspire you to step outside of your comfort zone. Your host, Zaakirah Muhammad is a creative strategist, photographer, PCOS Warrior, and cancer survivor.For show...
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