Jennasis Speaks: The Transformative Power of Women's Stories
Every woman has a story…and every story matters. Stories are the essence of who we are. They have the power to unite people across all divides—age, race, gender, sexual orientation, and geography—through compassionate connection. Jennasis Speaks is a platform that empowers women to safely share their stories, promoting healing and growth through the power of collective vulnerability and acceptance. Founder Jennifer Malcolm is a serial entrepreneur whose own story is driven by her desire to overcome devastating trauma and overwhelming obstacles to have it all: a family she could nurture, a thriving career, and a drive to live a life of passion and purpose. Her experiences have enabled her to build authentic relationships with other women and to help connect and inspire them to find their own paths to passion and purpose.
Episodes
Jennifer Malcolm launches a lifelong dream with this podcast. She is interviewed by Kelly Waite, Chief Strategy Officer at Jennasis & Associates. Jennifer shares her why in creating this podcast by beginning to unravel her story. Her goal is to empower women, to break off the controversies of stories and let truth and healing arise. Jennifer's goal is to spread this message to women everywhere.
Rizpah Waytes, a long-time Jennasis team member, joins Jennifer for a powerful discussion on being a bi-racial woman in a world highly influenced by race. We dive into Rizpah’s unfiltered experiences, the idea of assumed identity, and finding her voice to ignite positive change.
Jennifer Malcolm interviews Sarah Bratt, an adoptive mother of 3 beautiful Ethiopian girls. Sarah shares about her journey of adoption, and lessons learned along the way. Sarah explains what “Disruptive International adoptions” are and how she and her husband navigated support systems, community resources, and the mental health system in the midst of raising their family.
DeLores Pressley is the CEO of DeLores Pressley Worldwide and the Founder of She Elevates™, a non-profit organization created to empower young girls to become entrepreneurs. She is a powerful speaker and motivator, and we dive into the importance of her work empowering young girls on today’s podcast.
Jennifer Malcolm interviews Tricia Downing - athlete, community leader, and disability advocate. 20 years ago Tricia experienced a life-changing event, now she speaks on resiliency in the face of adversity. Learn more about her journey and work to create a more inclusive society.
Jennifer Malcolm interviews Sara Harvey. Sara is the founder of Innertelligence, where she coaches and trains leaders and leadership teams to tap into their potential and develop courage and confidence in their abilities. She integrates meditation, mindfulness, and mind-body health practices into her coaching experience. Sara shares how she overcame things she learned as a child to rewrite her story from being NICE to become a cour...
When someone undergoes childhood trauma, it can often leave you scarred, angry, and bitter. But Amy Stack found a way to work through her brokenness to give back to the world and become a mother of 7 children, one of which has special needs. For someone who wasn’t medically supposed to have children, she overcame astounding odds to be a super-mom extraordinaire.
There has been a lot of racial unrest across the country, and Coryonna Robinson joins us in today’s episode to talk about how she has been dealing with that as a young black woman recently out of college teaching the next generation. She talks about breaking generational curses, and rising above racial inequality to be successful.
Motherhood is a precious journey—one that for some, begins with a silent struggle. In this episode of Jennasis Speaks, Natasha Kossler shares her story of overcoming heartbreaking miscarriages, stillbirth, and the challenges of adoption to finally realize her dream as a mother of five.
All of us carry our life experiences with us, good and bad. In some cases, those experiences weigh us down and keep us from realizing our goals. Today, Jennifer Malcolm interviews a clinical hypnotherapist and breath therapist, Joni Marra, who helps her clients confront and shed those experiences that are holding them back. Joni shares about her practice, her passion for helping others, and how her journey led her to where she is ...
On this episode of Jennasis Speaks, Jennifer interviews colon cancer survivor and “thriver” Teri Griege, whose determination and courage serves as an inspiration to others coping with cancer. A lifelong athlete, Teri already had two Ironman races under her belt before her colon cancer diagnosis. Despite the diagnosis (which she continues to fight to this day) she has completed the Ironman World Championship, the World Championship ...
Jennifer Malcolm interviews Tesha Fritzgerald, author of Antiracism and Universal Design for Learning: Building Expressways for Success, about her journey to utilize education to reach students in the margins. She emphasizes how teachers can be advocates and allies for black and brown children to help them fight for their success.
In this episode of Jennasis Speaks, Jennifer interviews Kim Kucinich, motivational speaker, career coach and founder of You Can Stop the Madness Kim helps others create personal power by sharing her journey. The journey began with Kim finding the courage to confront and reject the life example set by her mother, a woman weighed down by frustration and unfulfilled dreams. By the journey’s end, Kim found the courage to change course ...
From all appearances, Shelley Cull had it all and did it all, and then some: She’s a business startup dynamo, obtained her business degree at age 50, and raised a family.
But Shelley saw herself through the lens of her mother’s constant criticisms of her appearance, attire, and abilities. Shelley’s self-image reflected the flaws her mother perceived. Once she decided to reject the distorted self-image, however, Shelley tapped her ...
Five years ago this past September, Mary Ann Stropkay’s life was upended by a sudden loss when her husband Eric collapsed and died at the couple’s home at age 51. Tragically, Mary Ann and her teenage children were unwilling witnesses to the aftermath of Eric’s death, a traumatic experience that made Mary Ann’s walk through widowhood even more painful. Mary Ann joins Jennifer Malcolm to share the challenges she continues to encounte...
Laura Steinbrink grew up with an unanswered question and a secret. She wanted to know why her birth parents gave her up for adoption. And then there was her secret — that as a child, she was sexually abused. She started to learn the reason behind her adoption at age 17; thirty years later she found the strength to reveal the sexual abuse. Over time, she built what she thinks of as her toolbox — tactics that kept her strong and safe...
Rebekah Chilcote has always believed she is a child of God.
Her faith led her to provide art therapy for Zimbabwean children dying of AIDS. Faith continued to carry her as she provided art therapy for other children living in desperate circumstances
She has worked with homeless children in Cleveland, children in the West Bank living through poverty, war, and trauma, children in Zimbabwe living with AIDS and other severe illnesses, a...
Over the past 15 years, Betsy Muller has helped countless clients identify their fears and discomfort, using Emotional Freedom Techniques to help clients confront their fears and move on to calm, peace, and happiness.
In 2017, Betsy relied on her skills to help her through a life-changing challenge: Helping her husband recover from a serious cardiac arrest and related brain injury.
Join Betsy and Jennifer Malcolm for the next Jenna...
Jennifer Malcolm has been on a voyage for over ten years with a dream in her heart to empower, encourage, and equip women. Join her on this podcast as she shares the why behind the Jennasis Speaks Movement and her desire to activate women into collective vulnerability through compassionate listening and unconditional love.
Her hope is that through vulnerability and community, women will join arms to create a global movemen...
Wendy Ladley’s oncologist looks forward to her appointments with him for an unlikely reason: Wendy always makes him laugh.
That’s no small accomplishment, given that Wendy’s illness is no laughing matter. She is among the 6 percent of women breast cancer patients who have metastatic breast cancer (MCB) when they are first diagnosed. There is no cure.
Wendy knows the odds are against her. By the time her cancer was diagnosed, it ha...
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