Women of Color An Intimate Conversation

Six Months, One Mission: What We Built Together + The Legacy of Our Children

Oryne Stewart Sr., producer from The Leon Thomas Group, joins Deneen L. Garrett to close out the first six months of WOC Live — freestyling through the season, unscripted, Mr. Rogers-style, as guests from the WOC Live neighborhood popped in throughout the hour.

Deneen and Oryne reflect on what WOC Live set out to build back in March versus what it's ...

Rachel Pierre, Founder and CEO of Parlez!, joins Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation to unpack executive French fluency, accent bias, and code-switching — and how she left a 15-year FinTech career to build a business the market didn't know it needed.

Rachel shares how leaving computer engineering and FinTech became the doorway to purpose, why cultural fluency — not just grammar — i...

In this powerful conversation, Cultural Producer and Artrepreneur Dontae T. Muse joins Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation to explore his journey through creativity, community, and legacy-building in Black art.

Dontae shares how getting fired became his catalyst for step...

What if the roadmap you needed never existed—because you were meant to build it yourself?

In this episode, host Deneen L. Garrett sits down with Isimemen "Isi" Aladejobi—CEO & Founder of Fulfilled, a transformational coaching program that has helped clients land six-figure offers, double promotions, and $100K salary increases, generating over $7 million in new salaries collectively. This conversation opens the Legac...

Presence isn't just what you carry into a room — it's what you build in a community, and what you leave behind. That's legacy.

In this episode, host Deneen L. Garrett sits down with Dr. Dominica McBride—community psychologist, founder of Become, champion of culturally responsive evaluation, and author of Becoming Changemakers, who has spent over a decade building the capacity of communities across Arizona, Chicago, and ...

Presence isn't permission—it's practice. In this episode, host Deneen L. Garrett sits down with Nicole Seabrooks—Manager, Repair Services at Tiffany & Co., overseeing the brand's global repair hub, and mom to teenage twin girls. After 16+ years leading teams in retail management, Nicole returned to school in 2020 following the loss of her m...

• Presence without discoverability is a best-kept secret. In this episode, host Deneen L. Garrett sits down with Danielle Desir Corbett—Founder & CEO, 6x grant-funded and award-winning travel creator, host of The Thought Card, and podcast marketing coach. Danielle helps independent creators grow their audiences through discovery-based marketing strategies l...

Presence begins from the inside out. In this episode, host Deneen L. Garrett sits down with Detroit-based Trauma Responsive Therapist, Author, and Founder Demarra West for a conversation about what it truly means to build a business—and a life—on your own terms. Demarra is the author of Me Too: A Therapist's Journey to Heal, Find Liberation & Joy, h...

When Life Lifes: A Real-Time Pivot with Oryn Stewart

What if the most powerful thing you can bring to your next chapter is exactly what they told you to leave at the door?

We're closing out The Execution Series: Power, Pivot & Purpose — and we did it the way real leaders do. Life lifed. My scheduled guest couldn't make it, and instead of canceling, we pivoted in real time. My producer, Oryn Stewart, stepped from behi...

What if the most powerful thing you can bring to the boardroom is exactly what they told you to leave at the door?

In this installment of The Execution Series: Power, Pivot & Purpose, host Deneen L. Garrett is chatting with Dr. Connie Y. Bell — transformational executive leader, doctoral ...

Part 1 was the story. This is the work.

In Part 2 of this two-part conversation, Rima Desai — transformational life coach, spiritual healer, and Masters-trained counseling psychologist — goes into the interior work that changed everything. Where do limited beliefs actually come from? How does inherited trauma live in the body across generations? And what did energy healing shift for Rima when years of traditional approa...

What if the most powerful story you ever tell isn't the one on the screen — but the one you coordinate behind the scenes?

In this installment of The Execution Series: Power, Pivot & Purpose, host Deneen L. Garrett is chatting with Nicole Welch — seasoned Production Manager, Televisi...

What if the way you communicate your leadership is the very thing holding your career back?

In this kickoff to The Execution Series: Power, Pivot & Purpose, host Deneen L. Garrett is chatting with Tanya Spencer — speaker, founder of FCK Being Stuck Coaching, an...

What happens when the traditional path doesn't fit the legacy you are building?

In the powerful conclusion of our "She Who Mothers: Redefining Legacy, Love & Lineage" series, host Deneen L. Garrett sits down with RIMIDI (pronounced RE-ME-DY or RIM-IDI) — a Miami-born visionary creating sacred impact through sound, soul, and story.

As an independent artist and mother, RIMIDI recently bypassed industry norms to release her ...

"She didn't shrink to fit the room. She expanded what the room could hold."

In the third installment of our May series, She Who Mothers: Redefining Legacy, Love & Lineage, host Deneen L. Garrett sits down with Violette Omotosho — Senior Relationship Manager, Pa...

"She didn't wait for the system to catch up. She built a new one."

In this episode of our May series, She Who Mothers: Redefining Legacy, Love & Lineage, host Deneen L. Garrett sits down with Muji Bekomson — Medical Laboratory Scientist, Founder of FEMME Health...

What happens when a child grows up carrying grief she has no language for — and discovers at age 12 that she can read minds?

In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, Rima Desai — transformational life coach, spiritual healer, and Masters-trained counseling psychologist — takes us all the way back. Born in Mumbai, India, Rima lost her mother at age 6 in a moment that shattered her entire world. She grew up in a hom...

"She who mothers, prepares. She who mothers, builds a world without borders for her lineage."

In the kickoff to our May series, host Deneen L. Garrett sits down with Lynelle Baker-Hall — Senior Government Advisor, entrepreneur, and author — to explore what it...

"You don't wait for permission. You become it. And when you become it — everything rises to meet you."

In the final installment of our Women Who Build: Legacy in Real Time series, we're diving deep into the architecture of influence. How do you take years of high-l...