Episodes
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What's Stopping You w/Christy Staples
Money? Lack of connections? Self-doubt? We have a list of excuses and not enough solutions. Guest Christy Staples openly shares with NaKeitha the reservations that once bound her on her journey. She further shares the accountability she attached to herself to clear those hurdles.
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Welcome to Season 3 of The Fearless Female Podcast!
This season premiere starts with powerhouse and mogul, Eleanor “Cori” Curry. NaKeitha and Eleanor share a love of family, business, and vacationing while maintaining and cultivating balance and prosperity. Today’s episode is frank and direct about living a life by design and being an executioner...
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Episode 66: Retreat Week - Finale
We have closed out the week with our headliner speaker, Kyra Hardwick. During this episode, we addressed so many fearless topics from focus to faith to just everyday female challenges and thoughts as women, leaders, and bosses.
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Episode 65: Retreat Week- Family
Fearless Females encompass corporate America employees and mothers and wives. Khia Chukudebelu covers a few facets of being a corporate employee while attending to the needs of her family, husband while still maintaining herself. Systems and standards lead to assessments and success in the family...
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Episode 64: Retreat Week- Fundamentals
Our individual lives are orchestrated and built upon on the experiences and lessons we have encountered. Speaker and author C. Jeanine Fulton chimes in to Retreat Week to remind us of the vitality of sticking to the core of ourselves and discovering what that core is. Language. Learning. Love....
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Episode 63: Retreat Week- Fortune
The pandemic has affected our economy and careers in various ways. Tune in to hear the elements of fortune and the power of the dollar with Cassandra Cummings as our guest. Cassandra provides tools and knowledge to empower the consumer to excel and be educated in regards to the power of the...
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Episode 062: Retreat Week- Faith
We are in a time where our movements and routines have been uprooted. Our attention has been diverted from outside distractions to ourselves and God and whatever He may be trying to get us to understand and see. Dr. Irishea Hilliard, senior pastor of New Light M.B.C., informs us our faith has…
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Episode 061: Retreat Week- Focus
Focus is a decision to minimize or eliminate distractions. What does minimization and elimination look like for you? Guest Charlotte Stallings shares with the audience that conscious decisions need to be made to create spaces of clarity. Clarity helps you to know when to say no. Accomplishments…
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Episode 60: Get Launched
Often times we have amazing ideas and they stay in one place- our brain. What do you need to assist you in turning your thoughts into plans and plans into action? Brand manager, Christy Staples (@hiregetlaunched) , introduces get first book, The Launchpad, to the podcast to provide a tangible...
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Episode 59: Rehabbing in High Heels
A female changing careers from accounting to rehabbing homes is not the typical career change you hear about. But, Dorniescher Johnson (@rehabbinginhighheels) is not your typical person. She has set out to create a legacy for women for generations to come to be progressive and informed about real...
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Episode 58: Figuring It Out at 40
7 ladies. 7 experiences. Over 340 years between them. Nakeitha Ross (@NaKeitha Ross @thefearlessfemaleforum ) and the ladies address the real questions of "What's next?" "Where will 40 lead me?" and more. 40 is not the new anything. 40 is exactly what you make it and desire it to be. There is not…
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Episode 57: Redefining Moments
Transitions and change are inevitable in life. How we choose to approach and attend to those moments are what redefine the outcome and our perspectives moving forward. Independent insurance agency proprietor, Brandy Jackson (@theinsurancediva), shares with us her redefining moments and how they...
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Episode 56: PUSH
Perseverance is an act of will and sometimes demand. Life demands different things at different moments and how we respond guides our paths. CleRenda McGrady (@clerenda.mcgrady) shares with us today what encouraged her to PUSH passed being the label of a basketball wife and empower the lives of...
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Episode 55: Hustle Hard
Degrees and letters behind your name are the essence of what defines you in your career, right? Wrong honey. Work ethic and determination are the keys to success in an entrepreneurial or corporate environment. Tune in to hear how single mom Cynthia Smith (@_nodollas_nocynt)of twin college…
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Episode 54: New Beginnings
Disruption. Space. Transparency. These three words are the basis of my foundation of my new beginnings. Today's podcast features myself (@nakeithaross , @thefearlessfemaleforum) sharing in depth details about my transitions in various areas this year. The disruption of the brief halt in my career...
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Episode 53: Cubicles to Cocktails
Millennials are often given a bad rep being self-absorbed and overly confident with a great sense of entitlement. While that may be true in some cases, it is not a proven fact for all. Case in point, Christa Clarke (@heychristaclarke, @cubiclestococktaiks), is a vibrant millennial with the global...
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Episode 52: Enstyle
Houston is infiltrated with store front and online boutiques. Local boutique owners of Enstyle (@enstyle_ ,@msmayz, @najenstyle) names, give their input on what success in a saturated environment looks like for them. From partnership to diversity, the pair is open and candid about flexibility and...
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Episode 51: Motivational Mom
Being a mother is one the greatest gifts of all. But, what happens when life throws a curveball and shifts your dynamic? You do what mothers do and accordingly even if that means crossing state lines. Blogger Ashley Monae (@meplusthree.2018) describes her life as a single mother of 3…
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Episode 50: Bossy Rossy
The creator, innovator, and visionary behind The Fearless Female Podcast (@nakeithaross, @thefearlessforum)switches positions this episode. Instead of being the interviewer, she is sitting in the hot seat. Twelve studio audience members have the opportunity pick her brain and discover what drives...
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Episode 49: She is a CEO
The up trend is "Boss Women". What is a boss woman though? One that dominates an industry or is a trailblazer? Johnte Archer (@johnte_archer ), (@sheisaceo ), founder of She is A CEO, gives credibility of being a boss woman to giving the younger generations what she was given as young girl from...
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Episode 48: The Healing
Healing is process with no exact order. Each process is healing differs person to person and situation to situation. Curstin (@kingcurstin) shares with the The Fearless Female listeners her methods and healing process by writing. How do you heal yourself?
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Episode 47: The Risk Taker
Entrepreneurship is about taking risks. But, so is life. Accepting the rewards and consequences of risks is what makes you successful. NaKeitha talks with multi-business owner Tracina Morris (@tracinaallbizness) about her latest risk in real estate.
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Episode 46: The Art of Transition
Life is set and lived in stages. The growing process involves and revolves around change, adaptation, transition. Corporate employee by day and entrepreneur by night and everywhere in between, Janelle Houston (miyostylehouse) is the epitome of transition. Listen to her journey through creating…
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Episode 45: Dinner Talk
After a three week hiatus, NaKeitha returns for a light hearted conversation with Chef DeeDee (@cookingwithatwist) of Cooking with a Twist. Chef DeeDee walks us through her recipe for success for her trademarked business. Overcoming challenges and balancing life as a wife, mother, daughter, and...
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Episode 44: Dream. Build. Success.
The transition from something being a dream to a success is a notable experience. With a background in finance, LaShanda Gary (@lashandagary) encourages the listener to embrace success before it even begins. Gary speaks life and words of optimism to stimulate action. Tune in to hear how you can...
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Episode 43: The Publisher
We all have a story. And every story is worth the share. New Orleans native, Tamara Smith (FB: Mook Smith) , gives us a look into a couple of her biggest life's challenges and how transferring her story from thoughts to published words aided her healing process.
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Episode 42: Pivot Point
Life happens and it happens fast and in waves. What moments in your life serve as pivot points that changed your direction? Guest Anietie Oduah (@exclusive.expressions) shares moments of her life that were light bulb moments and shift changers. We all experience change. The key to it all is how…
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Episode 41: Law and Order
Just when the hype and trend of the 19 Houston Black female judges seems to be over, NaKeitha Ross brings it back to the center stage. In today's podcast, Judge Ronnisha Bowman (@judgeronnishabowman) shares what she credits as a divinely orchestrated path to law and the criminal court bench.…
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Episode 40: The Value of Networks
Recent Houston transplant, Taurea Avant (@visionavant), shares her venture of URBAN CEO Network to bridge the gap between connections and connectors. Lend your ear to the examples and tools she gives to encouraging multiple streams of wealth and sustainability.
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Episode 39: What's Weighing You Down?
Tracy Robinson joins us again to introduce the launch of T Minus 100 (@t_minus100), a company providing accountability through healthy lifestyle transformations for diet changes and exercise using Zumba and innovative tactics. Robinson discusses the benefits of transformations and accountability....
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Episode 38: A Grandmother's Love
Today's show features a guest full of vigor, life, and faith. She is my grandmother, Maxine Watson, Granny. Granny gives a glimpse of her life and what led her to her accomplishments and the progression of her relationship with God and how that relationship matriculated into a life of favor and...
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Episode 37: The Glamorous Life
As stated by J.R.R. Tolkien, "Not all that wander are lost." Owner of Exclusively Radiant MedSpa and Certified Nurse Practitioner Tamika Lindsey shares with us her journey as a traveling nurse to now proprietor of one of the most sought after cosmetic spas in the nation. She candidly dispenses…
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Episode 36- New Endeavors
It is Nurses Week and who better to have as a guest than a nurse! Yashamika Short, a veteran nurs, shares her drive for encouraging young nurses along their journey and giving them wisdom of the industry. In this process, she is setting out to break barriers and bridge gaps. Tune in to hear her...
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Episode 35: Makin' Money Moves
What was your first experience with money? How successful have you been with your stewardship over it? Aliah Calbert (@ms_aliah , @makinmoneymovespodcasts) is the guest today and she dispels a few ideas we have about our guardianship of our financial lives while offering a few quick methods to...
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Episode 34: It is Not Too Late!
Life happens, right? At least that is what we are told to soothe us in despair. But, life can also happen in a great way! Tune in to hear NaKeitha chat with an untraditional college student, Antrechelle Dorsey (@theelectricpersonality) , about how life's happenings turned into her greatest...
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Episode 33: Big Dreams and Bold Prayers
The retreat may be over, but life is still rolling. Jennifer Counter (@counterstutoring) joins the podcast guest list with an expotential faith founded business. Jennifer shares her big faith that supported her big dreams. Counter gives NaKeitha's listeners the real piece of the puzzle of her...
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Episode 32: Unstoppable
Two weeks after the inaugural Fearless Female Retreat, NaKeitha Ross come back full circle with business coach, Kyra Hardwick ( @thekyrahardwick) to reflect upon the retreat. In the process, Ross and Hardwick dissect the significance of the birth of Fearless Female movement.
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Episode 31: The Aftermath
Retreat guest, Nachell Flanagan, gives a firsthand account of her retreat experience. She discusses her recent shift from employee to author and what the retreat ignited in her already brewing fire. NaKeitha intently listens how her vision came to life and its direct impact.
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Episode 30: Expect the Unexpected
On the day of my retreat, I am sitting down with two of my featured speakers for the topics Budgeting and Balance. Cassandra Cummings (@stocksandstilettos) of Stocks and Stilettos gives a small glimpse of what the retreat guests can do to become more familiar with their finances. Meanwhile…
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Episode 29: Never Give Up
"He that has begun a great work in you is faithful to perform it." Great Work, Brian Courtney Wilson This week's podcast features Brandi Bowie of Simply Flawless by Brandi (@brandiholmes). NaKeitha and Brandi address the topic of staying loyal to your journey and yourself. Often times, the end of...
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Episode 28: Transformers
As the slogan says, "There's more than meets the eye." Meet the ladies of 360 Degrees Hair Studio (@360_hairstudio). Today's episode features the team behind the scenes of the looks of hundreds of women across Greater Houston and the nation. With an accumulated amount hundreds of years ox...
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Episode 27: Becoming
“Success isn't about how much money you make. It’s about the difference you make in people’s lives."- Michelle Obama This week’s podcast guests Chelsea Lester (@naomiruza), Kayla Johnson (@kaylam.j) and Kiayna O’Neal (@kiayna_oneal) are a few special people that I have had the opportunity to pour...
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Episode 26: Women, Wealth and Wisdom
When it rains on you, it will sprinkle on me. Great thought! Tune in to hear Nicole Michelle (@officialnicolemichelletalk) with NaKeitha about women, wealth, and wisdom. Nicole remind us there is only one thing there is a shortage of and it is not wealth. Platinum nuggets are given to give you a...
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Episode 25: High Heels to Hard Hats
East Texas, Jefferson to be exact, is more than a small town with a population of under 2,200 people. It is a town with a big heart of support of encouraging its own. It is where Marlena Cooper (@themarlenacooper) got the courage to walk boldly in her high heels and transition from employee to…
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Episode 24: The Go-Getter
More often than not, entrepreneurs are carved from a desire to do more or as a supplement or as a side hustle. Setting out to be an entrepreneur is not the first thought of many. Much like others Shan Greggs (@ceo_shan) of Simply Scents Candle Co.(@simplyscentscandleco) built her business as a...
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Episode 23: Be Audacious
In the least expected ways, being audacious will propel you. Tune in to hear the interview NaKeitha Ross has with LaToshia Norwood, creator of She Said, She Led women's empowerment movement. Bold beyond bold is what "Be Audacious" is about. Tune in to hear how the audacity of your actions cause…
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Episode 22: The Pursuit of Happiness
NaKeitha Ross talks with Khaliah Guillory (@kogspeaks) openly about the true pursuit of happiness. Where do you begin? What does happiness mean to you? What makes you happy? Let's start at the beginning. Guillory states she starts by "doing what (she) loves to do and delegating what (she) does...
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Episode 21: Guilt Free Living
She's So Overdressed creator Lillian Henny (@shessooverdressed) talks with NaKeitha Ross about a style of life without limitation. Gone are the days of "Your best China should only be used for holidays and special occasions." Henny dives right in to explain why being "overdressed" is more than a...
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Episode 20: The Life of the Party
NaKeitha Ross hosts event planner guru, Chloe Cook (@chloecookevents), to discuss balance, branding, and business. A mom of three, including a newborn, a toddler and college student; Chloe dives right in to talk about her beginning, her present, and the future of her businesses. Being the life of...
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Episode 18: Major Moves
New year. New you, right? NaKeitha Ross is joined by one the historical 19 Black female Harris County judges, Ronnisha Bowman (@judgeronnishabowman), and Aliah Calbert (@ms_aliah) of Calbert's Tax Services and Calbert's Weddings and Events. Major moves sometimes involve minute or drastic changes…
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