Disrupt Your Day Podcast

Tune in for Episode#5 of Season 3, when Pon Angara, VisionReady’s Creative Director and Disrupt Your Day Host, chats with Pattie Sheehan, Certified Mastectomy Fitter and Owner of Second Act Cancer Recovery Boutique in Chicago.

Pattie graduated college in 1975 with a bachelor's degree in journalism and started what would become her dream career in Advertising. The challenges were many as advertising account management was a &quo...

Capital and Advocacy: How Black founders can find support to scale and grow their companies.

Tune in for Episode #4 of Season 3, when Pon Angara, VisionReady’s Creative Director and Disrupt Your Day Host, chats with Delmarie Cobb, veteran journalist and a fierce advocate for underserved communities. She was the first African American to serve as press secretary of the Democratic National Convention in 1996 and served as th...

Tune in for Episode#3 of Season 3, when Pon Angara, VisionReady’s Creative Director and Disrupt Your Day Host, chats with Sheryl Soukup, Founder and President of Soukup Strategic Solutions, providing nonprofit organizations with expertise in fundraising, nonprofit management, marketing, and grants management.

 Sheryl founded the company in 2012 because she had been working for many years in nonprofits and felt that she could have a ...

Tune in today for Episode#2 of Season 3, when Pon Angara, VisionReady’s Creative Director and Disrupt Your Day Host, chats with Lynn Hazan, President and Founder of Lynn Hazan & Associates. As a "relationship recruiter," she has been making a difference in the careers of marketing and communications professionals for the past 23 years.

“How I work with clients mirrors the way I work with candidates,” says Lyn...

Tune in today for Episode#1 of Season 3, when Pon Angara, VisionReady’s Creative Director and Disrupt Your Day Host, chats with Sandee Kastrul, President and Co-Founder of i.c.stars, developing leaders through a robust training program for underserved young adults.

"I discovered that the kids with the least amount of resources had the most resilience," says Kastrul. “If we could foster that, we would have a great...

Tune in today for the Second Episode of our Special Edition: Champagne & French Fries when Petula Sankarsingh, VisionReady CEO and Disrupt Your Day Host, chats with B. Cole, comedian, actor, director, writer, producer—Chicago’s very own.

 Starting his career at a young age B. Cole has performed at clubs and colleges all over the United States. He made his television debut at the age of twenty on BET’s Comic View, hosted by D. L....

VisionReady Introduces Its Young Emerging Successors (YES) Program to Chicago.

VisionReady is sponsoring youth from Lost Boyz to participate in the YES Program highlighting young and emerging entrepreneurs. They will have the opportunity to present their business vision to local entrepreneurs and business leaders, mimicking ABC’s popular business pitch show, Shark Tank.

Lost Boyz provides sports-based youth develo...

Tune in today for the First Episode of our Special Edition: Champagne & French Fries when Petula Sankarsingh, VisionReady CEO and Disrupt Your Day Host, chats with LaVonte Stewart, Executive Director of Lost Boyz Inc, providing sports-based youth development to help boys and girls in Chicago’s under-resourced neighborhoods develop confidence, resilience, and life skills.

"I never had any intention of starting a no...

Tune in today for our Seventh Episode of Season 2 when Petula Sankarsingh, VisionReady CEO and Disrupt Your Day Host, chats with Liz Coalts, Owner of The Anxious Adult, LLC helping smart and overwhelmed adults manage the anxieties of business and life. "Let me help you manage the logistics of your business so you can focus on the parts you love," is her business tagline.

 As an experienced vendor and contract manager worki...

Tune in today for our Sixth Episode of Season 2 when Petula Sankarsingh, VisionReady CEO and Disrupt Your Day Host, chats with Michelle Harthill, Founder of Meeschell, a marketplace e-retailer for natural, organic, and eco-friendly brands created by women entrepreneurs.

Twenty years prior to Meeschell, she founded Harthill Marketing Services offering full-service marketing to CPG clients. 

"During my CPG days...

Draw Your Power from Adversity and Loss

Tune in today for our Fifth Episode of Season 2 when Petula Sankarsingh, VisionReady CEO and Disrupt Your Day Host, chats with Amy Jorgensen, Founder of Blocked Emotions Energy Healing where she imparts her strength, wisdom, and knowledge to guide others through hardships in life.

 Following the conventional college education path to the most enthralling job as a pilot in the Air Force, Amy was...

Social Entrepreneur Gives Voice to Those Who Need to Be Heard

Tune in today for our Fourth Episode of Season 2 when Petula Sankarsingh, VisionReady CEO and Disrupt Your Day Host, chats with Anna DeShawn, Founded of E3 Radio, a digital media platform for Black, Brown, & Queer folks to be centered and celebrated. 

A Chicago-born media professional and social entrepreneur, Anna realized her calling to be a disrup...

Tune in today for our Third Episode of Season 2 when Petula Sankarsingh, VisionReady CEO and Disrupt Your Day Host, chats with Tammy Johnston, Founder and President of KSA Business in Alberta, Canada. 

For almost 30 years, Tammy has been on a mission to help small businesses succeed—solopreneurs or small business owners in the early stages of their business.

"I am the hold-your-hand-and-kick-your-ass business...

Tune in today for our Second Episode of Season 2 when Petula Sankarsingh, VisionReady CEO and Disrupt Your Day Host, chats with Kim Hunt. She is the Executive Director of Pride Action Tank, a project of AIDS Foundation Chicago (AFC), driving the innovation, collaboration and learning necessary to make Pride Action Tank a leader in improving the health, safety and progress of individuals and groups within the LGBTQ+ community.
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Unleash Your True Self and Step Up with Confidence

Tune in today for our First Episode of Season 2 when Petula Sankarsingh, VisionReady CEO and Disrupt Your Day Host, chats with Yvonne Dam. Yvonne is Founder and CEO of Amaze Yourself Coaching for people who have too little time and crave to optimize their business, improve productivity and income.

Yvonne admitted to working day and night, prior to starting her own...

Tune in today for Episode#9 when Petula Sankarsingh, VisionReady CEO and Disrupt Your Day Host, chats with Kierra Jones. She helps women entrepreneurs & leaders amplify their brand value, so they unapologetically shine more powerfully in their expertise, package & position their services & products more profitably, and connect with their audience in a more compelling way that magnetizes buyers & creates a bigger imp...

Tune in today for Episode#8 when Petula Sankarsingh, VisionReady CEO and Disrupt Your Day Host, chats with Prajakta Apte, RDN, RYT, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist at Right Nutrition Works. She helps clients create a healthier lifestyle by offering evidence-based personalized nutrition counseling with roadmaps based on personal needs and goals, not on broad recommendations.

Prior to starting her own practice, Prajakta wo...

Tune in today for Episode#7 when Petula Sankarsingh, VisionReady CEO and Disrupt Your Day Host, chats with Tara Eusebi, Founder and Chief Blesser/CEO of Bless, a digital community where people can Share a Need or Meet a Need.

In 2018, she stepped away from a successful career in corporate America to pursue her passion. Born out of her passion for helping others, the Bless mobile app is where people come together, help is g...