Season 3, Episode 8: Aarika Lauryn

Season 3, Episode 10: Elon Geffrard

Elon Geffrard is a Midwife and Doula in Detroit. She is also one of the founders of Birth Detroit - a community-based maternal health practice that offers prenatal and postpartum care as well as childbirth education and postpartum support. Listen to his episode to hear Elon talk about how she got started and how passionate she is about serving women as they transition into motherhood. Resources/Links: The Long Song by Andrea Levy [https://www.amazon.com/Long-Song-Novel-Andrea-Levy/dp/0312571143] Lou’s Deli [https://www.lousdeli.net/] He’s Able by Kirk Franklin [https://open.spotify.com/track/1reaPPoXGXqeFruiU7637J?autoplay=true] Birth Detroit [https://www.birthdetroit.com/] Leseliey Welch [https://instagram.com/leseliey] Char’ly Snow [https://instagram.com/charreneesnow] Nicole White [https://instagram.com/nicmidwife] Toni Morrison [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Morrison] Kathryn Hall-Trujillo [https://www.birthingprojectusa.org/] Auntie Lon’s Story Time [https://www.facebook.com/Auntie-Lons-Story-Time-102231925264933/] Instagram: Birth Detroit [https://www.instagram.com/birthdetroit]

Season 3, Episode 9: Emily Hay

Emily Hay is the founder of Hay There Social Media. Emily got started in sales and realized 10 years ago the benefit of social media for businesses and started providing digital marketing services. During this episode we talk about “Work + Life Integration”, how sales skills translate to other areas of our lives (including parenting and non-sales professional roles), how her business made a transition in 2019 to teach other moms how to start their own social media management businesses, and much more. You don’t want to miss hearing about this rockstars journey! Resources/Links: Fair Play by Eve Rodsky [https://www.fairplaylife.com/] Slows Bar BQ [https://slowsbarbq.com/locations/corktown/] Islands in the Street by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaNGtgYwSsU] Ghetto Superstar [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnWogQTfSIY] Eve Rodsky [https://www.instagram.com/everodsky/?hl=en] Work + Life Integration Nation [https://haytheresocialmedia.com/join-the-nation/] Instagram @emilyahay [https://instagram.com/emilyahay]

Season 3, Episode 8: Aarika Lauryn

Aarika Lauryn is a Personal & Editorial Fashion Stylist. During this episode we talk about how Aarika got started in the fashion industry, her “Devils Wears Prada” trip to London, and her journey to entrepreneurship. We also talk about how we have so many of the same interests and I am convinced that we are the same person! Resources/Links: One Day My Soul Just Opened Up: 40 Days And 40 Nights Towards Spiritual Strength And Personal Growth By Iyanla Vanzant [https://www.amazon.com/Iyanla-Vanzant-Soul-Just-Opened/dp/B00N4EKJ5U] Procreate [https://procreate.art/] Self-titled Debut Album: Brandy by Brandy [https://open.spotify.com/album/2yHJoGH0mIqYVAHUFKJcZ6] Ashanti vs. Keyshia Cole Verzuz [https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9518448/ashanti-keyshia-cole-streaming-verzuz] Brandy vs. Monica Verzuz [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQyFVV7Ak24] Famous Taco [http://originalfamoustaco.biz/FULL_MENU_.html] Houlihans [https://houlihans.com/] Essence by Wiz Kid [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m77FDcKg96Q] Bebe [https://www.bebe.com/] Devil Wears Prada [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil_Wears_Prada_(film)] Enneagram [https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/] Rihanna [https://www.instagram.com/badgalriri/] Fenty [https://www.fentybeauty.com/] Pon De Replay [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEauWw9ZGrA] Instagram: @stylebyaarika [http://instagram.com/stylebyaarika] Facebook: Style by Aarika [http://www.facebook.com/1170358196325706] http://stylebyaarikalauryn.com/ [http://stylebyaarikalauryn.com/]

Season 3, Episode 7: Andrea Fontana

Andrea Fontana is a blogger and wedding/special event makeup artist. During this episode talk about how Andrea went from being a human biology major to becoming an esthetician, why she loves being an entrepreneur so much, the cookbook she is working on, how she accidentally started selling bagels during the pandemic, and much more. We even had a whole advertisement for Peloton on accident and we're waiting for them to cut us a check. Enjoy the episode! Resources/Links: Zikora: A Short Story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie [https://www.amazon.com/Zikora-Short-Chimamanda-Ngozi-Adichie-ebook/dp/B08K942N84] Americanah: A novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00A9ET4MC/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0] Blondies Barn in Haslett [http://blondiesbarn.com/] Peloton [https://www.onepeloton.com/] Purple Hat by Sofi Tukker [https://open.spotify.com/track/6WiGRFQfx2qw49MA7OeDYK?autoplay=true] Schwinn IC4 [http://www.andreafontanabeauty.com/blog//schwinn-ic4-review?rq=schwinn] Peloton Commercial with Lauryn Hill Song [https://youtu.be/y8xGvCPw6-Y] Beyoncé [https://open.spotify.com/artist/6vWDO969PvNqNYHIOW5v0m] Hamilton [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4ZcGI2hFTy5Rruln175z9X] Article about President Joe Biden & his Peloton bike [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/us/politics/biden-peloton.html] Michigan State University (MSU) [https://msu.edu/] Douglas J [https://douglasj.com/] Benefit Cosmetics [https://www.benefitcosmetics.com/en-us] Kamala Harris [https://www.instagram.com/kamalaharris/?hl=en] The Truths We Hold: An American Journey by Kamala Harris [https://www.amazon.com/Truths-We-Hold-American-Journey/dp/0525560718] Instagram: @andreafontanabeauty [https://instagram.com/andreafontanabeauty] Andrea Fontana Beauty [https://andreafontanabeauty.com] lansingmakeupartist.com [http://lansingmakeupartist.com/] Youtube: Andrea Fontana Beauty [https://youtube.com/channel/UCFPGCSAs37hF9nvP-BTgrFA]

Season 3, Episode 6: Ciara & Irie

Ciara & Irie are yoga guides in the Lansing area who lead Juneteenth Sunset Yoga and Melanin in Action which was a free yoga event for BIPOC. During our convo we talked about how they got started practicing yoga, becoming yoga guides, and what lead them to have these events this summer. They are doing great things and I’m excited to see what they do going forward! Visit www.powerofherpodcast.com/episodes/ciaraandirie [//www.powerofherpodcast.com/episodes/ciaraandirie] for the resources/links from this episode!