Real Talk with LaShondra

Understanding the Effects our Careers Have on Our Children

Our children are our greatest teachers, we can learn so much by seeing ourselves through their eyes. In this episode LaShondra’s favorite guest so far, her son Anthony, tells it exactly how it is! Mother and son dive into the power struggles between parents and their kids, what it’s like having two entrepreneur parents, and heated monopoly games. Links LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/in/lashondra-mercurius [https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/in/lashondra-mercurius] Website www.LaShondram.com [http://www.LaShondram.com]

Overcoming Negative Feelings Around Money and Financial Insecurity to allow Your Business to Grow

How many of us know how to overcome our feelings around financial insecurity and imposter syndrome when starting a minority and female owned business? It’s crucial to unpack feelings around money in order to get to a place where we feel valuable enough to allow others to invest in us. LaShondra interviews Bella Ganges, Senior Director of Investments, from Founder First Capital Partner, an organization that focuses on growing diverse businesses. Bella provides tools and strategy to female entrepreneurs to understand what their options are for success in business. Links LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/in/lashondra-mercurius [https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/in/lashondra-mercurius] Website www.LaShondram.com [http://www.LaShondram.com]

Harnessing Masculine and Feminine Energy for Optimal Performance

In this episode, LaShondra examines how the people in her life perceive her. Through confronting the good, the bad, and the brutally honest, she assesses if she's truly acting in line with her purpose. Through this very vulnerable process, she uses this feedback to continue the journey of coming back to herself, and in doing so inspiring others to learn with her along the way. Links LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/in/lashondra-mercurius [https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/in/lashondra-mercurius] Website www.LaShondram.com [http://www.LaShondram.com]

Being an Advocate for Future HR Executives

In this special episode, LaShondra sits down with her brother, Anthony, as a guest on the podcast. Anthony is an expert in the Human Resources field and a top Executive at a Fortune 500 Pharma company. They get real on issues around diversity and being a successful African American male in a white-dominated workplace, navigating the unconscious bias, and LaShondra's experiences growing up in the shadow of her older sibling. Links LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/in/lashondra-mercurius [https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/in/lashondra-mercurius] Website www.LaShondram.com [http://www.LaShondram.com]

Creating a Safe Space for Our Feminine Energy

In this episode LaShondra explores her difficulty in creating deep connections with other women, a struggle rooted in her childhood. She talks about her experience at a recent women’s retreat that allowed her to confront her role in the dynamics between herself and other women, helping her to create space to work with her feminine energy and start her journey not only in trusting other women but herself as well. Links LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/in/lashondra-mercurius [https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/in/lashondra-mercurius] Website - www.LaShondram.com [http://www.LaShondram.com]